Episode 168 · Sunday, 24 January 2010

Relief From Haiti Relief

Celebrity telethons and military lockdowns define the Haiti earthquake response while the Supreme Court grants corporations unprecedented influence over American elections through the Citizens United ruling.

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About this episode

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush lead the Hope for Haiti Now relief effort as the US military establishes a strategic lockdown at Port-au-Prince airport. While celebrities like Alicia Keys and George Clooney headline massive telethons, reports emerge of medical jets being blocked by red tape and Dr. Sanjay Gupta remaining as the sole physician at abandoned treatment sites. The humanitarian response faces scrutiny over high overhead costs at the Clinton Foundation and the use of scripted sound loops to drive donations.

In the United States, the Supreme Court Citizens United v. FEC ruling grants corporations unlimited political spending power, a move President Barack Obama claims will open the floodgates for special interests. Meanwhile, Blackwater operations continue in Pakistan via drone strikes despite official denials of private contractor involvement. In the United Kingdom, the government has sealed the post-mortem records of weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly for 70 years, fueling skepticism regarding his 2003 death. Additional reports confirm Scotland is facing an anthrax-contaminated heroin crisis while UK police prepare military-style spy drones for the 2012 Olympics.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak analyze the rise of the award-show war hoop and the diversion of a US Airways flight caused by a teenager’s tefillin prayer boxes. Sandra Bullock receives rare praise for her independent donation to Doctors Without Borders, standing apart from the Hollywood mind-control set. The program concludes with a look at Chinese media robots and the digestive consequences of eating non-organic cruciferous vegetables.


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CHAPTER 01 / 36 Discussion

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak, No Agenda Episode 168

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 168 of the No Agenda show on January 24, 2010. The hosts discuss their audio setup, specifically the high levels of compression and reverb being used in the West San Francisco and Northern Silicon Valley studios.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· gitmo nation· silicon valley

00:01 When I was a kid, I swear to God, I don't remember ever seeing women going, Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's January 24th, 2010, time for your Gitmo Nation media assassination episode 168. This is no agenda. Following the money from Hollywood to Haiti and coming to you live from the Mineral Security Containment Cell Crackpot Command Center in Gitmo Nation, West San Francisco, California. In the morning, I'm Adam Curry. And it's cloudy here in Northern Silicon Valley and the rain is coming. I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. In the morning to you, John. Well, in the morning to you. You know, you've got your compression up so high that it's probably as close to sounding like Jim Rome for you radio listeners out there. It makes me sound like a slouch.

00:51 Is this based upon you listening to the actual show? Yeah, I did actually. I have your compression up pretty high too. You don't like it? No, no. Mine's not. Yours is like, you sound like you're in a, you sound like you're, which is shocking considering you're using a little mic. Yeah. You sound like you're in a big studio with a compressor that's got a big giant knob on it. Wait a minute. I can give you some, I can give you I can give you some more compression if you want. Maybe a little tremolo or something, a little reverb. You've got a little reverb, you just don't hear it talk. Hello, hello, do I have any reverb? Do I sound good? Yeah, you do now. See, this is the problem with this sort of production. It's not a problem. It's a problem for me.

CHAPTER 02 / 36 Discussion

Ian Monroe and Dennis Cruz, Executive Producer Donations

Ian Monroe of River Ridge, Louisiana, serves as the executive producer for this episode with a donation of $282. Associate executive producer Dennis Cruz of Beaverton, Oregon, contributed $206, representing one dollar for every day he was unemployed before recently finding work. An anonymous Norwegian donor also contributed to the program.

ian monroe· dennis cruz· beaverton· norway· executive producer

01:41 So, let's talk about who our executive producers are this week. Yes. Oh, we have more than one? Is that... We have our normal contingent of one executive producer and a couple of associates. Okay, let's... So, our executive producer this week is Ian Monroe. Is that Ian? Our executive producer this week is Ian Monroe, River Ridge, Louisiana. Yes, Ian. Ian, Ian! John and Adam love the show. You guys do a great job reporting real news, more filling, less fluff. Whenever I can, I'll donate what I can to ensure the show gets what it can to continue. And he's got a web address, ianmunro.com.

02:29 Well, that's appreciated because Ian is no stranger to the show. He's donated before I believe, has he not? Yeah, he's a regular. And he gave us $282 and there's no explanation for the money amount. Well, $282 a palindrome perhaps? Well, yeah, but jeez, I mean... It could have been $393. I mean, yeah, if it wouldn't make a palindrome, he could also have done 282. Or 1001. 282 something. Anyway, I just got up. And we have Dennis Cruz in Beaverton, Oregon. He's an associate producer of this show, executive producer. And this is interesting. He says he got a job Friday.

03:20 So he's giving us, you know, he said he's giving us $1 a day per day that he was out of work. Okay, wow. So how many days was he out of work? 206 days. Wow. That's a lot. Well, congratulations on the job, man. Yeah, no kidding. Damn, that's like, what is that, eight, nine months? It's two-third, almost two-third, yeah it's a long time. He was officially a bum according to our statistics. He's not a bum anymore. No, he's not. Damn it producer. Hell. Yeah any more associate executives? Yeah one more Okay, and unfortunately, I'll read this is $251 out of Norway Just to make the US dollars one above the obvious guess. I am NOT the first Norwegian executive or assistant executive producer

04:14 Please refer to gear G E I R and not my name. It will only cause me trouble. So please, John, what they blaming me for this? You do well because you've been known to screw it up one time. And by the way, I don't know if I guess you can say this because we don't have his last name either. He is the father of cover Oh, of Randy T? Paul T? Paul T, I mean, I'm sorry. Yeah, Randy. Paul T. That's right, he turned him on to the show, right? Yeah. Yeah, cool. I've been keeping track of our... He's in Oslo. Our official artist. That should be a better title than just Artwork By. Shouldn't it be Graphic...

04:59 No, Artwork by is a good moniker. It's a credit. We can do something more. We'll take the whole crew of them. We have a bunch now. And we'll just list them off as art directors. Okay, art directors, right. That's good. Well, anyway, Dennis Cruz and Gere. Thank you so much for checking in as associate executive producers on NOAA Agenda 168. And of course, our executive producer for this episode of the program, Ian Monroe. We highly appreciate it and you know that this is not just altruism. It actually can get you jobs. In fact, look at Dennis. He donated to the show and he got a job.

05:46 Yeah, I mean he's donated to the show before he when he had no job and Karma it totally karma so you can put that on your resume obviously and and use it to your looks like he's moonlighting We don't have an official PR associate, but I do want to give a tip of the hat to Matthew Stewart who, I'm not quite sure where Matthew lives, but he printed out nice little noagendashow.com stickers and he's been putting them everywhere. Alright! So there's a link to one of his stickers. I would like, I'm going to actually send out a memo to the artist and ask him if they can design some very size stickers that then people can download and print out and slap on the toll booths of their local toll bridges and whatever else they see. By the way, I want to make an announcement.

CHAPTER 03 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Sticker Campaign, Matthew Stewart Promotion

Matthew Stewart is recognized for printing and distributing No Agenda stickers to promote the podcast. The hosts encourage listeners to download and print their own designs to place in public areas like toll booths, while jokingly advising them not to do anything illegal.

matthew stewart· stickers· marketing· toll booths· guerrilla marketing

06:37 Do not do anything illegal with these stickers. Right. I don't want anybody out there putting the stickers in places where they're not supposed to. So just plaster them everywhere. I got an email from one of our listener producers who works at a big printing shop and I guess he was making up a huge banner to hang off of some bridge or viaduct or something. But don't do anything illegal. Well, you know, there's the Burke Berkeley's got this this bridge that people always hanging signs off of it say recently developed bicycle bridge over the freeway Over a highway 80 and every once in a while. I see stuff hanging off of it with us some some signage You know stop the war, you know something about I don't see any reason. He shouldn't say Www. No agenda stream calm. No agenda show calm would be even better

07:30 No agenda show dot com. Yeah, that's even better. Yeah, but whatever the case is it's not a I think it'd be a good thing to do But but the toll, you know, if you drive up to the toll booths, you always see these stickers are all stuck there And it's just a lot of them are vague. I don't know anyway So so what do you think the top of the news is this week? Well, let me guess. There's a couple of things, you know, I'm starting to think of it as a don't look over here moment because the thing that's fallen by the wayside is the discussion of the tungsten. Well, not just the tungsten, there's a lot of stuff going on. We've got Ben Bernanke desperately trying to be confirmed as the Fed chairman. There's definitely some

CHAPTER 04 / 36 Discussion

Hope for Haiti Now, Alicia Keys Performance Criticism

The hosts critique the "Hope for Haiti Now" celebrity telethon, describing the musical performances, specifically by Alicia Keys, as "caterwauling." They argue the event was a highly produced distraction designed to separate the public from their money following the 2010 earthquake.

haiti· alicia keys· hope for haiti now· telethon· george clooney

08:17 There's definitely some other news. And of course the anthrax and the heroin. Yes, oh, you got the same supply I did, huh? Crap. Yeah, there's good stuff. But I guess we would have to say, without a doubt... The distraction of the week, on the Woods agenda, look over there. So I play the reason that I couldn't stand watching the Help for Haiti Which we might we need to discuss because I think it was you know this reminds that we've talked about this before but it has the all the earmarks of Across America live aid you know where's the money go kind of thing? That's the track that I took John. I followed the money, but let's go into your clips first What do you got which one you well? Here's the one that I think that most people I'm just gonna play a small clip from now that I wanted this something in the chat room to identify this singer and

09:13 She's a really good looking black, well she's actually a mulatto of some sort. She's a mix, I mean she's gorgeous. But she can't sing apparently. In fact, you know, she's pretty eye candy. So when I was listening to her I realized now if anybody ever wants to know what the term caterwalling means, I think you should just listen to this clip. ♪ But I gotta get there Oh no. That's horrible. You're better. Who is that?

09:56 I can't tell you. I don't know if it's Alicia Keys or whoever it is, I can't tell. No, that can't be Alicia Keys can really sing. Well, I don't know who it is, Demi. If that was Alicia Keys, then I'm handing in my union card. I just tell you, it was unbelievable. So, the chat room will catch up in... In like 15 seconds. Yeah, they're saying it was Alicia Keys, no? Rihanna? It can't be Alicia Keys. That's impossible. No, it was not Britney Spears. Well, yeah, I'll tell you, I came home... Just play this. Wait, wait, play the beginning again, because I want people to realize that this is caterwalling. Oh, it's... Oh my God. Stevie Nicks is another suggestion.

10:56 Okay, okay, I can't take it. No, I gotta listen to it now. People keep saying Alicia Keys. I cannot believe it would be her. Angel! Alright, so I came home on Friday and this thing was in full swing and I watched, I swear to God, I watched 10 minutes and had to turn it off. I mean, I... It was hard to watch. Well, but it was depressing. These people can't sing. They're obviously said, here, sing this song because it's going to fit right into our theme. And it seems and it was staged in a very in a way that you've you've ever seen those old Oh, Hunger in Africa kind of things with it, with the with the crawler at the bottom and they said this certain kind of presentation and everybody's sad.

11:50 And it's just designed to separate you from your money. By the way, we don't want to discourage anybody from giving money to any charities that are involved in Haiti, specifically this one. But if you are going to do that, why don't you give it to Doctors Without Borders? That's an organization we know is not a scam. So a couple things. First of all, apparently it was indeed Alicia Keys. So I'm handing in my union card. And thank you very much for saying that right off the top. Although the more people I talk to about this telethon and the phony baloniness of it, and I really want to get, I got kind of deep because I was like, this is irritating me to such a degree.

12:30 And we still don't have an official numbers how much money they raised which is another one of those thing if you go to hope for Haiti now org this it's still the same web page is absolutely no information about how much money was raised there was no tally no tote and I got interested John I said you know why don't I just kind of follow the money Where is this money going? And yes, I agree with you. Please, if you want to help, there's the Schweitzer Hospital up in northern Haiti and even Sandra Bullock, who I think, I love Sandra Bullock, she donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders to help in Haiti. And the Doctors Without Borders, by the way, being turned away at the MTPP Haiti airport. I got another story for you on that too. Okay, so I followed the money for a minute.

CHAPTER 05 / 36 Discussion

Entertainment Industry Foundation, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Structure

Donations from the Haiti telethon are funneled through the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) before being distributed to groups like the American Red Cross and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. The hosts highlight the irony of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush leading the relief efforts given their historical political involvement in Haiti.

bill clinton· george w. bush· eif· unicef· red cross

13:18 I go to hopeforhaitinow.org. You want to follow with me, John? Because it's kind of fun. You want me to go on the web? Yes! Have you heard of it? It's really cool! Let me boot up my internet. Do I have to turn on the internet? Yes, you need the webs. Just type it into Google. Hopeforhaitinow.org. Okay, so you go to the FAQs. And FAQs... So this was an MTV production. which of course is Viacom. Which is Sumner Redstone. Sumner Redstone, right. And oh man, I almost don't even know where to start. But let me start with the money. So how will donations be distributed? Because I'm figuring, you know, people are sending money. How are they actually sending money? Well, through two ways. One is an online donation on the web, which we'll get to in a minute. And the other one was by texting. So you text, the first thing that's going to happen is your carrier, I guess all carriers had to participate.

