Episode 213 · Thursday, 1 July 2010

Post Traumatic Sex

A credible assault allegation against Al Gore surfaces as Russian intelligence operatives are unmasked in Virginia and the Federal Reserve gains unprecedented new oversight powers.

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About this episode

Al Gore faces a credible sexual assault complaint from a masseuse who was reportedly pressured to remain silent to protect the global warming movement. The former Vice President maintains a heavy security detail at Kleiner Perkins involving Secret Service and local deputies. This story emerges as mainstream media outlets like Extra prioritize celebrity gossip over serious allegations involving high-profile political figures.

Recent FBI arrests of a Russian deep cover spy ring in Arlington, Virginia, coincided with Bill Clinton visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The operatives allegedly used steganography to hide messages in public images while recruiting US government contacts. Meanwhile, the House passed the Dodd-Frank Act, granting the Federal Reserve Board of Governors increased oversight of private banks. In California, the NAACP endorsed marijuana legalization as a civil rights issue, while Senator Tom Coburn questioned Elena Kagan on whether the Commerce Clause allows the government to mandate vegetable consumption.

John Smith received a formal knighting ceremony following a significant donation to the program. A listener shared a harrowing account of Chantix side effects involving total memory loss, while another detailed the profit motives of the New York county jail system. The episode concludes with a look at Orthorexia Nervosa, a new medical label for those obsessed with healthy eating, as defined by the British Dietetic Association.


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CHAPTER 01 / 32 Discussion

Sleep Duration and Longevity Research

A discussion regarding a lecture on UC TV by a sleep expert who claims seven hours is the optimal duration for human longevity. The research suggests that getting eight hours of sleep has the same negative health impacts as getting six hours, while nine hours correlates to the negative effects of five hours.

sleep· longevity· uc tv· professor· health· research

00:00 We are orthorexics. Orthorexic and proud of it! Adam Curry, John C. DeVora It's Thursday July 1st 2010 time here Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 213 This is no agenda In need of a release of my second chakra and coming to you from the hilltop watchtower crackpot command center in Gitmo Nation West, in the People's Republic of Southern California. In the morning I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where July 4th is coming up here Do they celebrate July fourth in Canada? I'm John C. Dvorak. You know, there are people who actually ask that question Well the question is you go to a Canadian and say So we have a big holiday coming up Do you guys have July 4th in Canada? Yeah, no And then of course they say No Really what do you mean? The 3rd or the 5th? What are you talking about? This is unfortunately true this absolutely happens from time-to-time

01:05 with our incredibly smart populace. In the morning, John! In the morning to everyone on the stream and let me say it today in the morning to all ships at sea And in the morning to everyone listening Yes You know you were up late last night and early this morning looking at my email log Uh yeah What happened? I was up late last night then got up early Yeah but what happened? You just fell out of bed No, I would stack up my normal number of hours. Oh okay. Yeah seven right that's what i always get wake up after so no i go for six really oh seven is the ideal number there was a there was a lecture on uh uc tv and this woman was the world's expert on sleep yeah and she said

CHAPTER 02 / 32 Discussion

Dental Whitening Procedures and Vicodin Side Effects

An account of undergoing a "Zoom" dental whitening procedure involving hydrogen peroxide and high-intensity light. The process resulted in "zingers," or electrical shocks to the dental nerves, leading to a prescription for Vicodin to manage the pain and improve sleep.

dental whitening· zoom· hydrogen peroxide· vicodin· zingers

01:53 She actually was wasn't a bad-looking woman professor. Anyway, she says that they all the studies indicate that the optimum number of hours for human longevity in other words if you want to live long Yeah is seven hours and if you get eight hours It's it has the same negative benefits as getting six hours and getting nine hours has the same negative benefits as getting five hours I always find that if I awaken on the odd hour That I'm better than the even our Yeah, so if I wake up. I tend to find it very difficult to get seven hours sleep Oh no, it's just no problem for me you know what yesterday No the day before yesterday Mickey has been threatening she dragged me down to get my teeth whitened And this is a process called the what yeah? She's cleaning me up It's the process called the zoom and uh...it's crazy because what they do is they put hydrogen peroxide on your teeth and then they blasted with a light

02:54 for like 45 minutes. And what happens is because your teeth are porous, then the stuff gets into your... you know basically into the... What do you call them? Well it's porous so it gets close to the nerve and all of a sudden you start getting these electrical shocks almost like you're chewing on aluminum foil with a filling but it doesn't happen until they turn the light off and I'm like hey! What's going on?! Then they said oh don't worry that's just what we call zingers. You could have told me beforehand!! Then they gave me Vicodin I've been sleeping quite well. That Vicodin shit's amazing! I'll bet! I never really tried it. Yeah, Vicodin... Yayyyy!

03:38 Vicodin good is good stuff. Yeah, that peroxide treatment will be interesting because it sometimes in some people they put it and a lot of them mix it up wrong and then they put on your teeth then you pull the thing off and your teeth are gone. What do you mean? They're still there by the way and don't bite an apple because many times just crack right into the apple okay I'll take your advice But you have pretty teeth. That's that's all the Sun had to sign like a whole bunch of forms It was quite funny so Do you want to talk about Al Gore before we do the producers or should we? Do we have an executive producer actually for this? Yeah, let's go there We got a couple okay. Have an executive producer and associate executive producers the John Smith and

CHAPTER 03 / 32 Discussion

No Agenda Executive Producer Credits and Internet Memes

The hosts acknowledge Executive Producer John Smith and Associate Executive Producer Jimmy Vega for episode 213. They highlight a listener who registered the domain 2204355.com, based on a viral Google "I'm feeling lucky" meme featuring a Kentucky Fried Chicken dance, and added No Agenda branding to the site.

john smith· jimmy vega· vajazzling.com· 2204355· internet meme

04:28 who now uh... doesn't he's a now and i would to forgive him his night uh... ceremony later fantastic and he's our executive producer in the way associate executive producers the famous it jimmy vega page you know they have with even new york um... and that he's in there He's at 250 so we that's our to Jimmy Vagan doesn't actually sing does he? We don't know you just making that up. If you had a name, I would be singing I would be in Vegas Everybody I'll be here all week Jimmy Vega Okay, that's beautiful So that's nice. We have a knighthood to look forward to and And two producers oh boy

05:13 and a phone ringing. Hey there's um we got uh I will have to call out someone as a PR associate actually because i'm quite pleased with this one remember our buddy who registered vajazzling.com after your excellent report and prediction of future vajazzling in the media? Hello What? What are you doing? I had a phone ring, had to go hang it up. Alright do you remember the guy who registered VJazzling.com Yeah Right so he registered another domain name Have you heard of the Phenomenon2204355

05:50 2-2-0-oh, I can't even say it. This is one of these... 2-2-0-3-5-5? 2-2-0-4-3-5-5 Oh! 2-2-0-4-3-5-5 that's different Yeah it's yes it is It's one of those internet memes Time Magazine actually posted about it You may or may not have noticed that when you type in two two oh four three five five into Google and hit the I'm feeling lucky button this inexplicably happens then it brings up this guy doing the Kentucky Fried Chicken dance So, um... Our guy from Vajazzling.com either noticed this meme or he may have been- It's kind of like a Rick Roll thing I guess

06:30 It's just one of these weird things. And he registered 2204355 dot com Good man! Yes, and he put a No Agenda logo and link at the bottom of the page underneath the Kentucky Fried Chicken dude so... Great I think that is good to hook into a meme with another meme This guy should be working in the business He could you know? I think there is a job at Hill & Knowlton waiting for him Anytime he wants, he can go So Jimmy Vega, our Associate Executive Producer. John Smith, soon to be Sir John Smith, our Executive Producer for episode 213 of the No Agenda Show thank you so much feel free to put this in your email signature definitely list it on your CV it is an official credit

07:15 It will be recognized as such by agents and managers worldwide. And it is good for karma, and we've seen many people benefit from proudly displaying this credit as a producer executive producer and or associate executive producer. All the rest of you out there, we still need to help out propagate our formula which is really simple Our formula is this We go out We hit people in the mouth. That's right, remember to say it all with me now. Let's do it together! Shut up! Devorak dot org slash NA to become an executive producer or associate executive producer and we'll talk about more support that we receive later on in the show so um... Well thank you well we want to start with the gore thing It's just so funny it's just it's you know the whole I mean what a way to pick up chicks

CHAPTER 04 / 32 Discussion

Celebrity News and Media Coverage Discrepancies

A review of recent celebrity headlines including Larry King's retirement from CNN and Elizabeth Edwards' public comments regarding her husband John Edwards' scandal. The hosts note that mainstream entertainment news outlets like Extra prioritized the Edwards story over recent allegations involving Al Gore.

larry king· elizabeth edwards· john edwards· extra· celebrity news

08:20 Need to release in my second chakra. Can you please help me? Yeah, well Do I think I have a clip for the extra rundown since we're gonna go into this Oh really oh good which may or may not have gores in it But it has all the news that all the real news all jammed one teaser Well then let me let me marry it with our Real News jingle will sound real professional hold on a second And now, back to real news. Larry King today telling Extra who he wants to replace him. Larry's first words about hanging it up after 25 years. Sad and happy all at the same time Will Ryan take his seat? Piers Morgan, Bill Clinton and how his wife Shawn took the news Elizabeth Edwards comparing herself to Sandra Bullock She wants to reclaim who she is Why she's baffled John fell for Riel Plus heartbreaking news her cancer spread Why Elizabeth prays she'll live eight more years

09:23 Secrets from Jake and Vienna's vicious TV showdown. Face to face for the first time since they broke up, who storms out? Madonna's mini-mini Lourdes all grown up! God she looks amazing what incredible style and then my second reaction is she's dressed completely inappropriately for school It's Madonna extra raw on her new family business Plus secrets from the next Twilight breaking dawn why our paths can hardly speak What is wrong with me?! Elizabeth Edwards breaks her silence for the first time since the whole John Edwards scandal blew up. Jerry's got the all new interview. He chose HER over ME? Elizabeth Edwards just doesn't understand! Oh, there you go... You're up to date So they short-sheeted Gore Yeah and they put in Edwards Stuck it to Edwards That's weird Yeah I thought so

CHAPTER 05 / 32 Discussion

Al Gore Sexual Assault Allegations and Security Detail

Reports detail a credible sexual assault complaint against Al Gore by a masseuse who was allegedly advised by friends to remain silent to protect the global warming movement. Observations are shared regarding Gore's security detail at Kleiner Perkins, which reportedly includes Secret Service agents and local sheriff deputies.

al gore· sexual assault· masseuse· kleiner perkins· secret service

10:20 So the examiner headlines, sex complaint against Gore is detailed and credible. You know that this just is he's just a new world order elitist creep and I love in this story you know so this if you'd...I'm sure by now the story you've heard about it but what I love is she talked to liberal friends like herself who advised against telling the police this is the masseuse who Gore basically assaulted. He sounds like a masher yeah oh it total masher and one of her liberal friends said just suck it up otherwise the world's going to be destroyed from global warming Just suck it up take one for the team Toots

11:10 Can you just imagine Gore like mashing on top of ya? That's the stuff nightmares are made of. He seems like a masher, remember when he got to nomination or whatever it was and gave his wife the big wet kiss in front of the whole audience? Yeah. My goodness! Well, y'know...He had to go because he failed on his mission As the as the global warming guru, so they had to get him out of the picture and you know there's a side from actually giving him the old two-to-the head This is the what better way just yeah this and you know the next step would have been some phony baloney pedophilia charge. Oh can still come Yeah, I could if he doesn't back if you don't shut up Yeah He really got it shut up and get you know The thing is understanding when he shows up, you know, he's that he's at one of the one of the Partners of some sort at Kleiner Perkins

