Episode 307 · Thursday, 26 May 2011

US-EU Framework Agreement

A new transatlantic treaty binds American military assets to European crisis missions while economic collapse in Greece and surveillance debates in the Senate signal a shifting global order.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton have signed a landmark framework agreement authorizing the United States military to participate in European Union crisis management operations. This treaty streamlines the deployment of American assets for EU-led missions globally, effectively positioning the U.S. as a primary military force for a unified European security apparatus. The move coincides with escalating NATO bombardment in Tripoli and the opening of a new EU diplomatic office in Benghazi to support Libyan rebels.

Economic instability continues to plague the Eurozone as youth unemployment in Greece hits 40 percent, forcing the government to consider privatizing public beaches to satisfy creditors like JP Morgan. In the United States, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked cloture to extend the Patriot Act, sparking a heated floor debate with Senator Rand Paul over warrantless searches of firearm records. Meanwhile, Christine Lagarde has signaled her bid for the IMF leadership via social media following the legal downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose hotel room assignment in New York has fueled international conspiracy theories involving Nicolas Sarkozy.

President Barack Obama’s European tour faced multiple logistical hurdles, including his armored limousine, The Beast, becoming stuck on a Dublin speed bump and a protocol error during a toast to Queen Elizabeth II. Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny faced criticism for delivering a speech that mirrored Obama’s 2008 campaign rhetoric nearly word-for-word. The program also notes the passing of CNBC anchor Mark Haines and a bizarre medical report from New Zealand involving a truck driver and a high-pressure compressed air hose.


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CHAPTER 01 / 43 Discussion

Iceland Volcano Eruption, Deja Vu Script

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland triggers a sense of deja vu regarding the 2010 air travel disruptions. Similarities are noted between current events and April 2010, including President Barack Obama having to reroute his flight in Europe. The timing of these geological events suggests a recurring pattern in international travel logistics.

iceland· volcano· air travel· barack obama· deja vu

00:00 Well aren't you special? Adam Curry, John C. DeVora. And it's Thursday, May 26, 2011. Time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 307. This is no agenda. Experiencing severe deja vu all over again here at the Hilltop Watchtower, Crackpot Command Center in Gimel Nation West in the People's Republic of Southern California. In the morning, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's sunny and warm and shiny, it's fantastic. I won't have a very good show then. I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. Well, in the morning to you, John.

00:38 In the morning to you and in the morning to all ships at sea, feet in the air, boots on the ground and whatever else I wanted to say hi to. And of course all of our human resources who once again faithfully have shown up in the chatroom with noagendastream.com, noagendachat.net. They are all charged up and ready to go exactly the way their government loves them. And, um, I said it right there in the opening, John. I feel like it's déjà vu all over again. Okay. This is nuts. Now, I looked it up because I, you know, we all know what déjà vu feels like. You're like, oh, wait a minute. I did this before. I've been here before. Is this a dream? So when I hear about the volcano erupting in Iceland... Before you go on, you have to remember the two of us both

01:31 have Alzheimer's, are old, are nutty. Mentioned that when the one volcano goes off, the other one goes off shortly thereafter. Right the one next to it you mean yeah, well, but this was not quite next to it It's down the road there, but right went off I mean I did that wasn't I was just waiting for the other one to go off of you I knew something was gonna happen well I think the deja vu is is gonna happen because Well, it is happening because you know so first of all we get this they start shutting down airports And then I read some things like Oh President Obama had to actually reroute his his flight as he's in Europe and

CHAPTER 02 / 43 Discussion

Christine Lagarde, IMF Leadership Struggle

Christine Lagarde launched a Twitter account under the handle "lagarde_IMF," signaling her intent to lead the International Monetary Fund. This move follows the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose term was cut short by legal issues. French officials maintain that a European should continue to hold the IMF leadership position.

christine lagarde· imf· dominique strauss-kahn· france· twitter

02:08 And I looked it up and April 2010, that was when the, so we're almost exactly a year later, he's in Europe and he had to reroute his flight to Poland. I'm like, wow, this is amazing. It's like the same script. And then I'm thinking why why why why why? Okay, here we go. Well, it's it's actually quite simple I mean, it's all Europe is very interesting right now. Very interesting to watch as the struggle for the IMF chieftain ship is now in full swing. By the way did you see Christine Lagarde started her Twitter feed and it's lagarde underscore IMF I mean please. Why don't you just tell us you're in now. I mean it's so obvious lagarde underscore IMF okay it's not like she's in the IMF yet so what gives her the right? Well you know she had

03:09 I mean the French feel that they own that seat at the moment because the Europeans had run supposedly run the IMF. They said that with this guy what's his name who's been what was his name? Dominique Strauss-Kahn. That guy. Yeah. He was going to be the last European to run the IMF. Right. Well they cut his deal short so that doesn't count. You can't do over. We got the IMF with a guy didn't get it full term. Yeah we get to complete our thing. Yeah so they're gonna put another French person in. Well so here but here's what's happening. Greece is in absolute disarray and chaos. I mean like really really really bad. In fact let's play a little clip. I got some

CHAPTER 03 / 43 Discussion

Russia Today Production Techniques, Extreme Close-ups

Russia Today is utilizing a new interview editing format featuring extreme close-ups that cut off the speaker's mouth. This technique allows editors to splice audio without matching lip movements, potentially making the subject appear dishonest or uncomfortable. Such production choices are viewed as a method to slant public opinion against specific interviewees.

russia today· media production· editing· b-roll· visual slanting

03:55 What was this? This might have been Russia Today or something, but they got some typical Greek guy. It's just like, hey, let's... And by the way, Russia Today is doing something very interesting with their production. You know how when you want to edit a soundbite, a statement from somebody, you have to have some kind of beauty shot in between in order to edit what the guy is saying, right? So oftentimes it's a naughty, as we call it, so they'll show the interviewer and then the interviewer is going, uh-huh, uh-huh, which is all taped after the interview. Yeah, it's all B-roll. Yeah, well, along with the questions often. They ask the questions again and then they insert that because they're doing this with one camera. Yeah, the whole thing is bogus, ladies and gentlemen. Just so you know.

04:34 But they have a new format. They take an extreme close-up of the person who is talking, cut off right above their mouth. So you see like their eyes, their nose and every single crevice on their face. It's the ugliest shot ever. And they'll use that as the shot so it looks like the person is talking but you can't see his mouth so you can't match up the words with what he's saying. It's like wow, I mean what kind of... Whose idea was that? Really? It's like every single time they do it I'm like ugh, I don't want to see it. Well you know we pointed out on this show once before I think one of the some analysts who does look at this stuff

05:14 Mention that you you want you want an extreme close-up of people on a television set that it makes them look dishonest No, it's no kidding. So I would as it's done on purpose So I would assume that Russia today only does that with people they're trying to slant their public opinion against. Oh good point, I'll have to pay attention to it. Yeah, you gotta see who it is. Yeah, it's very short. I would doubt they do it with everybody. So here's this report and I believe most of this report to be true but the Greek guy is kind of defending there. But just listen to the dissatisfaction.

CHAPTER 04 / 43 Discussion

Greece Economic Crisis, Youth Unemployment, Privatization

Greece faces severe economic disarray with youth unemployment reaching 40% and total joblessness expected to hit 800,000. International banks like JP Morgan hold billions in Greek bonds, complicating debt restructuring or "reprofiling" efforts. The Greek government is under pressure to privatize public assets, including beaches, to satisfy creditors.

greece· euro· unemployment· privatization· jp morgan

05:52 The ideology is that Greeks are those guys who lie in the sun and don't work. Wait a minute, see I told you it's true. He's telling the truth. Those Greek guys just lay in the sun and don't do anything. Well the reality is not that. Greeks work at least as much as other Europeans. I think the idea of the German government is that we should sell everything to them because we owe to them. So you see, it's a kind of situation that in the end produces a very uneven relationship inside the supposedly union. Though even the slightest rumors that Greece might leave the Euro have already been flatly denied by Athens and Brussels, some experts believe this would be best for the EU, even claiming it could be less painful than being warned.

06:45 Experts from abroad, they try to make us clear that no country that has debts should escape the Euro area because they would lose money. But this shouldn't be our problem, it shouldn't be the problem for the wealthier European countries. Our research has shown that Greeks could leave the Euro area without any big problems. But the Greek people are facing big problems. The total out of work is expected to hit around 800,000 this year.

07:25 With an unemployment rate of 40% among the young, it seems people strolling through the city's markets are just putting on a brave face. So 40% unemployment with the youth, the Germans are clearly saying get out, we don't want any part of you. And there's this struggle right now in the EU between, because of course Greece needs more money. And this money that is given to Greece and Spain and Portugal and Ireland, it's not just like the taxpayers from other countries, it's from banks. JP Morgan owns, I think it's $7 billion worth of Greek bonds. It's not a giveaway either, by the way. Oh, absolutely not.

08:07 everyone's talking about well we should restructure Greece's debt and the banks are going like I don't think so. Reprofile is the new word. Reprofile that's the word exactly. Reprofile which means oh maybe they wouldn't have to pay any interest for a couple years and the banks are going I don't think so we want our money and Christine Lagarde is the one who was saying uh-uh not gonna happen sell your beaches literally John they're being told to sell the beach now It went from island, you're gonna have the Greek people will have to pay a fee to get on their own beaches because they're privatizing them. So this is a huge, huge problem and the same is happening in Spain right now. Spain's got, it's got the same unemployment rate and by the way when I was there I was told that this was gonna happen and we reported it on the show that these you know the Spanish have a huge situation going on. It's being under reported but they had the same thing with a low

09:05 unemployment for youth but for same thing about 40% it's ridiculous so the kids are irked I mean you can't did you do people that are the right is that the word you're using they have the kids in Spain have no houses They can't even afford a place to stay. In Greece I read, the average soup kitchen before the crisis had about 100 people a day coming by. These days, the average soup kitchen in Greece, three and a half thousand people come by. The rats are on the street. So there's a lot of real trouble going on.

CHAPTER 05 / 43 Discussion

Iceland Foreign Minister, Airport Closures as Distraction

The Icelandic Foreign Minister's recent visit to Washington coincided with new airport closures in Europe. Claims suggest these closures serve as a distraction from the G8 meeting and the starving populations in Greece and Spain. Aviators report clear skies despite the grounding of flights, mirroring the 2010 volcanic ash crisis.

iceland· hillary clinton· g8 summit· airport closures· distraction

09:43 The Icelandic foreign minister was just in Washington about a week and a half ago. He actually did one of those stupid Hillary clippity-clop moments up to the podium to say, oh yeah, we had a great little conversation. It was so stupid I couldn't even pull a clip from it. It was like a minute and a half. It was literally nothing. So just suppose we've got all this crap coming down. We have to create a distraction, a big one, By closing the airports once again, and by the way I call my buddies and they're like it's beautiful weather, blue sky, and these are aviators, like here we go again. Have we forgotten the last time? Have we absolutely forgotten that there was nothing you could fly? A whole year ago for God's sake of course. Yeah but you could fly.

10:30 You could fly. This happens all the time. Airspace didn't shut down in the United States when Mount St. Helens erupted. It just kind of wrought around it. You don't have to shut everything down. So I think the Icelandic foreign minister was here. Hillary says, look, we've got some problems and I think you should flip the switch on that thing. Spout the thing off create a distraction Obama's there. You know, they've got the g8 meeting. It's perfect Keep everyone distracted with not being able to fly and that's everyone I talked to from Europe it all they can talk about is oh, oh the airports are shutting down. Oh You can't fly. It's gonna be horrible. And then meanwhile all this other stuff is taking place and they're starving The people are absolutely starving

CHAPTER 06 / 43 Discussion

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Room 2806 Conspiracy

The hotel room number 2806 assigned to Dominique Strauss-Kahn is linked to the June 28th deadline for the French Socialist Party primaries. Speculation suggests Strauss-Kahn was upgraded to that specific room as part of a setup involving Nicolas Sarkozy or Vladimir Putin. The legal proceedings in the United States effectively prevent his participation in the upcoming French election.

dominique strauss-kahn· room 2806· vladimir putin· nicolas sarkozy· socialist party

11:15 And to further my thesis that a lot of this is all set up, you know how they love to throw some little numbers in our face, John, when they pull off a little funny coup? The elites. Like 33 is a big number, right? So, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I was wondering why they kept reporting his hotel room number. What was it? 2806. And it became like, you know, the mystery of room 2806. How often does that happen in a story about rape that they have to continuously put the room number in there? Okay, I got a room number story for you too, go on. 2806, which in European date nomenclature would be June 28th.

12:04 The legal proceedings may force Dominique Strauss-Kahn to stay in the US for several months while the deadline to participate in the Socialist Party primaries is June 28th. That's a good one. So I was with a couple of friends of mine discussing this and some other issues and with the theory that the latest thing of course is that Putin was involved in this Probably, probably, yeah. And they said, well Putin, well there's, you know, apparently there were some things the IMF was doing that Putin didn't like and at the same time because it's Sarkozy trying to keep a competitor out, if that's the case, Putin has had the assets to do this kind of a scam. Mm-hmm. And the French probably didn't and so you do, you know, so something's gonna, if we see some sort of a relationship between Sarkozy and Putin in the near future, you're gonna maybe know the reason why.

