Episode 177 · Thursday, 25 February 2010

Vajazzling the Slutsquad

European democracy faces an unelected assassin while the American public is distracted by Swarovski crystals, Olympic disqualifications, and the strange engineering of the Toyota Prius.

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About this episode

Nigel Farage delivered a scathing rebuke of EU President Herman Van Rompuy in the European Parliament, questioning the legitimacy of the unelected leader while the Eurozone faces potential collapse. As Greece nears bankruptcy and Spanish unemployment hits 19%, the political stability of the union is under threat. Meanwhile, the disqualification of Olympic skater Sven Kramer has served as a convenient media distraction for a major cabinet crisis in the Netherlands.

In Washington, Toyota executives Akio Toyoda and Yoshimi Inaba faced aggressive congressional testimony regarding unintended acceleration, including a witness claim that her vehicle only stopped at exactly 33 miles per hour. Theories suggest the Obama administration and the UAW are pressuring the non-union automaker, while others point to geopolitical tensions over Japanese holdings of US debt. Simultaneously, the Missile Defense Agency unveiled a new logo bearing a striking resemblance to the Obama campaign brand and Islamic symbolism, and Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to a New York subway bomb plot just as Patriot Act provisions face renewal.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and the rise of the Swarovski-encrusted vajazzling trend highlight the celebrity distraction machine often used to mask serious economic failures. From the University of Mississippi campaigning for Admiral Ackbar as a mascot to Rip Torn’s accidental bank break-in, the cultural landscape remains as bizarre as the news cycle. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down these anomalies from the Crackpot Command Center.


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CHAPTER 01 / 36 Discussion

Treasure Island History and Seaplane Terminal Origins

A discussion details the history of Treasure Island in San Francisco, noting its origins as an artificial island built for the 1930s World's Fair. The main terminal building was originally designed as a seaport for trans-Pacific seaplanes before the Navy confiscated the site during World War II. The area includes Yerba Buena Island, formerly known as Goat Island, and has served as a filming location for Indiana Jones films.

treasure island· yerba buena· san francisco· world's fair· seaplanes· spruce goose· navy base

00:01 Yeah, somebody hit me down so this is to our show. And apparently coming to you from my sickbed Crackpot Command Center in Gitmo Nation West in the Republic of California. In the morning everyone, I'm Adam Curry. And here printing out documents as I speak. I'm John C. DuVois. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. In the morning to you. Yeah, in the morning to you. Can't get this thing to work. Yeah, I hear you. I can't get... Did you Twitter?

00:45 Yeah, I did. I Twittered. Oh, okay, good. The place should be packed. Yeah. Let me make sure I hit the return key on Twitter. Yeah, I think it looks like I did. Yeah, those things, it does count if you do that, I'm told. Oh, okay. This flu thing I've got just won't quit. Yeah, what's the deal? I don't know. It's like it's it's it's not just me lots of people have it just like you're hawking the whole time first you get this real congested head and then it goes to your chest and then your coffin and and of course either it either goes to your stomach straight away or

01:22 You're screaming your stomach straight away. Yeah, well Nick at the office. He's been like Nick is always sick No, that's not true. That's not true. He's sick a lot. He's probably an alcoholic and hiding it I don't think so. He's just sick. He's living on Treasure Island the paradise the world's worst places windy and cold fantasy island I call it Plutonium on I was gonna say isn't it isn't that place built from like debris from the the big fire of San Francisco part of it yeah it was built in the 30s as a island to put on the world's fair and uh and is there plutonium there how about depleted uranium

02:06 Well, they turned it into a Navy bay. Here was the scenario. First it was built as a World's Fair Island, so then it was just this great World's Fair and all the buildings that were on the island, including what looks like an airport terminal, were designed to eventually become an airport terminal. This looks like an airport terminal. It was determined by all the experts that everything was going to be a seaplane for all the flights to Japan and China. Oh wow. And so this was going to be where they were going to launch these things, the seaplanes. Really? So you're telling me back in the 30s they thought that it was all going to be seaplanes, that they wouldn't be landing on hard asphalt?

02:45 Yeah, I'm just really yeah, I don't know this part of a giant plane could land on asphalt But I didn't know about this part of important aviation history Oh yeah, absolutely. So anyway, so if you look at the Treasure Island, that one building that's in the front is the main terminal that was going to be the passenger terminal. It looks like one if you think about it. And it's been used by Spielberg in a couple of movies as the Nazi terminal in one of the Indiana Jones films. And then if you look, if you're driving across the bridge, you look and you'll see what is obviously hangars. Yes, true. So people who don't know this, this is an island between, it's off the Bay Bridge, in fact the Bay Bridge goes over it, doesn't it? No, the Bay Bridge goes through an island that's always been there, the real island, which was called Goat Island.

03:31 because it had a bunch of goats on it and then they changed the name to Yerba Buena because nobody liked the idea. I think it should just be Goat Island. I like Goat Island better. But anyway, so they changed it to Yerba Buena and Treasure Island was attached to Yerba Buena and it was essentially an artificial island. It's a bogus island. It was designed as where they're going to have the World's Fair, which they had. And then when World War II broke out, they had to confiscate the whole thing and give the whole thing to the Navy. But originally it was designed to be a World's Fair, then the San Francisco International Airport, or as I would say, Seaport, so all these big transatlantic seaplanes could land there and take off.

04:14 Right now that I think about it the spruce goose of course was a seaplane that was the largest plane ever built at the time right yeah It was thought that you know that when your plans are bigger than you land in the water Which you've got to be a rough landing. Oh, you know I've landed a seaplane and it's first of all it's not trivial and Yeah, when you come down on so the plane I was flying had to land at like 70 knots that That's pretty fast when you land on the water. Why don't you jump off your water skis going like 70 knots and see how the water feels? Yeah, or just get in a fast boat and see how unpleasant it is. And if it's choppy, you ain't landing. That's the basic downside of seaplanes.

04:55 So anyway, so that was the original plan and all that's left of it of course is now the Navy took it over and they kind of dropped plutonium in the upper, there's one area, they supposedly cleaned it up. But yeah. So I think we should revert Yerba Buena back to its original name of Goat Sea Island. Yeah, there you go. Anyways, they turned, and by the way, Yerba Buena became the Coast Guard Station and then Treasure Island became the Navy Station. Shall we talk about the producers for or producer executive producer? I don't know if we have one or more for episode 177 of no agenda John I'm trying to get the printout so I can do that, but you were that's why you were delaying well while you're working on I can do it I can do I can read it off the screen. Oh what a concept all right, we got two executive producers and the footing

CHAPTER 02 / 36 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits for Episode 177

Randy Carlson of Pahrump, Nevada, is recognized for donating an executive producer credit to Catherine LL Girard as a birthday gift. Additionally, Anison Limited from Wan Chai, Hong Kong, is credited as an associate executive producer for episode 177. These contributions are acknowledged as the primary funding source for the program's production.

randy carlson· catherine ll girard· anison limited· hong kong· executive producer· donations

05:48 Sorry equal footing no no one's an executive wasn't associate okay, and the executive producer let me scroll up With Are you sitting in your underwear laying back with the keyboard on your lap again? No? I just have a mouse on mouse in my pocket the Projective producer is a Randy Carlson of Pahrump, Nevada Which is known for being a funny named town with and apparently there's some hookers there so good for him Well, hold on a second. I'm saying road trip. No, but wait a minute. It's donated on behalf of Catherine LL Girard Obviously a Catholic girl with the two Midland names

06:35 Catherine LL Girard as a birthday gift and he actually gives the birth date and gives and the money is 223 is her birthday and then he has so many cents I am not going to on Knowing women don't like the year of birth announced on radio or broadcast on the internet all over the world, I'm going to leave that out. Okay, good call. Yes, but Randy should have also left it out. But this is Catherine L. L. George. She'll be the executive producer of this show. and he gave us two hundred twenty three dollars and so i'm taking a stance that indicates her birthday okay so i'm taking randy's name off and katherine l l gerard will be the uh executive producer correct okay oh fantastic well great and happy birthday angley for that is a good birthday gift by the way for anyone out there who wants to give but but you know we'll we'll avoid

07:31 telling her actual birth date. And then the associate executive producers, Anison Limited, A-N-U-S-O-N-L-I-M-I-T-E-D, out of Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Do they have a website and I got no other information? That's it. Did you have information or is that on the printout? Oh, that's it I got their address, but that's about it. Okay. Well Thank you very much Catherine LL Girard being our executive producer for episode 177 of no agenda and an Anison limited in Hong Kong it is you entities and

08:12 who actually make this program possible along with other donors which we'll talk about later and as you know you can put this on your resume I think Aniston limited can put it on their tax filing as executive producer. They don't pay a lot of taxes in Hong Kong I don't think. You know I had a stroke of genius last night. Okay. As I'm sweltering in my sick bed I have the perfect idea for knighthoods, and I don't know if we have any nights coming up on Sunday But right now we have what is it about 15 nights? I'd say that's about 16 And of course nights are people who have donated one thousand one thousand dollars or more to the show I have the perfect idea you know I used to live next door to the number one sales guy for the Jostens ring company and

CHAPTER 03 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Knight Rings and Jostens Design Proposal

A proposal is introduced to create custom "Knight Rings" for donors who contribute $1,000 or more to the program. Referencing the Jostens ring company, the concept involves a seal ring design featuring calligraphy or the "ITM" logo. The founding Knights will be polled to vote on the final design and logo to establish a sense of brotherhood among high-level supporters.

knighthood· jostens· seal ring· calligraphy· branding· donor rewards

09:04 I'm thinking we need an awesome ring that if you're a knight you get this ring and and it should be like One of those like a seal ring. What do you call it? Navy seals not no not Navy seals. Uh, you know you put into wax Do you think anybody would wear this thing? Yeah. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me, dude? I mean, no, but listen, you've got high school rings, college rings, Super Bowl rings, World Series rings, you've got all kinds of rings. Rings are a really big deal and if you wear them, look, I'll wear a ring and then if you see someone else with a ring, you're in the brotherhood. I think this is a great idea.

09:44 Okay, we're good. We're gonna. You know how we're gonna do this by the way about the rings We're gonna pull the Knights themselves Okay, and if the Knights like it if they think it's a good idea some rings, but it will get them rings And and then we need to have a design. I'm thinking maybe ITM or something like that in calligraphy I think Paul T should do it Well, I'm sure, well, someone will do it. I mean, I think the Knights should also vote on, you know, the founding Knights should also vote on the ring logo, the ring design. Yeah, well, absolutely. And it'll have a secret decoder message in it. And it'll come in a plastic bubble. That you can't open without a bunch of tin shears. Yeah, exactly. Without a blowtorch. Exactly.

10:31 Alright, so that's our executive producers and then they can use it on their resumes and should. Absolutely. In fact, this is the last few days by the way we're setting we're doing a lot of people of course are founding producers for the No Agenda stream as it's being re-engineered and those people of course will be enshrined on a website. Most emails, story or actually link of the week is from this website xkcd.com where there's this and it's in the show notes no agenda show.com

CHAPTER 04 / 36 Discussion

Sysadmin Culture and Australian Traffic Sign Hacks

A comic from xkcd.com highlighting system administrator culture serves as a lead-in to news from Sydney, Australia, where protesters hacked electronic traffic signs to display political messages against Kevin Rudd. The incident is compared to elaborate, long-term practical jokes famously carried out by Caltech graduates. Police in Rose Bay were forced to use bolt cutters to disable the signs.

xkcd· sysadmin· australia· kevin rudd· hacking· caltech· pranks

11:15 And it's this stick figure cartoon, I don't know if you got it or not, but I think at least 50 people emailed it to me. It's where there's this hostage situation and there's a stick figure with a gun on the phone saying, we took the hostages, secured the building and cut the communication lines like you said. And then a second screen, but then this guy climbed up the ventilation ducts and walked across broken glass, killing anyone we sent to stop him. And then on the phone someone says, and he rescued the hostages, and then the final screen is, no, he ignored them, he just reconnected the cables we cut, muttering something about uptime. Shit, we're dealing with a sysadmin, it says. And I recognized once again how many sysadmins and people who keep the internet running we have in our audience.

12:04 It's pretty huge. And they're doing good stuff in Australia. And again, we're not suggesting this, but boy, wouldn't it be funny. In Australia, hackers took over the traffic signs and did a big Kevin Rudd sucks. Which I think is so awesome. I'm not suggesting anyone do that in the morning, noagendashow.com, on Traffic Science, but it seems to be possible. This is the kind of thing that Caltech grads were known for forever.

12:46 Caltech has a reputation of practical jokes that are not only elaborate, but sometimes five or 10 years in the making. They'll set up a situation, usually at football games, where all of a sudden this screen will go blank and it will have like a, say a USC game, and it'll say Caltech 54 USC nothing on the screen. Caltech has no football team, but they'll do it in such a way that they plan these things. So in other words, one of the things you always want to do if you're gonna do some sort of, if you want to get into a system, is you do it years in advance. You set up like, you put some sort of a junction box into the place that stays there and see if anybody notices it. And then after it's been there for a couple of years, because nobody noticed that you've installed this thing, then you can take it out and start putting stuff into it.

13:40 and they'll do this kind of very elaborate prank and a lot of these people are the SysOp mentality. Sydney police are baffled how the political protesters hacked into the road signs controls in leafy Rose Bay in Sydney. Locals have been stopping their cars to take photographs and the signs causing such a major distraction police were called in at 3 a.m. and there's a picture A cheeky protest using an illuminated traffic sign to target Kevin Rudd proved a traffic stopper in Sydney until police arrived with bolt cutters to turn off the power. So these guys like locked it down. It's fantastic. It's really good. I just love that stuff. Absolutely. That's really good.