12:06 Well, yeah. No he uh... that's the big fund they have together which includes global warming and includes the carbon trading desk scam yes and apparently when he shows up over at the offices he lords it over everybody who has got all these secret service guys no no let me just correct you on that because I've been there when he was there He has two secret service guys in an escalade and he's got a sheriff The sheriff comes out with him. So in total it's four guys because the sheriff and a deputy that's his whole detail, but it's enough You know this is a lot yeah, oh yeah don't walk around with four people In my posse I think you're more under threat than he is nobody cares about him except the women Yeah now It's uh now I think he's just got to lay very very low for awhile and Just interesting

CHAPTER 06 / 32 Discussion

Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings and the Commerce Clause

During Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Senator Tom Coburn questioned Elena Kagan on whether the Commerce Clause allows the government to mandate that citizens eat specific amounts of vegetables. The exchange highlights concerns over the expansion of federal power and the interpretation of constitutional liberties.

elena kagan· senator coburn· commerce clause· supreme court· constitution

13:02 So you said, you know, you had only a couple clips much less than normal. There wasn't that many clips then. You apparently garnered a bunch of clips I found very few. It's funny because... Actually I did have a lot of time yesterday. I'll be the first to admit that which is good thing. Let your teeth heal? Yeah! So high on Vicodin the day went by really slowly Get a lot more work done. Yeah, get a lot more done that way and you know my hunch was right I was thinking you know everybody is all over this Elena Kagan confirmation hearing so there's got to be something else going on

13:39 Yeah, the minute Drudge posted... I'm sure uh i don't think you even have it. I gotta play the clip from Elena Kagan this is the one that Drudge posted and everyone's like oh she you know when she comes in then the government's gonna force us what to eat yeah I know I found that to be disingenuous Should we just play, let me just play that for a second. Just to set it up. Everybody was on the blog yeah so I'll actually have it under the heading Codex Alimentarius because the one thing I couldn't find is what who's the guy that asked the question? Coburn Senator Coburn What I couldn't find Is what bill he was referring to because he's basically saying you know there's a bill That's coming through that has to do with telling people what to eat

14:28 And so what is your decision going to be on this? Let's listen to the clip. This is from C-SPAN 3, from the live coverage. If I wanted to sponsor a bill and it said Americans you have to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day... ...and I got it through Congress and it's now the law of the land. You gotta do it! Gotta do it! Does that violate the Commerce Clause? Sounds like a dumb law Yeah, I got one that's real similar to it. I think is equally dumb. I'm not gonna mention which it is. Now how come no one's all over that? Well what bill is it?! And I was googling, googling, googling...googly-gooly...I couldn't find it!

15:12 Yeah, you probably have to call his office to get it. I think that the question of whether it's a dumb law is different from whether the question of whether its constitutional and...and uh.. and I think that courts would be wrong to strike down laws that they think are senseless just because they're senseless Well I guess the question I'm asking you is do we have the power to tell people what they have to eat everyday? Senator Coburn, I mean what is the extent of the Commerce Clause? We have this wide embrace of the Commerce Clause which these guys who wrote this

15:57 Never ever fathomed that we would be so stupid to take our liberties away by expanding the Commerce Clause this way. And I think he's holding up the Constitution, it's a little unclear what... It could be the Bible? I'm not sure what he's holding up. It looks like the Bible. It looks like a Bible. The Constitution. It looks a little thick to be the Constitution actually So everyone's... That may be the law he's talking about Yeah Who knows? I don't understand why he doesn't mention. I find that weird Me too, it's like huh Why didn't you just tell us what's going on and why the big secret but i dont see anywhere in the media anyone questioning this What was he talking about Most people think we should eat three vegetables a day or something I have no idea Well boy...I could go for a vegetable right now Yeah I could go for some squashes in season I can go for some broccoli that is quite tasty

CHAPTER 07 / 32 Discussion

Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Eating Obsession

Mainstream media reports identify "Orthorexia Nervosa" as a mental disorder characterized by a fixation on righteous or pure eating. The British Dietetic Association notes that sufferers focus on food quality rather than quantity, which critics argue pathologizes healthy lifestyle choices.

orthorexia nervosa· eating disorders· british dietetic association· nutrition· codex alimentarius

16:49 Well, just on that briefly. You know that you and I both could actually be suffering from an actual disorder John. Broccoli? No! Orthorexia nervosa. Orthorexia... Yes this is a- This is- It's obviously orthorexia. You haven't heard of this?! Oh my goodness. Of course not what? Well this is big news! This is all over the mainstream news. Orthorexia I just said it and i forgot already. Nervosa? Orthorexia nervosa is fixation on righteous eating Oh yeah, we are definitely sufferers Is there a pill Not yet but there will be a vaccine Yes called the McDonald's hamburger

17:40 I am definitely seeing significantly more orthorexics than just a few years ago, said Ursula Philpott chair of the British Dietetic Association's mental health group. Other eating disorders focus on quantity of food but orthorexics can be overweight or look normal they are solely concerned with the quality of the food they put in their bodies refining and restricting their diets according to their personal understanding which foods are truly pure Orthorexics commonly have rigid rules around eating. I think we able whoever got their website get ortho rexy Oh, yeah good one dot go go go go that is now a Orthorexia nervosa that isn't that? We are orthorexic orthorexic and proud of it and proud

18:25 and proud of it. We need a t-shirt, T-Shirt Guys. Orthorexic and proud of it this is great! Artists alert for Paul's tea And it gets better the obsession about which foods are good in which are bad means orthorexics can end up malnourished Oh bullcrap Their dietary restrictions commonly cause sufferers to feel proud of their virtuous behavior This is us John they add it's to us to the tea Yeah, but it's probably also includes the whole foods people who probably are starving themselves because of the inability to digest brown rice Dean that Deanna Jade founder of the National Center for eating disorders said There's a fine line between people who think they're taking care of themselves by manipulating their diet and those who have orthorexia I see people built people around we have no idea. They have this disorder People wanted us to talk about food more here you go

19:17 I see it in my practice, I see it amongst my friends and colleagues. Modern society has lost its way with food! This is just too good!" Heaven forbid another French restaurant just opened what are we gonna do? So uh... Yeah, I mean this-I have a couple of things on the under the Codex Alimentarius heading in the show notes that I'm sure you saw this where you probably blogged this The European Union now as-and this is part of the codex Is telling shopkeepers? Sorry you can't sell eggs by the dozen all for ya know I don't know But as soon as I saw it was bloggable. I just maybe didn't get to it Yeah, it's ridiculous You can't sell eggs by the dozen this is this is what are they thinking with this that now they're gonna make a way each egg yeah It's up. There's a 10 cent item Chickens crap them out all over the place there in the yard Yeah

CHAPTER 08 / 32 Discussion

Financial Reform Bill and Federal Reserve Oversight

The House passed a financial reform bill, often referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act, which grants the Federal Reserve Board of Governors increased oversight of banks. Critics, including Ron Paul, argue the bill empowers a private banking institution to oversee itself rather than providing true government accountability.

federal reserve· barney frank· chris dodd· financial reform· ron paul

20:17 Well there you go, it's going to be illegal. Illegal I tell you! It's just funny You know the fact that any public would put up with something like that is ridiculous Can't sell eggs by the dozen... I'm sure there will be big protests in Gitmo Nation East over this So anyway back to Kagan And it just makes the lines longer as they have to weigh the eggs Oh does it? So there's a couple things that were going on at the same time and I'm glad i switched around because yesterday the house essentially passed what I am calling the Federal Reserve Empowerment Act. This is what the president calls the financial reform bill

21:04 And I've read this bill and I've posted yet another copy of...and it's weird now, right? Because they have all these different amendments or amendments changes. And I watched the voting yesterday with-it was pretty amazing! Amazing, I tell you where the audit, the Fed portion of the bill would-so they wanted to send it back, right? They want to send it back to the committee and so they had a vote and to send it back that failed 198 to 229. Ron Paul actually posted on his Facebook this morning he said well a lot of Democrats who actually co-sponsored my bill voted against it when it really mattered so he's gonna post the list up the Democrats who flip flopped at the last moment wonder why yeah do you think there was any pressure? And then it was amazing to watch

21:59 uh... barney frank was freaking out i did you know i've been pulling so many clips but didn't have time to receive freaking out about um... just he was so weakly only got he was really excited because that this is his big thing right it's the is the barney franks chris dodd bill and then you know when they say okay dot the the yeas have it nor whatever in the gulf mississippi i want a lot of all the wonderful literally like that's what will barney calm the f down dude And then, you know the minute it passes then all of a sudden and there's been hours hours of debate Pelosi is there all of a sudden. And she's going to take all the credit This is legendary! This is great No longer The Republicans screwed us! I like your Pelosi It's good Yeah So now it goes

22:50 I guess so between mid-July they're going to debate it and then that it'll get passed. And this gives the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve oversight over the banks, I would like to remind people the Federal Reserve is not a governmental institution It is a private collection of banks! So the banks get to oversee the banks. It's great!! It's absolutely great. I think its genius. Its brill and so Of course, the president was out yesterday. There's so much going on and boy he was lying! He was in Wisconsin at one of these town hall meetings, one of these bogus things where there are only supporters of the president... There may be people standing behind these people with tasers for all I know and I pulled a couple clips

CHAPTER 09 / 32 Discussion

Barack Obama Wisconsin Town Hall and Government Role

President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting in Wisconsin to defend the role of government in building national infrastructure and funding scientific research. The discussion disputes the President's claims regarding the government's role in creating the railroad system and the transistor, citing private sector contributions.

barack obama· wisconsin· town hall· infrastructure· healthcare reform

23:46 The first one I thought, because in reference to the financial reform it's like you know and by the way he is still campaigning. It's the Republicans we inherited this and it's all bad and we got a fix it And then he brings in a comparison to passing the health care bill which I thought was just interesting the way he worded this. Let's face for some of us just voters the prospects of change are kind of scary even when we know the status quo isn't working for us. I mean, you remember all the fear-mongering that was going on during the healthcare debate?

24:25 Right remember all of you were told, you know You're gonna lose your health care by the way when he does these town halls. This is what he's really good at This is where the guy excels and you know When he rolls up it takes off his jacket rolls up his shirt sleeves and walks around until yeah, he's campaigning That's all that's good out take them takes the prepared questions He's really really good at very funny. It's really good. Yeah, he's good. It's gonna be socialized government's gun come in and death panels gonna be set up but Remember that And now we're about three, four months into it and everybody's looking around. Yeah, nothing changed and where's the money? Exactly. And I'm like wow this is amazing you know first of all a lot of the stuff isn't supposed to hit until 2014 so we're not going to feel the pain just yet and all i'm seeing is increases in rates everyone seeing their rate skyrocket yeah who needs a death panel? Nothing good has happened but he's good way... He's good at it that what he does he's like a propagandist he should have been yeah anyway go ahead okay So then

25:27 And this was kind of scary and I want you to help me pick this apart. Here's his speech on why government is good, and why you need government because without government John we would be nowhere! I just want you know that up front before we listen to our president proselyze this The economic policies they put in place turned a 237 billion dollar surplus into a 1.3 trillion dollar deficit so It's kind of old news isn't it? Yeah, but also it's not true because Clinton took away a lot of the regulations and And that really started affecting everything in the years after that yeah well...it's always been Clinton's fault let's face it So Thank you thank you

26:14 So when I, you know there were a couple of signs when i came in said you know do something about spending. I'm game to do something about spending but let's just remember how we got into this fix. He still campaigning He's still saying it's the Republicans. And I hate both of them, Democrats and Republicans. Yeah, I hate to tell you this though... It's the Democrats who have the House by a wide margin and they have the Senate and they have the Presidency and their putting in the next Supreme Court Justice and just put one in? What has the Republicans got to do with anything?! Well stand-by because government is good and we really need it! I've never believed that goverment has all the answers

27:05 That's not how America thinks. Government can't and should not replace businesses as the engines of growth and job creation in our economy. Government should live within its means, we should root out waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars wherever and whenever we can. Too much regulation can stifle competition and hurt businesses but if you think about the history this country we've always recognized that there are times when only government has been able to do what individuals couldn't do and what corporations would not do. Okay, so are you ready for the list John? Well I'll tell ya one thing it doesn't include fixing these potholes that are out here on highway 80 and they go right onto the Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge You drive up and down your just like ruins your entire car

