Episode 457 · Thursday, 1 November 2012

Giblet in EUROLand

A presidential flight jacket and a four-billion-dollar galaxy far, far away collide as the East Coast grapples with the meteorological and political fallout of Hurricane Sandy.

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About this episode

President Barack Obama appeared in Wisconsin wearing a souvenir-style Air Force One flight jacket to project military leadership during the Hurricane Sandy state of emergency. This calculated political imagery coincides with physicist Michio Kaku’s appearance on CNN, where he detailed the unprecedented collision of three air masses that created the 800-mile-wide storm. While the administration manages the optics of the disaster, conspiracy theorists and insurance adjusters are already navigating the fallout of property damage and potential fraud across the Jersey Shore.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano used the utility outages to lobby for increased cyber security funding at a Washington Post symposium, citing questionable Norton data claiming $114 billion in annual cybercrime losses. Meanwhile, Rachel Maddow and General Electric are advocating for a national stimulus to bury power lines, even as thorium nuclear reactors are proposed as a more resilient alternative to the gas plants that exploded during the surge. In Greece, journalist Costas Vaxevanis faces imprisonment for leaking the Lagarde List of 2,000 alleged tax evaders, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Kosovo to solidify Western interests in regional energy pipelines.

Author Brian Evenson breaks down the specific Mormon cadence in Mitt Romney’s speech patterns that mirrors LDS general authorities. The Red Cross and UNICEF face scrutiny over administrative overhead compared to direct community aid, while George Lucas hands the keys of the Star Wars universe to Disney in a massive four-billion-dollar acquisition. The segment concludes with a look at the Belgian prison system’s security failure after a chaplain lost a master key to 180 cells.


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CHAPTER 01 / 39 Discussion

Obama Campaigning in Air Force One Flight Jacket

Barack Obama appeared in Wisconsin wearing a leather Air Force One flight jacket while campaigning during a state of emergency. The attire is described as a souvenir-style jacket complete with patches, drawing comparisons to military leadership. The choice of clothing is framed as a calculated political image for a president during a time of crisis.

barack obama· air force one· flight jacket· wisconsin· campaign trail· david petraeus

00:00 All the girls get together with your dead body in the middle. Adam Curry, John C. DeVore Act. That's Thursday November 1st 2012 time for your Gidmo Nation Media Assassination episode 457 This is no agenda Wearing my Air Force One flight jacket for maximum effect here in the capital of the drone star state, Austin. Tate house in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where it's raining here but not like its raining there I'm John C Dvorak Yeah...I was just watching The President he is in Wisconsin with his Air Force One flight jacket

00:40 Does it say Air Force One on it? It says Air Force One. You know, its like a leather flight jacket. Its a souvenir! A souvenir jacket. But its got all the patches on and everything...its the perfect outfit. What does he have patches for? What has he got patches for as president? Yeah. What would be wearing? Was he hanging out with Petraeus? This is what they do this is what our presidents do in time of emergency we gotta dress up a little bit come on this is what I expect from my president So, uh you were a little wrong on this storm theory. Oh now it's just me! Who started off with the turn left thing?

CHAPTER 02 / 39 Discussion

Michio Kaku Explains Hurricane Sandy Meteorological Collision

Physicist Michio Kaku appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper to explain the unique formation of Hurricane Sandy as a collision of three distinct air masses. The storm resulted from a tropical hurricane merging with an Arctic jet stream and a western storm, creating a massive weather system 800 miles across. Kaku noted that current computer simulations struggle to model such complex three-way atmospheric collisions accurately.

michio kaku· hurricane sandy· anderson cooper· jet stream· global warming· computer simulations

