Episode 1652 · Thursday, 18 April 2024

Ashkenormativity

A new era of media gatekeeping emerges as NPR leadership views the First Amendment as a hurdle while Boeing faces a Senate reckoning over manufacturing shortcuts.

By The No Agenda Show | 3h 38m listen | 39 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1652

About this episode

NPR CEO Catherine Maher faces intense scrutiny following the resignation of senior business editor Uri Berliner and the surfacing of past comments labeling the First Amendment a challenge to information management. Maher, whose career spans the Wikimedia Foundation and the Atlantic Council, is now at the center of a federal funding debate as Senator Marsha Blackburn proposes legislation to defund the network. The controversy highlights a growing rift between legacy media leadership and staff over perceived ideological bias and government proximity.

In the Middle East, a record-breaking deluge in Dubai grounded flights at the world’s second-busiest airport, sparking a scientific dispute over the role of government cloud seeding operations. Meanwhile, internal New York Times memos leaked to The Intercept reveal strict editorial prohibitions on terms like genocide and ethnic cleansing regarding the Gaza conflict. These media shifts occur as Boeing whistleblower Sam Salipour testifies before the Senate, alleging structural safety flaws in the 787 Dreamliner that the FAA reportedly failed to address. Further investigations into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse suggest the Dali crew was aware of electrical failures before the vessel struck the Baltimore span.

Columbia University President Manoush Shafiq defended the institution before Congress as a student glossary surfaced featuring the term Ashkenormativity to describe white Jewish privilege. The episode captures the cultural friction of the moment, from Utah middle schoolers walking out to protest furries to the irony of The Atlantic placing an article about the dangers of paywalls behind a subscription barrier. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct these narratives through the Value for Value model, recognizing the artistic contributions of the No Agenda community.


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CHAPTER 01 / 39 Discussion

United Arab Emirates Record Flooding, Cloud Seeding Controversy

Dubai and the United Arab Emirates experienced record-breaking rainfall on April 16, 2024, receiving a year's worth of precipitation in 24 hours. While a Bloomberg reporter suggested the event was linked to government cloud seeding operations, official meteorology centers and scientific experts in the Guardian denied these claims, attributing the intensity to broader climate patterns. The flooding grounded flights at the world's second-busiest airport and resulted in 18 deaths in nearby Oman.

dubai· united arab emirates· cloud seeding· bloomberg· the guardian· oman· climate change

00:00 Hold on a second, let me get this straight. Didn't you basically invent podcasting? Adam Curry, John C. DeVora. Hence, there's an April 18, 2024, this year award-winning Kimberlation Media assassination episode 1652. This is no agenda. Seeding your clouds and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where they're all singing Google, Google you can't hide, I'm John C. Dvorak. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do that in a minute. Let's do the Google. I don't have anything. That was it. Oh, I have the clip. Oh, good. I have a Google, Google clip. But before that, the funniest thing, just the funniest thing happened.

00:52 I love this story and I love how the mainstream is like, what are we going to do about this? This is a problem. Jeff Hogan in the WLR Live Center. Got some brand new video we've been telling you about this rainfall in the United Arab Emirates and in Dubai. Record breaking rainfall and flooding. This is a view from the Dubai airport. This rain has shut down schools. It is shut down roads, grounded flights. The second largest airport in the world looks like a river. This is the tarmac. outside the plane window. Look at this view here. The country got 10 inches of rain in 24 hours. That is an entire year's worth. It's creating dangerous conditions all across that region. People are being told don't travel unless it's absolutely necessary. In nearby Oman, there are 18 people who have been killed because of this severe weather. The National Center of Meteorology in Abu Dhabi says this rain event surpasses anything that they have seen since they began keeping records

01:49 in 1949. So I'm looking around and I come across Bloomberg Radio, which is a, you know, they're 24 hours a day, Bloomberg Radio. They have video of it as well. Of course, you got people sitting there with headphones on, with a big mic in front of their face. Yes, Bloomberg Radio, watch me. And they have a new reporter in Dubai. He's kind of a cute lady, you know, she's got a... I cut out the whole part about her. She's new and she's so happy to be here and her and her husband are living there with a young child, everything's great. But she's new, so she's inexperienced and doesn't quite know how things go. You're not supposed to talk about certain topics. So she right away explains exactly what happened and why this took place and you will hear

02:38 Some interference being run the official response is actually this is I think they called it goodwill reign and and let me explain the context of this so this is also new to me right I had I was not familiar with this concept of cloud seeding and for anyone who's not heard of that term. It's basically a methodology that some governments in the region use to help encourage and rainfall. And what they do is whenever they see cloud formations, they inject substance into the clouds. And in this case, I think it's salt, anything with a bit of iodine. And the whole point is for those substances to attract moisture to encourage more rainfall in very barren landscapes like deserts and in the Middle East and what we have in the UAE.

03:20 And so what some people are saying, and these are, you know, this is allegations, of course, but denied by the government, is that this is an example of cloud seeding that has gone too far. The response to that of course is that it wasn't just, you didn't just have a rainfall in the UAE, you also saw it in other parts of the world. You saw it in Pakistan, Afghanistan. I want Damien Sassar to jump in here. I just realized, Jumana, that every other word from Damien is a Greek letter. Jumana, I mean, by the way, Jumana and I are having lunch when she comes to New York in a few weeks time, but Jumana, I really need to ask you this one question.

03:57 What is the damage? You're on the ground there. I mean, I see these pictures and they are breathtaking. Please. I mean, she says it right there. She's boots on the ground. She's brand new. Jump in, man. We got to stop that. But we can't have that be the official explanation. And the Guardian, of course, you'd have the Guardian to come out and say, oh, Where is it here? Don't blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods. Did cloud seeding cause the heavy rain? In short, scientists say no. In a statement issued to multiple news outlets, except for the New Lady in Bloomberg, the NCM, which oversees cloud seeding operations in the UAE, said there were no such cloud seeding operations before or during the storm. We did not engage in any seeding operations during this particular weather event. He doesn't say before, he says during.

04:56 Experts meanwhile, John you'll be interested to know, have debunked the cloud seeding theory. Martin Umbaum, a professor of atmospheric physics and dynamics at the University of Reading said that cloud seeding, certainly in the Emirates, is used for clouds that don't normally produce rain. Huh? You would not normally develop a very severe storm out of that. And he added that in the 50s and 60s people still thought about using cloud seeding to produce these big weather events or change these big weather events. This is long being recognized as just not a realistic possibility. Well I'm sorry, this cloud seeding happens all the time for rain. Well I'll tell you this, what he just said at the end there, since I was a kid in California during the cloud seeding era in the 50s and 60s. The days of cloud seeding.

05:49 They used to pour rain just constantly with these clouds and they would tell us, hey, you know, we're seeding and boom, next thing you know, it'd be storming like crazy. And later, earlier in the in that clip, the new the new lady said, you know, they were warning everybody a day and a half ahead of time. Hey, it's going to rain. Now of course Deutsche Welle took the expected tact. While it's not clear to what extent climate change may have caused the destroyed rainfall, experts say it's an example of the kind of extreme weather we can only expect to increase as temperatures rise around the world. With climate change what we see a lot

06:30 is that you expect increased intensity of storms like this, heavy, heavy rainfall and increased conditions to form storms to even begin to think about precipitation. As the climate changes, the Gulf is expected to experience bigger and more frequent rainstorms. Oh, OK. All right. There you go. This is truly man-made climate change. man-made extreme weather event. It's true if you want to look at it that way. It's just, I'm so sad that they, why don't they just say it? Yeah, it was cloud seeding. We all know it. We have to deny. Yeah, I don't even know. It's not even as though, especially the news media, it's not as though they're

07:21 Butter their butter their bread is buttered by climate change. They're not making money It's the you know, the researchers and scammers that are making money off the climate change Notion, so why is the media all in on this way? They why can't they be honest with they with themselves? Oh, let's dig up the guy who will say climate change Well, I have there's plenty of guys who would say just the opposite if they wanted to be there in the Rolodex You can have, if you wanted to put a story together, I could put 10 guys saying it's bullcrap and 10 guys saying, oh yeah, climate change. Easy. If I wanted to. Climate changed the movie, everybody. Look for it. It's on YouTube. I do have a Genesis clip, interestingly enough, which includes one of our favorite people. I don't know if you saw this. It was circulating around suddenly and it came by and I scooped it up in the net. 1982, which is, is that 42 years ago?

CHAPTER 02 / 39 Discussion

Greenhouse Effect Origins, 1982 Dan Rather Climate Report

A 1982 CBS News report featuring Dan Rather illustrates the early media focus on the "greenhouse effect" before the term "global warming" became dominant. The archival footage highlights scientific theories from 42 years ago regarding melting Antarctic ice and rising sea levels. The discussion contrasts these early 80s warnings with the "global cooling" and "new ice age" scares prevalent in mainstream media during the late 1970s.

dan rather· cbs news· greenhouse effect· global warming· ice age· climate change

08:19 Yeah, 19 yes 19... can you believe that? 1982 was 42 years ago. Hey! Yep, it was. Hey, it was a long time ago. Dan Rather, CBS, the genesis of climate change. Concern about rising temperatures on planet Earth heated up a hearing here in Washington today. For years, scientists have theorized about the dangers of the so-called greenhouse effect. Now this is where... I think this is why we don't remember this because the original term Before global warming was the greenhouse effect. And I think that that was a bad term because it sounds so green. And you know, it doesn't, when you think of greenhouse, you don't think of, oh, phew, it's really hot in here. Because most people have probably not been in a greenhouse.

09:07 Yeah, but the greenhouse. You've been in one? Oh, I used to work in one. You used to work in a greenhouse? Yes, the Rose Nursery when I was a kid. Well, my experience being in a greenhouse is that they're muggy. Yes, muggy and warm. Very muggy. And if you're in a Rose Nursery, you get a lot of scratches. Anyway. So this is pre-global warming, which then became climate change because the warming wasn't there for several years. Remember that period? So we're going back to greenhouse gases. The warming of the Earth's atmosphere due to the burning of coal and oil. And in recent months, as David Cullhane reports, research has uncovered facts to support that theory. Facts! Many scientists claim that the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere has been rising over the past 100 years, that the great sheets of pack ice in Antarctica are melting at a much more rapid rate than previously.

10:05 And finally that the sea level has been rising with increasing swiftness over the past 40 years. Sound familiar? If it's rising for 40 years and that was 42 years ago, I'm looking out the window here. Mudflats, no change. No change. And I have a map of the mudflats from the 1880s, 1890s. Somebody sent me. Same thing. It looks the same. I wasn't so I mean that would somebody explain this to me besides the one gal wrote is yeah well it's because the silt yeah right because of what's happening in Greenland right now the maps of the world will have to be redrawn

10:46 There it is. Redraw the maps. This is what would happen to San Francisco Bay. Alright, we looked out the window. No change. Back to the reports. If these scientists are correct, about 25% of Florida would be flooded along with low-lying areas all over the world. Climate changes could produce widespread disruption of... Notice they said climate changes. So this was really the precursor. I love this Genesis clip. Climate changes... changes from greenhouse gases climate change I want to stop you for a second give a little kind of perspective on this place it was until when Reagan got elected they were still promoting and I have I will I will get these clips off of an old cassette I made in the late 70s early 80 I think is probably 79 to 80

11:38 Which I mean, which is around the house somewhere. They were still... Yeah, I know. Four more years! Four more years! I know where it is. Anyway, they were still, and this is on mainstream hippie radio, they were still pushing the new Ice Age. And that went to about 1981 and we're not talking about as Bill Maher said, oh one article. Thousands of articles were written about this. Some of the same people.

12:16 Some of the same people who then later wrote about war. About half the same people. A number of those people have stuck to this day with the global cooling, which is interesting, but nobody talks to them. Anyway, so around 1980, about 1981, this wasn't working, because they went through from about 70, I think it started around 72, They started doing all these scary things about global cooling and so they had to reverse change course. So around 82, which is where this clip came from, this is part of the course changing events so they flipped the script. Since we're talking about it, normally I wouldn't have done this, but you brought, and Reagan is actually mentioned in this 1982 report,

13:05 We might as well go back, wind it back four years to 1978. This is a classic No Agenda clip, many have heard it. An hour-long special by the one and only Dr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy, who told us that it would, so this is only four years before this, we're all gonna flood, that we are all gonna die of the new ice age. In 1977, the worst winter in a century struck the United States. Arctic cold ripped the Midwest for weeks on end. Great blizzards paralyzed cities of the Northeast. One desperate night in Buffalo, eight people froze to death in maroon cars. Pat Bushnell was on the road that night.

CHAPTER 03 / 39 Discussion

Leonard Nimoy 1978 Ice Age Special, Al Gore Research Funding

In 1978, Leonard Nimoy hosted a television special warning of a coming ice age following a brutal winter in Buffalo, New York. By 1982, the narrative shifted toward warming, featuring then-Senator Al Gore advocating for increased federal research funding for carbon dioxide monitoring. This transition highlights the rapid reversal of scientific consensus in media reporting between the late 1970s and early 1980s.

leonard nimoy· dr. spock· al gore· global cooling· carbon dioxide· climate research

12:16 Some of the same people who then later wrote about war. About half the same people. A number of those people have stuck to this day with the global cooling, which is interesting, but nobody talks to them. Anyway, so around 1980, about 1981, this wasn't working, because they went through from about 70, I think it started around 72, They started doing all these scary things about global cooling and so they had to reverse change course. So around 82, which is where this clip came from, this is part of the course changing events so they flipped the script. Since we're talking about it, normally I wouldn't have done this, but you brought, and Reagan is actually mentioned in this 1982 report,

13:05 We might as well go back, wind it back four years to 1978. This is a classic No Agenda clip, many have heard it. An hour-long special by the one and only Dr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy, who told us that it would, so this is only four years before this, we're all gonna flood, that we are all gonna die of the new ice age. In 1977, the worst winter in a century struck the United States. Arctic cold ripped the Midwest for weeks on end. Great blizzards paralyzed cities of the Northeast. One desperate night in Buffalo, eight people froze to death in maroon cars. Pat Bushnell was on the road that night.

13:58 Traffic just absolutely stopped. I was afraid of being stuck in the car all night long with the cold and the wind running out of gas. And then what? I think that if we had to go through a real bad winter, just like we just went through, I think we'd have to think about moving someplace else. Move where? Where? The brutal Buffalo winter might become common all over the United States. Climate experts believe the next ice age is on its way. According to recent evidence, it could come sooner than anyone had expected.

14:37 And weather stations in the far north, temperatures have been dropping for 30 years. Seacoast, long free of summer ice, are now blocked year-round. According to some climatologists, within a lifetime, we might be living in the next ice age. Ah, there it is! Oh! Mr. Spock. Ambassador Spock. Yes. Classic clip. Classic Noah Janda clip. You can find the whole hour long, I think it's an hour long special. He's out there walking in a blizzard with his heavy coat on. It's so good. And then a mere four years later. Climate changes could produce widespread disruption of agriculture. The American farm belt might be too dry and the wheat and corn crops would have to move to Canada.

15:26 Scientists blame the odorless, colorless carbon dioxide gas for these potentially dangerous changes around the planet. Now see, they were still calling it carbon dioxide then. We've now changed that to carbon, obviously. It is the greenhouse effect. The gas allows sunlight to filter down and warm the Earth. But like the glass of a greenhouse, the carbon dioxide tends to trap heat so that it cannot rise into space. The scientists maintain that the coal, oil and gas we've been burning for a hundred years have produced more and more carbon dioxide and helped overheat the earth. Notice no mention of cows.

16:02 No mention of any other things. No, it's just burning fossil fuels. Now some political leaders endorse the demands for more CO2 monitoring stations. Oh, who could be coming up? 1982! Like this one in Hawaii. And they share the anger of the scientists at Reagan administration budget cuts at a time when they feel closer to getting to... Oh, there it is. Budget cuts. And who's coming in to get some research money, money, money? The answers. We are not doing the kind of research that we should be doing to determine whether or not these scientists who were so alarmed are correct. This is Al Gore, Senator Gore. And what they find out will affect the lives and fortunes of millions of people. You're no kidding. The very survival of cities like this one. David Culhane, CBS News, New York. There it is. Al Gore, early on, going for the research money.

CHAPTER 04 / 39 Discussion

Catherine Maher NPR CEO Appointment, Wikimedia and Spook Background

Catherine Maher, the new CEO of NPR, faces scrutiny over her extensive background with globalist organizations including the Wikimedia Foundation, the Atlantic Council, and the World Bank. Her resume includes a stint at HSBC during a major money-laundering scandal and roles within the U.S. Department of State. Critics point to her past TED Talk comments regarding "shared truths" as evidence of a progressive bias that aligns with intelligence community interests.

catherine maher· npr· wikimedia foundation· signal foundation· council on foreign relations· hsbc

16:58 And it will change the lives and riches of many. Yes, it did! Especially for Al Gore. And for science. By the way, remember Al, first law of holes. If you are one, shut up. I'm going to play one more clip for climate change and we can move on because we have a... and I think this actually flows into a couple of clips I saw you had. The new CEO of NPR, Catherine Marr. She has quite a career she has. She is a... I mean, if you had to place a picture next to Libertard in the dictionary, she would be it. I can't believe you used that. I have to. She's kind of... She could be kind of cute. There's a great photo of her wearing a Biden for president hat. I mean, she's all in on all of this leftist stuff. All of the trans-Maoist stuff. All of it.

17:54 So she did a TED talk a few years back. Mistake. I didn't get that. Mistake. Mistake. I could have, we could just play the whole 15 minutes. Instead, I clipped about a minute, minute 30 here. I think about our lack of shared, of urgent action. I should mention at the time, she was the, I think the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which of course produces Wikipedia. She later went on to be the executive director of the Signal Foundation. which makes me want to question the use of Signal, the chat texting app, communications app. But she is a long line of very globalist organizations that she's been in. So let's go back to her views on climate change and how we have to have the conversation, which is coming to an NPR radio station near you very soon. I think about our lack of urgent action on climate change.

18:49 We've known for a very long time now about the negative impacts of man-made carbon in the atmosphere. Man-made carbon? She just skips over the dioxide part, so now it's just man-made carbon. But... But? That implications of that data challenge our identities, our industries, our communities. in ways that have led and created resistance and even disinformation. And the resulting public debates about the truth of climate change have prevented us from taking specific and concrete actions that could mitigate the harms to us around rising seas, increasingly deadly waves of heat and cold, and powerful storm systems. Notice how she brings in heat and cold all of a sudden.

19:38 With such urgent threats ahead of us, we need better ways to get to shared understanding. Fortunately, I've seen how at Wikipedia, we can come to cooperative and productive conversations around disagreement and decision-making without using one shared truth as our baseline. It's generous and accommodating approach. One shared truth of our baseline? What the hell is that supposed to mean? I was waiting for you to stop it somewhere. I mean, she's just full of these little buzz phrases. What does that mean?

20:18 I don't know. She's too cute. You're looking at her like, oh, she's cute. What did she say? We can come to you moderately cute in a horsey kind of a way. Cooperative and productive conversations around disagreement and decision making without using one shared truth as our baseline. One shared truth as our baseline. I think of our baseline. Yes. I don't know. I don't know. It's gobbledygook. It's TED Talk. It's total gobbledygook.

20:59 And the good news is we can know a lot of things. We have high quality information, facts and data that allow us to do things like track the migration of endangered species or the spread of a pandemic around the world. Oh, yes. She's going to be great. And by coincidence, someone sent me the Form 990 for NPR, which I was very happy with because it has a lot more stuff in here than I realized. NPR last year spent $2.25 million on TED Talk. I guess they have TED Talk radio. Yeah, so they bought that for $2.25 million. Now she will make about half a million dollars

21:49 Because all the salaries of the directors and executives and important people are disclosed in this form 990. But what's interesting is how much do you think Steven Inskeep makes, host of the morning edition? I have no idea. $488,000 with a $32,000 extra bonus. Okay. The other host, the secondary host, $378,000. These are pretty big numbers. Yeah, but they don't compare to TV numbers. No, but they only have 12 and a half million listeners. The whole, all of NPR. I thought they would be much bigger. I think it was and would have been if it wasn't for the fact that they've gone nuts. Yeah, exactly. They probably were much bigger and it's all going down in tubes.

22:42 This girl is something, it's interesting because if you look at, you know, spot the spook jingle might be in play here. Let me just read a few things she's done, which seems unlikely. She is the non-executive chairperson of Web Summit, former chief executive director of Wikimedia. Okay, we got that. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, worked for UNICEF, the National Democratic Institute, the World Bank and Access Now before joining Wikimedia. She subsequently joined the Atlantic Council, U.S. Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. There's a lot of stuff here for a girl who's 41.

