Episode 264 · Sunday, 26 December 2010

Chatter on the Interwebs

Federal agencies deploy singing screeners and thermos bans to manage public perception while corporate fraud and international nuclear treaties reshape the global financial landscape.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 264

About this episode

The Transportation Security Administration issued a holiday security alert targeting insulated coffee thermoses as potential terrorist tools, a move amplified by ABC News reports suggesting increased luggage searches. George Stephanopoulos and Lindsay Davis presented segments featuring singing TSA agents at LAX, which serve as a transparent public relations campaign to rehabilitate the agency's image following nationwide Thanksgiving travel outrage. This media-driven fear cycle mirrors the satirical promos in the 1988 film Scrooged, where fictional executives used terror to drive viewership.

Corporate fraud at HealthSouth reveals a systemic conflict of interest where the SEC and IRS may ignore financial scams because the government benefits from taxes paid on billions in fake earnings. In Ohio, hit-and-run victim and Alzheimer’s researcher Mark Smith died after publicly criticizing Eli Lilly’s pharmaceutical approach, while the driver responsible was found dead of a suspected overdose shortly after. International tensions rise as the START Treaty appears to allow Russia to increase nuclear warhead levels while the U.S. reduces its own, potentially in exchange for Visa and Mastercard gaining market access in Moscow. Meanwhile, EU President Herman Van Rompuy released a cryptic Christmas haiku calling for silence, and German rail infrastructure faced total failure due to frozen overhead wires and maintenance neglect.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect the rise of the self-radicalization meme used by CBS News to justify domestic surveillance. The hosts grant No Agenda Knighthoods to top producers like Lennart Rinkama and David Chapman for supporting the value-for-value model. The episode concludes with a look at the mysterious theft of seismic equipment in Vanuatu just before a major earthquake and the suspicious surge of 500 tremors in Guy, Arkansas, linked to local fracking operations.


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CHAPTER 01 / 38 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 264 Introduction and Holiday Greetings

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 264 of the No Agenda show on Sunday, December 26, 2010. The hosts exchange Christmas greetings and banter about their broadcast locations in Southern California and Northern Silicon Valley. They discuss the "second day of Christmas" and the energy of their audience in the chat room.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· silicon valley· christmas· new world order

00:00 You look at his agenda and it would say like, buy Porsche today. Adam Curry John C Devorah It is Sunday December 26 2010 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination episode 264 This is no Agenda Living up to the true meaning of see something say something here at 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 Is it Sunday already? I'm not sure, but in Northern Silicon Valley. I am John C. DeVore. Hey! Good morning to you John. Good morning to you and good morning to all the ships at sea and feet on the ground It's boots on the ground

00:43 If you're gonna try and usurp me again, it's ships at sea boots on the ground wings in the skies hams on the air. We have never done that wings in the sky hams on the air. Yeah we did that last week and to all human resources in the chat room but no it didn't do chat chat chat dot net where everyone is charged up on the second day of Christmas and they're exactly the way their government loves them. Filled with electricity and energy, ready to be sapped by the new world order. Jeez! It's just a happy little ditty I'm thinking here. Yeah work on something else. Depress the listeners. What is this? These guys are crazy. So we had a great Christmas yesterday Merry Christmas to you John by the way

CHAPTER 02 / 38 Discussion

Scrooged Movie Analysis and Media Fear Tactics

A review of the 1988 film "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray highlights a scene where a television executive uses terrifying promos to scare audiences into watching a Christmas special. The imagery of exploding airplanes and drug use in the fictional 1988 promo is compared to the modern news cycles of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. The segment notes how satirical fear-mongering from the 1980s has become a reality in contemporary media.

bill murray· scrooged· 1988· cnn· fox news· msnbc· terrorism

01:31 Merry Christmas to you and all the ships at sea! The boots on the ground. But we watched, as one does, you watch some Christmas movies and Scrooge was on with bill murray which i think is one of the uh... what my favorite not christmas and i love that film yes from nineteen eighty eight and if you haven't seen it dad i encourage you to at least watch the beginning because something time i know something very funny again this is nineteen eighty-eight bill murray is the president these nigs a top executive of a television network the i'd be c television network he's a total dick he's the way though who most horrible in his very true to form a television executive actually

02:12 and it starts off with a doing this big live extravaganza on Christmas Eve which is the the Christmas Carol, The Charles Dickens Story and uh... answer there in the executive suite and they're looking at the promo for um... uh... for this extravaganza and so you know that got a nice little promo and uh... it looks kinda good nap and leave the promos performing quite well within bill murray as the president of this network freaks out says no this is not you need to scare people that if they miss watching this show, their lives will be over and then he rolls out a promo. And it's the funniest thing I mean it could have been any promo for any news cable news network today and of course in 1988 was outrageous that the promo literally you see an airplane taking off and the voiceover says

03:04 this special is so terrifying and you see the airplane explode in midair and the voiceover literally says terrorism. And then it's like drugs, and you see the needle going in the arm. It was exactly like what CNN Fox and MSNBC are today only in 88 that was seen as an outrageous crazy thing that could never happen That's crazy Tom! That's just fiction its just a movie And now we're living it. Just wow! Well, you know? Gives us something to talk about Yeah but you know it's just like wow I was... You should have made a clip Yeah I should have my impression kind of sucked But I just realized that this morning It's like oh my god I can't believe that the whole premise of that movie is based upon The world were living in today only then it was like Oh it's a Bill Murray movie Of course it's nuts That'll never happen It's crazy Crazy talk I tell ya Um and otherwise uneventful No strikes of terror John

CHAPTER 03 / 38 Discussion

TSA Thermos Security Alert and Media Reporting Errors

The TSA issued a security alert regarding insulated thermos containers as potential tools for terrorists during the Christmas travel season. An ABC News report featuring Lindsay Davis is criticized for suggesting that checked luggage would be subject to extra searches due to thermoses, which the hosts identify as a likely reporting error. The segment mocks the absurdity of targeting coffee thermoses as a primary security threat.

tsa· diane feinstein· insulated thermos· abc news· lindsay davis· airport security

04:05 I'm sorry? No terror strikes. No, it's amazing! I think we're going to make it through the end of the year even though... ...I believe back in January, we could play the clip again but we don't need too... Diane Feinstein had all the top dogs sitting there in front of her, in front of Congress and they all predicted that worst is gonna happen within next three months It's a done deal and they all pointed at each other said yeah agree with him Yeah Well I am sure because the TSA so awesome TSA hasn't done anything. Well, are you kidding me? Excuse me! They did something very very important they did some extra checking this travel season You didn't hear about the incredible...about the alert What it was the alert as millions of Americans take to the skies in a rush to get home for Christmas The TSA is on a potential tool for terrorists. Well what could it be John

05:01 Wait, they designed a tool for the terrorists? Whose side are they on?! They found a potential tool for terrorists. They've found it! They've got it! Insulated thermos containers... ABC's Lindsay Davis joins us live from the newsroom now with details on this. Lindsay? Wait what!? I'm actually wondering why didn't note this for the show. I think it's because it was so stupid. For one thing, who brings a thermos on? What do they bring their boxed lunch and you got a lunch pail and a thermos that they're gonna eat? I mean what's the deal? Have you ever brought a thermos on a plane I've seen lots of people do it because what they'll do is they'll take the thermos through the security and then fill up their coffee on the other end so it stays nice and warm, not in one of those cups that will explode onto your lap. Paper cups...I've seen lots of people do it but also see people eat Taco Bell on the airplane

05:51 That's kind of our culture, you know. It's like someone opens up a nice Taco Bell on the... Yeah it stinks up there Oh my god Here is the report because we need to understand exactly how this new tool of terror can be used Good afternoon to you Dan Just want to give you a heads-up There is no particular ban here Its just that you can expect if your going to pack one of these thermoses in your carry-on or your check bag that you're gonna have to undergo a few more now this is what I very interesting because she says something here which it heads up he said she says if you have this in your checked luggage you can expect to be searched right yeah that's you I think that was a mistake

06:30 Well, why would she say this then? Why would they check it in the... Why would it slow you down and how do they know? Let's just listen here. Carrying on your cheque bag that you're gonna have to undergo a few more security measures The issue... I'm just... So maybe... She dropped the ball she fucked up on that sorry Whoa! Hello! Hello! That is my week, that's my allotment. Thursday show I kept completely clean 100% You go an blow the record. Made it through one show No, she screwed up. This is a mistake she made. She was talking about carry-on. She doesn't know what she's talking about Oh that's why she's on the news okay? Well well then let's get off that topic and let's listen to the true reason there was no terror this season because I really did find the true reason why Why we've had no terror attacks because the TSA once again is on the case ladies and gentlemen

CHAPTER 04 / 38 Discussion

TSA Christmas Carolers and ABC News PR Campaign

ABC News aired a segment featuring TSA employees singing Christmas carols at LAX to improve the agency's public image following Thanksgiving travel outrage. George Stephanopoulos introduced the piece, which the hosts characterize as a "Ministry of Truth" puff piece designed to humanize federal screeners. The segment compares the singing officers to historical propaganda choruses.

tsa· lax· abc news· george stephanopoulos· christmas carols· ministry of truth

07:25 Sorry, that's the remember all that anger over Thanksgiving about oh. Oh this is a great report This is George Stephan off of our philopolis Remember all that anger over Thanksgiving about the TSA John do you remember that anger? That outrage I don't know. I was mad Do you remember the anger it's its gone, It's all gone really Oh people have been sedated yes Yes not just sedated we're no longer angry Remember all that anger over Thanksgiving about full body scans and pat-downs at airports Yes well for many passengers the encounter with federal government screeners is a lot more pleasant now that Christmas has come oh Check out the TSA carolers at LAX

08:04 This is great. Listen to the report from The Compromised ABC News, this is like so clearly it's like alright here's the Ministry of Truth speaking please make these guys look human and just listen to this report its outstanding There's a bunch of TSA jabronis standing in the departure hall with like, uh... keyboard. There is alot of stress so when our singers start singing maybe you'll get a smile and someone will just relieve a little bit of the stress

08:46 Hey that we do I think to show a different face for the you know of the TSA more human side And and they're all in their uniforms, and they got a couple of guys who like think they can sing You know those people then go. Yeah syncopic I work with one The TSA people who have been so bad being everybody together everybody in the Christmas spirit Here's the guy who's doing syncopic like, you know trying to kind of it likes swinging through at all Wait

09:31 American Airlines flight leaving at 12 o'clock to Miami Denver Chicago And let's wind it up What do you think sir? Yeah, we love it go TSA you're awesome It reminds me of the Brown Shirt Chorus in 1938. I don't know if you're making a joke but it wouldn't surprise me if there actually existed, If there was a brown shirt chorus. Isn't singing songs in the hinterland isn't that one of the ways? Well that's all they do in Germany! You go to a beer house and sing about the whole place! Sing about das Hinterland! It's like your're in there, your'e in Germany, you decide to go to a bierhaus at any time during the holidays...I can't imagine what its like

10:28 Yeah. And they just sing in their whole place, the whole bar is like a huge bar 100 people 200 people and they're all singing songs you've never heard of. It's weird Yes, I'm sure the Browns shirts had a chorus. But it's really unbelievable and of course you know we've discussed that even though all the news networks are compromised maybe it's just me but every single story I get sent these days that is outrageous that comes from television news is from ABC News after there's a new news president over at ABC. I don't know I'm getting just as much crap from the other network. Okay but it's like all the big shows like Good Morning America and so here's George Stephanopoulos

11:08 announcing, you know doing an intro to this total BS puff piece about and listen to what he's saying. Well everyone was so angry we're not angry anymore because they're singing Christmas carols! That's pretty lame I mean that's that's pretty out there i mean that was the former advisor to President Bill Clinton who is now one of the biggest morning network national programs that there are, that there is. I mean that's pretty out there I think you made your point. Hey, do we have anyone to thank for this program John? Yeah we got a bunch of producers We've got one two three four five six seven executive producers of some sort Let's just name them who they are and figure out what their title is Well since you're in charge Just like Hollywood Okay so we've got two executive producers that gave $333.33 And one actually gave $333.99 which is Lenart

CHAPTER 05 / 38 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits and No Agenda Value Model

The hosts acknowledge high-tier donors for episode 264, including Executive Producers Lennart Rinkama and David Chapman. They discuss the "Value-for-Value" funding model as an alternative to traditional advertising, which allows them to speak freely without corporate interference. Credits are granted to donors in a style similar to Hollywood production roles, encouraging listeners to add these titles to professional profiles like LinkedIn.

lennart rinkama· david chapman· gordon walton· tom byrne· value-for-value· crowdfunding

12:09 Rinkama, Sir Leonard actually from Groningen. He says it's a long time night due for donation so he contributed and he became the executive producer and then there is David Chapman who is another executive producer and he had a little note here. Is that the guy who also killed John Lennon? No, that was some other Chapman. I don't think the gal killed John Lennon is gonna be donated to show Like whoa that's a recognizable man he's in Vassanar Vassanar Vassanar Netherlands He gave us three three three three and he needs some muggy. He needs a little help. He says okay He's requesting some serious karma

