Episode 1715 · Sunday, 24 November 2024

Scruples

A potential media shakeup looms as billionaire appointments fill the cabinet, while global tensions rise over new ballistic missile deployments and failing international climate summits.

By The No Agenda Show | 3h 31m listen | 59 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1715

About this episode

Elon Musk sparked intense media speculation after hinting at a potential acquisition of MSNBC, leading to a public rebuttal from Rachel Maddow. The move coincides with reports that Donald Trump may pivot Truth Social toward a cryptocurrency-based payment ecosystem rather than a direct merger with X. As the transition team accelerates, the administration has tapped billionaire Scott Besant for Treasury Secretary and billionaire real estate investor Stephen Witkoff as the special envoy to the Middle East.

Secondary appointments include Lori Chavez de Ramer for Labor, Scott Turner for HUD, and Dr. Jeanette Nishiwat for Surgeon General, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepares a mandate to overhaul food safety standards and artificial dyes in products like Froot Loops. In Europe, Sergei Markov warned of nuclear escalation following the deployment of Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in Dnipro. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is pushing a $5 billion military aid surge to Ukraine, benefiting defense contractors like Raytheon, as Sweden distributes civil defense pamphlets to its population. At COP 29 in Azerbaijan, developing nations labeled a $300 billion climate finance deal an insult, while IMF representatives suggested annual 7% emission cuts may require measures exceeding the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Chris Cuomo faced criticism for an on-air teleprompter meltdown at NewsNation, while Brian Williams offered tough love to the Democratic party regarding working-class alienation. Sir Dusan the Autocrat joined the Round Table during a formal knighting ceremony, and John C. Dvorak shared a culinary tip on using Red Boat fish sauce as an umami salt substitute. The program concludes with a look at the migration of media elites to Blue Sky and the rise of TikTok Thanksgiving quitters.


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CHAPTER 01 / 59 Discussion

Elon Musk, MSNBC Acquisition Rumors and Social Media Strategy

Elon Musk hinted at a potential acquisition of MSNBC, sparking widespread speculation and a reaction from Rachel Maddow regarding a provocative image Musk posted. The discussion explores the feasibility of such a deal and the likelihood of Donald Trump merging True Social with X (formerly Twitter). Predictions suggest True Social may instead pivot toward a cryptocurrency-based payment platform to create an "everything app" ecosystem.

elon musk· msnbc· twitter· true social· rachel maddow· crypto payments

00:00 It doesn't taste like fish. This is my favorite. I have people trying to rationalize that to me. You don't know what you're talking about, Curry.

00:40 What do you not know what you're talking about? Elon Musk buying MSNBC. What about it? He's the one who hinted at it. We discussed it on the show. This is bull crap. This is not going to happen. That's what they said about Twitter. No, I don't think they said that. In fact, he didn't want to do the Twitter deal. The courts made him. Yeah, well, that was a little different. But if anything, I think he'll, I think No, he's not going to do anything. And another one is, oh yeah, Trump's going to merge True Social with Twitter. I don't think so. That's a good one. I don't think so. Now, I suspect that True Social may connect to some crypto company. That would make sense for payments online because that's where all of this is headed. It's all headed towards do your payments, do it all in one app.

01:41 Do everything here. Don't need anything else. I guess. Yeah, I know. I know. But seriously, you don't think that there's any chance that Elon Musk will buy MSNBC? Well, he did post something yesterday. Have you seen the post? It's got a girl bent over for anal sex. Oh, I saw Rachel Maddow crying about this image. Yeah. Continue, continue to explain. And then where her butt is, there's a big MSNBC logo. Oh my God. Elon posted this, by the way. Of course he did. And then he has some sort of a saint-like character in the front saying, Lord,

02:25 Lord keep me from you know some that I don't want to don't let me say me kind of a comment mm-hmm Delivery no deliver me from evil Wow, and it's the saint guy standing there with the thought bubble. Yeah, I recommend Elon go very careful with these things. He's unleashing powers he has no idea how they work. He's asking for help. Now there's a good point. He's crying for help. Crying for help. It's a cry for help. I think that's a good point. So maybe he doesn't, you know, he knows he's tempted because he's got the money.

03:05 This guy, I think it's $333 billion just to use the magic number in net worth and he could do it but he knows it's a bad idea. Why would you do that? I mean why? So he could fire everybody. He's gone off the deep end. That's pretty crazy. Yeah, well, you know what? It would make- Hello! And I said, yeah, no, I just said hello. Well, I don't know what I said, but I think it would make our life interesting. Oh, it'd be terrific. I'm all in on that. I'm encouraging this stuff. I have no problem with that. You know, I've identified something that's happening and this is a little unexpected, but Trump derangement syndrome

CHAPTER 02 / 59 Discussion

Trump Derangement Syndrome Classic, Political Polarization and Social Media

A new classification of "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Classic" is introduced to describe extreme emotional reactions to Donald Trump's re-election. An anecdote involves a truck driver whose wife is filing for divorce specifically because she believes the Trump-Vance administration will abolish no-contest divorce and birth control rights. This phenomenon is attributed to heavy media influence and deep-seated political anxiety.

trump derangement syndrome· tds classic· donald trump· jd vance· birth control

03:55 highly contagious. How does that work? Well it's spreading to both sides of the political spectrum. It's always been on both sides. But it's pro-Trump people who now have Trump derangement syndrome. What are they? Oh okay, well that's different. Yes, well let me and this kind of was... Is it Trump derangement syndrome in a good way? No. So this was triggered by an email one of our producers sent to me and he says, one more payment and Christmas I'm gonna be knight. But it was kind of sad, he says, so his wife and he have had some issues and so he emails me and says, the wife decided to announce at our first couples therapy Zoom meeting

04:47 By the way, if you're in couples therapy on Zoom, yes, there's issues. The wife, he says, decided, and I'm not laughing at this because it's really, really heartbreaking. No. The wife decided to announce at our first couples therapy Zoom meeting after Trump got reelected, oh, he says, I'm remote because he's a truck driver. That she still probably listens to this show. Oh a lot a lot. Yeah, that's truck drivers That's our biggest audience backbone of the show and of the country and of the country. Yes coincidental He says she still wants to work on the relationship and will always love me but she's definitely filing for divorce because

05:33 Trump and Vance are going to do away with no contest divorce and also plan to take away women's rights to birth control and she doesn't want any legal connection to any man. Where is she getting this? From Elon's future television company, I guess. Well, yeah, but this is the derangement syndrome. This is not the derangement syndrome I'm talking about, but this is TDS I don't know if she's liberal or not. It's classic. It's very classic, but... See TDS, classic TDS. It's TDS classic. That's actually a better way of putting it. TDS classic. TDS classic. And when I hear that, I'm like, wow, she's so mind controlled that she really believes this, which is just sad.

CHAPTER 03 / 59 Discussion

New TDS, Conservative Criticism of Trump Cabinet Appointees

"New TDS" is defined as the internal conservative backlash and skepticism toward Donald Trump’s recent cabinet picks. Critics on platforms like Conservative Treehouse and Blue Sky have labeled appointees such as Pam Bondi and Scott Besant as "Rhinos" or "Deep State" plants. The discussion posits that controversial picks like Matt Gaetz may have served as "straw man" candidates to pave the way for more established figures like Bondi.

new tds· pam bondi· matt gaetz· scott besant· conservative treehouse· blue sky

06:29 And it's not sad, it's pathetic. But now on the other side, the new contagion is every single appointee that Trump makes, everything is filled with, oh, he's a rhino. That person's compromised. Israel's Zionist. Jews, no good. It's rampant. So it's TDS new. It's new TDS versus TDS classic. Well, I have to say that I've been susceptible to this. Ah, you need to be vaccinated. We need to protect you. With this Besant guy. Yes, yes. The Secretary of the Treasury. So he's the guy, the only, in fact, I think I have a clip of Jesse Watters discussing him.

07:22 I think. I want you to play the clip, but this is sad because television and social media networks are taking incredible advantage of this. And so this is reinvigorating. So, you know, we couldn't, the libs are all gone, the dems are all gone, they're all gone to blue sky. And now what are we going to yell about? We have to yell, Trump's doing it again. He has no idea he's getting all the deep state back in. Palantir's gonna facial recognize us all. It's all going to be the end of humanity. Well this may be, we've been looking for the... For an angle? For an angle.

08:02 What's going to be the thing there because it was last time was Russian collusion. And there's always something, you know, and we couldn't figure it out. And maybe this is what it is, is some sort of enemy within approach. Well, yeah. And it is all over the place. It hasn't really I don't watch a lot of Fox, I find it quite boring and tedious. I don't think it's very well structured shows. I'm sure you do, but I don't know if they're doing that there, but everywhere else I look, you know, conservative treehouses... Yes, they are. They are to a small extent, but it's not out of control. Well, conservative treehouse is kind of like one of these blogs. Tina reads this. What is it? Conservative Treehouse.

08:51 I never heard of it. Oh really? I think it was never heard of it. I think it was an outgrowth of maybe of Breitbart, Sundance, this guy. Anyway, it's quite popular amongst conservatives. But even in more, you know, we have friends who are more kind of in the Manhattan Foundation or, you know, conservative groups. They're all doing the same. and like, oh no, this is all wrong, these people are not right. There's so much spun up noise about these appointees. It's just, it's concerning for the country. Do we have a rundown on the specific problems with each one? I mean, I still think a lot of this is

09:36 scheduled. I have not been convinced otherwise that Matt Gaetz was not set up as a straw man. Well we have already said this, that either these people are set up to detract while the second in- I think Pam Bondi is really what broke everybody. Why? Oh no, you know she's no good! I'm just telling him Bondi's no good. This is beyond me. Hold on a second. I always thought that they wouldn't put Pam Bondi in at first, but they could put Matt Gates as the straw man and then okay, okay, whatever. Bring in Pam Bondi, same, you know, another person from Florida, but she actually has chops. She's been an attorney general for eight years. She was a prosecutor and she's a very presentable to say the least. Yeah, but she would, there was,

10:27 So what's wrong with her? I'm just telling you that people bring up these old cases. Oh, she was involved in this. She was involved in that. Oh, that's no good. She was over here on this thing. If you're going to do any work in your entire life, especially for over decades, you're going to make some decisions that are going to piss off someone. Right, but this is what TDS class a new TDS is about new TDS new TDS. Yes, yeah Yes, yeah, we got it. We're getting it down. Yes, that's what this is about is people Oh, it was the George Zimmerman case. You remember Trayvon Martin. I do remember the George Trayvon Martin. Yeah, she was no good in that well

11:11 Why what'd she do wrong? It's irrelevant. It's it's the it's this just they have to go and argue about it and then people and Good boy. You got something you got a you mate. You just made your point. Yes, of course. Let's do not Yeah, are you about something that took place 20 years ago, but it's fueling up It's no I wasn't 20 years ago. The show was around when this happened It's fueling up and close it's fueling up the social media networks and everybody has you know Just because there's no one left to fight with everybody's on everyone's gone to blue sky where they weep It's weeping all day on blue sky. And so what are you gonna fight about? Well, we have to fight about these pics. This is no good It's it's incessant what I what I kind of this was a kind of an interesting clip. I liked This clip before about Trump's

CHAPTER 04 / 59 Discussion

Trump Cabinet Announcements, Public Health and Economic Picks

Donald Trump announced a flurry of cabinet nominations including billionaire Scott Besant for Treasury Secretary and Russell Vaught for the Office of Management and Budget. Other notable picks include Lori Chavez de Ramer for Labor, Scott Turner for HUD, and Dr. Jeanette Nishiwat for Surgeon General. The segment highlights the diverse backgrounds of the nominees and their potential roles in deregulating federal agencies and shifting public health standards.

scott besant· russell vaught· lori chavez de ramer· scott turner· jeanette nishiwat· marty mccary

12:00 appointees. I thought this was kind of funny. A flurry of announcements from Donald Trump on Friday. The president-elect selecting billionaire Scott Besant to head the Treasury Department. If confirmed, he would be the first openly gay Treasury Secretary. Trump has also nominated Russell Vaught as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Trump has described him as an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator. Vought is one of the architects of Project 2025. Trump has called the project's proposals, which include restrictions on abortion pills, birth control and Medicare access, as well as eliminating federal agencies, extreme. For Labor Secretary, Trump's selecting Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez de Ramer, who lost her re-election bid earlier this month.

12:42 The president-elect also naming his first black nominee this term. NFL veteran and conservative commentator Scott Turner to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the healthcare space, Trump announcing his choice for Surgeon General, Dr. Jeanette Nishiwot, calling her a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventative medicine and public health. And to lead the food and drug... Did you hear what she just said there? Listen to this. Calling her a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventative medicine and public health. She's Pro-Vax! And to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty McCary, a Fox News regular who pushed back against COVID lockdowns. He's also tapping former Florida Congressman Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a powerful agency that sets vaccine standards and responds to disease outbreaks.

CHAPTER 05 / 59 Discussion

Personal Accountability, Historical Predictions and Soul Corruption

The conversation shifts to personal reflections on past predictions, including skepticism regarding the original iPad launch and the moon landing. A philosophical argument is made that the current political climate is "polluting the soul" of the public. The mission of the program is reaffirmed as helping listeners "resize their amygdala" to remain calm amidst media-driven crises.

ipad· moon landing· soul corruption· amygdala· no agenda show

13:29 Weldon, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been skeptical of vaccine research and how the government tracks adverse reactions. All of these selections are cabinet positions and will need to be confirmed by the Senate. If you're around for 20 years, there's gonna be stuff that people look at and go, oh that wasn't great or you did or you were on the wrong side of that or whatever. Yeah, me and the mouse. Is that what you mean? Is the mouse in your pocket? Is that the one? Or what is me and the mouse? No, there's no evidence. Oh, the actual mouse. Yes, there's no evidence. Yeah, precisely. Yeah, so I'm a schmuck. Yeah, you are wrong.

14:08 perpetually wrong. You're wrong. You're wrong. Yes, that's a great example. I've been called wrong for various things by the way and there's one thing that was extremely wrong about and no one has ever caught it and I'm not going to tell you what it is but anyway continue I'm sorry. What? You can't let that dangle out there like that. I mean how much... I sure can. You could... I could keel over dead tomorrow and we'd never know. Yeah, I'll reveal it'll be during the season of reveal. I'll bring it out People also say you were wrong on the iPad, but I've never I've never really followed that one. I'm not quite sure

14:53 I mean, I don't think so the time we we were all laughing about the iPad We're saying we're gonna walk down the street with this giant iPhone next to your head. I remember making those jokes I think that was just yeah, that was that thing. That was pretty much that what I think you know only sing when I'm singled out for something very specific I think that's where you can blast me. It happened in a conversation on a panel. It was like, it was Twitch or something. Yeah, it's meaningless now. But I'm still good on my no moon landing. Take me back to the moon and I'll shut up. So I'm always on the wrong side of that according to people. But it doesn't really matter. The point is that people are craving, you know, you have to be careful of the ways of the world because it pollutes your soul.

15:43 This is what's happening. Oh man, here we go. People's souls are being corrupted. They've been corrupted. They're not being corrupted. They're corrupted. Our job, our service to Noah's generation, not outside of it, to Noah's generation is, you know, we've always said, we resize your amygdala. We need to work on this again because people are spinning up and spinning out and they're going to start dying off. By that we mean quitting the show. I'm actually talking about dying off. We have turnover on this show that's annoying to me. We have people like Dame Tanya over here that used to live in the area. Yeah. And she hasn't listened to the show for years. We had a whole social network. Whatever happened to the anonymous lesbian? She used to be a huge fan and she hasn't communicated at all.

CHAPTER 06 / 59 Discussion

NPR Coverage, Scott Besant and the Council on Foreign Relations

NPR reports on the nomination of Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary and Scott Besant for Treasury, noting the potential extension of 2017 tax cuts. Skepticism is raised regarding Besant’s ties to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The segment also touches on the return of Sebastian Gorka as a counterterrorism advisor despite past controversies.

npr· scott besant· council on foreign relations· world economic forum· brooke rollins· sebastian gorka

16:34 Yeah, I mean there's a lot of people have stuck with us forever, but yeah the turnover is is interesting And you know we have to bring in new people which is you know annoying well. We need a new crisis I'm trying to identify one. Here's the crisis the crisis is new TDS We gotta calm down. Go outside, look at the blue sky, sniff the clean air. I have two clips, I don't have the Jesse Waters clip, but I do have two clips from NPR discussing these new Trump picks. Okay. And they're both actually from different parts. They're not the same. It's not like a continuation of the same clip, but they're both from NPR. One is like a quick announcement. The other one is an elaborate quick announcement done by a different show. But let's go with new Trump picks live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Janine Hurst.

17:24 President-elect Donald Trump today nominated Brooke Rawlins as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. She served as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council in his first administration. Trump also tapped billionaire investor Scott Besant as his Treasury Secretary. That's a position with widespread responsibilities in economic, regulatory and international affairs. MPR Scott Horsley has more. He'll probably get a friendly reception from the new GOP Congress if he's confirmed. One of his first jobs will be getting an extension of Trump's 2017 tax cuts, parts of which are set to expire next year. He'll likely be pushing on an open door when it comes to cutting taxes, although that would probably add to the federal debt, which we learned just yesterday has now surpassed $36 trillion. Yeah baby!

18:12 Rockin and rollin! So they had to put a negative thing in there on these basic reports. They don't mention he's gay, Jesse Watters did, but nobody... No, it's very interesting. Only that one report I had is about him being openly gay. And Jesse Watters is the only one on Fox who's mentioned it. I wish I had this clip because in the report Jesse says, the gays He's been listening to this. So we have no turnover on Jesse Watters. He's still with us.

18:48 mimicking you? So the gays, so he and he's married he's married to some guy named John as a matter of fact and but he's one of those used to be called log cabin Republicans which were referring to the gays in the Republican Party. It breaks the narrative of the dumb Dems it breaks the narrative and it does break the narrative. They can't say it. Now the thing that bothers me about this Besant guy to to jump into new TDS is that he's a member of the CFR. Ah, yeah, if it's not CFR, it's WEF. Oh no, he's a young global leader of WEF. Oh no, oh no. Okay, boy, this is the second. I like the way you, I don't know if it was something funny about the way you did that. So here's the second version of the same report.

19:42 The next Trump administration is fast taking shape. A quick update on the latest round of picks. This afternoon, President-elect Donald Trump named Brooke Rollins as his pick for Agriculture Secretary. Rollins was a policy advisor in the first Trump administration and in recent years has headed a think tank closely aligned with Trump's agenda. A few other names offer clues about how Trump will govern as well. He named Russ Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget, a key post for directing federal spending. Vote was a leading architect behind Project 2025, a conservative plan for a second Trump administration that Democrats tried to make a major campaign issue and that Trump repeatedly tried to distance himself from. Trump said in a statement that Vote will quote, dismantle the deep state, end quote. Another noteworthy appointment is Sebastian Gorka, who's been nominated as the new senior director for counterterrorism.

CHAPTER 07 / 59 Discussion

John Kelly, Steve Bannon and Political Affiliations

The history of internal White House friction during Trump's first term is reviewed, specifically how Chief of Staff John Kelly ousted Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka. The hosts discuss their own shifts in political identity, moving from Republican and Libertarian (Ron Paul) affiliations to being completely unaffiliated. They argue that maintaining an open mind is more important than adhering to a fixed party ideology.

john kelly· steve bannon· sebastian gorka· ron paul· tea party· republican party

20:33 Gorka served in Trump's White House as a counterterrorism advisor back in 2017, and then NPR reported that congressional Democrats alleged Gorka had connections with anti-Semitic groups in Hungary, something Gorka denied. As a small production note, interestingly, these were from two different NPR shows. The first one had channel bias towards the right channel. The left one had channel bias towards the left channel. That's funny. Yeah, I don't know why that is it's not just Gorka thing is interesting because Gorka and Bannon when they were both part of the original Trump team at the beginning of his 2016 a term and they were rousted by John Kelly John Kelly was the chief of staff at the time was a bright something It seems like a prick to me this guy. He's a guy who comes out and was saying he hates Trump for one thing so this is like what kind of a

21:26 a Marine General would go into the office and then start saying bad things about their boss. You have to be something of an asshole. So, and Kelly seemed as though his job was to get rid of Bannon mainly, which he did. He ousted Bannon and then, and the story behind that has never been told by Bannon that I know of. And then he also got rid of Gorka who he didn't like. And Gork is something of a blowhard. I don't know how he came back. He must have some pictures of somebody. That's very interesting. I love CBrooklyn112 because he's infected by new TDS. Like Mossad connection. I forgot that one. I forgot the Mossad connection. Oh yeah. And he also explains... Epstein. The Mossad killed Epstein is the latest.

22:18 Whitney Webb I'm sure is saying that. Whitney Webb, there, yeah, slowly I turn. The reason for our turnover according to the trolls, we need, you guys need to be more consistent in your beliefs. That's, that's... We're very consistent in our beliefs. Explain. Don't you think? I think that our belief is to be open-minded. We're extremely consistent with this open-mindedness. Yeah, we're open to changing. We're not sitting around as a couple of ideologues going on and on with the, you know, kind of a fixed in stone kind of attitude about everything because we're not. We just dumb crap that goes on on both sides. I think they want us to be Republicans. Yes, yes, yes, exactly.

23:07 I was a Republican. I was a Democrat. I was a Republican. I was an Independent. And now I'm not affiliated. I'm not affiliated. And I like it this way. I was a Ron Paul guy for the very beginning. That's right. You are. Well, actually, everyone's had their moment with libertarianism. But he was Tea Party. That was the Tea Party days, not the libertarians. Then the Tea Party got hijacked and then somehow he was kicked out. They got hijacked by the Texas guy. Which Texas guy was that? Oh, what's his name? I can almost think of his name. He was one of the Texas congressmen who he hijacked the party and a conservative Texan guy, but he wasn't really Tea Party. Yeah. I have a this is probably good to listen to his name. Yeah. This is NBC overview. So, you know, and then we can take them off and tick the boxes. Trump's flurry, flurry of cabinet picks.

CHAPTER 08 / 59 Discussion

NBC News Summary, Public Health Disruptors and Food Safety

An NBC News overview highlights Trump’s focus on public health and the economy, featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mandate to "go wild" on food and health safety. Nominees like Dr. Dave Weldon and Dr. Marty McCary are framed as disruptors who may challenge the traditional food pyramid and vaccine standards. The report also mentions Russell Vaught’s goal to dismantle the "deep state" through executive branch control.

robert f. kennedy jr· dave weldon· marty mccary· food pyramid· project 2025· tariffs

24:02 Tonight, President-elect Trump choosing Brooke Rollins to lead the Agriculture Department, saying the Texas native will spearhead efforts to protect American farmers. Rollins, who runs a conservative think tank, is also an alum of Trump's first term, serving as his Director of Domestic Policy. The appointment coming after a barrage of announcements late Friday night. The president-elect naming nine key appointees, most in two areas the new White House will be focusing on, public health and the economy. Come on up, Scott. For Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, a hedge fund manager and major donor and economic advisor to the Trump campaign. Besant expected to make good on Trump's promises to cut taxes and raise tariffs on imports.

24:44 And I let it be known that the tariffs will be about 100%. The president-elect also tapping Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-Durima for Labor Secretary. And Russell Vought to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought has written that a president should take more control of the executive branch. As an administration, the whole notion of an independence should be thrown out. Trump also picking a team of doctors to work with his choice for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I'm gonna let him go wild on health, I'm gonna let him go wild on the food. The team to include former Florida Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon for CDC director, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Jeanette Neshiswat for Surgeon General, and Johns Hopkins surgeon and researcher Dr. Marty McCary to head the FDA. All of them expected to be disruptors to public health, potentially changing how medicines and food are evaluated.

