Episode 1703 · Sunday, 13 October 2024

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A tight race between Trump and Harris triggers desperate media strategies, from Obama’s voter lectures to Elon Musk’s potential role as the federal Secretary of Cost Cutting.

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris enter the final weeks of the 2024 election cycle as a dead heat, triggering a wave of high-stakes media maneuvers and campaign shifts. Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have been deployed to rural Georgia and North Carolina to address a significant erosion of support among Black and Latino men. Meanwhile, Trump utilized a Coachella rally to debut a new style of insult comedy targeting Chris Christie and Gavin Newsom, signaling a tactical pivot toward high-enthusiasm events in traditionally blue strongholds.

Economic policy takes center stage as Trump proposes making car loan interest tax-deductible and using aggressive tariffs to force manufacturing back from Mexico and China. Elon Musk emerges as a potential Secretary of Cost Cutting, though his deployment of Starlink in Hurricane Helene relief zones faces scrutiny over its military origins and taxpayer funding. In the legal arena, the Department of Justice is suing Virginia and Alabama to halt voter roll purges of non-citizens, while unredacted TikTok documents reveal executives knew the app could addict young users in under 35 minutes. Geopolitical tensions rise as Emmanuel Macron calls for an arms embargo on Israel, prompting a sharp rebuke from Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the defense of seven fronts.

Professional teleprompter failures at a Harris town hall spark a trip down memory lane for Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak, who recount their own live production disasters at TechTV and MTV. The duo explores the toxoplasmosis theory behind Howard Stern’s career shift and celebrates the commissioning of new Commodores and Knights under the Value for Value model. A Chicago freight train looting incident and the revival of ancient lakes in the Sahara Desert round out a broadcast that captures the chaotic energy of the October surprise season.


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CHAPTER 01 / 42 Discussion

Episode 1703 Introduction, Media Assassination and Election Tension

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 1703 of the No Agenda podcast from the Texas Hill Country and Northern Silicon Valley. They remark on the high tension surrounding the upcoming October 2024 presidential election, describing the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as incredibly tight.

adam curry· john c dvorak· media assassination· hill country· silicon valley· election race

00:00 No no no, mom. No no no you don't know no no Adam Curry John C Devorah October 13th 2024 this is your award winning give our nation media assassination episode 1703 This is NO AGENDA Boots on the ground everywhere and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region Number 6. In The Morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where we're awaiting the Argentinian gangs! I'm John C. Kovacs. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! Aren't they the Venezuelan? They're not Argentinians... Oh, I said Argentinians a bunch. Tren da Aragua Yeah

00:44 Well, we might as well just submit to it. There's nothing we can do. It's the fifth time we've been through it The news is all... That's all that it is. Is all everybody's going crazy Everybody's going crazy because it's a very tight race. It's so close So close I have the race run down here as you brought it up, but think I can intro with this This is the I think is Trump Harris campaign rap

CHAPTER 02 / 42 Discussion

NPR Campaign Report, Trump and Harris Strategy

NPR reports on Donald Trump's campaign stops in Las Vegas and Coachella Valley while Kamala Harris rallies in North Carolina. The report highlights the release of Harris's medical report and the deployment of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to rural Georgia and North Carolina to boost support among male voters.

npr· donald trump· kamala harris· bill clinton· barack obama· georgia

01:20 campaign rap from NPR. Sounds right! Former President Trump is on the campaign trail along the West Coast today he started with a Hispanic roundtable in Las Vegas we have far more people, far more support than the other side and really the term make America great again the party of wanting to make America great again. Right now we have a country that's, it's a nation in decline." And he holds a rally in Southern California's Coachella Valley at this hour. Meanwhile Vice President Harris is campaigning in North Carolina this weekend she's in Raleigh tonight and holds a rally in Greenville tomorrow also today her campaign released her medical report Her doctor says she's an excellent health has the physical and mental resiliency to serve

02:03 Her campaign is drawing a line between the 59-year old and 78 year old Trump, the oldest candidate to run for the White House. And former President Bill Clinton is hitting the campaign trail for Paris this weekend as Imperialist Azma Khalid reports he'll be traveling through rural counties in the south The former president, who himself is from the South, intends to campaign in rural Georgia this weekend. His planning stops Sunday and Monday ahead of in-person early voting which begins in the state on Tuesday. Prior to Biden in 2020, the last time a Democrat won Georgia was Clinton in 1992

02:41 Later in the week, the former president will travel to eastern North Carolina again with a goal of reaching rural voters. This follows on the heels of former President Barack Obama who is also on a campaign blitz for Harris in this final stretch of the campaign both are aiming in part to boost support for Harris among men polls show the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump remains incredibly tight. She's very breathy in that report So in the infamous words of notebook LM, let's take a deep dive into this. Let's unpack this let's see what's going on because those

03:25 the big news that was flooding the socials, was Obama talking down to the black men. The Harris campaign is clearly worried about her standing with young black men and they're sending Barack Obama out these final three-plus weeks to try to reach them here he is in Pittsburgh You're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I'm speaking to men directly. Part of it makes me think that, well you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president." Lulu, Harris is leading among black men and Latino men but not near... You know just that this is an affectation that I'm noticing. And it may just be age but Obama has the same thing that Howard Stern has The voice no longer has the power Do you know what I mean? He's miked poorly

CHAPTER 03 / 42 Discussion

Barack Obama, Scolding Black Male Voters in Pittsburgh

Barack Obama addresses male voters in Pittsburgh, suggesting that reluctance to support Kamala Harris may stem from discomfort with a female president. Analysts discuss the significant gender gap in the election and the Harris campaign's concern over declining margins among Black and Latino men compared to 2020.

barack obama· pittsburgh· black men· gender gap· chris wallace· lulu garcia-navarro

02:41 Later in the week, the former president will travel to eastern North Carolina again with a goal of reaching rural voters. This follows on the heels of former President Barack Obama who is also on a campaign blitz for Harris in this final stretch of the campaign both are aiming in part to boost support for Harris among men polls show the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump remains incredibly tight. She's very breathy in that report So in the infamous words of notebook LM, let's take a deep dive into this. Let's unpack this let's see what's going on because those

03:25 the big news that was flooding the socials, was Obama talking down to the black men. The Harris campaign is clearly worried about her standing with young black men and they're sending Barack Obama out these final three-plus weeks to try to reach them here he is in Pittsburgh You're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I'm speaking to men directly. Part of it makes me think that, well you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president." Lulu, Harris is leading among black men and Latino men but not near... You know just that this is an affectation that I'm noticing. And it may just be age but Obama has the same thing that Howard Stern has The voice no longer has the power Do you know what I mean? He's miked poorly

04:21 Hmm. And it's in an echoey room, which I you know...I had that clip but it was so echoey your version was a little better than the one I had Well this is this was.. I mean there's more to it because this is The Chris Wallace Show on CNN They probably did their best they could they probably couldn't use much of it either It was terrible No it was very bad Lulu Harris is leading among black men and Latino men But not nearly by the same margins that Biden enjoyed in 2020. So, in other words- That is dad Obama right there? It's him sort of adopting that tone of scolding and saying hey men why aren't you actually backing women I don't know that was the best tactic I'll be honest with you it's not really persuading people at the end of the day she has a problem with men there is a huge gender gap though in this election this is

05:14 as it's been dubbed, the gender election. Have you heard this being dubbed the gender election? I've never heard that until this clip. This is fake news, Lulu! There's a huge gender gap though in this election as it has been dubbed the gender election and i think if I were Kamala Harris I'd rather have women than men The kinds of men that Donald Trump has are irregular voters they're low propensity voters Hold on hold on Irregular voters and low propensity. What does that mean? Low propensity? That means they don't get out and vote! Oh, okay... So these—oh well that's kind of interesting then it sounded like a slur but now that you explained it just

06:01 Okay, sounds like it's probably true. Donald Trump has are irregular voters They're low propensity voters the kinds of people that Kamala Harris has our enthusiastic voters black women suburban women These are the older women these are the people that turn out and so in this kind of divided election among gender lines I think you'd rather have one than the other. I think I found one of those irregular low-propensity voters Because they were all over my timelines this guy I think is from Chicago All you did was piss black men off why y'all thank the American people's why y'all take the Democrat Party own Blackfoo

06:55 The Democrat Party don't own black folks, bruh. What you thought you was doing with that? We see the play we know we see the play Kamala Harris is losing she's not gonna win so you just stepped on out yeah you know black people are if your vote for Donald Trump and not Kamala Harris this this is unacceptable man Man, that was one of my favorite low propensity voters.

07:47 Yeah, there's a lot of clips like that floating around. Yeah but I like that one the most That guy is good and then of course NPR had to... The only thing they could do was just lay it out what Trump is talking about. Trump campaigned in Reno Nevada last night One of the swing states that may decide the election next month He claimed he's attracting the support of black men. My numbers with the black and especially black man I love them! I have gone through the roof with black men, black men

08:27 I don't do quite as well with black women, I must say. Trump is to appear this afternoon near Las Vegas... No humor! No humor on NPR! Trump is slated to appear... I don't do quite as well with black women, I must say. Trump is to appear this afternoon near Las Vegas at an event billed as a Hispanic roundtable Oh no he's going off the brown men now! So...I have Yes? Well I was going to say that the big thing now is because Elon Musk said it will happen, is Trump. Will he go on Rogan? Will Trump go on Rogan this will decide the election if Trump will go on Rogan. Trump on Rogan This is whatever people are emailing me

CHAPTER 04 / 42 Discussion

Kara Swisher, Advice for Kamala Harris on Joe Rogan

Kara Swisher suggests on The Chris Wallace Show that Kamala Harris should appear on Joe Rogan's podcast and Fox News to establish a sense of inevitability. The hosts express skepticism regarding this strategy, arguing that a Rogan appearance could be detrimental to Harris's campaign.

kara swisher· joe rogan· kamala harris· fox news· chris wallace

09:14 Oh, man. Oh no! He's got to be... What? To tell you to tell Joe to tell whatever? Yes I need to talk to Joe to make sure that Joe doesn't try to pull him apart, doesn't try to strongman him like he did with the moon landing guy oh no that would be horrible Trump could lose! Please. And just before you because i know we have a clip lined up What's her face? Kara Swisher, who is also on that Chris Wallace show. Well no she has some good advice for Kamala. I think she has to keep doing it and not enough in repetition because everyone does know Donald Trump and he fills up every space that he can whether its with toxic stuff loud or meandering It doesn't really matter He just fills all the space so she has to do more and more

10:07 critically important. That was a great, that's a great booking for her and he has amazing real fans I think she should go on Joe Rogan, I think she should go on Fox News, I think you should go to every local station and just make herself so inevitable where she makes mistakes and it's okay to make mistakes but the fewer she does the more mistakes seem glaring Oh, Kara are you tone deaf? She's... Boy. You do not want Kamala going on Rogan. She's not on the advisory committee. No! You do not want Kamala going on Rogan. Uh uh. I have two Trump clips from Coachella. Yes, yeah this must have pulled in a hundred thousand people You know we had dinner with two friends who happened to be in Austin last night and they were recently

CHAPTER 05 / 42 Discussion

Trump Trains, California Electoral Strategy and Tipping Points

Reports of "Trump Trains" and heavy flag-waving on the Pacific Coast Highway suggest high enthusiasm for Donald Trump in California despite the state's winner-take-all electoral system. The discussion explores whether California could reach a political tipping point similar to the Reagan era.

trump train· california· coachella· electoral college· pacific coast highway· ronald reagan

11:00 In Los Angeles, they were on PCH and he was telling me that there's Trump trains going all up and down the Pacific Coast Highway. He says it's...there's a lot! He says even more than Texas people are waving flags and they've got their houses completely all trumped out Which is interesting because when it comes to the electoral college, there's pretty much no win in California. No, it's impossible. But this is... The same in Washington. Mimi told me a similar story she says up there she went to a meeting and local nearby town for some event some book writer and they was filled with a bunch of these Trump supporters and they have taken it upon themselves

11:46 Do what they do like in Florida where they have all their pickup trucks, and they load them up with Trump signs and flags Yeah trump train And they go all over the place and it turns out that they annoy They got these Democrats that come running up to him screaming going ballistic Such an extreme that they're making in a weekly thing They do it because there's so much fun to get all these people aggravated then what? What they do is then when they come up to their trucks, and they're angry Then they roll the coal on with the big 250 diesel. The big black cloud of smoke comes out, but what is the strategy here other than just trying to rattle Kamala or because it seems pretty impossible for you know to get the electoral college votes you need no matter how many people in California would be voting for Trump? It just seems like an odd strategy. No, it's winner take all states so that's... Oh wow! So he's going all out then

12:43 He thinks he can at least get enough popular vote to make it interesting. Well, California was red during Reagan I mean it wasn't yeah we had other Republicans running the place and so it's not like totally impossible but the but you know that the system underneath them the underlying system of the educational system the universities and all the rest have been propagandizing So well maybe maybe we're at a tipping point Yeah, sure. Hey! You know what? I'm just gonna call it. Tipping point this election California flips red So i have two Trump clips from Coachella and now I have to apologize in advance and believe me...I tried Oh you tried to make it sound good or...? There is a ground loop in here And I am apologizing profusely because this is the kind of thing that you specifically

CHAPTER 06 / 42 Discussion

Donald Trump, Coachella Rally and Chris Christie Insults

Donald Trump utilizes a new style of insult comedy at his Coachella rally, using a crowd interaction to label Chris Christie a "fat pig" while mockingly defending him to the press. Trump transitions from humor to campaign promises regarding closing the border and stopping the "illegal criminal" invasion on day one.

donald trump· coachella· chris christie· fat pig· insult comedy· border invasion

13:40 It drives you nuts. Now is this something that was in the Trump audio or it was in the Trump audio? Oh God, I tried getting it out using Adobe they couldn't do it. Uh-huh. I try getting out using filters wouldn't work just screwed it up more Okay So what you're saying is Adam don't go all crazy about it so Adam Don't go all crazy about this gotcha But I just have these two clips and we want to play both of them We had to definitely play the first one which is the fat pig one. And I'll preface it by saying these are like, i think new bits that Trump has incorporated. Okay well good he needed new material yeah Well this is just you know... He's been so reluctant to be insulting ever since they took a shot at him

14:26 that he's gone about it now in a kind of roundabout way of being insulting. And you know, he just enjoys it and the crowd loves it! You know they just loved... I don't know what it is but he does insults... It's like an insult comic Well its..I think it's very logical because first of all America used to be funny we lost our funny decades ago during Obama we basically lost our funny And it just kind of reminds people that we're Americans and that we know, that America F yeah! You know like Team America. I think it's something very deeply ingrained in the American psyche. Well, not in everybody because a lot of people find this offensive. I think it's hilarious personally but he is part of the species talking away yak-yak-yak and somebody makes yells Willie Brown in the background some insult okay and so then Trump goes off on that and then he goes into the tangent

15:25 And I think, except for the buzzing. I think that this is his new way of doing insults which is Biden doing the opposite saying I'm not going to do this and then he goes ahead and does it. Your children are in danger they can't go to school with these people these people are from a different planet Kamala is turning us into a third world nation that's what happened in San Francisco When she was the DA of San Francisco, the things she did. She started that whole decline with our victory. He says Willie Brown who said that? Who's a guy what stand up this can only happen in California yet I didn't say it remember that he said he said it he said it do you remember when a man we're talking about this guy Chris Christie went off the reservation right We have some people

16:21 And some guy shouts out to me, he's a fat pig sir. Nobody heard it but me you know but it was so he said it Sir! You should not call Chris Christie a fat pig Please He is not a fat pig you shouldn't do very rude sir we're gonna have to throw you out if you do it again He is NOT a fat pig and you know what the press has said that son of a gun They couldn't even report this sir, because I was defending. Because you're not allowed to use the word fat You can use any word you get. You cannot call somebody fat! That's not allowed anymore. You know? You lose your job... ...You lose your life With our victory we'll- We are going to become and quickly the greatest strongest freest safest and most powerful nation The world has ever seen

17:13 And on day one I will close the border and I will stop the invasion of illegal criminals coming into our country. And despite all of the damage that she has done to this state and to our nation in the past four years, she's the worst... Oh! She is terrible. She is terrible." You know you should lose your nickname Buzzkill because you couldn't kill The Buzz I couldn't kill that buzz. But so he goes on about this fat pig thing and i just thought it was just genius He's also doing a lot of self-deprecating humor about you know, oh if I was in the bathing suit with his beautiful body Oh yeah no he has a whole bit about Biden sleeping on the beach Yeah exactly And he talks about the bathing suit and how is he you know with the paparazzi and all the rest...He goes on and on

CHAPTER 07 / 42 Discussion

Dennis Quaid, Christian Faith and Hollywood Politics

Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid appeared at the Trump Coachella event, signaling a public political alignment. Dennis Quaid's recent portrayal of Ronald Reagan and his outspoken Christian faith are noted as factors that may impact his future career in Hollywood.

dennis quaid· randy quaid· coachella· reagan movie· christianity· tucker carlson

18:09 The other one, which we don't have to play because the buzzing is even bothers me. He goes off on Schiff you know he said I'll just summarize it he goes and says you know you can't say...you can't really say bad things about people's appearance I'm never gonna do that. He says, I'm not gonna talk about shift You know he's got the smallest neck in the world and it goes on and on right away Yeah Well By the way, I noticed that Dennis Quaid was at the Coachella appearance with Randy Oh, I missed that but wasn't it? I thought though The Brothers had a huge break during Obama or no wouldn't know when Trump was running

18:48 against Hillary, if I recall is like you know didn't Dennis Quaid completely shun his brother? It's possible but right now ever since Dennis Quaid played Reagan... Right. But him and Randy were both there, along with a lot of other celebrities from Hollywood and elsewhere. It was pretty interesting event except for the buzzing! Dennis Quaid I saw him interviewed on... what was he interviewed on? Maybe it was Tucker. He's easily...he was radically saved in AA I think Yeah, he's a Christian so he's a real problem now. He'll never work again! He'll never work again? He will never work again... So speaking of that, Bill Maher I guess besides the black men, oh now we're worried about the Christians you know, excuse me, Christian nationalists, Bill Maher hired that guy on Tim Alberta

CHAPTER 08 / 42 Discussion

Tim Alberta, Bill Maher and the Christian Persecution Complex

Author Tim Alberta discusses the relationship between Evangelicals and Donald Trump on Bill Maher's program, arguing that Christians view Trump as a "mercenary" or "Cyrus" figure who protects them. Alberta claims the American church is manufacturing a persecution complex to justify political power in a shifting demographic landscape.

tim alberta· bill maher· evangelicals· cyrus· persecution· post-christian america

19:46 He's the guy that, I guess he... his dad was a pastor and then he left the church and has been writing books about how dangerous they all are. And it's all, ooh we can't have any of this And it was interesting because in the middle of this interview, there's just this big lie which was really... I mean does this guy have a different Bible than me? Evangelicals must see a bigger picture that we see in Donald Trump. What is that? Look, I think Bill... No you gotta go look. I think Bill. Look, I think... I'm gonna try that on you. Look, I think John let me just tell you. We see in Donald Trump what is that?