CHAPTER 05 / 36 Discussion

Vajazzling Trend and Jennifer Love Hewitt Media Coverage

The "Vajazzling" trend is identified as a rising pop culture phenomenon involving the application of Swarovski crystals to female private areas. The discussion references an interview with Jennifer Love Hewitt, who promoted the practice as a post-breakup confidence booster. This is framed as a distraction-style news item typical of modern media cycles.

vajazzling· jennifer love hewitt· swarovski crystals· beauty trends· pop culture

14:26 I'm looking over all the news today John and I'm like oh my god. There is so much There's way too much in this it's gonna make the show kind of weird But I want to do start off with something that is important. It's a trend It's gonna be I think it's guy think it has a potential to be big in some sick way although. Maybe it's not sick It's although it might I don't know it depends. I don't know what to make of it, but you're down in Los Angeles you probably know about this this trending situation What about the jazzling, right? About what? Aha! I didn't hear you. The jazzling? No, I don't know about the jazzling.

15:07 I'm not trendy like you, John. It's not a matter of me being trending. I have people who are keeping up with these things. I can't necessarily do it, but my son Eric apparently can. So I just send you a link to the, I think the genesis of this whole thing, even though I think it began before this, but Jennifer Love Hewitt was on. Oh, okay. Want me to play it or want me to wait? Yeah, I'm gonna set it up. Okay, Jennifer Love Hewitt talks about over jizzling Oh, you didn't pronounce it, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's what it is. Yeah Even though it's pronounced for jazz Ling. Yeah, that's what I mean. Well, I'd I've a jizz you were jazz. Okay helped you through a tough time. Well, I There's a chapter in it. I think you're like is this people who say for JJ. Is that what this is about?

15:59 Yeah, I bet it is. And it's called Vajazzling, and it's all about vajazzling. And I, after a breakup, a friend of mine swarsky-crystalled my precious lady, and it shined like a disco ball, and so I have a whole chapter in there about how women should vajazzle their... the JJs. Okay. Alright. So this is the trend. Yeah, I think so. I think this is like some sort of thing. It's just started to crop up in January as something that is a replacement for people who like to make creative, let's say, designs around their private parts. But does this involve piercing? No, no, no. This has involved painful gluing

16:56 Really? Yeah, and there's a couple of things I got it in the show notes. I'll send you the link I was gonna send it earlier But then you wouldn't be you know I wouldn't caught you off guard since you're trying to do that to me all the time Well, this is clearly real news. Oh yeah, duh. Well, hold on, let me set it up. And now, back to real news. I actually, you know, it's interesting that you bring this up because there's a couple other things and this is, and this is, and actually it's pretty important that we discuss this, although it seems somewhat trivial.

17:31 And this came to me. I think was Tanya from New York one of our producers. I could be wrong Who sent me this skit that sketch sketch sketch sketch this skit? I'm really I'm sick man John Oliver who has he works on The Daily Show right he has an HBO special or he maybe it's a Comedy Central special or whatever and he had this comedian on Chris Hardwick and And Chris Hardwick, you'd think the guy is actually listening to our show when you hear this routine. It's just a minute or so. But it plays right into this and something else that cropped up on the radar screen. Because, you know, as we'll get into later in the show, the entire world is basically crumbling before our very eyes. You know, Europe is on the brink of disaster. We wonder who's going to bring them back from the financial abyss that they're peering into. We've got the debt ballooning out of control in the United States. The police are clamping down. Your cell phones are being tapped.

CHAPTER 06 / 36 Discussion

Chris Hardwick on Celebrity Diversions and Government Slut Squads

Comedian Chris Hardwick's routine about celebrity tabloids is used to illustrate the theory that "celebitants" like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton function as government-funded diversions. The "Slut Squad" theory suggests that scandalous celebrity news is intentionally amplified to distract the public from serious issues like the housing crisis, bank failures, and national debt.

chris hardwick· john oliver· daily show· celebrity gossip· media manipulation· lindsay lohan

16:56 Really? Yeah, and there's a couple of things I got it in the show notes. I'll send you the link I was gonna send it earlier But then you wouldn't be you know I wouldn't caught you off guard since you're trying to do that to me all the time Well, this is clearly real news. Oh yeah, duh. Well, hold on, let me set it up. And now, back to real news. I actually, you know, it's interesting that you bring this up because there's a couple other things and this is, and this is, and actually it's pretty important that we discuss this, although it seems somewhat trivial.

17:31 And this came to me. I think was Tanya from New York one of our producers. I could be wrong Who sent me this skit that sketch sketch sketch sketch this skit? I'm really I'm sick man John Oliver who has he works on The Daily Show right he has an HBO special or he maybe it's a Comedy Central special or whatever and he had this comedian on Chris Hardwick and And Chris Hardwick, you'd think the guy is actually listening to our show when you hear this routine. It's just a minute or so. But it plays right into this and something else that cropped up on the radar screen. Because, you know, as we'll get into later in the show, the entire world is basically crumbling before our very eyes. You know, Europe is on the brink of disaster. We wonder who's going to bring them back from the financial abyss that they're peering into. We've got the debt ballooning out of control in the United States. The police are clamping down. Your cell phones are being tapped.

18:32 But what happens? We get this real news. And we joke about it, but when Chris Hardwick, this comedian, lays into it, it really makes you think. It's one of our memes. It's our meme. It's totally our meme, but I like the way he portrayed it. Let's have a listen. The other thing that is quite possibly the lifeblood of America... That's right, I didn't say America. I said Merica! Apostrophe, Merica! Is our incessant fascination with the tabloids like it's insane how much we do you guys follow the tabloids you care like or your lives enriched by relationships and family and things like that It seems like it's so crazy that we're so obsessed with what a bunch of like Drunken up starlets want to do with their lives, but the more these celeb you taunt up

19:26 By the way, I guess it was Comedy Central because they bleeped out all the F-words. the Britney Spears of the world. Oh, they're adorable, like pets. You know, I really keep hoping that all these celebitans are not real people, you guys. I really hope they're a part of some government-funded conspiracy that's devised to divert our attention away from serious sh** they don't want us to know about. Like if someone ran into the president's office and said, Mr. President, Mr. President, there's a housing crisis. The banks are in the toilet. What do we do? Alright, we need a media diversion. Call in the slut squad. And they run in. Alright, Lindsay Lohan, I need footage of you.

20:02 The guy on a camera phone. I need you to shave your sniz and wag it around at a movie premiere. You knew this job was difficult when you took it. Now man up and lose those panties. Paris Hilton, I need you to speak. And it really makes me wonder, like, you know, there probably always were presidential diversions, you know? Like, because the president has that power. But like, even like throughout history, that probably occurred. Like, for instance, if Lincoln had been gay, do you think we ever would have known? Like, if there was some sort of a press conference, President Lincoln, there are rumors that you're a homosexual. Would you like to comment on that, sir? Oh, really? Uh, well.

21:02 Slaves are free! Slaves are free! Yep, off you go! Slaves are free! Oh my god, did you just free the slaves? Oh, I don't know, did I? Because, uh, I've been shot! Yep, I've been shot in the head. Just a straight man trying to enjoy the theater. And we've talked about this so many times and it's just true. Yeah, in fact I have another clip there that would coincidentally, but I just want to do reiterate by the way, for everyone listening to the show, this Vajazzling thing is going to, I know eventually it's going to show up on Oprah and it's going to be a huge thing and everyone's going to be wanting to do this. And everyone's going to be talking about it. It's all it's going to be about is about Vajazzling. And before you get to your clip,

CHAPTER 07 / 36 Discussion

Sven Kramer Olympic Disqualification and Dutch Political Crisis

In the Netherlands, the disqualification of Olympic speed skater Sven Kramer in the 10k competition has completely overshadowed a major governmental cabinet crisis. While the country faces significant political instability regarding integration and upcoming elections, the national media focus has shifted entirely to Kramer's coaching error and his subsequent depression.

sven kramer· netherlands· olympics· speed skating· cabinet crisis· distraction

21:47 The Netherlands, Gitmo Nation Lowlands. So what do we talk about just on Sunday? The government fell, okay? There's a crisis, a governmental crisis. They've got a devout anti-integration, anti-Muslim guy who is, you know, his party is bound to win the entire elections waiting in the wings. And then what happens? Their number one skater, Sven... Yeah, I know this is the big news now. This is the news of the day. So he's on the 10k skates competition in the Olympics and his coach accidentally... Hmm coincidence? I think not! He accidentally says, oh you need he pulls him into the wrong lane. He gets disqualified and the whole

22:33 The whole country is like in a depression. The great-grandchildren of the Queen, the little princes and princesses are making little drawings to cheer Sven up because he's so depressed. And this is all that the news is about. The whole cabinet crisis is gone. No one's talking about it. It's a, I know it's amazing. Now the clip I have which is we have a, I don't know why this is even on the air, but some woman named Jessica, I don't know who she is, she's one of the news anchors, took over the 360 show which is kind of an accommodation news. Yeah, I saw her last night. She's horrible. I saw her for like three seconds. She's horrible, but so she cuts to the emergency, you know, this is a breaking news, this is a 360, and she cuts to another correspondence, another woman,

CHAPTER 08 / 36 Discussion

CNN 360 News Cycle and Basketball Publicity Stunts

A critique of a CNN 360 news bulletin highlights the transition from serious stories—such as Hurricane Katrina police misconduct and Dick Cheney's heart attack—to trivial items. Specifically, the media's focus on a potential basketball game between President Obama and Senator Scott Brown is dismissed as a meaningless publicity stunt for Springfield, Massachusetts.

cnn· brianna keilar· dick cheney· scott brown· barack obama· basketball

23:22 who's another dingbat by the way these two are just ridiculous and so she's so i want to show you this is exactly the way they portray it first they have like one news story that's kind of important and then they have another news story that kind of is a throwback it really doesn't mean that much there's about four news stories and then they finish up with the with the with the The unbelievable kicker, which is a completely made up real news story because even as they explain it, you'll see. And then the two girls, the two women get giddy over this. It's a clip's about a minute 20, but it's like this is a classic example of what the news media is now feeding the public. It is pathetic. Let's get the latest now on some other important stories we're following. Brianna Keillor joins us with a 360 bulletin. Hey, Brianna.

24:09 Hi there, Jessica. A 360 follow in a case we've been following for years. A former New Orleans police officer accused of covering up two fatal shootings in the days following Hurricane Katrina, today pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. Federal investigators say former Lieutenant Michael Lohman knew that two people killed by police officers on a bridge were unarmed, but filed false reports to hide the facts. One of the victims was a 40-year-old mentally disabled man. The brother of former Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was released on bond. Mark Kerrigan is charged with assault and battery in the death of his father last month. He's pleaded not guilty. Kerrigan must wear a tracking device and can leave his home only to visit his lawyer.

24:53 Former Vice President Dick Cheney is out of the hospital two days after suffering a mild heart attack, his fifth in roughly three decades. His spokesman said 69-year-old Cheney will resume his normal schedule soon. And we're tonight that Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has agreed to face off on a basketball court with President Obama. This invitation actually coming from the mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, where basketball was invented more than a century ago. And Jessica, the White House is studying this offer. Some face-off it would be, huh? That's got to be the hottest basketball ticket in town. I can't listen to it anymore.

25:30 I guess you just play the end of it. I would play in that one and I can't play ball. Can you play ball? Uh, no. And I have a, I don't love basketball, but that is a game I would surely watch. Okay. Thanks Brianna. Cause I love watching big black men all sweaty. And coming up still on 360 aim cam. Oh, this is horrible. All right. Yeah. I need to get to some actual news to tell people what's actually happening in the world, which is what we're here for. Don't you want to know about the basketball? By the way, the White House- I don't give a shit. This is a publicity stunt for this town. Obama's people never said crap about it. This is never gonna happen, it's stupid. But these two women are all gaga over the whole thing. I just thought it was like, what is wrong with these? Who's producing this show? Alright, let me just give it to you real quick and then we have to move on because they're gonna drive me crazy. The distraction of the week on the Woodsgender cover

CHAPTER 09 / 36 Discussion

Hilary Duff Engagement and Paparazzi Distraction Theory

Paparazzi photos of Hilary Duff's engagement to hockey player Mike Comrie are analyzed as a calculated media distraction. The sequence of photos, showing the proposal and a large diamond ring, is characterized as part of the "presidential slut squad" effort to keep the public focused on celebrity lifestyle news rather than political or economic developments.

hilary duff· mike comrie· paparazzi· engagement ring· media distraction

26:27 So here's the real distraction of the week. This will be on the news for the entire week. You can mark my words. We're going to be right about it. We told you so. Hillary Duff, a series of pictures. If you have not seen this, it'll be in the show notes at noagendashow.com. First you see here, and this is all paparazzi pictures, conveniently taken with a telephoto lens as she's standing by the window because of course she's a part of the slut squad, the presidential slut squad, and they needed a big distraction from everything. So her boyfriend Mike, was it Comrie? He's a hockey player. He proposes to her. You can see him on one knee. He's handing a ring. Her hands are in her mouth. Then she goes to the balcony and she has this rock which is like the size of my eyeball. And she's taking pictures of it with her cell phone. And then the next picture she's blowing the guy out on the balcony.

27:24 It's like, yeah, it's like, and what are we teaching our kids? You know, you want to rock like this, you blow your boyfriend. Which, hey, by the way... If you're gonna rock that big, you'd better. Exactly. That's what I was telling Mickey this morning. If I ever give you a ring like that, you better be blowing me. Well, you know, the slut squad's got to up the ante every so often. They really do. And I think she deserves a congressional medal of honor for this. All right, stop this because you're going to freaking kill me with this stupid stuff. Nigel Farage is of course from the UK Independent Party and we don't do enough European news here although next week I'll be in Gitmo Nation Lowlands and Gitmo Nation East on a fact-finding mission.

28:11 visiting my daughter basically. Switching to Guy. Oops. And, um, well, there's a, well, YouTube has pre-rolls now. That's interesting. So Nigel Farage is a member of the UK Independent Party and he's in the European Parliament, part of the EU, and he gets up And he berates this unelected farce of a president of the United States of Europe, Herman van Rompuy. Rumpy, as some people would call him. This is this weasel guy who all of a sudden showed up. No one knows who he is. He's now the president, the most powerful man in Europe.