25:35 And what is scary and dangerous to health? It's not RFK Jr. It's the food pyramid lie that's been out there for 60 years. The president-elect also making former aide Sebastian Gorka a senior advisor on counterterrorism after he only had a temporary low-level security clearance during Trump's first term, according to a then-senior US official. Yeah, so I mean, why no one is yelling about Gorka is beyond me. That's the guy that's the wild guy. Also, not many talking about Witkoff.

CHAPTER 09 / 59 Discussion

Stephen Witkoff, Middle East Envoy and Israel Relations

Real estate investor Stephen Witkoff has been tapped as the special envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff is a close ally of Donald Trump and a vocal supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu, having raised significant funds for Israeli causes. The discussion notes his lack of formal diplomatic experience but highlights his business connections in the Gulf region, including Qatar.

stephen witkoff· israel· benjamin netanyahu· palestine· gaza· qatar

26:10 That seems to be kind of a passé. He's the... Which went to Witkoff. He will be the Middle East envoy. US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Stephen Witkoff as his special envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff, a real estate investor and a close ally of the incoming president, played a key role in raising funds from the Jewish business community for Trump's presidential campaign. Israel, Joe! I know this man very well. He's no stranger to the Gulf, having worked in US real estate deals with nations like Qatar, but his appointment, in spite of his lack of diplomatic experience,

26:49 It comes at a time when diplomacy is increasingly crucial as Israel intensifies its devastating offensive in Palestine's Gaza. Witkow has raised funds for the Israeli army and is a vocal supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has an ICC warrant out for his arrest over charges related to war crimes. He was in attendance during Netanyahu's speech to US Congress calling it a spiritual experience. He has called Trump the strongest and most vocal supporter of Israel in generations. Whitkoff is the latest addition to a long list of picks tapped for Trump's second term that have a staunch pro-Israel stance. Yeah, so he's no good. Pro-Israel, Zionists, probably no good. Mossad, no good. This is exhausting. I'm gonna be honest, it's exhausting.

27:36 Because Trump keeps you busy. Everybody just take a breath. You got a couple months, take a breath. So it's going to be okay. Let's see what happens. And then because you can already predict it. It's going to be months of confirmation hearings. We'll be watching C-SPAN. Everybody picking everybody apart. And then they're all gonna get in and nothing's gonna really change. Nothing. Who are we kidding here? Well, what's going to change is the economy is going to take a big dump. Not right away. It's gonna be booming and it's gonna continue to do so. Well, the timing is... you never exactly know the timing. And what will... No, the timing is always... Yes, this is a fact. And you never know the causation.

28:19 If you study all the stock market crashes over history, The causations are always different and they're only available to you in hindsight. You can't... Give me three. Give me three. So nothing is the same? Nothing is... there's never been an identical trigger? No, there's... for example, in the 70s the causation was this thing called stagflation. That's never existed before. Wait a minute. Didn't that have to do with the 71 going off the gold standard? Didn't that... just no no it already it crashed in 69 it crashed before this going off the gold standard was it was an attempt to correct the problem no the gold standard thing took place after the crash the crash took place in 69 I remember it very well and

CHAPTER 10 / 59 Discussion

Economic Cycles, Global War Economies and Green Energy Failures

A comparison of historical economic crashes, from 1970s stagflation to the 2008 liquidity crisis, leads to a theory that major powers are entering a "global war economy." The hosts argue that the "green economy" promoted by the Obama and Biden administrations has failed, particularly in Germany. They suggest that military industrialization is replacing green energy as the primary economic driver for the U.S., Russia, and China.

stagflation· 2008 financial crisis· war economy· cop 29· germany· green energy

27:36 Because Trump keeps you busy. Everybody just take a breath. You got a couple months, take a breath. So it's going to be okay. Let's see what happens. And then because you can already predict it. It's going to be months of confirmation hearings. We'll be watching C-SPAN. Everybody picking everybody apart. And then they're all gonna get in and nothing's gonna really change. Nothing. Who are we kidding here? Well, what's going to change is the economy is going to take a big dump. Not right away. It's gonna be booming and it's gonna continue to do so. Well, the timing is... you never exactly know the timing. And what will... No, the timing is always... Yes, this is a fact. And you never know the causation.

28:19 If you study all the stock market crashes over history, The causations are always different and they're only available to you in hindsight. You can't... Give me three. Give me three. So nothing is the same? Nothing is... there's never been an identical trigger? No, there's... for example, in the 70s the causation was this thing called stagflation. That's never existed before. Wait a minute. Didn't that have to do with the 71 going off the gold standard? Didn't that... just no no it already it crashed in 69 it crashed before this going off the gold standard was it was an attempt to correct the problem no the gold standard thing took place after the crash the crash took place in 69 I remember it very well and

29:08 And then it lingered until you had this high inflation rate and you had this thing called stagflation. That's never happened before. Right. Well, we thought we came close. The recent 2007-2008 thing was a liquidity crisis and it had to do with the letters of credit. It had to do with the... with these mortgage-backed bonds, you know, these bull crap mortgage things that were just useless and they were shipped to Europe mostly who mocked us for doing them and then they found out that they were stuck with most of them. That's brand new idea. I like that one. Yeah. What I'm seeing though is a global push. So if you want to talk conspiracy, it appears to me that the United States, Russia and China are colluding together

29:56 to enter into a global war economy. And it makes sense for everybody, you know, because then we just hunker down, we all got to build stuff, we have to build a missile shield, you got to build a ship. Well, that's the closest you can get to controlling the public. Yeah, but it seems like that's where it's going. And, oh man, NATO and also the health care industry, they're all doing everything they can. Also COP 29, please let's not do that, we'll do that later. Because the whole idea of Obama interrupted by Trump but then into Biden, the whole idea was the new economy is green.

30:42 So that means new opportunities, mainly for people to have meetings and eat steak and fly in private jets and go everywhere for these meetings three times a year. Lots of meetings. But you know, it's like solar panels and windmills and electric vehicles. All of these things, that was supposed to be the new economy and Trump is coming and saying no, no, no, we're gonna stick with what we have and that's a big disruptor. And, you know, so now we see, besides the fact that it's a failed idea, we see Germany, which is the motor of the European Union. No Germany, no European Union. And they can't, they're having trouble manufacturing things because of a lack of affordable energy. So what are you going to do? Well, if you just say, if you just say, oh, there's war, and I think that

CHAPTER 11 / 59 Discussion

Ukraine Security Guarantees, Buffer Zones and NATO Resistance

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reportedly exploring bilateral security guarantees with Western allies as an alternative to NATO membership. The discussion covers the potential creation of a buffer zone to prevent future Russian aggression. It is suggested that the conflict is moving toward a conclusion where the European Union and U.S. will focus on a long-term "war economy" to sustain Ukraine's defense without direct troop deployment.

volodymyr zelenskyy· ukraine· nato· russia· buffer zone· bilateral agreements

31:35 It seems that, you know, there's peace is coming in Ukraine, you know, Zelensky is even openly kind of talking about how we're, you know, how we're going to do this and we're going to have a buffer zone. Actually, the buffer zone thing is interesting. Let me see, where is it? I have him here somewhere. I think it's... Maybe it's this one. A formal invitation has long been on Zelensky's wish list. But in the transatlantic alliance, it has been greeted with resistance from many members. And that means Ukraine needs other options to assure its security if it reaches a peace deal with Russia.

32:18 Ukraine will not be going into NATO. There has to be, however, some form of guarantee so that Ukrainians understand that the Russians simply won't start this over next year and that certain elements of the West, particularly the US, UK, France, will be ready to stand in should that take place. That means bilateral security guarantees. And I think those are much, much, much more likely than any kind of NATO arrangement. Ukraine has already entered into bilateral security agreements with 27 of its allies. They pledge long-term support for Ukrainian self-defense by providing assistance to boost Ukraine's military capabilities and shore up Ukraine's economy and governance.

32:59 But they do not contain any commitments to come to Ukraine's defense with the deployment of armed forces in response to future Russian aggression. Yeah, that's not the one. Somewhere I have a clip where they talk about the buffer zone, which will be, you know, in this region where supposedly 11,000 Koreans are walking around. So, but that's cursed because where the Koreans are, they're not in Ukraine. No, they're well, but remember, remember, Russia doesn't want it to be part of the buffer zone. No, but you remember the what they're talking about? I'm not saying that's what the deal will be. They're talking about is that, you know, 10 square kilometers that Ukraine went into. Look at us.

33:39 Look at what we did. We're awesome. We're winning. That that would be part of the buffer zone. I mean, this is coming to an end. And so they're already trying to figure out, OK, how do we set everybody up? You know, PSYOP, the European Union. You know, we got it. We got to have all kinds of stuff. We've got to supply Ukraine with everything except nuclear weapons. We've got to supply them with everything. So we have to have the war economy created. I mean, that just seems like and China, of course, for us, it will be China. and the patsy in the middle is going to be Taiwan. Overall, we know they're in on it too. This is the kind of stuff that you have to look at. You can step back and say, first, we're not going to die. There's not going to be nuclear war. This is just, it hasn't stopped. It hasn't stopped. People are just... No, we have a show clip which emphasizes it. It's quite funny. Helped by, here's Putin's

CHAPTER 12 / 59 Discussion

Sergei Markov, Nuclear Threats and Polish Military Readiness

Sergei Markov, a former spokesperson for Vladimir Putin, warned on the BBC that Western escalation could lead to nuclear war before Christmas. However, military sources suggest that a Russian attack on Poland would be "suicide" due to the high readiness of the Polish military and U.S. backing. Poland is characterized as a dedicated, less corrupt ally compared to Ukraine, with a "never again" mentality regarding Russian interference.

sergei markov· vladimir putin· poland· nuclear war· bbc· army special operations

34:35 Former form, let me see, his former foreign minister. Boy, I'm really failing today. Okay. No, I'm not okay. Where's his former foreign minister? Let me see. Putin. What about his current foreign minister? No, this is Sergei Markov. Sergei Markov. He's the former spokeshole, not former minister, but spokeshole for Putin. And he goes on the BBC, which is what you do if you want to communicate something to the international community. And he says, oh, this is the war which you started against us. I think it's extremely, extremely dangerous. He's good, right? Do you think President Putin would be prepared to use nuclear weapons?

35:21 Not now, for sure. I think the response could be also by sending growth missiles on American military base on the Polish and German territory. It's one of the possible solutions. But I think that Biden Macron and Steiner, they want escalation which could lead to the nuclear war. And from my understanding, in the worst scenario, the nuclear war happened before Christmas of this year. Probably you will be not able to say Merry Christmas because you will stay in the hall trying to hide away your family from the nuclear catastrophe. This can develop very, very quickly.

36:04 We're not going to be able to say Merry Christmas because we'll be hiding in the hole. Now what he mentioned there, this is the new narrative and I haven't really heard it in the US yet, which Putin is thinking about, hmm, I'm thinking about attacking US bases in Poland and I got a, I think a message from... Yeah, the ones that have the missiles, I've heard this. Yeah, so this is from a very reliable source. Not the old reliable sources new reliable source. They had no quantum dots. No, no, no, no I've I've since upgraded my sources a very close relative

36:46 is a field-grade officer and army special operator of this source of mine who was now deployed in Poland. He believes that a Russian attack on Poland would be suicide for Russia. He concedes that it would be a war of attrition but believes that the US and Poland would F them up. As an old veteran myself, says my source, I'm familiar with the American weaponry but our arsenal isn't the only reason he thinks we'd prevail. His comment was that the Poles are excellent warriors dedicated to the nation and to this day have a never again mentality about Russian meddling. This is not the kind of country you want to attack, especially when it's backed by a power like the United States. Worth mentioning Poland is significantly less corrupt than Ukraine, at least according to sources.

CHAPTER 13 / 59 Discussion

Swedish Civil Defense, Neutron Bombs and Ballistic Missile Fear

Sweden’s distribution of nuclear war pamphlets is dismissed as a long-standing civil defense practice rather than a new escalation. The hosts recall the Cold War-era "neutron bomb" scares and argue that current media emphasis on "nuclear-capable" missiles is a psychological operation to prepare the public for a war economy. They contend that the ability to put nuclear warheads on small delivery systems has existed for decades, making recent "tests" less revolutionary than reported.

sweden· nuclear pamphlets· neutron bomb· ronald reagan· ballistic missiles· psychological operations

37:29 It has to be. Everything is less corrupt than Ukraine. You know, and just as a side note on the whole... That sounds like a reasonable report to me. Yeah. A side note on the whole nuclear war. Oh, we've got to be so afraid. Remember the pamphlets we played the clip from that was going around, oh, they're handing out nuclear war pamphlets in Sweden. So boots on the ground from one of our Swedish producers. This fact is this pamphlet has been around since the Cold War. has always been a part of the Swedish civil defense. There was a long period of time in the early 2000s when the government decided there won't be any more war and thus the pamphlet was discontinued. But in 2020, when we ran out of toilet paper and white bread, the pamphlet was reinstated together with state radio shows like Berdyskop readiness. So this is nothing new whatsoever. Wait, you're telling me that because of the shortage of toilet paper, they did this as a distraction?

38:28 No, I think to use it as toilet paper is what I would know. I don't think that's true. I'm thinking it's obviously a distraction. Oh, it's a distraction. That would be the only way you run out of toilet paper. So what look what's gonna happen? There's nothing compared to what's coming I do have if if you want to dive into it for a second CBS had a pretty interesting series of medium-range clips here about the ballistic missiles. We probably saw the clips and Russia deployed a ballistic missile and it popped open the payload and then five Five separate charges came out and blew up some stuff there in Ukraine. This may be interesting to get some thoughts on. NATO is set to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday after Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile. Some tests, it seemed like a real deployment to me. Ukraine. The new missiles have the ability to carry nuclear capable weapons.

39:26 I have the capability to carry a nuclear weapon. I mean, why is this supposed to be scary? I don't know why, you know, you're right. This is an interesting point. They've been saying this as though it's some new thing. If you remember, I think it was even as far back as the 60s or 70s. when you were a little kid, they were talking about nuclear-tipped artillery shells. Yeah. Where you had a big gun and you could shoot this, shoot an artillery shell five miles and it was a nuke. Now if you could do that, obviously you can put a nuke on anything, on a Volkswagen.

40:06 So why are they emphasizing this? It's dumb. No, it's to spin you up and get you ready for the war economy. When I was a kid in the 70s in Europe, it was the neutron bomb. Yes, I remember. That was really promoted by Reagan in the 80s more than I think it was. I know it was developed, I think it was developed in the 70s. Somebody has to look it up. But I know Reagan was seriously discussing them and he got shut down for talking about it too much. Just so people know what the neutron bomb was. And there were kids, kids get out of school early in Holland to march against the American use of the neutron bomb.

40:46 Which I think was also a Pointer Sister song, but the neutron bomb would kill the people but save the buildings Yes, it was a bomb that was a it was a hydrogen bomb type device That didn't have any didn't explode necessarily. It just gave out copious amounts of deadly neutrons by the boat load and it would kill everything within like a 10 mile radius dead anything that was living. But then you could move back in later into the building. You could just haul the corpses out and you had a whole town to yourself. Yeah, you just turn off the tea kettle. What a great idea. Turn off the tea kettle and you're good to go. Neutron bomb. Neutron bomb. The new missiles have the ability to carry nuclear capable weapons.

CHAPTER 14 / 59 Discussion

Oreshnik Missile Deployment, Hypersonic Technology and MIRV Payloads

Russia’s deployment of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in Dnipro is analyzed. The missile features Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), allowing it to release several warheads at different speeds and directions. While some U.S. officials call it "experimental," the deployment is viewed as a significant message to the West regarding Russia's ability to bypass advanced air defenses.

oreshnik· icbm· hypersonic missile· mirv· dnipro· russia

41:32 Russian President Vladimir Putin says the launch was in response to Ukraine's recent use of long-range missiles provided by the US inside his country. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie Dagan joins us now from the Pentagon. So Charlie, what's the fact that Russia is testing these intermediate missiles signal to Ukraine, the US and its allies? Does it change the trajectory of this war? I love the testing. What is this testing? They deployed it. They deployed the missile. That's not a test. Before you continue with this clip, there's also a couple of other things that came out. The way they describe it as a medium missile, one group described it as the first use of an ICBM in the history of the world that actually got deployed.

42:17 then another group news group I'm talking about yeah described as the hypersonic test missile yeah three three kilometers per second so it's either hypersonic ICBM or whatever this other thing is they're talking about and they all had Merv's and they're all could be nuclear tipped and it was a test or something I don't know and this is terrible reporting and they had a CGI animation of it spinning in the I'm telling you that when I saw that first time I saw that video. I that's what the first thing came to mind This is CGI. Yeah, well that was CGI. I've seen as I've only seen the CGI version You know Like that guy in the chest like this. They're not presenting it as CGI, they're presenting it as if somebody took a video with their camera or something. Yeah, right. Phone. It does, Lindsey, it does. For the people that I've spoken to, while some US officials say Russia likely only possesses a handful of these experimental missiles. A handful.

43:12 I've been told they pose a unique threat. So they're capable of reaching 3,000 miles. They carry a multiple payload system. It's called a multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle. Oh, I like multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle. How about missile? Just missile. This is important because as the missile descends, those multiple warheads can be released at different speeds and different directions. Amazing. Potentially spread over a thousand miles. Combined with its lofted trajectory, challenges even the most advanced of Ukraine's air defenses. So the missile that we saw at Dnipro focused on one area and we've seen some of the videos. So it came over overhead and then unleashed six warheads down to a concentrated area. It's unlike anything that they've seen on the battlefields of Ukraine.

CHAPTER 15 / 59 Discussion

Military Terminology, Decimation and Ukraine Embassy Closures

A critique of the word "decimate" leads into a report on the vulnerability of Ukrainian cities like Lviv to high-trajectory ballistic missiles. The U.S. recently shut down its embassy in Kiev following warnings of missile tests. The segment highlights that while cruise missiles are easier to intercept, the new Russian ballistic technology poses a unique challenge to existing defense systems.

decimation· miriam webster· lviv· s-300· air defense· kiev

44:04 The term that they've used here, they're not worried, but they're concerned. Wait a minute! There's no worry? It's just concerned. Well, now comes... This is very troubling to me because I know language changes over time But I feel like when you use the term decimated or decimate It still hurts me to say. Oh, you mean completely wiped out. No, that's 10% and you I don't think has there ever really been a change in the in the dictionary term of decimated I think if you look in definition number three or four when they get down to the newer versions, I think it does have a

44:44 Connotation that it's wiped out when it doesn't really mean that is technically doesn't mean it. Okay, so I'm looking at Miriam Webster, which is what we usually use Yeah, cuz they switch their definitions faster than anybody else So they still have it as a transitive verb to select by lot and kill every tenth man That's the best of them should be number one definition. It is number one. Yeah, destiny definition number two to extract attacks of 10% and Number three to reduce drastically especially in number and then 3b to cause great destruction or harm to so but when you're talking in military terms You know, I feel that you should decimate means a tenth. Anyway, here's the here's the problem days are over Yeah, could Russia essentially decimate Ukraine with a handful of these missiles they have left

45:33 Well, Lindsey, you know, not decimate, but just for instance, right? So we've seen and I've been there when Russia has unleashed a number of, you know, S-300 missiles, which are anti-aircraft missiles. They get plenty of reach. They get the Shahed Iranian drones that can come in. But say Lviv, right? Lviv is way far west, very close to the Polish border. This comes in at a different trajectory than a cruise missile, which is easier to intercept and the missile defense systems are in place to do that. But if they were to launch, if Russia were to launch a number of these missiles at the same time, Ukraine would really struggle to take them down. And this, I think what we saw in Dnipro, we're only talking about maybe 750 miles from Russia, they could throw anything at Dnipro and they have. I think that was messaging to say this is what we've got and this is what we can do with it. That was messaging. Okay, well, how will Ukraine respond? How is Ukraine expected to respond?

46:33 Well, you know, mostly they'll be asking for more defense systems. They're going to need more money. They're going to need real defense. Real defense. There's concern. You know, the first time really, I believe, since the war began, they had to shut down their parliament. Just yesterday, the United States shut down its embassy. We had had a warning that a new missile was going to be tested days before it happened. And we reported that. So, that just shows you that in a place where air raid sirens are pretty much a fact of daily life, some people don't even rush to the shelters. They are now because of the unpredictability of what this weapon poses.

47:13 Now, the reason why I said earlier that it seems like all these three major superpowers, Russia, the United States and China are all in cahoots is because, you know, we're going to have to change. The reason for NATO is so we can standardize the weapons, you know, this so that you kind of lock everybody in. Standardize it on Lockheed, Boeing. You lock them into our U.S. standards. you know, so you get, you know, you have to use your 5 3 8 quarter wrench, whatever, instead of the, you know, wrench 10 11 10 12, whatever it is in Europe with centimeters. So and you want to have the standardized bullets and shells, all of that. So you're locked into our 55. So they're going to do that one way or the other now to add to it so that we can have another

CHAPTER 16 / 59 Discussion

NATO Standardization, North Korean Troops and Oil Sanctions

The standardization of NATO weaponry is described as a way to lock European markets into U.S. defense contracts with companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Meanwhile, South Korean intelligence reports that Russia is supplying air defense systems and oil to North Korea in exchange for 11,000 troops. This cooperation is seen as a violation of international sanctions but a necessary move for Russia to offset military losses.

nato· lockheed martin· north korea· south korea· oil sanctions· military technology

46:33 Well, you know, mostly they'll be asking for more defense systems. They're going to need more money. They're going to need real defense. Real defense. There's concern. You know, the first time really, I believe, since the war began, they had to shut down their parliament. Just yesterday, the United States shut down its embassy. We had had a warning that a new missile was going to be tested days before it happened. And we reported that. So, that just shows you that in a place where air raid sirens are pretty much a fact of daily life, some people don't even rush to the shelters. They are now because of the unpredictability of what this weapon poses.

47:13 Now, the reason why I said earlier that it seems like all these three major superpowers, Russia, the United States and China are all in cahoots is because, you know, we're going to have to change. The reason for NATO is so we can standardize the weapons, you know, this so that you kind of lock everybody in. Standardize it on Lockheed, Boeing. You lock them into our U.S. standards. you know, so you get, you know, you have to use your 5 3 8 quarter wrench, whatever, instead of the, you know, wrench 10 11 10 12, whatever it is in Europe with centimeters. So and you want to have the standardized bullets and shells, all of that. So you're locked into our 55. So they're going to do that one way or the other now to add to it so that we can have another

48:06 another market to sell to, I think that's the whole reason for this North Korean nonsense. South Korea says Russia supplied air defense systems to North Korea in exchange for troops to support the Kremlin's war with Ukraine. What more are we learning about this? Yeah, so this came from intelligence and South Korean foreign ministry who essentially underlining what they said was going to happen certainly with the America, the United States and others. We're worried about North Korea sent 11,000 troops to Russia. Why are we worried about it? Why are we worried about it? Why are we worried? It's South Korea. I mean no offense, but whoa so worried. No, we're not. You walk on the street, you're worried about South Korea? Will anybody say, oh yeah, I'm so worried about South Korea.

