Episode 279 · Thursday, 17 February 2011

Dr. Watson I presume?

A supercomputer takes the throne on Jeopardy! while the White House navigates Iranian warships, high-speed rail rejections, and the implementation of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention.

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About this episode

IBM Watson dominated human champions on Jeopardy! this week, but the victory is being scrutinized as a staged marketing event designed to mask the machine's true purpose. While Watson famously failed to identify Toronto as a Canadian city, the error is viewed by some as a calculated move to humanize the supercomputer before IBM transitions the technology into the medical field as Dr. Watson. This shift toward automated healthcare analytics aims to replace high-cost physicians with deep-learning algorithms, raising questions about why such advanced logic hasn't yet challenged Google in the search market.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended a controversial unemployment insurance proposal before Congress, offering immediate relief to employers in exchange for $67 billion in future tax hikes. Meanwhile, Austin Goolsbee introduced the Startup America initiative, which critics characterize as a venture capital funnel for elite firms like Kleiner Perkins. In the regulatory sphere, the USDA approved Monsanto genetically modified corn for biofuels, a move seen as a Trojan horse for total food supply contamination. Simultaneously, the FCC and SamKnows are distributing free routers to monitor broadband performance, which may serve as a voluntary domestic surveillance network.

From a makeshift studio in Madrid's Puerta America hotel, the broadcast explores the technical absurdities of NCIS Los Angeles and the strange appearance of a green horseman in Tahrir Square footage. The hosts also dissect the specific nervous habits of Bill Gates, comparing his inappropriate smiling during vaccine discussions to the character Dr. Hibbert from The Simpsons. The program concludes with a look at the Fries Revolution in Belgium and the coded sentencing of a Somali pirate to exactly thirty-three years.


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CHAPTER 01 / 35 Discussion

Puerta America Hotel, Madrid Architecture and Technical Setup

The hosts open the program with one broadcasting from the Puerta America hotel in Madrid, Spain. The hotel features floors designed by different architects, which is described as visually spectacular but functionally difficult due to a lack of power outlets. The technical setup for the broadcast relies on USB power and a briefcase used as a makeshift microphone stand.

madrid· puerta america· hotel architecture· usb power· travel logistics

00:00 They have to cross what in the business they refer to as the valley of death. Adam Curry, John C. DeVora It's Thursday February 17th 2011 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination episode 279 This is no agenda Maintaining my nine million dollar value is a human resource here at the Hilltop Watchtower Crackpot Command Center in Gitmo Nation West The People's Republic of Southern California In the morning I am Adam Curry and from my gitmo nation tortilla uh... whereby the way i don't have that valuation on john c dvorak in the morning people nation castanets i thought it was how come now also missed or to you as a lot of what he has mexico actually know the tortillas this finishes matter-of-fact them but you know so why pretend seeking the uh... the famous uh... tortilla

00:57 uh... that potato tortilla that's a famous it's actually an omelet now there is not quite the same kind of tortilla obviously well in the morning so yes i am and i am in his spania yes in madrid are you in the old part of town with a new part of town i'm in the outskirts of town this is at the slums as we are just need no status actually did this is very interesting hotel is called the puerta america which is a uh... hotel where every floor is designed by different architect and it sounds like a pretty much unlivable by a factor of 10. Sounds like a mess! Totally, there's only one plug in this room really but it's pretty spectacular the room I mean it's like wow if you you know it's but again is only one plug so you brought a power strip obviously no how'd you plug everything into your one plug

01:50 The laptop is powering everything. It's all USB. That high-tech stuff the kids are all raving about? Yeah, I've heard it does work well in the morning My microphone stand by the way is a briefcase and I shoved the microphone in there yeah that sounds good except for the Dropouts from time to time it's reasonable anyway let me say it again in the morning to you John and in the morning to you and all the ships at sea, boots on the ground feet in the ocean. And the wings in the skies checks in the mails bakers in the kitchens dungs in the pit astronauts manning the moon and mars base stations anyone napping for humanity right now hands on the air and human resources throwing shoes and boots everywhere especially in the chat room and noagendastream.com where uh... you're right you don't have a valuation but

CHAPTER 02 / 35 Discussion

Environmental Protection Agency, Human Capital Valuation and Birth Certificates

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Health and Human Services have reportedly valued a single "human resource" at $9.1 million. This valuation of human capital is linked to competencies and economic labor value. A theory is discussed suggesting that birth certificates serve as numbered collateral for the United States government to borrow money from foreign nations, noting that the total value of the U.S. population at this rate roughly matches the national budget.

epa· human capital· birth certificates· collateral· federal budget

02:40 uh... came out to just this week john that uh... the here the value of a human resource and get my nation here is nine point one million dollars as what you're worth your government well you're right union you no longer have it nor do i when you're born apparently were worth nine point one million dollars and this and i think there's a way of cooking the books well it's interesting because i was reading through the congressional budget justification documents so that you don't have to and so the Health and Human Services I think either health and human services or the EPA has pegged the value at 9.1 million dollars they talk about the human capital quote, and this is from the document

03:30 Human capital refers to the stock of competencies, knowledge and personality attributes embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce some economic value. Shut up slave! And get back to work! Jesus, terrible. But isn't this exactly... That is the worst that I mean that's just pathetic Well what it reminded me of is the Paris 1919 movie which you turned everybody on to where they were sitting there in Paris in 1919 trying to figure out how much money Germany had to pay like to France and trying to figure out well you know... In case of deaths and everything Right right a human resource can produce this much in his life And they haven't stopped doing that

04:13 well that's what happened to ford if you remember when the pinto uh... tank was blown up all the time they'd be absurd calc making a calculation on what you know what is it cost to fix the problem as opposed was the cost of pay whatever people are at the issue but it works right well nothing night shows not to fix the problem i think nine million buses cheap But you know, I've always read this... it's like one of these conspiracy theory things but now it's kind of coming true when I do the math. You know there is this theory that goes around and maybe its true, I don't know maybe not just a theory that your birth certificate

04:53 is actually, you know it is on official paper except for the president's of course but its unofficial paper. It's numbered and you have like a human resource number and I've always read that this is the document that the United States uses as collateral when borrowing money from other countries You know I've heard this too and i think it's a myth. Well the only thing is if you do... It's folklore, doesn't make any sense If you do the math we're looking at a budget of what 2.7 trillion dollars or something We're gonna borrow a lot of that Most of it. If you take 9.1 million dollars times 310 million Americans your pretty close to your $2.9 trillion

05:42 Well it sounds like we're a liability not an asset then. I don't know which side of the balance sheet we're on! Well, the unbalanced side... Anyway i've got about four million left I figure so they're not going to kill me yet I'm still useful Yeah little bit So the big news to me this week was you talking about this sort of thing where people have been dehumanized and the rest of it and you know, I ran flying over let me do a little travel before we get into this. Elite business...I mean i don't like Delta. I have nothing but bad things to say about them but I have to say the overseas elite business class was actually phenomenal even though the bed thing doesn't go all the way down they have these pillows

CHAPTER 03 / 35 Discussion

Delta Airlines, Ford Focus Launch and European Travel

A trip to Europe for the rollout of the new Ford Focus involved flying overseas in Delta's elite business class. Despite criticisms of the airline, the service included high-quality bedding and food. The travel report includes observations of cloudy weather in Madrid and recent severe storms in Northern California that caused property damage.

delta airlines· ford focus· madrid· business class· travel anecdote

06:30 that are the biggest things I've ever seen and you can get a couple of them, and they're like giant down comforters. And I'm telling you can really conk out on these things it's an absolute...and the food was good! And the wine is decent. Now just to be clear uh... I was stunned. Someone else is paying for this trip? You didn't spend our hard-earned no agenda cash on Delta business? No actually Ford has flown me over. I did use my own miles to upgrade Uh huh But because they're expiring anyway. Yeah, Ford flew me over for their rolling out their little new Focus in Europe They had a big contest apparently in Europe and people are... So you just a corporate shill sucking off the teat of the corporate interests? Absolutely And then you just gave him a plug You could have said any car company Could have said A Car Company Okay, A Car Company I'm cutting that out The point is it doesn't make any difference

07:28 the corporate masters or what they are. But I got a free trip, how you doing? Yeah thanks! Hey buddy appreciate the love i'm sitting here in rainy Los Angeles is it nice in Madrid actually it's it was a cloudy but it was uh... very pretty out is that's the little cold no one over to the product and um... checked out some oil paintings in a then i was walking on old town today and it was extremely chilly and i had to rush back uh... about this in northern california as as i left a lot couple days has been some of the worst storms i've seen if i did tore off some of the uh... my roofing uh... some of the

08:11 that metal, I forgot what it's called...grass? No. From your hut? Shingles? Sheetmetal? Aluminum siding? Anyway just take my word for it was 50 mile an hour winds and pouring rain It was miserable You know there has been a lot of that in the news as this doesn't stop Flashing! That is the word Well, the New York Times... there's a whole bunch of research that has come out that you've missed probably because you were in transit. New York Times definitive study major paper from nature dot com and this is being whenever you do a study this is how you make the news and then get Hillel Nolten to promote it heavy rains linked to humans

CHAPTER 04 / 35 Discussion

Nature.com, Heavy Rain Study and Global Warming Models

A study published on Nature.com links heavy rainstorms and flooding in England and Wales to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. The data, which costs $32 to access, relies on computer models similar to those used during the Icelandic volcanic eruption. Bill Gates appeared on the Charlie Rose show discussing population decline and health, which is interpreted here as a push for population control through vaccines.

nature.com· global warming· climate change· bill gates· computer models

09:04 Yeah, it's unbelievable. And you know what makes sense to me? Because we've never had heavy rains ever! It's interesting because in the history of life there have never been heavy rains. There was that little thing called Noah's Ark... remember that? This can't all be promotion for that animated movie But it's certainly starting to look like it. They had two guys who did this study, It was like 700 pages You have to pay $35 bucks to download it To actually read the... they give you a summary which says Death and destruction! Heavy rainstorms! Human cause!! And then its like you want to read the paper? $35 bucks I'm like okay They're actually charging 35 bucks cash Yes sir Well not cash Digital credits through their website No that totally sucks I spent the money and then I'm like ugh

09:57 You did? Yeah, of course I did. This is... well that's part of what the money is for Is to do research That sounds like a waste It is it's unbelievable and uh... scientists have long been reluctant to freely to attribute any specific weather event two global warming but a handful of papers that do so are beginning to appear in the scientific literature here you know it's not a minute aren't these is the same people that say that climate isn't whether he has Yeah, it's the same people. Now they have to combat that. They're always saying climate isn't weather now they're saying climate is weather? Yeah it is. It's like what do they make up their mind is climate weather or is climate not whether? It's whether when it suits them The paper finds that severe rains that flooded England and Wales in 2000 which by the way is the year when scientists said children will never see snow again