CHAPTER 10 / 36 Discussion

Nigel Farage Berates EU President Herman Van Rompuy

Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party delivered a scathing speech in the European Parliament directed at the unelected EU President Herman Van Rompuy. Farage questioned Van Rompuy's legitimacy, compared his appearance to a "low-grade bank clerk," and accused him of being a "quiet assassin of European democracy" while criticizing the reduction of Greece to a protectorate.

nigel farage· herman van rompuy· european parliament· ukip· belgium· democracy

27:24 It's like, yeah, it's like, and what are we teaching our kids? You know, you want to rock like this, you blow your boyfriend. Which, hey, by the way... If you're gonna rock that big, you'd better. Exactly. That's what I was telling Mickey this morning. If I ever give you a ring like that, you better be blowing me. Well, you know, the slut squad's got to up the ante every so often. They really do. And I think she deserves a congressional medal of honor for this. All right, stop this because you're going to freaking kill me with this stupid stuff. Nigel Farage is of course from the UK Independent Party and we don't do enough European news here although next week I'll be in Gitmo Nation Lowlands and Gitmo Nation East on a fact-finding mission.

28:11 visiting my daughter basically. Switching to Guy. Oops. And, um, well, there's a, well, YouTube has pre-rolls now. That's interesting. So Nigel Farage is a member of the UK Independent Party and he's in the European Parliament, part of the EU, and he gets up And he berates this unelected farce of a president of the United States of Europe, Herman van Rompuy. Rumpy, as some people would call him. This is this weasel guy who all of a sudden showed up. No one knows who he is. He's now the president, the most powerful man in Europe.

28:50 at least in you know in time elected unelected he calls the shots he's the you know he's running the Starfleet command over there and Nigel I just love what he did this is just about a minute but listen to what he does and listen to the responses and you have to see the video because this guy looks like he's he's taken a dump When this is happening, he's like, oh, I didn't bargain for this. He's from Belgium, by the way. You have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask. The question that I want to ask, that we're all going to ask is who are you? I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you. I would like to ask you, President, who voted for you and what mechanism?

29:40 I know democracy is not popular with you lot. And what mechanism do the peoples of Europe have to remove you? Is this European democracy? Well, I sense though that you're... This is Barrasso trying to calm everybody down. Like, Mr. Barrasso... ...competent and capable and dangerous. And I have no doubt that it's your intention to be the quiet assassin of European democracy and on the European nation states. You appear to have a loathing for the very concept of the existence of nation states. Perhaps that's because you come from Belgium, which of course is pretty much a non-country.

30:22 But since you took over, we've seen Greece reduced to nothing more than a protectorate. Sir, you have no legitimacy in this job at all and I can say with confidence that I can speak on behalf of the majority of the British people in saying we don't know you, we don't want you and the sooner you're put out to grass, the better. I love that guy. God, talking about laying it into the guy. We need to send him a No Agenda night ring. Totally. I mean, it's so good because it really is, and we talked about this on Sunday, it really feels like the wheels are coming off this thing like all these elitists

CHAPTER 11 / 36 Discussion

Eurozone Instability and Potential Collapse of the Union

The financial stability of the European Union is questioned following the near-bankruptcy of Greece and rising economic concerns in Spain. With Spanish unemployment reaching 19%, analysts suggest the euro could collapse, leading nations to revert to sovereign currencies. The discussion also clarifies the Schengen Accord's impact on border travel within the continent versus the United Kingdom.

eurozone· greece· spain· unemployment· schengen accord· currency crisis

31:05 who and you know and bankers who you know it was their generation their turn to move the agenda one step forward towards essentially the new world order but they're greedy they're like you know it can happen in our lifetime we don't want it to be our kids we want to do it we want to rule the world and they're going too fast and they don't have it under control and now you know and now the European Union is really on the brink of collapse Wall Street Journal even reporting that Spain, now that Greece is basically bankrupt and dead, it could be Spain that will determine whether the euro stands or falls as they now have, you know, 19% unemployment rate, which I presume is the same phony numbers we have in the US, so maybe it's closer to 30%. The housing bubble exploded, huge debts, gaping budget deficit, and

32:03 And if they can't make it, then the euro could essentially just fall apart and with it the entire union. And what's going to happen then? Is everyone going to go back to their own currency and try and revive their economies? I have no idea. I think they're going to be in a heap of trouble. I mean, it's going to make our situation look like, you know, no big deal. Yeah. Because that's a convoluted mess over there. I mean, essentially, for one thing, they've taken out... there's no more borders. So you can drive around, there's all these... Although that's not entirely true. If you go to the United Kingdom, where you're supposed to not have to even need to show your passport anymore, the United Kingdom stands there and basically berates you and doesn't let you in unless you show your verjazzling.

32:56 That's the only place, but if you're driving around on the continent... Well there's the Schengen Accord, that's a... there's this separate accord which is the Schengen Agreement. And if you're not in the Schengen agreement, then you have to show your passport. So it's not entirely true. Where do you show it? I've driven from country to country and that little booth that used to be there is abandoned. There's a couple of countries. UK is one of them that's not in the Schengen agreement. Come on, UK is an island. I'm not counting them. And they haven't changed their currency either. Their UK is very reluctant to do anything. I'm talking about driving around the continent from France to Spain, from Belgium to Netherlands. You drive right through. Yeah, true.

CHAPTER 12 / 36 Discussion

San Francisco Parking Meter Sensors and Private Outsourcing

San Francisco is installing sensors on every parking meter to detect when vehicles depart, preventing drivers from refilling meters beyond time limits. This expensive infrastructure project is criticized as being anti-tourist and bad for local business. The system is managed by a private company, making it difficult for citizens to contest tickets in court.

san francisco· parking meters· sensors· meter maids· privatization· revenue

33:38 True. Oh, John, I teased you with this yesterday and I want to tell you, lest I forget. So you came to the studio yesterday to do Cranky Geeks. Which by the way, great episode if you haven't seen it with Chris DeBona from Google. I love that guy. He's awesome. He doesn't give a shit. He just says, yeah, Google's evil. He almost says that. He never said that. He almost says that. We'll never get him on the show. He almost says that. But he's jokingly like, I like the guy. He loves Google. He's like a Google nut. Yeah, but that's what's cool about it. Because he's on the open source side. He's not on the Gitmo side. Anyway, regardless.

34:16 And you were bitching and moaning about the entire block being cordoned off, that you couldn't park anywhere. Yeah, no, the block is cordoned off completely from end to end. What street is it? Bryant or Brannon or someones, whatever street that is. I think it's Brannon. Brannon. It's all just completely blocked off on both sides with little signs on every parking meter. Do not park, do not park. I figured they were going to haul some building through and they needed every lane they could have or the president was coming into town or something. But you knew you found out you wouldn't tell me because I wanted to mention it on this show because this is the ultimate Gitmo nation exercise that is taking place in San Francisco, California the Republic of Here's what's happening. They are installing a sensor on every single parking meter to see if you have driven off or not What for so they could reset it?

35:15 You have a, you're only, you're not allowed to fill up the meter and keep filling it up. There's a limit. Right also they're looking. Oh brother. Yeah, this is and and I found this out yesterday. I'm sure there's two things They're gonna have a one. They're gonna you know you're not supposed in San Francisco There's a law it would be everything basically they don't want you parking in San Francisco. They don't want you coming to San Francisco They hate you do not go to San Francisco as a tourist never visit because they don't like you that's why Go we don't want you say is a there's so many bums on the street begging for money and then and the parking in front of the media offices for example get this five minutes for twenty five cents in a parking meter right with a maximum of what fifty minutes nothing thirty or it was either thirty one hour depending is most of my thirty but whatever the case is is five yet to be by the time you put your last quarter and you've lost the first five minutes yeah and then and then so now what they have they have a sensor

36:11 And if your vehicle doesn't move within that limited time, which is 30 minutes, i.e. you've gone back to fill it up, then the freaking electric cart with the meter maid comes by and they ticket you or tow you. And they're going to have a sensor on every single parking meter. This is from the state that is bankrupt. And by the way, this is expensive for the town that is broke. They can't afford this. And the money's not going to the town anyway. It's going to a private company. Right, it's a private company that does all this stuff. And you can't fight these tickets because it's a private company. If you go to court they say, I don't know, it's a private company. Because they've outsourced all their parking meter crap. The thing is that in San Francisco it's illegal to park in a spot and then refill the meter. In other words, if you put in an hour and you can't go put another hour, you gotta move, you gotta get out of there.

37:01 And it's unbelievably ridiculous. It's like discourage, it's bad for business is what the real problem is. Why are people parking there? They're not parking there because they live there. There's not that much residential, especially further up the street. There's none. There is back in the back part, but people have parking spots because there's underground parking for the residents. The point is, is they don't want you coming to this town. They hate you. San Francisco is the worst, most unfriendly place in the world. Do not visit it. John C. DuBois acts at Peabody. And that wasn't even my pet peeve. We'll get to it. Let's do something that's fun for everyone at home. We're gonna play a game. Yes we are. We're gonna play a fun little game and you can play this with me John as well. So of course we are the program that exposes the stupidest things in the world

CHAPTER 13 / 36 Discussion

Recovery.gov Accessibility Failures and Audio Captcha Issues

The $18 million Recovery.gov website is criticized for its dysfunctional accessibility features for the visually impaired. Specifically, the "Report Fraud" form utilizes an audio ReCaptcha system that plays unintelligible movie quotes, making it impossible for blind users to submit complaints. This is cited as a primary example of government mismanagement and lack of quality assurance.

recovery.gov· vivek kundra· captcha· accessibility· government waste· web design

37:58 And we were all over recovery.gov. The main offense being that it cost $18 million to put this website together in what appeared to be, bye darling, what appeared to be almost a no-bid contract. Total sham. Total freaking sham. Now I want you everyone, everyone play along now. Go to recovery.gov. And I want you to see what your $18 million buys you. John, are you at recovery.gov? No, not yet, but I'm going there now. You are going to crap yourself when you hear this. Now of course, part of the mandate for this $18 million website is that it has to be accessible to the blind.

38:50 Which by the way is a very difficult thing to do because typically you start out with a website and then you create something and then all of a sudden you get a lot of emails and people say, hey man, it seems like you're doing something really cool but my screen reader can't... can't parse it and then you have to go back and re-engineer stuff and it's a huge pain. It's difficult because of the newer, mainly because of things like Ajax and Java and all those. It's very difficult to make these. In the olden days with straight HTML it was doable. Now it's impossible. Alright, so recovery.gov, everyone in the chat room play along, you'll love this. Now go to contact us, which is the menu bar at the top,

39:32 and you click it and then you get a page and I'm are you there? Well wait a minute I get I get a menu says report fraud. Yeah yeah okay click on report fraud waste and abuse and you'll come to a page that says blah blah blah blah one of the core missions of the recovery board is to prevent fraud waste and mismanagement of recovery funds which would be the use of the 18 million dollars for this freaking website So it says submit a complaint form electronically. Do you see that link? Yeah. Click on the link. Okay, now there's a complaint for okay now as complaint form right now if you go all the way down to the bottom there is a capture box and Captures of course are meant so that people don't spam this form and they want to make sure there's an actual human being on the other end Yeah, now of course it's mine says I have two words carnover and then capital ST

40:29 And you should type those two words in. So for $18 million if you are blind or visually impaired you will then click on the little speaker. Right, get an audio challenge. Listen to this. Please type every word you hear with a space between each word. Don't worry if you have trouble with some words just enter your best guess. I now listen to you. Our speed doesn't fit into this picture, I wouldn't- Once again, the words are- I now listen to you. Our speed doesn't fit into this picture, I wouldn't- These are like movie qu- I know! Well, and I'll refresh it and there's a new movie quote! Listen, I'm gonna- I'm gonna get- Yeah, listen. A new one. Don't worry if you have trouble with some words, just enter your best guess. And see if you're still willing to join our force.

41:18 Once again, the words are... Every single time it's like a movie quote that you can't understand and you're supposed to like type all those words in if you're blind? Unbelievable. Wait, let me do it again. Let's get another one. Please type every word you hear with a space between each word. Don't worry if you have trouble with some words, just enter your best guess. What the fuck is that? Please enter your best- It's not even stopping. So I can't even complain about the complaint that I have, because I can't get the capture right. Listen to this.

42:24 This is the Vikundra, by the way. Yes, I could play- this is tree logic. I could play this all day. Here, let's do one more. I'd like to fly in the real China Clipper. The real Clipper. What the fuck? I'd like to fly in the real China Clipper. The real Clipper. The real Clipper. I mean, this is 18 million dollars for this. This is unbelievable. Now, by the way, you win today's show. Admittedly, this is a plug-in from Recaptcha, you know, so it's not necessarily an issue with recovery.gov. It's a third-party service. But jeez Louise, this is crazy. It's beyond pathetic. But that's our government at work.

CHAPTER 14 / 36 Discussion

Najibullah Zazi Guilty Plea and Patriot Act Renewal

Najibullah Zazi, dubbed the "Beauty Bomber," pleaded guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in a New York subway plot. The timing of the plea and the sealing of bargain details are linked to the renewal of three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. Skepticism is expressed regarding the claim that Zazi emailed himself bomb-making instructions from Pakistan.

najibullah zazi· beauty bomber· eric holder· patriot act· terrorism· pakistan

43:24 I thought you'd like that. Yeah, it's because of the binary. So on the big news radar... It's a form of skip jumping. Tree logic. Cobol. It works like a charm. Vivek Kundra, you fraud. I mean, doesn't anyone test this stuff? Don't they have QA? I bet you there was like five million bucks in the budget for QA. No doubt about it. Or something. So here's what just like, just like all of a sudden it was there and you know, and now of course we're talking about vajazzling but the beauty, the beauty bomber, he did guilty. Did you see any of this John? I don't know anything about the beauty bomber. What are you kidding me? This is, no, oh my god. This is the, this is the guy who was a, like a driver,

44:21 like a minivan driver in Colorado and he was caught on camera. Oh that guy, yeah, and they were going to blow up the New York subway system. Yeah, and so he pleaded guilty to three counts, conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, and providing material to support a terrorist organization. Now there was a plea bargain, the details of which were sealed for some unbelievable reason. And the guy just admitted immediately, this doesn't sound like Al-Qaeda. What happened to the, you know, he's like, yep, I did it. I did it. And so he's like, what? What? It makes absolutely no sense.