48:53 No, yeah, you're right. No, there's no we don't need that they immediately started saying well wait a minute What do they get in return and this seems to be an indication so they have anti-aircraft missiles That are being supplied to North Korea not that big a deal but in terms of the technology what they're more capable of I mean North Korea's got their own air defense systems and This is new because it's Russian. They're also trading technology. According to the same statement, the Russians are providing North Korea with oil and that is against sanctions. Not that it much matters with those two countries, but... You cut off Russia from the financial system, you forbid EU to take in oil, which of course they're still doing, and then

49:37 All what's against sanctions Russia is supplying oil to North Korea. That's no good It's that sort of cooperation. You know this is a two-way street 11,000 North Korean troops and you consider Tremendous losses that Russia is suffering is really just a drop in the ocean you have to ask yourself What North Korea is getting in exchange for that? Oh? What are they getting in exchange to ask yourself? I don't want to ask myself this last clip so Yeah, who cares? Everybody's got their to coin your phrase tit in a ringer about you know Trump coming in and NATO so time for an emergency meeting. Ukraine is hoping for concrete and meaningful outcomes at next week's emergency NATO meeting. What is Kiev asking for? They're going to be asking for more of those defense systems?

CHAPTER 17 / 59 Discussion

Raytheon Surge, Defense Industry Profits and Media Coverage

The Biden administration is pushing a $5 billion "surge" in military aid to Ukraine before the January transition. The hosts characterize this as a "Christmas bonus" for defense contractors like Raytheon. They also note that "Mockingbird Media" outlets have returned to the front lines in Ukraine to satisfy the demands of their military-industrial sponsors.

raytheon· biden administration· military aid· mockingbird media· storm shadow· ukraine

50:22 Do you know, Lindsey, that is, I just read that statement and that's where the statement ends. But it's a refrain that we've heard time and time again. They want concrete productivity out of these meetings. You know, they can't have platitudes. Money! NATO is concerned. Poland especially is concerned about the development of this new weapon. Russia has got plenty of weapons that can reach NATO countries. It's what this weapon represents. And I also have to, I keep drilling down about this. You know, the United States just had a $275 million aid package promised to Ukraine. There's something like $5 billion in aid on the table right now. It's called a surge that the Biden administration said that they want to get. I can see the board meetings at Raytheon already. Hey.

51:10 Hey, Bob, there's five billion on the table. How are we going to get that? We want most of that. That's our money to Ukraine. And the clock is ticking. You know, the Ukrainians know it. The Russians know it. We're headed to a new administration. Nobody's entirely sure whether that support for Ukraine will continue past January 20th. So there's very much a hurry up offense. particularly with the development of these new weapons. The United States has allowed these attackers. That's a good catch. Hurry up offense. Since whenever has a hurry up offense been a good strategy? I don't think it's. It is a good strategy. It's always a good strategy. Why? That's the thing you need to know. Why? The reason it's a football term and it refers to a hurry up offense, which is hard to do because it poops you out. But if you can pull it off,

51:59 It keeps the other team that so they can't do any substitutions during the play and they have to keep their guys in there and then you keep running a Drag it and if you can outlast them in terms of of the ability to have more Stamina, then you'll you'll be beaten back and you'll beat this crap out of him with a hurry up off And so it's a it's a good strategy is the way you can do it is the wishbone a part of the no So there's very much a hurry up offense, particularly with the development of these new weapons. You know, the United States has allowed these attack them, longer range weapons to be used on Russian soil. That's a major development. And it's one of the reasons that President Putin said,

52:44 He's unleashed this new weapon directly because of that in Britain's storm shadow. So we see a huge escalation in the past week or so. Ukraine's been out of the headlines for a long time. We have teams there once again. This is front page news. We're talking about it now. This is going to accelerate and increase as we get closer to January. So Mockingbird Media, the TV stations fighting for their lives, they got teams out there again because their military Sponsors demand it. We demand coverage. We have to have coverage. We need that. There's five billion on the table right now. It's just a drop in the bucket compared to our trillion dollar annual budget. But we want it. For Christmas. It's our Christmas bonus. And the relatively young German foreign minister, what's her name? Her name is Annalena. Annalena Baerbock.

CHAPTER 18 / 59 Discussion

Annalena Baerbock, Fossil Fuel States and Climate Crisis Rhetoric

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticized "fossil fuel states" for a geopolitical power play at the expense of vulnerable nations. The hosts mock this stance, pointing out that Germany’s energy crisis was self-inflicted by shutting down nuclear plants and relying on expensive U.S. gas. Baerbock’s rhetoric at COP 29 is dismissed as a distraction from the European Union's failed energy policies.

annalena baerbock· germany· fossil fuels· cop 29· energy crisis· european union

53:39 She weighs in. We are in the midst of a geopolitical power play by a few fossil fuel states. Their playing board is the backs of the poorest... What? Fossil fuel states. Fossil fuel states? Yes. What does that mean? It means America, Russia. What other fossil fuel states are there? It's us. Us and Russia. This is a power play. Is that bad? Is she implying that fossil fuel states are a bad group of mean people or what? Yes, because they don't have any energy. They have to buy it from us. Hey, they had all those nukes. Why don't they just crank them back up? Were they idiots to shut those down? Yeah. But that's exactly it. The power play was within your own government, Anna-Lena.

54:31 That was the power play and so you know everyone, oh we don't want Russian gas and then we'll just take it from America. Sure, sure we'll do that. Twice the price. Yes. Their playing board is the backs of the poorest and most vulnerable countries. Now she's trying to make it sound like poor people in Africa. No, no, that's the COP 29. This is different. We as the European Union will not accept a deal that comes at the expense of those who suffer most from the effects of climate crisis. Yeah. Well, hold on a second. Yeah. At the expense of the dead Ukrainians? Is that what she's trying to imply here? Is that what she's talking about? No. This is the widows and the orphans of the dead Ukrainians. That's what she's talking about. They're now poor and sad. No kidding. Good job.

55:18 We as the European Union will not accept a deal that comes at the expense of those who suffer most from the effects of climate crisis. There it is. We will not allow the most vulnerable, especially the small island states... She brings in everything. Well listen, the small island states... Now she's going off the reservation. We will not allow the most vulnerable, especially the small island states, to be ripped off by the new fuel rich fossil fuel emitters who have the backing, unfortunately at this moment, of the presidency. Ripped off? Yeah, ripped off. How are they getting ripped off? Nobody's even bothering them. Getting ripped off, does she even know what that means?

56:07 She's a Gen Zer so she can do what she can say. She's a morons idiot. The Germans have lost the plot Yeah, they have they have they have Okay, I just two things three things. I need to say one this is Because it came up on the show and I don't I can't remember the context of it. We were talking about wireless power from space Yes, so the US Army has just contracted Raytheon to replace fuel lines with beamed power. Which is... Where's the power coming from? I'm not quite sure how that's going to work. I just always imagine a bird flying through the beam and just poof, on fire. The second, German industrialists are very worried about Trump's return. Why? Because they're worried that he's going to... All of Europe

CHAPTER 19 / 59 Discussion

Victoria Nuland, National Endowment for Democracy and Ambassadors

Victoria Nuland has resurfaced as an "ambassador" for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The hosts describe the NED as a "spook operation" and a slush fund for the State Department. They joke about creating their own "No Agenda Ambassadors" to provide strategic advice and fundraising, mirroring the language used in Nuland’s new role.

victoria nuland· national endowment for democracy· ned· diplomacy· fundraising· spook operation

57:08 my family. Like, hey, it's probably good for America that Trump is going to be president again. Bad for us though, because we won't... Why? Oh, this is literally, we won't be able to export anything. I said, where are you getting this from? Oh brother. I said cars, cars maybe. What? No, even cars, come on. Italy is worried about exporting their olive oil and oh no, my sister, my sister. They're like, oh nuts. Are they nuts? We have such an insatiable appetite for imports that we're all of a sudden, what, we're going to make our, everyone's going to be using California olive oil. We can't barely supply the state, let alone the world. So what are they, crazy? No, they have new sources who are spinning them up. Oh man. And then this one, we had been wondering where Victoria Noodleman has gone.

58:09 Yes, yeah, we're always wondering where she's gone. Whatever, whatever bad, this is like, she's like a, like a bad penny. Well, you know where she showed up? She is now an ambassador to the National Endowment for Democracy. Oh, that makes sense. Which is an obvious spook operation, slush fund for the State Department, and intelligence. Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't sent us money. Right? So, She will be doing public advocacy and representation. As a high-profile representative of NED, the ambassador engages in public speaking, participates in global forums, and represents the organization's mission to advance democracy. Look out, some democracy incoming! And civil society, both domestically and internationally. Diplomatic engagement. The ambassador helps to foster strategic partnerships with governments.

59:06 I like the way they use the term, loosely use the term ambassador as if she's representing a country. This is like you're the ambassador. Oh yeah, Ambassador Adam Curry is the ambassador for the No Agenda Show. Next year, if we're still alive, God willing, we need to give out ambassadorships. Boom. If, I mean, if the National Endowment for Democracy can name someone an ambassador, I think we can. We need, by the way, we need no agenda ambassadors to represent us in foreign countries. I think we can do it before year end. The ambassador provides strategic advice to NED leadership. That's right. Our ambassadors will provide us with strategic advice.

59:52 on key global political trends and opportunities. This actually sounds like a no agenda gig. Offering expertise on how to effectively address challenges facing democratic institutions. And then the best part, fundraising and advocacy. You see how this fits in with us? In addition to representing NAD publicly, the ambassador plays a vital role in promoting the organization's initiatives, helping to secure funding Building alliances and mobilize support for democracy. You got to put this text aside. I can use it. Yeah, well, it's on their website. But yes, yes, I I've got the text for you. So anyway, to summarize, new TDS is unhealthy. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Instead, let's go back to TDS classic because I just I need to fit these these two clips in.

CHAPTER 20 / 59 Discussion

Jennifer Rubin, Pithy Messaging and Democratic Strategy

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, often billed as a conservative, is criticized for her "communist" leanings and her advice to Democrats. Rubin suggested that the party needs to use "pithy" messaging, such as claiming "Republicans want to kill your kids" by opposing vaccines and semi-automatic weapon bans. The hosts view this as an example of the extreme rhetoric contributing to political burnout.

jennifer rubin· washington post· democrats· gun control· vaccination· medical research

1:00:46 Well good because it leads me to my tick-tock clips Promise I could play I didn't promise it one person sends an email and you're all encouraged one way I what? Are you referring to the to the female listener who said that the yes talk clips are the best part of the show is that? Yes, and now you're all encouraged and I'm always encouraged. I don't need, I thank her for the notice, but I don't need encouragement. So are you familiar with Jennifer Rubin, columnist for WAPO? Well, we talked about her before, you just don't remember it, but she is, she's the one who always came, she was always listed as the conservative blogger columnist. She's supposed to be a blogger?

1:01:35 This was years ago. She would always be considered a blogger conservative. She was always billed by the WAPO as a conservative when she has no conservative leanings whatsoever. She's pretty much a communist. She's conservative? This is what they've been trying to sell the public because they wanted to have a few balanced columnists. They had all these different columnists and so she was dubbed conservative and she would do basically just rail against conservatism because it's not you know what it should be which is communism. No I think this is an evergreen this is an evergreen by the conservative columnist of WAPO. And for people who don't

1:02:17 get political news, who never pick up a newspaper, who never turn on CNN, who never even bother with Fox News. Those people really have no idea what's going on. And that means we have to bend over backwards, not to suck up to these people, not to make excuses for them, but at least to communicate the basic facts. You don't have a vaccine because You're not getting a child tax credit because All the good things that are happening at the state level, they have to know why they're getting those things. Oh, you have a chip manufacturing plant because a Democratic president put that into effect and a Democratic governor went out and solicited bids and now you have X number of thousands of jobs. It's that simple. You can't talk broad themes, you have to boil it down to nuts and bolts

1:03:16 And you have to be pithy. What do I mean by pithy? Pithy. Okay, so what she's doing here, the conservative blogger, is explaining how Democrats need to explain to other Democrats who have withdrawn from news You have to explain to them how bad it really is and you need to be pithy. What is the definition of pithy? Do you know that offhand? Oh, just boiling it down to the essence, I think is what I would define it. Pithy, concise and informing. But this part that you're going to play... I'm sorry this part you're gonna play next is the only part that's really been floating around and I think this is what you mean by the evergreen. Yeah, this woman is an idiot. And you have to be pithy. What do I mean by pithy?

1:04:01 How about this? Republicans want to kill your kids. It's actually true. If you're going to oppose vaccinations, if you're going to stop breakthrough medical research, if you're going to allow minors and all sorts of people to get semi-automatic weapons, which they use to shoot up schools, well then you are responsible for kids. health and death unfortunately It has to be that simple and that direct and it has to be over and over and over again. There it is America Either your kids are gonna be dead or your boy's gonna be a girl. I mean the choice is yours America And then the dial as the editor of the dial she is this is that particular clip I could have clipped this a bit of a rat going around for a couple of weeks I was almost tempted to click but it's

CHAPTER 21 / 59 Discussion

Political Burnout, Blue Sky Migration and Brian Williams

The discussion focuses on the "burnout" of the American electorate and the migration of "super angry" liberals to the Blue Sky social network. Former news anchor Brian Williams appeared on Seth Meyers' show to deliver "tough love" to the Democratic Party, criticizing their handling of the border and the economy. Williams noted that the party has lost the working class by insisting the economy is great while basic goods remain expensive.

blue sky· jeff jarvis· kara swisher· brian williams· seth meyers· democratic party

1:04:52 It annoys me so much to listen to her and her self-righteous approach. She's patronizing, she's terrible, and she's just full of herself. She's worse than anybody out there. And to think that she's on video doing this on her podcast or wherever the hell it is. No business doing video, yeah. But the issue is, and this is what we've seen, we got early reports from YouTubers and we're seeing an overall downtrend, a withdrawal. Only the super angry have gone over to weep on Blue Sky, but people have given up. I think that a big difference of Trump

1:05:37 two versus Trump, one is that people are really burnt out. I'm hearing all around me, you know, I'm just going to not read the news. I'm tuning it out. I don't have to care about this anymore. And I think that that's true among, you know, Democrats writ large with the party is in disarray. No one knows what direction to go. People are tired of fighting and they're tired of fighting with each other. And it's also true among activists. There was a sense in Trump, when Trump was first elected in 2016, of people coming together can stop bad things. And that kind of energy takes a lot to be sustained over time. And what we're seeing now is a lot of sense of being tired and... This is exactly what's happening. People have given up...

1:06:29 People have given up, they're tired of fighting, they're like, okay, whatever. You know, they see that especially after the Hitler, you know, he's gonna turn the military on you on election day. All of this stuff turned out to be not true. And so, and people rightfully are giving up and they need to be embraced. I'm just saying we need to embrace them. In fact, We need to embrace people like, I was quite surprised by this, Brian Williams. Brian Williams, who did the election coverage for his new job after being exposed as a big phony.

CHAPTER 22 / 59 Discussion

Working Class Alienation, Quinoa Democrats and the Border

Brian Williams’ commentary on the cultural divide between "Quinoa Democrats" and "Cracker Barrel America" is highlighted. He argued that the Biden administration's biggest "unforced error" was the border crisis and the perception that migrants receive more support than the American working class. The hosts agree that this disconnect was a primary factor in the recent election outcome.

brian williams· working class· inflation· border crisis· harris-walz· cracker barrel

1:07:11 If you remember, he got fired for being a big phony. I was under fire, we crashed. What was the helicopter story? He had about, there was more than one story that he just made up. He got shot down. So he goes on Seth Meyers' show, which I didn't know was still on the air because television is really becoming irrelevant except for the clips that we all diligently post on X and social media. Blue Sky you don't see much of. Blue Sky is just basically Jeff Jarvis complaining all day long. That's my... Is Jeff Jarvis over there? Oh yeah, all those guys are over there. Keres, Swisher, Jeff Jarvis, Prophegy. You know what's funny about... I hate to change it or move... That's alright. But these guys, they build an audience. In fact, there's a couple of them that have built really huge audiences on Twitter and then they just abandon them.

1:08:02 What kind of thinking is this? Because I have principles. I have scruples, damn it. Scruples, there you go, it's a show title. Here's Brian Williams laying it out succinctly. It is tough love time for the Democratic Party. I think it needs to be stripped down and rebuilt. I think that means a change in leadership. I want to know who thought it was a good idea that Joe Biden stand for another four years at 80 years of age and 37% popularity. So then that saddled the party with a British-like short campaign season for them. I think it's insulting when members of the working class, which the Democratic Party has lost entirely in our lifetimes,

1:08:50 to insist the economy is doing great. A 12-pack of bounty is $40. Rich folks don't feel that. poor folks already switched to sparkle during the COVID, during the lockdown. And I think telling them that the NASDAQ is gangbusters is further insulting. It's insulting, I think, the biggest unforced error of the Biden administration by far was the border. To tell people it's not a problem is insulting. For the working class to see incoming migrants getting welcome bags, debit cards and motel rooms

1:09:28 is probably insulting as well. So there's a lot of work to do. You know, it was when they handed out camo hats that said Harris walls and the Democrats were, they were kind of charmed by that. Their party has gone quinoa and the rest of America's eating at Cracker Barrel. And so they, it was kind of an ironic use of something millions of Americans put on their heads to start their day every day. Exactly. Where was this Brian Williams on MSNBC? Yeah, this rant has been going, this is a good rant, I'm glad you got it. This rant has been floating around and it is a killer and you're exactly right. Where is this commentary before the election or six months ago or two years ago? Because he's in the milieu.

CHAPTER 23 / 59 Discussion

The View, Joe Rogan and Media Fact-Checking

A segment from *The View* is analyzed where the hosts attempt to justify corporate media's existence by claiming they are "fact-checked by ABC News." They criticize Joe Rogan for allegedly "believing in dragons" while simultaneously making the unsubstantiated claim that Elon Musk is the "actual vice president." The hosts mock the panel for their reliance on Instagram Reels for information.

the view· joe rogan· whoopi goldberg· sunny hostin· instagram reels· elon musk

1:10:19 Believe me, he's no longer invited to... In fact, I don't know if there are dinner parties anymore. The people that did the dinner parties are tired. We're tired. We're just gonna go live in the Hamptons for a year. Or we're going to move to, or we're going to go sit in our house in the south of France, whatever. Yeah, I know, that's, you're not too far from the truth with these people. So then we have television, and I just include all moving images that come through a cable as television, not YouTube, but television. linear television who start at the top of the hour and end at the top of the hour with 18 minutes of commercials, they are beside themselves. They don't know what to do other than justify their existence and the reason you should not be watching Joe Rogan. No, you should not be watching Theo Vaughn. You should not be watching Tucker Carlson. You shouldn't. But

1:11:14 There are reasons why you need to be with the big corporate media and I hate to do it but I have to give you a trigger warning because you know it's coming. At the tone, a clip from The View will be played. Shelter in place. People want us divided and they aren't just here in this country. They're foreign foreign adversaries who are infiltrating our social media because it is prudent for us to stay that way. So when you see something that really pisses you off, you should triple check that one. Yeah. But I think that that's why people like our show because they know that we are checked by ABC News. But everybody. Yeah.

1:11:51 mean what wrong we have you know the legal mode here pointing to Sonny Hawson we went from Walter Cronkite basically to this guy Joe Rogan who believes in dragons he I checked it. He believes in dragons. He believes in dragons. Did you triple force that? Yes, I did. And he also thinks that dragons, I guess like dinosaur-y type of animals, roamed the earth when people did. So this is the type of really, really bad information that's going out there. Well, in defense, there are some really good news. But it's possible that Donald Trump did roam the earth when dinosaurs did.

1:12:28 So stupid that she said oh, no beer we fact-check everything and then she goes in why yeah I looked he believes in dragons like what what is wrong with these people that people are even the audience like ah They're running away from this nonsense. It's collapsing unto itself and after they try to justify their existence Even they just talk about social media There are some really good news kind of influencer types And I think it's great that they're getting information about global and current events in front of younger people who maybe don't tune into traditional media but to Sarah's point there has to be some fact-checking and actually verification of the things that are shared because I spent a lot of time on Instagram reels and I'm certain things that I get outraged about and then I says enough about this group I spend a lot of time on Instagram reels

1:13:16 Okay, you have a life. Donald Trump won and the right is going to stay on X and then the left is all going to be on blue sky. How do we try to talk to each other? Unfortunately, I will have to say the other side I think has driven people away because you know it's not just discourse. It's nasty name calling coming after your family and I'm going to do this to you.

1:13:55 And I don't think anyone should have to take that from anybody if they don't have to. And I think a lot of Republicans who also are getting that because they have opinions that may differ from what is being said, they're moving as well. Because you know, and I know why also, because you know, as I believe, Elon Musk is the actual vice president. I mean, fact check. Elon Musk is the actual, actual vice president. I like the way that clip was structured because it starts off with ABC fact checks everything we do so we're great and then it comes up with something like that at the end and nobody says anything. Yeah, exactly. So,

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Blue Sky Social, Jeff Jarvis and Kara Swisher

The hosts explore the content on Blue Sky, noting that prominent journalists like Jeff Jarvis and Kara Swisher have moved there to "whine" about Elon Musk. They mock the terminology used on the platform, such as "skeets," and criticize the "Redonkulous" language used by Swisher. The segment portrays the platform as an echo chamber for displaced media elites.

blue sky· jeff jarvis· kara swisher· twitter files· mastodon· social media

1:14:40 Let's see. Oh, here's the Washington. I'm looking at blue sky to see if they're all kind over there because you know, obviously they're getting worse. I understand. I don't go there. I've never even opened that site once I'm going to have to eventually because you're going to start bringing it up. So you want to be over there a lot. Wapo Sebastian. I liked I do like to journalists. The are our fabled journalists that are famous that teach journalism. there's more than a few of them and they're all biased as hell and it's just like wow and they're all over blue sky and mastodon. Well let's start with the Washington Post they post on the sky

1:15:18 Sebastian Gorka, the pugilistic commentator. What does pugilistic mean? That means he's a boxer. That means literally he's a boxer. A pugilist. The pugilistic commentator who leveraged fears about Islam as a threat to Western civilization into a short-lived role in the first Trump administration is poised for a second run inside the White House. Kara Swisher. Let's see what she has. Well, she's dumb. Let me see. She's always... well, she posts about cowboy hats. I don't know what her problem is. She posts on cow... what's cowboy hat? I don't know. Kara Swisher. Steve Jobs. She posts a link to Elon Musk. He has... he has to become a beta.

1:16:02 Oh man. What? She just posts nonsense. Here's a Muppet with a hair on fire and she posts, this reminds me of the Redonkulous Twitter files hair on fire nonsense on steroids which is to say a whole lot of nothing to show for it and that's a tragedy for the taxpayer. Huh? She used the word Redonkulous? Oh she does this all, she used gajillion, she uses these words all the time. This is all Rachel Maddow terms. Yeah. Let me see if there's Jeff Jarvis, if he's posted anything new. You need to get on the blue sky, man. I'm gonna hold off. Yeah, let's see. Oh, Jeff Jarvis. Elon Musk's investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him his power. That's it? That's a post? That's a post, yeah. Why would it... what kind of... that's just what... rando comment out of the blue just because it's on your mind?

1:16:58 I had a wonderful conversation. I have a clever idea. I have a clever comment I'm going to make and then that's what you end up posting? He's very, he's a very smart man. He's a professor. Well he was, I think he's retired. He does a lot of reboosting or re what why rewinding I guess we call it on blue sky is it whining? You can whine you can rewind. I don't know. I you know, we have called skeets or something It's got some screwy name. I mean we have boosted gizzles boosted to slash the X and whine on blue sky I can't think of anything else. All right, let's play a couple tick-tock clips and break the sound geez. Oh

CHAPTER 25 / 59 Discussion

TikTok Thanksgiving Quitters, Family Estrangement and Narcissism

A trend on TikTok involves young adults filming themselves announcing they will not attend Thanksgiving with their "MAGA" families. The hosts characterize these videos as "cries for help" and symptoms of extreme narcissism and loneliness. They argue that these individuals are prioritizing social media "likes" and dopamine hits over real-world family connections.

tiktok· thanksgiving· family estrangement· narcissism· boomer families· mental health

1:17:37 Let's start with, this is back to what you were previously discussing. And let's talk about, this is a bunch of these TikTok clips are out there about the Thanksgiving quitters. Oh, yes, okay, this is about quitting your family? Yeah, quit the family because they voted for Trump. Okay, hold on. TikTok, TikTok, TikTok. I'm not going home for Thanksgiving this year. I'm 31 and it's my first time standing up to my family like this and it honestly feels like a huge relief. I'm not doing this to punish them or to be petty but I did let them know that it just makes me too angry and upset to be around them right now.