CHAPTER 07 / 43 Discussion

Global Government, New World Order Coordination

The coordination between global elites has reached a level where individual conspiracies are difficult to isolate. Events like the death of Osama bin Laden and the extension of the Patriot Act benefit multiple entities simultaneously, including the military-industrial complex and political leaders. This systemic alignment is described as a "holdup" rather than a traditional conspiracy.

global government· new world order· osama bin laden· patriot act· conspiracy

12:57 But the kicker was, the kicker was is apparently, and I think this is part of us, if you're gonna scheme against somebody, you can't just let them casually show up at a hotel and drop into a room. He was upgraded to that room. Oh really? He was upgraded, okay. So that wasn't his original room, so they put him in that room after he checked in. The thing is John, that I think the global government, the New World Order, Has really started to come together and all these guys are working together so much that they pull off one thing it behooves so many people It's hard to pin down a conspiracy on one guy. It's like it's like the mysterious killing and disappearance of the body in any picture of Osama bin Laden it behooves so many people

13:45 that you can't even pin it down on it yet. Did it benefit Obama? Of course. But did it benefit the military-industrial complex? Of course. It did benefit, oh let me see, every dickhead who wants to extend the Patriot Act tonight at midnight? Of course. So you can't pin it down to one thing because you're really coming together. And it's not necessarily a conspiracy, it's just this kind of... It's a holdup. It's the It's like somebody coming up to you, you're walking down Market Street and somebody pulls a gun on you, says give me your money and then they take your money and run off and you can't say hey this was some sort of a wild conspiracy. No I see it differently. It's like you're walking down the market, some guy stops you, another guy kneels down behind you and then the guy pushes you over him. That's what I'm seeing. It's like

CHAPTER 08 / 43 Discussion

Barack Obama European Tour, Protocol Errors

President Barack Obama's tour of Ireland and the United Kingdom was marked by several protocol errors, including toasting Queen Elizabeth II during the national anthem. Obama also signed the Westminster Abbey guestbook with the date May 24, 2008. His visit included a stop at a pub in Moneygall to celebrate his Irish ancestry.

barack obama· ireland· queen elizabeth ii· westminster abbey· protocol

14:32 It's unbelievable. And the way that would work with your interpretation, which I would agree with, is the guy who got behind you and dropped to his knees, he just saw the situation and decided to do that. Let me jump in here, let me help out, this is cool, we can go kick some ass. It's crazy the stuff that is happening. And then, you know, President Obama, what is he doing? He's on like a European tour or something? Well first he had to go to Ireland because of his Irish roots. Oh it gets better than that because then he has Irish roots now he also came out and said that he was connected when he was in with the Queen he had some other connection and there's also now an article that he has Flemish roots I mean it's like yeah of course eventually we're all related to each other in you know if you go back to Adam and Eve

15:31 But come on, this is a joke. Obama, where's my posse? So he goes to a bar named Obama's. Obama's. With a picture of him. And he's having a Guinness. And by the way, the picture in the Financial Times of him and his wife, and she didn't look like she was a Guinness drinker. He's drinking from a half pint. It's like, you know, drink from a pint glass, buddy, if you're going to be in one of these bars, right? Even if you don't finish it. Yeah, exactly. So he's drinking with a stash of his chicken Guinness from stemware. No No, I also saw him drink a proper one, but that was, that could have been from two years ago, who knows. Well, that's right, you know, I saw him drink the proper one too, but the picture in the Financial Times, you know what it must have been? Can you take another shot? A do-over please, Mr. President. A do-over. And so he probably didn't want to, yeah. So there's a couple of things that are very interesting, and I have some theory about that.

16:29 So he's messing up everywhere when it comes to protocol. Now I don't give a crap about the elites protocol, but he signs the guest book. You heard about this, right? I didn't know about the guestbook. I know about the toast. Yeah, I got- Which all the right-wing talk show guys are going nuts over. Oh, he doesn't know how to toast the Queen. Like, who cares? Yeah, no, the toast was- because what he's supposed to do is wait for God Save the Queen to end. Yeah. But he didn't do that. He toasted too early. No, he held a glass waiting for her to pick her glass up and she looks at him like he's crazy. He's like, are you mad? Are you mad? To the Queen!

17:07 I'd like to make a toast to the her majesty the Queen very proud of her. No he's so he signed the Westminster Abbey guestbook and dated it May 24th 2008. Yes! So I'm thinking This is probably the other Obama and they had him in a deep sleep. And they just woke him up for this tour, you know, that's why he's doing the same stuff. They just initiate the program. He's out there in Ireland. Yeah, he's got a bow too far, he's a bonehead. He's like, yes we can in Ireland. Are you kidding me? Yes we can. Where did they get all those actors? I can't believe it. Loaded up, didn't they? I can't believe it. It was just the whole... Oh my goodness.

CHAPTER 09 / 43 Discussion

Enda Kenny, Obama Speech Plagiarism

Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny delivered a speech in College Green that closely mirrored Barack Obama's 2008 election victory speech. Kenny defended the duplication as a deliberate tribute to the American president. Critics noted that the cadence, tempo, and specific phrasing were nearly identical to the original "Yes We Can" address.

enda kenny· barack obama· ireland· plagiarism· college green

17:57 I was at something else that was kind of funny from from his trip to Ireland. Is it what do they have? What's I don't know. I was know so little about Ireland. Kenny is the what is he the is he the I don't know. He's the leader of the Parliament over there. I sound like a stupid American. Just say the leader of the Parliament. You drew attention to yourself. Yeah. Well they have a name for it that I can't pronounce. His last name is Kenny though. And he comes out and does a speech and it's an exact replica of Obama's Yes We Can speech. And the news column on it and he says, oh no it was a tribute. Listen to this piece, it's pretty funny.

18:39 Lothisek has defended his use of part of Barack Obama's election speech saying the duplication was deliberate and designed as a tribute. Inderkenny said he had a copy of the original speech hanging in his office and the problems identified by President Obama were universal and applied in Ireland. The speech of a lifetime for the Taoiseach yesterday as he introduced President Obama in College Green. But today critics noted remarkable similarities with Mr. Obama's election night victory speech in November 2008. If there is anyone out there who still doubts

19:17 that America is a place where all things are possible. Who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time. Who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, to reinvent ourselves and to prosper. Well today is your answer. Left arm. Who put that clip together? The Irish TV. Good clip, right? Good work. That's the kind of thing that only Jon Stewart does in this country. Yeah, and it's not exactly the same. Instead of ancestors he says fathers. Yeah, that is the same. But even the cadence, even the tempo, the pacing of it is the same.

CHAPTER 10 / 43 Discussion

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, British Tradition

During President Obama's address to the British Parliament, the presence of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod drew attention. The ceremonial staff, which appeared white rather than black, was criticized for its aesthetic similarity to a curtain rail. The role is a traditional part of the parliamentary process in the United Kingdom.

black rod· british parliament· tradition· westminster· protocol

20:08 Is this all, is there just one movie studio that does all of this for these guys? And like, hey man, someone's got to write the speech for that Irish dude who runs the parliament. Send coach Debra over. It's like, really? And then, and here's the thing, this killed me. The tribute, who's he kidding? Yeah please. So you saw the president address the the British Parliament, right? No I didn't as a matter of fact. Oh no I watched the whole thing. But when he comes in... That's why I didn't do it. I had the sense it was in the within the force. Oh Adam's listening. Okay well I was. I watched the whole thing. I'm sorry. Yeah well it's what we do so you don't have to. So he walks in and as he walks out there's this dude and he's carrying like like a stick. He got it watch this. Like a white stick.

21:09 And like, what is with the dude with the stick? And apparently he's called the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. But I mean, it looks like a curtain rail. You gotta see this thing. It's like, you know, I'm all for tradition, but dude, the stick is like lame. This is white stick. And apparently this has some huge significance. I thought it was a black rod. I know! That's why I tweeted it. I said, what's with the dude with the stick? And I was like, oh, it's the black rod. Well, why is it white? And why does it look like a curtain rail from Ikea? It's really weird. It's supposed to have some significance, whatever. Yeah. Anyway, so it's just that the whole thing is nuts and meanwhile back home... So wait a minute, stop! You told us you went and listened to this hour's speech and you didn't say... what did he say? Was it important? Did you get a clip? Nothing? No, it is very important but the important stuff was between Lucifer Clinton and

CHAPTER 11 / 43 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Catherine Ashton, EU-US Framework Agreement

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton signed a framework agreement for U.S. participation in EU crisis management operations. This treaty allows the United States military to support European Union missions without negotiating separate ad hoc agreements. The partnership focuses on shared democratic values and regional security challenges.

hillary clinton· catherine ashton· european union· treaty· crisis management

22:06 Lady Baron Gaga, yeah Gaga Katherine Ashton Who as you know is the high priestess of the European Union. We've discussed her in the past. So she is with Clinton. Well it's funny because Hillary Clinton calls her Kathy. Oh yeah, oh yeah. And she has... I don't want to talk about it. They must have something going on together. Well, I don't want to think about that. Because what really was going on, and I think Obama is kind of the cover for all this... How come men can't get away with that? Do you think if somebody, like if Obama called her Kathy, the right-wing talk show guys would be all over it. Yeah, it's a good point. And she is, they call her the High Representative of the European Union, which just sounds so incredibly elitist, the High Representative. So I'll just call her the High Priestess.

23:08 But what they've done is, and this is what this whole visit was about, they've put together a treaty between the United States and the United States of Europe. It's the EU-US, hold on a second, let me just get the exact word. It's a treaty. And it's kind of interesting because this is, because of this treaty, I'm sorry. I wasn't expecting to talk about this at this moment. I'm gonna bring up the here it is the EU the US EU framework there we go

23:48 So, Secretary of State Hillary Lucifer Clinton, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, signed the framework agreement between the United States and the European Union on the participation of the United States in European Union crisis management operations. Does this tell you anything? Oh really? Yeah, so we're sending our military over there. Well, here's how it works. So first you got to listen to Lucifer and she was interviewed by, who's this NBC chick? I'm thinking Jane Pauly, you know the one. This one. Rachel Maddow. Well I think President Obama was very clear and what we want is to continue to support the voices of democracy, those who are standing against the

24:41 the brutality, but we're also well aware every situation is different and in this one Assad has said a lot of things. So this is about Syria, now it's very important we hear this before we hear what she and Cathy Ashton say together. That you didn't hear from other leaders in the region about the kind of changes he would like to see that may all be out the window or he may have one last chance. At the same time you know this... Who's that? That voice? Who is that? Say it again. Syrian regime is close to Iran. They're getting support. No, isn't that what's her name from CBS? Oh, the one who's leaving? No. Yeah. What's her name? Yeah, that one. Yeah, she's Deborah. What's her name? Deborah. From Iran for their tactics of suppression, if you will. They support terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. So why not just say he needs to be removed?

CHAPTER 12 / 43 Discussion

Syria Conflict, Regime Change Rhetoric

Hillary Clinton addressed the escalating violence in Syria, noting that President Bashar al-Assad has embraced tactics from Iran to suppress protesters. While the U.S. has not yet called for regime change as it did in Libya, sanctions against Syrian officials are being increased. The administration is monitoring the situation to determine if Assad will honor reform promises.

syria· bashar al-assad· hillary clinton· katie couric· iran

25:36 Well, you're right that Iran is supporting them and we're calling them out on it. We're calling them out! There's all kinds of memes here. We're calling Assad out on Syria. So this is about moving into Syria. Stand by. But I think we also know that there are many different forces at work in Syria and we think it would be better if the people of Syria themselves made it clear to Assad that there have to be changes. The whole notion of regime change isn't working very well in Libya, is it? i disagree with that i think we are seeing slow but steady progress on the uh... pressure on the qaddafi uh... regime has uh... increased to the point that qaddafi's wife and daughter fled uh... across the border into tunisia in the last two days the oil minister has defected so we're making progress i wish you would go faster they certainly wish you would go faster but were on the right path why does the killing of civilians in libya

26:32 justify US military involvement but the killing of civilians in Syria does not. There's no one-size-fits-all... Hold on a second. You know, that's Katie Couric. It's Deborah Couric. No, we do know. Yeah, Deborah Couric. Deborah Coury. Does this sound like, I mean, she's obviously being groomed by the White House because she's being kicked out of CBS and she's going to go someplace else and do special reports. Oh yeah, and she's reading all these questions with her eyes down. I was just going to say, it sounds like she's reading from a script. These are so poorly executed as questions. She is actually, because this is a two camera shoot, a three camera shoot, she actually has her eyes down and she's reading the question from the paper.

27:18 She is reading the questions the White House wrote for her. Yes, yes. And this is very important how Lucifer answers and then what happens next. I want to mention to people that the reason that you want the White House, or the way the White House would prefer this, performance to be done this way is because it has to lead the listener. You first got to get the listener into a frame of mind. And then you draw, you know, it's just the way you do sales, you know, so you do one of the old sales tricks I always like is... Do you want the sandals or the boots? Oh, you are the shoe man. I like the sales trick where a guy says, Well, don't you agree that or don't you agree to get you to say yes a couple of times about some innocuous questions and once you say yes and you put your brain into yes gear then they drop the bomb on you. Alright, so here comes something very funny. Syria does not. There's no one size fits all and there's no magic wand. If there were we'd be waving it like crazy.

28:12 That's Hillary with her magic wand. And in Libya what we had was a unique international coalition. What we're seeing now is increasing pressure on Syria. We're seeing the European Union taking actions, us upping the actions. You hear that? We see the European Union taking actions. So the European Union is taking actions, as Hillary says, against Syria. Okay, this is important. For the days to come. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Alright, and then she goes into that. I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog too. So then Hillary and Cathy

CHAPTER 13 / 43 Discussion

Benghazi Office, Libya Humanitarian Aid

The European Union decided to open an office in Benghazi to support the Transitional National Council in Libya. The U.S. is working with Congress to redirect seized assets from Muammar Qaddafi toward humanitarian needs. NATO continues its mission to protect civilians, which includes the bombardment of military targets in Tripoli.

benghazi· libya· muammar qaddafi· nato· humanitarian aid

28:58 Who has one of those, um, it's a trait, you know, it's like a, it's a, it's a tribe. She has one of those chins that's been chopped off, you know what I mean? It's like chopped off backwards, like she hit the dashboard real hard and it like collapsed. So she's, I mean... Chinless wonder we call them. Chinless wonder, that's the one. You know, nothing about people's exterior, but it hates him, it helps him I hate for her, just to look at her dog face. So they, they sign this agreement, they hand each other the binders, and then this. Well it is such a pleasure for me to welcome back to the State Department, High Representative Kathy Ashton. This is weird isn't it, that she says Kathy?

29:43 Everyone in the world says Catherine and she's Cathy. Hi representative Cathy. Hi The United States and the European Union are partners working together on I think every Global issue and regional challenge that you can imagine We're doing the urgent the important and the long term that listen to this the urgent the important and the long term This is good all at once And we are united in a transatlantic community that is based on shared democratic values and limitless faith in human potential. As always, Kathy and I had a lot to talk about because there is so much happening. Kathy, as we were rattling our jewels and we were looking at comparing our Chanel dresses, we had a lot to talk about. ...happening around the world. And by the way, you should see her, she's going, oh, oh, oh, oh, the chinless wonder is nodding her head. At a time when people are standing up for their rights and demanding a say in their own futures.

30:44 And both the European Union and the United States are very committed to advancing democratic values and universal rights. And we know how important that is over the long term, but we also know that right now those rights are under threats from repression and reprisals. We expressed our serious concern about the continued violence in Syria. The Assad regime has responded to peaceful protests by launching a brutal crackdown that has killed by our best estimate nearly a thousand people. So quite a different story now from what she was telling Deborah Couric there. Now it's like oh this guy is horrible he's killed a thousand people. They have embraced the worst tactics of their Iranian ally and they have refused to honor the legitimate aspirations of their own people in Syria.

