Episode 400 · Sunday, 15 April 2012

This is How We Spin

A milestone anniversary broadcast uncovers the financial motives behind global military shifts and the calculated media distractions used to bury international drug policy debates.

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Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the 400th episode of No Agenda by exposing how the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena served as a strategic distraction. While media outlets focused on agents and escorts, the Summit of the Americas quietly sidelined discussions on drug decriminalization led by Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina. The hosts analyze the official Secret Service mission statement, suggesting the agency prioritizes protecting global financial infrastructure over individual leaders.

Secondary reports reveal that JPMorgan Chase provided $1 million in funding for the viral Kony 2012 campaign to justify military intervention in Africa. In Liberia, a coordinated media blitz by the BBC and CNN coincides with the relocation of AFRICOM headquarters from Germany to West Africa to secure mineral wealth. Domestically, the Department of Homeland Security website under Secretary Janet Napolitano appears to target the LGBT community for recruitment, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces scrutiny over his stance on the George Zimmerman bounty and gun control. Additional coverage includes the $1 billion Instagram acquisition, Rick Santorum’s suspicious withdrawal from the GOP primary, and the use of Long Range Acoustic Devices by Chicago police.

This milestone broadcast features the official knighting of Sir Andrew Gardner and a breakdown of the 33 percent spike in high school prom costs. Between analyzing the TAPI pipeline in Balochistan and the suspicious death of Hollywood publicist Michael Sands, the hosts reflect on six years of the value-for-value model. The segment concludes with a look at Iceland’s mortgage forgiveness and a vintage 1939 Campbell’s Soup commercial.


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CHAPTER 01 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 400 Anniversary and Show History

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the 400th episode of the No Agenda podcast, marking the beginning of their sixth year. The hosts debate the exact start date of the program, eventually referencing iTunes records to confirm an April 26, 2007 debut. They acknowledge their global audience, including "human resources" producers and listeners in the maritime and submarine communities.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· podcast anniversary· episode 400· itunes

00:00 Adam Curry, John C. Devorak It's Sunday April 15th 2012 time for your Getmo Nation Media Assassination episode 400! This is no agenda Celebrating our sixth year of fighting evil and coming to you from Cam Mofo in the capital of the drone star state Austin Tejas in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry, and with no further ado and from Northern Silicon Valley. I'm John C Happy 400 my friend had to do a find a pen

00:40 It's happy 400 to you and in the morning and in the morning to all the ships at sea they're listening this show for hire And also the boots on the ground that should be listening to show four hundred feet in the air who could find other things do with their time? And also the feet washing up onshore, but of course the boats under the sea. Oh yes We do have a submariner we have some mariners listening to the show I mean the morning to all of the Human resources listeners and producers who are charged up ready to go in our chat room as always it is Always a great help to have you there giving us fine advice that no one's industry calm. No agenda chat net This is our sixth year, is it not I? Believe yeah, I don't know what was the first day date of the first show. I don't know I just made it I just figured out six sounds good think it's five now. I think this is our sixth year

01:35 Officially. Well we do 100 shows a year so it's impossible No no no, think about it two shows a week that's 52 weeks yes 100 shows a year this is show 400 how could it possibly in by any stretch of the imagination since we started off doing one show a week could it be our sixth year? Well hold on a second You're gonna argue this! Yes I am I think we started in 2008 Was it 2007 or 2008? I think we can find that at the iTunes. Yeah, we're well prepared for this. Wikipedia! We have a wiki page dedicated to us. 2007! We started in 2007... yeah like in October Really? That was near Christmas just before Christmas All right hold on a second So you under no agenda wikipage No I'm in iTunes I'm trying to find just the first show that we ever did

02:36 So if I go to iTunes Store, no agenda. This is how much we care about it! We really prepared for you all... April 26th 2007 Okay alright so then this is our? We're in our fifth year This is our sixth year No! 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Yeah It's our sixth year We have not hit- We've not even done five We're not, we haven't even done five. Well let's do the show over again then because I said it all wrong No it's fine Alright Oh man anyway I was so happy Straighten stuff out in real time on this show Redo

CHAPTER 02 / 39 Discussion

Secret Service Prostitution Scandal as a Media Distraction

The Secret Service agents involved in a prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, are characterized as performing a "patriotic distraction" to shift media focus away from drug legalization talks. The hosts argue that the scandal successfully buried the primary agenda of the Summit of the Americas. They cite the Secret Service mission statement regarding the protection of the nation's financial infrastructure to support the theory that the agency acted to protect the drug-propped economy.

secret service· cartagena· colombia· prostitution· media distraction· drug legalization

03:22 Of course, even though we're only in our fifth year we have seen that... We are extremely influential in the world of politics as a well what do you don't laugh at me this is the truth. Extremely influential as now even the Secret Service has decided to take our hooker and blow moniker and use that. Somebody had to tell them they have to pay the hookers! Yeah it's like how could they have gotten that wrong? I actually, uh... Oh wow. Alright so this is great here we go. Uh..I pulled this one apart and felt like what is going on here? Ugh! You pulled what apart? The Hookers & Blow story except right now something crashed here and I can't play any clips. Aw you want to start the show over? No no no no just hold on a second let me just... So October 26th 2007 is another celebratory day because then that's our 5th anniversary

04:22 October what 26th? Okay, I'll bear that in mind. Well you can bear whatever you want Alright so this of course was a big distraction and actually it is and this is why this show is so great Because you know You don't have just have one guy And I think we should kind of reiterate before we actually get into it That the two of us started this show just as a conversation between Two guys who kind of knew that the other eat The other one was justice as hated as the other in the public mind eye. I think you were hated more? A little more, yeah but so that's what that was your attraction to me obviously

04:59 I hate this guy. This guy's a dick! It's like the fat girl likes to be around fatter girls. Ooh, ooh, ooh, careful now with my Rubenesque women. Just saying you know they want to look thin by comparison and I look good looking good here So just for those of you who are relatively new to the program we never speak except these few hours twice a week that's the only time we actually communicate once in awhile i may call for cooking recipe but there's no pre-prearranged preparation. We do not rehearse the show as you can tell by todays show. Yes, yes it is a fine example. Show 400 unrehearsed.

05:42 You know I bring to the table what I've got John brings what he's gotten we compare because it would still kind of just like us trying to amuse each other and it has a kind of hit on Hit a hit a nerve with people around get mo nation. So as I was looking at this at this Secret Service Story, it immediately reminded me of A clip that you had on the previous show And so I want to replay that clip, the previous episode and then i'll lead you down the path. And I have to say first of all The Secret Service was actually doing their job and doing it correctly and should be commended for what they're doing. And I will explain why I have this opinion First this is the clip that John rolled out on the previous episode. It's the time of century Issue three! The war on drugs A shocker

CHAPTER 03 / 39 Discussion

Summit of the Americas and Latin American Drug Decriminalization

President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala proposed drug legalization and regional courts for traffickers during the Summit of the Americas, citing the failure of the current drug war. Leaders from Costa Rica and Colombia expressed openness to the debate, while President Barack Obama voiced personal disagreement with decriminalization. The discussion highlights a UN report suggesting the global banking system is supported by laundered drug money.

otto pérez molina· guatemala· drug legalization· summit of the americas· barack obama· colombia

06:39 The President of Guatemala, a Central American country has proposed an extremely controversial agenda item for the upcoming summit. Drug legalization! Drugs and drug violence are plaguing much of Central and South America. So listen carefully... The President of Guatemala has proposed a regional court to try drug traffickers and to decriminalize the transport and consumption of drugs, and getting economic compensation from the United States for drugs seized in the US. On compensation he said quote, for every kilo of cocaine that is seized we want to be compensated 50% by the consumer countries." So this is what you know... We laughed about this from the McLaughlin group

07:35 And we're like, oh that's pretty funny. And then I started to do a little bit of research and this is the Summit of the Americas that the president was joining and what happened is really pretty much the number one item on the agenda was this legalization of drugs! This had very little to do with any trade agreements... A couple of clips, here is the Costa Rican president who of course was going to attend. What do you make of the proposal by the President of Guatemala where he says that perhaps a sale of drugs should be legalized because that would decrease violence? I think at least we should discuss it and we should try to look at the evidence of some other nations that have tried with these kind of alternatives

08:20 Okay, here is the president of Guatemala. I find that crime, corruption and violence have grown in my country while the cartels have spilled over from Mexico into Guatemala. Our institutions have been weakened and this is happening elsewhere so now i ask myself are we doing things right? Okay here is the report from our Canadian neighbors about President Harper... And part of the problem of course is that it's pretty hard to have prosperous businesses and more trade when there are gun battles raging in the streets. Of course, in Mexico and Colombia and many other countries in Latin America that is often the case so this second big issue on this trip will be security meaning of course the drug war and a very interesting debate which has been promoted at the summit

09:17 by the host and chairman of the summit, President Santos of Colombia. Okay... And the president gets there he gets to Guatemala to Cartagena and he's on Univision and he is asked a question about this! Mr. President this lively discussion on the issue drug consumption drug trafficking among regional leadership seems to have caught American diplomacy off guard I don't mind debate around issues like decriminalization I personally don't agree that's a solution to the problem. But, I think that given the pressures that a lot of governments are under here... Under-resourced, overwhelmed by violence It is completely understandable they would look for new approaches So he is clearly annoyed with all this

10:08 So we cannot have this the number one topic of conversation coming out of the Summit of Americas. And you don't know why, John? Why can this not be the number one topic? Well... No! Because because the drug trade is the only thing propping up our economy right now Oh yeah no that's a good point and especially if we go by our thesis that Afghanistan thing for essentially paying for the CIA Even the United Nations said that if the banks, the top banks in America had not been laundering the drug money they would have collapsed. The banks are at this moment I really believe and it's a UN report so take it for what it is they're probably playing it down of anything

10:55 Is being propped up by this drug trade now? By the way, wait what you know what they did bring in our discussion is that the woman kind of made this kind of a cute comment Well, you maybe should look at what the experiences with other countries are and see what happened it Which points to finger right at Portugal which nobody wants to talk about they've decriminalized drugs 13 years ago usage has gone down. The problems have gone down everything has essentially disappeared so Knowing that we cannot have this conversation, Obama can not be the odd man out. We cannot decriminalize drugs because it...that would really mess up this awesome system they've built for themselves Do you know? I looked this up It's right on their website What is the number one mission without looking John of The Secret Service Of The United States what is there number one mission To protect the president against hookers Incorrect! Oh

CHAPTER 04 / 39 Discussion

Secret Service Mission Statement and Media Coverage of Scandal

The official mission of the Secret Service is analyzed, emphasizing its role in safeguarding the financial infrastructure over protecting national leaders. Media reports from CBS and Fox News are critiqued for framing the Cartagena incident as a "distracting embarrassment" for the Obama administration. The hosts suggest the scandal also served to obscure diplomatic tensions regarding Cuba's exclusion from the summit.

secret service· department of homeland security· barack obama· fox news· cbs news· cuba

11:53 Mission Statement. The mission of the United States Secret Service is to safeguard the nation's financial infrastructure and payment systems, to preserve the integrity of the economy and protect national leaders visiting heads of state and government. Their number one mission is to protect the integrity of the economy! So when they found out that the entire PR move was about the drug thing, someone said you know what guys? We've got it. This is our job and our duty let's get some hookers and cause a ruckus as a distraction Come on! You can't... Yeah no I'm liking this. This is a good start for this show 400. You can't get even a razor blade in this theory of mine

12:44 This is their entire, so I always thought... It did the job. You're right then they did a great job and they were being sent back to Washington DC to have a secret ceremony where they each get a pin Yes! They get a ring A commemorative pin And because you know it looked like... And bunch of high fives that are landing in Washington D.C as we speak and there's the high-fives are going on Nobody's gonna follow any of that None of the media No, of course not They've done their jobs Their deal is done You cannot be more patriotic than that to actually fall on your sword to protect the economy. This is what these guys are sworn to do look at it secret service. These are the guys who go after the counterfeiters SecretService.gov slash mission dot shtml right there and I'm reading it from them so everyone thinks their job is to protect the president no, thats their second mission and its subservient to their number one mission

13:39 Which is to safeguard I'm reading it verbatim say actually their second mission which is actually part of the first mission if you think about It well, of course. It is and so even the news media And I have two clips here, one from CBS. They realize it's a distraction and they're just following along! Okay guys we're supposed to follow this story let's not... ixnay on the ugdray Let's not talk about that here's CBS The Secret Service sent home 12 of its personnel from Colombia A distracting embarrassment for President Obama There you go distraction but the Fox report was the funniest mainly because the guy on the ground starts messing up and I just have to play that cause it's hilarious but he also says, oh it's a distraction. And then they say okay well what is distracting from? He mentions it briefly. ...presses attention away from the trade that the president had hoped would be the focus of this summit... Well let me ask you about that Wendell because here's the president hoping to be talking about trade agreements and economic cooperation in the Summit of America

14:41 And now all of a sudden this scandal erupts out of nowhere. Is there anger over this apparent embarrassment here by the White House? How would you characterize their reaction? Well, it's certainly an embarrassment because it takes the focus away from what the president would like to focus on but frankly the trade aspect at this summit was light to begin with and there were other elements that were coming to the fore if you will the drug decriminalization discussion that's going on here in the US of course objects to that but there is more talk about that than there is about this scandal involving the Secret Service agents. Yeah, don't you get it douchebag? That's the whole point! And more talk about the fact that Cuba is the odd man out at this summit Hugo Castro... Castro not Hugo I'm sorry Fidel Castro's brother His new name is Hugo Castro Hugo Castro Hugo Castro whatever his name is

15:40 So that's a big deal. So the guy even recognizes it. It's like everyone was talking about the drug thing, oh I'm sorry by the way you didn't see this on the news in United States of Gitmo Nation did ya? No that what our program is for is to tell you because of course what a fun story that Noah Jen The News Network was even filled with and our own producers are caught off guard by this like Oh yeah its hookers, hey man first of all prostitution legal there so these guys want if they're on duty or off duty whatever it is If they want to go bang some hookers, it's legal. It's okay if it happened in Amsterdam no one would be up in arms so its completely meant as a distraction to take away from the conversation of illegal drugs and drug trafficking which is propping our financial system and we can't have that conversation Mission accomplished! Good job guys

CHAPTER 05 / 39 Discussion

Department of Homeland Security Recruitment Website Analysis

A review of the Department of Homeland Security recruitment website, dhs.gov, leads to claims that the agency's marketing materials specifically target the LGBT community. The hosts examine various staff photos on the site, suggesting a cultural shift within the organization under Secretary Janet Napolitano. A custom URL, dhspeople.curry.com, is mentioned as a repository for these marketing images.

