Episode 445 · Thursday, 20 September 2012

Insider Attacks

Federal agents orchestrate a domestic terror plot in Chicago while global powers clash over disputed islands and a proposed European banking union threatens national sovereignty.

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About this episode

The Department of Justice Inspector General released a report on Operation Fast and Furious, citing management failures that allowed firearms to flow to Mexican cartels. While Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed cover-up allegations, the FBI simultaneously faced scrutiny for the arrest of 18-year-old Adel Daoud in Chicago. Federal agents reportedly provided the fake explosives and orchestrated the plot, raising questions about the bureau's role in creating operational terrorists out of impressionable individuals.

In the Middle East, NATO rebranded green-on-blue incidents as insider attacks following a surge in coalition casualties caused by Afghan allies. Tensions escalated further as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran is months away from reaching a ninety percent threshold for atomic material. Meanwhile, Chinese developers abandoned massive ghost cities in Benghazi, Libya, and anti-Japan protests intensified in Beijing over the disputed Senkaku Islands. In Europe, finance ministers in Cyprus debated a banking union that would place six thousand institutions under European Central Bank supervision, a move critics like Slavoj Žižek view as a shift toward modern fascism.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the linguistic tricks of Mark Zuckerberg and the strategic release of the Mitt Romney forty-seven percent video. The show welcomes new knights Sir Eric Wilka and Sir Jesse Wilson to the Round Table while Adam prepares for a guest appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. Between discussions of global helium shortages and GMO super-weeds in Nebraska, the hosts analyze why Richard Branson is acting as a front man for hedge fund interests.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 445 Introduction, Chicago and Silicon Valley

Adam Curry broadcasts from Chicago, Illinois, while attending the Cusp Conference, and John C. Dvorak joins from Northern Silicon Valley for Episode 445 of No Agenda. The hosts address technical difficulties and audio quality issues resulting from Curry's mobile "internet in a suitcase" setup and Skype connectivity. Curry describes his location near Chicago Avenue and State Street while Dvorak prepares to analyze the day's news from The New York Times.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· chicago· silicon valley· skype· cusp conference· gitmo nation

00:00 Zuck, zuck, zuck, zuck! Adam Curry. John C. DeVore Act. It's Thursday September 20th 2012 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 445 This is no agenda Struggling with Skype, but on the air nonetheless from Obama's backyard Chicago Illinois in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where i'm just staying put while reading The New York Times. I'm John C Dvorak Oh It sounds so crappy today they say you sound tinny on the stream Yeah well maybe it's because I'm talking out of my butt

00:42 So what's new? Well you know this is not the, let me try this. This is not the lovely setup that I had on the road. No of course not! That was like multiple... This isn't a suitcase now. You were all rigged. Your normal rig actually was on the road Yeah and this is the internet in a suitcase so basically I run everything on one single machine because I you know the other one had multiple monitors it had what else that have you know and i'd like the whole the whole big thing. The whole shebang! Yeah, yeah it wouldn't fit in three suitcases so this is a you know and also when I talk I hear little delay so I hear my voice a millisecond later than it comes out of my piehole

01:31 That's not, that's gotta be annoying. But I've done a little bit of the filtering here so it should work anyway in the morning to you John C Dvorak Well in the morning to you Adam Curry, in the morning all ships at sea boots on the ground subs in the water feet in the air and all the knights out there who patiently wait. Yeah hell yeah and our words of wisdom yes and thank you uh all of the human resources in the chat room at noagendastream.com, noagendachat.net who have been helping us troubleshoot for the past half hour together to get everything sounding kind of decent Right now we're running, I'm in a hotel here kind of near Chicago Avenue and State Street.

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

Cusp Conference, Symbolic Design Firm, Museum of Contemporary Art

Adam Curry recounts his experience speaking at the Cusp Conference held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. He describes the event, organized by the design firm Symbolic (S-M-Bolic), as a high-tech alternative to TED talks that lacks elitist stigma. Curry mentions staying with former Hot Pockets tour hosts Chuck and Dana and notes that the conference featured diverse presenters who were encouraged to be provocative.

cusp conference· symbolic· museum of contemporary art· chuck and dana· ted talks· chicago

02:16 Wow, you're right downtown. Yeah yeah and of course you know the hotel Wi-Fi... Did you rent a car? No no we just were walking I did a speech yesterday i'm here for the cusp conference that's somebody said hey Adam's on he's streaming right now oh they streamed it yeah Oh really! Oh I didn't realize that. It came in as a tweet but I missed it. When I went to when I went to the stream there was some people doing ice dancing No, no they were jump roping. Ice dancing! Yeah no jump roping that's right Then you missed me That was right after I was done Oh this is too bad Jump roping to some canned music it sucked Let me tell you about this conference You remember Chuck and Dana who we stayed with on the first Hot Pockets tour? Yes I don't Right yes you don't exactly Well Chuck actually had a real harp And then we had the real harp playing in the... Maybe you remember that A blues harp

03:15 No, like a classical harp. Anyway so you know they were really sweet and we stayed with them for a few days and Chuck works for this company Symbolic or S-M-Bolic which is a design company and apparently they've been putting on this conference for the past five years and it's literally like a TED but without the stigma and that bullshit elitism and... It sounds like Ted? But without the stigma and the bullshit elitism So there's no... Nothing like Ted. Yeah exactly and they literally say you know anyway and the three partners of this firm, they get up on stage and say well hey buddy you know the people we've invited here to inspire you we have no idea what they're gonna say they're probably going to offend somebody at some point and it's all gonna fucking suck literally that's how they talk

04:03 Then and but it's it's done at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's really high-tech They got you know a great AV set up beautiful theater And the and the presenters were just outstanding I just we were blown away Mickey was supposed to go shopping at Topshop, and she stayed You know in her seat for six hours yesterday? Just watching everything so what'd you learn um I learned Oh man, well let me tell you I learned three things. No no listen one the guy before me the speaker before me was Wendell Potter and you don't remember...I'm not even gonna ask you he wrote the book Deadly Spin which i read somewhere in 2010 I think and that was the book that led me He's the former Cigna healthcare guy who turned around and wrote the book and said hey everyone is like just screwing you in this health care business Remember this guy? Yeah

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin, State Department Comedy Tour

Adam Curry discusses meeting Wendell Potter, the former Cigna executive and author of "Deadly Spin," who spoke before him at the Cusp Conference. Potter's work regarding the "sickness industry" previously inspired Curry to investigate pharmaceutical company PowerPoint presentations and vaccine marketing strategies. Curry also mentions meeting Indian comedians who were part of a controversial $180,000 State Department-funded tour of India.

wendell potter· deadly spin· cigna· pharmaceutical industry· state department· indian comedians

05:00 So he was the one that inspired me to go look at all of the PowerPoint presentations of the pharmaceutical companies when we discovered that vaccines was going to be their next big push. And then, so then he was speaking before me! It's like a total perfect setup for me to talk about No Agenda because he was like hey you know everyone is lying to you and the healthcare guys are in the sickness business it's the sickness industry and it was fantastic! The guy is really cool But even funnier than that, do you remember the Indian comedians at the State Department spent like a hundred eighty thousand dollars on to send them around a tour of India? Yeah. These guys were here one of them was speaking

05:46 Do you stand up? Yeah, yeah. Stand up and the guy... what's worse is the guys like hey Adam I'm a big fan! I'm like oh shoot man after we ragged on these guys it felt really bad Maybe he knew that you ragged on him so he said that just to get your goat No they had no idea They had no idea I did tell them though I came clean and said Hey know we really ragged on that whole scam you guys pulled off He says yeah that was pretty cool Alright And who else was here? I mean, it's very interesting. So I've definitely learned some cool things at the conference. I guess it's online then maybe there is a video of it you can see it but I definitely talked about our podcast John and didn't just take all the props myself like you usually expect me to do. So I have to tell you something because its gonna begin to annoy me. I don't know how your working them but you have a lip smack at the end of occasional sentences so you say something

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

Travel Schedules, Joe Rogan Show, Haldol Side Effects

The hosts discuss their upcoming travel schedules, including trips to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. for art shows. Curry expresses his intention to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience while in California. The conversation briefly turns to a humorous discussion about the drug Haldol and Curry's perceived "lip smacking" audio artifacts during the broadcast.

joe rogan· los angeles· washington dc· haldol· art shows· travel schedule

06:48 Really? Yeah, now I believe it's the mic or the way you're working the mic. It's because i've never heard this before from you! It's my lips But you keep saying something No no that's just what you're hearing That's definitely not me I'm not lip smacking I'll ring the bell when I hear and then you can decipher yourself Uh nope That wasn't it I don't think I'm lip smacking Did you hear there? No Oh okay So um Anyway, so of course the pain in the ass of doing this is that you know I'm here on a show day and And I'm in the hotel and it's gonna be this way for the next couple of weeks because after this well I think Sunday as a normal a normal show from Camp Mofo then. It's Miss Mickey's turn She's got her her you know her big art shows when go to Los Angeles first That'll be next week Thursday and Sunday. There will be a thrill Well yeah

07:47 Well, I mean what doing the shows there or or uh... or doing the going there Yeah, well hey while you're at the way you're down there. You should go check in out the studios I'm gonna check in the studios. I'm also gonna try and get on The Joe Rogan Show that's what I've been wanting to yes Yes Get on The Joe Rogan show we both need to do that right and then after then I'm gonna Go uh... We're going to DC for her second show And then finally somewhere after that ummm you know like uhhh first week uhh end of the first week of October were back so it's gonna be a little uh a little weird and umm It just makes it weird I wanna see if I can fix whats going with the with a lip smacking. Well it hasn't happened again maybe it was uh I don't know you know what it is we're just so spoiled because we used to have crappy connections all the time back in the day and that yeah and it's still kind of amazing what's actually taking place, and we would not want to miss an episode to bring you The Best Podcast In The Universe that's why we are proudly here bringing you Episode 400. Yes we go out of our way! We have missed shows and we took two days off once in five years

08:51 uh... but generally speaking we managed to get the shows produced it when we're floating around the world and the worst case in our country drop run some island that was really the absolute worst yeah i went out on board there that would have to be a that's been bad this is a second close though i mean it's not far off from being pretty bad anyway um... you got the lip smack i don't know what it may be a mip smacking Maybe this is a new habit. I think it's the Heldol. You ate, was it strawberries or was it something you had for breakfast? It's the Heldol! I've gotten two offers for Heldol. Do not take it!

09:38 what do you like that now i can't decide if i want to take it said so once before why catwell daddy i wanna try held all of sound so far and the new movement but i won't take it on the show just wanted to hide it was taken as a show that people get them people tuning in uh... there had just been with the drooling zombie well-fed web It is no longer a war for autonomy or self-determination.

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

Baluchistan Independence Movement, TAPI Pipeline, Pakistan Disappearances

Reports indicate that the Pakistan Army has caused 15,000 people to disappear in the Baluchistan region during a struggle for independence. Nationalist leaders claim that U.S. resources intended for combating Al-Qaeda are being diverted to suppress the Baluch people. The conflict is linked to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, which runs through the disputed territory.

baluchistan· pakistan· tapi pipeline· turkmenistan· afghanistan· india

10:31 This is a now war of independence whether the international community recognize it or not this is what the Baluch people are fighting and the Pakistan army so far It has said they have made 15,000 people disappear Nationalist leaders say US supplied resources and weapons meant to combat al-qaeda linked Taliban on the Pakistan Afghanistan border are being used against the balochs Pakistan is is using all the resources that the American government is giving Pakistan to fight the Islamic extremists and terrorists, but those resources and monies are being spent against the Baluch people. Against the Baluch National Movement and against the Baluch freedom fighters

11:23 Yes, it makes so much sense because these people who are in the northwestern part of Pakistan are clearly dangerous to America. This is why we have to kill them, disappear them! 15 thousand of them!! It's a good number, geez. So this of course for those of you who did not hear the analysis of this in the initial Redbook entry is because of the pipeline that Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India pipeline also known as TAPI which is literally going through this region and the freedom fighters as they're called who are being disappeared they just don't want no part of it

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Libya Ghost Cities, Chinese Developers, Benghazi Reconstruction

Chinese developers have abandoned large-scale construction projects in Benghazi, Libya, leaving behind "ghost cities" of unfinished concrete frameworks. The instability following the Libyan revolution has deterred foreign investors from returning to rebuild the sprawling new towns intended for 200,000 residents. This withdrawal marks a significant setback for Chinese economic interests in North Africa.

libya· benghazi· china· ghost cities· infrastructure· foreign investment

12:01 and there's uh... either they're blowing the pipeline up for their standing in the way or their parking a camel's there i know what's going on but the people are being disappeared because of this and it's purely because of the pipeline now another another uh... about show we just get when when the libyan team first broke out weaker initial analysis was that that he had decided to too uh... yet that tied with the trainers and that meant a refinery, and it meant all these other things. And they had to stop! We don't care if the Muslim Brotherhood takes over Libya which they might or one of these awards would this Chinese not... So I ran this little tidbit which got by us Which is the clip... There's a Libya clip on there. I don't see a Libya clip

12:54 French to the bottom, then you get Cape, Spain. I heard no agenda! There's no agenda we can't miss China and Libya All of this instability has a crippling impact on Benghazi's ambition to rebuild This sprawling new town for 200 thousand people was abandoned last year by its Chinese developers They and other foreign investors have yet to return Okay, so they show this. This is like one of those ghost cities in China they were building. It was huge and if they show the whole thing it's kind of like a just essentially framework also meant framework that's gutted because he never got halfway through the project but it was a whole town that Chinese were building just like they've been doing throughout Africa and I guess...I think that's another part of them you know another

13:45 another nail in the coffin for the Chinese and Libyan that's why we let this whole thing blow up. But it was huge, 200... That was the beginning of a 200 thousand people. You know what is really cool? Is that the minute you start to get into some interesting news particularly about China Skype just decides to make you sound like your in China Funny because your sound deteriorated too what do you not stack i'll really well you're not great so how do we uh... here's how to be tied this into what's happening with the china is in tokyo and play this report to you because uh... there's this these islands was going on and he's fake protests are very interesting and then here's the report that really throw some fuel on fire for that eleven chinese government ships are assembled in waters around me island smaller vessels of all they've been seen anchored offshore