31:43 President Assad talks about reform, but he's- And this is new by the way? Yeah, this is- yeah, but now the EU can go in and now we're going to support them. ...handed a brutal crackdown... Brutal. ...shows his true intentions. In response to the continued violence, both the United States and the EU have imposed sanctions against senior Syrian officials. and today we discussed additional steps that we can take to increase pressure and further isolate the Assad regime. Yeah, what could those steps be? Let me think. Steal their money. Yeah, exactly. Well, she actually is taking

32:22 this tells you what's going to happen by reiterating what we just did with Libya. Our message has been clear and consistent from the beginning. Stop the violence and the arrests, release all political prisoners and detainees, and begin to respond to the demands of the people by a process of credible and inclusive democratic change. The High Representative and I also discussed efforts to protect civilians in Libya. The United States continues to support our efforts to implement the United Nations Security Council resolution. Is that long form for throwing bombs on people? Is that what efforts means? Our efforts, it's our efforts, it's just an effort. Excuse me, is that an effort that just blew my ass into the sky? Yes, it's an effort. We're working with the EU to support

33:14 the Transitional National Council and we welcome the EU's decision to open an office in Benghazi. This killed me! Oh, what color are the drapes for the office in Benghazi, Cathy? An office in Benghazi? I mean, what? We love opening offices but we don't care about fixing the potholes here in the good old US of A. Ongoing EU support for humanitarian assistance. Oh yeah, consultants and boots on the ground. And for our part we are working with our Congress to redirect some of Qaddafi's seized assets toward immediate humanitarian needs. Yeah, like my hotel in Haiti.

CHAPTER 14 / 43 Discussion

US Military, European Union Crisis Missions

A new legal framework allows United States civilians and military assets to participate in European Union crisis management missions globally. This builds on previous cooperation in Kosovo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agreement streamlines the process for the U.S. to act as a military force for the "United States of Europe."

kosovo· congo· crisis management· military treaty· legal framework

33:57 That's my immediate humanitarian aid. So the message is so incredibly clear. It's like, hey, Assad, do exactly what we say. We're going to take your money and we're going to use it for efforts. And then we'll open an office and then you'll be screwed. Yeah. You better get out while the getting's good, buddy. So I could not find a copy of said EU framework agreement uh... other than you will well yeah i will not be forced on the sunday show ladies and gentlemen it's going to be bad i'm sure it's going to be a jam because if you can't find it right away then you know there's some good stuff in their well i have one paragraph disagreement provides a legal framework legal framework is legal as the law of the land for united states civilians to participate in european union crisis management missions

34:45 I mean that's like wow, so we're going to use our army, our military force for anything the European Union wants. The United States previously negotiated an agreement for our participation in the EU's rule of law mission in Kosovo. and an ad hoc arrangement for our participation in the EU Security Sector Reform Mission, EUSEC, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This agreement eliminates the need to negotiate entirely new, separate agreements for our future participation in EU missions. Voila! We are now the military of the United States of Europe.

CHAPTER 15 / 43 Discussion

Libya Bombing, NATO No-Fly Zone Violations

NATO's involvement in Libya has expanded beyond a no-fly zone to include the sinking of naval vessels and the use of Apache attack helicopters. Heavy bombardment of central Tripoli has targeted Qaddafi's fortified compounds and intelligence headquarters. Reports from the ground indicate civilian casualties and significant damage to infrastructure.

libya· nato· tripoli· no-fly zone· apache helicopters

35:31 where she was questioning her about, with a bogus question, about how it's going in Libya and Hillary made the point of saying it's not going well, it's not going as well as we expected. And why is that? It's because we're not running it. Of course the irony of this of course is when we are running it like in Iraq we can't seem to get out. It goes on for decades. Play the just to show you what's going on in Libya play the bombing Libya clip. Oh, oh you caught me off guard. I'm so sorry It was the heaviest bombardment of central Tripoli for more than two weeks NATO said it hit a vehicle compound used for resupplying Gaddafi's troops

36:26 Libyan government officials took camera crews to a nearby hospital showing reporters three dead and claiming 150 were injured. We have three martyrs so far. The injured have been taken to two different hospitals. This is one of them. Some of them of course were cheated and they have gone home already because of their light injuries, some have bigger, more serious injuries, some have died, of course, as you have seen. NATO has been expanding its range of targets in central Tripoli, hitting Colonel Gaddafi's fortified compound, intelligence headquarters and naval vessels. You can stop playing it, you get the idea. There's two things in here. One, I thought this was a no-fly zone. This sounds like an attack. Well, not only that, but, so first of all, last week

37:19 They sunk eight ships in the- Yeah, they mentioned that in this report which I cut short but yeah, he talks about he's bombed a bunch of ships. Yeah, eight ships. How's that a no-fly zone? And now they have actual troops on the ground to coordinate assistance and attack helicopters. Yeah, they had three Apaches. Yeah, they asked Hillary Clinton for her comment. Idiot from Libya goes he says if you could play that little part don't have to I'll just reiterate he says you know we had three dead and and and then six or even had some number of people cheated from martyrdom yeah in other words these three that got killed were lucky yeah and the other ones that made it through were cheated yeah what kind of a bunch of boneheads are these people what is going on with the world is what I say well okay we'll go back and bomb them at home over do over do over

38:20 Cheated it's it's pretty funny. I mean, it's not funny. It's a it's not fun. It's funny I mean, it's it's for our bit for the basis of this show. It's hilarious. Yeah. Well, there's plenty more to talk about I think first we should thank some of our producers who have made today's program Some people came in late with some nice and we have to add another Another night to the list. Oh, yeah Well Kent Zeiser came in this morning with a thousand dollars donation with the following note John I'm sorry spent so long since sending you guys some money to increase my giving level Would you mind sending my wife and I some karma? Yeah, of course kidding me. You've got karma He says

CHAPTER 16 / 43 Discussion

No Agenda Producer Donations, Knighting Ceremony

Producers Kent Zeiser, Murasaki 8, David Hoffman, and Dwayne Melançon contributed significant donations to the program. Kent Zeiser requested karma for a baby adoption process, while Murasaki 8 sought karma for a linear algebra exam. New knights and dames were recognized for their financial support of the value-for-value model.

donations· knighthood· karma· linear algebra· producers

39:10 We've been trying to adopt a baby and having some difficulty with the process It's our turn to see if much need karma would turn things around. I thought I had to go help huh freak me out for a minute You guys are the lithium that keeps me going through the day and I always look forward to the CB crackpot and buzzkill days on Thursday and Sunday. And that's Sir Kent Zicer and he's going to be knighted today. He's already been knighted. Oh, that's right. He's already a sir. But he wants, I asked, I sent a note back saying do you want to give this knighthood to somebody else? His wife. So she'll be a dame.

39:48 Dame yeah, shallow me do we okay? Put on the list shallow me. Yeah, what an interesting name Dame? Shallow me okay, sh a lo mi I think also out in Darwin yes in Australia And who wants to go by the name and who will be a knight today? Murasaki8. Jumped on the $1,111.11 bandwagon. The big 11-11-11-11 karma. The 11-11-11-11-11 karma. Please use Murasaki8, not my name.

40:29 Jeff Smith no hello from Darwin Australia don't always agree with either of you of course now Why would you yeah that would be great then didn't you miss the whole point of the show? The point of the show is not to get agreement is to get you to think you know in new and different ways But it's always thought-provoking of course and funny That's mostly because I'm a hilarious to listen to and I'm currently at the uni future sysadmin good. This guy is a student Yeah I would like some karma for my linear algebra exam in a few weeks. Yeah, you need that. Here it comes. You've got karma. Wow. He's at uni? And he's... Wow, that is... And we have another birthday which I don't see mentioned here but he says it was a birthday shout out to his fellow conspiracer.

41:22 lani who got me listening to no agenda her birthday's on friday the twenty fifth of may but please don't inquire about her age okay i have a nineteen of course she is i have lani on the list so we'll make sure you have a yes i'm sorry i said okay just wasn't but here also has done but do you have a little logo was there is no logo but i got and i we got one check in the mail which also accounts for an executive producer which was david hoffman sent in a generous donation of $717.02 with a note. Thank you, John and Adam. Here's the area code donation. Ah, yes. I've been explaining that enough. 717 plus two cents.

42:02 My two cents, he says. Thank you Rhino the Bearded, Yellow Jacket, Gitmo Slave, Citizen X, Mr. Oil and all the producers who make the No Agenda stream more than just a bi-weekly stop. That's true. No Agenda, Ham on the Air, and he has his call letters which I'll do in the, I'll pronounce the way I guess you do it. Sir N, or I'm sorry, it would be Nuclear 3 Popcorn Random Ossify. I didn't know I was breaking the speed limit, Ossify. That's David Hoffman in a Nolan. Oscar, O is for Oscar. Oscar. Oscar, November, Papa. That was Ossify. Or Orange. Yeah, so when you're flying next time and someone hands you the controls, try that. Yeah, this is Naples, Ossify, Orange, coming in for a landing. We'll see how you do.

42:58 and then we have our one more an associate executive producer Dwayne Mellon con who Dwayne's been around for a while sir I think is it Melissa men on men also have we been through this place in Tigger at Oregon so I don't think he pronounces it Melissa but maybe it could be it's French John and Adam Greetings from Sir Dwayne. On Saturday I heard Blondie's Rapture a whole bunch of times. Maybe that's... Does he mean on the stream? Was Doug acting up? Maybe. Could be. Maybe that is what that douchebag meant.

43:36 Oh, for the Rapture. Of course! Oh no, I get it. So you got radio stations. This is an old Top 40 trick. Oh, people are playing it. Hey everybody, we're not dead and here's Blondie's Rapture! I'm so incredibly funny, I can't move on! Okay, that's where they... okay, you're right. Anyway, glad I hung on to my money. But I thought I'd send you some in appreciation of your great work lately. The fact that Adam said my last name correctly, Melançon. Si. Melançon. Melançon. in the morning. I was with a bunch of French people yesterday. I went to the big champagne tasting in San Francisco and everybody was French. It was quite a... It's funny, I don't see my invite anywhere. It was for the trade. And Sir Dwayne was in for $307. So thank you very much. So kind.

44:26 Thanks all the new Knights. Yes. Yeah, and so we the we have more info I guess the rings are in the mail now a DHL has sent the rings. Yeah. Yeah, by the way Murasaki 8 is a dame I am reliably informed did we did we know that hello? No, we don't know that there's no evidence. Oh, I don't know. How do I know Murasaki is a dame? Well, I have it I had the shill is a back channeling me So, you're telling me that she's taking linear algebra? Now what a sexist thing to say. Are you telling me that women can't do linear algebra? Is that what you're saying? Shame on you, Mr. Dvorak. Yes, it was bad. Shame on you. Actually, one of the smartest women I ever knew as a mathematician. Women are dissuaded. That's like saying, some of my best friends are black. I mean... They are. Women are dissuaded from going into math. That's what I meant to say.

CHAPTER 17 / 43 Discussion

Domain Name Forwards, No Agenda Botnet

Baron von Pelsmacher and other producers registered dozens of domain names to forward to the No Agenda Show website. These domains cover topics ranging from naked body scanners to chemtrails and genetically modified food. The collection of URLs is described as a potential "botnet" for future movements or as a backup against domain seizures.

domain names· forwarding· botnet· baron von pelsmacher· wiki

45:25 Was I by who for myself who dissuades women going into the American me guys like me? Okay, done All right a couple of people fan a couple of PR mentions Clink says John and Adam, please put a call out to whomever is maintaining no agenda predictions calm Get them to update the calendar or at least turn over control of someone who will the last entry is from October 2012 10 this way John won't have to write down the prediction and highlight it with his with his marker pretty crude but it works uh... couple of other cool forwards to let me also think lois whitman who's out there as a back to professional public relations really working it for us isn't she she does uh... judge every once in awhile she does a uh... she is the the eight the w h w h p r new york and she's a one of the probably she's a real old-fashioned hard-working type new york style p r woman

46:24 and she's done a, every once in a while she thinks the show needs to get some publicity and she sends out her note. I don't know who well shouldn't she Commission some kind of study that shows that people that listen to no agenda I have to talk to her about this better at linear algebra or something like that. Yeah, if that's what we need That's what gets us the press and we need a study. Yeah, we need some phony baloney study. I mean, sorry I'm sorry some serious study. Yes scientific science sciences I Forwarding to noagendashow.com, another great domain name. Veritabletreasuretrove.com. Of course referring to the... Yeah, that was a beauty. Veritable treasure trove that was found in Osama Bin Laden's compound, his mansion. Another forward, Dvorakcurry.com. Funny no one ever tried to register that one before. That is weird. Yeah, currydvorak.com, so that's good.

47:26 I don't quite understand this, well there's two that came in here from James. UNBiodiversityconference.com which is nice, you know someone should be googling around and all of a sudden they hit our show notes. Like what? That would be ironic. And then COP11.com, am I missing something with COP11? Oh, oh I know, of course, that's the COP, that's the climate conference. Isn't that called the COP? I don't know is it? Yeah, yeah, I think oh wow so we have COP11.com people like oh I have to go see what if I can book a hotel room for the climate conference. Cop11.com takes into noagendashow.com nice and then Baron von Pelsmacher's

48:15 I don't know, you know, this guy has a... he's in my prayers every night. He really is. I go to bed and I think, and Lord, please bless Mickey and my daughter and Stephen Pellsmacher. Please just bless him. Please protect him from all evil. The Baron of Belgium. John and Adam, I decided to add a couple more domain names to the forwardtoknowagendashow.com. John, let me just give them to you. to the head.com.org.me advertising underwriting all call it whatever you want dot com back to back to real news dot com uh what is this

49:01 Oh, to be a donor or not to be a donor not a boner dot-com biodiversity dot-com info me and org biodiversity dot me dot and mobi chemtrails dot me coincidence dot me Dame of no agenda dot-com de douching dot com dot org dot me distraction again we need to document these we're losing track of of all these things. Well I have them all, I just don't have them all in one place. I mean I gotta put up a wiki. I've been working on finding the best wiki software. Oh please. Yeah and that way people can come in and change it. Come in and wreck it. Somebody will wreck it. Come in and wreck the wiki. Well wait let me just finish the list. Distractionoftheweek.com.org.me. Dontbeadenier.com.org.me. Geneticallymodified.me. That's a great one isn't it?

49:52 Getmonationlolands.me, getmoslave.com, info me, mobinet and org, getmoslaves.com, harp.me, justsendcash.org and .me, nightofnoagenda.com, hello was that not registered? dot info dot net live from Gitmo nation Lucy Napolitano dot-com mavericks of media co me Moby organ info naked body scanner dot me New World Order dot me no agenda slave calm another one I can't believe planes dash good dash trains dash bad calm but also planes good trains bad calm

50:30 Punch people in the mouth calm roundup ready dot me nice see something say something dot me Swine flu minute calm take your medicines calm take your meds org text three three three calm The formula is this calm trains good planes bad calm TSA slave calm you've got karma org and you will obey calm. Hello Baron von Pell smockers Again, the man is just in my dreams. And then... So, those are all great. You know, we are actually setting up, even though we don't mean to, but we're actually setting up what could become a great forwarding, kind of like a botnet. You know, we could actually do... you could actually use these for some sort of powerful movement, if we ever, you know, need to. Well, and there's a couple of things I was thinking about, and I'd like to... I'm processing what we can do here, but one thing's for sure.