14:17 They will... Well, that's another thing, by the way. All carriers had to participate. There's that and there's also... How does somebody manage to get ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS? Oh, it's very simple. Very simple. And that's... I'll get to that in a second, but that's the Clinton-Bush thing. I'll get to that in a minute. So, because I do have a theory behind all of this. So, point four on the FAQs, donations will be allocated according to each organization's capacity to accept the funds, blah, blah, blah. The Hope for Haiti Now Fund is held with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Now you'll recall, John, these are the guys who announced that they were going to be infiltrating and indoctrinating all media with serving and

15:04 Remember serve.gov? Do you remember? No, I don't. Yes, you do. We talked about it extensively. It doesn't mean I can remember. This is the 60, 70 year old organization that is collecting the money. And these are the EIF guys and they were putting all kinds of messages into the drama series about serving your country and volunteering. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, these characters. Exactly. So the money goes to them first. And then they're going to distribute it equally amongst, at the top of the list, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, UNICEF, American Red Cross, Yele Haiti, the World F... what is WFP.org? I don't know what that is. Oxfam America, which I thought was like a all British. And then Partners in Health. But the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is really at the top of the list because this was the big announcement that was made

16:01 by President Obama that the two guys actually responsible for screwing Haiti over the past 30 years, with Clinton at the top of the list for ruining all of the minimum wage limits in Haiti. or levels I should say, for removing all of the rice import tariffs. So it totally screwed the country. Then you've got George W. Bush who kidnaps the democratically elected leader of Haiti and drops him off in Central Africa somewhere. And I've got tons of links in the show notes. The guy is literally still kidnapped.

16:40 He's in the embassy and he's not allowed to do any interviews. Aristide. Exactly. And it was a great Democracy Now! interview. where it's laid out exactly how that went. They had like a death squad outside the palace and they were saying, look, either you let this other guy come in or we're going to kill you. And he said, well, shoot, I don't want to do that. And so, well, you know what, we'll go do a press conference and you can say that you're stepping down. And they whisked him right onto a plane and flew him to Central Africa and he's been there since. They just kidnapped the guy.

17:16 Anyway, so um, I digress. So hold on a second. No, no, no, listen because you gotta hear this. Oh, I'm gonna hear it. So the money is gonna go from the Entertainment Industry Foundation. So we've already had the the carriers in there who are taking it from your bill apparently. Then it's going to the EIF. They are then going to disperse it to the Clinton Bush Haiti fund.org which by the way is not yet a fund. Because if you look at the Clinton-Bush-Haiti fund, about the fund, they actually say here, the Clinton-Bush-Haiti fund will do this by working with and supporting the efforts of reputable 501c3 non-governmental non-profit organizations, blah blah blah. President Clinton and Bush oversee the Clinton-Bush-Haiti foundation through their respective non-profit organizations.

18:09 So the money's not actually going to the Clinton Bush Haiti fund, no, it's going to the William J. Clinton Foundation and on behalf of George Bush, the Communities Foundation of Texas. So I start looking into these two. Now the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, which did about $240 million last year, interestingly only $4 million from donations, I'm not quite sure where the others $236 million came from. Saudi Arabia. Spends $30 million in salaries and benefits on an annual basis. Because I looked at the report, you can download it. Does not list any directors or anyone who's a part of this foundation. And of course there's a beautiful building. But anyway, so I guess that money's okay. But then you look at what George W. Bush's foundation is, it's the Community Foundation of Texas.

CHAPTER 06 / 36 Discussion

William J. Clinton Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Finances

Financial analysis of the foundations involved in Haiti relief reveals high overhead costs, including $30 million in salaries at the Clinton Foundation. The online donation process for the relief fund is criticized for using Blackbaud and Equifax systems that triggered security warnings during the hosts' investigation.

clinton foundation· sarah nelson· rand corporation· blackbaud· equifax

17:16 Anyway, so um, I digress. So hold on a second. No, no, no, listen because you gotta hear this. Oh, I'm gonna hear it. So the money is gonna go from the Entertainment Industry Foundation. So we've already had the the carriers in there who are taking it from your bill apparently. Then it's going to the EIF. They are then going to disperse it to the Clinton Bush Haiti fund.org which by the way is not yet a fund. Because if you look at the Clinton-Bush-Haiti fund, about the fund, they actually say here, the Clinton-Bush-Haiti fund will do this by working with and supporting the efforts of reputable 501c3 non-governmental non-profit organizations, blah blah blah. President Clinton and Bush oversee the Clinton-Bush-Haiti foundation through their respective non-profit organizations.

18:09 So the money's not actually going to the Clinton Bush Haiti fund, no, it's going to the William J. Clinton Foundation and on behalf of George Bush, the Communities Foundation of Texas. So I start looking into these two. Now the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, which did about $240 million last year, interestingly only $4 million from donations, I'm not quite sure where the others $236 million came from. Saudi Arabia. Spends $30 million in salaries and benefits on an annual basis. Because I looked at the report, you can download it. Does not list any directors or anyone who's a part of this foundation. And of course there's a beautiful building. But anyway, so I guess that money's okay. But then you look at what George W. Bush's foundation is, it's the Community Foundation of Texas.

19:06 who have about 700 million dollars and by the way all of this stuff that they have all the invested and they've got investment fund managers and then of course we have on the board Sarah Nelson the chief philanthropy officer who joined the Community Foundation of Texas after more than a decade of working at the Rand Corporation. Yeah. Exactly. So, then I look at how those guys are actually, and by the way, if you look at, so the Clinton Foundation is everything all about Haiti and Leonardo DiCaprio donated a million dollars to the foundation, but he's not. He's donating it directly to the Clinton Foundation. There is no such thing as the Bush, as the Clinton-Bush-Haiti

19:52 Fund there is no it doesn't exist. Well, I wanted to point out to you that if you go to the hope for Haiti now website and click on the Clinton Bush Haiti fund you find out where it links to well No, it does link it links to the to the clish. No, it doesn't really it doesn't my page didn't click on it I clicked on it goes back to hope for Haiti now. Hold on a second. Where's the link? Oh Well, if you look on the left, there's all these little logos. Oh yeah, right. Just above UNICEF. Yeah, they don't even clink at all. When I clink, it doesn't do anything. Clink? When I clink on it, it doesn't clink. No, I click on it and it clicks, it just re-opens the page. It's a scam. Well, so...

20:36 So give them, yeah, right, just throw money away. Wait, I'm not even done yet. Go on. So then I'm like, okay, why don't I try and donate some money and see what the path is, because you can also do it online. And this is being handled by, hold on, I've got to find it now. Okay, visit our online donation page. So you click that and the first thing you get is untrusted connection. And I'm like, okay, why is this an untrusted connection? And this is Black Bod, I think it's called. Hold on a second. There's a huge outfit that, let me find it here. Yeah, Black Bod On Demand. They're the ones handling the online donations. This is a huge public company who do all kinds of services

21:41 And then, you know, so they're supposedly the leaders in online donations for non-profit foundations and they're throwing up an untrusted connection. So I look at the certificate, it's certificates from Equifax. Equifax is the people who do your credit rating. So we are now five steps removed from this money going basically into the fund of Bill Clinton and then there's some Texas fund which by the way in the news stories the last news story they have last press release is January 13th the Sammons Dallas Foundation contributes historic hundred million gift to six Dallas organizations they couldn't even be bothered to put a press release out about the fact that money is flowing into their fund for Haiti. They couldn't even be bothered these bastards.

CHAPTER 07 / 36 Discussion

Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti

Bill Clinton serves as the Special UN Envoy to Haiti, a role he held prior to the 2010 earthquake. Claims are made that the relief efforts are a front for future private developments, including potential hotels, while current aid is allegedly being blocked by red tape at the airport.

bill clinton· hillary clinton· un envoy· port-au-prince· infrastructure

22:42 I can't be bothered because maybe they're not, maybe they're just holding the money for a while until Haiti needs it. By the way, so I'm watching this show and Clinton comes on. Yeah, of course, because he's like, send me money. Well, he talks about how he had a belated honeymoon in Haiti with his lovely wife Hillary. And he goes on about that. But he mentions, because this is the reason I was interrupting you earlier, because as soon as you mentioned Clinton being one of the guys that screwed over Haiti, which we, I think most people would agree with. Why is he all of a sudden, which he, I never knew this by the way, and he announced it, he said it. He said he's the special UN envoy to Haiti. So basically he, before the catastrophe, he was named the special envoy to Haiti and his wife has apparently some holdings in the northern part of the country where they want to build a couple of Clinton hotels.

23:40 Isn't this a little sketchy? No, it's not sketchy, John. It is sickening. Because whether you believe in earthquake machines or not, it is very clear that the... So why in the hell? I mean, just think for a moment, people. Think. Why does President Obama call up the very two guys who have helped screw this country And why were they screwing it? Because exactly for this reason. Everybody was ready. The science was in. We were all set. We were patrolling offshore. We were ready to go. We had a drill for a natural disaster. Completely ready. Then this horrible, horrific tragedy strikes and boom, they're in there. And they're making the American sheeple pay for it. And the president is making it tax-free.

24:25 So every don't ever your donation is tax-free. It's a free money. They set it up. Hey, we have our holdings. We're going to build some hotels. We're going to give these people some great jobs. We're going to turn this into the Dubai of the new Dubai tax haven and playground for the rich and we're going to make these stupid American people pay for it. Just send me the money. It's literally what it is. There's no oversight. You look at these foundations. I pulled down all the PDFs, all of their annual reports. They don't break out what they're sending the money to. They don't tell you where it's going to. Yeah, except for $30 million in salaries and benefits. Dude, how big is this foundation that Clinton has? A $30 million annual payroll? That's pretty big. That's huge. That's a big payroll. That's huge.

25:15 Yeah. 12 million dollar in travel and travel expenses? Yeah, you know private jets aren't cheap. This is my point. It makes me sick to my stomach and then I, you read the reports that there is no food coming through. You've got the guys from the UN at the airport with Wi-Fi and fridges with cold beer because there's too much red tape and the security is not safe. We can't bring the food and we can't bring any relief in. These people are dying and they're letting them die on purpose. Yeah, no, I agree. You can't not agree with that. Here's a clip I have of the rapper who's formerly from Haiti out of Los Angeles. This clip came from KTLA.

CHAPTER 08 / 36 Discussion

Wangee Medical Mission, US Military Airport Control

Rapper Wangee attempted to bring five jets filled with doctors and medical supplies into Haiti but faced significant delays from the US military at the airport. Despite his personal connection to President Rene Preval, his supplies were held for two days while thousands of injured people lacked treatment.

wangee· wyclef jean· port-au-prince airport· rene preval· medical supplies

25:54 And it was a big... This is Wyclef Jean is what you mean? The rapper? No, this is 1G. This is a different guy. Oh, 1G. Okay, sorry. And so he went to Haiti. Listen to this report. But what's interesting about this guy took his own... He took five jets of doctors down there on his own. And just listen. Ask yourself a couple of questions. Why wouldn't they let him land? Why were they holding the supplies? And just play this little report from Los Angeles. He witnessed injured people living together. So you have someone with a severed limb that hasn't had treatment, but someone in the local community tried to tie it up and there's blood everywhere and there's actually people laying around that stuff. Helping the quake victims is a cause near and dear to Wangee's heart. He and his 10 siblings were born there. His father was a general in the military. So when he

26:46 When he went there this week to assess the damage, he brought along five jets filled with a hundred doctors and medical supplies. He says he was shocked by the chaos at the airport though. First, the US military wouldn't let his planes land. But, thanks to his close ties to President Rene Praval, he was greenlighted to do so. Do you know that there were actually fights in the control tower, John? No, I didn't know that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was a kerfuffle, an actual physical fight, people trying to get their planes in to land. It's been crazy. Now the Australian Air Force has been called in to run the tower. I don't know why, but there you have it. And there's a horrible job being done by the US government. I'm sorry to say that with what's going on down there. A lot of medical supplies aren't reaching the people. Then once on the ground, he and the doctors had to deal with more

27:38 confusion from the US military and couldn't access their supplies for two days. And I think that that was the roughest part on the trip because some of our medical supplies stayed on that base for one day to two days and that one to two days we do lost 5,000 people. Through all frustrating red tape. Okay. Penis. Yeah, I mean this this you hear this over and over and over again and this is why I believe the whole hope for Haiti now is a huge distraction. By the way, not that these celebrities and actors and musicians don't have their heart in the right place and I have a lot of respect for George Clooney. Although, wow, could you be, could it be more humbling head bowing like, oh, please don't thank me. But anyway. You're talking about the sags? Yeah, exactly.

