Episode 336 · Sunday, 4 September 2011

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Historical labor strikes meet modern legislative gridlock as secret intelligence documents and a push for a gold-backed Dinar reshape the narrative of the Libyan revolution.

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About this episode

President Grover Cleveland rushed the Labor Day bill through Congress in 1894 to appease a furious workforce following the deadly suppression of the Pullman strike by federal troops. This historical context frames current legislative stalemates as President Barack Obama pushes for the FAA Reauthorization Act. The administration seeks to alter National Mediation Board rules to allow union organizing by simple majority, a move championed by AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka but met with stiff opposition from those defending existing labor standards.

Intelligence documents recovered from Moussa Koussa in Tripoli reveal a deep collaboration between the CIA, MI6, and the Gaddafi regime, including the rendition of terror suspects for questioning. While British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague advocate for unfreezing billions in Libyan assets for the National Transitional Council, evidence suggests the World Bank and IMF targeted the nation due to Muammar Gaddafi’s plan for a gold Dinar. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces scrutiny over the whereabouts of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was easily located by CNN reporters despite official claims of his disappearance.

Adam Curry celebrates his 47th birthday with a hazardous encounter involving Mexican pinatas and extremely hot peppers. The studio atmosphere turns lighthearted as the hosts debate the merits of Ugg boots versus Crocs before pivoting to a critique of Jesse Ventura’s early acting career. Long-time supporter David Koss receives a formal knighting into the No Agenda Roundtable as the community explores new referrer spoofing tools to bypass mainstream media tracking.


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CHAPTER 01 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 336 Introduction, Labor Day Greeting

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 336 of the No Agenda podcast on Sunday, September 4, 2011. They greet the "human resources" in the chat room and discuss the upcoming Labor Day holiday. The hosts introduce their "Crackpot and Buzzkill" dynamic while broadcasting from Southern California and Silicon Valley.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· episode 336· labor day· gitmo nation

00:00 Vote for Curry Dvorak 2016. Crackpot and buzzkill, we're a balanced ticket. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, September 4th, 2011. Time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 336. This is no agenda. Celebrating the fruits of our labor and our vow of poverty. Just getting by at the Hilltop Watchtower, Crackpot Command Center in the People's Republic of Southern California. Yay! In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where nobody's home and probably nobody's listening, I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning! And in the morning to you, Jean-Claude.

00:39 In the morning to you and in the morning to all ships at sea who are listening when they probably are and all the boots on the ground who are Walking around yeah, and of course we've we still have a number of human resources lined up in our chat room no agenda stream calm no agenda chat net all in there and they are charged up the way the government loves them because we've got to suck the resources out of you and They're ready for that and they've got their shoes charged up and ready to throw and So, uh, happy Labor Day for tomorrow. I'll say that. They're changing the name of that, you know, finally. The what? From Labor Day? Yeah, to Unemployment Day. You know, so, um, I, uh, I looked into this Labor Day thing.

CHAPTER 02 / 36 Discussion

Labor Day History, Pullman Strike, Grover Cleveland

A review of the history of Labor Day reveals its origins in the 1894 Pullman strike rather than the 1882 Central Labor Union observance often cited. President Barack Obama issued a formal proclamation for the holiday, despite it being a long-standing federal fixture. Historical records show President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to suppress the Pullman strike, resulting in at least 30 deaths, before rushing the Labor Day bill through Congress to appease the workforce.

barack obama· grover cleveland· labor day· pullman strike· department of labor· whitehouse.gov

01:26 Because I've trained myself and I think we're training all of our human resources as well. Don't just take things at face value. And so the president did one of those things that I don't really understand and don't really like is where he proclaims it Labor Day! This has been going on for a hundred years, more than a hundred years. And so on WhiteHouse.gov, by the way he mentioned nothing about Labor Day in his presidential address which I will talk about later because he does a callback to one of our previous shows before the recess for the shills in Washington. But a presidential proclamation! In the last several years we have pulled our country back from the brink through a series of tough economic decisions. While we have come far, great challenges still face us.

02:10 Many Americans are still struggling and many are unemployed. My administration is working tirelessly each day from Martha's Vineyard to promote policies that get Americans back to work. Blah blah blah blah blah. Now therefore I, Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do proclaim September 5th, 2011 as Labor Day. I call upon all public officials and people of the United States to observe this day. So of course that's... why does he do that? I mean, I don't understand. Isn't that, isn't there a calendar and it's like an official calendar and everyone knows that this is Labor Day, the first Monday in September? And if he doesn't do that, does it mean we have to work this day? Phew, thanks Barack. I'm happy you did that. So I go in and I figure where's the best place to go and find out about Labor Day?

02:58 The Book of Knowledge. No, before I consulted the Book of Knowledge, I went to the United States Department of Labor. That seemed to be like the place to be. And there's the history of Labor Day. More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers. And then they go into this controversy about Peter J. Maguire, who was the brotherhood of carpenters and joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor. And he was the first to suggest a day to honor those, quote, who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold. But then there was some other guy who, it's almost like the invention of podcasting,

03:40 But then I went to do the obvious. Nothing could be further from the truth. While yes indeed on September 5th in 19 in 1882 the Central Labor Union of New York Started this observance. It did not become a federal holiday until 1894 and this happened six days after the Pullman strike Do you know the history of this John if I found this fascinating? I know about the Pullman strike and by the way 1890 1893 was a massive depression which should be should be mentioned. Yeah, should be mirrored in about a year and a half. So in 1893 was the massive depression. It was a massive depression and the Pullman coach company who made coaches for trains

04:35 lowered the wages of the slaves. By the way, did you know that that Pullman, those cars that they made were actually leased? and maintained by Pullman employees at all times and so the people that were in the cars that were helping you fluff your pillow were all Pullman people? No, I didn't know that. The whole thing was leased. You would lease a bunch of Pullman cars and you'd drive them around and then you'd have to pay. It's just like software. It was like a software scam. And there was a little license you had to read before you got on. Like, read this and... So anyway, so the

05:12 the good people of Pullman, and it was a union at the time, they went nuts. And they said, screw it. You're going to screw us? Then why don't... and this is, you know, no more pillow fluffing for you. And they went on strike. And this was a big deal because they actually got the engineers of other corporations to refuse to pull Pullman coaches. And President Grover Cleveland sent in the troops. and I think there was a I think like 30 people were killed as he sent in the first the marshals and then he sent minimally minimally yeah well this is a lot of work you know it beat the death by scabs they died later yeah that should yeah that too so Grover Cleveland was freaking out and

06:02 And so they introduced this bill real quick, so of course they resolved everything, like, oh we can't have this, and we need to calm the slaves down. So we introduced the idea of a day off on Monday, and this thing passed through the house in six days, that's how desperate the situation was, and that is the true genesis of labor day that is the first time it was nationally recognized not this eighteen eighty two bull crap to the department of labor is talking about and this whatever this proclamation the president gives us this is actually it's a celebration of the uprising of the workers against the government trying to beat their brains in

06:43 And I think we... It's like Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, kind of the same thing. However, we don't... it's crazy how these things are just like kind of swept under the rug. I mean, we should really be celebrating our brethren who stood up to the man and instead we're like, uh, isn't that new Homeland show coming on HBO? We should be revolting. Well, I'll tell you our donations to this show are revolting. Yeah, really. Sorry, it took a while to get that game out. All right. Anyway, I might as well just get right into the, since we're talking about unions, get right into the president's address. I mean, normally when it's a day of labor and all this stuff, the president actually comes out and says, hey, you know,

CHAPTER 03 / 36 Discussion

FAA Reauthorization Act, National Mediation Board, Union Organizing

President Obama's weekly address focused on the urgent need for Congress to renew the transportation bill to prevent funding for roads and bridges from expiring. The legislative stalemate centers on Section 903 of the FAA Reauthorization Act, which involves changes to the National Mediation Board's rules for union organizing. The administration seeks to allow unions to organize with a simple majority of votes cast, a move supported by AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka but opposed by those favoring the previous standard.

barack obama· rich trumka· faa reauthorization act· national mediation board· railway labor act· unions

07:40 Let's, oh wait a minute, we're not working. Maybe that's why he didn't say anything about it. So instead his address focused on something we've talked about in the previous episodes of this program. At the end of September, if Congress doesn't act, funding for our roads and bridges will expire. This would put a stop to highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems, and other important projects that keep our country moving quickly and safely. and it would affect thousands of construction workers and their families who depend on the jobs created by these projects to make ends meet. Now usually renewing this transportation bill is a no-brainer. In fact Congress has renewed it seven times over the last two years. So this of course is once again about this transportation bill. We predicted it that they just kind of kicked it down the road because they were all on vacation. They didn't want to deal with it. Wait, wait, wait, he said no-brainer. It's a no-brainer. It's a no-brainer. Hey!

08:33 It's a no-brainer. It's the biggest no-brainer in the history of mankind. Yeah, it's a no-brainer. We've done it seven times in two years. What kind of bill needs to be... Why is this? Why does the bill need to be extended seven times in two years? Clearly because there's something wrong with it. And even though we've done this and the links in the show notes, once again I just want you to understand this is about section 903 of the FAA Reauthorization Act. This is only about a change that has been proposed probably seven times I haven't tracked it back that far and the change is to see when President Obama came in he changed the National Mediation Board this has to do with the unions and He first of all he he put two of his shills on so there's two of his shills and then one like independent guy and

09:22 and the National Mediation Board changed the Railway Labor Act, this is how far back this thing goes, to allow a union to organize workers with only a majority of the votes cast. Because it used to be if you didn't show up then your vote was against. And they changed it and said well if you don't show up then you have no vote. So therefore you can have like 20 guys saying yeah I'm in let's do this And then you have a union, but of course the unions are a little different than back when the slaves revolted. And they've been going back and forth on this for as far as I can, two years as far as I can track, so I guess it's been in there every single time they went to reauthorize it. And here we are again, and he doesn't want this to be thrown out because then he loses for Rich Trumka, the guy, the douchebag who's sitting there in the Oval Office, a gangster.

10:16 And they want this because of course the unions are very powerful, they take all the union dues and they elect the president with it. So it's the same thing and we're back to it, right? It's the same thing all over again. I'm tired of it. So what's your point? That our president is disingenuous. Oh no, well wait a second, let me get the red book out. Disingenuous. Yeah, but it's a no-brainer. It's a no-brainer man. Hey, it's a no-brainer. Just sign this thing. Come on, Rich Trumka says it's a no-brainer. Sign it. Get on with it already. So anyway, so that's out. That's Labor Day. That's what we're all about. You know the people who are starting to understand it? The Israelis.

CHAPTER 04 / 36 Discussion

Israel Social Justice Protests, Cost of Living Crisis

Nearly half a million people participated in protests across Israel to demonstrate against the rising cost of food and housing. The demonstrations included a diverse coalition of Jewish and Arab citizens demanding economic reforms. The scale of the unrest is contrasted with the lack of similar mass mobilization in the United States.

israel· tel aviv· social justice· cost of living· protests

11:03 This is good stuff that's going on. Of course you won't... And that's so poorly covered, it's pathetic. It's not covered at all! There's so much uncovered news this week. Yeah, so there's over close to half a million people protesting in Israel and these are... and by the way it's not just Jews, it's Jews, Arabs, they're all like, hey, you've taken all our money in taxes, we can't afford food, we can't afford housing, we're not taking it anymore. How come we're not doing that here? What is the difference? We have Snooki. She is kind of hot. We have Jersey Shore. Is that really it? Do you really think that's what's doing it? Yeah. Could be. I'm just like, wow. That's so unbelievable. And also our news media is covering the Nothing to See Here moments. This week is a classic.

CHAPTER 05 / 36 Discussion

CIA Libya Documents, Moussa Koussa, Steve Signature

Documents discovered in the Tripoli office of former Libyan intelligence chief Moussa Koussa suggest a close relationship between the CIA, MI6, and the Gaddafi regime. One specific letter, signed simply as "Steve," allegedly confirms the CIA rendered terrorism suspects to Libya for questioning between 2002 and 2004. While media outlets describe these as "alleged" documents, they indicate deep intelligence cooperation during the Bush administration.

cia· mi6· libya· moussa koussa· human rights watch· new york times

12:01 and uh... namely the cia story all my goodness the yet yeah this is that musha musha musha who shall move to move into whatever that guy's name is so uh... i have a uh... couple of slips about it dead for anyone out there this was triggered it did started pretty much with the new york times uh... on on on saturday i think is really what made the thing fly uh... missy was my new york times and it's a big pile of yes there jc if you're listening to get the new yorkers on the steps and getting some orange juice while you're at it and that the other steps so anyway the front of the the fold on the saturday times they brought out this uh... fact that did that they found some some

12:55 some paperwork in Mushi Dushi's office and now we're getting, unfortunately we got email I really feel that I'm very disappointed in many of our listeners who sent us this note saying look Adam was my favorite one look Adam was right Qaddafi's working for the CIA And I'm ready I go wait first of all you never said Gaddafi was working for the CIA to begin well I said it's crazy that all of their graffiti and all of their documents in the Inside the special HQ are all in English right which is dubious But it didn't but that to just extrapolate that to your claim that he's working for the CIA and then to say that he is working for the CIA based on these news stories even worse

13:37 is worse. of the head of the defense intelligence agency and an ex-deputy CIA director and anyone who works in government, especially agencies like that, know that the deputy is the guy who really runs things. And the CIA director is just some front man that the president appoints. Was this one of your clips? Because I can find it on search.nashownotes.com. It's one of my clips and it probably says DIA maybe in the... CIA or DIA?

14:13 Well either DIA or CIA, I don't know. But anyway, I'll just summarize. The DIA guy goes on, somebody asked a point blank question about how cooperative they are with other spy agencies and said, look, we, anybody that wants to work with us, we work with them for a lot of reasons. One, it saves us money, they can do some work for us and we can do some work for them as long as it's not, you know, this is very much, I like to describe it as like Intel and AMD sharing patents. it's not unusual to for this to go on. Lawrence Wright was... So it's not unusual for the CIA to have contacts with other intelligence agencies including during the Cold War with the Russians. I mean this is just the way they do it. They don't exchange anything that they you know that they they're told to do they just they're circumspect about what they exchange in so far as information but they do it all the time. So it's no stunning shocker especially since we've always been

15:02 with you know friends supposedly with Qaddafi ever since the Lockerbie bombing. So it's no stunning shocker that there's some CIA connection to the to the Libyan CIA or whatever they call themselves. And so people get all worked up and the fact that the New York Times would run this above the fold to me is an indication that this was a story that was meant because the CIA is telling the New York Times what to do. It's just a nothing to see here thing and the fact that people bought it hook line and sinker is all these other good news stories were going on was Disgusting but to me it was kind of weird that no one made the immediate connection That this is about Musa Musa. This is the first guy to defect from Libya went to the UK It was like he was a double agent. He just like you know it's like oh, man It's getting all the bombs are gonna start coming in the drones are flying. I'm defecting him. He just went home. Oh

15:55 It's unbelievable. We talked about the Moosa Moosa, the first guy to defect, high level dude. He leaves all these documents behind, which and many of them, by the way, the one I referred to specifically in a couple of emails was this one, I think I hope I have the clip. I think I do. Let's see what clips we have. The one which is signed Steve. There's a show it on the BBC. They say oh, this just looks like a note from the CIA signed Steve And there's this big signature says Steve. It's where to got looks just like a cartoonist signature Steve Steve signed off on this whoever the fuck Steve is where's the you have a clip for this Steve? I think I got the Steve clip. I see it. I'm missing it. It would be clips

16:44 Steve. This is bad, I don't see any Steve. Bad acting Bahrain, let's see CNN, Shiraq, WikiLeaks in Syria, it might be, oh that's a good one, that WikiLeaks one. Douchebag, look a fire corpse. Try the CNN report on CIA alleged documents. Okay, I hope this is Steve in this. Well, the British government has said they don't comment on intelligence matters and the CIA has declined to comment specifically on these alleged documents. However, a spokeswoman for the CIA did point out that all of this cooperation, that it's normal for

17:45 the CIA to cooperate with other countries in the effort to protect American citizens around the world. That seems to be the rationale. Okay, so there's the other one. It says bullcrap, nothing to see here, CIA and Libya start. But before you play that, Let me mention something they said on the CNN. They said it was an alleged document. Now what does that mean? Alleged is used... He's holding it right there. You're holding it and it's alleged. How do you have an alleged document if you're holding it? It's a document. It's not an alleged document. They don't know how to use the word alleged, these people. I am the alleged Adam Curry speaking to the alleged John C. Dvorak. Should we play the alleged clip? Play the bullcrap clip.