CHAPTER 18 / 43 Discussion

Internet Licensing, Podcast Regulation in France

Authorities in France are discussing the implementation of an internet podcast license, which would require creators to pay fees and fill out paperwork. This move is compared to the early days of radio regulation in the 1910s. The hosts suggest that having multiple domain names will help bypass potential DNS captures or government shutdowns of independent media.

france· podcast license· internet regulation· dns· broadcasting

51:29 When we're unable to pay our internet license fee to do a show, which is coming up, they're discussing that in France today. You know, when you have to have a license to do a podcast, the so-called internet podcast license. Yeah, and the license won't be cheap. It'll be like an early broadcaster's license. You know, you have to remember that in the early days of radio in the 1910s, people, anyone could start, could just get a radio transmitter and they were, it was a hobby. It was like computer hobby. And then somebody got a wise idea, so as too many people broadcasting on these frequencies, let's start charging them money and making them fill out forms and rationalizing why they should exist. It's expensive. It's not so much the money we're gonna have to pay, it's gonna be the forms and the paperwork. And you and I will go like, uh-huh, never mind. So anyway, when we refuse to do that of course, and they take away our domain name, we'll have 300 more we can just flip on.

52:22 That's the beauty of it, because that's what they're doing, right? They're taking away the domain names, they're capturing the DNS. And we just have to, we don't care, shutupslaves.com still runs. Oh, we'll take that away, it's okay, seanhannity.com still works. Getmostslaves.com. And then a nice tip here. One of our producers registered no agenda watchlist calm and he says you know why don't instead of just forwarding to no agenda show calm Why don't we set it up so that we can have a list of names? So we will have our own watch list of douchebags that we're watching. I thought was kind of a good idea That is a good idea, so I hope that no wiki would help their wiki wiki suck no wikis are great

53:07 Anyway, thank you all so very much. Thanks to our PR associates there and of course Associate Executive Producer Sir Duane Melanson and our Executive Producer Sir Kent Zeiser, Sir Dame, sorry, whoops, let me just change that in the notes here. Dame Murasaki 8 and David Hoffman for supporting the show. You are the ones who are driving this along with all of the other people who come in at lower amounts but are equally as, we're equally appreciative of that. I'll be thanking them later on in the show. Of course we have something we'd like all of you out there to do and that's propagate our formula. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order! Everybody say it loud and proud.

54:01 And I just wanted to mention I think I got I interrupted myself distracted myself that the night rings anyone who Supports the show with up to a thousand dollars or more more is certainly welcome becomes a night or Dame the no agenda roundtable you get a an official no agenda night or Dame ring and they are on their way from China and with DHL, but they also we have these beautiful like velvet velour box that they come in and And you get a an official like uh... what is it called like a certification thing. A little certificate of authenticity. Yeah. Devorak.org slash N-A. On with the show! I need some coffee. Also people can go to NoAgendaNation.com. NoAgendaNation.com. I need some coffee. There's a donate button there. I need some coffee.com

CHAPTER 19 / 43 Discussion

Soap Opera Drama, Oprah Winfrey Final Show

A clip from "The Bold and the Beautiful" highlights the dramatic acting used for banal subjects like eating berries. This serves as a commentary on the decline of traditional soap operas. Additionally, the final episode of Oprah Winfrey's talk show is noted as a major media distraction.

soap operas· oprah winfrey· the bold and the beautiful· television· media

54:58 So, yeah, I've got a couple of things just to do a quick break here. I do have another soap opera clip. Oh, lucky me! From the Bold and the Beautiful. And I realized, I didn't realize it, but what they do is they try to make the banal kind of, by kind of overacting, you can make the banal quite dramatic. And this is a good example. Keeps coming back to me. How close I came to losing you. But you didn't. You rescued me. By the grace of God, too. And here I am grilling you about something so ridiculous. Well, it does seem a little bit ridiculous, but you know what? I should have told you about those berries. You said Thomas didn't want you to eat them? No, he didn't. And he was right. I shouldn't have. That's some good acting right there, John.

56:02 You know, of course we play this... And I can't get a bit part? I mean, come on. Well, no, because this is all an homage of the fact that the soap operas are going away. I watched Oprah's very last show yesterday. You know, I did everything to avoid... In fact, I was so... Urked about this. Oh this Oprah distraction of the week you should play that before you go into this by the way I don't it's a distraction of the week and I avoided Watching the Oprah show I I don't watch it anyway, so why would I watch it now and There were all these reports that were every time they brought up. I switched the channel. I don't want to I don't care I

56:45 Well no, but this is why we have such an interesting program is because we switch around like that. You know, you watch very important soap operas about berries and I watch Oprah's last show. I think the soap opera where she swallows a berry is more interesting than listening to, watching Oprah cry over a berry. Actually, here's something I watched and I wrote a, I actually wrote a review of it. I watched the big whitewash known as HBO's television movie, Too Big to Fail.

CHAPTER 20 / 43 Discussion

Too Big to Fail, HBO Movie Review

The HBO movie "Too Big to Fail" is criticized as a whitewash that portrays Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as heroes. The film depicts the 2008 financial bailout as a necessary action to save the world from Armageddon. The review suggests the movie serves as propaganda from the "Ministry of Truth."

hbo· too big to fail· hank paulson· ben bernanke· tim geithner

57:24 Oh yeah, I missed that. How was it? Piece of crap. Ah good. It was, now first of all, it was put together well. I mean it was it was nicely done. The actors in this thing, James Woods, Paul Giamatti, Matthew Modine, Ed Asner, Bill Hurt. I mean good actors. Yeah guys who like to watch act. Yeah and they all should be ashamed of themselves. They all should go self-radicalize themselves in the bathroom. This, okay I'll sum it up for you. Your government is really good on your side and save this all from Armageddon. Banks now are really too big to fail. In fact, that's the end of the end of the movie.

58:04 John, it's unbelievable. Hank Paulson, Treasury Secretary at the time, is portrayed like a hero, like a total hero. Oh, I have to save the world and the rats... Stuttering Hank? Yeah, the rats will be walking on the street and his wife calls him Pete by the way and then he's so emotional, he has to throw up because he's so emotional about what's happening. Ben Bernanke, expertly played I have to say by Paul Giamatti. is the voice of calm and reason, he's so smart and he has studied the great depression and he's so good and guess who's the genius in this movie the genius behind the bailout Neil Kashkari is the genius in this movie and Timmy Geithner, Timmy! he's like a straight shooter yeah he just calls it like it is, Timmy, Timmy

58:57 It's just unbelievable. This was such a whitewash. Wow, it sounds embarrassing. Totally embarrassing. In fact, I ended my review which I wrote at curry.com. Luckily, President Obama's European tour 2011 has distracted a lot of attention from this blatant broadcast from the Ministry of Truth. The creators failed to draw in the big audience they wanted because of a rookie mistake. They didn't cast Kim Kardashian. That is the fact. Then it would have scored. I take it nobody watched this piece of crap. No, no, no. It was no good. Well, Kim Kardashian doesn't save anything if you haven't noticed because when they brought on a Piers Morgan they couldn't get any numbers either. I think it's bullcrap. But that's like North and South Pole of the magnet. I think everything kind of hinged on Obama's car getting stuck. Oh my God. He wasn't in it. He wasn't in it, John. He wasn't in it.

CHAPTER 21 / 43 Discussion

The Beast, Obama's Car Stuck in Ireland

The presidential limousine, known as "The Beast," got stuck on a speed bump while exiting the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. The vehicle's low clearance caused it to bottom out, resulting in a loud scraping sound. Official reports claimed President Obama was not in the vehicle at the time of the incident.

the beast· ireland· barack obama· speed bump· us embassy

59:58 Really? Of course he was in it. I love that they say. The president was not in the vehicle. Yeah he was. What was he in then? Bull crap. They can't have our Lord Savior embarrassed by anything. Talk about thin-skinned, you better tell them I'm not in it. So the thing, I guess they haul this clunker everywhere, they put it in the 747 somehow I assume. Of course they do. So they haul this thing called the beast or the monster, whatever they call it. And so they brought it to Buckingham Palace and the thing comes across a speed bump and then gets stuck on the speed bump because it's so low and long. I think it was Ireland, John. It was Ireland, right. It was the embassy. And it was rocking. It was the embassy. It was rocking on the speed bump. Yeah. And it made a big scraping sound and it got stuck. But he wasn't in it. I didn't know that part. No, he wasn't in it. No, he wasn't. So what was he walking? Was he on a bike? Where was he? Well, they were just taking it for a spin.

CHAPTER 22 / 43 Discussion

Mark Haines Death, CNBC Squawk on the Street

Mark Haines, the long-time co-host of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," died suddenly at the age of 65. His death occurred shortly after his former co-host, Aaron Burnett, left the network for CNN. The circumstances of his passing were described as a "sudden death," leading to speculation regarding the timing.

mark haines· cnbc· aaron burnett· sudden death· financial news

1:01:01 He wasn't in it. Hey, you know who died? This tripped me out today. Tripped you out? Yeah, Mark Haines. You know Mark Haines? He's the co-host of CNBC Squawk on the Street with... Oh yeah, that guy. Did you know he died? Yeah, I do because they were talking... I was watching something last night and they mentioned it. So Aaron Burnett leaves to go work for the Ministry of Truth and he dies. And we still don't know how he died. It was just it was a sudden death the way it was described on CNN, right? One of those sudden death things huh like Aaron. What was it? What would be he? Why would he be a target of any? I mean he's got a big mouth. He might have peed someone off

1:01:48 Aaron left, but it's just like Aaron Burnett leaves and a week later the guy's dead. Sudden death. Yeah, but Aaron Burnett wasn't on CNN. No, it was CNBC. No, he was on CNN. No, John. Mark Haines is the fat guy who hosted with Aaron Burnett CNBC's morning show. Hello? Yes. Hey, I've only seen that show a couple times because I don't get up at that hour. I've watched- Oh, you're right. Yeah, okay. He's the former host though. I think he was at CNN. No, no, you become former host when you're dead. I'll be the former host of No Agenda one day. Adam Curry, former host of No Agenda, better known as the Lone Wolf of the Internets, refused to pay his license, his podcasting license. Well, I do know I did watch that show once when they were blasting Layman.

1:02:42 Or they had people on that were blasting laymen. Listen, he... Aaron Burnett leaves, he dies a week later. That's just messed up. Either it was heartbreak, which I can believe, just total heartbreak. They weren't on at the same time and nobody... I've been to those offices. They did the show together! She was on that morning show? Yes! They did the... Gosh, John! They did the show together! She was co-host. Hmm really I'm reading the thing here. Yeah, all right you should read that thing please so um well, I think I've been Talking about this for a couple years now and finally yes We have a study and then the science is in ladies and gentlemen Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna Vienna now say you know what I

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Lithium in Drinking Water, Suicide Prevention Study

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna published a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggesting that adding lithium to drinking water could reduce suicide rates. The proposal compares lithium to fluoride as a public health additive. Concerns are raised about the mellowing effects of mass-medicating the population through the water supply.

lithium· vienna· suicide prevention· drinking water· fluoride

1:03:46 we put lithium in the water less people will commit suicide. Yeah you've been talking about this on and off. Yeah but but now they have a scientific research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry and so there's again serious discussion about putting low levels of lithium into the drinking water. In fact this says lithium is the new fluoride. So is this that's terrible I Need a new jingle please then the best part of waking up is lithium in my cup I could put lithium in the water because it Reduces suicide rates. Yeah, it makes everybody mellow Can you imagine hey John I

1:04:42 What's going on? By the way, if they put it in our wire, this show is over. Well, that's why I have reverse osmosis filtration system. Oh, do you? Even on the shower water. Oh yeah. Even on the shower water. Do you know how much... yeah, water from... you have more chance of chemicals coming into your body from water that you shower with. Let me write this one down as a crack. Stroopwafels. That just sucks. You're porous apparently. You know, I would get some caulk or spackle. What are you talking about? That's absolutely true. There's more water that the chemicals seep into your body when you take a shower. Of course you're porous. I know that I go and take a shower, I'm like 10 pounds heavier when I get out. Oh which reminds me, this is hilarious. Hold on a second, I gotta... And now, back to Real News.

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New Zealand Truck Driver, Compressed Air Accident

A New Zealand truck driver survived a freak accident where he fell onto a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock. The air pumped into his body at 100 pounds per square inch, causing him to expand like a balloon and separating fat from muscle. The BBC reported the story, noting that the air eventually escaped his body naturally.

new zealand· compressed air· bbc· accident· medical anomaly

1:05:35 This was a great story that came in this morning from New Zealand. And I like, I mean, are people really buying this? Okay, so listen to this. Listen to this story. A New Zealand truck driver fell between the cab and his trailer. You know between the cab and the trailer they have those big curly yellow red and green air hoses. It's for the air brakes. Yeah. So he fell. I got to read this. This is from the BBC. I got to read this. So you know it's true. A New Zealand truck driver who fell on a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock

1:06:19 Survive being blown up like a balloon. The nozzle pierced his buttock and began pumping air into his body which expanded dramatically. Am I to believe this? What was this written by, the Warner Brothers cartoon people? As he screamed, Mr. McCormack's colleagues turned the air off and laid him on his side, saving his life. I guess they had to tie him down too so he didn't float away. So, doctors told him they were surprised his skin had not burst as the compressed air pumping into his body at a hundred pounds per square inch had separated fat from muscle. I was blowing up like a football. I felt like I had the bends like in diving. I had no choice but to just lay there blowing up like a balloon.

1:07:08 Oh God. At the end though, and this is the case, BBC, I mean whoever, you're right, I don't know who wrote this. Who is this writer? Byline Arch Obler. It's old timers will get a kick out of that. Let me see, Byline, no Byline. It's fair to say he's lucky to be alive. It was a potentially life-threatening situation, a hospital spokeswoman told Agent France Presse. Final line of the story. Mr. McCormack confided that the air was gradually escaping his body in the way that air usually does. I survived. Yeah, they really need to get some new material. BBC, ladies and gentlemen. Hey, how's that lithium doing for you? Boy, I'm glad I didn't fall on an air hose today in my buttock.

1:08:03 It's so nutty. These people, man. I can't believe it. But I do appreciate it because it gives us hours of material. Just hours and hours of material. Hey, I got one for you, kind of an ask, Gavin. Did you hear about the Ted Stevens follow-up report? Yeah, I did. I saw you had a clip, so I don't have a clip. Yeah, play the clip and then I want you to comment on it. Okay, this is... do we have to set it up about the crash or anything? No, this is apparently... this is on our national public broadcasting. We have to explain who Ted... for our European listeners, you have to explain who Ted Stevens is. It's important. Yeah, and this was on the NewsHour PBS. Ted Stevens was a...