10:55 The wettest autumn since record-keeping began there in 1766 were made substantially more likely by greenhouse gases released by human activity. Are you releasing greenhouse gases, John? It's just it's just more... Seriously the next in five years from now it'll be too many people causing rain! Now it's just people soon humans too many humans This is it. Well, she's right I don't know. I don't have a clip from it but I did watch Bill Gates was on the Charlie Rose show this last week crap. I missed it Yeah, why I have that I still I think I still haven't on the VCR or the DVR Oh, I can't believe and I'll watch it. I'll watch it It was like uh, was he it was young as like killing people thing again? Yeah. Yeah pretty much

11:53 He doesn't know that he is because his argument is like you know what we've discovered. He's always swallowing What we're discovering, he says, is that when people are healthier they have less kids and the population declines Right And that's a good thing So we gotta kill him early That's basically his thing right? Yeah, no it's just so many publications because of course whenever this comes out then everyone jumps on it and no one reads the actual study. And its hard to get through! What they did is again all based on computer models the same computer models I might add that predicted this horrible

12:44 No fly conditions member the volcanic eruption from Iceland. Oh, you can't fly oh You're all gonna die and of course the models were wrong Admittedly wrong But it's the same guys with the same computers and what they do is that well here now we just took out everything in the model except for the human activity which they apparently have perfectly measured And then it's clear The science is in right there It is so obvious humans are causing this weather So it's not just climate your right but it's also whether whenever it suits him The researchers were Xiong-Ki Min and Xu Bin Zhang, the main guys who you can't really find them in Wikipedia. But yeah I'm sorry it's $32 is what it is. $32 to access the data because of course it's a commercial outfit this nature dot com So you know by the way just want to back up on Bill Gates again

CHAPTER 05 / 35 Discussion

Bill Gates, Inappropriate Smiling and Nervous Habits

Observations of public figures like Bill Gates reveal specific nervous habits, such as the "inappropriate smile" during serious discussions about vaccines. This behavior is compared to the character Dr. Hibbert from The Simpsons, who laughs at the end of every sentence. These traits are identified as common signs of nervousness in high-profile individuals.

bill gates· body language· nervous habits· the simpsons· dr. hibbert

13:44 There's something that has been bugging me and I was noticing this. I wanted to bring this up on a few shows ago, there are these people that...and Bill is one of them where you'd be talking with him and you watch him on television it's very unnerving. There are number of interesting weird habits a lot of people have if you've ever seen for example The Simpsons and Dr. Hibbert every time Dr. Hibbert says anything at the end of each sentence he laughs And I've run into people like this, if you're in an airplane or something and you hear one of them talk they say well I know I was just there the other day. Yeah it's nervousness. And when I bought a couple tomatoes... So anyway the other one is what I call the inappropriate smile

14:26 Yeah, no we've talked about this before. You've mentioned this the inappropriate smile. I said it's a pet peeve of mine! The yak-yak-yak-yak-yak smile... Yak-yak-yak you know well anyway i don't want to get into that Who were you sitting next to? Was there was just Well, the laughing person I sat next to somebody recently. You know say something laughs say something laughs but it was Bill again when i was watching him because he'll be saying well no and it looks like the vaccines in big smile and then the smell goes away right yeah so anyway the big news as far as I'm concerned this week is the fractal that occurred at the toy fair

CHAPTER 06 / 35 Discussion

Hasbro, Monopoly Live and Infrared Tower Technology

Hasbro has updated the Monopoly board game to "Monopoly Live," featuring an infrared tower in the center that tracks player movements and issues verbal instructions. The game eliminates physical cash in favor of a computerized system that enforces rules. The update is criticized as a "commissar" system designed for a generation raised on video games.

hasbro· monopoly live· infrared· virtual money· board games

15:06 with the new, you'll figure out what the fractal is when I describe this. They've updated the Monopoly game. Well they already did this right? With the... I know we talked about it on the show where they have credit cards now in the game. Well it's gotten worse. Oh hold on let me do the fractal look. Alright What are we... It's a new, it's basically kind of a new board. Some of the stuff is there that it is all virtual money no more being able to steal money from your sister and that kinda thing but they've added a computerized system in the middle of it

15:50 that images redistricting and can you get an idea it were used in the middle with uh... chance we throw the dice he should be chance to come on yes yes do you put together cards in the middle and then the uh... the money for the ghetto right now more than a dozen infrared tower this speaker that issues instructions track of the body and make sure players adhere to the rules another words there's a there's a here speakers that are blurting out no you can't do that, no you can't do this. We need to hack it so that it plays like Noah jingle stuff, Noah Jindal jingles and stuff? You know like all of a sudden its like...

16:34 Take your meds, John. It's your turn to roll! Oh no you don't even roll the dice anymore do you? I don't even know this thing...this commissar or whatever it sounds like some Sovietite it sounds like something Stalin would have dreamed up That was horrible Adam, your turn Do you want to buy a house? Take a mortgage So these idiots at Hasbro say they hope the computerized monopoly will appeal to a generation raised on video games Well this of course is the real news that took place here. The real news that took place here was IBM's Watson in Jeopardy. I've been writing column after column about it

CHAPTER 07 / 35 Discussion

IBM Watson, Jeopardy Performance and Rigging Allegations

The IBM supercomputer Watson competed on Jeopardy! against human champions, winning the match despite a notable error in Final Jeopardy. Watson incorrectly identified Toronto as a U.S. city, leading to claims that the competition was a staged marketing event. The segment suggests the "error" was included to make the machine seem less intimidating to the public while demonstrating its dominance.

ibm watson· jeopardy· alex trebek· artificial intelligence· toronto

17:20 Then help me out because I'm trying to deconstruct what took place here. For those of you who do not live in Gitmo Nation, United States the game show Jeopardy! Most Europeans pronounce it as Geo Party but it is actually pronounced Jeopardy! Spelt like jeopardy? It's spelt like geo party so they had IBMs Big Watson which consisted of all kinds of blinking lights and a computer voice and it played along, and of course they had a couple of pre-rounds. Sounds like you did good job in the computer voice I'm sorry? You sounded like the computer voice Well i've been studying this so anyway

17:59 The big news is of course that it got a question wrong in Final Jeopardy although, um... Classic. Of course it actually won the game but just listen to this for a second and then I have something else to play which I think is where all this is coming from. Final Jeopardy category is US cities and here is the clue Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero It's second-largest for a World War II battle 30 seconds players good luck So yeah, I actually took the time to cut out the music because I thought that was kind of irritating. I think I can't... What? There it is. $2400 for this final going in and you wrote down what is Chicago that is correct and you wagered $2400 That doubles your score 4800 Down to Brad now he had 5400 I have to feel like he came up with a correct response Did he? Yes And the wager

18:59 Doing almost everything you can. $5,000 takes you up to 10,400 now to our leader Watson going into final 36,681 and the response was what is Toronto with a lot of question marks which means of course that Watson had many many doubts Yeah that's what my computer always does when it doubts something It gives all kinds of question marks This was so bogus, this whole thing. I think it was bogus too! I wrote up a column in PC Magazine saying... For one thing it was essentially and a friend of mine who wrote a column in CISCON he says that those classic man races horse things you get a horse and the guy runs really quick

19:46 They run the tool there had to be some kind of message right because the thing wins by like you know 500 I mean it beats everybody he's got $30,000 these schmucks got like four grand It can't hit the button as fast as this But this was Final Jeopardy, I mean even then final jeopardy and lost but wait a minute they have it still won the game but they've got You know, they have some sophisticated voice recognition. I mean you can't tell me that... This is like what you don't play gambling on the internet because it's rigged! Computers are rigged. Is this to

20:23 make us feel, the only thing I could come up with is to make us feel like we can still beat the machine there's still a chance whereas the whole thing was rigged from beginning to end of course that questions were already loaded in but now all of sudden they have massive voice recognition that they can translate Alex Trebek they never did that it wasn't done that way there was no voice recognition involved it was just a bit with the written material rent straight into the computer so it up they already had that in the computer well he went you when when they ask the question supposedly the computer people got it right and all those lights blinking were necessary please this is to train stupid human resources

CHAPTER 08 / 35 Discussion

Dr. Watson, Healthcare Analytics and Search Engine Skepticism

IBM intends to transition Watson's technology into the medical field under the name "Dr. Watson" to provide deep analytics for healthcare diagnosis. This move is viewed as a way to replace expensive doctors with automated systems. Skepticism is expressed regarding why IBM has not used this technology to challenge Google in the search engine market if the analytical capabilities are as advanced as claimed.

ibm· dr. watson· healthcare· analytics· google

21:08 that the computer knows all and that it still can make mistakes question mark, question mark, question mark but its still wins the game at the end. It's so obvious and you know why? Here's the real reason why going back two weeks in time This is why they actually are promoting this Watson thing Kathleen Kenyon's excavation of this city mentioned in Joshua showed the walls had been repaired 17 times Watson what is Jericho I love that. What is Jericho fantastic pre-recorded, but it's not a synthesized voice. It's uh

21:45 A vocoded voice. Correct! After beating two former Jeopardy champions in a practice round earlier this year, IBM's Watson is getting ready for its star turn on the show No more practice... Tonight's the real thing Same category 400 But IBM is hoping for more out of the supercomputer than just Jeopardy bragging rights What could it be? Why is IBM doing this? This goes way beyond playing a game show. Watson has embedded in it not only high performance computing, but deep analytics. Analytics that can sift through massive amounts of information to get to answers that are relevant to people who are using it very very quickly

22:25 Watson what is creed? Yes, we hope that one of the next versions of Watson will be we affectionately called dr. Watson Oh, dr. Watson what maybe for the health care bill So everywhere that someone comes on to talk about this bloggers people that like some some chick was on Bill O'Reilly they all slip it in well you know this analytical press just shows you the power that's coming to health care. That, you know Dr. Watson can can really you know analyze your problem and within seconds tell you exactly which vaccine you need so what I found interesting about this and I knew about this doctor or Watson MD I think they're gonna call it is like this whole

23:15 expert systems for the medical professions first appeared in the early 1980s and then it kind of went on for almost, I don't know five or six or seven years. It was a big deal to have these things because in those days it was cool because you could let nurses run the machine and they didn't need these expensive doctors to do diagnosis And then for some unknown reason, the thing just disappeared off the face of the earth to reemerge as this thing. There's definitely some marketing... Some? Some! Some. A little more than we're doing I'm telling you this was a setup and they made him win yet question mark, five question marks which is... No i agree the question mark thing is really weird Well because it was a set up It was setup, oh boy what a mistake Toronto Yeah where did he get Toronto What's the name of two airports there do have your machine handy? I didn't think of looking these up

24:14 But where would you come to that? You know, you could... That question is actually of all the questions they've asked that whole day. That was one of the easier ones because all you had to do was just take a fixed list of all the airports and then in major cities and then I think it's referred to American cities didn't say that so Toronto would be out But whatever. John, you're talking like you actually believe that this thing was connected somehow and analyzed the question? No that's what I'm saying! Of all the questions it should have answered easily, that one is at the top of the list as far as i'm concerned because its just basically a checklist question And if they apparently have all this information programmed into the machine how come that wasn't in there? It doesn't make any sense