20:29 Look, I think Bill there is a persecution complex at work here that may seem silly and overblown to a lot of people from the outside looking in. Right? But for folks inside the church who believe that the country is slipping away from them That they no longer recognize the Christian America of their youth and they believe that Donald Trump is an imperfect vessel for God's perfect will. And they look at him, and say well the barbarians are at the gates maybe we need a barbarian to protect us? And I think in many ways there is almost a mercenary relationship here where Donald Trump's bad behavior almost reinforces their support

21:07 because they look at him and say, well no good Christian man is capable of protecting us in the way that he is. Right? And so it almost liberates him to behave badly and to say whatever he wants... Hold on a second! How was he behaving badly? Because he's calling Chris Christie a fat pig?! Yes that's very very unholy I don't know, he's just behaving badly. You hear stuff like this there was...I have a couple of clips coming up and it's the same thing where they just throw this stuff out there and it's like what are you referring to? What specifically is he doing? It's just one now it's just one of those generally accepted things well Trump has just you know the whole rundown racist, misogynist... I had friend in my call me talking about how

21:58 I don't know how they can support Trump because he's lying all the time. What are you talking about? Well, he said that Jamie Dimon is supporting him and Jamie Dimon came out and said he wasn't supporting him so this is somehow...and even though that could not be interestingly enough Jamie Dimon could be supporting him personally You know, he could have said something to Trump and Trump assumed he was a supporting guy Well if Trump is there's rumors that he wants them to be the Fed chair or Secretary of the Treasury So it's possible that, you know... These aren't the kind of lies that are important. If it's even a lie this is like the 30 000 lies that were documented during Trump being in office and half of them were Trump said 15 when the number was 16. Oh he's a liar! He said 15 when it's 16. You know?

22:52 this kind of these and they just accept it as a norm and to say that he's behaving badly what specifically I Have a couple clips coming up dead. It's the same thing they just throw this thing in they never Documented they never did you say it well so what would got my attention on? This is some persecution complex therefore the Christians are like, well we can just bring the devil in. That's no big deal! We can just bring in Satan to beat down Satan or some... The logic escapes me of what he is saying. Because they look at him and say well no good Christian man is capable of protecting us in a way that He is right? And so in a way it almost liberates him to behave badly and say whatever he wants and sort of creates this ongoing relationship where

23:42 whatever he says and does, his support remains steadfast. Or is Cyrus? I've heard that comparison. Can you explain that one to us, who is Cyrus in the Bible? Yeah, Cyrus is the Old Testament Persian king who allows the Jews to go back and rebuild the temple right and and the idea being he's not one of them but he protects them Trump, in his own way... Although certainly you do have a subset of these folks who believe that Trump actually is a Christian. That he had a born-again experience in the White House. That Mike Pence led him to Jesus in the White House.

24:32 Which would make the events of January 6th, I mean if someone had led me to Christ. I feel like I'd probably try to help them if they were you know in danger at the Capitol but set that aside But most folks I think are pretty clear-eyed about who Trump is They're not under any illusions about him being a you know Bible school Sunday School Bible reading guy it's just that They view him as someone who's capable of protecting them from a culture that has slipped away in a country that they don't recognize. This is very strange because if you look at the core issues in America that this guy and Bill Maher are just skirting, it's abortion. It's transgenderism and it's borders. That's really the only thing that people care about but this guy somehow... And the economy! Well yes, but you know Christians they all got money they're loaded not a problem Oh yeah

25:30 And by the way, this is only white Christians. Black Christians don't count I think it's important to distinguish real persecution from manufactured persecution So he's back to the persecution thing and this is what...this is the best part of this interview What's he talking about? Well that he believes that Christians Evangelicals, whatever Advertising that they feel persecuted and that is why they want Trump because Trump will set them free somehow That's his whole thing. You know we got Cyrus from Persia and he protected the Jews like what are you talking about? Right so you have Christians all around the world in China in India in Sub-Saharan Africa Yeah They're really persecuted

26:16 could never conceive of having political power, of cultural influence, of any sort of privileged status conferred upon them because their faith affiliation. And in some way that helps the Christian movement in these areas to thrive and be sort of organically strong and authentic. In Iraq? Are you kidding me?! We're all sitting around going hey! Most have been rousted they're gone! Not idiots! The American church is obviously a very different story in part privilege and status and power is all we've ever known. And so now when you see the demographics beginning to shift, slowly but they are shifting, and when you look at the prospect of what does a post-Christian America look like? What does it represent? I think too a lot of these folks here in the white evangelical movement certainly, the world that I came out of, they perceive it as a very real threat to them. And their desperate to sort of hold on to what they have but I think this story of Christianity to your point

27:14 is about real persecution and how your faith is strong enough in the face of whatever those challenges are to persevere. But we are at a stage now where we're sort of manufacturing these threats, in order to justify the ways in which we treat people who are not us." This is completely bizarre what this guy's saying and Bill Maher like oh yeah so that... I don't even understand what he meant by that last comment well all All that I think he's trying to say is, that we're in post-Christian America which...I mean we're certainly not in post faith America. If you take all the different faiths and Americans probably 75 80 percent believes in something including Islam

CHAPTER 09 / 42 Discussion

Christian Nationalism, Theocratic Takeover Claims and Spiritual War

The discussion critiques Tim Alberta's definition of Christian nationalism as a "marriage of bad history and bad theology." The hosts argue that critics are fear-mongering about a theocratic takeover while ignoring the spiritual warfare context and the secularist leanings of the current administration.

christian nationalism· establishment clause· atheism· declaration of independence· spiritual war

27:57 But this guy, he thinks that the American church feels persecuted. Whereas I think he's got it wrong what happened is the American Church woke up during COVID not all but a portion of it woke up during COVID and went hold on a second The government just shut us down. This is a much bigger issue, not about persecution this is the actual fundamentals of our country and that's in this final clip You know everyone has a different definition for Christian nationalism and that's part of the problem because we don't know exactly how to define it Just call them KKK! It's easier To me Christian nationalism is really just the marriage of bad history and bad theology Here we go And one as a prerequisite for the other

28:40 Once you've gone around to the school boards and the legislatures, once you have changed the curriculum. Once you have rewritten history literally rewritten history books to convince people that in fact this was born to be a Christian nation that in fact of and that they were fine with an eventual theocratic takeover of our governing institutions. Can you believe this? Wow! Dude, have you read the Declaration of Independence? Have you read the Constitution? Have you even looked at the people who signed it? They're looking forward to the theocratic takeover What trend line is he talking about I haven't seen zero evidence of this

29:37 And if anyone would be a Christian nationalist who described as such, it would be you not me. Yes completely! I don't see any evidence that you're a Christian nationalist... I am though of course I am! Of course what he's defining is a Christian nationalists but yes so it's the establishment clause that all comes down to this they are afraid for some reason And this goes back to that crazy guy about the IVF in Alabama. I'm going to preface before you say what they're afraid of, let's start with the premise that we're dealing with out and out atheists. Yes Bill Maher in particular and then this guy is an obvious atheist and they are promoting atheism which is... You can promote whatever you want! That's the point of free speech but lets not

30:29 Let's not make it more out of it than atheism, which is what we're dealing with here. And that's fine if you want to be an atheist—it's your business." Right but what he's trying to say is the danger here of the Christian nationalists is they believe that the government should only be run by Christians and that everyone needs to pray every morning... It's insanity! insanity. And taking the establishment clause of the First Amendment and saying, oh yeah you know they wanted to make sure that we can get in and they can run their run the whole thing like a church but it's exactly the opposite! This guy is accusing people of that which the atheists like him are guilty of themselves or finish it up. And that they were fine with

31:18 and then suddenly the way that you read scripture is very different and it becomes very easy for you to distort basic theology, the ways in which Jesus commands us to look forward to a kingdom that is not of this world. You begin to think actually that kingdom IS in this world...that it's here..it's now. What? How did he go from A to B?! I don't know! It was completely bizarre and fear-mongering over nothing

31:55 Other than Christians, they might might might maybe might we might get 10% more to vote this This election may be all it's about of course. This is just about scaring the dumb dummies out there Of course into believing this and that's going on and Trump somehow gonna be part of it And he has to be stopped yeah so we can put in a an atheist like Kamala Harris Yes Who's a dummy? Whereas I can tell you the only thing that Christian nationalists are really talking about is a spiritual war between this guy, evil and good. That's it! That's it! Anyway, just thought it was kind of interesting that... The fear is sad in a way. Anyway what you got?

CHAPTER 10 / 42 Discussion

Trump Economic Proposals, Car Loan Deductibility and Tariffs

Donald Trump details economic plans on Maria Bartiromo's show, including making car loan interest tax-deductible and eliminating taxes on tips and Social Security. Trump asserts that high tariffs will force car companies to move production from Mexico and China back to the United States.

maria bartiromo· car loans· tax deductible· tariffs· mexico· china

32:43 What do I have you had you said yeah, just make sure to throw it to me out of the blue? Well. I mean I can't with you said I have a series of clips right after this and so that's no I Said I had the Trump clips they got the shift clip. I got you know okay well Then I have some serious trump clips kind of serious well. I flip please play III will respond to these clips and then maybe I'll come up with something yes He was on Maria Bartiromo And you know Trump? Yeah. Oh I missed that! Not on her, but on her show. Heyo! You made some news in your Detroit speech with new proposals but i want to get your take on your economic policy first debt and deficits because you've said you want to eliminate taxes on tips eliminate taxes on social security on overtime pay ending the double taxation of Americans living abroad

33:33 a proposal to make car loans interest tax deductible. That was that was said, and you said that in Detroit you even introduced this 15 percent corporate tax rate for companies who produce in America and hire American workers. So so far I'm like yeah let's do all that! Let's go-I didn't know about the car loan is there? Yes that's new they just that came I think maybe been introduced at Coachella And he does make a point at Coachella, another thing he says which is that I don't under...which is something I've been saying. promise tax increases and hope to get support. No, you can't! Which is what Camelot's doing I'm gonna raise everybody's taxes, I'm gonna rich... You know gouge the rich and gouge everyone you know vote for me it doesn't make sense. I think the idea of making your car loan tax deductible is genius It was always deductible until 1986

34:34 Oh, who changed that? Reagan. Why did he change that we were out of money I have no idea was to during some period where there was seemed like a good idea at the time and no one ever reversed it hmm well I didn't know that but now that you know some people are paying nine and ten percent You look at the car commercials. The lease is amazing, this will only cost you $499 a month and then you freeze the frame and you look at the bottom with an eight thousand dollar down payment! Okay that seems like a good deal. By the way this is the reason if you want to get a 4K TV what you just said oh yeah so you can see that stuff So you can read the fine print I don't wanna go off topic but I just wanna say have you seen those ads where they say

35:21 Oh, this is for you know you get a special phone they give you a free phone and it tells You what? You're saying so you can hear Johnny the baseball player. Yeah Medicare scam that if you read the fine print The whole thing they route to call through India and some guy listens in on the call and types in what he says It says very clearly. So it's not actually technology, it's just a phone? No there is no technology involved! It's a $5 phone or three dollar phone because it's just a phone with big buttons And then... Well, it's also got a screen that you can read from the screen. Oh okay wow! So there is no AI huh? No it's just some guy. Some guy... Okay let me type this out Does it say that? Some guy in India will be typing this? It might as well say some guy. Some guy. Some guy on India is typing this out for ya granny

36:15 But how will you pay for it? The Committee for a Responsible Budget says your plans will increase the debt by $7.5 trillion dollars. But they don't know that Wall Street Journal said that your plans will increase the debt and deficits more than Kamala Harris's If I do this, you're going to have car companies coming back to the country because of the taxes and the tariffs. The tariffs will protect them when they come in so they will protect from other companies coming in because if the other companies don't come in, they're gonna have to pay massive tariffs and that's it." So I was told here is what was happening China was building massive car plants big car plants in Mexico That's a new one

36:55 And I just spoke to the man that does it. He's a friend of mine, and they said how is it going with Mexico? What's happening with the car plants he said sir they've totally stopped. They said why did they stop because they think you're gonna be elected as a friend of mine John whenever I call you I want you to say sir okay Because I think that's very reasonable. It is very reasonable if i ask you a question as a friend Yes sir! All right so how are you gonna pay for it? So, I'm just trying to understand how you're going to pay for all of this no tax on stuff and you said that there's a lot of fat in government that you're gonna save money No growth...I gave you an answer growth we're gonna grow at a level that you've never seen before

CHAPTER 11 / 42 Discussion

Elon Musk, Secretary of Cost Cutting and Titanium Screws

Donald Trump suggests Elon Musk could serve as a "Secretary of Cost Cutting" to streamline government spending without affecting essential services. The segment includes an aside about Musk's technical obsession with developing new titanium screws for his rockets.

elon musk· cost cutting· titanium screws· government efficiency· cabinet

37:31 And we're going to have tremendous jobs and we're going to have companies coming in left and right, and they get a building factories. They're gonna take over empty hulks that are all over the place from companies that left." But you've also said that there's a lot of fat in government that you would want to slip down. So what agencies would you want to shut down? Well let me have you ask another person that because I'm gonna have Elon Musk he is dying to do this. You know he's a great business guy actually, I used to think of him for science and rockets and every time I'm thinking tell me about it new screws was developed these what up the new screw screws are difficult and wait a minute John have you heard about the new screw? No

38:11 I have not heard about the new screw that he's developed. It may be a loose screw, but there is a new screw apparently and it is amazing this screw! It's the most beautiful screw. It screws like no one else can screw you. Time to think what he was telling me about his new screws developed. He has developed a new screw. Screws are difficult and its made out of titanium. By the way, screws are difficult just so you know. It's a new screw. It is an easy screw, listen Elon's and easy screw. A new screws are difficult and it's made out of titanium And it's so exciting but you know what? He's a great business guy and he's a great cost cutter You've seen that and I could cut costs without affecting anybody So he will be in the cabinet

CHAPTER 14 / 42 Discussion

DOJ Lawsuits, Virginia and Alabama Voter Roll Purges

The Justice Department is suing Virginia and Alabama over programs intended to remove non-citizens from voter rolls shortly before the election. Governor Glenn Youngkin defends the program as a legal effort to ensure election integrity, while the DOJ cites federal laws prohibiting purges within 90 days of an election.

department of justice· virginia· alabama· glenn youngkin· voter rolls· citizenship

49:31 Yeah, Elon can come in and do it today. He's going to stop the war in Ukraine today! Yeah vote for me." This is what I mean. Everyone has gone crazy and then we'll see Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan is going to determine the winner of this election Everyone knows it. That seems unlikely I think most people are already pretty much made up their minds of what they're gonna do as far as i can tell Well except for the black men, the big beautiful black men They've now finally come out if they actually go and vote that'll make a difference This is what Moe has been saying for as long as I've known him Yeah? Yes with one of his basic thesis Let's listen to this little NPR report on voter fraud by government

50:23 Okay. The Justice Department is suing the state of Virginia over a program to remove voters from its election polls in the lead up to this November's elections if DMV records don't indicate U.S. citizenship Federal law prohibits purges from voter rolls within the 98 period leading up to an election. The system put in place by executive order by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has already faced lawsuits from immigration rights groups. Youngkin calls the suit politically motivated, the DOJ recently filed suit against Alabama over similar voter roll purges.