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Ted Stevens Plane Crash, NTSB Final Report

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on the plane crash that killed former Senator Ted Stevens in Alaska. The report found no definitive cause but noted the pilot may have been unresponsive and a terrain warning system was inhibited. Stevens was a powerful senator whose death occurred amid significant political and oil-related conflicts.

ted stevens· alaska· ntsb· plane crash· pilot error

1:08:42 Senator, a very powerful senator from Alaska who was killed in an airplane crash mysteriously and this just adds to the mystery of this report. 46. The National Transportation Safety Board has found no definitive cause for the plane crash that killed former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska and four others last year. The report today said the pilot was temporarily unresponsive before the small plane went down near Dillingham, Alaska. It also said a warning system which could have told him he was approaching a mountain had been inhibited.

1:09:17 There were no indications of mechanical problems and toxicology reports ruled out drugs, though the pilot and his family had a history of strokes. It was impossible to know more because there was no flight data or cockpit voice recorder on board. Now there's a couple other things we've got to mention. He was not just a powerful senator, but he was not necessarily operating to the advantage of the New World Order and the oil cabal. when when his plane mysteriously went down. Yeah and he was gonna vote against something coming up. We had we talked about this to an extreme when it happened with the information that I've never heard from anyone else and it was all it's all documented. We dig up stuff that but it was just obscure and nobody the mainstream media didn't pick up on any of it but say we think he was killed. Whatever the case is what do you think about this inhibited

1:10:10 Well, so I read through the NTSB report of course as an aviator I'm always very interested and Inhibited what is the exact definition of inhibited? It can be me that it could mean that it was obstructed didn't you know it doesn't mean that it was sabotaged and that and and it was daylight It'd been turned off. Yeah, it was turned off They would have said that but you don't for the type of aircraft they were flying and the terrain and there and it wasn't like a huge high mountain I remember you know I remember looking at all the side of a hill yeah and

1:10:50 But here's what the report states, which is not in that audio clip we just played. Smith, as a pilot, was aggressively turning left and trying to climb when the plane hit the ground, which suggested that he was desperately trying to avoid a collision. And that doesn't mean necessarily a collision with the ground. It could have been a surface-to-air missile, for all I care. The weather was fine. It was typical for Alaska. I mean, these people died from lack of speed. That's what happened. That's what we say. They died from lack of speed when they hit the side of the mountain.

1:11:30 I'm sorry, I'm not buying the stroke or any of that stuff. He was an expert, expert pilot with, you know, like 20,000 plus hours. I'm pretty sure that this... and by the way, it didn't like really slam in nose first or anything like that. This was a hit. And it's being covered up at best. I don't think they need to do much to cover it up. There's everything scanned information. It's beautiful. I mean, it was just, it was... Well, this is the same. This is the same. So they recovered the voice recorder, the cockpit data recorder from that Airbus.

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Air France Flight 447, Black Box Recovery

Data from the recovered black boxes of Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, suggests pilot error was a factor. The reporting indicates the plane descended from 40,000 feet so rapidly that oxygen masks did not deploy. Skepticism is expressed regarding the official narrative and the reliability of fly-by-wire systems on Airbus aircraft.

air france 447· brazil· black box· pilot error· airbus

1:12:11 plane that went down over the over the ocean the one coming out of Brazil yes and the reporting at me and so now they don't typically release these reports on they release reports of small aircraft incidents but like you know 9-11 they still haven't really released a full report it's all kinds of stuff that's always missing But the report and the way the media presented it is that the plane, which was at like 40,000 feet, 40,000 feet, went down so quickly that the air masks didn't even have time to deploy. Excuse me? Bull crap. That is such a lie. 40,000 feet. You know how high up that is? How long it takes to get to the bottom? Yeah, at the speed of gravity. Even if you were turned down and accelerating,

1:13:06 It would take a while. Well, 40,000 feet, how many miles? The airmasts deploy in like 10 seconds. So they make it sound like, you know, this, and by the way, it was pilot error, of course, nothing was wrong with the aircraft. Anything on an Airbus is always pilot error. Yes, pilot error. Yeah, yeah. That's why we love that fly-by-wire stuff so much. You can't trust any reporting, in general, but certainly not on on aviation related matters. No, it's... Talking about fly-by-wire, so they're landing the 380 here in San Francisco now. Oh really? Yeah, I'm gonna try to get on board one and check it out.

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Airbus A380, MGM Grand Air Memories

The Airbus A380 has begun service at San Francisco International Airport, requiring specialized gates for its double-decker configuration. This prompts a reminiscence of MGM Grand Air, a luxury airline that operated between New York and Los Angeles in the late 1980s. An anecdote involves sharing a stateroom with actor Sean Penn shortly after his divorce from Madonna.

airbus a380· mgm grand air· san francisco· sean penn· madonna

1:13:42 the uh... yeah well i just walk on the tarmac and try and get on board see other world and they're gonna have both right now the fox is coming in twice a day and then i guess air france is gonna start coming in with this thing because it you know that international terminal has been one of the few places actually have they set it up for for ridiculous size uh... planes of the future therefore a so that they can handle the baggage Yeah, the baggage and apparently you need four doors to get all the people out of it. So, you know, you write a big double-decker They mean there's doors that there's two doors. There's doors on the top and doors on the bottom. So It's pretty funny a big-ass plane man. That's a big plane. They can carry up to 900 people. Yeah, there was this Designed to carry up to 900 but they're carrying around 450

1:14:29 So which is typical if you remember when the 747s first came out I never flew on John that was 1970 no not really well if you remember that era well you don't but I do I was in first grade well if you remember that they had all and you might remember this part though they always showed the 747 with a lounge and a piano bar and a pool Everything but a pool. If that was the piano bar you go up and you get you could have a drink with the Stewardesses and you know somebody can play a tune you could hang out and pinch their butt and stuff Yeah, no, I remember that and you saw that spiral staircase and you're like oh man. That's where all the good stuff is up there Yeah, well yeah now it's just jammed. Yeah, it's all business class Virgin tried to bring some of that back

1:15:17 Virgin Atlantic they had you know, it was kind of like a process type deal with the bar and then they get like a massage And it was just kind of lame. Do you remember? MGM Grand Air Oh yeah. I've always wanted to fly it. I've flown it several times. It was between... Oh, now I'm jealous. Yeah, it was between New York and Los Angeles exclusively. Right, and it was all first class. The whole plane was one big first class. Even though it was a kind of... it was not really a great plane. No, no, it was like a 727. It was not a huge plane. But it was like, I think, maybe 30 passengers, 40 passengers. Yeah, something like that. And half of the plane was a bar.

1:15:57 And then they had state rooms like in a train where you sat three on each side and then the table would lower down it would become one huge bed so you could reserve that in advance. And everyone in Hollywood if you're going between New York and LA you are an MGM grand. It was like nothing but a star-studded celebrity fest. And I think it only flew from LaGuardia. And I remember flying it once and I always like wanted the stateroom because if I was lucky then and no one else was there I could just turn it into the bed and I could just it's like a two-person bed. And by the way it wasn't that much more expensive it was probably about equal to a first-class ticket which MTV paid for of course back in the day. And I remember I got stuck in a stateroom with Sean Penn, his brother, you know the one that's dead now, and his mom.

1:16:50 for six hours and it was like right after the Madonna breakup and his brother Christopher, I think it was Christopher Penn? He was like drinking beer, taking his shirt off. He's like sitting there with a big sweaty fat guy, no shirt on, drinking beer. I'm like, well, this is kind of ruining my experience. I would think. And of course he knew who I was. I was that guy from VH1, is what he said. So I felt extra special. Thanks, dude. And then I said, so what was it like with Madonna? He says, hell hath no fury, my friend.

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Gene Simmons, Israel 1967 Borders

KISS frontman Gene Simmons criticized President Obama's suggestion that Israel return to its 1967 borders. Simmons argued that the borders are indefensible without control of the Golan Heights. He praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and criticized the United Nations as a "paper tiger" that allows dictators to spread propaganda.

gene simmons· israel· 1967 borders· golan heights· benjamin netanyahu

1:17:27 Anyway, that was it. Yeah, and that was the insight Yeah, and that was like nothing else to say for the rest of the rest of the trip It was horrible. It was one of the worst it harsh my mellow anyway Gene Simmons weighed in regarding President Obama's call for Israel to return to the 1967 borders which is actually the 1947 borders do you think they should get that straight and Explain. Well, the 67 borders were formed in were formed in 47 when they first created the state of Israel and then in 67 there was a revolution or there was a war because you could just bomb the crap out of Israel from the Golan Heights. You could just you could actually be up there and look down and say let me just start shooting. And so the Israelis figured well you know we better get this part you know so they beat the Arabs in the war. They actually asked the Palestinians to

1:18:24 Which one of the reasons is point of contention here is they told all the Palestinians, all the Arabs told them to get out of the country, just abandon the place because we're going to kill all the Jews. and it's all the Palestinians left and that was part of the issue here. And so the Jews turned the tables on him and rousted him and beat them in this short war and then took these, changed the borders in 1967 to what they became. So does the 67 border, does that include the Golan Heights? No, the 67, it was the Golan Heights, yeah, the new border post 67 includes the Golan Heights, pre 67 it doesn't. And but when they say 67 borders, these are really 1947 borders and it's kind of a misnomer. It sounds as though well it's only 40 years ago or so. Okay so in 67 is when they actually took the Golan Heights in addition to the 47 border. Right.

1:19:21 Well, and I can be corrected on any of the details because I don't have the thing in front of me But believe me if this 67 thing is is a red herring so Gene Simmons Takes a bite of the red herring What do you think of President Obama's suggestion that the borders be redrawn pre-president Obama? and I voted for an idea what I didn't realize what I was getting was an idealist and If you've never been to the moon, you can't issue policy about the moon. You have no f***ing idea what it's like on the moon. For a president to be sitting in Washington, D.C. and saying, go back to your 67 borders in Israel, how about you live there and try to defend an indefensible border?

1:20:04 miles wide. On one side you've got hundreds of millions of people who hate your guts, on the other side you've got the Mediterranean. Unless you control, in Israel, unless you control those Golan Heights, it's an indefensible position. It's a nice idea When you grow up, you find out that life isn't the way you imagined it. And President Obama means well. I think he's actually a good guy. He has no f***ing idea what the world is like because he doesn't have to live there. That's why President Netanyahu, whose brother led the Entebbe raid and died crossing inter-country lines, breaking international law,

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UN Vote on Palestine, Sharia Law Comment

The United Nations is expected to vote on Palestinian statehood in June, a move opposed by many in the U.S. Congress. During a televised interview, Gene Simmons discussed the conflict, leading to a confusing exchange about Sharia law with a Business Insider reporter. Simmons advocated for harsh justice against intruders, comparing it to his view of necessary defense.

united nations· palestine· gene simmons· sharia law· israel

1:20:47 landed in Idi Amin's territory, killed the local policemen and freed those Europeans who were abducted by Idi Amin and crossed back to Israel. The UN condemned it. You broke airspace. What would have happened if you go to the UN? Most pathetic body on the face of the planet. By the way, America invented UN. Just a couple of things here. So many things. What is he running for office this guy? Well, he's extremely Jewish, like Israeli Jewish. Yeah, there is a difference by the way. Yeah, of course there is. And so our friend Gene here. So a couple things. One is I keep reading this meme about Bibi Netanyahu's brother, you know, he was killed, he was killed, he was killed. So this is being rolled out as a talking point.

1:21:35 And then, you know, this whole Entebbe thing, which I think he, I believe he's not entirely correct. The Entebbe thing, weren't they picking people off of the US embassy and not Europeans? Yeah, I remember that period. I don't remember the details anymore, but I think what you witnessed there with this was a preemptive anti-UN rant because it's believed by some. Well, the UN is, and this is what, remember we had the Susan Rice clip and everyone, all the Congress and congressmen and senators are pissed off at the UN because they're you know they they actually allow like any Arab state to be in the UN. They're all angry about it. Everyone's angry about a UN stance against Israel. Well apparently the UN is gonna I think it's in June

1:22:28 uh... they're gonna is coming up for a vote they're going to give the u n just unilateral is going to give the palestinians that area yeah because you and runs everything now i guess well they don't run anything that's the well they don't know that well with a day run us at the bombing libya yeah right well let's just have gene finish up he has he's he's always entertaining to listen to and i i've met him many times Judge I gotta tell you my Gene Simmons story. Hold on first. Let's listen to this after the League of Nations was a disaster This is a paper tiger. We allowed dictators to get up there and spread propaganda from Hugo Chavez to Gaddafi It's garbage garbage and then when they want more money, they put their hand I love the the hate the hate that the the Arabs and Jews have for each other it's just it's unbelievable that people can hate each other so much and

1:23:21 Garbage garbage infested. I tell you garbage. It's like poop garbage out to America You all agree with every word I say, you know it the biggest pacifist who's against the death penalty Will immediately want to kill somebody who's got a gun to his mother you walk in a room you happen to come back from hunting or whatever and there's somebody there you don't want to find out why that person is deranged or great analogy, isn't it? How does he jump to hunting? Well he winds it up in a way only Gene Simmons can. Death on the spot. It's justice. I like that you break into my house with a gun I will kill you sort of Sharia law now. What is this? It's sort of Sharia law I know is this dingbat she's from like business insider or something and she total idiot She's cute and she's blonde and everything. She should go to Russia today. Well, she'd be perfect for them So what's Gene Simmons come back to it's sure real Sharia law. Give me it. She just like I guess

1:24:32 I guess she didn't have her earpiece in or something. She had the obvious, she just came to mind. It's like Sharia law. It's not. Women should be in charge. Like the insect kingdom. You're much brighter than we are. You should have thousands of babies and be in charge. You have my vote except for the thousands of babies part. I don't need to have thousands. I had two. At least practice thousands of times. She's trying to boner. That guy has no shame. It just deteriorates. It goes from some sort of thoughtful analysis to kill the guy in your house to shooting to Sharia law to let's go to bed. I'm out hunting and let me nail you.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Congressional Standing Ovations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 26 standing ovations during his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Despite President Obama's public call for a return to 1967 borders, Congress showed overwhelming support for Netanyahu's refusal to do so. The event is characterized as a "distraction of the week" and political theater.

benjamin netanyahu· congress· standing ovations· 1967 borders· israel

1:25:14 It's fantastic. Why is this stuff on the air? I don't know. It's just funny though. I like it. I can't help myself but like him. So, but then you know, the whole thing, Obama's getting a U2 reception in Ireland. Yes we can Dublin. Yes we can! Hello everybody! That's good. Hello everybody! No, the yes we can. Yes we can! Yeah. Yes we can! Don't anyone ever let them tell you that you can't be what you want to be. Oh there you go. Because yes we can. Yes we can Ireland. Anyway and then BB Netanyahu comes over and

1:26:13 I've never seen this. I mean everyone gets together in Congress and Senate and he's like, I represent the small people! And uh, everyone stands up and applies. He got 26 standing ovations. For what? I know, I was just like, what? And then there was a bunch of analysis afterwards about what a great speaker he is because he doesn't go uh, uh, like Obama does all the time. Who cares? It was just weird. Don't invite him back. No, I agree. And so the only thing I don't understand is I've heard for the past year everybody say Israel back to the 1967 borders, Israel back to the 1967 borders. Everyone in Congress, everyone in the Senate, the President, everyone says it. Bibi Netanyahu comes in and says I ain't going back to the 1967 borders. Oh yes! Awesome! Awesome! Oh he's so great. I don't get it.