department of homeland security· janet napolitano· recruitment· marketing· dhs

16:31 It was funny to me is when this as this thing was kind of winding down and they found a bunch of soldiers. Yeah, there's like oh and they made kind of a semi fuss about I'm thinking gee a soldier with a hooker never did just what happened have you ever seen Good Morning Vietnam? I mean come on but here's the here's even more disturbing so the Secret Service reports to the Department of Homeland Security That's disturbing by itself and I'm starting to wonder about these hookers because nowhere did they say they were gay hookers And I'm thinking they just might have been something that we have Looked at in the past, and I actually spent some time this morning, and I captured all the pictures of

17:18 of the marketing website. If you go to dhs.gov, the Department of Homeland Security it is a marketing website and it's trying to recruit you into the Department of Homeland Security because of course you know it's not big enough and this never existed more than 10 years ago. It was bigger than the Marines yeah yeah we need to have all kinds of douchebags in here I want you to go to... The thing that Gauss steals apparently They busted some guy just local that was stealing iPads. Yeah, well that's the TSA which also reports... It says DHS still and I guess he didn't realize a lot of them have this cool software you can run on the thing it detracts if it has the right kind of Wi-Fi link. Find my iPad yeah So go to dhspeople.curry.com and for your convenience I have captured every single picture

18:10 of the marketing website and tell me that they're not looking for beautiful gay people. DHSpeople.curry.com, John are you there? Yeah I'm looking at it now so alright Angelo probably Paul yeah how about Christine Lucas oh my god! Lucas is a total broke back mountain okay well how about Kelly come on she's a total lesbian yeah yes she is and then Richard hello he looks like the Republican undercover gay John gay Harold gay Monica possibly how about Adamio Yeah, yeah. How about a nitro come on man? How about tess and nature looks like a guy yeah well I'm telling you they're recruiting yes and lesbians look at this It's an interesting argument But maybe the photographer was gay he just makes everybody look gay who runs Department of my Who runs the department of Homeland Security

CHAPTER 06 / 39 Discussion

Hillary Rosen, Heterophobia, and LGBT Rights as Human Rights

The term "heterophobia" is introduced in relation to political commentator Hillary Rosen and broader cultural shifts. The hosts discuss how the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have linked LGBT rights to universal human rights to justify international interventions. A segment from the program "Gay USA" is analyzed regarding a joke about Mormon students at BYU and the use of the word "marvelous" by politicians.

hillary rosen· lgbt rights· human rights· hillary clinton· heterophobia· gay usa

19:09 Yeah, I rest my case a lot of gay stuff going on this week. In fact, they think it all began with That that douchebag from the RIAA Hillary Rosen Wow, right. She's an out gay woman married to a woman and I've decided that she is besides hating college kids as she hates...I think she's a hater! I think she is heterophobic which is the term nobody wants to use or even think of. Heterophobic? It's valid?! It's totally valid and there is no rationale for it not to be valid if you think about it. Because people do no like, they're homophobic because everybody is homophobic in fact I coincidentally watched a Gay USA show and talking about being kind of overly sensitive to homophobia

19:57 Play the Gay USA Marvelous is homophobic. First of all, the White House has announced that for LGBT Pride Month in June they are running something called a Champions of Change video challenge The deadline is May 4th to submit your video about LGBT people who you think are champions of change. You can go to whitehouse dot gov to find out how to submit your video. And make sure you do because if Romney wins this contest will not be held next year! Now, here's my next thing. Do you think Obama's little quip about Mitt saying marvelous was homophobic? Yes! I do too. Yes, I do and in fact the president uses the word marvelous once in a while now George Bush Jr., or George W Bush used the word fabulous all the time. Wow! All the time they have this... You can YouTube that and find him everything was fabulous

20:57 You know, wow! First of all I'm wowed that you watch this. Oh it's on right before or after Democracy Now so it kind of is irresistible the end of the show the beginning of the show was pretty boring as just mostly them complaining about stuff but but the show is actually very there's an entertainment value not for 30 years I believe But this seems like a very, you know they're very snide about stuff like this. Everything is it's it's a little slam against them and then they had I have a clip here I get one of the clips from the show Full Fledged? Full fledged now this is what this would this why clipped us because that was very irked by this

21:41 I think there's some heterophobia going on. There is something about this clip, because... I wanted to run this later in the show as an Ask Adam because i want you to explain to me what the joke is? There's a little inside joke that goes on that it just seemed like a little bit of you know kind of a just as nasty as supposedly Obama making fun of the word marvelous which I didn't know was a gay term. Yeah but okay fine, everything you can have it but the point is listen to this and tell me what's... give me the punchline explain the joke to me

22:17 Mormon students at BYU who are LGBT have made an It Gets Better video that's sort of interesting if you want to take a look at that go to the itgetsbetter.org website Well they're allowing students to be out at BYU as long as they are not practicing homosexuals so we'll see how that goes What if they're full-fledged and they're not practicing anymore? What do mean full... Get it?! Alright, so even though I'm a noted and out by curious male. I do not get the joke

22:54 I tried, I looked at the Urban Dictionary. I was very irked by this because i think you should be able to get a joke. Yeah. The...I looked in the urban dictionary to find what there was up is it upon? Is it some sort of a reference or something we have gay listeners. I want one of them to send me an email and explain it to me if they even know Now let me just say, there may be people who are tuning into this for the first time. We have no agenda we don't give a crap what you're doing you could be doing your tomatoes I don't care and i actually ran this DHSpeople.curry.com by my Austin gay squad and they even went like oh my god

23:34 Who would want to work there? The gay guys don't want to work there. Like these people look hideous! They do, they'd look like a people you wouldn't want to work with Exactly But yeah, no Janet Napolitano's gay and I think half the organization is And we're...you know and now they do that and then and i'm seeing now this I don't know it just Well here's what I feel John, I feel that Hillary Clinton Lucifer Clippity-Clopp does a very good job at this I believe the reason this is being brought to the forefront is because LGBT rights equals human rights. And then you can place that anywhere to cause a ruckus about any administration, dictatorship or whatever if you're being unfair to gays lesbians and transgenders You are then violating human rights and very quickly discussion goes from LBGT rights to human rights and of course human right like oh we need to create no fly zone

CHAPTER 07 / 39 Discussion

Newt Gingrich and the NRA Convention Speech

Newt Gingrich addressed the National Rifle Association convention, proposing a UN treaty to establish the right to bear arms as a universal human right. Gingrich argued that every person on the planet deserves the right to defend themselves against oppression and violence. The hosts contrast this "human right" framing with the administration's use of the term in other contexts.

newt gingrich· nra· second amendment· united nations· human rights

24:31 and bomb everybody. That's why I think it's continuously... Well, it's over and over again. Jump don't but it happens to remember I interviewed that guy you could find on the big book show Big Book Show dot com The guy who wrote the book about the origin of human rights and he says this is bullcrap This only really started in 1992 when it's a NATO thing and human rights are being used to Continuously to say those people over there no good they don't respect human rights But where does it really come from? You know, did God give it to us or Hillary Clinton give it to us? And that jump is being made all the time between gay and lesbian transgender rights and human rights. Before you know it the story is, oh its human rights! You know the funny thing about that I got the biggest kick out of Gingrich at the NRA. The NRA had their big convention and everybody had to go speak to him. The best speech was probably Gingrich's

25:25 But he had a little clip in there. Let's just explain the NRA, uh... The National Rifle Association this is a huge gun lobby that protects the Second Amendment in many ways and they promote people you know it promotes gun ownership And just the word NRA I'm not a member by are your member of the NRA? No no yeah I wouldn't be a member of any club I don't want to be a member of any club either I agree but just the mention of the NRA It drives a lot of people friends of mine Oh yeah, drives them nuts. Yeah which I find peculiar. Yeah just like guns... So anyway there's all these crazy initiatives to make this a human right and that a human right you know all these things and so Gingrich comes up with this absolute gem Well i hope none of them will take it personally when I say that I believe the NRA has been too timid And I want to explain what I mean

26:25 A Gingrich presidency will submit to the United Nations a treaty that extends the right to bear arms as a human right for every person on the planet because every person on the planet deserves the right to defend themselves from those who would oppress them, exploit them rape or kill them. It's my human right as a bicurious male dammit! I just thought that was a stroke of genius. That's pretty cool, well meanwhile on this very same topic of course this is all coming up now because of the Trayvon Martin case which i don't think we need to explain anymore the entire world knows about this and please pay no attention to American missiles killing people who are brown in places of sand because that doesn't count Mayor Bloomberg came out and he has his whole initiative basically to get rid of all guns

CHAPTER 08 / 39 Discussion

Mayor Bloomberg on Gun Control and George Zimmerman Bounty

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized "stand your ground" laws and the NRA during a press conference, labeling such legislation a "license to murder." Bloomberg faced questions regarding his own armed security and the $10,000 bounty placed on George Zimmerman by the New Black Panther Party. The Mayor claimed ignorance of the bounty while condemning the act as illegal and inappropriate.

michael bloomberg· trayvon martin· george zimmerman· nra· black panther party

27:20 And he did a press conference in New York. And what you did not see is the question and answer session, and I have two clips from that. So here's one now the question was hard to record but essentially they're saying well hold on a second don't you have like bodyguards who have guns? An if someone is trying to attack you do they stand down? Do they back off or do they go there and blow their head off Of course he's not going to answer the question, but his answer was interesting. I'm in the Trayvon Martin case that's for a prosecutor and the justice system to adjudicate and do whatever they think is appropriate But i'm trying to protect people across this country Somebody this morning asked me what standing do I have? I go to states with stand your ground laws my daughter goes to states with stand your ground laws

28:14 This is part of America, and I think it is these kind of laws to lead to visual envyism are just not appropriate. It's also true that in all our states one of the most effective groups of anti-crime policing are the undercover cops Now, stand your ground laws typically do not give you a right if you feel threatened by police officer to shoot But undercover officers throughout this country are starting to say, wait a second. They're not going to know that I'm an undercover cop and they want to go home to their families every night We really are all in this together And the fact that we hope justice is served in Florida? I don't know what justice is That's up for the court system but the laws Are not kind of laws that a civilized society should have The NRA

29:10 should be ashamed of themselves. This has nothing to do with gun owners' rights, it's nothing to do with the Second Amendment. Plain and simple this is just trying to get people a license to murder. It's a fact! A license to murder! Vigilanteism! What was the motivation for this guy to murder that kid? Undercover cops need to be protected And here's the best question. So now I think everybody knows that the new Black Panther party, and this is all part of the let's make Americans crazy and hate each other thank you very much so we can re-elect the president they put out a bounty on George Zimmerman head. You saw this everywhere on the news right? Yeah my guy might as well be Rushdie in a fatwa from the Iranian government Thank you very good Well apparently Mayor Bloomberg

30:03 who even has a news channel, had not heard about this. There is obviously a bounty on Zimmerman and it seems as though... I don't know that's the case, is that true? Yes How do you know that? Well uh.. A member of the Black Panther Party is offering $10,000 reward for Zimmerman so... Can we get him by himself please? Michelle Fields, Daily Caller Do you feel that maybe some individuals are treating the moment unfairly? Anybody who puts a bounty on somebody else's life is acting totally inappropriately. And I'm sure it must be illegal. It's an outrage to even ask the question, what do you think?

30:44 Putting money on somebody's life is just as bad- I don't see you outspoken about that. I didn't even know about it until you just told me, thank you very much. I appreciate the information. And shut up! Now I've said my piece okay? It is an outrage and its against the law. And shut up! So the woman literally says, you know now that there's a bounty at he says I don't know that how do you know that she says well because It's on all the news channels. Oh, I'm just hearing about this. Well, that's an outrage You can't do that. That's illegal. I'm sure that's illegal but why are you dare even ask the question shut up slave? oh my goodness is just Flabbergasted flabbergasted I am

CHAPTER 09 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Executive Producer Credits and Karma

The hosts acknowledge high-level donors for the 400th episode, including those contributing $400 or more to join the "400 Club." Producers from Idaho, Connecticut, Tennessee, and the UK are thanked for their financial support. The segment includes "karma" requests for health issues, job searches, and "de-douching" ceremonies performed with a slide whistle.

executive producers· donations· karma· 400 club· podcast funding

31:25 Again, you know what I was watching a thing on Murdoch last night on Bloomberg coincidentally. We had the story of Murdoch's rise to fame and I'm thinking our news network is better than his. I mean we'll never make billions of dollars We I mean we do know that because we're not there's networks are designed to make money They're not designed to inform anybody and they're not designed to really analyze anything. They're all entertainment I mean, I was watching one the other day on Fox and some guys Blasting away about something about you know Some civil rights issues And some other thing he's going on and on and then they put up his subtel cuz this is a weekend show they couldn't get Anybody? The guys a portfolio manager With anything

32:13 I mean anyone can have an opinion, i've been on these shows. You know? Yeah well case in point. Case in point! Once you started doing this show they didn't ask you back very often did they? I haven't been asked back since. No Anyway so unlike Rupert Murdoch who misuses his His self-created power to help his buddies and further his political agenda, and become extremely wealthy. And of course a crook at the same time We don't have that model and we are destined for a life near poverty I will say though that we've had a lot of great people supporting the program over the past five years and This being our celebratory 400th episode We have a number of producers to thank who came in and supported us with the four hundred level donation Which is of course highly appreciated Yeah, it's very interesting. Let me thank a few these producers And the ones that are on the list of having supported the show for 100 by

33:15 giving us some donations a week or two ago. But AJ Reistad, Sir AJ from Colwell Idaho came with 404 he wanted to come in on the 400th show to get executive producership but then get a 404 so he kind of did it the other way everyone else got one beforehand and then I just thought that was kind of creative He'd like to request some karma for his wife who's having health problems. Also, Nate, his youngest human resource birthday call we got him on the list he's turned into magic number three yesterday and thanks for all the awesome work you guys both do in making the best podcast in the universe. You've got karma

33:56 Also on the list is Blake Wisher who came with 400 from East Windsor, Connecticut. Congratulations on show 400 can I get some karma? The last shot of karma from over a year ago was worth it and i could use another! You've got Karma Also, by the way we don't have on the list but Scott Hankel wanted to thank him he came in like five minutes too late after the midnight shutdown for the show 400 with no comment also Gerald Lenski Memphis Tennessee 400 those would be our executive producers along with Joseph Faehela at Brooklyn David Baxter