CHAPTER 15 / 42 Discussion

Personal Anecdotes, Dreaming About Work and Trailmobile

The hosts share personal stories about dreaming of their work, leading to an anecdote about a former job at Trailmobile inspecting cargo containers for ships. They discuss the superstition that dreaming about a job is a sign it is time to quit.

dreams· trailmobile· cargo containers· shipping· podcasting

51:00 I got a note from one of our producers, he says his sister and his mom live in California. And neither of them got their ballot in the mail and that's the first time it has ever happened. Obviously my reply to him was yes everybody is cheating this time around hello! Oh I did it hello! I know. You did it, yes you did! I can't help everyone's cheating! It used to be so good at stopping yourself... I'm slipping and you've lost it. I've lost my...I can't do it. I keep saying the W word from time to time as well. Yeah? Because it's so prevalent everywhere

51:52 They overdid it. I had a dream about that you had a dream about the W word? Yeah, what happened yeah We were having this competition the two of us And I had I had stopped saying it and you couldn't stop saying it It was like there's a strange dream somebody once remember I was working on the ascent As an inspector for trail mobile in some way a minute wait a minute Trail Mobile Yeah, Trailmobile. This is a new story I don't know anything about... No, I think it's been brought up before What is Trailmobile? Trailmobile used to make trailers and cargo containers for Matson and you know that was like I worked on the cargo container line For trains or for trucks

52:33 For ships Oh ships, okay. You know those containers that aren't put on the back of a truck and right Yeah It is the early days of it this when it first began when containerized shipping first began They had a whole line there making these things and this guy says to me He's you know he says hey, you know I started dreaming about the job He says I now got to quit said why he says yeah When you start dreaming about a job you gotta quit just some rule This is a bad omen You have four more years. I didn't feel good about it. You have four more years, you can't quit now! There's no quitting in podcasting... Can't do that. There is no quitting in baseball there's no crying in baseball? I can confidently say I don't think I've ever had a dream that you were in Well good Yeah yeah but now that you're getting lost in one of your dreams But somehow you suck me into yours

CHAPTER 16 / 42 Discussion

Chicago Freight Train Looting, TV Theft and Police Response

A large group of people looted a freight train parked on a viaduct in Chicago, stealing numerous televisions while police observed from a distance. Reports indicate a significant delay in response from Union Pacific officers, allowing looters ample time to clear out the containers.

chicago· freight train· looting· cpd· union pacific· cargo theft

53:25 Yeah, well it was just to humiliate you I think because he kept saying that word the W word. Okay okay yes and your old men will have dreams Speaking of containers we're going to Chicago One by one people made their way up the tracks to raid this freight train parked at an overpass off Cicero and Lake In all my years living on the west side i've never seen a actual freight train parked over a viaduct where people are actually going into it. Yet CBS Skywatch captured just that Friday, watches folks grab boxes of TVs from the train cars and easily load them on top of vehicles waiting People were just kind of standing there in disbelief and awe like oh wow I can't believe this happened. Princess Shaw watched all of this unfold from her car she snapped these images and immediately called 911 Gave 9-1-1 a call i'm talking to dispatch and they're like uh yeah

54:16 You're not the only call that's been made. We've had several calls waiting for a car to get dispatched here. Police sources say CPD had to wait over an hour for Union Pacific officers to respond and secure the tracks, leaving ample time for more people to loot the train cars. And they were just opening it up like it was Christmas. Take a look at this video, which shows the thieves holstering a TV from the tracks directly in front of Chicago police cruiser despite lights and sirens on these guys kept on with their legal mission It's not clear if officers were in the vehicle at that time but radio dispatch reveals cops were not arresting when first on scene Hey squad, we just drove by uh, Tunze and Lockwood. There's like a big group of people that are still losing the train um...

55:01 But you said not chasing me with drugs? They've already shown that they're not equipped or ready for what they did today. So if copycats come, they're not ready. If it took them an hour... We captured more people a few blocks away scaling the walls trying to get to other trailers even after officers arrived. Nothing but empty boxes nothing but just scattered everything everywhere The empty TV boxes littered Cicero Avenue leaving many to wonder how they were able to pull this off so easily How do they know where the TVs were? It's not like the freight trains are labeled. So it just leaves you to there's a lot of questions here that are left unanswered This is an odd throwback to the days of Jesse James and the great trade robberies Wait a minute, wasn't there a similar story we had on this show about seven years ago In California it was happening I think during COVID

55:54 No, I thought it was in Chicago before COVID. And I thought it was Chicago. I thought it was California But they were just looting you know some park parked vehicles not vehicles but the trucks trucks Oh truck cargo containers. Yeah Vaguely a very strange story well when you see the video It's even crazier and there must be a hundred people and the cops are just sitting there like whatever is yeah This is train robbery. Can't have this. That's just strange. It's Kamala's fault! Just blame it on Kamala. Not Biden. That's what everybody seems to do, blame it on Kamala

CHAPTER 17 / 42 Discussion

Jesse Watters, Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Deconstruction

Jesse Watters deconstructs Kamala Harris's 60 Minutes interview, specifically her claims regarding a day-one immigration bill. The segment argues the proposed legislation was actually an amnesty bill that failed to gain traction even with a Democrat-controlled Congress.

jesse watters· 60 minutes· kamala harris· immigration bill· amnesty· nancy pelosi

56:40 Alright, I'm leaving a gap open for you. I got some stuff... let's start... what I need to do is pull Jesse Waters out of the bin Out of the bin? Okay as long as it says he's coming out of the bin then it's okay with me. He did something on this show where he talked about Camilla's appearance on 60 minutes and he has I thought they brought some factoids out here this is the 60 minutes deconstruction that was on Jesse Waters and it starts off by playing a clip of her being grilled about something, then her comment. They did a follow-up his producers did a follow up that nobody else has done. And if you think she was unprepared for The View

57:28 Watch her on 60 Minutes. The first bill we proposed to Congress was to fix our broken immigration system, knowing that if you want to actually fix it, we need Congress to act. It was not taken up. Arrivals quadrupled from the last year of President Trump. Was it a mistake? To loosen the immigration policies as much as you did... It's a long-standing problem And solutions are at hand and from day one, literally we have been offering solutions. What I was asking was, was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place?

58:14 The policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem, not promoting a problem. Okay? But the numbers did quadruple. She can't even answer the question because she never tried to fix the border until it was an election year. She claims she sent an immigration bill to Congress on day one and it wasn't taken up Well, primetime producers investigated because from all we remembered out of the gate Biden signed seven executive orders shredding Trump's border policies. We didn't recall a Biden Harris immigration bill on inauguration day because Biden Harris didn't propose a bill fixing the immigration system. We discovered they submitted an amnesty bill that would give citizenship to all of the illegals in the country

59:04 And part of that bill, you can't call them illegals. You have to call them undocumented newcomers Nancy and Chuck controlled the House in the Senate back then No wonder they didn't take it up It was political suicide Yeah Waters has been doing a lot of interesting things In the past couple months which is I kind of miss the humor He used to be a little more goofy. Yeah, that's true! I agree. He was trying to do good work. Well it's not him anyway... This is all behind the producers and executive producers. These guys really run the show and he just happens to be the front man Now I got two more clips from him And this is when he had Kevin McCarthy on the show and this really kind of... Kevin McCarthy has 2 clip here and one of them is... He's kinda Two-Faced

CHAPTER 18 / 42 Discussion

Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz and Nancy Mace Staffing Issues

Kevin McCarthy discusses his ousting as Speaker, blaming Matt Gaetz and alleging personal grievances fueled the move. McCarthy also compares Kamala Harris's high staff turnover rate to that of Representative Nancy Mace, suggesting both are difficult to work for.

kevin mccarthy· matt gaetz· nancy mace· kamala harris· speaker of the house· staffing

59:53 Kevin McCarthy has been on stumping around and I'm by the fact that he The first time I heard him do, he was on a podcast. I didn't record it but after I heard this when he on Waters, I kind of kicked myself because I have to tell you what he said on the podcast. He went on about how we got kicked out of his speakership and he blamed the whole thing on Matt Gaetz. Oh that's right! I heard that and then even was talking about Matt Gaetz is underage hookers or whatever Yeah. It was a dynamite podcast! It was a great podcast, the guy's going on and on in the end he's just getting it out of him McCarthy said he sent it that expresses the following says what happened was Matt Gaetz was in trouble did some dude one of the committees was investigating him because all these underage girls right and Gates comes up to him and says hey Kevin you're their speaker of the house can you help me out

1:00:51 And instead of McCarthy shining him on Instead of a say yeah sure. Oh, yeah He didn't do that he says no I can't help you out I can't do anything and so it pissed off gates and so Gates got together with With with mace the female Nancy Mase I guess is her name Yes, and they've got they kicked it managed to kick him out because there's some rule And he says it's all because of this, who is not helping him on this investigation. And then the podcaster says to him well you so you speak to them anymore or your friends anymore? Because I know everyone gets together after stuff like this happens and then McCarthy says no! I'm not talking to a pedophile! Whoa that's slanderous libelous

1:01:44 But not if it's even less necessarily this is true. You can say the truth yeah, so here he is on Jesse what waters and the first clip is him talking about Kamala never showing up to meetings when he was in Congress He says they have a they'd have a meeting camera show up when she felt like and I thought this was kind of revealing but then there's the second clip they were He comes back again with his complaining. This was what we were going to play the first one though, yeah? Play the first clip and then I'll do the second clip this was remarkable you would see respect when someone would hold the meeting up for no Joe Biden never waited for he'd start the meeting even she wasn't so then she'd show up and you wonder does she know what's going on only now and then she would interject but it was kind of like the person interjecting and you were 30 minutes late on that question We already handled that section

1:02:35 So she was late to these meetings. She wasn't prepared? Wasn't prepared, was that her fault because she said she had staff problems I mean isn't it your responsibility to prepare yourself at a certain point You know what your meetings are you know where you're gonna go the next day She's got all the staff in the world that she needs but no one will stay with 92% have left This backs up your theory that she doesn't want to be president because she's lazy Yes, she doesn't like it. She just assumed not get the win. She'd just benefit and then get out So here he goes back into this that she can't keep her staff And I'll listen carefully to what he says as a kind of a little aside That is chicken shit

1:03:25 But it's part of this overall, I'm still irked about the fact that it got kicked out of the speakership. She has all the staff in the world that she needs but no one will stay with her 92% have left everybody knows whether you're Republican or Democrat and happens on both sides Nancy Mace on the Republican side nobody will work for and there is a reason why Nobody will work for Kamala Harris who is the Vice President of United States Hmm. Why will no one answer me? He says brings it right out because she's one of the ones that had that got him ousted He says Nancy Mace is a good example on the Republican side nobody'll work for her That's odd Wow, well maybe it's true I don't know hmm Nancy Mace you know have you seen her before she seemed yeah reasonable. I don't know

CHAPTER 19 / 42 Discussion

Weather Modification, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Historical Precedents

The media's reaction to Marjorie Taylor Greene's claims about weather control is contrasted with historical statements from Lyndon Johnson and former Defense Secretary William Cohen. The hosts argue that the government has long acknowledged capabilities in weather modification and "eco-terrorism" technologies.

marjorie taylor greene· weather control· lyndon johnson· william cohen· pbs· hurricane milton

1:04:14 But there's definitely McCarthy is out for blood, but he does it so sully cuz got a smile on his face And it just everything's matter of fact Yeah What's he doing? What is he doing? Is she still do some I think he's trying to get a job in the Trump administration Hmm. He's all he does is stompin for trial. Yeah. Yeah. Hmm What's this Band C stuff? My ham funny bone got tickled when I saw this weather and Band C. Yeah, play Band C Weather & Info PBS. ...clued Marjorie Taylor Greene the Republican from Georgia who claimed the federal government can control the weather... You know Charlie Wurzel of The Atlantic has a great piece where he says- No stop the clip! Now this is about... Helene. Milton

1:05:06 It's about the weather, Nancy this is PBS. You played on the last show I was gonna send you a note about these clips and say can you bring up some of those clips at least the key clip? that you played because what you did, we talked about this in the last show. This is all new but we talked about it on the last show about controlling the weather and you played a series of clips... You might be able to dig one or two of the important ones up where it's our government who has made the claim that they can control the weather and you had some clips from I think the Johnson administration or wherever they were from yes that just kind of pounded this point home but yet we listen to this PBS report where this guy, Jeff. Would you like to hear the the Johnson clip? Yeah let's play... This is from Lyndon Johnson back in the day. What lays a predicate on the foundation for the development of a weather satellite

1:06:02 that will permit man to determine the world's child-bearer. And ultimately to control the weather, and he who controls the weather will control the world. The other clip I had was an overview of all the experiments that government has done and that was from France 24 it's a minute-and-a-half if you want to hear it You don't have to that's fine We know well let you maybe you can decide after we play these clips so I want to play these clips these two clips about the weather and I forgot why I call them bands. Yeah, I think there's some other...I forgot that otherwise it would have sent you this note but they have gone nuts about this and because of Marjorie Taylor Greene just offhandedly saying hey yeah this is going on which you proved in the last show but oh no no this is total denial now! This is bold she's nuts! Marjorie Taylor Greene the Republican from Georgia who claimed the federal government can control the weather

1:07:06 You know, Charlie Wurzel of The Atlantic has a great piece where he says this isn't just a misinformation crisis. It's something darker it's a cultural assault on institutions and individuals that operate in reality how do you see this moment that we're living? Well one let's just call it what it is I'll call it what it is not just misinformation and hold on a second stop BNC is Brooks and Capehart These are the two. That's funny, I look at your clip list and it says Band C It says capital B A N D and then capital c and there is no space. Part of my codes Well your code is...I'm like C band? I wonder what's going on with C band this could be some cool like ham clip No! No its Brooks and K Park I got punished

1:07:53 Brooks and yes for reading into things the Brooks and Capehart I have a bunch of their clips up play these and then it gets couple more yeah they go off the deep end and this is like you know all this isn't lies but if you know like I said you already showed us that this is all coming from you know the Democrats that were living Well, one let's just call it what it is. I will call it what it is not just misinformation and disinformation lies that are putting people's lives at risk that is tearing apart communities people who are in danger, who are at the most stressful point in their lives trying to outrun a hurricane. And being told that your government is not where you pay taxes, your government's not coming to help you, your government is giving money away to other people all lies and what makes this even more reprehensible? Is that Republicans who know better

1:08:52 Enforce an en masse to say this is not right, this is wrong. President Trump please stop doing what you're doing I give the governors of Georgia and Florida and Florida, the Republican governors of Georgia in Florida credit for saying that by administration has been very helpful pushing back against the misinformation, but I want Republicans to be more direct in saying who's feeding the disinformation and the lies? And hold that person accountable. Hold on a second... The governors of Georgia and Florida, DeSantis and the other guy Kemp

1:09:33 They weren't pushing back on disinformation. They said they were just cooperating with Biden! When were they pushing back on disinformation? I give them credit for pushing back on disinformation What's he talking about?! I don't know, but i need to add one other thing to the weather modification that they are capable of doing And we've discussed this as far back as episode, I think 200 even maybe even earlier than that. This was the testimony in 1997 by Secretary of Defense William Cohen and it's on the defense department's website

1:10:16 And I'm just going to, so the question was let me ask you specifically about last week's scare here in Washington. What we might have learned from how prepared we are to deal with B'nai Brith is some terrorist threat and then he says there's a whole bunch of stuff, it's a bunch of precursor... The same thing is true about this, so this is the Secretary of Defense in 1997 The same thing is true about just the false scare of threat using some kinds of chemical weapon or a biological one. There are some reports, for example that some countries have been trying to construct something like an Ebola virus and that would be a very dangerous phenomenon to say the least. Avalon Toffler has written about this in terms of some scientists

1:10:53 Alvin Toffler has written about this in terms of some scientists in their laboratories trying to devise certain types of pathogens that would be specific so they could just eliminate certain ethnic groups and races. Sound familiar? And others are designing sorts of engineering, some sort of insects that can destroy specific crops Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes and volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So, come on. I mean it's very valid to say they have this capability They've certainly...they have certainly talked about it Yeah so Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't nuts Well she just does her research She's a little out there, she's a little kooky Okay well she is nuts or not But besides the point you can't condemn her for this comment because we haven't backed up

1:11:49 And it's been backed up by our own government. I mean, are you kidding me? This K-Part guy is full of it and then he condemns everybody and calls lies lies lies! Let's play part two Is there any way back from this, when we have this ecosystem that exists where people actually believe that the federal government can control the weather. Something as nonsensical as that seriously I mean it's an indictment of our time. Each party has to police their own side and Republicans have failed at that big time since 2015. I think a larger question for me is The rise with Donald Trump shows its advantage to have no conscience No what? What did he say in the end? It's an advantage to have no conscience

CHAPTER 20 / 42 Discussion

Lawrence O'Donnell, Trump Bad Genes and Hitler Comparisons

Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC compares Donald Trump's comments about "bad genes" in the country to the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler. The hosts mock the extreme nature of the comparison and the media's insistence on framing Trump's immigration stance as "Hitlerian."

lawrence o'donnell· msnbc· donald trump· adolf hitler· bad genes· immigration

1:12:29 What I'm so Donald Trump is just a what he's suggesting is his sociopath boob. Yes No, that's no conscience is like a psychopath well as what he suggests basically what he said? I'm glad I brought that transcript back because I Had either for long since forgotten that they were talking about pathogens that could target specific DNA Hello, I did it again Again, I'm gonna keep doing it now I don't know what you can do about it. You're stuck with this is the news, this is your earmark. That's right. It's not that Adam Curry, the hello guy is going to have stickers and posters gonna have that made. So while we're on the topic of Donald Trump being a horrible man with no conscience, Lawrence O'Donnell could not resist and brought back an old classic Where Is The Humanity?