27:59 That's how we have railroads and highways and public schools and police forces Wait a minute who built the railways? Wasn't it like some big private guys who like really Union Pacific, and this was Central Pacific in the Union Pacific Morgan or Rockefeller again. There's a bunch of yeah these these moguls Yeah But wasn't that private money wasn't that private Well, it was in 1864 I would think probably. Yeah! I don't know...I think they scammed some government money into the deal but i don't notice that the government those were not nationalized railroad roads No exactly! When they were done there were privately run Thank you It gets better

28:43 That's how we've made possible scientific research that led to the medical breakthroughs and technological wonders. That all of us take for granted now. That's just not true. And I guess the Bell Labs that invented the transistor which is responsible for everything that we're doing? Yeah, yeah. Is a government run. It's all government. They had some government money Thank you government! Thank you. Well i think what he's saying is that the government sneaks money in maybe- Maybe that's what he's saying. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding okay. I think you're totally misunderstanding him man

CHAPTER 10 / 32 Discussion

Military Deployment Cycles and PTSD Counseling

President Obama addressed the stress of multiple combat tours on troops, emphasizing the need for mental health counseling and increased rest between deployments. The administration claims the troop surge in Afghanistan was partly intended to provide relief for active-duty units, though critics question the timing of these troop drawdowns.

ptsd· military deployment· marines· army· counseling· surge

29:20 That's why we have social security and a minimum wage. I don't have no social security you've stolen that from me What are you talking about? There'll be nothing there will be nothing for me laws to protect the food we eat and the water We drink and air we breathe Yeah, total stump speech but the one that got me is And coming from a service Family background this one just pissed me off. There was a woman who stood up and she said hey, you know You know we've it's messed up this you know our boys and girls who are overseas in war They got no time near they come back And they turn around they got to go back again for another tour you know we gotta do something about that mr.. President the first is making sure that Counseling support

30:16 For our troops is there in theater as I had you know so we have record numbers of suicides So he was so instead of sending him back instead of the illegally sending them back over and over and over again We date with a solution to this is counseling Oh standby. Well when they get back home, and there has been in the past this sort of stigma around mental health issues But you know what, if you send somebody into a war zone that's going to be a shock on the system. No shit! What? Really?! You think sending someone is a shock on the system? It's a shock on the system. If you throw them off of a 40 story building I'm guaranteeing it will be a shock on the system especially

31:08 You know, when they hit the bottom. Has this guy ever served? Does this guy know what it's like? No but he has been in Chicago so it gets rough. That was close well... They may engage enormous heroism and enormous courage you know our troops do just spectacular things but its gonna have an impact Thank you, thank you. And when they've been on two tours or three tours or four tour tours It's just like five tours or six gives a shit just send them over and the young they're young They do amazing spectacular things sometimes that impact adds up

31:48 Yeah, it could add up. You know if you've been like for like five years you've been in the desert and you don't know what you're doing there. Sand flies, you got boils, there's parasites in your body IEDs and stuff... And you don't know why you're there? It could mess with your brain! This is very normal In the past things like post-traumatic stress disorder weren't really talked about Now we're starting to talk about it and we've actually... Now listen to this. That's bullcrap, I was mentioning- We've been talking about this for the last 40 years! I know, but listen to what he says. ...what we are doing for veterans as well as active duty This whole issue of post traumatic stress disorder PTSD We are really emphasizing this And up and down the chain of command were saying people should not be embarrassed about seeking out counseling in these

32:36 I'm embarrassed that I'm freaking out! There needs to be that rest in between deployments. You need some rest, a little bit of rest. Take a week off! We got a ticket for you going back take a week, take a week, do some shopping. Little did we know John he's actually done something about this I didn't know? And that's part of the reason why we actually increased the number of Marines

33:16 The army and Marines have really borne the biggest burden in terms of these very quick, rapid and stressful deployments. So part of the reason we sent over 30 thousand more troops was so some of them could get more rest? That's bullcrap! I don't believe that...I never heard that No, it's new. That was for the surge! It was like to have more troops on the ground not to give anyone any rest. Yeah get that harvest finished And what we've been saying is let's start getting back to a point where there is ample time between deployments and We are actually For the Marines I think were just about there

33:56 For the army, I think we've got another year before we get it to where we want to be. In another year you're supposed to be drawing down troops my friend July! Remember July 2011 when you were supposed to bring people out? You can take that to the bank! They stood out a lot more than it was for example two years or three years ago So...I just found that cavalier and rude and insensitive and dumb Well, it's like the Pete Stark clip that's going around the internets. What's that? I don't know which one that is on the blog go to my blog You'll see it just uh if stark who was a local here in California She just basically had a little town hall meeting and started chewing out every oh no. No I did see that yeah of course I've seen that yeah actually put it into show notes Yeah It's just crazy. Yeah, it's guys been around been in Congress for 37 years He doesn't even he represents Fremont California And he doesn't even live he lives in Maryland

CHAPTER 11 / 32 Discussion

Congressman Pete Stark and Residency Controversies

California Congressman Pete Stark faces criticism for his behavior at town hall meetings and his residency status. Despite representing Fremont, California for 37 years, reports indicate Stark maintains his primary residence in Maryland while keeping a small property in his district to meet legal qualifications.

pete stark· california· maryland· residency· town hall

34:51 He has a townhouse that he maintains, some little pied-a-terre so he can still maintain his Fremont qualifications. But he lives in Maryland and never shows up and then when he does show up he just gets mad at everybody So I don't know how do these guys keep getting reelected? The people of Fremont Newark and the vicinity should be ashamed themselves for continually putting this jerk back in for 37 years So then I switch over to the Robert Gibbs show God man C-SPAN is so amazing. That guy needs like a theme song. He should have Jeff Smith Do a Robert Smith, Robert Gibbs Here comes Robert You know you gotta be careful when you ask him for that because he actually does that kind of stuff Right on the Robert Gibb Show

CHAPTER 12 / 32 Discussion

Rod Blagojevich Trial and Valerie Jarrett Senate Seat

Testimony in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich suggests that Barack Obama may have been involved in discussions regarding the appointment of Valerie Jarrett to his vacated Senate seat. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declined to comment on the ongoing trial despite previous denials of presidential involvement.

rod blagojevich· valerie jarrett· barack obama· robert gibbs· chicago

35:53 A reporter in the audience, and I didn't know this was happening right now pipes up about the Blagojevich trial. This is Mayor Rod Blagojevich who was a part of the Chicago Cabal and was ousted for...I don't know he did something wrong. He's governor. Governor! I'm sorry why'd i say mayor? Governor He pissed somebody off and she asked a question which just blew me away because the whole thing is about the Senate seat and trading. Yeah, he wanted to go into the Obama administration. He got cut out and said oh what I'm holding in the Senate seat? And apparently that was supposed to be reserved for Valerie Jarrett who was his special advisor to the president. Yeah, he slipped in the information that he should pick her.

36:37 Go ahead. You got the story? Yeah, here's a so here's what the reporter asked and she's reading it straight off of her BlackBerry So it's coming straight from the Chicago trial reportings which of course are not televised I'm going to be very brief. should be a United States Senator, that she fits the criteria. I would prefer that she remain working for President Obama but she does want to be senator and Balinow said he told the president... soon-to-be president, I said thank you i'm going to reach out to Governor Blagojevich with that." So in case you couldn't hear it because of its crappy audio they have in the press room

37:30 This is all about telephone calls and tapes, what the jury is allowed to hear. A lot of these have been sealed by the judge so apparently Obama did call and said hey you know you gotta get Valerie Jarrett. He didn't call Blagojevich directly he called a associate right? And gave him the message but they won't let him play that Because the fact is a bunch of stuff that they're not letting into the in letting the jurors here Which says to me that especially in a case like this a corruption case like this you really have to let everything play out It says to me that the judge and the whole system Chris's Chicago. They're railroading Blagojevich yes, and he screwed yeah So here's uh back to the Robert Gibbs show

38:14 Did the President make that phone call? You're telling me about this testimony. I'm not going to get into commenting on obviously an ongoing trial, and I have not had an opportunity to see that. But you said before that the President did involved with the suggestions or the conversations. I'm just not going to get into commenting on an ongoing trial. Shut up slave! So he said, but you said before the president didn't make any calls and now there's a guy testifying that he did. I'm not gonna get into that shut-up slave next question That's essentially what was said there Yeah well yeah and then you expected what? Nahh...I just wanted to point that out because no one is talking about it. It's just... They don't talk abou anything And the President had

CHAPTER 13 / 32 Discussion

The CLEAR Act and Carbon Tax Legislation

The CLEAR Act, introduced by Senators Maria Cantwell and Susan Collins, proposes a new framework for carbon limits and energy renewal. Michael Bromwich, the new head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy, faced questioning regarding his lack of experience in ocean energy and the bill's potential to implement a "cap-and-dividend" carbon tax system.

clear act· carbon tax· maria cantwell· bromwich· minerals management service

39:03 a meeting about, and this is what I really uncovered. I think I figured out this whole cap-and-trade how they're renaming it or what they using to kind of slide that under the mat The president had a meeting before another Senate committee which was taking place in some small back room which i have some clips from and its about the carbon tax and what in our dependence upon foreign oil. Another question from the Robert Gibbs show. narrow or open up our legislative bidding from up here. The president reiterated his position that putting a price on carbon, he believes is the right policy I think science has shown why that's important. Science!

40:02 The science is in! Just so you know, it's a fact. I do think that you had a bipartisan group of legislators here who understand the need to move this legislation forward and get something done this year. And I think the president was hopeful after that meeting, that we can find common ground on a lot of different subjects. Do you think the legislation can be passed this year? Yes! Yeah it can be passed this year. Right so I go looking for this and I find it It's the CLEAR Act John The CLEAR Act which has been around for like a couple years now

40:51 So it's on, you know. It's like this weird committee hearing with our new head of the minerals department they renamed that to the ocean law something or other collection Yeah, they had that to keep renaming these things so they become moving targets apparently it hasn't even officially been renamed so this guy is Bromowich and And I think it was a week ago that he was up on the hill being questioned. The guy has not left, he has not actually been to his agency because... and I got to play this...I snipped a whole bunch of things together and you'll hear that he keeps saying well i've only been on the job for eight days, only been on the job for eight days! I don't know, I can't answer any question, I've only been in our job for eight days

41:38 But a couple of these representatives are not having any of it and then it becomes very clear that this guy, who's a lawyer who has been a lawyer for the past 10 years in a huge firm was represented big oil clients is only there to actually shepherd in great legislation for the oil companies. The guy knows nothing about energy other than how to fight in court for oil companies The clear act is what it's all about and if you're interested I can tell you a little bit about the clear act. But listen to this montage which i put together of him not knowing anything

42:15 Only being on the job for eight days instead of saying hey Why am I doing this bullshit not being able to answer your questions and go down and actually do some work in my agency Which i've just inherited now, you know? I've only been on the job. Yeah, I just got to be up here And now i'm just gotta stall everything else is taking place listen to the montage. I'll be very brief. Uh want to talk about about three concrete things that have been done in the eight days that I've now been on the job as a head of the agency. The short answer is, I don't know. I know you've been there eight days so whether or not... Not eight full days yet. Oh seven and half? Seven and half day. Alright

42:53 The answer is I don't know whether it's necessary. Uh, I don't know what the view... Will you take a review of that as we're looking at this and get back to us? Absolutely! I can't give you a detailed answer to that. I look forward to working with you. Will you get back on me on that as well? Yes. Mm-hmm Whether there are reasons why its not as good an idea as it sounds like to me, I don't know On the Jones Act itself, why is it that the administration has not waived that act so additional resources can be brought to bear on the problem? I don't know the answer. You may have lost your answer when Secretary Salazar left. One of the disadvantages of being a freshman...

