Episode 409 · Thursday, 17 May 2012

Head Lag

New defense legislation threatens habeas corpus while global energy interests in Yemen and Tajikistan drive a quiet expansion of American military and diplomatic intervention.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 409

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The House of Representatives advances the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, sparking a fierce debate over constitutional rights and the expansion of military detention. Representative Adam Smith leads the opposition against provisions that allow for the indefinite detention of US citizens under the guise of counter-terrorism. The legislation further codifies clandestine military authority in cyberspace and mandates the development of 100-kilowatt directed energy weapons for the Navy and Air Force.

President Obama issued an executive order regarding Yemen that functions as a de facto declaration of war to protect natural gas pipelines and LNG facilities. In the financial sector, General Motors pulled its advertising from Facebook just ahead of the social media giant's IPO, while the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) forces American expats to renounce citizenship to maintain basic banking access. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Tajikistan to secure energy export routes to India as the European Stability Mechanism faces a legal challenge from Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. In the medical field, the New England Journal of Medicine promotes coffee for longevity while the DSM-5 expands mental health criteria to include Hoarding Disorder and early 'head lag' autism indicators.

A personal anecdote from the TSA checkpoint at LAX reveals the failure of pat-downs to detect Epsom salt-soaked pads, highlighting the theater of airport security. The BBC mentions the show's critique of Spotify and Pandora via Flipboard but fails to provide a backlink, leading to a discussion on SEO tactics used by African political advisors to bury the podcast. The segment concludes with a look at Chris Matthews' embarrassing performance on Jeopardy! and a young listener named Damien who has already mastered the show's most famous catchphrases.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

Mary Kennedy Death, Suicide Statistics, Los Angeles Travel

The death of Mary Kennedy is discussed following reports of her passing in Bedford, New York. Speculation arises regarding the methods of suicide and the statistical likelihood of hanging versus other means. A recent trip to Los Angeles is mentioned, noting the atmospheric conditions and general environment of the city.

mary kennedy· suicide· los angeles· statistics· robert f. kennedy jr.

00:00 I always keep a bottle of helium in the house. Testing my head lag here at Camp Mofo in the capital of the drone star state, Austin, Tejas. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's gloomy, I'm John C. DuVorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. Wow, we're the stinger. Stinger opening with a stinger so Donna Lou me here. Yeah, Donna summer died. Oh really? Yeah, you told me that a couple minutes ago. Yeah, that was a shocker I think that light was and of course my comment was it was the cover-up to Mary Kennedy assassination. Yeah. Yeah, that's real nice That's real nice

00:52 That wasn't an assassination. John, I heard it on the news this morning. She died due to lack of oxygen because of the rope around her neck. Yeah. That's literally the same. How many women actually hang themselves? Oh, that's a good question for a statistic. It takes a lot of effort. It's like a lot of crazy work. You have to be kind of nutty. And it's ridiculously showy. It's so selfish. I mean no it's not selfish it's just showy. Someone's got to cut you down you know it's like pain in the ass. You hang in there you know it makes an impression that the kids see it they'd get ruined for life I mean it's not right. I mean isn't it isn't it just a really old-fashioned way of committing suicide yeah and and I think she was no stranger to pills

01:37 You know, I think that might be exaggerated. I mean, maybe she was a, you know, rich woman that was wasted all the time on something or other, but... It just seems like there's so many other easy ways to go. Yeah, the... typically women will slit their wrists. Do you have some scientific proof of this? Or are you just making this up as you go along? I'm just saying. Look it up. Look it up on the Google. Yeah, I gotta tell you, I'm a little depressed, John. Why? Well, uh, you know, weather turned sour there in Austin. No, I'll say the weather is really beautiful today. Uh, but we were in Los Angeles, uh, for a couple of days and went to visit. Oh, that'd make you depressed. Well, for a number of reasons. Did you take, take a vaccination against douchebaggery? I should have. That wasn't actually, um, what happened?

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

X-Art Pornography Business, Malibu Real Estate, High-End Production

A visit to a former colleague in Malibu reveals a highly profitable business model centered on the high-end pornography website X-Art.com. The operation utilizes professional Red cameras and slick production values to generate significant revenue, allowing the owner to afford a mansion and a Ferrari. The contrast between the profitability of adult content and the labor-intensive nature of analyzing government legislation is noted.

x-art· malibu· pornography· red cameras· ferrari

02:33 is we were staying with a guy who used to work at my first company in New York and he was an art director and I kept in touch with him over the years and when I was in Amsterdam one time he came to visit very creative crazy kind of guy and You know, we had a kind of a down a down donation show on Sunday and so for now for today's you which you'll find out in a minute It's also down So, you know, I'm already it's I'm as so you're down so I'm as well. I'm okay normally, but I'm his ex-boss, you know It's like he's a come I go got a great place in Malibu and he's got some mansion dude, dude, not only a mansion on the beach

03:19 He's got a brand new Ferrari. Not that I crave a Ferrari. But I'm like, and I won't mention his name. Like dude, what are you doing? He says, oh, well I have a website. Type this into your browser. You ready? Yeah. X-art.com If you're doing this, if you're playing along on the live stream and you're listening to the show, this is not safe for work. No, this is a porn site. Yeah, but look at it. It is high end.

04:01 This guy's doing... Yeah, it's that kind of more... No, high, high end. Yeah, it's slick. Yeah, he's doing stuff with red cams and, you know, so he's... and he's printing money. Yeah, that's what... you can do that. You know, we could have gotten into the porn business and done quite well. This is my point! Now you know why I'm so down! Like, really, you make movies of people having sex and you make millions and millions and millions of dollars. I, on the other hand, read government legislation and I'm just getting by. Well, the difference is that you won't find yourself with your head on a stick because you didn't cough up some money to some mob boss. No, this is a very clean operation. So far.

04:50 Yeah, and this all these girls are all from Czechoslovakia and they shoot it in in like sure one of them is a Russian mob boss's girlfriend when he finds and I'd be gonna have his head on a stick and the Ferrari's gonna be burning in the garage. Oh, thank you, John. You know how to lift my spirits don't you? Beside that I was very happy to return back home to Austin after you know, you're in Malibu you look up at the mountains and there's smog in Malibu and Isn't that pathetic? Oh it really and yeah, and we drove into town obviously to see Christina You can't see town you can't see the city you literally cannot see one time of year October's just as bad too, which is funny I mean they have a it's an interesting effect down there as a bit It's essentially the even if there was no cars down there. They'd have smog because of the the way the lands laid out Yeah, I remember when we lived there There was one day, and you actually looked at the city, and you saw mountains behind it you like huh?

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

BitTorrent Piracy, Law Firm Settlements, Screen Actors Guild Executive

The pornography industry faces significant challenges from BitTorrent piracy, leading some content owners to work with law firms that target individual IP addresses for settlements. These firms often demand thousands of dollars from users, with the content owner receiving only a small percentage of the take. One notable case involved a high-ranking executive at the Screen Actors Guild who reportedly settled for $100,000 to avoid public exposure.

bittorrent· piracy· mpaa· riaa· screen actors guild

05:47 I didn't know there was mountains there. It's amazing actually, one time I was in Pasadena where it's really beautiful if there wasn't smog and the mountains were all around the place. It was like wow this is really pretty. It's like once in a lifetime apparently. It really is, we only saw it once in like the two years that we were there. Anyway I did learn something interesting from my buddy, you know because of course I was like really interested in the business. His wife actually is, she runs it. She runs the whole thing and So, you know, their biggest problem is BitTorrent because, you know, their movies are the number one pirated movies on BitTorrent. And I said, so does that mean if it weren't pirated, he'd have two Ferraris? Is that what you're saying? Well, this is what I asked him. He said, you know, no, I don't believe so. He believes it's the community aspect. I was like, well, hold on a second. You know, because there is the people who are members of his site.

06:44 They know all the girls, they know what they're doing, what the next movie is. I mean, it's just... Just like hookers. Yeah, exactly. They're your friend. They are, they're totally your buddy. Yeah, they're your friend, those hookers. But here's what happened. So he got a call from one of these law firms that does... They do it for the MPAA and the RIAA. They go after people who bit torrent stuff. And here's how it works. They're basically they have, you know, single stringers all over the country and you know, they'll do a conference call. It'll be like, yeah, this is your lawyer in Mississippi. Yeah, here's your lawyer in Jersey. And it's, you know, one guy sitting in his bedroom office.

07:29 So the way it works is they subpoena the ISPs for the contact information of the IP addresses, which you know when you have a swarm of BitTorrent traffic you can get the IP addresses obviously. Or unless it's a magnet link, it's getting harder, thank goodness. And then they contact these people and they then they essentially pressure them like mob into settling. And the owner of the content gets 10%, 10%. So they once got a check for, check this out, $300,000. And they're like, whoa, hold on a second. And then they stopped doing this because they thought it was inherently kind of wrong. But the interesting part of the story is that there was one person who had settled for like $100,000.

08:24 And they said, well, how did most of these people are settling for $3,000, which is also outrageous, of course. How did that happen? Turns out that one person that was a woman who was an executive at the Screen Actors Guild, Yeah, and they were so worried that that would get out that they you know and of course they were pressured by these mob like Lawyers that they settled for a hundred thousand dollars. It's it's a complete mafioso operation Yeah, and I'm like three hundred thousand. That's where they go. I'm like three hundred thousand dollars Uh-huh, and we're giving it away John you and me yeah, well. We're not hookers not yet

09:10 Well, you might be. I'm too old for it. I'm over the hill for being old. Oh, come on. There's always room for a gilf. Gilf. Anyway, in the morning to you John C. Dvorak. And in the morning to you Adam and in the morning to all ships and sea boots on the ground, subs in the water and feet in the air. And all of our human resources all charged up ready to go in our chatroom, noagendastream.com, noagendachat.net. Good to see you all depleting your human resource value of $9.2 million. And welcome to the show, Best Podcasts in the Universe. I tried to get on the Joe Rogan show too, but I got no answer.

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

BBC Press Coverage, Flipboard SoundCloud Integration, SEO Competition

The BBC recently featured a quote regarding Flipboard's integration with SoundCloud, providing a platform to critique the business models of Spotify and Pandora. While the article mentioned the No Agenda podcast, it lacked a direct link, leading to a discussion on search engine optimization. Current Google search results for the show are being crowded by an unrelated African political advisor, suggesting aggressive SEO tactics by third-party PR firms.

bbc· flipboard· soundcloud· spotify· seo

09:47 You'll get on. Yeah, I know, but I was in LA, you know, it's like, oh, right, right, right. Well, you have to let them, you have to let them know way in advance. Okay. I mean, like a few days at least. I did. I did. Hey, I did. Hey Joe, you home? I did. On like Saturday, I said, how about Tuesday? I didn't hear back. Oh, well, you didn't. I didn't. I did. I know. I screwed it up. I did it wrong. I got some BBC press for us though. The what? Yeah, I got some BBC press for us. All right. No, it was the BBC called me and said, yeah, we want to, I don't know, some really bogus thing about, I guess. Did you get a plug in? Yes, yes, yeah. Flipboard was doing, I got it here, hold on a second. Flipboard did a deal with like SoundCloud or something. Oh God. Yeah. And I was basically like, I thought I did pretty good actually. Where is it? Flipboard starts integrating. Here we go.

10:46 It was the number one... it was on the home page of the BBC. Let's see... Mr. Curry, blah blah blah blah... It's a win for consumers without a doubt, Mr. Curry noted. You now have a very interesting model which surpasses the traditional media organizations are doing, which I didn't say of course. But he questions the business angle. I don't know where the money comes from yet, other than a typical advertising play. And then I go on to slam Spotify. And yeah, yes, here's a Spotify or Pandora, any music service. It's apples to oranges, Mr. Curry added. Both have yet to prove their model actually works right now. Everyone's losing money. And then here it comes. Mr. Curry co-host his own podcast, No Agenda with technology pundit John. I didn't say that. Technology pundit John C. Dvorak. The show is 100% listener funded and is profitable despite there being no ads, Mr. Curry says.

11:46 Of course, one dollar is not profitable with our overhead. Yeah, it's profitable. So I thought that sounded pretty good. Yeah. Of course, they didn't put a link to no agenda. Oh, well, they just put no agenda. Did they say the name? Yes, it is. No agenda. OK, well, then people Google it. We got nine pages of returns, which, you know, some lesser idiots, they should be able to find it. Although, you know, you're running still run into people that will ask you the dumbest questions that you just All they have to do is type it into Google and they won't do it. They just don't think to do that. There are people that do not think to use Google. Really? You haven't noticed this? Apparently not. No, I think, well, maybe. People always say, how do I find it? That's what they always, how do I find this thing? Do you type it in? I type in no agenda into Google. Although, you know, Google changed their algorithms.

12:45 And on the first page of the no agenda results at the bottom, we've got a lurker. Yeah, we've got no. We got to get our guy back on this. No beanie agenda against Oshimol. It's like some African dude. No agenda. But then page two, we're back. The show. Oh my God. There's no Binnie agenda. No Binnie agenda. Get Omobohole off of our page. Omojo is the special advisor to Governor Adams. Omohoshohole. What is this guy doing here? Get off our page. I don't know. Someone SEO'd him.

13:29 Yeah, no kidding. Special advisor to Governor Adams, Osimola Holes. And Vanguard, Vanguard. Vanguard is a weird web address. It's not even spelled. It's not even bad and guard. How is that possible guard? Ngr.com is like a newspaper. Yeah, this has got to be one of those big PR companies doing SEO. Yeah, somebody screwed with it and they suckered. We lost the top thing for a while. They suckered some some African nation into SEO in their guy. That's how it works. Hmm. It's not even like it's not even a This isn't even American! Get off of our Google site, you! You're not even American. Stop that, you! Anyway, despite the low turnout, I did some work, man. Yeah, well, you got anything good? I got one thing at least that's particularly interesting to me. Oh, good. Let's hear it. Let's hear it. Well, you might as well bring it up right away because it kind of does relate to the non-American guy.

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

FATCA Law, US Citizenship Renunciation, Expat Banking Challenges

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is identified as the primary driver behind a surge in Americans renouncing their citizenship, including a co-founder of Facebook living in Singapore. The law imposes onerous reporting requirements on foreign banks, leading many institutions to deny services to US nationals to avoid IRS penalties. This environment effectively turns American expats into financial pariahs, making it nearly impossible to maintain local bank accounts or pay bills abroad.

fatca· irs· citizenship· singapore· facebook

14:35 So, one of the big news items this last week was the guy at Facebook who's going to renounce his American citizenship. You know, he was a Brazilian, came here, got an American citizenship, made a billion dollars, but he's been living in Singapore and he doesn't really want to be an American. But everybody, all the pundits and everybody, you see it all over, especially on Twitter, oh, he's an American, he's an idiot, how can anyone do such a thing? So I have a... friend associate correspondent who had done gone through this process he was worth about a half a billion dollars. Oh this is the guy that kind of had to do it? So he didn't have to do it. And you complain about my friend the porn producer. I sent him a note about this guy. He says and this is interesting first before we go into this I want you to go to Wikipedia and look up FACTA.

15:29 Factor yeah fact FAC TA yeah factor okay fair Fair and accurate credit transaction to act yeah, you see anything in there that looks remotely onerous Well, it's supposed to protect it. Just like the Child Protection Act. It's gonna protect the public from for fair transactions, right? Yeah, let me read the note It's a little long, but it's interesting. You're asking me to analyze an entire wiki page in three seconds. There's nothing there. Let me tell you in advance. As I see it, the main reason a number of renunciations are exploding is not due to any desire to avoid taxation, but rather the fact that the so-called FACTA law has made it almost impossible for U.S. citizens or green card holders abroad to live their lives.

16:18 The reporting requirements imposed on banks and other financial institutions for routine bill-paying accounts opened by US citizens are estimated to be in the thousands of dollars per year, and those institutions have responded by simply refusing to open accounts for US nationals, and in some case preemptively closing accounts opened years ago. That's true. That's true. You can't have that anymore. That's true. Now suppose you're, by the way, none of this is on the wiki page. Now suppose you're a US citizen on a foreign assignment on a branch manager or a branch manager European subsidiary. If you cannot open a local bank account, it's extremely difficult to receive your salary, pay bills, or pay your tax obligations to the local authorities. Even worse, some US banks have now taken the step of refusing to open or maintain accounts of US citizens with foreign addresses. In this environment, you can find yourself unbanked. Wow. I like that word. Unbanked. Unbanked.

17:12 effectively a financial pariah simply because you carry the wrong passport. Now people on a foreign assignment who intend to return to the U.S. when it's done may put up with this somehow although I expect to be increasingly difficult to find candidates to take any of those positions overseas and once they understand the difficulties. Those who have permanently established themselves in other countries, severed all ties with the U.S., bought property, in some cases married, and obtain this other citizen in their new domicile if they have no intention of returning to the US, the burden of maintaining a US citizen is increasingly difficult to justify. You know what, you know what, I had part of this problem, remember what happened to me.