34:34 Back, Bucker. Robert Randall, William Jarema, Bruce Salkovitz Blake Wisher and Gerald Lenski if anybody gave us 400 before whenever we actually run the database let us know we'll put you on that list it will be as an executive producer of show four hundred which is today also we have two associate executive producers the SO single overhead cam slash four owners club in Lidditz, Pennsylvania. 2-12-12 been listening since the beginning of the year and this donation is honor of your 400th show and appreciation for the entertainment information gas prices are killing me so if you can spare a little job karma maybe I can cut my 130 mile round trip commute down a bit yeah no wonder he's listening to the show yeah he needs a third show week just where his commutes course man here it is you've got karma

35:29 130 mile round, that's 65 miles each way. That is one half of one show and then he gets the other... He only gets two days worth of shows from us with this ridiculous commute! Yeah well and a lot people are doing that so if anything we hope to be in a growth market seeing as more and more people have to work farther and farther away and are commuting more and more I can't get people to listen here in Austin you know Because they don't, they have no commute. Yeah it's pretty much of a commuter show and if you're in a submarine which is kind of a commute... Hey what are you listening to down there? Hey hey! James Burke Richmond North Yorkshire $200 in the morning early evening UK finally got around to being a donor not a boner anymore after months of being a producer and sending links etc to Adam but finally starting to path to becoming a knight starting The Path

36:29 Would appreciate a karma de-douching with the gitmo East UK national anthem slide whistle duet now that you both have that fine instrument Does this mean we get to jam together? Okay, here's what we'll do. You give him a d douching Yeah, come on east uk national. What is it okay? Okay, you play that you play the main tune and I'll play a play rhythm You've been d douche Enough That's a lot for an associate exec. That sucks! Yeah, it needs practice. Okay so that's that. Those are our executive producers and friends of show 400, 4100 club members I want to thank them and everybody else we'll get to in the second half of the show

CHAPTER 10 / 39 Discussion

Search Engine Optimization and No Agenda Google Rankings

A producer named Glenn is credited with building thousands of backlinks to ensure No Agenda properties dominate Google search results for the show's name. The hosts verify that they "own" the first six pages of Google, displacing previous top results for Sean Hannity. The discussion highlights the various fan-created sites, including wikis, tour pages, and art generators that populate the search rankings.

google· seo· search results· sean hannity· backlinks

37:35 Make sure to go to noagendashow.com, noagendanation.com and click on the donation buttons on both those sites. Dvorak.org slash NA and channeldvorak.com slash na if you can't get to dvorak.org And uh...you'll have the main donation page. I have a big PR thank-you to go out and uh...I'm just gonna say he's producer Glenn because he does this professionally and i want to make them wanna get him in any trouble He says I built a few thousand back links to your main site so that Sean Hannity calm wouldn't come up number one when searches for no agenda or no agenda show are done on Google Looks like my work helped go ahead John type in no agenda on Google look what happened Look what this guy's done. This guy actually saw this you saw the change new days ago and but look at it look at we own

38:32 The entire, for the words no agenda. We own freaking Google dude! No we always have until the Sean Hannity thing showed up Yeah but there were... But we've always owned the first four pages Are you sure? I think that was something in there Oh yeah oh no I'v been checking this constantly I noticed that the disappearance of Sean Hannity about a week ago Yeah So and i think if this guy did all that he probably had something to do with it I know who he is No we have had the first four pages I tell people just go to google us and you'll find all kinds of stuff Well now it's noagendashow.com, noagenda.mevo.com It should be! It is exactly what it should be with the Wikipedia page No Agenda News Network I mean all our important sites are on the homepage of Google and Glenn thank you so much Look even No Agenda Nation has 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 This a valuable PR move that he has done here Yeah we need to have these first pages And iTunes right there too and everything

39:30 It's better than it was, let's put it that way. But we've always had the first page and the second page... There is some discrepancy in the third page where we had four pages and now I'm going to page two That's us The whole page 2 is us Including the no agenda twitter account Read No Agenda, so I am on page 3 No Agenda Records, No Agenda Films No Agenda Home School! I didn't even know he had that Where do you think I got my education? That's page 3, we own page 3. Page 4 no agenda shots. The Zazzle store, no agenda stream. Futs? No agenda futs! We rule! Episode 381 the famous episode 381. Oh the Pipeline episode oh good it's one of your great great discoveries that episodes is one of the best

40:18 Okay, we own page 4 completely. Let's go to page 5. No agenda travel. Producer page. No agenda bingo! Art generator? The art generator demographics the SHU box no agenda is like a... okay we own page five this is a record yeah I'm telling you let's go to page six Glenn did us a solid man. No Agenda Tour that's your tour the No Agenda Report petition No agenda moment. That's a great question on the toolbar the stream schedule the card game The wiki oh, this is great. Okay? We own page six we own Google bishes Okay now we got I'm on page seven LinkedIn Greth Greg okay Glenn Beck dot shop music that we ended Glenn Beck warmed his way in with his no agenda t-shirt So we do not own page 7 so we got 6 solid pages That's pretty good

41:17 Someone is yelling at me that the stream is Down streams flaking out. I don't know I'm streaming Anyway, so we got six solid pages and then we got pieces of page seven Let me just try it let me just try something here make sure it's all working yeah, I'm streaming yeah, so Glenn if you if you want us to credit you properly with your company name let me know and now gladly do that on our An upcoming episode because this is a very valuable service go ahead and ask any Ask any fortune 500 company, and of course we do yeah Nobody's gonna own six pages not only that but you know what would it cost? This is by the way And most of these initiatives on these six pages are show related But they're not from us. No none of them one We've created our own little universe that cropped up

42:14 Because we don't have any agenda A, we've open sourced the whole show. And we encourage people out there I want to mention...I don't want to belabor this but We encourage people to post our show on their blog. Yeah! Do anything you want Seriously, anything. Take the information propagate the formula whatever you want to do get it out there and most importantly continue to support us as John mentioned earlier we highly appreciate our episode 400 executive producers even our 404 for today And our associate executive producers and everyone the smaller donations. We'll talk about that more later in the second half of the show Smaller donations of five dollars a month thirty three dollars a month all this counts It's all extremely important, and if you're living the American dream with just getting by and you're completely broke You can always do one thing which is go out and propagate the formula it works like this Our formula is this we go out we hit people in the mouth

CHAPTER 11 / 39 Discussion

Facebook Acquisition of Instagram and Youth Perspectives

The $1 billion acquisition of Instagram by Facebook is discussed through the lens of younger users who value exclusivity. The hosts note that younger demographics are becoming suspicious of Facebook's size and data practices. A brief mention is made of family members visiting Austin and their reactions to the social media merger.

facebook· instagram· acquisition· social media· miami

43:28 So the kids are here this weekend, which is really nice. Kids? Yeah, Christina and Juan. Juan?! What happened to Dexter? No! Dexter that's so five years ago hello... No, Juan is her boyfriend from Corpus He lives in LA Oh. They listen to the show now Oh, that's good. It's very good are you kidding me? I didn't think you'd ever get her to listen to the show Well, I think Juan listens to the show and then she's kind of like oh, I love you alright. I'll do whatever all listen to that crap Dad well it must be weird listening to your dear dad yeah must be

44:09 I know Jay doesn't listen to the show and I can barely get him you know Mimi to listen. I mean JC will because he's like, you know one of these produce Maybe if I give my kids some money she'll be oh that's great. Yeah, it's possible He was like posting pictures on What is it was that thing that Facebook just bought Instagram? Instagram. Who was Juan he's like I'm at Camp Mofo It's like really Yeah, by the way just as an aside Can you know I loved grilling the kids about this crap right so what do you think of that? You know Facebook bought instagram like sucks because now it's gonna get and now it's no longer exclusive which is interesting

45:00 They don't want to be a part of something that's big anymore. They all wanted to be small little exclusive club And then when it gets bought out they don't want to be a part of it anymore I think a lot of people are suspicious of Facebook You know we got a We got that great song the fact-of-the-matter song one of our producers made for episode number 400 I don't even know if i have it here. You played at last show Well, I didn't play on the show... I played on uh It's too long to play in this show No, no! I don't want to play the whole thing I just wanna play like the intro and the reason why need to play the intro is because let me see if I have it If I don't have it, I won't play it Uh.. well maybe yeah here it is Hey come one The guy played some banjo for us might as well just Well banjo is good He should've just played banjo Yeah you don't like because of consistent view saying fact or matter all time

CHAPTER 12 / 39 Discussion

President Obama on Family Travel and Economic Concerns

President Obama responded to criticism regarding the cost and frequency of his family's vacations during a local news interview. Obama stated that travel via Air Force One and Secret Service protection is a requirement rather than a choice. The hosts critique the use of the phrase "the fact of the matter" as a rhetorical tool to dismiss public frustration over the economy.

barack obama· air force one· secret service· travel costs· hawaii

45:58 Well, you said a lot more than I ever noticed. It's the fact of the matter it's the fact of the matter oh yeah Yeah ba dum that's the fact of the matter it's the fact of the matter it's the fact of the matter alright so uh... I'll put that in the show notes for episode three-niner niner and lo and behold a great Obama Fact Of The Matter clip popped up You might have seen this one where this local news guy is interviewing the president on one of these junkets and he says, hey you know people don't like that you're flying around in your jet taking vacations. Did you see this? No I missed this one! The economy is a big issue and concern for folks. I mean unemployment trying to make ends meet gas prices food pricing

46:47 Some of our viewers are complaining that they just don't you know They get frustrated even angered when they see the first family jetting around different vacations and so forth sometimes maybe they think under color of state Business, and that you're out of touch if you don't really know what they're experiencing right now. I don't know How many viewers your talking about to say that we do hear from some yeah? I've a lot I hear from all kinds of years about everything. But the fact matters, I think if you look at my track record...I'm raising a family here when we travel we got to travel through Secret Service and Air Force One that's not that's not my choice. I think most folks understand

47:27 How hard I work and how hard this administration is working on behalf of the American people. Yeah, he works real hard yeah He's working harder than it's not his choice to take two 747 so because his wife wants to leave 10 minutes early To go to Hawaii. Oh yeah? Yeah just said that's just as forced when we say fact or the matter It's like just shut up Yeah, the fact of the matter is a fact. I haven't sat for Of course not it's not against you and come on we all hate me. I love you John Come on man The thing I worry about most is you dying are you kidding me? You're like the most loved person in my life next to miss Mickey And my daughter and then a whole lot of nothing shot by a stray bullet there in Austin anything happened to me dude We're safe here

CHAPTER 13 / 39 Discussion

God Bless America Movie and Network Comparisons

The film "God Bless America," directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, is compared to the 1976 movie "Network" for its satirical take on American culture. The hosts describe the film as having a "No Agenda" message despite varying quality in acting. They reflect on the legacy of "Network" stars Peter Finch and William Holden.

bobcat goldthwait· god bless america· network· william holden· peter finch

48:11 Stray bullet. Not like anyone's gonna be aiming at ya. There is no bullets flying stray, come on everyone knows what to do around here They shoot them in the air straight up and they come down high speeds They don't shoot them in the air. They drill into their head at the top of it. They don't shoot em... there not a bunch of yahoos out here shooting around in the air. Wait till 4th July you tell me your not shooting guns in the air No that doesn't happen It's not gonna happen 4th of July Please Got a lot of response to people who watched God Bless America, the new Bobcat Gold Playz movie. Yeah I've got a copy that I've got to watch You should! It's uh...I realized as i was watching it with the kids actually um...Bobcat tried to recreate Network Fantastic...who was in there? Who is the guy that played Howard Beale and Network? Yeah No his name was not yeah he had a name That's him He had a name, yeah that guy

49:13 The whole style of the movie is very much... Let's see, it was William Holden. Peter Finch! Yes, Faye Dunaway She played the guy, Faye Dunaway The whole style of the movie is very network-ish and although it's not fantastically... the acting is kind of poor here and there but the whole idea of that movie Yeah, I liked it It's a very no agenda type movie Bad acting with interesting message That's us baby That is us. Bad acting with an interesting message. There it is, no agenda bad acting with an interesting message.

CHAPTER 14 / 39 Discussion

Rick Santorum Withdrawal and Republican Primary Dynamics

Rick Santorum's sudden withdrawal from the Republican presidential race is treated as suspicious, with the hosts questioning why he quit before the Pennsylvania primary. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus is criticized for treating Mitt Romney as the de facto nominee while Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich remain in the race. The hosts speculate on potential threats or backroom deals that led to Santorum's exit.

rick santorum· mitt romney· ron paul· rnc· reince priebus

50:00 Bit. Try the third party, since we're on this sort of role... Play the third party clip. They are both still in the race, both in the running What if they decide to run third party? That as well. What kind of fight are we looking at then in the general election? Well I think it's a great question. It's not a great question! I'm telling you something happened with Rickrollingyou Something happened with Santorum Something happened because somebody went you think they pulled a Ross Perot. Yes, I think they threatened him They mean I don't understand You know the easy the most logical reason for him to get out would have been to say look my kids not doing well I need to focus my attention on the kid. I'm out he doesn't say that He just says well, you know we didn't done We didn't do it this time around and I saw rinse prebus

50:56 Unfortunately, I wasn't able to capture it this morning on Candy Crowley's State of the Union. And Rince Priebus is the head of the Republican Party... whatever, the RNC And he says, you know our candidate our nominee and then Candy Crawley have to say eventually she said well You know it's not quite over yet He's not officially your nominee and this douchebag says well out of respect for Ron Paul in New Gingrich You know we're not really like you know. We're not putting him on the letterhead yet, but he's the guy Wow I mean that's just despicable can't have a race and then say well It's not over But that guy seems to be winning so he won

51:42 No, this Rance Pribis guy is a creep. The whole Republican Party is creepy! Who has a name like this? I mean doesn't that say something weird when you hear it? You know meanwhile the thing that got me was...I think they were fearful and they might have-you might be right about this because I'm suspicious cuz Santorum was making a huge stink about doing Pennsylvania his home state Which he possibly, I mean he also was ousted from Pennsylvania as a senator but he could have possibly won it and that would've screwed things up big time because that's a big number. And that was on the 24th! He talked about this a lot after Pennsylvania I'll decide, boom he quits before Pennsylvania. No one is saying why did you quit? He was doing okay