18:29 Human Rights Watch says this letter signed with the name Steve is from the CIA. The recipient was Moussa Koussa, head of the Libyan intelligence service under Gaddafi. The documents were found in Koussa's office. They include hundreds of letters from the British MI6 with information about the Gaddafi regime's opponents. The documents also reveal the CIA rendered terrorism suspects to Libya for questioning. So this is just further confirmation and quite embarrassing to both the CIA and MI6 to have their very cozy relationship with Moussa Koussa, a man who has a lot of blood on his hands out there in public.

CHAPTER 06 / 36 Discussion

Host Banter, Whistling for Attention

A brief personal aside occurs when one host whistles to get the attention of someone in his house, prompting a comparison of communication methods in their respective homes. The exchange touches on the use of intercoms versus physical signaling in large residences.

john c. dvorak· adam curry· parenting· intercom

19:16 So, I want to meet, who is, I want to meet Steve. I want to meet Steve. There's a couple of things going on here. One, of course, these are all alleged documents between 2002-2004 which squarely is meant to blame anything on the Bush regime along with the renditions and all of this. And I think you'll see this pop up. There will be some official response saying, well, you know, that was those douchebags They did all that bad stuff. You know, we came in, we saved the day because clearly Cheney and Bush were in cahoots. I think that's a part of it. Yeah, yeah, that's a good point. And of course this was all meant to cover up what was really going on in Paris, which was really under-reported. It was very hard for me to find any clips, video whatsoever on the 46 nations... What are you doing?

20:11 What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm getting JC to go get the papers that are on the steps down below. I thought you were whistling to the dog. I whistle to get attention. Wait a minute, you put your kids on a leash and you whistle at them? It's a big house, I gotta whistle to get attention. I don't have an intercom like your place. Intercom! Attention, attention, attention JC! Attention, attention JC! A big house, eh? You don't say? Just you and your swing. Anyway, so very very difficult. I had to resort to a lot of the UK media.

CHAPTER 07 / 36 Discussion

BBC Libya Coverage, Martyr Square, Gaddafi Radio Address

Analysis of BBC reporting from Tripoli suggests the use of staged sets and propaganda techniques to portray the fall of the Gaddafi regime. Reporter Ben Brown broadcast from a largely empty Martyr Square (formerly Green Square), which appeared to be outfitted with professional lighting trusses. Additionally, the BBC's use of a "kooky" voiceover for Gaddafi's radio address is criticized as a tactic to discredit the fugitive leader.

bbc· tripoli· martyr square· muammar gaddafi· propaganda· ben brown

20:52 Do you mind if I just slip into this now or do you want to continue more on the bullcrap Steve stuff? On the bullcrap? On the bullcrap Steve stuff. No, I think we should just make it clear to people that this is, that they were being distracted and this is not an uncommon situation and if we're going to blame the CIA for stuff, let's don't do it for bullcrap like this because no one's going to pick up on it. Congress knows how it works. No one's going to investigate anything. There's nothing to investigate. It's a phony story. So the BBC of course has a lot of work to do because the main benefactors of the spoils of Libya will of course be Gitmo Nation East and Gitmo Nation Stinky Cheese.

21:31 And there's all kinds of video of Sarkozy and Cameron like back slapping each other. But the BBC is on full-blown propaganda alert. So this is amazing to me. Have you noticed this too? The BBC, you're right, they have turned up the propaganda numbers. They've pinned the needle. I've got some media deconstruction here. Now you cannot see, of course, what is going on in this clip, but they cut to the report, they cut to the guy on what is now known as Martyr Square. It's been renamed apparently, they changed all the street signs, it used to be Green Square. Now the thing is empty.

22:10 It's 11 o'clock in the morning. It's completely, I mean there's not a single person, which makes no sense to me, because I still believe it's the movie set in Doha where this guy is standing. And it is filled with light trusses, huge floodlights, I mean they've built a virtual set And this guy is going to talk some bullcrap, which is all propaganda. And then the kicker comes when they bring in Gaddafi's rebellious speech radio address and how they handle that. So first let's listen to the propaganda from the empty studio set.

22:46 Hello, Libya's National Transitional Council says most of the country is now secure and safe. Just a matter of time, they say, before Colonel Gaddafi is apprehended or killed. By the way, that's also new. Used to be no-fly zone, now it's kill or capture. for Gaddafi. He's like, oh, okay. Yeah, when did they turn him into Bin Laden? After a message from the fugitive Gaddafi that he's ready to fight a long guerrilla war. He'd rather turn Libya into hell than surrender. By the way, I believe Gaddafi actually did say that. Libya's new leadership have promised a swift transition to democracy. Let's go live now to Tripoli and speak to the BBC's Ben Brown.

23:23 Hello Ben. Yes, hello, welcome from Tripoli. We're in Martyr Square or just overlooking Martyr Square right by the old town in Tripoli. This used to be Green Square under the Gaddafi regime but now it's been reclaimed by the anti-Gaddafi opposition and renamed Martyr Square. It's empty now but in the next couple of hours it's going to be absolutely packed. When we have all the extras come in we just haven't gotten all of their details yet. They're late. I mean I mean, how can the square, is there any square, is Union Square ever empty in San Francisco? Well, there's a park in the middle of it, so it's always got people, yeah. But what square in the world do you know that is empty? And seriously, looking at this guy, it's like he's getting ready for the Lady Gaga concert.

24:10 Yes, well soon there'll be millions of fans packed in here in Martyr Square. We've got all the light trusses, everything's set up, we're good to go. But right now it's empty, because it's empty. Because they're going to have Friday prayers here at the end of the festival of Eid, marking the end of Ramadan, the very holy festival of Eid, which is the first time that people in Tripoli have been able to celebrate Eid freely since the fall of the dictatorship, the dictatorship of 42 years. Now here's another thing that they're doing. So they do b-roll of course and you see people with Libyan flags. Why is the b-roll all of people with the old Libyan flag and not the new Libyan flag? Have you noticed this? No, no I didn't notice that. The new Libyan flag is just green, is a full green with the Libyan thing in the middle.

25:04 very much like the old Libyan flag. No, I'm pretty sure that the new one is just the green. No, I thought the new one was the black and green and red or whatever. Now I may be confused. I'll have to consult the book of knowledge. I'll consult. Yeah, please. Well, Gaddafi himself issued a couple of broadcasts yesterday warning of a long guerrilla war of resistance saying that his supporters should get ready to fight the occupation he said we will burn the ground under their feet. So Now, when you're putting a report together and they actually play a little bit of the audio in the background of Gaddafi, they can't lie because of course someone will be able to understand the Libyan dialect of Arabic and will call them on it. So what do you do in this case if you want to totally discredit the guy and make him sound like a kooky nutball? You do the voice like this. Libya will not surrender.

25:57 and we will not be colonized. We will fight them wherever they are and burn the earth under their feet. Resistance is growing in Tropoli. and it will be liberated inch by inch. I mean, you could easily have like a guy with a British accent read it. I mean, anyone could have... I could have done this. Yeah, you bring a comic actor in. It's like, we will burn it inch by inch. I tell you, I am horrible dictator. It's like that is such horrible reporting to do that. You could do a translation, okay. Alright, so it's crazy. So then we got the talking points of the talking heads.

CHAPTER 08 / 36 Discussion

UK Libya Policy, David Cameron, William Hague, Asset Unfreezing

British leaders David Cameron and William Hague, along with opposition leader Ed Miliband, emphasized the need to support Libya's National Transitional Council by unfreezing billions in state assets. Prime Minister Cameron claimed the revolution was won by Libyans alone, downplaying the decisive role of NATO airstrikes. Foreign Secretary Hague discussed potential "boots on the ground" for specialized missions like landmine clearance and policing.

david cameron· william hague· ed miliband· libya· nato· national transitional council

26:37 This, and of course, this just killed me. So first we have, what's his name, Miliband. Total nerd dweeb. What is Miliband's job over there in the UK? I forget. I don't know, isn't he the voice for the opposition? Yeah, well it's funny because he has the same talking points as the Foreign Secretary Haig. So here's Miliband's talking points. This is an important moment, first of all, to recognize the National Transitional Council and the role they will be playing in taking Libya forward. And we've got to be led by them in this. It's very important that the Libyan people determine their own future. What we need is order restored on the streets of Libya, but we also need to provide assistance to that National Transitional Council. For example, unfreezing the assets that they have so that they can get the money flowing in from oil that is possible for Libya. So I think today is a good day, an important day to mark new leadership in Libya, new leadership

27:36 leadership that we wanted to see and let's also remember the role that British service personnel have played in enforcing that no-fly zone, protecting civilians and making possible that transition that we want to see from if you like a popular revolt in Libya to stable democratic government for the future. Okay so the talking points are this is a great day, good job, we need to help them, we need to help them with stuff like money and you know that we stole and uh... and let's not forget that we deserve part of the spoils of all that because you hate we we were there don't forget we were there so here comes haig secretary of the uh... the foreign office i believe is his title we're working now on a on a new u n security council resolution which will mandate a u n mission in libya uh... as appropriate and as appropriate a u n mission boots on the ground to be agreed of course with the libyans uh... and which will

28:33 provide the process for the unfreezing of the tens of billions of dollars assets which the Gaddafi regime had amassed. Those should be used for the benefit of the people of Libya. But there's also other help that we can provide expertise for instance in policing, clearance of landmines, certain items of medical supplies. These are things we're engaged in So that sounds like a takeover to me. Sounds like the UK boots are going on the ground. Land mines in the picture. It's bull crap. It's just like throwing a lady die with b-roll or something. Land mines, ever clearing out of land mines or the stupid slaves bias. That's what that was a callback to. Totally. Now here comes the best. This is Cameron.

29:20 I mean, I've heard this, I think this will be an evergreen. I've heard lies before, but this one just boggled my mind. One of the reasons why Tripoli is getting itself back together again in relatively good order, and of course there'll be difficult days, is because it wasn't a foreign force that knocked over Qaddafi's regime, the Libyans did it themselves. They didn't do it to them, they did it. Wait a minute, wait a minute, it wasn't a foreign force? It was just a bunch of bomb the crap out of him and let these boneheads with their stupid guns on the back of pickup trucks fire into the air. Give me a break. How unbelievable is that? Does the UK public buy this crap? I guess so. And that's their prime minister. Well, it was not a foreign force. Yes, it was. It was NATO. It was Americans. It was

30:10 British, it was French, there were a number of other countries bombing thousands of bombs which we never saw on television. We only saw rebels shooting randomly. There was no foreign force. Alright, now I have a message for Lucifer Hillary Clinton. And then I'll get off this topic, because it's just more of the same every week. It's just too funny for me. It's my entertainment. It's the Libyan shore. Who's Snooki in the Libyan shore? We haven't cast her yet. So Clinton comes out, Hillary Lucifer, and she does a whole very boring speech, same old blah blah blah. And then she gets an interesting question from Nicole, who has not announced herself as Nicole, but Hillary knows her as Nicole.

CHAPTER 09 / 36 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bombing

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed outrage in Paris regarding the continued freedom of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in Libya. However, her claims of wanting to locate him are contrasted with a CNN report by Nick Robertson, who easily found and filmed a frail Megrahi at his villa in Tripoli. The discrepancy suggests a lack of genuine effort by the State Department to secure the prisoner despite public rhetoric.

hillary clinton· abdelbaset al-megrahi· lockerbie· cnn· nick robertson· syracuse university

29:20 I mean, I've heard this, I think this will be an evergreen. I've heard lies before, but this one just boggled my mind. One of the reasons why Tripoli is getting itself back together again in relatively good order, and of course there'll be difficult days, is because it wasn't a foreign force that knocked over Qaddafi's regime, the Libyans did it themselves. They didn't do it to them, they did it. Wait a minute, wait a minute, it wasn't a foreign force? It was just a bunch of bomb the crap out of him and let these boneheads with their stupid guns on the back of pickup trucks fire into the air. Give me a break. How unbelievable is that? Does the UK public buy this crap? I guess so. And that's their prime minister. Well, it was not a foreign force. Yes, it was. It was NATO. It was Americans. It was

30:10 British, it was French, there were a number of other countries bombing thousands of bombs which we never saw on television. We only saw rebels shooting randomly. There was no foreign force. Alright, now I have a message for Lucifer Hillary Clinton. And then I'll get off this topic, because it's just more of the same every week. It's just too funny for me. It's my entertainment. It's the Libyan shore. Who's Snooki in the Libyan shore? We haven't cast her yet. So Clinton comes out, Hillary Lucifer, and she does a whole very boring speech, same old blah blah blah. And then she gets an interesting question from Nicole, who has not announced herself as Nicole, but Hillary knows her as Nicole.

31:00 Hi, Madam Secretary. There's a lot of anger on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. at large about Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the fact that he's still at large in Libya. We understand you brought the issue up with Libya's new leaders. Could you tell us what you asked of them and how they responded? Well, Nicole, first I want to underscore the fact that I share the anger. As you know, I represent New York for eight years. A lot of the

31:36 people who were killed came from either Syracuse University or nearby in upstate New York. And as I have said many times, the United States categorically disagrees with the decision that was made two years ago by the Scottish executive to release uh... al-mughrahi uh... and return him to libya we have never wavered from our disagreement and condemnation of that decision uh... he should be behind bars so hold on a second hillary do you have you watch cnn i mean just on thursday we had nick robertson abdul-bassett al-mughrahi's villain got in the market is in the middle of town at least six security cameras and floodlights i don't understand

32:23 If she's so outraged... So here's the deal. So they got this guy, McGrahe, who's a stooge anyway because he figured that out. By the way, I've come to the conclusion that the only way they could do this war to begin with is they finally captured the evidence that McGrahe and those guys were going to present to the World Court or whoever to get him off the finger of the real culprits for that Lockerbie thing. And once they captured that and put it aside, then now they can take care of the rest of these guys. So they have McGraw, we saw it last week, we talked about it on the last show that the guy's on a deathbed, if it's even him, but they got lights on him. So they know where he is. So this came after that? Hillary says we'd like to find him? Yes! No, there's no way, she just had to be before. No, no! You mean she's just blatantly lying? She's just saying he should be in jail, we're all over this. I think, yeah, because this Robertson thing was Wednesday, this speech of hers was Friday in Paris.

33:22 You're kidding! No! So all she has to do is call Nick Robertson, former satellite operator, now all of a sudden chief journalist of CNN. Remember he was knocking on the door and climbing over the wall. Oh I found him! It was very hard to find him here in the upmarket apartment complex. Why don't you just go in there Hillary with your clippy clout boots and go get him if you're so serious and so honest. Well that qualifies as clip of the day. I just felt well I love how she goes. I just can't believe the gall. But again, nobody's watching the store and they can say whatever they want and people lap it up, lap, lap, lap, lap, lap. And that's the end of it. I do have some analysis from a guy on Russia Today. By the way, the Russians are now on board. They now recognize the transitional national council. We did a deal. Well, I think it was the Exxon deal that did that, by the way.