17:49 Yeah, is I was over there and you know, I'd left the country in the end of 1999 lived abroad and then in 2005 I started showing up because of the MeVo payroll and then the IRS came into the office with their guns and said we've been looking for you and it's an I said another case of idiots who can't use Google Yeah, I wasn't hiding or anything and then I am not you know I what I spent like you want it doesn't my still had money But I spent tens and thousands of thousands of dollars proving that I hadn't lived in America And I did not have any liability because I couldn't find my report because you have to report every year and report how much You own in foreign companies if you have a bank account. I mean it was very It was not a fun time

18:37 Well, he goes on to say it could cost you $3,000 a year when you're overseas to prepare your US tax return. And if they should fail to file one of the disclosures for, say, the account you keep at the post office to pay for your stamps and train tickets, you can be sought for frightful penalties. Sorry, yeah penalties. Yeah, that's what they were hammering on me. I had the same thing come back to the u.s They'll throw you in the green room and then maybe arrest you This is very close to what happened to me. It is apparently gotten worse. Yeah, no we're the bank things this letter goes on and on but he finishes as it with if Anybody who believes that the u.s. Still offers the best freedom and opportunity in the world today needs to get out more well now well

19:28 Okay now along with that. There's a bunch of websites because I said what is this? I said this is amazing because it doesn't indicate any of this on the wiki page But you can, if you, I found a Canadian site that talks about the FACTA laws. It's called Sovereign Investor. The FACTA law applies to every conceivable type of offshore account or investment and in effect blackmails foreign banks and financial companies trying to force them for the first time to identify their American customers to the IRS regardless of existing financial privacy laws in other countries. They're just doing it by saying look we're not going to do, says essentially by the time the requirements fully take effect

20:05 in January 2013. Every foreign financial institution must enter into an information sharing agreement with the IRS. Those that don't will effectively be barred from accessing US markets. Yeah, because you know what where I think this stems from is the screw the rich people who have their money offshore. It can only be rich people that are doing that where of course there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of expats who are working for American companies overseas. Yeah, and by the way getting paid in dollars which is not that advantageous although these days is getting better.

20:45 Although it tends to be by agreement. They can be paid locally or in dollars. I know a lot of guys who have worked overseas and they make deals. Not me. Let's put it that way. Okay, well. I was hurting. Anyway, yeah? So, no, I mean the whole thing is bullcrap. So this guy, this guy who's living in Singapore doing all his business there, he has to renounce his citizenship. He's called a douchebag for doing it, but he's forced to do it from the way I read all this other documentation and the guy who knows. Yeah. But it's, you know what's going on right now is, I don't know if you've noticed. It's what Ron Paul said, the fence is designed to keep people in.

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Facebook IPO, General Motors Advertising, Underwriter Pricing Strategies

The upcoming Facebook IPO is analyzed amidst news that General Motors has pulled its advertising from the platform. Speculation suggests that negative press regarding advertising effectiveness may be a strategy to lower the initial pricing band, benefiting underwriters. The long-term value of "likes" is questioned, with comparisons made to the 1999 dot-com bubble where paper wealth often vanished before it could be liquidated.

facebook· ipo· general motors· nasdaq· mark zuckerberg

21:24 But just regarding Facebook briefly, I mean there are so many hit jobs going. I can't believe that no one is reporting on the coverage of the Facebook IPO. Yeah, this is what's interesting. Isn't it weird? You've got all the mainstream publications are saying, well, that advertising thing don't work. And of course we know it doesn't work. We know display advertising is bogative. Duh. But now they're all coming out. They're trying to make them look bad. GM pulls their advertising. You know, it's like, ehhh. Yeah, by coincidence. Yeah, how did that happen? And they didn't even spend that much.

22:01 You know, they were spending what, maybe $3 million a year or something. And Chrysler used to be my client. I built Chrysler.com back in the day and Dodge.com and I think, yeah, those two. And we know that it doesn't work. The way advertising for automobiles works is you see the flashy ad and then it's like your local dealer with his deal. That's how people buy cars. They don't look at a car and go, wow, I need that. Just some ad on some banner. No. So yeah, yeah. It's this whole thing. And that may even be some kind of pricing scam in itself. To get the pricing numbers down. Maybe the underwriters are happy. Yeah, oh no man, we got a lot of... Tonight is pricing if you don't know how an IPO works.

22:53 That'll be the number that it that the share opens out on the stock market and the lower it is With a popular IPO the more money the underwriters make so it's very possible that these guys set it all up Just that you know hey hey GM guess well and once you pull your advertising so we can get go at the bottom range of the band as they call it and and come out really low, because of course it's going to be a popular IPO, because people are idiots. All the dentists and doctors. Oh yeah, my writing about this has always said this is going to be a very popular IPO, because you're right, it's the dentists, the people who use Facebook are going to be the investors. Yeah, they think it's valuable. And I love it. I think the bigger the blow up of this IPO, the better, because eventually people will realize it's just the internet. It's just a dumb internet interface.

23:43 It's nothing special, you know, no one's ever made any big money off of people sharing stuff. I got a like. What are the, what's the value of the like? Well, nothing. Duh. Get a thumbs up like. Where were these incredibly smart advertisers and marketers when they, when the whole idea came out of paying for likes? Stupid. Paying for likes. Stupid, stupid, stupid. It really is idiotic. But it will, I'm hoping it's a big success because it will boost the economy locally. No, it's not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen. This is, this is the... I think it will be. I think it's gonna come out, I think it's gonna go up at least 30% on the opening. I think you're right, the underwriter's gonna make a shitload of money. And then I think it's just gonna keep climbing until it kind of levels off and then it'll collapse. But these guys are smart. They'll take their, they'll do what all these dot-com guys have done over the years. They get a caller.

24:37 No, they get a car, they buy a couple of houses and the way they do it is they go, they take their lump of, you know, they say, look at the stock market, they take their lump of stock, they take it to the bank, say I want to borrow against this. Yeah, a collar, that's what I said, the collar. Well, no, there's a borrowing against this, different than a collar. They're not going to sell it. These guys don't know how to even get a collar. They're very difficult to do and you have to know somebody that can do them. All right. So it's not going to happen. So you just pledge some shares and then you get a, alone again collateral shares are worth so much the bank looks at that says okay we're stupid we'll give you some money and they loaned you the money you buy a car in a house or two houses and then the stock falls through the floor and you're broke

25:16 Yeah, hey Perfect. That's what happened in 99 I ran into a number of guys who are worth a hundred million dollars one day and because of the stupid way they Handled their money. They were literally broke. Yeah broke. Oh, I know lots of guys By the way, my buddy in Malibu not one of them You can always make money in the porn business if you have any chops. You can go do that and give up on the show and then you're gonna be and they get pretty soon you'll be walking around with the open shirt and have the chains. You can look like a douchebag. Hold on a second, let me just consider that for a moment. I mean I think you could go for it. I mean no one's gonna see it that much different.

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

National Defense Authorization Act 2013, Adam Smith, Constitutional Rights

The House of Representatives is moving forward with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Representative Adam Smith is highlighted for his opposition to provisions that undermine constitutional rights, arguing that the existing justice system is sufficient for prosecuting terrorists. The debate centers on whether the expansion of military detention authority is necessary for national security.

ndaa 2013· adam smith· constitution· terrorism· habeas corpus

26:05 Boy, well anyway. I did some value for value work today and we'll wait until we've thanked some of our producers because I Didn't know this was going to happen it kind of It came at me by surprise, but just when we had figured out the NDAA the National Defense Authorization Act it turns out that was the National Defense Authorization Act 2012 Already now in the house the National Defense Authorization Act 2013. Yeah, so there's a whole new document. Yeah, isn't it funny and I read it. Oh You you won't believe it. Okay. I'm looking forward to that by dude as a teaser I do have a clip kind of about it. No, okay, which is guy Adam Smith. Mm-hmm and

26:59 What's the thing it wears by Adam Smith the lone voice is a Democrat with the name Adam Smith Which has got to be hilarious when you're in college yeah? It was bitching about the NDAA the parts that are onerous to take away our rights And he just makes this common thinking it's actually gonna come up for an actual debate and things and things I mean it just like sounds like the optimistic You know Town idiot, but you can play it that we've developed over the course of 230 years is an enormous stack for this Congress to take. So we have to ask ourselves the question, is it necessary? It clearly is not. We have arrested, prosecuted, stopped countless terrorist attacks over the course of the last eight years. Over 400 terrorists arrested, convicted, and imprisoned in this country. From Abdulmutallab, who was the underwear bomber in Detroit in December of 2008, he was stopped

27:53 arrested, interrogated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. We have a justice system and a law enforcement system in this country that is more than adequate to meet the threat. We do not have to undermine the Constitution to do that. That will be the core of the argument. I'll look forward to those who are opposed to it arguing why that doesn't keep us safe. I think it'll be a great debate. I'll urge people to vote for it. But I hope we'll have that public debate on the floor tomorrow. It's an incredibly important issue, no matter which side of it you're on. What's going on now? Yes, of course we know it's gonna happen. This guy's nuts. Do you wanna... let's thank our producers and then let me just run through this document because there's a couple of gems in here that warrant discussion. Okay.

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Producer Donations, NPR Revenue Decline, Olympic Coverage Costs

A segment dedicated to listener donations includes the bestowing of knighthoods and the reading of messages from the "No Agenda" community. In contrast, NPR is reportedly facing a sharp downturn in advertising revenue and potential staff cuts. The high cost of NPR's planned coverage of the London Olympics is criticized as an unnecessary expense for a public-interest broadcaster.

npr· donations· london olympics· value-for-value· knighthood

28:41 We do have two executive producers and two associate executive producers for today's show, 409. I'm surprised somebody hasn't donated 409. That used to be the... That's a 409er to be correct. 409. Well, it's also the 409 cubic inch engine that was in the Chevy. There's the 409 cleaning spray. Giddy up my 409. Yep, 409 cleaning spray. Right. Yeah. Sir Robert Goschko in Sherwood Park, Alberta came in with 420-07. Which is a vote for the slide whistle also. In the morning John and Adam, from Gitmo Nation, back bacon, eh? With this donation I'll complete my wife's 12-12-12 Damehood and with my 11-11-11 knighthood I guess that makes us a 23-23-23 family.

29:28 I also threw in my seven cents from the pro slide whistle side. It feels good Do it is a long weekend up here and I'll be busy drinking at the lake and celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday Would we have a holiday coming up this weekend? But I didn't know we were celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday down here. Well, we are now Can I get a war on chicken Huntsman karma combo for the good weather? Hopefully there'll be more donors than boners out this weekend. Give it a try. I The War on Chicken. You've got karma. A winner. Philip Meason in Welshpool, Powys. Powys. 33333. I'm donating the money so I can hear John Butcher the pronunciation of Powys. He gets my name right, which many do not, but fails to pronounce Powys. English spelling pronounced Pow-is as in hiss.

30:32 or piss. Keep up the great deconstruction of the lame stream. Keep out of light aircraft and duck if you hear helicopters. Okay. Dame Janice Kang 25007 I should look her up on email I'll do that and we'll talk give her she has a message we'll run it at the break. And Sir Dirk Modro in Western Australia 201 My donation is late. Actually, I tried to donate in the last three weeks, but I've failed. I'm humbly shamed as Black Knight has failed in his mission to spread the love for dollars. I listened to many shows before I donated drunk and I guess I am the godfather of drunk donations.

31:13 My siblings make me proud of my small offering a sh- oh he is drunk but he's writing this. Let me try to read it. You're the drunk boy. It works better that way. It made me proud in my small offering a Shabesby. Work has been bad of late I gotta go ATO equals IRS get off by back in three weeks I'm almost damn ready to give all the figures I'm earning about 60% of what I can get by the need to get by right now for the last four months So you can imagine when the Greeks Greek me my few remaining shares became homophobic And I had major shrinkage

31:50 Resources low, but I figure it's love and sharing when I drive 300 kilometers for my job on Sunday. I will hear you, it's time. Godfather Black Knight of his tits must donate. People may laugh, donating drunk is no joke and should not be tried by anyone. It takes 90% of any boodle of 750 milliliter, 40% strength. For me, creating the danger is getting wee. I want to play Left 4 Dead now. Come on, come on, just let's... This is I take snooze Wow anyway, let me give him a car. Let me just let me just give him a karma karma karma Miki and I both agree that when you read the drunk donations, that's when they really come to life You know and I can't get a job as an actor. No I

32:49 No, where's a hooker for that matter? Oh, what does that yeah, it goes without saying by the way. I don't feel all that bad You know NPR. It was it was pretty funny Headline in the Washington Post you know read it to you NPR You ready for it NPR sees sharp downturn in advertising revenue all right leading to talk of cuts and So, uh, the scam is over. Yeah, Knell or Nell, that's the guy who used to do Sesame Street, he's the new CEO. He had a meeting with the NPR employees and he almost said that they would have to cut some staff, but he didn't go quite that far. And, you know, why are they, why do they face higher expenses this year? Because they have to cover the Olympics in London.

33:43 That's bogative bullcrap. NPR doesn't have to cover the Olympics in London. They don't have to cover the Olympics, they can send some reporter, a stringer. Not even that, I mean... Yeah, who cares? What does that got to do with the public good? It's a huge commercial organization. Right, yeah, it shouldn't even be covered at all. So, now I have more. Let NBC have it. Is it NBC or ABC who has it this year? It's NBC. They always have it. Anyway, so we do appreciate all the help we can get, but obviously we'd like to have a little more value for what we're putting into this, otherwise we'll just have to turn to a life of porn.

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

Listener Content, Little Damien, Indoctrinating Youth

A video from a listener shows a young child named Damien singing along to the podcast's "Shut up, slave" catchphrase. The clip is presented as a humorous example of the show's reach and the "indoctrination" of the next generation of producers.

listener video· damien· shut up slave· branding

34:25 And you can also go to channeldvorak.com slash nadevorak. I'm sorry, noagendershow.com and noagendernation.com. And there's also in the PR segment, it doesn't really work on audio unfortunately, there's a video of, let's see, little No Agenda producer Damien, and it's really cute. I tweeted it the other day. And his dad videoed him while he's playing. So you hear Noah Jenda playing in the background with the whole shut up slave bit. And you see the kid listening to it. And he's like two or maybe three. And then all of a sudden, hey, I'll play it, see if you can get the idea. So he's listening to that segment and then all of a sudden he starts singing along with it. Here, let's see if we can... I'll crank it up to see if you can actually hear it. Hold on. Oops.

35:20 Is that flash crashing again? Here we go. Shut up, slave. Shut up, slave. He says it right on cue though, and he's so cute. He's so cute. It's catchy. I'm telling you, let me just indoctrinate the kids for a second. Hold on. Hey kids, go out and propagate the formula. It's real simple. Our formula is this. We go out,

36:01 We hit people in the mouth. Get ready kids. Sing along with your Uncle Adam and John. Come on, say it now. Shut up, slave! Little Damien even had the whole shut up slave thing right. Beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful America's youth. Shut up slave. They're kids. They get used to it. Yeah, you want to do NDA a part do yeah go all right So this is house resolution 4 3 1 0

CHAPTER 10 / 44 Discussion

NDAA 2013 Weapons Systems, Directed Energy, Advanced Kill Vehicles

House Resolution 4310, the NDAA for 2013, authorizes significant funding for advanced weaponry, including a new missile defense site on the East Coast. The bill mandates reports on directed energy weapons, such as high-energy lasers and millimeter-wave technologies. Specific provisions designate the Navy and Air Force as lead services for integrating 100-kilowatt lasers and microwave weapons onto surface ships and unmanned aerial vehicles.

ndaa 2013· laser weapons· drones· missile defense· kill vehicle

36:46 and this of course is to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities, Department of Defense and just so you know in the news what they're talking about and this is how all the good stuff is being covered up President Obama, the White House has already threatened to veto the $642 billion 2013 defense authorization bill passed last week by the House Armed Services Committee that doesn't mean it's passed the House but it came out of committee because it spends too much on national security. So, you know, they're talking about $15 billion over five years. So it's total cover up of the actual issues. So this act, of course, may be cited as the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. A couple of highlights. First of all, we're going to get a missile defense site on the East Coast, which shall be operational no later than December 31st, 2015. I thought that was kind of nice.

37:43 a new entry in section 222 development of advanced kill vehicle sounds like yeah the advance Robocop well let me see what it is it's this is part of the of the East Coast missile defense system is the advanced kill vehicle And defense shall provide the new advanced kill vehicle on the standard missile three block IIB interceptor. And it shall have the capability of being used for ground-based mid-course defense programs. And of course along that a description of the technology of and concept behind applying the former multiple kill vehicle concept to the new vehicle.