52:38 I find it highly suspicious that no one is asking that question because it is by definition at this point a great question. Why did you quit? He just said, well he didn't even say I have no chance Have you heard him say that? No Meanwhile, I think Ron Paul is actually it's been good for him. I see reports that the a lot of the evangelicals are now lining up support behind him because of course they will never support Gingrich because he's Complete a-hole and I don't think they liked the Mormon aspect to Romney Now I agree with that Do you think it's possible that Santorum's kid getting hospitalized really was something? That was actually overtly done to her Oh God, I hope not I mean, I know their evil but I mean, no

53:25 Break Santorum's knees. It is very possible So you know they maybe threatened him earlier said look you're gonna do this You got to get out we don't want you in the race at this point In that case I'll give him some props because if they threatened his life He should say screw you guys, you can threat me all you want They threatened his kids life yeah? I could understand he would say whoops okay. I'm done That's it Anyway, the good news of course you know Doug Weed. The guy we've been following he has... Doug Weed? Yeah that's his name right yeah I know it just kills me. Hey Doug Weed! Well hopefully he won't but you know this is... Doug Weed with everybody now he's a... Doug Weed. He is Doug Weed here. He is part of the Ron Paul group and he has very deep ties to a lot of big Christian money

54:16 So we could see all kinds, and I see like C-SPAN videos of Ron Paul with like 7000 college students freaking out loving him. Oh they did a Gallup did a major poll on this and you know Ron Paul kept you know amongst conservatives the most conservative of Republicans Ron Paul came in dead last with like 8% approval rating and I'm thinking he's the most, he is the only true conservative that i can see on this amongst this crowd but okay. I guess conservatives like big government forget conservative you're the only guy who was telling some version of truth and then but then when they did when they pulled up the kids that 20 18 through 27 Paul was right in the same he was right him and Romney were the same there were right at the top well

CHAPTER 15 / 39 Discussion

Gun Ownership as a Deterrent and the Militia Act

The Second Amendment is discussed as a deterrent against civil unrest and tyrannical government, contrasting the US with countries like Greece and Spain. The hosts debunk a historical argument used by Bill Clinton and the New Republic that compares the individual healthcare mandate to George Washington's 1792 requirement for citizens to own muskets. They clarify that the Militia Act was a military readiness law, not a general commerce mandate.

second amendment· militia act of 1792· bill clinton· healthcare mandate· national guard

55:10 That's okay, he's uh... They can't threaten him. No! He'd go public with it Oh yeah in a heartbeat and say hey people threatened to kill me Yeah And let me just say- That's actually kind of what Ross Perot did He kinda went public with it but he never explained it in detail I will say though that just quick throwback to the gun issue The only reason why we do not have riots in the streets In the United States of America in Gitmo Nation is because they're afraid to incite them in the way that is happening in Greece and Spain and Portugal, because we have the guns. And that's a dangerous situation! And that's exactly what they were intended for, was to protect against tyrannical government. Your thoughts on this as a constitutional lawyer John C. de Blasio? Well you know one of things I think...I think it good example how important it is when we went into Iraq

56:09 had guns. Iraqis were armed to the teeth! Every household had a gun. We didn't go in there with all the welcome arms, they started shooting at us and now we're you know it was like an embarrassed 10 years of embarrassment to even get out we're still kind of there... And the same with the Afghani's their armed. On that note So remember the thing that Bill Clinton said when he was trying to figure out, you know we have the Supreme Court in America now trying to figure out if mandating insurance for every man woman and child of any age on this continent by a government mandate if it's constitutional or not. And Clinton started this whole wacky thing by saying well I can remember when George Washington made everybody get a gun

57:04 And this is now being used over, I googled this because i saw it was an article in the New Republic. And I'm like oh a new republic is using this? Who else is using this and it's everywhere! This is their meme that they're trying to use but let me just show you what a fail this is so that... So the equation is trying to be made between a mandate for every man woman and child in the United States of Gitmo Nation to have insurance or be penalized and a law which required any able-bodied man between ages 18 and 40 to have a musket and some bullets. I mean, it's a fail right there! That was not a mandate for women It was not a mandate for anyone under 18 or over 40 Do they not see the stupidity of this? Apparently not Well its everywhere

58:07 Well, that's a total fail. So if someone this would be good for your cocktail party banter if someone says well you know George Washington uh mandated everyone to no he mandated uh men over 17 18 years of age under 40 mandating people going like the draft you know it's like in fact what's interesting because I looked I followed the whole track of the um it is the Militia Act of 1792 Six years later in 1798, Congress created added on to the Militia Act. This eventually became the National Guard is what happened which would became of this Militia Act and of course a National Guard then got turned into an arm of well it's going the National Guard I mean you could wind up in Iraq or Iran getting shot at

59:03 So it's basically just an arm of the military. We're screwed up! By the way, also that argument is specious because mandating that you buy insurance... Oh wait, there's another thing. It's like they mandated people who had shipping companies to get insurance for their employees? Well sure, that's okay. That's like a labor thing I'm into that Yeah, you have to have insurance if you drive a car Yeah but not to live not to breathe not to exist And I'm okay with everyone having insurance if medical health care were affordable, which is not because of insurance. Because of insurance. Another whole show. Yeah. Ah talking about that sort of thing though...I got a couple drug ads actually got one. Got a new drug ad finally we've been not getting a lot of drug ads but you know with all the death warnings at the end

CHAPTER 16 / 39 Discussion

Pharmaceutical Advertising and Vintage Radio Commercials

A modern advertisement for the rheumatoid arthritis drug Orencia is analyzed for its list of severe side effects, including fatal infections and lung cancer. This is contrasted with a 1939 Campbell's Soup commercial from the Orson Welles "Campbell Playhouse" era. The hosts remark on the shift in advertising tone and the "dead voice" style of mid-century radio announcers.

orencia· rheumatoid arthritis· side effects· campbell's soup· orson welles

59:58 And I thought we just did, you know play this one. It's about rheumatoid arthritis If you have rheumatoid arthritis Can you start the day the way you want can a rent see a help could your eye wants become I can Talk to your doctor or NCA reduces many RA symptoms like pain morning stiffness and progression of joy Patients and those not helped enough by other treatments Do not take Arencia with another biologic medicine for RA due to an increased risk of serious infection. Serious side effects can occur including fatal infections. Cases of lymphoma and lung cancer have been reported

1:00:37 Tell your doctor if you are prone to or have any infection like an open sore or the flu, or a history of COPD, a chronic lung disease. Orencia may worsen your COPD. Now learn about a program committed to you and copay assistance that can reduce monthly orencia out-of-pocket drug costs to $5! If you're not satisfied after six months, you get that money back! Call 185-Wish-Wish-No-No-Weird-Ow-Fowl. So, first of all what kind of a drug could give you lung cancer? Hold on a second. What about the morning stiffness? Yeah well I think that's a benefit so get

1:01:15 Give you lung cancer and all these other things it just sounds terrible, and then I've noticed in all the new commercials Which they're recycling all of them? Yeah They have these deals at the end You know you can do this special deal And you know you only get to pay five bucks. That's because their dick in the insurance companies again Jack So just jack up there who knows what this stuff really cost or what they're charging It could be a thousand dollars a month so why'd you only pay five oh Yeah. Yippee! This whole thing is bad I'm reminded though of this type of commercial compared to the olden days, hmm? I do have an olden days clip uh i have a Campbell's Soup commercial from 1939

1:01:56 That was used on the Orson Welles Campbell Theatre show, which he did after he did The Mercury Theatre. It came up in my collection of old-time radio stuff and I think this is the kind of thing we were never gonna hear anything like this again with a phony voice...the guy who's got to you know the voice. Like like the way i do my auditions? You mean You should do him in this guy's voice. Watch a hungry man enjoy to the last drop the racy flavor of this smooth blend of luscious tomatoes, delicate seasonings and fine table butter. Set a fragrant plate full of Campbell's tomato soup before a tired appetite and see its lively tang take hold of that appetite from the very first sip! And the way a child in a spoon and a bright glowing bowl of Campbell's tomato soup make friends is a delight to mothers

1:03:04 Indeed, because everybody from the youngest to the oldest in the family enjoys this soup so much I'm tempted to call tomato of all soups The Soup for the Seven Ages. It's always a happy choice for the main dish at lunch or supper A welcome beginning for todays main meal That's why Campbell's tomato soup is the steady favorite of most... I can do this. Hey, look at that homeless man right over there! Watch this hungry homeless man enjoy a lovely... No you didn't. Huh? No. You got your-I'm telling you could do this voice but that's not it. This is a dead voice. This isn't because he's dead but this is a voice has been lost to history

CHAPTER 17 / 39 Discussion

Propecia Side Effects and the DSM-5 Autism Spectrum

Merck's hair loss drug Propecia is noted for new warning labels regarding permanent sexual dysfunction, creating a paradox for users seeking to improve their romantic lives. The discussion transitions to the DSM-5 and the "autistic spectrum," with a listener anecdote comparing "spinning" behaviors in children to "spinners" at Grateful Dead concerts.

propecia· merck· side effects· dsm-5· autism· grateful dead

1:03:43 Yeah. I mean the racy flavor, it's a style of speaking that doesn't exist...I don't know anyone who could do this voice right now but if you listen to it enough you can get it and get it work! Well I think I have legislation to read John, I have no time for practicing dead guy voices How about this? Two Merck drugs Now this is a weird story Two Merck drugs for treating male baldness and enlarged prostate now have to carry extended labels about possible side effects. Now, the reason you take a drug for treating male baldness is to get laid right? I would think so... The side effects of Propecia and Proscar are sexual side effects, libido disorders, ejaculation disorders orgasm disorders

1:04:38 And now I can't wait to hear that television ad. Taking Propecia may have undesired orgasm disorders, are you kidding me? So you're taking the drug to get laid and then you can't perform which of course will make you take... That's the irony of the drug! Yeah and then you've got to take Viagra or something, I don't know man it's crazy I got this great note from Jimbo, Jim Oh No Bo about our spinners. You know we've been following the new DSM-5 and autistic spectrum disorder and all of the bullcrap that's being created to shoot into your children for something they may not have

1:05:17 Being a 150 plus show of vet of Grateful Dead shows, spinners made up at least 30% of the crowd. Now a spinner... I told you what did i say! That's why I'm reading the note to you so one of the telltale signs that your kid has autism is on the spectrum as if they're spinning So apparently at the dead shows spinners make up at least 30% of the crowd. They usually congregate behind the tapers section which is behind the soundboard or in the rafters or hallways more room to spin there and generally they consisted of hippie chicks with long hair and skirts I often wish to have such a thing for my living room, especially the ones with the overside hula hoops slowly revolving around their hips. Unfortunately about 10% of these spinners were dudes with long hair and skirts which wasn't apparent until the beard comes into view This country would be better off with kids that took drugs to make them spin than kids taking drugs to make them stop spinning Hell yes! Let your kid's spin I say! Spinners

1:06:18 Last night. They were the rafters where you see most of you be at some some event and there'd be a band playing And you look up on the balcony, and there would be all these spinners And how about I am actually weaseling my way on the inside last night? We went to a party So here in Austin and I find out that the guy is hot and his wife is lovely the guy who hosts the party Is actually? Making a he's a pharmaceutical guy, so I'm and he's on that ASD trip So I'm making friends so I can learn so I can learn about what's going on. So we'll have stuff on from the inside Good yeah now very excited about that The people who introduced me to him not so because they listen to my show they're like oh We made a bad introduction

CHAPTER 18 / 39 Discussion

Kony 2012 and JPMorgan Chase Funding

During a speech at the American Society of International Law, Kamari Maxine Clark revealed that the "Kony 2012" viral video was produced with $1 million in funding from JPMorgan Chase. The hosts question the motivations of a major global bank in funding a media campaign for military intervention in Africa.

kony 2012· invisible children· jpmorgan chase· uganda· kamari maxine clark

1:07:09 Like, oh man I fight evil. I don't have to fight it that way so this was interesting This is a piece of audio from the American Society of International Law Which by itself is disturbing because international law is something we probably don't want Speaking at the lectern is Kamari Maxine Clark and she is promoting the goodness that President Obama did by sending in troops to go find the Lord's Resistance Army and get Kony. And just listen to how she briefly mentions this about 20 seconds into this 40 second clip, about the Kony 2012 video. I'm just going to say a few words about Kony 2012 by way of thinking about the Ugandan case

1:08:12 So as we know, Kony 2012 it's a film that was inspired by the work of an NGO Invisible Children. That was set up eight years ago to address violence in Sudan and Uganda And with $1 million from JPMorgan Chase they created a 30 minute film Hello? Hello? Pretty good I didn't see that in their form 990! I didn't see that never heard of that They got 1 million dollars from JP Morgan Chase? Whoa That and she just keeps on going like blah, blah, blah. If I was in that audience it'd be like... Wait wait back it up again because was the million dollars just for the media campaign? Let's hear what it sounds like. JP Morgan... Backing up a little more. ...in Uganda and with $1 million from JPMorgan Chase they created a 30-minute film for their media campaign Now is it The way I understand it 1 million dollars for the film which was part of their media campaign

CHAPTER 19 / 39 Discussion

Liberia Media Blitz and AFRICOM Headquarters

A coordinated media campaign by the BBC and CNN is identified as "softening" the public image of Liberia. The hosts link this sudden positive coverage—including stories on surfing and the end of child soldiers—to the announcement that the US military's AFRICOM will move its headquarters from Germany to Liberia. This move secures a strategic West African base for American interests.

liberia· africom· bbc· cnn· stuttgart· child soldiers

1:09:13 Okay, so the banks. So these are the same guys who were going to benefit from us going into Africa apparently who? Not doing it for the out of the goodness of their heart which brings me to Liberia Yes now you have to let you know you need a little little teaser from the famous song I met a woman from Liberia. I don't know that song who did that song What's his name they Oh, the guy who did Jack... Bobby Darin. Really? It's a little before my time. They're not quite Green Day but okay. Go on go on So I told everyone pay attention to Liberia because something is going on so I get all kinds of emails and first email

1:10:04 The long-standing, highly regarded Radio 4 Today show which is in the United Kingdom. There's basically... I lived there for five years people still listen to the wireless okay they still listen to the radio a lot it's a cultural thing it's not like America PBS would be the thing that comes closest to it where you know people may listen to fresh air or whatever. Or NPR What did I say? PBS Oh no, NPR So you have radio one which is Chris Moyles, and that's you know. That's your mind numbing bullcrap top 40 radio Right then you have your radio 2 which is kind of the dopey you know