28:20 And I'll talk about that later. But it's it it was it is it it is like the meanest and I had to check myself. I'm like, am I just nuts or am I now completely off my rocker or am I seeing this incorrectly that There is no aid going in yet. Reporter after reporter after reporter can get taxicabs, drive around, talk to these people. Just like Katrina, they've got flags out saying, help us, we need medicine. It's all stacked up at the airport because of red tape. It can't come in. Doctors without borders being refused landing have to land 80, 90 miles away.

28:58 They're letting these people die on purpose. It's like, why don't we have, wait until the rotting smell of dead flesh is gone and then we'll go in and start bulldozing it all to build the hotels. I mean, I just can't see it any other way. And the audacity. to have the money go to the two very, very world leaders who screwed this country for 30 years. They screwed it. It's documented. It's not like some big secret. It's not a big secret. They screwed it completely to the ground and these are the guys you're sending your money to? Because we trust them with it? George Bush? Are you freaking kidding me?

CHAPTER 09 / 36 Discussion

MTV News Haiti Coverage, Guantanamo Bay Logistics

MTV News sent a reporting team to Haiti via Miami and Guantanamo Bay to document the recovery effort. The hosts criticize the media's focus on their own travel experiences, such as riding in Blackhawk helicopters, rather than the actual delivery of aid to victims.

mtv news· guantanamo bay· blackhawk helicopter· twitter· media criticism

29:41 It's just, it is an outrage. And then, you know, and I'm reading like MTV, so we can't get anything done, right? Oh, it's such a confusion. However, MTV News has its team of reporters being sent to Haiti to chronicle the recovery effort in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake. We'll be following their journey with tweets and emails and blog posts. And here it is, like Wednesday 519 AM, we caught an early flight to Miami and then a military flight to Guantanamo. From there we'll get helicoptered into Haiti. Our mission is to follow a relief package, that's probably like a FedEx, from the US into Haiti. We wanted to see what a relief effort looked like every stop of the way. And then it's like, I

30:20 I can't believe I'm on a Blackhawk helicopter. Ooh, so cool. It's disgusting. I am disgusted that I even set foot in that place. They're a part of this whole freaking distraction to make you feel good. And you know, and I did a search on Twitter while this Hope for Haiti... Mickey and I went out to a karaoke bar. I swear to God, we couldn't stand it. And so I did a search and you know, hope for Haiti is a hashtag. And I'm like, oh, it's so moving. Oh, it's lovely. I had tears in my eye. Oh, Madonna's performance was amazing. And do you feel better now that you sent $10 to Bill Clinton and George Bush? Do you sleep better now? Do you really sleep better? Why don't you really take a look at what's going on? It's infuriating me. Backslash.

CHAPTER 10 / 36 Discussion

Fox News Analysis, Haiti Private Industry and Military Lockdown

A Fox News segment suggests that private industry and infrastructure investment are more vital to Haiti than traditional aid. The hosts argue that the massive US military presence is less about humanitarian relief and more about a strategic lockdown to prevent influence from Cuba or Venezuela.

fox news· royal caribbean· imperialism· cuba· venezuela

31:14 Funny Yeah, you think it's funny. You want you want to hear a great piece of audio from Fox News? Yeah, this really tells it all and now remember Fox News is run by the Democrats make no mistake So this is actually sent to me one of our producers Joshua this from the show cashin in And it's a long clip, we can stop whenever you want, but you actually don't want to stop because you just can't believe what is being said. But this is the real truth as to what this is all about. Nearly a billion dollars, that is how much aid is heading to Haiti so far. Meanwhile, this Royal Caribbean cruise ship is at the center of controversy for continuing its business there. Tracy, you say maybe bring in more ships.

31:57 Look, Cheryl, we have given a trillion dollars to Haiti since 1992 and what do we have to show for all that? The country is exactly where it was in 1992. Today, we need to help them sustain themselves going forward. We need private industry to come in so that this economy can turn itself around and they can get on their own two feet on their own. They can't continue to rely on donations from a country like us. Mike, you know, major U.S. corporations are donating money themselves, more than $100 million so far. Yeah, but corporations like Royal Caribbean, they don't build new roads, they don't build sewer systems, they don't bring running water and electricity. The thing that's lacking in Haiti right now is an infrastructure. Why is Haiti so different than a place like Nassau, Turks and Caicos? That plus the government instability is a huge problem. So all of it fits together. Royal Caribbean private business doesn't solve that problem. You have got to build an infrastructure with a stable government. So this is exactly what's happening.

32:54 And this just goes on and on. It's fantastic because you hear these people talking, they're like, yeah, you know, this is good. Exactly what you said, John. We need to give him some good jobs, you know, like waiting on tables and cleaning up hotel rooms and swathing the deck of the Royal Caribbean cruise lines. So they're just waiting for people to die off. I bet that guy's swabbing too. Yeah, that's what I meant. But you know what this is all about? What this is really about? Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. We've talked about the book. Well, so I was thinking about, you know, when the military, they jumped in there like fanatics.

33:39 But they haven't actually moved off of the base. They haven't. They're sticking around. I realize that they're so close to Cuba that the first thing they wanted to do is the US had to get in there and take the place over militarily. So neither Cuba nor Venezuela are two hated adversaries. You wouldn't come in there and start actually doing some real cleanup. And so that's probably the reason the military came in, because this was not a military operation that was designed to help anybody. It was designed to lock down the place. And they keep talking about food security, but then you read every single report is of reporters who go in and it's like people are just trying to find water and food and work.

CHAPTER 11 / 36 Discussion

Telethon Production Techniques, Sound Loops and Celebrity Shills

The "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon is accused of using fake sound loops of ringing phones to create a sense of urgency. Clips of Reese Witherspoon and Steven Spielberg on the phones suggest they were not actually taking calls but acting as celebrity shills for a scripted production.

reese witherspoon· steven spielberg· pbs· sound effects· phone banks

34:25 And they're not looting. What's happening is there are rich people who've got food and they're shooting at people who come anywhere within a hundred meter radius of their compound. This is imperialism at its brightest. It really is. And to believe that the sheeple of the world, and oh my god, media people are the worst. It's just like, oh, we're so good. And every country, all the media people got together and we stayed up for hours collecting money. I'm so tired. The other thing that bugged me about this show is that they had a, if you look behind, for one thing there was no audience. They really put this thing together without an audience in mind. But they made it look like a PBS donation thing to appeal to people who really believe that that group of people on the phones is actually doing something.

35:18 and they had the ringing, ringing phone ring, ringing, ringing. Completely produced. I mean, what? They even had the bake-like phones. They had these phony, and yeah, they had. So here's an example. Here I got a clip. Apparently, now I'm thinking, well, there's Reese Witherspoon, there's Steven Spielberg, there's Billy Crystal. Are they actually taking calls and taking donations and writing and doing any real work? No. They're obviously just shills as you will hear from the Reese on phone clip. Listen to the phone in the background it's a is it to donate through the perfect timing I am I am wonderful well we

36:07 We are gonna have an operator get on the line and actually take your donation. Have you spoken to an operator? What are you doing? Yeah, really? And do you hear the old-fashioned bell ringing? Yeah, the whole thing is a scam. It's a setup. It's a loop. I only saw two or three, I saw her and I saw Spielberg and both of them are constantly looking down at a piece of paper. I saw the same thing John, I saw the Spielberg clip. Let's listen to more, this is fascinating. Yes I have. Okay great, and thank you so much for your donation, you can't even imagine how much love and great. wonderful energy is here today and people are just doing everything they can to make a difference in these people's lives. I'm just glad I could help out. I couldn't donate a lot, but what I could, I did donate. You know what? That's the greatest thing and I think it's the spirit of everything and the collective energy of everybody thinking that they can help and I just really appreciate it. So thank you, Ian. You're welcome very much. Alright, God bless you. Thank you. You too. Have a good evening. Alright, bye.

37:09 What a crock of crap. Total. I mean, people don't realize that that is a sound loop that is running to make you mind control you. I mean, we've already deconstructed this on the PBS telethons. There's no phone that makes that noise anymore. If it was a real phone bank, it would be voice over IP because that's the only thing you can get in there quick. You know, it'd be a bunch of Ethernet cables and these things don't make tring-tring sounds. They don't make any sounds. No, they shouldn't make any sound at all unless you're trying to hype it up. Yeah. But what happens is, and I've been in these situations, the call goes out, you know, it's like USA for Africa, another great initiative. Hey, how's Africa doing? Yay! The call goes out, he's like, oh, we're putting it together, George Clooney, George Clooney, crap, I gotta be a part of this. You can't not go.

38:06 You can't not go if you want to continue to work in that industry. Yeah, especially when you've got somebody like George Clooney who's a major producer. Yeah, of course. And so it's a self-fulfilling type of prophecy. It's just, oh man. I think the only person who actually probably wanted to go and volunteer and probably pushed their way into it was Taylor Swift. I'm no idiot. But I just like to know, I'm just following the money. That's all I care about at this point. And I know we have conservatively estimated 10,000 troops. There's the UN, which by the way, you know, it's like the UN peacekeepers. That's guys with guns and helmets. Okay, they're blue, but it's, you know, peacekeeper. What the f... People like, the UN peacekeepers are doing such a great job. Yeah, pointing guns at people.

39:02 It's not like they're there for humanitarian relief. This is a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions and it's just, in 10 years when we're still doing two shows a week, John, because we'll be like still making no money, we'll look back at this and we'll say, oh, hey, why don't we do a Knights of the No Agenda roundtable at the Porter Prince Clinton Executive Suites? It will be there. It totally will be there and you'll take the Royal Caribbean cruise lines over there and it'll be just like Jamaica where everybody is enslaved to the Western dollar.

CHAPTER 12 / 36 Discussion

Sanjay Gupta, UN Medical Pullout Controversy

Dr. Sanjay Gupta was reportedly the only doctor left at a site after the United Nations ordered other medical staff to evacuate. The UN later denied giving such an order, leading to confusion regarding the safety and coordination of medical relief teams on the ground.

sanjay gupta· cnn· anderson cooper· united nations· medical relief

39:43 So by the way, there's another thing that showed up. They dropped this in, Sanjay Gupta or whatever his name is. Gupta. Sanjay Gupta. Personal friend of Anderson Cooper Vanderbilt. Yeah, apparently. And he's over there doing a lot of one-off kind of help. And probably was doing stuff because he seems to be... You know what? I look at his face and I can tell that he's going, holy crap, this is messed up. Because as a doctor, I think there's just certain things that are embedded and ingrained in your DNA. Yeah, he seems awfully sincere to me too. But no, he doesn't look sincere. He looks shocked. He looks like shell shocked. Well, he's sincerely shocked. So here's the way, but there was a clip that Anderson, they were showing different clips and they played this Anderson Cooper clip and it had a commentary in there that I wanted to bring up. Play Doctors Pulled Out.

40:37 Uh, gotcha. And someone came along and said, doctors get out. The doctors get on the bus, they leave. And Sanjay Gupta is the only one there with a stethoscope. Well, yeah, right. We talked about this in a short form on our last show, but has anybody Has there been any follow-up or investigation? No, there was and the I saw a news article and the UN says we didn't tell anyone to pull out that wasn't us So that's it. So that's it. Yeah, that's as far as it goes. Yeah, but they got on a UN bus because I saw that right there It's a part of that piece. They got a UN bus and the doctors left and

41:37 And then when queried the UN says, oh we didn't tell anyone to leave, we wouldn't do that, we had nothing to do with that. So of course there's no way to follow up. I find this whole thing rather peculiar. I mean I'm beyond the peculiar stage John, I'm at disgust. Really I am, it's just unbelievable what's happening. No one is being helped and I think the only... this, when Sri Lanka What was the other huge disaster we had? Even Katrina was better than this. There's like no medical help being put in there. And all people, oh well we have to be very careful for food security and we can't do air drops because we have... How crazy is this? They just did air drops yesterday and they had a clip of it. It was a bunch of parachutes. I thought it was an invasion.

CHAPTER 13 / 36 Discussion

Haiti Airdrops, Mass Graves and Identification Issues

The US military's refusal to perform airdrops without ground troops is questioned, as journalists are able to travel freely via taxi. Reports from the ground describe mass graves where bodies are being buried or burned without identification, complicating the final death toll.

airdrops· mass graves· red tape· food security· identification

42:35 And they didn't show where they were landing these things. It could have been a B-roll from someplace for all I know. But they were showing a... What I understood is we can't do air drops until we get troops on the ground to protect the food that is dropped. What's the point of an air drop if you got troops on the ground? Why don't you have the troops bring the food in? Thank you, that's my point exactly. Oh, there's no infrastructure. Yet there's taxi cabs driving journalists around from MTV who are twittering. Why do we even have time to put MTV news people into helicopters? Why do we even have time for that? This is a real emergency.