38:36 I just like the idea of having one. I like it too. It sounds good, doesn't it? All right, then we have, and this is one of my favorites, we will have a report no later than 180 days after the enactment of this act on New directed energy weapons! Woot! Woot! Woot! I love me some directed energy weapons. So, uh, we need furth- thorough assistance on the maturity of high energy laser, high power microwave, and millimeter wave non-lethal technologies. That's-

39:13 The ones they hit you with the air that's the body scanner exactly yeah millimeter wave non-lethal technologies Yeah, but they will fry you Apparently I mean how does that work the millimeter wave is not dangerous unless they turn it up enough. I don't know yeah missions for which directed energy weapons could be used to substantially enhance the current and planned capabilities of the US military and Potential for new directed energy systems to reduce requirements for expendable air and missile defense weapons. This is all very very cool and Here it is we need to have a summary of actions that the secretary is taking to ensure that our military will be the global leader in directed energy capabilities

39:59 In light of this we'll have... Ha ha ha, jeez. Check it out, check it out dude. These guys have gone nuts. That's awesome. We'll have... Yeah, the budget has gone up. Of course it's gone up. Obama won it for the military, it's up by 8 billion. Oh yeah. It's unbelievable, I thought we were supposed to be cutting back here. No, no, no. No, no, no. Spend more. So in light of the suitability of surface ships to support a solid state laser weapon, And the Department of Navy should be designated as the lead service for fielding a 100 to 200 kilowatt class laser to defend surface ships against unmanned aircraft, cruise missile and fast attack craft threats. Can you imagine getting fried with that? 100 to 200 kilowatt laser? Yeah, just cut your right in half. But in addition to that,

40:46 The Air Force will be designated as the lead service for integrating high-power microwave weapons on small air vehicles, including unmanned aircraft. Whoa! We're gonna have lasers on the drones. Oh, gee! It's gonna be a bonanza. Oh, it was an accident. Sorry your house caught on fire. I'm so sorry, sir. Okay, then we have... Counter-space programs. I've always told you that we're doing stuff in space. Yeah, you've always said this. And now they're just funding it. And by the way, I'm looking at this thing, this multiple kill vehicle. Yeah. It's a, it's a, it's a, it's like a, it's like something you jump on the, it's on the end of the missile. It gets fired off and it shoots out all kinds of weird shit. It's like the, it's like that Star Wars, it's like one of those movies. It's like, it like ejaculates all kinds of stuff. Just shoots all kinds of stuff all over apparently. Nice.

CHAPTER 11 / 44 Discussion

Cyberspace Military Authority, Indefinite Detention, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

The 2013 NDAA codifies the authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct clandestine military operations in cyberspace. Furthermore, the bill recodifies indefinite detention policies for individuals associated with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. The legislation cites the 2004 Supreme Court case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld to justify the detention of US citizens captured in conflict zones without traditional due process.

cyberspace· indefinite detention· hamdi v. rumsfeld· al-qaeda· bush administration

41:44 Military activities in cyberspace. Congress affirms that the Secretary of Defense is authorized to conduct military activities in cyberspace. The authority as described will be, A, includes the authority to carry out a clandestine operation in cyberspace. This is kind of new. It's not really but it's new that they caught a fight and they codified it and in support of the military operation pursuant to the authorization of use of military force against a target located outside of the United States so they can we kind of knew this they can use force to defend against the cyber attack so if you're if you're hacking then they take that laser and

42:29 the drone and that your house in a dry you exactly and here of course is the important bit section 1031 counterterrorism findings on detention pursuant to the authorization for use of military force enacted in 2001 so this is the explanation and recodification of of the indefinite detention as codified in the NDA 2012, as well as being able to drone you as an American citizen. And what they've done, John, I won't go into all the details, but they have brought in all these court cases including Hamdi V. Rumsfeld,

43:13 where the authorization for use of military force authorized the president to detain certain individuals, including a United States citizen captured in Afghanistan. So this is a whole legal document that says if you had any doubt that we have the right to grab you and to detain you without due process, then here is the explanation. And it comes from 2004. This is the Hamdi V. Rumsfeld case. where these... until the end of hostilities. So it should be never. Yes, exactly. We understand Congress granted authority for the use of necessary and appropriate force to include the authority to detain for the duration of the relevant conflict and our understanding is based on long-standing law of war principles. So this is Congress saying it's okay

44:08 An enemy combatant must receive notice of the factual basis for his classification as an enemy combatant and a fair opportunity to rebut the government's factual assertions before a neutral decision maker. uh... here we go uh... in two thousand eleven with the knack of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year two thousand twelve congress in the present affirm the authority of the armed forces of the united states to detain pursuant to the uh... a u m f that's the authorized use of military force a person who planned authorized committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september eleven two thousand one or harbor those responsible for the attacks

45:01 or a person who was a part of the substantially supported Al Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of enemy forces. So that is basically saying this is what we agree to. The interpretation of the detention authority in the in the NDAA for 2012 is the same as the interpretation used by the Obama administration in its legal filings in federal court and, by the way, is nearly identical to the interpretation used by the Bush administration.

CHAPTER 12 / 44 Discussion

Habeas Corpus Suspension, Rebellion Definition, Article 1 Section 9

Provisions in the new NDAA reference Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution regarding the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus during cases of rebellion or invasion. Concerns are raised that the definition of "rebellion" could be interpreted broadly to include political dissent or online activism. The lack of a clear legal briefing from the executive branch on these potential suspensions is noted.

habeas corpus· constitution· rebellion· drudge report· civil liberties

45:43 So this is how they're going to try and get away, get around Republicans fighting against it. And there was one new term in here. That works. Yeah, there was one new term in here. Let me just find it because that was the one that kind of caught my eye. Hold on a second. Here we go. Findings regarding habeas corpus rights. So this is your right to due process. Congress the rights of body of evidence you write them to prove that you did anything I mean this is the crime exist did it happen well it Hold on I have a new term It transpires that in article 1 section you like that. That's my new term for as it turns out it transpires No, it's terrible. Okay as it turns out yeah, Congress finds the following article 1 section 9 of the Constitution states that

46:36 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. So they're pulling the Article 1, Section 9 card on this whole deal. So it's defined as a rebellion when you send, I don't know what you could even do but it's probably a million different things. Say you do a blog post saying, you know, I think that was unfair what they did to that Al Qaeda guy. You are a rebel!

47:16 So you're now a rebel, by definition, and they can just grab you. Either that or invasion, and I guess you could say that we've been completely invaded by terrorists all over the place. According to them, there's one under every bed. It's just like it was in the 50s with the communists, by the way. So I think this is a genius move. And what defines a case of rebellion? Apparently anything. No, but seriously this is important because this is what it comes down to. It'll be very, it'll be broad, it'll be broad brush strokes and you know the far as I can tell Matt Drudge is in rebellion. Yeah. You should go pick him up. First they came for the Drudge report. Well let's just look, let's see if the book of knowledge has anything. Case of rebellion.

48:09 Definition what is the definition of rebellion? Okay, I mean more teenagers in this country are rebellious Descent from up here it is descent from an accepted moral code or convention of behavior or dress Hey, if you got your underwear hanging out, we're gonna drone you Starting to shape up then they're gonna do that anyway the marked-up PDF of House Resolution 4310. You can find the show notes at 409r.nashownotes.com. And I hope you enjoy reading about the space weapons, the cyberspace, and of course, the fact that habeas corpus is now suspended. And I think we should actually see a legal briefing. The president should just say it. Habeas corpus is suspended due to cases of rebellion. He hasn't got the guts to say that.

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Yemen Executive Order, Natural Gas Pipelines, Energy Prices

President Obama issued an executive order regarding Yemen that is characterized as a de facto declaration of war. While framed as a counter-terrorism measure, the focus on protecting gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities suggests an underlying energy security motive. Frequent attacks on Yemeni energy infrastructure have reportedly contributed to supply drops in the Boston area.

yemen· barack obama· natural gas· pipelines· energy security

49:06 But he does have the guts to do this new executive order which I guess you looked over. The Yemen executive order? Yeah. Oh yeah. I have a theory on that. Well my only, I read it over and I said well you can explain what it is but I was thinking it's just a cheap way to keep people from sending money back home if they happen to have Yemeni's parents. It's well, it's another money stealing operation. But you know, there was an there was another attack. There's this great blog called tracking energy attacks, which is like has my name written all over it. And in the past year, they've had I think 17 attacks. All these attacks in Yemen are on gas pipelines and the liquid natural gas refineries or storage tanks.

49:56 And this has now resulted, according to I think boston.com, in a drop in supplies of liquefied natural gas in the Boston area. So I'm thinking, is it possible that all of this Yemen droning and all of that that's going on, and the pipelines continuously being blown up, is really just a way to get the price of gas up so that they can finally make some money off of all this stuff? That's always a possibility. I think the gas price or the oil prices are dropping like a rock, so I don't I think that game is over.

CHAPTER 14 / 44 Discussion

Global Helium Shortage, MRI Scans, Balloon Industry Alternatives

A global helium shortage is impacting medical imaging and industrial manufacturing, as the gas is essential for cooling MRI magnets and producing fiber optic cables. While the US holds a major reserve, production in Russia and Qatar is also significant. The shortage has forced balloon suppliers to seek alternatives, such as hanging balloons from ceilings rather than using buoyant gas.

helium· mri· russia· qatar· fracking

50:37 Well, there may be. Maybe they can crank it back up, but... Well, maybe this will help you with a clue. I don't know anything about this, and you probably do, so listen to this report. Helium is in short supply tonight, but there's more at risk than keeping your balloons afloat. Helium is used in MRI scans, fiber optic cables, and wind turbines. Because of that, the U.S. Senate is now considering changes to the U.S. Helium Reserve. Now, before I play the rest of this report, what is up with helium? Well, I mean for years we were the essentially the world, you know, some people have rare earths. We have helium. We have the most helium I think of any country and I guess we've been using it. Well in 2010 there was a report that said we still have plenty of supply for the next 25 years. Do you know what the other two countries are that provide helium? No, I don't. Russia and Qatar.

51:34 Oh really? Cutter? Yeah, I thought that was interesting. Wow, that's weird. So is helium a byproduct or is it discovered as a part of oil or gas discovery? I think it's part of a, when you drill a well, I think sometimes helium comes out. I don't know. I didn't know, but I didn't know. I'm going to look it up. Yeah. On the book of knowledge. I had no idea that it was necessary for MRIs and... Oh, it's got a lot of uses. So of course... Besides balloons, but balloons is the best use. Well, so here's... Listen to the rest of this report. Of course, you're like, oh, MRIs? I had no idea. And of course, they're going to go interview a balloon guy.

52:12 Congress set low helium prices back in 1996 and that's what created the shortage. Our Washington, D.C. bureau spoke to a balloon supplier who saw costs rise 45 percent in the past month. Now, what do you think the solution is for a balloon supplier who can no longer afford helium? Well, they use hydrogen. No, no, no, it's better than that. I hope that Congress can do something to help free up some of that helium that is available for this industry because it's going to reflect on a lot of businesses and hurt them very badly. He said the company is looking into alternatives like suspending balloons from the ceiling.

52:54 He's a genius! The guy's a genius. Now we have a string shortage. Hey boss, I got an idea. Let's just hang him from the ceiling. It'll be almost the same thing. Helium is extracted commercially by a low temperature separation process and it's extracted from natural gas in areas where you have a decomposition of thorium and uranium. somehow. So it's decaying and it's called a fractional distillation you can get it and we have so much natural gas in this country which did kind of belies the the shortage because you know there's always a keep fracking and finding more gas there should be more helium they just probably don't process all of it. So you can frack for it huh? Hmm I mean it's just it's in natural gas the

53:41 The radiogenic helium is trapped with natural gas. Okay, so it could be a natural gas play somehow. We need more balloons! No, I know. I have a bottle. I always keep a bottle of helium in the house. And a big one, big bottle. Really? I keep two gases in the house. I keep helium and argon. Argon? You have to be a little more careful. What's argon? Argon is a, is like nitrogen, it's another neutral gas. It's inert. But it's... Stop! I need to ask a very essential question. Yeah. Why do you have helium and argon in the house? Well, the helium because we do have parties once in a while. We'd like to fill up the balloons and occasionally as amusement, we'll fill up a big garbage bag full of helium and launch it. It's quite funny. The kids get a kick out of it. Yes. So we have some helium. I'm familiar with the effects. Yes.

CHAPTER 15 / 44 Discussion

Argon and Helium Home Use, Wine Preservation, Gas Safety

A personal anecdote describes keeping cylinders of helium and argon at home for various purposes. While helium is used for entertainment, argon is utilized for preserving open bottles of wine because it is heavier than air and prevents oxidation. The technical requirements for gas valves and the safety precautions for handling inert gases are discussed.

argon· helium· wine preservation· inert gas· ridge vineyards

52:54 He's a genius! The guy's a genius. Now we have a string shortage. Hey boss, I got an idea. Let's just hang him from the ceiling. It'll be almost the same thing. Helium is extracted commercially by a low temperature separation process and it's extracted from natural gas in areas where you have a decomposition of thorium and uranium. somehow. So it's decaying and it's called a fractional distillation you can get it and we have so much natural gas in this country which did kind of belies the the shortage because you know there's always a keep fracking and finding more gas there should be more helium they just probably don't process all of it. So you can frack for it huh? Hmm I mean it's just it's in natural gas the

53:41 The radiogenic helium is trapped with natural gas. Okay, so it could be a natural gas play somehow. We need more balloons! No, I know. I have a bottle. I always keep a bottle of helium in the house. And a big one, big bottle. Really? I keep two gases in the house. I keep helium and argon. Argon? You have to be a little more careful. What's argon? Argon is a, is like nitrogen, it's another neutral gas. It's inert. But it's... Stop! I need to ask a very essential question. Yeah. Why do you have helium and argon in the house? Well, the helium because we do have parties once in a while. We'd like to fill up the balloons and occasionally as amusement, we'll fill up a big garbage bag full of helium and launch it. It's quite funny. The kids get a kick out of it. Yes. So we have some helium. I'm familiar with the effects. Yes.

54:37 Yeah, it's very funny. The argon is used because it's heavier than air, which is why you have to be careful once in a while. There's too much argon in the house. You can't breathe. You have to put yourself on a couch. By the way, if you're on argon, put yourself on the couch and then kind of hang upside down and then exhale a lot to get that. Because if argon gets in your lungs, it kind of sits in there. Wait, are you just getting high at the house? Is that what you're doing? No, no, no. This is for... No, you won't get high on argon. But it's for sealing wine. If you have a big bottle of wine and you decided that you can't drink, you don't want to drink it, you jerk in some helium. And by the way, Ridge Vineyards in California uses, I'm so not healing but argon, Ridge Vineyards uses argon instead of nitrogen. Most of the wineries when they, before they put the wine in, first they evacuate the bottle with nitrogen, blow the wine in and then cork it. And there's like a little bit of nitrogen left.

55:32 But that'll leach out, oxygen will get in the vinyl age. If it's argon, it's heavier than air so it sits, always sits on top of the liquid. It just sits there and it protects it from oxygen. So do you have an argon injection system as well? No, I don't need that. I just have this big thing, I turn it on and it starts blowing argon and I stick the bottle up against the hole and then it fills it up. I know it sounds crazy. Yeah, just a little. Is that legal? Is that legal to have that? Once you get the bottle and you get the valves, the valves are like a hundred bucks. Do you have test tubes at home? I bet you do, don't you? The valves are like a hundred bucks and once you get the valve and the bottle then you can just swap out the gas and it doesn't cost that much. A bottle of helium is like, I don't know, 20-30 bucks.

56:26 Fascinating the things you have going up. You have fascinating life. You gotta find a gas place locally. It's like Saturday night at the Dvorak's. Hey kids, let's go to the gas place. Let's suck on some helium and argon. I'd like to get a big giant bottle of helium. Can you sell me a bottle? I need to buy the container which is the bottle and you know the big cylinder and then I need to get a valve because all the valves are different for all the gases. Yes, oh I hate that when that happens. I hate it when my valve is wrong. You're you are an extraordinary man John C. Dvorak. I thought everybody had a bottle of helium in the house The message is clear All right, who's talking to this week here she comes with her hooves the cloven one Clipity-clop those hooves Here

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

Hillary Clinton in Tajikistan, Natural Gas Diplomacy, Earthquakes

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Tajikistan is linked to regional natural gas interests and the goal of exporting energy to India. The country has recently experienced a series of earthquakes, which some speculate may be related to intensive resource extraction or fracking. The mainstream press is criticized for failing to ask substantive questions about the economic motives behind the diplomatic visit.

hillary clinton· tajikistan· natural gas· india· earthquakes

57:24 I had a wonderful visit to... You know who she's talking to? The new guy from France? No. Tajikistan. Tajikistan. The Tajikistan guy? What's up there? Oil. No, of course we know Tajikistan is all of... No, it's gas. Tajikistan is all the natural gas. But what was interesting is... She's gonna get some helium out of there. Tajik... Well, there you go. Tajikistan just had an earthquake. 5.7 and then I was like, you know, is it typical? Tajikistan has an earthquake every day. It's like in the four to five range. Oh, that's where they're getting all the gas from. Yes! They're fracking the crap out of it. But listen, it's like so this- Probably contaminating everything. So May 12th, 5.7, April 30th, 4.0, April 30th, 4.0, April 27th, 4.6, 27th, 4.6, 27th, 5.0, 26th, 4.1, I mean, April 23rd, 4.6. Yeah, it's like there's a place in Nevada that has this problem. The place is just, just shaking.