1:10:52 you know, for... You gotta clip that part of you making that mumbling sound at the beginning. It was actually quite funny! Okay I'll do that with it in the morning or just? No, the mumbling, forget the end of the morning. I will. Then you have like the VH1 version on Radio 2 but Radio 4 this is where they go through the morning papers and is the news show people listen to get informed they think in Gitmo Nation East all of a sudden John Humphreys is broadcasting live from Liberia. I'm like, what? And yeah, I even have a- here's an article from I think the Daily Mail Why is John Humphreys in Liberia? Listeners baffled by veteran today host Jaunt to Africa and then I caught another CNN promo about this apparently one of their reporters

1:11:45 uh... we grew up in liberia and now let's listen to this report i put this down as much as i could but it becomes very apparent what it's all about right the deep scars of war are starting to heal in liberia the tiny west african nation is still one of the poorest countries in the world but there's a new spirit of hope our brenda bush is from liberia and she went back to visit and report on the country making a comeback I turned a corner in Monrovia and came upon these kids dancing in the streets. And it struck me, almost 10 years ago children this age were killing and dying in these same streets. I will never forget the horrific images of Liberia's child soldiers armed drugged and deadly

1:12:37 A little sound effect added in there. Armed, drugged and deadly! So okay so now I'm like alright i get it this is Liberia where of course the United States had a huge influence in stopping the war or at least that's the way it appears and boils right back to child soldiers so what I'm thinking here for second is wait a minute maybe this is to show how good It is when we interfere in an African nation and then the child soldiers are no longer exist, they're not drugged or armed. Dangerous! So let's listen a little more. And all of those things that people recall in terms of the child soldiers etc... Child soldiers? They didn't go away overnight or did it when Charles Taylor as president was removed

1:13:30 There's another clue. If we go in and remove the president, then we change everything then all is good no more child soldiers. Is that when we started to see this evolution of change that people were feeling more hopeful about a brighter better Liberia? You know it has taken a long time the war is almost 10 years. Meanwhile you're seeing now people surfing they're showing surfing videos. Yeah, so that whole clip you can go to the show notes at 400.nashownotes.com to listen to it and then I figure out what's going on five days ago there was a big meeting the defense minister of Liberia has agreed

1:14:17 for AFRICOM to have its headquarters in Liberia. And of course, AFRICOM is the American military central command for all of Africa whose headquarters is in Stuttgart Germany because no country in Africa wants to have Americans setting up a base! But Liberia has apparently folded and now we have to blow them and make it all seem good. That's exactly why Liberia was in the news So AFRICOM will now become, and that by the way is on the west coast of Africa right above Cote d'Ivoire where of course we have...we just helped with a coup there.

CHAPTER 20 / 39 Discussion

African Mineral Wealth and Hillary Clinton in Colombia

The Democratic Republic of Congo is highlighted for its $24 trillion in unmapped mineral wealth, including coltan and tantalum essential for electronics. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was photographed dancing at a nightclub in Cartagena during the Summit of the Americas. The hosts suggest these social displays distract from the serious geopolitical maneuvering for African resources.

congo· minerals· hillary clinton· cartagena· rare earth elements

1:14:58 And it's all set. AFRICOM has its base, it will be in Liberia. seven to find references but they sent the Michigan Guard and a huge delegation and ambassadors all US African command October 20th 2010 Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she's pleased about establishing a military partnership program with the US state of Michigan. Yeah, don't you love it? That was kind of the first thing and then I guess it just grew from there to get Africom in their Africom started a five-year mentoring and advising mission with the armed forces of Liberia another way

1:15:47 This was a long-term project. They did it today It wasn't like they came in there with guns blazing But it also shows you how the mainstream media is so tied into the military industrial complex that even the BBC of course mi6 Completely controls that I guess they're like we've hey guys, the memo is out We've got to make it all look good and and let's put some surfing videos up and Liberia surf I swear together listen listen a little bit more this report its is nuts. So it's taken 10 years to reach this point and there is still so much more to do in Liberia. I think that because the spirit of the people, their desire to improve and the belief that better days are ahead of us... That has finally come and i think that what I was seeing on this trip because I've been back many times and I didn't feel this prior to this. Something happened on this journey?

1:16:48 It was as if when I turned that corner and came up on those children it was like, I realized my country had turned a corner at that time. Because our children who were killers, Liberian children thousands of them were child soldiers. They were the ones killing they were in brutal ways but you know they were taught to kill and they were made to kill and this whole thing is so smartly done Child killers, child soldiers. You know and just everything about the children But if you have AfriCom come in well then look what can happen it's on the rise I can't believe we can surf now in Liberia The surfing it just kills me and by the way It's a white dude surfing okay? It's probably Hawaiian footage that just shoved in there

1:17:36 It's just like oh we can surf and there's great markets, and they've got little quotes And everyone's happy in the dance into hip-hop and no longer armed drugged and dangerous. And it's you know I'm obviously it's to you know We kick out some more Chiners that they all kinds of groovy stuff going on Liberia It's all very very handy and the Congo which is where? We need to get rid of Kony I was reading this report from The Southern Times The Democratic Republic of Congo, above Uganda represents the big prize in Africa. Estimated mapped mineral endowment worth 24 trillion dollars. Cassiterite, wolframite, coltan, tantalum

1:18:24 neobium all the good stuff that we need nowadays for these so you can use your iPad is that really all but it's good must be good for more than just iPads well it does go for all kinds of electronic stuff that we need to build missiles and have cool displays in modernize its a modern these are necessary this rare earth elements but isn't really just for electronics or is it for other groovy things I don't know that as for anything else It's just for electronics. Well, electronics is big it's the biggest thing going on so oh wow that's interesting I don't know that it's good for anything. What else would be good for? I don't know, I'm asking you! I don't think so... You can make rings out of it Well you can make rings out of the gold there is gold there too obviously The gold we know what gold is good for and silver is useful But no these crazy elements are all for electronics I am going to forward an email right now you have to look at this It just came in This is from MSNBC photo blog Oh my god this is great This is Hillary Clinton

1:19:28 in Cartagena, in a nightclub dancing with a whole bunch of hot chicks around her. Oh this is great! And oh man she's whooping it up she's got her hand like woo! You know how you know how those crazy chicks do? Yeah with their arms out the air yeah look at her I'm trying to get there hold on a second I ended up as usual closing my eye. I'll post into the chat room so they can enjoy this they'll like it and look at that she has hot chick all around Adam Curry Hillary enjoys nightlife in Cartagena his world the hookers went by the way after the other thing yeah awesome brother Right Hillary Clinton enjoys a relaxing moment at cafe Havana. Yeah, Havana Kenya Colombia on April that's today yeah

1:20:23 Yeah, it's not dark yet there today. This is to be from yesterday She just doing it now. It's just lunchtime Hey girls Let's go We are being so duped oh man what I was all these beers they're drinking I can't wait to get some Some audio from this summit of the Americas. I want to hear them all bickering and moaning about the drug decriminalization Can't wait for that. Oh yeah, that's going to be outstanding. Oh by the way you probably won't hear that on the news which is why we are the only program as far as I can tell well not the only one there's a couple out there um meanwhile no i don't think any show would have come up with your analysis of The Secret Service creating a diversion

CHAPTER 21 / 39 Discussion

UN Resolutions and Titanic 3D Media Saturation

The hosts criticize the media for ignoring the technical language of UN Security Council resolutions on Syria, which mention "advance teams" as a precursor to larger missions. Simultaneously, the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking is used by parent companies Viacom and Fox to promote James Cameron's 3D re-release. The "captivated" narrative is described as a manufactured media memo.

united nations· syria· titanic· james cameron· viacom

1:21:17 with his hooker story. Here's the only thing... I honestly don't believe any, they will now but i don't think anybody has made that connection. You know why? Because all you got to do is when something comes out like we'll talk about in a second like the UN security resolution about Syria Instead of just forwarding me the news like, yeah I heard that they passed a resolution. Go to the UN website read the resolution! They do it in multiple languages this is what no one does anymore and the internet you know although great for porn

1:21:59 All you have to do is just go search for the document and you've got it. By the way, UN website is the biggest piece of crap in the universe. Oh so horrible! But this is... You can look at agenda 21 there though Yeah well yeah but you still have a search around for it. Do you know how big that document is? I couldn't-I couldn't-I began to download it and then was like gave up No I haven't. I read through it the other day just to remind myself To be sharp But here's what was on the news in the United States of Gitmo Nation, a small compilation of the real news. In fact let me... it is time for we haven't played this in awhile And now, back to Real News. It may be 100 years since the Titanic sank to the ocean floor but the world is still captivated by her fateful voyage. The story of a technological triumph that ended in tragedy still captivates the public mind 100 years after the Titanic sank. Been a hundred year since the Titanic sank but yet we're stil fascinated by everything that happened at night

1:23:01 Have you ever thought about why? Award-winning film made back in 1997 but Chad it is now in 3D and people still can't get enough. Still cannot get enough for the past century has captivated historians and Hollywood, people still coming to see James Cameron's version So the memo went out everyone's still captivated! And of course we open up this weekend with Titanic 3D Yeah what a coincidence Not this one. Oh, I forgot to mention on the hookers and blow story it was so well timed that there's a book coming out on Monday

1:23:47 by this obviously an inside guy it's called United States Secret Service vision no I'm sorry what is here in the president secret service behind the scenes with agents in line and in the line of fire and the presidents they protect by Ronald Kessler. This guy was all over the news, and he's the one that broke the story and his book comes out on Monday come on Come on, come on. I forgot that was the best part! I forgot to tell you about that. So it was so set up... It's like literally says here want it delivered by Tuesday April 17th? I guess it comes with yeah what's so funny about all this Titanic crap

1:24:26 crap because we're all so preoccupied is that the two of the co-producers of The Titanic movie are Viacom, CBS and Fox. Yeah! And those are the guys that are just pumping the crap out it. Of course! This is so transparent all you have to do is look up who produces stuff and you trace right to Viacom which is CBS or you trace at the 20th century which is a you know the other operation or Disney which is ABC I mean you don't see a lot of this on the done that's no these were all local benefit now these were all local Fox stations and they all got the same memo and the memo had in it the following keywords 100 years and captivated. And that's what they did, they all did a report 100 years captivated am i captivated?

CHAPTER 22 / 39 Discussion

UN Military Observers and Humanitarian Access in Syria

UN Security Council Resolution 2042 authorized an advance team of 30 unarmed military observers to monitor the cessation of violence in Syria. The resolution demands full humanitarian access for international personnel. The hosts interpret this as a "Wag the Dog" scenario designed to lead toward a NATO-enforced no-fly zone.

syria· united nations· susan rice· military observers· humanitarian aid

1:25:13 Oh, you could have taken a cruise. I mean, I hope those cruises sink. Oh that cruise was another thing! I hope they sink. What a crock! Sink! And they had...I saw it on one of our local stations probably at the CBS station and it was like they show these people on this boat in costume dancing around. I mean who does this? Anyway never mind. Well very...it gets on your nerves. All right well let me annoy you some more then for a moment so we have Syria and as I said, um, the eye went in. I read the uh United Nations read the security council resolutions of course We run the Security Council now and Miss Rice there Susan rice. Oh man She loves it she's running the meeting now You know she'd like if you got a gavel And she's hammering and she's telling everybody what to do So of course when you heard in the news is they're going to send in 30

1:26:12 Observers. And they make a big point of saying unarmed Yeah, but their military observers okay here it is Point seven the council decides to authorize an advanced team advanced team hello Hello very important you got to read the words and advanced team if there is an advanced team What are they in advance of? Well that shows up in a minute 30 unarmed military observers to liaise With the parties and to begin to report on the implementation of a full cessation Of armed violence in all of its forms by all parties pending the deployment of the mission referred to in paragraph 5 And calls upon the Syrian government and although parties to ensure the advance team is able to carry out blah blah so

1:27:03 There's paragraph 8 calls the guarantee safety of the advanced team. Paragraph 9 to report on any obstructions. Paragraph 10 reiterates its authority, its call for the authorities to allow immediate full and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel to all populations in need of assistance in accordance with international law and guiding principles of humanitarian assistance that calls upon all parties in Syria, in particular Syrian authorities, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and relevant humanitarian organizations to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance. They are sending in thousands of people and this advance team is only the advance for the next 200 who are going to come in, right? I would suspect that mm-hmm And meanwhile

CHAPTER 23 / 39 Discussion

Bahrain Grand Prix and Civil Unrest

Despite ongoing daily protests and police violence in Bahrain, Formula One officials led by Bernie Ecclestone proceeded with the Grand Prix. The Bahraini Royal Family's 50% ownership of the McLaren team is cited as a reason for the race's continuation. The hosts contrast the lack of international condemnation for Bahrain's "Sunni elite" with the aggressive stance taken against the Syrian government.

bahrain· formula one· bernie ecclestone· mclaren· sectarian violence

1:27:55 The Prime Minister of Turkey is saying he wants to invoke NATO's Article 5 over the Syrian border fire. And what happened while they were in, this is Saturday by the way... While they were in the UN Security Council meeting all these reports came out with unconfirmed video footage There's firing everywhere! They're firing left and right look at us bombing their shooting rockets just hype it up It's so much theater complete wag the dog and they're going to call in NATO for a no-fly zone. You watch, this is bound to happen... There's no reason for them not to follow the old pattern The Egypt pattern The only place where this is NOT being followed Is in Bahrain Oh of course not because that... Where there are real protests Well listen to this report and you'll get it chuckle A Friday funeral turned violent today For a man shot dead two weeks ago During one of Bahrain's near daily anti government protest

1:28:53 Hardly the best backdrop for a Formula One Grand Prix, but the racetrack is some way away in the desert The police say they will ensure team safety and the decision to go ahead rests with formula one bosses Mr.. Eccleston we heard something from the FIA this morning about barring you've been in with team bosses. What's being discussed about Bahrain nothing? Nothing? You know what the joke of this is, is that the F1 races are supposed to be done for a reason. They're supposed to be city street races! No they built the track way out in the sand... There's no track for Formula One you're supposed to be driving around town that's the idea!