43:25 You know, I'm kind of reminded of the, there's a very interesting piece Glenn Beck is running on the history. He's trying to prove that fascists and communists are the same in some ways. It was actually quite good. I'll make a copy for you. But he brings up the kill off, the 10 million killed in the Ukraine by Stalin story where they basically just did it by starving them to death. Which is an interesting, Ukrainians will all know about this. They just basically cut off the food and water for about a year and 10 million people died. It turns out you can't live a year without eating anything. Well this is very effective, it's being done in Gaza.

44:10 It's of course a very effective system and by the way, you know there's I don't know how many, I'm just going to guess maybe 40 to 50 battleships cruising around the coast of Haiti because they don't want anyone to escape. There are literally empty cargo planes flying out of Port-au-Prince, empty. We're not like taking the most severely wounded and sick to any other place. Hey, you know, it's fine. Don't bring them over here, please. If you're like dying and your limbs are chopped off from falling debris, just bleed over there, please. Don't bleed on our soil.

44:46 Well, if you continue to play that Juan G clip, which you don't have to, but he goes on. I'd like to. Hold on a second. I'll pick it up from where we left off. The team did manage to set up a 150 bed hospital and perform hundreds of operations, mostly amputations. However, one girl was in such grave condition, Juan G flew her back to the US on one of his jets to be operated on. As for the death toll, he suspects we may never know the true number. It's very hard to know what the number is even though you know it's a big atrocity because when people are burning bodies and then mass graves, I was at two or three mass grave locations where they weren't photo ID'ing any of the people. WANJI has had a non-profit organization on the island nation for the past year called One Dome at a Time. It's goal... Look, that's good enough.

45:35 Yeah, well there you have it. So, Juan G can get in, you know, after being hassled at the airport, but he can finally get in. Well, he only got in because he knows the president. They weren't going to let him land his five jets full of doctors. And that's really the only thing we need is doctors and supplies. We don't need infrastructure. We don't need guns. You know there's no actual footage of riots or anything taking place. These people are... I think you're right. It's right out of the playbook, John. It's just they're being starved to death. They're being killed. This is worse than the earthquake itself. So the 1G says that there's like huge piles of bodies that are just burning. But without even IDing them. And there's a big mass grave. They're just pushing people in there and covering them up.

46:24 Yeah, without any ID at all. Yeah, and that's crazy that they did that in the Sri Lankan tsunami. They did that. All disasters. I have no words for this. I really don't. And I think I should stop because I'm just going to become a broken record. But this I will not participate in this fakery. Anyone who thinks that you're just helping your conscience. Oh, I've done something for Haiti now. Okay, now I can go worry about my own job. So, so in last night, there was the, we had the Golden Globes and we had the Help for Haiti and then we had the SAG Awards, which were on a cable channel last night, which I managed to watch. Yeah, I watched it too. I always love to watch all the self-congratulatory. There was one super highlight, which was the Sandra Bullock, Betty White

CHAPTER 14 / 36 Discussion

SAG Awards, George Clooney and Missing Ribbons

During the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, observers noted that George Clooney appeared uncomfortable and that the typical charity ribbons were absent from the red carpet. The hosts suggest a "memo" went out to downplay the Haiti disaster during the ceremony.

sag awards· george clooney· sandra bullock· betty white· screen actors guild

45:35 Yeah, well there you have it. So, Juan G can get in, you know, after being hassled at the airport, but he can finally get in. Well, he only got in because he knows the president. They weren't going to let him land his five jets full of doctors. And that's really the only thing we need is doctors and supplies. We don't need infrastructure. We don't need guns. You know there's no actual footage of riots or anything taking place. These people are... I think you're right. It's right out of the playbook, John. It's just they're being starved to death. They're being killed. This is worse than the earthquake itself. So the 1G says that there's like huge piles of bodies that are just burning. But without even IDing them. And there's a big mass grave. They're just pushing people in there and covering them up.

46:24 Yeah, without any ID at all. Yeah, and that's crazy that they did that in the Sri Lankan tsunami. They did that. All disasters. I have no words for this. I really don't. And I think I should stop because I'm just going to become a broken record. But this I will not participate in this fakery. Anyone who thinks that you're just helping your conscience. Oh, I've done something for Haiti now. Okay, now I can go worry about my own job. So, so in last night, there was the, we had the Golden Globes and we had the Help for Haiti and then we had the SAG Awards, which were on a cable channel last night, which I managed to watch. Yeah, I watched it too. I always love to watch all the self-congratulatory. There was one super highlight, which was the Sandra Bullock, Betty White

47:19 induction. Yeah, no, Sandra Bullock is turning out to be hilarious. And that was a very good segment. But the thing that's still, I'm still wondering, by the way, there's two things. Now you saw that George Clooney wouldn't look at the camera. He was looking down when people said, oh, George is wondering whether he was being scolded. Interesting. Because when the head of the Screen Actors Guild, Ken, I can't remember his last name, but the actor, He came out and he says, well, hello George. I'm glad to see you could make it as you've been a busy guy. And he was kind of calling him out for saying we should do something about Haiti. It sounded like he was being complimentary or pro give money to Haiti. But there seemed to be some other agenda there because Clooney would not look up. He looked like he was embarrassed. You know, it's interesting. If you took a completely different take at it and you had knowledge that

48:15 the guy who's the head of the Screen Actor Guild, that he was basically the slave master, and Clooney is the slave. You could see it that way. Well, the only thing that makes me think that, besides the fact that Clooney would not look up under any circumstances and he looked like he was being humiliated or ashamed of himself for doing something like maybe getting actors to work for nothing. There's no residuals on the Hope for Haiti show. Damn you Clooney, you screwed up again. There was something else going on because the kicker, the thing, the real giveaway, the one thing you could not notice

48:52 Nobody wore one of those ribbons. Nope, not a single one. I didn't I noticed that there was almost no mention of it It's like the memo went out. Okay. Look there's gonna be no mention of this Haiti thing tonight Okay, because there was almost none John. No, there was almost none very little It wasn't anything where were the days when you actually watch the Oscars or some of these award shows? Waiting for some someone to go off and just go like, you know, so Screw this, you know, this is a scam. We're all being mind-controlled. Where are those days? Remember when that used to happen? Yeah, I know, it used to happen all the time. What bothers me is the closest we come to that is the poor Drew Barrymore, who apparently can't accept an award graciously. This is her second fail in a row. Yeah, second in a row. She goes up there and she just falls apart.

CHAPTER 15 / 36 Discussion

Sandra Bullock, Doctors Without Borders Donation

Sandra Bullock is praised for her independent career path and her $1 million donation to Doctors Without Borders. Her public persona and relationship with Jesse James are discussed as factors that have distanced her from the typical Hollywood "mind-control" set.

sandra bullock· jesse james· doctors without borders· golden globes· independent film

49:41 and doesn't know what to say and she's just which I've seen her on talk show she's very personal she's not like one of these you know brain dead actresses that can't you know even talk to somebody but she can't apparently take an award without falling apart it's ridiculous. Well it's really interesting when you when you look at Sandra Bullock and how comfortable she is and the fact I don't believe she was on the Hope for Haiti Now show she donated She mentioned this on the red carpet at the Golden Globe. She donated a million dollars to Doctors Without Borders, knowing that they are the real legit outfit that will really try and help people in Haiti. But she also said during her acceptance speech, she said, you know, I quit acting six years ago because I was doing crap.

50:21 I wasn't doing good work and then I decided to go back and do auditions and of course now she's incredibly wealthy because she put all of her, you know, she worked for scale on Crash which was a huge hit, basically an independent film. She's no longer inside the system, John. That's what's really interesting and she's the one who actually seems to communicate the best because she's not a part of this mind-controlled set. In fact, I'd tell her she should probably look out, you know. She needs to be very careful. Well, yeah, she's, I've actually, when she first hooked up with Jesse James, the tattooed biker, that he's a famous, more of a personality than anything else, it just turned her career around.

51:07 It's probably because the guy's got his head screwed on straight and he's like, babe, you know, you gotta stay away from these jabronis. Yeah, I think so. And anyone comes near you, I'm gonna mess them up. You know, that guy looks like he's really sweet and sensitive, but you don't want him to unleash a can of whoop-ass. So that's good. Yeah, he looks like a tough cookie. So she is a, I'd say she's a shining light amongst the dimness. Anyway, I followed a lot of these things because of course Gitmo Nation Lowlands, you know, everybody got into it and they did their own telethon and they had the radio 555 which is a radio station all the all the you know, we're all collaborating there's no more competition between stations because we're all doing shows together and we're collaborating to raise money for Haiti and Meanwhile Royal Dutch Shell will be the first ones there sucking it out of the ground. I

CHAPTER 16 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Value-for-Value, Listener Donations and Subscriptions

The hosts appeal to the audience for financial support through the value-for-value model. They read notes from donors in Tokyo, California, and Chicago, including several who recently found employment after being inspired by the program's perspective.

value-for-value· donations· subscriptions· paypal· crowdfunding

52:02 Well, if there's oil around there, it's going to be fun to watch. But yeah, okay, so I think we've given the audience a pretty good impression of our thoughts on the matter. And let me just say, we do this... We take this approach not to be contrarian, we're not being paid by anybody, barely, but we do it because the facts for us are just there. It's so blatant. History shows what Bush and Clinton have done. It's written history. All we're doing is reading, essentially. And we do this in whatever time we have possible. And it takes a long time to go through these things. And the only way we can do it is if you donate to this show.

52:46 And we do have some donors from this last week. I want to name them. Collins, and I think I'm allowed to do that. I don't see anybody saying this anonymously. Collins Christopher in Tokyo. He says he's no agenda as his main source of news and entertainment while he does his Saturday AM house cleaning. It's infotainment is what it is. Give a 70. Bruce Klassen from Valencia, California, which is a place that you can find a good Valencia orange or used to.

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54:00 Gave this 50 and she had some she apparently had some something going on with you. So I'm not sure what that was From Australia Kate. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, yeah, she's been we've been back and forth She's been sending me good links and stuff, you know, all listeners of the program are also producers We rely on you and it's the only way we can really get this news from around the world I will also say that I truly believe that listening to the, particularly those of you who are unemployed, hold on to your money, feed your family. I believe that when you listen to this program, your perspective, your outlook, your entire introspective changes and when change like that happens, things happen, like getting a job. I really believe in that stuff, so I'll take some credit for that. Alright.

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CHAPTER 17 / 36 Discussion

Michelle Malkin, CIA Influence and Culture of Corruption

The hosts speculate that Michelle Malkin's book, "Culture of Corruption," may have been facilitated by the CIA to undermine the Obama administration. They argue the depth of research and timing of the release suggest the involvement of outside intelligence agencies.

michelle malkin· cia· barack obama· cointelpro· book publishing

58:07 and they are used to, usually to push disinformation or to help twist, help spin a topic. And the media's filled with them because, in fact, Gina, I've brought this up before, she's talked about it, Gina Smith, when she, very well known in the tech industry, She was approached by the CIA, was she not? Yeah, she was approached by the CIA to take a job at the Associated Press or some newspaper and to just be working there because she's a good writer. She was going to work and then the job was she'd get this extra paycheck because they'd call her once in a while, not too often, and say, here, I want you to put this piece of information out there and that would be your job to do that. So we have to assume, and I think you can easily figure out who- I think you can spot them, yeah. It's not that hard. You can spot them a mile away if you're looking.

58:59 I mean, I'm always skeptical about anything, but he writes now let's go to the Michelle Malkin thing that the fact that she brought up this just comment about Ron Paul out of the blue when Ron Paul's a darling of the right wing. So Ron Paul just to reiterate he came out at a rally and said have you heard there's a coup the CIA is taken over the the military the CIA is Is basically running the Federal Reserve. They're running all the drug scams the CIA has There's been a coup. He likes it. Have you not heard there's been a coup and then Michelle Malkin said ah, you know, he's just a crackpot He's a cook from Texas Well, so I was thinking about this. Now that now she has a book out that is a bestseller and it's what the hell's the name of it?

59:51 How the CIA paid me to sell your corruption which is my wife fell in love with this book and thinks Michelle Malkin is great and this book culture corruption Which is you might want to get or take a look at and read I don done it It is a one of the biggest slams on because this brought me back to the CIA versus Obama battle that you got some more on yeah This book is a hit piece on Obama that is unbelievable. I'm, I just dawned on me, there's no way that she could have written this book in the shorter period of time that she had to get the book done. It takes at least three or four months for the books even get to the, I mean this book's been out for four months. And this book, she would have had to start writing this book sometime in early 2008, the amount of work that's in here. This book was obviously given to her by the CIA. Hand off.