25:02 I'm looking at the reasoning. Toronto screwed up on the clue, oh he screwed up on the clue it comes with a clunker or whatever is stupid It's just to teach you slaves that their machine is great and you still have a chance of beating it. I can argue with ya but I am not going to disagree And the thing that I bring in a column I put in Market Watch if this thing is so great Where's our search engine? I want to, you know ask Jeeves. Is this kind of thing simple that you should be able to ask it any English question in the world and it should would be able to answer if that's true let's put it online and beat Google yeah into so why bother with the healthcare through IBM blow search away billions and billions of dollars Yeah Why because its bull

CHAPTER 09 / 35 Discussion

Timothy Geithner, Small Business Tax Testimony

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before Congress regarding unemployment insurance proposals. Geithner defended a plan that offers $9 billion in immediate relief to employers in exchange for $67 billion in future tax hikes over a decade. Critics on the committee questioned if this constitutes a "good deal" for small businesses facing long-term capital investment decisions.

timothy geithner· department of the treasury· unemployment insurance· tax hikes· congress

33:27 All right, I got tons of stuff but since you are a couple things yeah. Yes. Oh my thanks Did you do clips on remote? Would you bring them with you? I brought him with me Okay cool I actually did they produce the clips well on the air aeroplane so I've come to the conclusion that Timothy Geithner sounds like Beaver of Leave it to Beaver. I don't think many people remember that anymore, but yeah. They might have him still on TV land but he sounds just like a little kid and i ended up getting some clips and he also never says...he never answers questions He just speaks in government double talk And he nods his head ferociously when they're asking questions you notice that?

34:13 sometimes yeah but it's all double talking never answers a question and then he when he answers the questions that gives idiotic answers I think about three clips there from him if one of them is the what are we need those titles clicking double-talking investment thinks he has a good deal thinks he has a good deal just this isn't one over the congressman asking you know a question they did basically that uh... is the ever work actually worked for a living and then he and then he says you know that did do they're going to give everybody in small business guys are gonna give me nine thousand dollar break on their uh... tax unemployment taxes but they're gonna jack them up sixty three thousand a weekend and this guy says we who's gonna what kind of deal is this with companies well i guess it leaves me next question here been employer and paid these taxes

35:07 I mean, I have. I've written the checks every quarter to the... Bull crap. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is that really public sector? Really? All my life but I have helped manage substantial organizations of people No fault in that but it does give a difference in context the reason that I wanted to clarify that the administration's budget pages 184 and 191 describes your unemployment insurance proposals offering nine billion dollars in relief to employers through 2013, and then subsequently tax hikes totaling $67 billion over the next decade. If you were an employer as I was or many of us on the committee were paying those checks and we're looking at long-term capital investment forecast trying to decide whether to hire or not hire what to do if you are employer having face that decision would you think getting for example 9000 dollars in relief now

36:09 in exchange for a $67,000 tax tab in the future through increased unemployment insurance taxes is really a good deal. Oh, I do think it's a good deal. Our job is to figure out what makes sense for the country. It's a great deal! What are you talking about? Can't you see that it's a great deal?! I was just like flabbergasted he... The guy says... He set up questions one of those questions you ask knowing what the answer is but he actually says no... You think it's a good deal to have your arm chaffed Chopped off and getting kicked in the nuts as opposed to having nothing done to you. No, no I do think that's a great deal Can I play a little clip from Austin? To hook into this Austin Goolsbee Yeah So so Goolsby goes to the whiteboard. I can just see it. I've got to go to the white board I need to explain this to everybody since that little Timmy Geithner messed it up again

CHAPTER 10 / 35 Discussion

Austin Goolsbee, Startup America and the Valley of Death

Austin Goolsbee, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, introduced the "Startup America" initiative using a whiteboard presentation. He described the "Valley of Death" that entrepreneurs must cross to scale their businesses. The program includes $2 billion in matching funds for venture capital, which is characterized here as a scam benefiting elite investors like Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.

austin goolsbee· startup america· venture capital· white house· small business

37:02 So he has to explain how this works for the small businesses in America. He has a phrase in here which is just hilarious, here's Austin. I'm Austin Goolsbee chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Remember everybody! Austin of course is trained in public speaking, he won many many awards for debating and this is the Austin Goolsbee show everybody. And today I wanted to talk to you about entrepreneurs and startups in this country So this is him explaining how this works Now everyone knows that some of the biggest greatest companies in the United States that employ hundreds of thousands of people started as some person in their garage with an idea

37:47 this by the way yeah now that everything started with some guy in his garage just so you know really yeah and it's responsible for it down i never knew that was what well you know what? I don't even have a garage. I got a garage, who can use my garage? He has to park the car on the street. Austin has got it man he's figured out how how to do this how they present our next level of growth in this country and over a 13 year period we had data Those startup new companies created more than 40 million jobs Wow I'd love to see his data on that 40 million jobs in India They've been the great engine of our growth

38:32 And all across the country, people we talked to have raised issues that startups have trying to get to be big companies. So I'm thinking yeah this is good! I'm a little entrepreneur...I'm a startup maybe i can get me some help? How about you John? You willing to get some help? I'm looking forward to it They have to cross what in the business they referred to as The Valley of Death I'm like what have you ever heard? I've started several companies in my life. Have you ever heard the Valley of Death no well, I mean this is referred to the Small Business Administration that's kind of the Washington referred to as The Bottomless Pit No it's The Valley he has a drawing of a little dude on the left then a huge

39:22 Drop like a huge valley of death and what looks like you know rocks and stuff at the bottom And then on the right hand side a factory so it's like Angry Birds The idea is for the little dude on those who we should make this into an app The little dude on the left has to jump over the Valley of Death To get to the big factory that he really wants debate. A series of problems of getting access to capital and other things That they need to grow and it is for that that the president outlined the start-up america program uh... mad i don't know if a play the whole thing you did was this in the end of lecture given to an eighth grade class and what's the deal that's this is how your government thinks of u this is the white house white board and and austin goes be a hired speaker to tell you how to cross the valley of death which apparently

40:18 is a term that has been used forever by entrepreneurs. Startup America is an ambitious effort that enrolls the private sector with the federal government to try to get... Is there another website? There's another website involved with this bullcrap No, but I love how the federal government involved with private business Oh hello! ...small business leaders what they need The scam is apparent in just a second, he'll tell you what it is. We talked to hundreds of small business people around the country to figure out what the important needs were and we have identified several things The federal government is going to be contributing four components To try to build a bridge across the valley of death We've gotta build a bridge across the valley of death! It's like John Wayne could play this

41:08 This is terrible. People, men! We gotta cross this valley of death and get to the factory on the other side And how are we gonna do that Austin? You're gonna lead us across that valley of death Those include first access to capital Yeah... We're putting in an extra two billion dollars Of matching funds for venture capital and other private sector investors who are trying to There's a scam right there There's a scam They're gonna match venture capital with two billion dollars? What is this, are they in the hedge fund business now and it's just bull. So like Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia and all these guys they're like oh yeah just give us 2 billion we'll put in $2 billion promise. Promise we will but we'll manage it by the way We'll take our fee It's unbelievable this is the elites at work

CHAPTER 11 / 35 Discussion

Timothy Geithner, Double Talk and Economic Recovery Claims

Timothy Geithner's testimony continued with claims that the economic recovery is accelerating and that over a million private sector jobs were created in the last three quarters. When questioned about the disincentive of rising capital gains and personal tax rates, Geithner utilized "government double talk" to avoid direct answers. The performance is described as evasive and unhelpful for business owners.

timothy geithner· gdp· private sector jobs· tax rates· capital gains

42:03 Now, this is disgusting. I don't want to play the rest of it. Let's go back to little Timmy who was the butt boy of the elites. Just play that double talk one and try to tell me what he said because... He never answers the question which by the way is par for the course and I just can't blame with the Obama administration. Obama doesn't answer questions either by the way but He doesn't answer the question, but what he says is like if you actually wrote it out Those like the wrong words are all over interspersed and then there's occasional little phrases that just chopped in there for no good reason If you actually wrote it out and try to analyze it You wouldn't make zero sense of it. It would actually sound like you're an idiot tonight There's a lot of fear frankly at small business to the mid-sized business love the valley of death No wonder there's a lot of fear this is the Valley of John I can see the Valley of Death

42:54 right in front of me. About hiring now that we add on another issue with UI, the proposed tax increases in the budget I guess my final question would be this if you were an employer and you're trying to make decisions with cash longer term do you think that with this looming tax hike that you personally would be eager to take on new liabilities to hire people? Well Congressman again what I would try and look at is the following thing I'd say just two things one is look what businesses across the country are doing today and team for kicking employees out in the ok so right away he doesn't answer even though those dams are quite a question and he's got that nervous leave it to be very kind of eat sound yeah it does look at what happened to the recovery over last eighteen months in businesses are expanding investments is this if I see this isn't an accelerating rate pretty strong rate much from more rapidly than GDP is growing overall and we've created more than a million private sector jobs just in the last

43:50 three quarters much more and much more quickly than the last two recessions. They were much milder recessions, and so we have a long way to go but we're making progress now. I would look at the overall mix of proposals in the President's budget on the tax side because it is my view that if you look at their overall impact on business and competitiveness they are very strong, very powerful help improve investments for What does the representative say to this doublespeak?