01:17 Please, please. Well we got strained out about the left turn which was pretty funny because if you saw it in a stop action it goes and turns left You know I gotta make... It's like a hook A good hook in a bowling alley is like wow! The best explanation came from ummm..you know the guy that I liked? That crazy scientist who always talk...the Asian guy with white hair Yeah? Uhhh...Mishu Kaku The guy who's the string theory guy? Yeah, I think that's the guy. He was on with Anderson Cooper and this is the first time someone actually gave a good explanation on television That's right! The hurricane from hell. See, I like this guy. The hurricane from hell. Speaker's just a tad lower John if you can just a tad...just little bit

02:03 Well, you're screaming into it. Well I'm excited! You know? I'm happy to see you. It was created by a collision of three large air masses creating an animal that we've never seen before We've never seen it Right first you had an animal... It was an animal and we've never seen it Ordinary hurricane off the coast of Florida Then you have the jet stream coming in from the Arctic going all the way down to Florida colliding with this hurricane. And then you have another storm coming in from the West, The merger of three large air masses created a new animal A new animal? The likes which we've never seen before It is fascinating Yeah He's leaving out the fourth element which was one of the key elements of the whole thing which was the high tide

02:45 Yes, indeed. Well that's really what did everybody in. Because when you... It was a super high tide and he left out the fifth one, a full moon. Ooh! Exactly Which was pulling the tide worse So you ended up with this whole bunch of... With this apparently a fort, now here's what bothers me about what we did when we missed on our discussion is that there were apparently and Buzzkill Jr. pointed this out to me there was apparently a big rift between the meteorologists going on Oh yeah! And the crackpot meteorologist which we should have sided with all said

03:20 that there was going to be a 14-foot sea wall which is gonna hit New York like it's not with the force of a tsunami but but is going just hit and flood the town right what you did including the subway system which is going to be out now I guess until November well listen It is November, yeah. But listen to Mishu's uh... Mishi Bukake the rest of his explanation because he kind of goes into that. Looked at you know oh it was a cat one hurricane on paper that doesn't look so bad You can use the ordinary nomenclature hurricanes are smaller and faster this was humongous eight hundred miles across and velocities are much lower

04:01 But the amount of energy stored in it was huge because of the warm water from the Caribbean fed by the energy from the jet stream. And this is a very unusual pattern that caught scientists off guard. Was there any way to better prepare for it? It's hard to predict these things, because first of all you have the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico heating up possibly due to global warming and thats the basic energy... That's just the beginning of it. It drives all these hurricanes, but then you have... He does say possibly I give him points for saying possibly. The energy difference between that and the Gulfs the jet stream coming in from the Arctic colliding with it What did you find most? I mean from a scientific standpoint most interesting about it most surprising

04:45 Most surprising is our computer simulations are not good at modeling the collision of two air masses. Here we had three air masses being collided at the same time... Oh, but we can predict global warming! ...and so we were basically... Possible global warming? ...powerless to give an accurate computer simulation of the collision of these three air masses Before we went on-air, we were just talking about some things that have gone wrong in New York That crane which is dangling The NYU Medical Center, the backup generator not working And you're pointing out it's just little things Little mistakes that are made that can have a big impact mother nature is showing us who's really boss. Yeah, I like that That's what I like Mother Nature is showing you whose ball species? That's what's going on here yeah Well we were you know the thing is though if you look at the reporting now today in fact this came in just on US news This morning all the crackpots and I don't want to be a part of this now

CHAPTER 03 / 39 Discussion

Hurricane Sandy Conspiracy Theories and Insurance Fraud

Conspiracy theorists and outlets like InfoWars have claimed that the Obama administration engineered Hurricane Sandy to influence the upcoming election. A separate discussion details how individuals in flood-prone areas like New Jersey sometimes exploit insurance claims for profit. One anecdote describes a former insurance adjuster who intentionally induced car accidents to collect medical and repair payouts.

barack obama· hurricane sandy· infowars· insurance fraud· chris christie· haarp

05:38 All the crack parts are saying, uh... headline. Conspiracy theorists say Obama engineered Hurricane Sandy Oh please! See I don't- and I was very careful Who comes up with this crap? Uh let me see Info Wars Intel Hub Conspiracy News How can people keep listening to these phonies Yeah well I mean yo I'm just as big on harp as the next guy I will say this My goodness, what a coincidence. Look at how... I mean to me it's like this thing happened the Republicans went you know what give it give it to Obama but give it to him we didn't want that we didn't want the next four years anyway hey Christie just dude make pipe it up. Hey did we just see Christie two years ago?