CHAPTER 10 / 36 Discussion

World Bank Debt, Gold Dinar, UN Asset Release

An analysis on Russia Today posits that countries targeted for regime change, such as Libya, Iraq, and Venezuela, share the common trait of being free from World Bank and IMF debt. Muammar Gaddafi's plan to introduce a gold Dinar for oil transactions is cited as a primary trigger for the uprising. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the release of a "chunk" of frozen Libyan assets to the new leadership.

world bank· imf· gold dinar· libya· ban ki-moon· russia today

34:23 That flag is the right flag. The flag that Qaddafi used was just a solid field of green. And as you remember, he wrote that book called The Green Revolution. Yeah, yeah, you're right. I'm wrong. And this flag, the current flag, the National Transitional Council flag, which you saw, is essentially the old Kingdom of Libya flag from the 50s. Really? Yeah. So they still had a bunch laying around? Now they got flag makers in China are cheap. So listen to this guy from, he's an author, he's on Russia Today and I just kind of like the way he, hold on a second, is that the right one? Here it is. I just kind of like the way he wrapped it all up in a one minute sound bite. And let's just also recognize one remarkable piece of coincidence. All of the countries that are tagged by the mainstream media on behalf of the political elite

35:14 All of the countries tagged, such as Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, all have one thing in common, or had one thing in common, and that is they are free of debt from the World Bank. That they are not locked into the World Bank and the IMF, they have their own banks, they issue their own currency. And we also have to recognize the remarkable coincidence between Gaddafi's statement that he was going to start issuing gold Dinar, and demanding that his oil was purchased in gold and then the next thing we know of course then we have a popular uprising. Now this was brilliant, it was a brilliant strategy because when Tony Blair and George Bush announced in 2002 that they were planning to launch a regime change event on Iraq, millions of people hit the streets across the Western world. But this time, this time effectively the same has or is

36:11 in process in Libya as was said done in Iraq what would that be eight years ago 2003 and yet this time because if you like the scene was set through other popular uprisings Libya just seemed to be the next natural part of the process I love how he puts that together and remind me John I have an end of show clip of Louis Farrakhan citing from the book Confessions of an Economic Hitman Which is it's just it's he should do the whole audiobook I think With that voice. It's really really good the phony baloney voice. He should do it It would be a 49 hour book it takes him so long, but it is Slow talker, but he has to do it in the church with it with all of his his disciples because it's really really good and then Bunky Moon

37:02 He came out and said, yeah, we gotta give some money back. It's funny because the Euro news, the definition of this amount of money just kind of blew me away. I'll just play the first 10 seconds. The United Nations has agreed to release a chunk of Libya's frozen assets. What's a chunk? Chunk. Who reports like that? What kind of reporting is that? He's a chunk. He's a chunk of your change. What kind of reporting is that? A chunk. Is that really what journalism has come to? A chunk? Well, I did some... You come to your editor and say, well, here's my story on the United Nations giving back the cash. We've determined it's a chunk. Oh, that's very good. That's good work. Good work, Nelson. A chunk. It's crazy.

CHAPTER 11 / 36 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, Baron Von Pelsmacher, Neil Dudman

The show recognizes its top donors, including Baron Von Pelsmacher, who joined the 336 Club with a $336 donation and sent birthday wishes to Adam Curry. Neil Dudman from the Czech Republic is credited as an Associate Executive Producer for his $200 contribution. Dudman also promoted his wife's business, MowingWithEase.com, which sells traditional scythes.

baron von pelsmacher· neil dudman· mowingwithease.com· 336 club· donations

37:57 so what couple of nothing if the c here things that uh... or or things that you should be watching instead of this the that we did are completely not played up in fact i was looking at the time saturday times in the senate has a show discuss more detail after the break actually let's take a quick break to think or two executive producers yeah before i get into this uh... next topic that's a big a big break here well let's see if i can you know i i got i got some good p r stuff though so at least we'll have a laugh Okay, so we have two executive producers both them from outside the country because it turns out that it's a holiday unemployment day tomorrow in the United States and

38:36 And so no Americans seem to want to work during these periods and we've noticed this before in other shows and they disappear. So our two executive producers are both outside the country and this holiday is unbeknownst to them. Of course, number one on the list, a new member of the 336 Club for donating $336 is Baron Von Pelsmacher who saw the need to jump in but he also says he wants to wish you a happy birthday. With these words, Galukejverjada. Happy birthday, Adam. And Nogvela Luke Jaron. And many more happy years.

39:18 Hail the foots in addition. I'll just bet that if he adds up his age, and you should try this, huh? To your birthday tomorrow yesterday. Yes, my birthday was yesterday. Oh yesterday. Yeah, I'm sorry. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks for the email. Thanks for the call Thanks for the tweet John really appreciate it very nice of you. You're welcome and so he says it'll add up to $111. I don't know if that's true but it's possible. It turns out that I was born in 1964 so six and four that would be ten and then I added up to the age that I will be and that's 47 so that's 111. Yep.

39:57 Neil Dudman in the Czech Republic says finally donating after and he's donated $200 and he's a associate executive producer for today's show finally donating after listening for the last four months says no agenda has the best entertainment value of all podcasts I listen to please give some karma to my wife Vera the dude Manova for being the best in the world and to help her online business mowingwithease.com where she sells scythes. What's that? The thing that the Grim Reaper carries around? The Grim Reaper carries around? Cool! By the way, those things are amazing at cutting if they're sharp. Oh, I've once cut my finger on one just by feeling it.

40:48 Yeah, uh, anyway, he has a great online video in the Czech Republic and pick up a really sharp scythe and mow down the weeds and grass and when that's done, off with the heads of the douchebags. And he says, can John do all the pronunciations please? It is a feature. Signed Neil Dudman. MowingWithEase.com. Let me give the karma before we pass that by. You've got karma. Very nice. Thank you so much, Neil, and of course, Baron von Pelsmacher's...

41:26 I knew it could count on the Baron. It's very nice that Neil came in and I think we barely are sustained by our five dollar a month subscribers. Of course, it always comes in at the beginning of the month, so that is kind of a plus there. But anyway, these are official credits as you know, and you can take that to the bank and unlike the phonies in Hollywood, we'll always be happy to vouch for you. If you'd like to support this program, if you're listening and you think it's It's giving you some entertainment. Just consider what you spend on other entertainment. Consider giving up your cable bill, which is probably about $150 a month, and that's on the low side.

CHAPTER 12 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Meetups, Domain Forwards, Referrer Spoofing

The community has organized a listening meetup in Virginia, with resources available at noagendameetup.org. Listeners continue to register creative domain names that forward to the main show site, including oralsexlicence.com. Additionally, a new initiative called "No Agenda Everywhere" encourages users to use a browser plugin for HTTP referrer spoofing to increase the show's visibility in server logs.

noagendameetup.org· domain forwarding· referrer spoofing· gonzo markets· firefox

42:02 It could even be as high as $200 a month and donating a portion of that to the show so that we can continue to do this and not starve because I don't think I can get a job anywhere else. There are some cool things going on today in the world of PR for the program. There's a listening meetup today in Virginia, I believe hosted by the Pilgrims. Harry and Jennifer and I know the Baroness and the elusive Mr. Smith will be there and they do have a website for this. It's noagendameetup.org. You can organize your own meetup. They have suggestions on how to put it together. There's a calendar there. Let's see, meetup ideas, listen to the live stream, live streaming your own camera as audience feedback in your underwear I think would be good. Monitor with live IRC chat feed, food and drinks and conspiracy theory bingo.

42:54 is playing Illuminati or paranoia or whatever else you can think of and socializing with like-minded individuals. Very nice to see that happening and I think it's good because that's it's kind of like an Avon party where you get together you can bring someone new in and then they'll just feel too embarrassed to not go like what the hell is this all about and they're like oh yeah it's great and then you can get some money from them send it to us. Some other PR initiatives meaning websites that are forwarding to know agenda show calm just just trying to get by calm Thank you very much. Ken. That's a good one. I like that Of course someone had to go and do exactly what we needed genetically modified crack calm now pointing to no agenda show calm in honor of Al Sharpton slaves with no agenda calm as another brand new

43:44 Domain name that is pointing to the show and I think it was who was this Relax relaxin warky. It was a tweet that came in and uh... and the tweet was working the golf journey on a corporate golf course ten dollars worth of golf balls with a little no agenda i guess we did is he uh... he got a whole bunch of the golf balls for this tournament and wrote no agenda dot no agenda dot c a on them for a one of our canadian domains fording it's a nice picture of him so that's a that's pretty good actually You know, someone's out there playing a game and like... Well, you know, you can have golf balls custom printed. I think people, somebody should buy a bunch of them and give them out to all their buddies who are golfers. Yeah, that's good. But they don't fly straight. No, like, no agenda balls fly better than straight. They fly better than anything.

44:35 Gents, I was so struck by the British clip you played recently of the D-grade actor bemoaning the fact that the Merck vaccine Gardasil for HPV is not available to boys, only girls. I went out and I registered oralsexlicence.com. Perfect for you. That now forwards to noagendershow.com and we might be handing those out, these oral sex licenses. I think that's worth some money. It's okay baby, I have an oral sex license. I'm licensed to do this, don't worry. Sit back and enjoy. Not valid in Georgia. And 13 other states. And then finally, Gonzo Markets came up with a great new initiative. I think it's really good and you can help me out here, John. If you go to noagendaeverywhere.com

45:20 It is the HTTP refer spoofing PR initiative for noagendashow.com. So he has a on this he has a screencast, a whole video on how to do this. Essentially any website you go to will show that the place that that browser came from was noagendashow.com. And that would then show up in web logs, in actual the server logs, and he feels that it might actually help us get some attention for the program. I thought it was kind of an interesting idea. That's unusual, an unusual thought. This guy's obviously a coder or some programming type because no one in their right mind would come up with this idea. Correct.

46:02 and I like it. Yeah, noagendaeverywhere.com and I think it's good. Yeah, an HTTP refer spoofing app. Yeah, and you can load it right into, I guess, Firefox? a plug-in and then if you go to like Microsoft com they'll start seeing or any website you go to they'll start seeing no agenda show calm as the place you came from they'll be like wow this no agenda show must be something cool I mean they're saying they're referring all this stuff is interesting and it's sending traffic to me and then you know before you know it Steve Ballmer will be listening that's a possibility

CHAPTER 13 / 36 Discussion

Morocco Terrorism Warning, Global Phosphorus Reserves

A new travel warning for Morocco has been issued following reports of potential terrorism, leading to speculation that the country may be the next target of the Arab Spring. The strategic importance of Morocco is highlighted by its control over a vast majority of the world's phosphorus and phosphate reserves, a critical resource for global agriculture.

morocco· phosphorus· terrorism warning· arab spring· resource scarcity

46:41 Again, thank you very much to our executive producer and sole member of the 336 Club, Baron Staphen Pelsmachers, and our associate executive producer, Neil Dugman, very much for giving us the very much needed support. Of course, you can always go out and do something important like propagate the formula. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. New order. Okay, here we go. Shut up, slaves. Before you jump into something there, John, I do just want to say that there is another prediction for another country on the Arab Spring list. Of course, you've called Algeria. Nothing really has happened there, but they are on the radar. Morocco, I think. One of our producers pointed this out to me. Yeah, I'm not buying that one. Well, I did go in and I looked at what's going on with Morocco, and just in the past 12 hours,

47:44 uh... a travel advice warning has come out about morocco uh... warning uh... subjects of the gibbon nation east not to travel there because of uh... purported terrorism and uh... his entire thesis was that uh... ninety percent of the world's estimated phosphorus reserves are only found in five countries china south africa jordan united states and morocco and that phosphorus and phosphates are very important and desired resource. Your thoughts? Well, if China's already got it, they're not going to be... Well, if the China's got it, then we're not going to get it from the China. No, but we have it too. Phosphorus is available. Okay. I just don't see it. I'll look into it, but I thought of Morocco when I said Algeria,

48:36 And, you know, these countries are still not on the path to Persia. But the one that cracks me up, which I have the clip from, which I think was the reason that CIA story cropped up in the New York Times and elsewhere. was to cover up the... there's two things they wanted to cover up I believe. One is the real rollout of WikiLeaks, which nobody seems in the mainstream media wants to talk about. They just complain about it. Right. Which I got the biggest kick out of all these news organizations. This is terrible that these people released all these documents that we had a monopoly on. Yeah, let's just revisit that for one moment because people do need to understand That what wikiLeaks had done is they had made a deal with their partners does built New York Times the Guardian was there a third one in there. There's five actually this one in France one in Germany, right? That was to Spiegel. I'm not sure it could be Spiegel. I'm sorry. I could be Spiegel and The Times the Guardian to one other right and of course the whole idea was that then the these professional journalists professional licensed journalists

CHAPTER 14 / 36 Discussion

WikiLeaks Full Archive Release, Syrian Prison Riot

WikiLeaks released its full archive of 250,000 uncensored US diplomatic cables after mainstream media partners allegedly failed to publish the material in a timely manner. One cable details a 2008 riot at Syria's Saydnaya military prison, where inmates who were former Iraq War veterans reportedly tricked guards by swapping uniforms. The document claims Syrian forces accidentally shot their own cadets during the ensuing confusion on the prison roof.

wikileaks· julian assange· syria· saydnaya prison· al jazeera· state department

47:44 uh... a travel advice warning has come out about morocco uh... warning uh... subjects of the gibbon nation east not to travel there because of uh... purported terrorism and uh... his entire thesis was that uh... ninety percent of the world's estimated phosphorus reserves are only found in five countries china south africa jordan united states and morocco and that phosphorus and phosphates are very important and desired resource. Your thoughts? Well, if China's already got it, they're not going to be... Well, if the China's got it, then we're not going to get it from the China. No, but we have it too. Phosphorus is available. Okay. I just don't see it. I'll look into it, but I thought of Morocco when I said Algeria,

48:36 And, you know, these countries are still not on the path to Persia. But the one that cracks me up, which I have the clip from, which I think was the reason that CIA story cropped up in the New York Times and elsewhere. was to cover up the... there's two things they wanted to cover up I believe. One is the real rollout of WikiLeaks, which nobody seems in the mainstream media wants to talk about. They just complain about it. Right. Which I got the biggest kick out of all these news organizations. This is terrible that these people released all these documents that we had a monopoly on. Yeah, let's just revisit that for one moment because people do need to understand That what wikiLeaks had done is they had made a deal with their partners does built New York Times the Guardian was there a third one in there. There's five actually this one in France one in Germany, right? That was to Spiegel. I'm not sure it could be Spiegel. I'm sorry. I could be Spiegel and The Times the Guardian to one other right and of course the whole idea was that then the these professional journalists professional licensed journalists

49:38 They would wade through everything and find what is important for us to know, then they would check it with the State Department, make sure it's okay to release it, then they'd redact it, and then they'd print in the papers like some big news. It was a horrible intelligence psyop set up to begin with. Yeah, and they did that actually for about a week, and then they stopped. it was not so and meanwhile they're chasing the song all over the place and so he said screw it these guys are dropping the ball and so he just released all damn thing so he has hand on the red button we go red button and boom he pushed it down and food and now apparently release the more stuff yesterday or the day before and he still got the banker stuff that that's what's gonna get him killed but wasn't the banker stuff the stuff that was that was deleted

50:30 I think he still got the banker's stuff. Well, the story was it was deleted. Well, maybe that's a cover story. I'm not buying it. I mean either. I mean how hard is it to like make a copy? Everybody copies everything. There's probably 20 copies out there. Whatever the case is, the banker stuff is what's gonna get him in trouble because that's gonna really blow the lid off stuff that you've... So this latest release is just, you know, I don't see... it's mostly boring crap. But I do have two, there was one funny story, which was the Syrian story about the prisoners. Here's the intro to it under WikiLeaks1 in Syria.

51:11 More damning revelations are coming to light a day after the whistleblower website Wikileaks released its full archive of US diplomatic documents. More than 250,000 cables, much of it uncensored, were made available to the media. Well, among them was new information on riots that took place at Syria's infamous Saydnaya military prison in 2008. Amnesty International says 52 prisoners went missing and another 22 were killed after government forces went in to control the violence. Well at the time, the Syrian government said the prisoners were convicted terrorists and extremists, but WikiLeaks appears to tell a different story. Clayton Swisher, the head of Al Jazeera's transparency unit explains. Okay, my interest is piqued.