44:29 Does he say, uh yeah that's great but could you just answer the damn question little Timmy? I appreciate your sentiment. I guess if i were facing an increase in personal and capital gains tax rate to 44 combined with things like this it might create a bit of a disincentive for that but we'll land at a different place on that. These people are so stupid! What a waste of time what a waste of human space these people are Crikey. Anyway, this Geithner testimony went on and on and it was all the same he never said anything he had all these you know basically just beat around the bush I'm amazed that YOU watched it! I couldn't watch this! I was like ugh Timmy... Well I could only get those two clips of him but didn't get much out of it. I watched the Obama press conference

CHAPTER 12 / 35 Discussion

Barack Obama, Tavis Smiley and Speech Patterns

President Barack Obama's speaking style is analyzed, specifically a recurring stammer when he is not using a teleprompter. This pattern is compared to PBS interviewer Tavis Smiley, suggesting it may be a "milieu characterization" picked up from specific social or professional circles. While Obama is noted for his humor and one-liners, his ad-libbed responses are criticized for lack of fluency.

barack obama· tavis smiley· stammering· teleprompter· speech habits

45:23 and I was catching him stammering in a funny way that reminds me, Tavis Smiley this black interviewer on PBS. He does stammers and what's interesting to me is that the stammer that the two of them exhibit identical stammer to such extreme that I think it's almost like a milieu characterization other words like you know some discern different sub communities whether it's people who hang out together and yeah they start to pick up right similar it's like what I always say about radio station guys off-air they'll talk like this man Emma Emma I don't know that they talk in this like short bursts of Emma a good record maga show back well no that's how they talk seriously you know what I'm saying right

46:16 Yeah, it's unbelievable Emma. I'm not good remember and then they go really softly I'm not kidding the milieu of radio guys So you can play the little stammering clip. It's very short, but it is... I do have the Tavis Smiley one which I had on a... I sent it up a few weeks ago and we never used it but it's very similar But this..but you can play him here You can hear him stammering. It's very short but there's lots of stammering in here Partisanship And finally Do you think the markets will wait two years? I should've written all this down Jackie, I'm running out of room here in my brain I'm happy to repeat my question

46:55 the uh... bubble up a little bit let me just speak to speak to this general yeah was that amazing you get it and then he didn't let me let me see if this is to speak to this general uh... he's not a very good speaker somebody pointed this out in a jim once they said it i said no mending think about it she's a great reader yes his speedy reason for the teleprompter committee has had lived smoke comes out of his ears that's what's happening He's good with the short one-liner. I've seen him, you know, with Letterman and some other... he was really good with a kind of concise little joke. He is actually quite funny. I think it must have got a good sense of humor because his lines are really sharp but when

47:37 trying to talk you know that it did it did uh... its almost close to being stuttering but it's it's classic stammering was exactly the same in almost over the same words a tab ismaili has his stammering over and i find it really kind of fascinating but anyway they would have been more impactful if we had the tab ismaili yes damar i wish now if i wasn't at now bob put them together so eventually does not get an end well a eight on a good speaker and unless say you want to continue about obama's uh... stammering. No, no a good speaker is of course our Secretary of State Hillary Clinton She she can do a speech boy I'll tell you I don't know if she has teleprompters. I don't think so Well, she talks with one word at a time Yeah But it comes out it flows pretty well I have to I think seems to unless you pick up on the fact that she's talking in one word At a time like she's talking to a four-year old. Well, I don't think ever it's a good speaker. I'd disagree with you

CHAPTER 13 / 35 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Internet Freedom and the Budapest Convention

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on Internet freedom, denouncing terrorists, human traffickers, and child pornographers. During the address, she mentioned the ratification of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention. This treaty is highlighted as a potential tool for international law enforcement to regulate online activity under the guise of security.

hillary clinton· internet freedom· budapest convention· cybercrime· treaty

48:34 Well, here's a... she had a speech at a university and it was all about Internet freedom. Freedom! We gotta have internet freedom because of course very interesting for her to come up come out and say you know we need internet freedom because she wasn't too happy about the WikiLeaks slamming her But of course, you know we need to disrupt everything and keep those oil prices high. We need the internet freedom! And how dare these evil people in other countries cut down internet access? Of course, it's happening here right under our very noses and we're just oblivious to it. We think we're all free So I picked up on something which I needed to follow-up on and I did this is from her speech You can follow you can watch the whole thing Which I advise you do because a lot of little nuggets in here which is kind of interesting She denounces in this as well she actually uses the denounce no denunciation

49:32 But this is the piece that then there's a little, a little ditty in here which I picked up on. Let me see if you can find this John? Finding this proper measure for the internet... I apologize apparently it's only one channel but you'll be able to hear it. ...internet is critical because of qualities that make the internet a force for unprecedented progress its openness, its leveling effect, its reach and speed also enable wrongdoing on an unprecedented scale Terrorist and extremists groups use the internet to recruit members and plot and carry out attacks. Human traffickers use the Internet to find and lure new victims into modern-day slavery. Child pornographers use the Internet to exploit children." Notice she says child pornographers, child pornographers not pedophiles child pornography. That was interesting

50:27 Hackers break into financial institutions, cell phone networks and personal email accounts. So we need successful strategies for combating these threats and more without constricting the openness that is the Internet's greatest attribute The United States is aggressively tracking and deterring criminals and terrorists online We are investing in our nation's cyber security both to prevent cyber incidents and to lessen their impact We are cooperating with other countries to fight transnational crime in cyberspace. The United States government invests in helping other nations build their own law enforcement capacity. We have also ratified the Budapest Cybercrime Convention, which sets out the steps countries must take to ensure that the Internet is not misused by criminals and terrorists while still protecting the liberties of our own citizens."

51:26 that's the one that i caught as she says we have also ratified the buddha budapest convention on cyber crime uh... which is if if we ratify some by the way act by the way she speaks one word at a time and i don't see how you get this good speaker out of that i mean it's hard to do listen to her for two days john it was a bullshit transition just to get the clinton do care he just gets in the budapest convention for second yes i do care the budapest convention on cyber crime have you ever heard of this and no never okay well when she says we are ratified that which uh... apparently we have three at which means i guess what it's a treaty and we now adhere to it is the law of the land uh... likely yeah so um... this treaty actually is restricting freedom of speech

CHAPTER 14 / 35 Discussion

Budapest Convention, Hate Speech and Xenophobia Definitions

The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime includes protocols that criminalize "insulting publicly" through a computer system based on race, religion, or national origin. The treaty also forbids the "gross minimization" of specific historical events or groups. The definition of xenophobia—an irrational dislike of people from other countries—is discussed as being overly broad and a threat to online freedom of speech.

budapest convention· hate speech· xenophobia· freedom of speech· council of europe

52:20 now yes very very interesting so i i you know you can this on which had to be lies what she just said went on and on about this is my entire point so i i've pulled us up and there's a couple of things it's about uh... making racist xenophobic motivated insults politically correct exactly insulting publicly insulting mind you insulting publicly Let me read the article 5 properly. Each party, that means each country that has signed this which includes the United States of Europe shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offenses under its domestic law when committed intentionally and without right the following conduct

53:06 Insulting publicly through a computer system persons for the reason that they belong to a group distinguished by race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin as well as religion if used as a pretext for any of these factors. A group of persons which is distinguished by any of these characteristics No Jewish jokes Yeah! Or Muslim jokes... No jokes. But this all here article 6 also forbidden denial gross minimization. All right what is gross minimization? What I mean this is crazy! You win, this is the topic of the day that it's just a mind boggler It absolutely blew my mind

53:55 and we have ratified this, and I have no idea when this happened. This thing apparently came into play in 2006 And literally it's like you cannot commit the act of gross minimalization of anybody So if anyone says well, you know this Muslim thing... You know? I think they're kind of crazy! That is illegal On the internet. If it's on a computer or in computer network, and this just blew me away so you know like and by the way she does this all the time herself

54:39 How many people have not... What is the law, what is the enforcement capabilities of this treaty and what are the fines and punishment? Are there any at all or just a bogus treaty that somebody signs to be nice. Well the idea is well I mean sure I mean that's like saying that the Lisbon Treaty is bogus I mean of course you know the elites will apply this whenever they want to But the idea is you sign on to it, you must create laws within your own country that adhere to the protocols of the convention. And I know how to read these things because they're not very hard by the way, it's like a one pager

55:18 and that you can pull out if you want but yet i think all of this is just about being mean on the internet yes article fifteen in this my favorite denunciation any party made anytime to announce this protocol by means of a notification address to the secretary general of the council of europe so you have to denounce it publicly yet to say we're not going to participate Which of course we'll never do. But anyway, we ratified it so and Clinton's right there saying it So I presume as a very powerful person inside our government that laws will be made against racists and you know what xenophobia the actual definition John? Well, I know what it is but what's the actual definition hold on a second I pulled that up because I looked it up And I was rather astounded Xeno

56:11 phobia here we go. Initially I always thought it meant the fear of small magazines well it could be intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries that is the definition of xenophobia so if I say on the internet wow, I don't like those Arabs and violations of the treaty! I don't like Germans I don't like Belgians! It's like, if it's irrational. If it's an irrational dislike... Xenophobia is very very broad You can have a rational dislike but not an irrational one Right, if I have a rational one- okay here's one Those Belgians are crazy because they still don't have a government after 250 days So that I think is a rational fear of the Belgians Just blew me away Blew me away? Blew me away this thing

CHAPTER 15 / 35 Discussion

ICE, Operation Protect Our Children and DNS Takedowns

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accidentally shut down 84,000 websites during "Operation Protect Our Children." The agency targeted subdomains but ended up affecting entire platforms, leading to widespread DNS propagation issues. The naming of the operation is criticized as a typical government tactic to shield controversial enforcement actions from public scrutiny.

ice· dns· operation protect our children· website seizure· homeland security

57:10 We have to follow up on this. I'd like to know when the actual laws are in place here? When is ICE going to take us down, when are they gonna hack our DNS and get rid of us? Well you know they shut down 80 thousand websites i think it was day or two by accident. Yeah that was kind of funny very funny, some poor guys they put the big sign in front of their website that the guy's a child pornographer. Yeah it was like they had 84 thousand... Isn't that a lawsuit waiting to happen? Or are they exempt from being sued over this sort of label? Please please! Of course they're exempt. So I guess the idea is one subdomain of this website is like a GeoCities in a way

58:03 Yes, like a wordpress.com actually there you go that's a better example so wordpress.com could easily get shut down the way these guys are doing it and they did turn it back on apparently Yeah, but yeah apparently the children to refresh and some of these things apparently we're gonna be Actually down for a couple of days because of the DNS system where they do what they took it down way deep into the system It's not it doesn't necessarily get fixed as it does propagate now. And of course the The they have little cute little names for all of these operations where they go in there hack people's hack the internet This is operation protect our children How about that?