43:30 Mr. Bromwich, you're the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy What experience do you have in ocean energy? I don't have any experience in ocean energy uh...I do have some experience in the energy sector. I represented a number of uh...energy clients on non-ocean related matters during my last ten plus years of law practice I also find it interesting that this bill, that's supposed to be dealing with a national crisis in the Gulf of Mexico changes onshore lease sales to a sealed bid process removing the ability to use live auction bids.

44:09 Interestingly, you did away with the Royalty in Kind program which used a sealed bid process whereas Onshore used live auction and now you're taking the bid process that was used in Royalty In Kind and applying it to the onshore in a bill that's supposed to deal with the national crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Fascinating! Again, my stay on the job. I haven't read the CLEAR Act. I don't know what the specific requirements are that are contemplated in the CLEAR Act so I really can't speak to the disconnect you're sensing. I'm happy to come back later on when I am better informed about this specific provisions in the CLEAR Act but I'm really not able to help you today and just so you know my inclination is as transparent as possible on almost everything

44:58 It's very obvious to me. The CLEAR Act is how they're going to do it, is how they're gonna bring in carbon taxes and this guy has only brought into make it happen And it's really going to benefit only the largest, the absolute largest of all oil companies. He is a complete chill! And all he is doing is just sitting up there on the hill and not managing anything... It was fascinating testimony two-and-a-half hours I could pull clips all day from it So this clear act was introduced by Maria Cantwell who is what is she?

CHAPTER 14 / 32 Discussion

Carbon Share Auctions and Energy Dividend Math

The CLEAR Act proposes auctioning 100% of carbon permits to fossil fuel producers, with 75% of the revenue returned to citizens as monthly dividends. Analysts argue this creates a shell game where consumers pay higher energy costs at the pump and on utility bills, only to receive a portion of that money back from the government.

carbon shares· fossil fuels· auction revenue· dividends· energy costs

45:38 I don't know where she's from. Do you want to hear their little promo video from the CLEAR Act, what it is supposed to be? Yeah might as well. Okay here we go. Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act is what CLEAR stands for The CLEAR act is a bipartisan clean energy bill introduced last December by Senators Maria Cantwell of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine Unlike lengthy legislation that can be complicated to understand, the CLEAR Act addresses climate change simply in just 39 pages. These 39 pages will jumpstart our clean energy economy by going directly to the source fossil fuel producers First a limit is placed on all of carbon these producers introduce into the economy Then they will need to bid at an auction for carbon shares or permits to continue sell their product

46:28 As the number of carbon shares are gradually reduced, carbon dioxide emissions will steadily and consistently go down as well. Reducing CO2 emissions over 80% by the year 2050. This mandate to reduce... What are you moaning about? I'm just saying this is bullcrap! Well this is the one, this is what it's gonna be Carbon will create a predictable market signal for clean forms of energy That's just a fancy way of saying that using clean energy will be incentivized for the American people. This process will harness the power of the free market, not government to find the least cost technology solutions and protect the energy market from volatile Wall Street style trading or even manipulation

47:06 Now pay attention because here comes the part that I don't really understand. The auction revenues, it's the 175 50 25% rule. I don't get it maybe you can help me understand. So what happens to all the auction revenues? Think of the CLEAR Act as a 175-25-0 policy. 100% of the permits to bring fossil fuels into the U.S economy will be auctioned from day one, there are no windfalls for historic polluters 75% of the auction revenue is returned directly to each American as equal monthly dividends Every low and middle income family will come out ahead or break even as a result of the dividend covering their increased energy costs No matter what state they live in but what about the other 25% of the auction revenue? That 25 percent of the dividend is devoted to investments in clean energy In jobs to build our clean energy economy And in the agricultural and forestry communities to encourage environmentally friendly practices, so I guess okay. Okay here Here's what I'm thinking okay

48:06 So, for some reason they're going to charge a tax or so-called auction revenue. Yeah. On the energy companies? Let's say 10 bucks per ton. Or just say $100 a barrel per ton to these guys. The hundred dollars will actually be passed on to the consumer if you think about it right? Well exactly what he said. You'll be paying 100 bucks but the government is gonna give you 75 bucks of that back but That means you're out $25 that you're supposed to be gaining in this deal and you're losing 25 bucks because you're gonna have it all handed back to ya. Anyway, this is bull! This is just a... To talk about a shell game- Yeah exactly, its like a pyramid Its like the guy with the three walnut shells and his little pea rolling back and forth This is crap So the way I- It's just attacks and others You know here's the problem I was going to rent a car when we go up to Washington And im looking at it, it's gonna cost me 180 buck for a week

CHAPTER 15 / 32 Discussion

Hidden Taxes and Infrastructure Decay in California

A discussion on the proliferation of "fees" that act as hidden taxes on car rentals and air travel. Specific complaints are raised regarding the poor state of infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly severe potholes on Highway 80 near Emeryville and the Bay Bridge.

car rentals· airport fees· highway 80· emeryville· potholes

49:03 That's cheap. Yeah, it is cheap but that doesn't end there. Oh, does notice the total price is $300 because of all this. It's like a daily fee I have to pay a fee for having the car on the road instead of in the lot where it makes no money There's a there's a tax on the gun the rental and then there's another text called a rental tax on top of the sales tax And there's one thing after another and it's almost the entire cost that they quote you is like, it's almost doubled because of all these hidden tax. And these are taxes by the way, these are all taxes we're taxed to go to the airport, you take a plane ride someplace your taxed your taxi at the airport, there's an airport fee, there's this fee, there's that fee, these are called fees but they're actually taxes cause they go into some government coffers someplace or not going into pockets of the guys that are running the airlines That's for sure and its coming right out of my pocket

49:54 And this is what's going on. They're just trying, you know they can't tax us anymore because we used to brag about oh we are one of the lowest taxed countries in the world it was bull but they always say oh it was so low-taxed that look at the highest anyone pays 35% and all that kind of thing. In fact, we're paying about 70% because every time we turn around were taxed on something else. We're taxed for our food, we're taxed for milk, and then the dairies are taxed for spilling milk I mean the whole thing is... it's just we're taxed to death so they have to get more taxes in what are they doing with this money? They can't even fix the potholes out here!

50:30 They're up and down the freeway. Do the potholes thing again, man! I'm telling you if you're in a slow lane You might as well just get a new car by the time you drive three miles John C. Dvorak's Pet Peeve of The Day That's been your pet peeve over the month It's sticking with until they fix these potholes are all over the place that I wanted here's a challenge for anybody out there living in this or coming through the San Francisco Bay Area Come off, if you're heading on East Highway 80, except from San Francisco or from the South Bay or any place else. Get off! You have to be heading east by the way to get full effect. Get off on Emeryville. The Emeryville exit and then just head to the Trader Joe's that is over there? You will hit a patch of road that you'd swear was in Mexico someplace it might as well be a dirt road I'm gonna make a movie this is so bad It's unbelievable this road is like its mess

51:22 So anyway, I believe we need to keep our eye on the clear act. This is the cap and trade and this Bromwich jabroni has been brought in to shepherd it through he's a lawyer! He doesn't know anything about the business of oil. Yeah, never will. It would just be long enough you get this thing passed That's right. He's just a lawyer And you look at him and he has this smug look on his face. Just ehhh... so what was pretty cool is President Clinton was on a CNN Fortune Time Magazine panel. And he was asked about all this anti-Obama, the Obama hate. Even the people who voted for him are now pissed off that he's not doing anything and Clinton is kind of defending him saying you know the guy can't win either way. People hate you when their own lives are no good and then... Oh yeah it's great! It's great! I actually clipped that part out because with other stuff was just too mint we'll have to stop a couple times in this clip

CHAPTER 16 / 32 Discussion

Bill Clinton Russia Visit and Spy Ring Arrests

The FBI's arrest of a Russian "deep cover" spy ring coincided with Bill Clinton's visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin. The timing of the arrests is viewed as a potential diplomatic embarrassment for Clinton or a sign of internal friction between the Clinton and Obama political camps.

bill clinton· vladimir putin· medvedev· russian spies· fbi

52:23 uh... he has the solution for the well but then and it's too bad that you know do not seem to be a when he talks about this uh... this gusher in the golf his eyes light up man is just as freaky to see how how pleased he is with their with the amount of oil that's coming out but of course she has a all the solutions and he knows exactly how he would do if you were still presently when we have a great play that clip let me mention something that was kinda interesting this week. Okay That involved Clinton so we have the situation where Clinton apparently has endorsed a couple of candidates around the country that are in direct conflict with Obama's endorsements I didn't know that oh yeah

53:05 And it's a big deal. So the next thing you know, you see a picture of Clinton apparently meeting with in Russia with Medvedev? No no the other guy, Putin? The boss. Putin? Putin yeah and so he's meeting with Putin as Medvedev of course is Medvedev is floating around the US and I guess took off and then while pretty much while Clinton was sitting down with Putin not quite but they showed at that when all the news shows They break up this huge Russian spy ring with Clinton sitting there in Moscow, having to deal with this. And so I'm thinking that you know and of course everyone well we have no way of knowing what the FBI or anybody's doing

53:49 It's just a coincidence that you know, we have all these situations happening when they happen because there is a Chinese wall between the government can't be involved as if nobody has tipped anybody off or told them to do this or that. The whole thing just stinks! Let me tell you one thing I have on good authority. Every country has spies in other countries and there's two types of spies, the registered spies and the unregistered spies it's...I know it sounds crazy but we know which Russian operatives which are registered are in the United States! And I believe that this was probably one of those rings

54:28 Well, they said they were unregistered. They made a big point of that and the course the fact of the matter is they didn't have to do anything because these people weren't doing anything there was no espionage charges and they could have kept an eye on them as long you know knowing it that what they know is easier to follow him around see what's going on you can kind of put together networks and figure things out That's so you would normally not bust them. So meanwhile, they busted him just because Clinton was over there to embarrass the guy They're really they really are getting a battle going on between Clinton and Obama interesting Okay I like that take they have they did pull an extra little benefit out of it Wired magazine, of course which I'm quite suspicious of them and the stuff the articles they post

CHAPTER 17 / 32 Discussion

Steganography and Russian Intelligence Operatives

Reports indicate that the recently arrested Russian spies used steganography to hide messages within public website images. Details from the criminal complaint describe secret drop points in Arlington, Virginia, and the use of aliases by intelligence operatives to recruit US government contacts.

steganography· encryption· russian spies· mikhail semenko· cnn

55:11 Now they're saying that this alleged spy ring was posting all their secret messages encoded on public websites in images and you have to overlay a different type of filter in Photoshop, and then you get maps of airports and all kinds of stuff. I mean they're talking about steganography actually which is a type of encryption, but you can just go run PGP and get in a chat room and tell anybody anything you want nowadays. This is bold Nobody's doing drop boxes and all the rest of it No They're just using it to you know push the agenda of Licensed internet as the way I felt that was going oh, I think it was just make it seem more spy like hmm A lot of information though

55:59 Well now that you're on that, I might as well play this clip from CNN before I get to Clinton because I was just like wow! CNN knows everything about this. Hold on a second it's slow-to-load for some reason New arrest in Russian deep cover case Here ya go This is pretty astounding Come on CNN hurry up and don't give me a pre roll or I'll kick your ass It comes to pre-roll. No, no no no no... CNN is slow today I saw a great pre roll the other day This is about encrypted computer messages drop points and secret meetings The 11 people accused of being spies are described as Russian intelligence operatives whose goal was to recruit people in the US government or People with access to policymaking according to the criminal complaint Like a lobbyist firm There's nothing new about that

56:53 An intercepted message makes clear the men and women, some of them using the names of dead people were given bank accounts cars and houses. And we're expected to send back intelligence reports among the alleged spies a long time columnist for Spanish language newspaper El Diario and her husband both arrested their Yonkers New Yorkers. Let me tell you when you live in New York The big joke is no one lives in Yonkers Now we know it's a hotbed of spy activity. near Times Square. An official with ties to the Russian mission to the UN was in the area at that same time, apparently receiving decoded information. In Washington DC a US undercover agent posing as a Russian met with another alleged spy in a local park. The undercover agent gave the accused spy Mikhail Semenko five