12:58 Uh, his boss revealed the plans for a- for the next outsourcing process next year. We've got to pull in double time to basically make ourselves redundant on time! Oh that's nice... Needless to say I'm looking to jump ship and can use any help cosmic or otherwise. Alright stand by open up here we come. You've got karma that should do it my friend we're hoping yeah and we have a number of members in the two six four club including I want to mention last week's Gordon Walton who jumped the gun from Austin Texas 264 Francois Proulx who i pronounced before prul

13:48 Anyway, he's a long-time producer so I wanted to recommend and watch some of the documentaries in this series. Vice Guide To Travel, never heard of them. Currently available on Netflix Some of these are documentaries on North Korea and Liberia quite interesting and thought provoking really do not... Not the type of crap that Michael Moore does is pretty hardcore ghetto documentaries John, I'm pretty sure you're going to see the one on North Korea So you can better know the customs of the country Actually they're probably very similar to uh.. The customs of South Korea would think except anyway he's a friend of montreal is that it cater thing and you know how far is from his knighthood eric will take care then think is this third maybe fourth donation might be around five hundred or so doesn't know all right cool uh... using cough up the remainder also um... we had a we've got to jeff daly another member the two sixty four club alexandria virginia merry christmas for these now be died and uh... did whatever you say in german to the team at

14:45 No agenda special douchebag shout out to Doug Challenger Think it's a member of the daily family of Chicago Challenger no I'm still Jeff Daley. Oh, I doubt it by the way well Virginia yeah Alexandria, Virginia hello hello Spooksville of course he is its code. It's when you get a daily Doug Chilean or two so one of the two and then we had we had one mail-in. We got a check in the mail, money in the mail! And this is also an executive producer? A member of 264 club Oh wow okay You guys have a great show I want to thank you for constantly opening my eyes to some other things that are really going on around the world I wouldn't get through any kind of mainstream media I've been listening since Poland's government got it to do they head and I loved it ever since not the two to the head but the show

15:40 here's a PayPal proof donation to join the 263 club for one reason or another it doesn't get there in time, here is an extra dollar for the 264 Club and which he is now a... And who sent this thing because you didn't give us a name? This is Eric Wilka. I don't have Eric's address on this... What are you going to give out so people can go thank him personally? No, I mean I usually mention the city of New York City or state yeah good point whatever the case is Eric thanks alot He says he is, well I'm not going to read this. Well I guess I should read it because they'll probably send a note to Adam. Uh...I'll read this reluctantly. P.S., John I enjoy Adam singing on the show and could i hear the Gitmo Nation National Anthem?

16:26 Well, I think it's a reasonable request. Why don't we do the Gitmo Nation National Anthem after we've done our... Halfway through, we'll do the halfway point. Yeah and we also have The 5x1 Club Right and then you got one more executive producer or associate executive producer, the rest of them will be executive producers but Tom is sitting by himself, Tom Byrne from Wellington, New Zealand. Hi John and Ann, I feel bad that the money I thought was donating for the 42 coin ended up costing you some extra money so here's a couple of hundred two hundred dollars to help you out thank you very much Mr. Byrne, so that's it for our executive producers for today's show number 264 and members of the 264 exclusivity club And well I guess we do the five by ones We do at the halfway mark is that how okay? All right? Just want to make sure okay, so Boy nice list Thank you So much You know we've chosen For a completely different model than taking money from people who don't want us to talk about him Which is kind of fun the way it works in advertising isn't it

17:28 uh... that's the way it works to know don't kid yourself as sir leonard rank my david chapman being the executive producer of this episode then executive producers and two six four club members gordon walton france while pool Jeff Daley Eric Wilka and the associate executive producer Tom Byrne. Thank you all very much This is an official credit it works just like Hollywood You could put it anywhere you think it'll it'll be like on your resume Your IMDB profile put in your LinkedIn by the way, that's another good place to put your Associate executive or executive producer credits at any time unlike Hollywood you need someone to vouch will be right there for ya

18:08 Now of course everyone else on this second day of Christmas propagate the formula. Our formula is this We go out we hit people in the mouth Shut up you slaves You seem to enjoy saying that more than uh, you should so because I know that were all slaves Well definitely wage slaves

CHAPTER 06 / 38 Discussion

HealthSouth Fraud and Government Tax Collusion Theory

A documentary on the HealthSouth accounting scandal reveals that the company paid taxes on billions of dollars in fake earnings to maintain its fraud. This leads to a theory that the SEC and other regulators may ignore large-scale financial scams because the IRS benefits from the inflated tax revenue. The hosts suggest this creates a fundamental conflict of interest where the government has a financial incentive to let corporate frauds continue.

healthsouth· weston smith· cnbc· sec· irs· bernie madoff· accounting fraud

18:46 Russian slaves to our producers. Speak for yourself, yeah exactly I'm a slave to the producers i'm no wage slave Well this is kind of a wage So what else we got? Anything news this week besides just...I have an interesting thing I want to propose a concept Okay hit me with it And its based on the clip I have which is let me open up the clip file and don't have as many clips as I'd like because I might have had a technical glitch. But this clip is called, This Clip Is A Conflict Of Interest USA and people can kind of like read between the lines as they listen to this clip. This is about the health south. This was from the show CNBC's show Greed which is actually very good documentary on different kinds of scams that went on and how they

19:35 and how they fell apart over time. And this was about the Hell South scam where they were just cooking the books, and cooking the books... What was Hell South? They were just one of those one of those health care providers that was just cooking the books to get to keep the stock price pumped up. And they make a little mention in here and as soon as they said this, I said oh my god! This could be why the Madoff thing went as far as it did. We've done this show since during the Madoff outbreak and other scandals, the Stanford one and some of the other ones that came and went... We've been doing this since The Watergate tapes, I think

20:13 And one of the things that has always been fascinating is why didn't the regulators do anything? Especially when that one whistleblower guy was kept presenting it to him time and time again. For years, 10 years literally he kept giving them the paper showing this was a scam period So what? So I'm thinking when i heard this clip, there's one little thing that's in there. Oh my god! There is collusion in the government and this is the reason and nothing happened. Wait...there's collusion in the government?! Yeah but you gotta listen to this clip it's not the collusion you think. Okay let's hit it. Fraud at HealthSouth continues The CFO position seems to have a revolving door. I took the CFO position in 2001 probably because I was the only person stupid enough to take it

21:02 Weston Smith is the company's fourth CFO in as many years. By now, HealthSouth books are in total disarray and the fraud has grown to about two billion dollars. Things were so bad HealthSouth was reporting one set of earnings and it's paying taxes on that set of earnings The taxes that the company is paying is greater than the actual earnings that the company is generating. That's how bad it is." And for Smith, that's cool! How does that work? Well to keep the fraud going they have to pay the taxes on the fake earnings Yeah you have to say that you've got more earnings and ergo... So there they were paying essentially every dime they were making was going through the IRS straight into the government

21:51 Yeah, and so I'm thinking well what the SEC or nobody did anything about this. What would be the motive for the SEC to stop this gravy train? Well no exactly because it's bringing in the dough! It's not only bringing in that is bringing in all of the dough In other words every nickel his company was making was going straight into cover up a scam That's great So I'm thinking this is a major conflict of interest within the government. Because why would it... so you're the SEC and you say we're going to crack down on these guys, and somebody comes over from IRS says look, hey whose side are you on dummy? We're making bank here what are you talking about man? Whose side are you on? Stop that already!

22:36 You wonder why the people that were at the SEC, nobody's fired. Nobody is disciplined nothing comes of it and then they replace the head person as a kind of gesture They retire the other person not jail them And then bring in new person as we discussed about year ago The person brought in was also part of this scheme So the game is rigged and the only person, the people that take it in their shorts of course are the investors. The shareholders who end up getting screwed when they when they when the thing finally falls apart which it always does but meanwhile how much was did the government return that false taxes? Gee no

CHAPTER 07 / 38 Discussion

IRS Enforcement Anecdote and Congressional Insider Trading

An anecdote describes IRS agents arriving at a San Francisco office with hands on their holsters to settle a tax paperwork issue involving a host's previous work in Europe. The discussion shifts to how members of Congress and their aides can legally engage in stock trading based on non-public information. The hosts argue that government officials often enter office with modest salaries and leave as millionaires due to these rigged financial advantages.

irs· mevio· san francisco· wesley snipes· insider trading· congress

23:20 So that to me is like the most interesting, as soon as I heard it I said oh my god this is like the worst kind of conflict of interest. And IRS has guns! They do have guns yeah. Serious guns and I've had them show up at my place of work with their hand on their holsters. I told you this would happen in media. Yeah you told me this, did you mention this on the show sometime ago? New listeners have never heard this story Yeah, I know. It was a Wesley Snipes thing! I had an accountant in Europe and even if you live abroad and pay taxes in the country where your living You still have to file with the United States of Gitmo

24:02 So that they know what you're doing, so we can check you slave. And of course that information had gone to an accountant and they were supposed to file it I guess they didn't file it. They didn't send in the paperwork. Then the IRS all of a sudden shows up because of course I was working at Mevio in United States paying local payroll taxes. All of a sudden like hey who's this guy? We've been looking for you. I'm like, well you've been looking for me? Have you ever tried Google? It's not that hard to find me but now we gotcha! And then they showed up with their hands on their guns at the office You know, we're looking for Mr. Curry This is over in the San Francisco office Yeah and Mark Sierra was our CFO at the time

24:48 Remember Mark Sierra? No. He was like the yogi guy and he had uh, he always had his hand in a- like a... Thank you darling His hand in a cast or a... Uh no. Oh okay well anyway He was our CFO and he was like, yeah. She was like trying to calm him down It's like okay once you guys just sit here and we'll work all of this out because they were in the basically Yeah, well they're gonna do gun ya down take my salary and shut down the company Lock it lock up the place and shoot you I don't know man it was but they had their hands on the other guns They got real side arms as they've got more too remember We would look at those reports have got shotguns and assault rifle arm to the teeth

25:30 Yeah, yeah. Anyway so yeah total collusion it makes sense and then please let's presume that There are people within government who hold stock in a company like that It's not illegal you know Senators, congressmen. Yeah no the senators and congressman we discussed this on the show too this is a retrospective show it sounds like It does sound like that yeah But we've discussed just that the congressman and aides they can buy in short They can short stock when they hear about something going on You'd think it would be considered inside information but its not And so then make up fortune people go into government you know making those low salaries of you know low 60-70 80 thousand dollars a year

CHAPTER 08 / 38 Discussion

Security Technology Lobbying and L-3 Communications Contracts

A Washington Post investigation found that 80% of lobbyists for security technology companies previously held positions in the federal government or Congress. L-3 Communications is highlighted for securing $900 million in government contracts for body scanners and other security equipment. The hosts argue the industry is a revolving-door scam that prioritizes corporate profits and tax streams over actual public safety.

washington post· l-3 communications· homeland security· lobbyists· body scanners

26:16 and then they will come out millionaires and you wonder why. How does that happen? How does that work?! And he gets so rich while serving the public, doesn't make any sense but no now I'm convinced that the Madoff thing went on purpose You know as long as he's paying more taxes... As long as he is paying his taxes right It's like keep paying them taxes and big...and their tax was inflated obviously to keep a scam going you have to pay more than your share and who is complaining on the government side? Well it'll fall apart eventually let it fall apart of its own So a bunch of people get wiped out. So the The Washington Post is speaking of this type of shenanigans in government, The Washington Post has an article which came out day before Christmas and they actually did some of the work and it turns out you know the eight of every ten registered lobbyists who work for scanner technology companies

27:07 previously held positions in the government or Congress most commonly in homeland security aviation or intelligence fields so this is this is this is not just the the churd off this is like the whole lobbying industry for uh... base in our security well it's going beyond scanners now yes you have been a friend of foot thing and all the rest of your how much l three has been according to this article how how much money l three communications of new york which uh... of has uh... was that they had um... couple guys shilling for them anyway they sell these other body scans and what money they've made in government government contracts alone nine hundred million

27:52 It's not bad. Looks like the guys who do those websites for 8 million a pop 18 million! Oh, 18 million a pop For a website you know using Drupal I think they've changed to SharePoint now because that was getting a little lame Yeah it really is one big scam Well it's just a way of ripping off the taxpayer Now listen to us And its not protecting the public this what really bothers me about this health south thing You know they're paying all these taxes or the Madoff thing for that matter I mean there's no interest in protecting the public. It was just protecting the tax stream, and nobody even brings this up Which goes straight into all kinds of other stuff that we don't really benefit from No, we don't benefit from any of it Alright So um Twas the season to be jolly John Thank you darling I love you

CHAPTER 09 / 38 Discussion

Barack Obama Reading to Students and "AKA Santa Claus"

President Barack Obama visited a Washington grade school to read "The Night Before Christmas" to students. The hosts mock the President's repetitive use of the phrase "AKA Santa Claus" when referring to Saint Nick. They interpret the interaction as a subtle form of training children to accept aliases and government-sanctioned narratives.