23:36 intensive program at the American University in Cairo. That's that's studied at the Institut Francais. Spent time in Lebanon and Tunisia. Received the bachelor's from New York University in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Council on Foreign Relations, Eurasia Group. began working at HSBC in London. This is a big resume for a... What year? What year at HSBC? 2005. Whoa! Wasn't that the year of the big scandal? That when Comey was still on the board? In 2007 she returned to New York City where from 2007 to 2010 she worked at UNICEF.

24:22 And it goes on and on. I mean, this is a person that is... This is not a normal career path for anybody. This is a spook. Listen to this. Between 2005... When did she leave? Well, between... In 2007, it looks like she returned to New York. I'm looking here from Reuters. Hold on a second. Between 2005 and 2007, There was a growing flood of US dollars moving between the exchange houses and HSBC. This was all the Mexican drug dealers who were money laundering their money through HSBC exactly the time she was there. And Comey was on the board of directors. She's inside, man. She's an insider. Big time. And she left right on the time that, oh, we got our money. Let's go. Wow.

25:16 So she's a, uh, she's a, I would say this, she's a heavy hitter. Yeah. Well, I mean, that's, so it is unique that she's, what'd you say? She's cute. Like with dog, what did you say? I didn't say dog. I would never say that about any woman ever. I forgot what you said. You said that. I said, I forgot what you said in a horsey kind of way. She's cute in a horsey sort of sense. So how often do you get such a, such an elite who has, who has kind of horsey good looking? She's unique. It's no wonder. It's a, it's a, it's a miracle. We haven't seen her surface before.

25:58 Well, we haven't, obviously she hasn't taken the profile that we're looking for. There's probably a thousand people like her floating around, going from the Middle East Institute to one thing or another. That's great. But when they crop up and push their way into the mainstream media, which is what we deconstruct, we have to take note. And we just take a note that this woman is a spook. Yeah, she's connected. And she's in it and now she's running NPR and she's running on behalf of the woke. And that guy, I have clips, we'll get to those later, the guy who wrote this simple essay, I think he was trying to kiss her ass, she ended up getting him to quit. Yeah, let's play that because this is an interesting twist based on the analysis we had, mainly yours, that this guy, and I'm not saying it's wrong, but

CHAPTER 05 / 39 Discussion

Uri Berliner Resignation, NPR Liberal Bias Allegations

NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned following a suspension triggered by his essay in the Free Press criticizing the network's narrow worldview. Berliner argued that NPR lost public trust by downplaying the Hunter Biden laptop story and focusing disproportionately on Palestinian suffering in its Middle East coverage. The resignation highlights internal friction between long-term staff and the new leadership under Catherine Maher.

uri berliner· npr· free press· liberal bias· hunter biden laptop· journalism

26:54 that this guy was just, oh, you know, big hero, do it in between CEOs. I think that this had more impact. Yeah, I think it had more impact than we expected. You know, the cracks are starting to form. I was talking to a buddy of mine and he says, all the teachers around here, it's almost like a virtue signal. And I, oh yeah, I listen to NPR and they get all their woke bull crap from NPR and Even though this wasn't really about a wokeness thing per se, the article that this Uri wrote, he was... I think the cracks started to show. And I think that the intellectuals who listen to NPR and have the tote bag and the bumper sticker, probably there was... it stirred something up. And that's why

27:44 You know, the pushback was too hard. Something went wrong for this guy to quit. Yeah, jokes on him, but I think the cracks are showing. Well, the other thing is it turned out that the staffers put together a petition to demand that he get fired. The staffers, obviously against free speech or free thought, got all bent out of shape because they felt they were offended because they were doing good work. Yeah. Do you know that a recent survey I think Edison research showed do you know what media personnel the American public trusts most? Podcasters. Yes. Yes. No. Yes Americans trust podcasters more than any other media personalities Yeah, good for us. Yay. Yay. Go podcasting Go podcasting indeed

28:45 Well, one of these, I got four clips and one of them, two of the clips are an analysis by this guy, I think his name is mentioned in the clip, but he discusses what's happening in general to the media and mentions podcasting. Oh good, good. A senior business. Sorry. No, I'm saying let's go. Okay. A senior business editor at NPR has announced his resignation This comes just a day after the outlet suspended him for an essay criticizing what he called the company's liberal bias In a statement on X, Uri Berliner took jabs at the company CEO Berliner said he can't work in a newsroom where he is quote disparaged by his boss and

29:28 Just days prior, he published an article on the Free Press titled, I've Been at NPR for 25 Years, Here's How We Lost America's Trust. In it, he said NPR's culture had changed from having an open-minded spirit to a much narrower worldview. Berliner cited a number of examples in NPR's coverage, from Hunter Biden's business dealings to the Israel-Hamas war, specifically, quote, highlighting the suffering of Palestinians at almost every turn while downplaying the atrocities of October 7th. NPR CEO Catherine Marr has defended the outlet. She's been criticized for an alleged progressive bias and for disparaging social media posts about Trump. Prior to being fired at NPR, she had said, quote, our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that's getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done, unquote. Before you continue,

30:25 So here's the study. In fact, they entitled the study, because of the outcome, podcasting a medium of trust. According to the study of US consumers, 64% of podcast listeners actively seek out podcasters and create time for their content, the most of any other tested media personality, making the time spent with podcasts highly engaging and intentional. and these findings that the podcasters are most trusted, comes at a time when trust in the US media has hit an all-time low. Half of Americans reported to believe that national news organizations deliberately mislead them. And that's research from Gallup and the Knight Foundation. How about that? That's saying a lot.

31:15 I mean, yeah, and that's probably just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the way people feel about the mainstream media. The mainstream media is just they don't know what to do about it. You know they're having meetings every once in a while and you end up with a comment like that was in this last clip where the woman, this blonde, the new CEO said that, well, you know, just because they can't handle the truth is basically what she said there. I know, it's a bit rude. But, you know, it's just a comment in general. If you look at, forget NPR for a second, if you look at the mainstream media and even just entertainment, I consider what we do, okay, deconstruction, but we're trying to make people laugh. It's entertainment. I mean, everything is really ultimately meant to be entertaining. Mainstream, they abuse their audiences. I mean, think about it. The Bachelor.

32:13 The Robinson Island, whatever it's called, Survivor. You know, anything to get normal people to abuse themselves so we can all watch it. Big Brother. All of these things are just abusing their audience. Whereas podcasters, we work together with our audience. That's the only way we can make it work. We produce the show together. We do it together. We respect our audience. As far as we could throw him. You're like very taken by this report. I know! Stay with me! I can see you bent your arms back and you're patting yourself. Stay with me! It's not a pleasant sight. Stay with me! I'm doing it for the children, John, please.

33:02 All right. I want to mention, by the way, this URI guy. Yeah, he quits because he knows he's going to be paid twice as much to do a podcast. A podcast about a podcast. Well, no, he'll be working at Fox on he'll be on Gutfeld and a couple of these other shows as a as the, you know, staff guest like Juan Williams was for years after he got fired from the NPR. He'll be the executive advisor. What is it called? The one they usually have is called They call it the liberal stooge. They come on there. They put him on as the fourth spot. Oh, on the five. I got you. Yeah, that's a good spot for him. Yeah. Good spot. Yes. I like it. I like it. Yeah. And he'll like it too when he gets the money. Yeah, for sure. Onward.

33:49 Joining me now to discuss the latest controversy over National Public Radio is investigative journalist Jeff Carlson. Jeff is also the co-host of Truth Over News on Epic TV. Jeff Carlson, thank you so much for joining us. Good to have you back on the show. Recently, this clip of NPR CEO Catherine Marr, which was discovered by conservative activist Christopher Rufo, is making the rounds, especially today, with even Elon Musk commenting on it. This is what she had to say about her fight against quote, disinformation. The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States. It also means that it is a little bit tricky to really address some of the real challenges of where does bad information come from and sort of the influence peddlers who have made a real market economy around it.

CHAPTER 06 / 39 Discussion

First Amendment Challenges, Catherine Maher Disinformation Comments

NPR CEO Catherine Maher was featured in a surfaced clip describing the First Amendment as a "challenge" to addressing disinformation. Investigative journalists suggest these comments reveal a pro-censorship stance and a desire to coordinate with government entities to regulate information. The discussion explores how "disinformation experts" view constitutional protections as impediments to their work.

catherine maher· first amendment· disinformation· christopher rufo· censorship· npr

33:02 All right. I want to mention, by the way, this URI guy. Yeah, he quits because he knows he's going to be paid twice as much to do a podcast. A podcast about a podcast. Well, no, he'll be working at Fox on he'll be on Gutfeld and a couple of these other shows as a as the, you know, staff guest like Juan Williams was for years after he got fired from the NPR. He'll be the executive advisor. What is it called? The one they usually have is called They call it the liberal stooge. They come on there. They put him on as the fourth spot. Oh, on the five. I got you. Yeah, that's a good spot for him. Yeah. Good spot. Yes. I like it. I like it. Yeah. And he'll like it too when he gets the money. Yeah, for sure. Onward.

33:49 Joining me now to discuss the latest controversy over National Public Radio is investigative journalist Jeff Carlson. Jeff is also the co-host of Truth Over News on Epic TV. Jeff Carlson, thank you so much for joining us. Good to have you back on the show. Recently, this clip of NPR CEO Catherine Marr, which was discovered by conservative activist Christopher Rufo, is making the rounds, especially today, with even Elon Musk commenting on it. This is what she had to say about her fight against quote, disinformation. The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States. It also means that it is a little bit tricky to really address some of the real challenges of where does bad information come from and sort of the influence peddlers who have made a real market economy around it.

34:36 Jeff, what is your reaction to this statement by the CEO of NPR? Well, it just keeps getting worse, doesn't it? You know, this whole thing originated with the essay by Yuri Berliner, one of the editors there who was frustrated with the environment that he was working on. kind of finally blew the lid off. And then as people started digging on the CEO, the more they found, the more alarming it was. And what I think is going on here and why we're seeing the kind of reaction that we're seeing is this is exposing the whole side of censorship and the so-called disinformation experts.

35:13 You know, she's made a number of speeches, you know, one of which she was bragging about working with the government and censorship efforts. And now here she's talking about the single biggest impediment to her work is the First Amendment. It's interesting how the sausage here at No Agenda is made. In that clip was that little bit of of Miss Marr talking about, you know, the First Amendment. And I had the clip, but it was, the audio was so broken up. I'm like, this really isn't really good. I mean, in context of this clip, it's good. That's actually how I went searching for more on her. And that's how I hit on the TED Talk.

CHAPTER 07 / 39 Discussion

NPR Federal Funding, NGO Cutouts and Government Proxies

While NPR claims only 2% of its budget comes from the federal government, critics argue the actual figure is much higher when accounting for indirect funding through NGO "cutouts" and local station grants. Senator Marsha Blackburn has proposed legislation to defund the organization following recent bias controversies. The discussion posits that NPR functions as a government proxy rather than an independent watchdog.

npr· federal funding· marsha blackburn· cpb· ngos· government grants

35:56 Well that clip was unusable. I had it too. Yeah, that's what I mean, unusable. And I think, and it may be misinterpreted. I also thought the interpretation of the clip was dubious. I thought it was a little loose. Yeah, dubious and loose. I agree. So she's just yakking away about one thing or another and they're taking it as a negative thing. I didn't do that. But the overall analysis by this guy Jeff is still decent. So let's go in with part three. There are now growing calls to defund NPR with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn. Oh, first of all, can we just talk about defunding NPR? They only get what is it, John, 2% from the U.S. government.

36:37 It turns out... Wait, it's gonna be more? It turns out to be more but it's done through... There's a word for this, it's roundabout. That's not the word but there's another word for it. They have other mechanisms, in other words they get money from a bunch of sources that turn out to actually be proxies for the US government. So they're getting a lot more than 2%. So that is bogus and I fell for it. Yeah, me too. and you fell for it, it's easy to fall for, but then when you have somebody who analyzes this guy, and it's not the one, this came out, I've heard this before.

37:15 and they start looking into it. It's a lot of money. And this is what Laura Logan was talking about when she was in DC. She said they have all these cutouts, I think is the term she used. Yeah, cutouts. You got cutouts and these are NGOs and they get millions of dollars or tens of millions or hundreds of millions and they then turn around and they... Funnel it. And they, yeah, they funnel it to NPR just as NPR turns around and funnels it to Ted Talks, which I think is probably also a non-profit. I'll bet you it is. Not that I know of, but it had to have switched. I mean, it was another guy who bought it. So basically, it's government money funding that Ted dude.

38:02 Yes, the new Ted. I mean, the original Ted is long gone. No, the Ted is gone. It's the new Ted. All right, back to the clip. There are now growing calls to defund NPR with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn telling Fox News that she's planning to propose legislative action that would threaten to cut the funding to NPR. What is NPR's record when it comes to covering major political stories? Well, you know, I guess in many ways it's like a lot of other news organizations in that they've got kind of a storied history and had done a great job. But as our environment became more politicized, so did they. And, you know, the funding is something that we've talked about for a long time. A lot of people have talked about it for a long time, and it's not a small number.

38:47 I believe the parent organization gets almost half a billion dollars, like $500 million. The radios get something on the magnitude of $125 million. So we're not talking about small amounts, even though NPR likes to portray it that way. And I would remind everybody, you know, if you want to point to a time when a change really happened, it was earlier than this. But NPR actually came out at the time of the Biden-Trump, when they were running for president. And in late October, right before the actual election itself, they said that they weren't going to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story because it wasn't newsworthy.

39:27 and made a public statement about that. And they knew it was perfectly newsworthy. They knew that the FBI had possession of Hunter's laptop. They knew in real time that it was a real story. Publicly, they denigrated it. And that's one of the elements that may have helped swing that election. Ted Foundation, Inc. Yeah. You looked for the... Yeah. Yeah. Ted Foundation. This is interesting and it really has reset my thinking about NPR because I was, I mean, I know that their ad sales, I'm sorry, under whatever you want to call it. I know that that is sold by professional radio salespeople because they sell, you know, and we'll throw in NPR, you know, they sell the whole thing as a package. And the podcasts are definitely commercial.

40:22 And they can do that because of the, you know, the outdated laws around what they're doing. But I had never really considered that they were getting all these grants from cutouts. That makes a lot of sense. No wonder she's in there. She has to keep the ship running. It's got to be a government stooge making sure things go the right way for this kind of money. Look, we're putting a lot of government money in here. We want to make sure somebody's in control. We don't want to go off the rails. Protect our investment here. Yeah, definitely. I think we're on four. Yes. I mean, what's the role of the news? Fundamentally, the role of the news is to report on the government, right? It is supposed to be an adversarial relationship by its very definition. It is not supposed to be friendly or comfortable or conversational. And, you know, yet with receiving a large chunk of their funding from the government, they're now reliant on the government. So that alters the fundamental nature of the relationship.

41:21 But, you know, we can also extend these problems, these relationship problems to all the other media organizations. New York Times, Washington Post have very, very cozy relationships with their national security counterparts. So we've moved away from this watchdog, the press as a watchdog on the government, into a role of cooperation with the government, which is the very reason that we saw all the censorship actions that we've seen over the last number of years. It's a partnership. It is not an adversarial watchdog relationship. That's ended many years ago, unfortunately. Was it ever a watchdog?

CHAPTER 08 / 39 Discussion

Legacy Media Decline, Hollywood Streaming Crisis, Craigslist Disruption

The traditional media business model has been hollowed out by the loss of classified ad revenue to platforms like Craigslist and the shift toward unprofitable streaming services. During the era of zero-interest rates, Hollywood overproduced content without a clear path to profitability, leading to the current wave of layoffs and industry contraction. Podcasting is noted as a rising alternative as trust in national news organizations hits record lows.

legacy media· craigslist· streaming· netflix· hollywood· journalism

40:22 And they can do that because of the, you know, the outdated laws around what they're doing. But I had never really considered that they were getting all these grants from cutouts. That makes a lot of sense. No wonder she's in there. She has to keep the ship running. It's got to be a government stooge making sure things go the right way for this kind of money. Look, we're putting a lot of government money in here. We want to make sure somebody's in control. We don't want to go off the rails. Protect our investment here. Yeah, definitely. I think we're on four. Yes. I mean, what's the role of the news? Fundamentally, the role of the news is to report on the government, right? It is supposed to be an adversarial relationship by its very definition. It is not supposed to be friendly or comfortable or conversational. And, you know, yet with receiving a large chunk of their funding from the government, they're now reliant on the government. So that alters the fundamental nature of the relationship.

41:21 But, you know, we can also extend these problems, these relationship problems to all the other media organizations. New York Times, Washington Post have very, very cozy relationships with their national security counterparts. So we've moved away from this watchdog, the press as a watchdog on the government, into a role of cooperation with the government, which is the very reason that we saw all the censorship actions that we've seen over the last number of years. It's a partnership. It is not an adversarial watchdog relationship. That's ended many years ago, unfortunately. Was it ever a watchdog?

42:05 Ever I can't recall it ever being a watchdog type organization. Maybe if you go back to the 30s, okay? We did we have radio that I think when you go back to the trip when the we had the American Revolution I think it was Was there NPR during the American Revolution no, I'm during the time time about the media in general. Oh, oh, please No, that went out the door before we were born. I think it's funny the way he puts this thing. He could have been called on it, which was he says, it says the New York Times and its national security counterparts. Oh, I didn't even catch that. Yeah, that's what he said. And I went, oh, that's interesting. So he thinks that the New York Times is, and I think so too,

42:53 The New York Times is just part of the national security system. Well, I have a clip after you play your next clip about the New York Times. This next clip, I believe, is the last clip. Yes, it is. And give us a sense, just how widespread is this activism journalism, if you will? How do we get back to the watchdog stage that you're talking about? Well, unfortunately I don't think we can get back under the old model. The pervasiveness of the activism is so widespread. It's endemic. It's at every major institution. And I don't see any rectification for it.

43:32 People are waking up to the fact that they're constantly being lied to. It's why the industry is undergoing such profound and fundamental changes. We've seen any number of closures, bankruptcies, etc. And it is opening up an entirely new realm of the new media, people that are doing their podcasts, you folks at Epic. that are looking for the fundamental truth just want to report the news. People are hungry for that. So while it's a very deep and fundamental problem on the one hand, on the other it also creates an opening and people are looking for that opening. So it's an opportunity as well.

44:10 But I don't think you fix the old media. The old media is going to go away. Jeff Carlson, thank you so much for your time. That's actually quite good. This has been going on for at least 20 years and we saw it happen. It's actually on the media had like an hour long. It's a hate lesson for me, but they had a pretty good profile of how newspapers were destroyed by Craigslist, later Backpage, how government came in to regulate Backpage because that, when I was a kid, I mean, literally, that's what you would look for for your an apartment for your job help wanted for you know a relationship all these different things were all in the classifieds then that was completely disrupted by wiped out wiped out because it was 18 billion dollars worth of revenue that was taken away by Craigslist mainly and of course now it's rampant everywhere and the newsroom

45:07 They all thought, well people buy the newspaper for us, they love our wonderful news reporting and analysis. No, no, they don't. So the newspapers, they're basically gone with some few exceptions. I think we'll always have, you know, some big mainstream hits that people will still glom on to, usually those who are zombified in the sleep. But when you look at television and particularly cable, and streamers, it has eroded to such a degree That, you know, we can't have 10 subscriptions to everything. In fact, it's the first thing to go when money gets tight. Like, you know, we got these subscriptions, what are we going to cut? The audience has eroded. A big hit now on a network TV show is 5, 6 million. It used to be 100 million for some.

45:58 Things well, I mean big events would be a hundred million But even even you know a CBS or NBC must watch TV I mean that was you were talking 20 30 million people Yeah easy and so during it was a really good article that that I read about this. I'll put it in the show notes You know during in the last it was I'll see in last 15 years we had zero Zero, you know, zero, zero percent interest rates. It's called the life and death of Hollywood, Daniel Bessner and St. Harper's. Yeah, I read that article too. It's a good article. It's long, but it's a good article. It's too long. The guy needs an editor. It's too long. The guy needs an editor. Two sittings. Yeah, three for me.

46:46 But he basically said that, you know, we had all this, all of these, this cheap free money in essence. And then the streamers came in and they started to, you know, create amazing quote unquote, amazing content, paying writers, all kinds of money. Everybody was rocking and rolling. And then it flipped from Get as many users a typical Silicon Valley. Just don't worry about profit. The eyeballs, it took the eyeball approach, the Silicon Valley eyeball approach. Get the eyeballs and we'll deal with how much how to make money off the eyeballs later.

47:21 And then that changed and moved to profitability, which is why you see all these companies letting people go. At some point it has to. People going, hey, we got a lot of eyeballs here, we're losing our ass. How does that work? Well, it happened coincidentally with the end of free money, with inflation and the interest rate hike. So that's over. And now, you know, Netflix is doing OK, but In general, the industry has been hollowed out and destroyed. And add to that that during the writer's strike, people didn't miss Kimmel or what's the other guy? What's the other Jimmy? Jimmy Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and what's the same? No, people started watching TikTok in bed. They didn't care. TikTok's more entertaining generally. Yeah, it's much more entertaining. And the cost of distribution, the cost of the studios, the old way of doing stuff is just too expensive. It is over. And so we've seen this very slow decline. And obviously radio is now... It's like, you know, listening to this is like talking to Brunetti.