1:00:44 It was here, look at all this stuff, here, here, here, we got it, it's all documented. And then they just gave her a big pile of documents and said, they may have just written the whole thing for her, for all I know. I'm not going to say that's the case, but you'd be surprised me. So I haven't picked it up yet, but I've read excerpts of this book, Family of Secrets. I think we talked about this in the last show. Yeah. And this takes the C, I mean, the CIA is basically a Bush family invention. You have to understand where the CIA came from. George Bush Sr. ran the CIA for many, many years. So there's a lot of loyalty and there's connections and it doesn't just pass over from one president to the next. Clinton was working for the Bushes.

1:01:32 Doesn't anyone find it odd that of all the guys we could choose, it had to be a previous president's son who's a goofball? Doesn't anyone find that odd? I mean, of all the people you can choose, of all the people in America who could be president, I mean, come on! Get real! Wake up! Snap up to reality! So anyway, I'm thinking that the Malkin book is probably, it's actually more interesting if you think about it as like... Cointelpro. Yeah, it was Cointelpro because it's, I mean, every time I've read bits and pieces from it, it's enough to make your blood boil. I mean, it's extremely

1:02:12 negative book about Obama. I mean, there's nothing quite like it out there. Well, to counter that... And by the way, she's a full-time writer, she's a blogger, she's on the road all the time. She doesn't have time. If you look at the amount of research that went into this book, there's no way she could have written it. Unless she never sleeps, is that possible? And how's she making money? Off of the sales of this book or off of her PayPal or off of her... I have no idea how she makes money. Somehow we're not doing something right because we're not making money. Well, if the CIA would hand a book over to us that we could make a bestseller, I think I'd be fine. I can't wait to watch Meet the Press, which I always record on the DVR.

CHAPTER 18 / 36 Discussion

Valerie Jarrett, Obama Administration Media Strategy

Valerie Jarrett's appearance on "Meet the Press" is analyzed as a defensive move for the administration. The hosts also mock President Obama's recent teleprompter struggle with the word "precipice" during a speech about the economy.

valerie jarrett· meet the press· teleprompter· barack obama· public relations

1:02:54 Because apparently Valerie Jarrett was on. You know, whenever the president is in trouble, then Valerie Jarrett comes on? Who is a reptile to the max. I mean, just look at her face. I mean, she's a complete lizard mouth. And so I can't wait to watch it, and I'll have to pull some sound clips, because she's saying in this interview that the president has brought enormous change. I think what we've seen is a dramatic difference in terms of how the United States is perceived around the world. Obama's travels have established relationships with world leaders that lay a foundation for keeping America safe. He pulled us back from the, he pulled back the economy from the brink of disaster. I saw Obama reading the teleprompter and he couldn't say precipice.

1:03:46 He stumbled like precipice, precipice, precipice. It's a big word. It's a big word, man. Precipice. It's a tough one. Well, if you think about precipice on a teleprompter and you see it coming up, it's like, yeah, it's tough. You're like, oh, what was that word again? Precipice. But he stumbled like two twice. Yeah, for you out there, all you out there who ever want to do writing for TV or broadcasting, don't use the word precipice on a teleprompter. That's why they've gone back to brink. It's much easier. You can say it. So, staying on the... I think that the CIA... I think this... Maybe this is the reason why Michelle Malkin is essentially risking her cover as COINTELPRO, as in Counter Intelligence Program, because Ron Paul is indeed basically now just saying the truth that there has been a coup. And maybe this is very much like the business plot, John, the Roosevelt business plot.

CHAPTER 19 / 36 Discussion

Smedley Butler, Blackwater Operations in Pakistan

The historical "Business Plot" involving Smedley Butler is compared to modern shadow operations. Recent admissions confirm that Blackwater (now Xe Services) is operating drones in Pakistan, despite previous claims that the private contractor would no longer work for the US government.

smedley butler· blackwater· pakistan· drones· cia

1:04:47 where they were going to push Roosevelt out of office. A great story by the way. You can also find a copy and links on the blog about the Roosevelt situation. And this is a true story because they tried to get the guy who said war is a racket, what was his name, Smedley. Smedley Butler. They tried to get him to lead military coup and then he basically blew the whistle and said hey no way I'm not gonna do this so now instead of getting the military involved they just have the CIA and the CIA they don't actually do the work themselves they hire Blackwater. Blackwater now that by the way it's now been admitted that Blackwater is in Pakistan you know flying these drones and killing people

1:05:29 Link in the show notes at noagendershow.com. US finally admits Blackwater operating in Pakistan. These guys were never supposed to work for the work for the forces again. They even changed their name. They still call them Blackwater. That was the easiest to remember. That other name isn't hopeless. It's like when Prince changed his name to some symbol. It's like it's yeah exactly that didn't work too well. You know and Yeah, the Blackwater guys are pretty amazing. And you know, there's lots of rumors they're operating in Haiti, wouldn't surprise me, although I have nothing to corroborate that or to really back it up, but it wouldn't surprise me. So I think that I hold by my theory that there is a fight with the CIA and there's something else really, really weird. You know, this whole Supreme Court decision, I think we need to analyze this more.

CHAPTER 20 / 36 Discussion

Citizens United, Supreme Court Corporate Personhood Ruling

The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC is discussed as a financial windfall for mainstream media companies. The ruling allows corporations to spend unlimited funds on political advertising, effectively granting them rights superior to those of individual citizens.

supreme court· citizens united· campaign finance· corporations· media revenue

1:06:25 Yeah, you know, my son was pestering me last week to probably to start looking at it. But I decided instead of talking about it on the last show to see what was coming down. I wanted to see what the media, how the reaction was on both the left and the right. Well, the media love it because this means millions, hundreds of millions of dollars for the media. Yeah, of course, because now any corporation which could be domestic or foreign by the way and all these multinationals are just that. Anyone from the outside, now if you have enough money, you can put together a whole media campaign, or you could put together your own Hope for Haiti.

1:07:07 And it'll be completely legal. You can say whatever you want about a candidate or about policy and this is going to be a huge financial shot in the ass of big mainstream media because that's why they're not going to say anything about it one way or the other. Like shut up already. This is good money coming in. Yeah, no, in fact I've always believed that the media is, in fact I've said this for at least 20 years. Every time somebody brings up campaign finance reform and public financing of these elections, they usually lose. I say, how are you going to, what do you think the media thinks of this? I mean, once one editorial comes out, they'll just string the guy up or tar and feather him. I mean, the media, the newspapers get all the money from these guys. The TV stations get all the money from these guys. Where does the money go when you start

1:07:57 pumping out campaign promotion. It goes right to the media. They clean up like there's no tomorrow. That's why they hate. I still believe that they're going to end the electoral process at some point, the Electoral College, because I think that actually hurts. Hurts the media. It hurts the media because you end up with states like California that are marginalized because we're always going to vote for a Democrat for president. which is generally true. So why bother putting any money behind promoting somebody because those electoral votes are already in the bag. So forget it, let's just concentrate on Ohio. And so Ohio gets all the money. So at some point, somebody's gonna have to, probably the media's gonna have to get on the bandwagon and get rid of the Electoral College with an amendment. They can promote the heck out of it while they still have power. They only got a few years left. One of the big newspaper chains just declared bankruptcy the other day.

1:08:48 Which one was that? The guy that American media, the Dean Singleton guy. He owns like the San Jose Mercury News, the Denver Post, just a slew of papers. His second biggest... No, I think we're going to see those assets being purchased and there'll be new news groups and it'll be the Ministry of Truth. Well, whatever the case is, they're going to have to do something. I mean, there's a bonanza waiting for the media with this like open the floodgates and spend as much money as you want. We are so stupid. We could be so rich. I mean, think about it. We all we need to do is start with this new ruling. This is going to be great.

1:09:31 This is going to be awesome. We should just be taking money and producing all kinds of hit campaigns and pro stuff for this politician or that politician. Yeah, you know, we can still do that. If we don't get enough donations, we will. And we'll be pretty honest about it. Yeah, we'll be real honest about it and we'll take anybody's money. So what's there's the 1030 look three minutes late and that's something but what's but what's even crazier is that this ruling essentially cements something you've talked about before is that the corporation is now not only equal to a human being as an entity according to the law but is actually above that is above the law

CHAPTER 21 / 36 Discussion

Barack Obama, Weekly Address on Campaign Finance

President Obama's weekly address criticized the Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance, claiming it opens the floodgates for special interests. The hosts remain skeptical, suggesting the ruling may actually benefit the Democratic party's fundraising efforts in the upcoming election cycle.

barack obama· john mccain· russ feingold· lobbyists· special interests

1:10:18 Yeah, has all that has all of the rights of an individual and then some can do whatever it wants Yeah the day until they start Taking a company that says poison the earth and take the executives and shoot him You know and the entire board of directors and take that take them out and shoot them Yeah until that happens which would happen to a person doing the same thing an individual gas chamber They would, until they see that, then they have more rights than a person. Let's just listen to the president for one second with his weekly address about this, because he's clearly irked. One of the reasons I ran for president was because I believed so strongly that the voices of everyday Americans, hardworking folks doing everything they can to stay afloat, just weren't being heard over the powerful voices of the special interests in Washington.

1:11:11 And the result was a national agenda too often skewed in favor of those with the power to tilt the tables. Now listen, so of course he's got to lie so he can talk about this. In my first year in office, we pushed back on that power by implementing historic reforms to get rid of the influence of those special interests. On my first day in office, we closed the revolving door between lobbying firms and the government so that no one in my administration would make decisions based on the interests of former or future employers. You can take that to the bank. That's the biggest lie there is. It's like his whole operation is lobbyists. You're lying. Just say it. I guess if you say it enough times people will go, oh, okay, there's no more lobbyists in Washington. Yeah, okay, the president said it. Must be true. We barred gifts from federal lobbyists. Oh, okay. No gifts. I can't accept your candy.

1:12:07 On the jet. T-shirt? No, not for me. Executive branch officials, we impose tough restrictions to prevent funds for our recovery from lining the pockets of the well-connected. It's just, it's like, it's amazing. For two years we've been, every week we call it shadow puppet theater. Every week we show you exactly where the lobbyists are, who they are, what they're doing, and then they leave and they go off and they, it is, the revolving door is now It's electronic, they don't have to push it. It has a sensor. You just walk up and it's like, whoop, starts spinning. In you go, out you go, in you go, out you go. Enjoy your experience. Instead of creating jobs for Americans. And for the first time in history, we have publicly disclosed the names of lobbyists and non-lobbyists alike who visit the White House every day so that you know what's going on in the White House. Yeah, no, it's only a partial list. Another lie. Yeah, that's a blatant lie. That's a blatant lie. Yeah. Okay. The People's House.

1:13:05 The people's house right because anyone can gate crash it we've been making steady progress But this week the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests in their lobbyists So help me out here John because this is very very interesting He's now he's basically saying oh the special interest the lobbyist Supreme Court bad I got to think this is part of the script, but let's just he does look very Maybe this is the other Obama. I don't know. This one looks tired. By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned more than a century of law, including a bipartisan campaign finance law written by Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold that had barred corporations from using their financial clout to directly interfere with elections by re-election. So what is the point of him propping John McCain and Feingold in that?

1:14:01 I don't know. He does that all the time. He just he does that to indicate it's bipartisanship. Yeah, I think it's just that it's just it's just it's like a it's fake running advertisements for or against candidates in the crucial closing weeks. This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy. It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way or to punish those who don't. That means that any public servant who has the courage to stand up to the special interests and stand up for the American people can find himself or herself under assault come election time.

1:14:42 Even foreign corporations can now get into the act. I can't think of anything more devastating to the public interest. The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections. All of us, regardless of party, should be worried that it will be that much harder to get fair, common sense financial reforms, or close unwarranted tax loopholes that reward corporations from sheltering their income or shipping American jobs offshore. It will make it more difficult to pass common sense laws to promote energy independence. We have a very, very important year coming up where the Democrats stand to lose a huge, you know, their majority in the House and in the Senate. And this is, wow, it seems like just in time to me.

1:15:43 Yeah, there's something in, I agree because... And who owns the media? He's the one who promised to use public funding or something for the election against McCain. And he didn't. And then he bailed out and then he got all, he got more money than anybody else and nobody knows where it came from, supposedly $5 a piece from everybody in the world. when I think it was like you know God you know you could if you know what you're doing and he's from Chicago and he's got a bunch of Chicago people I mean they know how to funnel money in so you can always get the money but now anyone get the money I think he's probably I think he has mixed feelings about it. No I think this is just part of the script to say oh it's the evil dudes but really it's going to behoove him and his and his party. Him in particular yeah. And he needs it more than anyone right now.