1:18:21 and this Thanksgiving I simply have to excuse myself from the family table. I debated going to Thanksgiving and making a huge scene and having a blowout over politics, but in the end I actually don't think that that's going to be effective or a good use of my energy. I genuinely feel that letting them know that this is really personal to me and it does affect me and that this is something that will keep me from family holidays is actually kind of a way to get through to like conservative boomer families more so than anything else. And my goal really isn't to change their mind because they've been pretty deeply entrenched in their value set for many, many years and it's the one they indoctrinated me into. But with Thanksgiving coming on the heels of such an atrocious election, I just thought I would share that I'm doing something differently this year and that it's sad but it feels right.

1:19:03 I mean, so what happens is you see this and you think, what do you think when you see this clip? You think, wow, what a crazy person. What do you think? Well, I'm looking at she's 31, so she's a mature woman bordering on middle aged. She obviously is a cat lady. And now she's standing up to her parents for the first time as if, wait, didn't you move out of the house? That's standing up to your parents. You know, they'd like to keep you there. I mean, there's a... This was... No, I see a pathetic soul. Yes. Pathetic. But I see it differently from you. I see it as someone who is lonely because she probably gave up on men as well, you know, because Trump is going to make men toxic again. Well, she didn't have a shaved head, so there's that. That's beside the point.

1:19:49 And she's so lonely and... sorrowed, perhaps depressed, that she wants to, she's crying out for help and she's probably gonna go to Thanksgiving. She's just saying this to get likes on TikTok and people say, you go girl, you're right, you sell them, you should stand up. It is complete egoism, egotism and narcissism. Why else are you doing this on video, on TikTok? It's because she's lonely. 30 of these clips. Yeah, of course, because it's a competition. You want more like, it's like dopamine. You can do coke or you can post on TikTok. What's the difference? It makes you feel good. I think it's pathetic. I mean, I'm not going to argue against your interpretation, but it's, it may, maybe it makes you feel good, but it makes people have a, it,

CHAPTER 26 / 59 Discussion

Liberal Dating Psychosis, Wicked Movie and Native Ads

The discussion continues with TikTok clips of women bragging about being "divorced and unable to cook" as a way to ward off conservative men. Another clip features a woman telling Trump supporters that the movie *Wicked* is "not for them." The hosts identify the *Wicked* clip as a potential "native ad" paid for by the film's marketing team.

dating· liberal· vaccination· wicked movie· native advertising· social media

1:20:46 I don't know what it's supposed to... It gives you negatives. It's a negative performance. This is not a good thing to do. It's unhealthy. It sells! It sells! Unless you're not selling anything. Let's go with the arrogant girl. I am happily every MAGA man's worst nightmare. Like, keep those cowboy hats and those little boots away from me, baby boy. I don't want to be a part of it. Like, I'm divorced, I'm a liberal, I don't go to church, I don't cook. I'm a nurse who believes in vaccination and modern medicine. Like, you don't...

1:21:22 Keep that yee-haw away from me. Again, she craves, she craves the cowboy. She wants the cowboy, but she is so stuck in her psychosis that she has to say, just so you know, I don't want you, cowboy. Stay away from me, cowboy. I believe in vaccines, cowboy. Come on, cowboy. No, stay away from me, cowboy. This is, these people need help and they're reaching out and you are just excoriating them. I'm divorced, I can't cook. I mean, come on lady. What a thing to brag about. She's not bragging. It's a cry for help. The way she presented it, this is a good looking woman and she is bragging about being divorced and she can't cook because you know, I'm worth it. No, no, she's saying I need help. I need to learn how to cook.

1:22:15 She's never gonna cook, you can tell. Okay, and then we have this one, which is the last one of this group, because I played one last show. Oh gosh, okay. And this is a promotion for Wicked? Wicked.com everybody, don't go there. This is a video for all you MADIS supporters out there. Today is the Wicked premiere and I just want to provide you with a gentle reminder that this is not for you! The entire movie is about a girl who's marginalized based on the color of her skin and fights for her individuality. If you go to see this movie and I see you rooting for anyone but the wizard, I swear to God! She got paid for that. She got paid. She got paid for that. That's a native ad. She got paid for that. That's good easy-easy money. She got paid for that one.

CHAPTER 27 / 59 Discussion

Dating App Delusions, Trans-maxing and Hypno-porn

A story about a woman running a Hinge account for her male friend reveals the extreme difficulty men face on dating apps. This leads to a theory about "trans-maxing," where young men who cannot find romantic success as males seek validation by transitioning or adopting female personas online. The hosts warn parents about the dangers of "hypno-porn" and the isolation of the digital dating world.

hinge· dating apps· trans-maxing· hypno-porn· zoomers· mental health

1:23:04 You know, we were talking about what Zoomers are doing and I think what it was the dating clip you had about. Yeah, that's what I played last show. Yeah. But if you go on as a dude, then you get me to play it again. It's short because I have a good clip dating. What was it? Yeah. Dating app story. It's not short. OK. Some of my guy friends gave me permission to make a hint account for him. Because I was telling him how easy dating is with dating apps and he was telling me that it's incredibly difficult. And I was like, Pete, you must be doing something wrong. And he gave me permission to create an account for him and just run the account.

1:23:49 I've been a virtual boy for three days and I've never felt this bad about myself. I feel like a freaking loser trying to get these girls to like me and I'm starting to hate women because I'm like when I say I I mean Pete because that's the account I'm using Pete's about a six, but I'm so desperate I'm liking the twos and the threes and even they won't like me back Pete which is a six So what level of delusion has entered women's head heads? What is going on? It is so difficult dating as a boy. I hate it I'm on day three of being a boy and I hate women and I'm depressed more depressed than ever All right, so I've gotten some feedback on this particular clip in the conversation. We had the first one is Go outside to date Do not try to go to you know what I think most people probably meet their future mate at work and

1:24:45 So go to the office, you only have to go twice a week, go to the office, you might meet somebody you like. Go to some social club or go to a bar or go to church or get outside to meet people. This is not the way to meet people. What is happening on these dating apps is trans-maxing because my obvious conclusion turns out to be not not off base, that this is where a lot of young men, I'm talking 17 to 23, who are indoors, not going outside to date, sitting indoors, they're not doing video games, they can't get a six, they can't get a two to swipe right on them. And then, you know what? I want to have, people need affection, compassion, like, what if I dress up as a girl? And boom, boom, you're celebrated.

1:25:37 You're a tick-tock star you get like this is the most convoluted theory, but it's something I'm not gonna argue with too too strongly But yeah, you might be right here. This is a pretty Indicting of the culture if what you're saying is even remotely true and remember we talked about the the hypno hypno porn or hypno trans where these boys get into watching certain type of porn where they whisper in your ear, you're a girl. You know, that kind of stuff. And the flashing, you got the flashing screens. I am doing this as a service to parents of young men. Kick them out of the house. Kick them out of the house. Right. Give them a motorcycle to tinker with anything. And then this, we were talking about chat roulette.

CHAPTER 28 / 59 Discussion

Omegle, Chatroulette and Zoomer Observations

A 19-year-old listener named Michael provides a "Zoomer" perspective on anonymous video chat apps like Omegle and its successor, Monkey. He describes the "scarring" experience of encountering inappropriate content on these platforms. The hosts praise the observational skills of their younger listeners, calling them the "future leaders" of the country.

omegle· chatroulette· monkey app· zoomers· internet safety· michael

1:26:25 We were talking about Chatroulette. Maybe we should reiterate Chatroulette. Chatroulette, you hooked up your little Logitech ball webcam and you went on Chatroulette and it would switch screens and you could stop at a certain point. It would switch screens and there'd be a person and every fifth screen was some fat naked dude jerking off. So I got a note from Michael who says, I'm a Zoomer and I love our Zoomers. 19 years old listening to the show. I'd never heard of... By the way, Zoomers who listen to this show are sharp. They're going to run the country. They are the future leaders. They are the future leaders of our country. They have good observational skills. That's the key. A lot of them are quite conservative, want children. It's encouraging.

1:27:13 I'm a zoomer, 19, I've never heard of chat roulette, no kidding, but I know the concept. There's other things out there nowadays I think that are insane. Well here we go, when I was in my early teens an app called Omegle Oh, Megley, yep. Or Megley, I don't know how you pronounce it. Yeah, I've heard of it. Of course you have. Of course I have. I hadn't. Made its rounds through my generation. Generation. You could chat with strangers and skip as you desire. When I first discovered it, I was oblivious to the matter of men wanking their weens. A term I had not heard but will remain with me for the rest of my life. As of 2022, I believe, the app was shut down, but the idea yet lives on through another app called Monkey.

1:28:03 It's nice to know that through the ages and probably to come, everyone who uses these apps will be scarred by the image of a fat and hairy 75 year old man pressing his piece. Stay sane! Alright Michael, you are an awesome human being. Awesome human being. And with that I'd like to thank you for your courage. Saying good morning to you, the man who put the C in the TDS Classic. Say hello to my friend on the other end, the one and only Mr. John... where are we doing? John! I'm out of control. I'm out of control. You done? I'm done. Well, I'm uh... Well, good morning to you, Mr. M. The crew in the morning, ship C boosting, Rafi in the air, subs in the water, Damon's and I's out there. I'm trying to get my... Oh, here we go. Hey, good morning to the trolls and the troll roller. Here we go. After all that, very disappointing. 2177 on the troll roller. Even I know that's down.

CHAPTER 29 / 59 Discussion

Podcast Consistency, Thanksgiving Schedule and Audience Habits

The hosts discuss the importance of maintaining a consistent release schedule, even during holidays like Thanksgiving. They compare their "formula" to the *Wall Street Journal's* front page, noting that listeners rely on the routine. They emphasize that skipping shows or changing times can disrupt the lives of their audience and lead to "audience shrinkage."

podcasting· consistency· thanksgiving· wall street journal· routine· newsletter

1:29:01 We're just down 300. Yeah, well this is you know people got their Christmas week this year week Christmas week. It's not Christmas week Thanksgiving week this year it turns out that people have all bailed out they started going on their Thanksgiving drive cost the gases down up by about a dollar here. Oh, so it's only nine dollars a gallon now. No, it's down to 460. That's pretty low for California. That's not bad. And so they're all driving off to some place or other and they've all left already and they're going for longer than normal vacations as Thanksgiving holiday. Because the economy is doing great. I think that's accounting for our audience shrinkage and donation shrinkage. Well, they can still listen. It's the internet. You can listen wherever you are. For some reason people just disconnect.

1:29:53 Well, we do these shows I we work on Thanksgiving and we you know Tina's like why don't you guys just take Thanksgiving off? Why don't you just take Christmas off? Why? Well, she was she was stating it but she's because our life is dictated by this show I don't think I've had an actual vacation where I unplugged and didn't work didn't schlep my rig along in 17 years and Yeah? I'm just saying. You're doing God's work. Oh. Okay, thank you. Message received. I will con... Yes, you are right. You are right. So when I say, beware of the ways of the world is polluting your soul, I am doing God's work. You're correct. A buddy of mine gave me that mark. So, the trolls are in the troll room, trollroom.io, and we have a stream.

1:30:50 Yay, we love void zero. You know it could be the void zero upgrade that's good counter for the low number Oh a lot of people got kicked off in the beginning my theory could be completely wrong It's gonna do it the Thanksgiving at all it could just be that the stream was rocky in the beginning. Yeah, that's true Yes, it will bail out a lot of people just bail finicky. Oh, it doesn't work. I'm going to go do something else. It's okay because you can listen. It's a podcast. You can listen whenever you want to. But we like doing it live, which is, you know, we don't just say, oh, I got Thanksgiving dinner. Let's do it really early in the morning or let's do it later. Oh yeah, this is true. We do not fluctuate. We make it like it was a

1:31:33 Yeah, we routinize it. You wanna do that because for podcasters out there, you should know that you wanna have things the same over and over. It's like a newspaper. They have a formula for the front page and people expect something to be at a spot on the page and they look to it. The Wall Street Journal was notorious for having a fabulous front page formula where you'd always go to the one column, knowing that you're gonna read something about something that's exactly the same day after day. This is also one of Adam's golden podcasting rules, not necessarily for the, it pertains to live show as well. And people who asked me for my hyperlocal giblet about podcasting, which is hyperlocal.noagendanotes.com. The golden rule always, always, whether you do it once a week, once a month, whatever, twice a week, always release on the same day at approximately the same time.

1:32:28 Because, and this is why we don't take vacations, if we skip a show or if the show comes out much later, people, their lives are disrupted, they're waiting for it. My goodness, when we change from 11am to 1pm, People were hyperventilating. It took about three months. It took quite a while for people, you've ruined my life, my life is scheduled around this. A lot of artists are complaining, so I can't do the art anymore. Yeah, yeah. And then they're very susceptible, like, oh, I'll find something else. And before you know it, they're listening to Megyn Kelly. So this is why you need to be very consistent

1:33:12 At your release schedule and that's why we are very consistent with our live schedule as well. People are scheduling their lives around it and well Yes, yes Will they expect I don't think that I disagree with that Assumption I don't think they're scared I think they expect something at the same time and they and it's a routine It's not that they're taking their whole lives and scheduling it around. That's why they have to be reminded. There's even a show Yes, rule number two, have a newsletter to remind people that there's a show. It's very critical. Critical, critical, critical, critical.

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Value for Value, Modern Podcast Apps and Art Selection

The "Value for Value" model is explained as a service-based alternative to platforms like Patreon or Spotify. The hosts encourage the use of modern podcast apps to avoid de-platforming and to receive "bat signal" notifications. They also describe their consensus-based process for selecting show art from the No Agenda Art Generator.

value for value· spotify· apple· podcast apps· no agenda art· consensus

1:33:53 So you can go to trollroom.io and this No Agenda stream is great. Void Zero has graciously kept his chat, his IRC chat server open for all of these years for everybody to enjoy. And of course, they run the No Agenda stream. So lots of live shows there. Talk about a great community. It is No Agenda Nation. It is the No Agenda stream. You can also use a modern podcast app. Highly recommended because there's no de-platforming. mainly Spotify but Apple D platforms as well sometimes just singular episodes it's very very annoying and the bonus you can listen to the live stream in these modern podcast apps and you'll also get a notification we send out the bat signal and 90 seconds after releasing it these modern podcast apps know about it all these big companies could do it but they don't

1:34:51 Because they don't care about you. They don't care, they just want you to use an iPhone. That's all they care about. So I'm singling out. Yeah, if you're selling iPhones, that's what you want. That's what you do. Value for value is how we've been running it. We do this as a service. You'll never see us with a plus bundle or a Patreon or any nonsense like that. We love doing this as a service to humanity. As John just said, we're doing God's work. I am. I don't know who John's working for. I'm doing God's work. CIA. Yeah, there you go. Where's our money? And we just want you to receive something that's valuable.

1:35:29 And if you feel it was valuable, return the favor to us to keep us going. We need time, talent, and definitely need treasure to pay the bills. And we appreciate the time and talent that our artists put into regardless of how they do it. When you're thinking about it, you're trying to do something, it's appreciated. And we always choose one piece of art that we think is attention-getting, it can be funny, it can be... we have no set... do we have any set reasoning for why we choose the art? I mean, it's not about slickness, it's not about... it's the concept, I guess.

1:36:06 Well, we have, there's two guys that decide. Yeah. That's you and me. Yes. And it's based on, we each have our taste and it's based on 100% consensus. Yes, we have veto power over everything. Both of us. And so it has to be agreed upon, although some deals are made in the back room every once in a while. Yeah, there's, well, I'll give you this one if you give me the next one. Now that has happened on an occasion, but it usually goes like this. I don't like it, but okay, you can have it. That's what you will say. You can have this, go ahead, go with that one. But I'm marking it down, I get the next one. And then I always fight you on the next one. I'm kind of an Indian giver. Yeah, you are as a matter of fact. Which is racist by itself.

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No Agenda Art Critique, Dr. Seuss Style and Atacams

The hosts review recent art submissions, including a Dr. Seuss-inspired piece by Nico Seim and a "Clip the Cord" concept. They discuss a humorous submission by Matt Boisvert featuring "Atacams" (a play on ATACMS missiles) as a medication for "hegemony." They emphasize that the concept of the art is more important than the technical "slickness" of the execution.

nico seim· dr. seuss· atacams· matt boisvert· becky· art generator

1:36:57 Well, it looks like a Cherokee. So you can upload to noagendaartgenerator.com. This is where you can make an account. This has been around for a long time. We have leaderboards, all kinds of fun stuff. It's very gamified. And from time to time we'll see an actual Dutch master pop in. They are going through transition themselves. You know, the disappointment is great when someone pops in as a prompt jockey and wins the art, but again, it's the concept. It's not how you make it, it's the concept. And when we looked at this piece from Nico Seim, I don't know if this was AI.

1:37:36 It's very cartoonish. It's like an explosion and this podcast includes the sound of no agenda. It was, if anything, the lettering Dvorak and Curry reminded me of Dr. Seuss, of the type, the font used for Dr. Seuss books. And it was, I don't know, it was like, yeah, we'll use this one. I don't think there was anything high concept that really struck us. Well, no, you did like one piece, which was the Clip the cord piece, which I did. Yeah a Mountain J. I like the the clipping the MSN coin You said it's the wrong cables. No, it's not. It's well really the cable. Yeah Coaxial cable, but here's a code. Well, I thought that piece was a little simplistic looking the cables not hooked to anything So what's it cutting off? Yeah, I guess no the other one I liked is

1:38:33 Because I thought we both thought spin coat was cute, but that was Tantaniel. I don't know it didn't have it was it was getting getting there I kind of like the language Popo by Ness works. I don't know why it was like kind of cheesecake II you didn't like it No, you brought that at which one was I'm drawn police officer police woman, and she's all the police woman Yeah, language police, and why didn't I like that? I don't know. I think it was the composition for something about the composition I didn't care for. We both thought Becky was cute. Yeah, we did. We both think Becky was cute. Your alter ego. By the way, Dame Jen pinged me. She says, thank you for defending me to use a real voice on John's AI pimping mission, which I guess you haven't started yet with Scaramanga. Scaramanga is already sending out his resume.

1:39:30 Did you see that? No, I did not see. Oh, he tagged you on X with some animated gif of a Becky, believe me, scare manga. Oh, it was probably stacked as we used to say in the old days. Correct. The Octocopter. Oh, we talked about Atacams. which is Matt Boisvert. We liked it, but it was too small. Yeah, you couldn't read anything. But it was very funny because Atacams is a medication box, like for actually suppositories.

1:40:06 Yes, attack him's multi-symptom for use deep inside Russia relief from the discomfort of hegemony helps reduce population He had all the right things going for him. Excellent. Excellent copy Yes had a lot going for it, but but it's like you can't even read it. He had to blow it up Yes, you have to remember that the small square you see is the biggest you're ever gonna see it anywhere Yeah, sometimes it's smaller. Yeah. Yeah I think that was it. Was there anything else? No, I think that was it. We did have one person complain that we talk about the art too much. That's not what the email said.

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Chris Cuomo, Teleprompter Fail and Studio Etiquette

A clip of Chris Cuomo having a "teleprompter fail" on NewsNation is played. Cuomo is seen berating the operator on-air, which the hosts describe as the "dumbest thing you can do" because prompter operators are often low-paid and can easily sabotage a broadcast. They label Cuomo a "douchebag" for humiliating a staff member publicly.

chris cuomo· newsnation· teleprompter· studio etiquette· media fails· douchebag

1:40:49 The art segment's gotta go! That's what it was. It was a little different. The art segment's gotta go. Yeah. No! I mean, what value is it if we don't critique the art, the artists will never do anything anymore? They want at least to get a recognition. This is a way of encouraging production. Yeah. This is like the, you know, that you do this in a communist country. You get in front and make everyone sit at a meeting and then you You tell them off and tell them to get back to work and do more. Yes. Do more work. Yes. Yeah, that's what you do. You want the bonus clip before we go to the before we go to the yes I would love the bonus clip. What is it? This is a bonus clip that shows you what we do is takes talent I've always appreciate that you know we we do cold reads of Because of the nature of the spreadsheet and how it comes in we don't have time to review all the time to all the text and we don't have time to rehearse and we don't want to

1:41:46 No, no. And so that's the key. I think we do pretty good. Pretty good. Pretty good. It's passable. So this is the Cuomo kid over there on the News Nation, Chris Cuomo. And he has a prompter fail. Oh. And this is probably... It was probably the most hilarious prompter fail I've ever heard, and he excoriates the prompter operator. Which is like... Oh, please. Which is the dumbest thing you can do. Never do that. That is dumb. Prompter people... That's a crappy job. It's a thankless job. Prompter people talk to each other. It's not a big group. And they'll be like, yeah, that guy is a dick. And then they will purposely, purposely screw. They have if you are if you are tied to the teleprompter, which Chris Cuomo is, they will mess you up. So this person will always have it in for Chris Cuomo. I have to stop for a second.

1:42:47 My prompter operator is racing through this like they don't want to hear anything that I'm saying right now. Do me a favor, move the prompter back up. Pretend you're paying attention. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep rolling up. No, no, the other way, the other way. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. I know you just weren't paying attention, but just keep going, keep going. It's fine, it's fine. Okay, little bit more little bit more a little bit more a little bit more a little bit more. Yes That's how far off you were. Never mind that stop what a douchebag Wow, that was a good one. That guy is an absolute douche

1:43:38 I can't believe he did that. Yeah, humiliating them. And by the way, that's one of the lowest paid jobs in the studio. On the set, on the set. It's a low paid job because you're lucky to have anyone that could even do it at all and that they will do it. And then to excoriate them and to humiliate them with that salary, he owes that guy like His daily salary, what Cuomo makes a day, should be just give it to the prompter guy to say I'm sorry. Cuomo should be happy because most local news do their own prompter. You see in the North, the controller in their left hand? And they gotta do their own prompter? Have you ever seen that? No, I've never noticed it. Oh, it happens a lot, yeah. I think he was just parroting his wife from last night. Keep going, keep going, little bit more, other direction.

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Executive Producer Donations, Sir Bumpsy and Spotify Savings

A $1,000 donation from a listener in the UK, now dubbed Sir Bumpsy of the Tickly Beard, is read. The donor explains that the amount represents what he would have spent on Spotify over several years. He claims a "PhD in Climate Science Studies" and requests "Jobs Karma" after finally finding work following a long layoff.

executive producer· sir bumpsy· spotify· climate science· uk· donation

1:44:27 All right, let's thank the treasure portion of value for value that we receive back. We'd like to thank everybody who comes in over $50 or more, not below 50 for reasons of anonymity so people can be assured we'll never mess it up. And we always love the sustaining donations, which is any amount, any frequency you set it up, set it and forget it is what we hope for. A lot of people say we always get nice notes, hey, I got it's like five bucks a month or I got to stop for a while. And when I was like, no problem, they're always really sorry. It's OK. It's OK. Value for value. If you don't have any value, then it's OK for now.