CHAPTER 09 / 39 Discussion

New York Times Internal Memo, Gaza War Language Restrictions

An internal New York Times memo leaked to The Intercept revealed editorial restrictions on using terms like "genocide," "ethnic cleansing," and "occupied territory" when reporting on the conflict in Gaza. The report noted a significant disparity in the use of emotive language, with "massacre" and "slaughter" applied far more frequently to Israeli deaths than Palestinian ones. The leak suggests internal dissent among staff regarding the paper's pro-Israel tone.

new york times· the intercept· gaza· israel· genocide· journalism ethics

48:23 Well, I'll just exactly what he thinks he thinks that's right. That's why he retired. He made his money. He's gonna grow corn Anyway, back to the guy saying the New York Times and their national security counterpart, we must remind ourselves that it was New York Times reporters who I believe lied about the aluminum tubes and all this, which really got us into Iraq. And, you know, that's been litigated over and over again. And so, well, we didn't know as people were telling us, fine, whatever. But there was there's another not so nice report about the New York Times that is comes from The Intercept.

49:11 Is that still Pierre Comédard, Drive My Car? Is that still his outfit? As far as I know. And even though they say, oh, they're going broke, how they're going broke, this guy's got enough money to sustain that company forever. Forever. I'm trying to start this clip. A new report by The Intercept has exposed internal editorial guidelines issued by the New York Times dictating how its journalists should report on Israel's war on Palestine's Gaza. The leaked internal memo unveiled the American newspaper's restrictions on several words, including genocide, ethnic cleansing and occupied territory. An anonymous source from the New York Times told the Intercept that while it's not unusual for news companies to set style guidelines, these are unique standards applied to violence perpetrated by Israel. The report highlighted that up until November 24th, the NYT had referred to Israeli fatalities as a massacre.

50:04 on 53 occasions, compared to just once for Palestinians being killed. The disparity was also stark in the usage of the term slaughter, which appeared 22 times more often in descriptions of Israeli deaths than Palestinian deaths. Since October 7th, Western media has faced heavy criticism for adopting a pro-Israel tone in its coverage. Several protests have erupted outside the offices of media outlets as demonstrators accused American and European outlets of manufacturing consent for genocide in Gaza. Israeli bombings on civilians' houses, hospitals and schools in Gaza have been overwhelmingly described by Western media outlets as Israel asserting its right to defend itself, while any act of violence by Palestinians has been labelled as terrorism. Is Western media downplaying Palestinians' suffering in Gaza while using language that is being weaponised by Israel?

51:00 This is a report from Turkish radio television, so I need to mention that as well. This is not a good look for the New York Times, often described as the Jew York Times. This is exactly what they should not be doing, because this plays into every single trope of Zionism and Jews running the media. What were they thinking? Seriously, what were they thinking? Because while I understand... I'm guessing it wasn't even the Jewish contingent which is a very big minority at the New York Times. Most of the... if there's Jews at the New York Times, to be honest, blunt about it, it's at the top. Well, the publishers aren't the publishers. At the baseline is a bunch of woke liberals and so they probably

51:49 The woke liberals that are down there probably said hey, they're leak this they leaked this to somebody over there. This is a scam Yes, it totally this is a hit piece on the New York Times by the people that work at the New York Times I can assure you the phone call came from inside the house Yes, exactly. So I just want to talk about something here because I understand the brainwashed, undereducated, over-socialized New York Times people, but also at universities who are always looking for oppressed and oppressor. I get all of that. I mean, that's Black Lives Matter. It's the same thing. And it's kind of devolved down to who's genociding who, which is all we seem to be able to talk about.

52:37 But what is new? And this really happened after October 7th and what I'm seeing that you and I, we are getting tagged and we're being called out as covering for Zionism, we're shilling for them. Yeah, it's hurting our donations. Oh, it's definitely hurting our donations. But who knew that we had that many Jew haters, to be honest about it, in our audience? Well, but let's talk about that for a second because What so the main term is Zionism the Zionists control everything Israel controls everything. Oh, yeah No, I'm just I'm just gonna run through it when you I want to have a serious Sorry for being a jerk about it. But yeah, no, but right it's important because you know if I'm being accused of something I want to understand what this where it's coming from and so, you know, it's a Israel controls everything media finance politics a pack and

CHAPTER 10 / 39 Discussion

Zionism Discourse, AIPAC Influence, Public Sentiment Shifts

Public discourse regarding Zionism and the influence of AIPAC on American politics has intensified since October 7th, leading to accusations of media shilling and increased social friction. The discussion explores the psychological toll of 20 years of U.S. intervention in the Middle East and how that history informs current domestic protests. There is a noted rise in skepticism toward the $4 billion in annual aid sent to Israel compared to broader military-industrial spending.

zionism· aipac· israel· antisemitism· middle east policy· foreign aid

51:49 The woke liberals that are down there probably said hey, they're leak this they leaked this to somebody over there. This is a scam Yes, it totally this is a hit piece on the New York Times by the people that work at the New York Times I can assure you the phone call came from inside the house Yes, exactly. So I just want to talk about something here because I understand the brainwashed, undereducated, over-socialized New York Times people, but also at universities who are always looking for oppressed and oppressor. I get all of that. I mean, that's Black Lives Matter. It's the same thing. And it's kind of devolved down to who's genociding who, which is all we seem to be able to talk about.

52:37 But what is new? And this really happened after October 7th and what I'm seeing that you and I, we are getting tagged and we're being called out as covering for Zionism, we're shilling for them. Yeah, it's hurting our donations. Oh, it's definitely hurting our donations. But who knew that we had that many Jew haters, to be honest about it, in our audience? Well, but let's talk about that for a second because What so the main term is Zionism the Zionists control everything Israel controls everything. Oh, yeah No, I'm just I'm just gonna run through it when you I want to have a serious Sorry for being a jerk about it. But yeah, no, but right it's important because you know if I'm being accused of something I want to understand what this where it's coming from and so, you know, it's a Israel controls everything media finance politics a pack and

53:31 You know, which, you know, and I see lists, look at all these politicians, by the way, most of them not Jews like Marco Rubio, I think is one of the top, who get all, you know, millions of dollars in donations from AIPAC, which the American-Israeli political actually conference I think. And of course American Jews aren't doing themselves any favors by staying silent. You know it's like oh let's not just say anything. Well they're whining a lot about these Gaza protesters. Yeah but they need to also come out and look there's no doubt that

54:11 that Jews have great networks, especially in America. They have great networks and they stick together. You know, just like there's great networks everywhere of different types of people, different backgrounds. Yeah, Mormons. But you know, when you have Jewish actors changing their names, it just, it all adds to it. It's like you're trying to be quiet and all you're doing is making it worse for everything. But now, and I don't have many Jewish, I have friends in Israel, and we can talk about that, but I don't have many Jewish friends in America, but the ones I do have, they're very, very frightened right now. And it's, you know, I grew up in the Netherlands, so I know a lot about what happened to the Jews in World War II.

55:01 And there's lots of stuff to be skeptical about, you know, even Anne Frank, there's all kinds of skepticism about her diary. But it doesn't really matter because I would play with friends and their grandmothers would be there and they had numbers in their arm and they had stories. So, you know, there was definitely some Jew hate going on. And when I look at what's happening, and a lot of this is on Mastodon in general, it's been on 4chan for a long time. And it's, you know, and it's stuff like, are you noticing, you know, put a name in four parentheses, you know, oh Jew. It's all like, so there's this correlation between Zionism, which, you know, the definition is, you know, a homeland for the Jews in Israel. And we can argue about that. It's frankly not that interesting to me. This has devolved to

55:56 It feels a bit like 1933 Berlin, you know, the way Dietrich Bonhoeffer described it. Also, Garden of the Beast, we've talked about that book on the show. Great book. But Americans, we're good at this. I mean, we had the Red Scare, it's the communists, then we rounded up all the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, you know, 9-11. It's the towel heads, the Muslims did it. But this undercurrent of the Jews are doing it, the Jews are in control has been around for a long time. And the main argument I see now is, why do you care so much about what's happening? I don't want my American tax dollars going to genocide. This is the basic complaint. Or that if you ask, you keep asking, what is the real problem? You know, it's four billion in aid. What if it was 40 billion? I don't care. We literally just gave the military-industrial complex 900 billion, almost a trillion,

56:50 And if anything, it's a distraction from the climatists, who I'm climaphobic, and the globalists, who are restricting our freedom of movement, your food, your finances, your property. Eat bugs! But we're all running around being really afraid of the Jews controlling, and you know, and by the way, the shilling that you and I are doing, Yeah, you know, we're going to be the first to get killed when they take over. I mean, this is literally the stuff that people are saying. And I'm like, is this because possibly we have been in the last 20 years, which I believe most of these people grew up in the last two decades.

57:30 Because I'm older now, you know, so I don't have much to lose. I don't care. I'm fine talking about it. I'm not trying to shill or cover for anybody. We get no money from the Jews. I get no AIPAC money. None of that. But is it maybe because we deep down feel so ashamed of the death and destruction we have done in the Middle East for the last 20 years? Literally last 20 or 22, 23 years? Everyone knows that everyone knows that that we went into Iraq under false pretense. We killed a million people We ruined Libya. I mean is it that Is it something deep down that we're broken in our psyche and all we can do is is Arguing and point towards the Jews or did the Jews make us do that? Did the Jews make us kill all the Arabs? I mean, I'm it's a serious question. I

58:23 What is wrong with us? Why are we doing this? Because this happens every 100 years. It's the Jews. I mean, is it just time for a Jew reset? Is that what everyone wants? I'm trying to understand. You might be onto something with the Jew reset. I'm trying to understand. Well, you're not going to. So give up on it. And then you get... All we do is deconstruct the news. I know. But this also plays into Christianity. You know, it's like, you know, the Bible commands us to pray for peace over Israel, over Jerusalem, to be specific, Jerusalem. And then before you know it, Curry goes to a Christian Zionist. He's a Christian Zionist. Okay. Whatever that is. Whatever that is. Well, let's get back to these clips. So you have no input on this. You have nothing to say. Absolutely. I have absolutely no input on this concern of yours.

CHAPTER 11 / 39 Discussion

Google Project Nimbus Protests, AI Powered Genocide Claims

Google fired 28 employees following sit-in protests at offices in New York and California targeting Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters labeled the conflict in Gaza the "first AI-powered genocide" and demanded the company protect Arab and Muslim worker voices. The incident highlights the growing "woke" activism within Big Tech companies and the subsequent management crackdown.

google· project nimbus· ai· gaza· sergey brin· workplace protest

59:25 I just, well let me think, what is the best way to put it? I love my job and I love what I do. Let's listen to a Google protester who was protested and subsequently removed for protesting Project Nimbus, which is an AI project that Google is doing for, is what? But the project, no, it's Project Nimbus is really a cloud. But let me play the clip so you can hear what she thinks it is. Okay. We demand that Google protect their Arab, Muslim and Palestinian worker voices from harassment, retaliation, suppression. And we demand that Google recognize Project Nimbus as a workplace safety and health concern. We know that

1:00:10 The genocide in Gaza is one of the, or is the first AI-powered genocide. So we find that big tech is at the forefront of kind of like streamlining this genocide against Palestinians. Free Palestine! Free Palestine! I love the AI genocide. That's great. AI genocide. It's a show title. AI genocide, yes. I mean seriously, what is wrong with these people? The chant, Google, Google, you can't hide, you've committed genocide? There was too much background noise in that, I guess. I guess I didn't clip that part, I'm sorry.

1:00:54 Yeah, they had a couple protests. They were sitting in New York headquarters. They sat in Menlo Park or Mountain View and they fired 28 out of the 80 people that are protesting within Google. This is another example the call came within the house. You have Sergey Brin, a Russian Jew, who immigrated with his parents in the late 70s, I believe, 80s. I used to have him on Silicon Spin all the time before he became a billionaire. And he was a very... He didn't take your call after that? Surprise. Pretty much. Once these guys, this is typical, by the way, I had to get, I got to go through the experience of being like important,

1:01:42 enough that people would take your call and then you go become a podcaster and now you're doing this, what we're doing, which is much more important and more meaningful. And more trusted. And more trusted and nobody takes your call because so you know what you do for to what can you do? What's this podcast? What can you do for me? I'm a podcaster Yeah, douchebag podcaster. So so you nobody takes your call right and he's not the only one I have a it'll be in my memoir and I've known but he is a really nice guy smart and And he was on the show maybe 10 times, maybe more. And he was just a sharp guy.

1:02:27 once bragged about how that Google at the time, and this is in the late 90s, had more PhDs working for his company than any company in the world. Oh yeah, back when that was their whole thing. We're smart, we're smart. And then they've gotten, you know, they became arrogant. And the irony to me is, especially after listening to your little thing about the Jews running everything, is you got the Jews running everything, but yet they got these guys in their company because they've hired the woke, Once Sergey Brin broke down in tears in front of his audience after Trump won, which was an embarrassment, it's just out of control over there. Okay, two things. One, a quick

CHAPTER 12 / 39 Discussion

Apple Jerusalem Emoji Controversy, Trump Abraham Accords

Apple faced criticism after an iPhone software update suggested a Palestinian flag emoji when users typed "Jerusalem," an issue the company called an unintentional mistake. This technical glitch occurred amidst broader geopolitical tensions, including Donald Trump's past move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and the establishment of the Abraham Accords. Trump has used recent protests to criticize the Biden administration's handling of Middle East stability.

apple· iphone· jerusalem· palestinian flag· donald trump· geopolitics

1:03:12 This was, I have a Trump clip which I think is interesting to discuss in that context, but one more technology clip. This has been a story that has been bubbling under and finally comes to the forefront on the BBC. Apple has decided to re-modify its emoji software. That's because after a new update last week, when you typed in the word Jerusalem, the iPhone was offering an emoji of a Palestinian flag. Of course, Israel and the Palestinians hold competing claims to the city of Jerusalem, and as a result many have taken to social media to describe the emoji prompt as anti-Semitic.

1:03:48 And what's more strange is it seems to be the only city in the world where this is the case. Typing London, Tokyo or New York brings up no flag suggestions whatsoever. Apple has described it as an unintentional mistake which has now been fixed. But it's not the first time that it's found itself caught up in geopolitics. In 2019, Apple Maps began designating Crimea as part of Russia and then switched it back to Ukraine after Russia's invasion. So no, there's woke people, I'm sure there's plenty of woke people. Oh no, they're crawling all over the place, you won't be able to get rid of them.

1:04:27 No, no, that's their problem. But here's what's your end. Once you I would say once the woke have infested a company to do extreme that it is at Google and elsewhere. The company just has to fold and start over. It's just this hopeless. You can't get rid of them. So here's they will ruin your they're there to ruin your company because they don't care. They're not. No, no, no, no. They're a bunch of socialist communists that hate capitalism. Short apple, not financial advice. So the guy who dances around this in an incredible way is Trump with his Jewish daughter, Jewish son-in-law. And he may himself be Jewish for all we know. He moved the embassy to Jerusalem, big friend, big friend of the Jews. Got the Abraham Accords. Got the Abraham Accords rolling. But and I would say a lot of these people who are, you know, four brackets,

1:05:27 You never see four brackets Trump. And so at one of his rallies, then these things never start by accident, they started the chant and Trump's response was interesting. Here's our big problem. They're not wrong. They're not wrong. He's done everything wrong. They're not wrong. They're not wrong. And then he does say, he's done everything wrong, as in, you know, I'm sure the next line was, that would have never happened with me.

CHAPTER 13 / 39 Discussion

Biden Haifa Gaffe, Iran-Israel Theater Theories

President Joe Biden made a verbal gaffe telling Israel "don't move on Haifa," likely intending to refer to Iran or another regional actor. Some analysts suggest the recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel was largely "theater" designed for domestic consumption rather than a full-scale escalation. The discussion posits that the Biden administration and Tehran may have back-channel communications to manage the optics of the conflict.

joe biden· haifa· iran· israel· military theater· middle east

1:06:16 But really Trump? Oh you're working on a Trump impression. Did you like it? Was it anywhere close? It was close enough that I think you can work on it. I want to do one too. I want to build huge ships. When I think about it... Stop while you're ahead please. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You know, really? Would he really have stopped it? I don't think so. I mean there is... This is the hatred is real. It's a good it's a good bit Yeah, it's to say he would he said he did I mean Biden had an interesting gaffe I want to play that I do want to get to the Columbia clips. Okay. All right. Go ahead Go ahead. I'll just add color. I went by he played the Biden telling Israel clip and I made it clear to Israelis don't move on Haifa it's just not I mean anyway, I just

1:07:11 Look what we did recently wait a minute don't move on Haifa. He meant Iran probably Well obviously didn't mean Haifa. Haifa's in Israel It's their tech center Well, what was he thinking then why was he thinking like we've got to protect don't move on Haifa I was told the Israelis not to move on Haifa. Maybe he told the It's possible that the back channel was telling the Iranians, and we've already established at least the basis of our theories, is that the Iranians and Biden administration are in bed together. And so a lot of this is theater. I sent you, did you see the picture I sent you? No. The email of Lex? Oh no, I didn't get those. I mean, I probably have to go dig them. So my first boss ever when I was 19, Lex Harding,

1:08:01 He's now 77, I think. He's celebrating his... and I always text him on his birthday. We're still good friends. And he married a girl from Tehran who was... had been living in... I think she moved to Holland when she was 9 or 10. But she's significantly younger. She's in her 50s and then she's great for him. I mean you want an Iranian wife man, I'll tell you She especially when you're an old dude like that. He was up. She takes care of him So they and I knew that he was gonna go to Tehran and he's after I was going to Kabul So I text him happy birthday. So are you are you there? Are you in Tehran yet? He said and so he sends this picture. You got to see it. They're both in traditional

1:08:44 Iranian garb, I mean it's awesome. It's a really funny picture. And he says, yes and pfft, no one's worried about this. This is obviously the mullahs, the Iranian, you know, you have Iran and then you have the Islamic Republic of Iran. Those are all the douchebags that are killing the women and everyone hates them but they're basically suppressing the Iranians. He says all of this is, I think his quote was, it's just flexing muscles for TV news. And I believe that. And that's exactly what we said it was. It's just flexing muscles for TV news. Well, so I'm thinking that Biden commented about not hitting Haifa.

1:09:28 Was a message that he that the administration sent to Tehran. Hey hit Haifa We have all our tech people there good we're all in Haifa, that's excellent and so he was telling it the Iranians Send those missiles, but don't make sure of all the thing and and no matter far as I know no missiles were headed that way no So this is a scam of the highest order that will be revealed eventually, but we're just doing this on supposition and theory. But we're so good at this, I'm absolutely convinced we're correct. Hey, don't break your arm. Patting yourself on the back there.

CHAPTER 14 / 39 Discussion

Columbia University Antisemitism Hearing, USC Valedictorian Cancellation

Columbia University President Manoush Shafiq testified before the House Education Committee regarding the rise of antisemitic protests and faculty support for Hamas on campus. Simultaneously, the University of Southern California (USC) canceled a commencement speech by its pro-Palestinian valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, citing safety concerns over her social media activity. These events underscore the intense pressure on university administrators to balance free speech with student safety.

columbia university· manoush shafiq· antisemitism· usc· elise stefanik· hamas

1:10:12 All right, let's go to Colombia then. I want to hear the Colombians. Yeah, let's talk to Colombia. Now, Colombia, this is, I got a, I have some clips from the hearings that I thought were funny. Which hearings? What are these hearings? What are the hearings? They had an education hearing and they had the president of Colombia there because Colombia's got some of the worst anti-Jew, in New York by the way, anti-Jewish protests going on, pro-Gaza, pro-Hamas protests going on at Columbia University. And so they brought him before the education, some education committee in Congress. And here's the overview clip. This is Columbia Jew haters overview. Leaders from Columbia University testified before Congress today on the school's response to anti-Semitism on a campus. University President Manoush Shafiq said she's committed to confronting anti-Semitism.

1:11:01 I've held on to four principles. First, safety is paramount and we would do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety of our campus. Because of those efforts, the vast majority of our demonstrations have been peaceful. Second, we would demonstrate care and compassion equally to everyone. Third, we must uphold freedom of speech because it's essential to our academic mission, but we cannot and shouldn't tolerate abuse of this privilege to harass and discriminate. And fourth, the ultimate answer to anti-Semitism and all its forms is education. During today's hearing of the House Education Committee, Chairwoman Virginia Fox appeared with Jewish students from Colombia who said they have faced threats and physical confrontation. Lawmakers pressed Shafiq over Columbia professors who praise the Hamas terrorist group. They include Professor Joseph Massad, who allegedly called the October 7th massacre awesome, and Professor Mohammed Abdu, who allegedly expressed support for Hamas on social media.