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

Senkaku Islands Dispute, Anti-Japan Protests, Rape of Nanking

Anti-Japan demonstrations have escalated in Beijing and other Chinese cities over the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands. Protesters have called for war and the flattening of Tokyo, fueled by long-standing grievances regarding the 1930s Rape of Nanking and Japan's refusal to issue a formal apology. While the protests appear orderly due to heavy police presence, the underlying conflict involves control over significant offshore oil and gas fields.

china· japan· senkaku islands· beijing· nanking· oil fields

14:45 Now this follows the latest in a series of anti-Japan demonstrations within China. Our correspondent Martin Patience sent us this update from Beijing. The protesters have been chanting things like declare war on Japan as well as flatten Tokyo but despite all the anger it's actually pretty orderly here there is heavy police presence Flatten Tokyo! Am I supposed to believe that literally walking around calling flattened Tokyo in China, Beijing? Yeah. Now I understand that part of this is depending on what report you listen to because I've been watching both the Chinese news and the Japanese news. The Japanese are very distressed by this by the way but they're both reporting it and of course calling the islands different things

15:33 one of the things that struck me is that the Chinese, they don't mention this in most of these English reports. There's like some anniversary of the rape of Nan King and this is still an issue because the Japanese have refused to apologize for what they did to the Chinese during that era pre-World War II and uh... i think that it's the does that element is at but is this just a pay prelude to an attack a prelude to war i mean it seems like an offer you to an apology i guarantee effort to put in the book that the japanese are going to be forced to apologize for those nanking which exam honestly believe this was really behind us then they'll start negotiating over about the rights of his big oil field which is actually what this is all so when did this man king thing happen

16:23 What do you know, the rape of Nanjing this was happening in the 30s. Oh yeah sure I remember! Well no i mean this is a major part of history where the Chinese and Japanese took over part of China and then they just basically killed people and raped all women and they were just the most brutal regime in the history of China and the Chinese are still pissed off about it And the Japanese have refused to apologize Yeah we've talked about this... now I'm recalling that we've talked about this before On the show years ago, and it was from some other thing that happened And I think it would related directly to this as well Chinese have a long memory hmm now they want an apology

17:04 and the Japanese are so full of pride they won't give it. Well why don't they just come out and say it, hey apologize? Because because they don't think it's cool I don't know doesn't make sense to me either but the Japanese refuse to apologize because then they would admit that were wrong right now they don't want to do that I have no idea there is no real explanation that says valid The Japanese have changed their textbooks their history text books and they don't have much about this in and they don't know the kind of like uh... blame now it's like that never was their fault this is really did does it's uh... pressing action right but still it comes down to the oil and gas fields that surround these islands right but this is a real reason right but i would say that

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Global Helium Shortage, Natural Gas Prices, Pioneer Balloon Company

Daniel Flynn of the Pioneer Balloon Company reports that a global helium shortage is being driven by depressed natural gas prices. Because helium is a byproduct of natural gas extraction, low market prices—currently around $2.78 per megabit—make it unprofitable for companies to pump gas and capture the helium. Additionally, Russia's Gazprom is reportedly withholding helium exports, further tightening the global supply.

helium· natural gas· fracking· gazprom· russia· pioneer balloon company

17:49 No negotiations will begin and this is going to continue until the... I think, I really do think they're related. I think the reason for all the protests because there's other ways of dealing with this problem besides protesting it. They're shutting down all the Japanese businesses The sushi shop was raided busted up the place in downtown Beijing There's a little Japan town there that place all closed down They're rushing these guys out of the country, but they're also turning the deputies and closing things in China. It's spiraling out of control." So I met a guy yesterday who came up to me and he said, hey Adam you and John have been looking at the helium shortage? And he told me why

18:42 Why were you told you I will be noted no he totally tell me why there's a helium shortage okay so and he said he actually paid for money to research this his company is pioneer balloon the he sells helium balloons Daniel Flynn And he's the chief operating officer and he says, we had two plants go offline. Helium of course is... you trap helium when you're getting natural gas out of the ground

19:19 He says the number one reason is we're just not pumping gas out anywhere really even though there's a lot of talk and a lot of talk about fracking and Really big talk he says it is too expensive to get the gas out of the ground And until the price goes above three. I think he said $3 in 20 cents per megabit Whatever the price right now the natural gas is so in the tank Yeah, take a look and what's even more interesting? He said that the Russians, because I said well how about Gazprom? These guys got tons of gas. He says the Russians have lots of helium but they're not exporting it so what are they doing just sucking on it and talking in high voices all day what are they going to do with helium? He says I don't know but they're not exporting and therefore there's a huge shortage in the entire world but he says its direct result of the price of gas being too low to actually get out of the ground

20:12 So he says it needs to be $3.25, right now the price of gas is... $3.20, he said. Right now it's $2.78. And Spanish has been depressed, it's never down at 2.75, it has really been low for a long time! What he's saying is that all this talk about natural gas they're not even really pumping out of the ground, at this price they are just not doing it That what I thought was really interesting and therefore we have no helium Okay, that makes nothing but sense to me. Yeah it's all bogus so there still is the everything is bullcrap yeah gee Hey, there's a news flash Bullshit Newsflash everything is bullcrap John

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

T-Boone Pickens, Natural Gas Market Manipulation, Commodity Trading

The hosts analyze the stagnant price of natural gas despite efforts by figures like T-Boone Pickens to increase demand through liquefaction and transportation initiatives. Even as environmental regulations restrict coal usage, natural gas prices remain low, puzzling Wall Street commodity traders. The discussion explores whether market forces or supply-side constraints will eventually force a price spike.

t-boone pickens· natural gas· coal· wall street· commodity traders· energy policy

20:58 But it is kind of interesting how all these commercials for America's natural gas and I mean they've got to figure out some way to jack that price up. And i don't know how they're going to do it, but i think they have tried just about everything and can come up with a reasonable way to do it No, they have. T-Boone Pickens has been out there the tub thumping trying to get people you know to liquefy and do anything he can and it's just been a yeah natural gas is really cheap. So what is... we can probably put a prediction in the book if we just think hard enough about how they're gonna do this how would I mean you have to either increase demand or decrease supply isn't that the two main ways you do it?

21:44 Yeah, well they've tried both. That doesn't work! Or the price of oil... They figure when oil gets above 80 bucks people start switching over to natural gas and they never have. It's weird. And the big plants you know we can't... Well once they put the clamps on coal we can't use coal anymore so they switch over to natural gas and it still doesn't move the price When the price moves it's going to move but oh yeah then it'll it may be five bucks. Yeah, it'll move real fast bitching about the price of natural gas and you're gonna everything works like that but it's been forever I mean it's unbelievably hot it's actually stuns the traders on Wall Street or the commodity traders about price of natural gas being so low that staying there

22:30 Well you think those guys would be able to do something, would be able to jack it up? That's kind of what they'd think. But no, apparently not. That's what they do! I know but they can't do it! It's like how much power did they really have?! Let's... They used to rule stuff at $724 a share. Let's thank our producers John while I can still actually hear you Am I falling apart? It's really bad. It's just really, really bad in a second it's not gonna make any difference. It's not gonna make any difference. It's just not ever since Microsoft took over Skype they've just started to suck balls Okay, well we do have a couple of associate executive producers and one executive producer for today's show 445 Eric Wilka in Rushaville Indiana which I bet it was found by Russians

CHAPTER 10 / 44 Discussion

Producer Donations, Knighthood Credits, No Agenda Formula

Producers Eric Wilka, Gene Board, and Jesse Wilson contribute significant donations to the show, with Wilka and Wilson achieving knighthoods. The hosts grant "karma shots" for job searches and apartment hunting while discussing the "value-for-value" model of the podcast. Curry and Dvorak emphasize the importance of listener support to maintain the program's independence from traditional advertising.

eric wilka· gene board· jesse wilson· karma· knighthood· value-for-value

23:22 $333.33 in the morning, John and Adam love to show greatly appreciate the deconstruction of PR and neuro linguistic programming techniques I recently started a new job and i can finally make a donation to complete my first knighthood could please have some scotch and cigar my hookers and blow. And since the karma shot worked well in getting the job, which starting pay was more than I was going to originally ask for could i please have another shot for my apartment search? And lastly remind me where does my ring size information ring this is writing his rings at no agenda nation that yeah correct you guys do a wonderful show good work

24:00 uh... and he's got a accounting for his knighthood which you'll receive later today gene board hold on hold on hold up i gotta give little karma shot that you can also overlook the carter shop here we go you've got karma will be in apartment where is your Sir guy or gee I think it's Ghibli was he I think it is gee too and he's in Tel Aviv 229 74 says my birthday just around the corner. I'm sending my special yearly birthday contribution based on my date Euro style The value are received from the greatest podcast in the universe is greater than this donation

24:43 We all give what we can or do we? Please send a douchebag call out to all the 99% boners. Alright! Please send me a rain stick plus Tai Chi Chin Karma I feel bad, I'm sorry i didn't travel with the rain stick this time Well, you okay. Well your I'm a rain stick since here in the Jigget mode this summer is still strong with no rain in sight yeah They could probably use some rain and Tel Aviv it's always dry there Yeah thanks again for all the hard work you do for us and Now I'm looking for my I don't know where top who Tati chin-chin is either This is a mess when we get into karma first. I'll go look for that You've got karma

25:37 Where's my top? I tell you chin-chin. Are you asking me? Look for that, i'm gonna talk about Jesse Wilson from Hobart Indiana I think he was on mention last show too his whole Bart is you know always think of Hobart the mixing the other industrial company to 22 23 Karma does work on the government I got paid Monday with last week's donation and today's the total was three three three four or three four and this gives Me a total of 11 level up which is also the first date I donated. Interesting. Also makes me a knight for the second time, once as a Knight Templar Masonic and now for no agenda so he's a knight Masonic Knight and now he's in No Agenda Knight isn't that weird or what? That's awesome. Karma shot please okay karma shot for you You've got Karma

26:34 And that's all we got for our Doug's producer today show 445. We're gonna find people who can help us out by going to noagendash.com and noageneration.com, dvorak.org slash NA and channeldvorak.com slash NA as an alternative and help us continue on our pursuit of the truth. Yes, or whatever... And entertainment value! Just think about what you spend to go to one of these lousy movies or the time you waste on television which is 20 minutes of commercials 40 minutes of programming and we give you two-and-a-half hours five hours a week times four

27:13 is like 20 hours a month plus. Yeah, we're gonna have to subtract today's show though because you only getting half the program You're only hearing my part and not John so... Devorak dot org slash N A And of course you can always do something extremely important which is I don't know propagate the formula? The formula is this We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order! Oh yeah, everybody come on say it loud and proud now. Shut up slave! Everything's a mess John the whole thing is a mess. Shut up slave! Um I'm gonna call you back because You've deteriorated so much iIm almost thinking you might want to reboot your router or something I don't know what this is 4G ladies and gentlemen 4g we've done 4g before and it worked fine

CHAPTER 11 / 44 Discussion

Eurozone Banking Union, European Central Bank, German Sovereignty

EU finance ministers meeting in Cyprus face deep divisions over a proposed region-wide banking union that would place 6,000 banks under European Central Bank (ECB) supervision. Germany and Sweden have rejected the plan, with Berlin seeking to limit supervision to only the largest financial institutions. Critics argue the move is a stepping stone toward a complete loss of national sovereignty in favor of a centralized European authority.

european union· ecb· germany· sweden· banking union· sovereignty

28:10 Now this is 4G in Chicago! Could you, um... Do you think it's worth rebooting your router or is that just- I can do it. It doesn't hurt Yeah why don't we just- Just takes about two minutes Yeah You just do that because let's at least try it It's just..I mean I'm sitting here sweating and getting angry Yeah Okay bye Hope y'all understand And uh Alright I'm back Okay Oh it's good for now I have a long, right please? I have a long clip That I only because I think it needs discussing. Okay, so banking issues that need discussing we've talked about what's going on in Europe and by the way It looks like well, that's some other issues but it's I don't know this guy had this clip and I'm trying to clip pieces from and I said I don't know maybe you just play this clip and then discuss it because maybe you know more about it than I do but it seems to be that

29:10 These, all these things that the EU's gonna do they haven't done half of them and they're gonna do them or not gonna do them. Okay! Alright let's take a listen. The proposed region-wide banking system Deep divisions over the Eurozone's proposed banking union dominated the meeting of EU finance ministers in Cyprus which wrapped up on Saturday. Brussels wanted the first step of that union to be the European Central Bank becoming the supervisor of all the bloc's roughly 6,000 banks For the agreement to work all 17 Eurozone countries must sign off on a single binding blueprint which non-Euro EU countries can join if they wish

29:52 But Germany and Sweden rejected the idea of the ECB being the supervisor. And Berlin wants only a few hundred big banks to be handled by this scheme, while Sweden's minister said his country would never accept an external supervisor Even the ECB hinted that a basic legal framework might be better idea than taking direct charge of all the bloc's banks. Crucially, the legal authority over all the banks is necessary because then we will have the authority at any moment to call into closer supervision any bank or group of banks that we see fit to call to the centre

30:34 And desperate for growth, the private sector watched on believing the ECB's time would be better spent on other projects anyway. The ECB should now target their banks and force them to start lending to businesses It was announced that the European Stability Mechanism, the new bailout fund would have its first board meeting next month But many economists believe it will take a lot more time before the fund will be operational and ready to recapitalize troubled banks. It's not easy to implement... Well this is pretty much I think what we talked about when Heiko Hermann

31:13 essentially placed the proposal on the table saying okay you have to pull all your sovereignty we're going to get the regulator in. I mean it's just another stepping stone towards a complete takeover of the European Union, of Europe essentially by the pharmaceutical companies, oil companies all based upon patents and genetically modified crap that just keep these people completely enslaved 500 million people so its nothing new to me well here is what gets me You know, obviously my voice is not good. Why is Germany against this idea? I thought the whole EU scheme was to give Germany power over everyone as a kind of fourth Reich. Here's the way I see it. Germany likes the controlling of slaves