CHAPTER 22 / 36 Discussion

NPR Corporate Sponsorship, Denialism Book Promotion

The hosts highlight the increasing presence of traditional commercials on NPR and PBS, citing a spot for the TV show "Caprica." They also critique the frequent appearances of the author of "Denialism" on public broadcasting as a form of repetitive propaganda.

npr· pbs· denialism· corporate sponsorship· syfy

1:16:31 You know, people are like not happy with his performance. So this is really something that he needs right now. And he's sitting there going, oh, it's so bad. And who was it again? That's on his board of advisors. Immel is his name, I believe, from NBC. General Electric CEO. And, you know, and who and so who are the Supreme Court justices who voted for this? Well, all I know is, is our buddy Clarence Thomas was all for it. You just watch, they're gonna step it up. Now that the gig is up on PBS, now that everybody knows that they just take advertising and commercials, they gotta do this for real. They really gotta go in and sponsor these shows. I was watching this, I haven't gotten clips from it yet, but they keep bringing on this one writer. The second time, somebody sent me, one of our producers sent me a note. This guy who wrote the book Denialism.

1:17:25 Yeah, yeah, he's he's on PBS right the guy came they brought him on again as though he wasn't already on in November How many times they're gonna bring the same bonehead on he's saying it's annoying person this guy with a very high-pitched voice goes way up there. In fact, I broke a glass, but whatever the case, he comes on. But at the beginning of this, of this, of the podcast or the PBS thing, there's literally an actual on the NPR website. There is a commercial on there. For Monsanto? No, not for Monsanto. It's a real commercial, but it's a real commercial. It's not like, you know, it brought to you by or sponsored by or underwritten by me. It's like a commercial. It's like a 30 second spot.

1:18:06 Let me find that for a second. I think I had it here because I I didn't want to play it because I was like I I didn't even listen to the To the clip, because I knew what it was, I thought it was just like a repeat of that one guy. Yeah, it's slightly different because in the other one he was going on, what I thought was funny, he gives a spiel about denialism and so they start taking calls. The first call they get is from some pro-lifer who goes into a rant about how everyone was denying the fact that the baby is, when he's just a little bitty thing, still has... Oh, he's actually alive? Yeah, it's actually alive. That's denialism. And she said, I'm glad that you wrote this book, but you know, he's like just on the opposite side of this argument. And I just was cracking up. It was so funny to listen to the guy have to kind of swallow his words. This was the denying science could be dangerous. Is that? Yeah. Oh, it's dangerous. Oh, wait a minute. We have to. The science is in. Now, for some reason, the page isn't loading, so I'll have to.

CHAPTER 23 / 36 Discussion

David Kelly, UK Weapons Inspector Death Records

The British government has sealed the post-mortem records of weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly for 70 years. Kelly, who questioned the intelligence used to justify the Iraq War, was found dead in 2003 in what was officially ruled a suicide, though many remain skeptical.

david kelly· weapons of mass destruction· iraq war· suicide· united kingdom

1:19:09 Typical. They're like, oh, oh, oh, oh, there was no agenda. Crackpots. They're going to play a, oh, they're going to play one of our commercials. Oh, quick. Squelch it. Limit. Don't let them access the site. I think we're pretty low on the watch list. You're probably right. Something that came in today from Gitmo Nation East, just to show you how the Ministry of Truth really operates. You recall David Kelly, who was the weapons inspector, who blew the whistle on the fact that there really were no weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein could access or activate within 45 minutes and terminate everyone in the Western world.

1:19:52 and he suicided himself with a butter knife in the woods. What? You remember that, don't you? I don't remember being a butter knife. It was a blunt knife. It was a blunt gardening knife and he was apparently trying to cut a really weird artery. Here it is. So Hutton who is the doctor who or no is the was in charge of the investigation Concluded dr. Kelly killed himself by severing the ulnar artery in his left wrist after taking an overdate overdose of prescription painkillers Which of course very difficult because that artery is very small difficult to access and you know say he bled to death really slowly but now the

1:20:49 The government in the United Kingdom, which of course is now part of the United States of Europe, has determined that the post-mortem on Dr. Kelly's death shall be sealed for 70 years. What? 70 years! Don't look over here! Nothing to see here! Ooh, look at that! Okay. 70 years. Why? Well, because it's private information. We don't want anyone to, you know, it's not... Shut up, slave! Well, the whole thing was suspicious to begin with the guys the whistleblower he makes it, you know, this is all you know back in the Why did we go to Iraq? I love it era and then so he does that and the next thing you know is out in the woods killing himself for some unknown reason with a butter knife with a butter knife and now they sealed the This thing for seven years and nobody in Great Britain ever said no wonder we're not getting any more I think we've been cut off

CHAPTER 24 / 36 Discussion

Syfy Caprica, NPR Commercial Analysis

A specific audio clip from NPR is played to demonstrate that the network is running standard 30-second commercials for the Syfy series "Caprica." The hosts argue this proves NPR has moved beyond "underwriting" into full corporate sponsorship.

npr· syfy· caprica· advertising· sponsorship

1:21:45 I think we got a good donation from England for years. No, you know what it is? They've all got that anthrax in their heroin over there. People keep dying away. Okay, so let's discuss that topic. You want to do the commercial from... I got NPR loaded. Just want to listen to that? Play the commercial. Which one was it? Was it The Denying Science Could Be Dangerous? That one? The new one, yeah. It just came out a few days ago. That was at the top of that webpage? Is there a commercial right on your page right there? Click on it. Or try to play it. I'm gonna try and play it right now. Support for NPR comes from Syfy. Presenting Caprica, a new original series. New episodes every Friday at 9, 8 central. More at syfy.com slash Caprica.

1:22:25 I'd call that a commercial. It sounds like a commercial to me for a TV show. Yeah, for a TV show. This is not an underwriter. What would anyone underwrite? Would somebody in the media underwrite the competition? And on this page, on the web page, the Visa signature card instant access to dozens of dozens of perks. And then underneath it says become an NPR sponsor. Hey, let's become a sponsor. Let me click on that. Who is it? Say sponsor? Yeah, it says sponsor. Corporate sponsorship. Why don't you follow up on that? Maybe we can. We'll have the show begin with, what you're about to hear is garbage. Listen to No Agenda at the noagendashow.com. No, this is great. Why don't we call them up? Call John King at 202-513-2093 and just ask if you can advertise. Just say, I'd like to buy a couple spots. Just play it like that.

CHAPTER 25 / 36 Discussion

Godfrey Bloom, European Parliament Climate Change Speech

Godfrey Bloom of the UK Independence Party delivered a speech in the European Parliament mocking global warming theories during a record-breaking cold winter. Bloom labeled Al Gore a "snake oil salesman" and criticized the fraudulent nature of climate databases.

godfrey bloom· european parliament· global warming· al gore· climategate

1:23:15 We have a new product and we'd really like to advertise this we buy some spots from you and maybe some host endorsements would that be possible just a couple so before we get to The heroine because that of course is another one of our favorite topics. I do need to play this clip from the European Union This is European Parliament Strasbourg dateline. I believe January 20th. This is Godfrey bloom from the UK Independent Party and He deserves some form of metal in my book. Okay, here we go oops play

1:24:03 Mr Bloom for one and a half minutes please. Well Mr President of course you can tell I'm a scarecrow because I don't dress like a scarecrow. I fought my way through the blizzard in Copenhagen like many of you did. Interesting isn't it that we've had the coldest winter so far on record in London for 30 years. It's the same in Poland, it's the same in Korea, it's the same in China. We've had the coldest temperatures in Florida, Arizona, Texas, the first snow in Texas I think for a hundred years. And of course as Charles Corrin of the London Times said, my goodness me, my goodness me, we simply don't get it, of course, of course that's what global warming is all about. We've got to get used to freezing temperatures.

1:24:45 Well, we've seen the Al Gore hockey stick, which is still, I gather, being shown in London State Schools. Al Gore, snake oil salesman, crook. Yay. Let me just play that again for you. And that's not like another 30 seconds. He just got I just wanted to stop on the Al Gore snake oil salesman crook. Beautiful. Being shown in London State Schools. Al Gore, snake oil salesman, crook. We've seen Professor Jones from the East Anglia University crook. And now you won't know about this yet because it's been kept out of the public domain, the New Zealand National Climate Database, and I have the figures here.

1:25:29 fraudulent when are you all going to wake up scam scam scam I love it and he's taken on the meme except he only did he did the magic three but I think it has to be scam scam scam and scam to compete with jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs so as an aside kind of a real news aside I want I want somebody to document for me and this came up you know that there's a woman comic that was on the SAG Awards accepting her award and she if you play the woo clip it listen at the very end when she gives a war no it's funny because I sat on the couch I didn't know exactly what it is and I said to Mickey I said when you win the award do not do that

CHAPTER 26 / 36 Discussion

Female Award Acceptance, The Rise of the "Woo"

The hosts discuss a trend of women making a specific "war hoop" or "woo" sound during award acceptances and sporting events. They question the cultural origin of this behavior, wondering if it began with Howard Dean or at Chippendales shows.

sag awards· award ceremonies· cultural trends· howard dean· chippendales

1:24:45 Well, we've seen the Al Gore hockey stick, which is still, I gather, being shown in London State Schools. Al Gore, snake oil salesman, crook. Yay. Let me just play that again for you. And that's not like another 30 seconds. He just got I just wanted to stop on the Al Gore snake oil salesman crook. Beautiful. Being shown in London State Schools. Al Gore, snake oil salesman, crook. We've seen Professor Jones from the East Anglia University crook. And now you won't know about this yet because it's been kept out of the public domain, the New Zealand National Climate Database, and I have the figures here.

1:25:29 fraudulent when are you all going to wake up scam scam scam I love it and he's taken on the meme except he only did he did the magic three but I think it has to be scam scam scam and scam to compete with jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs so as an aside kind of a real news aside I want I want somebody to document for me and this came up you know that there's a woman comic that was on the SAG Awards accepting her award and she if you play the woo clip it listen at the very end when she gives a war no it's funny because I sat on the couch I didn't know exactly what it is and I said to Mickey I said when you win the award do not do that

1:26:25 That is wrong. Paul Chuck and Ian Brennan and Ryan for pitching into our strike zone every week and we thank them so much. And of course, you don't do this in a vacuum. We want to thank our crew who do in 10 days what should take a month and a half. So thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. That when did women start doing that? You see it all the time. You see it when you watch sporting events and they shoot. When did women start doing that war? Yeah. like that only you know in a high-pitched woman voice when did that begin because when I was a kid I swear to God I don't remember ever seeing women going like that no it's it's wrong it is not feminine it is not sexy and it's just wrong what when did it start I think with Howard Dean

1:27:25 Yeah, no, it's funny. I saw the same thing. I was like, oh man, don't do that. That is so bad. Do it like Sandra Bullock. She was great. She's like, I love my man. He's hot. That's what I want to hear. You maybe go get that award. You tell everyone I'm hot. Well, I just like to somebody out there who listens to this show to document for me when this became a thing to do. This woo! I think I've got to mark that particular little bit. When did that become a thing to do? I'm just baffled by it. It might have started with Chippendales or something like that, but it must be some cultural thing. Maybe in some movies or something that that started. I agree. It's weird. It's definitely weird. We'll just stay in the Gitmo Nation East for a minute.

CHAPTER 27 / 36 Discussion

UK Spy Drones, 2012 Olympics Security

UK police plan to use military-style spy drones for security during the 2012 London Olympics. The hosts predict these surveillance tools will become a permanent fixture of domestic policing and question whether they will eventually be armed.

drones· 2012 olympics· london· surveillance· police technology

1:28:22 Police plan on using military-style spy drones. Yeah, this is really good. Of course it's for security for the 2012 Olympics. Yeah, right. Of course they'll never stop flying. They're over the states all the time by the way. I wouldn't be surprised. I don't know. We have documented footage of them launching it in Texas. See you know that there's a launch of one of these drones. Well. You can't see him that when they get up there You can't see him in the sky. They're so small no, but I think they can still blow you out of the water well They I don't know if they have actual weaponry on board. Yeah, why not? They might and here's a way it would work

1:29:03 So, General, the situation occurred and you had a drone over it and you couldn't stop it? No, sir, we don't have any weaponry on board, domestic things. Domestic drones. Why is that? Wouldn't it have come in handy if you would have had a weapon on it just even for an emergency purpose? Yes, sir, I guess it would. I mean, it seems to me that you'd rather have the guy say, yes, we have weapons on there for an emergency purposes and you save the world from destruction because you used it. I mean, I don't believe these things are unarmed. You're so right, John. We have not had a donation from United Kingdom in a while and there's a lot going on. It looks like they're bringing back the prison ships since the prisons are all overloaded. The UK's floating jail, HMP Weir, might be coming back so they can, instead of releasing offenders early,

CHAPTER 28 / 36 Discussion

Guantanamo Bay Protest, Obama's Broken Closure Promise

Forty-two activists were arrested at the US Capitol protesting President Obama's failure to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by his self-imposed deadline. Meanwhile, reports indicate the Bagram theater internship facility in Afghanistan has expanded to hold 600 prisoners.

guantanamo bay· barack obama· witness against torture· bagram· human rights

1:30:04 Put him on a boat. Put him on a boat. That's right. Put him on a boat. Send the boat to Australia. Here's something that we did not hear about in the news because of the Haiti relief efforts. There's a group called... what are they called? I'll find it. Here it is. 42 people arrested at the Capitol in day of action to denounce Obama's broken promises on Guantanamo. In a dramatic protest, 42 activists with witness against torture were arrested this afternoon at the US Capitol. Most of the arrestees had been fasting since January 11th. I hadn't heard any of this. Oh, of course not. And they were in the Capitol. They have orange prisoner suits on. But these are like older people. Like there's a grandmother who was arrested. Yeah, they probably thought Obama was going to stick to his word that the first thing he was going to do was close Gitmo.