57:55 $5,000 to leave at a secret drop point under a bridge in Arlington Virginia which he did. How does she know all this? Yeah! This is bullcrap I hope that our listeners were laughing out loud as these stories are being unfolded yeah it's just crazy i think you're right and i think it is uh... to embarrass Clinton probably Clinton's spy ring they knew about maybe alright so let's listen to Bill for second I think the federal government's position ought to be very straightforward. The most important thing is to fix the leak, if anybody can help us fix a leak i'm for it. Hey anyone having ideas how to fix the leak? Second most important thing is to keep the oil away from the shores. The third most important thing is to minimize the damage of the oil that reaches the shores. The fourth most important thing today

CHAPTER 18 / 32 Discussion

Bill Clinton on the BP Oil Spill Response

Bill Clinton appeared on CNN to discuss the BP oil spill, suggesting that the leak should be plugged using rocks and debris if necessary, similar to Russian methods. Clinton's comments regarding the "geological monster" in the Gulf are interpreted as a subtle critique of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis and the Jones Act.

bill clinton· bp oil spill· gulf of mexico· wolf blitzer· jones act

58:43 Is to figure out who did what wrong and hold them accountable whether it was somebody in British Petroleum or somebody in the US government. So, so... It's exactly the opposite now! This is exactly the opposite of what's happening because we got Bromowich up there and everyone saying how'd it happen? How'd it happen? How'd it happen? How'd it happen? We've done nothing but how did happened? How'd it happened? Nothing to fix it And I'll do that but let's do one two and three first All right By the way his mouth is like It's really like sticky. It's kind of icky he doesn't know you he's got these guys you're really doesn't it doesn't look so is a sign of heroin users No, really sir if you find somebody you know that you see somebody talking they constantly have white strings in their mouth. White strings. That's disgusting. That's a heroin junkie. Clinton? You never know. Well you never know. He should show empathy and yes he should feel their pain and all that but what people want is to fix the leak so one of best things they've done is

59:41 deploy massive naval and coast guard resources, and finally start taking help from other countries. Which is not true because we just heard that in the Bromwich discussion that the Jones Act is still enacted and foreign help is not being allowed! This is Clinton giving the needle to Obama Exactly But unless we send the Navy down deep... ...to blow up the well Blow up the well? Here we go this is what the Russians did when it happened to them and cover the leak with piles and piles of rock and debris which may become necessary. You don't have to use a nuclear weapon by the way, I've seen all that stuff. Yeah yeah you don't need no nukes! Heheheh... That's just stupid heheheh... I got TNT in my back pocket that can do that Just blow it up Unless we're gonna do that We are dependent on the technical expertise from these people from BP They had 11 of their folks killed in that explosion

1:00:38 The people that are working on this, whatever the managers did wrong or didn't. They're good people they're trying to do the right thing so I think we oughta just row in the same boat for a while till we plug the leak keep the stuff away from shore minimize damage of what's on the shore there 20 thousand Vietnamese immigrants who came with this country who were making a living off the shrimping business all of whom are thinking about their family facing bankruptcy now let's just fix the problem And then we... What? No, I'm just saying. I mean, I think we've heard enough of this but... Well now it's coming up and I want you to hear about him talking about the well It's necessary He is definitely giving it to Obama in this talk But he also completely vested in BP and the success of the oil company You'll hear! Listen

1:01:28 Hold everybody accountable and a moat or not a moat, but I think the president's gotten a bum rap on this emoting deal. You gotta be who you are, you gotta feel comfortable with whatever your personality is it is. It's funny right? If you're a douche, you're a douche! But I don't find him lacking in empathy just because he doesn't blow his top at the slightest provocation. Just one clarification, are you concerned that those two relief wells they're drilling right now... Wolf Blitzer. Now listen his eyes light up on this one. ...supposed to be ready in August and stop this leak might not work? Yeah at some point I think we'll have to ask ourselves

1:02:16 I just am not into this, you know. I've not been part of the decision-making process so i'm not second guessing anybody. I'm just telling you it's a... This is a geological monster and I'll tell you one thing whoever did the siting for BP knew what they were doing It's one heckling oil well There's more oil down there than I ever dreamed And it can't wait to find its way into your car because he keeps gushing up, you know? He's so in on this and his eyes are like, it's a gusher. It can't wait to get into your car!

CHAPTER 19 / 32 Discussion

No Agenda Knighting Ceremony for John Smith

The hosts conduct a formal knighting ceremony for John Smith, who donated over $1,000 to the program. They emphasize the show's reliance on listener support rather than corporate advertising and encourage others to contribute via the Dvorak.org website.

knighthood· donation· listener supported· john smith· no agenda roundtable

1:02:52 It's because they hit the mother load, man. Abiogenic oil! That guy obviously has something to do with it anyway so he is still giving it to Obama in an off-handed way. No other guys... He's just a bum rap that he got no personality. You can't help it. Can't help it? It's just the way he is if somebody is like a dud thats where they go. That what happens dude. Blow up all of time its just the way he is you know Let's take a moment here. I think, but I certainly feel like i've done some work and I'd like to thank people who helped support us for this program because we are completely listener supported. We were not interrupted by any ads no GE BP Chevron Exxon

1:03:40 Boeing Monsanto anyone underwriting this show like our national treasures the NPR and yes The what I sure Midlands McDaniel. Yeah, Archer Midland archer was it a DM? ADM Archer Daniel ever who sponsor our national treasures with significant funding as Significant fund is we get a few hundred bucks they get millions because they'd sell out and uh... so let's thank a few people there you go okay we got dead uh... at the letter here from your hand from hill versome netherlands get my nation always sent us instead dear john and i'm thinking for the great shows and thank you for helping people with all by opening their eyes the world that needs it that i think this is my first donation you guys deserve a lot more than this

1:04:33 but this is all I can donate for now. I hope it's enough for a de-douche. Oh, I think it definitely is. You've been de-douched! So he's been de-douched that's a good thing Tom Bushley, St Paul the Twin Cities Minnesota 50 Devil Niggles on the dime Alan Warner Fergus Ontario Canada double-niggles on a dash please send some karma to the Toronto maple leaves as the team will be the longest Longest Stanley Cup drought just could use a little more than me is Just like everything else that's fixed. What are you talking about karma? Yeah, you guys got a cough up more money and to bribe officials Gareth who sink us

1:05:18 Kusinkas. In Southington, Connecticut double niggles on the dime CG mayor of Mount Gambier South Austin he's I think 50 $50 and five cents that was last week Christopher Anderson Lancaster California and That should I think that's it well then of course we have our regular Regular subscribers for $30 the lucky $30 a month subscription and the five dollars a month these and it's a nice list That's that's growing quite nicely. I haven't seen it sure Erica should give us a chart. I'd like to see how How it's going? but that's the stuff that eventually long-term will sustain us and of course

1:06:06 My weekly check-in John you are of course almost ready with the no agenda night rings. I'm sure yeah, I'm getting there And I want to mention one more thing somebody that I can't forget the occasionally mentioned people do this for us It's not a lot of money usually but it's always I think there's something symbolic about it and fun Ernest Ben benoit in Rutland Massachusetts emptied his PayPal account uh... you know if you have a little bit extra money in your paypal account that did just things languishing there digits and it doesn't mean close it get rid of it close it's a i got some here

1:06:45 One of the producers who is pretty much in the chat room 24-7 always working on stuff maintains the noagendareport.com website Mr. Oil celebrates his birthday and John and I wish him many happy returns So it's also Victoria Recaño birthday I believe. Oh really? She is coming to the party next week by the way. Ah good! Yeah, are you coming? Well i don't know...I haven't looked at the airfares. Mickey will be so disappointed. Hey could you unsheath here for a second John? Here he comes No no I didn't hear you. Oh there it is okay. After Eric DeShill carefully counted up all of the donations It turns out that John Smith

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CHAPTER 20 / 32 Discussion

Fenton Communications and Qatar Anti-Israel Campaign

Fenton Communications, a prominent left-wing PR firm, has reportedly signed contracts with Qatar to develop a communications plan aimed at delegitimizing Israel. The firm, which has registered as a foreign agent, is accused of orchestrating a campaign to generate international support for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

fenton communications· qatar· israel· hamas· foreign agent

1:08:36 Please extenders. Yeah, well please support us because We need it to pay we needed and we think we're doing a public service in some way shape or form By revealing some the kind of background information on this on trends that are affecting you in your day-to-day life Devorah org slash na remember that so I actually get some ink next week I understand yeah maybe yeah But it's gonna be mostly for you and your your cool little app. Well, but there's... As long as we get a plug in I'm happy camper. Okay, cool So let's look at something that we got an email from somebody and this has kind of screwed me up because it came in late and now its going to be like two part or I have to go over looking into this deeper But there is operation you can look at it called Fenton Communications

1:09:28 They are a, uh...uhh..they're kind of- they're the left wing equivalent. Vigoury does this for the right but these people are- they are big PR agency huge actually the biggest that are always involved in public policy issues. Are they bigger than Hilton Nolton? Well, for this sort of left-wing... specific targeted left wing initiatives they're the biggest in the world. In terms of doing stuff for big governments they are small potatoes compared to Hill and Knowlton but right now they're apparently working for Qatar as part of a disinformation campaign to defame Israel

1:10:08 And this is kind of typical of you know what we heard from Melanie Phillips in the couple shows ago where she says all these left-wing groups have a lot in common with Islamists Is that they all hate the Jews and again, of course? We got a bunch of mail about this. So let me read to you from from uh... blog called fresno's i a m is in dot org and so after i read this for the first as well you know this is undocumented but a lot of this is documented there is actually some paperwork it assuring that they've signed up to be a foreign agent on behalf of a website by that you can look at called ah... fahara

1:10:45 dot org which is in qatar as run by the second wife this is for the life of the uh... the ruler but he's she's actually the second a three wives she's the middle one and it's F-A-K H-O-O-R A dot org, and this is presumably a...an operation that is supposed to be involved with giving kids scholarships. And seems like most of the scholarships are just or to study Islamic law but if you really look at the website, the home page in anything in there its really about slamming Israel over they situation with the Turkish ships. And by the way I think that

1:11:24 When you say Jews in this case, are we not speaking of Zionists and Zionism? No. We're talking about Israelis essentially the Jewish state I mean because PR agency actually represents a Jewish organization which is involved with women's rights even though they got nothing to do anything in the Middle East So let me just read a couple of notes here Fenton Communications apparently This is from the blog I read. Today their goal is to prevent a Jewish state, they're talking about this PR company from defending itself by creating a massive public opinion that sees it self-defense as war crimes

1:12:02 uh... and to prevent the jewish state from defending itself so that it's enemies can finally succeed in doing what they've been trying to do since israel was born destroy yet uh... these guys have been uh... there were very little ally with move dot org move on dot org and uh... greenpeace benin jerry's uh... bit melissa gates of bill and melissa gates foundation Now, here's a clip they took from another website. It says Fenton Communications which has its offices in Washington D.C., New York and San Francisco signed two contracts last year with Qatar to develop a communications action plan for an 18-month campaign aimed at delegitimizing Israel and generating international support for the Hamas run Gaza Strip

1:12:44 uh... there's a documents from the they have but hatch in these could be forged but i don't think so uh... with that justice department document showing that they are now of signed on as for any agents contract with three or ninety thousand dollars more we make with the office of her highness names too long to mention the wife of the qatari ruler and separate foundation she chairs at the whole thing guys i started looking into it And in fact, this public relations operation, Fenton is definitely worth kind of checking out for who they represent. They don't list everybody but it seems as though it's pretty much mostly left-wing operations and you start looking into it and the funny thing

1:13:28 uh... you start finding the names of people associated with the socialist sites that that feed them news story to fight do see the same name's cropping up over and over candlewood one my favorite ones is running into this woman phyllis bennett's who was a who's a guy at the institute for policy studies which which isn't an operation now that is kind of a front for something but they produced this newsletter online news thing called the FPIF, the Foreign Policy Something Foundation. For news I'll go to fpif dot org and find it anyway she's a fellow there and she seems to crop up anytime Fenton does any kinda publicity for anybody in various regular news articles by being quoted profusely

CHAPTER 21 / 32 Discussion

Cindy Sheehan and PR-Driven Journalism

An analysis of how Fenton Communications promoted anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan through pro-bono representation and "cookie-cutter" news stories. The discussion suggests that much of the mainstream media narrative is shaped by PR agencies that provide pre-packaged stories to journalists.

cindy sheehan· fenton communications· salon magazine· anti-war· public relations

1:14:19 And my favorite example, and then I dig into this and find it kind of interesting. She showed up in 2005 in a Salon Magazine article about Cindy Sheehan and when you do a little research you find out that Fenton Communications did a pro bono representation of Sheehan they're the ones who brought her to the fore and you can take clips from anything about Sheehan, you can put those in Google and find article after article of pretty much cookie cutter stories about Sheehan. And since Obama's got it they drop Sheehan because it is Obama's war now so she's done! So I get the biggest kick out of following this stuff. Can I just give you from their website Fenton's track record?