45:04 And then Eric Holder comes out and like, well, you know, he was going to, everyone would have been blown up. We'd be killed. It would be horrible. And we got him. And just in time to renew the three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. Oh, you think there's a coincidence? Well, we, yeah, we already pegged that. I think not. We already pigged that, pegged that as this was what it was going to be used for. But I mean, it makes no sense. And of course his family was in the courtroom, so they probably like, you know, threatened to crush his kids nuts or something. Which seems to be on par for the course. But it's just like, wow, this is unbelievable. And you didn't even hear about it? No, I did hear about it. In fact, I just don't... The thing that didn't connect with me is Beauty Bomber. Yeah, he was the guy who they... You know, and he says, well, he was trained here. He said he learned how to make explosives at the camp.

45:59 in Pakistan, Northwest Pakistan and emailed himself bomb making instructions. So what you're telling me... Why did he have to do that? So what they're telling me is that he has to go to Northwest Pakistan and they then tell him, okay, here's the instructions, email them to yourself in case you forget. You have to go to the beauty supply shop and you have to go get peroxide. It just makes no sense. Yeah, to say the least. All right. Okay, so I've got, we'll let that one go. I think I found a, you know, how we, our theory is that networks are run by one organization, we can't really figure out who, and there may be actually competitive organizations that work telling, trying to set us up for certain kinds of things in the future.

CHAPTER 15 / 36 Discussion

Republican 2012 Candidates and Jeb Bush Media Push

Following the CPAC convention where Ron Paul won the straw poll, mainstream media figures like Chris Matthews are seen promoting Jeb Bush as a viable 2012 Republican candidate. The discussion suggests that the media "monarchy" prefers established names like Bush over "boring" alternatives like Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels or the "unprepared" Sarah Palin.

jeb bush· chris matthews· mitch daniels· sarah palin· cpac· ron paul

46:54 And one of the things that I've noticed is that the Republicans don't have a candidate besides Sarah Palin. And at the CPAC meeting, as we noted last week, it turns out that most of the conservatives that actually showed up for the thing wanted Ron Paul and we can't have that. Just explain CPAC again for our... The Conservative Political Action... Committee? Convention. Convention. Every year they have it and everybody goes there to speak and all the conservatives, you know, whatever. It's basically like a pep rally for Republicans. For conservative Republicans in particular. Yeah, but you know, it's hard for people outside of the United States. It's hard for Americans to understand what a conservative is. Right. So anyway, so they're trying, so there's this battle going on because Mitt Romney looks like the leading candidate. Sarah Palin is not getting any traction even though I think they want to run her so she can lose.

47:47 uh... and then uh... you have ron paul which they do not want even talk about and he has thirty thirty percent he got the magic number thirty percent of the votes and uh... everybody else is way down so i'm thinking well you know what what else can they try and what could maybe one of the you know but at least one of the power of broking families one of the you know first families of the u s one of the monarch uh... don't tell me it's going to be cheney No, Cheney's too sick. He just had a heart attack. No, no, no, I mean Liz, Liz Cheney. Oh, no, Liz Cheney, I think she's, she's on, Liz Cheney's on the schedule. But this one here is the, uh, is the real agenda.

48:29 And it's expressed by Chris Matthews and listen to the way he handles somebody who comes up with another name that's obviously not on the agenda. Where Republicans go next and Jeb Bush very much does not want Republicans to go in the direction of Charlie Crist, toward the center. He wants to sort of preserve a very strong conservative party. So I think he's trying to influence that debate and part of that influencing is of course... So the name is Jeb Bush. Exactly. Oh my god. Yeah, yeah of all the people in the world of all the people in America We have to go back to that family again or as you know criticizing Obama's guessing a more conservative alternative to Obama Let me think of this in personal terms Alex It seems to me that the common-sense person will say that Sarah Palin is unprepared to be president at this point will probably be unprepared in two years given she won't have any more

49:16 public government experience in that time. She quit the governorship of Alaska. She's very attractive in terms of her campaigning ability, but no strength as a governing record. And you got Jeb Bush who may have strength as a governing record, but not a great campaigner. There is an opening in the center-right of the Republican Party between Palin being perhaps on the irresponsible right, you might argue, or the center might argue. And the other guy Mitt Romney being too responsible. You may want somebody with some racing stripes, somebody that looks exciting out there. What about Jeb Bush coming back in, seizing the opportunity, mounting the galloping horse of history here and running against Barack Obama next time? Well sure, I think you've heard Chris in the last couple of days this sort of groundswell of interest in Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who sort of fits a similar profile to one that you're talking about with Jeb Bush, very conservative

50:04 very policy-oriented, sort of a friendly, happy face. But Bush would be just a rock star in a way that Daniels was not. And so if he is... Thank you. Oh man, that's unbelievable. We've had 30 years of Bush Clinton. What, 40 years almost. Play the rest of it and then you can see what, before you play the rest of it, you gotta remember this, the comment that you're about to hear is coming from a guy with the name Chris Matthews, talking about a guy named Daniels as though Well, you'd play it. Why did you bring up Mitch Daniels? It's boring me already. It's boring me. The very name Mitch Daniels sounds boring. We'll be right back with Alex Burns. I'm sorry. Alex Burns sounds fine to me. Perry Bacon sounds... Mitch Daniels. Give me a break. Oh yeah. So, and you know what? He's right though. It's like, it doesn't, you know, that's how we choose presidents. They have to have an exciting name like Obama. Oh, that's novel. Oh, that's really good. Oh, that's lovely.

51:08 Speaking of Obama... So anyway, I want everyone to stay on the lookout for this one. That's a definite meme. Well, you know, and I think that we've proven time and time again that all of the news media is run by the same group. And so Fox News is no different. It's just giving you something to, you know, like a left-right, you know, it's like, oh, these guys are against those guys. Yeah, it's... And they're run by the same group, which we think is pretty much the same people who are just the Democrats. And people always go nuts when I say that. Say, what? The Democrats? No, this is run by the Republicans. No, no, it's the same. It's the same people. Here's one that blew me away.

CHAPTER 16 / 36 Discussion

Missile Defense Agency Logo and Islamic Symbolism

The new logo for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is scrutinized for its perceived resemblance to both the Obama campaign logo and the Islamic crescent moon. While some interpret the design as a missile intercepting a target, others suggest the symbolism is a non-coincidental nod to Middle Eastern influence or the current administration's branding.

missile defense agency· mda· logo· crescent moon· obama· symbolism

51:51 Have you seen the new logo for our missile defense agency, John? Are you sure this is a real logo or part of a contest? Go to www.mda.mil, okay? Hold on. The missile defense agency and look at the- www.m what? mda.mil? Yeah, Mike Delta Alpha, the missile defense agency. And tell me what you... It's an Obama logo! No, but look at it. Look at it. What do you see? I see an Obama logo, but I also see some missile going and blowing something. I also see a half moon. Thank you! A Muslim crescent moon. Yeah. Exactly.

52:37 It's got a Muslim quality, an Obama quality, and I don't know what the other thing is. But you're right, it's probably more Muslim than anything. It is exactly the crescent moon, John. But the bomb is hitting into the moon as though this is an attack. I know, it's hitting right into the crescent moon. It's unbelievable. Very interesting. This stuff is not coincidental. Signs and logos and words matter. Okay? It matters. This is very powerful stuff. This is catch number two for you. This is quite good. I wish I could take credit for all of this. Although the jazzling thing is gonna be the real meme here. I wish I could take credit for it, but I really have to thank our producers who have been outstanding this past week. I mean just absolutely outstanding in sending all kinds of amazing things to listen to. Including the wiener clip. Oh my gosh, yeah. I mean it's too long to play that. I put it in the show notes where he basically goes before

CHAPTER 17 / 36 Discussion

Anthony Weiner Floor Speech and Insurance Industry Claims

Congressman Anthony Weiner is highlighted for a viral floor speech in which he labeled the Republican Party a "wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry." The segment notes Weiner's close ties to Senator Chuck Schumer and his personal friendship with Jon Stewart, suggesting his aggressive rhetorical style is a calculated political performance.

anthony weiner· chuck schumer· jon stewart· insurance industry· healthcare· congress

53:40 Oh, you can play the beginning of it. Um, okay. Well, why don't you set it up while I look for it? I know I sent you the link. Oh, right. Oh, you'd send it on Skype? Yeah. Okay. Here it is. This is the one that I guess. Yeah, here it is. You know, you gotta love these Republicans. I mean, you guys. Now, Anthony Weiner, I interviewed as a part of a CNN special series in, I think, 19, Whoa, I want to say 92 when he was a councilman in Brooklyn. And he is Chuck Schumer's boy. I mean completely his boy. In fact, I had to go interview Chuck Schumer after that. And I was pretty unprepared to speak to a Chuck Schumer. And he like basically just said, get the fuck out of my office. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Of course in 92 I didn't. I was like, what's your favorite Whitesnake video?

54:34 I wish I had the opportunity now. But he was totally Chuck Schumer's boy and he was being groomed. All he was just sitting there, just waiting, just waiting to be shot up the ladder. And now he's been a senator for what? For like two terms? Guy's been around for a number of years. Do you know that he was Jon Stewart's roommate? Yeah, yeah, they're best friends. He was on Jon Stewart's show the other day. And if you listen to his material on this particular... Oh yeah, totally Jon Stewart. Sounds exactly like Jon Stewart. Totally. Have chutzpah. The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of an insurance industry. That's the fact. They say that, well, this isn't going to do enough, but when we propose an alternative to provide competition, they're against it.

55:18 They say that, well, we want to strengthen state insurance commissioners and they'll do the job. But when we did that in our national health care bill, they said, we're against it. They said they want to have competition, and when we proposed requiring competition, the Republicans are against it. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry. That's the fact. And now they stand up and say... Mr. Speaker, I ask the gentleman words be taken down. So he goes through that a couple of times and then he comes back and he says... By the way, I think he's a congressman, not a senator. Yeah, that's a congressman. My mistake. You know what? I think this guy is owned.

56:00 I think he's owned. I think someone owns him. Chuck Schumer for sure. He's totally owned. Which is the first thing a guy who's owned would do, is point to his, you know, use this analogy. Right? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Just like, you know, the... You know the creeps that are the pedophiles you're they're always like, oh, let's pass some more laws man Oh, man, they put me on the on the judicial thing so I can look at these things and see if it's pedophilia So I have like three things that are coming together and I've put a couple of links in the show notes no agenda show.com so Just to reiterate. I had a radio show in the Netherlands are just a little bit before we started no agenda. I

CHAPTER 18 / 36 Discussion

Bachi Bazi Documentary and Afghan Government Corruption

A documentary titled "The Warlord's Tune" exposes the practice of Bachi Bazi in Afghanistan, where young boys are prostituted and forced to dance for powerful men. The report alleges that high-ranking police and government officials are complicit in the abuse, using the boys for entertainment and sexual exploitation despite official laws against the practice.

bachi bazi· afghanistan· warlords· child abuse· documentary· corruption

56:39 And I had a guy on called Micha Cut. Oops, I just lost John. You know what? The minute we start to talk about the pedophiles in government, that's when they cut off the damn show. So, you know, John, you can set your watch by it. The minute we start to talk about the pedophiles in government, the stream goes down. I'm telling you, it happens every single time. Whenever I start into this topic, the stream is cut off immediately. It happens every single time. This is not a coincidence. Are you still there? Yeah, no, I'm still here. Okay. But I'm also noticing the non-coincidence of the fact that we're always discussing something controversial and it always seems to be exactly 45 minutes into the show when the stream goes down. I think it's a timer. No, I don't think so. Well, you know what? It doesn't matter because we're back on apparently and everyone can hear us. So I had this guy on who was investigating the Secretary General of the Netherlands who was an admitted pedophile

57:43 And who is, you know, the whole justice system is corrupt. They're all being blackmailed. Turkey is blackmailing them. You know, they all go to these like crazy places called like the Pinocchio Bar. Where's that? It was like, what country is that in? Like the lawyer representing this guy, he has a company, a BV, which is the equivalent of an ink, and it's called the Pinocchio BV. I mean, it doesn't get any crazier with these guys. So, now I come across two stories. One which I want to thank our Australian producers for.

58:23 Because they got it off of ABC. It was just aired on the 22nd and a lot of people ripped it for me. I can't put a link up in the show notes because it's copyrighted, but if you just look through tweets to at Adam Curry, then you'll be able to find links to online hosted recordings of it. It's called The Warlord's Tune. And I think in a way it was a hit piece against Afghanistan to make us feel like we're justified for being in there. But what it really showed is what happens when you have a corrupt government filled with pedophiles and what really can take place. Because essentially this is a documentary about how there's these 13... What government are we talking about? Afghanistan government. About these 13 and 14 year old boys who are put into something called Bachi Bazi.

59:16 Which means play, which is I think, I think the rough translation is playing with boys. And what happens is they're trained to dance and dress up as girls and then they dance for all these men and they make them all really hot and bothered and then they're, you know, prostituted out. And a lot of them get killed in bizarre sex games, etc. And this is an amazing documentary. obviously disturbing to watch but I recommend you watch it and so a lot of it is about how they get lured in because yeah because their families pimp them out for money whatever but the main thing is this of course is against the law it's against morality but the people are supposed to stop it the police and high-ranking government officials are actually in the audience and are taking these boys and abusing them so then there's this case in Scotland

CHAPTER 19 / 36 Discussion

Holly Greig Case and UK Government Cover-up Allegations

Reporter Robert Green has investigated the case of Holly Greig, a woman with Down syndrome in Aberdeen who was allegedly abused by a pedophile ring involving high-ranking Scottish officials. The story includes claims of suppressed evidence and the suspicious death of a witness. The lack of mainstream media coverage is attributed to the involvement of powerful political figures.

holly greig· robert green· aberdeen· scotland· sexual abuse· cover-up

1:00:10 Which also involves high-ranking officials, sheriffs. I don't know if you heard about this. There was a young girl with Down syndrome. Have you heard about this case, John? No, no, go on. Oh my god, it's amazing. You kind of caught me off guard, so I'm looking for the link now. Because I want to get her name, but you'll find it in the show notes. Here it is. No agenda show calm so this girl's name by the way the video is of course gone from this site Robert Green is a reporter And he really dove into this shocking ordeal of a girl with Down syndrome. Her name is Holly Greig. G-R-E-I-G. In Aberdeen. So what happens is, there's a family breakup between the... there's like... she has a brother and then... and her dad and her mom. And her dad and mom get a divorce.