1:29:35 But it's like people are burning stuff. They're blowing, they're creating pipe bombs. They're blowing up police officers. And then they have this little race out in the middle of nowhere so the elites can all show up and drink champagne together and watch these drivers drive around and around? Well also there is some big involvement. The Royal Family owns 50% of the McLaren team. the outrage, you know where is Lieberman and McCain saying hold on a second. You know this is horrible we have a dictatorship in Bahrain who are killing their own people there's riots in the streets... No you can just take any Syrian report and remove Syria and put it in Bahrain and it would all be the same And these people are very patriotic that's what they would say listen to more of this report The BBC is like

1:30:28 Whatever, it's all good. So we're going to Bahrain? Yes of course! The row over Bahrain's Grand Prix goes well beyond sport It's worth an estimated 25 million pounds to Formula One and it takes place on a circuit which cost 92 million pounds to build the Bahraini Royal Family owns around 50% of Formula 1 team McLaren so there is alot at stake if the race was to be cancelled The question is, will it aggravate or will it diffuse the highly charged atmosphere in Bahrain's troubled villages? Oh yeah. It's gonna defuse! Yeah. It's gonna diffuse...yeah that's like the question uh-huh. It's between those who support the Sunni ruling elite and those who oppose them

1:31:13 Sectarian divisions are growing. Today, this CCTV video emerged of a Sunni mob... This one- have you seen this footage by the way? This is great! So uh, a Sunni mob which looks just like a bunch of drunken teenagers to me I don't know how you know they're Sunni They barge into a convenience store, they trashed the place and the cops are right there videoing it and giving them instructions Looting a Shia owned supermarket The police appear to be colluding with looters Apparently warning them with their cameras Tonight, Bahrain announced a full investigation has been launched. Sure! Anyway you get the idea It's a spotted the Bahrain thing. I think six months ago that was when it was big it well actually during the Egypt So whatever the Arab Sunrise or whatever the heck we don't even use the term anymore spring Arab Spring When they all begin Harry spring those Arab spring forward fall back exactly so anyway We noticed all this and it just it's such a fake you know, it's such a fraud is such a just ridiculous of media isn't collusion with the

CHAPTER 24 / 39 Discussion

Balochistan Civil War and the TAPI Pipeline

Civil unrest and sectarian killings in Balochistan, Pakistan, are linked to the strategic TAPI pipeline route intended to carry gas from Turkmenistan to India. The hosts argue that US drone strikes in the region are part of a "color revolution" to secure the pipeline corridor. The Pakistani Parliament has issued a unanimous declaration demanding an end to these violations of sovereignty.

balochistan· pakistan· tapi pipeline· drone strikes· nato

1:32:17 Well, they just do what they're told. It's kind of depressing So here is another one that... Remember the first time and I guarantee everyone who is listening to this program The first time you heard the name Balochistan was on this show There's no doubt! I'd never heard it until it came out my own pie hole Balochistan Is now falling into civil war Gunmen this morning killed seven Shiites in Balochistan We, the United States and of course the reason for this is because the TAPI pipeline coming through Afghanistan on its way to India goes right through Balochistan. And we need to protect that pipeline and that's why we're starting basically another one of our color revolutions in Pakistan. That's why we've been all over Pakistan's butt recently

1:33:06 you know, making it difficult calling out their people putting them on the most wanted list offering 10 million bucks as a bounty on their head and Balochistan you're going to see it more and more that's the next place that NATO will have to go in or the armed forces at least us. And Pakistan is not having it! In Parliament on Thursday they had a unanimous declaration The US must immediately stop violating its sovereignty through drone star strikes And these drone strikes are taking place in Balochistan. Ah, what fun! Yay! Yeah... yeah... oh well I just want you to be informed That's all So uh... You don't wanna be too informed

CHAPTER 25 / 39 Discussion

LRAD Sound Devices and Chicago Summit Protests

The Chicago Police Department has acquired Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) for use during upcoming summits. While police frame the devices as "communication tools" for clear messaging, the hosts highlight their history of causing permanent hearing loss when used as acoustic weapons against protesters in Pittsburgh. Democracy Now! and local Chicago news reports are compared for their differing portrayals of the technology.

lrad· chicago· pittsburgh· g20· acoustic weapons

1:33:57 Here's the story that there's a couple interesting things that came up on Democracy Now! I couldn't get my C-SPAN to come in very well, so ended watching these alternative shows. You know what? I had problems with C-SPAN too. Do you have problems with C-SPAN receiving it? Yeah its not coming through its just coming as a dead channel. The C-SPAN 1 right 2 and 3 work but C-SPAN is dead No yeah one for sure is dead. What is that? I don't know probably keeps some information away from us I guess from you, me and the five other people that watch it. I heard someone say the other day C-SPAN is one unpaid electricity bill away from being a radio station And I thought that was... Well, it's gonna have problems after Lamb quits. You know he's quitting he's retiring Yeah He's out well Ryan Lam and he's the one who has made C-SPAN what it is I'd like to know if any of our other producers in Gitmo Nation United States Have had problems receiving c-span 1 because I've seen this too. I thought it was just my cable But you're having a 2 thats interesting yeah im off the dish you're on the dish hmm Okay What do you what? Do you have from democracy now a couple things um?

1:34:57 One is I now believe that we can expect to see that sound wave device. Oh, I have the clip too! Protesters to get sound wave in Chicago this was a subtle message they talk about what happened in Pittsburgh where they use this military device and then at the end they mentioned...I thought this was a coded message to say you're gonna get blasted in Chicago but play protesters Let me see..I might have the same clip We'll have to see The so-called long range acoustic devices or LRAD's amid painful and potentially harmful tones over long distances. The device was created for military use, but it was deployed against protesters for the first time at the 2009 G20 summit in Pittsburgh. The American Civil Liberties Union later filed a lawsuit on behalf of a bystander Karen Piper who said she suffered permanent hearing loss while the American Tinnitus Association said Pittsburgh protesters had been quote acoustically assaulted

1:35:54 They compared the sound pressure to what armed forces might face from an improvised explosive device. Massive numbers of protesters are expected in Chicago when the summit begins next month." This is very interesting, John I'm glad you got this so this is Democracy Now! That's how they presented it now let me take you to Chicago local television station and let me show you how they presented The Long... What does it called? The long-range Long range submarine. LRDL, well it's the LRAD yeah. Listen to how they presented in this report. There were no clashes no arrests in that march but there were other confrontations. I hereby declare this to be an

1:36:37 an unlawful assembly. Pittsburgh used what's called a long-range acoustic device for loudspeaker dispersal orders, followed up by high frequency potentially painful audio chirps. Pittsburgh's use of the LRAD was the first time that machine has been used in the U.S., for crowd control. I'm not going to talk much about the LRAD because we are in litigation over it We did use it as a toll to get the order to disperse messages out. There are still unresolved lawsuits over Pittsburgh's use of the LRAD and other arrests that protesters say took place without provocation, but Chicago police say that they do have an LRAD long-range acoustic device available for use It sends out live or recorded messages in a very narrow sound beam so you can hear the messages with clarity several hundred yards away

1:37:29 So what they're saying to the slaves Wow, this is just so you can hear our message clearly I'm Cheryl police say that's how they intend to use it here as a communications tool for let everybody know You're not welcome in this particular spot. But they can also send out those alarm tones which makes you do this It's a communications tool oh my goodness It's not meant to break your eardrums or anything, or give you pain. No it's a good job we want to make sure that you can hear what were telling you Yeah that is the slight difference in reporting. Although I have to say the Democracy Now show only mentioned they are having an event in Chicago They didn't mention that Chicago has the devices already So they left that out because they didn't know

1:38:19 And I thought it was just a message to tell people, you know, to be cautious. But now I can see that there's good reason for that because Chicago is loaded to the gills with these devices too and they're going to use them again on the American public which is a military device used... Supposedly used against the enemy, but it'll only be used to give you instructions Yeah I think the instruction is something like this Shut up slave! I'm gonna show my school by donating to no agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah that'd be fab Hey citizens, anyway we want to thank a few people for helping us produce this show number 400 our 400th show.

CHAPTER 26 / 39 Discussion

Listener Donations, Knighting Requests, and Karma

A lengthy segment features donations from listeners in Arizona, Maryland, Florida, and the UK. Several producers contribute $69.69 to request "get laid" or "bunga-bunga" karma. One donor mentions working at Apple for wages comparable to Walmart, while others request "de-douching" ceremonies. The hosts emphasize the "value-for-value" model that funds the program.

donations· knighthood· karma· apple· walmart· 69.69

1:39:06 going on five years. Sir Keith Edwards in Gilbert, Arizona $144 and 54 cents hey citizen he says congratulations on show 400 my contribution is made up of ninety nine dollars why because 33 for a podcast license 1221 for some mayan good measure What's my in good measure? Yeah, it said 2012. Oh 1221 okay. Can I get a shot of karma for my eight-year old human resource thanks and keep up the great work You've got Karma Andrew Gardner comes in from Avenue Maryland for $129 needs to finish off his knighthood with little less than this but decided hit the 129 magic number for fun please call out Chris Coulson and Adam Norhold as douchebags

1:39:58 For listening and not donating as well as my brother Elliot Gardner. DOOSHBAG! For letting me hook, get hooked on N.A., and then letting me beat him to knighthood he can get a douchebag A de-dooshing when he tops off his knighthood would it be possible I could get a slide whistle duet for ringtone? What's his name? It's Sir Andrew Gardner? Sir Andrew Gardiner Okay i'll do the tagline Ready? Andrew Gardener your phone is ringing Good one. Yeah, good one! Think so? I think it was alright. He can clip it himself. Orion Stephenson or Stevenson in Miami Florida 1111 we don't get those too often for some reason we haven't been promoting it Hey dudes please give my Gitmo Nation stinky cheese girlfriend Doreen Marceau a birthday shout out We got her on the list keep up the great work

1:40:55 William Kilby in Knoxville, Tennessee $100 I've been a listener since day one and have only donated fifty dollars. So I felt this was getting overdue I also requested you guys quit picking on Bill Gates and George Clooney because they're doing a lot of good with their fame And wealth I think many potential donators agree what? Hold on a second Hey Michelle Figueroa in Chicago, Illinois $75. Congratulations guys on the 400 show I'm a newer listener thanks to my boyfriend Blake please send me some karma. You've got karma

1:41:47 Joe the dish slave in Stockton 6969 it continues the streak of 6969 that began with Carrie Shun what hey guys Joe the dish slave stopping in to keep the 69 train rolling along but please put this donation toward my wonderful wife's Dame hood and can I get a slide whistle karma shot for the whole family okay karma coming up there Oh brother. Paul Kirby, South Ascot Berkshire another 69-69 first of all thanks for your hard work it's really appreciated I've been on the trickle plan for a few months but decided to top it off or top it up as I'm about to enter the year of the shill yes 33 years of age on April 16th can I get a MILF from my partner Jacqueline and a karma shot for our business startup? Absolutely! MILF that one mother I'd like

1:42:45 You've got karma. Also coming in from Glasgow, 6969 Mark. I don't have his... where's Mark's other rest of his name? Anyway he needs a getting laid an exam karma yeah they'd go well together actually you've got karma Jeff Frianderson, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 6969 the street continues in the morning John and Adam we may put a club together for these guys yeah a real club with the darkroom yes I belated have drinking beer from Columbia belated happy birthday to John with the help of no agenda karma at each turn I've gotten a new job Wow a new place to live and I've been improving each day of the week however there's only one thing mission missing

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1:49:12 Excellent content hit it. What am I supposed to hit? Oh the karma? Karma! Oh, I'm sorry You've got karma We want to thank all these people and other and the others that came in for lesser amounts for various reasons For helping us finish show 400 hope you get Some value for value out of these shows we do 20 hours plus a week a month Actually do probably about five yeah about Five a week more than five has been more recently. Yeah, we've been overdoing it yeah about five a week four weeks is about 20 I did lot more material you get from watching a movie and Of course that's just the material what goes into it is uh? Oh, there's lots of em It's just my full-time job That's what I do You know um last night at this party a lot of beautiful people by the way

CHAPTER 27 / 39 Discussion

Government Legislation Analyst as a Professional Title

One of the hosts describes adopting the title "Government Legislation Analyst" at social events to explain their work on the podcast. The title is presented as a way to engage people who are otherwise confused by the "podcaster" label. They discuss the possibility of printing professional consulting cards with this designation.

government legislation analyst· consulting· networking· austin

1:50:01 You know, because people always say hey so what do you do? And usually I say I'm a bum. That always works. Yeah they're like oh okay Austin's a good place for that or else or I say I'm an inventor. I like that one that always works but last night I tried a new one. I'm a government legislation analyst Oh right, the government legislation analyst. And it blows their mind and Mickey's like hey you got to get some courage of where our consulting business cards and just hand out to say I'm a government legislation analysts and people literally look at me like... You work for the government? I didn't say that! I said I was a Government Legislation Analyst. No, he's analyzing government legislation for independence Yeah and then i say well no I do that as a hobby That really blows their mind what

1:50:48 We know we could you don't do it as a hobby. That's a lie. That's true. I know I do it professionally I do it professionally yeah, that's true that's true So I think I'm gonna get some cards printed up cuz I like that I like the logo at Gitmo shirts calm I think there's a good logo for us for the curry Dvorak consulting company which is probably a Nick the rat or something the original logo and I think we should, I think it's going to be easy. Look around we'll come up with something but whatever the case I think cards for government legislation less getting to say a legislation analyst is a good one right? It's a great winner title so winner telling you it makes people wacky and then you can say no I do professionally I do it for the No Agenda show You can lookup just type in NO AGENDA to Google yeah and you'll see how what this is And hit page three because that will still be us biatch

1:51:40 Up to page six. That's right, so this is what we do this is how we do it? This is how we roll It's just the two of us and our thousands of producers who help us no agenda news mean How we roll it's what all the hip kids are saying man What does it mean to a kid even well down on the ground rolling around? How about we say this is how we spin oh This is how we spin baby And we congratulate Sir AJ Raystat, his son Nate turned three yesterday. Orion Stevenson congratulates his girlfriend Doreen Marceau-Marceaux on the 14th yesterday as well Paul Kirby he turns 33 The magic number age tomorrow Alex Walter

CHAPTER 28 / 39 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony of Sir Andrew Gardner

Andrew Gardner is officially knighted as a "Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable" for his cumulative donations reaching $1,000. The ceremony includes the traditional "hookers and blow" or "wenches and beer" options. The hosts note that Gardner sealed his donation with a wax imprint of his knight ring.

knighthood· andrew gardner· secret service· 400 club· ceremony

1:52:38 congratulates his wife and himself, both of them turning 40. And they got their bunga-bunga karma! Andrew Soz says happy birthday to his brother Patrick he celebrates his birthday tomorrow and any architecture wants to congratulate her brother on his birthday Happy Birthday from all your buddies here at the No Agenda Show! And we have one person we need to knight today. As people are trying to get in on the no agenda night rings before they expire, not that your ring will go away but if you become a knight... What happened to my ring? Hey it melted right off of my finger!