barack obama· washington· christmas· st. nick· aka santa claus

28:51 Not you, John. Thank you very much. I love YouTube but in a different way. Leaders around the world of course help us celebrate this joyous occasion Our president went to some kids he had plugged his own book uh... which i don't have a clip of that this little clip of um how he was talking to the little slave let's at a washington grade school reading them the night before christmas and is actually does kind of surprise me to hear our how he's training them for their uh... lives future lives as uh... slaves to terror and other fine human resources listen with nobody pieces says to them because it also read a holiday classic twas the night before christmas by comment more

29:34 with a little old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick! Let's say Nick, aka Santa Claus. What? Aka Santa Claus. Aka Santa Claus... In other words... It's like the name for a book let me write it down. Aka Santa Claus. All of my daughters leaving to me say goodbye See you tomorrow, okay? Bye Yeah, aka Santa Claus just fill in the blank aka on while a locky yeah It's just it's preparing the Slave Lutz to what's his name. Oh aka something else these kids are like five Aka, Aka, Aka, Aka Santa Claus

CHAPTER 10 / 38 Discussion

Herman Van Rompuy Christmas Haiku and EU Leadership

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy released a Christmas haiku in Dutch and French. The hosts translate the poem, which mentions "silence and happiness," and mock the abstract nature of the message. They interpret the call for "silence" as a metaphorical instruction for European citizens to stop complaining about government policies.

herman van rompuy· european union· haiku· christmas· dutch· french

30:23 You gotta send me that clip for the and you hear like the room is dead right? He's what do you expect? Oh my god, you're not getting any last of the kids And then of course in Gitmo nation United States of Europe Yeah Do you know who the president is to the United States of Europe John boy isn't it the same guy? The dishrag guy? Yeah, you gotta know his name. He's... Rumpoy! Yeah exactly Herman Van Rumpoy he decided to leave us all with it well you know what he does for a hobby

31:10 Yeah, he's a poet. He's a haiku idiot. Yes! Haiku that's right he wrote us a little haiku Oh I want to hear it Well unfortunately it's in uh... he did it in Dutch slash French Oh that sucks But its only three lines so I can translate it Okay translate it Let's listen to it Mag ik het met een haiku zeggen? Stilte en vreugde Silence and happiness Van kerstmis tot het nieuwe jaar From Christmas till the new year Hopen ook op hoop. We're hoping for hope! Silence? What's the silence, you tell everyone to shut up? Yeah let's do it again. Mag ik het met een haiku zeggen? Een Haiku! Stilte en vreugde. Silence and actually silence and happiness, silence an joy, silence in happiness. If you shut up you'll be happy Shutup you'll be happy Van kerstmis tot het nieuwe jaar Oh its code from Christmas till the new year So you gotta shut up and be happy between Christmas and the New Year

32:13 That's weird. So many a week? I don't know, i'm just saying that what he is telling us to do and then the payoff Hope in the oak of hope Also hoping for hope What does that even mean? I have no idea what hoping for hope means Unless you know he is a Bob Hopes fan That literally what he is saying Bob Hopes Fan Hoping for hope Damn And then uh The president and first lady did a teleprompter for Christmas How is this so horrible and all the service men? Oh the servicemen. Oh, you know servicemen one of the clips I lost from a equipment malfunction was the Queen oh Of England The queen of England giving her little speech And then this was alluded to always it with your missing out not hearing us because it has nothing to do Christmas was about sport Really yeah, she's everyone should go out and play more in the fields

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European Winter Weather and Airport De-icing Shortages

Severe winter weather across Europe caused massive travel disruptions at major hubs like Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol. A shortage of de-icing fluid led to grounded flights and passengers being stranded on tarmacs for hours. The hosts suggest that European authorities failed to prepare for the cold because they were overly focused on global warming projections.

paris· charles de gaulle· schiphol· klm· de-icer· global warming

33:12 Seriously is what it was Sport is good. It's good exercise like this there's like eight feet of snow What does she tell them the kids to do I go out and play in the snow kids freeze? Get used to with the heat you're not gonna have when we ration you Wow. So I guess, so there's a...so you have the PBS report of snow in Europe which I did that clip came through the clip that unfortunately didn't come through is the BBC report of snow in Europe which was little more interesting but there was one piece information in the PBS report of snow in Europe if you want to hit it

33:51 Christmas Eve was anything but a time of celebration for thousands of air travelers in Europe. A new round of snow and ice caused new delays, just as problems from earlier in the week had begun to clear At Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport planes sat on the tarmac today after a shortage of de-icer fluid cut takeoffs in half Beds and blankets were brought out but for many people there was no end to the frustration This is the third day we have waited in the airport. We waited for six hours today just to get to Air France information desk, they promised us a flight for tomorrow but tonight were just on waiting list. Will wait and see, might have hotel for tonight. Have to wait after tonight's flight leaves. There it is! We are enjoying our Christmas Eve

34:34 Airports in Dublin, Ireland and Brussels Belgium also ran short of de-icing fluid in the unexpected cold. In Pakistan about... We had some people over here for Mickey's art club including the artist who was Dutch and most these people all went back on the same plane to Schiphol And so they arrived at Schiphol airport had to wait on the tarmac for three hours Three hours because some and it was completely snowed in of course because some plane couldn't leave the gate And by the way, this is the home field for KLM's. It shows you how much they they care about their passengers After flying for 12 hours there on the tarmac unless socks when you land you should really get a gate Yeah No gate but of course the movements are very hard because of all the snow They clear the runways But it's hard to keep the taxi ways and yeah sure is clear

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Lost Luggage Hangar Anecdote and Aeroflot Experience

A story about traveling to Russia via Aeroflot describes the chaotic state of lost luggage management. The narrator details a massive hangar, compared in size to Moffett Field, filled with mountains of unclaimed bags despite many having intact identification tags. The anecdote highlights the systemic inefficiency and potential theft occurring within international airline luggage systems.

aeroflot· russia· lost luggage· moffett field· travel anecdote

35:24 But then the luggage they weren't even taking luggage off the plane and they said come back next week what yes, okay? I swear to God People had to wait a week for their luggage And they didn't bring it to them. They had to come and get it and then search for it amongst piles of luggage Yes pandemonium God and of course this search for their own like yeah, that reminds me of the story so I go to Don't know it's gonna become anecdote time. So I'm going to Russia and uh... i'm like a guy who had an arrow flight flight of all things which is the it's quite an experience i could talk for awhile about that so but i checked on my by didn't check anything cuz i don't trust anyone any where is that when returning from europe i will all check luggage bond away over no some stuff in myself in the overhead news needs somebody's complaining to me about

36:21 being a nuisance for doing this so i got there and all my stuff some guy never gets his luggage right and so he says that so he makes a big fuss He's in the same group. He makes a huge fuss with the airline, he says oh you know luggage and then apparently some woman had her luggage stolen but she was a member of some family that premieres Ant or something and all of sudden they found her luggage instantly So he says he goes into... he finally gets them to take him to the lost luggage warehouse where he wants to look around It turns out to be a hanger the size of that Moffett Field thing. This huge monstrous... Oh, yeah? That you can park the space shuttle in? You could put a couple in there and it's mountains high of luggage! Uh-huh And then if you get to drive through it like a roadway through these mountains of luggage. Do you think people will be more interested in getting their stuff

37:17 You know what I'm saying? He said it was the weirdest, he did find his luggage curiously because it was the latest thing they threw on there. He says all the tags were intact! He had his name address phone everything was all on there wasn't like you know that was anything missing that this luggage would be no they just apparently just randomly grab luggage and throw into this pile and then they go through it rummage through in steel stuff I don't know yeah probably anyways my story for today So, anyway so PBS plays this pretty straight. BBC played it but instead of just being a planes bad trains good story they actually played up the train's problems because the trains had the same issues yes they weren't going anywhere and the one that was the most interesting that the BBC talked about was the Berlin to Hanover Train

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German Rail Infrastructure Failures and High-Speed Trains

Reports from Germany indicate that the national rail system struggled with frozen overhead wires, leaving high-speed trains stranded for hours. Passengers reported outdated train cars, failing electricity, and a lack of lighting in tunnels. The hosts discuss how the high cost of maintenance has led to a decline in the quality of German rail infrastructure.

germany· berlin· hanover· high-speed rail· ice· infrastructure

38:11 apparently we're halfway through because when it's good we have snowed up fairly that goes overhead wires of the use for electrical high-speed trains and they had to get from loaded down with ice in a just frozen so the train had literally stop half way and for like twelve i just stopped and stayed there so people are doing you snooze on the tree which is now not sure i got a message one of our producers and give my nation do it land and uh... the whole article was about uh... how with the horrible state of german rail apparently you know these train cars are outdated, half of the electricity doesn't work so there's like no lights when they go through tunnels it's in shambles apparently and I don't know why. There is only one article

38:56 It was expensive to keep up this train. Yeah, that's why business cost too much money That's what it is exactly so the first thing I heard when I heard these reports though is they were all we ran out of D icing you ran out Of dicing well that maybe because you planned for global warming yeah, thank you Thank you. I read a tweet from someone this morning saying there's something really profoundly wrong about seeing a foot of snow on top of my Prius that I bought to save the world from global warming Take the photo exactly hey we have a Well, actually, I don't know if it's a two-to-the head but a very interesting story and I haven't I can do some anecdotes about About this story which popped up just before the

CHAPTER 14 / 38 Discussion

August Busch IV and the Death of Adrienne Martin

Adrienne Nicole Martin, an aspiring model, was found dead at the Missouri home of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV. One host shares personal history working with the Busch family in the 1990s, describing August Busch IV's reputation as a "player." While the family attorney claims nothing suspicious occurred, the medical examiner’s report is pending, with the hosts speculating on potential drug involvement.

august busch iv· anheuser-busch· adrienne nicole martin· missouri· budweiser

39:41 Christmas festivities. Police were slow to release any details about the investigation into the death of 27 year old aspiring model Adrienne Nicole Martin Always a code there, aspiring model what does that usually mean John? uh... she's a hooker. Exactly! Who was found dead inside the home of August Bush IV, former CEO Van Heiser Bush Police said the woman died at Bush's Huntley home in Missouri but say they found no apparent signs of trauma Bush's long time family attorney released a statement saying there was quote nothing to suggest anything suspicious The medical examiner is expected to take six weeks to determine the cause of death

40:21 So I am, so Anheuser-Busch was my client in the mid 90s. Actually built, my company built Budweiser dot com and Budlight dot com and the Born On label that you have on your beer can was my idea the born on date and that emerged... Yeah, you've mentioned this before. I don't know if i've mentioned it on the show. Okay well do what I can. I'll do it on the show This is back when the web was like hand-coded When front page was only a gleam in my eye and we discovered that if you could read the barcode on a bottle or on a can of Budweiser, you could figure out how old... when your beer came off the assembly line down to the quarter hour. And we had a widget on the website and you could enter in the code and then it would give your born-on date they liked so much put it on the can Anyway So at tha time Grindr

41:15 Because I know all the nicknames and everything. This is like a family business before the Belgians bought it, InBev. It just got sold which of course is why this guy's going off the deep end So August Bush III better known as Grinder he was just handing the reins over to August Bush IV his nickname? Woody and with good reason this guy was nothing but a player he had nothing but chicks running around I think he's divorced uh... He was divorced back then. I think maybe might have had one kid really young at the time, but you know that i was in his office we were pitching him something because he was like the CEO and we had to pitch this jabroni And then you look at his agenda it would say like buy Porsche today That what was in his planner Like okay your really busy

42:02 So yeah, I think we can just... if they're going to release any information. If they do any real investigation, i think you'll find that this aspiring model came to an end in an unfortunate perhaps drug-related way and I think you could just kind of wait for that but i'm not going to do that by the way i got there actually was out of filed under the wrong heading we do so we do have a little bit too ahead exactly story which uh... you have any details other than i didn't know how much yeah i i had some of the uh... some of the links and i mean this is a real sketchy when it's obviously two-to-the head because the guys kill these enemies like one of these well i think here i i have a uh... on a second i have a clip

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Alzheimer's Researcher Mark Smith Killed in Hit-and-Run

Renowned Alzheimer's researcher Mark Smith was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Ohio. Smith was a vocal critic of Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug, arguing that the company's approach was actually harmful to the brain. In a bizarre turn of events, the driver who struck Smith was later found dead of a suspected drug overdose, leading the hosts to suggest the incident may have been a professional assassination to protect pharmaceutical interests.

mark smith· alzheimer's· eli lilly· hit-and-run· drug overdose· case western

42:51 I hope this clip will play for us and this clip is a news report about what happened and then we can kind of get into the details. Jason, researchers around the world are mourning the death tonight at a professor at Case Western Mark Smith renowned authority in the field of Alzheimer's research was killed by hit-and-run driver. News Channel 5's Curtis Jackson is live in the newsroom with more on this story. John Mark Smith was one of the top three Alzheimer's researchers In the world, his innovative theories on the disease radically changed the search for a cure. The 45-year old opened researchers' eyes to antioxidants as a potential way to prevent Alzheimer's He was also the editor in chief of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Police say Smith was killed by hit and run driver on Chagrin Road in Bainbridge Township His death has devastated people who hope one day find a cure But wait there is more

43:44 So not only is uh and this is the guy by the way who predicted Eli Lilly um that their uh their Alzheimer's drug would fail. Right, and also with his there because they were a complete opposite ends of the spectrum on on on the analysis of what this one particular substance which forms in the brain and it actually kind of, it's like scabs. It scabs up a scarring error or areas that are scarred for one reason or another and the Eli Lilly drug eliminates this from happening because they believe that is what causes Alzheimer's This guy whose dad believes just the opposite. That the Lily drug...that's necessary to the brain for this function to take place And the Lilly drug is actually making Alzheimer's worse

44:32 So not only does this guy get killed by a hit-and-run driver after, you know he's been pretty much against one of the largest industries in the universe outside of the banking world but then something very interesting is discovered. The fact that Alzheimer's is now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States makes it a huge issue for this country and for the rest of the world. And finding a cure is critical because baby boomers are starting to reach the age where Alzheimer's can start to hit, and he was determined to find a cure or help find a care.