06:25 We're just doing the same thing, the exact same thing. Now let's talk about this because we discussed this on email a little bit I want to mention it and i put in the newsletter Can I just say up front? I lived in New Jersey for 14 years It seems to flood a lot now Yes when it rains in New Jersey it floods! I mean we have flood plains all over the place And I was not in like Toms River...I was in North Bergen It floods in New Jersey when it rains Well, this doesn't sound right. What do you mean? Well I mean it seems to me...I don't want to sound like a sore loser or anything but it's...I had a friend who lived in the floodplain and he is in the Sebastopol area and he banked on getting flooded

07:22 Every two to three years it would didn't happen every year It was long enough that he could keep his insurance going and every time he got a flood He had a huge claim, and he actually profited from this from this house. We kept rebuilding him home Well, it wasn't rebuilding the home. It was just damage It was mostly you know I don't think anybody lives in a floodplain thinking their house is gonna get wiped out They think the basement's gonna get flooded they're gonna have some mildew problems are gonna have a claim right And that's what he did every year. He'd have some claim, his whole garden got wiped out so he had to get landscaping one year and then another thing was one thing after another it never ended and he used to work as an insurance adjustor So he knew the game? He knew the game in fact once he told me this is a tip for anybody out there

08:10 He says you go drive around in a... I've never done any of this by the way, but he told me some of these tricks. But this is a good one He says the best thing in the Oakland area was that people would drive you to Lake Merritt, which is a place where there's a lot of old ladies driving around. And you'd drive around the lake over and it's a circle and you get in front of a car and spend most your time looking at your rear view mirror if you saw some woman go for her lipstick and start putting lipstick on in the mirror of her own car, you slam down the brakes let her rear end you

08:47 And then you claim there was a dog in the road and then, by the way, the key... He said that this is a tip for everybody out there. He says the key to success in all this is you can't allow yourself to be moved from the car I can't move my neck My neck just say that and make an ambulance pick you up and take you to the hospital Well what can I say we're not that smart in New Jersey We just go like okay little room Right! Yeah The New Jerseys guys would never do anything like that So of course, now let's just say a friend and yet we're laughing. Obviously it's sad and I'm really saddened because what I think is happening as this unfolds before us is we are seeing the actual collapse of society as we know it. Now it's really taking place now you're seeing it. I have a lot of friends who live in Tom's River which is right down there by the Jersey Shore but it's really behind the islands

CHAPTER 04 / 39 Discussion

Looting Reports and Social Collapse Following Hurricane Sandy

Reports of widespread looting in New York and the Jersey Shore have emerged following Hurricane Sandy, though mainstream media coverage is criticized for being sparse. Michael Moore appeared on Piers Morgan's program to discuss the rising tensions and physical altercations among citizens fighting for resources like bus transport. Moore argued that public anger should be directed at climate change and those contributing to CO2 emissions rather than at the storm itself.

hurricane sandy· looting· jersey shore· michael moore· piers morgan· climate change

09:43 And so they got flooded, their basements are flooded. Not the first time not the second time not the third time but the basements are flooded but they were evacuated They came back and it was a mess But you know what it was a mess from John? Not just from flooding...from looting See now that hasn't been well reported. At all, at all! There is tons of... They just don't want to report it I mean that's funny you bring this up because when i was looking at some of these guys there was a guy who said I'm staying here because I'm going to protect my property and this is all I've got And it was, you know this house was fine. It looked like to me except that it was a mess and obviously the basin was flooded but he wasn't going to be evacuated and I thought to myself if this is in San Francisco they won the World Series by the Giants and they had looting. In the Bay Area they'll do looting at the drop of a hat! No...it's crazy why did people? That's what I mean This is collapse of society and there was looting going on in New York