1:15:05 We are the firm that helped galvanize public opposition to end apartheid, legitimized global warming as an urgent threat to our future. They're taking credit for this. Compel government bans and restrictions on toxins such as bisphenol A and artificial growth hormones in everyday consumer products, prevent hard liquor advertising from airing on network TV, establish the national Amber Alert and create a system at the Centers for Disease Control that tracks data on violent deaths to prevent homicides and suicides. So, that's their track record? Yeah, that's only the... That's just the tip of their track record iceberg

1:15:45 uh... i mean they have done a lot of stuff that you know it goes under the radar a lot of pro bono work for liberal operations and uh... they also represent they have a client list at this showable yeah i'm looking at right now she reaches got pretty much every left-leaning operation in the country and um... it's actually kind frightening but the fact that there are now decided to take on israel which i think is is disingenuous to say the least. It's also probably, I mean they had to sign up as a foreign agent to do this because it was against US interests generally speaking and so that's what they had to go through this rigmarole.

1:16:29 I'll look into this operation a little more. I'm sure there's more interesting connections in the past because with Google now you can do some date limited stuff and they'll crop up, especially if you know who the players are In other words, you see these same writers and these same contacts and these same combinations of why is this one person being quoted all the time in regards to this one topic? and you see the people sneak into the public domain like the Cindy Sheehan's of the world because they're being promoted. It probably needs looking into, let's put it that way. But anyway, with the reason I got triggered by all this is because we got... The guy who complained about

1:17:13 Melanie Phillips piece that we ran at the end of a show about a week ago, he basically gave us the laundry list of all the bad things about Israel and the Jewish state. That was essentially the checklist from Fenton. Oh really so you think that a fenton operative is no I don't think so? I think it was well, that's always a possibility It's always a possibility but it could be either an operative because the checklist is there but or it could be just somebody who has been completely the Indoctrinated out in doctrine indoctrinated already and this is only the beginning cuz this campaign is Just fairly new okay in conclusion

1:17:55 well in conclusion i think that we're going to have to start but looking a little more and they were really aware i think it would be getting a little lazy about following the public relations uh... that this behind almost everything was starting to witness on the mainstream media at to the point where i mean we weren't getting any news i mean is even from back as far as two thousand five of these you can look up the salon magazine article cindy sheehan you can do it by uh... let me the writers i looked at the rope the riders if he had any consistent You know a lot of times you'll run especially the Guardian. You'll find the writers are just right, you know basic doctrinaire left-wing material But this guy is just all over at the place so I don't think so but he has obviously fed a lot of

1:18:38 a lot of stuff from the PR agency because it makes life so much easier. Cause you get, you know, let me hook you up with someone who can tell you about this. So basically handed a story in a silver platter and do we have no way to get out of the way it's being presented? And this is what's going on. And then I resent people right there telling us that you know, we're stooges for one thing or another and we are very aware of this mechanism and we uncover it constantly. And I would say that you should really check your own sources why are you thinking the way you're thinking? And in fact, although it's just kind of funny we know that Hill & Knowlton is the agency for the High Speed Rail Association of America and it seems like they've done quite a good job this week. All aboard! Train's good, plane's bad... A number of outstanding stories they've placed Maggots In Luggage Locker Delay US Flight In Atlanta

CHAPTER 22 / 32 Discussion

Airline Food Safety and High-Speed Rail PR

A CBS News report detailing unsanitary conditions and pest infestations in airline catering facilities like LSG Sky Chef is scrutinized. The hosts suggest the timing of these negative airline stories may be part of a PR campaign by Hill & Knowlton to promote high-speed rail as a superior alternative to air travel.

lsg sky chef· fda· airline food· high-speed rail· hill & knowlton

1:19:37 There's a lot of this. My favorite which showed up in USA Today and a couple other big, big mainstream publications... Airline food kitchens have rodent problem! In fact you can almost hear the CBS News report You can almost hear that it's a setup by Hill and Knowlton. It is a pre-packaged deal. Now apparently the FDA did an investigation six months ago, I went to the FDA site, I went to foodsafety.com could not find said report

1:20:12 They went to Sky Chef and a couple other of these huge outfits that do the catering for airlines, and they found rats and all kinds of safety violations and hazards. And there's CBS... this is network news. They put together this package and it really I mean if this isn't pre-produced I don't know what it is particularly the woman they interview from Sky Chef, you know. She's like some poor woman... Some poor Hispanic woman who was just like I don't know! I don't know! I can't talk about that literally how she's talking is like they didn't go to the press department apparently Just listen to how planes are being once again marginalized so that trains can be put in and then we'll give you Chris Matthews to finish that out Here we go CBS News Oh guess what?

1:21:05 I checked five times on this site and there was no pre-roll. Now all of a sudden, I get a freaking pre-roll. Sorry about that. So couple other reports while we're waiting for the pre-roll to finish... body scanners. So when you think airline safety, you probably think about maintenance and mechanical issues that could put you at risk but what if we told you it is the food served at 30 thousand feet that you really should be worrying about? CBS News Consumer Reporter Kirsten Cole has the filthy findings. A billion meals a year are made by some of the largest airline food kitchens in the US. And, a recent analysis by the U.S Food and Drug Administration found that food preparation in some of these kitchens is a recipe for disaster. Violations include roaches mice unsanitary conditions and no place for employees to wash hands

1:21:53 Volume always leads to problems. Obviously there's not a lot of accountability Food prep in all three New York area airports were cited for violations including LSG Sky Chef for food that was subject to contamination, employees not washing hands thoroughly touching food surfaces with bare hands and failure to clean and sanitize to protect food from contamination We went to their LaGuardia airport facility to try to speak to someone in charge These findings by the FDA of uncleanliness and possible contamination of food. I cannot say anything. A spokesperson for LSG Sky Chef says they make 405 million meals a year, and that we have comprehensive and multi-layered quality control standards in place to ensure our customers receive safe healthy and high quality food And those systems are checked and confirmed through a series of approximately 400 audits a year

1:22:43 Right now the FDA is woefully inadequate in most aspects of our food protection. At another food service company, Gate Gourmet, the FDA found it failed to keep food at safe temperatures, failed to keep equipment clean that there was no hot water for hand washing in the restroom and that there was black residue in the kitchens an on the ice machine The makers a 50 million meals said their inspections are taken very seriously and assist us in further improving our service At issue according to food safety experts is a lack of oversight when it comes to cleaning and food preparation leading to oftentimes dangerous conditions for diners. And Flying Food which has facilities in Newark, JFK and across the US has been cited for failure to test for dangerous microbes not taking precautions for contamination lack of proper hand-washing facilities in lack of adequate drainage which may provide a breeding place for pests

1:23:37 They stated we now service our JFK customers from a brand new 32 million dollars state-of-the-art airline catering facility that raises the bar on quality cleanliness and efficiency in airline catering worldwide. But these reports will no doubt give many flyers food for thought at LaGuardia Airport Kirsten Cole CBS 2 News So hold on a second was this like a half hour special? What happened to the idea of sound bite there's no way that WCBS TV in New York put this package together. There's just no way, there is just no way! This was pre-produced they knew what they were getting I've never seen this woman and i can't find the report if anyone could find that this report from six months ago apparently on the FDA website send it to me please I don't get it I can't find a report

1:24:29 So you know what's really gets me about this? It's so obvious. What's going on here I mean, we've been harping on this is one of our topics to do or that we We have a jingle yes That's how much we've been harping on it. We've been harping on it the question Is that what is wrong with the airlines that they can't counter this This is just eating right into their pocketbook. I mean, although there's not really an alternative for most travel. You can talk a big game but nobody has taken the train let's face it even if they put in high speed rail and nobody has taken the train this isn't going to happen so its not like they're losing their asses but you'd think that they would do something to protect their image because of some weird thing happens and then you end up with some court case that all this comes out and says aren't you guys careless?

1:25:17 I mean, i don't understand why they let this situation get out of control like this. There's not one...I haven't seen anything to counter any of this stuff Is there actually a..well we'd have to find out who the PR agency is and never hire them because Well there's no PR agency! I think that all doing their own thing That's probably it I think United has got its own PR agency and you know just like every other PR agency nowadays doing nothing by the way uh... sitting around you know well you know we can't do it by ourselves and we're not going to anything i mean they take any calls broke there broke too in a brook so here's a here's chris matthews who were clearly got the message in the memo from my hillary nolten on his uh... hardball with chris mathieu

CHAPTER 23 / 32 Discussion

Chris Matthews and the High-Speed Rail Mandate

MSNBC host Chris Matthews issued an impassioned plea for President Obama to invest in high-speed rail to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Matthews compared the need for a modern rail system to the construction of the Interstate Highway System and the Continental Railroad.

chris matthews· hardball· high-speed rail· infrastructure· obama

1:26:02 Let me finish tonight with the pathetic state of the economy and one big thing we can do about it. Today, we learned that consumer confidence number fell nearly 10 points since last month It's not hard to figure why The unemployment number for May showed a dismal growth of just 41 thousand in American civilian jobs And people got the word All this! The bad June unemployment expected Friday The bad consumer confidence number today all working together and we're looking at the plausibility of that second dip we've been warned about. I hear this all has the folks in the White House looking past a big defeat in November to what they can do going into 2012 it's a brutal conundrum countries in Europe just made clear that G20 that they're in no mood to boost spending to create markets for American goods, their tightening their belts trying their best not to be accused of doing what Greece did. What is the answer Chris?