1:53:15 We'll be... And by the way, I appreciate AJ Reistat when he sent.. He's mailed in his donation for 404 to get on the 400 club and he sealed it with his night ring. Oh really? Oh that's very cool. And a gob of wax! Cool Draw thy blade Sir Dvorak Very good Andrew Gardner step forward man Ah, it's great. You are the only person to be knighted on this celebratory episode number 400 and we're very happy to do so. So please kneel sir while I can bestow upon thee The title of Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable, I hereby pronounce thee Sir! Hey. What happened there? Oh no! Oh no! Sir Andrew Gardner Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable For you we have hookers and blow You might have to move the secret service agents out of the way but Otherwise they're there for you or if you wish Rentboys and Chardonnay which I had not heard the mainstream media use yet

1:54:15 for the Secret Service and of course your hot pants and booze or your wenches in beer. Thank you very much for your donation up to $1,000 in total donations Your ring is in the mail Sir Andrew Gardner By the way I guarantee you the Secret Service it'll come out that it was gay hookers again what you watch well that lifted if they're if the Storage starts a die down then you can read then you bring that in to pump it back up. Yeah, but that's only if people are like hey what's going on with the drug thing there man? We'll see if that happens we'll see if that happens I got some Gitmo Nation stuff which was quite disturbing this is from your neck of the woods John uh...up there in San Francisco

CHAPTER 29 / 39 Discussion

San Francisco Bus Cameras and Parking Enforcement

San Francisco has implemented a high-tech parking enforcement system using video cameras mounted on city buses. These cameras scan license plates and record footage that is later reviewed by agents to issue fines ranging from $65 to $85. The hosts warn that the system is being used to generate revenue from drivers briefly entering bus lanes to make right turns.

san francisco· sfmta· parking tickets· surveillance· bus lanes

1:55:03 One of the biggest problems, well there are two big problems you have out there. One is the potholes although I think they seem to be fixed right on highway... No only in areas a lot of the potholes have been fixed There's still potholes on the bridge and i'm going to make up my put my camera up on the dashboard I'm gonna drive through some pothole ridden areas as an area that are just all potholes it's terrible Well you don't Highway 80 that I've been complaining about That one stretch which was once all potholes has been fixed Well, if you're thinking you need to put cameras on your dashboard... You don't need to do that. Because that has already been done for you my first high-tech parking ticket in San Francisco Do you know about this there are buses in? San Francisco that have video cameras built into them and while these buses are going through their route During the day that video camera is recording footage from the streets They have two cameras one street level to kind of get the wide In front of the bus, and then one is on the side of the bus

1:56:04 like waist level to capture license plates. So the time on the video was 4 o'clock 6 p.m.. The raw video footage captured by the buses is downloaded into SFMTA servers then parking enforcement agents watch the video looking for parking violations How disgusting has this become? You're out of control in San Francisco and, by the way those tickets are $65 75 and 85 dollars for parking violations And what else are they going to be scanning Well, they're also scanning the buses apparently the one that bothers me the most because you know if you go to protest these tickets You'll find it. The operation has been taken over by a private party of course of course I'm gonna make money on it even go to the courts It's not a court thing anymore since been outsourced as some douchebags So now they have these bus lanes in San Francisco and you can make a right turn? You have to get into the bus lane to do it

1:56:59 And so sometimes if you get into the bus lane too soon and the bus sees you in there, they will... You'll get a ticket for being in the bus lane even though you were gonna make a right turn because they're not going to see that. So what you have to do is if you see a bus, I still use those bus lanes but now knowing that the buses have cameras, I'm not going to use one if I'm in front of a bus! I think... Get a ticket, bring in the bus lane. But this has been pioneered in Gitmo Nation East and in the UK they've been doing this for awhile just cameras everywhere everywhere yeah just that it's tax you have is a form of attacks Anything they can do to fine you, for just anything. They just want to get your money I tell people not to do business in San Francisco It's a miserable place When Nick the Rat was out here He says...the first thing he says is Jesus we're in San Francisco You can't walk down the street There are million homeless guys begging you for money

1:57:53 I know. You know, hey buddy you got a dollar? Yeah and they're grubby and they look like they're gonna attack you it's not a...you know it's an unpleasant city the place is crawling with vagrants put it like it is Crawling with vagrants. They're gonna tax you with fines for anything you do there's no parking It's it's a miserable place I tell do not go to San Francisco if you're a tourist go someplace Go to Seattle yeah, don't come to Austin if your tourists yes But if you want to move here now stay away we're fine here We don't need any more people 200 people a day now moving from California to Austin

CHAPTER 31 / 39 Discussion

TSA Boarding Pass Scanning and Employee Misconduct

The TSA is testing new automated machines at Dulles, Houston, and San Juan airports that scan IDs and boarding passes to verify travelers. The hosts argue this is a data-tracking initiative rather than a security measure. Additionally, a TSA agent at Boston's Logan International Airport was recently arrested in a major child pornography crackdown, marking the third such incident in that location.

tsa· dulles airport· tracking· child pornography· boston logan

2:00:23 While we're on the tour so we have to come back. Party! Yeah, exactly We have to come back after two or three weeks to put out the fires and The TSA has a new device I just caught this by coincidence. Does it run on stolen iPads? Yeah, and mine as well listen to what they're doing now. Posted! Alright the TSA is testing new technology that could soon end up in your airport machines will scan and verify travelers boarding passes an ID's and here is how it works

2:01:01 For the passengers, they'll have their ID and their boarding pass. They'll hand the ID to the officer and then the boarding pass himself will scan onto the barcode scanner Once the barcode scanner is complete The passenger will hand the boarding pass to the officer The system itself will only require a few seconds to make a determination if in fact all of the information is in order And if it is, the passengers will proceed to the checkpoint If we do get an alert We may request additional information from the passenger So right now the machines are only operating at Dulles Airport outside Washington. In the next two weeks they'll be installed at airports in Houston and San Juan, and after several months the CSA will decide whether to expand the program."

2:01:46 Messed up so this what they're doing and they're not replacing anybody because you they have it in the video You still see a TSO cuz you know now They're called officers all of a sudden which makes them feel a little more official, but they're not an officer of the law But you can yeah like I could be Officer Curry And you could be officer John we can put it on business cardens that has the same same value sits behind this machine you hand your ticket and your ID and then what they're saying in this report is Oh, the machine will check to see that it's verified. But no that's not what they're doing They're putting you into the database They're actually tracking you now. They're putting that information into their own database, scanning your information which is not happening at this point it's another part of the police state closing in on you they can't do any real-time processing The minute you order a ticket is when they know if you are on some kind of list No! Now they gonna just add another piece of crap and these things are going to go down It's gonna take longer than the guy shining that purple light

2:02:48 Please purple light give me a break. I started couple years ago freaking jabroni's and And so yeah, oh yeah So now this machine is gonna be able to determine if it's a valid ID But they're gonna put all your information in the database up curry okay you traveled from Houston notice that from Houston Oh where'd he go? Oh yeah? This should be unconstitutional I think it is actually and this is before you get to the checkpoint This is when you're in line And before you get yelled at... Well, I guess the airlines wouldn't give them their databases.

2:03:27 I don't understand why and what is the database on being put into? And, I don't know who makes the machines yet. I haven't done the research. It's a database that you just... You know it's just one of these new tracking databases and at some point somebody is going to come into the TSA say what do we get all these names for us or any way we can sell them to the insurance companies or there's some deal we can make to get some money out of all these names. It's got to be something like that but very little talk about it very little Just this one report that I happened to catch, you know offhand. Like oh wow that's interesting no one told me about that device but it's hooked into something. Well then they told me about the little purple light until i saw it here What is the purpose? Does that show you the watermark or something important? No just like looking at the driver's license with the purple light and then... And how do they look at you? Yeah they look at you. Look at the picture and then look at you

2:04:16 My favorite was the guys who hold up the driver's license and they go back and forth with the picture of you. Like, they're matching the distance between your eyes or something. It was like do I want to see this guy naked? Or not? Let me see... Earlier in the segment maybe that is what it is all about Well, you know that the Boston TSA came out Thursday Boston TSA agent nabbed during child pornography crackdown. This is the second or third TSA agent in Boston! There was a 55 person porn ring, child pornography and let's see... TSA agent who worked at Boston's Logan International Airport was arrested as part of a sweeping child pornography crackdown They're working at the TSA! Oh man

CHAPTER 32 / 39 Discussion

Tarek Mehanna Terrorism Conviction and FBI Informants

Tarek Mehanna was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for conspiring to support al-Qaeda, a case his supporters claim tramples on First Amendment rights. The hosts discuss reports that the FBI attempted to recruit Mehanna as an informant before his arrest. They advise listeners that if ever approached by the FBI to be an informant, they should "take the job" to avoid similar legal retaliation.

tarek mehanna· fbi· terrorism· first amendment· boston

2:05:16 Well, on a lighter note... Here's an interesting story that was on Democracy Now! about Mahana. The guy who made some I don't know he went on the website or something and it was 17 years in jail What did he do? He played this clip And US citizen in Boston area resident whose terrorism conviction sparked allegations of trampling free speech has been sentenced to seventeen-and-a-half years behind bars Mahana was found guilty last year of, quote, conspiring to support al Qaeda and other terrorism charges. The FBI initially courted Mahana to become an informant following his 2009 arrests but he wound up being jailed in solitary confinement the jury rejected the defense's argument Mahana was acting well within his First Amendment rights when he posted online that he supported Muslims resisting US occupation

2:06:10 On Thursday, more than 300 supporters packed a federal courtroom in Massachusetts in support of Mahana at his sentencing. Wait a minute so the guy...so they tried to get him as an informant he said screw that and then they said oh okay then we're gonna arrest you? Now if you read enough about this you can get all kinds of different reports on what this guy actually posted including advocating shooting American citizens and soldiers and blowing up a mall But then if you really look into it, doesn't seem to be the case. But he was arrested for I guess he was on a jihadist BBS or something making saying one thing or another and so the FBI... This is not reported any place except on this show. I'm sure except in some underground outlets The FBI went up to us and said hey You're kind of deep into this, what's good sites are we would like you to work for us And will give you nice healthy stipend

2:07:06 Yeah, if you cooperate. Yeah if you cooperate and get off on this phony baloney charge and the guy said no screw ya! And then alright... Okay, okay bye. We'll arrest you. No that's how it works So in other words what I'm just saying is that anybody gets approached by the FBI to work for the FBI take the job. Really? Immediately take the job Just take the job What's the worst thing can happen if your working for the FBI Yeah, I finished the book. I'm still waiting to confirmation on the interview with Tim Weiner Okay good That's gonna be interesting make sure to get a couple clips for us and you're gonna run an interview on that stream I assume yeah Oh, yeah now all the big book show interviews are going to be on the stream soon And I should probably Reupload or you know re promote the human rights guy because that was actually quite interesting about where human rights come from

CHAPTER 33 / 39 Discussion

Rising Costs of High School Proms

A report from Visa indicates that the average American family will spend $1,078 on high school prom expenses this year, a 33% increase from the previous year. The hosts break down the costs of tuxedos, limos, and tickets, questioning how the total reaches such a high figure. They suggest the "magic number 33" in the report may be a coded signal.

prom· visa· inflation· tuxedo· limo

2:08:03 I want to play with something that's a little lighter than this guy getting thrown in the slammer. This really is strange, it's a clip from local news... I mean we have enough problems with the you know, send a kid to college now just what used to be You know few thousand dollars is like tens of thousands or so they can stick people with With loans which is like oh my god. He gets stuck with alone your doom for the rest of your life So now I think they're jacking it me or and as a lot of people are getting wise at this camp So they're jacking up two price to read this outrageous prom cost clip

2:08:39 Yeah, sorry. Here we go From prom season is about to get underway and the cost to attend the springtime dance is up substantially this year The average family of an American teenager can expect to spend a thousand seventy-eight dollars this year That's up from eight hundred seven dollars last year An increase of more than thirty three percent Visa released data based on thousands of telephone interviews conducted last month It's the magic number 33 Yeah, 33% which is a magic number. Code! So there's code for something we don't know what but whatever the case is are you kidding me? What does it cost to go to the prom? Why does it cost that much money to go to the prom?! Oh, we gotta get Kanye West to perform

2:09:26 Otherwise, seriously what did you know the prom is a is it when your dance? It's a sock hop dance. Well, it's not a sock cop because sock cops on the gym floor and then you wear socks not to scratch The gym floor that was the reason then sock cops have kind of disappeared from the scene But this is the school dance. It's a school dance You give you ask somebody at the school to go with you and you know, it's usually pretty dull And why are you, and you usually wear a tuxedo or rented tux which costs a couple hundred bucks maybe. 150 at men's warehouse You should be able to get 150 okay good So 100 now where is the rest of the money going? You get a limo, split it with 10 guys, you get a big stretch, you have buncha people splitting this gonna cost a few hundred dollars its gonna be 25-30 bucks I'm not getting it Dude why are you messing with us boosting the American economy okay

CHAPTER 34 / 39 Discussion

Bill Clinton Bahamas Island and Foundation Endowment

Rumors are discussed regarding Bill Clinton allegedly purchasing an island in the Bahamas to serve as a refuge from international law. The hosts also examine reports that the Clinton Foundation endowment has reached $46 billion. They briefly address a critical listener email regarding their lack of formal education in microbiology.

bill clinton· bahamas· clinton foundation· endowment· rumors

2:10:22 This is what this is for. It's a show of complete, I don't know it's just...it's a scam of some sort. Let me get a little crackpotty on you here. There's uh there's a report going around. I'll read the report. It's been copied everywhere Bill Clinton has allegedly bought an island in the Bahamas and is building a city which will be a refuge from international forces trying to arrest him and other people who will live on the I like it. I like it too, It makes sense! Yeah so I've been trying to find out more and basically if you google this you'll get the same story over and over again but that was interesting Iceland let's move over to some financial bankster stuff

2:11:10 Iceland of course not a member of the EU as I don't think they're part of the member that you they have their own monetary. They were there been, I think they're quasi invited before we go on to that story want to go back to the Clinton thing Have you gone back and because you had this thing going for a long time about the body foundation? Yeah And they're reporting and keep putting it off and put it off what's the latest on that now they released that But here's the number that caught my eye the other day. Do you know how big reportedly the Clinton endowment is? No 46 billion What?! Reportedly, 46 billion The Clinton Endowment? Yeah for the Clinton... For his library and foundation That's the report! Google it Is this what they said themselves