1:45:04 Now, when it comes to executive and associate executive producers, just like Hollywood, we like to reward people who come in with higher amounts with a title, which is useless. Except you can use it for credits, you can walk around, I'm an executive producer, and you can put it on imdb.com, it might impress somebody. When you're not trying to get a date on a dating app, you can go to a bar and say, you know, I'm an executive producer. If only I could find an unknown, it would be perfect. And you can show them your credits on IMDb. It's just a thought. Yeah, you make a business card and put it on there. There you go.

1:45:42 So $200 and above you have an associate executive producer credit for your lifetime, it never goes away. $300 and above is executive producer and in both cases we read your note and we kick it off with anonymous who made sure to say I want this to be anonymous comes in boom right off the bat $1,000. and says, first things first, a de-douching and a jobs karma. Well, we'll do the de-douching first. You've been de-douched. And we will do the jobs karma in a moment. This donation is a year, perhaps more, overdue. I was originally after a PhD in media deconstruction, but at the time I was laid off and the job market has been awful. Oh, it's from the UK.

1:46:22 It took a while, but I found some work. We're happy. And the time has come to donate to the best podcast in the universe, become a knight, and take this opportunity to claim a PhD in climate science studies. Hopefully this gets you in time for that. So it's actually better. It's a doctor of education. The majority of this donation amounts to the amount I've spent on Spotify over the years. It was fairly close to the instant night level. Yeah. So I thought, what the hay? So he actually spent a little bit less. Well, he's been on Spotify for a long time. I'll be setting up a... You gave your money to Taylor Swift. Let me just tell you what happened there. I will be setting up a sustaining slash regular donations to match my Spotify subscription soon. Very good idea. I get much more value out of this show and would like it to continue for at least four more years.

1:47:16 Please knight me a Sir Bumpsy of the Tickly Beard and we look forward to doing that. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. So this guy's donation came in as a wire transfer to the bank through a system I've never even heard of called WICE. Weiss how do you spell W I s e yeah wise a wise W I s e Weiss W I s e Weiss I am a wise wise maybe wise wise, but I would Doubt if it's called that whatever it is it, but it just comes shows up, okay? And it's I mean there's different kinds of systems out there to do wire transfers, but this one is new to me and I

CHAPTER 34 / 59 Discussion

Wise Payments, Bank Fees and Zelle Issues

The hosts discuss a new payment system called Wise (formerly TransferWise) used by a donor. They compare the fees of various systems, noting that traditional wire transfers often incur a $20 incoming fee, making small transfers inefficient. They advise listeners to avoid sending small amounts via wire or PayPal to ensure the show actually receives the value.

wise.com· wire transfers· bank fees· paypal· stripe· zelle

1:46:22 It took a while, but I found some work. We're happy. And the time has come to donate to the best podcast in the universe, become a knight, and take this opportunity to claim a PhD in climate science studies. Hopefully this gets you in time for that. So it's actually better. It's a doctor of education. The majority of this donation amounts to the amount I've spent on Spotify over the years. It was fairly close to the instant night level. Yeah. So I thought, what the hay? So he actually spent a little bit less. Well, he's been on Spotify for a long time. I'll be setting up a... You gave your money to Taylor Swift. Let me just tell you what happened there. I will be setting up a sustaining slash regular donations to match my Spotify subscription soon. Very good idea. I get much more value out of this show and would like it to continue for at least four more years.

1:47:16 Please knight me a Sir Bumpsy of the Tickly Beard and we look forward to doing that. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. So this guy's donation came in as a wire transfer to the bank through a system I've never even heard of called WICE. Weiss how do you spell W I s e yeah wise a wise W I s e Weiss W I s e Weiss I am a wise wise maybe wise wise, but I would Doubt if it's called that whatever it is it, but it just comes shows up, okay? And it's I mean there's different kinds of systems out there to do wire transfers, but this one is new to me and I

1:48:03 Not funny kind of interesting. Yeah, okay, I didn't get charged a fee for incoming nice Well, he probably paid outgoing. He must have paid outgoing. I don't know. I mean, all I know is that normally when a wire transfer comes in, we have to pay 20 bucks for it. So it's always annoying when somebody says somebody recently sent us thirty seven dollars in a wire transfer. And it was like 20 bucks fee to take it. It's like don't send us one dollar PayPal either. I mean, we basically wind up owing money to PayPal. It doesn't work. No. But yeah, for people who want to know,

1:48:39 Checks are at the... after a certain level of checks are received, the maximum fee is 15 cents a check for whatever the check is written for. So you know it's 15 cents. So Void Zero says, well what if they send $19? Yeah, we basically lose a buck. If they sent 19 bucks in a wire transfer, we would lose a dollar. And we would actually, the bank would charge the 20. Yeah. So you would lose a dollar. So don't do that, anybody out there. WISE. WISE. I mean, it costs, now it costs $40 to send a wire. Hold on. WISE.com. Connect your money worldwide. We're looking at it now.

1:49:19 Pay and get paid globally. Move money where it matters from paying your mortgage in euros to sending rupees overseas. Fast, simple and secure. High speed, low fee transfers. I'd never heard of it. And it did come through, so I guess they were hooked into it. Now, I don't want to belabor this, but people do need to know some things like the 15 cent charge for a check as opposed to five, six, seven, eight, 10, sometimes more for PayPal or Stripe. And then there's other these free systems that go through, Zelle being one of them that our bank doesn't like.

1:49:59 And I can't accept a Zelle, but some people have set it up on their end to get a Zelle to go through. I don't know how they do it and they won't explain it. So I, but this Weiss looks like something to look into. Check it out. If you send Weiss $333.69, The charge is $96.96 fee. Hmm, I don't know. That's a good deal. That's a very good deal if it is. Yeah. Okay. Cool. But again, let's see what... Yeah. Yeah. I was shocked. Shocked? Shocked, I tell you. Gambling. Anonymous, another anonymous from Omaha, Nebraska is next on the list and he comes in with 33369. And he says for John C.,

CHAPTER 35 / 59 Discussion

Railroad Tracks, Sparkling Water and WTC7

A donor from Omaha, Nebraska, discusses the railroad tracks near the host's house, identifying them as former Southern Pacific lines now owned by Burlington Northern. The note also touches on a preference for Spindrift sparkling water and a request for "WTC7" jingles. The host clarifies that he does not "clean up" natural background noises like chair squeaks or soda cans opening.

railroad· spindrift· wtc7· southern pacific· burlington northern· omaha

1:50:46 Which is misspelled by the way. It's J-O-N... J-O-H-N-S-I-E. I think it's S-I-E. It's J-A-H-N-S-I-E. Oh, okay. That's how it's... Yes. If you're fishing and the bait ain't working, switch it up. The sad puppy is 87 years old and dog years. Time for a refresh. I didn't put a sad puppy on the newsletter. No. But he did attach some some alternatives I've used alternatives and none of them work as good as the sad puppy There's one sad puppy and we're sticking with him. I'm in the railroad industry. Where are the tracks you see? I'd love to look it up in our internet map and see what's turning out there. It's internal map. They've got a map. Yes

1:51:36 I'd like to look at it. Okay. Lastly, I don't know what that... I don't get it. You must know what rail tracks run in front of your house. Oh, these are the old... I believe these are the old Southern Pacific tracks that have now owned by Burlington Northern and they're the ones that run parallel to Highway 80 from about Richmond to Emeryville. Okay. Lastly, Spendrift sparkling water is the best. Lime and lemon are top tier. I'd ship you some but I am too lazy. Thanks. Thanks. Thank you. And then he has a second part of his note for Adam. As a professional producer, you're great at cleaning up John C's nat pops, doorbells and other sounds.

1:52:30 Here is an opinion I bet you disagree with, but I want to share it. I think those imperfections make the show feel authentic like listeners are part of it, not consuming pure polished corporate crap or content. John's Chair Squeaks or dropping of a pop can or a opening of a pop can is what it really is or obnoxious borderline profane slurping at his sparkling water briefly pulls the veil back and lets the audience inside or sucking on a lozenge. I need to say something this about that.

1:53:07 I never clean anything up. We have a noise gate, which is mainly because of the amount of compression we use, and you don't use headphones, so my voice will flow back from your speakers into your mic. Very annoying. But I don't try, I do not clean up. In fact, something's been bumping for the last two and a half, three weeks, and I haven't even said anything about it. I'm like, it's so wonderfully natural. Exactly. Case in point, I don't clean anything up. Especially not what just came out of your nose. Well, when something bumps, let me know because I'd like to know what it is because I haven't been doing much. Okay. It could be the table. No, no. I'll let you know when it happens. Yeah, just one time. One time will be enough. Just say, it bumped. Okay. All right.

1:53:52 John C and Adam are taking their time to record yet another holiday show. That's right, we're working on Thursday. Pay your respects while you can. Per my earlier comment, John C lives near the tracks. He takes one bad step at the wrong time and splat. The show is over. The average turkey weighs 15 pounds. If you're a douchebag or even if you're not, why not break the ice with a 15-15 donation to break the ice? Karma, no requests. Jingles, WTC7 won't go away. Alright! WTC7 won't go away! You've got Karma. Alright. Long note, thank you. Uh... Yeah, it was a little long. Doosan Melletic.

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Sir Dusan the Autocrat, Serbian Heritage and Bartlett Texas

Dusan Maletic from Bartlett, Texas, is knighted as "Sir Dusan the Autocrat." He shares his Serbian heritage, including ancestors who built the Visoki Dečani monastery in the 14th century. He credits the "Podfather" (Adam Curry) for encouraging his move to the Austin area and requests "Sarma" (fermented cabbage) at the Round Table.

serbia· bartlett texas· sir dusan· monastery· sarma· podfather

1:54:41 In Bartlett, Texas, 33333, oh yeah, this is also not a shorty. This came in as a typewritten note, which is interesting. Yeah, it looks like it was actually literally typewritten. Yes. In the morning, please find a 333.33 donation check with a dollar sign after the 333.33, which is new, and I find it disturbing. The dollar sign belongs in front of the number. Well, he's from Serbia, so it must have something to do with... Oh, all right. No, okay. Then the jury will disregard that remark. From Serbia? From Serbia? Wait a minute. He's from Bartlett Techs? Oh, he's studentical Serbian. He's studying Serbia. Anyway. The donation check is enough to take me to the coveted no agenda sir status, though that word means cheese in my native language. Sir means cheese?

1:55:44 May I be granted the title of Sir Dusan the Autocrat of Bartlett and Studentica, living at two places at once? More about me in the bio at maletic.org, with a C. As you can see there, I even have the coat of arms for the title that happens when you can trace your direct ancestors to the early 14th century. Two brothers who built Serbian monastery of Visoki de Kani for the king. Hey, can you make us royalty? Can you give us like a Duke ship or something? Oh, there you go. Now you're talking. I followed Noah Jenner since day one though. Sporadically up to the COVID era, COVID and related moved to Texas at the time with gracious encouragement by the podfather who answered my email about moving to the Austin area resulted in more engagement and donations culminating now with the title. That email paid off.

1:56:33 It did. I email almost everybody back. Your sanity and humor were invaluable during those times and are always mental health preservers. Why now? Well, I am timing it for my birthday, which falls on Thanksgiving during every year when Friday the 13th falls in October. You can leave calculation to the troll room. Amount is self-explanatory. As for the nighting round table, I request Sarma as opposed to some karma on the side, which is similar to but much better than Polish Golumpki. which is fermented cabbage leaves and layered with smoked pork, and amphora-aged tamayanica. Tamayanica. Would be great to hear a little girl approval of it. Be seeing you, Dusan Maletic in Bartlik, Texas, Studentica, Serbia. So there's an actual place called Studentica. That's interesting. Yes, little girl approval for you, sir.

CHAPTER 37 / 59 Discussion

Mercy Me Band, Costco Sightings and Kodiak Alaska

A missed connection with the band Mercy Me is discussed; three members of the band are "No Agenda Knights" and had invited the hosts to their show at the Oakland Coliseum. Due to a missed text, the meeting didn't happen, and the band members reportedly went to Costco instead. Other donations from Kodiak, Alaska, and Los Angeles are acknowledged.

mercy me· kodiak· alaska· costco· oakland coliseum· vip access

1:57:29 Thank you very much for your courage. We appreciate it. Interesting. Joss, Joss, Joss, John Witten, W-H-I-D-D-O-N in Kodiak, Alaska. Kodiak. He's in Kodiak. 26322 is the first associate executive producer. Has no note, nothing. So we're going to double up, Carmen. You'll be good to go. Karma. Eric Levenberg in Los Angeles, California 227. With this donation I'm now finally a Knight of the Round Table. I would like to be known as Sir Discohead. Asking for jobs, karma, health, karma, and relationship karma. Thank you for being the best podcast in the universe. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs, youth, karma, karma. By the way, did you see... I mean, I don't know, it was kind of silly meeting with... I sent you a text message. Saturday, did you receive my text message?

1:58:27 What did it say? About our three knights who were in the band Mercy Me were playing the big venue there in Oakland. Yeah, I saw that. You didn't respond. I know. Oh yeah. Because they were like, please ask if John will come to the gig. We'll let him park with the tour buses. We'll give him all access VIP. Then I didn't see it. I would have noticed that. Oh, man. You sure you sent it to the right phone number? Yeah, the one that you always text me with. Anyway, they decided to go to Costco. They thought they would have better luck of finding you there than you coming to the gig. Well, that's too bad. Now, where was the gig? What's the biggest venue in Oakland?

1:59:11 Coliseum? Yeah, that's where they were playing. They were at the Coliseum? Yeah, they're huge. Oh, I would have gone if they had sent me a note. I sent you an email about it a week ago. Well, you know, what am I supposed to do? Okay. Well if they ever come I do the best I can I get 500 emails a day I lose a few that's alright. So anyway, they were they were sad, but they understood well next time I bid they're around I'll be glad to show up. I'd be yeah, we worked a back room. I'll pull some cables for him I'll be part of the roadie crew. No, you would be you would be standing with the wives and girlfriends man. You get the side stage you get to hang out. It's you know, it's

1:59:50 They take care of you. As long as they have food. You get full catering with the band. Yeah. Yeah. Next time. Hey, by the way, the Costco here finally got that French wine Bordeaux quadruple box. Finally. Oh, it didn't have it? Oh man, we've already, I think we have our third crate by now. Eight bucks a bottle. It's unbelievable. What a tip. What a typical day. Yeah, I was waiting and waiting because when I heard about it, I know these are always good deals, but finally they showed up. I think, what is going on? What is this? Very disappointing. All right, onward. Yeah. Chet, he's in Sayre. Chet Perry is in Sayre, Pennsylvania. 22333.

CHAPTER 38 / 59 Discussion

Commercial Auto Glass, Turducken and Gigawatt Coffee

Chet Perry from Pennsylvania promotes his commercial auto glass business, while Eli the Coffee Guy from Gigawatt Coffee Roasters wishes the audience a happy Thanksgiving. Eli mentions he will be preparing a "Turducken" and offers a discount code for his coffee. The segment also includes a "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" sign-off.

auto glass· turducken· gigawatt coffee· bensonville· illinois· jeffrey epstein

2:00:37 And he says, thank you, John and Adam, for the amazing work you do. First, I'd like to give a shout out to Theodore and Farmer Todd as they are kin and akin to kin. I am a veteran small business owner specializing commercial auto glass in the Southern tier of New York between Elmira, Binghamton and Ithaca. Binghamton. Binghamton, yeah. Yeah, Binghamton. Anyone interested can contact me at truckglass at proton dot M E I hit my brother in the mouth a while ago But I have the feeling he listens on the sly so if we could call our With a mon a mon out as a douchebag If he's listening it would be appreciated no jingles no karma just love and light you got love and light brother and

2:01:31 Anthony Zamorachi is in Albuquerque, New Mexico. RoadDux222.22. John, the memes are glorious! You guys kept me sane through COVID, no agenda, and 4chan are my dual sources of information. I think I'm good. Thanks for the awesome tips. ITM, WangoTango, 1111. Know nothing, I will deduce myself. Okay, know nothing, deduce yourself. It's illegal in most states. Brian winning in St. Louis, Missouri 2-2-2 dot 2-2 small row of ducks I was hit in the mouth many years ago by the boys from Canary Cry. Yep, Canary Cry Talk Radio. Yep, they're big value for value guys. Earlier this evening while listening to the show with my 11 year old daughter, she asked me during the donation segment if I'd ever produced a show. Hi, what a good kid! I told her no and she asked if I did not get any value from the show. Did you not get any value from the show?

2:02:31 The shame of douchebaggery overwhelmed me and I had to donate knowing the overwhelming amount of value this show has provided me through the years. Eh, good for her. Please play their... their Starving in the Shadows. They're eating the dogs due to climate change and that's true. True! Now also, please add me to the birthday list as I complete my 42nd trip around the sun on the 25th. Thank you for your courage, Brian winning. Yeah, 41st trip, not 42nd. And the starving in the shadows is not actually an ISO. I mean, it was one of John's clips. I could not find it quick enough because I always scan to see what jingles people need. But we do have the rest. They're eating the dogs due to climate change. There you go.

2:03:20 Eli the Coffee Guy, Bensonville, Illinois, always keeping us caffeinated to 11.24. The next show will be on Thanksgiving. I just want to wish all the NOA Agenda family a happy Turkey Day and say we are thankful for you two giving us a show this Thursday. It is that type of dedication and consistency that makes this show the best podcast in the universe. I won't be listening live as I'll be busy whipping up a turducken, but I will enjoy the show. Turducken. Turducken, sorry. Yes, the turkey, duck and chicken all crammed into each other. But I will enjoy the show Friday morning while I'm roasting coffee for our Black Friday sale. But producers can visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com and use code ITM20 for 20% off your first order.

2:04:10 Anytime. Stay caffeinated. Eli the coffee guy. P.S. Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself. Linda Lou Patkin in Lakewood, Colorado, $200. She wants Jobs Karma and wants to say for a winning resume and faster job search, go to imagemakersinc.com, that's imagemakersinc with a K, and work with Linda Lou, Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes. Jobs, jobs. Your go-to for all your executive resume and job search needs. Sorry, sorry about that. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for Jobs. Youthbox, karma.

2:04:47 Matthew Martell from Brumal, Pennsylvania. 21060. Hey John and Adam, I'm a knight now! Could we schedule a time for an ad read review, please? We can do it via Zoom if needed. Linda Lou's is sounding a little off. JCD constantly gets tripped up on mine, but somehow GigaWatt Coffee Roasters reads smooth as silk. I was punched in the mouth during the late stages of the flu pandemic by a good friend who needs to stop buying Dogecoin and donate the cash to you instead. Get with the program, Mr. Myers. I would like to be dubbed Sir Martel, peddler of hardware from here on forward. Please have an mRNA vaccine and free tomahawk steak and a Rodenbok Grand Cru at the round table. I am not familiar with the Rodenbok Grand Cru. This is champagne, I presume.

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Sir Martel, Hardware Peddler and mRNA Vaccines

Matthew Martell is dubbed "Sir Martel, Peddler of Hardware." He critiques the reading of "ad" notes on the show and requests a "mRNA vaccine and free tomahawk steak" at the Round Table. He also offers a discount for his hardware business and encourages a friend to stop buying Dogecoin and donate to the show instead.

martell hardware· dogecoin· mrna vaccine· tomahawk steak· brumal· pennsylvania

2:04:10 Anytime. Stay caffeinated. Eli the coffee guy. P.S. Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself. Linda Lou Patkin in Lakewood, Colorado, $200. She wants Jobs Karma and wants to say for a winning resume and faster job search, go to imagemakersinc.com, that's imagemakersinc with a K, and work with Linda Lou, Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes. Jobs, jobs. Your go-to for all your executive resume and job search needs. Sorry, sorry about that. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for Jobs. Youthbox, karma.

2:04:47 Matthew Martell from Brumal, Pennsylvania. 21060. Hey John and Adam, I'm a knight now! Could we schedule a time for an ad read review, please? We can do it via Zoom if needed. Linda Lou's is sounding a little off. JCD constantly gets tripped up on mine, but somehow GigaWatt Coffee Roasters reads smooth as silk. I was punched in the mouth during the late stages of the flu pandemic by a good friend who needs to stop buying Dogecoin and donate the cash to you instead. Get with the program, Mr. Myers. I would like to be dubbed Sir Martel, peddler of hardware from here on forward. Please have an mRNA vaccine and free tomahawk steak and a Rodenbok Grand Cru at the round table. I am not familiar with the Rodenbok Grand Cru. This is champagne, I presume.

2:05:39 I don't know. What do you mean you don't know? I don't know. I'm not familiar with it either. I don't know everything. Well, you're the go-to guy on these things. Yeah, I could have looked it up. I should have looked it up. I didn't look it up. He also says, hold the veggies. Two jingles please. JCD Pop Tarts. I think you need hot, mean hot pockets. and due to climate change and sales karma for the self-employed. And as always, visit martellhardware.com. That's martell, double L, hardware.com. Use coupon blame the newsletter for an additional 10% off your order. Thanks and talk soon says Matt. Hot pockets. You've got karma. George James in Newark, New Jersey, $200. I've been listening for two years now.

2:06:29 So I'm overdue with my donation. Keep up the good work. Well that was easy. Yeah, I like it. Eric from The Chase, Wentzville, Missouri. $200. We're nearing the end here of our associate executive producers. In the morning, please dedouche me. You've been dedouched. Thank you for all the media deconstruction that you do and for keeping my amygdala in check over the years. Karma for all! Cheers from Eric from The Chase. You've got karma.

CHAPTER 40 / 59 Discussion

Florida Meetups, Sir Grumpy Green Guy and Bitcoin

The Reiki Princess from Palm Beach reports on a successful glass-bottom boat meetup in Ocala, Florida. She credits a donation to "Sir Grumpy Green Guy" and promotes several upcoming Florida meetups in Miami and Orlando. The segment ends with a request for the "You're Gonna Need a Bitcoin" jingle.

florida· ocala· reiki princess· grumpy green guy· bitcoin· meetups

2:07:05 And our last donor, which is a super long note, but it's just enough to get I can get it done, which is the Reiki princess. Ah, the Reiki princess. Yes. Reiki, Reiki, Reiki princess and palm bead, which reminds me today's the last day of the sumo match. Palm Beach, Florida and I'll be watching it at 3.30 West Coast time $200 comes in from Palm Beach Palm Beach Yeah, this is John and we're pretty good the big glass bottom boat meet up. Ah, oh, oh I, Tim, John, and Adam are proud to present this donation to you both as a token of our gratitude from Ocala, Florida. Remember, our November to Remember meetup should be credited as a switcheroo to the future Sir Grumpy Green Guy on behalf of the Florida No Agenda producers. So that's this donation will be Grumpy Green Guy? Yep. Sir Grumpy is ironically not grumpy at all. It's like me.

2:08:02 He's an amazing husband and father and we love having him at the meetups. We also like to wish him an early happy birthday for December 14th. He's on the list. Don't forget to check out all of our amazing upcoming meetups December 15th in West Palm Beach, January in Miami, February in Orlando. Thank you again for Florida No Agenda producers for helping make all these possible. Connection is protection and especially thank you to you, John and Adam, Adam and John, for all that you do. We can't wait to continue to help support the show and have Florida be the state with the highest number of dames and knights out there. That's a good idea. Please play You're Gonna Need a Bitcoin in honor of Sir Grumpy and Jobs Karma for several of our Florida producers.