1:26:55 But we've got everybody in the world cutting back and what's that to do with the prospect of economic expansion here at home? Well, it kills it. If you're looking for good news I have one suggestion stop listening to Europe Stop listening to the conservatives Do what has worked in the past What got us out of the Great Depression was production. Massive industrial production to support the Allied cause in World War II We need production for this country now, we need to build rapid rail that catch up those allies from World War 2 France already has the Tejave China is building its rapid rail system It's time we joined a movement We need go back into future become a country that builds things again it will create jobs

1:27:34 It'll catch us up to the rest of the world. It will cut our reliance on oil, it will give us hope we can believe in." Look Lincoln built the Continental Railroads even in the middle of Civil War Ike built the Interstate Highway System in supposedly do-nothing 50's President Obama just DO IT! JUST DO IT! RAIL HIGH SPEED RAIL It's going to save us. How is this looking to the future? Don't you think that supersonic transports like, you know jets that do 1500 miles an hour is a little more futuristic than putting a train line in? No! We need to go back to the future

CHAPTER 24 / 32 Discussion

PBS Airline Calamity Month and Russian Rail Deals

PBS is criticized for airing "Airline Calamity Month" on Nova, featuring multiple documentaries on plane crashes, while receiving sponsorship from Siemens, a manufacturer of trains. Additionally, reports indicate Russia is partnering with French manufacturers to develop rail lines capable of 124 miles per hour.

pbs· nova· siemens· high-speed rail· russia

1:28:11 You heard the man. Back to the future! Yeah, that was terrible Airport body scanners could give you cancer... like we didn't know that Good report there from The Telegraph And our national treasure PBS has a fantastic month The whole month of July is Airline Calamity Month We have... Is that right? Oh, well I don't think they're actually billing it as such. But we have the deadliest plane crash that airs... Hold on let me get this schedule here. Deadliest plane crash This is Nova for July. July 6th 8pm missing in Mig Alley. July 13th 8pm deadliest plane crash. July 20th B-29 frozen in time. July 27th who killed the Red Baron It is absolutely airplane calamity month

1:29:00 on Nova, your national treasure. Brought to you by Siemens who are making trains. Unbelievable. There's a story that we actually I think somebody ran in the blog that they also another story when you overlooked is just to give us more impetus apparently Russia is embedded with the French train maker to get high-speed rail throughout the Soviet Union, Russia. Well they order 200 high speed electric locomotives Yeah and then they have a picture of these but those don't even look like you know medium speed electric locomotive are those clunkers that are all over Europe they do it they go fast 80 or 90 but is not like through 400 miles an hour No its says 200 kilometers 124 miles per hour I guess if it's going downhill it could hit that That is no what I call high speed rail

1:29:52 Well, we used to have trains in the United States that were steam engines that went dead fast. Ah yes That would be the Taggart Express. Oh wait a minute boom By Ayn Rand what nothing you can't take the subject seriously I'm taking the subject very seriously. Hey, I didn't throw any chemtrails on you at least Well you just did no i'm waiting because people are sending me tons of links and i'm gonna hit upon the actual You're gonna have guys showing up at the house. You know they type they're gonna be like slightly lopsided and slightly cross-eyed That's my people man what are you talking about? That's my pete and they forget that shut up here shut up. That's my people right there

CHAPTER 25 / 32 Discussion

General McChrystal Resignation and Laura Logan Commentary

The resignation of General Stanley McChrystal following a Rolling Stone article is analyzed as a potential "setup" to allow him to retire with four stars. CBS correspondent Laura Logan's criticism of the reporter, Michael Hastings, is discussed alongside the appointment of General David Petraeus as his successor.

stanley mcchrystal· laura logan· michael hastings· rolling stone· david petraeus

1:30:34 So, um... I'd like to... Wait wait we got one more topic i want to get to. Oh! I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Uh...so Petraeus Did you notice that there- here's an interesting thing. McChrystal resigned by the way he's out Yeah, I heard that and and they're letting him resign as a this is exactly what we said We said he was gonna resign He'll never have to buy himself another beer ever again because people love him the people who understand what he was actually doing as a patriot Although he was completely misdirected And they let him resign as a four-star general which he actually I guess. He wasn't the four star general long enough to technically

1:31:12 be able to resign with that accommodation. But now he gets a bigger pension yeah, so and the bigger pension these guys resigned people said why didn't he just resign if you didn't like it? You have this convoluted theory that he had to do all these things to get kind of get kicked out So I know where you're going and I think we should play this CNN piece from your blog actually from Dvorak.org slash blog of...I think you're going towards Laura Logan Well, I wasn't headed toward Laura Logan. But Laura Logan was part of the whole thing... Yeah she actually was stunned! Everyone's on her case because she stupidly made some negative commentary about the guy Hastings article on McChrystal that got him fired

1:31:57 And she was befuddled by the whole thing saying this doesn't work this way. In fact, she went on and on with about how they don't decide it's just impossible for what you're doing play a little bit of her because I thought it was interesting so Matt Taibbi uh... who was the guy who's written in Rolling Stone magazine about to Goldman Sachs which of course made no impact on Washington same magazine and another great writer he said you know this is bull crap that he actually says that lara logan you suck was a title of his article and now i'll give me my thoughts on that in a minute but here she is on CNN I guess saying she's befuddled about how this could actually take place

1:32:35 The Rolling Stone piece that ended General McChrystal's career raises an intriguing journalistic question. Could this have happened with a military beat reporter? Joining us now is the woman with plenty of experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, CBS' chief foreign correspondent Laura Logan. Welcome! If you had been traveling with General McChrystal and heard these comments about Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jim Jones, Richard Holbrooke would you have reported them? It really depends on the circumstances. It's hard to know here, Michael Hastings if you believe him says that there were no ground rules laid out and I mean that just doesn't really make a lot of sense to me because if you look at the people around General McChrystal If you look at his history he was the Joint Special Operations Commander He has a history of not interacting with the media at all And uh...his Chief Of Intelligence Mike Flynn is the same I mean I know these people they never let their guard down like that To me something doesn't add up here I just don't believe it

1:33:26 When you are out with the troops and you're living together, sleeping together is there an unspoken agreement that you're not going to embarrass them by reporting insults and banter? Yes. Tell me about that. Absolutely! There is an element of trust What I find is the most telling thing about what Michael Hastings said in your interview his manner is pretending to build an illusion of trust and he's laid out there what his game is. That is exactly the kind of damaging type of attitude that makes it difficult for reporters who are genuine about what they do, I don't go around in my personal life pretending to be one thing and then being something else. I find it egregious that anyone would do that in their professional life

1:34:13 I take that to the point of even when i apply to interview someone about something difficult and they want to know the areas in the interview, I might not say well we're going to spend a whole interview on this but I will list that. I will list that controversial issue. You don't want to blindside them? Because... So what she's basically saying is... She's married to a Blackwater guy you know Oh there ya go! So what she's basically saying is, you know if if you uncover something You need to keep it off the record and protect your relationship so that you can continue to have a relationship and report She continued not to give us any news. So when I saw him And these are both linked to both this video and Matt Tabies column who says this is what's wrong with journalism in In the world and he's right Oh yeah But see they're both wrong

1:34:57 They both missed the point, is that this was a setup. It was a setup! Right... The point that we make on this show which is that the whole thing was an obvious set up they actually she actually confirms it but she doesn't know she's confirming it right? She's bitching about the article, but what she's complaining about is actually telling you that this couldn't have possibly happened unless it was meant to happen. Exactly! She never says that... But because she's not thinking in those terms. But what this game- Crystal couldn't be like, oh why didn't he just quit if he hated the situation? He couldn't, he'd be quitting with three stars and would be very dubious and look like a quitter, look like a coward

1:35:34 I mean, he just couldn't resign. It was impossible! He would put himself into a hole so he could get out and what is apparent... First he leaked the memo which is insubordination they wouldn't kick him out on that then he does something else then finally does this ridiculous interview which makes him look like a complete insubordinate So they have to make a deal to get him out of there Which they do give them an extra star and tell him to get lost He's happy, he got accomplished what he needed to accomplish And if nobody thinks this wasn't a complete fake set up even though even Hastings may have not known it but whatever the case was just listening to her she pretty much says this guy doesn't talk to anybody why is he, why's this guy this freelancer hanging around for a month and partying. And the Pentagon has

1:36:24 That's what Matt Taibbi writes, has 30 thousand people in their PR department. Yeah he says they have a budget of over 3 billion dollars in PR? Thirty thousand people! And then this just got through some... oops oh we slipped up didn't we? It doesn't make any sense No and now we know that were just going to be in Afghanistan longer Yeah, and of course they bring in a course. I got this just you know I as you know I'm not a fan of Petraeus But if you want to read something dig up the portrays article that was written in the daily cost in 2007 where they blast betray us Betray us for having for one thing having one of these valor medals with a V on it yeah, all right start with a V on which means he had to have been killed or shot or something or wounded or

1:37:13 or having you know, they say he's never discharged his gun in a war zone. He's covered with medals from head to toe and people are talking about most people that are high up say you don't have to wear all the medals even if they're not all required if you have certain like Uber medals that count for half of the medals underneath them You know, these ribbons. And you can take off the ones below but no this guy has to look like I've said it before and the military people who listen to this show can say whatever they want about it He looks like a Generalissimo in the Banana Republic with all these things hanging off of him. And now all it's missing is the big giant hat that has got the big top, you know that hat they wear with all the scrambled eggs all over it Why does he wear that? I guess he has to take his hat off It's ridiculous this guy! I hope people see...I hope what we discuss on this show makes people at least question some of this

CHAPTER 26 / 32 Discussion

Supreme Court Gun Rights and Financial Reform

The Supreme Court's stance on the Second Amendment and the potential impact of Elena Kagan's appointment are discussed. The conversation also touches on the "moral hazard" created by the financial reform bill, which allows the Federal Reserve to oversee the banking system.

second amendment· supreme court· elena kagan· financial reform· moral hazard

1:38:16 Oh boy, yeah that was a good one. So I think things are moving very very swiftly it seems like certainly in the United States of Gitmo Nation There's a lot of things that need to be accomplished before the November election, and it's just one after another you know the president was on this morning talking about Immigration and it's just like what is there something we've overlooked. Is there something else that we can't give up control of Certainly there's there must be more its financial reform Its cap-and-trade Oh, of course our second amendment. That was a good one that was very very scary actually with the Supreme Court Well yeah, it's actually on the Supreme Court as far as they're concerned guns are out And that's so if Elena Kagan comes in she could tip the balance and then you know she'll be part of the

1:39:07 She's replacing one of the four. Oh, okay. I believe it's not a new justice. It's five to four right now and still going to be- Five to four but doesn't it actually say? We have a constitution! And this is why I love living in America because the government knows at the end of the day we've all got guns They and they will lose. That's this is why it's great It's not you know yeah, it sucks guns You know people get shot And you're probably likely to kill yourself with your own gun But at the end of the day that's what makes America beautiful tray s the only time he was shot was by another soldier Supposedly by accident whoops sorry about that Sorry boss Well maybe I'll get another ribbon He did I think he got the purple heart for that

1:39:49 So, yeah. It's amazing! It's astounding to watch and I think the... of course we'll see this Wall Street reform which the president is lying about saying it's all about consumer protection but please go and read the bill it's linked in the show notes noagendashow.com. It's complicated but just look at how many times the Board of Governors is listed as the guys who are in charge and the Board of Governors are bankers at the Federal Reserve which is not a part of the government and they're bankers overseeing their own banks. And the government will be able to determine if something needs to be unwound, and they'll unwind it so it's moral hazard! It's a go ahead and fail we'll bail don't fail it's easy. It's just a beautiful system that is being set up. Then as we already showed on this show 25% more in energy because the rest will be stolen and then we'll probably get some kind of bogus tax credit

CHAPTER 27 / 32 Discussion

NAACP Endorsement of Marijuana Legalization

The California NAACP has endorsed a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, framing it as a civil rights issue due to the high arrest rates of non-white youth. This move has faced opposition from some religious leaders within the black community who argue against the endorsement.

naacp· marijuana legalization· california· civil rights· black ministers

1:40:44 Which that doesn't work. Yeah, we won't even get there. We will get it. We don't even get the money Will get a tax credit so you have to make the money to get the money yeah that never works for me It's like I want a tax credit just give me the cash just send us your cash up front and more lighthearted news yes i got a couple of light hearted ones as well we should all you know when it finished with those for your opinion up here you go ahead uh... the n double a cp in california endorsed america marijuana law this is the national association for advancement of colored people And now all the black ministers are all upset about this because they don't think marijuana should be legalized and no one wants to listen to the arguments for it. Of course, we have law enforcement is going to be chiming in pretty soon there's gonna be a whole bunch of very interesting ad campaign coming up I'm assuming probably later this year. I'm guessing it'll get hot and heavy starting in September will follow it

1:41:40 But there's a little story on it and you can get see kind of the they didn't slant at one where the other yet because they don't have any big PR agencies involved At the moment Here we go. The president of California's NAACP announced today his organization is supporting a November ballot measure that would legalize marijuana the group says it's a matter of civil rights, it says last year 62% of those arrested for marijuana possession were non-white and more than 40 percent were under 20 years old but But some leaders in the black community, especially religious leaders oppose that endorsement. I mean i think tobacco is proven to kill you and yet they're not putting kids in jail for having a pack of cigarettes. Come on let's get real in America If that's the case then why don't we legalize crack cocaine? Why don't we legalize burglary