58:42 Operation Protect Our Children brought to you by ICE. Whenever someone does that, you know they're pedophiles You just don't do that. Operation protect our children Oh my god... Operation protect our children! PedoBear says... PedoBear has an opinion Just unbelievable I mean, it's...I lost a lot of confidence in our Gitmo nation. Oh and you weren't here to see this week's episode of NCIS were you? You were on the plane

CHAPTER 16 / 35 Discussion

NCIS Los Angeles, Technical Inaccuracies and Internet Tropes

An episode of NCIS: Los Angeles featured a scene where a character "broke the internet" to stop a video upload. The dialogue used technical jargon, including "VNC controller" and "stack buffer overflow," in a nonsensical manner. This is identified as a propaganda technique to convince the public that the government possesses total control over global digital infrastructure.

ncis los angeles· vnc controller· stack buffer overflow· television tropes· cyber security

59:21 No, I think i did see that. It was on Tuesday. I left on Wednesday. Right so NCIS they're going after some guy and he's got like a nuke first of all he's got a nuke He's got a nuke in the back of the truck and uh they have to block this camera footage from getting out On the internet And so the guy is in central command and does the following What do you see there? Video footage hasn't been streamed anywhere yet, but they uploaded a copy to a flash drive. Oh no! They've uploaded the copy to a flash drive! Quick what are we gonna do? NCIS?! We gotta do something! Help help help! What can you do!? First we gotta shoot a couple people... Right in the head by the way in the head They're dead Driver and passenger down seven down one man left shot him in the head bitch using the nuke for cover

1:00:20 Don't miss. Here we go! Into the lab! Teddy, empty quiver is secure. Need to stop this video Eric. Video's already in the cloud the autorun script executable is about to go live I'm almost there. Eric? Video has been disabled guys What did you just do? I use a VNC controller to piggyback the upload with the Trojan and corrupt the streaming data packets by initiating stack buffer overflow. Just like that! In English, Mr Beale? Oh...I broke the internet. OOOH! By the way that is NCIS Los Angeles you should get your shows straight. No i'm sorry and then they come back at the end and go one step further

1:01:19 So first of all, he broke the internet. And now the question is how did you do that? What did you do with a video shut down internet? The whole Internet Yeah, even Twitter Even Twitter the whole Internet yes they shut it down This is, and you know our theory is that these shows are meant to suggest mind controlling thoughts to the human resources. And now everyone knows the government can do it I saw him doing on television. He just used... Just like this finding a reflection off of lug nut Of the guy in window three blocks away with a gun All he had to do was use the VNC controller To cause stack overflow Stack buffer overflow and he was done he broke the internet

1:02:05 Guys amazing! Unbelievable how easy it is for him. I think he used some kobol and skip logic somewhere in there, guys amazing! It's crazy Well i'll tell you we've got to work on something The president is visiting as we speak with Mark Zuckerberg Hello Mark? Um...I need my dashboard I'd love to see that meeting. By the way, I do have a clip of Obama now that you mention him and I want to play just a real quick one this is an example how you lie by not answering the question it sounds like you answered the question and this is great government work by the way It sounds like you answered the question but if you really dissected answer You didn't answer the questions, you suggested in answer Have you been placing calls for your friend Rahm Emanuel for his mayoral campaign in Chicago?

CHAPTER 17 / 35 Discussion

Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and Evasive Answering Techniques

President Obama utilized a specific rhetorical technique when asked about placing calls for Rahm Emanuel's mayoral campaign in Chicago. By stating he "doesn't have to" make calls because Emanuel is doing fine on his own, he avoided a direct yes or no answer. This method of suggesting an answer without confirming facts is noted as a common political maneuver.

barack obama· rahm emanuel· chicago· mayoral campaign· rhetoric

1:02:56 Thank you. I'll take the last question first, uh...I don't have to make calls for Rahm Emanuel he seems to be doing just fine on his own. We've gotta remember that let me answer the last question firs so that you forget about that actual question you asked That's a great technique The whole thing is great and it says You know its like So have you still been beat? I dont' have to beat my wife You know before we get to answer anything is like did you do that? I don't have to do that. I don't have she beats herself enough, okay? It's like by answering it does no yes or no he say no I didn't yes I didn't oh Yes, I did though. I didn't whatever you'd just say I don't have to do that. I don't somebody else I don't have to do this That's a great aunt did you steal that I don't that's what Lindsay Lohan. I didn't have to steal it I Didn't have

CHAPTER 18 / 35 Discussion

Jay Carney, White House Press Briefing and Iranian Warships

New White House Press Secretary Jay Carney held his first briefing, replacing Robert Gibbs. During the session, he was questioned about Iranian warships planning to sail through the Suez Canal to Syria. Carney's response was seen as stumbling, as he deferred the "provocation" query to the State Department while attempting to use the "look" authoritative pause favored by the administration.

jay carney· white house· press secretary· suez canal· iran

1:03:48 I don't have to steal anything. So you missed another momentous moment, John of the Ministry of Truth as a Jay Carney! This is the new shill who has come in uh...as the press secretary replacing Robert something-on-my-lip Gibbs so he's the new spokeshole for the White House and that he has some... Hold on, hold on. He had some... What? I missed his first press conference Oh yeah, yeah. No. I watched the whole thing with bated breath And so I got a couple of quick clips here. Of course the press, you know they're... He doesn't quite know the order to call on and everything so he's calling on the wrong dudes. They've got like really smart questions like uh.... And they're also taking advantage of it. They're like yeah let's mess with the new guy

1:04:36 And one of the stupid questions like, who do you want playing on Saturday Night Live? Please stupid bitch. Bitch from Fox or something Anyway so there was one really important question which of course was hey what's up with the Iranian ships in the Suez Canal dude Which happened that morning and he tries to shut it up with a look You know how this is what Robert Gibbs does This is what all of the Obama administration does They look! which means shut up look but what do you think you are a lot and he tries it but he really messes it up uh... let me go to register israel said today that iranian warships plans to sail through the suez canal to syria does united states view that as a provocation how should israel react? look, I think

1:05:33 Our position on Iran and the right-wing is well known. I would refer you to the State Department. No, it was bad. Yeah he wasn't look with a pause and you have to start with look You can't babble around and then say look in the middle It was bad I mean someone's going oh man Actually i think that they're probably all going at the end like yeah He did okay hey kid you did okay for your first day on the job except for these little ditties And I watch these press conferences religiously on C-SPAN so you don't have too

CHAPTER 19 / 35 Discussion

C-SPAN, Healthcare Negotiations and Transparency Promises

A montage of clips contrasts President Obama's 2008 campaign promises to broadcast healthcare negotiations on C-SPAN with the reality of closed-door meetings. Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the "quieter conversations" as necessary to get things done. The segment highlights the discrepancy between the administration's "adult in the room" meme and its actual level of public transparency.

c-span· barack obama· healthcare reform· transparency· jay carney

1:06:10 and uh... i've never seen this guy black journalist stands up and that he's got it he's got a doozy jayden two thousand campaign the president of the committed transparency in openness in the process he said health care negotiations on c-span usefully yesterday he said so she doesn't have to be in private otherwise they can be effective you explain why the difference in transparency is healthcare less and i think that they were consolidations by one is in private ones beyond c span every part of the process so now so he said it's a trick question essentially to get him to mess up anything and everyone pile jumps he's gonna start to answer it was going to pile jump on his head you know well you're not everything should be done in public i mean everything

1:06:58 the administration is committed to openness and transparency. We are also committed to getting things done, and I don't think the president said that every discussion about entitlement reform would be held in private but i think he made clear as some other of the leaders on hill on the Hill have made clear One of the lessons we've learned in recent history, anyway about tackling these big difficult issues is that it helps to have quieter conversations about some of the issues so that as the President said when an agreement is reached first of all we can get there and then we all get into the boat at the same time. So it doesn't tip over

1:07:39 but i think that's it was a press release from the citizens of the senate about the health care negotiations on c-span he said he regretted today they hadn't been more open about that after the shellacking well like i said jp atlantic city so you can see the lake so he's trying to back out of the fact that the president said this negotiating behind closed doors but bring all parties together uh... and Broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are. Because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process I would put my plan forward and I would welcome input and say here are my goals, reduce costs increase quality coverage for everybody If you have better ideas please present them But these negotiations will be on C-SPAN

1:08:25 And so the public will be part of the conversation. That's two and we'll see the choices that are being made You know, I respect what the Clintons tried to do in 1993 and moving health reform forward But they made one really big mistake and that is they took all their people and all their experts Into a room and then they closed the door We will work on this process publicly it'll be on c-span will be streaming over the net. No, streaming over the net! We'll have the negotiations televised on C-Span so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or insurance companies But here's the thing we're going to do all these negotiations on C-Span The American people will be able to watch these negotiations

1:09:17 Drug and insurance companies will have a seat at the table. They just won't be able to buy every single chair, and we will have a public Process performing this plan it'll be televised on C-SPAN I can play this for another hour C-SPAN yes C-SPAN lying sack of crap. I guess it was bullcrap Yeah And then this guy's trying to back out of it well you know and by the way if you notice the president keeps saying he's The adult in the room It's like, oh my god. Interesting meme you picked up but you're right that meme has been for the last almost a month now Yeah he keeps saying well someone has to be the adult Alright well when is he coming? When is he showing up? Someone has to be in the adult like your little children slave children it's insulting very very insulting so needless to say this is the type of analysis You won't get

CHAPTER 20 / 35 Discussion

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Republican Funding Cuts

Republicans in Congress are seeking to cut $500 million in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The hosts note that despite being labeled "public," these broadcasting entities operate with significant commercial influence and corporate sponsorships. The debate over taxpayer funding for PBS and NPR is framed against the backdrop of a multi-billion dollar industry.

cpb· pbs· npr· federal funding· republicans

1:10:14 on PBS which is now for those of you who know and we've discussed as many times but you've got public broadcasting in the United States of Gitmo Nation which is a completely commercialized they sell commercials, commercials just pure commercials. By the way this right and this last week they were complaining because they wanted to extract or the Republicans apparently want drop the funding for corporate corporation for public broadcasting they don't really end it he just want to take a half-a-billion out of this huge multi billion dollar taxpayers money that goes into pay these guys how much again how much was that again john after billion dollars five hundred million dollars have two billion dollars

CHAPTER 21 / 35 Discussion

Solar Flares, Comet Elenin and the Ides of March

The BBC reported a massive "X-flare" solar event hurtling toward Earth, the strongest in years. Historical precedents for solar-induced communications failures in 1972 and 1989 are cited. Additionally, online predictions regarding Comet Elenin striking Earth on March 15, the Ides of March, are discussed as a potential apocalyptic scenario.

solar flare· bbc· comet elenin· ides of march· geomagnetic storm

1:22:57 Colin Sloman turns 50 on the 17th. That would be today, happy birthday Colin! James Spitzer celebrates his birthday as does Bobby Appleby on the 24th Happy Birthday from Noah Jenna your buddies and Adam and John Hello? It was good Yeah it was tight And I didn't sing along It's very hard but i didn't sing along I know how much you...I know You actually want to be a singer Yeah of course all DJ's want to be singers Didn't ya'know I think so. So, second half of the show we've had some huge solar flares in the past week. I mean like massive and disruptions are expected as The Sun BBC News even reports unleashes huge solar flare hurtling towards Earth strongest flare in years it's the X-Flare! The X-Flare hurdles towards Earth

1:23:59 That's the reference, it is a vague reference to Planet X. Yeah of course but this is the BBC doing which I think is kind of cool so we can expect well in 1972 a geomagnetic storm provoked a solar flare and knocked out long distance telephone communications across the US state of Illinois! And in 89' I remember this one another storm plunged six million people into darkness across the Canadian province of Quebec and actually cut off all satellite and pagers in 1989 As I recall that was the time of the pagers. Right, the pager days And everyone is still predicting Comet Elenin Is it Elenin do you think or Elenan? This is the comet that will strike Earth on 15th March The Ides of March Oh this would be coming month Yeah this when we're all going to die Why are we even bothering doing a show then Well just on the off chance were not going to die I figured we'd just keep it up

CHAPTER 22 / 35 Discussion

Euronews, Tahrir Square and the Fourth Horseman

Unedited footage from Euronews of the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square reportedly shows a green, illuminated figure resembling a horseman galloping through the crowd. This "pale rider" is interpreted by some as the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, a harbinger of death. The hosts debate whether the video is an authentic capture or a digital edit.