1:27:09 Did I miss something? Did I hear it wrong all these, all these, this past year, John? I, I, I'm, this whole, this whole theater that we watched with this guy showing up and then Obama making this dumb comment about 1967 and then the follow-up and all the debate, it seems like a distraction of the week to me. I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fab. I'd like to remind those of you who are new or are just puzzled that you've gotten so far in this podcast and going, what is this? How does this work?

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Media Matters, Orbitz Fox News Boycott

Media Matters, a group funded by George Soros, is pressuring advertisers like Orbitz to stop supporting Fox News. Orbitz reportedly refused the demand, despite pressure from activists within the gay community who view the travel agency as "gay-friendly." The hosts argue against attacking advertisers as a means of political censorship.

media matters· george soros· orbitz· fox news· boycott

1:27:55 We do not take advertising. We do not take any money from commercial entities because you can only imagine that we would not be able to talk about certain stories and of course this is a lot of work. It's pretty much, it's certainly my main job. John, yours? I don't work. I don't do anything. John has to live by himself. His family won't even live with him anymore. No, they've escaped up north. They send me care packages once in a while. It's just like... Stay! Go back to work! Go back to work! It's just like Gaddafi's family. What are you doing here? Go back to work! Gaddafi's family left him too. And by the way, as an aside, I have a clip

1:28:37 that this is why, you know, we don't, since the show is a low budget show, even though we get donations that support it, but they pay bills and I have a clip called, Why Use Pro Gear? So I don't have pro gear for recording a lot of stuff. You know, because it's just too expensive. And there's about five or six clips that sound like this because of, I don't know why. What is this? Is this something you recorded? Yeah. Excellent job! Okay, we need some support so John can get some gear. What is this? Now here's one of the things. What is this? This was part of a couple of clips I had which were supposed to lead... Okay. This was gonna lead into a great little... I had two clips. I had one from the O'Reilly show where he discussed the fact that orbits

1:29:32 apparently Media Matters which is a Soros group has been attacking Fox News as much as they can and they've started this thing to force Orbitz, the travel agency and some other advertisers to not advertise on Fox anymore. They're attacking Fox advertisers. And as they went and apparently Orbitz told them to shove it but meanwhile I have another clip from Gay USA where the guys... Wait, wait, wait, what is this? Is this a channel? Gay USA is a weekly news show on free speech TV. Do they have an RSS feed? I don't think they even know what RSS is. As a bicurious male, I resent that comment. So the day they out you, they spend most of their time outing people, I find it quite amusing.

1:30:21 So, it's very good if you want to be entertaining, but it's also very boring and it's long and there's too much, they dwell on things. But they brought this Orbitz thing up. And the show comes out and says, they say Orbitz is a gay-friendly travel agency that all the gay community should be attacking them for advertising with Fox. Wow! What kind of BS orbits this like 90% of all travel booking online? How can that be? Are we all gay? Well, the gays think they're a gay travel agency. Whatever the case is, they were completely pushing this idea, which I thought was abhorrent.

1:31:00 to be attacking advertisers like that and then I said now here's the two clips that will be great lead-ins to our solicitation but didn't the clip sound like as you've played? It sounded like the why use pro gear clip. Oh that sucks. So anyway so I don't have the backup clips to back up my thesis which is that if it wasn't for the listeners out there they're the third party in this. It's myself, Adam, and you that keep this show going and that's why we need your support and that's why we do these little segments which are still shorter than you would be getting on just one advertising break. So before, because you're about to segue in, I do have a Soros connected bridge here to our support. NPR's ombudsman, what is an ombudsman?

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NPR Soros Funding, DuPont Advertorials

NPR's ombudsman reported internal concerns regarding a $1.8 million donation from George Soros due to his documented political agenda. Meanwhile, DuPont is using "advertorial" content produced by BBC World News to position itself as a thought leader on global issues. These developments highlight the potential for corporate and political compromise in mainstream journalism.

npr· george soros· dupont· bbc world news· advertorials

1:31:50 An ombudsman is some corporations and news organizations, other people have them, it's the middle man who's not really responsible for anything and he can tell, you can tell him your troubles and he'll go up and do nothing. Do nothing, exactly. So NPR national treasure, NPR's ombudsman is a woman, ombudswoman, Alicia Shepard writes here, She has a there's a deep current of concern running through the NPR newsroom about taking money 1.8 million dollars from Soros, as she says, someone with a well-known documented political agenda supporting Democrats and Democratic causes. So this is another part of the problem is that they take this money from big political donors and we just take it from people who just want to be dedouched. I mean, it's like there's a huge difference there. Now DuPont, this is interesting. Soros should give us some money, we'll dedouche him. Briefly.

1:32:52 DuPont is so this is from ad week this is very interesting DuPont has traded in television spots for editorial content and advertorials and yes in a bid to become a thought leader around global concerns like fuel protection and food which of course they make all of those along the way the car protection and food yes Along the way, the company's seat, I'll send you the link, it's in the show notes, it'll be 307.nashownotes.com

1:33:29 Along the way the company ceded an unusual amount of control even for the internet age. For example, the editorial piece Horizons, a TV series documenting how business, government leaders and organizations are tackling macro problems related to population growth, was produced entirely by BBC World News. So the BBC World News is now producing advertorials for DuPont. Wow. So do you think they're now going to come out and say, hey by the way, DuPont sucks, DuPont is killing people and like all big corporations there's plenty of evidence of that. Do you think they're going to do that now? No, they're compromised. BBC World News. Anyway, so all of this gives reason for us not to take any advertising money and to basically just do this show. And your support

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No Agenda Donations, Damehoods and Knighthoods

Producers Thomas Nussbaum, Andrew Crocher, and Michael Klink contributed to the show, with Klink requesting the Gitmo National Anthem for his 44th birthday. Sir Clancy reported raising over 1,500 pounds for Doctors Without Borders during a marathon. New knights and dames, including Dame Murasaki 8 and Dame Shalomi, were officially recognized.

donations· knighthood· damehood· karma· producers

1:34:26 is what keeps it running. Right, and except for the high-end support we got this week, we didn't do very well. We could have... I know, I know. We've only got six people to mention here on this, on the break, which is one of the reasons I had this extra material to promote the idea that people should be helping us more. But Thomas Nussbaum, Sir Thomas, from Virginia, Beach, Virginia, for Nicole's Damehood, it's number five, John accidentally de-douched me. Oh no! I don't remember that. I don't remember that. But he wants to be douchebagged. What? He says his normal state for karma. He wants karma for Nicole's graduation, but he needs his normal state as being a douchebag, so douche him. All right, well, bend over. Douchebag! Mmm, how'd that feel? And now some karma for Nicole. Okay, of course, not a problem.

1:35:14 You've got karma. I don't understand this mechanism. We didn't even invent it. It was the listeners who came up with all this stuff and we just follow our orders. We just follow orders. They're the bosses. Wir haben es nicht gewusst. We're only doing what we are ordered to do. Exactly. And anyway, that's $111.11. Andrew Crocher in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK, $82.10. There may be a note from him, I don't have it, he's a new donor. Michael Klink in Oak Park, Illinois, $53.33. In the morning, John and Adam, sending you some of my slave earnings in exchange for a birthday shout-out. Turning 44 on May 27th, if you could play the Gitmo Nation National Anthem and forego the karma,

1:35:53 Oh, thanks for keeping me sane and entertained. We'll do that in a minute. On my daily commute, Michael Klink, sorry no relation to the wacky German Colonel, P.S. I've been waiting for my check from Obama. His election campaign was based on change so I figured I'd be getting 87 cents or so. Do we, so how do we do that? Do we want to play the national anthem? We haven't played it in a while. I think we should do the birthday call outs and the knighthood and then play the national anthem after all. That will be done. Arthur Kessler, NACME, Alberta, Canada and Kendra Robertson, another new donor from Burlington, Iowa and Peter Totes in Sugar Land, Texas, all $50 each. We want to thank them and everybody else who donated for this week's show.

1:36:29 Something came in late, so I'm not sure if it probably wasn't on the spreadsheet, but Sir Clancy, you know whenever one of our knights sends an email, I mean it's okay to mention him. So far in the morning Adam John, so far I've raised more than 1,500 pounds for Doctors Without Borders in my No Agenda-thon. Remember this is the guy who was running the marathon? or marathons and of course 10% of the amount that he raises for Doctors Without Borders he is matching himself to donate to the show. As a reminder I'm running the Stockholm Marathon this Saturday. Please remind the other producers they can donate at noagendathon.com. That's not thong. It's noagendathon. By the way, that's a good one. Noagendathon.

1:37:18 Zong yeah, no agenda thong calm. I like it no agenda thong calm where my company will match their donation to doctors without borders at 100% I match 10% to so oh yeah, so his company matches the money to doctor doctors without borders who John and I both support think it's a good organization His company matches at 100% and Sir Clancy matches at 10% to the show. Could I get just a little, little spurt of karma to get me through these 26.2 miles? Not a problem, Sir Clancy. You've got karma. So we of course will be daming Murasaki 8 who is a fresh dame here on the show.

1:38:08 But Murasaki 8 wants us to congratulate Lonnie with Lonnie's birthday on Friday Which will be the 27th of May and as we just heard Michael Klink turns 44 tomorrow Friday Congratulations from all your buddies here at the no agenda show And Well, that's nice that we at least had a couple people Coming with some some bigger bigger donations. I think times are very tough. I Everybody so that's why we appreciate some John. Do you have your blade with you? Did you come home? I gotta get out of the door you got it Stuck in the doorway Marsaki eights Mark Butterford

1:38:52 And Miss Shalomi, please step forward. All three of you have reached the giving level in support of the No Agenda Podcast show for at least $1,000. Therefore, I can proudly pronounce thee, Daymurazaki8, Sir Michael Klink, I'm sorry, Sir Mark Bedford, Boddiford, and Daym Shalomi. Knights and dames of the Noah-Jenner Round Table. That may have sounded a little bit confusing, but don't worry, the right people will get the rings in the beautiful... Do you realize that Sir Mark is the only member of a sandwich knighthood celebration? Yes, that's right! It's a dame sandwich. Huh? Hey!

CHAPTER 34 / 43 Discussion

Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection Agency

Elizabeth Warren, the controversial choice to lead the Consumer Protection Agency, faced a contentious confirmation hearing. Critics highlight her background as a Harvard Law professor and policy wonk. The agency is intended to protect consumers from banking abuses, though skeptics question its eventual effectiveness under her leadership.

elizabeth warren· consumer protection agency· confirmation hearing· harvard law· gitmo nation

1:39:35 I think, you know... He needs a special consideration. What do you mean? He needs to be sharing some of that special consideration. That's what I'd be thinking. Oh, that's nice. Awesome. Yeah, so Dame Murasaki 8, Sir Mark Botterford and Dame Shalomi, thank you all very much. Your rings will be forthcoming in their handsome velour boxes with your certification. Elizabeth Warren. We know who she is? Yeah? Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, who's Elizabeth Warren then? I've heard of her. Okay. The name rings a bell. As soon as you tell me who it is, if I could Google it. But whoever... Elizabeth Warren's name is right at the top of the brain. She's the controversial choice for the Consumer Protection Agency.

1:40:29 She is the woman who is supposed to protect us, human resources and slave of the Gitmo nation states. Wait a minute, I'm going too fast. We can't do this, John. We've got to put the brakes on. We've forgotten some very important things. The first one is... Like mentioning how people can donate to NoAgenda... Devorac.org slash N-A-S. You know, we keep forgetting to do that. I mean, how stupid are we? Yeah, people should help us out by going to NoAgendaShow.com or Devorac.org slash N-A and hitting the donation page, which I need to update, by the way. You said that last week. Go there as soon as you can because I'll have a new updated page by the end of today. Yeah, you said that last week, but you'll do it... I know, you know, I forgot all about it. It's weird.

1:41:14 Sorry went down the wrong tube so Frothy mix so besides this five hours of content almost you get every single week We have the show notes with all the research ton of ton of great stuff there at na show notes calm no agenda show notes calm also forwarding to that and and I think we do quite a bit. You can also get all the sound clips now. We also made those available. Yeah, the sound clips are all available to everybody. You know, another thing I should mention... You can do your own show. It's like the Noah James at home kit. I've thought about this. You know, something else that's interesting is that when we do this break for the donations, it's actually in and of itself entertaining. We try. Alright, let me just do this one more time.

1:42:02 Slash and a and then by request please rise for your kid donation National anthem you may sing along if you know the words in the morning Oh, nation! We are all charged up to be Human resources and servants In all lands and all ships at sea From the east to west, down under to The lowlands and beyond We are happy and distracted slaves

CHAPTER 35 / 43 Discussion

Elizabeth Warren Hearing, Scheduling Conflict

During a House hearing, Elizabeth Warren insisted on leaving by 2:15 PM for another meeting, leading to a clash with committee members. She used the "royal we" when discussing her schedule and obligations, which drew criticism from the chairman. The exchange highlighted tensions between the executive branch and congressional oversight.

elizabeth warren· congress· confirmation hearing· scheduling· royal we

1:42:43 Alright, that's a good segue because it gave me the opportunity to do a backgrounder on Elizabeth Warren. Tell us who Elizabeth Warren is. Well she's a woman that apparently has been around, she's like a policy wonk that's been around the White House. She's gonna be considered for the Supreme Court. She is a, let me just give you a little background, you just get all you need to know is this part. Elizabeth Warren was born Elizabeth Herring and raised in Oklahoma where she was state champion debater at age 16. Can you imagine dating this woman? Wait until you hear my clip. No. That's all we need to know.