1:31:02 Well of course in a bizarre twisted sixth sense he actually announced that we're keeping Gitmo open on the exact day that it was supposed to be closed. The exact day! He's like, we're gonna keep it open, you know, it's really good for Haiti. You know, because it's close by. I mean, it's close by. You know, there's still like, and we didn't even talk about the, you know, now the news has come out that these three prisoners who apparently had committed suicide actually were tortured to death. And then let's not even mention about, I guess it's Bagram in Afghanistan where there's 600, this is Gitmo super max, super sized, 600 prisoners in there. So we're just going to keep it all.

1:31:50 How come he didn't mention that in his weekly address? No, no, no, he doesn't feel like it. I mean, if it was a lie in any way... Why, you know what, if I were those guys, I would have just said, yeah, we closed it. No one's gonna go check. No one's gonna check. Why don't you just lie about that too? No, we closed it. Yeah, it's closed. Yeah, what's your problem? Oh, there's just a couple people there just hanging out, you know, just there. Yeah, it's just a maintenance crew. Maintenance crew. Yeah, maintenance. Flushed the toilets every other day. You know, what are you talking about? Give me a break. It's closed. Am I mistaken, John? Did I remember, didn't we have an invasion of Haiti, Porter Prince at one point? I think this was during Bush.

CHAPTER 29 / 36 Discussion

Anthrax in Heroin, Scotland Drug Contamination

Health officials in Scotland have confirmed 15 cases of anthrax-contaminated heroin. The hosts speculate on whether this is a result of a "drug war" between different trafficking factions or a government push to move users toward legal alternatives.

anthrax· heroin· scotland· drug slang· pcp

1:32:34 And the media was actually waiting on the beach when the Marines arrived on the beach. Do you remember that? I don't remember that, but it wouldn't surprise me. Because that keeps bugging me in the back of my mind. Like, didn't that happen in Port-au-Prince? And the media was literally there and the Marines arrived on the beach in their rover boats. And it always reminds me of these documentaries where the guy's out in the middle of nowhere and he says, ah, I'm the first person to come up, climb up this mountain. And there's a cameraman following. He was already up there. You're the first person, the camera guy is the first person. Alright, so now over to the anthrax and the heroin. Now 15 cases confirmed in Scotland of anthrax in the heroin. That wouldn't be very good for you. And I'm just trying to think what this is.

1:33:29 Well, it's anthrax and the heroin. There could be a drug war going on. We had deworming stuff in coke. We had the deworming goop in the cocaine and now we got anthrax and heroin. These two groups of people who really are behind the heroin trafficking is not the same. No, no, because the cocaine comes from South America and so that's pretty much been deemed very, very dangerous and is killing off its fans. And so you're right, maybe the war is now, oh yeah, you're going to mess with our supply? Take that, bitch! We're going to put some anthrax in your shit. It doesn't even have to be true, just the news alone. But I mean, I love the line like,

1:34:11 Dr. Colin Ramsey, consultant epidemiologist at Health Protection Scotland said, heroin users across all across Scotland need to be aware of the risk their supply may be contaminated. They should seek medical advice urgently, call your doctor, if they experience signs of infection such as redness and swelling of an infection site or high fever. Dude, you're on heroin. It's like, you're like, ehhhh. I would urge all drug users to stop using heroin immediately and contact local drug services for support. Oh, ooh. This could be a push to get them on the legal stuff. Yeah, maybe. It's possible. But I think the idea of a true drug war is probably true. I like it. It's the coax against the, it's the sea against the age. We've got to come up with a meme for that. It's the, what is it, horse?

1:35:12 So we've got heroin is horse. What is coke? What's a it's the pony? It's the pony against the horse. Isn't it the white pony? No, don't you ride the white heroin? What's that? Hold on, let me ask the expert. What's uh... I don't think there is a good uh... secondary moniker. Argot. Street Argot for cocaine. Like a street name for coke. Let me just look it up while he's asking the expert. Street... Donald Duck? Ask the chat! Apparently Donald Duck. Donald Duck. Donald Duck is apparently street slang for coke. It's the duck against the horse.

1:35:53 I don't think that's common. I'm looking at argot.com. Ask your doctor if anthrax-laced heroin is right for you. You may experience suicidal tendencies. If you go to ARGOT, A-R-G-O-T, which is a word meaning... Charlie. Charlie. And you go... Charlie. Charlie. Charlie is... I don't know. Here, drug slang. Okay. We're on the... Here's a quiz for you. Bring Mickey in on this. Tell me what these are. Ready? Okay. John's going to do a quiz. Yeah. Okay. Hold on. Let me turn off the noise gate so I can hear. Hold on a second. Hold on.

1:36:29 Where's the friggin gate? Okay. Alright. What? Okay, okay. What's an ABE? What's an ABE? What? An ABE. A-B-E, ABE. A-B-E, ABE. Yeah, she doesn't know. Five dollars worth of drugs. That's what it means. That's five dollars worth of drugs. Dude, we don't do five dollars, man. We go for the fifty. A-D. What's A-D? A-D? Yeah. A-D is, uh, I don't know. P-C-P. You're not very good at this. Okay, here's one. What's Adam? Adam. Adam? Yeah, like you. Like me? And Adam is like a really good high. MDMA. Oh, Adam is MDMA? Did you know that? No. She doesn't know that. Ah Pen Yen. Slip Me a Mickey. Yeah. It's opium. African Bush. African Bush. Oh, wait a minute. I know this. I know this. This is Beyonce.

1:37:26 It's marijuana. Here's one. An Alice B. Toklas. Alice B. Toklas has got to be something with LSD something. It's a marijuana brownie. Dude, we just say marijuana brownie. You're looking for these Alice B. Toklas. OK, let me go to the D's. There's like thousands of the B. What's a BJ's? BJ's. Hmm. I wouldn't know what's a BJ, honey. It's the same thing as a baby tea. Okay, we give up. It's the same thing as bad.

1:38:03 Dude, we don't know. It's the same thing as ball. It's an eight ball. Crack. Dude, we don't know because we don't do drugs. Apparently. No, you're the expert. You don't even know what black gunji is. Yeah, black gunji is hashish. Okay, so let me look up Donald Duck. Yeah, I bet you Donald Duck is right. Curry powder, do you know what that is? No, I don't care. Curry powder? It's a really good spice. You should try it on your chicken. There's no Donald Duck listed. Because you're looking at some lame-ass CIA list. Here's another one. Here's one. Double bubble. A double bubble. That's a great chewing gum. That's cocaine. Alright, I don't know where these terms come from.

1:38:50 What's a dove? Here's a dove is a $35 piece of crack a dove. Yeah, I'm gonna try that on the street tomorrow Hit me with a dove baby, I'm gonna dove dove The chat room suggests we do this test with Bill Clinton. We might get a result dot-com well What is it our got a RG or dot-com you can get to list yourself anyway, so I like I like that theory John I think that there may be something to it because there's no there's no reason I mean There's no reason for these guys to be poisoning their supply and we you know, it's not gonna help the business It's costing a lot of money to you know to get the good stuff in here Okay, so I got a couple more clips and then we can finish Oh, yeah, because you won't want to keep it to an hour and a half and here he goes again Let's do some more clips

CHAPTER 30 / 36 Discussion

Shanghai World Expo 2010, Chinese Media Robots

China is preparing for the Shanghai World Expo with massive construction projects nearing completion. The hosts mock the delivery style of Chinese English-language news announcers, suggesting they sound like robots or "Tokyo Rose" figures.

shanghai· world expo· china· liquidity· robot news

1:39:41 What? We're past our hour and a half. Oh, well, then let's get these clips out of the way because there's something here. We're doing all the stuff that's going. You know, one of the things is one of the greatest events in the world is a World's Fair or World's Exposition. What? They still got them in the. Oh, yeah. They still crop up every once in a while. And there's one in Korea, like, you know, maybe 10 years ago. And, you know, we've had a few in the United States, none recently because we got nothing to show off. So you think that if some country that has something to show off and wanted to drop just hundreds of millions of dollars into a World's Fair, that would be China. You'd think it'd be China and you'd think we'd know about it. Yeah. Yeah. Play China clip two.

1:40:24 With a little over 100 days to go until the official opening of the Shanghai World Expo, workers lined up Monday to look at their construction efforts so far. Officials say 90% of the construction work is complete. Monday marked the 1000th day after the expo site broke ground. As it is 110 days countdown to the opening of Shanghai Expo, we gathered all the constructors and management staff from all the construction departments for the last phase of work to ensure that we will finish the construction amount of 1.1 billion yuan in the last 110 days.

1:41:07 All buildings are expected to be ready for late March for test runs before the opening ceremony. Wow, March. Yeah, we got to go to this thing. You ought to see these buildings are putting up. They're unbelievable. Yeah. Yeah. Because why would we even know this in the United States, even though Shanghai is actually a pretty easy trip, especially from the West Coast, especially since they like own us. Yeah, so no. Shouldn't China have a newsletter or something? Well, we're doing it for them. Of course, we haven't got any donations from anyone from China ever. And we do have, from time to time, I think someone from China listens.

1:41:46 As in the chat room, but I think just like your bank, you know when you borrow a lot of money from your bank they send out a newsletter. Yeah, we need a newsletter for these guys. Jack and Google accounts. Meanwhile, I think the Chinese are going out of their way to insult us with these various announcers who speak pidgin English. I mean there are people that speak fluent English in China, believe me, and they should be doing these broadcasts. I want you to play clip three, China three, And tell me what this woman actually says. This is like Tokyo Rose. I owe you GI Joe. Yes, you want to make love to me tonight. Yes, come on. I'm at the bull market. Chinese is up 25 fine. Billion yuan of 28 day repose earlier Tuesday. Your repose on Tuesday. Market analysts say the move is aimed to enhance liquidity soak up in view of the huge credit granting. I think we have to play this backwards. I think there's I think there's hidden messages.

1:42:57 I think there's hidden messages in this. Although, you doing that horrible Chinese accent is not going to do us any good with our Chinese listeners. No, are you kidding me? The Chinese are probably like, they're embarrassed about this crap. This is dumb. This is what people think of us. Look at these buildings we're putting up over here. ...and the large fund release on open market. She's a robot. That's what she is. She's not... She's terrible. This is what you need to do. So what was it she said? The bull market is... Liquidity soak up. Liquidity soak up. Okay. So all you gotta do is you do the mouth, John. Okay? Can you just... I wasn't doing that. Here we go. You do the mouth and here we go. The bull market is a liquidity soak up. I misspelled soak.

CHAPTER 31 / 36 Discussion

Ben Bernanke Confirmation, Facebook Credit Monitoring

Ben Bernanke faces a difficult confirmation process in the Senate for his second term as Fed Chairman. Additionally, reports indicate that creditors are now using companies like RapLeaf to monitor social media activity on Facebook and Twitter to determine creditworthiness.

ben bernanke· federal reserve· facebook· rapleaf· credit scores

1:43:58 How sad is that? Okay. Yeah, it doesn't really work. That's what it is, she's a robot. Well, I don't know what she is, but she stinks. Nice. So, got anything else or are we done? Let me just check. Yeah, so we talked briefly about Bernanke. Looks like they're having some trouble actually confirming him. Yeah, good. Yeah, but it's really interesting because half of the, I guess the Senate confirms him, half of the Senate is saying he was responsible for the crisis, the other half is saying he pulled us back from the brink because we can't pronounce precipice.

1:44:40 Well, you know Obama's a big fan of his for some unknown reason. Hey Obama, note this. It was a Bush appointee. Don't you want to get him out of there unless Obama's handlers are telling him that no, Bernanke's got to stay. Your social network chit-chat could have an impact on your credit. Creditors apparently are now checking out what you post on your Facebook and Twitter accounts. This according to creditcards.com. They use a company called RapLeaf who monitors what people tweet or post on Facebook, compiles what it calls social graphs of your likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses. It's a SWOT analysis. And they're using this to determine if you're creditworthy or not. Well, I'll be using cash.