1:13:26 Where is the humanity Donald Trump seems to have none? He has no humanity Not a shred of humanity you have none not a Shred of Humanity Donald Trump said today that he believes that immigrants to this country are genetically inferior human beings Exactly what Adolf Hitler says well, he's gonna. Oh Lawrence Lawrence brought receipts man. He didn't say that exactly eclipse No, no. Wait for it! It's coming. It's coming. But I just have to stop and he's bringing back the Hitler meme

1:14:03 And he's... So Trump did not say this, Trump said something else. Wait a minute! He just said it? Nooo! Is this guy a liar?! Yeah! He believes that immigrants to this country are genetically inferior human beings That is exactly what Adolf Hitler- Immigrants by the way All immigrants, immigrants everywhere Legal immigrants Illegal immigrants Newcomers, all immigrants Just immigrants Tony with the deli on the corner, he's an immigrant. Genetically inferior. He misses a big opportunity here to say that his father also comes from immigrants

1:14:50 And he's German so maybe there's some Adolf blood in him. He missed that, Lawrence! You know what? Now that you brought this call back up I'm surprised the drumpf thing hasn't showed up again Coming...I'm sure it's coming Let's continue Two of the mothers of Donald Trump's children are immigrants. Yeah, but they're hot! Okay? So... Hot immigrants is not the same look at their genes Look at the genes they look fine! He said today quote we've got a lot of bad genes in our country right now There it is that's what the whole deduction The whole deconstruction is from that quote We've got a lot of bad genes

1:15:31 Hey, he could have meant Levi's. That's what I was thinking. He's talking about Levi's. They don't support him. What was the...what was the jeans? They're baggy! What were they? We got hey man the inner city got some bad jeans going on. What was the famous one with the V on the back? Was it Vanderbilt Vanderbilt and also wasn't there Sergio Valente or something was a bunch of these jeans And again, that is almost word for word what Adolf Hitler was saying in the 1930s before he started World War two and Before you started for one thing I didn't speak English. So how could it be word-for-word and before he started and organized

1:16:14 extermination pro- Jordache that's it thank you, Jordache of the Jewish people in which Adolf Hitler's ambition was to execute every living Jewish person he could find anywhere in Europe because among other things he believed the bad genes theory that Donald Trump believes and spews in his poisonous madness and relentless stupidity. Poisonous, madness, relentless! Oh no! Madness and relentless stupidity at 78 years old. No he's only- We don't know how much longer the world will have to endure Donald Trump's Hitlerian ranting. Hitlerian? What we should expect

1:16:58 But for every year Donald Trump has left, he is going to get worse. It's only gonna get worse! It's only downhill from here. Lawrence told you so. Wow. Oh God this guy is disgusting. No, he's great! He's great! I'm gonna go back to Brooks and Kape. Oh yes, sorry. And I want to play...this is a Brooks and Kape one and this has got a little gotcha in here And I want, this is again we have our guy the black host who just drops a little bomb in here never explains it. This is very common on this PBS News Hour has deterred has deteriorated to such an extreme. It's an embarrassment of journalism

CHAPTER 21 / 42 Discussion

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, Harris Vibe Shift

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart analyze Kamala Harris's campaign momentum on PBS NewsHour, discussing whether her "vibe" has stalled. Brooks identifies her refusal to break with Joe Biden's policies on The View as a significant tactical error.

david brooks· jonathan capehart· pbs newshour· kamala harris· josh shapiro· the view

1:17:45 Former President Barack Obama hits the campaign trail for Kamala Harris as the race for the White House enters its final weeks and Donald Trump unleashes a torrent of false statements and Distortions about the federal response to hurricanes Milton. Oh, no lean let's turn now to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart That's New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart associate editor for The Washington Post This is where in my house This is where we switch the channel. Wait, wait! We're switching the channel I'm just saying... Where's the torrent of falsehoods and what specifically is he talking about? He never says it's a torrent It's a tidal wave. It's a tsunami of lies And Jonathan Capehart associate editor for The Washington Post great to see you both

1:18:29 So the polls show a race that is as tight as ever, 25 days out from election day. And Democrats are doing what Democrats do best. They are worrying they are fretting that Kamala Harris's early momentum might have stalled I want to start with your assessments of the race David you first has there been a vibe shift? Oh, a vibe shift. Oh! Well I'm still waiting for the torrent of lies what were they? I'm already past it. I'm past it already you know this bad genes... You get passed stuff faster than I do Bad genes well your PBS guy from old school you know used to love PBS probably depended on them and thought they were hey

1:19:09 Believe me, Uncle Don and Aunt Meg every night they would watch the PBS News Hour. They did not watch NBC ABC CBS The Spooks of this World they watched PBS News Hour That's a little inside info into the world of spookage Yeah well that doesn't surprise me And they used to all read Newsweek I don't think they read Newsweek anymore No Newsweek is done it's now owned by Salesforce guy. For Christmas I get a Newsweek subscription from Don and Meg. There's coded messages in there obviously! Yeah, and it did not work because i was more interested in Boys Life. I don't know why? What? Boys Life the magazine Boys Life

1:19:56 You never, you don't know about boy's life? Isn't that a Boy Scout journal? Yeah. I was way into Boy Scouts and camping and... Were you in the Boy Scouts? I was a Sea Scout in Holland actually Oh! A Sea Scout?! Mm-hmm. They used to have that in the United States. I do not remember what happened with the Sea Scouts. Yeah, you could, did knots lots of knots. You learned how to sail. Learned how to sail. I can sail. I can do lots of knots Yes. Knots! You can do a lot of knots, I'm learning more and more today. Yeah what-I can do a slip knot in one second there's that special technique... That's great. Okay so where were we on these three clips? We're at number two

1:20:41 Okay, go. Has there been a vibe shift? Yeah I mean that her momentum has stalled She was going up Then she seemed to plateau and I would say if you look at the polling movement in the last week Trump is doing slightly better And I should emphasize slightly and so he's doing a lot better in the Sun Belt swing states in the industrial Midwest He's doing slightly better but again very slight so very and so You'd have to think when I look at the results right now, where we are and of course it could all change. I do think the decision not to pick Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania we could look back on that as a major mistake. And second, I think she made a mistake this week by not breaking with Joe Biden on a bunch of major issues. She was asked twice on two different shows is anything really different? And she basically said no and this is a country where what 28% think the country's on the wrong track Joe Biden has like 41% approval It seems to me elementary act of politics. I'm my own person This is how I would change

1:21:38 Yeah, I think we both said that's where she lost the election right there on that on the view by going well you said it first and I will give you credit. You said it immediately that this is the election It's bright there on the view but do you see what I do? I bring you into it and I say we know you did with that was very good I thought that was nice of you guys But but I will write back Indian gear, but I'll push it the other way wouldn't so you'd nailed it right away Indian giver I guess I mean I have I thought about it, but I didn't make a determining at the level that you did. So you just have to take credit for that." And I think you're right! I think you're dead right. That's the stupidest thing she could say and she was given this second opportunity and did the same thing... She just couldn't do it. What was the second opportunity?

1:22:26 Oh, she was asked the same question by Colbert. Ah yes! And she did it but she didn't have this goofy look on her face did she? Yeah that's the look she has...that's her look. She got a goofy look. Yeah, no she dropped the ball twice just what Brooks said. Now K-Part of course this is the last of these clips. Thank God! He's Joe you know he's a yes...he is the oh you know Kamala's the greatest thing since sliced bread and you know black males should all vote for her and everything you said is wrong because it if it's disparaging about Kamala she's the greatest and so he defends her

1:23:08 Jonathan, how do you see it? The race today is the race as it was when she became the top of the ticket. As it was that night at the dreadful debate in June 27th and as it was in the months before that. It's close It's always going to be close. It was always going to be close and the fact that Democrats are panicking, I'm not shocked by it. I'm annoyed by it because you can do all the panicking you want but it's gonna come true if folks don't get out and vote. And I don't know if I agree with there has been a vibe shift in she is plateaued- Vibe shift? In all this other stuff. I think that what's happening is reality is setting

1:23:50 It's gonna be close. And this idea that she made a mistake in not picking Governor Shapiro, I just have to disagree with that strenuously. Strenuously! She picked Governor Walz? I think Governor Walz is a terrific candidate and i think what she needs to be doing In this campaign Is continuing to go out there and do what she has done all week this week Going out and talking to people on the various shows and podcasts and everything. And telling is showing them who she is, and what she's for. What I found interesting is of all the interviews that Howard Stern interview was terrific but I also thought her interview with Stephen Colbert was very good in it. I was thinking of your column David In watching her in this interview with a comedian you actually got to see

1:24:41 the real Kamala Harris, personality-wise but also what she stands for. What she believes in a manner that is more comfortable than when she's sitting before 60 Minutes Yeah this so now they're in a circular jerkathon oops sorry about that because if you ask anybody well what do you think of the Kamala interview Do they say, oh you mean 60 minutes? No. Do they say, Oh! You mean on Colbert's show who has I think a hundred like 1.2 million viewers? No. Do you know what they all say? Oh, you mean on Call Her Daddy? These guys have no idea how over they are. They are yeah that's what that's all people are talking about is the cold call her dead and they probably didn't even view it

CHAPTER 22 / 42 Discussion

Greg Gutfeld, Porn Industry Support for Harris

Greg Gutfeld mocks the porn industry's $100,000 ad campaign in support of Kamala Harris, which claims Donald Trump would outlaw adult content under Project 2025. The hosts dismiss the campaign as a desperate attempt to use the Heritage Foundation's policy papers as a scare tactic.

greg gutfeld· porn industry· project 2025· kamala harris· heritage foundation

1:25:31 They just think, oh call her daddy. Oh you must be talking about her specialty. Well if we're going to bring that up I do have one screwball clip this is a from the Gutfeld show and this is the John's evening while viewing We go from PBS News Hour There's no NTD! I don't know what happened And then we got to Gutfeld yes and then you go to bed This is Gutfeld telling a joke that I thought was funny and this is about the porn for Harris people. The porn, you know the porn's not...the porn people are for Harris and Gutfeld mocks it in a, what i thought, amusing way. The porn industry has launched a $100 000 ad campaign in support of Kamala Harris makes sense they're both known for sucking

1:26:23 Yeah, so I saw that. I'm sorry. No it's okay! I saw the campaign and it's very tired because It's all about Project 2025 like if Donald Trump is elected project 2025 will outlaw porn Oh yeah, see? I was unaware of the actual campaign. I didn't even clip it, it was so dumb Like, I saw it last week and went okay fine. So the def... oh so ah! That's what it is about It's a protection mode ad because they think this Project 2025 thing And somebody pointed out that the Heritage Foundation has been doing this stuff since the 80s or 90s? That's what they do Yeah and all of a sudden its been turned into a campaign point of information I saw Claiborne on

1:27:19 CNN. Clybourne. Yeah, he's the kingmaker! He's the kingmaker of you know... You get Clybourne and he made Joe the candidate. I mean Clybourne has a lot of power. He comes on whatever Dana... What's her face? Horseface on CNN Dana Bash, I guess. She was sorry, Dana Donna Donna Donna and and no it's not Don yeah Donna Donna Dana Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna and she says well are you worried he says? I am worried

1:27:57 And, but people need to know that if you elect Donald Trump it's going to be Jim Crow 2.0 with Project 2025! Like holy crap that's all they have That's all- They have nothing They have nothing left Nothing They have nothing to say and of course it's not a close race because America doesn't elect presidents like Kamala Harris It just is not gonna happen Not because she's a woman Not because she's black It's just she doesn't have the profile. Doesn't have the profile! Trump is a little old to have the profile, but you know? You get shot in the ear and do fight-fight-fight... That's the profile of America And then if you want talk some gaffes let's just run through a quick couple of camel of gaffes This is the first one

CHAPTER 23 / 42 Discussion

Kamala Harris, Dick Cheney Endorsement and Medical Records

Kamala Harris highlights the endorsement of Dick Cheney and releases her medical records to pressure Donald Trump into doing the same. The media narrative shifts toward questioning Trump's age and mental transparency following Harris's "excellent health" report.

kamala harris· dick cheney· medical records· donald trump· transparency· dementia

1:28:44 And I also want to thank your father, Vice President Dick Cheney for his support. Okay! And what he has done to serve our country every endorsement matters and this endorsement matters a great deal Liz and it carries the special significance What he has done for our country responsible for the death of American service men and women in a needless war for oil and nonsense. That's who you're thanking? Madam Vice President?" And then this was kind of funny, this was... Oh wait no wait no before I get to the funny This is the latest- Okay we've got him now!

1:29:30 Now we've got him. I've got a plan, we had a meeting... Alright time to do this Madam Vice President. Vice president Kamala Harris is in excellent health that's according to letter by her White House doctor She possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency Which looking at Joe Biden isn't much Despite no law compelling candidates to do so, Harris took aim at former President Donald Trump for not providing his own health history. I released my medical records as has every candidate for president of the United States except Donald Trump in this election cycle and it's just a further example of his lack of transparency

1:30:17 There is very little known about Trump's health. This includes after an attempted assassination in July, in which a bullet grazed his ear His team has insisted the 78-year old is fit for the job without providing further medical information You get the idea so oh I know what we're gonna do And you can hear all, you can just see the memos. It's time to attack Trump on his age he is demented and Trump of course... The demented part kills me yeah. ...and Trump falls for it and he's like no-no it's called the weave! People think I'm that, oh yes it's called the weave! Yeah I've heard that too He did the Flagrant podcast

1:31:01 with that comedian with the mustache, I forget his name. Which is not a podcast I watch but he was really personable, really good very funny you know endearing at times he talked about his kids and yeah and bit about being a father You know of course you don't see that because it's on a podcast And then all we get is I got the weave And then the last one for... You know that podcast he was on with those four guys, four comics? That's the one yeah. With The Weave, that's where he came up with The Weave Oh you see he mentioned The Weave before but he went into detail on The Weave He uh

1:31:45 That was it. I don't have a clip of it, but I was reading about how one of the news organizations said that well Trump tried to explain how he's scatterbrained and they all laughed at him No no no no... I know! It's what I mean is just like what? How are you interpreting this any of this stuff these people are Terrible. They're terrible I have a clip actually from that and he said something which I was, I found questionable She is an add-on that I'm against IVF She knows it's untrue she is an ad on that bloodbath Bloodbath means like blood and shit That's not what...I was talking about the automobile industry It's gonna be a bloodbath in the automobile We're gonna lose all our business Yeah And that's what she referring to When they do things, and they do a lot

1:32:32 But I always refer him back to the simplicity of McDonald's. She lied about McDonalds, she lied about many things and she is a liar There should be some kind of rule when they know it is lie you can't do commercial on it Okay It sounds like censorship to me This would be some kind of rule about it now we are going have to vet every single ad Yeah yeah right that was blunder That to me was blunderish yes for sure Yeah, because it's just falling in line with the other side. So then Madam Vice President is on a Zoom call with FEMA

CHAPTER 24 / 42 Discussion

FEMA Briefing, Kamala Harris Earpiece Allegations

Social media users and Sky News Australia commentators speculate that Kamala Harris was fed questions through an earpiece during a FEMA briefing. The hosts suggest she was likely just looking at notes or a sign off-camera rather than using a hidden device.

fema· hurricane milton· kamala harris· earpiece· social media· sky news australia