1:12:03 Shafiq said that Mossad is under investigation and that the university will fire Abdu. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik said Republicans would hold Colombia accountable for failing to protect students. Meanwhile, the University of Southern California is also under scrutiny this week. It canceled a graduation speech by a pro-Palestinian valedictorian due to security concerns. I have that clip. Do you want to hear the USC clip? Yes, I please. Tonight controversy on campus after USC canceled the valedictorian's commencement speech citing safety concerns. Asna Tabassum was chosen by the USC provost to be this year's valedictorian, selected from nearly 100 qualifying students who applied. But at least two pro-Israel and Jewish groups complained to USC about the choice, pointing to Tabassum's social media activity, specifically a link to a free Palestine slideshow on her Instagram,

1:12:57 which calls for the complete abolishment of the state of Israel. Unfortunately, it is clear if you're a Muslim student today, you don't expect the university, your administration to stand by you. The university's provost says the issue here is how best to maintain campus security and safety period and that the decision has nothing to do with freedom of speech. USC's commencement typically draws 65,000 people. University leadership has not shared details about potential threats. Yes, isn't that amazing? You've got Jew haters out there, man.

1:13:53 They're in your school system. The question is they have a hundred candidates to do a valedictorian speech and why did they pick her? They picked her because they bent over backwards. It's just the opposite of anti-Muslim. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They said, oh let's do her, but then they didn't think it through. No, of course not. Dopes. Dopes. You believe it? So let's listen to some of the hearing with this woman who is the head of Columbia. And this is Jim Banks. There was endless clips like this. It was one of those situations where they found someone they could pick on.

CHAPTER 15 / 39 Discussion

Ashkenormativity Definition, Folx Spelling, Woke Academic Glossary

During a congressional hearing, Representative Jim Banks questioned Columbia's president about a student glossary featuring terms like "Ashkenormativity"—defined as a system of oppression favoring white Jewish people—and the use of the woke spelling "folx." While the university administration distanced itself from the document, the exchange highlighted the infiltration of radical social justice terminology in Ivy League social work programs.

ashkenormativity· folx· columbia school of social work· jim banks· woke terminology

1:14:33 And the president of Columbia was this woman who was easily picked on. So they picked on her and it's very funny to listen to. Here's Jim Banks versus Columbia Prexy. Can you define for us the word Ashka normativity? I am not familiar with that term. I believe it. Whoa, Ashka normativity? Yeah. That's fantastic. Isn't it? Ask normativity. Hold on a second, but let me just look at this woman. Is she black by any chance? No, no, she's not. I think she might be Jewish. She looks Jewish. Not to generalize, but it's hard to say. What's her name? She's actually, you know, somebody said after this was all, all these, you know, after they

1:15:21 badgered her the whole time. They said, well, a lot of people analyze it, the right wingers, well, she was better coached than the idiots from Harvard. And she might've been better coached, but I think she did fine. And they badgered her, but I think she held her own. She was good. All right, let's listen. Can you define for us The word Ashka normativity. I am not familiar with that term. I believe it appeared in a student Glossary that was prepared by a group of students. It appears in the orientation guidebook that's given to all of the students.

1:16:02 at the School of Social Work, but you can't define it for us? No, I'm saying I'm not. You seem to be familiar. I don't use that term. I don't know that term. I believe that glossary was prepared by students for other students. I don't think it's. But it's handed out. You agree it's handed out to all of the students who at the Orient. I mean, that's That's what it is. It's the orientation glossary of terms for incoming students at the School of Social Work. So... I don't think it's a product of the School of Social Work. I think a group of students put this together. It's handed out to students at the School of Social Work. Let me read to you how Ashka normativity is defined by your... That's great. I love it. You seem to... You don't know if it comes from students or professors at school, but Ashka normativity is defined as a system of oppression that favors white Jewish folks.

1:16:51 Based on the assumption that all Jewish folks are Ashkenazi or from Western Europe. So do you have a response to that definition of Ashkenormativity? Is that appropriate? This is handed out to your students. By other students. It is not a product of the Faculty of Columbia. It is handed out to your students. Obviously, you allow this to be handed out to your students. Is that appropriate? As I said, this is not a product of the faculty or the administration. It is something that a group of students produced. I don't agree with it. I think it's not very useful. I don't condone it. He's really hounding her. Yeah. And now they get... Wow. And I think it's... It has a wiki entry, Ashka Normativity. This is the School of Social Work that is doing this. Oh, well, duh.

1:17:46 These people are the worst. So let's go to this... well you have a wiki entry? Yes, yeah, Ashkenormativity. It's in here. It has quite a lot. Would you like examples or his definition? The newish Jewish encyclopedia. Wow! The newest Jewish encyclopedia defines Ashkenormativity as the assumption that, quote, Jewish life and culture is limited primarily to the experience and customs of Ashkenazi Jews. Well, what's wrong with that? Well, it's because it is obviously a prejudice against the Sephardic Jews. Ah, yes, there it is. And so it's like bad.

1:18:31 Okay, well let's go to clip two here where he goes finds another little tidbit that is great. Okay, can you help me understand something else? I didn't go to an Ivy League school admittedly. What can you explain why the word folks is spelled F-O-L-X throughout this guidebook and in other places at the School of Social Work? What does that mean? I'm serious question. We don't know how to spell. I mean, I'm not familiar with that. Whoa! She says they don't know how to spell? No, that's the woke term for it so you don't offend anyone who's non-binary. Isn't it?

1:19:11 I don't know. I mean, you put X on Latinx, nobody likes this bullcrap. Yeah, but I love her answer because they don't know how to spell. That says something about you, university lady. Serious question. They don't know how to spell? I mean, I'm not familiar with that spelling. I don't find it a laughing matter. No, I'm not laughing either. I think it's... I'm denying that this is a official product of the school, but this is handed out to all of you You are aware that it's handed out to all of your students and you're not doing anything to stop it As I said, it's not an official product of the administration. Is this how Columbia University spells the word folks? No

1:19:50 Okay. And does Columbia University recognize the word? Because it's not found in the Webster's dictionary or anywhere else, Ashka normativity. Is that an acceptable term at Columbia University? Congressman, I am with you. I agree with you that I don't find this a meaningful way. This is handed out on your watch. This is not true. Miriam Webster has an entry for folks. No, no, I think he specifically said Ashka normativity is the one that he looked up in the dictionary. He couldn't find it. Oh, no, but Merriam-Webster has folks with an X. Yes. Read me the definition. The definition used especially to explicit folk. It says folks arrow. So the meaning is folks, F O L K S used especially to explicitly signal the inclusion of groups commonly marginalized.

1:20:55 That's dumb. Well, Merriam-Webster is dumb. That had to have gone in within the last year or so. Yeah, with vaccine. It's an mRNA thing that doesn't work. That's great. So things are out of control. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they are. I have a couple of, because of course now we're, well, let's, let's look at, this is a fun report. So we've never really known the count of the dead in, In Gaza? You gotta say it like that, by the way. Gaza. That's kind of like... You don't say Gaza, you say Gaza. Gaza. Gaza? That's... Gaza? G-U-Z-Z-A Gaza? Gaza. Gaza. That's how you virtue signal that you're all in. Oh, you haven't heard this?

CHAPTER 16 / 39 Discussion

Gaza IVF Center Strike, 5000 Embryos Destroyed

A Reuters report detailed the destruction of the Al Basma IVF center in Gaza following an Israeli strike in December, which resulted in the loss of 5,000 frozen embryos. The facility was the largest of its kind in the region, and the loss represents the end of reproductive hopes for hundreds of Palestinian couples. The story raises complex questions about how these losses are categorized within the conflict's death toll.

gaza· ivf· al basma center· embryos· reuters· israel-hamas war

1:21:46 No, I have not. So we have not really... Chaza. Chaza? Chaza? Chaza? Chaza? Okay. There goes our donations again. Why? Why? Why? We're mocking the pronunciation of Chaza. Yeah, I don't care. I'm too old to care. I don't care either. I don't care as long as we have our supporters and that's the way it is. Yes. Bring it on. Bring it on, Zionists. Send those checks. Those are checks from Zionist and the intel agencies we need. Really, really, you guys are lacking. There's no good. They've just fallen off the boat. We do good work. So here's an extra 5,000 lives, which I'm not sure if they were counted or not. And the way this very short clip reads, they should be counted.

1:22:38 among the dead and actually this should be counted among the children. This is from Reuters. Baha'uddin Ghalaini headed Al Basma IVF center, Gaza's biggest. He doesn't know if the Israeli strike in December targeted the lab specifically or not. But the impact of that single blast was far-reaching. And all these lives were killed or taken away 5,000 lives in one child. Those embryos, sperm specimens and unfertilized eggs were a last hope for hundreds of Palestinian couples facing infertility. So I'd like to know, were the 5,000 embryos, do they count? I'll bet you they were counted. But you know, now you're a nut job Republican Christian.

CHAPTER 17 / 39 Discussion

Iran Sanctions, G7 Response, David Cameron Diplomacy

Following Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced plans for coordinated G7 sanctions targeting Tehran's military supply chains. The diplomatic response aims to punish the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps while urging Israel to avoid a massive military escalation. Iran's president warned that any violation of their territory would meet a "severe and heavy response."

iran· sanctions· janet yellen· david cameron· g7· drone program

1:23:29 Because they're not children, remember? Are they children? Are they not children? This is very controversial. I think Reuters needs to, uh, needs to clarify. Alright, let's get to the retaliation stuff. Let's talk to the spook, or let's listen to the spook, Richard Engel, NBC. Israel's military tonight is vowing that Iran will pay for its attack. Iran will not get scot-free. Four US officials tell NBC News they expect Israel's response to be limited and likely involve strikes against the Iranian military and Iranian-backed proxies outside Iran. But caution, Israel's plans may change.

1:24:13 The unprecedented Iranian attack included more than 100 ballistic missiles. Today, we visited a military base where weapons recently used against Israel are collected and analyzed. What Iran fired was in a different league. Gazans are living in an ongoing catastrophe. Today, our camera crew filmed the casualties from an Israeli airstrike on a market. Medical officials say at least 11 people were killed and more than 20 injured. Israel accuses Hamas of hiding among civilians. Yeah, they didn't really have any good Nat Pops or B-roll of the rockets that didn't hit anything in Israel. But, but, but, but we should all be very afraid. Be very afraid because Iran

1:25:01 is threatening to bring out the secret weapon. never been used before. Never been used before! Abol Fazl Amoui, he in fact is the spokesperson for Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee. Amoui recently said, and I'm quoting now, we will confront any Israeli aggression and respond to it. We are ready to use weapons that we have not used before. The question is what are these weapons?

1:25:39 Is Iran hinting at weapons of mass destruction? Woo! Be afraid! Oh, here we go again. Be very, very afraid. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Well, of course, we know that Iran is just hours away from a nuclear weapon. We need to crank that up and we'll do that with with a little overview of the sanctions because of course and what you want to do is you want to kick these people off of our money system and you want to confiscate their money. It makes you so popular in the world. Just days after Iranian rockets lit up the skies over Israel, both the US and the EU are vowing to respond with new penalties for Tehran. I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action against Iran. Is it normal in your recollection

1:26:35 that the Secretary of the Treasury comes out during wartime and talks about sanctions of quote-unquote adversaries adversaries or adversaries either yes that's British I can't remember this doesn't ring a bell no so but why they send this old bag out every single time No, she's one of the few that was ahead of the Federal Reserve so she has some gravitas, I suppose. Gravitas, yes. Gravitas. Sanctions, action. Well, it's bank wars, obviously, but I've never seen this before that they send the banker out. Against Iran in the coming days. I will send to the External Action Service the request to start the necessary work related to these sanctions.

1:27:27 New sanctions come in addition to an already sweeping set of American and European penalties against Iran, tied to its connections to terrorism, its human rights record, and its nuclear program. The sanctions include a ban on nearly all U.S. trade with Iran, the blocking of the Iranian government's assets in the U.S., and the prohibition of U.S. foreign assistance and arms sales. The penalties have also targeted thousands of people and companies, both in Iran and in foreign countries. That should be fun for the... When did this begin? This idea of, you know, well, this country's burped us, and so we're going to sanction this dude. Hey, let's sanction Bill Smith. And let's sanction this guy and that guy. How about all the Iranians, which you call Persians, in Los Angeles?

1:28:19 How about their money? Is that gonna get sanctioned too? Because oh, they might have ties to Iran. Oh no, that's really bad. For its part, the EU has... Oh, by the way, my favorite guy who is now just appearing with Jens Stoltenberg all the time, our former Dutch Prime Minister, Rutte! Remember, he's the guy you have to go home with who you came to the dance floor. Remember him? He's coming up. For its part, the EU has a range of sanctions already in place, including restrictions on trade, travel bans and the freezing of assets. Last year, the EU banned the export of parts Iran uses to make drones, some of which have been used by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.

CHAPTER 18 / 39 Discussion

Biden Administration Iran Policy, Hezbollah Border Clashes

The Biden administration is moving to impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone programs in the wake of recent hostilities. Meanwhile, tensions remain high on the Lebanese border, where Hezbollah drone strikes recently injured 14 Israeli soldiers and four civilians. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a series of measures intended to combat the Iranian threat through legislative and financial pressure.

joe biden· iran· hezbollah· lebanon· drone strikes· sanctions

1:29:01 and also used by Tehran in its attack on Israel over the weekend. In recent years, the combined effect of US-EU sanctions have had a crushing impact on Iran's economy, effectively putting a cap on crucial oil exports and causing inflation to soar. Meanwhile, with a nuclear deal in tatters, Iran is said to have edged closer than ever to having nuclear capability. There it is. Crap, I thought that had the Dutch guy in it. I'm sorry. No, I have a sanctions clip you might want to play. Yeah, let's play a sanctions clip. The Biden administration said it will also impose sanctions on Iran, saying the new sanctions will target Iran's missile and drone program.

1:29:44 and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard in the coming days. This came as the House passed its second batch of measures to combat the Iranian threat, including seven bills and two resolutions. Israel on Wednesday reported that 14 soldiers and four civilians were injured by drones and missiles from Hezbollah near the Lebanese border. Oh, here it is. I have it. This is Cameron, who's back on the scene. Isn't he the new foreign minister for the UK? I think he thinks he is. That globalist douche.

1:30:20 Well, he's all over this report. This is where the Dutch guy comes in. Israel's allies seem reconciled to some form of retaliation, but do not want further escalation. The situation is very concerning. It's right to show solidarity with Israel. It's right to have made our views clear about what should happen next. But it's clear the Israelis are making a decision to act. We hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible. What is this? Well, we hope they do as little. Just don't hurt them too much. Please just... And in a way that, as I said yesterday, is smart as well as tough. Smart! It has to be smart! Kill people smartly! The diplomatic response is focusing on tightening the sanctions regime against Tehran.

1:31:05 EU leaders gathering in Brussels on Wednesday will discuss that and G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy on Thursday will do the same. Iran's drone and missile industries will be obvious targets but the Islamic Republic has a long track record of managing the effects of Western sanctions. And I think there's more that we can do to show united front that Iran is behind so much of the malign activity in this region backing Hamas, backing Hezbollah, backing the Houthis, they need to be given a clear and unequivocal message by the G7 and I hope that will happen at the meeting. In Tehran, a military parade marked the country's Armed Forces Day and its president warned of the consequences of an Israeli counter-attack. The Zionist regime makes the slightest move to violate our territory and harm the national interest of the Islamic Republic

1:31:59 They must understand that they will face a severe and heavy response. Iran's attempted attack against Israel has united its allies in its defense. It has also diverted attention from the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Israeli government will be balancing the need to deter future Iranian attacks with the need to keep its allies on side. Well, I'm just full of fake news today. I thought I had the Dutch guy somewhere. Wow! I can't believe it. You dreamed it, you had a vivid dream. I did, I was hallucinating. And now you're like, you're playing it out in real time here. I'm like an AI podcaster. It's like, it's coming up because I dreamed, I hallucinated it, I hallucinated. Of course we did have, part of this Google protest was the International Day of Action Free Free Free Palestine.

1:32:54 I'm sorry, how many kids did you kill today? That's the new one. People protesting the rising death toll in Gaza pulled away and cuffed by Miami police after blocking traffic on Biscayne near Bayside in downtown Miami. We want to say that we don't want any more of our tax taxpayer dollars going toward genocide funding, the genocide that is unfolding in Gaza. At least seven were arrested Monday afternoon. The demonstration, part of an international day of protest against the tens of thousands of Palestinians, a large number of them children, killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. I think it's really heartbreaking and upsetting that we do have to take such extreme measures to get people to care. And I think it's

CHAPTER 19 / 39 Discussion

Pro-Palestine Protests, Bridge Blockades, Regional Arab Sentiment

Coordinated pro-Palestinian protests blocked major infrastructure including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge, leading to dozens of arrests in cities like Miami and San Francisco. Florida Senator Rick Scott warned "leftist Hamas sympathizers" that such disruptions would not be tolerated in his state. The discussion explores the theory that regional Arab nations like Egypt and Jordan are hesitant to accept Palestinian refugees due to fears of domestic political instability.

golden gate bridge· brooklyn bridge· miami· rick scott· palestine· egypt

1:31:59 They must understand that they will face a severe and heavy response. Iran's attempted attack against Israel has united its allies in its defense. It has also diverted attention from the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Israeli government will be balancing the need to deter future Iranian attacks with the need to keep its allies on side. Well, I'm just full of fake news today. I thought I had the Dutch guy somewhere. Wow! I can't believe it. You dreamed it, you had a vivid dream. I did, I was hallucinating. And now you're like, you're playing it out in real time here. I'm like an AI podcaster. It's like, it's coming up because I dreamed, I hallucinated it, I hallucinated. Of course we did have, part of this Google protest was the International Day of Action Free Free Free Palestine.

1:32:54 I'm sorry, how many kids did you kill today? That's the new one. People protesting the rising death toll in Gaza pulled away and cuffed by Miami police after blocking traffic on Biscayne near Bayside in downtown Miami. We want to say that we don't want any more of our tax taxpayer dollars going toward genocide funding, the genocide that is unfolding in Gaza. At least seven were arrested Monday afternoon. The demonstration, part of an international day of protest against the tens of thousands of Palestinians, a large number of them children, killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. I think it's really heartbreaking and upsetting that we do have to take such extreme measures to get people to care. And I think it's

1:33:42 setting that people don't intuitively care about the tens of thousands of people in Gaza who are who have been murdered and then the millions who have been displaced and are starved. Florida Senator Rick Scott applauding Miami police enforcement at Monday's protest saying on X. Here's a warning to any leftist Hamas sympathizers. Don't try this crap in Florida. We stand with Israel and our Jewish community. We won't put up with you pitching a fit to defend terrorists. Are you a Hamas supporter? No, I do not support Hamas. I think that needs to be said really loud and clear. In no way, shape or form is this action in support of the lives that were lost in Israel. We absolutely do not agree with senseless murder of innocent people.

1:34:27 It's worth mentioning that Egypt still hasn't opened their fence. You know, that brings me to a thought. Ah, here it is. It took 45 minutes, but he has a thought. I actually have a thought. Okay. Is it in some funny way, and being proven by these these Hamas supporting pro-Palestinian protests all over the United States and elsewhere, that there's actually amongst the Arab nations and I would say even Iran whose finances Hamas, a lot of times you finance a terrorist operation if you want to call it that, which I think is valid, to keep them away from you.

1:35:10 This is the Syrians used to do this years ago with the original guy that ran the place. He would just buy off everybody. The guy's dad, the old guy. Yeah, the guy's dad. And so the idea is that you just hear, here's the money, just don't do it. Just stay out of our business. Is that the Palestinians are actually and proven to be generally hated Yes. And nobody wants to have anything to do with them because once they get into a country, they do what we're seeing here, which is they protest and make a fuss. They cause trouble. They make things, they follow the works. They block the bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge blocked, the Brooklyn Bridge blocked all these things that have been happening over the A15, I guess was the day.

1:36:02 this and this subtle genocide going on is actually a genocide. They, the Arabs and everybody's all together, let the Jews take the blame, they're the flame. I'm with you on this. I'm with you on that. I think that's exactly what's happening. The idea is to kill all Palestinians. I think you're right. It is a genocide. So it would be a genocide but it's a genocide with the approval of the United States, of obviously Egypt, of Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, everybody. There's your thought. But Israel gets to take the brunt of it. I think you're right.