58:25 It's just shaking the whole time. So anyway, so there must be some kind of deal and I guess we'll find out soon whenever Lucifer Clippity-clop is hanging out with somebody and the guy from Tajikistan and what are we talking about? Let's hear. And an opportunity to meet with the president and the government about a full range of issues. in our bilateral relationship as well as the regional issues. So I'm looking forward to the conversation with the minister today where we can review the progress we're making in our dialogue between our two countries and explore other ways to deepen and broaden. You're such a lying sack of crap, Clinton.

59:11 bilateral issues to deepen and broaden. You're saying absolutely nothing when all we know, all you care about is getting that gas out of Tajikistan to sell to India. Everyone knows it. And then I go look at the State Department press conference, not a single question, not a single question about the meeting. Our press is so phony, so phony. Unreal. Anyway, that's who you know you got to keep your eye on Clippity-clop because when she's talking to somebody stuff happens

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

Wesley Clark, Seven Countries in Five Years, Middle East War List

A recurring reference to General Wesley Clark's 2007 revelation describes a Pentagon memo from shortly after 9/11. The memo allegedly outlined a plan to "take out" seven countries in five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. The current instability in Syria and Lebanon is viewed through the lens of this long-standing strategic list.

wesley clark· pentagon· iraq· syria· iran

59:50 Thought it was the earthquake, but you know it turns out. That's just unrelated so it's a you know we're heating it up somewhere something somewhere We're always heated up mm-hmm I think by the way that the thing that Clinton's or Clinton Clinton Obama Obama's executive order about Yemen was Essentially another declaration of war of course it is a whole thing we have boots on the ground We've got a combat team training in there the There's been no declaration of war. How many of these things are we going to continue to do? Why do we have such a, such a, so many of them all of a sudden? I mean, this has been going on now. It's just like we're just attacking everybody. Well, hello, we know the list. We need Lebanon still hasn't happened. Was Yemen on the list? Do you have that clip? I can listen to it. Let's see. About 10 days after 9-11, I went through the Pentagon. Yeah, this is Wesley Clark. This is important. Let's tick off the list again because I keep forgetting. We should write the list down maybe. I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and

1:00:45 and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the joint staff who used to work for me and one of the generals called me and he said, sir you gotta come in and talk to me a second. I said, well you're too busy. He said, no, no. He says, we've made the decision we're going to war with Iraq. This was on or about the 20th of September. Notice he says Iraq correctly by the way. That's of note. He did say Iraq. War with Iraq? Why? He said, I don't know. He said, I guess they don't know what else to do. So I said, well did they find some information connecting Saddam to Al-Qaeda? He said, no, no. He says there's nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq. He said, I guess it's like we don't know what to do about terrorists, but

1:01:37 We've got a good military and we can take down governments. And he said, I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail. So I came back to see him a few weeks later. And by that time we were bombing in Afghanistan. I said, are we still going to war with Iraq? And he said, oh, it's worse than that. He said, he reached over on his desk, he picked up a piece of paper and he said, I just He said, I just got this down from upstairs meeting the Secretary of Defense's office today. And he said, this is a memo that describes how we're going to take out seven countries in five years. Let's write him down, John. Will you write him down, please? Yeah, I'm writing him. Starting with Iraq and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off Iran. No, there's no Yemen on the list. No. Interesting. But Lebanon's on the list.

1:02:25 Yeah, yeah, that's that's right now. It looks like that's gonna bust up bust up. So yeah, that's all we got Syria Lebanon Somalia Sudan Iraq Iraq and did you say Iran? Don't know he said something with ends with Iran Iran Iran. Yeah, he said Iran. Oh that didn't say my Iran He's a silly here eat it Iran. Yeah, okay. He used the code Iran instead of Iran well We're getting closer to Iran Iran Excuse me The fantastic highly rated I'm only counting six what did I miss I?

CHAPTER 18 / 44 Discussion

CNN Ratings Collapse, Anderson Cooper, Piers Morgan

Nielsen ratings for CNN show a significant decline in viewership for prime-time programs. Anderson Cooper's "AC 360" and "Piers Morgan Tonight" reported historically low numbers in the key 25-54 demographic during sweeps week. Despite the low viewership, the network remains profitable due to cable subscriber fees.

cnn· ratings· anderson cooper· piers morgan· nielsen

1:03:04 Syria Lebanon Somalia Sudan Iraq and Iran that's one two three four five six What's the seventh what I miss I already I got rid of the clip already. Oh Hmm, maybe some in the chat room knows so cares so play the clip again someday so before I get into the into the report by Aaron Burnett about Iran yes Iran I'd like to read to you the latest ratings numbers from CNN. This is, you know, we had sweeps week. Oh, geez. You ready for this? Those poor bastards. This is great. Let's see. May I mention something before you do that? Because I know how these are going to come out. The irony here is that, is that

1:03:57 Murdoch I watch this there was a very good documentary on Rupert Murdoch very good And it says apparently he was good. He was just one inch away from buying CNN, but Turner You know Turner Ted Turner they've mm-hmm grump he Refused I was horrible idea to sell it to him and he's and he made sure that the time Warner deal went through so time Warner ended up with it, and that's when Murdoch said well screw it. I'll just start my own cable network. He already had Fox on TV and See what happens anyway go on I'll give you two ratings numbers. These are the prime time sweeps rating numbers from CNN. Anderson Pooper's AC 360. How many viewers do you think between 8 and 10 p.m.? I would say 400,000. 90,000. What?! Now, Pierce Moron Tonight.

1:04:57 The so that we're talking demo numbers here So that's between 25 and 54 and there's really nothing else outside of that even matters How many viewers do you believe in the prime time sweeps week watched? Here's more on tonight. Well if AC 360 was 90,000 and I would have to say he has to be at 50 39,000 Wow We have more listeners than that. Barely, but I think so. So all of a sudden I'm not too worried about him calling What's-His-Face an MTV legend because no one heard it. Well, 39,000 people did, but they probably were asleep.

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

Iran Nuclear Drawing, Associated Press, Media Fearmongering

CNN's Erin Burnett presented a report on a "secret" Iranian nuclear site based on a drawing provided by the Associated Press. The drawing, which depicts a containment chamber, is criticized for being speculative rather than photographic evidence. The segment highlights how mainstream media uses unverified illustrations to bolster claims of nuclear weapons development in Iran.

iran· nuclear weapons· associated press· erin burnett· cnn

1:05:40 24 numbers? No, it's that bad, doesn't matter. But of course they make 48 cents from each cable subscriber, so that's how they're making their money. Erin Burnett lays it on and listen carefully and then tell me what you saw on the screen when she brought us this report. Indications of possible nuclear weapons development. Indications like this picture from the Associated Press in today's Washington Post. Now, let me just explain exactly what you're looking at here because I looked at this and said, what is this something that could be in my backyard? It's a drawing of what's believed to be a nuclear explosion containment chamber hidden at a secret Iranian military base, perhaps near a site called Parchin.

1:06:21 that the government in Iran has refused weapons inspectors access to. Experts say a chamber like this is what you use to test a nuclear weapon and we talked to them, they confirmed that. Important to say though that this picture is not a picture that we have confirmed the authenticity of. So what do you think that picture was? Uh, well it was obviously some sort of a... I have no idea. It was a drawing! It was a drawing! It was a drawing? It was a drawing of like a big circular drum. I would think it was a photograph of something. No! She even says this is a drawing. Something that draws something and then they claim that Iran's got it? A drawing, I tell you. Didn't you hear her say it? And they got it from the Associated Press! ...indications of possible nuclear weapons development.

1:07:09 Indications like this picture from the Associated Press in today's Washington Post. Listen! Now let me just explain exactly what you're looking at here because I looked at this and said what is this something that could be in my backyard. It's a drawing of what's believed to be. It's a drawing of what's believed to be. She got it from Associated Press, must be true. Unbelievable. That's hilarious. Drawing. Be very afraid, they've got drawings there. They've got drawings. Apparently if you... You can't test one of these bombs without shaking every seismograph in the world and it has a very distinctive look and everyone knows what happened. And it looks like just a big oil drum.

1:07:50 With a door. It's actually a barbecue. No, it's a mulching bin. It looked like more like one of those compost bins. It's a compost bin. They put it outside. Yeah. Compost bin. I'll tell you one thing though. That is pathetic all the people that I met with in LA You know some friends and stuff and hanging out They're so oblivious. They have no they have no idea what's going on like hey man Who you think you're gonna vote for we think we should vote for Obama because he'll be lenient on the porn industry That's your porn buddy. That's what happens to you if you get in that business. Yeah, totally no touch with reality. And take it from me, Romney's not going to be any better for your business. But he's a crazy Mormon. Okay. This is how people think in America. So doomed. No, no, we've lost it completely. So doomed.

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

Newsweek "First Gay President" Cover, Hillary Clinton Strategy, Andrew Sullivan

Newsweek's cover story labeling Barack Obama as "The First Gay President" is analyzed as a potential political hit job. The theory suggests that Clinton-aligned figures may be injecting rumors of the President's sexuality into the public discourse to alienate socially conservative voters in the black community. The involvement of Andrew Sullivan and members of the Council on Foreign Relations is noted.

newsweek· barack obama· hillary clinton· andrew sullivan· gay president

1:13:00 Well, that's the whole problem. That's why the government doesn't want to do it. It'd be billions in revenue. Yeah, they don't want to lower taxes on anybody. Anyway, so very, very, very interesting. And then you sent out, which did, I mean, we would have had like no money if I guess if you hadn't sent out your newsletter yesterday. And this was about the News week which I picked up a copy of the news week. Oh you have a copy yes, I do Oh mentioned about two I was wanted to get one where presentable President Obama is on the front page with the headline the first gay president You want to talk about what you wrote in your for those you who don't subscribe to the to the newsletter? You don't get the news that are you kind of missing out cuz some of these things we're not gonna talk about on the show

1:13:46 But the, yeah, I tracked down the genesis of this and I'm now convinced that it's a cabal of Hillary Clinton lovers and it's very, it was very carefully outlined in this lengthy newsletter. The three people involved, and I wouldn't include Andrew Sullivan in that, was a gay Republican or was, I think he's an independent now. They were the ones who decided on this cover line, this gay, and I think as they were leaking, I think they were leaking the rumors that are going around, which I link to, about Obama actually being on the down low or a guy was bisexual possibly and this has actually gotten worse and I know by the way that it's to inject into the debate the Possibility is gay which will make the black community turn on him. He's got him So you're so you're saying so you're saying that this Newsweek article was meant to? Hurt the president yeah, oh

1:14:39 I think it was meant to hurt him so Hillary has a last ditch shot. We had a clip about how Bill still says she should maybe think about running in 2012 and we've talked about this on the show forever. And so I think it was a hit job because if you look at the people involved, they're all Hillary people essentially, except for Sullivan. You don't know what the heck he's doing, but they gave him the article to write. And the whole thing is a scam. And so to make it worse, the most recent thing that's happened, and people can get the newsletter, they can read all the details, there's a lot in there.

1:15:15 They can, is that what happened on the Aaron Burnett show about the Obama is the first female president which just makes this even worse because now he's being portrayed as a woman which is I mean this whole thing is this is piling on and I would say that since one of the women on the at the Newsweek is with on the Council of Foreign Relations and she's got a weird background and then so does Aaron Burnett and so I have these two clips I got two of them. First play Obama, the first female president. Erin, by the way, cannot keep a straight face while she's doing this piece.

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

Obama "First Female President" Op-ed, Gender Politics, Voter Turnout

Following the "gay president" meme, a Washington Post op-ed characterized Obama as the "first female president" due to his appeal to women voters. This shift in gender-based political branding is viewed as a complex strategy that could impact voter turnout. While Obama maintains high support among black voters, there is concern that these narratives could lead to lower overall participation in the upcoming election.

barack obama· gender politics· barnard college· washington post· voter turnout

1:15:53 Our second story out front, President Obama up 9 points over Mitt Romney among women voters. This is according to the latest Gallup poll. And you may remember last night we were talking about the CBS New York Times poll which had showed Romney up by 3 points among women, which was within the margin of error but still surprised both the people on the left and the right on the panel. They didn't think it would quite be that way. And it is right now 9 points in the president's favor according to Gallup. Does that mean he's the first female president? You say, what are you crazy? Well, I'm not the one who said this. This is what an op-ed in the Washington Post said the president is as he launched a major new appeal to those coveted women voters. Referring to the president's commencement speech at the all-female Barnard College in a Milbank, writes,

1:16:36 See, the first female president was the teddy line and it said Monday's activities veered into pandering as Obama brazenly flaunted his feminine mystique. Something about it is just, I don't know, his feminine mystique? Okay. Obama also appeared on The View today where he talked about getting teased by the first lady and coaching his daughter's basketball team. Now before you continue with that John, I do want to say there is a possible other explanation for what's going on here because I think you even mentioned the newsletter. The Alston report had a whole insider related story about how this woman had seen what she believes President Obama

1:17:18 uh... having before he was president, even before he was senator I guess uh... having gay sex and she got killed and of course there's tons of rumors we've got larry sinclair we've got uh... you know two of his former uh... so-called former lovers in the jeremiah right church who were also killed and uh... there was uh... and of course there's always been rumors about uh... Rahm Emanuel it's possible that this is all to build up a huge cover so that when someone else comes out saying something perhaps credible that they'll say, ah, it's just one of these nut jobs. You know, this is just, you know, the president comes out and does something humanitarian, something really nice. And then you get all these wackos coming out of the, out of the bushes. I like that. I like that a lot, but I think it may be too complex. I mean, it's,

1:18:13 it's definitely a possibility. Well, we'll have to see if someone comes out and says something really nutty. It'll have to be good, but they've already, the setup is there and I think that it's already done. I like your theory, but I think the damage has been done in the gay, not the gay community, the gay community. I mean, their original thesis was it just, and which is a fact that gays have been throwing money at Obama now. And I think was just a money grab at first But it's hurt him in the black community and it's gonna result in a lower turnout at the polls Because blacks aren't gonna vote for Romney ever no and so they're 95% for Obama because he's black just that simple and but it's 95% and somebody I think it was one Williams on one of those shows says you know it's still gonna be 95% of

1:18:59 of the black vote is going to go to Obama, but the black vote's going to be down. Much lower. Because people aren't going to go vote at all, which is a very common thing in the United States. You know, people just don't vote when they think both candidates suck. Chat room reminds me of Reggie Love, by the way. And Reggie Love, right, which somebody says, a couple people sent us notes on that. So anyway, something's amiss. and but i did one thing that was just kind of maybe a little bit off topic but the second half of this clip which is another the second clip you did the first one should be done uh... i it was just annoying to me and i'm just gonna say this is that i know you're gonna hate me even bring this up and i am not

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

Title IX, Sharia Law Concerns, Islamophobia Meme

A discussion on Title IX and women's sports leads into a broader conversation about political correctness and religious law. Some activists express concern that the State Department, under Hillary Clinton, is using LGBT rights as a cover to integrate elements of Sharia law into the American judicial system. The term "Islamophobia" is described as a tool used to silence criticism of this perceived agenda.

title ix· sharia law· hillary clinton· islamophobia· political correctness

1:19:36 But play the second clip and I'll tell you what my pet peeve is. We're celebrating four years of Title IX and it shows when girls are given the opportunity and they're competing and they're working as a team, it makes them stronger, it makes them more confident. It's one of the great things that's happened during the course of my lifetime is women's sports becoming just as important, just as powerful. So he's on the view. Let me just say the title nine is a law that was passed by some idiot. I think it was Clinton. I'm not sure that makes it so if you have a football team at a major college university, which has this big stadium, if you ever notice and you spend like millions and millions of dollars on the football team, you have to spend the same amount of money on women's sports.

1:20:25 which nobody cares about except the women playing the sports and they'll still be playing the sports without the money. They like to play sports, everybody does, but nobody's gonna go pack the auditorium at a basketball court to watch women's basketball. They get, you know, 10% of the place is full and so this whole thing is galling to me and then to cater to it for a guy who supposedly likes sports is ridiculous. Does he watch women's basketball? I doubt it. Anyway, that's the end. I'm done. John C. DuBois I did have one other we had a nice dinner with our lesbian our Jewish lesbian power couple friends. Oh, yeah, and Anyway, and of course all of this came up and and there are students of actually their friends with feared builders and Who's the Somalia chick? I am here she Ali

1:21:21 You know, she's a big activist in Holland. She got kind of booted out of the country because she was saying, hey man, Islam is no good. And her genitals were mutilated. As a Muslim girl. Right, click direct to me. Yes, exactly. And so, you know, we're talking about all this and they said a couple of very interesting things. They said, you know, Hillary Clinton is evil. I'm like, wait a minute, isn't she on your team? Says, oh yeah. Said, and she's using our team, the LGBTC. Remember, C is for curious, like me. LGBTC rights.