45:11 Sorry, that was actually about the size of the industry when you think about it. I mean how does Alzheimer's kill you John? Do you forget to breathe or what happens? I don't know how, i mean that's a direct cause of death. You can wander off sometimes and get lost. What did she just say? Like the fifth largest cause of death? Yeah, I never heard that it was a cause of death That's what she just said! Well I dunno...what does it cause you to do? Well I dunno but its a cause of death hold on. Let me roll that back for a second

45:47 Well, I have to look into this because... Because we don't want any more... There's too many causes. The number of people there are causes of death and if you start doing the math it is way over 100% because this is the cause of death and that's the cause of death or it causes something else. Listen to the way she said it again In the United States Sorry back just a little bit hold on I wanna hear this now This is interesting Alzheimer's is now the sixth leading cause of death Yeah the sixth leading cause of death So how? Does that make sense I thought that was swine flu. Well, how could it be Alzheimer's if they were lucky? Well let's say okay well anyway so while you're looking that up let's continue with the report because the hit-and-run driver that killed him came to a very unfortunate end. A huge issue for this country and for the rest of the world and finding a cure is critical because the baby boomers are starting to reach the age where Alzheimer's can start to hit

46:49 and he was determined to find a cure or help find a care. Police say 50-year old David Nishim of Bainbridge Township was behind the wheel of a car that killed Smith. Bizarrely, police tracked down the car and found Nishim dead inside the vehicle. Oh! And by the way that story changed he was dead inside the vehicle in one report and dead inside his house at another. Oh yeah no it's been all over the map. Calls and circumstances surrounding Nishims death and accident remain under investigation. Reached my phone tonight Smith's wife told me she has received condolence calls Right, okay. Well that doesn't sound good no Sounds like a pro Yeah Mike Zolina owner sir Mike actually one of our producers put together a whole bunch of links which are in the show notes and no agenda show calm And this is indeed there's a different link there where the article says the driver was found dead in his home but in the video report they're saying was found dead in his car or

47:47 But when you think about anything that potentially could stop the sixth largest cause of death and how much money is involved in that, and someone who was a squeaky wheel or a cog in the machine. I think sometimes it's easier to kill somebody than to deal with fallout from it Oh, there's a new report here. He apparently the... oh this is great John! The driver in the car that killed the case died of a drug overdose. These guys have no shame do they? Yeah it's just... I guess you know as a pro Here's the report uh the coroner's office preliminary so they're supposed to release interesting how that always takes weeks to release results but now is like they have oh preliminary results looks like he died of a drug overdose

48:41 In his home after the accident. No word on what the drug overdose, or what the drug was that he OD'd on. Unbelievable Hey if someone hits me with a car and dies of a drug overdose please don't believe it was just a coincidence Yeah but I can not believe it's a coincidence but what am I going to do about it? Stay indoors. Stay away from windows You're next Why is this little red dot on me We've been tracking the foots that have been washing up on the shore of, primarily up there in Washington. Yeah Puget Sound mostly. No agenda footstuffs. Also Canada, you know the shorelines are that area So I found an article that was sent to me Someone has an explanation And by the way

CHAPTER 16 / 38 Discussion

Pacific Northwest Severed Feet and Tsunami Theories

The ongoing mystery of severed human feet washing up in the Pacific Northwest is addressed. A theory published in the Vancouver Sun suggests the feet belong to victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, but the hosts dismiss this due to the discovery of an India-manufactured shoe not common in 2004. They maintain a dedicated tracking website, noagendafoots.com, for these occurrences.

puget sound· vancouver· severed feet· 2004 tsunami· shane lambert

49:39 We are the only national, international show of any sort that covers this topic. Intergalactic show! We're the only people that cover this topic Well not only that we have a website for it noagendafoots.com Yes And every single foot that has washed... by the way there's no feets in the plural of foots That washes up onshore were tracking Now we have Shane Lambert Who is... who is Shane Lambert? I think some... well, I don't know who this is. But wrote in with an explanation to the Vancouver Sun and here it is. In my opinion some of the feet which should be foots

50:25 belong to missing victims of the Asian tsunami from 2004. Oh bullcrap! Their feet were just floating on ocean currents and during this tsunami one foot just came dislocated, decided to float out the sea and come all the way across Pacific and land in Vancouver rather than Santa Monica? I'm just telling you this is serious news here Oh, there's an update to the story. Apparently only one of the running shoes found on the foots was a type not commonly found in North America it was manufactured in India so that kind of blows the whole tsunami theory I mean how can you even believe that a foot will stay good in the water for six years? How do people even publish this stuff? I don't know It just like...I dunno..it's like a columnist Hey! So guess what?! I finally saw the movie Iron Man

CHAPTER 17 / 38 Discussion

Iron Man and The International Movie Recommendations

The hosts briefly discuss their holiday movie viewing, including the first "Iron Man" film. They strongly recommend "The International," a thriller starring Clive Owen that explores international banking corruption. The segment serves as a media recommendation for listeners interested in themes of global financial malfeasance.

iron man· the international· clive owen· banking corruption· movie reviews

51:21 The first one or the second one? The first one. Yeah, it's a good movie It's a little far-fetched What you mean about a guy who builds a metal suit that can fly yeah somewhat Yeah, and your point is? That was it. That's my point! That's the one you saw for Christmas? That was your big family outing? It's a family movie. Ah that's great I also started watching once again... this will be the third time but I don't like to watch movies over and over Eric loves watching movies a million times but I rarely watch a movie twice even though every time I do I go that's funny I don't remember this

51:57 But, uh... The International is a movie which should be on our list of one- whoever's maintaining the media list of movies to watch recommended movies. The International is just such a really nice film that it's about international banking and you know and the corruption involved. Clive Owen and Julia Roberts I believe? No, it's not Julia Roberts It's some other- Not Julia Roberts? No, it's not. It's A Blonde Woman And ah..it's just a very entertaining film right you've seen it yes we discussed it uh... many times and i would suggest that again as the alzheimer's kicking in by doing a mention something something that happened on the last show where we're to open up the show was quite a tirade about the don't ask don't tell repeal which of course is not really a repeal and then gotten a couple of people say you read the wrong bill you douchebag you horrible man you asswipe

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Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Certification Process

The hosts clarify the status of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, noting that the policy remains in effect despite President Obama signing the bill. Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a memo stating that the repeal only begins 60 days after the government certifies military readiness, a process with no set timeline. The hosts criticize the media for portraying the repeal as an immediate accomplishment.

don't ask don't tell· barack obama· robert gates· pentagon· military policy

52:55 You read the wrong bill number. Correct, and this is what's so disappointing because ironically people who are yelling saying you know you read the wrong bill man they actually haven't read the bill They haven't read any of them. They're just complaining Because all I did was give out the wrong number but i did read the correct bill I read the text of the right bill but i gave up the wrong number and these people who are saying that im horrible and i was wrong you didn't even take the time to do what we try and teach you to do on this show which is actually READ! It's only one page. And luckily uh... we did get a little bit of news uh... defense secretary robert gates sent a memo oh by the way troops who thinks that uh... that this has been repealed

53:39 I want to remind you that Don't Ask, Don't Tell remains in effect until 60 days after the government certifies the military is ready for implementation. The Pentagon says it does not know how long this certification process may take! and still everywhere. You watch in the, I mean the whole trip is on now about Obama's done these five great things in his first uh... in the first half of this. Yeah they're really playing that up right? It's like he so great you and even on the White House website it's like don't ask, they say right there The president signed a bill that repeals Don't Ask Don't Tell. Its just not true! I dont want to get into again but its just not true

CHAPTER 19 / 38 Discussion

START Treaty and Russian Nuclear Warhead Levels

Analysis of the new START Treaty suggests that while the United States will reduce its nuclear warheads, Russia may actually be permitted to increase its levels. Mikhail Margulov of the Russian Federation noted these discrepancies in a television interview. The hosts speculate that the treaty was less about disarmament and more about securing market access for American financial companies like Visa and Mastercard in Russia.

start treaty· russia· mikhail margulov· nuclear weapons· visa· mastercard

54:20 And I hope you were able to tell some of your relatives and friends this over the uh, when you were on Christmas visitation. Let them know because it's a big lie, it's a big joke. Lies from the government! Also found this funny analysis about The START Treaty and says who, this was Mikhail Margulof head of foreign affairs committee of the Russian Federation in a television interview said if you read the text of the START document carefully it becomes clear that Americans will be reducing the number of warheads they have while Russia can up the levels defined by the document. This is even better than I thought it was

55:11 is that right now i'm not deaf i don't know what the current levels are but apparently this disguise as a way why we bother signing something like that uh... because it's uh... it's to help them we don't we talked about this because it's not about protecting anybody it's about uh... and selling particular choice of whether he was his retrain some of our weapons so we could have better access to certain markets at the russians may have locked down yeah well you get exactly And we get to be in the Visa MasterCard business, I guess. Well they went through a lot of rigmarole to make sure that we had Visa and Mastercard access in Russia

CHAPTER 20 / 38 Discussion

Anna Chapman and the Russian Spy Swap

Ex-Russian spy Anna Chapman has transitioned into a media celebrity and political figure in Moscow following her expulsion from the U.S. Chapman has appeared in Maxim and is slated for Playboy, while also securing a consulting job at a Russian bank. The hosts question the nature of the 2010 spy swap and why the "sleeper agents" were expelled rather than prosecuted more severely.

anna chapman· vladimir putin· playboy· maxim· sleeper agent· spy swap

55:50 I mean we had there's a bunch of that in the WikiLeaks. Yes, exactly well that's my point and then how does this work? You get Anna Chapman who of course is she already in Playboy she's gonna be in Playboy next month or this coming month you the hot red-headed Russian spy? The russian spy yeah Dude listen to this Ex-Russian spy Anna Chapman made her political debut in Moscow as the leader of a Kremlin backed youth group. How does this work? I don't understand. I want to be a Russian spy and then get a great gig This is classic, I mean this shows you that the intelligence agencies have taken over both these countries But it's fantastic because first of all she in Maxim magazine Then she gets a job She got like some really good gig at university And now she's the leader of political party and she in Playboy and she still hot

56:49 This is awesome! Chapman became a media sensation when her glamorous life as a sleeper agent in the US was discovered. I love the little...sleeper agent. Sleeper Agent? Oh yeah, sleeper agent. Sleep with me baby you sleeper agent Prime Minister Vladimir Putin defended Chapman and the nine others in the Russian spy ring after they were arrested and expelled from the U.S Why didn't- why were they expelled?! Why didn't we hang them? Why didn't we waterboard or execute them? Well they didn't do anything illegal Except for the false papers, and you can't really waterboard people over that. Oh yes There was a swap let's face reality what did we swallow do we get in return? I don't know it was obviously something nobody wanted to talk about well Maybe this is so we swapped and we still have less nuclear warheads. I don't get it Well, I've it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either But I'm sure where would somehow

57:42 Generally speaking we come out ahead on these deals so I'm not too concerned about it. Oh, I know oh I get it She gets to return to Russia and we get pictures of her in playboy That's how we win yeah, that's a win-win forever you also promised them jobs back home The attractive 28-year old has profited from her celebrity. She won a consulting job at a Russian bank... Not a university, a bank! Consulting job at the bank! A consulting job in the bank. Hey Anna... How much room you got under that desk? Anna come over here we want you in this meeting Hey, Anna was on the on the calendar as a resource you could book. It's like a conference room I want um and is busy damn I wanted her in my meeting cuz she's so fun to look at and appeared in a lingerie photo shoot for a magazine Do you notice how women even in Russia do that?