51:55 Oh, you don't know this story? No! It's actually more humorous than anything. By the way, Al Jazeera Transparency Unit, what the heck is that? We need that. So you watch the, by the way, you're gonna see the New York Times or the Washington Post have a chance. Hold on a second, hold on a second. Hi there, this is Adam Curry. I'm a member of the Al Jazeera Transparency Unit. Here to serve, ma'am. Okay, so we can hear this story's a little long but it and you have to listen to the details carefully because there's some humor in here that is just like an eye roller. It's kind of sick humor by the way. So people can close their ears if they don't want to hear sick humor. But this is actually what apparently what's happened and what was revealed in the WikiLeaks that it was never made public. This 2010 cable is aptly titled when the chickens come home to roost and you'll find out why right now.

52:41 The Syrian government approaches Islamist prisoners at the Syrian military prison. They say to them, we will release you, train you, provided you go and fight Americans in neighboring Iraq. Many of the prisoners obliged, off they go. Now this is according to the US government's sensitive reporting, human rights activists, three former prison inmates, a guard, credible testimony according to this cable when the prisoners came back they're now Iraq war veterans rather than give them any sort of freedom the Syrian government puts them right back in the cells that they had left obviously they were very unhappy about this this caused a series of disturbances in July of 2008 the result was the Syria

53:20 Syrian military surrounds the prison. They send in unarmed cadets, according to the cable, who are then overpowered. And the cable goes on in very descriptive language to talk about how the disgruntled prisoners overpower these cadets who had batons took their uniforms, put them on, dressed the cadets in prison garb, marched them up onto the roof of the prison. The Syrian military then shoots its own from the roof. Now, this led to a standoff. The prisoners were in charge of the prison from July until October 2008. They were trading military cadets in exchange for food.

53:58 And then in December 2008, the Syrians go in with overwhelming force, kill many people and still until now, as you mentioned, Human Rights and Amnesty International is demanding to find out what happened to all these prisoners who disappeared. Oh, do you think they're causing a ruckus? So there's just something, it's a movie scene. You grab the guys, dumb cadets come rolling in, they grab them, rip their clothes off, put them in prison uniforms, march them to the roof and then have their own guys shoot them. Unreal. Look we got them right here, shoot them, shoot them. Wow. Anyway, so that's the kind of amusing anecdotes that are the WikiLeaks have. I looked up, did you do a search for flying saucer?

CHAPTER 15 / 36 Discussion

IMF Leadership, Banking Fraud Knowledge, Christine Lagarde

Cables from 2007 reveal that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was aggressively lobbying for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to lead the IMF. The documents also suggest that top officials, including Christine Lagarde and US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, were aware of widespread banking fraud and subprime mortgage issues a full year before the 2008 financial collapse but chose to remain silent.

christine lagarde· dominique strauss-kahn· imf· nicolas sarkozy· banking fraud

54:39 No, I did. Gee, John, that's the one thing I didn't search. I searched for Dvorak, it showed up 3,500 times. Well, there's a lot of Dvoraks in the world. So yeah, I'm actually stunned. No, I look for something. Did you do a flying saucer? What did you come up with? There was one reference to flying saucers and it has to do with a cult that's in the Montreal area in Canada, in Quebec. And it was actually quite an interesting, some religious cult and they're calling for the flying saucers to land. It was really, it wasn't what I was hoping for. I looked up Lagarde and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. That's what I thought would might be interesting because these are cables that are pretty recent. And I came up with something from 2007 where there's a call between Paulson, Christine Lagarde and Sarkozy

55:30 And Sarkozy is really pushing in 2007 for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to become the top dog at the IMF, which I thought was interesting. So that kind of sets a... I think the shill in the room was probably Lagarde on this particular call. But in summary, this cable reveals that the top officials in France and the United States, being Paulson, Sarkozy and Lagarde, who at the time was the finance minister from France, knew, in 2007 now, knew that the banks were committing fraud. with all the subprime mortgage bullcrap packaging lying to investors and they basically agreed we're just going to keep quiet to try and figure it out. They knew it a full year before this thing blew up. I thought that was pretty interesting. Yeah, heaven forbid the public find out about that. So on the heels of this, John, comes this lawsuit which of course is not really being publicized but it seems that we, the American peoples

CHAPTER 16 / 36 Discussion

FHFA Bank Lawsuits, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is suing 17 major banks, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, for approximately $200 billion. The lawsuits allege the banks misrepresented the quality of mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The legal action follows the massive losses sustained by the government-sponsored enterprises during the housing market crash.

fhfa· fannie mae· freddie mac· goldman sachs· bank of america· jp morgan chase

56:35 are through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suing 17 big banks who of course pretty much were all complicit in the financial meltdown. And this includes Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, First Horizon National. I mean, and for like $200 billion. This is a big deal. Surprise is that low. That has been actually covered pretty... No, it's not on CNN. Yeah. I haven't seen it. I have. But it's like it's it's the public's eyes glaze over. Okay, how come Wells Fargo is not on this list by the way? That's what I thought was interesting. They're the biggest a-holes of the bunch. They may be the biggest a-holes but they may not be the biggest crooks.

CHAPTER 17 / 36 Discussion

Jacques Chirac Corruption Trial, Embezzlement Charges

Former French President Jacques Chirac is facing a corruption trial related to his tenure as the Mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995. His legal team has requested that he be allowed to skip the proceedings due to ill health. Chirac is accused of embezzlement and the misuse of public funds during his time in municipal office.

jacques chirac· paris· corruption· embezzlement· france

57:31 By the way, just a quick note, you may have, you know, remember to play the Chirac corruption trial, just a little piece of news to throw in kind of in the mix here because it's part of this. Oh, this is... French thing. Yeah, sure. I know what's going on here. Lawyers for the former French president, Jacques Chirac, says he's not fit to attend his corruption trial. They've asked the judge to begin hearings in the absence of their client. The 78-year-old is facing charges of embezzlement during his tenure as mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995. The trial, which starts on Monday, has been repeatedly postponed. Yeah, I'm too sick to come.

58:07 This is like, remember when Chirac was in, was the head of France and they said, well he can't be prosecuted for this corruption that everyone knows took place in Paris? Right. Well he's the head of France and once he gets out he's gonna get, you know, prosecuted so once he got out they put, this has been going on forever. This is so, the system doesn't work. No, he has a note from his doctor. I'm not feeling too well. I don't think I can come. No. Anyway, this is that this the whole behind-the-scenes thing which is why the WikiLeaks thing is so interesting is so rife with corruption That you know the WikiLeaks thing just you know blows it out And then what you get from the New York Times and the Guardian these great bastions of truth is they bitch about it Oh, this is not right. You're gonna. You're gonna people's life who had the core. Yeah, it was life's are gonna be at risk People may already be dead

CHAPTER 18 / 36 Discussion

Julian Assange Location, WikiLeaks Middleware Idea

Julian Assange is currently residing at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, England, while fighting extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The hosts discuss a technical proposal to create a "middleware" search engine for the WikiLeaks database that would filter results through a "No Agenda" lens. This proposed tool would automatically replace names with show-specific nicknames and insert humorous commentary into the cables.

julian assange· wikileaks· sweden· norfolk· bungay· middleware

59:06 They may already be killed because of this. It's like what? Who? Yeah, I don't think anyone has been killed that we know of. Well, but it does put Assange in a new light. Assange. Yeah, he's getting sick of something or other. He's getting tired. He's gonna start rolling stuff out that these guys don't want rolled out. And you know, make him the bad guy. It's fine, but I'm not buying it. Where do you think he's living now? Do we know? I know he was doing like Sock offs. Is he back in... no, he's not in Sweden? It's very easy, we just consult the book of knowledge. Please do. Consult the book of knowledge! Does the book of knowledge have any information on this? You know, the funny thing is about the book of knowledge, I've done this over the years,

59:55 You know, someone will get shot in the morning before the show starts and I look it up in the book of knowledge and it's in there immediately because there are people that dog certain pages. Right. Well, you can't add something yourself anymore, can you? Oh yeah you can, you can still add stuff. Oh really? I thought you had to be like an editor. The thing you have to realize is that when you add something to some page that's being dogged by an archivist, a guy who's just on it. Forget about it. He gets an RSS message immediately that a change has been made and he'll go in within seconds and so what you just swap it out or ban you. Yeah. If it's inaccurate or he'll just leave it there. But if it's inaccurate or if he thinks it's inaccurate, is it different? No, if he thinks it's inaccurate.

1:00:38 Alright, let's take a look at the book of knowledge and see Assange. He's in 2002. He's hearing his own high school. Okay, so he is in Sweden. He said the allegations are wrong. He was held. As far as I can tell, he's still in Sweden, but the case is on hold. The sex charges. So he's like out on bail or whatever they call it. It's weird because I thought he was 100% CIA asset and now I'm not so sure. Maybe he was, but he's got to be careful. That's for sure. But in general, all of these... Maybe he was at one time and they're not treating him with some deal that was made that they've reneged on and he said, okay, push the big red button.

1:01:34 The thing that I'm worried about is that, you know, this kind of legitimizes everything that's in there and we don't know if this is true. Yeah, I know. And also that it's possible with the assets that you have at a big agency that they grabbed the whole database and then massaged it and gave it back to them. That's my point. That's exactly what I'm saying. Yeah, no, this could be, half the stuff could be bull crap. We should, you know, so there's a couple of, you sent me a link to an online version of it. What was the... Yeah, there's a couple online versions of it with search engines. Well, I had an idea. What was the address again? It was... Here we go. You can find it at cablegatesearch.net. So I think... I'm sure we have a... We must have a Wikileaks domain, some form of Wikileaks domain that's pointing to noagendashow.com. I think we should grab the database and

1:02:23 We and should make it searchable, but then we do a couple things first. We do all the the no agenda BS filter replacements So everything shows up with Lucifer Clinton and all that stuff We should have that but then they just just you know like stir things up a bit change bogus memories Maybe we should write a few and just add them in there. Well I don't think it's a problem spidering the site and grabbing the database so I think someone could do that. It's probably even easier whenever someone enters a story we only have like 10 articles right and you and I you want to do it as a middle a middleware so you don't even have to get the

1:02:58 database. Yeah, exactly. You search the database but the middleware changes it. Not just that, but it changes it to like the 10 articles that we've written and then it just inserts your term. So if you're looking like for Gaddafi, it'll say, you know, Colonel Gaddafi was found in a brothel this afternoon. It'll just have all, just have that, it'll be hilarious. Yeah, and then brought to you by the fine folks at noagendershow.com. That could go viral. It would take some real work for some real sysadmins to put this together. But man, you guys do so much work anyway. Think of how fun that could be. I think it's a great idea. So it could be a... you don't even have to... you can just pass off the search string in the background to the existing database. You don't even have to set up a new database. Yeah, no, it's just all middleware. The database stays and the search engine stays on this site. We suck up stuff. We just put a different result. Just change the results. What can we do? What kind of good stories could we have?

1:03:58 uh... well it could be a lot of the but i like the brawl things that they there should be a lot of uh... buggery and uh... sex story scandals uh... crazy relationships that we don't get you would make no sense just you know it is pull something from the no agenda show notes every single time so uh... some to be done by the way he had and show notes should be some good occasion that day but could not he was reading the no agenda Website and it was gonna kill himself, but he didn't you know after Qaddafi received a chilling report from the no agenda show.com producers Okay, so so a song is actually in Elfingham Hall in Norfolk England as we speak in a country house I told you that he wasn't in Sweden. He's near the town of Bungay. He's doing Gigs

CHAPTER 19 / 36 Discussion

UN Peacekeeper Misconduct, Haiti and Ivory Coast

United Nations peacekeepers face serious allegations of sexual misconduct in Haiti and the Ivory Coast. In Haiti, a mobile phone video reportedly shows Uruguayan soldiers assaulting an 18-year-old man. In the Ivory Coast, peacekeepers are accused of enticing underage girls to exchange sex for food, highlighting a recurring pattern of abuse by UN personnel.

united nations· haiti· ivory coast· sexual abuse· peacekeepers

1:04:55 I think he's doing speeches. Yeah, well apparently she's in England. So here's a good one. So here's a wiki, I'm sure you saw this one. United Nations peacekeepers in the Ivory Coast, that's Cote d'Ivoire to you and I, enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food. Now that's a big deal. Oh, it's not worth covering. Here's another one, UN rapist, I got the clip, play it. Oh, sorry, caught me off guard. Here we go. A teenage boy is accusing United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti of rape. Mobile phone video which is said to show the attack has been presented to the UN. Soldiers from Uruguay are accused of assaulting the 18-year-old in Port Salou in July. The UN's investigating whether the video, apparently shot on its military base, is authentic.

CHAPTER 20 / 36 Discussion

FBI Small Aircraft Terror Warning, Linguistic Errors

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a five-page bulletin warning of potential Al-Qaeda interest in using small aircraft for attacks ahead of the 10th anniversary of September 11. Media coverage of the warning is noted for the repetitive use of the non-standard plural "aircrafts" by news anchors. Officials state there is no specific threat, but suggest operatives may seek flight training.

fbi· homeland security· terrorism· aviation· 9/11 anniversary

1:05:50 Hmm so didn't we have it wasn't some action in Africa before that UN troops are just these horrible people and they do this shit because they think they can get away with it with because they wear the blue helmet or whatever right this is just this is the future blue-helmeted rape rapists you know running things brought to you by Viagra yeah yeah that's that's I'm I'm dismayed But luckily we have something very important and dangerous happening here at home John a new terror warning is out tonight as we near the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks a five-page bulletin from the FBI and the Homeland Security Department warns to watch out for small aircrafts it describes al-qaeda's continued interest in attacking the aviation sector now There's a couple things with this report the first of all really I mean, please but she keeps saying aircrafts

1:06:48 Which... Aircraft. But isn't... isn't it... Isn't it just aircraft, no S? It would be aircraft. Because aircraft also is plural. Yeah, it is plural by saying aircraft, but you don't... Yeah, I have a bunch of aircraft here. Yeah, but she keeps saying aircrafts. Well, who is she's an idiot. What did you get this? I think CNN a new terror warning listen to it as we know the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks I guess she's probably reading verbatim from the FBI report That's why a five-page bulletin from the FBI and the Homeland Security Department warns to watch out for small aircrafts It describes al-qaeda's continued interest in attacking the aviation sector It says operatives may try to get training on small aircrafts no specific threats

1:07:35 was issued. Many events are planned throughout Western Washington ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. She even says aircrafts. She says it twice. Aircrafts. But doesn't even put a T in there. Aircrafts. Aircrafts. Aircrafts. It's probably on the prompter that way. I'm telling you, it's A-I-R-C-R-A-F-S. Aircrafts. She's probably got the Al Sharpton prompter. I got my aircrafts! Anyway, be very afraid everybody of the aircrafts aircrafts gonna hurt you so you want to take bets on what's gonna happen on September 11th No, because we both would say nothing. Yeah, you're right. It's yeah, no There let's see there is some other weird stuff going on the UN and I've been trying to follow this ever since uncle Don said

CHAPTER 21 / 36 Discussion

UN Palestinian Statehood Vote, Durban III Conference

The United Nations is preparing for a potential vote to recognize Palestinian statehood, a move the US intends to veto to avoid domestic political fallout. Tensions are also rising regarding the "Durban III" anti-racism conference and a UN report on the 2010 Turkish flotilla incident. The report reportedly found Israel's naval blockade of Gaza to be legal, though it criticized the use of "excessive force" by commandos.

united nations· palestine· israel· durban iii· ban ki-moon· turkey

1:08:35 sick of tired of this stupid israel i don't get it which to me was a quite a big statement coming from him uh... i've been paying attention so there's two things happening one is this uh... on september twenty seventh uh... it's durban three that have you know do you know what this is about this during the day and he there seems to me as a was bailing out yeah because if i understand correctly durban or durban three is uh... a celebration of the Durbin Declaration and Program of Action which essentially, if I understand, and this was from the 1980s I think, maybe even earlier than that, the Durbin Declaration said there's only one racist country in the world and that's Israel.