1:01:08 And so her mom takes Holly, this girl with Down syndrome, I'm really paraphrasing the story here, but you know, if we can find that video again which seems to be taken down, then you can see Robert Greene talking about it. I'm sure there's a copy somewhere. And they said, okay, we're going to go live somewhere else. And this girl, this girl with Down syndrome starts to go nuts. She's like, no, no, no, because daddy will kill Max. Daddy will kill Max. Max is the family dog. And what are you talking about? So anyway, what happens is this girl then finally comes out and tells her mom that her dad and her brother have been abusing her for like 15 years because under the guise of if you tell mommy we're going to kill Max and kill mommy.

1:01:53 and been sexually abusing her. But with high-ranking officials in the UK government, of course in Aberdeen's Scottish fraction. Woah, what is that? They're coming to get me. Black helicopters. We're talking like 15, 20 people. And the mother's brother actually discovered this, walked in on this girl's father raping her, and they killed the guy and burned him in the desert. Of course it was deemed a suicide, and then they do another autopsy, and it turns out he had a busted skull. It's like he broke his skull and set himself on fire in the car.

1:02:42 And this is, no mainstream media has touched this story whatsoever. And mainly because it's all these powerful government people who are up there in the top suppressing this because they are sick fucks. They are sick. Sick I tell you. It's unbelievable. And luckily the story is still available on the website. But you will not see this in mainstream news, but you have to read this. So Google Holly H-O-L-L-I-E Greg, G-R-E-I-G. It will blow your mind. And I'm telling you that this is the biggest secret, but what is happening is, and John, you and I have discussed this before, people in places of power, they go crazy.

1:03:34 And they get into weird sex stuff and pedophilia is I think basically passed on from one, if you're abused there's a high likelihood you're going to abuse someone down the line and it just keeps on growing and it's been going on for decades. and this is rampant, rampant throughout politics. Goes right back to the Franklin cover-up which involved President Bush Senior and the Boys Town of America. I mean, we've got to look into this stuff. I have to say, I can't dive into it too deep because I would wind up, you know, obviously with a... Burned it in the desert, Barry. Yeah, two to the head and we have other things to, you know, we have other fish to fry.

CHAPTER 20 / 36 Discussion

Political Blackmail and Pedophilia Allegations in the Netherlands

The discussion explores the use of sexual scandals and pedophilia allegations as tools for political blackmail. Reference is made to Sibel Edmonds' claims regarding a spy ring involving US politicians and the theory that the Turkish government blackmails Dutch officials. This environment of coercion is cited as the reason for the sudden cancellation of a host's previous radio show in the Netherlands.

sibel edmonds· blackmail· turkey· netherlands· fbi· whistleblowers

1:04:17 But make no mistake, and what happens is when these people engage in these activities, they become blackmailable. They're like, oh, you're not going to do this for me? You're not going to vote this way? Well, maybe we should let this leak out. And by the way, the number one way that people who try to expose this stuff, the number one way they try to shut you up is by accusing you of pedophilia. Oh yeah, or planting stuff. I mean there's all these kinds of crazy cases floating around. There's a bunch of them actually, these guys. Next thing you know they're whistleblowers. Next thing you know somehow they're pedophilia. Which is one of the more interesting things to do because you never get to see the evidence. Ever.

1:04:59 You never get to see the evidence. You go into a court, they, the judge, I don't know who looks at the supposed stuff that you have on your machine which you know could get there in a number of different ways. Some guys, there was a case recently where a guy tried to use, there was, you know, he was, he had a Trojan horse and somebody was planting stuff on his machine and they had an expert come out and say... because you can tell where the files have been opened and how many times and what was the last date and all the rest of it depending on the way that things are tagged especially on a PC that has a lot of data in the header and apparently somebody came out some expert came out I don't have the name of this case in front of me but uh... some I wanted to discuss at some point expert canceled these files were never opened

1:05:39 by the owner of the computer and the judge says, ah, this is bull. You know, you're done. And then told the expert witness, and I've been an expert witness a few times, it's rare to find this situation occur. And then the judge apparently said, when he gave closing arguments, the judge walked off the bench and says, you guys can do your closing arguments. I had to go back in the back room and apparently he was involved in some Canasta game. where his secretary was. And then he came out and just found the guy guilty and threw him in the slammer for six years. And this Robert Green guy, the reporter, got arrested, of course. You know, that's the first thing they do is arrest you. And this goes also to Siebel Edmonds. We discussed this on the show maybe two months ago, John. She was a former translator for the FBI, and she exposed this huge spy ring, which includes

1:06:34 Dennis Hastert, Bob Livingston, we get some other big names, Paul Wolfowitz, Mark Grossman, and there's sex in that as well as you have this, what's her name, Jan something or other, here he is, Jan Schakowsky. She was involved in this as well, but they blackmailed her having lesbian sex in some townhouse that they basically all shared amongst themselves with a spy. It's all around sex. It all revolves around sex. I'm nothing against lesbian sex, of course. Please.

1:07:21 But when it involves pedophilia, this is huge. It's really, really big. And countries, I believe that Turkey is blackmailing the Netherlands and getting the Netherlands to throw people in jail, political dissidents, if you will, by saying, hey, if you don't throw that guy in jail, well, then I'm sorry, we're just going to have to expose you for the pedophile you are. So this is why you don't have that radio show anymore. Oh yeah, so the financiers pulled out, the station was off the air, license revoked within six weeks.

CHAPTER 21 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Value-for-Value Model and Global Producer Support

The hosts defend their "value-for-value" funding model, explaining that the absence of corporate sponsors allows them to discuss controversial topics like government corruption and blackmail. They highlight new community-driven resources like noagendatv.com and acknowledge the support of listeners from around the world who contribute time, talent, and treasure to keep the show independent.

value-for-value· donations· crowdfunding· no agenda tv· producers· independent media

1:08:04 Have you discussing this? Yes, within six weeks. And by the way, this is the reason why when people are listening to this show, this is the reason we have to have your donations. Somebody pointed out that we're moaning and groaning about, you guys are begging for money too much. And you guys, he said it was one of these crazy, it's almost like one of those jokes where, you know, the portions are so smooth, you know, they're, the food is terrible, and the portions are so small, you know, kind of a gag. The guy says, you know, you're begging for money, you're begging for money too much, you guys suck, and besides that, you can never get a sponsor for that show of yours, because you're, and he went on and on with reasons we can never get a sponsor, and that was probably true, because sponsors can't be associated with this kind of revelation. Absolutely, and you know what?

1:08:54 I am proud and it warms my heart to see the producers from all across Gitmo Nation, from every corner of the world except India. No, actually we ever since my rant last week. I've got two Indians that chimed in. Oh good. Are they donating? Are they donating? Okay, good. Yeah. And they're small, but you know, it doesn't matter. I hear those Indians are small. And by the way, one of our friend, Mr. Rue, the Frenchman that chimed in and chewed me out because he's French and he, uh, you know, is also a very good contributor. He, he's got the port forwarding information to really, you know, a good techie.

1:09:30 And he says, you know, the French are, I shouldn't be excoriating the French. And then I started thinking about it and I realized I probably shouldn't because it's not as though the French wouldn't contribute. They don't listen to anything people speaking in English have to say about anything. And by the way, what's up with France? I mean, have you seen Carla Bruni? I mean, she's clearly a presidential model in the MKUltra program. I mean, who else would want to screw Sarkozy, the power gnome, the Napoleon? You know, he's got one of the most beautiful women in the world. Yeah. I bet she's for jazzling. She probably is for jazzling. Anyway.

1:10:14 So yeah, it I guess to continue with my my diatribe is that it warms my heart that people really think they see that it makes a difference. I probably get an equal amount of email from people on a weekly basis saying, you know, I'm poor, I can't donate but here's what I did. You know, I've turned people on to the show. I've, you know, we have a new website, noagendatv.com, which Which is great. Basically all of the video clips that are mentioned on the show and are in the show notes you can find at noagendatv.com. I'll have a permanent link in the links that rock heading in the show notes. So if you just want to go back and look at some of these videos which includes all the crap we look at for hours on end from C-SPAN, it's all in there.

CHAPTER 22 / 36 Discussion

Listener Donations and the "Douchebag" Contribution Tier

A series of listener donations are read, including a $55.55 contribution from student Matthew Phillips and a $168.88 tax refund donation from William Che. A donor from India, Paria Nana Panina, contributes $50 to challenge stereotypes about Indian listeners' willingness to donate, earning the right to jokingly call non-contributors "douchebags."

jason fenwick· matthew phillips· william che· india· tax refunds· donations

1:11:09 A lot of young people, college students who say, hey, you know what? As soon as I get a job, then I will donate and that's great. And we need it. And we need a lot of money because look at this, we're doing two shows a week. I've gotten to one tenth of what I'd like to talk about. And inevitably, after the show, I'm like, oh crap, we didn't get to that. Oh shit, I forgot all about this stuff. Let's name a couple people that gave us some money this week besides the founding producers which will be immortalized on a permanent page. These are just donations to this show. The reason I want to read some of these because we're getting a lot of people now come up across with the idea that they're going to get their comments read. I can't guarantee we're going to read all of them but let's read a few. Jason Fenwick, we give us 55 bucks, is a big fan of your mine.

1:11:57 Good man, Jason. Loves me on Twitter. Started listening to No Agenda a few weeks ago and love it. As a birthday present to myself, I'm passing along some riches to the show. He's in Arlington, Virginia, right across the river from Douche Central. Oh, wait a minute. I wasn't ready. I should have known better. Douche Central in Langley. 5150 William Cannonburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He just wants to plug the Pod Trapper podcast program for the BlackBerry. Oh, is that, does that work? I'm sure it works with No Agenda as well. Oh, by the way, another way to help us if you know anyone who is setting up a stream or a list of links or podcasts or default shows in one of these programs, recommend No Agenda as a default. That helps a lot too. The best thing we can do, as we know that somewhere between 1 and 1.5% of the audience that listens actually donates to the show,

1:12:54 You know, we could try and raise that amount or we can just get more listeners. Your percentage is always going to be fairly low to people who actually contribute. So the way that we get more money is obviously, which we need to continue doing this and to improve what we do, is to have twice as many listeners and that's what we're looking for. Matthew Phillips, 55.55. student in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and he says, here's some money for a tiny amount of blow and one terrible hooker. Oh, okay. We'll take, we'll take a skank. Sorry. I'm in school and can't help you out enough with for a lot. Oops. Oh, there we go. Crapola. Yeah. And sorry, John, just start that last one over again. Cause like you dropped out for a second.

1:13:46 The Matthew Phillips 5555? Yeah, do it from there. Okay, Matthew Phillips contributed 5555 out at Dearborn Heights as a student and he said, here's some money for a tiny amount of blow and one terrible hooker. Sorry, I'm in school and I can't help you out with enough for a lot of blow and a gaggle of great hookers. So here's a kid that's, you know, got his head screwed on right. Seems like I dropped off the face of the earth. Sorry about that. I went to check on something, make sure that the router's okay. This is crazy. Am I still on the air? Yeah, you're sounding pretty crappy, but yeah, you're on the air. Okay. Let me take a look at my... While you're looking at that, I want to thank Willem Tromp who has been sending me excellent preparatory notes for the show.

1:14:42 It takes me about an hour and a half just to go through his one email that comes in pretty much before every show The day before and he actually separates it out by by the the headings in the show notes You know he has like not good for you false flag all this stuff, and he's just an amazing contributor, and that's also highly appreciated Yeah, we appreciate that that sort of thing 50 bucks from paria Nana panina i think it's how you pronounce it he's uh... from india and he says long time list of the show everything you said about us indians is so true we indians are trained from the childhood to be greedy sometimes to the point of foregoing even basic comforts and some necessities i know a lot of us

1:15:24 earning here in rupees might not be able to donate more than a hundred dollars but on the other hand a five dollar monthly donation is not that much if you're a regular listener. Here's fifty dollars for hookers and blow and so I can call the rest of the non-contributing listeners douchebags. Here we go everybody, it's your favorite. There you go $168.88 from William Che from Douglaston, New York. I just got my tax refund. This is a little for you both. He's also got a $16.88 amount contribution. He's Chinese, originally from Taiwan, living in New York City.

CHAPTER 23 / 36 Discussion

Rural Wisconsin Stream Relay and Magic Number Donations

Steven Boe of Clear Lake, Wisconsin, is recognized for donating $33.33 and setting up a low-power AM transmitter on 188 kHz to relay the show's stream. The segment notes the recurring appearance of the "magic number" 33 in culture, including a recent McDonald's promotion, and acknowledges several other donors contributing amounts based on the number three.

wisconsin· ham radio· am transmitter· mcdonalds· 33.33· donations

1:16:17 thinks he's maybe the first Taiwanese to give us any money whatsoever. Now we have an interesting donor, Steven Boe, B-O-E from Clear Lake, Wisconsin, who just gave, he didn't give a normal mentioning amount, $33.33 is what he gave, my magic three donation to the stream, but this is what's important, he's also donating the $5 monthly, and if you need a place to escape, he's got a place in the middle of nowhere in rural Wisconsin, he's also a... He's also a ham radio guy and he set up a low power AM transmitter for the stream on an oddball frequency. Nice! Now does he have internet out there? He must have internet in the shack, right? I would assume so. Go to 188 kilohertz when you're driving around the middle of nowhere.

1:16:59 in Wisconsin. Guess what? I got the job offer I've been waiting for. Propagate the power of the myth. I go on my third interview when they fly me out to visit the company this weekend. Wish me luck. No agenda. It provides... jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. I'm telling you, man, this this lucky number three is catching on. Have you seen McDonald's? I have a Flickr link in the show notes. McDonald's now offering a special three dollars and thirty three cents. Yeah. Somebody at McDonald's listens to our show. Yeah. Ronald.