1:43:32 She is being confirmed now in the Senate for this position, this controversial position of the, she'll be leading the Consumer Protection Agency, which is supposed to protect us from the banks raping us. Yeah, it's not going to protect us from anything. Well, certainly not with her on board. She is the most elite, she needs, she's probably like in the Hillary Lucifer Clinton drinking club. So, she's in, this is a relatively short clip, she's in one of these hearings where they get to ask questions. And by the way, there's shills on the senatorial side as well. And I guess that she thought that she only had to sit there until 2.15 because she had another meeting. Now, I remind you, this is a confirmation hearing.

1:44:23 And she's being questioned about her validity. It's a confirmation hearing, she's looking at her watch. Oh yeah, oh yeah, listen to this. You are causing problems. We had an agreement for a later hearing. Your staff asked us to move around so that we had to change everything on my schedule to try to accommodate your time. I certainly appreciate that, but the original hearing was 2 o'clock. But the agreement was that I would be out of here at 2.15 because there are other things now scheduled at 2.30. Now, pay attention. So she's here, so I have to be out of here. But then she goes into the royal we, which is just what? That was a request, but we moved the hearing so you could actually get the questions in. Congressman,

1:45:04 You told us one thing. I did not tell you anything. We have no one here to ask questions, Mr. Chairman. We have no one here to ask questions. I have other obligations I committed to based on the representations of your staff and our effort to try to accommodate you and rearrange our schedule to accommodate you. Look, Ms. Warren, it was a simple request. Your staff had a request. My staff said we're trying to accommodate you. We're going to get you out of here in 10 minutes if you just- No, Congressman, we had an agreement. You had no agreement. We had an agreement for the time this hearing would occur. You're making this up, Ms. Warren. You asked it. Oh, please. This is not the case. This is not the case. It's too bad you can't see her face. She's like, oh no, you didn't just call me a liar. Oh no, you didn't.

1:45:52 And then this other guy, he's like, who does she think she is? Well, this is the problem with the executive branch. And one of the debating things that I picked up on it, that's one of those scratchy cuts because they have equipment that doesn't work. Yeah. Was that was the some of the debates going on where the House of Representatives, you know, was part of this new war amendment act thing. Oh, yeah, we got it. You know where the Congress is giving up powers to the presidency. Don't go there yet because I have those clips too. Jeez they say here take it we don't want to do anything. Be quiet, be quiet, you're blowing all my clips. Go. Just listen to the end of this Warren thing. Mr. Chairman you just did something that I'm trying to be

1:46:41 Gorge will hear but just accused the Making agreement that I never need to clear this up with your staff Move this thing around 50 million times 50 million and she's got to go to another hearing Congress not to another hearing to another meeting I would be glad to answer questions for the record blah blah blah You know I was the shill who came in and defended her Oh Clancy some douche He's like leave. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah now I've got to go to the meeting you We have to go to a meeting you told us that we had to go to a meeting I'm meeting with us are meeting with Kathy and Hillary I got a beautiful clip here arrogant horrible person It's okay. She's here to protect your interests. Yeah, sure. Oh

CHAPTER 36 / 43 Discussion

David Cameron, Terrorism Press Conference Gaffe

British Prime Minister David Cameron made a verbal gaffe during a joint press conference with President Obama. Cameron stated that both the American and British people have "suffered at our hands" when referring to terrorism. The slip of the tongue occurred during a discussion on shared security concerns and the history of terrorist attacks.

david cameron· barack obama· terrorism· gaffe· press conference

1:47:37 I have a clip here. This is a beauty sent in by one of our producers. Here's another law professor from Harvard Law School. Does Obama do anything but bring in people from Chicago and Harvard Law? I just threw a shoe at her. Is there anybody from Washington State or Nevada or maybe Oklahoma they could bring into this administration? Is everyone from Chicago or Harvard Law? Yeah, well, including Christine Lagarde, Chicagoan. She's a Chicagoan too. This woman is a professor at Harvard Law School that has lots of meetings. Us have meetings that are really important to we. So, hear the gaffe. This is the funny, I think you'll deem this clip of the week, and I did not catch it. One of our Gitmo Nation East producers caught it. This is David Cameron doing a press conference with President O'Bama.

1:48:31 Listen to the gaff as well as the economy the president and I had some very good discussions on security now Americans and Brits Do not need to explain terrorism to one another both our people have suffered at our hat at its hands and indeed they have died together Oops I'm sorry, there's not enough lithium in my water. You just can't keep it out of the brain. The brain reveals all. Okay, so now there's a couple of things going on today that is extremely interesting in the Senate.

CHAPTER 37 / 43 Discussion

Patriot Act Extension, Harry Reid Cloture

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked cloture to move forward with the extension of the Patriot Act, bypassing a potential filibuster. Reid emphasized the urgency of passing the legislation before its midnight Thursday expiration to prevent a lapse in national security tools. Senator Rand Paul has been a primary opponent, attempting to block the bill to allow for constitutional debate.

patriot act· harry reid· cloture· rand paul· senate

1:49:15 So the extension of, and I'll just sum it up and then we'll see if we need to play any of these clips, but I do have some questions for you, John. So the Patriot Act, which includes warrantless wiretapping, warrantless going into people's homes, killing Americans when the president thinks it's okay, is just part of what's going on right now, but this is the Patriot Act part. So this really only started as a discussion about a week ago. Of course, they've had like 10 years to discuss this. Harry Reid. Yeah, Harry Reid. I saw this. This is one of the clips that I blew. So here's Harry Reid and he pulls a move because what he doesn't want is he doesn't know Rand Paul, Ron Paul's son, is blocking this. And but now we're into like political. He decides to do a character assassination on Rand Paul. I've got that too but this is the first one. This was two days ago where Harry Reid invokes cloture.

1:50:12 Now do you want to explain cloture? Well let me play the clip, a little bit of this clip and then I want you to get into cloture. So he says, can I have a quorum call? And he wants it noted because it's very important for the legal move he's pulling here. Without objection. Mr. President, we've been working for, I've been working on it for a lot longer than several days, but several days publicly on process to move forward with the Patriot Act. What a douchebag. Just the way he sounds, I just want to kick him in the teeth. We have... Worked over the last... Worked over the last... at the bar. Several days. To work something out that is, I think, an excellent compromise. Is this bill something that everybody in the Senate likes or everybody in the House likes? The answer is no. See, I don't get that. He keeps saying this. Is that my phone or your phone?

1:51:17 Not mine. Oh, hold on a second. Why is... It doesn't even sound like a phone. It sounds like some high-pitched squeal. Yeah, it's nasty. So what is the deal with saying, is this perfect? No. It goes like this. Look, look, we got this thing. We gotta get it passed. It's not perfect. Yeah, but I hate that. I want it to be perfect. Why can't we demand something... Nothing's perfect. But we all know how important it is. Oh, really? Terror! That we continue this legislation. So, Senator McConnell and I and Speaker Boehner have agreed on a way to move forward on this. The alternative is to have a long, long-term extension of this that the House would send us. Long, long-term! Oh yeah. It wouldn't be to anyone's benefit. So we're moving forward on this. I've tried to do it with the bill that we invoked cloture on yesterday. I've had many conversations with Senator Paul and others, but principally him.

1:52:24 and tried to come up with a process to allow Senator Paul to offer amendments and others to offer amendments. It's not just him. Now this is where it gets interesting and I'm sorry it's taking a little long but these clips are very important because we know what he said last night which I have a clip but listen to how he's like so complimentary because I'm so sorry you know I really like Senator Paul he's such a good guy but you know I have to get this passed we need protection. I've been unsuccessful. Now I understand Senator Paul's exasperation because this is something that is extremely important to him. And there was every desire from my perspective, and I think this body, to have a full, complete debate on the Patriot Act. But the Senate doesn't always work that way. And there have been a lot of things that have gotten in the way of this, and the time is suddenly upon us. Mr. President, we have to complete this legislation by midnight on Thursday.

1:53:33 We cannot let this expire. Why not? We cannot let the Patriot Act expire. Why not? I have a responsibility to try to get this bill done as soon as possible, in spite of the fact that some of my senators and some Republican senators would rather I did it some other way at some other time. The guy goes on and he's boring me to tears. He's a terrible, boring guy. Not only that, he's a horrible man because he's just saying, you know, we have to get this passed. If you really want to listen to what he's saying, it's linked in the show notes, but it's a half an hour of him saying, well, you know, we found all of this evidence.

CHAPTER 38 / 43 Discussion

Harry Reid, Rand Paul Scurrilous Accusation

Harry Reid accused Senator Rand Paul of wanting to protect the rights of terrorists to purchase guns by opposing the Patriot Act extension. Paul responded by calling the claim a "scurrilous accusation" that demeans the Senate. The conflict centers on Paul's proposed amendment to protect firearm purchase records from warrantless searches.

harry reid· rand paul· second amendment· terrorists· scurrilous

1:54:18 evidence at bin laden's compound yeah the second clip is actually more interesting because he mentions that as though the patriot act had something to do with it the reason is that he's fighting for an amendment to protect the right not of average citizens but of terrorists to cover up their gun purchases you hear that this is what he's saying about ran this is the second day this is the one he just did yesterday right he says he that ran paul is frustrating the extension of the He wants an amendment to the Patriot Act that will protect people who buy guns. Not just people, not just people, terrorists! Oh I'm sorry, did I say people? Yeah no, terrorists. Oh yeah, anything you want to do nowadays is to protect terrorists, that's right. So it's terrorists, here we go, terrorists!

1:55:05 The reason is that he's fighting for an amendment to protect the right, not of average citizens, but of terrorists, to cover up their gun purchases. Unbelievable! It's just unbelievable that he would say that. And Rand Paul comes back. I rise in response to a scurrilous accusation. Word of the day, ladies and gentlemen. Scurrilous! Scurrilous accusation! I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America. to be attacked of such a belief when I'm here to discuss and debate the constitutionality of the Patriot Act is offensive, I find it personally insulting and I think it demeans the body. It demeans the Senate body and the people that we can't have an intelligent debate over the constitutionality of this. I totally agree and for some reason I'm not a fan of Rand Paul. I love his dad

CHAPTER 39 / 43 Discussion

Secret Patriot Act, Business Records Provision

Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have hinted at a "secret" interpretation of the Patriot Act that the public has not seen. The concern focuses on the business records provision, which allows the FBI to seize tangible items deemed relevant to security investigations. The extension of these powers was slipped into a small business bill (S-990) to expedite passage.

ron wyden· mark udall· patriot act· fbi· business records

1:56:04 Aaron Paul seems icky. I don't know what it is. I can't base it on anything. He's a creepy looking And and by the way, we just go by looks on this show if you don't if you look creepy you're out There's some thought there's some but there's some truth to that So in the meantime is it Senator you doll or is it Congressman you doll? I I don't know. I got it here. I got it. He was in that room. No, no, because they're doing cloture, which means I mean, it's it's a process that means there's going to be no debate. Senator from Colorado. Yeah. He says there's a senator from New Mexico. It's either Mark Udall or

1:56:45 Tom Udall, I don't know, there's a bunch of them around. Mark Udall, he's the one who wanted to be patriotic. They're senators. Clocher is the sh... in a nutshell, Clocher can only be done when you have, when nobody has a super majority. If there's a super majority, then you can do whatever you want. this is the majority can but if there's not you can you can call for cloture and you can vote on it just as a majority vote saying look you can you can shut up slave that's what it is just shut up is what it is right yeah shut up we got to get take the vote they actually you know do you know how long they debated each of these issues in the Patriot Act ten minutes total ten minutes five minutes for each side

1:57:28 the most important changes to our freedoms, 10 minutes. And then so, the way I understand that is, Sammy Reid there, he slipped these extensions into another bill, which is, because I kept seeing on C-SPAN, to follow this bill they're talking about, look at S-990 on thomas.gov. And S-990 is to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and for other purposes. This may be part of something that was just written up and wired. I sent you a link. Yeah, I was about to say that. So this is what UDAL is about. That there's actually a secret Patriot Act that we haven't seen yet.

1:58:21 Yeah, and apparently Senator Ron Wyden is from Oregon, is a Democrat from Oregon, has been kind of hinting about it. And he's on the Intelligence Committee but he can't say what it is because it's all classified. Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more. And I'll just read a little piece from this article. So one component of the Patriot Act in particular gives them immense pause to the so-called business records provision which empowers the FBI to get businesses, medical offices, banks and other organizations to turn over any tangible things that deems relevant to any security investigation. You got a problem with that? I always thought they were doing this already.

CHAPTER 40 / 43 Discussion

Loss of Privacy, Government Blackmail Potential

The collection of individualistic data, such as hotel, car rental, and credit card records, creates a significant loss of privacy for American citizens. This information could potentially be used by government agents for blackmail or to gain advantages in financial markets. The hosts argue that even those "doing nothing wrong" should be concerned about the systemic abuse of surveillance data.

privacy· blackmail· fbi· surveillance· credit card records

1:57:28 the most important changes to our freedoms, 10 minutes. And then so, the way I understand that is, Sammy Reid there, he slipped these extensions into another bill, which is, because I kept seeing on C-SPAN, to follow this bill they're talking about, look at S-990 on thomas.gov. And S-990 is to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and for other purposes. This may be part of something that was just written up and wired. I sent you a link. Yeah, I was about to say that. So this is what UDAL is about. That there's actually a secret Patriot Act that we haven't seen yet.

1:58:21 Yeah, and apparently Senator Ron Wyden is from Oregon, is a Democrat from Oregon, has been kind of hinting about it. And he's on the Intelligence Committee but he can't say what it is because it's all classified. Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more. And I'll just read a little piece from this article. So one component of the Patriot Act in particular gives them immense pause to the so-called business records provision which empowers the FBI to get businesses, medical offices, banks and other organizations to turn over any tangible things that deems relevant to any security investigation. You got a problem with that? I always thought they were doing this already.

1:59:00 Anyway, basically they can go after all records. They can tap your phone. They can do all kinds of stuff There's a bunch of extra stuff this article is quite interesting because there's like it's like everything you think is bad about the Patriot Act just make it worse and I think that there's just basically just recording everything they can on these you know terabyte drives on everybody they can oh, yeah It's got, it's got an even... But I mean, at first it sounds good because all about terrorism, we're going to be able to track some guy down. But once they get these systems in place, it's going to be about normal crime. You say, well, I don't know, is this guy a jaywalker? I don't know, let's check him out. Let's follow his... Look at that, there's a hundred bucks we can collect. Kick that guy's ass. Todd Hinnon, who represents the type of material collected thus far is more individualistic and specific. Drivers license records, hotel records,

1:59:46 car rental records, apartment leasing records, credit card records. Hooker records, blow records. Well that's the idea. You get somebody, you can, now you can create blackmailing schemes, you can find out what stocks to get into. This is one of the problems with this loss of privacy. Now the government, some agents within the government who are exploiting this information can figure out there's a merger acquisition going on, they can get in on it, no one's ever gonna be able to trace anything. I mean the whole thing, Or you can blackmail somebody in Congress and get them to vote a certain way for, you know, genomic engineering or whatever. The whole thing, this is why it's bad. It's not because you're doing something bad. I keep, oh, I'm not doing anything bad. I don't care. You should care because somebody who might be doing something sketchy, you know, like maybe thinking about divorcing their wives. Oh no!