1:22:04 in order to shepherd in Sharia law. And I'm like, what? God yeah, and they and according to them the all the the the the advisors to the State Department and Obama they say that's just tons and tons of Pro-sharia law advisors and they gave me like some propaganda like some booklets which is like it's almost like underground anti-nazi stuff It's crazy from the Freedom Institute and you know David Horowitz and and all these little booklets and I'm reading him and you know, they're like

1:22:39 How the word Islamophobia is now entering and we talked about this How the word Islamophobia is being used to further the agenda of Sharia law Because of course when you put phobia behind something and someone else pointed this out to me with homophobia You have an irrational fear. So the saying oh, you're an Islamophobe, so it's irrational. But meanwhile it They claim that the real mission is to shepherd in bits and pieces of Sharia law into the American judicial system. Fascinating discussion. And it's all being done under the political correctness of let's be sensitive to LGBT rights. Huh. Well, that'll be worth following.

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

Unabomber Manifesto, Ted Kaczynski, Technology and Enslavement

The 1995 manifesto of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is revisited in light of a German documentary titled "The Net." Kaczynski's writings on the psychological origins of leftism and the "oversocialization" of modern society are discussed. His central thesis—that technology is a tool of imprisonment rather than liberation—is noted for its foresight, despite his violent methods.

unabomber· ted kaczynski· manifesto· technology· political correctness

1:23:30 Well, you know, they're gonna they're lovely, lovely women. I mean, they are a true power couple. And it's interesting now the combination to be the Jewish lesbian power couple because they travel in like, you know, upper board of directors. This must be a point of discussion amongst their milieu. Big time. Big time. Yeah. So I'm going to read all the propaganda. Speaking of which, John, you know what else I read? One of our producers, I can't remember, someone said to me, you have to watch this documentary. It's a German documentary called The Net. And The Net is, I'm reading here from the description, fascinating German documentary exploring the bizarre life story of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.

1:24:17 And so I watched 15 minutes, it's like an hour and a half, I watched 15 minutes, I'm like, oh my God, I've got to go read his manifesto. Remember we were talking about the Unabomber and how the manifesto got published and then his brother saw some words recognized and that's... Have you ever read his manifesto? You know, I think I may have read part of it, but it's like the kind of thing you read that this is the kind of thinking is around, has always been around Berkeley. And so I, and I didn't read it for a while. I haven't read it since we started doing the show. So I'm sure my attitude would be a little different, but well, you know, what is in there that you think is interesting? He's basically saying pretty much the same thing about political correctness.

1:25:01 that Breivik was saying and all these people are saying, but he takes it a step further. He says technology is going to imprison us. It's not going to set us free. And in... Yeah, we discussed this. That's what Bill Gates thought about software. We'll be its pets. Right. Well, you know, but in hindsight, and it's not a long manifesto. It's like 50 pages or so. In hindsight, because this was written in what? 95 I don't remember. I think I think it was 95 I can check that look child check it on the book of knowledge When when you it's all about leftism and he starts off by saying let me just find the relevant passage

1:25:45 He said, when someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him or about groups with whom he identifies, we conclude that he has inferiority feelings or low self-esteem. This tendency... Yeah, ran in 1995, the manifesto. This tendency is pronounced among minority rights advocates whether or not they belong to minority groups whose rights they defend. They are hypersensitive about the words used to designate minorities. Now listen to this. The terms Negro, Oriental, Handicapped or Chick for an African, an Asian, a disabled person or a woman originally had no derogatory connotation. Broad and Chick were merely the feminine equivalents of guy, dude or fellow. The negative connotations have been attached to these terms by the activists themselves.

1:26:39 Some animal rights advocates have gone so far as to reject the word pet and insist on its replacement by animal companion. And so he goes on to explain how he feels that this extreme leftism, which I think we're seeing, is bad for the development of society and he was a mathematician. Right, and let's bring it back to your thesis that this is all an attack on free speech. Yes, exactly. At the base level. At the base level it's all an attack on free speech until you basically you're in a prison you can't say anything anymore. Right and it can't be you can't be critical and well of course I cannot condone How he what he did to get this? Manifesto published because this is kind of you know beginning of Internet days. No one was really on it He says you know we need a revolution does not have to be with bloodshed We had to kill people the Freedom Club. We had to kill people in order to get our manifesto published. Sorry about that But I'm so fascinated by someone who has the

1:27:41 capability to look so far into the future and possibly be correct about how technology is really not setting us free but making enslaving us And to see that it can go to such a degree and be so bad that he feels he has to kill people to make his point. I'm fascinated by that. Yeah, well, I'm in agreement with the technology issue. In fact, I have advocated and people can vouch for me, although this ludicrous, but I've advocated shutting down the Internet. I think it should be shut down. I mean, I'm starting to think it's not a bad idea. Shut it down. Shut it down. Yeah. Look at all the problems it's causing.

1:28:21 Mean just you know I was in line for the humiliation tunnel at LAX. Oh, yeah, how did that go on the way out? We got magnetometer. That's nice. We got lucky on the way back. It was only one tunnel and they had a magnetometer and and they had the backscatter the the one that they just crank up and X-ray machine yeah, so Mickey says I'm opting out and We have an off doubt, we have an off doubt. And I'm right behind her. Yeah, I'm opting out too. Pssst, male assist, male assist, male assist, off doubt, off doubt. And then someone gets shuttled right through the magnetometer and Mickey, bless her heart, says, hey, you didn't have to go through the scanner, you guys. And the guy literally said, I didn't see that. Well, you just went through the magnetometer. No, I didn't see no one go through there. Okay. You ran into a lying sack of crap.

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

TSA Opt-Out, Backscatter Scanners, Privacy Screenings

A recent experience at LAX involves opting out of the TSA's backscatter X-ray scanners in favor of a physical pat-down. The process highlights inconsistencies in security protocols and the behavior of government workers. The refusal of high-ranking officials like Janet Napolitano to use the machines is cited as a reason for public skepticism.

tsa· airport security· lax· backscatter· privacy

1:27:41 capability to look so far into the future and possibly be correct about how technology is really not setting us free but making enslaving us And to see that it can go to such a degree and be so bad that he feels he has to kill people to make his point. I'm fascinated by that. Yeah, well, I'm in agreement with the technology issue. In fact, I have advocated and people can vouch for me, although this ludicrous, but I've advocated shutting down the Internet. I think it should be shut down. I mean, I'm starting to think it's not a bad idea. Shut it down. Shut it down. Yeah. Look at all the problems it's causing.

1:28:21 Mean just you know I was in line for the humiliation tunnel at LAX. Oh, yeah, how did that go on the way out? We got magnetometer. That's nice. We got lucky on the way back. It was only one tunnel and they had a magnetometer and and they had the backscatter the the one that they just crank up and X-ray machine yeah, so Mickey says I'm opting out and We have an off doubt, we have an off doubt. And I'm right behind her. Yeah, I'm opting out too. Pssst, male assist, male assist, male assist, off doubt, off doubt. And then someone gets shuttled right through the magnetometer and Mickey, bless her heart, says, hey, you didn't have to go through the scanner, you guys. And the guy literally said, I didn't see that. Well, you just went through the magnetometer. No, I didn't see no one go through there. Okay. You ran into a lying sack of crap.

1:29:15 Unbelievable. Another fine government worker. So we got a little pat down. Little pat down. So you're opting out of the scanner? Is that what they say to you? Do you have a conversation about it? Yeah. And it starts, are you opting out of the scanner? And now they have someone, someone has to watch when you do it. They have to have one guy. Watch when you do what? So one guy is... Patting you down, the other one's watching? Oh, that's sick. Yeah, well, that's the bennies of the job. I guess one guy has to make sure that you're offered all the... You're offered the opportunity to have a private screening. Did you tell him that Palatano won't go through one of those machines? Why should you?

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

TEDx Censorship, Nick Hanauer, Middle Class Economics

A TEDx speech by Nick Hanauer was reportedly censored and removed from the organization's website. Hanauer's argument challenges the notion that the wealthy are "job creators," positing instead that a robust middle class drives economic growth through consumption. The removal of the speech is viewed as an example of suppressing ideas that conflict with established financial interests.

tedx· nick hanauer· censorship· middle class· job creators

1:29:58 No, no, I'm doing the same thing. I said when when you're allowed to wear a dosimeter, I'll go through it one too. I'll go through what and they're so dense. Yeah, they don't even know how to see the dosimeter is now. Now does this TED speech somehow fit into this whole political correctness thing? Yeah, totally. Tell me about it. Well, it's well, it doesn't it's actually Okay, the TEDx, there's a TEDx speech that has been and I think I'll have it on the blog. I sent you a, there's a link in the show notes. Yeah, under cultural Marxism. One of the guys came and gave a speech at TEDx which was censored and removed from view so you can't watch it.

1:30:41 essentially the guy said that it's actually not as much political correctness as it is anti-banking and they said it was because it was pro-republican or something I couldn't I read the whole thing and I didn't see anything in there that was even political to be honest about it but he says that his argument is that big business and small business neither one of them are the people that create job this doesn't create jobs it's just it's a chicken and egg phenomenon but he knows which words where it's really where it's really functional, which is in the middle class. He says a large middle class, when they get a bunch of money, they spend it and they force people to crank up production so they can sell them the products that they want. And then just because of the nature of a capitalist business, they, you know, they can't make enough of it knowing they can make more money. They'll start hiring people because they have to, not because they want to or because they're job creators.

1:31:33 It's because the middle class has got a huge demand and they're demanding stuff and they're the big, that's the big consumer group in the world is this group of people with a lot of you know income that they can drop on crap. And so that's where the money should have gone instead of to the bankers because that would have cranked the economy back up and gotten a lot of full-time jobs. But they've essentially gone out of their way to shrink the middle class and there's a lot of charts out there, by the way, that shows the middle class is down to really like 45% of the public as opposed to the normal 65. Where are we on that chart? We are in the lower class. But anyway the point is is that he that's all the speech was about is very simple And it was I guess politically incorrect because it wasn't following some precepts of what we can actually talk about and in fact It's one of the tamest things ever so I would say yeah if you want to put political correctness on it

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

Medical Anecdote, Epsom Salts, Airport Security Failure

A personal story involving a skin irritation treated with Epsom salt-soaked cotton pads reveals a lapse in airport security. Despite the presence of the pads in the groin area during a TSA pat-down, they were not detected by agents. This incident is used to illustrate the perceived ineffectiveness of current screening procedures.

epsom salts· medical· tsa· security failure· anecdote

1:32:23 It's really pathetic because there was no reason to kill this speech. You could have let it slide and been in the video queue and people said, oh yeah, it makes sense. And that would be that. Now it's getting attention. I think I got to write me a manifesto. I think you already have. No, I have not. You know, I just remembered something. Wow. This is very personal. I'm going to tell you something personal. I'm going to tell you right now, but it's relevant to the conversation. So I was out with my buddy, Dr. Ryan, and he has one of these boat memberships on Lake Austin so you can, you know, it's a, it's like a time to share. It's a club, a drinking club. Yeah, well yeah, so you get a boat, you get a nice speed boat and you go out on the lake and you drink some beers and you come back.

1:33:10 And so we'd gone out, we'd gone swimming and my... First of all, because I'm sitting on my ass all the time, it's always a problem, but the wet bathing suit and I was steering the boat, you know, I don't know, we're doing 40 miles an hour or whatever, you know, racing along, you know, over the waves and it's choppy. And so my bathing suit is rubbing into my loin. right there by your groin area. And so it became irritated. And I've had this before, and so it's kind of a sensitive area for me. And then it becomes essentially infected under the skin, right? And I've learned from previous experience, the only thing that helps is if you take some cotton and you put it in, what's the salt that,

1:34:01 Help me out here. I have no idea what you're talking about, but go on. Well, what are those salts? Salt? Epsom salt? Epsom salt, thank you. Oh, okay. So you dilute some... I said Epsom. And all this black ink is all over my nuts! Epsom salt. Epsom. And so if you put a dip a couple of cotton pads in that and then you put it against it. Well, it's important. And then you put you pull your underwear on because, of course, you know about the travel on the plane, then the underwear is going to ride up and it's going to cut in. And eventually it can become like a boil and burst. You've got to be really careful. I think I get different underwear, but go on. I'm still wearing the Hema's, but this is just because it got really irritated. I just realized on the way back.

CHAPTER 28 / 44 Discussion

Media Blunders, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews

Recent broadcast errors by MSNBC hosts Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews are highlighted. Schultz is caught in a Freudian slip regarding flight attendants, while Matthews is heard admitting he does not want to be "fair" in his commentary. These clips are presented as evidence of the lack of professionalism in mainstream cable news.

ed schultz· msnbc· chris matthews· media errors· freudian slip

1:34:47 Had like three cotton pads jammed up there in my crotch, and they didn't detect it on the pat-down. Oh you still had oh That's interesting that could have been an underwear bomber, and they didn't even detect it. How lame is that? It's lame. I'm just saying and I said it yeah Anyway, so I just a quick couple of clips before we go to our donation segment Yes. Tell me what's wrong with this, if you listen to this clip from Ed Schultz. Tell me what you think is kind of like the way he words things. You know, Ed Schultz, the crummy, I don't, this guy's ratings must have been a dynamite, like 25,000. But tell me where, the way he words things, it's not kind of, especially the way he puts it, it's not kind of a little weird. And find workers in the workplace who are basically getting screwed. Now, O'Reilly, the next time you get on an airplane as I got one on this morning from New York to Washington, I thought about the flight attendants.

1:35:47 What? As I got one on, I thought about the flight attendants. What does that mean to you? Well... What he said! Short clip, play it again. I kind of like that. As I got one on, as I'm rubbing one out over here, I was thinking about the flight attendants. Hold on, here we go. And find workers in the workplace who are basically getting screwed. Now O'Reilly, the next time you get on an airplane as I got one on this morning from New York to Washington, I thought about the flight attendants. Yeah, that's a Freudian slip. And he starts with the word screwed, they're getting screwed. I got one on over the flight attendants. These guys are all pedo bears man, they think about nothing else. Well the flight attendants aren't girls so it's not the case. Some of them could be. One other thing, well I'll do this after the break, there's a couple of things here that came out.

1:36:43 Just one other like light piece, I got this Chris Matthews actually admitting to not being fair. Even his time running the Olympics in Salt Lake. But let's be fair, I don't want to say let's be fair. Hold on, I didn't hear, I didn't like this. He said let's be fair, wait I don't want to say let's be fair. Well, what is it? He admits it. I'm taking these really short two-second clips now. I'm getting a lot out of them. Yeah. I'm gonna show my support by donating to Knowagenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fab. Let's get one on!

CHAPTER 29 / 44 Discussion

Listener Donations, Slide Whistle Votes, D-Douching

A lengthy segment acknowledges financial contributions from the "No Agenda" community, including specific requests for "d-douching" and "karma." Listeners from Illinois, Kansas, Georgia, and Florida are thanked for supporting the show's ad-free model. A WordPress plugin called "Link.me" is mentioned as a project from one of the donors.

donations· value-for-value· slide whistle· d-douching· wordpress

1:37:24 So, let's see what we got here. Okay. We have a few donors and we want to thank them. $117.17, which is another vote for the slide whistle, which you haven't been hearing a lot of. Christian Herzog in Elwood, Illinois, 11117. I'm good with the slide whistles. It can be a little heavy at times, but I like it. The latest runs of shows have been jam-packed with great stuff. Accept this donation to keep doing it. Oh, accept. Can I get a war on chicken for myself and some job changing karma for my wife? You've got karma

1:38:15 Signed Sir Zogg. William Patterson, Lawrence, Kansas. $100.07. I should look him up and see if there's something he said. Unfortunately, I don't have my email open. Link.me in Winterville, Georgia. It's my birthday on Friday. I'm sending you money. Why? Because this is the best podcast the universe shout out for my wordpress plugin link le e n k dot me I'll have to check that out since I'm always looking for a good plugin I'd ask for some more karma for my adoption, but last time I got a six-week delay because the lawyer screwed up some paperwork 7777 so he doesn't want karma. He thinks it worked against him link dot me What does this do publicize your WordPress contact? content automatically Hmm. I guess it. What does it do and well let's take a look oh

1:39:15 Creating a link me account is extremely quick and easy. Yeah, if you visit the membership pricing page You'll want to select the account type that I think it If you didn't post something to your blog, it'll tweet it and stuff. That's what it sounds like to me I think it does that anyway, I don't know Anyway, that's his plug-in you were looking for a plug-in. There you go. Yeah, I'm looking for I'm looking for plugins, but not that one All right onward Six, oh here we go. We're back on scratch with it. The following, let me see how many are there here. The following three, four, five, is it six? Six. The following six donors all gave 69.69, setting a one day record for the 69.69 donation. Actually it's only five because the first guy gave 69.96 for some reason. This is Lucas Salvatore in Wilton, Connecticut.