1:33:10 And she's sitting at her desk. Oh, yeah this is a good one I'm surprised you clipped it because... Well i only clipped it because Sky News Australia you know the... That woman and her buddies they're all just ridiculing everybody Yeah! It was very funny stuff Hey Sky News Australia You got enough problems of your own but okay we'll take this one Now I don't think I don't think they're right and i think the way it played on social media was incorrect but it was funny. Kamala Harris made a bizarre gaffe during an FEMA Hurricane Milton emergency update broadcast which sent social media into a spin The vice president received a briefing from disaster relief authorities on preparations and weather forecasts for the hurricane During the video briefing, Kamala Harris could be seen covering her mouth

1:33:59 appearing to relay a message to someone else through a microphone and earpiece. The VP mumbled it's alive broadcast behind her hands. It flood, we really gotta watch those areas in those communities so it takes quite awhile for that water to drain Thank you very much She then immediately took her hands away from her mouth and asked a question Hey Ken, I have a question for you. You mentioned Words Matter and um...I know there is a lot of media following this briefing Commentators immediately blasted the VP accusing her of being fed questions by aides through an earpiece Commentator Charlie Kirk said busted Kamala is heard telling an aide who was feeding her questions that it's a live broadcast she then asked

1:34:48 So, yes. If you really look at the video which I did on my 4K screen She's looking off to the side of the camera and someone is motioning to her or maybe even holding up a sign for all I know. I'm not into, oh she had a hidden earpiece! Get over yourselves Twitter. Get over yourselves on the hidden earpiece thing no she just that dumb

CHAPTER 25 / 42 Discussion

Teleprompter Failures, TechTV and MTV Production Stories

Following a teleprompter glitch during a Kamala Harris town hall, the hosts recount their own professional experiences with prompter failures on TechTV and MTV. They discuss the skill required to write for prompters and the difficulty of transitioning to paper scripts during live broadcasts.

teleprompter· techtv· mtv· leo laporte· wang word processor· live television

1:35:26 Then and how they slide notes to you anyway, I mean you guys a there's like notices Of course they do it when you can actually see him Yes But but this was the week where she also was doing a town hall with a teleprompter Ebony Oh last week. The teleprompter went out and she had a brain freeze. I mean that was that's the clip That's that's kind of a amusing. I don't have it. I don't know. I didn't just in Do you have to do no I don't have it. I don't have it either, but I can just say what it was She says we have 32 days until the election and then the teleprompter goes out and then she's around It's like an idiot We couldn't even I mean she can't even break them that Third fourth wall with every call it and say hey teleprompter went out yeah

1:36:21 So I don't really have anything else to say right now. But it is amazing... You can do a lot of things when the teleprompter goes out, I remember that when I was on tech TV Okay. When you do this, I grab my coffee, I spin the stool, I cross my legs and all right here we go. Are these stories that long? No no hey people come for the media deconstruction it is a fact they stay for John's story time yeah there are many stories so i'm on tech tv and this is the first time because I was a prompter jockey on that show because

1:36:59 I had different writers that wrote my copy, but once Jennifer Lavin, my producer started writing my copy she wrote in my voice and it was perfect. It was better than anything i could ad lib. That's what you want? You want someone who can write for your prompter and someone who can roll your prompter Yes! This is usually a different person But you want somebody that rolls the prompter And they pay attention to what you're saying But when you get somebody who can write your copy, I mean every once in a while you hear about people say well I write my own copy. I write my own prompter copy. Yeah right! I'm always thinking why are you an idiot to do that's dumb that is dumb because it's like a skill it's a real skill to write prompter copies It is and so you find somebody could do this they wrote this prompter copy

1:37:46 When you're doing a live read, they give you the sheets with the prompter copy on it. The blue sheets usually and then the prompter copy and then you read from the prompter. And you're supposed to do something... Now I've gotten pretty good at reading the prompter but I never was good at doing this switch over because I've never had to do it! And so the prompter, once in four years. Four years daily. Boom! Prompter goes out. Yeah, and I'm it's live and I'm going oh And so I look down and I'm not doing what you see these guys do Which is what you're supposed to do is as you read from the prompting your flipping pages. Yes So you're at the point where you can just now you'd go from the prompter You start reading the copy that has written out that was the prompter copy. I didn't do that. Hi

1:38:38 I didn't have to, I wasn't on the right page. It was a complete choke. It was like oh my and it was just I'm job is out of love with Alba de Baba de Ba. I'm like drop. I'm just blowing it. Let it was terrible. It was the worst experience in my all the TV I've ever done because I was not prepared for it Because it never happened to me before and it turns out a lot of times I think you get until it happens You think you know what? You're doing until something goes astray. And this is what happened with Camelot when her prompter went out She didn't know what to do, and I had felt kind of sorry for because it happened to me after that

1:39:15 Prompter like a year later went out again, but I had because of that mishap. I had no problem going to the sheets But it was like it was the worst experience It's just terrible and you did bumbling around and uh You know there was even when the lights went out one time. It was easier to deal with I'm so old And I've told this story before, but i'll do it again. At MTV the way it worked is now...I didn't have a lot of prompter copy but for shows like the Top 20 Video Countdown and we did The Weeknd Rock uh it was scripted

1:39:52 And the way it worked back in the day, this is when the green screen was blue screen. We've talked about that. It was chroma key blue before it was green. That's how old we are! This was a conveyor belt that had a camera pointed down on the conveyor belt and that camera was the teleprompter camera and so they would send me the scripts at night with a car service because the fax machine would just be one long roll of fax that was completely unusable. This is before fax machines would cut the roll, it was a thermal paper. And so they put the sheets under and then with the controller they would roll this copy which was just printed out from The Wang... Is anybody getting the age here? The WANG word processor! The WANG yeah! They would roll it underneath and the speed was variable. We had two prompter people one was John I don't know if he's alive anymore He was a challenged guy

1:40:49 But he was one of these autistic people that was so focused and he was so good. And sometimes there would be a stand-in for him, and I forget her name if it was Michelle or... I know she was known for other assets. She was like, everyone's like yeah let's hang out and play foosball with the Michelle. What was her name? But she couldn't do it! And it was just oh no some people can't do it. She had the wrong...she wouldn't keep the right pace and everything. Oh that is horrible. Anyway that is... Well I would just add on to that so I would also watch other people do their work and Leo Laporte was more interesting of the group

1:41:30 Because Leo and this I never did this. I did a little bit but rarely Leo would wander off the prompter that can do that, too I can wander off the prompter and come back But the prompter guy would go nuts because it's like what am i doing? You know, they don't know what to do John the artist could do it he got it He would wait for well That's a rare bird because most people when leah would go off he was yakking about something or others not on the prompt er Just going and going and going And this guy didn't know where to go forward or backwards, or where was he? It was just... and the thing would it would have been hilarious to watch. Sometimes I think Leo did it on purpose but maybe I rarely did that

CHAPTER 26 / 42 Discussion

Producer Feedback, SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Coast Guard Rescue

Producers provide "boots on the ground" insights, including a correction on the availability of COVID-19 testing equipment in Russia, debunking claims in Bob Woodward's book. Lieutenant Chad Paulson of the Coast Guard identifies himself as a listener during a televised rescue report.

bob woodward· vladimir putin· sars-cov-2· coast guard· chad paulson· no agenda nation

1:42:13 Before we take a break, I just wanted to salute our many producers of No Agenda Nation. They are everywhere! I want to talk about Helene and Milton later because they have some boots on the ground reports regarding climate change and also regarding the Climate Haven that was Asheville... We just have- And this is part of the time- We'll talk about it in a minute The Time, Talent & Treasure that we want in this value for value podcast where obviously we need treasure. We appreciate people who support us financially, but there is going to be a topic that you know about because it's your job. You're an expert at it and maybe shooing horses for all I know, but it is your responsibility to reach out to us and say hey,

1:43:01 A good example is, well first of all thank you everybody who said Tina Roberts was in Mesa Colorado and not Arizona. Yeah we got a lot of that I also got i also got a lot of notes on the x-rays moving the meteor. And very good ones from people who are... The last one which you weren't copied on just came in this morning was This guy has all the formulas and he says it would take a million years to move this thing with these x-rays. You can't get enough X-Rays! We have a lot of smart people, and I like the... anonymous from Ireland, I sell QPCR instruments which were used to test for SARS-CoV2. Oh this yeah we have to read that note! Just listening to the latest podcast regarding Trump sending equipment to Putin back then the exact same instruments Trump had access to were sold in Russia whether our equipment or other brands it

1:43:56 If Putin wanted one, he could have gotten one with no bother within Russia. So I call complete BS." Of course since the war most companies including ours have stopped doing business there some lovely Russian people who had met on many an occasion are out of a job so Woodward's book is of course bullcrap Saying, oh Trump sent over equipment. No you could just buy it don't say anything cuz they'll get mad at you Yeah, and then right Vlad exactly so a lot of people sent me this and I love it when we have our men and women who Who are in uniform who serve America the real people who serve America? Overseas and at home when they let everybody know It's alright We got your back

1:44:44 Hey, you crash in the ocean during a storm and you're floating on your plane. We're going to pick you up I'm with the Coast Guard and i'm gonna let you know that I'm a part of no agenda nation Lieutenant Chad Paulson was involved in that rescue And he joins me now what happened here sir? In the morning thank you for having me um so basically we were Yes! In the morning nothing's better than that Yeah, in the morning. It's funny how it just blows by people because for one thing it makes no sense... No! That was the best part But maybe that is a greeting I'm not sure Now the cool thing when somebody says In The Morning and the other person says IN THE MORNING

1:45:26 Well, that's what you hear in aviation. You hear the pilot and then sometimes you'll hear the tower reply because this is what it is! The smartest people who make the world run listen to this podcast. That's just a fact I don't know any other words... And we also don't insult them by You know, running ads and telling them that the premium content is behind the firewall. Oh, premium content? That's my pet peeve! Instead I'd like to say in the morning to you The man who put the C in the new screw Say hello to my friend on the other end The one and only Mr John C DeMora

1:46:09 Good morning to you, Mr. M. Good morning to the ships, sea boots at the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. Alright running up cotton gins here we're gonna do a little count let me see how many we have of trolls... 2204 at the peak Trolls listening in What was the number again? 2204 Ugh low It's low by 200. All right, well we're glad to have you trolls here anyway thank you very much for listening at noagenda dot stream or trollroom dot io which is great because the trolls get in there and just roll with it but without those trolls I would have never come up with Jordash jeans and there are some other insults that were in there which is always fun so it's not distracting at all. You want say something?

CHAPTER 27 / 42 Discussion

Podcasting 2.0, AI Art and Brain Stimulation Study

The hosts discuss the benefits of modern podcasting apps and Podping technology for faster updates. They also reference a Dutch study claiming real art stimulates the brain ten times more than reproductions, leading to a debate on the neurological impact of AI-generated art.

podcasting 2.0· podping· ai art· vermeer· brainwaves· netherlands

1:46:57 Jordash. Jordash! Nothing comes between me and my jordashes, I think that was the tagline Oh yeah So the trolls can also listen on a modern podcast app which believe me you're gonna want to have it The last show people were so mad About what? Apple hasn't updated in three hours But that's apple That's the whole point. We use this Podping technology, which is a true technology, which is part of Podcasting 2.0 and the modern apps they update within 90 seconds so when we publish boom you got it you don't have to sit around... And it was the best commercial for the modern podcast apps thank you Apple! People were like I gotta get off this thing because you're behind the times

1:47:47 And in addition to that, you also do not get an alert on Apple or Spotify. We're not on a Spotify at all or Amazon or any other app that your YouTube... You don't get an alert when we go live? No! You get that the modern podcast app, the one where you're actually subscribing to the podcasts of if you can listen live, no problem will alert you as soon as it's published and this usually within 30 minutes of finishing up the show. PodcastApps.com We explained the whole point of Time, Talent and Treasure. And we do have some extra talented people known as the No Agenda Artists who are busy during the live stream coming up with artwork that we can use

1:48:26 just for the album artwork on the show, which we've been doing way before even... It's been a standard forever. Apple finally caught up a few years back but we've been doing this forever and it's great because you can use it when we post the show and people promote the show and it's interesting! And these artists are Dutch masters so it's always fun to see what they come up with. We want to thank now Thank you also to all of our artists. This was the multiple tornadoes with the cheesecake butt on the beach, which you said I like it. I said okay and I got several...I received several messages from people saying best artwork all year

1:49:14 So so when you blow it up and unlike Twitter or something, it's a good piece. It's gorgeous It is now Tom Stoffel and then said cheesecake. It was the overall there wasn't just the butt No nice legs, you know just about get someone yet This is a good picture we I'm like an advocate of cheesecake because this attractive And that's what do you put it therefore even though you have a bunch of people? You know you have some certain groups of people that think it's exploitative. It's not who will make, who are we exploiting here? This is AI art! We're not exploiting anybody. Who's being exploited specifically and I'm all for it now. I want all as much slop to flow through the stairwells of the digital tower of Babel as possible to make it unusable and unattractive so keep it up people this is good. I'm now all for it more more more

1:50:06 The Tanstafl, T-A-N-S-T-A-F-L all uppercase thank you to the multitude of producers who said um dude that's from science fiction author Robert Heinlein and it's a theme in his writings. It is an acronym there ain't no such thing as a free lunch and we didn't catch that No not at all but we did now And well thank you there ain't no such thing as a free lunch From now on we'll just be ton stoffel can't help it We appreciate it. That was a great piece It really was it worked out well, we thought it was fun You know I was reading there was an interesting article hold on second There was a Dutch study that was done. Let me see do I have it here yes Study shows real art stimulates the brain more than a copy and

1:51:05 And so, and the reason... Real art. So actual art stimulates the brain more than a copy. What's a copy? How is he defining that copy? Scientists in the Netherlands proved that experiencing the real art in person stimulates the brain ten times more than viewing a reproduced image! And so they took all these great Dutch masters from Noah's Art Generator but also you know Vermeer and Van Gogh. Vermeer is the one that they show in this article, which is you know the milkmaid girl with her head turned back. And so they hooked a whole bunch of people up to brain wave... The Girl With The Pearl Earring! That's the one. They hooked up a bunch of people to brainwave machines and when you're looking at the actual art live in the museum your brain is stimulated ten times more than looking at a copy or reproduction of it

1:52:02 in the museum on the wall than the original, which I think is fascinating. Did they put a reproduction up on the wall of the museum? Yes yes they did. They did now that which brings us to another interesting factoid what about the artists and i'm not sure Vermeer was one of them but most artists Velasquez for sure uh they had a team of people And they would do a portrait of somebody, usually it was somebody in the royal family and there would be copies made. Handed off? They'd have five copies and they were all identical! Well that...that they did not study No because that would be the same Maybe

1:52:48 It should be the same because the artists and the mentees, the protégés who did the same exact pieces they were taught by the same artist and their brush strokes were similar. Everything was the same and they make these copies there's plenty of examples around the museums of the world where a piece exists in three museums at the same time and they're all original how does that work? So, well probably the same. I would say that those originals it...I think the point is between an original piece of art versus the poster. The volunteers brainwaves and eye movements were measured and analyzed. The researchers found that compared to reproductions real art evokes a much stronger positive response in the precuneus

1:53:36 Which is the part of the brain responsible for personal identity memory and consciousness? which kind of brings me to the point that would this I'd like to know is does AI art Have less of a response than original art even though it now that would be worth studying That's the I'm already really some of them are that we've heard. We've put up which is a much AI Art yes to that I much be a much forgotten For example this particular piece by scaramanga who I don't know why he's submitting anything because he hates us He

1:54:14 There's another clip being made, yes. There is a piece... I mean this is a piece that is quite striking when you see it especially blowed up and it has an effect so I don't know Is there something new that's up? No, his piece. This piece we're talking about with the tornadoes and the oceans... That was not Scaramanga! Oh that WAS Scaramanga? I'm sorry. Yes it was. I miscredited him yes. Well i didn't know you miscredited him. It's just my mistake. Well that's because he doesn't like you. He loves me

1:54:53 This is this so what is it very these some of these pieces have been quite spectacular? Yes, this girl is the only AI girl. He has he's the same girl yeah well listen yes, these guys they have their Their girls with their girl Yeah, he has yeah there's a number couple artists have a girl and to keep using her yeah It's kind of perverted do you think I Thank you to all of the artists who submitted art. We appreciate it, everyone does tries and everyone has an equal shot and of course we're happy to critique wherever necessary there really wasn't all that much I kind of liked Dreb Scott had a hurricane buttons with tsunamis but compared to this Scaramanga piece i mean it was just...that was a work of art! It was a literal work of art Was there something else that we like? I don't think so

1:55:48 Oh, there's Kamala pushing her. That's Darren. You make Darren look... Darren your Kamala AI makes her look too good and that's your problem there It doesn't look like her No it doesn't She needs to be more Haggard looking That's the key word Put the keyword in there In a prompt, Haggard By the way we titled this episode 1702 Sloppin' Hopper Which we got some notes about that too. Oh, did you get a note about slopping off riding good? Oh yeah? All you guys are deaf No, obviously said swap for copper. Yeah we I think we even mentioned that but okay yeah But with you listen and listen it's like you'd listen once one person in one of our female listeners You dummies you heard it take you say you listened ten times. It was very clearly Swapping for copper Did she start to note off with I'm surprised I'm disappointed