32:05 But they don't like anyone having anything to say over their banking system, over the German bank. I think that's where the rub is And so, you know it may just be a smoke screen John. I don't know the way i see it the way this European Union has been built up since what is it 1956 or 1957 when they first started it? It's all been about the same thing! It's been about the patents on pharmaceuticals make sure no one eats any healthy food get out give them all the GMO remember that was never going to happen in Europe now it's all over the place Keep the oil by the way that transition from never gonna happen to everyone's got it now is amazing isn't it though? So, you know It's just more of the same and it's another stepping stone and I Know I talked to people in Europe And they don't they're not even I don't know if if they're just completely oblivious to it Don't care If there too wrapped up in their

CHAPTER 12 / 44 Discussion

GMO Super Weeds, Agent Orange, Dow AgroSciences

The widespread use of genetically modified crops in the United States has led to the emergence of "super weeds" resistant to standard herbicides. In Nebraska, farmers report weeds growing seven feet tall that survive 24 times the recommended dose of chemicals. In response, Dow AgroSciences has developed corn resistant to 2,4-D, a primary ingredient in Agent Orange, to allow for more aggressive spraying.

gmo· monsanto· agent orange· 2· 4-d· super weeds· nebraska

33:06 local national politics, they really don't see the big picture. It's astounding to me how they do not see the big picture of what is really taking place right before their very eyes Well, we're having the same problem in this country and we're not seeing it either. I do have one more clip which will... because you brought it up The GMO This is what you can expect In Europe in the years ahead The agricultural update on super weeds For every action there's a reaction and it is true in the world of pharmaceuticals as well. An increase in genetically modified crops in the United States has led to arise in so-called super weeds, these pesky plants are resistant to many herbicides forcing farmers to use up to 20 times the recommended dose of weed killer Matt McGrath reports

34:02 The rise of resistant weeds on Jeremy Leach's farm near Humboldt, Nebraska has threatened both his livelihood and his family. Last year he spent around $7500 on chemical sprays that failed to protect his crops. And the pungent pollen from these superweeds seriously affected his 8-year old daughter's asthma. When that stuff is pollinating and when the pollen is really thick in there it makes it hard for her to breathe outside when you live on a farm You know, the kids play outside all the time. One of the weeds causing the biggest problems for farmers across the United States is giant ragweed and I'm in a field of it now and you can see these plants tower over my head they're six to seven feet tall The scientists here at University of Nebraska have been trying to kill these weeds using extra doses of chemical spray These particular weeds were able to survive 24 times the recommended dose And if the scientists can't kill them with chemicals in three to five years these weeds would take over this entire cornfield

35:00 The weed resistance has been caused by the huge success of GM in the US, which has encouraged farmers to use only one chemical. Now the biotech industry believes that solution to the weed problem lies in adding another herbicide that until now was too destructive to crops 2, 4-D. This time lapse shows the gradual killing of a common weed after spraying with 2,4-d weed killer. Dow AgroSciences has designed a corn that can resist 2,4-d best known for being part of the mix that constituted Agent Orange. Monsanto. Oh shoot! Monsanto. Yeah so this is... wait let me just understand this

35:47 In order to combat the super weed These weeds are seven feet high. We're going to spray them with Agent Orange? Is this what he understands from the report? This is so awesome, this is just great! Hey you know what John I'm just gonna interrupt us one more time and I'm gonna try and switch to the hotel network see if we have any luck with that because it's just not worth it Okay, all right. So let me just try that So the stream will probably be interrupted temporarily let's see what happens and how we do Any all kinds of crazy things could happen here? Let's see okay. We're switching networks Hello hello yeah maybe better I don't know we'll see hey, we'll just try this for a little while um Okay

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Dennis Kucinich, GMO Labeling Bill, Monsanto Political Influence

Representative Dennis Kucinich addressed the House of Representatives regarding the FDA's failure to test GMOs for toxicity or allergenicity since 1992. Kucinich introduced H.R. 3553, a national labeling bill, and criticized Monsanto's influence over the political process. The hosts discuss the potential for a GMO labeling initiative on the California ballot to break the industry's grip on food transparency.

dennis kucinich· fda· monsanto· h.r. 3553· gmo labeling· california

36:54 Man, this is going to be an edit job for sure. Sorry to hear that I know how much you hate that Yes i do so um but no this has not gone unnoticed in our uh in our house of representatives in the United States of America Dennis Kucinich actually stood up in front of the house and he gave a little speech about Monsanto did you happen to catch this? No I know but I'm sure it will now one minute thank In 1992, the Food and Drug Administration decided that genetically modified organisms were the functional equivalent of conventional foods. They arrived at this decision without testing GMOs for allergenicity, toxicity, antibiotic resistance and functional characteristics. As a result hundreds of millions acres of GMO crops were planted in America

37:42 Without the knowledge or consent of the American people, no safety testing and no long-term health studies. The FDA has received over a million comments from citizens demanding labeling of GMOs. 90% of Americans agree. So why no labeling? I'll give you one reason...the influence and the corruption of the political process by Monsanto. Monsanto's been a prime mover in GMO technology, a multi-million dollar GMO lobby here and a major political contributor there is a chance that Monsanto's grip will be broken in California where a GMO labeling initiative is on the ballot and here in Congress my legislation

38:19 H.R. 3553 will provide for a national labeling bill Americans have the right to know if their food is genetically engineered It's time for labeling, it's time for people to know how their food is being produced I'd say it's pretty good they got him out of Congress, don't you? Oh yeah. I'm glad they aroused at him Good work boys! Yeah get rid of that guy And by the way when he gets out and when he is in the street beat him up Throw them in the mud do something like that This is unbelievable It was great I mean its great that hes introducing a bill which will go nowhere and he just laying it out there this what they should be showing on the news instead of Kate Middleton boobs

CHAPTER 14 / 44 Discussion

Kate Middleton Privacy Ruling, French Press Law, Solomon Islands Tour

A French court has forbidden the publication of paparazzi photos of Kate Middleton, sparking a debate on privacy versus press freedom. The hosts contrast the strict protection of sources in France with the public nature of the royal couple's tour of the Solomon Islands. The segment highlights the irony of the royals being presented with gifts by topless ceremonial dancers while legally pursuing a magazine for publishing similar images of the Duchess.

kate middleton· prince william· france· privacy· paparazzi· solomon islands

39:04 And they never do show her boobs, so what's the point? Speaking of Europe that pretty much proved to me that Europe is just a totalitarian state. How in the world can you forbid a news or any type of publication from taking pictures of someone out in public on the boat and publicizing them. I mean, of course if you're royal it's not done but if your any other person then screw you! And yet this is now been forbidden. I find that amazing that people put up with this. They don't only put up with it they are an agreement. Yeah its even worse

39:48 Here's a couple of clips from Kate, William and Kate I thought were funny. First of all let's play clip two first because there is the irony clip but then i have a point to make the gifting clip is that the one you want yes by that far away from the courtroom of none tear the royal couple were concentrating on their continuing tour of the Solomon Islands I saw this and Duchess were each presented with a gift from a group of topless ceremonial dancers in light of recent events perhaps an awkward moment awkward you know they walk I saw the video they walked right by like don't look at the boobies, don't look with the boobies, don't look with the boobies but yet this is okay. The elites can go look at that black people's boobies but let's not look at your white ones!

40:34 So here's the thing, here are the two clips I want to play. One is William and Kate It has a little stinger at the end which i thought was interesting because it's like wait a minute we don't have... even we our free press, United States Free Press would never say what they're going to say in this clip As yet no name The Royals don't know the identity of the photographer that intruded on their privacy The magazine is unlikely to tell them, and the court won't force them to do so. In France the protection of sources is taken very seriously. Ooh! The protection of sources eh? Protect that taken seriously in France and so then I'm thinking well, that's that's nice for the French Of course the you know This is gonna differential be part of them civil war or when it finally happens Value their freedom and that French don't listen our show because they know everything's crap anyway Because they say yeah. Well this is not news to

CHAPTER 15 / 44 Discussion

Charlie Hebdo Cartoons, Prophet Mohammed, BBC Media Bias

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published vulgar cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, asserting the right to free speech under French law rather than Quranic law. The publication caused a shortage of the magazine in Paris and drew criticism from Muslim leaders. The hosts critique a BBC interview where a commentator was pressured to provide a specific negative opinion on the cartoons' wit and satire.

charlie hebdo· france· mohammed· bbc· free speech· blasphemy

41:28 So, French cartoons cause stir. This is the thing that's going to be interesting over the next week. It hasn't been played much in the US but this is like how they deal with this Muslim fiasco over the movie A French satirical magazine published cartoon today that risk igniting new outrage on the Muslim world They featured vulgar images of the prophet Mohammed and satirize the violent reaction to an American-made film that insults Islam. Muslim leaders in France called the cartoons a disgraceful provocation, but the magazine's publishing director insisted it was about free speech."

42:04 Muhammad is sacred for the Muslims and I can understand that, but for Muslims only. I am atheist. Muhammad is not sacred for me. I understand perfectly that the Muslims don't violate the law of blasphemy and I don't blame Muslims for not laughing at our drawings But they shouldn't tell me under which law should live. I live under French Law And I don't live under Quranic Law Yeah, this is interesting. A because I've not been able to actually find any of these cartoons drawings pictures illustrations etc and it seems like even the BBC couldn't find any of these. Let's see... Have you seen anything? No i haven't but just assume they've been censored. I think if you went to google.fr

42:50 I don't know. Well, here's a report that was on the BBC regarding this... And it may not be on the internet! Not everything they do in France... Just about everything makes it one way or another. Listen to this for a second. I've been talking about all of this just before we came on air first with Agnes Poirier, French political commentator and film critic she was on the line from Paris and Oussama Hassan senior researcher at counter-terrorism think tank Quilliam began by asking Agnes Poirier whether she'd seen the cartoons Well I have seen some of the cartoons because from this morning, very early this morning it was impossible to get a copy of Charlie Hebdo. I went to ten different newsagents in Paris... But she's in Paris! And just couldn't find it so I had to do with what some friends sent me and so I haven't got the full pictures

43:39 So she hasn't got the full pictures yet. She has an opinion what's your response to what you've seen? Look, it's a question of Taste I guess and sense of humor and sensitivity Personally, I you know, i'm not a regular reader of charlie hebdo charlie Hebdo is in the trade of provocation also thought-provoking cartoons, it's news weekly. It must be said I think it is important covering the week's news in cartoons and its got a very irreverent tone that's its trademark now you know you will always find people finding offensive. I have in the past

44:20 I'm asking what your impression was. Did you find it to be witty, biting satire? Let me just remind you this is on the BBC she says... Wait a minute, hold on a second. She's very clearly not saying that she... she's very clear about what she has and hasn't said and this guy is goading her into giving his opinion. Yeah but he's hounding her this British guy! Well she's the correspondent, she's being paid to give a report

44:56 Well, I know but at the same time she just gave it. She said look I haven't seen the thing and then she gave a background on the publication What's she supposed to do? Well here's you're supposed to lie here it comes some Funny I found some others not funny at all some vulgar some offensive and Some boring. She's just following the script. You didn't see anything Well that is the BBC script of course now there you go Of course it's the BBC script. Yeah, no she is following the script but it's the BBC script The French are different and you know with all this action over the Danish cartoons You'd think these things would be picked up and spread all over the place But they know its not going to have any effect on the French

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

Mitt Romney 47 Percent Video, Mother Jones, Racial Spin

A secret video published by Mother Jones shows Mitt Romney telling donors that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on the government and will vote for President Obama regardless of his campaign. The media, including CNN's Soledad O'Brien and the BBC, have been accused of spinning the comments into a racial issue or labeling the 47 percent as "scroungers." The hosts suggest the video's release may be a strategic "throwing in the towel" by the Republican establishment.

mitt romney· mother jones· soledad o'brien· 47 percent· bbc· racial politics

45:38 Well, I think what we really need to realize if you look at the news at least here in Gitmo Nation United States proper is that there are no more protests. Everything is over all as well. We are not interested in talking about the innocence of of muslim video because we now have the uh... mit romney video who were completely done this is all as well and for not look even looking at uh... at egypt or libya or or any of the thirty places where looking at four days ago it's just on that you notice this is over is not enough to get nothing happens more important that that ronnie talking to a group of uh... in

46:18 I guess, contributor says you know 47% of the Americans are idiots that won't vote for me. And this is like breaks... This is like oh why is this even talked about? What do you expect him to say I think they had this ready to go. No, it's already been known...this was out over three months ago in March when he made this speech and it was apparently a Twitter sensation for a little while that died and has just been revitalized for the purposes of the election! And everyone is all upset about it. I can't get upset about it

46:57 I was for or against Romney, i don't see what the big deal is. What's the big deal? Explain it to me. The big deal is just because news media have been told...the ones who are running commercials and make money from this entire tight race, this campaign, you know, presidential race they've been told to make a big deal of it And so that's what they just it doesn't matter. It's like if it's not Middleton's boobs then it's this we just need to make a big deal out of something and I think it was well played, I mean it's perfectly played because you know we had this foreign policy argument and now not on...and this is what really got me about this not only is this

47:38 about you know spinning this into oh Romney's a, he doesn't give a crap about half of America but listen to Soledad O'Brien and here is how she has taken this. To our starting point this morning Mitt Romney calling President Obama supporters those people. Inferring racial Those people inferring that I don't know what the black. Remember him saying those people no he didn't that's the whole point this is it unbelievable how this is being spun is being turned into a complete racial thing which is freaking me out

48:17 Well, this is in the red book. We've talked about they've been trying to turn this into a racial issue since the get-go to bring everything straight. They haven't been able to pull off the race riots which they tried but that didn't work out. What's his name? Hold on I actually tweeted this what's his name from who was that guy I think it's isn't it yeah from here This was in The Daily Beast, hold on a second and he actually says here's why Mitt is 100% wrong on the 47%, that's the whole article but then at the bottom he literally takes it to a racial point. So everyone is like dissecting what is the 47%. And crap I wish I had it right handy here... Here we go