2:08:45 uh the reiki princess. They're saying that all hell is gonna break loose and you're gonna need a bitcoin. Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs. Yowza! Thank you to this executive and associate executive producers for episode 1715 of the best podcast in the universe, our pre-Thanksgiving episode. We appreciate it very much. We love the time, the talent, the treasure. It makes us feel valued. That's all, that's it. Makes us feel valued. We appreciate that. Thank you. We'll be thanking more people $50 and above in our second segment. Again, anybody can donate any amount. We love the sustaining donations. Go to noagendadonations.com. That's noagendadonations.com and support the show. Shut up, Sway. No, I won't shut up. And thank you for producing episode 1715 of No Agenda. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth.

CHAPTER 41 / 59 Discussion

Katie Tur, Electoral College Facts and MSNBC Stupidity

MSNBC’s Katie Tur and analyst Cornel Belcher are criticized for claiming Donald Trump’s 312 electoral votes did not constitute a "mandate" and was not the biggest win since Reagan. The hosts point out that Trump’s 312 votes are indeed the highest since Reagan’s landslide, and they accuse the network of being "disingenuous" or "stupid" for confusing electoral votes with the "raw" popular vote.

katie tur· msnbc· electoral college· ronald reagan· byron donalds· cornel belcher

2:09:46 I would like to play a series... actually I have two series of clips of being misled by the media. Oh no! Say it ain't so! Yeah? Okay. Let's start with this one. This is... From Katie Turr reports. Katie Turr reports. Oh, Katie Turr. She's on MSNBC. I feel bad for Katie Turr. Her dad became a woman. She's had a rough childhood, Katie Turr. You know, maybe if she put a little effort into her job that would help. Yeah. I want to play these two clips. This is, she's just discussing, you know, she's a Trump hater. And

2:10:44 And so she's got these people on, she always has a bunch of panelists and so you gotta play this. Katie Turr on electoral win. But I wanted to go to Cornell on this because part of the, part of why Donald Trump and his allies say that they're entitled to picks like this is that he's got a mandate. I mean, I had Byron Donalds on just the other day saying Donald Trump can have whomever he wants because the voters gave him that power. And then he told me that it was the biggest electoral win since Ronald Reagan. Does he, does he have that mandate? Was it the biggest electoral win since Ronald Reagan? Okay.

2:11:20 What does it take to look it up? I guess they don't have any more producers over at MSNBC. They're starting the firing early. It takes two seconds to look it up. Was it the biggest electoral win? And what we're talking about here are electoral votes or the electoral college votes. Yes. It's the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'll give you some examples here. And this is according to archives.gov because the number seems to change here and there, but it's still pretty much this. Trump got 312 to Harris's 226. That's the most since Reagan. In between we had Biden, who won the last time, with 306 to 232. So Trump beat that. And then before that it was

2:12:07 Trump had 304 to Clinton's 227. Mm-hmm. So this is the biggest since Reagan which is way up there it's I think it was 500 or something and Well, that was easy to look up. It was very easy to look up and it's all over the place on our website It's on a wiki wiki page has all of them. Yes Katie Tur wants to know if you can produce for her. Yeah, so Katie Tur is Can't look it up or she can't have somebody look it up or she thinks of some sort of a mystery So she asked this Cornell guy who's the MSNBC political analyst. That's what he's a black guy with white hair Oh, that's corner. Yeah, isn't that Cornel West? No, no, Cornell West is a This is the guy who hates everybody

2:12:52 This is the guy who hates everybody and takes credit for Obama winning their presidency in 2008. Alright, groovy, yes. So this guy's not, he's also dubbed as the MSNBC political analyst. That's the title he had. I'm gonna write a column on this, this is so egregious. An oasis. So in always a little racist and so she asks him because she can't look it up and she's not I guess the producers can't tell her what the numbers are, but she's actually baffled now I believe that she's insincere. I don't believe that she doesn't know this or she's so lazy She can't yeah, it just doesn't make any sense to me. I

2:13:34 No, was it the biggest since Reagan? So she throws it to this guy and here's what we get. Does he have that mandate? Was it the biggest electoral win since Ronald Reagan? Well, I know we're in a reality where facts apparently don't matter, but no, it wasn't even close. In fact, if you look at the raw vote from 2020, He's still off of what Biden got by a good long ways in 2020. What? Did he even understand the, I don't think he understood the question. Electoral votes.

2:14:15 Yeah, an electoral vote and he, the guy jumps right to popular vote and says no and this is a warped reality, he says at the beginning of his little spiel. He says raw vote. This is nice! He also says the raw vote which I find entertaining. Yeah, the raw voice. So we have what I consider an egregious example of the disingenuous productions at MSNBC and Katie Turr should be ashamed of herself. This is a disgusting display of stupidity or a disingenuous insincerity. One of the two. I'll take the options again.

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King Richard III, Voice Reconstruction and NPR Skepticism

NPR reports on the reconstruction of King Richard III’s voice using his skeleton and a digital avatar. The hosts dismiss the report as "bull crap," noting that the "90% accuracy" claim is based on a casting call for an actor with the right facial proportions rather than actual scientific audio recovery. They mock the idea that people were "weeping" at the museum exhibit.

king richard iii· npr· voice reconstruction· yorkshire· digital avatar· casting call

2:14:54 You're gonna have to make me repeat it. I like disgusting display of stupidity. I'll take that for 500. Okay. So now the other example of being misled, this is not done as disingenuous. This is just like misleading, at least to me, but they did clear it up. So they have a big deal going on in England. They've gotten King Richard's voice down because they found a skeleton of King Richard III. You know, there's something going on. There's Netflix documentaries, there's this movie about the lady who tried to find... What is up with King Richard? Everything's about King Richard. Why is he so... He's trending.

2:15:40 I have no idea about your man. He is trending. He's trending. King Richard is trending. But let's play this route. This is King Richard and I wrote down shit report on NPR. Yes, correct. The team in the UK says it's approximated King Richard III's voice with 90% accuracy. NPR's Katherine Fink has more. It all started 12 years ago when Richard III's skeleton was found underneath a parking lot in England. Turns out a person's skeleton can tell us a lot about what they sounded like. We can predict the likely pitch range of a voice from a skeleton. Vocal coach Yvonne Morley-Chisholm assembled a team of doctors, linguists, actors and forensic psychologists to recreate Richard III's voice. It's a tall order for someone who's been dead for over five centuries.

2:16:30 But they found clues everywhere. His upbringing, his spelling, even his scoliosis. And now a digital avatar is on display in England where you can hear the king in his own words and his own voice or something close to it. How come your some of your clips are off balance? I don't know. Okay. There was something amiss. All right. So this is bull crap. Well, here's what, so I listened to this, but I didn't listen carefully enough. The second two clips will explain it. But it sounds to me as the way they're presenting it, they dug up this guy's body who was buried under a parking lot for some unknown reason, King Richard III, and they took a look at his skeleton and look at his vocal cords and they could, and I was under the impression that some AI came into play.

2:17:25 and it reproduces voice perfectly, and now it's an exhibit at the museum, and of course they don't give an example, but they do later in the report, in the secondary report that came later. And so then I find out I've been completely misled. Okay, here we go with part two. Eventually the signs pointed to a specific region, northern England. They discovered Richard III likely had a medieval Yorkshire accent, a dialect that set him apart from the typical upper-class tones of his successors. The modern Yorkshire, the sun is shining. He would say, the sun is sheening. So what do you do when you have all of these clues about a dead king's voice and you want people to hear it?

2:18:05 He put out a casting call. For 10 years I was looking for a man with a face with the right proportions to the reconstruction of King Richard's face and it's amazing we only found him this year. That actor studied up, he learned everything about Richard III's personality and life experiences and geared up for an unusual kind of performance. Because the audience would not see his face, but Richard III's. The clarity and charity of the sun's licht is so great that when it is poured on the other heavenly bodies, the sun sheens with gnarless licht and splendor. That's a digital avatar of Richard III reciting a real address from his reign as king. It's currently on display at York Theatre Royal in England, and the team behind it believes the voice is 90% accurate.

2:18:55 They got Frank Caliendo to come and do an imitation of some guy's voice. They don't know, the guy could have been a stutterer for all we know. This is bull crap. Yeah, I think you may be right. I think there may be just a final, a final, a final, a final. A final clip? Yeah, it's a short, I guess. Morley Chisholm says the public response has been overwhelming. I was amazed when I walked into the lobby area, people were crying. They were weeping and saying, this is so moving. She says it's also been an opportunity for the public and for herself to learn about the real Richard III, rather than the one depicted in the Shakespearean play. Our vocal communication, we can tell a bunch of things about them. And I think it's been incredibly important to allow this, to reconsider Richard's words in his pronunciation, driven by his personality.

2:19:52 how he chose to communicate. As for what's next, Morley Chisholm and the rest of her team have gotten a lot of requests for more voices. People are keen for Robert the Bruce. They're keen for Mary Queen of Scots, for the poet Eats, Johann Sebastian Bach. For now, Richard III will live on in York, where you'll be able to hear him through his own words as best as we can recreate them today. In a crock! NPR, man, what are they doing? I mean, if someone came to me with a podcast proposal, I'd be like, no, no. We do actually, I did find, we do actually have some audio of what they think King Richard sounded like. I happen to have that here. Okay, you've got to hear this one. Today's deep dive is dot unique. Sorry.

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ICC vs. ICJ, Lindsey Graham and Canada Sanctions

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister. Senator Lindsey Graham mistakenly claimed the court was in Belgium (it is in The Hague) and threatened to "crush" Canada’s economy if they enforced the warrant. The hosts clarify the difference between the ICC and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

icc· icj· lindsey graham· canada· justin trudeau· benjamin netanyahu

2:20:41 The guy should have started, would have been better. Well that was a deep dive. That was very enlightening. Thank you. Conclusion, NPR is full of crap. Okay. But we need to just discuss briefly because there's some funny sound bites this International Criminal Court warrant which is out for both BB net and Yahoo and for his War war guy as war minister, but he can I ask you a question before I begin this because I don't have any clips on it But I want to ask you a quick question. Mm-hmm What's the difference between the ICC and the ICJ? The ICJ is not affiliated with the ICC. I believe the ICJ is connected to the Human Rights Organization court something.

2:21:31 I don't think it's part of the ICC. I could be wrong. I don't think it is either, but there's two of them. There's the ICC and they're going out and arresting people and there's the ICJ, the International Court of Justice. I think it's also in The Hague if I'm not mistaken. Yes, it is. They're both in The Hague. They're both there right next to each other competing. What is the point of having these two organizations like that? It's a jobs... You must know, you're from Holland. Yes, I do. It's a jobs program for judges. Okay. It's complete nonsense. The United States does not recognize it and the reason why becomes very obvious in these clips from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the Jewish state is under siege and we live in an upside-down world This is Lindsey Graham Lindy hop lady G where the Prime Minister of Israel and the Defense Minister of Israel are being prosecuted by court in Belgium Oh Lindsey oh so close Lindsey how can this guy who's out there and

2:22:28 Who by the way would probably be subject to a warrant from the ICC himself for his work in Ukraine, eventually. How can he think that it's in Belgium? We just discussed it, Lindsey. It's in The Hague, not in Belgium. The defense minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel are being prosecuted by a court in Belgium. An all-out rejection from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. He denounced the arrest warrant issued earlier this week for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister. It also included a Hamas military leader. Graham doubled down on his defense by calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for this comment made soon after the ICC's announcement. We stand up for international law and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts.

2:23:21 President Joe Biden has called the warrant outrageous. Adding fuel to that, Graham fired off this warning for Canada. We should crush your economy because we're next. You're going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America. The US is not a citizen. Just just as a just as a point ICC Belgium is the International Chamber of Commerce He did a quick Wikipedia search like oh, okay. It's in Belgium. What a tool To Canada we should crush your economy because we're next and

2:24:03 You're going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America. The U.S. is not a signatory of the ICC, but a spokesperson for the international body, Fadi El Abdaalla, is calling on the 124 countries that are, which include Canada to enforce the arrest warrant. The ICC alleges that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza by using starvation and systematic attacks on civilians as part of its war against Hamas. The next steps after an arrest warrant is issued is seeking the cooperation of the states. Now, didn't the ICC also put out a warrant for Bush and Cheney and others?

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Viktor Orban, EU Obligations and Sitting Heads of State

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has defied the ICC by inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary and vowing to protect him. Meanwhile, EU diplomat Joseph Borrell insists that member nations are legally obligated to implement the arrest warrants. This marks the first time the ICC has called for the arrest of a sitting head of government who is a major Western ally.

viktor orban· hungary· joseph borrell· european union· war crimes· netanyahu

2:24:46 No, I think they were talking about it, but they never they never put the hammer down on it. I think it was just disgust. And I think Kissinger? I guess they never went... I think it was just disgust. They were threatening. They were shaking their fists, but they never had the guts to do it. Pussies. Let me just see. Let me see. Chaney. No, I don't have anything. All right. Here's a second clip Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is trying to get in the way of that by being the first country in the EU all of whom are members of the court to defy the ICC's orders Orban is inviting Netanyahu to his country and vowing to protect him. You will be held in contrast

2:25:33 Orbán accused the ICC of interfering in an ongoing political conflict for political aims. This is wrong in itself, he said, adding that it completely discredits international law. Italy, Germany, France and Ireland are among the European countries that have signaled it will abide by the order. The EU's top diplomat, Joseph Borrell, said member nations don't have a choice. The members, the states who signed their own convention are obliged to implement the decision of the court.

2:26:12 It's not optional. The warrant puts the ICC in uncharted territory. It's the first time the court has called for the arrest of a sitting head of government. That's a major Western ally. It is the first time. Hey, it's not an option, people. It is not an option. I want to do a little bit of COP 29 as it winds up. I see you have three clips as well, so I will play two, you will play three, and I'll wrap it up. And we'll be done with it because it's because we got to be done with it. This is another group of people who are flipping out over Trump because they know he's going to

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COP 29 Failure, Climate Finance and Azerbaijan

The COP 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended in what the hosts describe as a "chaotic and confusing" failure. Developing countries expressed resentment over a $300 billion funding deal, calling it an "insult" and a "mirage." The hosts characterize the entire process as a money-laundering racket that will likely fall apart without U.S. participation under the next administration.

cop 29· baku· azerbaijan· climate finance· developing countries· money laundering

2:26:48 withdraw again from the Paris accord and pull the plug and as we all know he is a staunch climate change denier. In Azerbaijan a chaotic and confusing COP 29 has come to a close. The UN climate summit went way into overtime and at one point appeared close to failure. At the heart of the dispute is money, specifically how much rich countries including ours... That's all the meeting was about. Oh, it's only about money, yes. And by the way, if they say Development Bank, that means IMF World Bank, which is our money. To developing countries to help them adapt to climate change. Susan, it was a real heated day of negotiations, but a final deal has finally been reached. Can you tell us how it all went down?

2:27:33 Indeed, it was an undeniable chaotic and confusing day. It's now early hours of the morning, Baku time. But yes, the last draft was adopted by thousands of delegates near Comatose, I might say, in a huge meeting room. That doesn't mean they're happy. This was a compromise pushed through rather than let these talks end in failure. It does up the amount that developed countries must direct to developing countries suffering the worst effects of climate change. It's now at at least $300 billion by 2035, but it is far less than many of the developing countries advocated for. What were some of the biggest sticking points with that deal? Money. Well, the amount, as I've mentioned, what kind of funding, grants or loans, public or

2:28:20 private, there will be disappointment the money is not more publicly funded. Also who pays in? Rich developed countries are obligated but many argued China and other big emitting countries should also but in the UN framework for example China is a developing country and its contributions will remain voluntary. So I don't have to participate now and I love what you're not going to what you're not going to give it to us. You're going to only lend it to us. Yeah, that's what we do with you. And already, Susan, we are seeing some countries like Cuba and India speaking out against this final deal.

2:28:57 How far is this from what they were asking for? Well, they wanted much more money over a shorter period of time, but I'm telling you, you can really hear the resentment and opposition on the floor of the plenary, as it's called. You can hear the resentment from podcasters, lady. Nigeria called it an insult. India called it a mirage and said they do not accept this accord. The spirit of these talks, I might add, is damaged as well. The presidency, many say, pushed through this proposal too late, too little, just to close the climate conference with something even though it's seen as flawed. And Canada also said on the plenary floor that it's extremely disappointed in the accord overall and wanted some stronger text.

2:29:44 The Secretary General of the United Nations put out a statement today saying the commitment must become cash and ensure that this money does get quickly to the developing countries. You know, just hours ago it did seem like this conference would fall apart but there is an agreement It will and can be built on, although I think COP29, many would agree, hosted by Azerbaijan has been a difficult, fractious set of climate talks. And this may threaten the solidarity of the whole UN process, how this transpired here, and perhaps we'll see widen a gap between rich and poor countries. So Trump doesn't even have to do anything. It's going to fall apart by itself.

2:30:28 And I mean, because you have, I mean, I had more clips, but you have three, so I want to have you play those. I have a lot of the delegates from all these countries going, this is not fair. They made us sit here for hours. We're tired. We're wiped out. You know, they ground these people. They're in Baku. The Baku is like Casablanca, man. It's beautiful. It's oil heaven. It's hookers and blow everywhere. That's why they were strung out. All right.

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Climate Reparations, Wealthy Nations and $1.3 Trillion Goals

NPR reports on the debate over "climate finance," where lower-income countries demand reparations from wealthier nations for damages caused by carbon emissions. The final agreement sets a goal of $300 billion per year by 2035, with a long-term target of $1.3 trillion. The hosts argue that these funds primarily benefit corrupt officials and "delegates" rather than the environment.

climate finance· reparations· sierra leone· carbon emissions· renewable energy· world bank

2:31:04 Your clips if you think they're still useful. Yeah, I think they're okay. This is basically the same thing This is done from this NPR a cop 29 BS The world has reached a new agreement on how to help pay for the impacts of climate change Annual negotiations just wrapped up in Azerbaijan and they went well into overtime with some countries over time out in protest Joining me now with more on what they decided is Lauren Sommer from NPR's climate desk. Hey there. Hi Scott. So two weeks of negotiations, what have been the big sticking point? So this summit has been all about the money. The debate has been over the dollar amount that richer countries will send to developing countries that have contributed the least to climate change. God bless President Trump, man. Stop these people from stealing from us for nonsense. They're not going to do anything for climate change.

2:31:53 It's all going to these delegates. No, this is a money laundering racket. Yes. That's for things like reducing their carbon emissions through renewable energy projects. Money laundering, right. This is the incentive to get, hold on, $300 billion, you put it in the system, who knows where it goes. You can't do money laundering. Research, research. It's going to research. A lot of it to research. It just goes into a bunch of people's pockets. It doesn't accomplish anything. And this $300 billion, billion dollars, this entire net worth of Elon Musk goes into the pockets of a bunch of criminals. Yes. Yes. Yes. ... to climate change. And that's where things like reducing their carbon emissions through renewable energy projects or preparing for the impacts of climate-related disasters like more intense storms. This is known as climate finance and developing countries are pushing for a lot

2:32:38 more than richer countries. Yeah, so lower-income countries are seeing some of the worst impacts from climate change. You know, flooding and hurricanes and droughts that are getting worse. They've done little to cause that because their carbon emissions are low. It's really the wealthier countries that are responsible for most of the emissions. So developing countries say they're owed for all those damages. Here's how Sierra Leone's climate minister, Jiwo Abdollahi, described it at the talks.

2:33:20 These numbers are not just abstract, they affect our people on a daily basis. Okay, yeah, they they're affecting everybody. Oh my god What are we gonna do these these small countries are which are run by tyrants usually? Are just trying to get some free money for their pockets. This is this is so Obviously initially, you know, it was to drive the new economy and people were there You know to get some some dough for you know windmills and solar farms and all that stuff and

2:33:59 And they've even given up. This is, I saw the budget. Research and development is still the top. More studies to prove this thing. Yeah. Clip two. The floods, the droughts affect the lives of our people. Due to climate change. The floods, the droughts affect the lives of our people. Our people are paying for this climate crisis already with their lives and their livelihoods. Blood. Abdullahi was actually one of the ministers who walked out on negotiations for a bit today, along with other African countries and small island states, because it was over the dollar amount the richer countries were offering. Okay, so what was the final agreement that was just agreed to? Yeah, so the agreement is for developed countries like the US and the European Union to hit $300 billion per year in climate finance by 2035. And then there's a larger goal to ramp that up to $1.3 trillion per year.

2:34:54 The US wanted to see countries like China be official contributors to that as well, but China wanted to keep its contributions voluntary. And that $300 billion is lower than many developing countries wanted to see. OK, but you're talking about the US there and that's of course the Biden administration. President-elect Trump takes office in January. So given that what are the chances the US follows through on that pledge for climate funding? Yeah, it's a really big question It's unclear because if you remember when Trump was president, he pulled the US out of the major climate agreement That's the Paris agreement. He has not wanted the US to be part of this in the past and

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John Podesta, Inflation Reduction Act and Paris Agreement

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta insists that the "fight for a cleaner planet" will continue despite the U.S. election results. The hosts discuss the potential survival of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy projects in Republican districts. However, they remain skeptical of the "grift" associated with consumer tax credits for electric cars and heat pumps.

john podesta· inflation reduction act· paris agreement· carbon emissions· electric cars· heat pumps

2:33:59 And they've even given up. This is, I saw the budget. Research and development is still the top. More studies to prove this thing. Yeah. Clip two. The floods, the droughts affect the lives of our people. Due to climate change. The floods, the droughts affect the lives of our people. Our people are paying for this climate crisis already with their lives and their livelihoods. Blood. Abdullahi was actually one of the ministers who walked out on negotiations for a bit today, along with other African countries and small island states, because it was over the dollar amount the richer countries were offering. Okay, so what was the final agreement that was just agreed to? Yeah, so the agreement is for developed countries like the US and the European Union to hit $300 billion per year in climate finance by 2035. And then there's a larger goal to ramp that up to $1.3 trillion per year.

2:34:54 The US wanted to see countries like China be official contributors to that as well, but China wanted to keep its contributions voluntary. And that $300 billion is lower than many developing countries wanted to see. OK, but you're talking about the US there and that's of course the Biden administration. President-elect Trump takes office in January. So given that what are the chances the US follows through on that pledge for climate funding? Yeah, it's a really big question It's unclear because if you remember when Trump was president, he pulled the US out of the major climate agreement That's the Paris agreement. He has not wanted the US to be part of this in the past and

2:35:31 This year, the Biden administration says it supplied $11 billion. But, you know, even if Trump undoes the U.S. commitment, some funding could continue, like from the World Bank, which the U.S. contributes to. The U.S. election happened right before these talks began. I'm curious, how much did that cast a shadow over negotiations, especially given that the world is already behind on climate change? Yeah, I think there's no doubt it had a major impact. You know, at the talks, the Biden administration was trying to make clear that the shift to renewable energy in the U.S. is already underway and it's going to keep going. You know, we the current current Devorah Consulting Group needs to help these people, particularly NPR or someone needs to do something. They need a new angle. You know, just this, oh, extreme weather events. Nobody cares. Nobody cares.

2:36:21 It's just another flood. They've overdone it. They've overshot the mark. They need something else to get people motivated to spend this money. I just don't understand why they... I mean, they're just... verbal diarrhea. The same thing over and over again. Ad nauseum. What's making it worse is these lesser developed countries, third world, are demanding free money. Yeah, those and they're doing it in a very obnoxious way. Well, it's because there was a lot of promises. You see, everyone got promised like, hey, man, let me build my mansion over here, you know, to escape and we'll take care. We'll make you whole at COP 29. Don't worry. I can just see it. I can just see it. You're right. This is so corrupt. Who's paying? Who's paying for these cops? This is no small conference.