1:09:25 That's pretty much it, yeah. It's an anti-racist convention that basically are Jew haters. Yeah, what is up with that? Yeah, I know that's why most countries don't go to it except Jew hating countries. But then the, which I think is a lot, and then the UN comes out with this report about the flotilla attack on the Turkish flotilla and it's like are they trying to hand something over? I mean I can't quite, not that I need to figure out the United Nations but it's kind of weird, listen to this. John, presumably Israel feels vindicated about this, that there was no violation of international law but will they apologize?

1:10:09 Well, all the suggestions are that they won't. There's been nothing official from the Israeli government since this report was leaked. But I think you're right. There's probably some reason for satisfaction within the Israeli government. I think that will be the line that is pushed when they do speak. Because as you say, according to this report, their blockade is legal and they were right to act in self-defense having been violently provoked. On the other hand of course it doesn't say much for the state of Israel-Turkey relations and when you have as Barbara was suggesting there the prospects of Turkey pushing for criminal proceedings against some of the Israeli Navy commandos

1:10:51 uh... on board and you've got this report saying that these really is did act with excessive force then i think it's a fairly rocky road ahead in terms of those relations the only thing i could come up with is that this is somehow a setup for a a turkish false flag against israel so i think that's could be a week turkeys becoming a pain and we gotta do some about it i'm not gonna disagree with the theory turkey is becoming a pain and uh... they're also uh... I don't know. That's a good question. I don't know. I haven't... I have... I actually saw that exact same report. I didn't clip it, because I'm still... I've been essentially ignoring the situation. Well, this is... Because it's played up on Democracy Now!, like it's the biggest news thing going. Right. Well, this is what I don't understand. What is all this stuff about Israel? Why is it always such a big deal? I mean, yeah, there's lots of countries that have crap going on. I've never understood that. Please help me.

1:11:56 Well, there's not much to understand. They have this bunch of people, the Palestinians, who essentially abandoned Israel so the Arabs could come in and kill all the Jews in 67 or whenever it was. And the Jews fought, you know, the Israelis actually fought them back, beat beat them back as it were and then reclaim their territory and then the Palestinians came back saying hey we want our we want I gotta move back into my house and it's became a issue ever since it's like they just and it's not true with all of them but there's enough Arab oriented Saudi oriented you know there's a bunch of Jew haters in the Middle East

1:12:38 And they want Israel out. They think it shouldn't be there as a country. The whole thing is it's been goes back to World War II. I get that. Before then. I get that, but why is it always so much in the news? Because there's a bunch of... because there's a bunch of Jew haters in this country who are palest... and I'm gonna get a note for this. Oh yeah, that's why I'm dragging it out of you. This is hilarious. There's a bunch of Jew haters in this country, including a lot of Jews themselves I might add, who who keep bringing this topic up, but it's all part of an anti-semitic agenda as far as I'm concerned and it's always usually left-wingers. They support the Palestinian cause, whatever that is, it has never been fully expressed, and it's just troublemakers, I mean on a different level, and I don't know how many of them listen to our show, but I know the Democracy Now! audience is probably 90% of these people. But you still can't answer my question.

1:13:34 Why is it always in the news? Yeah, why is it such a big deal all the time? I mean there's lots of stuff going on in the world. I don't know. I mean we've got the... Like I said, I ignore it. Right. Let them take care of it themselves. I mean it's like, it's regional. It's a regional issue. Well I do know that the stuff is heating up because we have the UN that is going to recognize the Palestinian Authority. and well that's dubious yeah I'm just saying the Palestinian Authority this is like recognizing California let's forget about that screw California I shouldn't recognize them at all they're gonna recognize the Palestinian Authority as a country and they're gonna welcome them to the UN so they're gonna be sitting on one of the of course the UN who cares what they do at the UN but you know they do have they do get some attention

1:14:25 That Bunky Moon guy is always all over the place. Yeah, yeah. Now he's over in Australia hanging out with that crazy woman. Oh really? Well, it's all the evil elites. And I hate to say it because I know Uncle Don likes Bunky Moon and I feel bad. He likes Bunky Moon? Well, apparently Aunt Meg likes him. He's like a nice guy. Well, sure he's a nice guy. Oh, I'm sure he is too. With a name like Bunky. How can you go wrong? Hey, Bunky, throw the ball, man! Bunky, batter up, Bunky! Yeah. Okay. Well, thanks for kind of not explaining that. I didn't, because I can't explain it. Why? Okay. I'm not the book of knowledge. Look it up on the Wikipedia. You'll get the explanation. Before we get into our donation segment for today, I wanted to make a suggestion to all of our listeners.

CHAPTER 22 / 36 Discussion

Rolf Dobeli, Healthy News Diet, Media Toxicity

Author Rolf Dobeli's 2010 essay "Avoid News: Towards a Healthy News Diet" argues that constant news consumption is toxic to the human body. Dobeli claims that sensationalist headlines trigger the limbic system and release cortisol, leading to chronic stress and impaired immunity. The essay further asserts that the modern news cycle is largely a product of the PR industry and lacks the rigorous fact-checking once associated with legacy publications like The New Yorker.

rolf dobeli· news diet· cortisol· limbic system· pr industry· fact-checking

1:15:25 And actually I wrote a blog post about this. There's a paper that came out by a guy named Rolf Dobeli and it was written in 2010. I only just received a copy of it. It's called Avoid News Towards a Healthy News Diet. And it's, what is this, it's like 10 pages, yeah 11 pages. It's a PDF. Now I've actually done something for you. I've gone and I've highlighted Parts of this PDF that I thought were kind of relevant and when you read this It really helps you understand why people appreciate the No Agenda Show. And his thesis essentially is, news is really not good for you. It makes you dumb. The actual news like headlines and the stuff that is passed off as news, where really learning something and understanding the history of something takes a very long time, lots of analysis. And I kind of realized that that's a lot of what we do. We are on topics for years sometimes.

1:16:23 And we don't know what we're talking about, but we just kind of prod along and plot along until we finally... Yeah, we deconstruct, deconstruct, deconstruct and try to analyze and try to look for codes and look for information, secret information. And we tried to look at the obvious bull crap. I mean, something that's just a lie that's so apparent, like the Hillary Clinton thing you did earlier in the show. It's just, for some reason, people are not identifying these things quickly. They have been so stupefied by the media. So this is even more reason to support the No Agenda Show and turn off your television. Number four in his list, news is toxic to your body. I'll cite here, news constantly triggers the limbic system. Panicky stories spur the release of cascades of cortisol, which is glucoroticoid.

1:17:16 This deregulates your immune system and inhibits the release of growth hormones. In other words, your body finds itself in a state of chronic stress. High cortisol levels cause impaired digestion, lack of growth, cell, hair, and bone, nervousness, and susceptibility to infections. News consumers risk impairing their physical health. The other potential side effects of news include fear, aggression, tunnel vision and desensitization. So, but she's, you know, she's obviously... Now there was a study done some years ago that this guy, I probably didn't cite or maybe he did. Somebody did a study of TV network news and found that people who, the more you watched of it, the more you were likely to be depressed. That's kind of what he's saying with that one...

1:18:16 One paragraph though, this is designed to keep you watching so you get advertising. Yes It's not designed for to really inform you it's designed to scare the crap out of you So you keep you and next the three things that will kill you that are in your coffee right after this yes stay tuned And then this one the two dangers in your house. You don't know about right after this don't go away I Uh, this one I like. Why do you tease stuff like that? I mean, what is, you know, that's the only reason is to get people to watch commercials because what would be if something so important that it's going to kill you, why do you make somebody watch a commercial before you tell them? From the number 12 responsible from number 12 on the list, stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers or the owners of the media.

1:19:04 And each media outlet has a tendency to report what everyone else is reporting and to avoid stories that will offend anyone. The public relations industry is as large as the news reporting industry. The best proof that journalists and news organizations can be manipulated or at least influenced or swayed. Corporations, interest groups and other organizations would not expend such huge sums on PR if it didn't work. Duh! And then the classic retainer for a for a mid-sized corporation in Silicon Valley for a PR company that doesn't do anything is $30,000 a month. We paid $10,000 a month. Yeah, but then you see what you got nothing. I'm sorry. I was mid-coffee. Don't do that to me. That's good. Anyone here heard of Mevio? Raise your hand. That's what 10 grand a month gets you.

1:19:57 Now let's try 30, see what happens. Damn it, I knew something was wrong with the business plan. If only we had hired you sooner, John. And just to wrap this up, do you remember fact checkers? Yeah, yeah, they used to have them. Those days are long over. The last fact checker I ran into was probably around 1995. So apparently New Yorker magazine was legendary for its fact-checking. The story goes that when an article mentioned the Empire State Building, someone from the fact-checking department would go outside and visually verify that in fact the building was still standing. Have you ever heard that?

1:20:40 That's a urban myth. It's bullcrap, but it's funny. Yeah, we know it's bullcrap because New Yorker published that Schmidl article about the Bin Laden raid. They've gone way, way off the reservation with that. So anyway, I guess the entire point is check this out. It's in the show notes at 336.nashownotes.com. It's a good read. Now don't take everything as truth in this, but consider what you're doing with your own news consumption and what really is news and what you should be consuming and if you need to consume anything at all except for this very program. 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.

CHAPTER 23 / 36 Discussion

Listener Donations, Birthday Shoutouts, Karma Requests

A lengthy segment honors various donors, including Michael Miller, Damien Tame, and Greg Bilan. Several listeners contributed specifically to celebrate Adam Curry's 47th birthday. The hosts grant "karma" and "de-douching" requests for family members, including a 33rd birthday shoutout for Anastasia Treckles and a 54th for her father, Robert.

donations· perth· tustin· michigan· delaware· birthdays

1:21:23 And we'll have the funniest clip of the week right after this! Three things that could kill you. Edward Sheets in Brewerton, New York is not one of them. He gave us 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Second 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Stay loud and proud. He says Sir Michael Miller came in from Tiburon, California with $111 with a happy birthday Adam. Oh, how nice. Happy birthday Adam. Happy birthday Adam. Damien Tame in Perth, Western Australia. Which is a place I've always wanted to visit. You've been there. I've been to Perth. It's very green. Yeah, I always get that impression. That's the thing that gets me about Perth. I just imagine it being desert. No, no, no. You have to go through the desert to get there. But it's really, it's lush and green. It's fantastic. I just don't get that. I gotta go. My donation of $100 is to simply say thanks for the two of you not being douchebags.

1:22:21 Well, I don't know about that. It may not be entirely true. If further donations are needed to keep you both from becoming feminine hygiene products, please let me know. Adios, mofos, says Damien. We do. We need a lot more donations. A lot more. I'm Greg Bilan, and Tustin, California is back again with 99.99. Last night while we were driving back home listening to the latest show, we heard our three-year-old kid chanting the Dvorak.org slash NA theme. Play it. I got it here. It was time to donate. Please send a dedouche plus a MILF combo to my wife Maya who took in humor my rant about her complaining that I spend her money on you. Okay, so this is gonna be a quadruple shot because I'm gonna do the first lineup of dedouching, karma and MILF and then we've got a special edition. You've been dedouched. You've got karma. That's one mother I'd like to f***.

1:23:26 And here's his three-year-old doing the MILF jingle. Oh, hold on. Yeah, that's, you know, that would make anybody. Child Protective Services is going to knock on someone's door eventually. Luckily, he just goes by the name Grebulon. He says, Noah Jenta is the best podcast in the world. Dame Tanya from New York, New York, Dame Tanya Wayman. From Dame Tanya sending a birthday shout out to Mr. Adam Curry. Don't worry about the 47 or 50. You meet my man, in my opinion, older is better. All the best for many more happy healthy years since you sent $69. Oh yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah, Dame Tanya. I met her. I hugged her.

1:24:15 It was well worth it. She hugged back. Robert Trekels in Interlochen, Michigan. In the morning, John Natum, I'm making my first donation in the amount of $57.78 to reflect the birth year of myself and my daughter who turned me on to the show. Isn't that interesting? That's interesting. I'm requesting a birthday shout out to my daughter Anastasia and me too, interestingly enough it's Anastasia's 33rd birthday and equally interesting as well we were both born on the same day February 5th exactly 21 years and 33 minutes apart I thought you might find this to be a fun thing so please wish my wonderful daughter a very happy birthday and tell her I love her a lot please also send her a bunch of karma let me hit that for you right now you've got karma

1:25:00 And he needs some karma too, a self-employed office equipment service tech and de-douching is an argument. You've been de-douched. You've got karma. All right, that's Bob Treckles. Brian Kissel in Gilderland, New York. We had double nickels on the dime. Karma to Ron Paul for 2012. Yeah, here you go, Dr. Ron. Go, run, run, run! You've got karma. Sir Howard Hill, Akron, Ohio. If double nickels on the dime, I'd like to ask for some karma for my brother Brian and his family. It's been a rough summer for them and they can use it? You've got karma.

1:25:42 Joseph Gass in Wilmington, Delaware. Double nickels on the dime. Shout out to be positive.org providing financial and emotional support for families of children with cancer and cancer research. I hate the cancer. Be positive.org check that out. Vivian Hingsberg in Burlington, Ontario. Double nickels on the dime. Hello gentlemen. I'm a five dollar a month subscriber. uh... but my annual birthday present to myself is a throw a little extra your way so she's got a lot of sponsor to a donor that's very nice thank you so here you go thanks for the best podcast ever vivian female this or number two in burlington ontario canada p s happy birthday adam and hers is the next day yeah i got an interesting got on the list that's today yeah correct he's on the list anesthesia trackles highland indiana we have another trackles

1:26:31 5433 this 5433 donation commemorates three things one of course your awesome show most of my news comes from you guys now and you have taught me how to question everything good My wonderful dad's birthday is on September 5th, Labor Day, Unemployment Day, and I'd love to give him a happy birthday shout out. My magic number is 33. Birthday is on this very same day since I work in public relations and my dad owns his business. And this again is outputbusiness.com. And they both need some karma. Thanks for the shout out. You've got karma. So does it seem like they they both donated them? I don't know but Stacy yeah, they congratulated each other. Yeah, nice It looks like so families get into this. This is I like that. That's very nice a family thing And then we have Scott Hankel in Sutherland, California 5333 Andrew Haverson Christopher Lawton crafty man eight and odd also and that's it and

1:27:30 and mention the people then go to no agenda show calm and check the box that says donations go to the work that org slash na or channel devorek comm slash na if you can't get to the other website and also no agenda nation calm which has some mugs and t-shirts and miscellaneous things but also has a donation page that goes straight to us and of course all of our five dollar a month supporters eleven dollar eleven cents those are all that's a very important actually

1:28:10 That is what carried us over because we get all the monthly donations in at the beginning of the month, but otherwise it would have been quite sad. Regardless of that, we are very, very proud to be associated with those of you who are producers and helping us out here, living a life of just getting by and of our poverty. In addition to that, Let me program your brain. Devorek.org slash N A. You know it works on the three year olds. Unfortunately they don't control the purse yet. Take the money out of your mom's purse. It's your birthday, birthday. Go to the PayPal.

1:28:48 Okay, Robert Trickle's, uh, he is 54 and his daughter Anastasia is 33 today. Both born, uh, actually is, uh, let's say September 5th. Interesting. So they'll be tomorrow that is. Vivian Hinsberg, her birthday is today. Anastasia Treckles, of course she turns it around and says happy birthday to Dad Robert. It's his 54th, tomorrow on the 5th. And Sir Michael Miller, Dame Tanya Wyman and Baron Von Pelzmachers were all very kind to congratulate me with my 47th birthday. Kind of a non-event but thank you very much, I appreciate it.