49:16 When you ask white Americans to estimate the black population of the United States, the answer averages out at nearly 30%. Ask them to estimate Hispanic population and the answer averages 22% So this is how they come up with like you know approximately 50 percent. So when a politician or a broadcaster talks about 47% independency, the image that swims into many white voters minds is not their mother in Florida her social security untaxed receiving medicare benefits blah blah blah it is basically black people and hispanic people and for this to be written like this it's quite a stretch

49:55 I was like wow what is a guy mind reader? Apparently evidence for this. This is not evidence based reporting, this is just bull crap yeah but it's inciting race and we predicted this would happen and here it is! Yeah well they're not getting as far as they'd like to and here my favorite clip this is the BBC of course jumping on board and the way that they preface the whole Romney deal, and this is essentially just a preface. It just cracked me up because they take it to another extreme. Play the BBC report on Romney. Mitt Romney doesn't need headlines like this just 49 days before America votes His latest problem? The left-leaning magazine Mother Jones has published a secret video of a dinner with rich financial supporters The Republican candidate suggests almost half of all Americans are scroungers who'd be bound to support Obama

50:52 scroungers! scroungers! scroungers! half of americans are scroungers that's great I love the scrounger vibe, that's cool scroungers! you use scroungers? scroungers i tell you, scoundreling scroungers oh wow well that's pretty good. that was pretty good okay yeah Well Richard Branson was, I mean we're kind of done on the Romney thing right? Let me look. Yes i hope so! Yeah and by the way do you not get the idea that it's also possible that

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

2012 Election Strategy, Hillary Clinton 2016, Media Controversy

The hosts analyze the 2012 presidential election as a scripted "story arc" requiring constant controversy to maintain viewership. They speculate that neither party truly wants to manage the country's economic problems for the next four years, with the Republican establishment potentially looking toward Jeb Bush in 2016. The discussion also touches on the Hillary Clinton camp's interest in a weakened Obama presidency to favor her future prospects.

barack obama· mitt romney· hillary clinton· 2012 election· 2016 election· media arc

51:33 in light of our general thinking that no one wants to run the country for the next four years, that maybe the Republican Party just put this video out just throw it in a towel and just like all right go ahead you take it we got Jeb Bush waiting for 2016. Go ahead run this sucker for the next four years. This is what we've always said! Right I think it's ridiculous. Two years ago we called this and i think Obama side pretty much at least the smart money over there wants to do the same thing but they can't quite back out as easy right dummy he's had to be caught with a twelve-year-old or something just before the election to lose so it was his point well who romney or obama about that i don't know how many times ronnie is not even in them game anymore he's done i mean this is just the icing on the cake he was already done but they will win out john we still have what forty five days and uh... with this isn't just from a you know the corridor consulting group for mature production standpoint from a story arc standpoint we cannot

52:37 we will lose out on viewership if we don't have more controversy in the next six weeks. We have to have something, so this cannot end now it is too soon. Well okay here's the thing... Okay we know what's gonna happen because we've kind of deconstructed it early on and we have to assume that script is going to stay put That doesn't mean that there are still people in the Republican Party who would like Romney to win They're not necessarily on board with this idea that he shouldn't win. And the same thing happens on Obama's side, I mean let's face it the Hillary camp does not want Obama to win because she's going to weaken her chances in 2016

53:20 So there, you know so this activity is taking place on both sides of the election. Pro and con on both sides but yeah there has to be a lot of good stuff in fact some it'll be pretty interesting. Yeah we have that something really really awesome though we gotta have like Well, that's it's gonna have this desperation time so you have to assume they're gonna be throwing hail Mary's left and right Yeah. Yeah cool I'm looking forward to it It's gonna be great. I love just was weak this was weak and the fact that But like Soledad would get on it as some sort of an important thing or anybody for them matter and Fox are all over This is like they're trying to defend the guy. Yeah, this is weak its week who cares? Well what I find funny is you see MSNBC

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

The New Normal, Federal Consulting, James Pan Donation

Producer James Pan of Brambleton, Virginia, contributes $106 after leaving a lucrative federal consulting job to seek more ethical employment. The hosts discuss the TV show "The New Normal" and its cultural messaging. Pan's donation represents a "dollar per episode" for the time he spent underemployed while transitioning careers.

the new normal· federal consulting· james pan· value-for-value· career change

56:03 As a parent you're supposed to protect your child. You tell them not to play in the street and don't do drugs, and wear thick shea butter moisturizer at night. But how are we supposed to protect our baby from hate? Wait a minute! Shea butter moisturizer?! Who slipped that in!? That's from The New Normal...you wanted me to watch. Oh please no... I'm gonna show my support by donating to KnowAgenda Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fab Well the new normal is a little low for us I might add. Yeah, i noticed that too James Pan, Jamison Pan in Brambleton Virginia though came in with $106 value for value why because around episode 339 I got sick of the bull crap and walked away from my lucrative federal consulting gig. Whoa!

56:58 Family's barely been getting by. You should have stayed there and then reported in my family has been barely getting by since well I have waited tables hoping to find a job that isn't evil and pays the mortgage finally i did! And you're getting a cut dollar for every episode of My Underemployment $106 106 episodes really if you can't trains good planes bad see something say something karma for my brother Gary You've got Karma all right, brother Gary there you go. You nailed it yeah, I think you have any of those clips you know Those are so old those are so old that happened. I don't know where cup would try to ching-ching when it's like It's a mystery

CHAPTER 20 / 44 Discussion

South African Wine, Baron Rothschild, Tertius Carstens

Adam Curry recounts meeting producer Tertius Carstens at the TWiT Brickhouse, where he was gifted a bottle of Baron Rothschild wine from a South African joint venture. The hosts discuss the expansion of French winemaking families into regions like Chile, Argentina, and South Africa. Carstens receives a "de-douching" and a shout-out in Afrikaans for his $100 donation.

south africa· wine· rothschild· tertius carstens· twit brickhouse· lafitte

57:46 Tertius Carstens in South Africa, $100. Oh, here's the... yeah. Right he met me at the Twit Brickhouse In fact there were two curiously and they didn't travel together There were two South Africans at a show And one of them gave me 100 insta donation which is Turchis and the other one gave me a bottle of unusual wine from South Africa which I'm letting sit in settle in Probably drinking about a week or two yet once when they travel yeah I actually saw that he gave you like a Rothschild from South Africa and you were like wow, I didn't know they opened in south. I saw you I saw this whole conversation take place Okay well Yeah, I was actually stunned because I didn't know the Roth are the Baron This is the Ross to the Lafitte side of the family And I had no idea that they'd done a joint venture in South Africa to make wine hmm

58:46 and so that I'm going to be very interested in how this comes out. These deals are all over Chile, Argentina Australia South Africa I suppose now where these... And the French also in California and they make all these deals and some of the ones are good some emerges like they try too hard anyway I didn't know did give us a good tell us what their real pronunciation is name if it was Dutch? That would be Tertius Carstens Ker-tee-us. Kerstians, Karstens and what does he want in here? He wants it... In the ochtend I'm looking for a de-douching Chinese Japanese in the morning then an Afrikaans one from Adam in the ochtend Lone Wolf my puppy no karma please No karma? This ones a bunch of sound effects Yeah alright here we go You've been de-douched In the ochtend! And uh Lone Wolf respect

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

Listener Birthdays, Texganik Podcast, PayPal Mobile App

The hosts acknowledge several donations, including one from Amy Pettigrew in Huntsville, Alabama, for her husband Michael's 26th birthday. Jessie Mansfield of Austin, Texas, promotes the "Texganik" podcast, which the hosts describe as a "mini Adam and John" production. Other producers are thanked for using the PayPal mobile app and maintaining the show's "69" donation streak.

huntsville· texganik· austin· paypal· amy pettigrew· jessie mansfield

59:44 We'll do that for a hundred dollar donation. Anyways, so uh I was it was weird that there were two South Africans there and Uh i guess you know It's probably cheaper to be here? I don't know as far as I know the rand is not trading at a good rate Amy Pettigrew in Huntsville, Alabama. $100 needed a happy birthday shout out to my birthday karma for my wonderful and birthday karma for my wonderful husband Michael on his 26 he doesn't care much for gifts but we all know that no agenda show donation is the gift that keeps on giving Also like a shut up slave karma for my brother Matt as he serves his time in the re-education camp known as undergrad Lastly can I get some science karma from my lab mate Kirby? Hey, wait a minute. How many things do we want here well she gets the one karma for everybody all right and then A Shut Up Slave and a Science is that what were looking for? I don't see this science. Yeah Science! Science Karma! Alright. Would you give her a shot? SCIENCE!

1:00:44 You've got karma. There you go. She's probably getting the formula and she's Amy! We need all the women viewers we can get or listeners we can get, um... And especially in Huntsville Alabama that must be very interesting to listen to this show there. Jessie Mansfield I want her to go to University of Alabama. Jessie Mansfield Austin Texas ah they missed her Hello Been a fan since day one Followed Dvorak from Twit when I was 16. Been dreaming of the day that could donate. Hey! Please mention our podcast Texganik, we're a couple of douchebags trying to start a business in Austin and y'all show has been a big influence on what we're doing. I actually listen yeah i listened to their show they sent me a text. Texganik dot podbean dot com? Yeah What is it? It's kind of like a little mini Adam and John

1:01:36 you know 7777 yes it's very nice actually very nice yeah well that's good we're influential we are influential yes chris ball at 7126 in the morning doing my fair share in an effort to keep the show from just getting by last couple of episodes have been thumb thanks for all the hard work and great clips any Says he used the PayPal mobile app which worked. Yeah, all right here we go ready? Oh yeah hold on a second No I wasn't ready You're never ready. Well, you know listen normally I have five screens of God all no but I mean with this this the you you're looking at the number Actually, I'm not looking at the number I'm looking at the jingles I'm trying to figure out what stupid combos people want Yeah, I'm doing other things here alright carry really cease HHIM Jim

1:02:37 I guess so. Yeah, Carrie Chimney. Char-him. Chimney. Chim-da-do. Hamilton Ohio 6969 just want some karma All right we got some of that for you right here You've got karma But thats not it! Sloan Kelly in Niagara Falls Ontario 6969 been listening to the show for about a month and it's really one of the best podcast, it is the best podcast in universe. I love listening to No Agenda during my commute in the morning and they get two shots so they had it and shut up slave for not contributing sooner please keep up the awesome work

1:03:19 yeah i was not they don't want to commission idle that i did not hear the request i just heard two shots of the head and shut up slave okay so we got uh... a major you made me june user loser major loser it's a loser with you says major l loser image illusion in the park illinois sixty six sixteen ninety-eight is now at least we didn't fall off i thought we're gonna get a sixty nine this time of year ending the streak Like a de-douching and karma shot? And you've been... Oh, sorry. Sorry you didn't hear that. You've been de-douched! You got karma.

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

Uranium Ore Gift, Hot MILF Karma, Nebraska Drought

Producer Roll SK in Saskatoon sends the hosts a sample of uranium ore, prompting a discussion on its radioactivity. Christian Soldner in Munich requests "hot MILF karma" for his wife Catherine's job search. Jeff Lorig in Nebraska asks for a rain stick ritual to combat the state's severe drought, while Royce Kukami in Hawaii requests a "douchebag call out" for a colleague.

saskatoon· munich· nebraska· uranium ore· rain stick· karma

1:04:07 Roll SK in Saskatoon, the Paris of Canada. Saskatchewan 6969 In the morning John and Adam it's me Roll SK from the chat donating once again John you are three for ten on pronouncing my name correctly Mike Nicola Chuck or Nicolay Chuck. I'm not even getting involved anymore. Okay, you had a good run of two in a row then you ruined it by mispronouncing it at my last donation. I sent you that very donation as reward for the correct pronunciation but you screwed it up! Fear not all is forgiven John, please enjoy the uranium ore I sent. Is it radioactive? Did you get it did you receive it Adam sends a sexy fun time karma for future adventures and such matters keep up the good work guys dude I'm gonna get his name down so it's the next Nikolai donation. It's Nicolai Nikolai Christian a

1:05:11 Soldner in holes housing 6969 yay. Gee he's Adam and I John and Adam the first donation supporting the greatest podcast in the universe I'm asking for job karma for my hot milf Catherine Hey, where's your little didn't send your line send pictures? Yeah I realize I realize some pictures yes See apply for a new job and we are waiting an answer. Please keep up the good show Let's see how you butcher my name reading from greetings from Munich Deutschland Chris

1:05:50 And that closes our 69th... Well hold on, hold on. First we gotta give him some karma for his hot milk... Whatever. You've got karma! And then we can close it out. 69! 69 dudes!! There you go. Closed. And by the way that's 1 2 3 4 6 Six of them. No five sorry five I think the most we've ever had is seven Jeff Lorig in Creighton, Nebraska 6611. Another donation to get John to pronounce my name correctly I've donated twice now and both times John has pronounced my name as long but it's actually Lorig What? Yeah That's because on the spreadsheet and i'm a mile away from it It looked like Long And I think that wasn't me mispronouncing it was me misreading it

1:06:39 No worries, you're still the best podcast universe. Gotta get a John blowing his nose loudly with his side of rain stick from my drought-stricken state in Nebraska we can't do either one of those things I wish I had the uh...the rain stick but i promise you will be flying home tomorrow and I will do a double six on the sticks for you and roll out the rainstick You know that by doing this rainstick thing on the show it's been raining in Austin for a week It's like I think the rain stick has to be in the proximity where you want it to rain. It doesn't seem... Really? Yeah. Did it really rain there? Oh yeah! It's been raining for a week, no kidding we'll give some karma to Jeff here and in lieu of the rainstick and hopefully that will help. You've got karma

1:07:32 Royce Kukami in Aia, I-e-a, Hawaii. 6464 appreciate a douchebag call out to Cody for his unprofessionalism and shot of karma to Palom Kelly F Chris Jason Andrew and the Mega64 crew deeply appreciate the fine work you fellas do uh you put out and take care Royce You've got karma. John Bulzuich, Bulsuich, Bulsuich, U-L-S-Z E-W-I-E-Z in Warren Michigan 60 used to pay for another podcast but it had some changes and now it sucks!