10:44 There was tons of looting. There had to be yeah but it's well on the one hand of course you know if you report it then it hypes it but they hype everything else, Yeah but they didn't have any trouble reporting looting in New Orleans with black people taking some food from a store true um but I just see how How helpless people have become and entitled people have become in these situations where it's like neighbors aren't helping each other out anymore. In fact, here this little piece my favorite our favorite guy Michael Moore

11:22 was on with Pierce Moran and of course Michael Moore has his agenda but he had a very interesting conversation about people fighting in Manhattan to get onto the bus. In your first segment though, your reporter, Jason? Yes. Mentioned that there were people fighting to get on the buses here today and I've noticed other people said this so there's just a little more of an edge today than say there was a few days after 9-11 where nobody would push or shove or yell at anything. He brings in 9-11. Nobody honked horn and I think you know with this

11:58 At least with 9-11, we knew there was an enemy. There was somebody who did this, Al Qaeda and Bin Laden or whatever but who did this? Who did this to me? Why am I... Now listen to Pierce Morgan doesn't pick up on it he changes the topic but Michael Moore will come back to it. Having to walk 10 miles to work fighting to get on this bus where does my anger go? It's not going toward Mother Nature. I'm not really gonna be able deal with with that so do you think from everything you've seen and heard the authorities have done enough will they prepared enough for this well they were prepared but only in the in in the sense that day haven't accepted

12:36 that we are going to have more and more of this because of the climate change. Until they all get together on that, and then work very hard... So where do you go with your anger? You can't be angry at Mother Nature, because that makes no sense, cause it's mother nature! No, you have to be angry at other people who are exuding CO2! Wasteful human resources with a truck. Useless eaters! Yeah, yeah you're driving a car you're useless I'm gonna be angry at you this is the tremendous opportunity that has presented itself here we have uh the Republicans saying whoo finally got an easy way out We didn't want to win anyway so give it to the Democrats give it to Obama The Democrats probably like oh crap now we got it all right well enjoy Obama So he's taking it and dressing up in his flight jacket

CHAPTER 06 / 39 Discussion

Media Push for Power Grid Upgrades and National Stimulus

Media figures including Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow have called for massive infrastructure investment to modernize the American power grid following Hurricane Sandy. Maddow proposed a national stimulus project to bury power lines underground to prevent outages caused by falling trees. General Electric is identified as a primary corporate beneficiary of such large-scale utility and grid modernization efforts.

general electric· brian williams· rachel maddow· power grid· infrastructure· stimulus

16:49 How we can improve our infrastructure like our power grid. To me this storm and the massive power failure should be a clarion call to address our antiquated grid, to better withstand such uncontrollable events. Which GE will bring good things to life! Yeah, GE's good at this. Now play Here's Brian Williams on NBC Oh no is this one or two? This is the 1 Ok Millions of Americans in this part of the country are in the dark tonight. Some of them are packed in mighty tight here in New York City, many of them are along an aging power grid that if we're not careful might finally get a good long look at as we are forced to deal with our aging infrastructure. Aging infrastructure! Okay? Aging just like him now played down here by the way one time is not enough and another

17:43 In a different version of the show, he does it again. The city is separated by one block raises a lot of questions doesn't it about the power grid our aging systems? Oh wow! You know I happen to have one do you have another one because I got one too. I got one more. Alright what's your one more now here's the one where Harry Smith gives a report about the miserable power grid but he can't resist mixing his messages and throwing in a little global warming that was Hurricane Irene Many climate scientists say there is a reason this is happening. We're seeing more and more extreme weather events leading to greater and greater economic damages, and I'm very suspicious that climate change is an important player for many of these. Whatever the reason these storms put the power grid at risk, and for the time being massive power outages are in inevitable reality

18:34 Clark Gellings of the Electric Power Research Institute says building a power grid that can withstand these storms is just not economically feasible. It would be nearly impossible to make the investment that would be necessary, to say we could be 99.999% reliable We make some rationed decisions and we make a few compromises. We do that on behalf of the consumers that are served in the industry because if you were to gold plate the power system, nobody would be able to afford electricity But even a gold-plated power grid might not be able to withstand unprecedented natural catastrophes.