1:36:44 Well, it's just a thought. I mean, it's just because you keep seeing, you know, there's this undercurrent of hatred toward the Palestinians by everybody, including they bring it on themselves, like when they blocked the Golden Gate Bridge the other day, which made a mess in the Bay Area. It doesn't make anyone a fan of Palestine. No, nobody. There's no fans except for these guys that are making the fuss. I would be very... I think they've worn out their welcome in a lot of places. That's why no one will take them in. They blocked the door. Can't come in. Explain that to me. Okay, so maybe this is... Okay.

1:37:29 So, and I have to agree. I mean, the people who are in Israel that I know who are open and honest with me, and even some very conservative people that I know actually live in Austin, they're like, no, kill them all. We got to kill them all, get rid of them all. We're tired of it. We're done. And that would be the definition of genocide. But of course, they say that's really rude. Don't say that. Is then the fear of the people who are not crazy brainwashed leftists, are they fearing that we're next? Well if you let Israel genocide them, they'll genocide us.

1:38:16 I don't think that's in their in their mindset yet. Yet? We'll leave that open. There is this fear that you see it on MSNBC and elsewhere where they're talking about Donald Trump and how the end of democracy and all the rest of it. If he gets elected, I mean, why this is bullcrap. It's not the end of democracy if Donald Trump gets elected. It won't be the last election ever like they have said on MSNBC. So what is their real fear? Maybe what you said. Wow. It could be underlying. It might be just subconscious. I mean, there has to be like I've said in this show, you've heard it a million times. I think that everyone's sincere.

CHAPTER 20 / 39 Discussion

The Atlantic Paywall Irony, Journalism Accessibility

The Atlantic published an article by Richard Stengel titled "Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls," which argued for making journalism free during the 2024 election. Ironically, the article itself was placed behind a subscription paywall, drawing widespread mockery on social media. The incident is cited as an example of the "tone-deaf" nature of legacy media institutions.

the atlantic· paywalls· jeff jarvis· journalism· media ethics

1:38:59 when they say what they say, and it's not like they're phonies. And I want to be clear, we are anti-war. We don't like any of this. No. I don't like any killing. We maintain an anti-war stance for good reason. War is a racket, it's bullcrap, it's a scam and it just gets a lot of people killed. But you know, this is ridiculous. Well, speaking about democracy, The Atlantic had a very thoughtful article titled Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls.

1:39:39 And I would have read it to you, were it not that it's behind a paywall. No. Yes! Yes! These guys are so tone deaf. Literally. Wow. I think it was Jeff Jarvis who tweeted it out. You know, like, democracy dies behind... Oh, he tooted it because he's on mastodon. I follow him on mastodon, which is painful. He's giving up. All these guys hate what they call the dead bird. Yeah, the bird sites. Democracy dies behind paywalls. The case for making journalism free, at least during the 2024 election by Richard Stengel and then is behind a paywall.

CHAPTER 21 / 39 Discussion

DEI Backlash, Bend Oregon City Council, Joy Reid Comments

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs are facing significant pushback, exemplified by a chaotic Bend, Oregon city council meeting where residents used Zoom to protest local initiatives. On MSNBC, Joy Reid praised DEI for putting "multicultural" prosecutors in charge of Donald Trump's legal cases. Critics argue that DEI has become a racially divisive tool that is beginning to implode under public and political pressure.

dei· bend oregon· joy reid· stephen miller· racial politics

1:40:20 That's hilarious. These people are so tone deaf. They don't even understand how stupid they are. All right, let's pick another hot topic because DEI is folding. It's imploding upon itself. I would hate to be right now today in any company in the DEI department. This is not good. I have two clips. The first one is from Bend, Oregon, where they have some kind of DEI committee for the city council. Bend has a volunteer group that advises it on how to make local governments serve people who've historically been left out. We're going to jump right into public comment. At the Human Rights and Equity Commission's usual meeting last month... We need to start with the folks who are here in person. A dad showed up with his two young daughters.

1:41:10 They were the first of seven people who signed up to speak. Hi everybody, my name is John Healan. I just, you know, my kids got out of art camp today and I wanted them to see that there are people in our town fighting for equality. Recent public opinion surveys show most Americans support DEI programs, but political polarization is fueling a backlash with a vocal minority. Republican politicians around the country have sought to end public DEI initiatives. Opinion polls show this effort often appeals to people with racist views. Ben's DEI leaders experienced this firsthand as they heard the rest of the public comments at their last meeting. My pronouns are fist punch. DEI stands for didn't, aren't it? White people are sick and tired of being attacked, robbed, raped and murdered. This was just the first act in what appeared to be a coordinated performance over Zoom. More disembodied voices used anti-Semitic slurs, Nazi slogans and homophobic insults.

1:42:08 One man chanted the N-word over and over until city staff cut off his mic. I'm sorry, that does not happen often. Bend Equity and Inclusion Director Andres Portillo was leading the meeting. So we're going to move forward. I'm so sorry. Let's take a second and we'll return to this in just a bit. Coordinated performance, yes. Notice how they, they, they, no I can't put any of that in your report what they actually said. I like the pronoun, my pronoun is fist punch. That's kind of funny. Now this is a beautiful ditty from Joy Reid and this, I already had it but Mo texted it to me like, this is, here it is, doing the DEI dirty work. Remember Mo's prophecy, he says they're pushing all the black women, the racist Democrats, because they're racist, they're racist.

1:43:07 DEI, it turns out to be a very racist thing. Yeah, let's push all the black women to the front, let's put them in really important positions, and then when they fail to put Trump behind bars, well... It was the black ladies. But for me, there is something wonderfully poetic about the fact that despite the fact that even if convicted, he's not going to go to prison. The first person to actually criminally prosecute Donald Trump is a black Harvard grad, the very kind of person that his former staff, the people who worked for him,

1:43:42 Stephen Miller, etc. want to never be at Harvard Law School. But he was. And he came out and graduated. He's prosecuting you, Donald. And a black woman is doing that same exact thing in Georgia. And a black woman forced you to pay $175 million fine. That's now also in question because the people who put it up, that might not be legit. Donald Trump is being held to account by the very multicultural, multiracial democracy that he's trying to dismantle. And for me, there's something poetic and actually wonderful about that. It says something good about our country that we're still capable of having that happen. Go DEI. My DEIs are bringing it home on today.

1:44:25 Go DEI, my DEIs are bringing it home. She's on the block too. You what? She'll be on the block too. She should be. Her show stinks. I don't think she's... the ratings are nothing. No one has ratings on cable anymore. No one. It's inconsequential. They're still getting... they make their money from the homes, you know, a buck per home. And that's dwindling, I think would be the term. Unless you have something else, I'd like to do some trans-Maoism just to have it all in one go. Let's get our fill of everything that's nuts in the world. Was that a yes? You walked away. Yeah, go with the trans. I don't have anything that fits into these themes. Okay. A couple are pretty short here. How does some breaking news from the US... Stop, John! Whatever you're doing is breaking news. It's breaking. By the way, I love our producers.

CHAPTER 22 / 39 Discussion

Idaho Transgender Care Ban, Clarence Thomas Absence

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Idaho can largely enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors while legal challenges proceed. During the proceedings, Justice Clarence Thomas was notably absent without explanation, leading to speculation regarding his health and his potential role in upcoming major cases like the Chevron deference challenge.

supreme court· idaho· transgender care· clarence thomas· chevron deference

1:45:24 I think it was Thursday night. I'm in bed and I'm just doing a little, I'm doing a little scroll. And all I see is breaking, breaking, breaking, breaking. So I tweet, or I guess there's now a slash. I tweet breaking all uppercase colon and that's all, nothing after it. Our people are the best. You could see all the no agenda people at this hour, you know, unprecedented. They knew alert, alert, be afraid. Everybody knew what was going on. That was great. Now to some breaking news from the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is allowing Idaho to largely enforce its ban on gender affirming care for transgender children under 18 while lawsuits over the law go forward.

1:46:09 Justice Clarence Thomas was not in court today and did not participate remotely in arguments. There was no explanation given for his absence. What? What? What are you saying what about? Well, who cares? Well, guys, there's various Supreme Court justices aren't there a lot here and there. So how is that part of the news? Oh, it's breaking. It's breaking. What do you care? It's breaking. Pay attention. What they're doing, this is part of the get Clarence Thomas out of there before we have the Chevron deference case. I hope he's okay. Which is what this is really all about. Let's just slam him as much as we can. I hope he's okay. Now, two, well this is a kind of an odd report but I think it goes right along with the trans-Maoist

CHAPTER 23 / 39 Discussion

Utah Middle School Furry Protest, School District Denial

Students and parents at Nebo Middle School in Utah staged a walkout to protest the presence of "furries"—students who dress as animals—claiming they were biting and licking other children. The school district denied the reports of physical harassment, calling them inaccurate rumors. The segment features an interview with a "furry" named Strudel, who expressed disappointment that the subculture was being misrepresented by the younger generation.

nebo middle school· utah· furries· student protest· nebo school district

1:46:58 agenda of, you know, allowing anyone to identify as whatever they are. What is the... The funniest thing we've had people identify is I'm a cat and then there were some I think most of them were fake But they might have been actually one school that brought in a litter box because they demanded it I believe so I think believe one school brought in a litter box I think most of it was fake, but but I think if I recall one at least did do that. Well, this is a middle school in Utah and And parents and kids are upset? Oh, I'm glad you got this clip. There was some kids dressed up as animals and I heard that another kid got bit by one of them. There's a lot of speculation surrounding the protest that happened at Nebo Middle School Wednesday morning.

1:47:45 Nearly 75 students and parents showed up facing the school saying they're unhappy with how administration is handling reports of harassment. This is video a Nebo middle school student took last week. Parents say there's an issue between some students and others who call themselves furries or people who enjoy dressing up as cartoonish animals. Back when I went to school, you know, you couldn't dress that way. You couldn't do certain things. And I think it kind of needs to go back a little bit. Like I know kids need their own personalities.

1:48:21 But it's ridiculous when kids are dressing like animals and licking and biting people. I just don't think that's okay. But the Nebo School District tells us it's not that extreme. Seth Sorenson says no one was scratching or biting anyone and that there are a lot of untrue rumors going around. It actually is not something that's been occurring. In fact, a lot of the information that's been put out there is completely incorrect and inaccurate. And so we're still trying to get on top of that. This is strudel a member of the furry fandom though. They've been a furry for over a decade They have their own opinions crazy that it's escalated to this point where these kids are being People the problem with this clip is this is what you're gonna what you're playing so I will fix it. Thank

1:49:11 Thank you. She's dressed up as a as a giant chipmunk as she's doing the serious interview and the mics going back and forth between the anchor of the station and the chipmunk, whose muffled voice is what you're hearing. And it kind of we lose. This is one of those few times where we lose. We're not having the video. We lose the impact. Yeah, we do. But I do like that the that the interviewer says they Yeah, I didn't catch that at first, you're right. Thank you. This is Strudel, a member of the furry fandom. Though they've been a furry for over a decade, they have their own opinions. It's crazy that it's escalated to this point where these kids are being so distracting to their peers that their peers want to stage a walkout. To have the next generation kind of muddy our name and not represent it very well, it is kind of disappointing.

1:50:07 Yeah disappoint so I of course have nothing against furries because we have furries who listen to the show and I think you and I believe that they're in it for a Sexual kink and that's all good with me. You do whatever you want with your furry. Don't sexual king Come on, we all know they never have sex in the I brought this up And me with you or somebody I brought this up. I said with a you know, they don't have sex and wearing the costumes because the costumes are so expensive. Oh yeah, they don't want to ruin them. They don't want to ruin the costume. Yeah. That's what I'm told. I remember, didn't we have a furry meetup? There were furries at a furry convention. There was a furry meetup. I don't remember that. Yeah, I do. It's possible. Furries. Yeah, we do have furries in the audience. Or we used to. Unless they're anti-Zionist. And then my final clip

CHAPTER 24 / 39 Discussion

Yellow Bird Counseling, Queer Affirming Therapy, Idaho Expansion

Yellow Bird Counseling, a therapy firm led by CEO Dominique Cecil, has expanded its telehealth services into Idaho, Mississippi, and Alabama. The firm's marketing focuses heavily on "queer-affirming" therapy and features a staff that identifies primarily as they/them or queer. Critics express concern over the professional standards and ideological leanings of counselors treating children with identity crises.

yellow bird counseling· dominique cecil· idaho· queer therapy· mental health

1:51:04 And I want you to open up a web browser. Get your Bravo, you're brave. This came across my desk. This is a counseling firm. This is a group of therapists. They operate in multiple states in the South, Alabama, but they also just added Idaho. They work on scene, I mean in person with clients, but also they do telehealth. So this is what the people who your children might be counseled by.

1:51:48 I'm going to give you the domain name, John, and then I'll tell you about the woman who I clipped here. She's the CEO. It's yellowbirdcounseling.com. Dominique is the CEO, Dominique Cecil. She graduated from the University of Montevallo with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a minor in vocal performance, and received her Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. And she started this, she worked solo for a while, then she started Yellow Bird Counseling LLC. Do you have the website up, John?

1:52:30 Yeah, it's a bunch of fat black women. Ooh, sorry y'all! What's up y'all? This is her on the live stream, which is on their website. It's not just, if you look at their entire staff, it's not just a bunch of black women, but there's a lot of... There's one white woman and a... Multi-hair color, they're all they, them. They are queer, and here's her little pitch on the live stream. It's Dominique, aka... That therapist, for those of y'all that don't know me, I am the lead clinician and CEO for a group practice known as Yellow Bird Counseling. Okay? So what do we do? What does that mean? Our normal day-to-day thing that we do

1:53:20 seven days a week, I guess. So whatever you don't understand, we do that now. So we provide counseling and therapies that we provide. All right. In the state of mind, you're a master's in clinical mental health counseling. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and the house. And now Idaho, newly Idaho. And you know, I'm sure with all the starch consumption, potatoes, I don't know. But anyway, that's what we do on our normal day to day activities. But what do we do here on social media? Every Thursday evening at 8 p.m. ish Central Standard Time, I say ish because if one of my clients needs something, one of my therapists needs something, I gotta, you know, woot woot woot, take care of that, jump on here.

1:54:17 I mean, wouldn't you be appalled if this was the person counseling your child who has some severe identity crisis? To me, this is appalling. They have merch. She's flipping her braids back and forth while she's doing this. We go live every Thursday evening and we discuss topics that the general population can relate to. It's not much longer but I think it's worth it. This is like all versions of Jean Pierre, Claude Van Damme, the

1:54:59 the spokesperson for the Biden administration. They're all her in various forms. She is mentally ill. It's almost like most of the child trafficking runs through Child Protective Services. And I think that statistic is probably pretty accurate. The people who are supposed to be helping your child are psyoping them into this. She's queer, whatever that means. Back to how we all could benefit from having a therapist on deck, okay? On deck. All right. On deck, y'all. That's what I'm saying. On deck, okay?

1:55:44 So, yeah, that's what we do and we have a fun time doing it. Yellowbird has kind of expanded a lot, a lot, a lot with greatness. We've got all these beautiful types of therapists. And so I'm just so, for a long time, I've been the only queer therapist on staff, just me, by myself. And everybody else was just queer affirming, which is cool. But it's like different when you have other queer therapists. So I got me some queer therapists to join me and now I'm not by myself no more. And they're so cool. I cry for these children. This is just not okay. This should not be allowed. She's the boss of the outfits. Okay, Phoebe.

CHAPTER 25 / 39 Discussion

Ukraine Air Defense Requests, Mark Rutte NATO Prospects

President Zelenskyy has intensified pleas for Western air defense systems, specifically Patriot missiles, warning that Ukraine will lose the war without them. Germany is leading an initiative to encourage EU nations to provide these systems. Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is mentioned as a key supporter of the initiative and a top candidate to become the next NATO Secretary General.

volodymyr zelenskyy· mark rutte· nato· patriot missiles· germany· ukraine

1:56:37 She's the boss of the outfit. Hey, I found a... I think I found... Hey, Phoebe. Phoebe, it's okay. I found the clip with the Dutch guy. Oh, finally. Yeah, but it's related to... Phoebe, it's related to Ukraine. as, you know, we've got some real problems now because everyone's focusing on Israel. And, you know, Zelensky's like, give me some credit, man. Give me some air defenses. We're going to lose. We're going to lose the war. So we have to ratchet that up whenever there's another bunch of money on the table, which is the $61 billion, which I'm pretty sure will be approved. Because, you know, Mike Johnson, if he doesn't approve it,

1:57:23 and they lose the war, which will happen, they're going to lose, then the Republicans will be blamed. Oh, you killed Ukraine. So he's really got nothing to lose by approving it except maybe his House speakership. So this is a Germany urging EU leaders to send Ukraine air defenses from France 24. Amid intensifying Russian attacks, NATO's chief is calling on allies to beef up Ukraine's air defense. We just had an important and timely discussion on how to step up further our support to Ukraine, in particular on how to provide more air defence systems to Ukraine. Because the situation on the battlefield remains very difficult.

1:58:04 It comes as Germany is making plans to encourage other European countries to offer Patriot missile systems to Ukraine after announcing it would send one of its own. It's an initiative Prime Ministers from Denmark, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands are keen to take part in. I have great respect for the commitment shown by Germany. I have great respect for the commitment shown by Germany and we will consider the three of us in what ways we can support to this German initiative. Are we not better off sending a few of our own air defense systems to Ukraine at a time where they

1:58:45 Not we are struggling daily to fight off the never-ending Russian attack Ukraine says it needs at least two dozen Patriot air defense systems to protect troops on the front lines and to defend Harkiv the country's biggest city after Kiev which has been under attack for weeks Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel over the weekend has raised questions in Kyiv about NATO's priorities. I believe it was a signal to all leaders around the world. France, Jordan, the UK and the US have all responded and supported the protection of Israel. And here, definitely, they used air defence and aviation, many things that frankly Ukraine is lacking.

1:59:26 Stoltenberg also says he's optimistic about the US Congress approving a military aid package in the next few days. Without it, Zelensky says Ukraine will lose the war. He is, he'll be, he'll almost be as good, maybe even better. Remember the president of the European Union, the Belgian guy? The one who did haikus? Haiku Herman. Oh, that guy, what a crackpot. That guy was great. He was fun. Yeah, so Rutte will be great.

CHAPTER 26 / 39 Discussion

Trump Pennsylvania Rally, Demented Tyrant Moniker

At a rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump introduced a new moniker for President Joe Biden, calling him a "demented tyrant." Trump criticized the upcoming "Biden trials" in New York, referring to the hush money case as a politically motivated attack on democracy. The speech reflected Trump's increasing frustration with his legal schedule interfering with his campaign.

donald trump· joe biden· pennsylvania· 2024 election· hush money trial

2:00:05 So I watched the Trump speech in, I think it was in Pennsylvania. Yes. It was one of his latest. Yes. He's got a new moniker. New material? New material? Well, not a lot of it. He was mad and you could tell there was a lot of anger because of this having to be in New York at these trials. He's not good when he's angry. He's not good. So he's not good. But he does have a new moniker for Biden. I thought it was worth playing. Is this? Under Trump. Our democracy is under siege because of Joe Biden. Joe Biden loves to say that democracy is on the ballot in this election. If it is, we're going to win in the greatest landslide in history because we're the ones who are fighting to save our democracy. And crooked Joe Biden is the demented tyrant. He's a demented tyrant who is trying to destroy our democracy. Two days from now,

2:00:57 The entire world will witness the commencement of the very first Biden trial. They're all Biden trials, you know that, right? A demented tyrant. That's good. I like that. Did you get anything on the Boeing hearings? Yeah, I got some Boeing clips. Okay, because this is, I mean, if there ever was a takedown of Boeing, man, this is it. I think they're going after Boeing At this point, with these two clips, when I started, when I recorded the first one and the second one, these two parted, I decided or thought to myself, it's not a decision, it's a thought, that they're doing this on purpose. They're going after Boeing for some specific, there's something going on that we don't know about. Well, maybe they got Airbus money.