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

Swarm Robotics, NextGen Project, NASA Anonymous Donor

An anonymous donor working at a government agency near Moffett Field (likely NASA) discusses their work on the "NextGen" project and expertise in swarm robotics. The donor, a PhD candidate in applied math and statistics, warns of the potential for drone swarms. The hosts grant "Hey Citizen" karma for the donor's upcoming qualifying exams.

nasa· moffett field· swarm robotics· nextgen· drones· applied math

1:08:26 I wonder which one that was. Unlike No Agenda, which in my opinion is the best podcast in the universe so I'm giving the money I would have given to them and giving it to no agenda but please have some karma for a loan modification for my mortgage and karma for relationship type of the America just getting by scheme thank you You've got karma. Well that is how it's supposed to work, I mean the basic concept is value for value and if you don't see the value somewhere else then bring it here as long as we don't suck although today's program so far below par on the quality. That's because of the audio quality? Yeah the content is always the best podcast in the universe! Oh yeah that goes without saying even though we say it. In fact I have proof

1:09:16 You do? Yeah. Somewhere. Timing! Yeah, keep going. Joe the Dish Slave, Joe Esposito in Stockton California home of the repossessed homes 60. Hey guys I had to donate toward my wife's damehood after i mentioned Monsanto at work and no one had heard of it. What?! Can't put a price on being informed Oh My Goodness. which is also with Greg Stierle in Santa Monica, California 5555 says best podcast in the universe. Anonymous in Livermore California double nickels on the dime hey John and Adam like to keep my name anonymous yeah yeah so I'm not resigned to a fate similar that of Gary Webb

1:10:04 I researched at a four-letter government agency around the corner from John and Moffett Field, which would be NASA. Working on Adam's favorite project NextGen. I'm donating because i would like a Hey Citizen Karma for my PhD qualifying exams in applied math and statistics that are coming up this week if everything goes well you guys should look forward to a nice stream of future donations from Dr Anonymous! If everything doesn't go well I would recommend Adam keeping his eyes peeled as My area of expertise is in the control of swarm robotics. This is quite frightening because what he's referring to here, is drone swarms?

1:10:42 Yeah. And he's, well luckily he's up there near you Moffat Field which is conveniently located to Google I believe yeah it's a it's all just a big coincidence that those are also near to each other and all linked and send me some information dude about your next gen and we'll keep you on the QT. Hey citizen! Here's your karma as requested You've got karma. Keep up the good work exposing the media for the joke that it is Thank you Preston Taylor or Thaler in Sonoma 5130 one word comment drunk Greg Stone and Rapid City South Dakota 5130 these are 50 130 is our number that celebrates our fifth anniversary

1:11:31 Best podcast in the universe also a little karma for my still stolen bike. No need to read if I hear jingling bike, I'll know keeping the donations segment pithy. Bike! You've got karma. Bike! Mark Borghese in Las Vegas lost wages Nevada 5130 for my smoking hot wife Can I get a milf in the morning? Milf! That's one mother i'd like to... In the mornin'! Hey, that's- I like that connection. I'm sorry? I liked that little combo there. That's one mother I'd like to be-da-be-da in the morning. I liked it. Oh yeah, that's good. It works. Good catch Mark

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

No Agenda Racing, H1B Visa Approval, Show Artwork

Sir Andrew Gardner of the No Agenda racing team receives karma following a bicycle crash captured on camera. Christine Norman reports that her H1B visa was approved shortly after requesting "visa karma" on a previous show. The hosts also thank the artist "Equal Sign D" for the episode's back-patch artwork and Peter Meir for maintaining the "bestpodcastintheuniverse.com" domain.

no agenda racing· h1b visa· andrew gardener· christine norman· podcast art

1:12:17 Jonathan Plann in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 5130 without comment. Robert Goschko, sir, Robert Goschko to you also 5130 in Sherwood Park Alberta the home of the money. Been a listener since episode one and I can support the value for voice since your night I'm sure it's not like we haven't heard. I'd like to support them value for value model keep hitting them in the mouth can I get a One Hot Milf Karma shot? That's One Hot Milf baby! you've got karma. I got a note from Christine Norman, you remember she donated on Sunday. Actually she says, I donated last Thursday asking for Visa Karma and six work days later it worked my H1B was approved! Karma really does work!"

1:13:28 I love that you're saying. Yeah, well we also need one of our Knights has requested some offbeat karma Sir Andrew Gardner yeah he's not just our Knight he's the no agenda racing team yes and did you see his crash? No i didn't He has a camera on his bike And he wiped out. So I think he does have one more race to run so we're gonna give him a little extra special karma there if my system would... Oh Jesus Christ! He wants a no agenda racing karma and two to the head No agenda racing karma and two to the head You've got Karma. And uh, we had Rick SirRickFowler who

1:14:18 Sent us was he's the 1212 night and he had no note any Subsequently, he wanted to be known from this day forth as sir beer geek And he would like a it was just like a little girl shut up slave. I think is what he was asking for which I have somewhere here Was there something else he wanted, John? Or was that it? Well I think it was a karma on top of that. Well we'll give him that just to make sure. Shut up! You've got karma And... Yeah I think That's it We have uh Just want to thank our artist which I forgot to do at the top for the show For the last episode artwork that was equals sign D equals sign

1:15:14 You can always check out all of the artwork at Noah Jendel. I don't know who that is! Yeah, I like to get a mailing list of our artists but they're all like these anonymous characters. Equal sign D equal sign. Actually liked that piece alot And it was in Evergreen wasn't it? That we chose? It was in the evergreen back patch by the way people can drive you have something that's not really about today show and you want to just drop it the evergreen pile we do go through that was on page four yeah the dig yeah no it's important because you know sometimes even though the art is pretty much always great it just doesn't really fit with near the show or maybe just you know and we were and we have a fickle yeah we are well we want to be our best podcast in the universe same way when we can't we can't be messing around you know this is like a professional outfit we're running here and thank you Peter Meir for

1:16:00 Re-registering the best podcast in the universe calm and keeping that pointing to no agenda show comm He actually sent me an email and said hey man. Do you want this? I said, you know, I think we should keep that one You know It's kind of like, you know it's like our award right the best podcasts in the universe calm They can only point do you imagine someone else registering that and pointing it to their site key imagine the drama Oh, it would be a catastrophe. So keep supporting us please so we can continue to do stuff on the road. Okay

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

Knighthood Ceremony for Sir Eric, Sir Jesse, and Sir Kerry

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak perform a formal knighthood ceremony for Eric Wilka, Jesse Wilson, and Carrie (Kerry) Chan. Each producer contributed $1,000 or more to the show, earning them a place at the No Agenda Round Table. The hosts welcome the new knights with the traditional "hookers and blow" and "scotch and cigars" honors.

knighthood· eric wilka· jesse wilson· carrie chan· round table· donation

1:17:08 And then we have, wow! We have one two three. Actually it's... Now is Carrie, let me make sure Carrie is female correct? Is she gonna be a Dane or is Carrie a... Go back to your spreadsheet John do you still have it open? I do Check out Carrie. I just want to make sure that I'm knighting Carrie appropriately. Is Carrie... See doesn't say. I don't know if Carrie is K-E-R-R-Y wouldn't that be a Dane? That's generally a... KERRY is generally a male name Really?! that k e r y k a r i k uh e r i okay so I guess it's three nights eric jesse and if there is a problem then we will make the correction later but i'm guessing it's a

1:17:53 I'm sorry. Yeah, it's a guy. Yeah, I would almost I would bet money on it All right. Well you can grab your money and your sword please you got it? Okay, I can't do both All right Eric Wilka Jesse Wilson and Carrie Chan, please step forward as you are All three have donated to the Best Podcasting University. The amount of $1,000 or more we could not be more proud to invite you into our very exclusive club It is the Knights of the Noah General Roundtable so I hereby pronounce thee Sir Eric, Sir Jesse and Sir Kerry! Come on ya hookers and boos your wenches and beer, your rent boys in Chardonnay. And wasn't it cigars and scotch I think I remember? That's all here for you at the round table and thank you again for supporting us it is highly appreciated as what keeps us motivated to keep doing this stuff from the craziest places on earth which is what we do so you've been rolling out lots of yeah even roll out lots of clips today John I have a couple of my own that I think might be interesting to run through

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

Fast and Furious IG Report, Eric Holder, DOJ Resignations

The Department of Justice Inspector General released a report on Operation Fast and Furious, citing "misguided strategies" and "management failures" that allowed firearms to flow to Mexican cartels. While 14 people were referred for disciplinary action, no criminal prosecutions were recommended. Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed accusations of a cover-up as "baseless," even as two high-ranking officials resigned or retired following the report's release.

fast and furious· eric holder· department of justice· inspector general· gun running· mexico

1:18:57 Let me see what I've got here. First of all, something that's kind of gone a little bit snowed under by all the really important news of Kate's boobs and Romney's secret video is the Inspector General of the Department of Justice in United States came back with their report on Fast and Furious, and you've barely seen any news on this as far as I know. I caught one report on CNN. Well it's the closest thing so far to a definitive account of the investigation that everybody agrees was a terrible idea allowing firearms to slip south of the border to try to catch the cartels

1:19:39 that were doing the gun running in mexico the justice department's inspector general said operation fast and furious involved a series of misguided strategies tactics errors in judgment and management failures that permeated eighty f headquarters all the way to the justice department and a near total disregard for public safety. Congressional investigators had suggested there'd been a cover-up in the Justice Department, but the report said federal officials actually ignored red flags failed to ask questions failed to send information up the chain of command. The report referred 14 people for possible disciplinary action but it did not recommend anyone for criminal prosecution and almost within the hour that the report was released two of the highest ranking individuals

1:20:24 whose names came up in the report were out i love this by the way this is such a great way to do it is like if you're responsible for the death of hundreds of mexican citizens and at least one united states border patrol agent uh... just resign or retire There's no distance, you're not going to get in any trouble if you work in the government. Right and you can retire with full benefits! Yeah just retire and your all good criminal division turned in his resignation it was accepted by Attorney General Eric Holder. Now listen to what holder did, listen to holder's statement. Holder also put out a statement of his own Wolfstang in part unfortunate that some were so quick to make baseless accusations before they possess the facts about these operations accusations that turned out to be without foundation and have caused a great deal

1:21:22 i know it's crazy unnecessary harm confusion he says he hopes today's report acts as a reminder of the dangers of adopting as fact unsubstantiated conclusions so he said so uh... one guy retires one guy quits and then holder says Nothing happened here! Nothing was true. Nothing to see here... Yeah, I think we have that jingle somewhere but it's just like wow how does he even come up with that? What gall It's amazing isn't it? and so of course uh... you know nothing i guess nothing else is going to happen that's it has done the reporters in and uh... i i don't see what they could do another still being held in contempt but then and i can do crap about that either now his group is a worst i have like a joke i have to say that uh... cbc up there in canada they're doing a great job on reporting um... quick report here on the

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

FBI Entrapment, Adel Daoud, Weapon of Mass Destruction Charge

The FBI arrested 18-year-old Adel Daoud in Chicago for attempting to use a "weapon of mass destruction" in a plot concocted by federal agents. The CBC reports that the FBI provided the fake bomb and dreamed up the plot after finding Daoud talking about jihad online. The hosts discuss the trend of the FBI creating "operational terrorists" out of impressionable individuals to bypass the bureaucracy of real investigative work.

fbi· adel daoud· chicago· entrapment· weapon of mass destruction· jihadist

1:22:26 The 18 year old kid who was charged with trying to set off a weapon of mass destruction, which we used to call a bomb. Now it's a weapon of mass destruction. I love how uh... the cbc reports on how stupid we are down here turning to the united states now where authorities have charged in eighteen-year-old from chicago with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction they say he wrote about she had and killing americans and that he planned to detonate a car bomb neil mcdonald joins us now from washington with what we know all about the operation tonight fifteen

1:23:09 Well, what we know Wendy now is that this was all concocted by the FBI. It's not the first time this has happened they find someone on the internet in this case this man Adel Daoud talking about being a jihadist they contact him with what they call operational terrorists, that is to say FBI agents. They provide them... they dream up a plot, they provide them with the means to do it, they offer to get him involved in detonating a device, even gave him a fake bomb and then when he went to detonate it of course they arrested him as I said this has happened before on several occasions Interestingly enough, on the attacks...the real attacks. The underwear bomber for example in Christmas Day a few years ago and the Times Square bomber those were detected by alert citizens and not the authorities but uh... the authorities remain vigilant that if you talk about doing it down here in you talk-to-talk then they'll walk your walk I'm impressed! I am really impressed with this reporting

1:24:03 Good for them. I'm glad somebody in the world is noting this, besides us. Yeah literally just comes out and says oh the FBI just makes it up and they take some stoner kid and then uh... Just some idiot! Is this guy stupid enough to fall for this bill? Yeah i think he is well then let's do it we got nothing else to do wait a minute let's go to lunch first and then we'll run the scheme on him in this afternoon okay Yeah, well this is a... End of the Dvorak playhouse. Very good! Very good John liked it very much now I was talking to one of our producers who will have to go unnamed and he was telling me that now for every 100 FBI agents they have a lawyer and the lawyers job is basically to make sure that these operational terrorists as you just heard them called they're following all the right rules to set these kids up

1:24:59 and this is really all that they can do. They can't do any more regular investigating because there's too much paperwork, and apparently the bigger the FBI gets that's the irony is that there's just more bureaucracy so if they want to go in you know doing a real investigation... And find a real terror arrestor! Yeah, if they want to go do some real investigative work it's too much paperwork so its easier for them just to find a guy and build the case around him And that's the irony of a bigger government is that you know, the actual criminals get to get away with stuff. Which is I don't know it's perverse but there you go. Yeah well welcome to the 21st century

CHAPTER 28 / 44 Discussion

Soledad O'Brien, Media Career, Natalie Morris Scouting

The hosts discuss the career of CNN's Soledad O'Brien, tracing her path from NBC and MSNBC to her current morning show. Dvorak and Curry claim credit for scouting and training Natalie Morris (formerly Del Conte) for Mevio before she moved to mainstream media. They analyze O'Brien's "multi-culti" appeal and her aggressive interviewing style as a key driver for CNN's morning programming.

soledad o'brien· natalie morris· msnbc· cnn· mevio· broadcasting

1:25:42 A couple of memes that we've been tracking. We've been tracking this whole fact check thing and everything is fact checked, and this is not just a meme in America it's going on around the world I see it in Dutch politics and we have fact check, fact check, fact check, where is our facts? This is a fact! We're checking the facts! And Soledad Well I think CNN should promote her. I think she's the only person on CNN who, whether she is right or wrong is irrelevant She's putting on an interesting show and I was pretty much done with CNN but now she has this morning show Have you seen this show in the morning? I think I saw it when it first started. I haven't been watching but I should mention Soledad is an interesting person We both know her! We know Soledad! Yeah we both work for them And she began at NBC

1:26:33 Actually MSNBC before it turned into what it is today. MSNBC was kind of a variety network and then it became the 24-7 Princess Diana's Network, remember those good old days? And then they kicked you over man these guys came aboard but Soledad was put on the fast track She was an anchor host on MSNBC early on. She was put on the fast track to become one of the head people on NBC network along with Brian Williams who is also in that same track and somewhere along the line somebody didn't like her or somebody tested better, because she was part of the multi-culti look which broadcasters are just looking for like nobody's business right? Which is a certain kind

1:27:18 She Italian is she black Mexican? I don't know. No, I think she's black though isn't she no, I don't think so. No, she's a time. It's all it really old boy. Oh, well, I think she's Hispanic I think yeah, that's the look Yeah, it is the perfect look at his the look I totally Natalie Del Conti who's now Natalie Morris name Morris She's got the purse, she is an incredible I mean you have no idea what. I mean she said so herself she says she can go anywhere in the world and they think she's a local Yeah, well you know I would like to remind people that John was the one who scouted her and I then recruited her for Mevio. And we taught her how to talk, we taught her how to walk, we taught her how to dress and then she took all that and then she screwed us and quit!