2:37:20 No, it costs money to overhead the conference itself. It's got to be millions. Millions. Millions. Yeah. Millions. Yeah. All right. Blast clip. Thank Lord. Here's what U.S. climate envoy John Podesta said to other countries. Oh, here's your money laundering guy. This is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet. Facts are still facts. Science is still science. The fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country. The U.S. has been cutting its carbon emissions in part because of the Biden administration's flagship climate law, that's the Inflation Reduction Act. And you know, there are parts of that that are popular, right? Consumer tax credits for electric cars and heat pumps. Many of the clean energy manufacturing projects, you know, big, big plants have gone into Republican districts. So there is a chance that some of these policies will survive the new administration.

2:38:14 But, you know, the big question is still to come. Right. Countries need to cut their emissions. We're behind on doing that. Right. The Earth is going to warm up more than the goal for the Paris agreement. All countries are supposed to announce new pledges to cut their emissions by February. And that's to keep the planet from that even worse impact level of climate change. The Biden administration says it still plans to release its new pledge even as it's heading out the door and that's going to be a huge focus of climate negotiations next year, which is really cutting emissions. Cutting emissions. You know, here's another problem with this whole gambit. I don't understand why they don't figure this out. Nobody sees the benefit.

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IMF Climate Models, Carbon Price Floors and Climate Lockdowns

The IMF and World Bank have developed a "Climate Policy Assessment Tool" to track emissions cuts. An IMF representative suggests that to reach climate goals, the world needs to cut emissions by 7% annually—a rate higher than what was achieved during the "unprecedented" COVID-19 lockdowns (6%). The hosts interpret this as a precursor to "climate lockdowns."

imf· world bank· carbon price· climate lockdowns· covid-19· emissions

2:38:59 You know, it's like, you know, the Tesla for a while, I was like, I get a kind of a cool car. Now everyone sees what there's no resale value. You know, I got to put a generator in the trunk to charge it if I run out, you know, I'm going to have a jerry can of gas. Instead of a nice HVAC system, I got a heat pump. Which doesn't work in really cold weather. No, my toilet doesn't flush well, my shower is limited, you know, it's not improving our life and we've been hearing this since the 70s that we're all gonna die. You gotta deliver. You gotta deliver on something. Either you make like really something happen

2:39:44 Which is just not... I don't know. It's a grift. It is a grift and it's so obvious and everybody sees it and we're sick of it. Not everybody sees it. Most people don't see it. True. People who see it don't care. Even the greenies, they don't really care. Now what I did is I went to the IMF to see what they really had to say because the IMF... These are the real bad guys. These are the guys who get the loan, You know, it's not a grant, no, we're going to lend you the money, this $300 billion a year, and then we got you by the nuts. And then we can, you will do whatever we tell you to do. This is what happened to Greece, just to pull it into Western perspective. This has been going on throughout the undeveloped world for ages.

2:40:36 So they, and I don't know, but these people, they just get money from all these countries and they go, oh, make some charts and it's really important. And so these are the money people. And so they're out there trying to get the money. They have this new young guy, he looks like a Gen Z or might be a very young millennial, but probably Gen Z. And he, they released a video about this and surprise, surprise, Not only do we have a model for climate change, but they have a model for the money. Well, there are many ways to allocate emissions cuts across countries, but here we provide an illustration. This uses a model that we built with the World Bank called the Climate Policy Assessment Tool and it's based on a methodology that we developed here at the IMF. In our illustrative approach, all countries reduce emissions in proportion to their income.

2:41:25 Most countries would need to raise their 2030 emissions targets, but developed countries would continue to cut emissions faster than developing countries. So where are we currently? Well, in this analysis we find very few major economies have 2030 targets that are aligned with 2 degrees and currently no major economy is aligned with 1.5. That said, high-income countries have collectively become much more ambitious since 2015, while upper middle-income countries as a whole are further behind. We think countries could consider forming climate clubs to complement the Paris Agreement. Climate clubs, John? Climate clubs? Ah, this is interesting. Smaller groups of major emitting countries could agree to cut emissions through specific policies like minimum carbon prices or what we call an international carbon price for.

2:42:13 On climate finance, developed countries are currently mobilizing about 100 billion dollars per year to developing countries and will soon set a new target for 2025 and beyond. We think this new target should be based on the needs of developing countries and in the collaborative spirit of the Paris Agreement could be framed as a joint target between developed and developing countries. You know kid, I should put you over my knee and spank you. So in this second short clip, he explains what is really needed to reduce carbon because we're out of control. It's not working. It's not slowing down. We're never going to get to the magic number of 1.5 degrees Celsius. We really, we've got to tighten, we've got to tighten it up. We've got to, we've got to really do things to people because when you hear the comparison he makes, which is a little dubious and frightening to a degree,

2:43:05 To get to the 7% reduction in carbon pollution emissions Whatever you'll think we're never gonna do this unless you go really Authoritarian on us. So how are we doing? By the way shoot the production manager, how are we doing cue piano? So how are we doing? Well, unfortunately we are not going nearly fast enough. Since 2020 emissions have continued to rise. So now to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees we need to cut emissions by 50% below 2019 levels in the next five years. But globally current country targets would only achieve about a 12% cut in emissions. So this means we need to go four times faster in the remainder of this decade.

2:44:00 We find that if 2030 targets remain as they are, then the world would face a damaging emissions cliff edge. This would require drastic cuts in emissions equivalent to about 7% each and every year out of 2040. Now to put that into perspective, the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic lockdowns cut global carbon emissions by just 6% in 2020. Maintaining an even higher rate of emissions cutting year after year could be politically, economically and technically infeasible. So knowing these people are insane, He's saying we need to cut by 7% a year. To put that into perspective, the unprecedented COVID lockdowns only resulted in 6% reduction. I mean, is a logical conclusion that they're thinking about climate lockdowns? Well, you've been saying that for a while. That's the conclusion I have to draw from this. Yeah, well, they're not going to get away with it. No, they're not.

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Google Antitrust, Chrome Sale and Chromium Spying

The DOJ is seeking to force Google to sell its Chrome browser to break its 90% monopoly on online search. The hosts argue that Chrome and the Chromium codebase are essentially "spy devices" used to collect user data for advertising. They suggest that even if Google is forced to sell, the underlying dominance of Google search will be difficult to dismantle.

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2:45:04 I have a tech update which regards Google. Well you probably know the browser because even if you're one of those people that doesn't switch from the default browser when you get a new computer you would have heard of it. Three and a half billion people around the world use it. That's more than two thirds of internet users. Now this actually gloms on to our previous conversation about the search function, them having searched, but this guy put some truth into this report which I thought was worth discussing for a second. You don't use Chrome or Safari, you probably use a browser built on Chromium. That's an open-source code base based on Chrome which Google releases to the public. Even Edge, the third most popular browser made by Microsoft, is a Chromium browser. The DOJ has asked the federal judge, Amit Mehta, to order Google to sell Chrome, which is a crucial pillar of its business, even though it's free of charge.

2:46:01 Why? Because it's how billions of people make their way onto Google search. Yes, the real monopoly the US justice system has ruled lies in Google's 90% market domination of online search. And search means data, which means money. So if you type into Chrome's search bar to search for something, Google collects all sorts of data on you and uses this to sell advertising. In fact, the only place this is a little bit different is here in the EU where since an antitrust ruling six years ago, Chrome has offered a choice of search engines when you install it. This has supposedly been refined since the Digital Markets Act came into effect a couple of years ago. But let's be frank, it's not made a jot of difference to Google's dominance of search. Its market share has actually increased over the last few years.

2:46:50 Turns out it's not that easy to convince people to use another search engine when the phrase Google it has become a verb. You know, I think that Chrome and of course the Edge browser is built on Chrome. I think these are just spy devices. It goes beyond search. Yeah, we have one of our producers send us a note pretty much and he's kind of a spooky producer and he sent us a note saying the whole thing's about spying. Yeah, it is. It's just spying. You know that Google is also, Chrome OS of course would also be a problem which they've rolled out all over the schools and everything to spy on your kids. Yeah.

2:47:35 And they want to put Chrome OS into Android, which would be very interesting if they have to separate from Chrome. And then what does that mean? Does someone else then run Chrome? Some other... CIA. All right. I want to wrap it up today with a little bit of health news. Make America healthy again. RFKJ, he's going to do it if we can if we can protect him all the way through the process. If he can get in there. Now we're starting to hear negative concepts that there were, you know, of course that's part of the... TDS. Yes, new TDS. Of course. Here is CNN discrediting him. Fruit Loops. The Wall Street Journal reporting that the company that makes the colorful cereal has, quote, been under fire for months over its use of artificial food dyes. Now one of the company's highest profile critics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been tapped to become the country's top health official and has vowed to target artificial dyes in cereal that he says contribute to widespread health problems, particularly in children.

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Froot Loops, Artificial Dyes and RFK Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has targeted Kellogg's Froot Loops for using artificial food dyes in the U.S. that are banned or replaced in other countries like Canada. CNN’s panel is criticized for their "professionally written" jokes about Kennedy being a "Froot Loop." The hosts support Kennedy’s goal of removing harmful chemicals from the American food supply.

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2:46:50 Turns out it's not that easy to convince people to use another search engine when the phrase Google it has become a verb. You know, I think that Chrome and of course the Edge browser is built on Chrome. I think these are just spy devices. It goes beyond search. Yeah, we have one of our producers send us a note pretty much and he's kind of a spooky producer and he sent us a note saying the whole thing's about spying. Yeah, it is. It's just spying. You know that Google is also, Chrome OS of course would also be a problem which they've rolled out all over the schools and everything to spy on your kids. Yeah.

2:47:35 And they want to put Chrome OS into Android, which would be very interesting if they have to separate from Chrome. And then what does that mean? Does someone else then run Chrome? Some other... CIA. All right. I want to wrap it up today with a little bit of health news. Make America healthy again. RFKJ, he's going to do it if we can if we can protect him all the way through the process. If he can get in there. Now we're starting to hear negative concepts that there were, you know, of course that's part of the... TDS. Yes, new TDS. Of course. Here is CNN discrediting him. Fruit Loops. The Wall Street Journal reporting that the company that makes the colorful cereal has, quote, been under fire for months over its use of artificial food dyes. Now one of the company's highest profile critics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been tapped to become the country's top health official and has vowed to target artificial dyes in cereal that he says contribute to widespread health problems, particularly in children.

2:48:36 Kennedy calling out the manufacturer earlier this month. There are entire departments like the nutrition departments at FDA that have to go, that are not doing their job. They're not protecting our kids. Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients and you go to Canada and it's got two or three? All right, our panel is back. Anyone a Froot Loops fan? Did you grow up on Froot Loops? Of course. Yeah. Kellogg's cereal. Of course. Big advertiser, Kellogg's cereal. I'm not going to discredit them. No, Sugar Smacks and Colbett. I mean, look, Kennedy's not wrong about this. This journal story, I don't know if we have it produced, but when you look at the difference between American Froot Loops and, right there, right here, the Blue Bowl, and then the Canadian ones are right here. I mean, it's obvious that we put a lot more

2:49:28 I mean, RKJr probably calls it crap in the cereal. What is it? A lot more, a lot more... Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Don't say chemicals. The company says, well, no, that's not the case. But I mean, Dana, like, maybe there's a point? I don't know that we've ever had a nominee for a cabinet. It's this polarizing and not in a hot way, right? I mean, like, either Robert Kennedy is a Froot Loop or he's going to fix Froot Loop. No! That was professionally written. Oh, yeah. Of course it is. Thank you for pointing that out. Professional. Is Marty moonlighting again?

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Vaccine Hesitancy, Pediatrician Ultimatums and Hepatitis B

A CBS News segment on "vaccine hesitancy" is critiqued for being scripted and using "shill" parents. The hosts discuss the practice of giving Hepatitis B vaccines to newborns and the "ultimatums" given by pediatricians who threaten to kick families out of their practice if they don't follow the full schedule. They argue that the current system lacks true informed consent.

vaccine hesitancy· hepatitis b· pediatricians· informed consent· school mandates· cbs news

2:50:05 Marty would come up with that guy for sure. But the big pharma is very concerned about RFKJ and he's already, I mean, and this is a trend, this is another thing, the Gen Zers. The Gen Z, I know so many people who have not had their children vaccinated at all. from birth, because you know within three hours they want to give your child a hepatitis B vaccine. Yeah, why? They're gonna have sex? Which is a sexually transmitted disease. Just an anecdote. So when I first, when hepatitis B, this is years ago, this is 30 years ago, when the hepatitis B vaccine first came out, I had this doctor, kind of an anti-vaxxer,

2:50:53 He said, well, I got my vitamin D instead of getting me off of flu shots. And so I said, should I get a hepatitis B vaccine? I just said this because it just came out. They were promoting it. He says, why? You're going to work with blood? And you went, what? And then it was, obviously, it was like, as far as he was concerned, there is no reason in the world that any normal person should ever get a hepatitis B vaccine. So I think this is also a carefully orchestrated piece on CBS. Dr. John Lepuk is here.

2:51:35 And instead of saying people don't want vaccines, like I don't want my kid to have vaccines, you know, which ones, they have questions. They want honest answers. They bring in the hesitancy, vaccine hesitancy. And I think they even have a mother who says, well, I'm vaccine hesitant. Bull crap, you're a shill. Nobody says that. Of course not, nobody says it. Robert Kennedy Jr. has been an outspoken critic of vaccines. Despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective at preventing disease. Now we've confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, public health experts say Kennedy could influence vaccine policy. We get more now from CBS's chief medical correspondent, Dr. John LaPook.

2:52:23 Lauren Moresca says she's had concerns over vaccinating her children. Anything I give my child, I always question. I get a little anxious. When 11-year-old Gio was an infant, he got his childhood vaccines right on schedule. Always had a reaction every single time. Hives, rash. I started to get hesitancy in saying, all right, can we space this? I started to get hesitancy, John. I started to get hesitancy. This is scripted. Every single time, hives, rash, I started to get hesitancy in saying, all right, can we space these out? And the doctor kind of made me feel like,

2:53:01 You're being dramatic, but okay. After scouring the internet for information, the New York mom hit pause on additional shots for Gio and three-year-old Julina. Then, the family's pediatrician issued an ultimatum. You have to take all the vaccines or you're out of the practice. Yeah, here we go, baby. Before you continue with this clip, It turns out, and there's a lot of discussion on this, maybe you're going into it, that these pediatricians are vaccine factories. That's all they do. They get bonuses for having everyone vaccinated. Careful, careful. Don't say it that way because you'll get a million... No, I'll get a million emails

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Herd Immunity, Fearless Motherhood and NICU Regrets

The discussion covers the "95% target for herd immunity" and the pressure on parents to vaccinate to protect others. A letter from a former NICU nurse, Andrea Dickert, expresses regret over administering vaccines to premature babies against manufacturing guidelines. She now hosts the "Fearless Motherhood" podcast to empower parents to use intuition over social pressure.

herd immunity· nicu· preemies· fearless motherhood· andrea dickert· adverse reactions

2:53:44 They don't get bonuses, but it is up to 40% of their income. It's just the business. It's not like they get extra for pushing extra. Their whole business model is built on it. Yes, I don't think they get extra. In fact, I'm quite sure they don't. Okay, I'm putting it in incorrectly. Okay. Yeah, the whole thing's a scam. It's a scam. Yes, it's a grift. It's a grift. Here we go. Part two. Public health officials stress vaccines are safe and effective and the benefits far outweigh the risks. But a recent survey found at least 12% of children have a vaccine-hesitant parent. I think it's important to understand the thought process of why a patient is refusing a vaccination. New York City pediatrician Dr. Ayala Wegman says in recent years she's been navigating increased vaccine skepticism. You hear some parents say, why do we have to have so many vaccines so soon? The reason why we present infants with immunizations early on in their life is because

2:54:46 their immune system is really susceptible to not only viral but bacterial infections. 45 states permit non-medical exemptions and kindergarten vaccination rates have fallen to 93% below the 95% target for herd immunity. That increases risk for the vulnerable, like those who are immunocompromised or too young to be vaccinated. Now this is very interesting because I got a lot of people emailing me as usual saying you don't understand how vaccines work. And one of the most prevalent arguments is vaccines activate your immune system so that you then become immune, but the virus, even if you're vaccinated, the virus enters your system. And so if you're a child and around an unvaccinated child, you get a full load

2:55:40 And then you can actually still get sick because the vaccine is so safe and effective. I mean, people try to explain this to me and I'm like, no, the whole point is your immune system is immune. You're immune from it. You are sterilized. You have an immune system to begin with. Yes. Thank you. Which you should not be tinkering with when you're three hours old. I'm not a doctor, but I'm not stupid. Does everybody understand that when they're quote-unquote rolling the dice for their own child, they're actually rolling the dice for other children around them who are not immunized? Most people when they come to the office, they're really concerned most importantly about their precious little one. And so it becomes

2:56:23 really important for us as doctors to communicate the safety and the efficacy of these vaccines. Gio was begging me he wants to go to school, he doesn't want to be kicked out. Faced with school vaccine mandates, the Marescas reluctantly vaccinated their son. Wait, stop again, stop, stop. What kid ever did said that in their lives? Especially in the younger age. The kid who is scripted. I don't, I want to go to school. No kids ever said, nobody ever said ever. Well this is the message. The message is don't get, your kid's not vaccinated, you're getting kicked out of school. That's the message here from Dr. Johnson. Which contradicts what the Department of Education wants because they get paid so much from the government.

2:57:06 to have kids in school. So there's mixed messaging going on here. They don't know what to do. Gio was begging me he wants to go to school. He doesn't want to be kicked out. Faced with school vaccine mandates, the Marescas reluctantly vaccinated their son, but are still looking for empathy. Don't be dismissive with us. Don't patronize us. Don't make us feel stupid. It's critical that you are honest with them, that you frame the discussion with facts. Facts. Facts. And a willingness to listen. Yeah, so we're gonna give you facts and you need a willingness to listen. I have two more short clips, but first a quick note from one of our producers who heard this conversation on the last episode where I said the ER doctor, he predicts that there could be pediatricians who might actually kill themselves once they find out how much harm they've done to children with this 76 vaccine schedule. And she says, Andrea Dickert,

2:58:01 As a certified neonatal intensive care, Nick Yu. A registered nurse who administered many vaccines in my eight years of working at level four, that's the highest level of care at a NICU, I can attest that I too felt so much shame and regret at the possibility that I may have caused more harm than good to so many of my patients, especially when I witnessed adverse reactions firsthand and some of them on preemie babies that we administered them to. So prematurely born babies. Another side note, many of the vaccines that are given to preemies are administered against manufacturing guidelines as many of them do not meet the weight requirements for the dosage. But instead of offing myself, as your ER doctor friend stated, I decided to push back and do something about it. So I started a podcast!

2:58:54 with the goal of empowering parents to make decisions for themselves and their children by using knowledge, insight, and intuition, not fear or social pressure. So if any of the NOAA Gender Producers wants to hear the founder explain for herself what she has discovered or if anyone wants to gain some more insight, people always ask me this about what true informed consent is. They can listen to the The podcast the fearless motherhood podcast fearless motherhood. Yes, the fearless motherhood podcast. So I wonder it's plugged. Okay, that sounds like a winner. Yeah, that's go podcasting Finally then and I don't understand why if Gorka if Gorka is considered to be an advisor How come former CDC director Redfield is not an advisor? This is the guy who came out right away and said no no

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Robert Redfield, Disease Systems and Advertising Corruption

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield supports RFK Jr.’s mission to "Make America Healthy Again," arguing that the U.S. has a "disease system" rather than a health system. The hosts point out that the primary obstacle to change is the financial corruption of the media by Big Pharma advertising. They reiterate their "no advertising" policy as a way to remain independent.

robert redfield· cdc· rfk jr· big pharma· advertising· disease system

2:58:01 As a certified neonatal intensive care, Nick Yu. A registered nurse who administered many vaccines in my eight years of working at level four, that's the highest level of care at a NICU, I can attest that I too felt so much shame and regret at the possibility that I may have caused more harm than good to so many of my patients, especially when I witnessed adverse reactions firsthand and some of them on preemie babies that we administered them to. So prematurely born babies. Another side note, many of the vaccines that are given to preemies are administered against manufacturing guidelines as many of them do not meet the weight requirements for the dosage. But instead of offing myself, as your ER doctor friend stated, I decided to push back and do something about it. So I started a podcast!

2:58:54 with the goal of empowering parents to make decisions for themselves and their children by using knowledge, insight, and intuition, not fear or social pressure. So if any of the NOAA Gender Producers wants to hear the founder explain for herself what she has discovered or if anyone wants to gain some more insight, people always ask me this about what true informed consent is. They can listen to the The podcast the fearless motherhood podcast fearless motherhood. Yes, the fearless motherhood podcast. So I wonder it's plugged. Okay, that sounds like a winner. Yeah, that's go podcasting Finally then and I don't understand why if Gorka if Gorka is considered to be an advisor How come former CDC director Redfield is not an advisor? This is the guy who came out right away and said no no

2:59:47 Is this the bearded guy? Yeah! Yeah, he's great. Yeah, so here he is. Do you think we should be worried at all, like, if he gets confirmed that he could sort of start a real no vaccine culture and put that into public policy? Talking about RFKJ. No, Brian, I don't think that. I mean, I'm probably one of the biggest advocates for vaccine. You mentioned that when I was CDC director, I would say that I think vaccines are the greatest gift of science to modern medicine. And I still believe that. Kennedy's not anti-vaccine. What Kennedy is about is transparency about vaccines, honest discussion about vaccines, asking for the data to show that these vaccines are safe and they're efficacious. And the mere question of asking what's the data for safety, many of his detractors say, okay, well, you're anti-vax. No, just show me the safety data, show me the efficacy data. I have high confidence that Kennedy is gonna be

3:00:49 a strong supporter of transparency on vaccines. And where the vaccine data shows that they're efficacious and a benefit to the American public, he will promote them. And then the real issue, which he says here. I think, Brian, we need transformational change. Right now, we've created over the last 20, 30 years, we've developed a disease system. We need to make a health system. And when Kennedy says he wants to help make America healthy again, when I was CDC director, one of the challenges was we lost about 1.2 million people died of COVID. Other countries like Taiwan lost less than 10,000 people. Why did we lose so many people? We lost so many people is because we're sick.

3:01:38 We're a sick nation. And Kennedy is really committed to making us healthy again. And I do agree with you. We should all get behind him. Making a healthy America is not a partisan issue. We ought to get behind him and help him make us healthy again. The problem is it's a money issue. It's an advertising issue. It's a grift issue. That's the problem. Yeah. That's the problem. And it has a lot to do with the fact that prescription drugs are advertised on television and they can, and they dominate the money flow. And so they, the TV stations and whatever, and a lot of magazines in fact, do what they're told. I keep getting a lot of- There's a problem with the corruption of advertising. That's why we don't take advertising in this show. We suffer for it. It was perfect. It was perfect. It was perfect. Look at the show last Tuesday. The show was perfect. It was perfect.

3:02:31 Just say I'm stepping on it every time now. Just say that's why we don't take advertising on this show I'll fix it and post no one will know That's why we don't take advertising on this show Oh, yeah, that'd be fun That's right, we don't take advertising on this show, we just do a service. We deliver a service, we perform a service for you, Noah Jen The Nation. We keep your amygdala in check, we make sure that you feel calm and that you're ready to face the world and your family during Thanksgiving. Go to your family!

3:03:14 Give thanks, love them, hug them. It'll be okay. And we're going to thank our producers who came in $50 and above and we have a tip of the day coming. We have great end of show mixes, nice meetup reports, including one from El Salvador. John, take us through the 50s. And I will mention that we do not fix stuff in post. I think that people who are listening notice by now. Yes. MKUltra, What does this say? Marker? Marker? What? What? I'm doing other things. Oh. What? What? Okay, I'll take a look. Okay, it should be MK Ultra Mark in Brooklyn, New York. 10535. Yes. Somebody got an extra R in there. I won't say who or why. But there it was.