CHAPTER 28 / 42 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, Commodore Commissions and Knighting

The show acknowledges high-tier donors, commissioning several new Commodores and Knights under the "Value for Value" model. Notable contributions come from producers in the Netherlands, Illinois, and Michigan, with some gifting titles to family members.

commodore· knighthood· value for value· no agenda rings· netherlands· michigan

1:56:50 Yeah, it only took me two minutes to look that up. We're doing stuff on the fly. I looked it up! I knew the answer right away. Do your own podcast. Hey let's thank the executive and associate executive producers and many future Commodores who supported us with with The Treasure for today We of course appreciate any amount that anybody sends at any time for any reason, but usually sending value back for the value they received from the show. And $200 and above each episode we read your note and you get an associate executive producership $300 and above. We read your note and you get an executive producership, and these are credits that are completely valid in the land of show business if people still care just take a look at IMDB.com where people post all their credits so you can go look and you'll see that there are many people who are executive and associate executive producers of this very podcast the no agenda podcast

1:57:44 And if you didn't see the newsletter, you should subscribe to it. It's on the front page of every show notes because I posed with my Commodore papers Yes, you did and some comments from some people? I'm very disappointed no one has put a Star of David on it yet or Yamaka I'm very disappointed. No, um...I've gotten no comments. You even drew a mustache! Anything! But we did get a contribution from Mr. You did get a comment from Catherine in Cambodia or Thailand or wherever she is What'd she say? Nice teeth Oh well thank you Thank you, I saved a long time for them

1:58:35 Mr. Black is in Rijswijk, in the Netherlands comes in with 526 36 and says dear John and Adam What better to gift myself for my birthday October 15th? You're on the list then a no agenda Commodore credential Thank you for your courage and keep on keeping on mr.. Black who will become Commodore black Yes, especially if he goes to noagenderrings.com and puts in the details of where they send the Commodore certificate yes And what he wants to have on their certificate a lot of people we've only gotten Probably half that people have oh you gotta do that people You gotta do that otherwise you won't receive it you gotta do it Yeah Because we don't know you know is exact same the right shipping address and exactly if I may this is by far

1:59:22 Probably the most beautiful document we've produced. I love how it was shipped It comes in a not as small but a large that you're shipping no, it doesn't know you got a special one in a tube The rest of them are put in these large post off 11 by 14 big on hard a hard host office Yes, yeah, and it's post office approved with it with the sheet. It's otherwise is exactly the same point I was going to make as I love that there's tracing paper so it's protected. I'm sure you're doing that That's where they're all gonna be and it ends the element and the seal what does it?

2:00:02 Vellum. Vellum, give me some vellum I like a five meters of vellum the seal has blue ribbon which is actual ribbon it's very pretty piece and it also got says on them on the seals Commodore yes yes very very I think it did I agree it's the prettiest document that we've ever produced Jay designed him pretty much And it's an official Commodore ship. Yeah, so it's a good-looking product. It is outstanding product as usual! Sir Sleepy also got one of these $500 Commodore ships he's in Gentry Arkansas and he says this is a switcheroo He'd like to gift the Commodore title to his dad Larry Ehrenberger

2:00:51 As his pontoon project boat has recently passed sea worthiness tests, it is fitting that a newly commissioned vessel should have a newly commissioned captain. There you go! Commodore in this case. Keep up the great work and looking forward to four more years thanks Sir Sleepy of the Late Nights. All right switcheroo has been put in place Ken Chapman is in Rosemont, Illinois. $500 in the morning gents as a Trekkie The combination of 1701 shows and a Commodore ship was too good to pass It's also an opportunity for me to update on my Canadian refugee status Ah! Oh this is the guy with the bus and the family I think yes I believe so oh yeah? I think so

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2:02:17 If any contractors need an exactimate estimate writer to help with their damage claim estimates, email me them as well. I have no idea what that means. Commodore donation requestion does the commodore donation count towards knighthood? Answer yes if so with past donations including a small monthly i've surpassed that goal please knight me sir ken of the iron suka it's the name of our big green converted school bus Yes these are guys in Tennessee Nashville with a million kids in it. Producers, please listen! Adam and John deserve our support A modest recurring donation of $3.33 is not too small and is not insulting If you can't afford three dollars and thirty-three dollars a month You need to take a hard look in the mirror Stop telling yourself that you'll donate later when you have something more substantial to send Subscribe now! You'll feel terrific every donation segment instead of guilt And shame ITM

2:03:14 Thank you, Ken. Appreciate it. Say hi to your beautiful family! Luke Powell in Christiana, Tennessee 500. 73's W5BSY he writes please dub me Commander Crunch. Noagenderrings.com Commodore not commander commodore I said camador I said Camador Commodore I said captain I don't know what i said This donation gets me three-fourth of the way towards knighthood and John nice to hear you're a fellow Kentucky colonel oh another Kentucky Colonel Luke Powell's a Kentucky Colonel, 73s. He's in Christiana Tennessee W5BSY we get there's big meetups every year that's right That's right now some Kentucky Colonel glassware no like a beer stein No, it's just glass where it's just you know they could tumbler Oh tumble

2:04:06 Chris Fosgate, Kansas City Missouri 500 your media deconstruction is second to none. Thanks for all you do thanks for the Commodore title Sir Chris Fosgate in Kansas City night of the Kansas City real estate no jingles no karma Sir Jimmy James, Jimmy James in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $500. Sir Jimmy James of the South Central Florida God bless you all! South Central Florida flatlands he says... Flatlands yes. Thank you Michael Gonela Hamilton New Jersey hello Hamilton 500 hello please make me Commodore of Scientology thank you

2:04:44 I don't know, the C-Org might have Commodores in it. But it's okay! You're good with us. Commodore Scientology Go to noagenderrings.com Fill it out Zachary McClellan In Frankenmuth Michigan 333.33 A big congratulations to Ed Weirdo of Michigan on a successful brain surgery Well yeah Wow Hopefully now you will not vote for Camelot Please, can he please get a douchebag? Douche bag. Yeah no problem.

CHAPTER 29 / 42 Discussion

Hurricane Milton Recovery, Hiking Trips and Graphic Novels

Producers share updates on recovering from Hurricane Milton and a group hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains. Additionally, listener Casey Conrad announces the launch of a new graphic novel, "PC Pete and the Brood of Clones," under his company 2Cat Comics.

hurricane milton· smoky mountains· florida· 2cat comics· graphic novel· pc pete

2:05:25 Baron Harkonnen and Damsel of Distress Jeans in Houston, Texas. 333.19 from the Baron and from the Damsel of Distress Jeans Many thanks to Linda Liu for the new executive role! Huh? This is a testimonial We are hosting another comedy show slash goat rodeo at The Ranch in Arvada Colorado on October 19th Details at noagendameetups.com No jingles, no karma That sounds like a fun one Comedy Show Goat Rodeo Huh. No, nice. Nice guys. Mike Sisto's in Rotonda Beach Florida 23456, first associate executive producer. And he says Adam... As I write this note we are recovering from Hurricane Milton here on the Gulf Coast of Florida just wanted to say thanks for all the first responders and send prayers to those that were less fortunate than us as We thankfully only took a glancing blow and had some minor damage This is my yearly get your our wives out of jail donation and I feel compelled to make That I feel compelled to make to ensure their release from the inevitable run-ins

2:06:28 With the law in the great smoky mountains. Yes, that Tina is up with the girls in the Smoky Mountains They are hiking And this includes his wife. So, you know we have a little club and we all drink beer and talk about our wives when they're hiking. Luckily my wife Dame Elemental of the Manasota Key was able to meet up with the gang only a day late to continue to reign of terror across the unsuspecting states. Tina was texting with her

2:07:05 kind of freaked out by the reporting, of course. And they were still there and they couldn't get out because the highway was all jammed They wound up spending the night with their dog in I think a school There was some shelter And they went back, their house was I guess okay. And she was able to get a flight out and she flew right up and joined them a day later so everything turned out good. We're of course very happy that you guys are okay Please earmark the donation for whatever you deem to ensure their freedom. Shout out to Sir Don from Arizona as I'm sure he will be following up with a donation for springing his wife from the joint too! No jingles but please send some karma to the Florida Gulf Coast, thanks Mike. Yeah thank you very much Mike here's where the girls get him out of jail. You've got karma

2:08:00 And there's Eli the Coffee Guy with an Associate Executive Producership 21014. Thank you, NO Agenda Show! Your advice on getting my ham radio license inspired me It has been an action on my to-do list for the past few years but as you said... What am I waiting for? Soon I'll be able to use my Bao Feng without getting rousted by goons from the FCC. Can i get an eating the dogs jingle for producers who want fresh roasted coffee at an affordable price? They should just visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com and use code ITM20 for 20% off your order, stay caffeinated! Eli The Coffee Guy. They're eating the dogs

2:08:38 Casey Conrad in Pickering, Ontario Canada 201 99. Dear John and Adam in the morning to you fine gents and thank you for your courage and all that you do my name is Casey Conrad and I'm a longtime listener and first-time donor Please accept my donation of $201.899 in Canadian dollar-ets for an associate executive producer title which is probably like ten dollars USD due to the Canadian dollar being so abysmally bad. It's alright, we honor your dollar-ets! It was actually 11 bucks I recently launched a new graphic novel titled PC Pete and the Brood of Clones under my new publishing company called 2Cat Comics This graphic novel pays homage

2:09:21 To all the OOG computer nerds and geeks out there, I'm looking at you John C. Dvorak! As all of my characters are computers not robots being in my 50's now... ...I wanted to create and share something with the world as my way of leaving a lasting legacy. I would also like to pursue this in full time manner and leave my stressful 9-5 jobs, I would love and appreciate any support i can get from the Noah Generation. I have two other ideas that I'd like to work on To purchase a copy in either high quality PDF or print please visit my website at 2catcomics dot com Or simply go to the amazon dot com And search for PCPete clones Please!

2:10:01 I also need a de-douching. You've been de-douched! And give me some karma for this new endeavor, thank you kindly in advance. You've got karma. Yo on just classic PCs...I watched the YouTube video last night did you know that they brought back the Commodore 64 called the Commodore 64X? And it's exactly the same casing, it has the same keyboard. But I think you can get it loaded with Linux but you have to see this thing! They've done all of the sound effects... It is mind-blowing You can load all of the old games and emulators on it. It really stunning

CHAPTER 30 / 42 Discussion

Commodore 64X, Howard Stern and Toxoplasmosis Theory

The discussion covers the revival of the Commodore 64 computer and a deep dive into Howard Stern's career decline. A theory is presented that Stern and his wife may be suffering from toxoplasmosis due to their extensive cat rescue work, affecting their cognitive behavior.

commodore 64x· howard stern· toxoplasmosis· cats· parasites· msnbc

2:09:21 To all the OOG computer nerds and geeks out there, I'm looking at you John C. Dvorak! As all of my characters are computers not robots being in my 50's now... ...I wanted to create and share something with the world as my way of leaving a lasting legacy. I would also like to pursue this in full time manner and leave my stressful 9-5 jobs, I would love and appreciate any support i can get from the Noah Generation. I have two other ideas that I'd like to work on To purchase a copy in either high quality PDF or print please visit my website at 2catcomics dot com Or simply go to the amazon dot com And search for PCPete clones Please!

2:10:01 I also need a de-douching. You've been de-douched! And give me some karma for this new endeavor, thank you kindly in advance. You've got karma. Yo on just classic PCs...I watched the YouTube video last night did you know that they brought back the Commodore 64 called the Commodore 64X? And it's exactly the same casing, it has the same keyboard. But I think you can get it loaded with Linux but you have to see this thing! They've done all of the sound effects... It is mind-blowing You can load all of the old games and emulators on it. It really stunning

2:10:49 Yeah, real just because the guy brought up geeky old nerdy stuff. It's like I need to go there you go Think I need to get one of these Dan Richmond is an al-al ashuwa Hmm doesn't sound right. Alakua? Alachua! There you go, Alachua it's in Florida $200 and 66 cents notes sent to Adam I looked it up yes indeed Wanted to add some context on your coverage of Howard Stern I was a longtime superfan around 2013 he made a purposeful shift went from a small crew couple of writers to an army Of staffers we were talking about this on the previous episode dozens of writers apparently about 70 7-0 What?! Yes so

2:11:27 He said, feared cancel culture and wanted to capture the MSNBC crowd. Nuked his audience guys like me went from being devout superfans to hating him then COVID utterly melted his brain! I cannot think of any pop culture figure who destroyed their legacy like this now he has a podcast called Hieb & The Goy HeBentGoy.com and he sent me an episode which he actually did with the Goy's wife because the Goy was off doing something so it was He Bent The Schicksal, and they were both massive fans of Stern and it was a very interesting good deconstruction I'll give you my takeaway since we're talking about

2:12:09 I think Stern always wanted to be like a Leno or like, you know Jimmy Kimmel. He wanted to be super famous he wanted to be with all of the celebrities and he didn't realize that having the ragtag bunch of idiots in the crew that he had was actually it was the beauty of the show and when he had the opportunity and have the money And that's what part of that You know that whole video that got leaked out He actually was trying to put that together. That's why he got all these writers and he didn't realize that, that was the appeal and he has always been a coward And then you know COVID just I agree melted his brain You had part of a theory about that John Yes well his wife because we went back and forth through email exchange The things we do We do communicate on occasion

2:13:07 And you said, well it's his wife and I looked her up and she has a cat lady. Massive. Massive cat lady. She rescued 1,000 cats! So I had to conclude that there is no way the two of them don't have a case of toxoplasmosis. Bing boom done which is what you will get from cats. And it's a disease, it's a very strange parasite that you can get rid of with I think ivermectin will clear it up, I'm not sure. Oh the irony! That would be very ironic but it causes all kinds of anomalies and also affects the way you think and for example it's known that probably exists in nature because mice who run into cat feces, that's where it comes from

2:13:58 will get toxoplasmosis and they begin to not fear cats which makes them easier to catch. So it's like kind of a one nature's weird little trick. It is self-destructive virus, which is exactly what he has So I just think that toxoplasmosis may be in play here, which because it just seems like there's something wrong. Yes. And so he been the goy dot com is worth a watch if you are super fan and we're disappointed they lay it all out an hour and a half what can I say Tina's hiking? Last on our list is Linda Lepatkin in Lakewood, Colorado. How about that? 200 bucks and she's requesting off-the-wall jobs karma! And she says that for a resume that gets results go to imagemakersinc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs That's Image Makers Inc with a K or find Linda Liu Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes

CHAPTER 31 / 42 Discussion

Duke Energy, Lake Management and North Carolina Flooding

Duke Energy faces criticism for its management of lake levels during Hurricane Helene, with reports suggesting smaller, lower-income communities were flooded while Lake Norman was protected. The utility maintains that the flooding was unpreventable due to historic rainfall and integrated system management.

duke energy· hurricane helene· lake norman· north carolina· flooding· hydro operations

2:14:55 on the producer list. Four more years! Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs! Yes! Nissa, Karma NoahJunTheDonations.com is where you can support the show with your treasure it is value for value time talent and treasure help us out keep the show going four more years or at least until the new year that'd be fun to continue that thank you again to our executive and associate executive producers of episode one thousand seven hundred three I want to, uh... You know of course we've had these horrific hurricanes.