1:28:15 pretty much what that's how it is show business in a nutshell. That is exactly we put all the effort in and then she got really popular and then she screwed us basically just stabbed us in the back and said, hey I gotta better go over here which was exactly the way you have to assume that happens that's what always tell people say well give me a little coaching on this and then expect you to stab me in the back yeah so that's welcome to do business anyway let me get back to Soledad for second So she has this show in the morning and she does something very interesting. You can just wait for it to happen, every single guest

CHAPTER 29 / 44 Discussion

Peter King Interview, Obama Apology Tour, FactCheck.org

Soledad O'Brien confronted Representative Peter King regarding the Republican talking point that President Obama went on an "apology tour" in 2009. O'Brien cited FactCheck.org to argue that Obama never used the words "I'm sorry" or "apologize" in his speeches in Egypt or France. King countered that the President's criticism of American ideals and past policies constituted a de facto apology to the Muslim world.

peter king· barack obama· soledad o'brien· factcheck.org· apology tour· egypt

1:28:55 And it's so funny, these guests fall for it every single time. She's gonna set them up and then she'll whip out a paper and say well I have the proof right here! I've been reading the actual document which is kind of what we do. We read the legislation, we read the documents to say well this is not exactly what the document says. So she has Peter King on. And I think with a lot of these politicians think oh its the breakfast show you know they got around tables going to be... It's gonna be your walk in the park, it's gonna be really easy and she has peter king on uh... these a uh... i'm sure is republican uh... he's a he's again from new york who keeps having these hearings on muslims in the media as well right now you know it is that he said to canada mhm for all of them almost so she had a douche your total douche and she rolls out the fact check thing on him

1:29:44 uh... regarding and president obama's middle eastern tour where in this is very much republican talking point is that he went on his apology to work and i of course by when and read the speed the trend the transcript of the speech that President Obama gave in Egypt and it is very much a mea culpa without saying it but its kind of like hey you know we could have done better. I understand where the talking point is coming from but the way so that brings this and and peter king's reaction to it i was just television history in my book all right you know which i have to speak right here for that was uh... right back in he never once use word apology he never once said on sorry how does that this of course is is the travesty if she saying acted because it used a word i'm sorry in the transcript well

1:30:36 There's many ways to say you're sorry or apologize but okay so she keeps hammering this out. Any logical reading of that speech or the speech he gave in France where he basically said that the United States can be too aggressive talking to the French... That was on April 3rd 2009 right but that's not apology. So you're people... It is I can say, I do consider what you're doing we were apologizing for our positions. We have nothing to apologize for the Muslim world at all! We have not sacrificed our ideals he was overseas criticizing American officials and the CIA and others when he says that we lost our ideals these are the people who kept us safe for eight nine years against Islamic terrorists in Muslim countries. Everyone keeps talking about this apology tour and apologies from the president and I'm trying to find

1:31:20 the words I'm sorry, I apologize in any of those speeches which i have the text of all those speeches in front me. None So I think this is pretty funny. It's so childish that it's funny. I have, look at the, doesn't say I'm sorry there's no apology in here and then she pulls out the final sword. Those speeches at all and if you go to factcheck.org which we check in a lot they'll say the same thing they fact-check this and they say this whole area of apology. I don't care what fact checks are! Okay, the back story on this of course is the Republican meme that

1:31:59 began in 2008 where they say that Obama's constantly apologizing for the United States policies and what he does is, of course he doesn't say I'm so sorry. No what he does is downplay some of the policies and says you know we could have done better this is not the way to do it. There are other ways to say to apologize and you can interpret him in different ways too but it seems that for some reason it really gets the goat of some of the liberals out there and obviously Soledad is like signed on Obama bot. You think? No doubt about it yeah really she is like just irked by this whole thing because the words that

CHAPTER 31 / 44 Discussion

Insider Attacks, Green on Blue, CNN Taliban Interview

NATO has rebranded "green on blue" incidents as "insider attacks" following the deadliest year for coalition members killed by Afghan allies. CNN aired an interview with a man claiming to be a former police officer who killed U.S. soldiers in 2009 after they removed their body armor in a school. The hosts express skepticism regarding the interview's authenticity and the logistics of soldiers removing armor in unsecured locations.

afghanistan· nato· green on blue· insider attacks· taliban· cnn

1:35:05 which now has a new name and we've got to track this. This report... Good, because the old name wasn't working! No the old name wasn't working so we've now changed it to something else Hi there Alex it is a very disturbing trend and its been the deadliest year for insider attacks 51 NATO coalition members have died this year alone from these insider attacks that's up from 35 in all of 2011 And before that 2007 and 2008 there was a grand total coalition soldiers who died from these insider attacks. This one today occurred in Zabal province in southern Afghanistan and it seems from local officials that they may have been duped by the police, the police were at a security checkpoint according to one Afghan official they said that they were under attack and called for help from these American service members when they came some

1:35:55 At least one turned his weapon on the American service members and killed four of them wounding at least two others. According to the Taliban, of course they're taking the claim responsibility for the attack They say it's to avenge this anti-Islamic movie that has caused outrage in the muslim world but they will always try to claim responsibility for any nato coalition deaths in the country should also mention two other nato service members were killed yesterday and helmand province they were british soldiers by the same kind of insider attack again uh... it was just tell this woman drink less coffee for god's sake she was trying to rush a bit there wasn't she trying get everything into her report yeah, the insider attacks

1:36:37 I mean, someone on the chat room is saying... What is the chat room here saying? Green on blue attacks Joyce Riley's line will you ever give credit. Now what the hell does that mean? I don't know what that is anyway so it's not green on blue anymore its insider attacks and I'm not sure why it's been well besides the fact that you know green on blue wasn't catching on but insider attacks I think it's going to be used for something else there's a reason for this There's a reason and in CNN, they got one of these insiders and they interviewed him. He has the term green on blue They use that when a supposed ally or friend of NATO forces for some reason kills troops training him You're about to see and hear the voice of man who says he killed Americans He says he went on patrol with US troops took his gun and shot them So they interviewed this guy? And didn't turn him over to authorities

1:37:34 Really? Yes! This is ridiculous. Yeah, you want to hear the reports like 40 seconds. I wanna hear this guy even though I believe this is probably bull crap but... Of course it's bull crap. ...asked him simply why he did it Why'd you do it? In a Taliban controlled village Is a man who claims to be responsible for green on blue attack With his face covered to hide his identity He pulls out his police uniform Something he hasn't worn since the attack On the 2nd of October 2009 On patrol with US forces in Wadak province in central Afghanistan, this father of two says he waited for an opportunity to launch his premeditated attack. The Americans went inside the nearby school for a break he explains They took off their body armor and put their weapons down At that moment I thought it was the right time so I took my gun and shot them See first of all I don't believe this

1:38:31 I've been in Iraq, not Afghanistan but you are not taking your body armor off anywhere and especially if you're not inside the camp. You're inside some kind of school. Yeah it's also inconvenient! It is not very convenient. I'm trying to understand...I think its very obvious people are like you're in my country get the F out So I understand why this is happening, but it's weird. This has got to be used for something that keep amping it up we've got a better slogan now insider attacks so this is going to come... We're going to know what this is about sooner than later but right now it's a mystery why this continues to happen? Why they allow it to happen and why you know this reporting continues the way it has? It's in The Red Book yeah good uh I got a couple of things a little different

CHAPTER 32 / 44 Discussion

Yosemite Hantavirus Outbreak, Curry Village, National Park Factions

An outbreak of hantavirus at Yosemite National Park's Curry Village has resulted in three deaths and thousands of potential exposures. The hosts discuss the conflict between "Greens" who want to limit tourism and "douchebags" seeking high-end luxury accommodations like the Ahwahnee Hotel. They suggest the virus outbreak may be leveraged by factions wanting to replace affordable tent cabins with more profitable lodging.

yosemite· hantavirus· curry village· national park service· mice· tourism

1:39:22 In fact, I have a... well actually we have some really discrepant clips here but let's get the one that is a little lighter. Play this one will be interesting to you play Yosemite 1 Oh, let me guess. It's about my favorite camp! Yosemite has become an international treasure with nearly 4 million visitors annually 20% of them international tourists We saw a black bear but no mice But this summer mice posed the greatest risk after an outbreak of rare rodent-borne disease hantavirus left three people dead five sickened, and nearly 29 thousand others at risk of exposure according to the National Park Service. We have protected them good! This is believed to be the site of most of the infections Curry Village and its cluster a 504 tent cabins in Yosemite's lower valley Hey wait a minute I thought it was rats and not mice

1:40:15 No, no it's mice. It's mice? Okay. Because they've now... Curry Village! Curry Village! Yeah I know! CURRYYYY!!! It used to be in my family until some boneheads sold it for some trinkets and was actually... Not anymore. So apparently nobody gives a crap. They're mostly international tourists and they had these Germans and all these people And I just thought this was kind of interesting Yosemite clip too. ...warnings prominently posted throughout the park Park traffic and tourism remains robust. Did you know that there was a virus here before you came to Yosemite? Yes, we did. We had heard quite a bit in the news and everything. But these German tourists here celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary are undeterred they say they live through the European swine flu epidemic

1:41:04 And they'll certainly live through this. You have to be careful, yes? You have to wash your hands but I think you do it anyway! Just do not lick the mice that is very simple if you lick the mice you can get the virus is that good?! So this to me and we've been over this there's multiple factions at work here one... We're out of NHK Japan by the way thank you who make the spark plugs these So there's warring factions here. On one side we have the Greens and they want all tourism out, all of it just altogether and I've been to Camp Curry many times, I've had family reunions there, I've been to Yosemite in that entire area and I feel that particularly for the access roads they have

1:41:55 The tourism is out of control. You've got that upscale hotel, what is it? The Walla Walla Wakawana? Awani. The Awani Hotel. Rooms $1,000 a night. Beautiful place! Yeah but its filled with douchebags John It's like a W hotel in the National Park I can't afford to get it we talking about so but you've got that this is this is the whole point. You've got the douchebags there they're always full its a thousand bucks and night and then you have camp curry where you got the log cabins for thirty bucks, no you know it's very obvious that we also have you know this playing out of like you know we gotta get we gonna put hotel there we got rid of the log cabins get rid of the camping ground

1:42:44 So I think it's these two factions. It's the Greens who want everybody out and it's the douchebags who want to have more high-class luxury crap because they're just full, they need more rooms essentially. That's what I think and what's the best way is... I think that theory as valid as anything yeah I mean it sounds right to me They keep propagating In fact claim it was the douchebag versions of the tents in village have the two walls where they were mice were hiding out between the wall and it's upscale douchebag version of scale tense which i think is forty dollars a night

CHAPTER 33 / 44 Discussion

John McCain, Admiral Mike Mullen, Israel-Iran Policy

Senator John McCain and Senator Kelly Ayotte criticized Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for his public stance on Israel and Iran. McCain accused Mullen of leaking information and failing to present a united front with Israel regarding "red lines" for Iran's nuclear program. The hosts interpret this as a disingenuous political attack intended to empower the pro-Israel lobby and embarrass the Obama administration.

john mccain· mike mullen· israel· iran· kelly ayotte· joint chiefs of staff

1:43:24 whatever. So a couple of things, now here's what I want you to try to tell me what's going on here McCain goes in front of a bunch people New Hampshire and he brings with him some dipshit senator female Senator from New Hampshire and they go after the Joint Chiefs of Staff Oh really? In a big way. Play the McCain, uh, goes after Mullen clip. But most importantly as soon as he left, he leaked to the media that's what he has done. What message do the Iranians get when our senior military leader says that he was in Israel not to tell Israel we're with them.