CHAPTER 27 / 39 Discussion

Boeing Whistleblower Testimony, 787 Dreamliner Safety Flaws

Boeing engineer Sam Salipour testified before a Senate committee, alleging that the company took manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 Dreamliner that could lead to structural failure. Salipour claimed he faced retaliation and threats after reporting that fuselage gaps were not properly closed. Other whistleblowers criticized the FAA for being "lazy and reactive" in its oversight of Boeing's production mess.

boeing· sam salipour· 787 dreamliner· faa· whistleblowers· aviation safety

2:01:47 Something's up, but let's play these clips. Scathing testimony delivered by Boeing whistleblowers today. They say Boeing effectively produces defective planes and everyone who gets into one is at risk. NTD's Virginia Gibson has more. Every person stepping aboard a Boeing airplane is at risk. Boeing whistleblowers give scathing testimony on Boeing's safety culture. Engineer Sam Salipour says it's effectively putting out defective airplanes. The company is taking manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 program that may significantly reduce

2:02:24 the airplane safety. Serious issues on the 787 program not properly closing thousands of gaps in its assembly of the fuselage on major joints. A culture of retaliation prevents workers like him from reporting these problems. His boss even suggested he kill someone who said what Salipur said about plane quality. In another instance, he found a nail stuck into the tire of his car. It really scares me. Believe me, but I am at peace. You know if something happens to me, I am at peace because I feel like by coming forward I will be saving a lot of lives and I'm at peace. Whatever happens, it happens. Whistleblowers assert that Boeing prioritizes profits over safety. This comes after the door blew off of a Boeing plane mid-flight earlier this year and various other incidents. Engine anti-ice, exhaust duct

2:03:22 duct fasteners, compromised sealant adhesion within the center fuel tank, loose bolts in the rudder assembly, stuck rudder pedals, misinstalled electrical wire bundles in the wing spoilers, and then of course the door blew out. I got called Tina about her return flight from New York. Stuck rudder pedals, bolts in the, are you kidding me? That's death. That's real death. Well, there The disco continues with part two. Former FAA engineer Joe Jacobson saw serious flaws with Boeing's planes. He observed Boeing hiding these flaws from government agencies. Former Boeing manager Ed Pearson says even the government agencies have done a poor job. These agencies have become lazy, complacent and reactive.

2:04:12 The deterioration has been occurring over several years. Pearson says the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation all ignored Boeing's problems even after multiple high-profile crashes. If the leaders those government agencies had done their jobs investigators would have uncovered a mountain of important information the FAA would have known Boeing's production processes were a mess. The whistleblowers want to change Boeing's entire production system one that encourages people to raise issues and prioritize safety over profits. Okay question where's Buttigieg? Isn't he

2:04:57 The boss of these agencies? Yeah, he is. So could this be, it's just a thought that popped in my head, could this be that they're like, oh, you know, we don't want that McKinsey guy getting anywhere near the presidency to make sure that we discredit him, but they haven't called him yet. They haven't raked him over the coals and why not? Because yes, the FAA is just as responsible for what Boeing's doing as the FDA is for Pfizer or Moderna Yeah, I agree. In fact those two downed 737 max 9s or whatever they were that were never fully vetted. Yeah, that was huge. One crashes and then another one crashes and kills all these people. One-two punch. What is the... How does that happen?

CHAPTER 28 / 39 Discussion

Michael Crichton Airframe, Boeing South Carolina Plant Issues

The current crisis at Boeing mirrors the plot of Michael Crichton's 1997 novel *Airframe*, which involves a quality assurance investigation into a fictional aircraft manufacturer. Real-world concerns center on Boeing's South Carolina plant, which has been plagued by reports of shoddy production and safety defects since it opened in 2011. Major airlines like Qatar Airways and KLM have previously complained about the standard of manufacture at the Charleston facility.

michael crichton· airframe· boeing· south carolina· charleston· quality control

2:05:49 Well, we know how it was in the FAA. Yeah, the FAA should have been all over that. Yeah. Well, I mean I'm surprised where is Buddha judge? This is very interesting By the way, there's someone pointed out to me that there's a we love Michael Crichton as a writer state of fear was in essence the the screenplay, the script for what is taking place with climate change. Yes. Airframe, which I have not read. Airframe, released in 97. The plot follows Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at the fictional aerospace manufacturer Norton Aircraft. She investigates an in-flight accident aboard a Norton manufactured airliner that leaves passengers dead, 56 injured. Now I have to read this.

2:06:45 Yes, you do. Summarize when you're finished, please. So we can figure out what's going to happen. Yeah, this is very, as an airman, this is very concerning. I would think. I think I reported that our Navy pilots, you know, who are getting ready to retire, which happens in your late 30s, early 40s, and, you know, they all, of course, want to go on and keep flying. Typically, they want DHL, FedEx, you know, they want these kinds of jobs, anything without passengers, please. They all want to go with Airbus. They don't want to be on Boeing. And that tells me something. And I learned that over a year ago. Like, no, we don't like Boeing anymore. Yeah, it just fell apart out of the blue.

2:07:41 What do you mean? I mean, Boeing was, you know, a very competitive when we first started the show 16, 17 years ago. If I'm going to talk about the Airbus Boeing battles and how Boeing was winning and there was no evidence that they were making junk, then something changed between then and now. Can they pin this on Biden somehow? No. You can pin it on the board of directors, that's for sure. Yeah, well they can, for sure they can pin it on, what's her face? Who brought him to her state? What's her name? Oh, uh, yeah, the governor of South Carolina. Nikki. Nikki Haley. Nikki Nimrod. Nimrod Haley. I guess we don't really need that. Yeah, once they moved to South Carolina. But that's when it began. I wonder what the year of that was. That's when the culture changed. Or maybe they want some kind of

2:08:40 change in in corporate regulations. I agree with you. There's some things up. Some things up. Because a lot of this may not be as bad. I mean, we do not see aircraft that have broken up in flight, which is what they're talking about. You know, hey, they're jumping on the wings to make them fit. So we haven't, there's no evidence of that happening. A lot of these things are maintenance. So remember, United is just run by a dude in a dress who is clearly occupied with other things than quality assurance. We had the Southwest Cowling fly off, which was definitely a ground crew mistake.

2:09:28 But it's all thrown onto Boeing. And yeah, the changes to the 737 MAX for which they were grounded, which they made changes, but no one went to jail, even though it was clearly, clearly a big mistake, including the FAA. So the facility in South Carolina opened in July 2011. And that seems to be the crux of everything. I don't know. We also have South Carolina site was used by two of the subcontractors Vought, remember Ling Temco Vought, aircraft industries and global aeronautica joint venture Vought and Alinea aeronautica to build sections of the fuselage out of composite materials. That's where the 787 is made there. Is Spirit Aerocraft, whatever it's called, is that a public company?

2:10:29 I don't think so. Okay, well, I keep hearing that they're definitely going to split that in two and one half will go back inside of Boeing and the other half will continue to make parts for Airbus. And it still, it could just all be Airbus. I mean, hold on, I have a, well, let's take a look here. I have France 24 who would be on the Airbus side of the equation. Let's listen to their report. I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align. Those are the lengths that Boeing will go to to put production over safety, an engineer at the airline told US lawmakers. Two Senate committees on Wednesday piled more pressure on Boeing, which is under multiple investigations.

2:11:14 Sam Salipour said he was threatened for raising his concerns internally. In a rush to address its bottlenecks in production, Boeing hit problems pushing pieces together with excessive force to make them appear that the gaps don't exist even though they exist. Effectively, they are putting out defective airplanes. Boeing says these claims about the 787 Dreamliner are false and says it hasn't found cracks while maintenancing nearly 700 of the aircraft. Regulators have limited production of another aircraft, the 737 MAX, after a door panel blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. In 2018 and 2019, two other 737 MAX aircraft crashed, killing 346 people. Another whistleblower said nothing changed in Boeing's culture afterwards.

2:12:10 Hundreds of people died and there's been no justice. Unless action is taken and leaders are held accountable, every person stepping aboard a Boeing airplane is at risk. Boeing has announced a management shakeup as deliveries fell by half in March. So it's definitely hurting the bottom line. Here, let me read something from the wiki page. Okay. Quality control issues. The South Carolina plant has been accused of shoddy production and ignoring safety defects in the airplanes in favor of meeting deadlines. In 2019, following the discovery of exterior damage on planes manufactured in Charleston,

2:12:46 For a time, Qatar Airways would only accept delivery of Dreamliners assembled in Everett. Later that same year, KLM, which had discovered loose seats, missing and incorrectly installed pins, nuts, and bolts not fully tightened, and a fuel line clamp left unsecured on its jet, complained that the standard of manufacture was way below acceptable standards. Early in 2020, Boeing engineers discovered depressions in the 787's vertical tail fin which could lead to structural failure under limited loads, affecting hundreds of planes on a vast majority of the fleet. Eight 787s were grounded due to the issue, which had been discovered in August 2019 at the South Carolina plant, but

2:13:31 But this just goes on and on. This South Carolina as a manufacturing hub, which I think car manufacturers are using too, obviously not to demean the citizenry of South Carolina, they're not up to the standards that they need to be if they're going to be doing this sort of work. The only other thing I can surmise Because it has been going along consistently whenever something happens to an aircraft whether it's airline related, maintenance related or manufacturer related, the first thing you read in social media is DEI. So maybe it's a big push to kill DEI.

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Francis Scott Key Bridge Investigation, Dali Electrical Problems

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, focusing on whether the crew of the *Dali* knew the ship had severe electrical issues before leaving port. Longshoremen reported that the vessel struggled to provide power to refrigerated containers (reefers) while docked. The NTSB is expected to release a preliminary report on the disaster in the coming weeks.

fbi· baltimore· francis scott key bridge· dali· ntsb· port of baltimore

2:14:15 It could be just but I think this is a I think this is a going on everywhere. Mm-hmm. They did push to kill the I Because it's showing it's it. I Think it's a valid push because I think D. I is you notice it in the everywhere Oh, you're noticing I noticed it noticing All right. Well another thing Pete Buddha just has not really been in the news for where is Pete? is the Key Bridge, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and there's some updates. We are following breaking news just in. Breaking news. Into the wavy newsroom, the FBI opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The Washington Post reports the FBI is investigating whether the crew of the DALI left the port knowing the vessel had systems problems.

2:15:01 Authorities are also reportedly reviewing the events leading up to when the dolly slammed into one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge's support pillars. And we already had one dock worker who said, oh yeah, no, there were problems with the electricity with the reefers, which is the refrigerator containers. And there's another one. A desperate Mayday call. I can't get to the other side, sir. The bridge is down. Made too late. killing video capturing the minutes leading up to the tragedy showing the ship losing power lights flashing on and off before striking a support sending the bridge crumbling down this week FBI agents boarding the vessel conducting a criminal investigation into the early

2:15:44 hours seeking warning signs that may have been missed or ignored like what crane operator Damian Tucker. I ended up working 15 hours on that vessel. Claims to have witnessed firsthand. I was radioed up. from the reefer mechanic and some of the longshoremen on a ship that was lashing containers that night that they were having electrical problems getting power to the reefers. Reefers are refrigerated cargo containers used to transport perishable goods. In the two decades Tucker has worked at the Port of Baltimore loading and unloading thousands of reefers. No, it doesn't happen often. In your 23 years, how many times have you experienced where reefers are struggling to get power to them? Maybe twice. Echoing his account, the Associated Press quoting an anonymous source, claiming while the ship was still docked, alarms went off on some of its refrigerated containers, indicating an inconsistent power supply. Tonight, the NTSB not confirming or denying the claims, only willing to say a preliminary report of their investigation will be released in the coming weeks.

2:16:45 Where's Mayor Pete? Nowhere to be found. And by the way, Mayor Pete, Mr. DEI. Mr. DEI. Remember all the, oh we need to have, we gotta have bridges have to be raised so the black school children can get underneath it to go to the beach. Yeah, right. Remember? Yeah, the bus is too tall to go underneath this thing, under a bridge. Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. Okay, I have a couple of Big Pharma things and then we can we can thank some people unless you have something else you'd like to. Well if you're gonna go Big Pharma I do have the Rand Paul visit to the hill which I thought was very... Yeah, you even put a little thing on Twitter. You said you should be watching this and you know what everyone did? Pfft, I'll wait for the show.

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Rand Paul Fauci Referral, Wuhan Lab Defuse Project

Senator Rand Paul has issued a new criminal referral for Dr. Anthony Fauci, alleging he lied to Congress about his knowledge of the "Defuse" project. Paul claims that 15 federal agencies were briefed on the proposal to insert a furin cleavage site into coronaviruses to make them more infectious. The discussion highlights a whistleblower's discovery of documents suggesting Fauci's agency was more involved in the Wuhan-linked research than previously admitted.

rand paul· anthony fauci· wuhan lab· ecohealth alliance· darpa· covid-19 origins

2:17:43 I think that was relating to something not this particular clip. No, that was this particular clip. You said... Oh, was it? Okay. Yeah, you said everyone should watch this. It's very educational. All right. What are we going to be listening to? This is Rand Paul on the Hill. that TV, you know, that whatever it is from the magazine. Crystal Ball? No, not... those guys are long gone. It's the new guys and he's pretty much summarizing all of the complaining that he's been doing and I took... what did I get? Three, four clips here. Oh, this is Wuhan, Wuhan related. I got three clips and it's yes about the virus and how it's like we've been scammed every which way.

2:18:28 We've known of course that EcoHealth Alliance had pitched the diffuse project to I believe the Defense Department did not procure funding for that project although you know whether that research was going on or had gone on anyway or continued is an open question but now you're saying that it's it's far from this lone agency that knew about this project who else in the government knew that scientists were trying to get government funding to make a virus that would have looked like COVID. It's important to know that we only know anything about this because of a whistleblower. So in 2021, a lieutenant colonel, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Murphy at DARPA came forward and he said he'd been looking for research like this because he was convinced that it was going on. He went to a folder, a computer folder, and he looked for this and it wasn't there.

2:19:19 Then he saw another exchange between myself and Fauci, and he saw the tension heating up, and he went back to the folder and looked, and all of a sudden, the document was there. And the document indicated that Wuhan Lab was working with UNC, Ralph Baric, and with Peter Daszak at EcoHealth, and their proposal was to take a coronavirus, which is not very infectious in humans usually, and make it more infectious in humans by putting a special cleavage site called the Furin Cleavage Site in. Well DARPA passed on this. DARPA said well damn that sounds a little bit crazy to create a virus that could be so contagious because coronavirus can be deadly but it's typically not very contagious. Now you're going to combine deadly with contagious you got a real problem and so they turned it down and so we always said when 2020 happened and we saw the sequence of COVID-19 alarm

2:20:11 Yeah, I don't like two things that he said there. One, oh a computer folder. Okay, sure. It means Microsoft, SharePoint, whatever. Stuff goes away. The other thing is he makes it sound like a coronavirus will kill you. It's the flu. No, no. Coronavirus is more of the cold. A cold, I'm sorry. But it's not, I mean, not more deadly than your yearly cold and flu season. He makes it sound like, oh, the coronavirus.

2:21:05 All right, well that's a reasonable complaints. Let's go to clip the second part of this now We know the presentation for this research was given to 15 agencies including the NIH and the NAI and the NIA ID which is Fauci's division of NIH and worse than that Not only were they briefed, the original diffuse proposal we now know included work to be done at the Rocky Mountain Lab in Colorado that's owned by Fauci's division of the NIH. So it doesn't pass the credulity test that somehow Anthony Fauci knows nothing of this. So we've actually come up with another criminal referral for him because in committee and help committee, he tells Senator Roger Marshall that he knows nothing of this diffuse grant. And also in Missouri versus Biden, the court case in deposition, he says he knew nothing of this diffuse grant. And yet now we know

2:22:02 His agency was briefed and his agency was going to be part of the original proposal. Does he want Fauci behind bars? Does he want Fauci lynched? He's been after Fauci ever since Fauci looked him in the eyes and lied to him. Yeah, yeah. And he's been really after Fauci. He's going to get, he says, I don't have the clip. I'm going to get him. No, I have the clip of, I don't have the clip of it, this is longer than I have here, where he says, you know, there's no chance that our justice, this Justice Department's going to do anything about Fauci's lying in front of Congress, but he's going to stay on this. So here's the last of this.

2:22:37 You would think some of these federal agencies would feel a little bit of contempt or would want accountability from the people at, for instance, EcoHealth Alliance, whom we now know, this came from U.S. Right to Know, that the proposal, the diffuse project, privately the scientists it our public health accountability agencies very frustrated that they were misled by these scientists. What? It boggles the mind because typically people from the left really see a big role for government in safety and malfeasance. If this were a

2:23:30 a private company making baby formula, they would have shut it down and people would have gone to jail. Seriously, if it were a private company doing this, but it happens to be government. And I think that their love of government and central planning causes them to defend irrationally, to defend things even when they're grossly mismanaged or when there's gross negligence or even lying and malfeasance. they defended to the end. I mean, Anthony Fauci has been given million-dollar awards by left-wing groups, million-dollar awards. He still has a limo and security service 24 hours, 24-7, even though he's supposedly retired. So, I mean, the love goes on, and I think it's really the love for central planning. And they see the attack on Fauci or anything that went wrong as an attack on centralized authority.

2:24:19 Yeah, I thought that was a very interesting analysis. It is. Unfortunately, I think we both agree that the real death came from all of the remedies and the real devastation is coming from the remedies, specifically remdesivir and Baxlevitis turns out to be useless. And so-called vaccines, which, you know, now the number one reason for getting COVID is because you have three vaccines of COVID. This is now mainstream.

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Rat Urine Health Alert, New York Leptospirosis Rise

New York City health officials issued an advisory regarding a record rise in leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread through rat urine. While there were only 24 cases in 2023, the city is sounding the alarm as cases continue to trend upward in 2024. Critics suggest the media focus on "rat urine" may be a distraction from other public health issues or adverse events.

new york city· leptospirosis· rats· public health· kidney failure

2:24:59 Report the glitch. So let's just talk about adverse events for a moment. So it's fine. And I think Fauci definitely needs to be in justice, needs to. We need justice on that. And I hope Rand Paul gets it. But I'm much more concerned with what the media inclusion with big pharma is doing to people who still trust them. They're not in collusion. Big Pharma just tells them what to do. No, they just tell them what to do. Yes, I'm sorry. Silly me. So one of the obvious bad effects of mRNA, not for everybody, but for a lot of people, is heart issues. And just so you know, the glare of car headlights can now be a risk for a heart condition.

2:25:53 Yes, so the dazzling LED headlight beams are now to blame for heart conditions. Not the vaccine, not the vaccine. Now, if you heard someone had liver problems, kidney problems, what would you say might be the cause of that? Could be a lot of things. Too much Tylenol. Remdesivir? Rem... well, yeah, that would be something. Remdesivir? I would say Remdesivir. Now to a health alert and a disgusting reality for New Yorkers. Yeah, city officials say that they're seeing a rise in a sickness from rat urine. It's called leptospirosis and left untreated it can cause kidney failure and liver damage. There were 24 cases of it last year. That's the highest number ever in a single year and so far this year six cases have already been reported. Iowa News reporter Darla Miles is in the newsroom with everything you need to know about this. Darla.

2:26:55 Liz, David, as you know, rats are an inevitable part of life here in New York City and have been for the last 250 years. So much so, you have seen entertaining videos of them go viral very quickly like the pizza rats. But as we talked about, rat infestations come with rat droppings that can cause severe illness, even death. And, Liz and David, there's nothing entertaining. The problem, leptospirosis, an infectious disease caused by rat urine that can lead to potentially fatal infections of the kidney, liver, brain, lung, or heart. The city issuing a health advisory about an uptick in cases, a record high of 24 cases in 2023. The trend continuing upward with six cases so far this year. Why is this breaking news?

2:27:40 Six cases? Well, they themselves just said the rats have been infesting that town of New York City for the last 250 years. Exactly. If they had dropped that part of this story and said the rats are worse than ever, but they didn't say that because the rats aren't worse than ever. No. So to me... They're just the same as they've always been, the place is infested. Smells like cover-up. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. Rat urine. Memo to self. Don't drink rat urine. Now, there's a good memo. Now, the testing industrial complex ramps it up a little bit more. Remember, we need to get everybody thinking that they have cancer and ramp it up for the magical mRNA cancer vaccines. So, let's go with our favorite, shall we?

2:28:25 Deeper sedation may be the prescription for a better colonoscopy. When patients are in a deeper state, doctors can more efficiently detect certain polyps. The result, according to a study in the Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, superior cancer detection and prevention. The study showed propofol provided higher quality colonoscopy than conscious sedation. Serrated polyps are difficult to detect pre-cancerous lesions. Nearly all colon cancers start as small growths called polyps. Identifying them and removing them prevents them from developing into cancer. I'm definitely not going for that. Well wasn't there, now this is about a year or two ago and we never clipped it, but there was a big scandal because it turned out that colonoscopies according to the statisticians didn't do any good.

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Colonoscopy Sedation, AI Parkinson's Research, Propofol

New medical studies suggest that deeper sedation using propofol leads to more effective detection of pre-cancerous polyps during colonoscopies. Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Cambridge are using AI to speed up the identification of Parkinson's disease treatments by tenfold. Despite the medical hype, some experts warn of a 20% error rate in current AI implementations across various industries.

colonoscopy· propofol· ai· parkinson's disease· university of cambridge

2:27:40 Six cases? Well, they themselves just said the rats have been infesting that town of New York City for the last 250 years. Exactly. If they had dropped that part of this story and said the rats are worse than ever, but they didn't say that because the rats aren't worse than ever. No. So to me... They're just the same as they've always been, the place is infested. Smells like cover-up. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. Rat urine. Memo to self. Don't drink rat urine. Now, there's a good memo. Now, the testing industrial complex ramps it up a little bit more. Remember, we need to get everybody thinking that they have cancer and ramp it up for the magical mRNA cancer vaccines. So, let's go with our favorite, shall we?