2:15:52 I have a little follow-up on what happened in Western North Carolina. Duke Energy is the big provider up there, the same Duke Energy who has left our producer Bruce 72 in the cold it's now below freezing at night in the mountains 17 days he needs some power people He has water and he has food so he's okay, but they're not being served up there. And it turns out Duke Energy is in charge of more than just the electricity They are also in charge a lot of the dams and lakes... ...and they're now being accused of some monkey business From the Catawba River in Charlotte My heart is just fractured To look out Shoals Lake in Claremont

2:16:40 Smells like rotting fish. It's sour smelling and it's just, it's hard to breathe two communities 40 miles apart are connected by water both are at the mercy of the utility that controls it each shares their own sense of extreme loss and anger. Duke Energy fell asleep at the wheel, but actually they didn't fall asleep they were wide away they didn't do what they should have done in between the two sits Lake Norman during Helene Duke energy records show the water at the lakes directly above and below Lake Norman increased well above their licensed maximum levels increasing by roughly 12 feet

2:17:18 compared to the much larger Lake Norman which barely and only briefly crested above its maximum, rising only about three feet. The communities where lake levels rose well above maximum levels are places where the median household incomes are much lower than the Lake Norman community. Duke Energy has said that utility started moving water through its 11-lake system on Tuesday before Helene hit but won't release specifics Telling us the flooding at smaller lakes like Lookout Shoals in Mountain Island and downstream was unpreventable due to the historic amount of rainfall. In a statement, the utility told us lakes are managed as an integrated system not for the benefit of a single lake. The utility noted it operates

2:18:02 its lakes including Lake Norman to reduce the impacts of flooding for lake and river neighbors upstream and downstream prior to, during and after the storm. Adding Duke Energy is confident it's hydro operations team managed this event as effectively as possible to help mitigate flooding impacts for all lake and river neighbors in the public." Obviously a local report Um... Sounds like AI. No, no it's WNCW I think You know, it wouldn't surprise me seeing as when we were in Austin and the snowpocalypse hit. The first thing I did is unplugged the east side of I-35 and the former New York banker they had power never went out so yeah i think it's possibly true that they take care of their own over there Boots on the ground from the climate haven We know the climate haven, we had a clip on our last show if you recall Oh its a climate haven It's amazing this happened here

CHAPTER 32 / 42 Discussion

Asheville Climate Haven, Insurance Data and Washington Strategy

The narrative of Asheville as a "climate haven" is challenged by recent storm damage. An insurance product manager provides data showing that storm damage costs are not rising when adjusted for inflation, while Washington state leaders use the events to push for new climate resilience strategies.

asheville· climate haven· home insurance· hurricane andrew· snowpack· washington state

2:19:03 Our producer says in episode 1702 you played a clip from MSNBC that referred to the Western North Carolina area as a climate haven. Credit where credit is due, I believe MSNBC is correct and so far this is exactly what some people who live there specifically in the Asheville area believe My father, sister and brother-in-law live in Asheville. While on vacation with my family this past summer my brother-in-law like all insecure liberals couldn't resist steering the conversation to politics and climate change to seek some validation specifically he talked about how he loved Asheville not just for its progressive ideals of microbreweries but for how we felt safe there from the climate

2:19:42 He actually made the statement and quote, everywhere else will be burning but Asheville will be one of the last remaining habitable places. Meanwhile my father recently what yeah, I know Yeah meanwhile my father recently said to me he believes without evidence that humanity only has 30 years left to live He's very oh. Yeah. He is very sincere and clearly distressed by this knowledge of impending doom Asheville is not good for mental health people Thank you producer for yeah, I think he's right yeah, I agree well Sheville as it Sheville, yes. So I have the NOAA prediction from May of 2024 which I'll just read the headline Noah predicts this is from their website Noah predicts above normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season well this was not an Atlantic hurricane and so far it's been quite low boots on the ground from our producer

2:20:43 From a home insurance product manager privy to some pretty solid data over the years as you can imagine. Do we have the best producers in the universe or what? Storms are not causing more damage denominated in dollars when you adjust for inflation and home values You played the report last show admitting storms are not more frequent. The total damage in dollars is also not rising and it suggests pretty strongly they're also not getting more deadly or intense Hurricane Andrew in 1992 remains the highest dollar cost hurricane for inflation adjusted However, he says fire damage is increasing in drier climates Obviously changes in fire management over time are a factor

2:21:30 So there you go. They're just jacking your rates for no good reason because it's not actually getting more expensive for them adjusted for inflation. Yeah, they're going for the profits now that all of this is if you can if you can fool them take the money take the money in Rome all of this Of course, this does not change or why would it? The climate nut jobs in Washington state for jumping on the bandwagon. Oh! We've got to do more It is difficult to compare a hurricane with a pineapple express With the exception of rain and a lot of it. We're thinking and sending our positive thoughts

2:22:09 to our neighbors in the southeast of the country. It was a topic at a meeting of U-Dub climate scientists and state leaders who authored a new Washington Climate Resilience Strategy, and point to the record Nooksack flooding of 2021 as an example of how warmer weather has increased rain intensity. Is there a parallel there with what we're talking about in the northwest? And what's happening in the southeast There is. The oceans are getting warmer, same thing happening there. Warmer air holds more water." Dr. Crystal Raymond is a UW researcher who helped craft the National Assessment of Climate Change noting that Florida has been dramatically impacted but this state has its own issues laid out in the strategic report with the decrease and snowpack and projected rise in sea levels. It's just a window into the future when that

2:22:58 kind of event that all those catastrophic consequences are happening more often, right? to building new infrastructure. There are suggestions to address some of them in the next legislative session I think we do have an opportunity to steer out of the way and reduce those impacts The events in Florida, a reminder that Washington has its own set of climate concerns just around the bend Oh brother Climate, more money, more money Meanwhile, the Sahara Desert Old lakes and rivers are coming back to life

CHAPTER 33 / 42 Discussion

Sahara Desert Rainfall, Mediterranean Seagrass Loss

Heavy rainfall in the Sahara Desert has revived ancient lakes and rivers that were dry for decades, such as Lake Riki. Conversely, a marine biologist reports the total disappearance of seagrass meadows in parts of the Mediterranean over the last decade, warning of a "biodiversity desert."

sahara desert· lake riki· heavy rainfall· mediterranean· seagrass· biodiversity

2:23:46 You've seen those pictures? No. Oh, it's outrageous! It already sounds like AI... No no this is real here The Sahara the world's largest hot desert has been hit by heavy rainfall turning the sand dunes into a scene of blue lagoons and nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions A river that has been dry for decades have come back to life after the rainfall There's even a lake that has been dry for 50 years named Lake Riki between the Zagora and Tata regions. So the old desert lakes will come back to life Yes, so did you know that there were desert lakes? I don't now yeah, so they're doing was fifty if they were here fifty years ago What was causing that climate change? You know stinky cars horrible cars

2:24:42 And in the Mediterranean, I pulled this clip only for the very last end. This is a guy who's checking out the underwater vegetation in the Mediterranean. Gerwin Gretschel gets ready for his next dive He has explored the waters of Croatia's Valsalina Bay many times already The Austrian marine biologist first started diving here 35 years ago. I can say with certainty that the first 20 or maybe 25 years since i first came here there were hardly any changes but the last six to ten years there has been an incredible amount of change now, there are changes almost every month above the water everything is like it's always been

2:25:30 Blue skies, crystal clear water and people relaxing by the sea. But underwater? It's clear what Gretschel means! Until a few years ago the bay was home to seagrass meadows... ...a habitat for hundreds of underwater species They're known as the lungs of the sea and key to maintaining the ecological balance. Today, Val Salina Bay is an underwater desert – no vegetation, no seagrass meadows. The marine habitat has vanished in just a few years with dramatic consequences. Biodiversity loss means we humans are in danger of suffocating in our own filth because nature is no longer able to regenerate what we have polluted."

CHAPTER 34 / 42 Discussion

Red Seaweed, Methane Reduction in Cattle

Researchers are testing a specific red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, as a feed additive for livestock to eliminate methane emissions from cow burps. The "methane tamer" product is expected to reach U.S. supermarkets by early 2025 as a low-carbon beef option.

red seaweed· methane· cattle· asparagopsis taxiformis· climate change· beef

2:26:13 We're in danger of suffocating in our own filth. You filthy, nasty people eating meat! Whatever you're doing... You know the latest thing trying to stop the impact of cattle is feeding them red seaweed? To reduce the poisonous stuff? Is it poisonous? Well, I mean the red tide is and there's algae. Yeah... I don't know what red seaweed is One solution to this turf problem could come from the surf

2:26:54 The seaweed is somewhat of the holy grail of climate change in terms of solutions from the ocean. Dr Jen Smith is researching how this species of seaweed called Asparagopsis taxiformes can stop all that burping Once it's fed to livestock, it simply prevents methane from ever being formed and therefore the cows don't burp that methane out of their mouth One study found adding just a tiny amount of this red se reduced its methane emis to scale up production. Th produce it, you know how do it more efficiently. S CH four global makes a re

2:27:39 feed additive called methane tamer. It's already being fed to cattle in Australia with plans to grow it worldwide the goal is to perfect the process of growing asparagus in outdoor grow ponds that can be built anywhere with access to ocean water. We need people for choice, to say do I eat that plant based approach or do I eat that meat based approach? That has now dramatically lowered its carbon footprint. Meller expects to see low methane beef at US supermarkets by the beginning of next year That doesn't sound like the beef's gonna be very tasty. Low methane beef, probably tastes like fish. Can you imagine? You ever fry up some beef in a cast iron skillet that you cooked fish in? Oh no! That-that's a no-no

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Bird Flu in California, Dairy Industry Impact

Avian influenza has been confirmed in over 80 dairy herds in California, leading to increased PPE requirements for workers and restricted site access. The outbreak is causing significant economic strain on cattle haulers and potentially reducing future milk production.

bird flu· avian influenza· california· dairy cattle· ppe· milk production

2:28:31 You end up with a very, the flavor is just not ruined. It's something you want it's ruined, ruined can be fixed. How about playing this then? Are we going to talk about beef? Let's talk about bird flu! Oh, we're back! Avian influenza was first detected in California's dairy cattle a little more than a month ago and now it has been confirmed in more than 80 of the state's dairy herds and three dairy workers Carrie Klein from Member Station KVPR has more. Dairy workers are being equipped with more PPE like face shields and disposable booties, farms are also restricting people and vehicles on site. Trisha Stever-Blattler is with the Farm Bureau in Tulare County the country's largest milk producer she says the costs of these precautions are trickling down beyond farms she cites a cattle hauler whose job is to transport the livestock from place to place

2:29:21 He's currently seeing two thirds less income for his employees, the drivers. And yet he still has all that overhead and payroll that he's trying to meet another hit to California's dairy industry. Even those cattle that fully recover from the virus may produce less milk at wind now this is also stupid. They're just filling airtime at this point There was an interesting twist to the TikTok saga, which is ongoing. What saga are we discussing? Well of course we still have

CHAPTER 36 / 42 Discussion

TikTok Lawsuit, Addiction Research and Mental Health

Unredacted legal documents from a Kentucky lawsuit reveal that TikTok executives were aware the app could addict users in under 35 minutes. The research allegedly links compulsive usage to a loss of analytical skills, memory formation, and increased anxiety among young people.

tiktok· kentucky· addiction· mental health· npr· redacted documents

2:30:00 They have a deadline coming up, I think. Oh right, January yeah Yeah so there's deadline coming up where they have to sell to an American entity at the same time 14 attorney generals in 14 different states are suing them over harming children and now some documents were not properly redacted and CBS got ahold of them TikTok executives knew how damaging their app was to young users according to legal documents we were never supposed to see. CBS's Joleen Kent reports tonight on these secret internal communications. Just days after multiple states sued TikTok for allegedly designing the app to addict children, new details have emerged about how they say the company does it

2:30:48 In this lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky, sections of the complaint were not properly redacted as first reported by Kentucky Public Radio and NPR. Kentucky's lawsuit claims TikTok knows all it takes to hook an average user is viewing 260 videos as short as eight seconds thus in under 35 minutes What was that number? Listen again. Aki's lawsuit claims TikTok knows all it takes to hook an average user is viewing 260 videos as short as 8 seconds, thus in under 35 minutes and average user is likely to become addicted to the platform How about that? Wait a minute

2:31:33 Very few eights without calculation was based on a all videos being eight seconds. No, no People know to get the 35 minutes at 260. Yes But I think people typically look at a video and after 8 seconds they swipe up to the next one I think that's what they're talking about. I don't think so. Hey, I didn't say that you just made it up Um, no, I'm interpreting The CBS News report. I'm not making anything up! And a feature designed to encourage teens to take a break after 60 minutes on the app, quote does not actually impose a screen time limit instead its goal improving public trust via media coverage TikTok allegedly knew it's time management tools reduced usage by only 90 seconds Here's the thing...I don't believe that they're hooking teenagers i think they're hooking full-blown adults

2:32:26 Because that's all I see. Well, okay...I watch TikTok videos Yeah but not on an app! I'll watch ten of them maybe? You don't use the app No, of course I don't. But what would I use the app on? Yes we know you're the best John C. Duvorak! I have no phone. I'm not the best...I'm just saying that I am a reasonable person and I've seen the light. I know where the phones belong. What i'm saying is this is the app that is designed to keep you engaged

2:33:04 And if you don't swipe up, it swipes up automatically. None of this happens on the website so you are not going to become addicted although... Watching 260 videos that's a lot I don't think i've watched totally and we've been doing the show and have been using TikTok videos now for a couple years I still don't think I've gotten to 260 No, but you're not the target market. They're not trying to addict you. That guy's hopeless! You're on a web browser. You know good as a follow-up It's really frustrating to know that TikTok had information internally from their own research that suggested that

2:33:52 was causing harm in particular ways and that they chose not to act on that information. Oh no! The Kentucky complaint has since been re-sealed Wait, wait... What do you mean they chose not? Let's back up to the early days of the internet and these news organizations because I wrote for a number of them And you write for these guys and you say, well I'm doing an article that this would be... I could name names but just all of them were this way. All of them! You'd write something to say where's this link? You put a link in there because you're trying to explain something and then boom you put a link No, you can't do that! What?! You can't link out at the site Because if people link out on the site they are not going to come back Which is factually incorrect

2:34:40 It's factually incorrect, but that's what everyone thought. And so you couldn't link out... Forbes magazine was one of them and you couldn't no-no-no mom no-no-no-no You don't know No, we got to keep them on the site So they want to keep him on the site I mean this was there was your right? They were wrong about their analysis but How is that different than wanting to keep you on the site? Every news organization and TikTok wanting to keep you on the site. Tell me exactly what the difference is I have no words. No, just ask yes. It's not different it's no different but apps are totally intended to keep you in the app continuously That's again Well there's a differences

2:35:30 The app is doing a lot more than a website. The website has a cookie, but the app knows if you're walking if you're laying down it's uh... you know it may be listening I mean all the EULA stuff that you approved yes using your contact list and opening the camera. Yes exactly! The Kentucky complaint has since been resealed and the Attorney General declined our request for an interview In a statement, TikTok called NPR highly irresponsible for publishing this information. Adding the lawsuit cherry picks misleading quotes and takes outdated documents out of context to misrepresent our commitment to community safety

2:36:12 The Kentucky lawsuit also alleges TikTok's own research found that compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking. Wow! Conversational depth, empathy and increased anxiety I believe that Well, you have to go empirically. Yes it seems to be something's causing what that description was. Those symptoms are caused by something Let's listen to that list again The Kentucky lawsuit also alleges TikToks own research found that compulsive usage correlates with a

CHAPTER 37 / 42 Discussion

AI Deepfakes, Elon Musk and Man on the Street Test

France 24 conducts a "man on the street" test using an AI-generated parody video of Kamala Harris shared by Elon Musk. The report claims the video causes confusion, though the hosts argue that the subjects chosen for the segment do not represent the general public's ability to identify parody.

ai· deepfakes· elon musk· mr reagan· france 24· parody

2:36:49 slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth empathy and increased anxiety. Let's put this to the test with a man on the street piece that France 24 did as... And this is really interesting they couldn't find bigger idiots than these people did a report over the influence of AI and deep fakes, how it looms large over the US presidential race. So they play... You know Mr Reagan? He does a lot of these parody ads and stuff. Yeah he's got somebody working in his organization that is putting together good a lot of AI stuff And he even puts on them parody I mean i've seen run down says parody so

2:37:45 So they take one of these, don't tell people it's parody and they go out to Washington DC and show this to people. And these are tourists in D.C who were kind of mulling around outside the White House Yeah, listen to this. This campaign ad posted by Elon Musk has over 136 million views but it's actually a fake made with artificial intelligence. So if you criticize anything I say you're both sexist and racist Joe taught me rule number one carefully hide your total incompetence

2:38:21 It perfectly captures Kamala Harris' voice and likeness. But Musk failed to clarify that the video was fake when he shared it on his social media platform, X. He simply says this is amazing! The YouTuber Mr Reagan created the video and posted it on his channel. The fervent Trump supporter claims the videos are parodies and are not meant to be taken seriously At the end of the day, everybody who's complaining that this is indistinguishable from real life and people are going to be tricked either have...are very low IQ themselves or watching too much TikTok. Have very little faith in people to be a little bit skeptical. But is it so easy to determine that the videos are fake? Now listen carefully to three subjects they've chosen for this report

2:39:12 We asked Americans if they could tell the difference. What do you think? She sure knew a lot of information about being someone being senile and didn't come forward. Are you able to spot it right away? I don't know what they're trying to Are they advertised? I can't really tell whether this news clip or video is for them or against them. The video clearly causes confusion and it's not the only AI content duping social media users So they get an old lady who says, well i'm not too sure maybe it's my age They get two people who say it's fake

2:40:05 And then some whack job gay guy who's like, and then she says clearly it confuses everybody. This is bull crap! It's total... what horse crap this is? Yeah yeah I'm surprised you played it because it doesn't back up your basic thesis well to To complete the segment. Thank you producer anonymous hi Adam just for your personal enjoyment I spend some of my free time on outlier AI It's a platform that pays humans to train AI I found I received the best feedback from my human reviewers on my training of the AI When I use Gemini AI to assist by training Entropy at its finest yeah, and I love that