1:44:07 that we will draw red lines together, that if the Iranians cross those we will do whatever is necessary. But comes back and says well I tried to convince the Israelis not to attack Iran what message did the Iranians get from that? I think it's pretty obvious i've been very disappointed in our uniformed leadership It's very unfortunate because in other ways they've gotten themselves involved in areas that they shouldn't as well. You want to say anything? Yeah, you know so I understand what he is talking about but what your question specifically about this What is trying to accomplish? Oh, well. He just wanted Obama ran because he made a joke about it some time ago Well you know yeah his bris is scheduled for this weekend So he needs to uh he needs to keep the the pro-israel talk going The guy is paid by some influential Israeli lobby all he does is talk about this the whole time play the second part so I get a bigger picture

1:45:10 I would just add to what John said about the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He actually came before the Budget Committee after the first time, Senate Budget Committee, and he did this issue with Iran twice and I gave him a really hard time before our committee about it and I said why did you do that? Why did you publicly basically say what conversations were having with one of our closest allies that actually would empower Iran and he kind of backed off but then he did it again recently. So I have to say that when i see the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reports to the President of The United States, so when he does that, hes not doing that unilaterally this is obviously the policy of the administration and thats whats most disappointing

1:45:54 Allies need to know that we are with them and that we can have those conversations, very honest conversations in direct that aren't going to be leaked so that we're not empowering our enemies like Iran. And I think unfortunately we've seen a repeated pattern of that. So we don't know who the woman is because she's very irritating? No she's Kelly. Just look up the Senate, the senators from New Hampshire and she's the one female one. well so it's very obvious this is the ongoing war when is a rare we declared war on iran and in iraq and i mean isn't like a door enemy or any me any me any me me what what yes yes they declare yes of course we have this is mccain uh... romney yes of course that you listen to this douchebag netanyahu at day attack does something to give him anything reasons for this elicit was trying to get background no i understand your eyes are getting me

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

Iran Nuclear Timeline, Benjamin Netanyahu, Strait of Hormuz War Games

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran is six to seven months away from having 90 percent of the material needed for an atomic bomb. Meanwhile, 25 countries are participating in large-scale war games in the Strait of Hormuz. The hosts analyze the "90 percent" rhetoric as a meaningless metric designed to maintain a state of perpetual alarm, noting that Netanyahu has made similar claims for over a decade.

iran· israel· benjamin netanyahu· strait of hormuz· nuclear weapon· rt

1:46:51 they haven't attacked us have they attacked us? They declared war on us. They're brown and they live in the sand this is enough. This is enough! The Brown live in the sand then control oil, that's enough bomb them and RT is jumping on this bandwagon and listen very carefully because this is what Netanyahu says as well about how far Iran is from a nuclear weapon. Britain's one of 25 countries taking part in the 12-day exercise in the Strait of Hormuz, in the largest war games ever undertaken... Now this by the way it propaganda you have to understand RT is making it sound like that British Armada I think they have five ships

1:47:38 What really does the UK have? 25 countries, yeah some guys sent like you know their cigar boats. Some guys sent like they're dinghy You know is this is war games sure in the region now This comes as fears grow that Israel it's preparing to launch a preemptive strike against Iran's alleged covert nuclear weapons program now Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that Iran's six to seven months away from having ninety percent of what it would need to create an atomic bomb. Okay, all right help me understand this Six months away To have 90% Of what it would take to have an atomic bomb that means they've got nothing That's what it says They got nothing It gets six months to be not so you need I think in order to Have the the bomb You'd have to have a hundred percent

1:48:32 They have no... Six months from 90%. Why are people just going, oh boy that sounds pretty dangerous? I mean they're giving you the actual numbers. It means nothing! Yes I don't know, it's just annoying. There is something else going on that Israel really has got an itchy trigger finger about and i have no idea what this is but obviously none of this bull crap. Netanyahu has been saying that Iran is very close to a nuclear weapon for 10 years

1:49:07 this is not new it's just you know now with uh... with romney in the game and his buddy ronnie that they had to be shared a cubicle together at uh... boston consulting group mean these guys are go away way back um... he's just getting more more attention more ink and i have been very disappointed when we're on his body ronnie doesn't get elected well you know i still think that someone's got some of their sleeve and they've got six weeks to do it and i can't wait to say Here's well here's something do you think ooh, do you think was President Obama ever in the Boy Scouts?

CHAPTER 35 / 44 Discussion

Boy Scouts Pedophilia Scandal, Sea Scouts, Knot Tying

The hosts briefly touch upon the emerging scandal regarding "perversion files" and pedophilia within the Boy Scouts of America. Adam Curry shares his experience as a Sea Scout in Holland, discussing the various knots he learned, such as the sheepshank and the slipknot. They contrast the wholesome image of scouting with the "pedo bear" reality of the reported abuse cases.

boy scouts· sea scouts· pedophilia· merit badges· knot tying· holland

1:49:45 I would doubt it. Isn't this amazing? I'm just loving this report about the Boy Scouts, you know and... Do you understand how huge this is really about the Boy Scout and how underreported this is going to be? Well I'm sure it's gonna be under reported because everybody in their system has been a boy scout. It's actually pretty large operation, I'm surprised there's not more of this going on just based on the numbers. Well we don't even know actually what's going on but you know we're just getting a little tip of the reporting

1:50:39 The pedo bear man. This thing is just so out of control. You know I was in the Boy Scouts, you go out and camp in the woods it's just about it did you get any merit badges? yes I did. for what? knot tying one thing yeah, yeah I was a... what i find disappointing is that I got a merit badge for not tying which everybody does I can't tie knots anymore oh really? I wonder..I think it's a skill like kind of like spreadsheets now I can do it and I was the sea scout and I can tie... the sea scouts huh? I was the high-end Scouts

1:51:15 You're always on a boat. Well the Sea Scout, in Holland you pretty much have the Sea Scouts because you know you're in the sea so might as well but I can tie...I could do the shank and I can do this slipknot and I can do the slip knot in one-and-a-half seconds. Sounds like dances! Yeah he's doing the shank yeah I can do this you know and but the slipknot I can literally do it one-and-a-half seconds Huh yeah you kept up your skills. Yeah and I can do the uh what's the one if your mast breaks and you have to have a knot in the middle, and then three for the guide line. Broken mast knot? Yes! The broken mast three guide wire knot i'm very good at that one. The sheep shank there you go sheep shank I can do I betcha I can still do those

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Richard Branson, Virgin Money, Green Shoots Economy

Richard Branson appeared on Bloomberg to promote Virgin Money, using the "green shoots" metaphor to describe a potential economic recovery. The hosts dismiss Branson as a "front man" for hedge funds and criticize his "babbling" performance, which included references to "potential icebergs." They compare his rhetoric to that of Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke from 2008, labeling it "new age crapola."

richard branson· virgin money· bloomberg· green shoots· northern rock· hedge funds

1:52:02 Meanwhile Richard Branson who I'm now more convinced than ever is nothing, he's no more than a spokesman shill. I don't think the guy has a business bone in his body He's been sent out you know he's a banker now a bankster as Virgin behind that guy and oh huge money You know I feel this same way about him that he's just kind of a yeah, he's a front man Yes But who's the real power behind? It's a bunch of hedge funds and so they bought Northern Rock essentially which now has become Virgin Money. And so he is in America and he is on Bloomberg

1:52:41 and talking, you just gotta listen to this. He's on Bloomberg television which is only meant for one audience which is people who are in the financial sector and Richard Branson is insane. Looks increasingly treacherous you've got investments that really span the globe many many different sectors what your overall feeling about what we are going through about what Europe is going through in Asia right now? I'm always an optimist, but I like to think that amidst all this pessimism that's around there are green shoots now. There's green shoots John! And you know that I just sort of feel like maybe the corner is just beginning to turn and

1:53:29 And with a final push we can start climbing out of the stagnation that we've already got into over the last few years. So you can see lots of Potential icebergs ahead, but I'd like to think that maybe the corners turned. Maybe we can find it We're finally clawing our way out. Potentialized folks? What is this guy sounds like he's a babbling idiot He's insane! He's insane! Green shoots...we're crawling out of the abyss The tipping point-We're just around the corner Don't worry couple of icebergs ahead But we're okay You're INSANE Richard Branson

1:54:14 Insane! And why is he doing this? I mean, he should just do what he always does and jump off a building to launch a product. Repel down... He did that well for years He's insane and he just, I don't know. They've just sent him out maybe they're so worried about the... Well they didn't give a very good briefing on this meeting. And he's da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da- Hey Branson boy go out there and tell everyone about the green shoots. What is a green shoot? I don't know it was something that the Obama administration used two years ago they were talking about remember and Timothy little Timmy Geithner was talking about green shoots, and Bernank the Bernank the Ben Bernank

1:55:14 Was talking about the green shoots. This was two three years ago these people were using I don't remember it at all The green shoots yeah Yes, we see great We see green shoots in the economy and the guys like living in 19 uh in 2008 Green shoots then he said people are potentialized or something like that. I don't know what you some new age crapola What he was talking about? He's sad! The guy is insane Okay, I got the clip of the day you gotta get it queue it up because you when you play this clip You're gonna have to say oh okay. Okay? I don't know where you got that Dvorak But uh I'll give a clip for the day cuz you're demanding it and it is pretty damn good clip Hillary What is it Hillary Hillary Oh come on? I have the same clip

CHAPTER 37 / 44 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Myanmar Sanctions, Aung San Suu Kyi

Hillary Clinton met with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Washington D.C. to discuss the removal of economic sanctions against Myanmar. The hosts highlight a clip of Clinton describing the meeting as "too delicious to believe," which they find unsettling. The visit marks a significant shift in U.S. diplomatic relations with the formerly isolated Southeast Asian nation.

hillary clinton· myanmar· burma· sanctions· aung san suu kyi· washington dc

1:55:58 plant it's almost too delicious to believe my friend that was a talker to her uh... her little lover up there in the You know what they brought her into Washington. Yeah and the woman came into Washington and this too delicious thing was just too much for me, but they brought her in here at to get...and apparently she came here to beg did pull all the sanctions that we have on Burma and she was in there whining she said look I'm here I am can we pull these sanctions? They're killing us!

1:56:35 And Hillary's going, I don't know it's just great that you're here. It's too delicious i say! Almost too delicious to believe my friend. If if... Keep that as a permanent thing. Oh yeah no definitely if you hear someone say that to you run in the other direction. I don't think that's good there's a very very frightening thing to hear from her. I was frightened when I heard it delicious? It is delicious my friend Hey, I think something's heating up with Russia as Russia has basically kicked USAID out of the country. Did you follow this at all?

1:57:17 I heard about it but don't know the background. Well USAID of course is pretty much, well it's a part of the State Department and this what in Egypt and all these countries that where techno experts work and its giving you aid but essentially... It's economic hitman system. Yeah! Its economic hitmen, spies, techno experts and Putin said get out October 1st get out. Just get out! We're sick of you getting out, you're causing trouble and I'm sure they are behind all those little marches Of course they are that's why they have to get out! Yeah, Garry Kasparov Get out! You should kick him out too while their at it Let's get out i am sick and tired of you guys I love it just get out alright enough of yall But we're USAID we need help

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

Hezbollah, US Intelligence Claims, Lebanon Protests

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called for mass protests in Beirut, claiming that U.S. intelligence agencies were behind the "Innocence of Muslims" film to incite sectarian strife. Nasrallah urged supporters to show their "rage" through a serious movement rather than a passing outburst. The hosts speculate whether Nasrallah's actions are actually serving Western interests by providing a pretext for further conflict in Lebanon.

lebanon· hezbollah· hassan nasrallah· cctv· beirut· intelligence agencies

1:58:14 I'm trying to see if there's anything else that's really... I got one. Okay good so let, I thought this was interesting you know there's a lot of protests they're setting up Lebanon because Lebanon is on the list right? Yes yes yes Lebanon is one of the Wesley Clark Seven yeah which sounds like a band from the 60s. Dave Clark Five Wes Clark Seven So the Wesley Clark 7 was Lebanon but we haven't found any reason for Lebanon. But listen to this Lebanon Hezbollah suggests Intel clip. The call by the leader of the Hezbollah party that Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech last night he called for the people of Lebanon to take to the streets, to show the world their anger about this film that they say is insulting

1:59:04 He says that the US intelligence is behind this. He's really been firing up the tensions here and definitely calling for his supporters to come out. The protests will be held in the southern area of Beirut, that's a very big stronghold for the Hizballah party and as we progress it we're going to see more protests across Lebanon So he suggests that US intelligence agencies are behind the phony movie. I think it's possible, but they're doing a better job! Where did that come from? That clip was good. I liked that. Where is it from? That came out of...I think that was CCTV China Very good

1:59:53 And then you can play the second half, which is... I could run either as one or two but it just shows you that Lebanon is falling prey to the scheme. It seems to me and next thing you know all hell's gonna break loose there." Making his first public appearance this year, the influential leader warned that this is only the start The world should know our anger will not be a passing outburst, but the start of a serious movement that will continue at all levels of the Muslim nation to defend the Prophet of God. Hassan Nasrallah called on his supporters to show the world how angry they were. He said, with your faces, your fists and your voices show the world your rage! And we have certainly seen that today as tens of thousands of supporters have taken to the streets in protest. I love the way she's screaming at the top of her lung... She's screaming so i'm now thinking that Nasrallah is actually uh working for us

CHAPTER 39 / 44 Discussion

Intelligence vs Defense Conflict, Google Censorship, Mike Mullen

The hosts analyze a potential conflict between the U.S. intelligence community and the defense establishment, highlighted by Google's refusal to censor the anti-Islam video. They suggest Google's relationship with the NSA allows it to ignore White House requests, while the political attacks on Admiral Mike Mullen indicate a deeper rift between the CIA and the Pentagon. The discussion explores how "national security interests" are being balanced against free speech.

nsa· cia· google· mike mullen· john mccain· national security

2:00:56 There's no reason to stir this stuff up like this unless you're trying to, you know cause a problem well there is another angle and this isn't angle that CNN is highlighting and It's it's almost disgusting the way they bring in these experts to say the following Frederica. We're in uncharted territories here now we know that a couple of random individuals with an axe to grind and and you know an Islamophobic sentiments can launch the kind of wave of violence that we've seen in some parts of the Middle East. Now there's no stopping it, I mean you think this is just...this is just the beginning! People now know that they can get Admiral Mike Mullen to actually give you a call and try to tell you not

2:01:40 upload a video on the internet there are many individuals out there who are going to use this to our advantage and we're gonna have to figure out how to deal with this, how to really balance the freedom of speech with uh... you know that the national security interests of the united states. So this is very interesting one because the meme is here we have to balance balance no less freedom of speech with our national security but in light of the clip you played earlier about mccain there is clearly a movement to embarrass uh... admiral uh... and i think that it must be intelligence community versus