1:17:54 Sirab Kalanchari, I think it's pronounced that way, he's in India also and he says that I should stop taking a dig at the Indians, even though the Indian guy who triggered all this told me to take digs at the Indians and they'll contribute. But I'm going to stop doing it because now we're getting some people. He likes the show. Doosan, I think it's Priasol from Slovakia, $55, P-R-I-E-S-O-L, Chris Quist, Chris Warchen, and this is Warchen, which is spelled W-A-R-E-C-H-E-N, pronounced Warchen, from Ontario.

1:18:38 And he gave us 50 Andrew Chawner 54 32 5 4 3 2 he says when I gave to my alma mater They asked for a priority for the donated funds. No agenda should be the same. Here's the options ice as I see them today one hookers you blow Three hookers and blow I gave for number three Thank you. You know what? The funny thing is we are two of the most non-Hooker and Blow guys you'll ever know. We may have to change our ways if the money keeps coming in. If that's what it'll take, I'll do anything for this show. I care about the show. You can't really do a show like this if you're surrounded by Hookers and Blow. Or if you're surrounded by advertisers.

CHAPTER 24 / 36 Discussion

International Donors and the Open Source Media Paradigm

Donations from Sterling Ellsworth, Mary Ryan in Ireland, and Lars Juel Sorensen in Denmark are acknowledged. The hosts emphasize that the show operates under an "open source" paradigm where listeners own the content they fund, encouraging the public to register domain names, create stickers, and redistribute the audio without fear of copyright restrictions.

sterling ellsworth· ireland· denmark· copyright· open source· creative commons

1:19:24 Exactly. That's why we have to mention our advertisers, which is the public. 5995 Edward Baldwin, yay! A name I can pronounce in Raleigh, North Carolina. And he says, for hookers and blow, and maybe some sushi. Oh nice, we could eat the sushi off of the hookers. Off the hookers! I have an anonymous donation, $101.01 and he sent me this to make sure this was mentioned John, because you may have missed it. This is from Comrade Liam Alexander, clearly a code name, to Rabbi Bob.

1:20:00 Sorry I missed your birthday. You are difficult to shop for so I figured I'd donate to one of the things we have in common. Please accept this gift with my apologies and gratitude. Oh, that's sweet. It is very sweet. Rabbi Bob from Common. This is probably all coded messages for the KGB. They're using our show. You guys will read anything. So and guess who's back $77.70 Sterling Ellsworth, Santa Barbara, California. Hey, he's only got about 10 more to do or five more to do or three more to do and he's a knight. Mary Ryan. Yeah, by the way on the on the night program, you know, you kind of got to keep keep the tally yourself because

1:20:38 We don't have any staff and if you've reached your knighthood amount then you let us know and we'll just, we'll double check obviously. And I have answered the question a couple times to people, if you donate $333.33 three times, we'll kick in the penny and you're a knight. You know, there you go. That's a deal. Okay, Mary Ryan and actually this came from Ireland is I think our first Irish donor. No, I don't think so. John Wickham and Mary Ryan. I mean, if Mary Ryan doesn't sound like a beautiful redheaded Irish girl, I don't know what does. Hey lassie. He says in the Gitmo Green Isles. Then we also had Lars Ewell Sorensen.

1:21:22 L-A-R-S-J-U-E-L Sorensen with that funny O gave us $57 and he is from Haslev, Denmark. And we really appreciate your compression technology. Yes, we do. And that's it for this week. And we're looking for more donations for the next show, which will be coming up Sunday morning. And so you go to noagendashow.com, you go to dvork.org slash NA, and we also have an ongoing program for people who have already donated for our founding producers for the stream. And we also really appreciate the people who don't get mentioned who donate on the monthly subscription program. Even if you donate a larger amount,

1:22:05 paramount to the future. It'll take quite a while at the pace we're going, but you know everyone's working, everyone's trying to, I think we have noagendastickers.com and other website and by the way this also, I was talking to Mickey about this, because of the way the show is done, you guys own it, you're paying for it, you own it, we don't have to worry for a second about copyrights, about who owns the name, it's like If you can register a domain name with no agenda in it and put something up on it, it's great. Maintain it for us, make it work, copy the show, put it on your low power transmitters, put on your high power transmitters. This is what makes it so good. This is a totally new paradigm for this type of reality. Okay, because we are bringing you reality. We're an open source internet radio show.

CHAPTER 25 / 36 Discussion

Toyota Congressional Hearings and the 33 MPH Testimony

During congressional hearings regarding Toyota's unintended acceleration issues, a witness testified that her vehicle finally shut off only when it reached 33 miles per hour. The hearings featured tearful driver testimony and aggressive questioning of Toyota executives. The segment highlights the "magic number" 33 appearing in the official record of the safety scandal.

toyota· recall· congress· unintended acceleration· 33 mph· testimony

1:22:56 And I would even take off the internet part because it makes us sound smaller than it is. Yeah, the audience isn't like huge, like major market yet, but we're in a growth industry, that's for sure. There's so many people who are so disillusioned and so sick and tired of the slut squads spilling up your screen. And people just want to hear really what's going on, the real stuff. And they love to know about magic numbers. And I have a... So, noagendershow.com, dvorak.org slash NA or channeldvorak.com slash NA. This is part of the... This magic number is amazing. People are freaking out over it. Now everyone's seeing it, right? And this number... And by the way, what's the highest degree in Freemasonry? 33rd degree.

1:23:43 Right so we can show any psyche. I think you said to anybody this three three three dot three three Which is gonna get the best of results? So we have this Toyota scandal which of course is is so funny because that's we're gonna go that direction a couple clips well before you get into it Let me play this clip where the 33 magic number comes into this scandal God intervened As the car came very slowly to a stop, I pulled it to the left median. With the car stopped and both feet still on the brake, the motor still revved up and down. At 35 miles an hour, it would not shut off. Finally, at 33 miles per hour, I was able to turn the engine off. Ah, there you go. It's pre-programmed. 33 miles an hour.

1:24:44 What is the... And by the way, you're in the car, the accelerator is stuck, but you notice it's 33 miles an hour. Yeah, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. You'd be looking at the road. Yeah. There's something screwy about this whole Toyota thing. They're slamming these guys. Now, I have a couple of interesting clips. I have a pre-testimony clip that ran on the news, which is another one of these sobbing women. This one, you know, made a phone call on... Play this pre-testimony clip. Starting tomorrow, the head of Toyota will appear before Congress. By the way, how funny is it that the head of Toyota is named Toyota?

1:25:26 Yeah, well, it's because it was named after him. No, no, but it's Toyota with a D. With a D, yeah, I know. They changed it. I love that. That's awesome. Today, though, lawmakers heard tearful testimony from a driver who says her car sped out of control. I called my husband on the Bluetooth phone system. I knew... I'm sorry. I knew he could not help me, but I wanted to hear his voice one more time. Shame on you Toyota for being so greedy. Well, she finally stopped the car after six miles. A Toyota executive also testified today. Do you believe that the recall on the on the carpet

1:26:06 changes and the recall on the sticky pedal will solve the problem of sudden unintended acceleration. None, totally. What the hell is this all about? We don't have congressional testimony for every recall. Now here's the part I want to get into. Not only do we have this ridiculous testimony, which I listened to by the way, almost all of it, and it is borderline pathetic, and the worst part is that one of the chairmen, they keep rotating in and out of who's going to be the chairman for any given time. Yeah, they have like the sales guy for Toyota USA on the stand.

1:26:42 Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is the congresswoman from DC, is an out and out, besides being a jerk, she is an idiot. Wait, can we call her a... Yeah, no problem. Okay. So let's play a couple of clips with her grilling Toyota. And first of all, the first clip is that they explain... Well, hold on, John, could I just stop you for a second? I would like to go back and explain we have two theories about why this is taking place if you would give your theory first please. My theory is that the whole thing has to do with the United Auto Workers muscling the Obama administration to get these damn Toyota plants. The Toyota car is one of the best cars in the world despite this issue which Steve Wozniak believes is a software problem and I am in agreement with him.

CHAPTER 26 / 36 Discussion

Theories on the Toyota Safety Scandal and Union Pressure

Two primary theories are presented regarding the intense political pressure on Toyota. One suggests the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Obama administration are targeting the non-union automaker to force unionization. The second theory posits that the US government is punishing Japan for its status as a major holder of US debt, using the recalls as a geopolitical warning.

toyota· uaw· obama· japan· debt· nummi· unions

1:26:06 changes and the recall on the sticky pedal will solve the problem of sudden unintended acceleration. None, totally. What the hell is this all about? We don't have congressional testimony for every recall. Now here's the part I want to get into. Not only do we have this ridiculous testimony, which I listened to by the way, almost all of it, and it is borderline pathetic, and the worst part is that one of the chairmen, they keep rotating in and out of who's going to be the chairman for any given time. Yeah, they have like the sales guy for Toyota USA on the stand.

1:26:42 Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is the congresswoman from DC, is an out and out, besides being a jerk, she is an idiot. Wait, can we call her a... Yeah, no problem. Okay. So let's play a couple of clips with her grilling Toyota. And first of all, the first clip is that they explain... Well, hold on, John, could I just stop you for a second? I would like to go back and explain we have two theories about why this is taking place if you would give your theory first please. My theory is that the whole thing has to do with the United Auto Workers muscling the Obama administration to get these damn Toyota plants. The Toyota car is one of the best cars in the world despite this issue which Steve Wozniak believes is a software problem and I am in agreement with him.

1:27:35 But all their facilities, they're all over the place, mostly in the south, southern states, are all non-union. And I believe this has to do with them trying to unionize the Toyota factories here in the U.S. I have a new addition to that, which I believe also, this is to strong-arm Toyota to keeping the Numi plant in Fremont open. And then there's two more. One, of course, the United States government pretty much owns General Motors, so it's a competitor. So that could be one, but my theory, which I still stand by, is that now that Japan has moved ahead of China as the largest holder of US debt, this is a warning saying, do not mess with us. We will bring your ass down to its knees. And we're still on the lookout for this, for recalls for Honda. There was apparently a recall in the United Kingdom of 300,000 cars for Honda. That doesn't count. It has to be a US recall. It's on its way.

1:28:37 And that's my theory. Because the government, you know, because it's a competitive problem and they got grilled about this. One Republican congressman actually brought out issues in the memo. I can't play all this stuff. This was hours and hours of material. I'm trying to summarize some of it. I don't want to play the Holmes Norton stuff because she's such a jerk. But anyway, the Republicans came out and kind of said, is this about the, you know, they started asking poignant questions to these executives. There's the Toyota himself and then the North American CEO that runs the North American who's Japanese and can barely speak English yet he's here. And by the way, the Japanese deserve a little,

1:29:34 condemnation for their normal practice of like install instead of finding a Japanese American that speaks fluent Japanese and good English they won't do that they have to bring their you know the people from Japan over because they're always so afraid that you know Americans will contaminate their culture that they can't really have too many Americans they put Americans into a company early on and this happens in high-tech all the time and there's actually a term for this I'll mention it and anyone who's been been in the business will know this. A Japanese company will set up shop in the US, they'll have a bunch of Americans running it and then there's a thing called the death buses which show up and everybody knows what they are, filled with Japanese nationals. They fire all the Americans and the whole places are now run by Japanese nationals who they try to keep isolated because the Japanese are scared to death that we're gonna contaminate their closed culture. So we have basically an illiterate guy up at the

1:30:29 Talking and that comes into play in the second clip that I have the first clip which which I'm going to set up is essentially there's a Convoluted question that was asked and the Toyota Person, mr. Toyota who just took over the job by the way in November, so he doesn't know anything, but that's okay Let's bring him up and humiliate him he says that the that when there's a problem that can't be duplicated, in other words, you can't reconstruct, you can't create this problem, it's something that just happens, it's intermittent, it's the worst thing that can happen in electronics. It's something you can't. It's not reproducible. It's non-reproducible. And so he's saying the problem that we have is it's non-reproducible and when people complain about it, we can't make it happen again, so we're working on it, we're trying everything we can. And so, and his translator, by the way, is also a Japanese national, can barely speak English,

CHAPTER 27 / 36 Discussion

Intermittent Electronic Failures and Toyota's Reproducibility Problem

Akio Toyoda and other executives testified that many reported cases of unintended acceleration are non-reproducible in laboratory settings. This intermittent nature of electronic failures complicates the investigation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton criticized this explanation, accusing the company of potentially blaming victims for the mechanical or software malfunctions.

toyota· electronics· reproducibility· engineering· congress· safety

1:29:34 condemnation for their normal practice of like install instead of finding a Japanese American that speaks fluent Japanese and good English they won't do that they have to bring their you know the people from Japan over because they're always so afraid that you know Americans will contaminate their culture that they can't really have too many Americans they put Americans into a company early on and this happens in high-tech all the time and there's actually a term for this I'll mention it and anyone who's been been in the business will know this. A Japanese company will set up shop in the US, they'll have a bunch of Americans running it and then there's a thing called the death buses which show up and everybody knows what they are, filled with Japanese nationals. They fire all the Americans and the whole places are now run by Japanese nationals who they try to keep isolated because the Japanese are scared to death that we're gonna contaminate their closed culture. So we have basically an illiterate guy up at the

1:30:29 Talking and that comes into play in the second clip that I have the first clip which which I'm going to set up is essentially there's a Convoluted question that was asked and the Toyota Person, mr. Toyota who just took over the job by the way in November, so he doesn't know anything, but that's okay Let's bring him up and humiliate him he says that the that when there's a problem that can't be duplicated, in other words, you can't reconstruct, you can't create this problem, it's something that just happens, it's intermittent, it's the worst thing that can happen in electronics. It's something you can't. It's not reproducible. It's non-reproducible. And so he's saying the problem that we have is it's non-reproducible and when people complain about it, we can't make it happen again, so we're working on it, we're trying everything we can. And so, and his translator, by the way, is also a Japanese national, can barely speak English,

1:31:22 She's just finishing the translation when this clip comes into play. And this woman, Eleanor Holmes Norton, doesn't conceptualize this in the least. And she just excoriates them with the, just play this. This is clip number one. The similar phenomenon is likely to continue into the future. How much possibility there is for the same phenomenon to spread to other areas or other cars is another aspect that is investigated. So I will say that I will accelerate that process of following these three steps further into the future.