CHAPTER 38 / 42 Discussion

Israel-Lebanon Conflict, Macron Arms Embargo Call

French President Emmanuel Macron calls for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel to prevent Lebanon from becoming "a new Gaza." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds sharply, stating that Israel is defending itself on seven fronts and criticizing Macron's stance.

israel· lebanon· beirut· emmanuel macron· benjamin netanyahu· gaza

2:40:59 Training. Oh, it's definitely headed in that direction It is it can't happen fast enough I'm very excited won't happen as fast as you hope no I know but a girl can dream So, at least this is one... Can I do one international news story so we can get it out of the way? You can do whatever you want. Let's do Israel versus Macron and I just think this has been going on for a while. We haven't played these clips yet. Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut southern suburbs tonight as Israel expands its bombardment of the Hezbollah and Hamas militant groups in Lebanon Earlier, Israel struck a Palestinian refugee camp in the north for the first time killing a Hamas commander. Thousands of people in Lebanon continue to flee the widening conflict in the region. Palestinians along a key corridor there are facing new Israeli evacuation orders as air strikes continue

2:41:49 Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel for its war in Gaza. And Piers Eleanor Beardsley reports Macron says Lebanon can't become a new Gaza. In an interview on French radio, Macron said a political solution is the only way to bring peace. Macron's appeal comes as Israel intensifies its invasion of Lebanon as it tries to weaken Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly responded bristling at Macron's comments. Today Israel is defending itself on seven fronts against the enemies of civilization

2:42:31 Yeah. What caught my attention on that one was what Netanyahu said and I'll ask you, what are the seven fronts? Let me see we have Gaza, Syria... Wait wait wait that's not a front! The Golan Heights Hmm, I think that's Lebanon. No no Lebanon okay? Well this will opt I just put up say okay You give me a look you give me says to I'm giving you the two okay, Lebanon three oh These for four like it's not a front But are you gonna have to give him Iran because they are shooting the rockets five five

2:43:26 Canada. Canada is six? Yeah! Find me two more... Brazil?! I'm, let me think... What's he saying when he says seven fronts? This bullcrap! Does Yemen count or is that...? No, that's the Houthis. The Houthis. West Bank no not really Jordan. Jordan? Not Jordan's peaceful, of course not! They're buddies and Egypt is the same way Kiev Ukraine I mean...I'm out! I don't know that's a very good question maybe because America controls Israel maybe he is just talking like an American. He's speaking to Kamala Exactly

2:44:17 And Biden, that'd be the seven. Boom! Kamala and Biden... There's your other fronts Okay part two of that clip He included the occupied West Bank captured by Israel in 1967 as one of those fronts Netanyahu said all civilized countries should be standing with Israel His message to Macron? Shame on you It's getting a little hard when you hear this particular deconstruction of the Israeli plan about Gaza. I know you're a former IDF soldier as well. You served, am I right to say back in 1982 in the Lebanon conflict? So your context and analysis very important this evening just give me your understanding of what's going on in the north of Gaza right now What the Israelis are trying to do in the northern part of the Gaza Strip is to empty it basically To send the citizens

2:45:25 who are there, we're talking about 350 thousand to 400 thousand to the south. It is a straightforward ethnic cleansing. The aim say the Israelis is to separate between the good guys and the 5,000 bad guys, the Hamas combatants or terrorists And so this is what they are doing, trying to push the citizens of Jabalia and all this area to the south in order to fight against the people of Hamas who are still there. Yeah! So send all the civilians down south 350 thousand and then bomb the 5 thousand guys? They gotta be terrorists! They gotta be...they gotta be the bad guys!

CHAPTER 39 / 42 Discussion

Michael Hudson, Neocon Strategy and Israeli Military Proxy

Economist Michael Hudson's analysis suggests that because the U.S. cannot politically sustain a military draft, it relies on Israel as a proxy to secure regional oil resources. The theory posits that Israel fights ideologically while serving broader Neocon and neoliberal interests.

michael hudson· neocon· oil resources· draft· israel· military proxy

2:46:14 You know, someone sent me a new interview with Michael Hudson. We've played the clips of him before... Don't remember. Yeah he's The Economist and he was in the War College and did a lot of consulting for Brzezinski and all those guys back in the day. And I'm going to clip it for Thursday. He has a very interesting analysis on how the US since we can't really We don't, you can't re-institute drafts in America. People will revolt... You can't get elected if you say oh let's have a draft no one is going to elect you as president or any representative

2:46:50 Okay, we can't have to yeah just have to up the ante for volunteers right you can't use nukes because that's mutually assured destruction But we still have this this Neocon maybe neoliberal. We need to go after the oil. We want all the reap We want all the resources is still the same a holes who want all the resources so Israel is perfect because they will fight and And, you know they fight ideologically. They're like we hate these guys we'll go kill them and some of us will get killed and it comes just comes down to terrorism basically... ...and that the Israelis are our stooge and we send them everywhere

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CHAPTER 40 / 42 Discussion

Donation Segment, Birthday Wishes and Goat Karma

The hosts read a list of $50 and $100+ donations, offering "goat karma" to supporters. They celebrate the birthday of the newly commissioned Commodore Black and thank the producers for making the episode a reality.

donations· birthday· mr black· commodore· value for value· goat karma

2:48:26 One of our, who was that? One of our previous donors who said. Yeah and but you know we will thank anybody comes in over 50 under 50 is not mentioned for reasons of anonymity so it will never mention your name there for certain John take us through those fifties one thing I will yeah starting with Greg Hoy he boy he's in Pacifica over here on the coast at four hundred thirty three dollars and thirty three cents I'm sure it's cold today. And already we don't have two, we got a total of 15 people here so very light today Kevin McLaughlin in Concord North... thank God for the Commodores! Always there. Kevin McLaughlin in Concord North Carolina 8008 he is the Archduke of Luna lover of America and boobs Sir Herb Lamb haven't heard from him for awhile 8008 He's in Sugar Hill Georgia. He's the Duke of the Deep South

2:49:19 And he has not been, hello. Anonymous in Peachland BC Canada 6969 Christopher Dechter 5678 Mark Hardwick in Aledo Texas 5333 Sir Economic Hitman and Tumble Texas 5001 And now we have the $50 donors already starting with Andrew Grasso and Mineola New York and Mike Moon in Athens Georgia Tom Delvecchio in Blandon, Pennsylvania. Gary Mao in Woodland Hills, California and Stephen Ng in Box Elder South Dakota. Brandon Savoie in Port Orchard Washington. Jared Yaw in Nashville Tennessee and last on our list The Great

2:50:10 Dame Patricia Worthington in Miami Beach or Jackson, Miami Florida. I want to thank these people for making show 1703 a reality and of course again Thank you very much to our executive and associate executive producers here is a goat karma for all who need it. You've got Support the show no agenda donations calm It's your birthday, birthday! I'm so glad you're here. You're gonna love this one. Happy Birthday to Mr Black he celebrates on October 15th. Happy Birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. It's your birthday yeah! Well i don't think we've had one birthday on the list for a long long time. Oh fantastic... Alright now time to welcome our brand new Commodores who have supported the show with $500 for their Commodore ranking Ladies and gentlemen

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Knighting Ceremony, Brooklyn Gentrification and Meetup Announcements

Sir Newman and Sir Ken are officially knighted following their significant financial support. The segment concludes with a long list of upcoming No Agenda meetups across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including a major event in Fredericksburg, Texas.

knighting· brooklyn· meetups· fredericksburg· texas· no agenda rings

2:51:05 I present to you Commodore Black, Commodore Larry Ehrenberger, Commodore Ken Chapman, Commodore Crunch, Commodore Chris Fosgate, Commodore Jimmy James and Commodore of Scientology. Arriving! Go to noagenderrings.com and give us the information so we can send you this beautiful Commodore certificate, you will not regret it Before we get to our two knights I have a make good Matt Sabaw donated $77.70 on Father's Day and never got a shout out So we're sorry about that Matt We're making good now? I guess its for your dad

2:51:44 And we have a layaway knight, Eric Newman who says I've committed the offense of desert-desertion. Though after spending all day in temple atoning for my sins i seek humble forgiveness no problem. I'd left in 27 due to media hatred overload and TDS Trump derangement syndrome. I was also working in the media industry at the time, ah that explains it! Between between the craziness both inside and outside their buildings i had to detach entirely from news and politics for seven years that is until the trump Biden debate

2:52:23 My no-agenda media deconstruction and critical thinking skills allowed me to survive in the interim. However, after watching the debate I knew it was time to go back to the podcast where everybody knows my name Sir Newman Knight of The Gentrified Brooklyn Okay, and then he says I can skip as much as I want of this but apparently he's been living in Brooklyn where He says there's a lot of communists. Okay, keep the crew up in South Florida Oh, he does say that The millibar was used during which Hurricanes we yeah, he just said is you just used a lot? He says what is MDS didn't say it didn't say a lot he says but it has been use all right well

2:53:06 uh... i'm not sure what the next level is but i would appreciate serving all of brooklyn and the county of kings and request a sativa and psilocybin at the roundtable no problem And let me see, I'd love to give an inflation adjustment. One more thing Adam you might be listening to the tech grouch too much when it comes to AI huh? Remember he said that newfangled device called the mouse wouldn't become popular now please That's not what he said He says there is no evidence and your wrong! I protect my friend on this Anyway He says, sorry sending this so late because I tried to get chat GPT to filter my PayPal history but it kept failing or making numbers up. Uh-huh! So after he gives me crap about my AI stance... So I had to do it the old fashioned way yours forever Sir Eric Newman Knight slash Baron of Brooklyn and with that let's bring up our two knights for today. Here is a blade for you. Nice blade. Eric will like that one

2:54:06 So, hop on up. Eric, Eric Newman and Ken Chapman are layaway knights Thank you both for supporting the Noah Jenner Show in the amount of $1,000 or more I'm very proud to pronounce the as Sir Newman Baron of Brooklyn and Sir Ken of the Isles Suka, la. Gentlemen for you we've got hookers and blow, rinpoison chardonnay, sativa and psilocybin along with that some other goodies at the table we've got beer and blunts, cowgirls and coffin varnish it's a great combo. Rubenesque woman in rose, geishas and sake, vodka vanilla sparkling cider escorts bong hits of bourbon ginger ale and gerbils pressed milk and pablamen

2:54:45 The mud and mead right there for you guys. Go to noagenderrings.com You can take a look at the beautiful night rings It's a signet ring so you can hit people in the mouth that'll leave a beautiful mark or maybe a little more friendly, but you can just use some of the seed wax that we supply with that to conceal your important correspondence with it And it comes with an official certificate of authenticity For those who became Commodores today go to noagenderings.com all the information on becoming and receiving your commodore ship Your Commodore ship is there on the website. Thank you all for supporting The No Agenda Show! He says, how you doing Adam and John? A while ago you called AOL accounts guaranteed spooks. Let me tell you I am no spook just the only No Agenda meetup member El Madano Tenerife Canary Islands. I'm working on it so we had a meet up in

2:55:49 He was the only one that went. Don't worry, Canary Island yeah it'll get better to go better on Sunday oh wait that's today too many eggs dot com number seven underway in Margaritas and Keene New Hampshire on Thursday, Charlotte's Thirsty Third Thursday monthly seven o'clock at Ed's Tavern in Charlotte North Carolina and of course on Friday the big Fredericksburg Texas meetup Matt Long is organizing that. He and Matt is pretty famous he has a radio show here nearby Hill Country Patriot and I think a lot of people are going to show for this. So if you are coming, and if you decide to bring it on the spot donation please please please put in an envelope with a note so that we can credit you properly and were very excited to be at this meet up with Tina will be there and of course Matt and his wife Gail It's gonna be a hootenanny Bedford Texas on the 19th we have

2:56:47 Pensauken Township, New Jersey. Cincinnati Ohio. Colorado on the 19th. The 20th we have Okeechobee Florida Spearfish South Dakota, Alpharetta Georgia Denver Colorado on the 24th LaGrange Illinois on the 26 Anchorage Alaska sends a meetup report London on the 26 Ottawa in Canada on the 26 Houston Texas 2826 and on the 28th Minneapolis Minnesota many many more all the way through January and you can add yours too at noagendameetups.com this is The Connection

2:57:22 that will bring you protection. You need to have this, this is how people become acquainted with one another. You're getting out of the house. Get off TikTok! Go to a meetup, noagendameetups.com If you can't find one start one yourself. And at this point in the show we like to see what we're gonna play at the end of show as our ISO. I think i went first last time

CHAPTER 42 / 42 Discussion

End of Show, Tip of the Day and Battle of the Douchebags

John Dvorak provides a "Tip of the Day" recommending Steve Gibson's "Valid Drive" software to verify USB drive capacity. The show closes with a preview of the "Battle of the Douchebags" and a sign-off from the Texas Hill Country and Silicon Valley.

steve gibson· valid drive· battle of the douchebags· blue angels· silicon valley· fredericksburg

2:58:10 Okay, you want me to go first is what you're indicating here. Yes. I'm indicating that. All right well i got three okay the first one is a change of pace type of thing maybe it'll work maybe it won't this is the laugh? Okay...the laugh? Interesting end-of-show idea don't ya think? Maybe maybe maybe. Okay then we've got park You hit it out at the park! I like it It's not bad. Nice and clean Yeah its very clean Its clean We like clean And then wow. Wow and wow-wow! Okay, so far wow and wow-wow is leading I have three. BAM! There's the black guy... Umm.. I just love them. Hmm? Yeah not bad They're lying

2:58:58 I don't think anyone can be Wow and wow. Wow, I Think wow and wow. Well takes the cake you got it once again good job everybody now It's time for everybody's favorite moment of the show John's tip of the day And sometimes Okay, I forgot to load this up but i have to say uh... I got a bunch of feedback on the last tip and I want to uh... I thought people liked it. I saw people posting on X about it Yeah yeah but the problem is that with that tip is that there was a...I could've topped it with something thats a little more close to home

2:59:46 Which is that apparently Steve Gibson... Oh! He has software. He always has some software. He has a free software specifically for this product, for this purpose. For this? I didn't realize. Yeah and so i wanted to tip that and uh just gotta get the name of it like don't have it on my...I forgot to print out but its..I think if you go his website steve gibson whatever Can anybody help us out real quick in the troll room? I can probably find it by just searching. So he does the exact same thing by making sure that your thumb drive is real. GRC dot com

3:00:28 Steve Gibson, I hear GRC.com is what's being... Yeah that would be his website. Yes okay yeah so go to valid drive that's the name of it. Valid Drive? Valley V-A-L-I drive Oh Valley Drive, Valley Drive. The Valley Drive. Well one word if its valid. So anyways so I wanted to do that and you know since I've been backing off on some of these because this newer And it doesn't, you know the other one is kind of still floating around but this would probably be a better way to go. That's your tip. Oh that's the tip for today? Yeah Alright no agenda Tip of The Day It is tipoftheday.net everybody Are you looking for good advice perhaps something practical or something you really need

3:01:17 Try the new agenda tip of the day professional quality tips from the best podcast in the universe Professional quality tips no less. That's right. Whoo love those tips of the day also at know what gender fun calm We have a live extravaganza coming up right after the show ends on No Agenda Stream, TrollRoom.io and your modern podcast app you can keep listening It's the live Battle of the Douchebags season 2 episode 6 Well battle of douchebags is quite entertaining With Sir Ducifer Of Infowars fame John Breaks Bad News Cretchid, Boobery and Sir Seatsitter These are the guys who are at the top of their game

3:02:02 I'm telling when it comes to being a douchebag these guys are up there So make sure you listen to that. Just don't tune out, stay listening! End of show mixes we are very grateful to Dee's Laughs, Klipka Sodi and Neil Jones and Kevin And coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country which is Fredericksburg Texas Big meet up on Friday in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's It's Blue Angels Day, in about 15 minutes they're going to be seeing the Jets. I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll be back on Thursday! Please remember us at noagendadonations.com for your time talent and treasure until Thursday adios mofos a hui hui

3:02:48 And such. accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms because they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our democracy. And if you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation, if you don't police your platforms we are going

3:03:32 accountable as a community. Making a fuss, proving over and over again that you guessed it yeah These politicians not like us now they bringing Timmy Walsh to dance Policies during the summer of Floyd where did he take his stance? Digging in his past seeing what's to hide on the campaign trail Look around full of beta looking males get the blacks to the table vote or die

3:04:20 That was Diddy in 04, nice try No issues discussed or policy Look at the energy She's no Charlie but a B-R-A-T It's the most important election of our life The only choice I want is having kids and a wife It's the most important election of our life The only choice I want is having kids and a wife They ruin everything, and that word is so common. I am trying to scrub it from my vocabulary but i can't...I can't..i will It is my hope to never use that word again and find a good replacement maybe i'll make one up Absolutely bananas Bananas Bananas

3:05:21 absolutely gob smackingly bananas. The best podcast in the universe! Adios, mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A Wow and wow wow