2:02:23 the defense community that it seems like that war is back on again between those two and i kind of make sense knowing that google said hey we are not going to send her this video because of course google is the nsa, i mean they have a relationship thats known its documented Of course they don't tell us exactly what's going on. And so that's why Google says, oh we're not gonna censor that because you know we're the spies! We are intelligence! You can't tell us what to do. Well if there... now Dave is this a battle? Because we've talked about this for years and the battle between the Obama administration and CIA and then there's the DIA which is a huge operation and there's the NSA but

2:03:08 Where does the CIA, DIA... I mean we have yet to get to the bottom of this. What is the real beef going on here? The only thing I can think of is it comes down to budget and money. And why is Mullen, I think its got to do with Iran but why has Mullen... It has to do with Iran or otherwise you wouldn't have the Stooge McCain going after Mullen with an unbelievable disingenuous lack of respect Yeah! ...and the guy's a military guy He's the boss of them

2:03:44 No, I'm talking about McCain a military guy. Oh well yeah not so they say he has shows nothing but respect generally Yeah But he chose zero respect for Muller for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Mullen in particular. I don't know any guy I don't know we just haven't figured it out yet, but We're going to we will figure it out. We're going to for sure, but Mullen seems like a very sensible guy Well there you go that's mistake number one Don't be a sensible guy I'll be wrong. No, there's something you said definitely something in missus got somebody with either a contract or something that didn't go through or something Mullen queered a deal on he may have screwed up something that there was gonna make big bucks

2:04:30 bucks for these guys in the east peace troops screwed the pooch i mean you know who knows but i think it's it's it's we can find out which if we just dig around i'm pretty sure that uh... our producers will will be able to point us in the general direction uh... but it's clear they're out on a warpath from all and um... and its uh... it's mccain it said netanyahu uh... you know malin is knowing agassi's obama's guy So it's just, you know... It's sad is what it is. It's just freaking sad So now in Spain all hell's breaking loose there too which is underreported of course here especially. Would this be because the... Our media does not want to show for people who aren't familiar with some of our philosophies, our media does not want to show a lot of riots around the world because it might give us an idea so better left unsaid. I've got this kind of double clip here

CHAPTER 40 / 44 Discussion

Spanish Railway Privatization, Austerity Protests, Corporatism

Massive protests have erupted in Madrid as the Spanish government moves to privatize the national railway network to generate revenue and balance the budget. Critics argue that privatization will lead to job losses and higher fares, similar to the UK's experience. The hosts characterize the move as "corporatism" or "fascism," where public assets are sold to corporations without providing long-term benefits to the citizenry.

spain· madrid· privatization· austerity· bbc· fascism

2:03:44 No, I'm talking about McCain a military guy. Oh well yeah not so they say he has shows nothing but respect generally Yeah But he chose zero respect for Muller for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Mullen in particular. I don't know any guy I don't know we just haven't figured it out yet, but We're going to we will figure it out. We're going to for sure, but Mullen seems like a very sensible guy Well there you go that's mistake number one Don't be a sensible guy I'll be wrong. No, there's something you said definitely something in missus got somebody with either a contract or something that didn't go through or something Mullen queered a deal on he may have screwed up something that there was gonna make big bucks

2:04:30 bucks for these guys in the east peace troops screwed the pooch i mean you know who knows but i think it's it's it's we can find out which if we just dig around i'm pretty sure that uh... our producers will will be able to point us in the general direction uh... but it's clear they're out on a warpath from all and um... and its uh... it's mccain it said netanyahu uh... you know malin is knowing agassi's obama's guy So it's just, you know... It's sad is what it is. It's just freaking sad So now in Spain all hell's breaking loose there too which is underreported of course here especially. Would this be because the... Our media does not want to show for people who aren't familiar with some of our philosophies, our media does not want to show a lot of riots around the world because it might give us an idea so better left unsaid. I've got this kind of double clip here

2:05:31 Spain wants to privatize the railroads. Sorry, yeah. The rail workers who protested against possible plans to privatise Spain's rail network elsewhere things went quiet Some services were cancelled as those working on the railways went on strike. There's lots of people on the platform and it is complicated, we'll see what the return journey is like I think that strikes fair they want to privatise the rail sector and I don't think that's right Spain has one of the best high-speed rail networks in the world

2:06:10 The unions fear the government plans to sell off the country's rail operator next year. And this, they believe would mean job losses and a rise in fares Over the weekend thousands of public sector workers and others demonstrated against the Spanish government austerity reforms Oh well this is very obvious This is how it all starts Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Taggart Rail Lines God, I walked into that one. You sure did! That's your own fault man you did that to yourself yeah anyway so the second clip and this is the one that as soon as i heard this part of the report which was pretty long i said oh now there's something it just doesn't make any sense The unions warn of an autumn of protest

2:07:03 But the government here in Madrid shows no sign that it's ready to change its agenda of deep austerity. In fact, towards the end of this month, the economy minister Luis de Guindos will announce yet more economic reforms and they could include plans to privatise the railways Privatising Spain's railways would be a crime for some, but for the government it would provide vital revenue as it tries to balance its budget. A task which is made tougher as the economy here is in recession Tom Burridge BBC News in Madrid Yeah. Okay, well let me just say from a from an economic perspective there is let's say they sell off the railroads they're not gonna get cash no they're gonna get about bunch of accounts receivable for all practical purposes and the promissory notes in stock which is not going to do anything for their budget it's gonna maybe balance some books if you're good bookkeep but it seems to me this is we'll get more revenue when they're not gonna get any revenue from the trains once they sell them as some douchebag why don't they just raise the fare

2:08:07 They want revenue double the price of train tickets. I'll tell you why because in the UK they already figured it out, you privatize and then you raise the fare that's the way to go Yeah, to screw the public and raise fares. And then the government gets no benefit! It's just totally for some corporation, it's a corporatism thing. This is fascism at its base roots Are you confusing Europe's government with an actual body that gives a crap about the people? Please tell me this is not true. I must be dizzy! I go back to when this program started in just before 2008, we're now almost in our fifth year please... Our fifth year coming up October 26th and we hope people would help us out by celebrating with a $51.30 donation. Dvorak.org slash NA

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

Lisbon Treaty, Quantitative Easing, 1857 Depression Comparison

John C. Dvorak compares the current economic cycle to the 1850s, noting that the 1857 depression was delayed by the influx of gold from the California Gold Rush. He argues that modern "quantitative easing" is failing to prevent a crash because the money stays with banks rather than reaching the public. The hosts discuss the undemocratic nature of the European Commission and the potential for a major economic collapse in October.

lisbon treaty· european parliament· quantitative easing· gold rush· depression· 1857

2:08:59 I had just read the Lisbon Treaty and was astounded by the fact that these sovereign nations were going to have a European Parliament with over 700 members who could sit in this Tower of Babel. In fact, the thing looks like the Tower of Babel yet this body cannot bring laws to the floor only the undemocratically chosen Commission can do this! We've always seen this as a takeover and it's a takeover by corporations In fact, I think it's the same corporations who you know BASF and IG Farben. This is all the same thing nothing has changed since World War two except You know you guys got no better television now because we're we're you know We got satellites so you can see our Kardashians Right in the production values have improved much more much more improved So it's the same thing

2:09:52 And I'm reading all the reports now coming out of Europe that really do point to your cycle theory coming to fruition in October, this October in several weeks. What's your feeling? You and Horowitz look at this stuff all the time are you feeling confident it's going to happen because we have either October March or next October Yeah those are the three spots where something bad could happen Well, my thinking currently is that they might be able to stretch it into next year because of the by bringing in more of this quantitative easing. Now it has two effects one it definitely boosts the stock market I mean we're gonna see the Dow Jones hit 14,000 despite the fact that we have no manufacturing everybody's out at work and you know it's just a mess if gas prices are too high I mean there's no reason for this

2:10:45 boom of the stock market. Well yes there is it so the elites can go rob us completely blind before it all crashes and then we're gonna go buy our stuff, grab our houses, grab everything and then then it crashes isn't that system? Yeah that's the way I kind of works whatever the case is they get a market should be boosted and it might get us through October I mean this possibility you have to promise the market is such it's not like really controllable. I mean you can do the quantitative easing thing and pump money in but since they don't, and i've thought about this too because actually thinking may have discussed with the Horowitz on the last DH unplugged that I think right during the show I came up with this I said but the problem is that there you're trying to duplicate what happened in 1850 which should have been a down cycle in the 40 or 80 year cycle that we all like

2:11:43 In 1850 nothing happened and we didn't have a depression until 1857 which would be the equivalent of 2017 in this cycle. And the reason for that was gold, there was 30 trillion dollars in today's money of gold pumped into the economy And that kept the thing at bay. But that's because we found it, that was because of the gold rush and people were digging it out of the ground right? Right and the difference is that it looks the same when you say well quantitative easing was just putting more money into the system which gold was doing at the time. By the way I was blamed for in 1857 when they was deconstructed. In 1857 was a first year that a whole slew of books came out on trying to analyze the depression which now it's very popular to do anyway so

2:12:23 So that all this money went rushing into the system and they're trying to push it into the system now out of forced all the inevitable The difference is and it just dawned on me that the difference back then was the people who got the free money Gold from the ground was the public at large. Yeah, not not banks and more what I'm banks Yeah And now the money's just going into the top, into the banks and we're just saving it. So that's not gonna work to push off the problem unless we give everybody $30,000 or more a pop which I've said before just give free money away the way was done in 1850. I would elect you for president so fast! I mean I'd like you for President of The Fed...I mean he would be my guy. I just want my 30 grand Dvorak hand over say right

CHAPTER 42 / 44 Discussion

Silver Market, JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon Investigation

Adam Curry advises listeners to buy physical silver, predicting the price could rise to $60 as JP Morgan Chase faces investigations and lawsuits. He suggests the bank has massive paper exposure to silver that it cannot fulfill with physical delivery. The discussion highlights Jamie Dimon's "London Whale" derivative loss and the perceived animosity toward him within the broader banking community.

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2:13:11 exactly and everybody who voted for me would get thirty grand. They're not going to do that! And hookers and blow, come on roll it out! This is gonna fail Well of course because the quantitative easing is buying up mortgage-backed securities which are just a bailout of the banks Exactly Yeah It's a scam Hey wait a minute we're being ripped off All right, so here's how you can make some money. You want my tip? You've given your analysis now here is my tip go out and buy as much silver as you can I'll tell you why JP Morgan has pretty much the market on silver on paper if they would ever have to actually deliver they can't deliver I don't think there's enough silver in the universe for them to deliver

2:14:05 And they are now being investigated. And I think JPMorgan Chase is targeted, for whatever reason, whatever they've done maybe it's just Jamie Dimon as an a-hole and i think that could be enough because everyone he so smug and you know now has kind of gotten in trouble. I think they've been targeted and this is the bank that is going to go down first in the economic collapse, whether it's October or March or next October. And they will not be able to deliver on all their silver futures and if you hold silver... Of course I would say it'd better to hold it physically but maybe there are some... You can answer that John, if they're stocks or mining stocks or ETFs or whatever you're supposed to have. I think silver could easily go to 60 from its 34-35 where is today. What do you think?

2:14:59 I think you have to look at what would happen if they were forced to deal with the silver that they have contracts for. I don't know, I'd have to think about it. Yeah, your theories on precious metals are always pretty accurate for some unknown reason It's not based on expertise! That's for sure A lot of people get one hair up their butt Yeah, which is then to get really good at one thing about like you know still be somebody that really knows the auto industry and when to invest in when they sell there's a couple guys that are just Apple stock guys That's all they do. They right now when to buy when the cell when to buy I want to sell it It's all they care about right and they're good at it

2:15:37 And what is... I trust your judgment after the gold run up. Yeah, well gold is now we're back at 1770-1772. It's somewhere there. It's back and remember I said it was a buying moment of course I had no money to buy anything but at least I said it yeah No that's good somebody did I'm sure. Oh I always love it when our producers you know hand over like a little sliver of gold that's always nice You know and I tuck it away I'm like this is great you know I'll have it. Now we've got our shavings, not savings but shavings. Shavings and anyway okay well we'll keep an eye on this whole thing. Yeah but the silver thing is based on two things i think it was probably Max Kaiser who led me down to understanding that JPMorgan Chase has this huge exposure to silver

2:16:33 And if you just look at what's happening everywhere in the financial press, they're talking about JP Morgan Chase big investigation, big lawsuit. They're setting aside money for the fines they are going to have to pay and I think just combined with the fact that Jamie Dimon he already had that big whale who blew it on some derivatives in London. I think the rest of the banking community just hate him! just are just like this because they're all evil but they hate him so much that we're going to take you down. I think that's what is going on and they will if you get enough of these people, they will and then that silver market will just pop up and it could go to 60 and its cool because you can get in relatively cheap if you have any dough. You know people should watch the movie The International? We've talked about this yeah with BCCI

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No Agenda Episode 445 Outro and Sign-off

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conclude the episode by thanking their producers and encouraging listeners to support the "value-for-value" model. Curry signs off from Chicago while Dvorak bids farewell from Silicon Valley. They announce their intention to return for the next show on Sunday, potentially from "Camp MoFo," and reiterate their claim as the "best podcast in the universe."

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2:22:37 Plenty of stuff to look into looking forward to our producers Sending us as much information as possible certainly on what we're on the things that were investigating Go to know a gen the news network calm post something there or put in your favorite RSS feed and please help us out Dvorak org slash na We are really going to the mat for you particularly on these road shows And we continue to hit everyone in the mouth so we appreciate your support Right? Right, and we do appreciate the emails that we get occasionally from some of our producers that say you know I can't listen to the mainstream media anymore. I just start shouting at the TV. Well welcome... Welcome to The Club! That's how it rolls. Coming to you from President Obama's back porch almost here in Chicago in Illinois I am Adam Curry in the morning to y'all

2:23:35 And from Northern Silicon Valley, where the uh... It's starting to get wintry I see. Nuts! I'm John C. Dvorak We'll be back and we'll talk to you again on Sunday Hopefully from Camp MoFo but certainly right here on No Agenda The best podcast in the universe! It's almost too delicious to believe my friend dvorak dot org slash