58:42 Isn't that kind of weird? That's like they obviously picked it up from American Oprah Winfrey. Yeah, but just listen over a win for you It's like uh is whenever it's usually when women drink cream. It's just it's a banshee But it's a drink thing whenever they're like we're gonna drink You never hear guys go like that hey man let's grab a beer I Never hear that but if you know what I mean Play it again. It's like this Chelsea Lately thing and there's all there's a big thing with women drinking that I don't drink in and howling yeah I finally saw that full clip of the Oprah Winfrey giveaway, you know my most favorite things Wow

CHAPTER 21 / 38 Discussion

Oprah Winfrey Network and National Enquirer Accuracy

The National Enquirer's bankruptcy and its reporting on Oprah Winfrey are discussed. Despite its tabloid reputation, the hosts credit the Enquirer for its historical accuracy on stories like John Edwards and Al Gore. They speculate on whether Winfrey is being targeted by "Hollywood Whackers" or other interests as she launches her own television network.

oprah winfrey· national enquirer· bankruptcy· bill maher· hollywood whackers

59:33 Wow, that's pretty. Bill Maher used that as his Christmas card. Yeah he blasted her. But it was unbelievable. Those women just going nuts over stuff And Oprah looking like she is completely insane We picked up the National Enquirer in bankruptcy now And that which makes no sense to anybody since it's obviously a I don't know what the deal is with that bankruptcy. Maybe maybe this, maybe the agencies don't have enough control over it now It's not going anywhere regardless They're still saying that Oprah's gay they're not having it oh they are yeah Yeah They're not having any of her explanation there's like the real truth

1:00:18 And let's face it, when it comes to all this stuff these guys are always kind of right. No the Inquirer is notorious for being right even though they pay with you know the funny thing is they're always right and but the mainstream media won't give them any kudos for it because because they're unethical because they will pay sources first information you know like the way the cop pays the uh... it'd be of the boot black you know five bucks and find out what's going on around a corner so they did but the fact that the matter is in everybody in the writing community then journalists generally speaking all know that the inquirer is incredibly uh... i mean they have been sued when they've been wrong with their their their track records actually present fantastic and there was a bus at edwards before anyone had a clue they had al gore the sex poodle

1:01:08 they had al gore yeah they have to get the other side of this stuff and again it didn't do you think oprah's compromise by the way using she's compromised as a machine should probably not compromise that's where they're going after i right she's trying to hang on to every little because he's gonna do this over at his own operas women's network and uh... i think that's the She's also got so much money that she is an obvious target for a lot of evil people. Yeah, like the Hollywood Whackers. Yeah it's possible even though I think she is out of Chicago. But the Hollywood Whackers are where they whack! Unless you should stay out of Hollywood. Especially Beverly Hills...it's dangerous

CHAPTER 22 / 38 Discussion

Howard Dean Scream Retrospective and Internet Campaigns

A retrospective look at Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign focuses on the "Dean Scream" that allegedly ended his candidacy. The hosts recall Dean's status as the first major "internet candidate" and his subsequent media appearances. They argue that Dean was effectively "written out of the script" by the political establishment once he was deemed unelectable.

howard dean· 2004 election· joe trippi· political campaigns· media narrative

1:01:52 So we digress. We digress. You two have fallen off the track for a change, which is good. People need to see that once in awhile. Well here just a little break I got an oldie but a goodie Just tell me guess who this person is play memorable scream real quick Oh I already know...I don't even have to listen and know who it is And then we're going to Washington DC to take back the White House That was Howard Dean. It was the scream that killed a campaign, they said. Yeah well his campaign was dead in the water at the time but that really killed it You know, I remember when Howard Dean... Howard Dean was interesting because he was the first internet candidate where they'd actually Joe Trippi and these guys had put together an amazing... Because this guy was on the cover of Time magazine. He was going to be in the...I mean, he was just heading...He was on the right track ahead now so i got that i watched him when his first rise when it when he killed himself when he showed up by on talk shows when you came to letterman show I'm sorry that the Leno show he came out

1:02:52 His tie, I swear to God was down to his knees. He had this big red tie down to his knees and all that was missing was a red nose and maybe the tie lights up And he looked like a clown and he clumped out and he was just goofy and he was trying to be funny which you never saw the guy for- He just got written out! He got written out of the script? No, he wrote himself out of the script. He was not electable Okay, why do you bring that up is it any particular reason or I was through? I know. I was thinking of doing a retrospective of the last year No agenda shows based on clips and then I came over this clip as if this clip is four five What does this clip eight years old how old is this clip yeah? Yeah eight years

CHAPTER 23 / 38 Discussion

Dutch Weed Pass and EU Border Restrictions

The EU courts have approved a "weed pass" system in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht, allowing coffee shops to refuse service to foreigners. This measure aims to curb "drug tourism" from neighboring Belgium, Germany, and France. The hosts compare these restrictive local laws to the more liberal medical marijuana environment in California, noting the irony of the Netherlands becoming less permissive.

maastricht· netherlands· marijuana· weed pass· coffee shops· eu courts

1:03:37 Anyway, so you got stuck on that. You just kept it playing in a loop and that was it? And I couldn't say had to play it I knew because we never played that clip on the show never moved any further felt desire to play the clip All right a couple things from around Gitmo Nation Let's see this is kind of interesting there's there's kind of a war going on in the southern part of gitmo nation lowlands and and I'm not quite sure how this works but now in Maastricht which is way down at the bottom that kind of borders on France if you look at the map there, you can see Belgium is all interconnected down there at the bottom of the lowlands. The EU courts have now approved...I think I told you about this about the weed license, the pass

1:04:25 So if you're a foreigner and you come across the border and want to buy weed in a coffee shop in the lowlands down there in the south, they can refuse your service because you're a foreigner. Which is really weird because these are supposed to be states now like the United States What? Yeah! They're banning that... The whole thing is of course... What does foreigner mean? Do they mean foreigners? French! You're from Belgium! Oh sorry! But what about the United States? Completely out of the question But that's the only reason these places are in business. Exactly! Because a bunch of wannabe stoners from the United States showing up. Well, England actually but there is something else going on down there I mean i'm not quite sure what's happening but this is being used as the excuse uh... but now if you want to buy weed now you have to have some kind of pass You have to have a weed pass? You have to be a registered weed smoker? Yeah well it's like California

1:05:22 In fact, weed is more legal in California than it is in the Netherlands. I have to keep reminding people of this there is no... It's not legal in the Netherlands! It is NOT LEGAL! Barring foreigners may be a weird victory for Dutch border towns. Maasdichterloons sees 10,000 visitors a day mostly from Belgium Germany and France The number of those visitors who come primarily to purchase marijuana And of course pot is an all-day purchase. Income tax and revenues from Border City coffee shops are likely to decline perceptive ticiously yeah duh great reporting. Precipitously I think is the word Yeah that's what I meant but that's kind of weird though, and this is part of just removing it altogether I guess because you can't have one country amongst all the states in the Union there We do that here we got California they got their own weed laws

CHAPTER 24 / 38 Discussion

Chipping Granny and Buddy Tracking Devices

A new product in the UK called "Buddy" allows family members to track the GPS location of elderly relatives. The hosts mock the marketing of the device, which they dub "Chipping Granny," as a form of "slave jewelry" for the elderly. They discuss the normalization of constant surveillance under the guise of safety and peace of mind.

buddy· uk· gps tracking· elderly care· surveillance· chipping granny

1:06:18 Yeah, but our president doesn't do haikus. In other words they're not doing this right They're not doing it as a republic They are doing is as a giant Nazi state. Well that's different So I shouldn't even be called the United States of Europe because there is no...they aren't states anymore Well, they're getting pretty close on some stuff in Gitmo Nation East. They are ready to roll out the slave jewelry so if you thought see something say something was weird how about Chipping Granny? This is an actual product in the UK it's called Chipping Granny It's called Buddy. Buddy? Darling I'm fine

1:07:04 Okay, bye now. Is that your daughter? Yes! She means well but ever since I had that fall she does nothing but ring and check up on me You need a buddy A buddy?! Oh good all's fine with mum How do you know? I bought her a buddy A what!? This is amazing it protects me day and night And it stops Lucy from worrying about me If Mum has a fall or doesn't get home safe Buddy tells me straight away exactly where she is Well done Lucy you always were the clever sister I think it's time. I got a buddy we all have people We worry about find out how Buddy could help give peace of mind for you and for those you love visit buddy dot-co UK And actually sitting there at the kitchen table looking at a map tracking grandma her buddy

CHAPTER 25 / 38 Discussion

NORAD Santa Tracking and 9/11 Criticism

The hosts criticize NORAD for its annual tradition of "tracking" Santa Claus on radar. They argue it is an insult to the public that the military can track a mythical figure while failing to intercept hijacked airliners on September 11, 2001. The segment characterizes the Santa tracker as a hollow public relations exercise.

norad· santa claus· 9/11· surveillance· aviation defense

1:07:49 I think we can sell that product here and make some serious money. The patent's already owned probably by BI Incorporated Well you obviously have to get a license, you can't just do it from scratch This is the new I've fallen but I can't get up thing It's great And by the way speaking of tracking so nice to see that NORAD are aviation defense system is able to track a mythical fat guy in red suit flying with on a sleigh with reindeer it can't seem to report and or do anything about jet airliners supposedly hijacked by Muslim terrorists on 9-11. It's fascinating how that works, it's such an insult after 9 11 that they actually still go through the motions of oh we're tracking Santa on the satellite on NORAD were so cool

CHAPTER 26 / 38 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony and Producer Donations

A lengthy segment is dedicated to acknowledging "5x1 Club" donors and those seeking "No Agenda Knighthood." Notable mentions include Pate Sneekis, who is launching a "No Agenda inspired diet" website, and John Tucker, who donated over $8,800 to cover project costs and advance his status toward knighthood. The hosts express gratitude for the financial support that keeps the show independent.

5x1 club· pate sneekis· john tucker· knighthood· coins· crowdfunding

1:08:40 said that's about all you track is phantom stuff I wish they would track Ben Laden yeah it will precisely so then we should get to our contributors okay but and your Skype is breaking up for some reason um I don't know, I have no problem here. Okay so we want to thank some people who donated to the show for this week and Let's get right to it. We have a number of members of the 5x1 club, who gave us $110.11 and couple of them have names that are completely unpronounceable including our friend from Vorst Belgium Bas Bruninkix. Let me try this for you.

1:09:30 bus bruninks Bruninks, there you go brownings Browning's is probably closer to it boss brownings from Forst in Belgium Bus browning say and stay with me now broths brown eggs very good Remember the five five by one club and then from Yardley, Pennsylvania. We got to Brad Doherty Which is all which is pronounced spelled Doherty? Which is what we I had a guy named Brian Dority's of famous a guy in those tech business And but doherties one way of pronouncing it get him He's got a bonus this year so he gave us hundred eleven dollars 11 cents giving you guys some of it My name is pronounced Doherty

1:10:08 Also, Peter Totes in Sugar Land Texas $111.11 Stephen Cogswell and Russagonis New Brunswick Canada uh... i don't know that a model of the douche bag and no it i'd don't deserve eddie do she knows that i'm donating in order to get some karma for my friend tim morris sorry let's go now going to his friend tim morris who is not a douchebag as a great podcast called happy times eight p p whitey n bs you can find it on itunes has got a long but the u r l best-of-luck in two thousand eleven days so let's give him a

1:10:50 Let me do this one because we've been mispronouncing his name consistently and I think we can do it properly also a member of the 5x1 club the hundred eleven dollars and 11 cents is pate sneakers That's how you pronounce it John. Pate Sneekis. This is exactly what I was going to say From Amsterdam, the Netherlands he says he switched from a $50 a month donation to $111 a month To get to his knighthood faster so he's going full on He's actually gonna do this as monthly which is just so nice and appreciated

1:11:29 He wants to get to his knighthood and he'd like us to mention read diet.com which is his no agenda inspired diets not an actual diet just a way to be more aware of the crap you are eating okay nice That is nice. Pate Sneekus. Thanks, Pate. Chris Crocker in Rockaway New Jersey last member of the 5x1 Club Merry Christmas good luck with not smoking crackpot and to the buzzkill wake up to the chemtrail travesty enjoy The Talking Points memo hope this helps yeah we're getting out of Talking Points as soon as we can Julian Collins and Carl Shulton Surrey

1:12:13 UK 7572 listening since episode 1. First donation apart from 3x challenge coins which I look forward to receiving the donation represents one cent for each kilometer of Saudi Arabia's coastline. You know that's an odd, interesting numerology donation there yeah it is odd Stephen Howard, maybe it's code. Stephen Howard Melbourne Australia $70 Kenneth Keel holes one of our regulars Hamilton, Ohio $69 ladies like to hear that I guess Brandon Kier Langley BC British Columbia 66 dot 66 after a great year. I have little karma despair Please forward some karma to Eric the shill ah he deserves that for sure here you go Eric You've got Karma

1:13:08 I'm always happy to give some karma to Eric who has worked very hard on getting all the coin stuff sorted out and it's highly appreciated. Thomas Lees, Halifax West Yorkshire UK 5555 Merry Christmas please continue to expose the sovereignty sucking socialists of the EU in their quest to take over Europe using the power bureaucracy And the power of the haiku! All those who listen without donating should stop being such wankers We have DUI-help.com, Barry Wilson, Sir Barry Wilson, Sir Joshua Dale, Lee Donaghy, Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom all $50. Lee's giving it because he is working over Christmas Peter Tote's Sugar Land Texas $50

1:14:02 a tip-top website or pal out there and uh... cocoa beach gift florida americans is that he did work the i know they heard uh... you talk about perth today twenty years ago used to be around the world as a party guest two extremely wealthy people flyer hours apart against them sorry i spent a month in paris over the weekend night it's no joke spend a month in person and press and the people they are amazing how do i get a job as a As a party guest for wealthy people. That sounds like a gig we should, uh... We would be great at that John! Don't you think? I think so we could- We could entertain for hours! It's like oh! With my bald tails! Bring out the crackpot and buzzkill!