euronews· egypt· tahrir square· fourth horseman· apocalypse

1:24:58 Okay, that's a good idea. And this was... if you have not seen this video I really... This is hilarious A video from...I think it was Al Jazeera You have to uh... Was it Al Jazeera? No! It was Euronews actually and now Euronews is an interesting channel um...it basically they have news but they have lot of just unedited footage running the whole time and they had a report on the Egyptian unrest, better known as Uprising in Egypt. And there's this video and you have to see this video in the show notes at noagendershow.com You'll find it under Out There The heading There is the fourth horseman... the green illuminated horseman is actually galloping through the crowds in Tahrir Square

1:25:58 It is the most yeah, it's I mean there's no audio to play but when you see this thing. It's like literally You know a post the link for the chat room look at a kick out of it There's a green. I mean if you know it's like maybe it's an edited video Maybe it's a edited video I don't know But do you see this like if you look at this video? You see around a minute 20 in you see like a green lime-green kind of horseman galloping through the crowds Hmm and of course this the the fourth horseman is is always the prediction of the apocalypse. Yeah The fourth horseman of the apocalypse has has sure as reared his ugly head That pale rider said to be the bringer of death and the forerunner of hell on earth Well, it certainly looks that way they're taking bets now in Gitmo nation

CHAPTER 23 / 35 Discussion

Bahrain Protests, Belgian Fries Revolution and Political Deadlock

Protests in Bahrain are threatening the upcoming Formula One race, causing concern among global elites. Meanwhile, Belgium has reached 250 days without a functioning government, surpassing records held by the Netherlands and Iraq. Citizens in Brussels organized the "Fries Revolution" to demand togetherness and an end to the deadlock between Walloon and Flemish factions.

bahrain· belgium· fries revolution· political deadlock· day of rage

1:26:54 UK give my nation's yeah, they're taking bets on which country will Will oust their leaders next you can bet on anything in In Britain which I is so cool. Well actually Vegas has a couple of shops You can bid all this stuff but I think the Brits have it down Yeah So yeah you couldn't know you can bet on On which on which country is going to fall next? I love that those guys are nuts by the way uh... yemen is high a high odds on him which i don't think it's gonna happen but and i think so either i think one of the other one of them kind in between the bed rain seems to be having a lot of our race have yet and then as a real problem

1:27:38 I would predict Bahrain if i was going to predict one. Yeah it's a real problem because the elites are all upset now because it looks like the Formula One race in Bahrain can't continue. Oh that won't happen, never mind. Right that's what I thought they're never gonna shut up we've got to race these cars around Belgium however Belgium everyone has had their day of rage and their day of anger A Day Of Rage is pretty much the meme everyone is using in belgium uh... it's the french fries revolution blue the belgians have tried at all they had a day of abstinence from sex they had eight non shaving day also no avail the country's politicians that failed to form a government after elections on june thirteen two thousand ten and told love two hundred is not one fifty days of deadlock which beats the netherlands with two hundred eight and seventy seven an iraq actually which had two hundred forty nine days that ended in december

1:28:37 So it is now officially a true Gitmo nation. and on sunday thirty thousand people gathered in brussels to express their indignation to make a statement against the division of belgium that's the walloons against the uh... the flan the the the flemish and tomorrow that will be today during the fries revolution they're actually calling this is the fries revolution. The population will demand less nationalism more togetherness street parties music and French fries. More togetherness. Together, hands across the Belgians! Hey so I saw a movie you know when you fly around and watch movies on these airplanes? Yeah On the in-flight entertainment system yeah So there's that...I had a bunch of opera...I tried to watch Red or Reds whatever they're called it's where this thing uh... It was mentioned The Golden Globes it was got Bruce Willis playing some spy who teams up with a bunch of old buddies and they... I don't know shoot somebody

CHAPTER 24 / 35 Discussion

George Clooney, The American and Airline Movie Editing

A review of the George Clooney film "The American" notes that the plot felt disjointed, likely due to airline editing for content. This leads to a discussion on how airlines censor films, such as removing airplane crash scenes from movies like "Get Shorty." Such edits often render the narrative nonsensical for passengers watching in-flight entertainment.

george clooney· the american· get shorty· airline editing· censorship

1:29:42 I couldn't get to ten minutes of it so i skipped and decided to fall back on our old friend George Clooney in one his art films. So, this is called The American. Oh! I think I've seen that one He's like a gun maker assassin or something he says... Like all Americans we're all gun loving freaks Yeah I this movie may, i mean. I thought it was entertaining because it's kind of fun to watch Clooney act because he you know plays this kind of deadpan character and anything you know he doesn't really do a lot of different characters he plays the pretty much Clooney you know as I don't even consider him a great actor but he's a fun you know what he does is fun to watch and uh this movie made absolutely zero sense from the beginning

1:30:34 to the end. There was no motivation for anything to be going on, we had no backstory I watched the whole...I mean i did watch thing and now at some point it says this movie's been edited yeah too uh... to fit the format of screen No! I think there must have been content editing because they took out something that I needed to know all the hot sex Now, I'm reminded of this do you remember? The first time ever saw Get Shorty Great movie was on an airplane and they edited out the airplane crash. Oh, yeah Yeah this happens all the time because you can't have an airplane crash in a movie. Yeah They also don't own an airplane They didn't show snakes on the plane in the movie either in the in the air and the airplanes right so So they took the airplane I guess people I don't know what are people watch the movie? Oh my god There's an airplane crashing. I'm in an airplane. What am I gonna do man? I'm gonna die

1:31:30 But anyway, the airplane crash in Get Shorty was seminal to the movie story. Yeah it was kind of important So I watched this movie on an airplane and everyone's telling me, oh you gotta watch Get Shorty. Mainly because people would say oh you gotta watch Get Shorty, funniest movie a great movie what a great movie plots in turns and twists so i'm watching this thing I come back to see hey this movie made no sense to me why is this movies so great? Oh they say well you just don't get it Dvorak. So then about the year later I watched it on HBO or whatever and then saw this plane crash and said my god Now the movie makes sense of this. They can't show, just don't show these movies on airplanes. Okay wow that's a great piece of info. I took you there but I'm just saying. Great piece of info yeah just so you know they edit out plane crashes and movies on airplanes This is stunning information! Do not show these movies on planes if your going to edit out anything Stunning John! I am stunned by this info

CHAPTER 25 / 35 Discussion

Media Attacks, Lara Logan and Sexual Assault Terminology

Journalists covering unrest in the Middle East, including Lara Logan and Anderson Cooper, have faced physical attacks. The segment suggests that local populations view the American media as compromised and part of the problem. A discussion on the terminology used in the Lara Logan case distinguishes between the legal definitions of sexual assault and rape in a media context.

lara logan· anderson cooper· middle east· journalism· sexual assault

1:32:33 Anyway, the American Clooney he kills people in the movie. Yeah like all good Americans So and by the way can I just say something? these journalists who keep getting hit and attacked in You're missing about Logan yeah not just her but now there was an ABC guy And she they beat him up and took his camera away yeah i thought it was the first day that he would i think the a bc get his camera stone with the first guy though this happened in oakland by the way we have we mentioned some show now this is something that you could give but this was not ok and i wasn't around to do the same thing middle east very similar and uh... i would like to call my brothers and sisters i began at the the our brothers and sisters in uh... in the middle east they understand that these guys are part of the problem

1:33:33 They are the compromised American media system. That's why they're beating them up and rightly so, why else do you think that Anderson Cooper came home before Husni Mubarak left? because he knew he was going to get beat up for real not just that fake, fake punch 10 times in the head. No! Because our brothers and sisters there they know that these guys are the problem so I call out to my brothers and sisters in the Middle East throw your shoe at these idiots please throw your shoe with them make a stand The shoe thing isn't going anywhere if you haven't noticed I'm not gonna give up on it

1:34:15 I mean, they're just not showing the shoes. Don't like rape them! Throw your shoe at them! They are part of the problem absolutely anyway to me she was raped she was sexually assaulted yeah that means someone touched her boob I really don't know in the United States that's what it means yeah that's exactly what it means who knows? This is a problem with marginalization of the language and you can sexual assault should be something that has to do actually with the act of sex not grabbing somebody's tit Well that could be sexual. It could be but generally speaking you know it's hardly this I don't categorize it on the same league as rape Correct, and I'm glad you picked that up because the words do matter in this case and we don't know exactly what happened And we probably won't But its just being used to incite more hate towards people Here! Its being used to incite xenophobia

CHAPTER 26 / 35 Discussion

CPAC Straw Poll, Ron Paul and Fox News Bias

Congressman Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll for the second consecutive year, but Fox News coverage of the event was criticized for being misleading. Comparison between C-SPAN's live footage and Fox's edited clips suggests that Fox intentionally amplified boos to marginalize Paul's victory. The hosts argue that the media elites are working to exclude Paul from the 2012 presidential conversation.

ron paul· cpac· fox news· straw poll· media bias

1:35:13 which as you know is xenophobia, which as you know was outlawed and illegal because Hillary Clinton said so. Now a piece of video that has been emailed to me several times is this business with Congressman Ron Paul winning the CPAC, Conservative Party Action Conference straw poll which means the people there vote at this conference and uh... they say oh well this is the guy who we want to be president last year or the last uh... not last year but that lasted c pack convention it was doctor ron paul as well and um... we have a video from c-span uh... and then we have the video from fox news who you would expect it would be all over you know uh... ron paul

1:36:06 the any ideas you'd like as he's a real life is really sick on that last show i had the two back to exactly well you do have them omitting him from the results completely but now we have uh... well actually all play them in this order here is what fox aired and uh... very interesting this year's cpax okay well the winner of this year's CPAC straw poll is Texas Congressman Ron Paul in the end he was the winner probably not the reaction he was hoping for when you name a favorite to run for the White House mixed applause and boozes uh... Ron Paul was announced over the weekend, the fiery Texas Republican so they have all kinds of booze and woo and the guy actually wins

1:37:12 well and the guy actually accentuates that uh... the fox news she'll actually sense which is a group who's who now what you want from the go to wins and this is the actual c-span video undoctored uh... video it is i'd believe i think that i don't know what fox aired because it is not this here's here's the announcement of the place on c-span which happened live okay the winner of the straw poll That's a little different than what Fox aired. And you know, the fox thing is not even the same piece of video and I look through the whole C-Span they're still cheering

1:38:09 He hasn't even said Ron Paul yet. Okay... And so that just goes on for two minutes. This is odd. I don't know what... Why are they getting such a hard-on for Ron Paul at Fox? Because it's run by the Democrats! They don't want a real guy to be the popular guy This is how it works in America. The elites determine if you're in the race at all, they determine it! They determine that if you are going to be in the race and not on television then might as well not be in the race So thats why...and your right on the last show you played clips where they didn't even mention him In the results. First thing he mentioned was that he won the straw poll and they said we did a poll And their poll didn't have him in the top ten It's crazy