1:32:02 But with respect to the reproducibility or duplication of those phenomenon, we have been working very hard within Toyota to do exactly that. But even with the best efforts made, there are cases that cannot be or that has not been reproduced. So going forward, we'll enhance the transparency of the process of us working very hard to reproduce and try to identify those causes, sometimes seeking cooperation from the authorities concerned. And we intend to lead our efforts in this area in a manner that our efforts itself will lead to the improvement of the vehicles of the entire industry.

1:32:46 I'm gonna go on with my questions. I just want to make sure you're not blaming the victims. The customers reported. The customers reported. Let's not say we want to hear our customers. The fault does not lie with the customers. You can bet your bottom dollar that the first time there was unintended acceleration, that's about everybody's horror. You can bet your bottom dollar. You know, this is interesting. I just want to mention, I remember when I was a little boy, my mom who drove the kids around a lot. She, and somehow it just sticks in my mind and it keeps popping up, she would always say, when you have your license, if your accelerator gets stuck, apparently this is something that I guess maybe happened back in the 50s or there was something, because my mom wouldn't just come up with that by herself. Fuck, I wish I could ask her. She said you have to immediately turn off the ignition key.

CHAPTER 28 / 36 Discussion

Prius Electronic Braking and Emergency Shut-off Procedures

The engineering of the Toyota Prius is criticized for its lack of a physical ignition key, which complicates emergency engine shut-offs during acceleration events. Drivers are often unaware that the start button must be held down for several seconds to kill the engine. Toyota has pledged to work closer with NHTSA to improve transparency and customer complaint tracking.

prius· hybrid· ignition· brakes· nhtsa· safety procedures

1:33:46 And that's how you solve that problem. Was there ever anything like this before, John, and maybe in the 50s that you could recall? Well, when I have a if I have that situation, which actually did happen in my Lexus once, I stomp on the accelerator to accelerate further and then it stops. Which is kind of a counterintuitive, but it seems to work, but this is not this is not doable in a Prius for example because the Prius is 100% electronic and there's a button you push to start it and what you have to do with it, right? You can't but you can't turn off the ignition so which I think is a mistake in engineering personally Yeah, so what you have to do with a Prius or any of these cars is electronic at least with the Toyotas is you have to push this start button and

1:34:30 And hold it down for like I think five seconds or something like you just hold it down, and then it will kill the engine But no nobody knows this because nobody ever is ever told to do this and so But you can't just poke it you have to hold it down, and it will kill the engine so Supposedly let's continue with with this clip now wait Let's stop before we continue and mention the fact that there was nothing about them ignoring or anything else. This woman, this Congresswoman, just went off the deep end with, you can bet your bottom dollar, it's troubling, you can bet your bottom dollar. And I can't imagine what these Japanese are thinking. Excuse me, excuse me, this proves my theory. When she says, you can bet your bottom dollar, she is clearly referring to the trillions of dollars of

1:35:17 debt that they own. You can bet. She's not saying yen. She's not saying shekels. I like the theory, but I think it's just a phrase she uses continuously. But that's a good word. Finish because you can see that she doesn't give a crap that anybody has to say. You can bet your bottom dollar that that customer reported that your answer, which goes to we'll see if this is duplicated, is in some ways very troublesome because that is such a serious problem that once it is reported one time it seems to me you have got a huge problem on your on your hands and you seem to be saying well if we hear it enough then we'll know we ought to do something about it that's very true. You know what this bitch is doing and I'm just gonna call her a bitch we need a bitch sound effect

1:36:11 You know what she's doing? This is, and I see this so many times, this is like something that of course is being trumped up, that's like, oh, I don't know how many people have died from stuck accelerators, but you know, it's not like as many people that die from like swine flu. or die in the bathroom from falling down. Or die in normal accidents. Yeah, exactly. Seatbelt related, whatever it is. She's grandstanding. She's up there and she's like trying to be one of the people. It's like, bleh. Get on and do something important. Well, what we said in our testimony and many other times, customer first is the thing that we have been doing but we would have to make

1:36:55 more focus on the customer concerns and complaints, and for that matter, I think we also work closer with NHTSA, NHTSA, so that when they receive the customer complaints, we'd like to know more about it, and then also, some of the information has been, will be sort of open to us, including VIN numbers, so that we can trace back Each one of the customers as I said this SWAT team could do that so we are trying Very hard to really put that word customer first This is like wasting my time again. Keep playing. That's it. It ended. Oh, okay Yeah, we could have cut that last part off. Well, anyway, the point is this guy is not a very you know He's not in fact the second clip

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Eleanor Holmes Norton Grills Toyota on American-Made Cars

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton faced criticism for her questioning style during the Toyota hearings. After admitting she drives a Camry Hybrid, she expressed confusion when an executive pointed out that the vehicle is manufactured in the United States. The exchange highlighted a lack of understanding regarding the global nature of automotive manufacturing and the specific origins of "American-made" foreign brands.

eleanor holmes norton· camry hybrid· toyota· american made· congress· irony

1:37:48 Which I'm going to bore you with further, is even more weird because this woman first admits that she has a Toyota. And I think American congress people should be driving American brands personally. Just a thought. You know, you'd think. But she says that she wanted to drive a, her story is that she wanted to drive, this is the way this plays out. She wanted to drive a hybrid and she couldn't find an American one that she could get so she bought a Camry hybrid. She couldn't find an American one that, and so she had to buy this car. Why she had to buy a hybrid is beyond me, but she had to. So she did and she's worried sick that, and she wants a guarantee that there's never gonna be a recall of it. So she asked that and then she said, the guy that this inarticulate Japanese COO says, by the way,

1:38:42 The Toyota Camry is an American car. It's made in the United States. So you did get an American car. She says, oh, so now you're going to blame the Americans for the problem? Is that in this clip? It's unbelievable. First, let me say to you, I'm going to ask you a question that I think every American who has a Toyota would want me to ask. Yeah. And as you know, I'm representing the entire United States right now. We're Americans. That's apostrophe, American. And I can ask this because it's personal as well as congressional. I drive a Camry hybrid. I switched to Toyota very reluctantly because I wanted to buy an American car and the Americans were not

1:39:34 making hybrids almost at all or were so few that I went straight away to Toyota. Why? I didn't ask how much it cost. Because I's rich. I was relying on this extraordinary reputation for quality and safety that had been built over generations. So I ask you, Mr. Toyota, is there any chance that the Camry hybrid will be recalled? What kind of an asinine question is that?

1:40:19 It's crazy. Now she only cares about herself. Apparently my car don't work. Do I really have to play this is driving me nuts No, you have to play it cuz you're gonna miss the best part For any reason there's a translator going all right that bitch here's what she said I'd like to get that First of all, let me step in first of all Chairman you are driving American car it is It's got Mr. Toyota's name on it. You don't want to claim it anymore? And then we all have to laugh because now she's doing stand-up. You are disclaiming the car? No, no. I think it is an American. It was the Americans fault. No, no, no, no. Please. Healthier.

1:41:11 And okay, this is ridiculous. This whole thing is a way. It's just another jumps all over this guy Who tries to explain that it's an American car in sufficient what she would say? It's her fault for this thing going south and she's all you're gonna you're trying to disclaim the car you're blaming the Americans for the problem she What she wanted to really say although she's is inarticulate as the Japanese guy. She says she wanted to buy an American brand She did buy an American car and she doesn't seem to have that realization. As far as she's concerned, it's a Japanese car because it's got the Toyota name on it. You know, which is bogus because it's made in the US. Except for the Lexuses, all the Toyotas you buy are made here. Anyway, I just found the whole thing obnoxious. Yeah, oh it is. And they're just grilling these two idiots and it's accomplishing absolutely nothing. It's a complete waste of everybody's time, as you suggested when I put these clips out there.

CHAPTER 30 / 36 Discussion

Fourth Amendment Rights and Citibank Withdrawal Restrictions

A Third Circuit Court of Appeals case is examining the government's ability to track cell phone locations without infringing on Fourth Amendment rights. Simultaneously, Citibank has notified customers of a new policy requiring seven days' notice for checking account withdrawals, a move reportedly mandated by the Federal Reserve. These developments coincide with a 17% spike in corporate insider stock selling.

fourth amendment· citibank· federal reserve· tracking· insider trading· debt

1:42:07 Yeah, and I appreciate it. That's five minutes of my life I'll never get back again. Thanks. Let's make a tape of this. I got it. Somebody out there make a copy of Adam saying that's five minutes of my life I'll never get back and we'll make it into a jingle. Douchebag! Hey, um... The government can now of course monitor your location all day every day without implicating or infringing on your Fourth Amendment rights. This is something that's been talked about but of course not on... It's about time. Yeah. In the Third Circuit Court of Appeals I guess, case now playing out.

1:42:49 In the matter of the application of the United States of America for an order directing a provider of electronic communication service to disclose records to the government So even the, and I'm looking for the quote from President Obama who basically says the American people have no right to assume that they cannot be tracked. It's important, you know, because you could be a terrorist. Oh yeah. You could be a terrorist, my friend. Everybody is a crook in this country. Oh yeah, everyone's a crook, terrorist, and a tax dodger. It's, oh, it's just unbelievable. Quick follow-up on those weird statements from

1:43:26 People have Citibank accounts that said effective April 1st, 2010, we reserve the right to require seven days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. So there have been some groups who have called Citibank on this and Citigroup is saying, oh, the Federal Reserve requires that statement, which is even worse. The Federal Reserve is requiring this. And you take along with that the knowledge, I have a link here, here it is.

1:44:09 So, so, you know everyone there's a lot of people talking about a huge explosion, you know, we keep raising our debt levels The federal we're now are monetizing our own debt, which is a very complicated concept but essentially since China and Japan and let's face it Japan is not gonna buy any more of our debt with the grilling they're getting right now it could be a part of an actual orchestration of You know, so now the Federal Reserve is buying up the Treasuries, which of course we then pay for indirectly. But insider trading or selling, I should say, soared by 17% at the end of last week. A new high. I don't know if you've been following this with your Horowitz show.

1:45:02 But everyone, CEOs, directors, they're all dumping their own stock. Yeah, well with the recent run up I don't blame them. I mean why not? Well maybe because they want to cash out and turn that into, you know, buy something. Well maybe. I don't see anybody buying anything. Okay. So, okay. There's a couple of other things we have to follow up on. Well I also have one last real news story before we're done. You want to, okay let's... And now, back to Real News. and the Colonel Red Mascot who is apparently very offensive to a lot of people because he represents some, you know, idiot from the 1860s. And they're gonna, they want to replace him. Looks like the big movement is to replace him with Admiral Ackbar from the Star Wars movie, who's a giant squid.

CHAPTER 31 / 36 Discussion

University of Mississippi Mascot Change and Admiral Ackbar

Students at the University of Mississippi are campaigning to replace the "Colonel Reb" mascot with Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars. The movement follows a trend of universities moving away from politically incorrect imagery, such as Stanford's transition from the "Indians" to the "Cardinal." The proposal has gained national attention as a creative alternative for the "Rebels" team.

ole miss· admiral ackbar· mascot· star wars· stanford· mississippi

1:46:07 Now there's a lot of history about this. The people in Mississippi should know that this is probably not a bad idea because some of the more creative mascots like the banana slug at the University of Santa Cruz, Cal Santa Cruz, and is is it gets a lot of attention and and this giant squid you don't make squid word i think would be another good possibility but that is giant squid that person would be a great uh... mascot the and is not unprecedented change your mascot and you and even the name of your team although with the rebels they could keep the name because that part of it was one of the heads of the rebels

1:46:44 But Stanford University used to be the Stanford Indians. That's politically incorrect. We can't do that. And of course in the Bay Area that didn't last as long as it could have. And so in the 70s, I believe they changed it to the Cardinals, despite the fact that there's no Cardinals in California. But that's another story. And their mascot is a tree. Some idiot gets in a tree costume and runs around like a ninny, which is the stupidest mascot probably in the world. And so it wouldn't be probably way off base to make Admiral Ackbar if George Lucas would cough up the rights to it. Big news in Mississippi. Well, okay. Well, hopefully people are looking at some other news down there as well. I don't think so. Oh, from the... We told you so on Go Agenda.

CHAPTER 32 / 36 Discussion

Gardasil Approval for Men and H1N1 Hybrid Virus Research

Health Canada has approved the Gardasil vaccine for use in boys and men aged 9 to 26 to prevent genital warts. Meanwhile, researchers at the CDC have reportedly created a hybrid of the H1N1 (swine flu) and H5N1 (bird flu) viruses for study. The segment also notes that the swine flu vaccine will be integrated into the standard seasonal flu shot for the 2010-2011 season.

gardasil· hpv· h1n1· h5n1· cdc· vaccines· merck

1:47:35 For our Canadian producers, vaccine manufacturer Merck says Health Canada has approved, this is, you know, they have that excellent, excellent healthcare system up there, has approved Gardasil for the prevention of genital warts caused by HPV infection for boys and men age 9 to 26. Oh yes! We told you so! Ha! Exactly. Yeah, and talk about yeah, so Now here's the most disturbing news which actually I love it because we still have that jingle And we really only have to spend a minute on it, but guess what? Just to test and see what it would look like they've now created a human flu and bird flu

1:48:34 Hybrid. Right, they've made, they've somehow joined H1N1 with H5N1 to see what it would be, what it would look like so they can, I don't know what they're gonna do with it. Well how about bury that shit in the ground? Can you imagine if that gets out? Or, I don't know who's... Yeah really, if. Who's doing this? Researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention combined it with a... So it's the CDC themselves who are doing this? Yeah, well CDC is a... Something happened to the CDC some time ago and... ...behind the big swine flu scare too.