1:14:45 and that's why i think it is finally fifty dollars in george vanderhorst give me more wine cats hovel katsu full times as usual the holland yeah george from the worst and uh... rory stone now warns us once again to check-in see if your monthly donations are still registered with at paypal day uh... they disappear and you get unsubscribed with alarming regularity Okay, I forgot to mention two more checks that came in. I want to mention these guys professor Pete za Contributed $100 in Princeton New Jersey and also John Tucker 88 43 and he is from Omaha home of a Warren Buffett This was special thanks for delivering the 1010 coins The coin is very impressive And I'm glad I bought one

1:15:40 Unfortunately, the open source nature of the project fell through but you guys showed class and came through for us. No agenders! To show my thanks I've enclosed a check for $8843, the amount represents 3333 for the price of the coin since you didn't receive what you thought you would receive as a profit from the coin, I'm giving 100% of the profit as way of thanking you for keeping your word. The balance is 5510, this is my second installment toward no agenda knighthood as a sysadmin." So he's a computer guy? I want to thank them all for donating. And i want to thank C-Mike from Kansas City, Missouri who has...I miss him in our PR segment Adam the following domains have been registered and are pointing at noagendashow.com www.aqusa.org www.aqusa.net and then he thinks the gift shop should go at aq-usa.com

CHAPTER 27 / 38 Discussion

Gitmo Nation National Anthem

The hosts play the "Gitmo Nation National Anthem," a satirical song that describes the audience as "happy and distracted slaves" and "human resources." Listeners are invited to rise and sing along to the anthem, which serves as a recurring theme for the show's community.

national anthem· gitmo nation· human resources· satire· song

1:16:37 So I think that's groovy. Yeah, we weren't on a list before we are now! Oh, we're totally on the list you know? So...I love it. We do have one obligation to play the national anthem and I guess we should. Well i'm very happy to do that so ladies and gentlemen please rise you know how it works Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for your Gitmo Nation National Anthem. Sing along! In the morning, Gitmo Nation We are all charged up to be

1:17:12 Human resources and servants In all lands and all ships at sea From the east to west, down under to The lowlands and beyond We are happy and distracted slaves Hear our Gitmo Nation song You gotta do them all There we go, we've been running short on the in the morning sting a little bit

CHAPTER 28 / 38 Discussion

WikiLeaks Hoaxes and National Security Archive

The hosts discuss the rise of fake WikiLeaks cables, including a hoax regarding a UFO base near Antarctica. They recommend the National Security Archive at George Washington University as a superior source for actual declassified government documents. The segment warns that the WikiLeaks brand is being co-opted for disinformation and "Project Bluebeam" psychological operations.

wikileaks· project bluebeam· george washington university· national security archive· declassified documents

1:17:57 So, New Zealand... Wait before you go there I want to mention that people can help us out for the next show by going to Dvorak.org slash NA channel Dvorak dot com slash na or the noagendashow dot com site and click on the donation buttons here or there And maybe in the new year we should revisit once again why we've chosen for this model and how well it works because The best part about is is that you can fast forward However, it turns out very few people do that. Now they just complain that we thank too many people Yeah thank you We did two and a half hours on Thursday because we had extra donation went extra long I think when put in the work we get the information out there And we still do our show no matter what All were trying to do is help everyone think a little bit

1:18:45 for themselves and not just take everything the media says. However, this next report I will completely swallow as true as I know where this is, I already know what you're gonna do. The New Zealand defense forces released 2,000 pages of files on UFOs dating back as far as the early 1950's and there's some crazy ass stuff in here actual drawings of the UFOs and this is great because now there's like a fake WikiLeaks cable that floating around now as well talking about a UFO base south of New Zealand. Yeah, near Antarctica

1:19:30 And by the way, that is a fake Wikileaks cable. This is the problem. Which you predicted by the way I'm going to give you that one It's so easy! We're gonna get tons of these now Yeah fake Wikileaks Tons of these fake WikiLeaks things it's very easy for disinformation and where all this leads towards is Project Bluebeam I have completely changed my course although I still believe that there's obviously the mothership was coming eventually it will arrive But this is all part of Project Bluebeam. Please Google that I'm thinking that it would be, you know what hasn't happened yet is a really outstanding and I think maybe we should do this or somebody who listens to the show should do this A really outstanding WikiLeaks hoax Oh dude! I mean one that catches on That really catches? We can do it, we can do it Yeah but we have to come up with a topic and something believable

1:20:25 So, what are people usually interested in? Royalties. I think we should come up with somebody who had a sex change. No! That's... Somebody unexpected is actually a woman. No that's not even funny It is funny. No it's not funny If it was Obama it would be funny. No it's got to be something you're right but first of all why are we going to do this just to prove a point that we can Well April's coming up. I just think it'd be fun, I don't think there is anything... I think there is going to be enough fake WikiLeaks reports out there that we're not gonna have to do much unfortunately no one ever comes out at the end and says haha just fooling but if you go to George Washington University they have something called the electronic briefing books

1:21:24 and this is the national security archive electronic briefing books i put this link in the show notes uh... at no agenda show dot com because this actually provides declassified records on issues including US national security, foreign policy diplomatic military history they have got microfiche collections if you really want some wiki leaks if you really want some information that is interesting go to this site it's more interesting than the wiki leak stuff I swear to God. They've got Just what are some of the headline stuff they got here? Newly declassified documents disclose Carter administration's unsuccessful efforts to roll back Islamabad secret nuclear program. It's the same thing as WikiLeaks! Cold War air defense relied upon widespread dispersal of nuclear weapons, documents show Justin Department censors Nazi hunting story I mean it is better than WikiLeaks and its stuff that has just been obtained under freedom information requests

1:22:26 George Washington University. It's great stuff! Well I'm gonna start looking through it you should yeah, I thought you were gonna go instead of going in this direction that we're gonna talk about the space wars taking place outside of Antarctica. That's fake This started over at, Sorsha Fall wrote that. I mean i followed this stuff and then who picks it up? The EU knew some like... Yeah so the EU, yes I know its a terrible article But they steal it from what does it.. It starts with go to whatdoesitmean dot com I like the fact that you do segment these things So we have the real UFO stories as you see them And the fake ones which is this one

CHAPTER 29 / 38 Discussion

Robert Gibbs and Obama's Smoking Habits

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is scrutinized for his contradictory statements regarding President Obama's smoking habits. Gibbs claimed he had seen no evidence of the President smoking in nine months, despite previous admissions that the President was "working hard to stop." The hosts interpret Gibbs' stuttering and body language as evidence of lying, suggesting the President remains a smoker under high stress.

robert gibbs· barack obama· smoking· nicotine· ministry of truth· white house briefing

1:23:08 as a us quite funny though i see you have foe officiato it's very important to be able to segregate the fake stuff now that's not to say that the nazis didn't actually have flying saucers on the south pole uh... at the end of the second world war because they did they didn't have flying saucer technology but this is visit this is part of the project blue beam written by you know these disinformationists who are and i think uh... russian russian connected this bullcrap Some stuff is real, just not this. This is not the real stuff It's just not it I can't believe you'd think I'd fall for that John I'm not saying anything. I never said you'd fall for it I mean you believe in there's a stargate and the Gulf of Aden oh yeah Oh Yeah, oh yeah That's no problem. Thumbs up to that one so

1:24:10 It's been three weeks now since Mickey and I stopped smoking. Very proud of that, not to dwell on it but of course one of my motivating factors was the fact that our president... And it came out John three weeks ago I had a sound clip of Robert Gibbs being queried about the President smoking and he was like oh right? Yeah because the guy still smoking so of course I use this on the show And you know someone's got to be listening and say, oh man we gotta get this guy off the smoking thing. We've gotta like put some information out there that he stopped smoking even though he hasn't Let's set this up because there is chatter about the president smoking So he gets asked a question in the Ministry of Truth briefing The Surgeon General told one our correspondents when asked about the President's smoking habits quote He is working very hard to stop. He has been working very hard at it

1:25:04 So my question is, how hard has he been working at it? What's he doing?" I have... I have... Listen to all the stuttering. I have uh.. I have uh.... I've not seen or witnessed evidence of any smoking in probably nine months." What?! How much of a lie is this! Three weeks ago he was saying the guy smokes and now he's like,

1:25:41 witnessed any evidence of smoking for nine months. Is it unbelievable? You know I think if the guy's a smoker he should just come out on the podium, Obama and light one up and smoke it! You gotta listen to him. Because is ashamed of himself? He could probably do more to stop people from smoking by saying look this terrible this stuff I mean one of the things that the president can do is he sets a sort of moral tone for the nation if you could just say look this is stupidest thing or say hell, this is great. I love smoking because they get nervous in this job and let everybody go back to smoking. It's just like what's the point? Well so Robert Gibbs... This charade! Robert Gibbs actually touches on all these points You have to understand that now He starts off by lying saying well I have not

1:26:37 He actually sticks his tongue out a couple times, which is always the sign of a liar. The snake... he sticks his tongue out and I have not seen any evidence like the president has been smoke-free for nine months! We're so proud of him now. I have not seen any evidence he's been hiding the evidence from me so that not only is the president lying to his wife, to his kids, to everybody this guy is lying for him and then he's going continue on and just keep in the back of your mind everything you said about not smoking means the president is smoking any talks about why he smoke it. Just listen to its deplorable. Any smoking and probably uh... probably

1:27:24 nine months you know that he's working at it as he talked to us? yes what does he say? um, he says look this is uh... look! look! look! look! hear me out now. Look hey! Hey! Hey! Look! I think you've heard him say this this is not something that he's proud of he knows that so he hasn't stopped because otherwise would be proud wouldn't he John? and he's no evidence either he stopped smoking or hasn't stopped smoking and he's not proud of being a smoker. Yeah but Gibbs is saying I haven't seen any evidence of him smoking in nine months. That means that he hasn't seen an ashtray filled with butts! Thank you, it's not good for him He knows that its uh... doesn't like children to know about obviously including his Children aka those little people have to speak too But I think he has worked extremely hard

1:28:28 Shut up your Blackberry. I think he would tell you even when in the midst of a tax agreement and a start deal and all the other things that accumulate, that even where he might have once found some comfort in that... He's pushed it away so What a liar! What a lying sack You know he had the start deal and he had the you know tax deal and all that, and he's pushed it away He's pushed it away. He's pushed the ashtrays under the couch on some comfort in that he's uh he's he's pushed it away so He understands

1:29:16 He understands its dangers and I think his... Hey, hey Gibbs. Why doesn't somebody ask this guy? Hey! I don't want the president on edge needing a smoke pushing it away when he should be reading these documents and relaxing a little bit you know smokers don't necessarily respond to what.. Don't ya think?! What!? Besides you. That's the problem You know what I'm sorry man, it's not easy right? It's just not easy. It really is not easy. But you're not under the stress of a president of the United States! What kind of stress is that?! Read the prompter! It has got to be stressful job people are throwing... making us sign things with many many pens Oh my god there are so many pens I need to smoke

1:30:03 Oh, the first lady's waiting for Bill Clinton has to speak because I have to go to the Christmas party. The first lady is waiting for me! I need a smoke! I have to read it back to read these kids twice the night before Christmas St. Nick aka Santa Claus I need a smoke! I need a smoke! That's a classic. You gotta send me that clip. I want to put it into the big clip show. I need a smoke Oh, come on man. How hard is that? I could do that gig! I know i could. I know...I know I could. All you can do it's get a job. I need to smoke! Makes me- doesn't make you feel good to say that though. I need to smoke. Funny

CHAPTER 30 / 38 Discussion

CBS News Homegrown Terror Report and "Self-Radicalization"

A CBS News "In Focus" report on homegrown terrorism is deconstructed for its use of fear-based memes and "mind control" graphics. The hosts focus on the term "self-radicalization," arguing it is a manufactured concept used to turn American citizens against one another. They highlight an FBI sting in Portland as an example of the government creating plots to "foil" them for media consumption.

cbs news· fbi· portland· homegrown terror· self-radicalization· mind control

1:30:48 So I got a clip on the CBS homegrown terrorism report. Oh nice, yes. Poor people stiff. Oh I'm very interested in the terrorism that happens in this hinterland Wow six minutes have we not played this? No we didn't play it was so we had to queue up but never played it. Well let's listen to the home terror...I meant some home terrorism Yeah we need to talk it up With the holidays here, President Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor tried to reassure the public today it is safe to travel. John Brennan said law enforcement... This is a guy who didn't know that London they had arrested 12 people in London? Well he knows its safe to travel