2:12:13 Go ahead and Google it and look around. All right, I'll get up later. I just got a mail leaveable I just got an email do you know how ignorant you sound about what? You want to hear this is this is this is the support we get from some people You're so it starts off with your guys drive me crazy. So you're spelling drives me crazy your it would be you but okay What drug can give you lung cancer the drug does not give you lung cancer the concept? I know blah blah blah blah blah, you should learn some basics about vaccines Does someone who has some basic education in microbiology immunology you sound like idiots um I don't have any education my friend. I'm a disc jockey

CHAPTER 35 / 39 Discussion

Iceland Debt Forgiveness and Global Banking Stability

Iceland has moved to forgive a significant portion of its population's mortgage debt, a story the hosts claim is being suppressed in the US to prevent similar demands. Unlike Greece, Iceland refused to impose extreme austerity to pay back foreign investors from the UK and Netherlands. The discussion questions the "too big to fail" narrative used to justify bank bailouts.

iceland· mortgage debt· banking crisis· greece· bailouts

2:12:56 But okay, if you... why don't you send this to CNN and Fox News and get your information from them. If you want to help us, you know send some links and some information so we can learn and don't insult me on email I'm that's not kind I wonder why he's even listening. He is probably a shill for something Oh, he is a douchebag Give him a douche bag! So Iceland basically came out and said you know what we're going to forgive the population If that drug doesn't cause lung cancer then why do they tell you it can cause lung cancer in their own advertisement? Well that's what he should be researching It was play the ad No your ignorant Your guys sound ignorant

2:13:40 Forget about it. Iceland forgives mortgage debt for the population now you recall that Iceland the way this work is that really yeah they all you didn't see this reported did you Iceland because it would trigger its American reportage that would kind of indicate maybe we should do the same thing what Iceland did is they set up a banking system in their country and they had very high percentage rates so you could do offshore banking particularly from The Netherlands and The United Kingdom people were sending their money over there and they were getting like, you know 5-6% 7%, and it was housing associations and retirement plans but also individuals. It was all online internet banking And then the thing went belly up! It went bust

2:14:28 And then the governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands bailed out these investors, and these single people you know individuals but they bailed them out. It was I think it was two or three billion euros maybe even more. I can't remember offhand They gave him the money back so don't worry we'll take care because will go on screw those people in Iceland And Iceland basically is saying, you know what? The banks I'm sorry. They shouldn't have done that did a bad deal it's not our fault we're not going to be slammed into poverty and austerity like Greece We're not gonna take that! We're just gonna forgive everybody here of the debt and they stood up and they said screw it we're not doing it and yes that's what Greece could do That's what any country can do because these are banks

2:15:15 But of course you're being sold the lie and maybe it's not a lie actually that if the banks go under then the entire world comes to an end. Well, I may be! What do you think John? If the banks go under does the entire world come to an end? It might suck...I agree with that but will we actually all die what's gonna happen if we all stood up and said screw it?! We might actually improve things for all we know And they're not going out then that's never going to happen it's unlikely Banks will just start over. I mean this is the problem that we had when they didn't let banks fail. I mean banks should fail when they're completely broke, they got no money. Come on man! I saw the movie, I saw the HBO movie where the entire world would end if we didn't bail out the banks. That can't be true Kevin Spacey was in it and it can't be true We were all going to die

CHAPTER 36 / 39 Discussion

Portugal Austerity Measures and Eurozone Debt

Portugal has ratified a EU pact for tighter budgetary discipline, becoming the second country after Greece to do so. The country faces a debt-to-GDP ratio of 115% and rising unemployment, projected to exceed 14%. The hosts predict that Spain will be the next country to require a bailout despite official denials.

portugal· european union· austerity· debt-to-gdp· spain

2:16:15 And I saw the better bailing if you bailed out the homeowners instead of the banks with that same amount Of money, which i think would have done to trick the trillions that actually went into it Yeah The banks would have gotten paid and everything would have been fine You know we're about to hit that here in the united states. We're about to hit at least another million foreclosures That's coming and probably the next I'll guess 45 days That's not going to be too good for anything. It is going to be very, very bad in Portugal of course they are next on the block over there in Euro land. Portugal has become the second EU country after Greece to ratify a European Union pact tightening budgetary discipline The country's parliament approved it by 204 votes to 24 with two abstentions The assembly also approved at the European stability mechanism A firewall fund and a new second line of defense against debt contagion

2:17:07 After tough negotiations, the pact which tightens rules on the control of public finances was signed in Brussels on March 2nd by 25 EU countries with only Britain and the Czech Republic opting out. Last year through tough reforms, the Portuguese government managed to get its deficit down to 4.2% of GDP while its debt-to-GDP is expected to rise to 115% at the end of this year before seeing a steady decline But some critics have attacked the pact for not giving enough attention to growth and job creation. And it is projected that by the end of the year, the Portuguese jobless rate will surpass 14%. Spain, by the way, is saying we don't need a bailout

2:17:48 We'll see how long that lasts. I'm just waiting for some, you know... someone to be like oh you're out and- You should have a countdown as we start the countdown Yeah well bring in some Goldman Sachs guy to run your country and will bring in a technocrat yeah we should start a Spanish countdown we should a countdown clock ummm....I don't know I think it's uh... you say 2013 right? That sounds that sounds to me like that really is the time frame for all of this to happen Yeah, a lot of it will. And also January 1st 2013 as we heard on the clip from last week all these things come into play or the clip from when we did it all these things come into play according to Bernanke. Bernanke actually said... Yes, the cliff! We fall over at the cliff

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Moolah-cracy and Iran Nuclear Negotiations

A Fox News segment introduced the term "moolah-cracy" (or moolocracy) to describe the Iranian government. Analyst Aaron David Miller, a former advisor to six Secretaries of State, predicted that no major deal or war regarding Iran's nuclear program will occur until after the US election. The hosts analyze this as a script designed to manage expectations for the next six months.

iran· moolah-cracy· nuclear program· aaron david miller· october surprise

2:18:39 Hey man, don't get so close to the cliff. Man that's not... you don't want to be there? Don't be over there! See if we can find this new term I got a new term on one of the Fox shows Okay oh i see the clip here we go It's nuclear program That would be my initial assumption Greg look for the last year We talked about war and the international community sat on the edge of its collective chair Wondering in worrying about whether or not these rallies might strike unilaterally now The focus is on let's make a deal, and I suspect for the next six months you're not going to have war or a deal because

2:19:17 Because in the end, you've got two immovable forces. You've got the malocracy in Tehran under great pressure but not willing to surrender its determination to at least acquire the capacity to produce a weapon and you have... What did he say? Malacracy Malacracy? Yeah, I was trying to figure it out too and it's like malaccracy. I think what is this is moolocracy M-U moolah Oh! Like the moolas from Iran Yeah Iran The moolahs so its a moolocracy Wow anything could be an accuracy then on the weekends there's this guy Greg

2:20:01 Oh, there's an anchor and he is just reads a script. Yeah And they bring on the worst shills in this guy that was on here that I could have had this clip was really along when? I could have played the whole thing Just to show you what uh because you could listen to it You can hear the script This guy is a guest name is Aaron David Miller who has been an advisor or former advisor to six secretaries of state Wow, I mean that's not just any old dude. It's not some schlub No, he came out with is all his essentially it was the message You know is like you have a script the other guys reading the script and this guy's telling us nothing is going to happen in Iran

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Hollywood Whacker Theory and Michael Sands Death

Hollywood publicist Michael Sands died after reportedly choking on a sample of beef in a deli, an incident the hosts find suspicious given his ties to the CIA and military. Sands was known for representing controversial figures and had previously pushed theories about the disappearance of Gary DeVore. The hosts speculate that Sands may have been "whacked" for knowing too much about celebrity compromises or military raids.

michael sands· hollywood whackers· cia· gary devore· copd

2:20:42 for until after the election is what he says. So there won't be an October surprise. Maybe we could have it. Of course, he said six months so today's April May June July November November 6 months in November. He did say six months and that is October maybe I'm wrong How about a doucheocracy? We can have a shock or see you but moolah crissy a doucheocracy am John another installment Another tale of The Hollywood Whackers! I saved the best for last I know you lived for this We have a new death in Hollywood, Michael Sands. A Hollywood publicist very interesting guy. Sands frequently handed out trinkets from the FBI CIA and the US Navy and Air Force beautiful models and actresses even secretaries were frequent recipients of official pens shirts... What's this guys name again? Michael Sands okay

2:21:42 He was, according to the Associated Press... he was very tied into the military. Pointing to a court-martial case at Camp Pendleton where he gained access to military sources This is the guy who represented... Who was that terrorist? Kevin Federline No not him Abu Abbas the terrorist behind the 1985 cruise ship hijacking. But here's what's interesting, how he died... You ready for this? Yeah it is funny! He choked to death on a sample of meat He was in a deli and they gave him a sample of beef and he died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2:22:36 Which is basically choking, I guess. His throat's swelled up Yeah well you could I suppose coat a sample of meat with various chemicals or... yeah! If you're allergic and it starts to swallow it gets stuck and then you choke to death and nobody does anything about it maybe somebody even tried the Heimlich I would assume so They did? Well its even crazier than that because they did try the heimlich on him And this isn't Hollywood And they're pretty quick in Hollywood with the, although the traffic is bad. But they're pretty get-quick getting emergency services The emergency service came five minutes after he was already dead but here...the weird thing is this happened like 10 days ago and only now no actually March 24th Wow! Is when the choking incident occurred and it wasn't until um this past week that it was reported and this guy's like you know as a serious PR guy

2:23:32 According to this woman who wrote a book, CIA in Hollywood How the Agency Shapes Film and Television which I think i must read now. Before you finish that I want to read something from the wiki entry which people jump on this stuff but I'm going to read it just so you can deal with it On March 24th Sands started choking on a sample of beef in a deli Sand suffered from COPD he was pronounced dead on the scene for five minutes then revived Oh, he was revived! And taken to Cedars-Sinai at the hospital. Sansa was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent inflammation of the brain Ultimately, he did not survive and died 13 days later on April 6th Ha! Well this is according to The Book Of Knowledge so who knows but... Wow So they whacked him twice

2:24:22 Well, it's like apparently he didn't get killed. It didn't work! So they put him in a coma and then they beat the crap out of my guy who knows what happened but whatever But the fact that he is tied to CIA I mean we've gotta figure... We gotta look into this guy because there is obviously more too He was handing out pens and dental floss even says here dental floss from the CIA Hey can I? Hello? Hello Noah Jenna listeners who listen at the CIA and I know you're out there if they have CIA dental floss in the store could you please send me some? I'd love to have some CIA dental floss. It's probably coated with something. Yeah, it's probably not a good idea to use No it would be nice just as something to hang around for But this guy...I mean he got whacked how can you argue with that but by whom? The agencies!

2:25:13 Yeah, but who? What agency and on what side you can't say there's no reason. No he probably had information about something the guy was way tied in A similar thing when his client Gary DeVore went missing in 1997 San pushed the theory with investigators that DeVore had been involved with the government intelligence services And as fate was somehow connected with this role Do you think it is possible... DeVores body was finally found submerged in the California aqueduct You think its possible that maybe He was you know Maybe he was coming out with some news about how, you know, McLooney maybe. You know any all these how all these Hollywood celebrities are compromised and are meant to propagate the message and maybe just got too dangerous he just knew too much. In 2011 Sands was approached by the Utah family of Wasif Ali Hassoun over a 1 million dollar book and movie deal about the Marine Corporal charged with desertion who allegedly faked his own kidnapping in Iraq

2:26:17 Maybe he knew something about the Afghanistan night raid where 17 people were killed. Well, whatever we'll never find out this is not gonna well not from him coming out We're not gonna find out from him that's for sure but and you know And there's also like where's the myth? This is something that you'd figure the mainstream would be all over Well I figured you wouldn't not you probably would have seen this on extra or something. I haven't been watching extra Yeah You think it would be an extra Extra, extra. Anyway stuff I'm tracking for the Thursday show plasma fusion becoming a reality very interesting technology which could help us get off the grid i guess finally my backyard nuke. You're very pessimistic about all this why so pessimistic you don't think that there's some other stuff out there that we can figure out how to use and create energy from?

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Plasma Fusion and Show Outro

The hosts briefly debate the viability of plasma and cold fusion as future energy sources before concluding the 400th episode. They encourage listeners to support the show through the "value-for-value" model and mention upcoming topics for the Thursday program. The show ends with a reminder of their sixth-year anniversary and a sign-off from Austin and Silicon Valley.

plasma fusion· cold fusion· energy research· 400 episodes· sign-off

2:27:16 But it's not gonna happen. There's not enough money that goes into research these things, right? Well plasma fusion is not a new idea at all It's never been proven I think cold fusion has a better shot and that's 100 years away Really, I mean what is how does cold fusion work? No. No if I knew that I'd be rich. I wouldn't be talking to you Oh really hey well screw you all right There you go ladies and gentlemen and after 400 episodes That's that is basically as how it ends if I was rich. I wouldn't be talking to you other I can even say it. I wouldn't be talking to you either What I know that for a fact

2:27:55 I'd call you and just go. Once in a while, you give me a call and say... Ha ha ha! I'm rich. Hey Devorah what are ya doing now? Jerking off?! Yeah. What are you still on that Twitch show? Ha ha ha You're on Twitter today, aren't you? Yes as a matter of fact I am. Okay well make sure you congratulate yourself with 400 episodes and ask Leo how he's doing on that. It's gonna be it's a big number So what is the what else besides plasma fusion you said there was something else your looking at No no no no you'll have to talk to me To find out i'm not going to tell ya now No I was gonna give it the lowest she can promote it Nahh I don't know I don't know I don't... You just ridiculed me No I didn't! I was being lightened and then and uh Light and and uhh

2:28:36 What's the word North Sea tsunamis? Okay, they're good enough for you all right everybody hey happy 400th John I enjoy doing it while we're poor so please consider us in your dreams no a Dvorak that org slash and senior wills In your wills as well. Yes go to know agenda nation calm and pick out a mug And we'll be back on Thursday in the morning everybody from Austin Tejas camp mofo. I'm Adam curry And from Northern Silicon Valley, where the sun is shining. It's actually quite nice out here I think it's probably better than the weather you have there in Austin. I'm John C. Dvorak and on the streams The No Agenda Producer Update follows this program We'll be back on Thursday right here on no agenda