2:28:25 Deeper sedation may be the prescription for a better colonoscopy. When patients are in a deeper state, doctors can more efficiently detect certain polyps. The result, according to a study in the Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, superior cancer detection and prevention. The study showed propofol provided higher quality colonoscopy than conscious sedation. Serrated polyps are difficult to detect pre-cancerous lesions. Nearly all colon cancers start as small growths called polyps. Identifying them and removing them prevents them from developing into cancer. I'm definitely not going for that. Well wasn't there, now this is about a year or two ago and we never clipped it, but there was a big scandal because it turned out that colonoscopies according to the statisticians didn't do any good.

2:29:18 Remember that? Well, we've been talking about that for two weeks. No, I'm saying that this is when this report came out that colonoscopies were given a bad... They're just given, no, don't get... It's not worth it. It doesn't do any good. It's like, forget it. And that story just disappeared off the front page. Well, it's kind of come back. This is how I come up with this. Well, this is the opposite of coming back. This is coming back as though they're effective. Oh no, of course. I mean, the medical studies are there, but that's... Hello? This is the media. No, the media is being told, hey, get everybody and we now have even more effective testing. It's even better. We can push the thing further into your colon with propofol, Michael Jackson's drug of choice, and we can see the precancerous polyps even better to get you on the program. No. There's a hard no on that. But luckily,

2:30:21 Luckily, AI to the rescue for Parkinson's. As technology becomes more readily available in medicine, doctors may have better tools to defeat disease. University of Cambridge scientists, for example, say artificial intelligence has sped up the ability to identify Parkinson's disease treatments. AI accelerates the search for medications to relieve Parkinson's symptoms by 10 times, according to the researchers. AI rapidly found compounds to block the clumping of a protein associated with Parkinson's decline. The Cambridge team used machine learning to screen an entire library of millions of entries, ultimately finding five highly potent compounds for further investigation. The team is pretty excited about their research and they point to the possibilities for AI to aid in finding relief for other ailments as well. We had to see this coming, right? And now it's actually coming to fruition. Thank you so much, Dina.

2:31:16 Oh, yay! You had to see this coming, right? Yes, of course. One of our producers went to a... He's a dude named Ben. He went to a big AI conference and everybody there was complaining about how no matter what business they were in, 20% error rate on everything. 20%. And he would say, well, are you going to implement it? Oh yeah, why? Because the other guys are. That's what's happening. It's this big hype. 20% error rate is significant if you're in finance or medicine.

2:32:03 Well, it's really bad if you did if you had 20% error rate with optical character recognition Yeah, which is bad because it has one or two percent error rate. It would be so unusable Yeah, it is unusable But unless what give me five trillion dollars and I can make it work We need more money. We need no you know what it's gonna come down to it's gonna come down to power and No one, no one talk all these, all the climate change people like AI is great. It's going to solve climate change. No, if anything, if you believe your logic, it's going to make it worse because they're running out of actual power to power the data centers that they need for this stuff. It won't even be the chips anymore. It's like, how can I get cheaper power? Yeah.

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Measles Outbreak Alarm, CDC Vaccination Push

The CDC is reporting a "17-fold" increase in measles cases in 2024, though the total number of cases remains relatively low at 121. Public health officials are using the uptick to push for two-dose vaccinations, particularly for children. Skeptics point out that there have been no reported deaths from measles in the U.S. recently and question the "alarming" nature of the media coverage.

measles· cdc· vaccination· public health· infectious disease

2:32:54 Last thing I have here is measles. They're still on that tip. The big pharma has told their media subordinates to promote measles vaccine. It's on the rise. It's horrible. To your recollection, if you got measles, you never get it again, right? It's like you get it, it's one and done? As far as I can tell. Was the measles vaccine, wasn't that always just effective? I'm sorry, what? Measles vaccines have been around for a long time. No one really gets them. But they're supposed to be effective. It's an attenuated virus. Yeah, supposedly. Well, no. I mean, they're talking percentages now like it's COVID. Let's talk about this recent measles outbreak. There have been seven outbreaks with at least 121 reported cases this year.

2:33:48 Yeah, so this is an important medical headline you guys and I think if we remember back to 2020 we've learned how important it is to keep our eye on everything that's going on in the world of public health and infectious disease. Notice how she throws in 20, if we learned anything we've got to keep our eye on public health everybody vaccines, you've got 2020 COVID. Measles is a big one let me take you through it. First of all some measles 101 this is actually the most highly contagious respiratory virus on earth with cold like symptoms and a rash as the typical way that it presents. Nine out of ten unvaccinated people if exposed to measles will become infected. It can easily be mistaken for another illness and that's part of why the CDC is sounding the alarm because so many health care providers have never actually seen a case of measles.

2:34:35 in this country. It is airborne, transmissible through the air. Children are particularly vulnerable and we have a preventative way out of this, you guys, with the two-dose vaccine that's 97% effective at preventing illness. Again, it's in our toolbox. It's not being used and that's why the CDC continues to put this on our radar because we're seeing cases go up and up and up. Two doses? What was the number she threw out there? 97% effective, two doses. Two doses? When did that happen? Oh, it's twice the money. Hello? So what was the number she threw out? The people that had measles? Oh, 121.

2:35:17 Huh, there's 126 people that were killed in Oakland in 2023. Seems to me that that's more important and that's one little city. Let's just finish this off with 30 seconds of what makes this spike, this spike, Spike in measles, what makes it so different? We have seen the occasional outbreak here and there here in the United States. So is this particular outbreak any more concerning than the others? Outbreak? Is year to date it's 17 fold higher and again the vast majority of people if infected Wait a minute, it's 17 fold higher. So what was it before? What's 121 divided by 17? I mean this is infinitesimal. Concerning than the others? It is year to date it's 17

2:36:05 Bull crap numbers. Yeah. Teen fold higher and again the vast majority of people if infected with measles will be fine but it can cause serious illness, encephalitis, pneumonia and particularly vulnerable are unvaccinated children. Almost all of these cases that we're tracking in this country are amongst unvaccinated people so again totally unnecessary. Unvaccinated. Alarming. Alarming. It's alarming. Pandemic of the unvaccinated again. They keep pushing these things measles death Measles does all right everything else is just There are no reported deaths of measles Related to measles this year. That's 2023 which is you know recent

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Georgia Foreign Influence Law, Maidan 2 Protests

Massive protests erupted in Tbilisi, Georgia, against a proposed "foreign influence" law that would require NGOs receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. Protesters, waving EU flags, fear the law is a Russian-style measure designed to stifle dissent and block Georgia's accession to the European Union. The situation is being compared to the 2014 Maidan revolution in Ukraine.

georgia· tbilisi· foreign influence law· european union· joseph borrell· ngos

2:36:57 In 23, they were reported among all age groups with the highest percentage unvaccinated 86 percent observed in the past five years. Past five years has nobody died. So why are we all freaked out? I don't know. I'm sorry, I do have one more clip to play because I think that we have a Maidan 2 situation on our hands. Have you been following? Oh yeah. Maidan was the 2014 cover for the coup that Victoria Nuland put in place in Ukraine, then installed a whole new government. We're going back to an old favorite which

2:37:33 I think was kind of a test for Ukraine. We're back to Georgia, the country. Is it a republic? Is Georgia a republic? Yeah, Republic of Georgia. Yep. Well, we have Maidan 2 on our hands, I think. Yes, Europe, no Russian law read a banner outside the Georgian parliament. Over a sea of 20,000 protesters in central Tbilisi. This against the so-called foreign inference law. A law many Georgians see as a Russian import designed to stamp out dissent. There is an unprecedented number of people gathered here. We, Georgians, can be hungry or thirsty, but the freedom and dignity is what matters the most. That's why we're standing here. Opposition lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, but not without fierce debate.

2:38:22 How dare you? What moral right do you have? You, the Russian agents, to call this country's patriots, people who have been defending the people and honor of this country for years, how dare you call them foreign agents? The bill won a comfortable majority with the votes of 83 out of 150 MPs. Put forward by Georgia's ruling party, the bill is marketed as a way of combating so-called pseudo-liberal values imposed by foreigners. It would force media and non-commercial organizations to register as pursuing the interests of a foreign power if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.

2:39:01 And EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell confirmed what many Georgians fear, that the bill does not align with EU values and as such would compromise Georgia's accession to the bloc. The ruling party reintroduced the bill this month. It must now pass at least two more readings in Parliament to become law and one final vote to overcome a presidential veto. So this seems like a whole set up. You got 20,000 people out there, they're waving EU flags. Because of course everyone has an EU flag at home. Everyone's got some pre-printed signs. And all that this is about is, you know, if you're an NGO, you got to register if you're getting money from Russia. Not from America, but from Russia. I'm concerned about this. Especially with the ascension to the EU bit. And they're beating each other up in the government there. It's like running up and sucker punching each other.

CHAPTER 36 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 1651 Art, Leadables Parody

The show recognizes the artistic contributions for episode 1651, titled "WWX." Featured art includes a parody of Lunchables called "Leadables," created by Francisco Scaramanga in response to reports of lead contamination in the children's snack kits. The segment highlights the community's talent in creating "bat signals" and chapter art that deconstructs current news themes.

no agenda art· leadables· lunchables· francisco scaramanga· graphic design

2:53:07 I guess we can do something. Because we'll never write it. I mean, let's be honest, we'll never ever write it. Let's do the Value for Value coloring book. Oh, finally! Just a bunch of bills inside of the color. This is green back. The one. A is for artists. I provide value by making art. Yeah, and we envy is for void zero. He provides value by running the systems P is for a great job P is for producer, but not you mentioned art Let's thank the artists for episode 1651 we titled that WWX which was World War X since

2:53:52 everyone seems to be fighting this war on X as part of Elon's government contract. A lot of people thought we would name it First Law of Wholes, we did discuss that but we found that's too long. Too long. Too long for a title. And we want to thank Francisco Scaramanga on fire once again he can tell his wife that he won nothing. I guess his wife complains him that he works for free. But he doesn't work for free, he gets a lot of accolades. He probably gets jobs because of this. And he gets value. No, he's doing this for the incredible value that the show provides. That's the whole point.

2:54:33 Yes, and there's people who can't even pony up five bucks a month. Well, this guy's making art twice a week now He doesn't get chosen twice a week and we must have 30 artists who are trying to make art twice a week to provide value and whether we use it as the album art or not Often we use these two for the bat signal Dreb Scott uses pretty much all of them for the chapters It's incredibly appreciated and this was a classic no agenda piece We talked about, we had a clip of the Lunchables, which you should never feed your children anyway probably, having too much lead, whatever that means. And so he made the Kareem Dvorak company Leadables, which is rice, beef, cracker stackers.

2:55:21 Tastes great, 33 grams of slurry and 100% upcycled. I mean, all that was missing from being the complete picture, I know I had the all-seeing eye on top of the pink rice beef slurry. He was only missing, has electrolytes. Everything else was in there. I mean, let me see, we looked at a couple of things. You liked Dame Kenny Bennu also is really competing hard. You liked her big dog hot dog juice cup. Yeah, hot dog juice. Which is kind of sick. It didn't have enough kind of funny details that the Scaramucci piece had. It didn't quite have everything that it needed.

2:56:02 I kind of like the Dame Kenny Benn war binoculars. I know you didn't think it was that great. Which one was that? It's... Oh, the one down below? Yeah, I used that for the... I didn't care for it. I used it for the bats. And the degree of work was too small. Totally. Not totally. I'm in agreement. I use the departures irregular arrivals lots of freebies for us Yeah, we saw that and I used the one next to the clip custodians hundreds of missiles the next newsletter Yeah, which is a nice piece actually just a pretty piece is obviously AI but it's pretty piece. It's pretty Mm-hmm. We see then a couple other people tried big bite hot dog juice hot dog water

2:56:48 I would say that Sir Net Ned came pretty close with his hot dog water can. Yeah, I like that a lot. It was pretty good. I mean in general, we can't create any of this. So I'm saying pretty good, but it's great. Every single piece is filled with love and attention and is appreciated. It really is. Thank you so much. You provide incredible value artists. And we have people who support us with the third T of the time, talent and treasure. These are the executive producers and the associate executive producers.

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Executive Producer Credits, Donor Thank You Segment

The hosts acknowledge the financial support of Executive and Associate Executive Producers who contribute to the "Value for Value" model. Notable donors include Saronimus of Dogpatch, Sir Moes of Inglewood (who shared a "pig butchering" scam story), and Eli the Coffee Guy. The segment includes the "knighting" of new peers and the reading of letters from the community.

executive producers· donations· knighthood· value for value· crowdfunding

2:57:24 And we like to, so that's $200 and above for associate executive producership, $300 and above for an executive producership. Real credits, wherever credits are recognized, which includes imdb.com, so you can register your credit there if you wish, or other places, or just use it as something cool to show. And every month, not always the same time, but every month we receive cash, a cash donation with a typewritten note mailed Mailed, so you know he's not a Gen Zer because they don't know how to post a letter. From Seronimus of Dogpatch in Lower Slobovia and he comes in. It's also a number that we believe is code. We have never cracked it. We don't understand. It's always different. It is 1702, which means it included at least one $2 bill as he usually does.

2:58:22 Ebony has a longer note than usual, which I shall read. Last time he had any, last time was short and then I think the time before that was the no note. Right, with just the no notes on the musical scale? Yeah. This is from Saronimus of Dogpatch in Lower Slobovia. Thank you to all old and new producers for making this such a valuable resource. Your deconstruction of USM5M is a pleasure. And you often note it should help producers deconstruct on their own, which we sincerely hope it does. Working with many cultures, he says, aha, we have a clue.

2:58:59 He works with many cultures. I observe each local outlet's imitation of Western M5M as sincere flattery and equally effective. Deconstruction of different cultures M5M can be insightful, which I think we do. We have lots of other German, French, Chinese, all kinds of other stuff. Ashton Carter, Ashton Carter, who's Ashton Carter again? Wasn't he the... He was a government guy. Yeah, wasn't he the Secretary of Defense for a hot minute there? I don't know. Ashton Carter once famously wrote, quote, The language people speak in the corridors of power is not economics or politics, it's history. That's some deep stuff right there.

2:59:46 Each side's history offers justifications used by Palestinians and Israelis. Ukrainians are Russians and have been for centuries from Putin's published article. He has a footnote, oh he has a footnote! Article by Vladimir Putin on the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians from July 12th 2021. control history as Xi suggests in his January 2013 speech when he said to understand history is to understand the great road of the world and to grasp histography, historiography is to grasp the laws of society. What is historiography? I believe it's the study of history, the study of the study of history.

3:00:32 It's iterative. And to make a nation perish, the first way is to let its historical view die. Wow. There you go. Trampling on national history, deconstructing national culture, purifying national self-confidence, and destroying national identity. Four more years! What caused the American Civil War? Was the January 6th a political rally? While the M5M bludgeons us with their perspectives, it is valuable for producers to remember specific facts can be the same for protagonists, but the focus to deconstruct is not about right or wrong, but understanding their history, which they will use to justify actions and gain power. Could you translate? Can we put this in chat, GPT? What do you translate this to say? That there's a lot of bullshit out there. There you go.

3:01:29 But you got to deconstruct both sides of the BS to understand where they're coming from. Which is what we do. Which is pretty much what we do. Thank you so much, Your Honor, Mr. Dogpatch and Lois Lobovia. I love my job and I love what I do. You always give us something to think about. All right. That was a beyond normal. Yes. So now we go to MFDX of Anjou. Anjou. Oh, Anjou. No, I'm sorry. It is Anjou. Benjou. Anjou. It's a wine growing area of France. Donation amount for 2069. Note, what's Brandon upside down to this weekend?

3:02:15 Jingle request, Fauci wheeze, half second pause, I guess he wants two Fauci wheezes, a Biden, I got hairy legs, and whoopee, get out of my vagina. I saw that made me aware when I was in law school proudly for hollow at the right one proudly for your dad roaches that most of them fail fail fail fail I thought that's weird I specifically hold on hairy legs hairy legs no that's you know did we don't actually have that we only have you saying it

3:02:58 Got hairy legs! Alright, do it live. Hold on, here we go. Two wheezes, then you do the hairy legs. I got hairy legs! Get out of my vagina! It's been a while since we heard that one. Thank you MFDX of Anjou. Viscount Dirty Dick Bangs of DC returns to the donation list with a 420-24. This is a number you suggested in the newsletter as 420 is this Saturday. A lot of weird things happening on 420, of course. Used to be something I celebrated. No more.

3:03:47 This donation is for the one and only happy birthday Colton Reed Bangs from Uncle John and Uncle Adam. That's right! Colton is turning five and he'll be off to Blessed Sacrament School in DC this August to be with his big brothers Archer Campbell Bangs and Barrett Alexander Bangs. Big sales karma, please! Yes, we'll do that in a moment for you, of course. Jingles, drone takeoff, goats, oh plus goat scream. The boys love the drone takeoff and goat scream, so let's have a drone take off with a goat and drop it so it screams. Thanks for all you do, Viscount Dirty Digbangs of DC, PS Adam, I've recently revisited my faith, so hearing your tales from your faith has been great. There's a great app called Hallow. It really helped me re-engage my faith. I shall check it out. And thank you very much for your courage, sir.

3:04:39 You've got karma. Now we have Michael Shoyser. Michael Shoyser is the guitar player for Mercy Me, a very famous band. He's a famous guitar player. He sure is. And he's in Franklin, Tennessee, which is where all the cool guitar players are. That's where you'd be. You get jobs. ITM! He's a knight, actually. He's a knight. Oh, well, Sir Michael. Sir Shwoo. Sir Shwoo. There's nothing but make it hard for me to pronounce. Sir Shwoo of the Six Strings. There you go. That's his night name. Just wanted to say thanks for always being awesome, but the donation is mostly for the laughter that almost made me drive a wood screw through my hand while building set pieces for a homeschool production of Peter Pan.

3:05:39 for my wife's homeschool tutorial when Adam exclaimed, giant jars of peanut butter. One of Adam's funniest lines. There it is. On show 1649 when talking about Costco Ozempic. You guys are the best. Anything else, Sharpton, please and thank you, Micah, sir. Shwo of the six strings I phone to blame for all typos I think it was Matthews that they want to put an a stick next to his name like they have done Yes, PICT as you're right, I want to I'm sorry I don't know if I mentioned was 333 33. Ah yes Jira Jiraz Kozjak Kozjak. I hope I pronounced that right from Prague Czechoslovakia

3:06:29 Gerage? I just listened to the latest episode- I'd say it's Kojak. Kojak? Kojak? Gerage Kojak. I just listened to the latest episode with a new Rubblizer donation an hour later my grocery bill was 3333 Czech crowns. Coincidence? I think not! I've lost my job a couple of weeks back, so I'm not able to do full Robelizer donations. This is 333.33 and very much appreciated. 333.33, have to do it for now. Thanks for the great work. Of course, he would like a Jobs Karma. I already have a new one though, starting in two weeks. Okay, well I'm happy to hear that. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs.

3:07:15 Andy Grebel in Little Rock, Arkansas. 333 dot 33. I dm gents. I drive around Little Rock in my F-150 and listen to the show. As such, I love my truck and I love what I do. Andy, Andy Grebel. I love my truck and I love what I do. There it is. I'm so happy you got to use that finally. Another 333 dot 33 from sir pursuit of peace and tranquility and he sent in a handwritten note in the morning boys Please find and close 333 33 representing my monthly donation for the month of April. Thank you That is a big monthly. We appreciate that. Please keep the best podcast in the universe going no jingles No karma sincerely sir pursuit of peace and tranquility in the lands of the red clay and the cherry trees Thank you, sir. We appreciate you. Yeah

3:08:12 Aarodidarian or Buddy and Trav. No, no, what happened to Sir Moes? Oh, Sir Moes. Moes. Moes. Moes. Moes. Moes. He has a note. And I actually have the note in front of me. Sir Moes of Inglewood, California. $300 and he says, uh, attach note. And you can tell it's a real note. Yeah. And it's long. I wanted to share that I fell victim to the pig butchering. Thankfully, I only lost $100. How could that? We've warned you for that for months. I matched with a girl on Tinder after a weekend trip to Texas. Oh man, this is a horrible story. She quickly moved the conversation to WhatsApp and did a video call. Wow. She was always

3:09:03 in an all-white room with air pods in her ears. We had daily texts and calls from June until July. That's a lot of work for a hundred bucks. It's the long game. Yeah, but I find something better to do, lady. She even had conversations with my partner. We spoke about hobbies, but her favorite thing to do was trade crypto. Red alert! Red alert! It was very long and emotionally manipulative experience. She wanted me to start with several thousand dollars, but I refused. Good for you. After a month of daily engagement, I agreed to $100. This must have been a huge disappointment for her. You won. And shortly, I mean, the hundred bucks is like the entertainment value. Shortly after, both the website and the girl disappeared.