1:31:32 And intelligence agencies are doing all they can to prevent a terror attack. More and more often the seeds of terror are being planted right here, so tonight we put homegrown terror in focus It's the day after Thanksgiving in Portland, Oregon and you have upwards of 10 thousand people packed into the city's main square. So you have families You have little kids People are singing Christmas carols or what they don't know is that someone actually planned to blow the event up His goal is to either kill or injure every single person Unbelievable! This is unbelievable how this is being reported Isn't that great? The guy didn't plan to blow it up The FBI said hey kid

1:32:20 Dial this number and something will go boom. And by the way, they leveled two World Trade Center buildings and killed 3500 This guy's gonna kill 10 thousand at a Christmas tree ceremony? I don't think so With a van A covert FBI sting operation may have foiled the plot to bomb downtown Portland But the fallout It's unbelievable! Foiled a plot No, they made the plot They came up with the idea and told the kid, do you want to do it? This is unbelievable. And I knew this would get ya. Oh yeah! Unfortunately the recording broke when they were setting the kid up for the first time Yeah well...I had a malfunction It's like Curry set-up. Your shit doesn't work either, Curry You know how it is When the Mac crashes Well that happened to us From last month attempt reveals an emerging terrorist threat

1:33:19 Homegrown in the US. Yeah, homegrown and fed by the FBI! This is a 19 year old American teenager and at some point he basically became radicalized enough to want to blow up tens of thousands of people in what essentially was his hometown Since September 11th, 58 Americans and foreigners living here legally have been implicated in plots against the U.S.. They've tried to carry out 11 acts this year alone. Individuals prepared to carry out terrorist acts are in this country

1:33:55 Al-Qaeda today is much more sophisticated than what the general American population thinks. They think about Al Qaeda in Afghanistan with turbans and AK47s and Kalashnikov's on their shoulders. Nothing has spread al-qaeda's reach like the internet, with its vast network of websites targeting disaffected Muslims Hey John where are these vast networks of web sites that they never link to and I can never find? They're out there. There's vast, they're vast and they are out there in their interlinks. They are VAST! And they are vast. It is vast it is chilling and vast What was once taught at a training camp can now be learned online. It is tough to find somebody that is working maybe out of their basement in Kansas or Missouri and self radicalizing. It wasn't that long ago when there was a terrorist attack

1:34:49 Hold on. Self radicalizing? Oh, I'm glad you caught that one! Self-radicalizing?! Yeah What is that is that like... That means you're just a normal person You're walking down the street da da do do doo And then you go on the internet and watch one of these videos and the next thing you go WOW! This is awesome! I have to radicalize myself Because this is bad what's going on with their telling me what these, what these goofballs are telling me. If you can even find one of these sites and so you become a homegrown

1:35:25 Homegrown terror terrorist Wow this is again a guy I bitched about in the last show This is our government turning Americans against Americans That's all this is and this is something no, no. No, no This is American doing it to themselves sisters are doing it for themselves We are self radicalizing It's kind of like terror masturbation. I gotta self-radicalize! Oh, this Al Qaeda party is so awesome... You know the term is interesting because it harks...it has like...the word self actualization Yeah Is a hippy dippy new age term that came about and self actualizations like a good thing So there's self radical as you know doing it for yourself kind of thing

1:36:19 uh... it has a bit has some of these catchy i think it's a i think that the it's an emancipation as a good term i think is a good catches our radicalization yeah because if you try and it's bogus and i don't think it's going on anymore than self actualization is going on this isn't you know told bs spotlight dot love it works it's a great term yet was in the rest of this is really a we were by way start During the one thing you don't get to see in the audio clip is that all the while they're showing this six minute, which is almost an entire news show on CBS. They put up the words so there'll be a black screen with self-radicalization. Oh it's mind control! It's like power points of the show and every point they bring this out boom. And do they show pictures of guys in turbans? Yeah

CHAPTER 31 / 38 Discussion

Lone Wolves and the "Golden Passport" Threat

The CBS report continues by discussing "lone wolf" terrorists who blend into American culture and possess "golden passports" (U.S. citizenship). The hosts criticize the narrative that average citizens are "free to look for targets" in theaters and restaurants. They identify the phrase "death by a thousand cuts" as a new media meme being used to justify the erosion of civil liberties.

faisal shahzad· lone wolf· us passport· soft targets· death by a thousand cuts

1:37:15 Yeah, they got all the big rollers all over the place. It's outrageous I love this CBS right? CBS rocks! Something that was hatched by someone in a cave overseas now often we're talking about people from Connecticut Well, earlier plots were like... Wait! Connecticut? That's that one guy from Connecticut. The guy who tried to blow up his van in Times Square was from Connecticut so now they're making everybody in Connecticut a potential terrorist He wasn't from Connecticut he was-he was-he was from like Yemen wasn't he No, he lived in Connecticut. He was like a stockbroker or something... He was just that goofball guy who lived in Connecticut Self-radicalized Connecticutian Yep You can count on him every single time On sleeper cells American terrorists are increasingly acting as lone wolves who can easily blend in Another good one A lone wolf that can blend in Nice Can't be stopped

1:38:13 I'm blending in, no one can see me. The terror is amongst you it is invisible be afraid! Sit down and talk to counter-terrorism folks and the one thing they fear the most Is a terrorist with what they call a golden passport A US passport A perfect example Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad What makes it difficult in tracking Shahzad he was just an average guy with family in Connecticut and what makes it more difficult for a guy like him is he's free to go around looking for targets. In 9-11 the focus, the goal was massive casualties What we're seeing now are these smaller more frequent attacks on so called soft targets theaters stadiums restaurants Oh yeah didn't I read somewhere that the government is now warning us that Al Qaeda

1:39:05 a cute to the US today that they're gonna be poisoning and rather than playing yeah that there was any food at not that didn't catch me like I did in case you need anything with it let me mention something else think the little line in there that was disconcerting to me was, they American citizens are... you know they're talking about this guy but they're essentially talking about all Americans. That means you mean me and it would be in a disparaging way with this specific line free to look for targets. Yeah let's just roll that back I do want to hear that. They're free, in other words your free once yourself radicalized your free to roam around looking for targets

1:39:45 This is my hobby. Nobody should be free in that regard then. Yeah, it's my hobby. AK-47s are Kalashnikov's on their shoulders. Right. We already got all that. Nothing has spread Al Qaeda's reach like the internet with its vast network of websites targeting disaffected Muslims What was once taught at a training camp can now be... What is that in the background? Is that the guys talking in the cave Yeah, hola hola hola hola hola. It's um from some YouTube video. Hola hola hola hola hola That makes it sound authentic though doesn't it? Oh my god they're radicalizing as we speak look at them honey honey honey huggily leggo holly regular how to go regular that's Radicalization going on the cave he learned online It's tough to find somebody that is working maybe out of their basement in Kansas or Missouri Kansas notice Kansas

1:40:44 Kansas, uh... Kansas. Kansas or Missouri? Yeah yeah no there's a reason they're saying that There is a reason for that And self radicalizing It wasn't I hear the tapping on the keyboard That sounds like you John hitting the keyboard You're self-radicalizing in your basement there That long ago when there was a terrorist attack We were talking about something that was hatched by someone in a cave overseas Now often we are talking about people from Connecticut While earlier plots relied on sleeper cells, American terrorists are increasingly acting as lone wolves who can easily blend in. You sit down and you talk to counter-terrorism folks and the one thing they fear the most is a terrorist with what they call a golden passport—a U.S. passport A perfect example? Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad What makes it difficult in tracking Shahzad he was just an average guy with family in Connecticut

1:41:41 and what makes it more difficult for a guy like him is he's free to go around looking for targets. In 9-11 the focus, the goal was massive casualties What we're seeing now are these smaller more frequent attacks on so called soft targets theaters stadiums restaurants hotels this death by 1000 cuts Death by a thousand cuts. Yeah, now that's another- That's a meme by the way I have seen and heard it a lot recently and it is based on some Chinese proverb or something And...or Japanese It's starting to crop up a lot They're using that as the rationale for cracking down on you know our basic freedoms essentially Death by a thousand cuts

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FBI Sting Operations and Jihad Jane

The effectiveness of FBI sting operations is questioned, with the hosts noting that informants often encourage suspects who might otherwise back out. They revisit the "Jihad Jane" case and the Fort Hood shooting, arguing that the media selectively highlights or ignores details to fit a specific terror narrative. The segment concludes by mocking the idea that becoming a jihadist is a "fun" trend for American youth.

fbi· sting operations· jihad jane· nidal malik hassan· fort hood· informants

1:42:27 self-radicalized today. Many of the suspects picked up in American terror plots have seemed to even embrace American culture before becoming radicalized When you look at the picture of Shehzad in Times Square with his friends it's a photo that a lot Americans have their own homes It is a photo them as a tourist with their friends How did that person who looks like anyone I know how did they wind up putting a bomb in a car in Times Square. In 2001 there were just over 3,000 local state and federal organizations working in counter-terrorism today there are more than 4,000 across the country most agree they've been successful in keeping terrorists from coming into the country but recent plots have exposed weakness in this system The luck that we've had so far is that some of these homegrown terrorists are not very professional

1:43:26 No, no we're lucky John. They're not professional I've never felt more like whether it's leaving the key in the car whether the cars start smoking And that even building a functioning bomb oh Okay Well, I thought was supposed to be afraid. I don't get it now that was basically luck People talk about homegrown terror as if it's something that there's that luck meme you catch it. Yeah, not you mentioned I haven't noticed it as a mean but yeah just lucky you were lucky we were Just lucky might happen someday It wasn't called a terror attack at the time But the attack on Fort Hood was a terrorist attack You know it wouldn't be like

1:44:06 Out of the question to give us a little more info on Fort Hood like let us uh, whatever you would like what happened You know another thing that's left out of this report. The thing they remember this one jihad Jane Oh yeah She's where is she and I don't happen to her she was in Ireland right and they shut down the whole country Well she was going around jihad Jane and her buddy. This is when that started, we followed all of this! Yeah we deconstructed it as a complete scam and now course it's off the radar never gets brought up again That one didn't go over that well. Let's try this. Carried out by an American Tonight we're learning more about Major Nidal Malik Hassan He gave lectures where he stated that the US war on terror was a war on Islam That should have been a flag The ability to identify homegrown terrorists before they strike requires tips from the public, monitoring internet chatter and

1:45:07 Chatter, internet this John I think we should change the name of the show to the no agenda chatter show That's what they would. This is chatter. This is what with this is what is pretty much chatter? Does shatter chatter we've got chatter on the interwebs use of government informants They are not always the most savory characters and in many cases they're paid for this. But they are sounding the part of a terrorist, they look like the part of a terrorist and subjects are buying it hook line and sinker. Sting operations have become one of the most effective tools in thwarting these plots In these wire tap conversations you hear the undercover operative or agent say

1:45:52 Are you sure you want to go through this? You know, you don't have to do that. You can back out." US intelligence has spent the last... I mean the FBI guys say that is that what she meant? Yeah supposedly Like you know, you don't have to do this! I mean seriously... Oh man, hey, Ahab, you do not have to do this, you know Muhammad, you can chicken out if you want to Anytime you want yeah, you could be a pansy and a pussy if you want to Yeah, unfortunately we couldn't record it because our recorder broke. and this is one of the challenges that law enforcement is trying to face. The crock of crap this woman has to deliver! Who is she? I don't know, she's just another one of the bogus spokes-holes that shows up It's becoming adventuresome and fun, she says, to become a jihadist in the United States Oh really?!

1:46:55 It's the new thing all the kids are doing. All the kids are doing it because they want to be locked up and get on waterboarded, cause there is nothing more thrilling. This is bull crap! And you can find all of our stories in our In Focus series on our website just go to cbsnews.com Thank-you very much Katie You know where this starts? This radicalization? So lively and quick I knew at a moment that must be Let's say Nick! A.K.A Santa Claus That's right kids, get used to it now. A.K.A... A.K.A... Cause no one real name is the real name kids not even Santa Claus he's an a.k.a.... Just so you know Unbelievable

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Media Mind Control and Historical Parallels

The hosts reflect on the "perfect storm" of Orwellian surveillance and Huxleyan distraction in modern society. They compare the current climate of "see something, say something" to the anti-communist fervor of the 1950s and the McCarthy era. They express concern that the public is being conditioned to turn against their neighbors, similar to tactics used in historical totalitarian regimes.