CHAPTER 32 / 36 Discussion

National Angel Island Day, Obama Proclamation

President Obama proclaimed January 20th as National Angel Island Day. The proclamation acknowledges the hardships and racial prejudice faced by immigrants at the Western gate facility, which the hosts compare to a historical version of Gitmo.

angel island· barack obama· immigration· ellis island· san francisco

1:45:32 Jeez, it's terrible. Yeah, I think that well we've talked about this before don't don't post stuff Don't put up pictures. Don't do this stuff. It's not good Angel Island, I thought was just an interesting proclamation amidst all of this and I'm not quite sure Why it just piqued my interest you know of Angel Island? Yeah over here Yeah, that's like the Ellis Island of the West yeah, I can see it from my house So on January 20th, the president proclaimed January 20th National Angel Island Day. Why? Well, I don't know. That's why I thought it was kind of interesting. Because he literally says, unlike immigrants who marveled at the stature of liberty upon arrival at Ellis Island, those who came to Angel Island were greeted by an intake facility that was sometimes called the Guardian of the Western Gate.

1:46:28 racially prejudiced immigration laws of the time subjected many to rigorous exams and interrogations. Oh, it's like Gitmo. Yeah. As well as detention and crowded unsanitary barracks. If there's any vindication for the Angel Island immigrants... Oh, here it is. If there's any vindication for the Angel Island immigrants who endured so many hardships, it is the success achieved by those who are allowed entry and the many who at long last gain citizenship. So it's like 40 acres and a mule. Like, hey, you know, you were stuck on that thing, you got in, you made it, so here you go. Here's a day to think about it. I can't see it any other way. Yeah, it's pretty humiliating. And we got some 33 stuff, I'll have to talk about that. And then of course we had a couple more crotch bomber related incidents. I like the kid who put the prayer box in his head.

CHAPTER 33 / 36 Discussion

Tefillin Prayer Box, US Airways Flight Diversion

A US Airways flight was diverted after a flight attendant mistook a 17-year-old boy's tefillin—religious prayer boxes and straps—for a bomb. The hosts question the logic of diverting the plane if a real threat were present, noting the inconvenience to passengers.

tefillin· us airways· flight diversion· jewish prayer· security scare

1:47:28 And the plane turned around? Yeah. I've never seen this by the way, a Jewish prayer ceremony. This must be Orthodox. I guess there's some kind of box with the scrolls that you put on your head? I don't know about that. Well, a plane... I mean, I've seen all these Orthodox Jews in the West Wall. in Jerusalem and I've never seen anybody put a box on their head. I was in there. The plane headed for Louisville, Kentucky was rerouted after a 17-year-old boy began using teflon, which teflon, maybe we should Google that, boxes with religious scrolls inside that are bound to the head and arms with leather straps for Jewish prayer. What kind of cruel joke is that?

1:48:18 You make your kids do this. Okay, time to pray. Put this box on your head and strap it. I don't get it. What is the point? You'll be getting a memo from a reformed... I just like to... I can laugh about that. I just like to know what it is. Anyway, the flight attendant was unfamiliar with the device. Notice... noticed it. How come the passengers weren't diving on top of the guy's head? Described it to the pilot. The pilot then made the decision to divert the plane. Why? Why divert the plane? What difference does it make? You're in the air already. If the guy's going to blow it up, he'll blow it up on the diversion. It doesn't make any sense to divert the plane. I'm just telling you. I'm just reading the Bloomberg report. I don't understand you. I know, but I'm just wondering the logic here.

1:49:02 You're in the air, you're flying around, and some guy starts doing some crazy praying, at least from everybody else's standards, maybe from his own, he's conservative, and he's just in there praying, which, of course, what airline was this? US. Oh yeah, well I'd be praying too. So I'm just gonna put a box on my head and strap it around next time I'm flying. So the kids praying and so you're up in the air and the guy says, oh my god, this is, we don't know what this is all about. I better go back. I better turn around and inconvenience all the passengers. If he's going to blow the place up, which he wasn't obviously, he would do it right there on the spot. I mean, the whole thing is stupid.

1:49:43 Why do you inconvenience the entire plane and turn back around? Yeah, if he blows it up, it's gonna be just as much an inconvenience. It's gonna... No, no, it's not it. He's gonna blow it up, he's gonna blow it up. It's not gonna blow it up because of the direction you're going. Oh, he's going south now. I guess I won't blow it up. I mean, it doesn't make any sense. No. Alright, two more. The... New data on the ability of cruciferous vegetables Halting cancer is now out. 22 to 50 percent decline in lung cancer among smokers if they eat 4.5 servings of raw cruciferous vegetables a month.

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Cruciferous Vegetables, Cancer Prevention and Digestive Issues

New research suggests that eating cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and kale can significantly reduce lung cancer risk in smokers. However, the hosts discuss the side effect of intestinal gas, which one host attributes to the use of nitrogen fertilizers in non-organic farming.

broccoli· cancer prevention· cruciferous· garlic· organic farming

1:49:02 You're in the air, you're flying around, and some guy starts doing some crazy praying, at least from everybody else's standards, maybe from his own, he's conservative, and he's just in there praying, which, of course, what airline was this? US. Oh yeah, well I'd be praying too. So I'm just gonna put a box on my head and strap it around next time I'm flying. So the kids praying and so you're up in the air and the guy says, oh my god, this is, we don't know what this is all about. I better go back. I better turn around and inconvenience all the passengers. If he's going to blow the place up, which he wasn't obviously, he would do it right there on the spot. I mean, the whole thing is stupid.

1:49:43 Why do you inconvenience the entire plane and turn back around? Yeah, if he blows it up, it's gonna be just as much an inconvenience. It's gonna... No, no, it's not it. He's gonna blow it up, he's gonna blow it up. It's not gonna blow it up because of the direction you're going. Oh, he's going south now. I guess I won't blow it up. I mean, it doesn't make any sense. No. Alright, two more. The... New data on the ability of cruciferous vegetables Halting cancer is now out. 22 to 50 percent decline in lung cancer among smokers if they eat 4.5 servings of raw cruciferous vegetables a month.

1:50:32 That's like one a week. And cruciferous I think is like broccoli and... What is cruciferous, John? I don't know. Let's look it up on Google. I think it is those heavy green things that nobody likes. But that's pretty amazing if this data is true. Yeah, it could be bogus. Well... It could be. This is from medscape.com. The finding was presented at the 7th Annual American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research held in DC. The study indeed suggests that the risk of developing lung cancer was reduced 22 to 50 percent, which is like, I don't understand why they couldn't just give me like, why don't you say 33?

1:51:17 Among smokers who consume... horseradish, really? Landcress, Ethiopian mustard, kale, collard greens, Chinese broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, broccoli, broccoflower, broccoli romanesco, cauliflower, wild broccoli, bok choy, komatsuna, rapini, flowering cabbage, Chinese cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, canola, rapeseed, mustard seeds, rocket, garden cress, watercress, radish, daikon and wasabi. That sounds pretty much like what Mickey eats for lunch. Well, she won't get cancer then. No, this is great. This is great news.

1:51:54 Of course this stuff will be outlawed because it makes you fart like a crazy man. Generally speaking if you're getting gas from vegetables or onions, even onions but garlic or any of these things, it's because of the amount of nitrogen they've pumped into the soil. It's a very unnatural product and it essentially causes problems with your digestive tract. Really? So Brussels sprouts don't make it? I got this lecture, by the way, from a garlic guy. Because I had this recipe for sweetbreads and I used elephant garlic. And one time I started using elephant garlic, which then became popular for some unknown reason, which is a huge piece of, huge giant garlic that's very mild. And then I had this issue of what's going on? This stinks.

1:52:36 You know, if you know what I'm saying. Yeah. So I went to this. So I was at a farmer's not a farmer's market, but a fair harvest fair. And I went to this guy, this guy growing as a garlic guy. And I said, oh, man, you have farts from these good garlic has ruined this recipe for me. He says, you're getting elephant garlic that has been dosed with too much fertilizer. Because I get it from Brussels sprouts. Go find some. Where's my whoopee cushion? Go find, try organic. It gives you those really silent smelly ones too. Try, go get some organic.

CHAPTER 35 / 36 Discussion

Australia Day Lamb, Vegetarian Counter-Commercial

A vegetarian advocacy group released a counter-commercial to the famous "Australia Day Lamb" ads, featuring a Sam Kekovich impersonator. The ad argues that eating less meat reduces methane emissions from livestock, thereby helping to stop global warming.

australia day· lamb· vegetarianism· methane· global warming

1:53:19 We have nothing but organic. We get all of our stuff from Whole Foods. It's all organic. Try a different store. You sound like a baby trying to talk. Yeah. All right, so let's wind it up with the counter commercial to the Australia Day Lamb commercial. This was sent by our JWONTDART, our No Agenda Vegan in Residence. And I do think it's kind of funny because remember we played that clip of the Australian football player who said let's make January 21st Australia Day Lamb Day. You recall? No. Yeah, we played it on the last show. Oh yeah, I remember. Have some more anthrax in your heroin. Okay, so here is

1:54:09 The commercial against that, and it takes an interesting twist at the end as you can imagine. My fellow Australians, last year was tough, tough and confusing. Global warming had us packing an umbrella, swimmers and a snowboard just to go and buy a skim chai caramel latte. The financial crisis meant that banks went bust, people lost money, we all got $900 in Kevin Rudd stimulus and interest rates were up and down like Tiger Woods' backside in a nightclub car park. Confusing. When the first fleet landed at Botany Bay, Captain Cook and his poncy cronies had been living on salted meat for ages. They were confused and riddled with scurvy because they didn't eat enough vegetarian burgers. But I can't help but think that if Cook and that wig-wearing florist Joseph Banks had been packing some quality vegetarian goods on board the Endeavour, they might have landed somewhere decent like Noosa, Sorrento, Margaret River or Bondi Beach rather than Botany Bay, home to an oil refinery and an airport.

1:55:02 There are some people like our friend Sam who think that a vegetarian meal is un-Australian and that lamb is the only way to go. Sure, lamb is okay if you like that sort of thing, but is it Australian? Only if New Zealand is a suburb of Sydney and no one told me. Let's stop the confusion, people. Put on some powder finger, Mad Max and chuck a vegetarian sausage on the barbie. And fellas, while you stand around at your Australia Day barbie chewing the fat, literally, remember women aren't going to be impressed by a bloke and his boofhead mates who tear into the remains of poor old Mary's fluffy little white lamb. They want a sensitive fella, a fella who can tell them how much she reminds them of Carrie from Sex and the City and give them a foot massage at the same time. When Kevin

1:55:45 run-runnin' Penny Wong flew to Copenhagen last year, it wasn't just for those tasty waffle ice cream cones. It was to work out what to do about global warming. And what did they come up with? Bugger all. I'll tell you the answer to global warming. Less meat. That's right. One of the worst greenhouse gases is methane. And what do you get when cows and sheep fart? Methane. So if we eat less meat, we breed less cows, we breed less sheep, they eat less grass, they fart less, the earth gets cooler. Problem solved. This Australia Day, it's time to stop the confusion and stop global warming. I say let's have a day every week where all we eat is tasty fries, vego treats. Friday! We won't even have to change the name. It's obvious and you know it. I'm... So, this could... this kind of helped me get into this whole vegetable thing. It's like if you're eating all these vegetables with all this nitrogen, you're farting more than when you eat meat.

1:56:41 Yeah, but yeah, especially if they're loaded with nitrogen apparently, at least according to this guy. But it was, when I used his garlic, I didn't have the problem because he didn't over fertilize. But then again, I don't know if you go try a different, Brussels sprouts, I've never had a problem with like what you described. There must be something in it. No, I know brussels sprouts is well known to cause gas. Come on. Oh, yeah. Well, it's probably from the sulfur compounds in there. All right. I never had a problem with brussels sprouts. What does make you fart John? Not really. Well that bad garlic. Because you've cut one in the car after dinner we had. I remember that. No, I don't think so. Yes, you did because you like had all the windows down. It's like why do you have all the windows down?

CHAPTER 36 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Sign-off, Thursday Show Announcement

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conclude episode 168 of No Agenda. They announce the next live stream for Thursday morning at 9:00 AM PST and sign off from their respective studios in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· podcast· sign-off

1:57:32 Then I know and then I realized and I didn't say anything cuz we had like a bottle of wine I didn't want to like embarrass you or anything. I don't remember that yeah, I do well I'm in the Buick remember the Buick your Buick. Oh, yeah the Buick the I Don't know what to say I'm just saying I'm just you know How did this discussion? I don't know it's time to end the show Yes, indeed, yes, ladies and gentlemen. At one point in my life I did fart. Finally, I have the opening for the show. Coming to you from the Minimum Security Containment Cell Crackpot Command Center in San Francisco, Gitmo Nation West, I'm Adam Curry.

1:58:19 And in northern Silicon Valley with the windows open. Oh no, it's starting to rain. I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll be here again. Hope you join us for the early service Thursday morning 9 a.m. Gitmo Nation West PST time. Right here on NO Agenda.