CHAPTER 24 / 36 Discussion

Personal Anecdotes, Hot Peppers, Uggs vs Crocs

Adam Curry recounts his birthday celebration involving Mexican pinatas and an unfortunate encounter with extremely hot peppers. The hosts engage in a lighthearted debate over footwear, specifically Ugg boots versus Crocs. The segment concludes with the "knighting" of long-time supporter David Koss, who is elevated to the No Agenda Roundtable.

birthdays· pinatas· peppers· uggs· crocs· david koss

1:29:27 It was actually quite nice. The kids came by and cooked for me. For my birthday. What kids? My daughter and her boyfriend, Juan. He made... Porn? Is his name porn? His name is porn. His name was Juan! Porn. Although, unfortunately, from now on his name will be porn. Hey, Porn, how you doing? He listens to the show. Okay, man. I'm feeling pretty good today, man. Porn. No, it's nice. It really was there and then they did a whole Mexican theme with pinatas. What is the deal with pinatas? It's very violent the violent Mexican way Trying to understand why do you like try to mess up a donkey with a stick?

1:30:21 I don't know and then miss Mickey gave me the gift that keeps on giving she gave me a Pot full of pepper plants in what pot she gave you pot Pot full of pepper plants Oh filled with a variety of peppers, which I know that's nice. Yeah, it's great Oh, and I'm like, you know, I'm like big guy like oh, I'll just eat this 5,000 lumen one here Don't worry about that. Watch me pop it in my mouth You did that? It's probably a Thai pepper. Yeah, no, the Thai pepper is not even that hot. It's the little ones, the little itty bitty ones. The little bitty bitty ones are the Thai peppers. No, the Thai peppers are the kind of long pointy ones that are tiny. They're short pointy ones. These are like little buds. Yeah, that's a Thai pepper. I think it's called something else. Don't make me go outside and look. Trust me, it's not what you call it. It's hot. Advertising. But it's not as hot as the little round scotch bonnets. That's what I'm talking about, the little round thingies. Not scotch bonnet. You don't put those in your mouth. You gotta be nuts. Yeah, well, I've learned this.

1:31:22 This is not a good idea. And, and Miss Mickey tricked me yesterday. She took me out for lunch. Oh, I thought it was something to do with the popcorn. The oysters. No, she took me out for lunch and then once I saw we were going to lunch I knew that I was in for it. She got me a new pair of Uggs. New pair of what? Uggs. Uggs. Yeah, Uggs. I live in my Uggs, you know that. So the old Uggs are now officially retired. Aren't those the shoes with fur around them or something? Yeah. You actually walk around in public wearing those? Sometimes. Wow. You got more guts than I do. Oh, excuse me, Mr. Crocs.

1:32:09 You kidding me? Those Crocs, that's the thing that takes guts to wear. I don't have Crocs, those are Speedos. Yeah, it's the upmarket Croc, whatever. It's horrible and you wear them with grey wool socks. I'm gonna get out my case about my Uggs, man. Stop that. Get your blade out. Get my Uggs off. We've got a nighting today. A good guy, big supporter of the show, a real friend and he has been donating for a long time and finally made it which proves that you too can do it so David Koss, stick out your finger and kneel as we hereby proudly pronounce thee Sir David Koss, Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable I believe he's a Black Knight as well Please sir, enjoy your helping of hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay and booze and hot pants The ring is on its way to you

CHAPTER 25 / 36 Discussion

Sunday Times Analysis, Al-Qaeda Spelling Code

John C. Dvorak analyzes the Sunday edition of the New York Times, noting a shift in the spelling of "Al-Qaeda" (previously "Qaeda") as a potential internal code. The lead story focuses on US efforts to persuade Palestinians to stall their UN statehood vote to avoid a diplomatic crisis. Dvorak suggests that the precise placement of stories in the Times serves as a roadmap for the upcoming week's mainstream media coverage.

new york times· sunday times· al-qaeda· susan rice· palestine· media codes

1:33:01 Dave Cost. You know this is cool. I like it when guys, he took a long time. Years. He's been doing like $5 a month, I think $11.11 and then he, didn't he just finish it off with like a $200 donation? It's great. I really appreciate that Dave. That's very cool man. Very very awesome. We're into the second half of the show and of course I do have some second half of the show stuff but it is a Sunday show and that means... John's gonna hum the Sunday Times.

1:33:48 uh... jones gala on saturday that was it by the way about it so the stories you want to look at on the times for the codes are the upper right hand corner stories in the case of the saturday papers is your job growth story in the case of the sunday paper which is something we already discussed slightly on the show which is another words this is the key story for news outlets are all be picking it up so this week will be the week for US is appealing to Palestinians to stall UN vote. Right, this is about... To avoid a veto. Oh. Because the US is going to veto that if it happens, but they don't want to, so they're going to try to say, look, don't embarrass us. Is that Susan Rice then who calls that veto? She would be the one, yeah. She would say she'd veto in the... See, the thing is, I don't think she actually is on board with that.

1:34:42 No, she probably not, but I think that the powers that be are, they don't want this to, this is going to cause nothing, but see here's the deal, you got a 2012 election coming up, you're not going to let the Palestinians have a seat at the UN because Obama's going to lose a huge portion of the American Jewish voter. who's going to start questioning his every action and they can't let you whatever Susan Rice thinks or even what Obama thinks. They're not gonna let this happen. Okay. And that story is in the keys. That's the key position on the Sunday Times for the stories that will be covered by everyone else. Now there's another piece of code here that

1:35:17 that I'm, I don't know what it means, I'm just saying we've observed this before and now I'm going to point out again. Let me read you the headline on the story below the fold and you tell me what's weird about it. Soldier, thinker, hunter, spy, drawing a bead on Al Qaeda. It's soldier, thinker, hunter, spy, I've got some bird poop in my eye. Sounds like a kiddies riddle. No. When in the last months or so, did the New York Times ever use the term Al-Qaeda instead of Qaeda? Oh no, it's only Qaeda. This one says Al-Qaeda. Hmm. So I have to assume that that means, I don't know what it means. It means something. It means something because they use Qaeda, Qaeda, Qaeda, Qaeda, Qaeda and now they use Al-Qaeda. Now let me say, point out something, I've written for the New York Times. I've done a couple pieces for them and I've

1:36:17 over the years and I think some online, I think I did an online piece too but when you write anything for the New York Times it's the most painful experience you've ever had and the writers are all used to the ones that work there all the time. You go to an editor and the editor basically looks up every word and every placement to make sure that it's kosher and they do a database check. There's nothing that goes on in the New York Times that isn't carefully orchestrated by the editors. So when they go from Al-Qaeda to Al-Qaeda, that's a big deal, right? It's a big deal and the question is, I don't know why, but I'm going to definitely keep an eye on that. I bet you, John, there's someone inside the Times organization who listens to this show. I mean, we have people inside the Pentagon, so why not inside the New York Times?

1:37:03 I'm sure that the Hummer, Hummer is not listening. I don't think it's Hummer. She's not listening, I can guarantee it. No. But there is someone inside the New York Times organization who can give us the rules on CAIDA slash Al-Qaeda so at least we can use it appropriately on our program. I don't think they're gonna know. I mean what why they... Well the editors will know. The editors will know. But I'll bet you there's something in this story that's code for something that would, you know, I'll read the story over and see if I can extract it but that's Basically the New York Times I love by the way how how you said to see if any word is kosher and immediately someone in the chat room says up more anti-semitism on no agenda Douchebag yeah, exactly. Thank God man. Do you spank? Who was that all right? Who was that so that's my report, and I'm sticking to it. That's your entire report. Oh my goodness Well

CHAPTER 26 / 36 Discussion

Alaska Earthquake, Canary Islands Tsunami Threat

Following a 7.0 earthquake in Alaska, attention turns to increased seismic activity at El Hierro in the Canary Islands. Geologists have long warned that a shelf collapse at Cumbre Vieja could trigger a massive tsunami impacting the US East Coast. Recent reports indicate that seismic detection equipment was stolen in Tenerife, while West Virginia officials conducted exercises for large-scale coastal displacement.

alaska· canary islands· el hierro· tsunami· homeland security· earthquakes

1:38:05 Do you want funny or crackpot first? Which one do you want? Well if you're gonna do funny, I got, let me start my with my funny. No, what do you mean? I don't do like the Sunday times. You do the Sunday times, I do second half of the show, kick off with... I'm not gonna do funny. I got funny. I don't want funny. Okay, you give me what you got and then I'll go to funny. Okay, a couple of things. First of all, on the last program I talked about the government worker in Alaska who was getting the hell out because of possible atmospheric weirdness going on. I don't want to say too much but the next day there's like a 7.0 earthquake in Alaska.

1:38:46 Okay, so that's one. Well, there's nothing unusual about that before an earthquake. There's always a lot of piezoelectric activity that creates atmospheric weirdness. Yeah, but the guy got out because he was told to get out. He was told to get out? Yeah, I told you the government surely went to Colorado. You don't even remember the last show. I do remember, but I don't remember being told to get out. Yes, he was told to get out. All right, well, anyway. Okay, somebody knew something. El Hierro. This is the thing that's a little bit disturbing. Now, this is a long-standing, I don't want to say it's a conspiracy, but people have always talked about this big chunk of the Canary Islands breaking off and that that could then create a hundred foot tsunami and essentially swamp the east coast of the United States. You've heard this, I'm sure. Yes, I have. I've heard it a number of times and they keep

1:39:37 threatening us with it. Well, what's interesting is that this did actually apparently happen 50,000 years ago. I'm sure the New York Times reported on it at the time. But there is increased earthquake activity. 4,200 minor earthquakes at El Golfo El Hierro and the Canary Islands in the past five weeks alone. This was enough for the Civil Protection Emergency Volcanic Risk Committee to meet on the 22nd of July, the 29th of July and they've met several times in August now. So this is, and you know, let's face it, we had to have some weird earthquakes recently. Add to that, I'm not quite sure how this happened or what the deal is, but apparently 35,000 euros worth of

1:40:31 seismic detection equipment was stolen in Tenerife that is measuring some of these Cumbre Viejo volcanic activity which I just it's just one of those little it's not a big deal which is like one of those little irritating things like really so it's all heating up and then all sudden someone steals this thing add to that the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security exercise of huge displacement of persons from the East Coast to West Virginia. Ah, this is where this stems from. I'm thinking, well, there could be something to it. Now... I'm putting you down for a prediction. Okay. Unfortunately, unfortunately,

CHAPTER 27 / 36 Discussion

Directed Energy Weapons, Tesla Domes, 9/11 Theories

The hosts discuss unconventional theories regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center, referencing Dr. Judy Wood's research into directed energy or "scalar" weapons. They speculate on the existence of "Tesla Domes" for defense and note the presence of Hurricane Erin off the New York coast on September 11, 2001. The discussion suggests that these technologies may be used in an ongoing covert conflict between global powers.

judy wood· scalar weapons· tesla dome· 9/11· hurricane erin· weather modification

1:41:16 I'm pretty convinced that this is not at all natural occurrence. I'm not even going to take you to the harp place and what turned me on to this now, you know, we have September 11th the big 10th anniversary coming up. Yay 10th anniversary. Let's go serve serve.gov everybody And I have stayed away from 9-11 stuff. I'm a member of pilots for 9-11truth.org because I know that the data that was given was false and probably corrupted. from the black boxes. Regardless of all that, I've stayed away because you know that stuff can suck you in so deep and essentially I become a blithering idiot and I just become crazy. And a lot of people have this. You got to be very careful with this 9-11 stuff because of course the lies were so big.

1:42:04 And I went back and I went to look at my favorite website of Dr. Judy Wood, drjudywood.com. And unfortunately a lot of the YouTube videos that she had on that site have all been removed because the account has been terminated or you know take down from multiple violations of copyright. And so I start looking into again what I still believe, who is almost irrelevant but what Took down the towers on 9-11. I'm still thinking that this was a directed energy weapon ie a scalar attack scale SCA LAR weapon and These scalar weapons as we know there's all there is definite conversation within the government about the use of weapons that can change weather and and cause earthquakes so this bubble over China

1:43:00 that thing was stop it man the that bubble over china that we have the video of that weird bubble that everyone was laughing oh that's me you know what that is that's a tesla dome because the chinese we are absolutely at war with the chinese and we are causing earthquakes on each other's turf and the Tesla Dome, if you Google Tesla Dome you'll see that that is exactly what that bubble looked like. So you have the scalar weapons which literally can just fry stuff, turn it into dust and you have the domes which can protect you against that and unfortunately I think the slaves are going to be the victim of all of this and we can look forward to probably some kind of event

1:43:50 happening. I think this Canary Islands thing, I think it just really may happen. It will be a perfect place for it to happen because it goes and then it will probably take a day or two before the tsunami hit the East Coast of the United States. Yeah, there's a lot of good news coverage, a lot of ads to be sold. Hell yeah, and you can get everyone off to West Virginia. And you can move, you have plenty of time to move the entire city of Manhattan. And guess what? Guess what? It won't wipe out the city. It'll get wet and everything and stuff will be ruined and it'll suck. But people, everyone can get out. It's gonna be an advertising bonanza. What do you think?

1:44:27 Well, I mean if anything happens to that Canary Islands, that phenomenon that has been described in great detail, and I guess geologists have proven that if this shelf, it's a shelf, collapses into the ocean, it will lift a 100 foot high wave that will travel across the entire Pacific or Atlantic Ocean which will cause a suckback that'll be remarkable by the way. It can run out and grab all kinds of shells and stuff. Hey John, look at this shell! This is awesome! I mean you can find a couple mobsters and probably some bodies. You should be in a chopper because you're going to have to get up out of the air into the air real fast. With my shells. I got my shells, let's take off. Yeah. And shoot up and then this thing, this hundred footer comes.

1:45:18 barreling in which will take out all the Atlantic City will be gone. I don't take it out. No, no. See this is where I disagree. I think that they've probably done the calculations. And it will be a tsunami, but it won't be like devastating like buildings. Well, it's not gonna be like the movies Oh, it has to be if it's if it hits Atlantic City some of these coastal big towns right on the coast There's there's no chance that they're gonna I mean, yeah, the cement buildings will be there But it's gonna wipe out all those structures that wouldn't should and by the way Atlantic City needs that Yeah, totally if you ever been there as places a hell, it's a crap hole anyway to prove my theory

CHAPTER 28 / 36 Discussion

Domino's Moon Pizzeria, WTC 7 Discussion

Domino's Pizza Japan announced a serious proposal to build the first pizzeria on the moon to serve future lunar astronauts. The hosts use this "galactic" advertising stunt as a transition back to the unresolved questions surrounding the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. They emphasize that the physical disappearance of the buildings remains a central mystery of the 9/11 attacks.

domino's pizza· moon· japan· world trade center 7· advertising

1:45:56 And to prove that the advertising is on its way, and this all of course has to do with the scalar weapons wars and with the moon bases, here's our first advertiser. An announcement made today by the Japanese arm of Domino's Pizza boldly declared their intention of building the Milky Way's first pizzeria on the moon. Tomohide Matsunaga, a spokesman from the company, told the London Daily Telegraph that because they anticipate a large population of astronauts living and working on the moon in the very near future, they started to seriously consider the project last year and have come to the point where they are now deciding on when the galactic pizza parlor may actually see the light side of the moon. There you go! Domino's Pizza on the Moon.

1:46:37 You call me crazy. We'll see you in our lifetime. It's it's they're just gonna back it into like man everyone's on to us You know, it's like we're if the pizza would be any better made in a low-gravity environment. I doubt it I think it'll be the same but if they throw it up and they can't be throwing it up in the air You can't toss it cuz they're like it would go away. It sticks to the ceiling Anyway, I didn't hear you protest too much about my hmm My earthquake theory there. What earthquake theory? The Canary Islands. I did, I was playing the music.