1:40:13 I'm donating $69.96 as you pointed out, the six at the end is a vote for Adam to continue to say turns out. All right, turns out that's uh... Turns out it allows him to explain. I listen to your show on my three-hour trip home and occasionally will completely zone out. But the second Adam says turns out, my ears instantly perk up and I listen. Because my program knows that what he's about to say is very important. Oh, alright. It's good. It's neural networking. I love it. The past two episodes have been filled with some seriously amazing history lessons, also an explanation of federal versus state laws for gay marriage. And I want to thank you for that with my long-awaited donation. I want to... Please give me a de-douching.

1:40:59 For waiting this long followed by an old clip that had me laughing out loud the original Rick Perry tweeter clip. Hmm. Can you even find that? Yeah, keep going. Thanks, Lucas from Connecticut does this get me a podcast license my email and he's got the whole thing on there. So if you can get tweet so he wants he doesn't even want to karma he wants a he wants a de-douching tweeter. I don't think I have the tweeter anymore. Well you have it you just don't know where it is. Well it's been so long. No, no, I'm sorry man. I don't have it handy. I can give him an adios mofo would that be? How you do that? Would that be close enough all right? So here we go? You've been d-douche adios You've got karma

1:41:54 Kevin Webb, Carrollton, Texas 6969. Please give my lovely wife Stephanie some career karma and call out my co-worker Tim New as a douchebag. You've got karma. Matthew Frank in Mentor, Ohio. Like to get some getting laid karma for this upcoming weekend to keep up the awesome deconstruction of the media. You've got karma. On Rue Moore 6969 from Matthew Frank, I'm sorry, from Francis Penny Plus Company in Greensboro, North Carolina. He payment for the privilege of emailing Adam to share a thought on gay marriage. He wants to marry you, Adam. Love the show. Is that a proposal, honey? You've got karma. Trent Smith, Swanbourne, Western Australia.

1:42:45 Perth actually, our favorite town in Australia. Just a quick note to let you know there's unlike so many listeners from those failing economies in the northern hemisphere, Perth listeners are getting plenty of action in the bedroom. Probably because Perth is chock full of hot babes. Hey hold on a second we gotta go there. In my case it's due to my smoking hot milf girlfriend even though she suspects I may be a closet crackpot. shot of karma to her please also our police have this week started a trial drone program but probably just to protect the children some karma for you you've got karma that's true I was shoemaker and Rancho Cucamonga six nine six nine Lou I'll look him up in a minute Lu Lu Ludger wrench

1:43:37 I would say it would be Ludger Rinsch. Rinsch. Um, okay. Anyway, why don't you read that for a second? I gotta quickly do something. Now we all want to know what you're doing. I'm looking up Janice Kang because I forgot to do that. All right, Ludger is from Berlin. In the morning from Munich douche land. I'm listening to the best podcast in the universe for several months now, but I've never donated so please de-douche me. I've waited very long with this donation because on almost every subject my opinion is the complete opposite of yours. Thank you for bringing some discussed discourse into my thinking. Very often I have the feeling that you guys are simply against the mainstream just for being against it. Yeah, yeah. Because it's so successful, it works so well for us. That's why we're just against it. After you listen to us enough you'll realize that that's not true. We're not just

1:44:29 being against the mainstream media. The mainstream media is corrupt. Yeah, my favorite example is nuclear power. Nobody loves nuclear power more than big energy. We love it. Every nuclear plant is a mega project which in itself suppresses small competition. In addition, they get huge subsidies because they don't have to take care of the waste and don't have to insure all the risks. Just check who pays for Fukushima and who will pay for the safety of the nuclear waste repositories in a hundred years. Nuclear energy is the best example for privatizing earnings and socializing costs and losses. Please,

1:45:05 I disagree with that. Okay, he said it. Yeah, let me plug my latest project spokenlink.com. It enables you to create short links which are easy to share vocally combining pictures and colors. Please give baby that's one hot milf. You've got karma in the morning karma to my beautiful fiance Louisa. She'll be furious that I wake her up at four in the morning to listen to this. So once the listen live, you know, but okay. Okay one hot milk, baby You've got karma in the morning. Okay, that's one hot milk, baby. You've got karma It's a good thing I looked up Janice Kang one of our executive producers because we had to put her on the birthday list Oh

1:45:54 Shout out for a contribution to Thursday's show. John M, I hope the E-check clears blah blah blah. It'll be a milestone birthday for me and a dual slide whistle serenade. We don't do those during the birthday call because there's a bunch of them, but we'll give you a slide whistle. Hold on, it's named Janice King? It's Dame Janice King, right? Dame Janice, I'm sorry. I spotted you had another scheme to harvest personal information from the general public. I'll send more later. Thanks for your hard work. Living the American Dream. Just getting by. Yo. Okay. So she's on the list now, I hope. And we'll go back, slide back down. Where were we?

1:46:32 Carl Hale 5912 Madison, Mississippi Greg Stierle Santa Monica, California 5555 needs a de-douching I only started donating in November and there's a slight fishy smell You can always follow me on Twitter at You've got karma Was there a de-douching in there as well? Yeah, he wants to de-douche. You've been de-douched. That was gratuitous karma. Sorry. Well, I found the tweeters one, so... I see it. Yeah, Wayne Heim in St. Petersburg, Florida, 50 double nickels on the dime off to get Monation East for a few weeks to sample real ales in the beautiful Derbyshire.

CHAPTER 30 / 44 Discussion

Ron Paul Delegates, Nevada Convention, Birthday Shoutouts

Supporters of Ron Paul describe the struggle to secure delegates at the Nevada state convention against Mitt Romney's campaign. Despite media reports that Paul has "quit," his strategy remains focused on the delegate count. The segment also includes birthday wishes for listeners and their family members.

ron paul· nevada· delegates· mitt romney· bernanke

1:47:12 Derby Shire, countryside, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and drink PG Tips tea. I could use some naked body scanner opt-out karma when I have to explain to the TSA agent why I refuse to get x-rayed. You've got karma. I do have a make good from a week ago or from the last show actually. This is from Sarah Milligan who, I'll read your note, I've embarrassedly only listened to your show and my husband has it blasting in our house or car but I always find it entertaining. I donated 50 bucks, can you guys give him a karma or whatever it is you do to my husband Matt Milligan and my brother and sister-in-law for their total dedication for helping Ron Paul take Nevada delegates over the weekend.

1:47:58 Alright, so I think what we do is we do a karma with slide whistle duet. Things have made good. Alright? You thought karma. That's what we do baby. That's what we do. Them and all the others were at the convention until 2am Saturday night fighting a bunch of lying and cheating Romney supporters. Duh. Then I woke my husband up at 6am to set up for our daughter's third birthday party. Well, you know what the big problem is, is you saw what happened with Ron Paul where he said, you know, we're not going to campaign. We're just going to go after the delegates. And then every mainstream media, Ron Paul calls it quits. He's quitting. He quit everybody. He quit. Yeah. This is why we think the mainstream media stinks. Yeah. We're not just after Ron Paul since the beginning of this whole thing. And I might just point out he does this the day after his breakfast meeting with Bernanke.

1:49:01 That was a little weird to me. Yeah, yeah, something's up. Anyway, okay, onward. Melody Man, Jim and Melody Man wish their son Ben a happy birthday. We're gonna put that on. Yeah. You know, usually endorse hitting children in the mouth, but in the instance we make an exception. As a poor college student, Ben lacks the funds to support the show, but he propagates the formula wherever he can. And he needs, she'd like a clippity-clop karma. Oh, wow. Okay, here we go. It's clippity-clop. The message is clear You've got karma All right onward we have This spreadsheet I need a bigger monitor Joe Joan what anything you pronounce this in French name autofray I think Dodd if a Jean Jean Jean God if a

CHAPTER 31 / 44 Discussion

West Virginia Memories, Wine Importing, Final Donor Credits

Final donor credits include a listener from West Virginia and a discussion on the proper pronunciation of French surnames related to the wine industry. One donor shares a story about a tax error caused by an accountant, leading to a close encounter with the IRS.

west virginia· bordeaux· irs· donations· accounting

1:49:59 Hey, from Motown! Motown! Morgantown, West Virginia. Motown. I used to go to Motown. You used to be in West Virginia? Yeah, Salem. Huh. Um, okay. Morgantown, West Virginia. Hey John and Adam, here's my modest donation. Vote to definitely keep the slide whistle, both of them. I'm trying to decide whether or not my relocation karma from about a month ago worked out or not. We're not moving after all, but in the process I have clean closets and lots of fresh paint on my house. I guess it did work. That's what I do when I think, yeah, every once in a while you think you're doing something and then you don't, but you get a clean car or something.

1:50:41 I'm very impressed with that John pronounces my last name properly. Did I? It usually gets butchered. Well, it's actually you know that name is a very famous wine importing name from some years back. Very famous wine exporters. Bordeaux. Maybe it's all that time you spent in Paris drinking French wine. Yes, that's exactly it. Douchebag call out to my shitbag accountant. He screwed up our 2010 taxes which resulted in a little surprise letter from the IRS and I came dangerous close to having my firstborn, losing my firstborn to tiny Tim today.

1:51:18 Chris Lewinsky, Sir Chris Lewinsky to you in Sherwood Park, Alberta, $50. Jason Burke, Richmond, Texas, $50. John Tirada, Pasadena, $50. Hey Adam, can I send some job hunting karma, need to find a new job. You've got karma. And finally, Jason Fortune in Geneva, Illinois, $50. That'll be our donors for today's show. 409, giddy up my 409. Nobody came in with a 409 donation, which I find disappointing, but that's the way it goes. We got a 426 coming up. for you cars and you know but it's like you know when we work really hard on this show and it's been two down shows in a row yeah and usually on Thursday it picks up and it didn't pick up so I don't know is it I mean are we on the wrong track I thought we were you know we get all kudos you know great information you're doing you a great conversation they were boring the public

CHAPTER 32 / 44 Discussion

Hot Pockets Tour 2009, Trailer Logistics, Facebook Page

Logistics for the upcoming "Hot Pockets Tour 2009" are discussed, specifically the limitations of a Dodge Ram truck in towing a 35-foot trailer through the Rockies. The search for a more manageable 25-foot trailer continues. Listeners are directed to a Facebook page for tour updates, though the use of URL shorteners causes some technical confusion.

hot pockets tour· dodge ram· towing· facebook· url shortener

1:52:15 Well, something. Or I think maybe it's the summer coming up and we're going to start to see the reruns on TV. That's usually when the donations start. Well, along those lines, Brandon, who kindly offered his 35-foot trailer. So we got all the specs in. Did you try driving it? No, no, we got all the specs in. And the Dodge Ram is rated, a 2002 Dodge Ram with the 5.9 engine is rated to pull seven and a half thousand pounds. That is not enough because this is a sucker way almost nine. Oh, you can't manage it. You blow it up. So either someone has to

1:52:58 Swap like a semi to pull that thing around he says a Ford F 150 but preferably F 250 so if anyone wants to trade trucks, then that's one way we could do it You could have my truck which is a fine truck I thought that truck of yours had enough was a big engine like that. You can't pull nine grand. No I think the problem is the clutch or transmission, it could burn out. And we're going to go through Colorado. Oh yeah, that's the problem the way I see it. If you're going to go through Colorado, which is really nasty on a car, especially if you're hauling something, you need some guts. So do we either A, look for another trailer or do we... I think you should look for another trailer. I think that trailer's

1:53:40 It might have been a little too big for us. Yeah, I think it's too big. You don't need a trailer that big. I mean, that's for that's a trail you take you drive it to Sarasota and you live in it for two years. Yeah, it's called practicing for the future. So we're still on the lookout for I think you know a 25-foot trailer would probably good be good for us I don't think we need anything bigger than that do we well yeah, we have to at least thank him for oh no It's fantastic. He's very very kind, but it just it just won't work, and I think you know for the Rockies and everything That's it's just gonna be overkill so that will be for the Hot Pockets tour 2009 a lot of people are all geared up about it They're all hyped. You know we got meetups Miss Mickey is starting to schedule so if you want to

1:54:27 Actually, you can go to itm.m slash tour09. That's a zero numeral zero and nine-er. That's a website? It forwards to the Facebook page. She lives on Facebook. This Facebook thing has got to end. Yeah, it will eventually. So what is it? What's the... Itm.im. Slash M. Yeah in the morning in the morning that ITM ITM Dot I am so it's in the morning dot in morning Slash to her over just in the morning they get one nation URL shortener. Yeah, where's the Facebook page? We didn't do the slash to her oh nine. Oh, sorry dude slash 209. Yeah, no oh nine Hello, oh nine is this on oh?

1:55:19 Get that crud out of your ears. I thought you said 209. I said 09. Tour, tour, tour, tour. Tour, oh, tour. Like la tour. You're mumble mouth today. It's because I'm disappointed I'm not in porn. Well it's funny because I just put in 09 and why did I show up here? Channel14.com slash news why the Richter scale is no more. You did something wrong. No I'm telling you I put itm.im slash 209. Tour! Tour! Tour! Tour! Tour 09! I know what it is, I'm telling you what happened. Because it's a URL- I don't care about tour anymore, I'm on the Richter scale page. How does that work? It's a URL shortener. It's for- You didn't type it into the URL shortener, I typed in- No, I understand, but that's probably a URL that was shortened. Duh. Oh, I see. Oh, Lightbulb, hello! Consultant! Why should I consult the book of knowledge? That makes no sense. I am science!

CHAPTER 33 / 44 Discussion

FCC Fundraising Rule, NPR Third-Party Non-Profits, Birthday Outro

The FCC has proposed a rule change that would allow non-commercial broadcasters like NPR to conduct on-air fundraisers for third-party non-profit groups. This is viewed as a shift away from their primary mission and a potential conflict with their own fundraising efforts. The segment concludes with a birthday celebration for Dame Janice King.

fcc· npr· fundraising· non-profits· broadcasting

1:56:24 The moment magnitude scale is much more useful than the Richter. It's called the moment magnitude. Yeah, yeah, we know about that. Anyway, I'd like to point out that as NPR's advertising revenue has dropped because they're so stupid and so bogative, now the FCC has adopted a notice of proposal that will allow them to alter their normal programming so that they can do fundraisers for third-party non-profit groups. What? Yes. So all these bogative 501c3 corps that we're always highlighting, now NPR will be allowed to do fundraising for them. So if you're going to give your money to any broadcasting outfit, give it to us. This is crazy. Yeah. Meanwhile, they're still asking people to give them money. Yeah, and you get a tote bag like you actually like you're doing something. I know, of course it's crazy.

1:57:25 Anyway, we are doing the work. We did a Cinco de Mayo. Please help us out for the next show because it's becoming a little bit depressing. It's your birthday, birthday, on No Agenda! And we congratulate Dame Janice King. Thank you so much for helping us out on this episode of the Greatest Podcast in the Universe. And Melody Man congratulates her son Ben with his birthday and that is from all of your buddies here at the No Agenda Show. It's your birthday, yeah!

1:58:02 And then we do have one Well, I see a a knighting of a dame today is what we have yay. Yeah. Yeah about time so Put away the slide whistle and draw your blade it comes okay? All right Mrs.. Gosko, please step forward. I don't know they never had a dame whose name was mrs.. Before I don't think Thanks to your hubby, Sir Robert Goschko's donation in the amount of up to $1,000, actually bringing it to $23,23,23, we hereby proudly pronounce thee Dame Goschko! Dame of the Knights of the Noah-Jenner Round Table. I think you might like some Chardonnay and Rennboys. Who knows? Hookers and Blow might be for you as well.

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

Damehood Ceremony, Dame Goschko, Knight Rings

A formal ceremony bestows a Damehood upon Mrs. Goschko following a significant donation from her husband. The tradition of providing rings to Knights and Dames of the Round Table is mentioned, along with a suggestion from a listener to consider custom belt buckles as a future premium.

damehood· knighting· round table· rings· belt buckles

1:57:25 Anyway, we are doing the work. We did a Cinco de Mayo. Please help us out for the next show because it's becoming a little bit depressing. It's your birthday, birthday, on No Agenda! And we congratulate Dame Janice King. Thank you so much for helping us out on this episode of the Greatest Podcast in the Universe. And Melody Man congratulates her son Ben with his birthday and that is from all of your buddies here at the No Agenda Show. It's your birthday, yeah!

1:58:02 And then we do have one Well, I see a a knighting of a dame today is what we have yay. Yeah. Yeah about time so Put away the slide whistle and draw your blade it comes okay? All right Mrs.. Gosko, please step forward. I don't know they never had a dame whose name was mrs.. Before I don't think Thanks to your hubby, Sir Robert Goschko's donation in the amount of up to $1,000, actually bringing it to $23,23,23, we hereby proudly pronounce thee Dame Goschko! Dame of the Knights of the Noah-Jenner Round Table. I think you might like some Chardonnay and Rennboys. Who knows? Hookers and Blow might be for you as well.