1:42:33 It's a smoke screen. Some church leaders are calling for the state NAACP president to resign and even those who support legalizing marijuana are questioning why the NAACP is getting involved Get ready to pay more to quit smoking Ok, here is an interesting thing that minister comes out Why don't we legalize crack cocaine? So let's make the argument stupid and burglary which is an artery Yeah, but or burglary right which is even dumber. And so which is a specious arguments In fact, it's not even very well well argued But then he says its own then he says it's a smoke screen to smoke screen for what? Well, yeah pot. Yes There'd be a lot of smoke involved but was this smokescreen for what I don't know It was not in my pre package report. Hey, it was not in my report John. I don't know

CHAPTER 28 / 32 Discussion

Chantix Side Effects and Placebo Success

A listener shares a harrowing experience with the smoking cessation drug Chantix, involving memory loss and waking up without shoes or a belt. The account highlights the drug's severe side effects and the listener's subsequent success in quitting smoking using a simple sugar cube as a placebo.

chantix· smoking cessation· side effects· placebo· dui

1:43:21 I just don't know. Anyway, we saved another life John good. Well we have actually a couple of letters that came in We should probably discuss let me do the lifesaving note that i'm so proud of this Uh, I got I just have to read most of it because it's it's just one of these stories A couple weeks ago you guys read my letter? I sent you about starting shantix Chantix. This is the cigarette smoking drug on no agenda I want to give you guys an update last Friday was at the end of my second week of chantix I went out drinking with some friends that night but didn't drink great story by the way But didn't drink as much as i usually do, I was out for about three hours Last thing I remember I left the bar near my house and was walking home next thing I know I'm in front of a random house And some cops arrive asking me what the hell I was doing? I tell them I have no idea what I was doin' how even got here Then the cops ask me where your shoes

1:44:11 I looked down and noticed my shoes were not on me. The cop finds my shoes but not my belt that had gone missing. They ask me where my car is, I tell them I have no clue! Last thing I remember was I was walking home. The cop told me that he's a pretty chill cop and lucky for getting drunk in public arrest He gives me a ride home, I miss going to work the next day... ...I noticed a few days before this ordeal that I'd been misplacing my keys, wallet gym card and work badge In short, it was going nuts over Deshantic stuff which is a lethal drug I quit taking Chantix that night when I remembered what you guys said about the chances of quitting smoking on Chantix was about 22% or something effective versus a placebo sugar pill which is 13% effective. Now we've, of course pulled the commercials apart specifically for this reason so instead of Chantix i take a sugar cube twice a day as a placebo

1:45:02 It's working even better than the Chantix. I have not cheated or smoked a single puff of a cigarette in five days, I no longer have vivid dreams No more insomnia and no more nausea In fact, I feel great And my mind is more clear than it was when i was on that crappy pill! And he's not winding up hammered in front of random houses with no shoes on And then disturbingly on another note he told a co-worker about what had happened to him and he said, you know I'm really lucky. His coworker said you're lucky didn't get a DUI. He said in his DUI class there are about five people who got a DUI even though they were not driving one got a DUI this is driving under influence inside Carl's Jr well you should get arrested for that no matter what

CHAPTER 29 / 32 Discussion

Prison Occupancy and Medical Testing Scams

A detailed account from a listener who was jailed over a weekend for falling behind on child support payments while battling cancer. The story describes how the New York county jail system allegedly profits from prisoner occupancy, mandatory medical tests, and the administration of vaccines and psychiatric drugs like Ativan.

child support· prison· vaccinations· ativan· new york

1:45:47 Because he was intoxicated they asked him where his car was. He said outside They checked this pocket found car keys in his pockets and charged you with DUI Even though because he was he was intending to drive it's like a thought crime Yeah, no I found this distressing It's nuts. I believe it, I believe some stuff like this happens But that clearly... And by the way with an economy in the tank like this more and more of this sort of thing is going to happen because it brings revenues in Now that bring us to our second email which I think uh This is The Tale Of A Deadbeat Dad Do you want to summarize this? Well this guy got thrown in jail

1:46:30 He's actually he's out of work and him and his wife is sick. Yes, he has been battling cancer Yeah, right? I'm sorry. He's been battling cancer And so he's got a whole series of problems yes You know in his wife is behind him on this and he can't he has to catch up to his child support Actually his wife is like you know hey, I understand but it's an automatic thing because the It's got nothing to do with his wife. Right, the courts you know the system takes your money I mean let me read some of this however the county collects the child support from me and gives it to her so they're aware of how behind i am every two to three months a warrant is issued for sheriff show up at the door and asks

1:47:09 and take me in front of a judge who also knows the situation, points out how ridiculous it is and lets me go. Since my being behind is kind of out of control. Apparently more recently I guess he ended up on a Friday late Friday afternoon there was a knock at the door two sheriffs were there they took me in here's the problem since i was late in the day it was late today i was going to have this spend a weekend in the county prison until of course opened on monday a brand new level of hell i'd gotten used to the routine arrest but spending a week in imprisoned was a new experience and no idea that prisoner uh... would prisoners experienced some observations i made in the process other than me everyone i saw there wasn't present for minor charges mostly pot dealing or smoking

1:47:53 One person was locked up over an open container violation. It must be nice to know that there's no crime to worry about over here I do know the state pays the county based on prison occupancy After hearing some of the bail stories, i'm convinced that this system is set-up To make sure people are locked away to increase county income $10,000 bail for a open container violation Is out of line in my opinion This is New York by the way New York State which is broke. And then they wanted to vaccinate him, they tried to give him vaccinations for hepatitis A, hepatitis B flu pneumonia vaccines

1:48:33 He explained that he was under doctor's care, the guy is battling cancer. So you know he had to really fight that off and he did all sorts of blood and urine tests they tested him for it so these I'm sure they get money for this as well yeah this is all they get the guy in there if he takes one of these shots they get paid They have to test them for this and that they get paid They got him in there they get paid This is a crock of crap going on here And then he couldn't pee He says he has a shy bladder. It's hard, he says when you got a 300 pound guy staring at your penis and then he said I made one big mistake they asked me how my mental state was while i was in medical and he said well to be honest my first time in prison I'm a little nervous this kicked off a number of alarms first off they insisted on getting the on Ativan...I don't know what that is but I'm sure it's... Yeah, the Ativan is one of these anti-nervous pills Made me see a mental health professional since they were concerned I might kill myself

1:49:33 And they offered me an Ativan script when I was leaving to keep me docile. So, um... He's uh, he says it just it's you know It's a report straight from the slammer and you're right John particularly in the hard times now with the economic crisis The jails have to fill them up bring them in fill him up doesn't matter what you doing You got to throw you in jail so we can make some money and they're making money on all fronts on the done the drugs They give you on the vaccines. They give you unlocking you up I can't believe over a weekend somebody wants to give me a shot flu shot Yeah Wow

CHAPTER 30 / 32 Discussion

Swine Flu Vaccine Contract Waste

The BBC reports that the UK government lost approximately 1.2 billion pounds due to swine flu vaccine contracts that lacked "get out" clauses. The excess H1N1 vaccines are reportedly being repackaged into seasonal flu jabs as the global health scare subsides.

swine flu· h1n1· vaccine· bbc· world health organization

1:50:12 So anyway, it looks like they're starting to destroy some of those flu shots now that they're getting... you know. Nobody's using them. Well no! What I read is they are folding it into the seasonal flu shot both in Gitmo Nation East and West This is what I'm reading. Yeah, well i was hearing about the old ones that want those straight ones the ones that just have h1n1 in it are getting... Well here's swine flu jabs to be repackaged as seasonal flu jabs according to The Financial Times. Well I think there's a lot of action there somebody also investigating I think one of the states investigating the whole scam saying that we didn't write the right contract remember this was in Canada well yeah there's a lot of action going on where I had to revisit the topic yes the well the BBC reports that the swine flu vaccine contracts lacked get out clauses yeah duh

1:51:04 So 1.2 billion pounds. Yeah, I think it was Great Britain they lost a billion dollars. Pounds! 1.2 billion pounds. A billion pound of $1.5 billion down the drain because of that idiot that runs the World Health Organization...that woman. Yeah. Miss Swan. Chaun whatever You got a couple more clips anything you want to play or? Well let's see what i have uh..I have something funny which was during the Petraeus confirmation hearing Chairman Levin or Levine, I guess. Words matter, I would say so listen to his 26 seconds of his opening statement. We've already seen a positive effect of setting the July 2011 date to begin reduction of our troops Lieutenant General Caldwell who commands our training efforts in Afghanistan told us that when General Obama announced the date

CHAPTER 31 / 32 Discussion

Homeland Security Intellectual Property Raids

The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the RIAA and MPAA, has begun raiding websites and local stores for intellectual property violations. One such raid in San Diego targeted a small store for selling counterfeit designer items, which officials claimed were worth a million dollars.

homeland security· riaa· mpaa· counterfeit goods· disney

1:52:01 General Obama. And no one bats an eye! General Obama, well he should wear all the medals Yeah he should have a cool uniform absolutely Under the act now that Joe Biden came out and said this is like a smash-and-grab Well finally the MPAA and what is the record association R-I-A-A. R-A-A, and everyone they've got the cops the Federales working for him now so Homeland Security went out and busted up a whole bunch of websites that were hosting... it's Homeland Security! That we're hosting movies illegally

1:52:45 And they did a whole press announcement and Disney was on stage with the Homeland Security saying, yeah we did a great job. They've always wanted this to happen and then there was a little local store in San Diego and this is from one of our producers down south in San Diego who reported this he said this is impossible There's a little Asian store Who was suspected of selling counterfeit designer items was raided by police? It's in a strip mall and the police claimed that they pulled out a million dollars worth of illegal goods Yeah, I saw juicy couture Chanel Nike Louis Vuitton yeah I mean if they were real and there were store price. I can see it was a million bucks But these are just you know so called

1:53:36 Knock-offs knock offs. Yeah, yeah cheap crap so but it's fun you know so we were throwing people in jail for smoking pot and And we're busting up to Asian Elderly people for yeah You know gonna get worse oh you gotta get out of here John I know you do gotta you gotta boogie right? So I think I gotta take off yeah Then let me just say one thing women Ladies, are you... I'm reading from scienceblogs.com Are you independent? Stubborn or mildly aggressive in your social interactions? Are you perhaps less interested in having sex with men than your neighborhood nymphomaniac? Are you possibly even lesbian or bisexual? Worst of all are you pursuing a career in the masculine profession and possibly deferring pregnancy and child rearing to a later date or indefinitely You may have a disease

CHAPTER 32 / 32 Discussion

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Show Outro

The hosts discuss a report on Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), which some medical groups are framing as a disease linked to masculine behavior in women. The episode concludes with a sign-off from "Gitmo Nation West" and "Northern Silicon Valley," with a reminder for the next broadcast on Sunday.

cah· american academy of pediatrics· medicalization· gitmo nation· sign-off

1:54:30 Yes, it's congenital adrenal hyperplasia better known as CAH and it's a real disease. And we're coming up with the vaccine for it! The American Academy of Pediatrics has confirmed CAH is an actual disease you are masculinized and you're in trouble. Oh brother... Please read the entire report in the show notes at noagendershow.com Because you're just in trouble. We have to get your shot pretty soon, some hormones because lesbians is an illness now! I had to leave on a funny note at least Yeah that's more depressing than the rest of this stuff Alright show on Sunday as normal? Yeah Okay good You care to tell where are going or are flying? No i'm taking the train so I have to leave three days early

1:55:35 Normally I would take the plane, and be up there in a couple hours. Right you gotta take this right? It's gonna take me three days to get there But I prefer it because i don't want to eat rat turds in the planes meals well by The way they don't serve meals on the plane so I don't know what that's all about ah yes It's fun to live in Gitmo Nation. Coming to you from the hilltop, Watchtower Crackpots Command Center in the Peoples Republic of Southern California in Gitmo Nation West In The Morning I'm Adam Curry And in the northern part of this state where Silicon Valley doesn't exist but the sun does! I am John C. Dvorak and the government does not own the sun yet We'll talk again on Sunday everybody for early morning service right here on No Agenda