1:47:14 Okay. Links in the show notes. I put it down in the book. I mean, there's always going to be an earthquake here and there and the Canary Islands are overdue for a quake. I don't know where that shelf's going to fall like they planned. I mean, there's one that can happen in Lake Tahoe that'll just swamp the whole other side and then the North Shore will swamp the South Shore. But you know, we'll see. But it's okay. You know, your connection to the West Virginia activity is kind of unique. I have to give you 10 points for coming up with it. Well, you tell me what it's for then. I mean, I really wouldn't know otherwise. I don't know. And by the way... I have no idea what it's for. And by the way, when you're looking at Dr. Judy Wood's website, make sure you look at Hurricane... it was Helen, I think?

1:48:01 Was it Helen? I don't know. On 9-11 itself. There's pictures. There's pictures of Filomena. Oh, the hurricane that was out in the middle of nowhere during 9-11. Yeah. Out in the middle of nowhere right off the New York coastline. Yeah. And then it got diverted. I know you brought this up before. And also have a look at the cars like miles away that were flipped over and burned out. The only thing I'm going to say about that whole thing is, like you said, I think it's stupid to get into that discussion, but World Trade Center 7 still needs an explanation. I wish I had the jingle. I'll do it. WTC7 won't go away. I don't know where it is. I don't know where it is. It's like, because I told you I kind of deleted everything from my cash because you know you can't have a relationship with someone if you're into the whole... if you just stay on the World Trade Center stuff you'll crap your pants. And again it's not about

CHAPTER 29 / 36 Discussion

Bad Acting, Jesse Ventura, Zorro Clip

A humorous clip from a low-budget television production features Jesse Ventura in an early acting role. The hosts mock the poor dialogue and production values of the scene, which involves a dramatic revelation about a character's parentage.

jesse ventura· zorro· acting· television history

1:48:58 Who did it? It's about what happened. Like where did where did those buildings actually go? All right, so Are you done? Yeah, I'm done. I got a couple of things here. First of all, let's change the topic by playing a little humor I found it there used to be a series that the Disney folks put on called Zorro and then there was a cheap version that came out a few years later and I think this may have been One of Jesse Ventura's early acting jobs, if not his first. And this clip is called Bad Acting with Jesse Ventura and you can see how compelling this show was. It was obviously cancelled quickly. I never had much school and sure wish I could read. My mama wrote this. She was dying. It says my father was a hero, that he would stand up to any man. And that he was killed by a pirate they called Big Jim Jarrett.

1:49:53 Your mother told you that? Was her name... Bonafathia? How did you know that? I knew your mother. It's a lie! She hated pirates! That's why she ran away. And she took my boy with her. A little boy she named... Peppy. My name is not Jared. Your mother changed your name. So that you wouldn't grow up and be like me. At what point am I gonna love this? I'm waiting for this, this is a minute of my life I'll never get back. Here's my favorite line. He says your name Pepe and the kid says my name is not Jared. That kid couldn't even, this is a cheap production, they couldn't even stop it and say hey kid you got the wrong line there.

CHAPTER 30 / 36 Discussion

The McLaughlin Group, TSA Effectiveness Ratings

The McLaughlin Group on PBS is criticized for its members giving the TSA high effectiveness ratings despite the agency's failure to stop the "shoe bomber" or "underwear bomber." The hosts use a clip from The Simpsons to illustrate the "specious reasoning" that the absence of attacks proves the TSA's success. Panelists like Eleanor Clift are singled out for giving the agency scores as high as 9.2 out of 10.

the mclaughlin group· pbs· tsa· the simpsons· eleanor clift· security

1:50:48 Why do you why do you hurt me with this? Okay, well let's go let's go to something a little more interesting. So I have This is the most amazing douchebaggery I've ever seen and it just I lost all Respect why I'd never had that much to begin with for the McLaughlin report and let me begin by playing you have the additional clip that came in separately I want to play You have to tell me what it's called because I just put it into the bin. I don't know Something about the Simpsons got the okay. Yeah, this is a clip from the Simpsons which kind of mocks the concept Well, just play the clip and we'll look at the McLaughlin group is that McLaughlin you said report, but you mean McLaughlin group Yeah, McGraw McLaughlin group. That's the McLaughlin douchebags which follows the Simpsons clip right a Simpsons clip with a bear in sight

1:51:36 The parrot patrol must be working like a charm. That's specious reasoning, Dad. Thank you, honey. By your logic, I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away. Oh? How does it work? It doesn't work. Uh-huh. It's just a stupid rock. Uh-huh. I don't see any tigers around here, do you? Pizza, I want to buy your rock. Okay, so that's basically saying that just because something doesn't happen, you can't attribute it to something else. Right. In other words, that was a piece from an old Simpsons show that foretold the TSA.

1:52:12 The TSA's existence doesn't mean anything. Right, just because the TSA is there doesn't mean that it's actually thwarted any terrorist attacks. So play the McLaughlin douchebags clip. So greater discretion on the part of the TSA employees does not mean less of security at the point of where they do it. I would hope not, but it's a question of their training. Exit question, on a security success scale. Zero to ten. Rate the effectiveness of the TSA zero to ten. It gets close to nine or ten, John, for the simple reason it's been ten years since 9-11 and they haven't taken down a single airliner and we had the underwear bomber and the shoe bomber and a lot of these maybe some other folks who tried it. Yeah, I think for a much maligned agency let's give it high marks. Perfection is the goal but that's not reality. You want to give them a ten?

1:53:08 I'll give them a 9.2. There's always room for improvement. They've caught zero terrorists. They didn't stop the two bomber. They didn't stop the undie bomber. And they might even make us less safe because more people end up driving because they don't want to be, I guess, caressed maybe is the right word at the airport. Driving is less safe than flying. I'll give them a 3. So they're going to take the blame for highway deaths? If they're driving people there, then they're not even saving lives. You've got to give them a very high rating. I'd give them 9+, because we have not had a terrorist attack. I mean, that's the most, that's the standard. That's the only standard. I think in those two instances of the underwear bomb,

1:53:49 and uh... what's the uh... the shoe bomber they did not originate in the united states so they didn't have the benefit of the TSA scram. Am I right or wrong? You're right and the fact of the matter is we can stop terrorist attacks without the TSA and there's no evidence the TSA has prevented any of these attacks. You're a very severe marker. The TSA deserves a ten because nothing has happened. Issue two! So hold on a second. Forgive me if I'm incorrect, but is this not our national treasure, our public broadcast system that emanates this crap? Yeah. It's public television, right? Yeah, yeah, this is PBS actually. Nine, Eleanor, really? Eleanor, you should fall over in a pile of horse poop. 9.2. And there was also the guy from the, the rich guy who's like drunk. Blakely?

1:54:34 No, not Blakely. He hasn't been on the show for years. That Mortimer, whatever his name is, who got taken to the cleaners by Madoff, by the way. Oh yeah. He was given a 10. The one guy who wasn't was a young kid from the Washington Examiner who'll never be on again. It's like, hey, thanks for coming. That was really great. We'll call you, okay? Yeah, because he wasn't on board with the program of giving these douchebags 10 points for doing nothing. And I mean, it just was stunning to me that this kind of logic is being foiled. These are people that should be in a leadership position in terms of creating or getting people to establish a certain kind of public opinion and to just have to encourage this lockstep

1:55:20 Whatever this government says is okay. Let's do what they tell us to do slave mentality is Irresponsible and it just made me sick to hear that segment. Well, they all take private jets. They don't give a crap Which is yeah, actually actually call on that one guy. Oh really in the program. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, the rich guy so Well, that's good. And thank you for pre-producing that with the Lisa Simpson now with the you put some work into that and Yeah, actually JC came up with that. You put the kids to work, didn't you? You're a horrible man. So, I have another, you want to hear another thing that hooked me? Let me slip one in and then we'll, hey let me slip one in John. Something really weird is a two-parter. It's on CNN and this was a report that was apparently commissioned by Obama.

CHAPTER 31 / 36 Discussion

Guatemala Syphilis Experiments, Obama Review, Media Framing

A presidential panel released a report on 1940s US government experiments in Guatemala, where over 5,500 people were intentionally exposed to STDs like syphilis. The goal was to test the effectiveness of penicillin, but the study involved horrific methods, including injecting pathogens into subjects' eyes. CNN's coverage of the report is criticized for suggesting that exposing these "uglinesses" of history is a way to ensure they "never come to light again" in the future.

guatemala· syphilis· barack obama· stds· human experimentation· cnn

1:56:11 And I didn't quite, I was like, why is this on television? Why is CNN reporting on this? I couldn't figure it out until the very end after the interview some woman who was in charge of the report. And it's a horrible thing. Well, listen to the setup and then I think I can pay it off for you. I want to go beyond the headlines. This is a very disturbing story, but it happened. Scientists working for the US government secretly gave people sexually transmitted diseases as part of a study. It happened during the 1940s after World War II. At least 5,500 people in Guatemala, including prisoners, mental patients and children, were experimented on. 1,300 of those were exposed to STDs, including syphilis and gonorrhea. 83 people died during those experiments. And the goal of the research was to determine whether taking penicillin after sex would protect against those sexually transmitted diseases.

1:57:07 It was a medical priority at the time, especially in the military. Well last fall, President Obama ordered a review of what happened and now that panel has come out with this report. So then she talks to the woman, who is kind of milfy in a way. But despite that, I was like, I don't want to play that for you. And it's really disgusting. They injected people in their eyes with syphilis and all kinds of horrible things. And this in a way relates and they actually tied into the Tuskegee Airmen. If you remember that, John. Yeah, that was the Tuskegee... Tuskegee... I can't even say it. Tuskegee? Isn't it Tuskegee? Tuskegee syphilis study was 1932. Well, they claim that wasn't a study. They claim that they had... that these guys had syphilis and they didn't give them anything to help them. Right. Well, that wasn't much of a study. But besides... no, besides all this, I'm like, why is it... why are they talking about this? I mean, there's got to be a reason. And we know that everything on television is to usually sell commercials

1:58:05 Right and this particular one I this actually happened over a week ago And it was something that I thought about using in a couple of shows ago, but I couldn't come up with anything interesting I did look do I did look up a number of websites and you can people can Google this themselves Which is you know US government experiments on public would be the Google term and you'll find a bunch of links to nothing But this goes on constantly so I think I I The host, this dumb woman, I forget her name, but she's so dumb. I think she screwed up in the script. She knows why she's doing it. I mean, she's dumb, but she's on the inside because otherwise, you know, she had to interview someone. So she had to be given some kind of briefing as to why this is being shown on television. Listen to what she says at the very end of this interview. And I think that's our answer. They took pains. They knew that they did have to ethically and legally obtain a

1:59:04 informed consent and yet they went to Guatemala and they didn't do so. Alright professor very disturbing information thank you for bringing it to us and obviously this panel meant to prevent this kind of thing from from happening again by exposing the ugliness of history and what our government has been capable of doing to make sure that that really never comes to light is in there in the future thanks again. To make sure it never comes to light again in the future. Am I hearing this wrong or is she basically saying let's put this report out out here now so that we can all be sorry but that it never comes to light again in the future whatever we're doing now? Never comes to light again. In other words we still do it but it never comes to light again. Let's listen.

1:59:52 by exposing the ugliness of history and what our government has been capable of doing to make sure that that really never comes to light in the future. Thanks again, professor. I don't know, to me it sounded like this is part of a make sure we never have to talk about it again thing. Yeah, in other words, we still do it, but we don't talk about it. No, because we're done. We said we're sorry to the Guatemalans and we're done. I mean we had to read, I'm looking at one of these websites that shows all these sorts of things and in 1995 for example apparently the biological and chemical agents used during the Gulf War had been manufactured in Houston, Texas and tested on prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections.

CHAPTER 32 / 36 Discussion

First Amendment Nut, Filming Police, Lionel Rant

WPIX in New York features a segment called "The First Amendment Nut" starring legal commentator Lionel. The segment covers a First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the Simon Glick case, which affirmed the right of citizens to film police officers in public. While the information is legally significant, the hosts argue that the "nut" branding is a way for mainstream media to trivialize and marginalize constitutional rights.

lionel· wpix· first amendment· filming police· simon glick· citizen journalism

2:00:43 another good one. There's a bunch of these. This is common. The public is just seen as a bunch of, you know, stooges that can be, you can do whatever you want to. Guinea pigs. Which brings us to an interesting, there's a station in New York, WPIX, and they have... Channel 11. Channel 11. And they have a segment, it's a good segment to a point, But it's called... the segment is a little op-ed, but it's a demeaning op-ed called the First Amendment nut.

2:01:20 Is that my cue? No, it's not your cue. I'll just explain it. The First Amendment nut is a guy who's named Lionel and he goes on a rant about some First Amendment issues and he and it's it trivializes the problem. In fact this particular episode of the First Amendment nut which by the way I kept a clip long because at the end they mock the whole scene This is about shooting police in public with your camcorder or your camera or your phone. And the woman, that's the anchor, who's a total douchebag, comes around behind him and starts filming him as some sort of a joke. Oh, that's so hilarious! And he goes on a ramp. But there's two things that crop up in here that are good information. One is that you can legally film police at work. And the second thing is, is that apparently this case law here, people should be paying attention to,

2:02:15 actually does say that a citizen is a journalist. But play the First Amendment nut going on and on. It's a little long, but it's worth listening to because there's good information. But the fact that they play it as a nut. Yeah, you guys for the First Amendment, he must be a nut. It's Friday and you know what that means? Howard is giving away money and it wasn't hard to find people listening. No, no, no, you got the wrong clip. Lionel the first amendment nut. I'm sorry you set me up with WPIX. Here we go. Hey hold on a second. Is Jeff Smith moonlighting? Is he doing jingles for... well, nah, power to him.

2:03:07 Last week the Federal First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the First Amendment in a huge case. Here's what happened. Simon Glick, a Boston lawyer, was arrested in 2007 for using his cell phone video camera to record a man who was being beaten by Boston cops. Bystanders were heard shouting, you're hurting him! Glick never interfered or obstructed the police in any In any way, he was 10 feet away and merely recorded what was occurring in open view before the world. Well, the Boston cops said, oh no you don't, and they arrested him. For what you ask? Oh, these guys are imaginative. They charged him with violating a wiretap statute that prohibits secret recording even though they admitted there was nothing secret about it.

2:03:51 Wait, there's more. They also charged him with aiding the escape of a prisoner and of course the when all else fails charge, disturbing the peace. Oh, and what would normally be called destroying evidence if done by you or me, the cops erased all but one snippet of the recording. Now, the trial court threw out the charges so Glick filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The first circuit held. The filming of police carrying out their taxpayer funded duties is a fundamental and self-evident right. And that right doesn't extend to the professional press alone. The court held that with the advances in cell phone and digital video recording, many images of critical events come from bystanders and not necessarily the professional credentialed media where the press pass. Oh, these are new times, Jethro. The court made it clear that the ancient and hoary distinctions between the reporter and the citizen have been washed away by the hurricane I

2:04:45 This case also speaks to another issue, an issue of attitude. Some cops, not all, but some cops have developed an arrogance and hubris that are being fed by a new trend to militarize officer-friendly. Some cops are being schooled in the delusion that you and I are the enemy. And they need to be re-educated. We need to remind them that they work for us. We pay them and empower them to enforce the laws that we enact. We are the repository of power. The Constitution is a limitation on government, not a limitation on us. It is fundamental and axiomatic that we as citizens and taxpayers are the boss. And so long as we don't ever interfere with or endanger cops by obstructing or opposing them, we have an absolute and unfailing

2:05:31 better right to monitor everything they do in our name and under the color of authority that we grant them. I can't say this enough. They work for us. Comment as you see fit. What the hell is this? This is legal in New York. I'm protected. I think. That's true. And I'll bet you your little friends on Twitter are going to be commenting on this. And by the way, I know what they're writing about me. Oh, I know. And you know who you are. I thought we buried the hatchet, Jody. I thought we did. But apparently we dug up the hatchet. Well, some people could unfollow each other if they wanted to. So they take a good topic and make it clownish to trivialize it. And it's just it's unbelievable to me. But you know, what can I say? I've been thinking about all this, John, and I'm thinking it's time for some action.