1:58:51 At any rate, we welcome you to the very prestigious club and you'll be receiving your night slash dame ring as we're ending that at the end of this year. I did get a recommendation, John. Someone said we might want to consider belt buckles as a new premium. Yeah, what are the women going to get? A belt buckle. Yeah, I'm sure that's what they want. Belt buckles are... Maybe. I'm going to put it on the list of things to consider. Belt buckles look pretty hot on chicks. Yeah, there are two heads on there looking in Or like looking down. Our two heads looking down. Let me go back to this. Sorry I got distracted here, but I gotta go back to this. This moment magnitude scale, which is also called local magnitude. We've done this a million times. It's nothing new. No, but this is different. There's other stuff going on here. I want to read this. It says it's called local magnitude scale, but when you put it on the thing, you got to put ML. How's that ML? Like magnitude local? Is that what that means? And then at the end of this, it says the formula for

CHAPTER 35 / 44 Discussion

Statins for Healthy People, Alzheimer's Prevention, Genetic Testing

A study published in The Lancet suggests that statins should be prescribed to healthy individuals to prevent heart attacks, a move seen as a way to boost sales for drugs like Lipitor. Similarly, the FDA is funding trials for Alzheimer's drugs in people who are "genetically guaranteed" to develop the disease but show no symptoms. These trends point toward a pharmaceutical model of treating the non-sick based on genetic markers.

statins· lipitor· alzheimer's· fda· genentech

1:59:54 Magnitude for moment wave with a BMW this whole thing is confusing. What's MW? I don't know anyway what they say at the end is that the two scales the old scale and the new scale are Adjusted so the two numbers roughly correspond, so what's the point? It's bullcrap There's something up with this well. We've known that for years, and we yeah I know every time I read about it. I get irked so I've been tracking the pharmaceutical industry And there, well there's a couple things going on. But it's obvious that now that we already know that all of the big pharma companies want to push people towards vaccines, there's really an unhealthy push towards giving people medication in general who are just not sick.

2:00:46 They're just not sick. And the latest, here's a report from the BBC and I'm amazed that the BBC broadcast this stuff. The Lancet by the way. The Lancet? Yeah this is the one that they blindly rely on the Lancet. Scientists look back at previous studies and concluded that 2,000 lives could be saved every year if more people were given the drugs which lower cholesterol. Professor Colin Bajand is a consultant in public health at Oxford University and one of those behind this latest study and he's here in the studio. Good morning. Now doctors

2:01:30 up until now have been reluctant to prescribe statins for people who don't have high cholesterol not least because they are cholesterol lowering drugs and also because of the risks or the risks that had fears that of risk that have been associated with them. That's right to some extent. We've had great success in reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes over the last few decades but the problem we still have is that over half of heart attacks and strokes come out of the blue in people who are previously healthy, had no problems. So if we're going to have some impact on that we've got to consider offering treatments to healthy people.

2:02:08 I will remind you that Lipitor... You gotta cut that little piece off at the end. We have to consider treatments for healthy people. Treatment for healthy people. What unbelievable gall. And this of course is mainly for Lipitor which has gone out of patent so that you know it's just like how can we sell this? I know let's get a bunch of guys at the L'Anse to say that you know We should give it to you if you don't have any cholesterol issues, if you don't have high blood pressure. And that's not the only one that I found. Alzheimer's. Here we go ladies and gentlemen. In a clinical trial that could lead to treatments that prevent Alzheimer's, people who are genetically guaranteed to develop the disease

2:02:47 but do not have any symptoms will for the first time be given a drug intended to stop it. Federal officials announced on Tuesday. The FDA is funding this clinical trial. Genetically guaranteed. Genetically guaranteed. It's being funded by Sibelius of the Health and Human Services and Genentech. This genetic stuff? Oh, we gotta be so careful with this. Before you know it, it's gonna be like, oh, congratulations Mrs. Walker, it's a boy. Oh! I'm sorry. We just tested his genetics and he's gonna be a terrorist, so why don't we just chop his head off now? This is very, very, we gotta be very... And by the way, Unabomber warned for this.

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Coffee and Longevity Study, Starbucks, New England Journal of Medicine

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine claiming that coffee consumption is linked to a longer life is scrutinized. The study's own conclusion states that it cannot determine if the finding is causal or merely associational. The promotion of this study in mainstream media is linked to the interests of major coffee retailers like Starbucks.

coffee· longevity· starbucks· new england journal of medicine· mortality

2:03:34 Then this other thing, and this one irked me because I saw the story highlighted on of all programs, Morning Joe. Morning Joe. And you know what, Morning... Who sponsors Morning Joe? I don't know, I never watch Morning Joe. Starbucks. Oh, well of course. Morning Joe, I get it, I get it. Big story, ladies and gentlemen. Big story! Oh yeah, I saw this story come across. Uh-huh. The caffeine is great for you. Coffee helps fight disease. That's right. Coffee drinking linked to longer life. So, you know, there's all this stuff on and on. I'm like, let me just find the actual study.

2:04:18 And the study was done by the New England Journal of Medicine, which is a respectable outfit, I think. And I looked at all the disclaimer forms, no one, unless they're lying, everyone on the study has no incentive to lie about this. But here's the conclusion that this story is now based on. In this large prospective study, coffee consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality. whether this was a casual or associational finding cannot be determined from our data. In other words, they don't know anything! It's just like... So how do you come up with the other conclusion? How does that work? Well people, because the coffee, have you looked at the coffee future? Did anything happen? Take a look at the chart. I didn't look at it. Something must have happened. I don't think so. I think it was Starbucks wanting to sell more coffee.

2:05:16 But the Starbucks is behind it. You're right. I think you hit it accidentally at the beginning. I don't know if they're behind it, but they're using it. Why wouldn't they be? Well, that's what I would be doing. I'd be doing pumping. Starbucks has got to promote coffee. Yeah, I know that. But I This study is like, there's nothing there. It's like, so people who drank coffee didn't necessarily die earlier or faster. That's their conclusion. You got, you know, people who pick their nose. I mean, it could be anything you want. In fact, we should, we should do that study. All nose pickers live a long life. Yeah. If you pick your nose, you live longer. That's exactly. We also found out that if you pick it in public, you're living even longer. So we recommend it.

CHAPTER 37 / 44 Discussion

HPV Vaccine Reactions, Tuberculosis Arrest, Medical Enforcement

In Melbourne, Australia, dozens of girls reported adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine, which officials dismissed as "mass hysteria." In the US, a man in Stockton, California, was arrested for failing to take his tuberculosis medication. These incidents are cited as examples of increasing state enforcement of medical treatments and the dismissal of vaccine side effects.

hpv vaccine· melbourne· tuberculosis· cdc· stockton

2:05:56 And then we have on the HPV front in Australia now they've had Here we go 720 girls received the cervical cancer vaccine and a Metropolitan School in Melbourne 26 girls reported symptoms including dizziness weakness palpitations and tics and And of course immediately everyone comes out, Dr. Buttery, that's a great name. My name is Dr. Buttery. It's this conversion disorder, we already know that from American tests. It's mass hysteria caused by social networking. That is now the meme that is cemented forever. Now tuberculosis. Oh yes. Teenager died of tuberculosis after string of doctors failed to spot condition.

2:06:48 One even branded her lovesick. This is a good one. So Alina Surak died after a GP allegedly advised her that she had a mental health problem of lovesickness. Where was this? In the UK. And then in California, health officials arrested Armando Rodriguez of Stockton because he had active pulmonary tuberculosis and did not take his meds. Oh yeah. And apparently, as it turns out, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said laws to control the spread of tuberculosis have been in use for more than a century. Only recently enforced. Damn. On that guy. Yeah, there you go. Hey! Just take your medicine. Just take your meds, slave. And I'm going to get to the kicker in a minute.

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

DSM-5 Revisions, Hoarding Disorder, Conduct Disorder Criteria

The proposed revisions for the DSM-5 include new mental health classifications such as "Hoarding Disorder" and expanded criteria for "Conduct Disorder." The criteria for Conduct Disorder are criticized for being overly broad, potentially labeling typical teenage behavior as a mental illness. This expansion is viewed as a gateway for increased pharmaceutical intervention in children.

dsm-5· hoarding· conduct disorder· psychiatry· ritalin

2:07:52 First let me tell you that unfortunately for you John, you have a mental disorder. I've known that. Do you know which one you have? Nah, it could be any number. I think laziness is one of them. Oh, that might be in there. I've been looking at the DSM-5 for the proposed revision of the American Psychiatric Association for what they deem to be mental sickness. Yeah? See if you can guess the name of the disorder. Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions regardless of their actual value.

2:08:35 Uh, hoarder dissociation order. It's hoarder hoarding disorder. Hoarding disorder. Well, I've got that. Exactly. You are so screwed man. I am. They should, I need meds. You're going to get them. I'm telling you, you're going to get them. There's one more. I don't want to keep that anymore. This is a good one. Conduct disorder. Um, repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal... Oh, here we go. This is good. Oh yeah. Now listen to it. Or other major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated as manifested by the presence of at least three of the following 15 criteria in the past 12 months from any of the categories below

2:09:32 with at least one criterion presented in the past six months. So you have to have done at least three of the following 15 things. This is like getting a speeding ticket. You can only get so many a year and one point's deducted. Yeah, because, oh man, I'm so lucky. I did that right outside the boundary. So here are the, you only have to have three of the 15. and at least one of them the past six months. Let's see if we qualify. Number one on the list. Often bullies, threatens or intimidates others. Okay, we do that. Often initiates physical fights? No. No. Has used a weapon that can cause serious harm to others, i.e. bat, brick, broken bottle, knife or?

2:10:23 Gun you shot a gun recently yes, I'm already I'm already on two two four three when I haven't shot a gun for a while Has been physically cruel to people no has been physically cruel to animals all that's open to interpretation. Do you eat? Yeah, you know kicking a dog who's like the hump on your leg. Oh John I think you got to now Have you kicked the dog who was humping you? No, I haven't. I just say it's a theoretical. Has stolen while confronting a victim? No. I'm sorry, I missed that? Has stolen while confronting a victim, like mugging, purse snatching? Has stolen? Yeah. While confronting a victim? Yeah, like mugging, purse snatching, extortion, or armed robbery. Oh, John, armed robbery. We got you there. I didn't do any armed robbery. I'm just trying to up my ante on the bullying. Has forced someone into sexual activity?

2:11:15 Oh, not me. Okay. So far we're good. You're one for three, I'm two for three. Has deliberately engaged in fire setting with the intention of causing serious damage. No. Has deliberately destroyed other's property other than by fire setting. No. Has broken into someone else's house, building or car. No. Often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations. I haven't done that recently. Six months? Well, you know, sometimes you fib about your bill paying. Hey, the check's in the mail. That would count. I think you're two for three. Has stolen items of non-trivial value. It sounds like a typical teenager.

2:12:00 Stolen items of non-trivial value? What does that mean? Is it like somebody's iPhone, I guess? Yeah, like, no, no, shoplifting. Yeah. But without... No, we haven't done that. It does sound teenager-ish. It's like a teenager. Oh, often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions beginning before age 13. That's a preteen thing. Yeah. has run away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental surrogate home or what how do they determine this crap? I don't know and it seems to me as though this is like some there's other issues involved like maybe the parents are screwed up if this person's stealing and and trying to run away. Anyway I think the whole point is a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights

CHAPTER 39 / 44 Discussion

Autism Head Lag Test, Early Intervention, ABC News Report

ABC News featured a report on a "head lag" test that supposedly identifies autism in infants as young as six months. The test involves pulling a baby up by the arms to see if the head follows; failure to do so is labeled a "red flag." Critics argue this is a push for "early intervention" and therapy for children who may simply be developing at a different pace.

autism· head lag· early intervention· abc news· therapy

2:12:46 others or major age-appropriate societal rules norms and rules are violated. It's a bullying thing. It's about bullying and you're gonna have conduct disorder and you're gonna get dosed up with Ritalin kids. Get ready for it. But then the best one, now we all know that we've changed the autism to something called the autistic spectrum disorder. And ABC News is out on the forefront because of course, what do we want you to do? We want you to get your kid to the doctor as soon as possible. When that kid pops out of your vagina, take it straight away to the doctor because the kid might have autism. And we have a test, John. Do you know the simple test? We have a test now.

2:13:31 We have a test. Yeah? Yes, we have a test. And now, we have news in the battle against autism. As you know, one out of every 88 children in this country diagnosed by the age of 8. And the best hope, early detection. Early detection! Today, the top autism experts in the nation. The best hope for what? For hope! For hope! Just have hope! It's not a- What's the hope? Why is early detection got anything to do with it? Listen to it! I'm asking! I don't know! Because they just want to get you in there and test your kid with drugs and stuff. I don't know! This is nuts! Not that autism isn't real, but they're taking it to an extreme. Your kid may just- well listen to the report! Diagnosed by the age of eight and the best hope, early detection.

2:14:17 Today, the top autism experts in the nation announced they have broken new ground. They say there is a simple way to find a red flag in children as young as six months. Six months, John! We can test your kids! This is bullcrap. Oh, what is the test? The test is a very simple one. The thing parents can detect and something that could change lives. Here's ABC's medical editor, Dr. Richard Besser. Babies can tell you a lie without speaking a word. Benjamin's six months old. I'm going to do the head lag test. The head lag test, John. It's the head lag test. Watch his head as I pull his arms up. It comes right up with his body. That's normal for his age. But this is head lag. So I got, I got to paint the picture for you. You got this baby lying on his back.

2:15:11 You take his arms and you pull the baby up and he's supposed to keep his head straight. If his head goes back like, you know, like he would do, like, oh, no, the world's upside down. That's cool looking. Then you have head lag and therefore you're on the spectrum. And today, the startling news at six months, it could be the earliest possible sign of of autism. Startling news. Startling news. That's been chasen. By the way, it dramatizes it. Oh, the end of the report is the best. In research video, look again. See how his head stays back? Pediatricians have known head lag like this can be a sign of developmental delays. But today's study is the first to connect it to autism because early intervention is key. Early intervention is key. You got to get the kids doped up quick. Doctors say it could make a huge difference in treatment. In what?

2:16:04 There's no cure and no treatment. It's all about the treatment listens treatment wait until after their first birthday until First words aren't emerging We can go ahead and take action now to help the child develop better. Dr. Rebecca landa tested a group of babies who had an autistic sibling babies at high risk 75% of babies with head lag, like Ben, ended up diagnosed with autism at age two. And without that clue, Ben's parents would never have suspected it. I would have told you going into that day that everything was normal. When we see these kinds of indicators that development is disrupted so early in life, we really have a huge advantage to help children's brains connect to themselves in a healthier fashion. Families can start therapy sooner

2:16:52 That's what happened with Ben, with intensive speech and occupational therapy. Here he is today. I'm going to blow your house down. I have a very loud, boisterous, wonderful three and a half year old son. Ben is now considered only borderline delayed. An amazing glimpse of what early intervention can do. Beginning with a simple test. Good job. Good job. Now, before I play the end of the report, which is where it really all gets paid off, I think that actually if I had a kid, I'd say, Oh, it's got head like, because you get to put them in a cool school.

2:17:30 where they actually pay attention to the kids. That would be an interesting little game. No wonder these kids are turning up. You know, my kid had autism because he had head lag. I got him into a special school where they really pay attention and love the kids and let them be nutty and spin around and do all kinds of crazy crap. And the kid turns out great. This is I don't see why people don't see this. Yes, there is an autistic scale, an issue and whatever. I'm not saying there isn't. But maybe your kid's just a genius! And give him some special attention. I'm sure Einstein would have been drugged up. Listen to the end of the report, because that's where it just becomes hilarious. Finish it off. Hilarious. Oh, it is great to see the difference it can make. Oh, so great! Let me have another drink.

2:18:17 Why is there head lag do they think in a lot of autistic kids? We know that children with autism have delays in a lot of their motor development, sitting, walking, running, but we don't really know the why. And I don't want parents to panic here because you were telling me in your practice You see head lag and it does not necessarily mean autism. Exactly. I mean every parent who sees this who has a six-month-old is gonna do the head lag test and that's a good thing but I see children all the time with this by nine months it's gone and they develop normally but don't ignore it you want to make sure that your doctor if they see this they're following up on it.