1984· brave new world· george orwell· aldous huxley· mccarthyism· communism

1:47:38 Yeah, that's depressing John and we don't want really depressed. They chew up the entire news There's a half-hour show This is like six or seven minutes And it's only a 20 minute show because you know as we had people out there always have to remember that on TV You get two hours of two minutes of content for every one minute at commercials Which we don't do on this show DeVorek org slash na? You gets split second And that's so they took up like the half to show essentially to do this six minutes. Yeah, that is quite a six minutes This is the third almost a third of the ship quite a bit quite rest of its intros and out 30% definitely yeah well, yeah, they're all compromised and But it's crazy because when we look at I remember we listened to this some of it last week after the show didn't We play a little bit of this Among ourselves during our meeting

1:48:31 meeting our meeting but you hear it again and there's all these all these little messages all these little means he's little things just crop up and it's totally mind-controlling people It's a hopeless situation. Well it really is because we're somewhere stuck in between Orwells 1984 and Huxley's A Brave New World, it's like...it's like a perfect storm where and we're amusing ourselves to death with idiocy with stupid entertainment I mean completely dumb And at the same time, Big Brother is just building up the entire infrastructure. It's not good! But what freaked me out is on Thursday show you actually said never in all my life have I ever seen anything this bad This is really really wrong Yeah it was pretty bad Although I have to say that I did qualify by saying during the 50s when they had anti-communist craziness where there was a communist under every bed

1:49:35 I think it must have been pretty bad then too, but it was a little bit and I think people were turning their neighbors in and things similar. But I still remember when I was a kid you're being told that the worst part of the worst part about Cuba was the kids turning in their parents to the Communist Party. And they kids, people turning against our neighbors and turning them in because they had a personal grudge so they turned him for something he didn't do and then there's police would come in arrest them You know, I mean that's essentially where we're headed here with it with Janet Lucy Lucy Yeah, and then you get Merry Christmas everybody What happened in something happened in Minneapolis? Was that a Minneapolis?

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Activist Raids in Minneapolis and Anti-War Protests

The FBI conducted raids on the homes of anti-war activists in Minneapolis, seizing computers and records under allegations of aiding terrorist organizations. While some activists have ties to groups like Hezbollah or Hamas, the hosts suggest these raids are a testing ground for suppressing dissent. They note the irony of the Obama administration being more aggressive toward activists than the previous Bush administration.

minneapolis· fbi· hezbollah· hamas· palestine· anti-war activists

1:50:23 There was something that happened in Minneapolis. It snowed in, I think there's something crazy happening besides the roof caving and on their stadiums. There was something else that happened in Minneapolis though oh they arrested oh I know what it is uh so there's these people who work for um peace movements you know like rock against the Afghani war yeah we're getting a lot of links to these apparently people who are now If you're an active, by the way what's funny about this and ironic in my opinion is that I mentioned this on the last show which is that Obama is worse than Bush when it comes to Trump. They come in these liberal democrats and you expect they are going to end a war

1:51:03 get rid of that patriot act which is very questionable and instead they up the ante. They make the war go on worse especially the Afghanistan one, they want to attack Pakistan but using those predators to blow people out you know off the face of the earth at will and then the patriots up to me give napalitana more did we develop this homeland security department is bigger than the military i mean the whole thing it's it's like gone in the wrong direction and so now activists as was shown in a minnesota situation anyone who's like protesting the war protest anything it's worse than those free speech zones that the bushians put together the democrats are now resting them as terrorists

1:51:44 Yeah, and what I found coincidental is it happens in Minneapolis which is exactly where the Lucy Napolitano see something say something kicked off at the Mall of America. It wasn't just that at Walmart was a mall America Mall of America which is in Minneapolis and then all sudden they so they raid like nine or ten people's homes confiscate computers under the... What was the exact line here? but it was like you know they were aiding and abetting terrorist organizations. Now I will say that there's something that is not being portrayed by Democracy Now! who is all over this story, these people have been to Palestine, have been working with Hezbollah... It's like okay

1:52:34 You know, those are definitely deemed terrorist organizations. Not like they're just writing up some signs in their home. Yeah well I mean there is that element and it's possible but it seems to me just to be a testing ground Yes, I'm telling you there's gonna be this it's gonna be the way they're gonna keep let's face it This has not been backed off. No one has been turning down the volume on this stuff And sure you got a nice rationale. You got a bunch of Complainers, I mean Berkeley is filled with these pal pro-palestine we hate Israel We hate Jews people roaming around, a lot of them are from Palestine and they could easily be targeted and thrown in the slammer for being related somehow to the terrorists because many of them you know are associated with the Hezbollah or the Hamas groups. And the fact that matter is there websites that are Hamas' and Hezbollah's websites they could shut down, they're not doing that I mean it just seems selective to me

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Vanuatu Earthquake and Stolen Seismic Equipment

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific island of Vanuatu shortly after all of its seismic monitoring equipment was stolen. The hosts find the timing of the theft highly suspicious and discuss the possibility of environmental manipulations or military agendas involving climate control. They reference "global research" documents that acknowledge the potential for climactic warfare.

vanuatu· earthquake· seismic equipment· environmental warfare· haarp

1:53:31 I don't know that they're doing anything other than protesting and complaining, and doing what these people normally do. Bellyache! So...I question the motives. Some earthquake related news there was a Christmas quake not far from our president actually in the South Pacific The South Pacific island Vanuatu You ever heard of Von Wattu? No, I never have. They had a 7.3 Of course no news outlet ever again says on what scale that is Yeah this scale thing is bugging me It's on the Richter Scale or... Nah it's just new scale and nobody knows what it means Well 7.3 I think is literally when paintings fall off the wall I'd rather go back to the Richter Scale I have a sense of it

1:54:29 I the days were good when we had the Richter scale damn it. I know what it means I don't know what this other thing means is just some linear scale? I don't have no clue was there a 50. I don't know seven out of 100 idea Don't have any idea so that Christmas, so we've never heard of this place It's in the South Pacific and the Christmas 7.3 magnitude quake hit the Least was it say hit the least developing country. I don't know what that well What's the name of this kid spell me the name of that? I'll be Victor alpha November uniform alpha tango uniform Vanuatu so struck just after midnight December 25th about 140 miles south of the capital Port Vila and The quake was unusually shallow only 15 miles beneath the ocean floor now The crazy thing is though

1:55:21 Just weeks before this crazy earthquake someone stole all of the seismic equipment from the island. That's an interesting coincidence Yes Stole all of it and they and they actually like cut through barbed wire And stuff was like it wasn't like some kid walking in going hey look at this stuff No, they had to actually set out to steal this equipment including a solar panel VLF receiving transmitting system all cables and the officials say with it without these stations the people of Vanuatu will no longer be able to get accurate information and timely warnings during events of earthquakes and tsunamis. On October 1st vital equipment was stolen at one of the other two stations, the station's Clem Hill so... They had a bunch of quakes in 2009 too apparently have a lot of quakes Why would someone steal all the equipment? I have no idea i don't can imagine why

1:56:26 why it would do that. But then this story goes into this whole environmental warfare thing which is kind of interesting and this is from the examiner, um... and brings up all these different- I've spoken about these so many times This is interesting, there's a piece on climate change global research. The possibility of climactic or environmental manipulations as part of the military agenda while formally acknowledged by official government documents in the US military has never been considered relevant to the climate debate. Interesting... Military analysts are mute on this subject, meteorologists are not investigating the matter and environmentalists are strung on global warming in the Kyoto Protocol written

1:57:11 A guy in the climate change and global research document. Interesting I don't know. You never know with these things, I found it interesting because it's not that far from where the president is We've got to... Where's the President? He's in Hawaii Well no this a long ways from there This over by Australia Oh! I thought this was the South Pacific near the President No this is the South Pacific over in Micronesia Over in the middle of nowhere It's like you know... Well then even worse why are people stealing their stuff Leave their stuff alone people This is an old French colony that is apparently a very interesting tourist place. I've never heard of it, but this is around... You can look it up on the Google or the Wikipedia actually has pretty good background on it so this was just a sketchy area that was in the middle of... It's more like we're on the Cook Islands than it is Hawaii. Oh okay my mistake

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Arkansas Fracking and Earthquake Clusters

The town of Guy, Arkansas, has experienced over 500 earthquakes since mid-September, a massive increase from previous years. Local residents and experts attribute the seismic activity to "fracking" (hydraulic fracturing) in the Fayetteville Shale. The hosts mock a local mayor's attempt to downplay the quakes and call for an end to the practice in the state.

arkansas· guy· fracking· fayetteville shale· natural gas· earthquakes

1:58:08 Meanwhile, we've got a cool place to go though. That's what I reason I'm kind of yeah keep scanning this page John you can't even make it down to Los Angeles to hang out with me Not gonna go to the cocailing as much I used to travel a lot I've been everywhere people know when I tell my old stories But you know and after a while It's like what's the point? You know you'd go there you you have a beer eat some of the local food And he go oh yeah, I did that and then you leave I mean is at some point it's like I'd rather do this show. It's funny you say that because that's kind of the way i feel Yeah it took me longer to get there than you but yeah, I think you had more... You had...I don't know what you were trying to... I had more going for me

1:58:50 He had more going for it crapped out. I didn't have as much going for me when i crapped out So we could always check out Arkansas if you want some real earthquakes They've been having a bonanza of earthquakes there must be something, you know that's just from fracking It is! You wanna hear the report? It is exactly that...it is from fracking Do you wanna hear it? The Arkansas people should stop this Yeah I wanna here it Guy Arkansas Population around 500 very nervous people Since mid-September, this part of Arkansas has experienced roughly 500 earthquakes. That's a lot of earthquakes! Way too many! Five hundred! Sharon and Carrie Strickland were home when one struck There it is! He felt it! You felt it? I smelled it you d...

1:59:39 Last year at this time there had been only 39 earthquakes in the entire state. Slow days we're having one to two, maybe three or four. Busier days we can have up to eight or nine My wife would like to buy earthquake insurance I'm trying talk her out of it That was totally unnecessary to put into the piece Guys Mayor Sam Midgett... He's giving it to his wife Says the earthquakes don't really bother people much From about a 2.7... I love this guy, this guy knows exactly the magnitude It's about a two seven maybe a two eight yeah you know I know Eight gauge to three something it'll rattle the windows check a few pictures on the wall just it doesn't last but five six ten seconds But people do wonder what's causing them

2:00:35 Here's one theory. Guys hit the top what is called the Fayetteville Shale, a huge field of natural gas buried beneath layers of rock This is the Fayetteville shale as you can see there no gas that will come out so we have to hydraulically fracture rock to get gas out The process of fracturing rock is called naturally enough fracking There ya go So they figured it out that its all because of fracking Duh! Yeah You go from no 35 earthquakes in the history of the state to 500? Yeah. Stop it! And Gitmo Nation East, as I'm wrapping up my news here they're trying it once again with the flu victims

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Swine Flu Vaccine and Miscarriage Risks

The hosts discuss reports of a significant increase in miscarriages among women who received the flu vaccine. They share a listener's story about avoiding the vaccine and successfully delivering a healthy baby named Wednesday. The segment questions why the same flu strains seem to return annually and the government's push for specific vaccinations.

swine flu· h1n1· vaccine· miscarriage· health· wednesday

2:01:16 the flu. Oh yeah, you're gonna die. You got that crazy story 460 flu victims fighting for life as experts admit 24 deaths from swine strain may be only just on the surface and maybe a fraction of the true number. Wait a minute let me back up a second I've asked this question before i'm going to ask it again How come every year they figure out what the flu is going to be and it's always this combination of Hs and Ns, 1s and 2s and 3s. And the flu goes through the public, flies through and then next year they have three different flus and the old flu doesn't return? How come this flu keeps returning?

2:01:55 Yeah, in the same... well because this flu knows that the government has tons of vaccine for this flu and this flu only. So that's why it's like hey you know? That would really suck if I didn't come back as the same thing! I can't mutate! I've got to be the same flu so we can get some press! Flu has a mind of its own you see. Okay now i knew there was an explanation Meanwhile I gotta remember the producer of ours who had a new human resource born on Saturday named Wednesday. So, they had a miscarriage. Not with Wednesday but previous and the producer said to me that was when my wife had the flu vaccine and she miscarried

2:02:50 And then I hear you guys talking and find out that there's like a 700% increase in miscarried pregnancies with women who have received the flu vaccine. So they did not, even though the doctor kept saying oh you gotta get this shot, you gotta get this shot, did not have the shot and Wednesday was born healthy as far as... Oh good for them! Yeah so he actually was saying hey you guys saved life here Well Wednesday can thank us later with a healthy donation. Alright, you're bad! You got anything else? No I think that's good. We'll liven things up a little bit and hopefully my clip machine isn't trashed

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Episode Outro and Thursday Show Preview

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conclude the episode, promising to return on Thursday, December 30th. They encourage continued listener support through donations and remind the audience to stay vigilant against media manipulation. The show ends with a final sign-off from "Gitmo Nation West" and "Northern Silicon Valley."

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· new year· podcast

2:03:39 And I have some good clips. I did have a couple interesting ones we could've run, but there's not the Queen was probably the best but You should definitely get the Queens Get the queen speech for Thursday and Thursday is is that what does that the 30th or 31st? Is that the What is that? What is Thursday? Well, let's take a look. Thursday is the 30th. 30th okay So we will still speak with all of our human resources before the end of the year and I'm sure something crazy will happen before Something crazy happens every time we do this it's just constant Yeah It's as a bottomless pit of material We don't even you know somebody had to dig that deep To find stuff. I mean it's ridiculous but you know

2:04:27 I'll go pick up some clips from Extra. Yeah, please we need it! Extra! Extra! Coming to you from Gitmo Nation West home of AQ-USA dot com. I am the former Soviet spy known as Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where i want to thank everybody who donated this week to The No Agenda Show and hope that you would continue supporting us. I'm John C. Dvorak We will talk again on Thursday right here on NO AGENDA