CHAPTER 27 / 35 Discussion

Weapons of Mass Destruction, San Diego Port and FBI Warnings

Fox News aired a segment featuring Megan Kelly regarding a potential weapon of mass destruction (WMD) found at the Port of San Diego. While a PR official attempted to clarify the statement, the FBI's WMD Directorate has stated there is a "100 percent" chance of a WMD attack on U.S. soil. This is viewed as a coordinated effort to maintain public fear and justify security measures.

wmd· san diego· fbi· fox news· megan kelly

1:39:06 So Fox is a... But it's like so obviously bullcrap. Yeah, but no one calls him out! I mean, I know yeah they're run by the Democrats or this or that but you know Ron Paul is what Ron Paul is. It just seems to be going out of their way you know as if they're under order strict orders because this is not something I would, I mean it's not like you could get away with kind of having a negative attitude but trying to present is as you know kinda fact and then kinda twisted little bit. This is over the top Well they're doing all kinds of weird things on Fox right now. Let me give you another example, when Fox starts to debunk stuff that's when big alarm bells go off in my head so they interviewed another this is another video that you know foxes propagating this big time and they actually I'm not gonna play but the going to hold deconstruction and their talking to a PR guy who has uniform on from San Diego

1:40:05 The the reporter says so I hear there was a weapon of mass destruction found in San Diego and the guy goes oh Oh, yeah And then there's like some PR person off to the side going He says uh not in here and the poor Guy guys is an oaf But then Fox is like hey we're calling him on it something's really wrong here listen to this Fox News alert on new developments this hour with the stunning... By the way, that's Megan. Whenever Megan is on who cares? You can lie all you want. And apparently accidental revelation that a weapon of mass destruction has been found at a United States port. Brand-new Hour of America Live welcome everyone I'm Megan Kelly A correspondent in California reporting on security at the Port of San Diego

1:40:57 asking the assistant director if inspectors have ever discovered a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon. Watch his response and watch the intervention from the public relations rep. Intervention! Not at this location but they have found them yes well off camera the Public Affairs Officer interrupted you never found one in San Diego though? I would say at the Port of San Diego, we have not. Have you found one in San Diego? Trying to... Again, we'll just talk about the Port of San Diego

1:41:43 Trace Gallagher, live at our West Coast newsroom on this one. Trace? Trace! Trace! Debunk it, Trace! Kind of like letting the cat out of the bag Megan trying to herd this thing back in here now San Diego is as anybody knows a major west coast port we're talking about So anyway he goes on to like... He plays it back listen to what she says It's clear there's a weapon of mass destruction found in San Diego Now when Fox does that you know that they're trying to hype something and the only thing I can think of Is that uh.. This guy Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi who was the uh... the deep-throated yeah i thought it's my friend rafi rafid amat alwani janabi and he now has come out and said that i lied about weapons of mass destruction in iraq it was denied by blight about it answer for him and i'm so confused the ministry of truth is give me somebody make signals so apparently went to war in iraq at base upon one guy's testimony my friend rafi

1:42:41 And now everyone's, you know or some people are saying hey that's bull crap. How does that work? And I think that Fox has been given the mission to like trump some other weapons of mass destruction thing up just to cover it up You know the FBI now also coming out and saying there's a 100% not 99 Not 90 Not a high probability but according to The FBI's assistant director in charge of the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate the chance that the US will be hit with a weapon of mass destruction is 100 percent. We played that clip that took place early last year, with Feinstein asking all these people one after another whether it would be 80 or I think its 100%, 100% and 100%. I agree with him! So where are they? Where's the sucker already?! It was supposed to have happened last March or something like that. Pop that thing already boys we're sick and tired of this

CHAPTER 28 / 35 Discussion

Patriot Act Extension, Jay Carney and Civil Liberties

The House of Representatives flipped its stance to support an extension of the Patriot Act following warnings of imminent threats. Press Secretary Jay Carney confirmed the Obama administration's desire for a two-year extension to provide "certainty" for the law enforcement community. This move is criticized as a continuation of Bush-era surveillance policies despite previous Democratic opposition.

patriot act· jay carney· barack obama· civil liberties· surveillance

1:43:42 It's just crazy though. It's just nuts and of course there is something missing from this picture Well part of it, I think it may be a remnant of the see something say something Lucy's emergency votes campaign to get the Patriot Act extended Now you recall that was voted down uh... in bed the house representatives and then all sudden work more emergency vote emergency vote right after lucy comes out says we're all gonna die and these guys are ever a weapons of mass throughout the rest of it and then the house completely flips around completely and they've been passed it i don't have to put understand although all these guys like first there were like no well we don't need extend these uh... these these these uh... the patriot act we don't need to extend that now we don't need that

1:44:35 and uh... and that everyone flipped around so i guess so looks look like it's really bad lucy said so and now i guess the senate has to pass a ton then uh... the patriot act and its spying on united states citizens in total get no nation loss of all freedoms continues that's the idea in fact that carney got a Question about it the new boy on the block here's his answer Want to see the provisions of the Patriot Act extended as you know, it's our position that it would be helpful to Extend that two years. You know we're working with Congress Two years or talking is not I thought it was a one-year extension

1:45:23 they're talking about that was like a democrat two years ago but the wind bush put all these crazy things in the play you know the democrats are squawking like crazy although the tom hartman's out there at all complaining bitterly but it does feel patriot act and so now i think their boys an office and what we get yet to use see what we can get done uh... by the way would you please not say boy because that's against the uh... convention that sounds as zend is an aphobic edited out yet be very careful what you say hillary clinton's gonna rescue but the answer to this it'd be dialed back in any way and provision for coming with the activity uh... what we said is with with the added uh... you know with necessary provisions in their precautions that safeguards but but you know we believe it should be extended believes that civil liberties are

1:46:17 I think his position on this has been pretty clear. It hasn't changed, we do want it extended and two years would be useful we think so that there's certainty in the community going forward. Yeah, certainty in the community! Going forward? Going forward yeah. We need some certainty. What community? Law enforcement, lazy law enforcement. That's right. Just easy enough to put... Hey what did guys say? Let's just tap all their phones and we'll find a guy remember um... how did you look into this guy's dot got a stock tip really what was it always does policy right that down well should you find out all of this is also has been having an affair with secretary who really yeah i'd say long-arm and we need to go along among sandor john uh... we've already so we've uh... we had now have yet we've had the alfalfa uh... now we have just approved

CHAPTER 29 / 35 Discussion

Monsanto, Genetically Modified Corn and Biofuels

The USDA, led by former Monsanto executive Tom Vilsack, approved genetically modified corn for use in biofuel production. Critics argue this is a "Trojan horse" strategy to allow GMO contamination of the entire food supply through cross-pollination. The segment highlights the prevalence of corn-based products in the American diet and Monsanto's expanding patents on biological life.

monsanto· gmo· tom vilsack· biofuels· corn syrup

1:47:15 genetically modified corn but now it's only corn that's being used for biofuel I'm hearing the silent, i'm taking the silence as you are stunned that this is be so all of the food in America everything every single piece of food is made of corn here we're a bunch of corn huskers people of the corn. We're corn yeah we are the children of the corn Everything we eat is made of corn, it's made of corn syrup high fructose corn syrup. It's fake corn blueberries in your cereal. Corn, corn, corn! The cows eat corn genetically not meant to eat corn they're eating corn they're pooping corn there's corn everywhere...corn! And it's not good for you. We're just a nation of corn

1:48:08 And by the way, we're starving. What's important is that food prices are rising out of control The World Bank says, oh, food price is crazy! We're all going to starve. What do you want to do? Let's grow some corn and put it in our car But this is a trick to get Monsanto seeds into the system because you know, you can be growing corn in one field that is only going to be used for fuel. Right? Like it's a sticker on it. Fuel only! Oh don't put that into the cow stuff

1:48:45 Of course these seeds will waft over and everyone gets contaminated, and this is the entire system. It's all patent- The patent on life is owned by Monsanto And it has now been approved by the total shill Tom Vilsack who was brought in by the Obama administration who was a former Monsanto executive and uh... Now we're going to have genetically modified corn which means we have genetically modified organisms in everything in America Everything And it's disgusting and it's sad at the same time. It surprises me this would happen. Yeah, really? Monsanto also has filed patents for frost resistant trees You called it you called the frost resistant meme that's happening now the so-called frankenforests It's gonna be something yeah Is gonna be something well, you know we really need that it's very very important

CHAPTER 30 / 35 Discussion

SamKnows, FCC Broadband Monitoring and Router Privacy

The FCC has launched a program with SamKnows to distribute free broadband routers to U.S. citizens to monitor ISP performance. The technology, which includes "secret sauce" software, was previously tested in the United Kingdom. The hosts warn that these devices may serve as a voluntary surveillance network, allowing the government to monitor home internet activity under the guise of consumer protection.

samknows· fcc· broadband· routers· surveillance

1:49:46 but it's uh... yes we've had three deregulations in a month by the united states department of agriculture if you see tom billsack throw your shoe at him guys total new world order elitist shill is just not so only for fuel don't worry it's only for fuel you want to have any in your food horrible remember member sam knows members talking about that sam knows is uh... this uh... project the started in get my nation east the united kingdom where the government was rolling out a test, where they send you a new router for your internet connection to test the broadband speed. To make sure that your ISP is delivering what they say they are

1:50:40 Well the FCC has just rolled this out now to the Gitmo Nation United States of America. Go to testmyisp dot com and there they are, Sam Nose happy to give you a broadband router A free high-speed wireless router with of course the secret Sam Nose sauce inside which they literally call The Secret Sauce that will reports back only on your broadband speed nothing else so I suggest everyone go ahead and get one Go ahead. Interesting Do you remember now? Yeah, vaguely it has something to do with essentially a spy device Of course! Essentially What is the FCC SAMNOS Broadband Community? Well originally launched as the Performance Monitoring Network The FCC SAMNOS Broadband Community Is a unique system that aims to gather and report statistical data on the performance of broadband providers across the globe

1:51:38 being able to compare broadband on price headline speeds anecdotal discussion and speed tester results just isn't enough the community with your help aims to put the information back in the public's hands very nice so uh... yes this sam knows dot com Sam knows a secret sauce they literally call it the secret sauce that's inside their router. Remember we deconstructed the whole thing with the guy who yeah, so that's how I like it. Yeah well and this is how it works as the beta test in England and then they roll it out over here and its coming to be lapped up. Tasty free router! Hey we should give anyone something for free lots of people go oh yeah no I'll take a free router. It's shiny