2:00:37 You know and then the next thing you know they somebody finds out about and then it then blackmails them So they vote a certain way and that way they vote hurts you the members of the public. That's the problem I was no no people don't get it they don't understand why privacy is important well there is one person who gets it and I was considering doing this an end of show clip we're almost at the end of the show but I would prefer to play the clip and then briefly discuss hold hands and then end the show it's Ron Paul

CHAPTER 41 / 43 Discussion

Ron Paul, Disintegration of the Republic Speech

Representative Ron Paul delivered a floor speech warning that the "last nail is being driven into the coffin of the American Republic." He criticized the unitary presidency, indefinite detentions, and the expansion of war powers in the National Defense Authorization Act. Paul argued that the sacrifice of liberty for security is a fallacy and that current foreign policy generates the very violence it claims to fight.

ron paul· republic· constitution· war powers· federal reserve

2:01:14 who is, in case you didn't know because of course the news media doesn't mention it, but he is a presidential candidate. He's a Republican. And they try to demean him and keep him out of the discussion. Everybody in the mainstream media, everybody in the Republican Party and everybody in the Democrat Party does this. Because he doesn't have any money to spend on the news networks. Isn't that the way it works? I mean Obama's gonna raise it. I think there's more to it than that in his case. Well, duh, because the guy is pretty much right on, I think, in just about everything I've heard him say. So he rises, he rises to the occasion, he takes his five minutes and John, when you listen to this, it's basically what you just tried to say, only he had it written down and he's a professional. I tried to say. And he's a professional. Thanks.

2:02:07 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The last nail is being driven into the coffin of the American Republic, yet Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to the true meaning of liberty. It is driven by economic myths, fallacies, and irrational good intentions. The rule of law is constantly rejected and authoritarian answers are offered as panaceas for all our problems. Runaway welfareism is used to benefit the rich at the expense of the middle class. Who would have ever thought that the current generation and Congress would stand idly by and watch such a rapid disintegration of the American Republic?

2:02:49 Characteristic of this epic event is the casual acceptance by the people and the political leaders of the unitary presidency, which is equivalent to granting dictatorial powers to the President. Our Presidents can now, on their own, order assassinations, including American citizens, operate secret military tribunals, engage in torture, Enforce indefinite imprisonments without due process. Order searches and seizures without proper warrants, gutting the Fourth Amendment. Ignore the 60-day rule for reporting to the Congress the nature of any military operation as required by the War Power Resolution. Continue the Patriot Act abuses without oversight. Wage war at will. Treat all Americans as suspected terrorists at airports with TSA groping and nude x-raying.

2:03:41 And the Federal Reserve accommodates by counterfeiting the funds needed and not paid for by taxation and borrowing, permitting runaway spending, endless debt, and special interest bailouts. And all of this is not enough. The abuses and usurpations of the war power are soon to be codified in the National Defense Authorization Act now rapidly moving its way through Congress. Instead of repealing the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, as we should now that bin Laden is dead and gone, Congress is planning to massively increase the war power of the President.

2:04:17 Though an opportunity presents itself to end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Congress, with bipartisan support, obsesses on how to expand the unconstitutional war power of the President he already holds. The current proposal would allow a President to pursue war at any time, any place, for any reason, without Congressional approval. Many believe this would even permit military activity against American suspects here at home. The proposed authority does not reference the 9-11 attacks. It would be expanded to include the Taliban and associated forces, a dangerously vague and expansive definition of our potential enemies.

2:05:01 There is no denial that the changes in Section 1034 totally eliminates the hard-fought-for restraint on presidential authority to go to war without congressional approval achieved at the Constitutional Convention. Congress's war authority has been severely undermined since World War II, beginning with the advent of the Korean War, which was fought solely under a UN resolution. Even today, we're waging war in Libya without even consulting with the Congress, similar to how we went to war in Bosnia in the 1990s under President Clinton.

2:05:37 The three major reasons for our constitutional conventions were to guarantee free trade and travel among the states, make gold and silver legal tender, and abolish paper money, and strictly limit the executive branch's authority to pursue war without congressional approval. But today, Federal Reserve notes are legal tender, gold and silver are illegal. The Interstate Commerce Clause is used to regulate all commerce at the expense of the free trade among the states. And now, the final nail is placed in the coffin of Congressional responsibility for the war power, delivering this power completely to the President, a sharp and huge blow to the concept of our Republic. In my view, it appears that the fate of the American Republic is now sealed, unless these recent trends are quickly reversed.

2:06:26 The saddest part of this tragedy is that all these horrible changes are being done in the name of patriotism and protecting freedom. They are justified by good intentions while believing the sacrifice of liberty is required for our safety. Nothing could be further from the truth. More sadly is the conviction that our enemies are driven to attack us for our freedoms and prosperity and not because of our deeply flawed foreign policy that has generated justifiable grievances and has inspired the radical violence against us. without this understanding our endless unnamed and undeclared wars will continue and our wonderful experiment with liberty will end. And I yield back the balance of my time. Have a great weekend everybody! Enjoy life!

2:07:19 Now you would never have seen that on television or heard that on radio in its entirety uninterrupted with the context that John gave just before we started the clip and that's why you need to support our show because this is the type of message you can... I mean I'm serious about this. No, and I think you nailed it and I like the fact that you segued over to it because that is a great clip and you're right. Not only would you not hear that anywhere else except this show, except on C-SPAN or wherever you got the clip and the show. C-SPAN of course, I got it from C-SPAN. Is that it would be, if it was ever used it would be clipped out and made to get so the guy would look like an idiot. Yep.

CHAPTER 42 / 43 Discussion

Political Cycles, Creativity in Economic Downturns

A discussion on economic cycles suggests that downturns often lead to an upturn in creativity and art, similar to the 1930s and 1970s. Despite current political repression, there is hope for future generations to innovate. An anecdote about a Dutch real estate developer mentions the Bilderberg Group and the disparities in socialized medicine where surgeons earn significantly more than nurses.

economic cycles· creativity· 1970s· bilderberg· socialized medicine

2:07:59 because that's what they do this guy has been marginalized and pushed aside and nobody is you know I mean it's unbelievable what's going on and this is yeah that was a great clip that's the clip of the day if only he was blonde and had a nice set of hooters he would be great But no, he looks kooky. This is the problem. In the olden days, you know, you would have a shot at it, but now you gotta have a, you know... But where's the balls on these other guys? Where's the Mitt Romneys and these other guys who are running for office? They're just elitist douchebags. They are elitist douche, all of them. Yeah, and they're all working for the same people, for the banks.

2:08:38 And Monsanto. Oh! Monsanto! Well, even the Supreme Court works for Monsanto. Yeah, it's, you know, Mickey said to me yesterday... Another lively show. I know! Mickey said to me yesterday, well, you're already in your no agenda mode, I see, because I'm like, my face is like down to my balls. I'm like... What's going on? But, you know, I don't know. I think that just knowing this makes me feel better and I hope everyone else who just as long as you know it then it doesn't hurt so much.

2:09:16 But something that's true. I think that's what we deliver and we also deliver the ability to see through a lot of this stuff I think people you know they can watch I mean I you know I even though you know I've actually improved my Sin is cynical ability to see through crap by just like as we do the show you know and I we keep reaffirming the the concept of deconstruction and And so you can get through it, but it's like unfortunately there are so many people out there and I think this is what's annoying to a lot of the listeners. And I want to tell people that we need more listeners. But you're not going to get anybody who you get irked by. You have to bring in people who are kind of already leaning. You have to preach to the choir because that's the only people that will buy into this.

2:09:58 Because the other people are gone. It's like you've just lost them. They're lost to whatever. Well what I am noticing though is that there's so much of the kind of material we talk about but it's kind of spread out all over. People are hearing things. So for instance, Mickey has one of her best friends, this guy from Holland. He's over for a week and for his birthday he gave himself a trip and so they're hanging out. And I have never really had a chance to sit down with him and bond a little bit. He's an important guy in her life. So he definitely understands what I do. And then last night we were having dinner and he says, so, he's Build-A-Burgers.

2:10:42 Tell me about it. The Bilderbergers, the drinking club. Yeah, well, that's exactly what I said. Well, my partner John would say it's a drinking club. He says, yeah, but you know, it's like really Bernard started this and he's got a lot of the background. But what he's really sensing, and this is good, is that the elites do run a lot of the show. And Gitmo Nation lowlands, they are severely suppressed. It's like real shut up slave time over there. And what's happening is that everyone's getting angry at each other. You know, it's like, why should we pay for the Greeks? Why should we pay for the Portuguese? Why should we pay for the Spanish? All of this stuff. Meanwhile, they're broke. He's a real estate guy, but like upper end.

2:11:31 So, you know, his business went down 50%, but he's still doing fine. Meanwhile, dermatologists are making $600,000 a year. Surgeons, well over a million dollars a year in Holland because of the scam that the insurance companies set up with the socialized medicine. Nurses make about $35,000 a year. Yeah, there you go. It's screwed up! Anyway, so you know but when I we've got we've got students at uni who are becoming experts in linear algebra. We've got all kinds of kids who are doing amazing things and there's a lot of hope for future generations. Unfortunately John for you and I, party's over. We don't we don't get to hang out anymore and have fun like the 80s and 90s.

CHAPTER 43 / 43 Discussion

No Agenda News Network, Tour Planning

The hosts encourage listeners to contribute to the No Agenda News Network and prepare for the upcoming No Agenda Nation tour. Plans for the tour are being organized by Micky Curry, though the hosts are still seeking an RV for the trip. The show concludes with a reminder of the value-for-value model and a preview of the next episode.

no agenda news network· tour· rv· show notes· value-for-value

2:12:28 Well, it wasn't that much fun looking back on it. How about the 70s though? Did you have a good time in the 70s? I don't know, you know, the 70s are a blur. See, that's what I mean. I'm so pissed off that I didn't get to hang out. I could have had it. I don't know, I may have had the time of my life. Who knows? I feel gypped that I didn't get the 70s. That, I think that would have been great in the 70s. The 70s. Well, this decade should be very similar because it's on the same cycle. So that, so that So starting in the next year or two it should be a party central by me it's gonna be a lot of parties because the 70s were depressed were were a downturn in the economy but was an upturn in creativity partying movies art and I think that's the same thing we're gonna we're actually in the beginning of witnessing here but because of all this repression that we discussed a lot on the show I think it's holding things back but

2:13:15 you know this is gonna something's gonna happen do you think that it'll be great for creative spirit that we're gonna we're going to see a lot of a lot of great I mean art I think Art I agree with. I disagree with movies and television. No, you watch the movies, they'll start up. It has to happen. It happened in the 30s, it happened in the 70s, it has to happen this decade. But there's too much propaganda going on right now. I think you're going to see some great movies this decade. But back in the 30s there were no unions. Now it's really complicated. Just to make a movie, a small budget movie is $10 million. because you know everyone's saying I'm just going by the cycles I'm not going by the finance. You're not going by facts, you're just going by cycles. No, I'm not going by facts, I'm going by cycles. The cycle says it's gonna something good's gonna happen. Well I think

2:14:05 I think you and I are performing a form of art and I'm very happy to do it. This is a performance art piece. This is totally a performance art piece. And anybody says, you guys are full of crap, you said that, you know, we do make mistakes on this show. Because we're just going, we're winging it. Yeah. And we got, we get our facts, but then, you know, Adam will ask me something about what happened in 1973 and I don't know. So you guys are wrong. You said this, you said that. Hey, look at it as performance art. Yeah, it's performance art. And what do we have, like a staff? We got no staff. We got all volunteers. We got all volunteer artists, volunteer PR people. We got volunteers everywhere. We do have people sending us stuff voluntarily. I mean it's, you know, it is art more than it is anything else. Now I do want to say that this, what's been incredibly helpful is the people contributing to the No Agenda News Network.

2:14:52 So you can go to no agenda news network calm. There's also a couple of different Domains pointing to that what's great about this 24 7 stories come in and people are contributing it So if you if you find yourself sending me an email once a week with a story Please send me an email with no agenda news network or nann in the subject line and ask for an account and Because I'm dying in the email over here. Okay, and it really helps when you're on that system and It benefits everybody so you can track what stories I'm looking at when you do that thing Oh, they're looking at this. Maybe I can do some research over there and that really does work a big thanks to Our Southern bread is his handle and

2:15:45 blog.southernbread.com. This guy's amazing. I can't wait to meet him on our tour, which I have to mention, the No Agenda Nation tour. Thank you very much. Keep sending your suggestions to Mickey, mickey.curry.com, M-I-C-K-Y. John, the invitations were, I mean, we actually have tears in our eyes sometimes. The things that people are inviting us to. I mean, a lot of it is, you know, park in my driveway, Dump your septic tank in my yard steal my Wi-Fi We're gonna make you we're gonna do a barbecue, but there's people like you know I got a boat. I got a balloon Come here. There's it's so beautiful. We are so incredibly excited a database no Mickey's keeping everything Which means it's organized organized in you yeah, she's very organized, and it's it's heartwarming. It's beautiful and

2:16:39 The only thing of course we still don't have is an RV and And I'm afraid that we're gonna have to wind up You know like doing something drastic to be able to I mean we're going no matter what but I it was renting one is like out of control It's really expensive begging and maybe some good. I keep asking if anyone give yourself some karma for the RV come on You've got karma That was a wrong key So, yeah, plenty more stuff. So we have the new show notes system, which you all get as a part of the package. So you just fill in the episode number. So this will be 307.NA, that's November Alpha, shownotes.com. Or as John would say, what is NA in your world? Napsterangry. Napsterangryshownotes.com.

2:17:42 And of course if you fill in 308, by the end of the day you'll start seeing the stories and the show prep for Sunday's show. And keep that support coming people. Keep the support coming in. Support this show. We need your help now more than ever. As you can tell from our short thank you list. Nice to talk to you again, John. It was a pleasure and I'm glad that we our listeners are hanging in there. Yeah, and I'm glad we don't have to talk anywhere except during this show. Keeps the relationship great. It's a good thing. Coming to you from Gitmo Nation West in the People's Republic of Southern California. The Hilltop Watchtower Crypot Command Center in the morning. My name is Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where the clouds have moved in, which is disconcerting since it's all not even noon yet.

2:18:27 I'm John C. Dvorak. We will talk to you again on Sunday for early morning service right here on NOA Agenda. We have Mr. Oil up next with Oil's Crude Show.