2:18:55 If you see something, say something! Just get your kid to the doctor early is disgusting. Pediatricians are supposed to see the kids anyway, so this whole report is bullcrap. Yeah, but it's propagating what they do. So, let's go to real quick, real news. Really? Okay. Yes! And now, back to real news. Since last night was the final or was it Monday? I don't know it was Monday It was the last episode of your favorite show smash. Don't tell me I haven't seen it yet. We recorded it I'm not gonna tell you what happened you have clips from it. I have two clips horrible one of them is the just to get it is it gonna show that they're part of the propaganda machine is it gonna? Is it gonna spoil the episode no no no just play it

CHAPTER 40 / 44 Discussion

Smash Season Finale, Food Deserts Myth, Bill Maher Show

The season finale of the television show "Smash" is briefly discussed before transitioning to a critique of the "food desert" meme popularized by Michelle Obama. Observations from Oakland suggest that large grocery stores with fresh produce exist in low-income areas, contradicting the narrative that poor people lack access to healthy food. The discussion on Bill Maher's show regarding this topic is dismissed as out of touch.

smash· bill maher· food deserts· oakland· michelle obama

2:19:45 It was frankly ridiculous. It's not about bullying, there's just no time. Well let's buy ourselves some more time. You know how much that's gonna cost? Half a million dollars. I'm not talking about a week, I'm talking about one day. We have a rough melody, we have some lyrics. What we don't have is a Marilyn- Another delay and the press is going to annihilate us. We've had more than a time in that. We've already annihilated us. Oh god, enough! Wow, that's acting! So anyway, so I got this clip that it turns out that the entire show has been summarized by one very small scene I know the show as well as you do I stayed up with you night after night helping you with it doesn't make any sense Fuck you She said it it doesn't make any sense. It's idiotic. All right. We'll close that out very good. Thank you and now back to real news I like the show

2:20:37 Yeah, I sure do. Twinkle toes. And we have the season finale. You call me whatever you want. And we have the season finale, darn it. And that season finale is, I'm looking forward to it. If you liked it so much, you would have watched it by now. No, because, no. I got home late last night. I went straight into reading government legislation. Hello, I've got a job here. And so I saw something on the Bill Maher show that was a meme that's come and gone, but it keeps cropping up every once in a while. I want to comment on it. which is the food desert, which I think is a myth. Play this. The American public about what foods are better to eat and what are healthy lifestyles. But also we're all assuming that people have a choice, a food choice. Correct. A lot of people don't. People who live in poverty live in food deserts. They don't have the option to buy broccoli. That's right. They don't go to Whole Foods. They couldn't afford it and there's not one near them if they could. It's cheaper to buy a 10-pack of tacos. Maybe we can cut the health insurance companies out of this and save a lot of money too. Food desert.

2:21:35 So I was just listening away there, it was like the crappy show that it is. But then it was, uh, Langoria was a guest on there. She's the one that says, oh, and then people, poor people don't have a choice. They have to eat crap because there's, it's a food desert in their area. And I started thinking about this. And I realized that one of the grocery stores I go to, which I think is called Mi Hacienda or Mi Rancho, I think it's Mi Hacienda, it's one of these big Mexican stores. It's huge. It's in the so-called food desert. It's in the worst part of the ghetto of Oakland.

2:22:11 I go there because they have a number of things that I can only get there as a matter of fact and they have a huge fruits and vegetable area. It's a monstrous Mexican store that is bigger than any Safeway. They got more fruits and vegetables than any Safeway. The Latinos in particular eat quite well. They know how to cook. They know how to use an avocado properly. They got all that stuff in there and I'm thinking this whole food desert thing was always bull crap. to make, I don't know what the point of it was, these guys obviously never go into a ghetto area and look around at the grocery stores, there's plenty of them and they're big. I will contradict you on one thing. When we were on a Hot Pockets tour, we did run into what I would classify as food deserts and the main place would be when we visited Rhino the Bearded in Mississippi.

2:23:01 And the only choices they have is food shopping at Walmart, which I would say the food there is probably crap. And the only the and the gas station because they they would buy falafels for from the gas station. All right, let's go. Let's back up a notch. Have you ever been to a Walmart grocery store? Yes. I've been to one. There's one in Squim up in near Port Angeles up north. The thing is huge. It's got all kinds of... I mean it's monstrous. In fact, it puts the little stores out of business. It's a real problem. Yeah, but it's... And generally speaking in Mississippi they'll have farmers markets. I'm not buying a word of this.

2:23:45 Felt like a good food anywhere with very little effort. Well, this will be well That's John at Dvorak org ladies and gentlemen. Send me if you got up if you're living in a food desert I'd like to know about it Well, what was the time to health care there that they were talking about because that was that's maybe the angle that they're trying to push With the food desert because this is a Michelle Obama term she started this whole thing So, you know, there's got to be something behind it I didn't see the connection. I mean, they were talking, it was just a really weird show because Marr was overpowered. Grover Norquist was there and all he was doing was sneering the whole time. He never cracked a smile. And every time Marr said one of his stupid things, he'd jump in and jump all over it with unique sarcasm that Marr didn't even get half the time.

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

Greek Elections, Eurozone Solidarity, Jose Manuel Barroso

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addressed the political stalemate in Greece, emphasizing that the Greek people must choose between Eurozone membership and "annihilation." The tension between Greek democratic decisions and the requirements of the other 16 Eurozone nations is highlighted. The rhetoric suggests that Greece is being pressured to accept odious debt to maintain "solidarity" with the European family.

greece· eurozone· jose manuel barroso· austerity· democracy

2:24:36 I mean he's extremely sarcastic and Mar was saying well you can't be serious oh oh oh and the guy Norquist at one time after Mar didn't get one of his sarcastic comments Norquist sarcastically said I thought this was a comedy show And it backed Mar up. If you really had Mar on the ropes. I think, you know, when we have fine programming on C-SPAN, why are you wasting your time on the Bill Maher show? I just caught this by accident. So I think we should do a little trip around Euro land just to make sure that we know what's happening for the slaves in the United States of Gitmo Nation and in other parts of the world where this is just not being reported on. You don't know what's happening.

2:25:26 I will start with El Presidente of the European Commission, Barroso, who was very clear about the Greeks. Of course, the Greeks could not come to an agreement. They have until, I think, the 17th now, and then they're going to vote again. and looks like they're not going to vote for more painful, odious debt-based lashings. And Barroso had this message. In a democracy, new elections are the natural consequence of the impossibility to form a government out of the existing elections. It will now be for the Greek people to take a fully informed decision on the alternatives.

2:26:08 having in mind the alternatives which will be complete annihilation by death ray. You know the thing that I'm noticing because I have one clip about some of the action going on there but the thing I'm noticing is more I mean we've talked about this on the show but it's starting to crop up in the conversation more and more which is that the problem with all this you know, this Greek and they want to drop the EU. The problem with the monetary union is that you need, to make it work, you need a political union. Yeah. And that's the meme. And that's a course obviously Germany taking over the place without having to shoot, you know, having to shoot people. Correct. Let's listen to Barroso kind of say that. Indeed, a historic election. We will, of course, respect the democratic decision of the Greek people. At the same time, the Greek citizens should be aware

2:27:00 that there are other 16 democracies in the euro area and that democratic decisions taken by the euro area must also be taken into account. Here he's setting them up saying if you screw the pooch on us, then you were not being, you did not have solidarity, you did not take everyone else into account and therefore if we see a Greek person we're going to kick your ass. Greece is part of our family. Family. Greece is a very important member state in the European Union. Since when are they an important member state?

2:27:42 We want Greece to remain a part of our family, of the European Union and of the Euro. The European Commission has been working tirelessly to fuck you to that end and will continue to do so. What? This being said, we will continue to do so. He sounded like he's... Okay, never mind. What did he sound like? Go ahead. It sounded like he said, fuck you and we'll continue to do so. I think that's what he said actually. Let's listen again. And we'll continue to do so. No, back. Did he really say that? That'd be funny. Greece is a very important member state in the European Union. We want Greece to remain a part of our family, of the European Union and of the euro. The European Commission has been working tirelessly to that end and will continue to do so.

2:28:35 This being said, the ultimate resolve to stay in the Euro area must come from Greece itself. Yeah, he didn't say it, but I think that was the underlying idea. Or maybe it was the Skype connection. Might have been. So, Merkel was a little bit more clear. She says, you know, put up, shut up or get out. Yeah. Of course, we've had over a billion euros withdrawn in one day from the Greek banks. And this just off the press in Bankia, Bankia in Spain, which is a big Spanish bank.

CHAPTER 42 / 44 Discussion

Bank Runs in Spain, Dutch Austerity Package, VAT Increases

A significant bank run is reported at Bankia in Spain, with over a billion euros withdrawn in a short period. Meanwhile, the Dutch government has finalized an austerity package including 12 billion euros in cuts and a VAT increase to 21%. These measures are part of a broader European trend of socializing losses and imposing financial burdens on the public.

bankia· spain· netherlands· vat· austerity

2:29:16 At this moment there's a run on the bank according to Mr. Oil 1.3 billion has been taken out Dollars that is so about a billion euros and they've been forced to report this so that so there's a run on the bank in Spain so we're looking at obviously civil unrest and all kinds of bad things happening and here's an example and this is from something Baron Stefan Pelsmaker sent me There was a 78 year old Dutch guy living in Greece. He'd been living there for 10 years and a couple of Greeks who were drunk, that's about the only thing left to do in Greece, said, hey, you're Dutch? You're one of those guys who are forcing us to pay up. And they beat him up.

2:30:05 God yeah, oh, this is just the beginning because this is what Barroso is doing World War three we're looking at here. Oh, yeah, and this is not just a financial Armageddon This is an actual huge. I mean we need a no-fly zone over Europe as far as I'm concerned in Italy in Italy the Italian tax offices now have armed soldiers because of course you know people are going to start attacking the the tax offices in Gitmo Nation lowlands interesting things happening there they've done a deal now you remember the the cabinet fell and the remaining five coalition parties they put together the Dutch austerity package hey Dutchies bend over here it comes you ready we've done it said finance minister Jan case the yager who I will repeat is a total moronic a-hole

2:31:01 He used to be a Microsoft IT integration guy, and all of a sudden he winds up being the Minister of Finance. The deal includes 12 billion euros worth of cuts and tax increases. Hey now! Details have not been made public, but value-added tax rising to 21%. Limits on mortgage tax relief. Cuts in health service spending. and a new state pension age of 66. There you go. You're screwed. So I thought it was amusing. I have this clip.

CHAPTER 43 / 44 Discussion

European Stability Mechanism, Geert Wilders Lawsuit, Financial Armageddon

Geert Wilders is suing the Dutch state over the ratification of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which grants Brussels autonomy to demand funds from member states. Analysts predict a deep depression and civil unrest across Europe as anti-German sentiment grows. The crisis is described as a "financial Armageddon" that will lead to riots and the potential fracture of the currency union.

esm· geert wilders· germany· depression· riots

2:31:46 where the British who are, half the British are kind of on to this and they kind of like to chide everyone. I thought this was kind of funny, it was a BBC reporter describing some of the problems in the EU and then sticking it to Germany by saying, you know, if these cheap bastards would just cough up some more money it might improve things. There are escalating fears that Greece will leave the Euro and that the ensuing turmoil will force a more serious fracture of the currency union. The big indebted economies Spain and Italy look considerably weaker. The borrowing costs for their governments soaring again. These crises have been met with firefighting which for a period have put out the flames. The big question now is whether the currency union is up for the kind of fundamental reform that's necessary to ensure its long-term survival.

2:32:38 What may be needed is a greater willingness by Germany to deploy more of its fearsome financial resources to help the weaker economies such as Spain and Italy in their period of painful transition. Yeah, good luck with that. It's almost like chiding them. Hey, you guys get out of the money. Oh, and I love this EU observer. The finance ministers are about to endorse a report which is not out yet, but it's 470 pages. I can't wait to read it. You know I get off on this stuff. It's the 2012 aging report drafted by the EU Commission and the headline here on the conclusion of the report, aging Europeans need to work longer and expect less. And shut up!

2:33:27 Shut up, slave. Get back to work. Shut up! Work longer, expect less. It's the European way! I love it. I have to give props to Geert Wilders though. He is suing the Dutch state. for ratifying the European Stability Mechanism and I warned everyone about this, it wasn't supposed to happen until 2013. This is the agreement that the finance ministers ratified in July of 2011 that basically says, okay, whenever there's a cash call, everyone has to pony up.

2:34:04 And Wilders is now taking the state to court over it, which is very weird because he's in the government. He's saying, you know, this never should have happened. And was case young case the young who was that same finance minister who signed off on it? Because Brussels now has 100% autonomy to just say, hey, we need some more money, pay up slaves. And it's going to come from people like the Dutch. It's gonna just... What do you give it, John? First it was the bicycles, now it's their money. What do you give it? How much longer before this is just done? I think it will probably be either at the very end of this year, first quarter of 2013. And then what do you expect it to actually be?

2:34:49 Oh, it's just an unbelievable depression. Riots in Europe, there's going to be riots in the street, anti-German sentiment will be cropping up. All hell's going to break loose. I mean, we won't even know how bad it's going to get. It's already breaking loose in small ways, but it's not reported here. Only these countries that are out of it, Switzerland, Norway, those guys will come out smelling like a rose. Yeah, is there anything we can advise to our... Farmland. Farmland. Can I say? No, there's I don't know what to do. I mean, this is horrible. I can do advise one thing they get they need to get as much information and Perspective as possible and they need to donate to the no agenda show. That would be the way to go to work org slash na That's my advice and I'm and I might want to point out that we have our own issues in the state of California where you live John Did you see the most recent little announcement by your governor? You're you're you're Merkel there Jerry Brown

CHAPTER 44 / 44 Discussion

California Tax Increases, Chris Matthews on Jeopardy, Show Sign-off

Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to raise California's state income tax to 13.3% is discussed as a reason for residents to leave the state. The show concludes with a clip of Chris Matthews performing poorly on "Jeopardy!" against Robert Gibbs. The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, encouraging listeners to support the show.

california· jerry brown· taxes· chris matthews· jeopardy

2:35:48 Yeah, we're a bit in the hole. Taxes going up to 13.3%. Yeah, I gotta get out of here. It was 10% and now it's 13.3%. That's state income tax above your federal income tax. It hasn't been approved. And then sales tax going up. Yeah, no, it's a complete scam. It's a rip-off. Are you gonna get out? It's all to pay the salaries of a bunch of middle administrators that don't do anything. And what's gonna happen to California? Well, I think anyone there right, mine will get out of here if you're gonna pay that kind of money. Stay away from Texas. It's no good here. Go away. It's totally crap. It's like, it's too hot. You know, in Washington State, there's no personal income tax, so I can just scarf myself away and get up there. Yeah, you sell that place and get out. Get out, John, I tell you. Get out while you still can.

2:36:41 Alright, I have an end of show clip, but you I see you have one as well. Do you want to what is yours? I have Chris Matthews on Jeopardy. Why don't you go in and watch and see Spanak this kind of crap? What does he make some kind of a funny blunder? He gets nothing, right? Oh, no It's like two minutes of him being a total idiot on Jeopardy and he was up against Robert Gibbs. Oh So he actually beeps the thing and gets it wrong? He gets everything wrong. Alright, play your clip. Mine can go next Sunday. This by the way is the man who said, let me see, I have his quote here somewhere. Here he is. About Sarah Palin.

2:37:33 Is this about her brain power? Do you think cute will beat brains? Do you think she'd do better on the questions on Jeopardy or the interview they do during halftime? My suspicion is that she has the same lack of intellectual curiosity that the President of the United States has right now, and that's scary. And that was about George Bush, obviously. Yeah. So he actually said Sarah Palin would suck on Jeopardy. Yeah. To be careful what you say. So that'll be your end of show clip, and we will continue to enforce our tedious burden of watching C-SPAN, reading government legislation, and pulling apart all kinds of bullcrap so you don't have to. And I do that here from the Camp Mofos in the capital of the drone star state, Austin, Texas, in the morning everybody. My name is Adam Curry.

2:38:26 And from Northern Silicon Valley where the garbage trucks are going by, the wind is blowing, the sun is trying to get out and it's not the best day I've seen. I'm John C. Dvorak. Support what we do at dvorak.org slash NA. We'll talk to you Sunday right here on No Agenda. Let's go back to... What is crossword close E? I mean, I'm sorry, let's go $200 for the category crossword close E. Alright, pay attention now. At blank, soldier. Four letters. Chris. At ease, soldier. What is at ease, soldier? Alright, let's see. What is ease, soldier? What is ease, soldier? Ease, yes. Alright, less than a minute to go now. Select. Finish it out for two thousand. Full name of the U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. Chris. Who is Gary Powers? We need the full name. Who is Gary Powers? No.

2:39:24 Lizzie? Who is Frances Gary Powers. That's it. Yes, full name. Lizzie benefits. She selects. Law and order for 800? A USDC is one of these, charged with the jurisdiction of a specific region. Chris? What is a US attorney? No. Lizzie? What is a district court? That's it. Well, let's do it again. Law and order for 2000. In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled that the hostile environment type of this can be sex discrimination. Let's see. What is a work environment? No. Chris. What is a hostile workplace? No. Hostile environment type of sexual harassment. Let's do it again. Six-letter words for capitals for 800. St. Basil's Cathedral is there. Chris. What is Istanbul? No.

2:40:28 Lizzie or Robert? Six letter capital, Moscow? And Robert Gibbs, congratulations. The Pine Hills Literacy Project with its new 50,000... I know this show as well as you do. I stayed up with you night after night helping you with it. It doesn't make any sense.