1:52:34 Just getting one and then having somebody tear the thing down and find out what the hell is really going on with these things. Now we have it's a skill set. You know what, it'd be good maybe some of our sysadmins can do I don't know if you can take it apart It's gonna be kind of hard. I think it's all the secret sauce that's the Sam knows So ominous Sam no like Uncle Sam knows just don't you understand that they're laughing at you in your face? Sam knows who's Sam uncle Sam Sam knows Uncle Sam knows because we gave you a free broadband router enjoy your free router That's one way of getting around the, you say well you volunteered. Yeah You're part of the community. Can't be slyin' on me! You volunteered Part of the community Join the community It's award show season and no different in show business for ugly people as the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony was held at The White House Yeah well this Stan Musial finally got his medal

CHAPTER 31 / 35 Discussion

Presidential Medal of Freedom, George H.W. Bush and Stan Musial

President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to several recipients, including baseball legend Stan Musial and former President George H.W. Bush. The ceremony featured an emotional Bush, prompting a discussion on the public display of tears by male politicians. An anecdote about Barbara Bush's humor regarding the "Speaker of the House" and crying is also shared.

presidential medal of freedom· george h.w. bush· stan musial· white house· barbara bush

1:53:37 As did George H. Walker Bush I found that to be how they amusing he could barely walk actually you see that the guy can't walk anymore No, just taking the Walker. He's got a Walker George Walker Bush and everyone's applauding joke Sorry about but everyone's applauding him. He's the leader of the new or what? He was I don't think he is any gave it up He was the leader of the New World Order. Now he's just kind of retired, and he's a grandpa and cries on television and stuff. Everybody does! What is this thing? Males crying constantly I like Barbara Bush though you know as my uncle said many times is the funniest woman in Washington is Barbara Bush

1:54:17 And I guess, was it? I think maybe it was Jenna who was interviewing grandpa or something like that and then he started crying and she was crying. And Barbara Bush's signature said hey with that attitude you can be speaker of the house! She is funny man. Yeah. I do like that. Then we have let see a lot of news in High-speed rail department all aboard trains good planes bad so little our monkey wrench there is florida rejects the tampa to orlando high-speed rail line and there was a uh... article in the florida paper but then it was written by its journalist supposedly anyway images be rated the guy because i got all this free money we can get from the government he doesn't want you know they're not realizing that people overhead the maintenance of these of his high speed rails is gonna break any state that puts it and i mean there's no way did makes any sense in the course the washington post

CHAPTER 32 / 35 Discussion

High-Speed Rail, Florida Rejection and Chinese Rail Projects

Florida Governor Rick Scott rejected federal funding for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando, citing long-term maintenance costs. Meanwhile, China is proposing a 220-kilometer rail link in Colombia to rival the Panama Canal for transporting coal and goods. The segment argues that high-speed rail is primarily a scam to benefit freight companies rather than passengers.

high-speed rail· florida· china· panama canal· colombia

1:55:22 I had an unbelievably good op-ed slamming high speed rail with all kinds of statistics and just the budgeting, they had all these real solid facts. And it just went on and on... It was like if you read this piece would think high speed rail is the biggest scam in history? Well i think that Hill & Knowlton who are the publicity firm for the High Speed Rail Association They probably got a phone call this past week and they're gonna have to step it up Oh yeah, there's going to be some good stuff coming up in the weeks ahead. Yeah so just be on the lookout everyone. Right because you're absolutely right this is exactly what happened and it works with public relations companies if you've ever worked with any of them or work with people who have is they start these projects and they get all their big shots

1:56:08 First they get all the big shots at the beginning of the project. We're going to be great, we'll have our weekly meetings, we'll have teleconferences and then after like a month or two they put you know the interns on it Yeah, it's true and they do it all the time. Well there is a junior associate. She's good though she doesn't know anything no no she's really good. She's from Stanford. Interns from Stanford. So they're gonna either get fired or they're gonna have to up the ante put their good people back on it There are not that many people who can do this kind of work well

1:56:46 Well, they're definitely going to have to do something because you're right. I mean there just is some media out there that's just saying hey wait a minute and we've got some lawmen not just lawmakers but some people who are running their towns and cities in states who are smart. China is just going all out by the way They want to create a rail system This is so funny because we talked about this China's crazy. They've already built about five cities that they don't even inhabit Well, did you just be spending money on anything? Well, it's our money so they've got to China goes on the I think we actually discussed this very thing They're talking about the Panama Canal But here it is China is proposing to build a rail link to rival The almost century-old Panama Canal the 220 kilometer rail connection would connect Cartagena

1:57:46 This is like the Panama Canal. Help me through this because I think they're throwing the Panama Canal in there as a joke and it's irrelevant Here it is, that 220 kilometers of rail would connect Cartagena on the northern Atlantic coast of Colombia with its Pacific Coast making it easier for China to export its goods through the Americas and import raw materials such as coal China has got plenty of coal so i'm not sure where this is coming from out of the book at this look into it you know but but one thing's for sure did not build a little people to ride on

CHAPTER 33 / 35 Discussion

Don't Ask Don't Tell, Repeal Implementation and Military Policy

A new Pentagon memorandum outlines the implementation plan for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," focusing on education and training. The hosts point out that the policy has not yet been officially repealed, as it requires full certification from all branches of the armed services. They suggest the process is being intentionally delayed despite the legislative victory.

don't ask don't tell· pentagon· military policy· repeal· barack obama

1:58:26 which is exactly why this is being pushed here in the united states and we should we should revisit this on the next program we should talk about it again because people are losing sight if anything were loosing sight of what the high-speed rail scam is about and its about moving goods not about moving people but as being sold track beds and then handing them over for no cost to Burlington Northern CSX and Southern right. The name 3 rails I would love it I put a couple of updates about Don't Ask, Don't Tell. A new memo came out. I just want to remind everybody that this is not repealed if you are gay please do not go whooping it up in the armed services because she will get expelled

1:59:09 uh... memorandum for secretaries of the military departments this came out on the tenth of february it has repealed implementation plan provided that to the secretary defense on february fourth two thousand provides a framework for the three areas of repeal implementation policy education training and communication that's four away i counted in upcoming days we'll work together to solidify the format of progress updates as well as the frequency of leadership meetings your first progress update will be due to me by march first two thousand eleven so to remind everybody uh... the president did not repeal don't ask don't tell he signed a bill that said we will repeal i'd on us don't tell the following things take place which means a complete certification by all of the armed services and if you look at

2:00:06 uh... this memorandum is never gonna happen it's just what we predict of course, it's just never going to happen and where are my gay brothers and sisters who were saying this is messed up? It's a scam. Where are they? We're so vocal about everything There's the media! Where's the left wing that thinks this is the greatest thing in the world because you know because they're not actually reading anything And as a bicurious male I'm very upset about this Should be. Okay, to wrap it up a couple quick things Many many crazy stuff happening in the vaccine world flu vaccine Is now able to be made faster? We've got some new techniques. Theoretical. Yeah They're gonna get some more money Gardasil my favorite HPV vaccination turns out stillbirth events

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Vaccine Side Effects, Somali Pirate Sentencing and Coded Messages

Reports indicate higher stillbirth rates among women vaccinated with Gardasil, while the Canadian health system is now funding Chantix for smoking cessation. In legal news, a Somali pirate was sentenced to exactly 33 years in prison. The specific number 33 is identified as a potential coded message used by elite organizations to signal successful operations.

gardasil· chantix· somali pirates· 33· coded messages

2:01:00 Much higher with those who have been vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. That's to keep the population down and working. This is exactly what it's for and uh... up there in the people nation great white north it looks like uh... the health system this is not necessarily vaccine but looks like a health system is going to be paying for shantyx if you wanna kick the nicotine habit uh... looks like your government is gonna give you the drugs the shantics which uh... is really good that's another population reduction scheme because when you're on it do want to kill people good stuff and then uh... swindled was a magic numbers some really good ones

2:01:42 Not necessarily message, but the middle class uh... what do you think the average uh... middle-class earning is or the underclass now john and get my nation united states what is their annual takeover three thousand dollars a three thousand dollars on hold on a second right arm it's a funny very good job uh... making okay um... medicaid rate cuts in texas thirty three percent anna and since but here's the real message Of course we had all of a sudden, you know we need to keep the price of crude oil up very very high and screw everybody down line at the pumps. And then make all kinds of money in the middle and we've got Glencore going public so everyone needs to make some dough So we ranched it up the pirate meme which is a great one love them pirates go pirates but the funniest one which is a total message

2:02:41 This is definitely a message if you believe in the 33 coded message. Somali pirate gets 33 years in prison. Oh, because he's not going anywhere? Not 30 years not more than thirty years... not almost 40 no 33 years dumb schmuck and that is basically a message all as well on the pirate front we've got him going hehehehe What are you doing? Are you undressing or what's going on there. I was just over at the machine looking, but then when i have the machine away from this mic because of the internet connection and I have to go back and forth in that direction so I've been pulling my mic out. Oh okay got it. To get the Wi-Fi connection which is what I'm on actually all right I can't have them and then they get the one plug so we have to have the one plug over here don't ask if he took a picture of this you'd think I was a maniac

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Madrid Outro, Sunday Show Preview and Sign-off

The show concludes with a preview of the upcoming Sunday episode, which will feature clips of the "Google guy" from Egypt and more news from Madrid. The hosts remind listeners to support the show via the website and acknowledge the technical difficulties of broadcasting from Spain. The program ends with the standard sign-off from Gitmo Nation West.

madrid· egypt· google· gitmo nation· sign-off

2:03:39 So John, I know you got to run. You're actually on your junket there we really appreciate you skyping in from uh... your desk you're always doing and i'm not going to be out done right and it's a pain in the ass is that i mean you feel weird you know we are divided don't have all your stuff around here you had no notice this uneasy now you know how do you know clippers or your pen clips to break into a can make noises yet you know i can't contain whistle but is that dedication johns dot dedication and i thought people appreciate that help us out because we need much of the dot org Slash and a that's what we need indeed. We need you to support us With any giving level that is possible, so that's a wrap yeah I guess it is are you when are you coming back? Are you back Sunday? Oh no? I'm gonna be doing the show Sunday from here to oh man sorry have more clips It's okay pick up Spanish news

2:04:39 Have yeah, let's play some Spanish. I'll tell you one thing I've seen seeing they're really soak in the EU and I can see it Oh anyway, we'll talk about that on Sunday and Sunday. I'll play some of the Gonym clips who is that guy golem? The Google guy in Egypt did you see a 60-minute interview? Yeah what a joke hilarious hilarious so i will play some of that and I'm sure there'll be more news from around Gitmo Nation keep your eye out for the no agenda news network as we continue to expand that thanks everyone who's working on the show notes behind the scenes, noagendashow.com is where you can find that and John be careful over there in Gitmo nation castinets you never know coming to you from Gitmo Nation West the People's Republic of Southern California worth less than 4.5 million dollars at this point I'm Adam Curry

2:05:32 And with no network that I know of, and here in No Agenda Gitmo Nation. I'm sorry castanets will use it. I'm John C. Dvorak We'll talk to you again on Sunday right here on No Agenda.