3:10:01 Oh, she had a website set up? Oh yeah, and you know how this works. It's like then you, it looks like a real crypto trading website and then you upload some money, you know, you give them some, I'd usually say, oh why don't you go get a gift card. And then a gift card is a dead giveaway. Yes, and then you use that and then they'll actually sometimes, if you put enough money They'll say, oh no, you have like a hundred dollar profit. And so you put in a thousand, they'll give you a hundred back to get you to put in another thousand and it keeps going. What I'd like to know was she Asian and what's her name? Sue Kim, uh, Tiffany. We've seen them all. We need more details on this. I'd like more details on this. Yeah. Was it, and did you take a screenshot ever? I would have done that. And, uh, and probably, um, uh,

3:10:53 Yeah, we need more details on this. Okay, I'm just gonna finish the note. Yes. A warning to other producers, crypto trading is not a great bonding experience. R2D2 karma please. You donate 300 bucks. You've got karma. Yeah. You know, a lot of these people are slaves. We've had clips of that. They've been enslaved in that camp outside of Myanmar. You know, the girls? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's Chinese enslavement camps. Remember they got a couple of them, they busted them out? You don't remember much. I kind of remember, yeah. A few weeks ago. This is terrible, this whole thing. Take the pictures, take videos, I mean record these conversations and then go to the police.

3:11:51 Oh yeah, you can go to the police. Of course the police aren't going to do anything. What are they going to do? We have 203.33 from Eli the Coffee Guy from Bensonville, Illinois. He says every April 15th we must rent... What about Aaron Dadarian? Oh, I'm sorry. I'll do him, you can do Eli because then it works better. I'm going to do Aaron Dadarian. He's in Trabuco Canyon. He's a sir. And he gave us $263.22 with a simple note, best note of the day. Thank you. Yes, you're welcome and thank you. Now Eli the Coffee Guy, Bensonville, Illinois, Associate Executive Producership 2033. Every April we must render on to Caesar. What is Caesar's? I would much rather write a check to no agenda. I get more value from them than from the government apparently. If you're lucky enough to have Uncle Sam give you back some of your hard-earned money, please consider donating and becoming a producer. Producers who want, qualify affordable coffee. Quality.

3:12:46 Producers who want quality affordable coffee, visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com and use code ITM20 for a big bag of fresh roasted coffee for under 10 bucks! Stay caffeinated. Eli the Coffee Guy. That's Eli. Well that is never topped but equaled by Linda Lou Patkin in Lakewood, Colorado with her little plug. And she comes in with 200 bucks and she's been doing this for a couple of years now and she wants Jobs Karma. It hasn't been a year, I don't know if it's been a couple of years. I think it's been a couple of years. She wants Jobs Karma and wants to mention that for a competitive edge, go to imagemakersinc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs. And she emphasizes this imagemakersinc.com or just visit Linda Lou Padgen, Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes.

3:13:38 She's on the producers list jobs jobs jobs and jobs Well, thank you so much executive and associate executive producers and just to clarify I mean a $5 you can be a producer of the no agenda show You may not get a title, but it all counts towards your knighthood or your Dame hood You do your own accounting so anybody can produce it and in fact if everybody did then that would be dynamite and But for some reason it's about 2 or 3 percent and that includes the time and talent portion.

3:14:15 But we appreciate those who do and make up for the rest. Thank you so much. We have people who come in under $50, typically for reasons of anonymity. We thank them and the people who do those sustaining donations. Many of them are on subscriptions. Just like I said, $5 a month, $5 a week. You can make it up yourself. noagendadonations.com for the old schoolers, dvorak.org slash NA. And John will take us all the way down to the 50s. Yeah, and while I'm at it, you should pull out the Patricia Lewis note. Rita Harrington starts us off in Sparks, Nevada, 13333, and she does have a birthday shout-out for her daughter, Jessica.

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Dame Patricia Knighting, Birthday Announcements, Title Changes

Patricia Lewis is officially dubbed "Dame Patricia of the practically perfect penmanship" during a traditional knighting ceremony. The hosts also announce several birthdays within the producer community and recognize title changes for long-term supporters. The segment concludes with a reminder for new Dames and Knights to visit the show's ring site for their signet rings.

dame patricia· knighting ceremony· birthdays· peerage· no agenda rings

3:13:38 She's on the producers list jobs jobs jobs and jobs Well, thank you so much executive and associate executive producers and just to clarify I mean a $5 you can be a producer of the no agenda show You may not get a title, but it all counts towards your knighthood or your Dame hood You do your own accounting so anybody can produce it and in fact if everybody did then that would be dynamite and But for some reason it's about 2 or 3 percent and that includes the time and talent portion.

3:14:15 But we appreciate those who do and make up for the rest. Thank you so much. We have people who come in under $50, typically for reasons of anonymity. We thank them and the people who do those sustaining donations. Many of them are on subscriptions. Just like I said, $5 a month, $5 a week. You can make it up yourself. noagendadonations.com for the old schoolers, dvorak.org slash NA. And John will take us all the way down to the 50s. Yeah, and while I'm at it, you should pull out the Patricia Lewis note. Rita Harrington starts us off in Sparks, Nevada, 13333, and she does have a birthday shout-out for her daughter, Jessica.

3:14:55 who's 33, another 33 year old. It's crazy. Adrienne Christensen in Marm, and she came in 133, 33. Adrienne Christensen in Marmor, Queensland, Australia, 105, 35. Lucas Williams in Roswell. Roswell, New Mexico, 100 bucks. I still have my Roswell license. Daniel George in Danbury, Connecticut, $100. Rebelizer out. Edward E. Gartland in Menden, New York, $100. James Morgan in Surprise, Arizona, which is no jingles, no karma, of course not. And now we have Patricia Lewis in Merced, California with 100 bucks and she sent a card in, but she's also announcing she's, these we generally read this because she's becoming a dame. Oh yes, okay, I have it right here. And she says, Dear John and Adam, Patricia Lewis, correct? Yes.

3:15:52 $100 thank you for keeping me entertained as you accompany me on my daily walk. Please wish Jim Mitchell, the best son-in-law in the universe of Uriah, California a happy birthday, April 12th. You sure it's not Ukiah? I have no idea. Could be Ukiah. Yeah, Ukiah. Yes, she has pretty good handwriting, but the R or K... Yeah, I guess it's Ukiah. I have succeeded in attaining Dame status. Well, there you go. I'd like Dame Patricia of the practically perfect penmanship. It is good. As my new moniker, let's have Maryland crab cakes for the round table. My family loves your show and they love their truck.

3:16:31 You've kept us sane during insane times. Sincerely, Patricia Lewis, Merced, California. Thank you so much. I have ordered the Maryland crab cakes just for you. Kevin McLaughlin's up. Conquer North Carolina, 8008, the boob donation. Edward Owens in Alameda, California, boob donation, 8008. Sir Dave of the Clay Pits, East, East, East, North Point, New York, 8008. James Geating in Edison, Texas 7588 Sir Darius Unity in Essex, Maryland, 7588. Yancy Summerorororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororororor

3:17:31 Ryan Tierney in Stephen City, Virginia, 6896. And Ryan says, four more years. Sir Kevin O'Brien in Chicago, Illinois, 6006. He has a title change coming up. Les Tarkowski in Kingman, Arizona, 57. Gregory Forsyth-Forman in Bromley, UK. Oh, that's gruff. That's gruff. This is the, this is from the cheapskates London meetup. You want to be called out Emma for thinking 50 pence gets her a de-douching? Do so.

3:18:11 I'm gonna give somebody a de-douching. You've been de-douched. There's a comment in there I can't understand completely. James Edmondson in South Plainfield, New Jersey 5510 D Roper 55... By the way, they sent me a picture from the London meetup. Looked like there were 10 or 12 people there. They look really happy. Looked like a great group. The London meetups go well. Yeah. They usually don't produce such little donations though. No, they usually care. Dean Roker, 5510, Dame Liberty Mom in Vista, California, 5420. And we have a birthday for her. Dame Nancy of the Confused in San Bruno, California. And then we have, sorry, Kimberly Carr in Benton, Louisiana. And this is another birthday donation for her dad, John Davis Surveillance, 63.

3:19:13 Brian Richardson in Aurora, Illinois. And that was another meetup at the Two Brothers in downtown Aurora. Alan Huffman in Urbandale, Iowa for playing the El Good, okay. 5042, and now we got the $50 donors, and I'll just name the name and location and that'll do it. Starting with Michael Parrott in Salem, Oregon. Chris Lewinsky in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Easy Landscapes in North Stonington, Connecticut. Philip Ballou in Louisville, Kentucky. Michael Thompson in New Brownfells, Texas.

3:20:02 Kelly McDill in Mission Hills, Kansas. Joan Pulse in Hernando Beach, Florida. Peter Odo in Ridge, New York. Corey, I haven't heard from Peter Odo for a while. Corey Bennett in Denver, Colorado. Scott Lavender, Sir Scott in Montgomery, Texas. Luke Olson in Alexandria, Virginia. Gadget Freak 10 in Western Springs, Illinois. Sir Fat Dad in North Little Rock, Arkansas. David Hudson in Elmhurst, Illinois and Sir Jerry Wigginroth in Saugus, California and last on the list is Sir Spud the Mighty in Marietta, Georgia. I want to thank these folks for making 1642 a good show. And did you receive any mead? Well that wasn't 16, 1652. 1652. Did you receive any mead?

3:20:53 No, I did not get any mead. Oh, I got some mead from Antelope Ridge Mead. Yeah. Anteloperidgemead.com. Wow. I mean, these are flavored meads with dynamite. They got cans. They got bottles. I'm surprised. And I'm not really a mead drinker. But this is... Nobody is. This is... Hey, all of our knights and dames are. What are you talking about? Noagendadonations.com, everybody. Thank you so much. And of course we want to thank our executive and associate executive producers who came in big force and saved us for episode 1652. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth.

3:21:42 Order! Shut up, slave! Shut up, slave! And remember us at knowitjinsanddonations.com It's your birthday, birthday. I know that you've got... Patricia Lewis, you heard her earlier, wishes her son-in-law Jim Mitchell a happy one for as belated for the 12th of April. Kimberly Carr, her dad John Davis, aka Surveillance, he celebrated yesterday, turned 63. Congratulations. Rita Harrington wishes her daughter Jessica a very happy one. She turns 33. Magic number two, Maro. Sergarius Unity turning 35 on the 20th. Dame Liberty Mom of the Homestead Studies in Commie-fornia, also celebrating on the 20th. And Viscount, Dirty Dick Bang says happy birthday to his son, Colton Reed Bangs. His Human Resources turning five years old. Happy birthday, everybody, from the best podcast in the universe.

3:22:39 Title changes, coming facelessly. Title changes, don't want to be a douchebag. It's good to see another title change pop up. Sir Kevin of the 80th Parallels, he has upped his donations, a total of another $1,000 from him in aggregate. Thank you so much. He now becomes Baronet Kevin of the 80th Parallels. And we welcome him to that new peerage title. Thank you all so much. We appreciate it. And we do have one Dame, of course. Patricia needs to come on up here, so grab your Dame blade. Here you go. Nice. Perfect. Patricia Lewis, you did it! You made it!

3:23:19 Come on up the podium. Thanks to your support of the NOA Agenda show, the best podcast in the universe, I'm very proud to bring you into the NOA Agenda round table of the Knights and Dames and pronounce the K-V as Dame Patricia of the practically perfect penmanship for you. By request we have Maryland crab cakes, but also, Rent Boys and Chardonnay, how about that? Also, Polish potato vodka or Harlots and Haldol, no, maybe You want Gayson and Sake, Vodka, Vanilla, Bong, Hits and Bourbon, Sparkling Cider and Escort, Gin, Drell and Gerbils, Breast Milk and Paddle? No! It's always the mutton and meat. They always go for the mutton and meat. Go to...

3:23:56 NoahjenderRings.com and give us your ring size. I can't wait to send it off to you. You get your ring, which is a Signet ring along with that wax to seal your important correspondence with. And of course, the certificate of authenticity. And thank you so much for supporting the Noah Jender Show over all these years. Four more years! Noah Jender! So besides the meetup picture, I didn't get any reports or not anything in audio. But these are events that you must have attended at least once in your lifetime. This is exactly the stuff we're talking about with all the mental illness going on around the world because we're all scrolling on our screens. Go visit a meetup. It'll change your life. If it doesn't,

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No Agenda Meetups, Good News Segment, Show Sign-off

The episode concludes with a list of upcoming global meetups in cities like Charlotte, Seoul, and Portland. The "Good News" segment features a story about a man who saved a four-year-old boy from a flying hockey puck at a Cleveland Monsters game. The show signs off with a classic "End of Show Mix" featuring historical clips and community-produced music.

meetups· good news· hockey puck hero· podcast sign-off· end of show mix

3:24:47 your money back. It doesn't cost anything so that's easy for me to say. And Charlotte's Thirsty Thursday monthly meetup kicks off tonight at seven o'clock at Ed's Tavern in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tomorrow, um, no, actually I guess it's already done now. We had the Soul Slaves Resist We Much Beer Tasting Mystery Meetup at Kraft Hans in Seoul, hopefully. They will send this to Korea, hopefully they will send this to me to report. I'm excited about that one. Oregon Local 33 meetup on Friday at 5.30 at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub in Portland, Oregon. The Saturday, the Fort Worth Post Eclipse Recovery Meetup, 1 o'clock at Flip's Patio Grill in Fort Worth, Texas. Also on Saturday, the ITM Richmond Meetup, 1 o'clock at Kindred Spirit Brewing. Has a theme here with all of these breweries, isn't there?

3:25:34 And we have the Saturday again, North Carolina triad, no agenda meet up two o'clock. Little Brother Brewing, formerly Kernersville Brewing in Kernersville, North Carolina. I wonder if they had some kind of copyright lawsuit. Shrunken Amygdala Support Group, 2 o'clock, Taft's Bruporium in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is all Saturday. The Treasure Valley Boise Meetup, 3 o'clock at Heritage Social Club in Garden City, Idaho. The Real Fox Valley Meetup, number two or maybe number three, 3.30 at Chi-Rack Central, Two Brothers Roadhouse, Aurora, Illinois. And finally we have the INSANE DIEGO monthly, that's the third Saturday always, meet up at 333 Pacific Time, Round Table Pizza in Rancho Bernardo San Diego, San Diego, California. This is the meetups, this is just a very short list, there's many more available, we're working on a June 15th Amsterdam meetup to be confirmed soon and if you'd like to learn more go to noagendameetups.com. If you can't find one there, start one yourself, free and easy.

3:26:38 You know, I just realized, I don't know why, but this whole episode I've not marked a single... part on the timeline for a clip for a start of show clip. Yeah, and your needle drops work. Yeah, I will have to needle drop. That's weird. That's weird. That's weird. It's weird. It's so weird. So weird. I so time this is what we do. We choose the end of show I so but I don't know why we do it but we think it's fun. It's cute. I have three I'll go first. What is your agenda man?

3:27:27 I like that one. You like that one? Wow, that's a lot. And final one? Blah blah blah blah blah. No, I think they're all contenders. No, not the last one. No, okay, that's not a contender. What do you have? Okay, I got a bunch of weird ones. Let's start with easier. This never gets easier. Yeah, that's no good. No, it's no good. End this way. Didn't have to end this way. This is all from some movie you watch. It's all the same audio. No, it's not from some movie I watched. What's it from? It's a- I think it's from an ad. Oh, someone sent it to you. Whatever. That last one you didn't- you- you- you short-sheeted it. Why don't you play it again? I want to play it again. Okay. Didn't have to end this way. Huh? I don't like the audio. Like button. Like- now this one is not from a movie for sure. Listen to this. Smishity smash that like button. It's too long.

3:28:29 Smishity smash that like button. Smishity smash that like button. It's pretty good. It's pretty good though. Okay, what else you got? Offensive. Shockingly offensive. I think it's between mine. What is your agenda, man? And. Smishity smash that like button. It's a tough one. It's your pick. I think smishity smash that like button is better. Oh Okay, well you can bring the other ones back into play as a second as a as a repeat I Think the you know someone put on the mastodon like oh

3:29:24 Yeah, good news segment sucks. Bring back second half of show. I think it was the same guy who said that podcasting 2.0 people should get a kick in the nuts. It might have been. There's one guy on there that just... I think it was that guy. Negative Nelly. It's just terrible. It's ruining the whole site. What do we have for good? It's ruining the Fediverse, man. Exactly. Okay, here's a hockey game, puck goes into the stadium, a good Samaritan jumps to action to prevent I think a three or four year old from getting hit in the head by a flying puck and killed. Wow! This is a happy tale of a near miss that could have been terrible, but thanks to quick reflexes of the hero of the story and of the internet, what could have gone wrong didn't and everyone has been reunited.

3:30:16 This morning, this is the moment a fun night at the rink nearly turned tragic until a good Samaritan saved the day. Asia Davis and her son Nasir were watching the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League when a puck flew out of play and headed straight for the four-year-old boy. It could have been catastrophic. But watch as a fast acting man seated near the pair swoops in to block the puck. That puck was coming so fast, you know, especially when I realized it was actually coming, it was already there. He doesn't really realize he almost got Taken out by a hockey puck. It was all caught on video, but they didn't catch the man's name. TikTok, I need your help finding someone. Talking to TikTok, Asia asking viewers to help find the man who saved her son. The video went viral and the monsters caught wind of it.

3:31:05 and track down Andrew Podolak. I was just coming out, trying to enjoy a hockey game and next thing you know everything's blowing up on social media, one set and the other and a whole bunch of people contacting me and it's truly a good feeling. On Saturday, after the heartwarming tale of heroism and gratitude made the rounds, Asia, Nasir and Andrew reunited at the rink where it happened for a ceremonial puck drop. and a chance for Asia to thank Andrew in person. I'm really thankful that he was there. Thanks to Andrew, everything was fine. Everything is fine. And Andrew told a Cleveland affiliate it all happened in an instant. He had no time to think, just react. And Asia says she's eternally grateful to him and everyone who helped find Andrew. And they hope they stay friends.

3:31:53 You know what, that was great. Most people recoil like far back. He said he had to jump in front and good thing he did because now we get to tell a happy tale. I love that. A good Samaritan good news story. You can't go wrong with that. Nope. They can't go and we provide this as a public service. There are people who also say they like the good news segment. Actually, there's a lot of people who like it. I'm amazed that anyone listens all the way through the podcast to the good news segment. I'm like, I don't care what you think, you listened all the way to the end of the show. That's good news! Good news, good good news, good news, good good news, good news. That's right everybody, it's good good news.

3:32:35 And that concludes our broadcast day. Wow, apologies. I let us go long. Usually, right after we end the show and it's long, John goes, too long! Too long! Too long! Hairy legs. Coming up next, we've got, well, we do have some end of show mixes. Jesse Coyne Nelson, two from him. And who did this other one? I'm not quite sure. Who did that one? Well, it's the Million Miles mix. I'm not sure who did it. These are classics, but they fit in. You can pick up End of Show mixes from six years ago. They're still relevant. Coming to you from the...

3:33:22 Heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number six. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where I'm going to Costco. I'm John C. Dvorak. Coming up next on the stream we've got Rare Encounter episode 182. Please remember us at noagendadonations.com or dvorak.org slash na. Until Sunday, we'll see y'all then. Hope you join us. Adios, mofos, a-hooey-hooey and such. The History Channel, where the past comes alive.

3:34:10 A constant source of tension between states and its election fraud was a way of life actually. And eventually, of course, it erupted into what became known as the Civil War. 2021. It's a massive voter fraud. On the night of the election, the president was up hundreds of thousands of votes in various swing states. Somehow magically by morning, those votes had dwindled away and they're now gone. Yesterday, this is from YouTube we can bring this up, was the safe harbor deadline for the US presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a president-elect. Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today or any time after that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Generals gathered in their masses

3:35:11 This is a memo that describes how we're going to take out seven countries in five years. When I first came to office, one of the first meetings I had was at the Pentagon with generals. Bolden has always said let's go to war but he's not the one who's gonna go on the forefront. He's a coward. The leaders of Iran are racketeers. Behind every problem is Iran. They heard what you said in 2016 and liked it when you said no more stupid wars.

3:35:58 You've got a rogue president in the White House surrounded by these uber-hawks that thirst for another war with Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency has never found Iran in contravention of stipulations in the deal. If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again. I'm not somebody that wants to go into war. In the United States, heading towards another Middle East showdown, this time with Iran. Let's have a war so you can go and die!

3:36:45 Fires are blazing so brightly. Fires are blazing so brightly. I don't understand it. Smoke reaching so far. Smoke reaching so far. You're nuts, you're nuts. You're nuts, you're nuts. NASA satellites can see them. NASA satellites can see them. NASA satellites can see them. NASA satellites can see them. One million miles away in space. One million miles in space. That are a million miles away.

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