CHAPTER 33 / 36 Discussion

Curry Dvorak 2016, Presidential Campaign Launch

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak jokingly announce their intention to run for President and Vice President in the 2016 election. Their platform includes protecting the Constitution, deporting certain media figures like Fareed Zakaria, and turning C-SPAN into a reality show. They suggest Molly Wood for Secretary of State and Rino the Bearded for Secretary of Defense, proposing a "Crackpot and Buzzkill" ticket.

curry dvorak 2016· presidential election· molly wood· rino the bearded· campaign

2:06:28 I'm thinking I should run for president in 2016. I mean we know Obama's gonna get re-elected. That's pretty obvious. Well it seems that both parties are fighting their best to lose. Right, no one wants to be... I mean, but... Why couldn't... I mean, would you be my VP? Yeah, sure! Would you be my Cheney? I'd be your Cheney. But is it hard? All I have to do is just announce, right? Yeah, yeah, I don't have to do much you get plenty of time to research, but I'm thinking 2007 But I'm serious about this why not I'm just kooky enough to get attention. Yeah, you might get some attention Yeah, for my ha ha for MTV VJ running for president What has the world come to Lois?

2:07:22 So, just while we're still on the topic of WPIX, I only have a piece of a segment they do which I think is just an eye roller. One of the guys, reporters on Fridays, goes out with a pot full of cash and hands out money to people who are either broke or... And they do it in such a pathetic way. This is the old give your money away and then make a big deal about it. I don't know if you find it sick. Or or or generous. I don't know what your attitude is, but I think it's an exploitive Segment and you can play it if you want the WPI X douchebag It's Friday And you know what that means Howard is giving away money And it wasn't hard to find people this week who could really use some extra cash to help get their lives back in order Let me help you

2:08:17 Got it? I got it. It goes here? Okay, go right? Okay. That's the owner of that building that was flooded out there. How you doing? I'm in Patterson, New Jersey on Governor Street and Patterson Street. It's Feel Good Friday. This area has really been hit by Hurricane Irene. Flooding, people lost their homes, power, furniture. So I think they are definitely deserving of Our magic money. Let's go. Sherry Chappelle has lived here for 48 years. She grew up in this house. The floodwaters have destroyed everything. How high was the water?

2:08:55 We have a little segment called feel good Friday, and I know this has been a terrible week for you But I hope I have this for you. Hopefully this will make things a little better for you. Okay. It's $400 I want you to have that on behalf of us at PIX11 news I hope that makes your week a little better. I know this is very difficult my pleasure Okay, this is what mainstream media has become. This is no different than Oprah giving away cars. I saw Ellen. She's got this whole sponsored segment, which I think is sponsored by Ford. You know, the hip new media company, Ford.

2:09:30 And she gives away cars to people. It's disgusting. Isn't this the same as the, you know, some in the medieval era where you had a prince going around and tossing coins out to the peasants and they'd all scramble to grab a, you know, some piece of, you know, a pence? Yeah. That kind of thing. Oh look at them scramble for the... Oh look at her cry. Yeah. No, that's exactly... It's exactly the same thing and it makes for great television and people eat that crap up. You stupid idiots, slaves. Vote for Curry-Dvorak 2016. Crackpot and Buzzkill. We're a balanced ticket. Just send us your cash.

2:10:08 I think we can do it, John. Would you seriously, would you really, I mean, would you really give it a try? JC pointed out to me that you have to have each, you have to work with each individual state to get them to put you on the ballot and that you'd need a huge organization to do that so if you get the organization I'm in. So uh... Well how hard is that? We have an organization, it's on this show. And in fact the the weekly address would be two and a half hours in front of Congress no no we just do the show are you kidding me? we just do the show. We use government money to fund it. 18 million dollars for our website. Now listen to this, now listen it would be this would be the best administration ever because we're basically just a morning show

2:10:51 And we do six days a week so we can take one day off. And we just do a show. Hey, good morning everybody! How you doing? It's crackpot and buzz kill your president and vice president everybody. How you doing? John, what's on the agenda today? Well, we got a national security briefing and what do you say we do? VP? Okay. You're not serious. I'm serious. I have a sense you are. So, um, I'm in, I said. Okay. If not, I mean, Molly Woods has... I'm not on board like instantly. I'm not like, I don't have the, you've been thinking about this obviously for a couple of days and you got all this material. I got nothing. I felt no material. I've only been... I'll tell you this much. What? We do have the, uh,

2:11:36 We do have to protect certain aspects of the Constitution that some media personnel... That's all we do. That's all we do. And the first thing we do, the first thing we do is we deport Fareed Zakaria. You can take that to the bank. Yeah, we kick him out. That's the first thing. Number one. Then we kick out Piers Morgan. And what do we shut down? We just shut down all the news. We make C-SPAN, we have that re-edited into a cool snappy reality show. Right? That's easy. We own that. It's our stuff. It's our government. And we just protect the Constitution. That's all we do. And we get Molly Wood as Secretary of State. Yeah, she's as good as Hillary. No, she's better. You kidding me? She can wear the big beaded thing. Yeah, she can get her hair done in Paris if she wants.

2:12:33 She'd love it. And Miss Mickey would make a great first lady, wouldn't she? Yeah, yeah I would have to agree with you. Alright, so uh, can I play one more clip before we uh... Okay, but just seriously, I'm really serious. 2016. Yeah, okay, great. Don't be such a douche. It's like, it's like how many, it's five years from now. We gotta start early, we're too late for this one. and this is not the right one. 2016 is our year and it'll give us something to talk about for the next five years on the show. Something to, yeah. Alright, well you get your organization together. You're running. Okay, I need one person from each state. Send, just email me. I don't think we have anyone in Alaska. Are you kidding me? We definitely have some people in Alaska. Definitely. We have at least one person in every single state and we can organize this. I don't think we have anybody in Mississippi.

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Keith Olbermann, Second Amendment Rant, Gun Rights

Keith Olbermann is criticized for a rant in which he claimed the Second Amendment only applies to state militias and not personal gun ownership. The hosts argue that Olbermann's interpretation ignores numerous Supreme Court decisions that have separated the "militia" clause from the individual right to bear arms. They suggest that if critics are unhappy with the amendment, they should seek to repeal it through the proper constitutional process rather than misrepresenting its text.

keith olbermann· second amendment· gun control· supreme court· 14th amendment

2:13:31 RINO THE BEARDED! What are you talking about? He's... by the way, he's our Secretary of Defense. With that big tube of his. That's just a fire tube. Oh, yeah, okay, you're right. Yeah, he is in Mississippi. Him and his boys. That's right. Hey, hey, you wanna mess with us? Check out what we got here. RINO THE BEARDED and his boys. And you know what? They got four runners and jet skis. Be careful. I'mma mess you up. Well, one guy that's not really much of a constitutionalist is your pal Keith Olbermann. Why is he my pal all of a sudden? He just seems to be. He's a douchebag. Play his rant on the Second Amendment, which is just...

2:14:14 If you want to dance that dance, buster, the Second Amendment refers specifically to personal ownership of guns for use in a state militia, not to just go around and blow other people's heads off when you feel like it. And the founding fathers viewed the Constitution as a set of rules to be amended and adjusted frequently, not locked forever in 1787. And if you don't believe that, may I remind you that the gun rights to which you cling are not in the Constitution. They're in one of the freaking amendments. just as flexible and not as original to the document as that 14th Amendment you all want to repeal. But just in case you think we have plumbed the depths of Mr. Shah's amazing stupidity, wait, there's more. We have millions of gun owners in this country, law-abiding citizens. It was gun owners that kept Jared Loeffner from reloading his weapon during the Tucson shooting.

2:15:03 and it was a gun owner who admitted he came within a second or two of mistaking one of the survivors of the slaughter for the perpetrator. The man said he had reached for his gun in order to shoot him. We have gun violence in this country because we have guns. Republicans don't even stop to think that you argue otherwise is the same as if they said that the Republican Party believes America has more crazy people than other countries. And I don't give a good goddamn if the gun you're raffling off, partner, is a Glock or a Jeremy Glick. Just keep your violence fetish to yourself until we get past the one year anniversary of the day somebody in your town and your gun-crazed state and climate walked up to your congressman and put a hole in her head. Acting Pima, Arizona County Republican Chairman Mike Shaw, the title might be acting but the craziness sadly is not. Today's second day in a row worst person in the world.

2:15:56 Yeah, so Oberman is a douche. First of all... So, Oberman, you know, he takes this idea... By the way, there are numerous Supreme Court decisions interpreting the following sentence, which is the text of the Second Amendment that he's referring to, which I'll read. A well-regulated militia, comma, being necessary to the security of a free state, comma, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, comma, shall not be infringed. It doesn't, the connection is rather loose, it's a very poorly constructed sentence, but it doesn't say that you can keep arms only so you can join a militia. It doesn't even come close to saying that and the legal eagles have gone over this like a fine-toothed comb and have determined that the two things are actually separate.

2:16:39 So he's full of crap from the beginning. Well, the second thing is if I don't mind somebody having a negative opinion about the Second Amendment or guns I don't care. It's their opinion. Then put a new amendment in and get rid of it. Exactly. If they're so upset about it, Get rid of it! Repeal it! Yeah. They're bitching about the Republicans wanting to repeal the 14th amendment which has make some logical sense because it's only referring to slaves. I mean essentially. Oh by the way, by the way, okay. As part of our vibe we got to have some crazy hats as a president and vice president. I'm thinking a sombrero for you and I haven't decided what kind of hat I want but I think we're wearing we're wearing the guns on the outside.

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White House Petitions, We The People, Solyndra Scandal

The Obama administration launched "We The People," an online platform on WhiteHouse.gov for citizens to submit and sign petitions. The hosts dismiss the initiative as a digital distraction from the real influence of lobbyists and campaign donors. They point to the Solyndra scandal and donor George Kaiser as examples of how financial contributions, rather than public petitions, drive government policy.

white house· we the people· petitions· solyndra· george kaiser· lobbying

2:17:23 wherever we go. What do you think? I think we're carrying a open weapon. Yeah, sure, why not? Yeah, just on the side, you know, just like... Sidearm. It's called a sidearm. It's called a sidearm. I'm the president and I just want to make sure that everyone's polite to me. Yeah, I think actually the president probably should carry a sidearm in this day and age. Yeah, maybe we should run for 2014. Maybe we should do it this time around. 2012. Yeah, whatever. And we also changed 2014 to 2012. Like our current president knows what year it is. Come on. I'm on track here. Yeah, okay your turn go I don't have much else except some phony baloney thing that made me laugh The president has opened up an electronic suggestion box Which is actually you know the right to petition your government which of course is also in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights which is used by lobbyists to

2:18:23 To to buy votes for stuff and make stuff happen, which is how our stupid country is now run and by the way I have to say it's kind of a good system that we have in the United States because at least you can go and track it and see who paid some congressman or senator to do something in other countries It's all you know There's no it's all behind closed doors and it's board members and you mean like one of those parliamentary countries the way the only one that actually still exists You know that that worked. Yeah, well like the Netherlands I know specifically because I've seen it happen And it's just good old boys networks and that's much worse here at least like hey you douchebag you paid the president off and You know like this like the solar company you can find that link in the show notes three thousand a show not shown on calm yeah, I mean it was it was crazy the Here it is George Kaiser from Tulsa key Obama backer raised about a hundred thousand dollars for the president's election campaign one of the primary investors of Solyndra

2:19:20 He himself donated $53,500 to Obama's 2008 election campaign. That's how it works. Now at least you can track it here and you can laugh about it later on a stupid podcast. In other countries you don't know about it. But now you can petition the government. This is the idiot who runs the digital media stuff at the White House. A big change is coming soon to WhiteHouse.gov. It's called We The People and it's a new way to petition your government to take action on a range of important issues. We The People, that's a phrase we all know from the Constitution and its First Amendment guarantees your right to petition our government. Americans have always used petitions to organize around issues they care about.

2:19:59 Now, thanks to the Internet, they're even more popular. A lot more popular. So popular, in fact, that we've come up with a better way to engage this activity online. That's why We The People matters to you. It's an official way to make your voice heard in our government. And it's simple. Anyone can create or sign a petition on whitehouse.gov that calls on the federal government to take action on a range of important issues facing our nation. That's even worse than the video watching I can't listen to this guy. It sounds like leave it to Beaver. And is it? Yeah, go ahead. I think people should put a petition up for us saying that it should that we want to make the no agenda podcast the official government podcast, the official podcast representing the people.

2:20:43 Officials should be recognized in Congress as a great podcast. They do this all the time in Congress. You ever hear these little segments, the guy comes and says, I want to thank, you know, their local hardware store. I want to recognize them in a congressional record. They do it all the time. Why don't we get on this deal? Well, I'd rather that we get like some government funding or something. Well, that's not going to happen. I'd rather like, you know, so we can actually do it. So, we gotta figure something out because the donation thing is not working all that well. So either we run for president or vice president. I think we should stop doing shows during holiday week.

2:21:20 Yeah, that's gonna help the money. That's great. Well, it's not gonna hurt me. At least we get some time off. I mean, I'd Christmas with last year Christmas New Year's that week. We got no money in and we I mean, the money will just keep coming in anyway. I mean, whether you do the show or not, because nobody's listening to that show. No, you can take a vacation. I'll do it with Mollywood then. I'm not gonna stop. I'm going I'm going for the presidency. You can be my Dick Cheney. I'd like to hear that you do the show with Mollywood. I just would think that I think we should do that anyway Just as an experiment. Well, we have we already have a domain name which is in the morning wood calm It's true We got some great stuff Anyway, um curry Dvorak 2016 everybody. I think it's the ticket. We would be great John We would now we're gonna end up seeing art cover art. Oh

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Outro, Economic Hitman, Louis Farrakhan Clip

The show concludes with a clip of Louis Farrakhan reading from John Perkins' "Confessions of an Economic Hitman." The text describes how international leaders are ensnared in debt to ensure loyalty to US commercial and military interests. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak sign off, promising to return on Thursday to further discuss their 2016 presidential plans.

louis farrakhan· john perkins· economic hitman· imperialism· world bank· outro

2:22:12 No, it'll never come in on time. Save your cover art until next week after we've worked out some of the details of our presidential run. Right. Hey, are you doing twit today? Yeah, I actually- Good, good, good, good, good. Good. Because there's nobody's listening anyway. But please, see if you- plug the show so we can get some more listeners. I think we've already tapped that show. Well, are you gonna- I will plug it. I tapped that a long time ago. There will be no No Agenda producers update today because there's no update is the note I got here from Miss Mickey the update on no agenda producers is there's no update Coming to you from the hilltop watchtower crackpot command center and get my nation west the People's Republic of Southern California With the Louis Farrakhan is the end of show clip coming up in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where no one's home. I

2:23:09 I'm John C. Dvorak. We will talk to you again on Thursday for our 2016 plan right here on NO AGENDA. There's a book out called The Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Have you heard of that book? I'd like to read something that Mr. Perkins wrote about himself. Listen to him. He said, my job... Wait a minute, he's on a job.

2:23:54 Who's he working for? Who's his employer? Watch this. My job is to encourage world leaders to become part of a vast network that promotes United States commercial interests. In the end, those leaders become ensnared in a web of debt that ensures their loyalty. We can draw on them whenever we desire to satisfy our political, economic or military needs. If an economic hitman is completely successful, the loans are so large that the debtor, the recipient country, is forced to default on its payments after a few years.

2:25:00 And when this happens, then like the mafia, we demand our pound of flesh. This often includes one or more of the following. Control over their United Nations votes. Second, the installation of military bases in their countries.

2:25:35 America has over 130 military bases in countries all over the world. What does she need that for? She is an imperialist. This is the American empire. Or, the last thing is access to precious resources. We got you in debt. We take your resources, such as oil, Or the Panama Canal. Of course, the debtor still owes us the money and another country is added to our global empire. Mouthfuckedarkay. Dvorak.org slash N-A-W-F-K-A-R-K-A-Y