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Donor Acknowledgments, Luanda Angola and Aussie Boobs

The hosts read a list of donors from various locations, including Luanda, Angola, and Australia. They acknowledge "Aussie Boobs" (a donation of $57.23, the local equivalent of 8008) and discuss the "Value for Value" model. They clarify that they did not invent the model but adapted it for the podcasting medium from non-profit and religious traditions.

luanda· angola· australia· jingles· value for value· donors

3:02:31 Just say I'm stepping on it every time now. Just say that's why we don't take advertising on this show I'll fix it and post no one will know That's why we don't take advertising on this show Oh, yeah, that'd be fun That's right, we don't take advertising on this show, we just do a service. We deliver a service, we perform a service for you, Noah Jen The Nation. We keep your amygdala in check, we make sure that you feel calm and that you're ready to face the world and your family during Thanksgiving. Go to your family!

3:03:14 Give thanks, love them, hug them. It'll be okay. And we're going to thank our producers who came in $50 and above and we have a tip of the day coming. We have great end of show mixes, nice meetup reports, including one from El Salvador. John, take us through the 50s. And I will mention that we do not fix stuff in post. I think that people who are listening notice by now. Yes. MKUltra, What does this say? Marker? Marker? What? What? I'm doing other things. Oh. What? What? Okay, I'll take a look. Okay, it should be MK Ultra Mark in Brooklyn, New York. 10535. Yes. Somebody got an extra R in there. I won't say who or why. But there it was.

3:04:03 Ian Field, $100. Allie Jade, oh good old Allie Jade. Oh, Allie Jade, yes. We read her note on the previous, that's for OperationChristmasCheer.com. Yes, and she ended up on this spreadsheet. Brownie in Highland Ranch, Colorado, $100. Good old Brownie, I wonder where he went. David Keys in Riverside, California, $100. Jason Marrerer in Vancouver, Washington, $100. one of the great towns in the world because you don't pay a state personal income tax and you just drive a couple of blocks and you're in Portland where you don't pay sales tax. It's a winner. Kevin McLaughlin in Concord, North Carolina, 8008. He's the Archduke of Luna, lover of America and boobs. Along with Jonathan Ferris in Liberal, Kansas, 8008. Abelson Dos Santos in Luanda.

3:04:59 A-O, where is that? 7903, Angola maybe. Appreciate the best podcast in the world, he says. Yeah, yeah, Luanda, Angola. Jingles. How about that? Trump, I'm gonna come and do the climate change. Maybe we'll do that later, but we don't do that here. No, not really able Abelson not really, but I love hearing from people from Luanda Yes, John Robertson. Yeah, Kai you you kite by you kite by California 75 I think Matthew L war I should know Matthew L ward in Weatherford, Texas 6006 Graham Bucknell in French's forest

3:05:42 Australia 5723 which is a straight Aussie boobs. Hmm. That's 8008 in Aussie dollars Australian boobs they look shrinkage. They look good Raphael Figueroa in Miami, Florida 5510. They have a long note from surprise in Yukon, Oklahoma 5444 he's a 78th orbit around 78th orbit, huh? He wants a... We can give him a biscuit for his birthday at least. Hold on a second. I don't have a biscuit here. The biscuit is in the oven. Well he's got... I don't know what he's... what his note says. Well he has... They always give me a biscuit on my birthday. But it's super long. I don't know what it... No, I was... he's saying the value... he's saying you didn't invent the value for value model. It's been around forever.

3:06:43 Yeah, well, we just said that. We derived it. We derived it from both churches and public broadcasting. They've been doing it since they began. And nonprofits. They used to. Times Talent Treasure. Yes, exactly. Of course. We never took credit for invention. We invented it for podcasting. Yes, for sure. Sir Jub Jub in Elkton, Florida, 5272. Dowsett in Milan, Italy. No, Illinois. Oh, 5272. Lauren in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5270. These are all $50 donations, but they put the extra money. It costs $2.72 to do that.

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Job Seekers, Software Engineering and Gaucho Woodworking

A plea for help from a laid-off software engineer in San Diego named Matt is read; he is seeking referrals or hiring managers after eight months of searching. Other donors, including Gaucho Woodworking in Redondo Beach, are thanked. The hosts provide "Jobs Karma" for all producers currently seeking employment.

san diego· software engineering· gaucho woodworking· job search· cissp· referrals

3:07:36 Jennifer Williams and Davy Crockett National Forest in Texas. I didn't know Davy Crockett had a forest in Texas, but I guess he did. He deserves it. 5270, yeah, well, he died at the Alamo. Sir Jackson in Leveland, Texas, 5272. Jobs Karma will give you some of that at the end if Adam remembers. Baron Henry in Ranchos Palos Verde, California, 5242. That's interesting, it would be different. Matthew Olmsted in San Diego, California, 5005. Ah, this is a night note you can read. Hi John and Adam, you said you break for night so I hope you read this on the show, of course. I don't know what else to try at this point. I got hit by a huge layoff earlier this year and even with a Linda Lupatkin resume and getting my CISSP this year after only two weeks study, I haven't gotten a single offer and can barely get interviews.

3:08:27 I've been actively on the job searching over eight months and my wife's car got totaled last week on top of her job not paying enough to cover normal expenses." Oh, this sucks. "'This is a plea for help,' he says. I can't relocate because of my wife's job so I either need a software engineering position in San Diego or something fully remote. I don't need jingles or karma. I need referrals or to talk to hiring managers. For any fellow producers who might be able to help, my CV is here, mattthetall.site slash CV. Matt, double T, the tall dot site slash CV. Help a brother out, everybody. I'm gonna give him a job. Yeah, give him a job. Give him something to do. Greg Mellon in Glenmore, Pennsylvania, 5047.

3:09:22 Forest Martin, 50-05. And now we have the $50 donors, name and location as they go down the list here. Michael Sikora in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Alexa Delgado in Aptos, California. And there we in Redondo Beach, California, Gaucho Woodworking! They make cutting boards, among other things. They do. They do. Nice ones. Handsome ones. Brett Denton in Boise, Idaho. Samuel Cannarday in North Riverside, Illinois. Melissa Alvarez in Ponte Verde Beach, Florida. Raleigh Hawk in Anna, Illinois. Steven Crummey in El Cajon.

3:10:02 Marga Bruner in Orangevale, California and last on the list, well not quite last, Michael Stadham is there with No Town, I don't know what it is, I can't remember. And Sir Greg is last on the list and he's in Newport, North Carolina. I want to thank these people for making the show. 1715 the reality that it became and thank you to everyone who came in under $50 sustaining donations always welcome no agenda donations calm and once again to our executive and associate executive producers of episode 1715 here's the jobs jobs jobs and jobs once again no agenda donations calm

CHAPTER 56 / 59 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Signet Rings and Umami Magic

A formal knighting ceremony is held for several high-value donors, including Sir Dusan, Sir Bumpsy, Sir Disco Head, and Sir Martel. They are granted access to the "Round Table" and instructed to visit the No Agenda Rings website for their official Signet rings. The hosts also joke about launching a "Umami Magic" fish sauce brand.

knighting· signet rings· umami magic· sir bumpsy· sir dusan· sir disco head

3:10:46 It's your birthday, birthday! Support the show! I know what you've got! Jim Bobway wishes his beautiful wife Viscountess Mary Ann Schneeberger a happy birthday. She celebrates tomorrow. Brian Winning turns 41 tomorrow. The Reiki Princess says happy birthday to Sir Grumpy Green. He celebrated on the 14th. Of course he got his associate executive producership today. is turning 78 and Doosan Maletic celebrating his birthday. Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. And we have a doctor of education to welcome everybody. Please, Sir Bumpsy, come on over here. Thank you very much for doing all the work. You now have an official doctor of education in climate change sciences.

3:11:37 Go to no agenda rings calm and let us know where to send it what name you want on it for your official Doctor of education there are still a few more available if you want to become a doctor in education client science studies Wow then we have actually we have a couple of nights so we need a couple sword like a couple nights or that'll do Here we go! Doosan, Melletic, Anonymous, Eric Levenberg and Matthew Martel, gentlemen. Thanks to your support of the Noah Jenner Show, totaling the amount of $1,000, I am very proud to pronounce you as Sir Doosan, the autocrat of Bartlett and Studentica, Sir Bumpsy of the Tingly Beard, Sir Disco Head and Sir Martel

3:12:22 Peddler of the Hardware for you have hookers and blow rent boys and chardonnay prostitutes and cigars Sarma with amphora age Tommy young Nika mRNA vaccine free tomahawk steak and a rodent bot grand crew hold the veggies That's a beer by the way along with that. We also have ginger ale and gerbils. We got breast milk of pablum and And of course we've got the mutton and meat all lined up for you. Thank you very much for supporting us. You also go to noagendarings.com and you'll see the ring there. It's a Signet ring, so we give you wax to use to imprint the Signet. It's an ITM and it has in the mouth and in the morning, in the mouth, in Latin on it. So that wax comes with along with a certificate of authenticity. Send us your size and your address. Handy ring sizing guide on the site, noagenderings.com.

CHAPTER 57 / 59 Discussion

Meetup Reports, Bitcoin Beach and Axe Throwing

Reports from recent No Agenda meetups are played, including a "Bitcoin Beach" gathering in El Salvador and a glass-bottom boat tour in Ocala, Florida. Upcoming meetups in Denver, Sacramento, and Indianapolis are promoted. The hosts emphasize that "connection is protection" and encourage listeners to start their own local meetups.

meetups· el salvador· bitcoin beach· ocala· denver· sacramento

3:13:10 No agenda meetups! There is no doubt, no agenda meetups are the connection that give you the protection. You're no agenda producers at the meetups. They're going to be your first responders in any kind of climate emergency or climate finance emergency for that matter. People love doing them and I always encourage you to get your servers in on the deal. You can hit them in the mouth. I think some of the producers did that in these reports. We start with Snohomish, Washington. In the morning, ladies and germs, my name is Hori. This is my first meetup. Apparently it's a lot of first meetups for a lot of people, so we're excited to experience this. I'll pass the phone along to see who else wants to talk about it. In the morning, this is Savannah. Happy to report this meetup was not AI generated.

3:14:00 Hui Hui from Snohomish. This is my first meetup and we got a great group of people here. Oh, in the morning. How you guys doing? Yo, having so much fun. Hey, this is Zach. I'm here at the Nojenda meetup that Jorge set up and the goritos are douchebags. Hi, this is Nehemiah. In the morning in the morning. Hi, I'm Daniel. This is my first NOGAGENDA meetup and I'm glad I came in the morning. Woo! Alright, take care buddy. Later fellas. North Georgia, come on in. In the morning, Gitmo Nation. Sir Bob here from the North Georgia Monthly Meetup. We had another good turnout. Everybody had a good time and we tipped heavily. Let's see what everybody had to say. Hello, it's Ro. See y'all next month. Sir E here. Remember,

3:14:45 Connection is protection. This is Sir R and I must say I really enjoyed the double tip. Sean here, gobble gobble y'all. Hey, N.A., Dr. Sir, Mike Roche. Tip of the meetup, look, call your parents. They want to hear from you and tell your mom I said hey. My name's Troy, I'm a server at Cherry Street and Sir Bob just hit me in the mouth. This is Cody signing out, No Agenda Rocks, the best barkeep at Cherry Street, how's he? In the morning! That's how you do it now we go to Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador in the morning no agenda nation. This is Pablo here from French-speaking Candinavia coming to you live from El Zonte El Salvador aka Bitcoin Beach its block height eight hundred and seventy one thousand three hundred and eighty and They say all hell's gonna break loose you're gonna need yourself a Bitcoin And this is Frederick

3:15:40 No Agenda Night of the Order of Binary 42 here on location orange-pilling foreigners and selling Bitcoin art, stacking sats and trying to stay humble, becoming trilingual, trying to speak third language. Back over to you, Pablo. It's hot and sweaty, but it's like a party. Yeah, thank you very much. I appreciate that. Then, of course, we have the big group there in Ocala, Florida. Here is their meetup for the month of November. In the morning, John and Adam, this is Dame Meowdison here. We have a nice big group in Ocala. We did our Glass Bottom Boat Tour, saw some manatees, had a great hang, and just wanted to say thank you for your courage, love the show, and keep up the good work. David from Dade City in the morning, John and Adam. And Adam, we love you even though we all know you're jealous of Elon Musk. This is Paul visiting Silver Springs Bay Park. I survived the monkey poop war.

3:16:35 of 2024. We saw plenty of animals on the glass bottom boats but no peanut and Fred unfortunately. Jackson and Ocala where we're all waiting for the seasoning of reveal. This is 4-H Mama from Florida where they've got the best muscadine wine. Bringing back the Wookiee Cookin! We're gonna be Green Guy in the morning. In the morning. Canadian refugees. Hey Joan and Adam, ITM, thank you for the clip. In the morning fellas. One, two, Trump is coming for you. In the morning, this is Leslie, thank you for your courage. This is the Reiki Princess, so excited we had an amazing time. If you haven't checked out the Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, definitely do it and don't forget to join us at our next meetup where we're gonna be throwing axes and knives. Yeah!

3:17:19 Ah, nothing like throwing axes and knives. That's how you do a Noah Jenna meetup. Thank you very much, Reiki Princess. Taking place today we have the IndyNA Tribal Count and Count and Count on US meetup that is underway at the Broad Ripple Tavern in Indianapolis, Marca Maria. We should get a good report from them. On Tuesday, the Denver pre-giving meetup, 6.30, Denver Demure Time, Lincoln's Roadhouse in Denver, Colorado. And on Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving meetup, 5 o'clock at Club Raven in Sacramento, California. Many more meetups to be found. On the calendar, I suggest you go take a look. It is an experience you will always remember. You will want to do it more and more and more and more and more just like eating potato chips. NoagendaMeetups.com if you can't find one near you, start one yourself. Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days. Gonna be where you won't be, triggered or held to blame.

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Fish Sauce Tip, Red Boat and Umami Magic

John Dvorak provides a culinary "tip of the day" regarding fish sauce, specifically recommending the Red Boat brand. He explains that it is made from fermented black anchovies and serves as an excellent "umami" salt substitute in spaghetti sauces and stews. He dismisses the "fishy" reputation, claiming it adds a deep savory flavor without a fishy taste.

fish sauce· red boat· umami· anchovies· vietnam· cooking tips

3:18:22 Yeah, like a party. I have, uh, I have three. Three ISOs. We like to choose the end of show ISO at this point in the program. Why we do it? I don't know. It's fun. It's fun. It's another competition that John and I can have amongst each other. And here's my first one. It's too long, but here it is anyway. Eww! That is not professional. Okay, nope second one. This is fun. Hmm or or I see a douchebag no that I think that that has as Potential I like the middle one. Yeah, you would it was k-part Yeah, here we go with my I only have one. It's just when I grabbed this oh, oh Compared to this is fun

3:19:23 I would even do it. I would even do a double up. Oh, this is fun. How about that? Oh, that's nice. Okay, we'll do that. All right, everybody, let's take it away for John's tip. Hey, great. Just the tip with JC and sometimes I got a culinary tip, which I've been sitting on for a while. And boy, that hurts. Yeah. And this is a product that is used in Southeast Asian cooking and I've gotten to a discussion with JC about it. He claims that this is originally a condiment or flavoring ingredient that came from the Romans and then somehow got to China where then it was changed over time to the Southeast Asia where they make it all over the place. It's called

3:20:18 And it's got a, I don't think the name's appropriate, but it's called fish sauce. Fish sauce. All right. Now you can find it, you can get it on Amazon. There's a bunch of brands. In fact, there's more brands than you can imagine. I would recommend people start with Red Boat, which is a fairly new fish sauce maker, but he does it the right way. He gets the, fish sauce is made from black anchovies that have been fermented in salt for one year in a barrel. Wow. And As with French cooking, sometimes you use anchovies like they're used in Caesar salads and you're taking, they're always salted and you scrape it off and you mix it into different sauces. This accomplishes the same thing and a couple of things you should know. One, it doesn't taste like fish. Good to know.

3:21:16 And I would recommend getting Red Boat, which is a new company, fairly new company developed by an Apple engineer who is Vietnamese and couldn't find good fish sauce because what the Asians do and what smart European cooks do is you use it as a salt substitute. In spaghetti sauces and soups and stews. That was going to be my question is what do you use it on? So as a salt substitute in spaghettis and soups? Yeah, it adds umami that you wouldn't get from salt. Like a lot of it. It's an umami ingredient where you do, which is the, you know, the latest buzzword into cooking circles is umami, which is mouthfeel.

3:21:58 And it adds umami and a lot of salt. What you do is when you buy it, you get your bottle of Red Boat, which is a starter. There's all kinds of companies that make this, but this is the one that's extremely popular in this country because of the Apple connection. The guy knows how to market to Americans. You take a drop or two of it and put it in a spoon and taste it. You'll see what I'm talking about. It's electrically salty. And delicious, but it doesn't taste like fish. It's just some sort of it and I'm sorry that they call it fish sauce, but that's basically it's fermented anchovy juice. It's bad marketing. Fish sauce. Well, it's just what it's called.

3:22:38 So you put a couple shakes in your spaghetti sauce as a secret ingredient, it'll knock the thing up two notches in terms of deliciousness. Exit strategy. Do you think you could make this fish sauce? Do you think you have the chops to make it? I could make it, but I wouldn't do it cost-effectively like they can in Cambodia, for example. But wait, but wait. That has nothing to do with it. You just need the right branding. For instance, I can see a two-for-one John C. Dvorak's seasoning of reveal and as a bonus you get umami magic. Now that's a name for a fish sauce. Umami magic. That's a good name. Okay, well then the way it should be done as a think ahead of the game

3:23:33 Private label some stuff out of Vietnam. Just get some crap and put umami magic. No, it's not crap I'm telling you this stuff if people start using this in their everyday cooking Can we know that I will say this this is a mommy magic is a winner Okay, I wrote it down. So there's an area called Phu Quoc that is outside of the bottom of Vietnam where she's got the best waters for these black anchovies. And so you look for that name, you're gonna get some good quality stuff. But I should mention this, that's why the red boat's kind of interesting, because it's a small bottle. I had bought a bottle of fish sauce from another brand in a 750, or a liter.

3:24:22 I've had it for five years. You can't use enough of it. I mean, it's just like a couple of shakes and you're done and then you're done for the whatever next time you make spaghetti sauce or whatever sauce. It lasts forever. Kids will love it. They will love it on their SpaghettiOs. Everybody wants the small batch. You put it in the sauce. I suppose you could put it directly on the SpaghettiOs if you want salty SpaghettiOs. I'm trying to get up. But anyways, fish sauce, Vietnamese, the other Southeast Asian countries make it too. And I would start with the red boat and then try other ones after that. Start with red boat and then move your way up to John C. Dvorak's small batch umami magic. There it is. Tip of the day. Tipoftheday.net. Great advice for you and me. Just a tip with JC Dean.

3:25:15 And sometimes Adam will be bringing that to market right after the microphone company kicks off. It's gonna be awesome You vinegar book Hey everybody, thank you very much It was fun today. Enjoyed you trolls hanging out those of you listening on the podcast Was this show valuable to you? Did you enjoy it? I? Consider sending some value back to us, noagendadonations.com. Are you broke? Time, talent, treasure will take anything from you. Just send the value back, whatever you got out of it. Coming up next on No Agenda Stream, which is available through

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Outro, Billy Bones and Nuclear Saber-Rattling Mix

The show concludes with a reminder of the next episode on Thanksgiving Day. The hosts thank the "trolls" in the chat room and promote the upcoming "Billy Bones" segment on the No Agenda Stream. The episode ends with a montage of media clips regarding "nuclear saber-rattling" and a final "Adios Mofos" sign-off.

billy bones· nuclear saber-rattling· vladimir putin· thanksgiving· adios mofos

3:24:22 I've had it for five years. You can't use enough of it. I mean, it's just like a couple of shakes and you're done and then you're done for the whatever next time you make spaghetti sauce or whatever sauce. It lasts forever. Kids will love it. They will love it on their SpaghettiOs. Everybody wants the small batch. You put it in the sauce. I suppose you could put it directly on the SpaghettiOs if you want salty SpaghettiOs. I'm trying to get up. But anyways, fish sauce, Vietnamese, the other Southeast Asian countries make it too. And I would start with the red boat and then try other ones after that. Start with red boat and then move your way up to John C. Dvorak's small batch umami magic. There it is. Tip of the day. Tipoftheday.net. Great advice for you and me. Just a tip with JC Dean.

3:25:15 And sometimes Adam will be bringing that to market right after the microphone company kicks off. It's gonna be awesome You vinegar book Hey everybody, thank you very much It was fun today. Enjoyed you trolls hanging out those of you listening on the podcast Was this show valuable to you? Did you enjoy it? I? Consider sending some value back to us, noagendadonations.com. Are you broke? Time, talent, treasure will take anything from you. Just send the value back, whatever you got out of it. Coming up next on No Agenda Stream, which is available through

3:26:01 TrollRoom.io, and of course, you might be listening in a modern podcast app. We have a walk through the mind, life with its ups and downs, Billy Bones. Alright, Billy Bones. Also, end of show mixes, L7 Square, David Koechter, and Jeffrey Crocker, who is doing some dynamite work. We'll be back on Thursday, Thanksgiving, and we'll be here for you with Umami Magic. Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country, FEMA region number six in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley where we had a stream from hell rainstorm that's now gone, I'm John C. DeVore. We return on Thursday, Thanksgiving, see you then, adios mofos, a hooey hooey and such. Deeply worrying statement from Vladimir Putin. He's putting his strategic defense forces on a state of heightened readiness. It certainly sounds like nuclear sabre rattle.

3:26:55 Putin is ordering the country's deterrence forces, which does include nuclear weapons, to be on high alert. It is nuclear saber-rattling. Nuclear saber-rattling. Putin is crazy enough to try a tactical move. Vladimir Putin is known for having a very heavy hand, increasing the nuclear deterrence readiness level. Russia sets off a small, low-yield nuclear weapon just to shock everybody. Nuclear coercion, this nuclear signaling is a critical component of it. He's threatening to potentially lean into nuclear by saying he's raising his threat level. A bit of a saber rattle here, is ordered his Russian nuclear deterrence forces on alert. It is nuclear saber rattling. Nuclear saber rattling.

3:27:51 I just want to comment on the nuclear stuff. Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims quote, inventive and saying in a statement to ABC News that this false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism. The DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought. This is the way the games play

3:28:36 I'm a prosecutor and former attorney general of Florida. I fought corruption and I know what it looks like whether it's done by people wearing pinstripe suits or orange jumpsuits. Really? Of course, of course, of course, of course. So there it is in my nutshell, this is a bunch of bullcrap. A warning, this piece includes the sound of gunfire. Yeah, what you wanna do, what you wanna do? If you don't quit, yeah, if you don't stop, yeah, I'm letting my gas pump through. Bad puns. Yeah, and you don't stop. Trying to keep people, bad pun, trying to keep people

3:29:31 I've been told by city officials that that indicates that this is a city under attack. the I'm wondering, Ali, if you could tell us a little bit about the story of the two men

3:30:27 We had been wondering why we hadn't heard sirens. We all heard the explosions. We were wondering where the sirens were. I've been told by city officials that they had tested this system earlier in the week. They said it was working and now hours into this attack, we are now hearing this siren system alerting people that this attack is underway. It is a remarkable development. I want you to stay with us. I want you to stay with us. I want you to stay with us.

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