1:49:18 And I could play the we told you so jingle all day long protection against swine flu will be protection. Notice the word protection against swine flu will be added to the 2010-2011 seasonal influenza vaccine. They got to do something with all this stuff. Nobody bought it. Yeah, putting an end to separate shots deployed against the pandemic. How does that jive with the original factoid that you had to have two shots? Because it's all about money. It's all about money. And now there's talk of, we have to pre-screen everyone for HIV and they're working on the vaccine, which there will be a vaccine. I guarantee you there will be an HIV vaccine because that's a man-created disease. That's my personal theory.

CHAPTER 33 / 36 Discussion

HIV/AIDS Origins and Pharmaceutical Industry Skepticism

A discussion explores controversial theories regarding the origins of HIV/AIDS, including 1980s Soviet claims that the virus was created in a Maryland lab. One host expresses the belief that the disease was genetically engineered for population control in Africa and that the pharmaceutical industry profits from toxic treatments like AZT. The segment questions the safety and efficacy of modern "cocktail" drug regimens.

hiv· aids· azt· africa· pharmaceuticals· conspiracy theories

1:50:10 Well, the Russians always believe that. In fact, the New York Times reported, and I still have a copy of this article, because I was amused by it. This came out around 1987, 1988, just as the AIDS controversy was beginning. And the Russians say that in this article that was in the New York Times, it says the Russians believe that the AIDS was created in a lab in Maryland. And there is a lab in Maryland. There's a high, you know, kind of a very high secretive lab in Maryland. I don't know. And by the way, I don't believe that personally. I just like think it's interesting. Well, I'll tell you what I believe, you know, and of course, I don't have empirical proof, but I certainly here's the trend that I see. And by the way, I get into big arguments with people when I

1:51:04 Delivered really yeah, yeah, it's amazing, but you know with like people I live with So I believe that it is man-created. It was genetically engineered to kill black people I Really believe that and dropped off in Africa and exactly dropped off in Africa So there's a lot of black people there we can go kill all them and by the way the number one way The number one means of family planning in Africa ie not to get someone pregnant is anal sex So yeah another great way to transmit perfect perfect perfect condition If you're going to go with that theory it was a disease designed to be transmitted through anal sex and and it's true that one of the main birth control methodologies and

1:51:52 Sub-Saharan Africa is that and it was just like a no-brainer. But things went astray, some gay guy that you know was a flight attendant was floating around Africa. Forget about that part, that's not important. However, I think it is important to all the people that have AIDS. Well yeah, but here, and I know a lot of people have AIDS, I know people who have died of AIDS, but it's never AIDS. You know, and words are important, it's always HIV AIDS. And what happens is you get HIV, but then they put you on this AZT drug and then you get full-blown AIDS and you die. Yeah, but the problem with that theory... Wait, let me finish, let me finish. No, and then you can tell me the problem with the theory. I believe that the drugs that they give you are actually what kills you.

1:52:38 I've seen nothing but healthy people who test positive for human insufficiency in, frig it, whatever HIV stands for. Ah crap, what is it? I forgot, I just call it HIV, I mean I got immune or something. Yeah, it's your immune system. Anyway, get my point. But then they give you these drugs and that's when you get AIDS and you die. And I truly believe this is a huge scandalous... crappy pharmaceutical plot to kill people and get paid for it. Yeah, the problem is when AIDS first appeared in the mid 80s, people were dropping dead left and right with no drugs. And it was only later that the drugs were developed to kind of stave it off, even though those drugs are very controversial.

1:53:29 So I mean this argument makes zero sense if you follow the timeline. But it's amusing. And not meant to be amusing, but now there's this pill or cocktail as they call it, and I know many people, or not many, but a number of people who have gone through this, where, oh, okay, I had sex with someone who was infected with HIV AIDS, as it's called, not AIDS, it used to be just AIDS, now it's HIV, HIV AIDS. And then if you rush to the doctor within 24 hours, it's almost like a plan B. If you rush to the doctor, they give you these drugs that you're on for like a month and basically it makes you incredibly sick. But that somehow apparently can kill off the virus and you'll live. And this is... I don't trust these guys.

1:54:19 I think it was man-made and I think, you know, maybe it got out of hand but they have some solutions. But like, hey, you know what? Why actually give people the antidote? Why don't we just string them along for a little while? Because there are less people dying from AIDS in Western countries because of the magical wonder drugs. And why would he trust these guys in the first place? Bastards, all of them. Hello? I really just gotta leave these stream breaks in because every single time we get down to something that's real brass tacks... Was that you talking? Because I thought it was Louis Farrakhan. You know, I'll take a lot of insults from you, but now you've really gone over the top. Louis Farrakhan. Does he say that? Is that his thing? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's out to kill the blacks or, you know, they're trying to kill the blacks. That's what the whole thing's about.

CHAPTER 34 / 36 Discussion

National Do Not Call List and Mongolian UFO Report

A viral email warning about cell phone numbers being released to telemarketers is discussed, prompting a reminder about the National Do Not Call Registry (888-382-1222). Additionally, a report from Mongolia claims two disc-shaped objects crashed near Ulaanbaatar on February 19, with one object reportedly weighing two tons.

do not call list· telemarketing· mongolia· ufo· cell phones

1:55:12 Well, I think it's highly possible. And while we're at it, get rid of them fags. That's how these people think. Okay, our welcome has overstayed. Now they're like messing with us. Black helicopters next. I got a really weird email from a real estate agent, like one of these things she sent out to a whole bunch of people. Yeah? And here's how it read. Remember, cell phone numbers go public this month. All cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone, 888-382-1222, which is the national do not call list. It will take only a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five years. Is this true? What's the number again?

1:56:06 888-382-1222. But the real news... Yeah, there is a national number. I don't know if that's a number or not. No, I know that, but what she's saying is all cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketing companies. That's true? Yeah. What's that all about? I don't know. Telemarketers are trying to put the screws on these guys. We want to release these phone numbers. Too many people are just using cell phones as their only phone and they can't get a hold of them. They got something to sell them. Is that my private information? They can't just give that crap out. It's not your phone. I mean, you're just borrowing it. So I get like four calls a day from these some telemarketing scheme. I keep telling him and some of these guys are nasty, but I, you know, mostly oil and energy, insignia energy calls a lot benchmark operating company. I'm now taking notes, fair energy. They got six oil wells in Texas and they want to sell me one of them.

1:57:09 Well, you can do that or buy hookers and blow. I mean it's up to you. I think the hookers and blow probably pay off a bigger dividend. Oh, all right. There's a couple things we could follow up on if we want to. That laptop spying scandal. Yeah, let's do that in the next show because it's still developing. It's still developing, yeah. And there was a UFO that crashed in Mongolia. Oh really? Oh yeah. There's a picture of it too. Okay, well... Two unknown disc-shaped objects crashed to the ground on the 19th of February near Mongolia, the capital Ulaanbaatar city. But they're small, because of course it's smaller aliens. Frisbees. No. So the little bitty dinky aliens that are ant-sized? Well no, one is 10 kilos, the other one is about 2 tons.

CHAPTER 35 / 36 Discussion

Cisco Planetary Skin Initiative and Global Sensor Networks

Cisco has partnered with various organizations to launch "Planetary Skin," a global network of sensors designed to monitor environmental data and track climate change. The project is criticized as a potential "global nervous system" for mass surveillance, with comparisons made to Orwellian control. Sysadmins are encouraged to consider alternative hardware brands to avoid participating in this integrated sensor platform.

cisco· planetary skin· sensors· global warming· surveillance· george orwell

1:58:08 And it looked like the kind of saucer, well the damage from the impact. And there's some YouTube videos and it's pretty interesting. I'm all over it. I'll bet you are. You still don't believe, do you? Lewis. You don't believe. Oh well. So we have a clip I want to play at the end, which is the Letterman clip because people love listening to Letterman after our show is over. Okay. And this is a basically the when the Toyota news this is talking about piling on When the Toyota news first broke this is let it one of Letterman's first monologues about it And it's not as though he's a little relentless because Letterman's kind of that way But he just hounds the company and it's actually quite amusing, but he's been hounding Toyota pretty much every night So I think he I think he used to drive a Toyota actually

1:59:05 Maybe. I recall that. Could be. But it's light-hearted. I was amused by it, so I said, you know, we could add it on to the end and amuse our listeners. I should have taped in a plug at the end to noagendastream.com and noagendashow.com, but I didn't. So there's tons more in the show notes at noagendashow.com. I mean like tons more of stuff that is worth looking into. Have a look over at those show notes. We do it as a part of the service. It's what you're paying for. So it's not just John and Adam sitting down. By the way, we spend countless hours every single day. And it is hours. Just send me a 10 minute YouTube clip, all right? Now if...

1:59:49 20 people send me a 10 minute YouTube clip. That's on this three hours of work right there And I and I watch all this stuff and and John you do the same with countless hours So just as a part of that and there's a lot of stuff that you can hours. I'll never get back now well, but that's okay It's what we do so you don't have to There's a couple different things that I'd like you to look at, but before I go I would like to mention one website under the ClimateGate heading, which by the way is just pressing ahead. There's also a C-SPAN video there of the Senate Environment Committee hearing on the EPA, who of course are just going to take executive powers and are going to impose all kinds of taxes and regulations.

2:00:33 And there's a great back and forth between the committee members on both sides of the debate, really completely perpendicular to each other. But you know, holding up big signs and you know, we're all going to die from global warming. And then the other side is like big sign saying it's a scam. And then you have that EPA Lisa Jackson who, you know, makes me cringe. Oh, you just want to slap her. She deserves the bitch jingle, which I don't have. But there is an initiative which is frightening called Planetary Skin and you can find it at planetaryskin.org and it is an initiative between essentially everyone on the pro-AGW, man-made global warming debate and Cisco.

2:01:23 And the idea is to make a planetary skin of sensors, essentially, I guess put into every Cisco box now, they're going to have a sensor worldwide so they can really prove that there's global warming. And for our sysadmins, who are all part of our No Agenda militia, I would say it's time to switch to another brand. And if you look at this site, it's just frightening. Absolutely frightening planetary skin org have a look through that and you may change brands as to what router or switch or whatever you want to want to use and it's only Cisco by the way and John that's something I think you should look into I wonder what that's all about I must look into it well I mean it literally says because you know we're flying blind in a complex and volatile world we want to create a global nervous system to sense predict and act

2:02:25 Oh brother. Planetary skin can be thought of as a nervous system covering the entire planet and providing a research and development platform for open collaboration between public, private, academic and NGO sectors, i.e. Gitmo fricking nation. It will collect data from space, airborne, maritime, terrestrial and people-based sensor networks. and other sources of structured and unstructured data. It will model, predict, analyze and report in a standardized usable format over an open and adaptable cloud platform that is governed as a global public good. Signed George Orwell. I'm telling you, it's a freaking outrage. A global good. Yeah, planetary skin. They're getting under my skin.

CHAPTER 36 / 36 Discussion

Bloom Box Scam and Rip Torn Bank Incident

The "Bloom Box" fuel cell technology is dismissed as a Silicon Valley insider scam. The show concludes with a reference to actor Rip Torn's arrest for breaking into a bank he mistook for his home and a David Letterman monologue mocking the Toyota recall. The hosts sign off from the "Crackpot Command Center" in California.

bloom box· fuel cells· rip torn· david letterman· toyota· silicon valley

2:03:13 Then maybe on Sunday we'll talk about the sham that is the bloom box because I think our listeners want to know the reality of what that really is and what's really going on behind the scenes which is a complete Silicon Valley insider scam being played out in the most beautiful way It's a classic. Yeah, and it'd be fun because when you're at a at a cocktail party next week and And people say, wow, did you see that bloom box? That's amazing! Wow, the world is saved! It's all gonna work! You could say, oh yeah, here's the real story. And you know what? You could get laid. Because you look smart. If you're talking to an environmentalist, you won't. All right, I'm going back to my bed. Let's see if I can get rid of this whooping cough. Coming to you from Gibbon Nation West in the Crackpot Command Center in the Republic of California. My name is Adam Curry.

2:04:11 And in the northernmost sector, I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll talk to you again on Sunday with early morning service right here on NO Agenda. You want to get your heart racing, you really want to get it pumping, you want to get that blood moving, do what I do, drive to work in a Toyota. That, I mean, hey hold it, wait a minute.

2:04:55 You know about this big Toyota recall and things are dangerous and I'm coming to work in my car and here's how scary it is the navigation lady was actually praying. And then but I don't know last night I had a horrible dream that I'm being driven to work in the Toyota and it's being driven by Rip Torn. Oh my god. You know, a lot of people focusing attention on car companies and their troubles. Some car companies are bankrupt. Some car companies are going out of business. Others, like Toyota, having trouble with the recall. And some car companies are taking advantage of the misfortune of other car companies. You've seen this commercial from Chrysler. Watch this. This is exactly what I'm talking about. Take a look. Toyota is recalling over 8 million vehicles for gas pedal related issues, with more still to be recalled for braking problems.

2:05:56 In light of this announcement, and to show how committed we are to remaining competitive with industry leader Toyota, effective immediately, Chrysler is removing the brakes from every one of our cars. A message from Chrysler. That's exactly what I thought of. But now... Toyota recalled millions and millions of their cars because of the gas. You hit the gas and the thing takes off and it just, whoa, won't stop and just wham, go like crazy. You know, here in New York City, those are taxi cabs. But now...

2:06:40 There's trouble with the Prius, the hybrid Prius. And Pat Robertson, there's no brakes on the Prius. So on the one hand you get the gas, and then the other you get the Prius with no brakes. So Pat Robertson today said it's God's revenge on hybrid driving liberals. Now I don't... Is that fair? I don't know. Don't kid yourself this serious thing is trouble of somebody got into a serious Prius whatever they called in California and Started the thing up and and the thing wouldn't stop till it got to New Jersey Wait a minute here. Wait a minute. No wait a minute. Let me take another look at that Yeah, that's fine. That's close enough If you really care right in for the written transcript

2:07:39 This is sad about actor Rip Torn. You know Rip Torn, famous character actor for years and years, a tremendous talent, and he had some trouble over the weekend at his house in Connecticut. He apparently mistook his bank, his neighborhood bank, for his home and he broke in broke into the bank and they found him in there and he was trying to open the vault to get out a cold beer. It was a very sad... but he...