19:25 Here's my favorite and yours, Rachel Madcow. I have a modest proposal how about this? So sometimes power goes out because of transformer explosions or because of inundations of water more frequently power goes out because a tree falls down on the power line How about we do a big stimulus project for the country A big infrastructure stimulus project wherein all of the places where the power went out Because of Hurricane Sandy or something else in the past year Where the power went out because trees fell on the lines Trees are going to fall on the line again How about in all of those places we have a big nationally funded investment in infrastructure to bury the power lines? How about that, that's a bad idea. Well GE certainly would. I have to say a couple things.

CHAPTER 07 / 39 Discussion

Thorium Nuclear Reactors as Sustainable Energy Solution

A proposal is made to accept the science of global warming only if the public also accepts the science of modern thorium nuclear reactors. While gas-fired plants suffered explosions during the recent storm, the majority of nuclear plants functioned safely or shut down as a precaution. Thorium is presented as a sustainable alternative that can reuse waste as fuel, despite public fears stemming from events like Fukushima.

thorium· nuclear energy· fukushima· global warming· sustainability· power plants

20:09 First of all, Harry Smith and I don't have the clip unfortunately because they couldn't find it but there was a couple of clips in fact Buzzkill Jr. screamed out loud when the guy says we've got to get rid of these trees! Okay so I think holy crap they're going after the trees now because they're falling on these power lines and by the way New York City It's all underground power lines. What the hell is she talking about? The reason they shut it down is because apparently they put these things... Here's the question I'll ask you, they can run a transatlantic cable all the way from London, all the way across the ocean although it originally was electrical in terms of its wiring but now it's mostly fiber optics but there is electronics along the way so that thing works. How can they bury a cable under an ocean? But they can't burry the power lines under New York City without worrying about them getting flooded and shorting out Well this kind leads to the point that I was going to make

21:08 You know we had there were several so transformers is a different issue. You know you don't necessarily have all you have I'm not familiar with undersea cables and how they if they have you know transformer stations on the bottom of the seabed but you do have transformer stations that you need and if these get wet then they can explode. But, here's a real fact for you... Well how wet do they have to get because it rains quite a bit? I don't know! I mean I don't know these things but the explosion that took place was a gas-fired electrical plant I will point out that there was an explosion there, that did take out a lot of the grid. But 34 of the 37 area nuclear plants all functioned perfectly didn't shut down three shut down with precautionary measures as you know they were supposed to. I'm now of the mindset John

22:01 I'm going to go all in with global warming, and climate change or whatever the hell you want to call it. I will believe that science as long as you accept the science that thorium nuclear reactors can be perfectly safe as is proven here in this example there was no explosion there was no danger they tried to hype it up a little bit but what actually happened is the gas-fired plant blew up not the nuclear plants And that is what took down the portion of southern Manhattan. By the way, they shut down before anything occurred and just shut everyone off in the southern part of the island Here's an interesting thing I thought was a slip up

22:49 This is Piers Morgan talking about how bad, you know...Piers Morgan I think at some point doesn't even know he's an elite. He's forgotten! Well I don't think he ever knows it. He's an idiot Yeah And he's like a dumb British twit type guy You know? And well he's British So he puts in this crazy thing and as soon as he said it I'm thinking wow there's like we know where the elites of New York live Amazing scenes. New York is very much a city at the moment of two halves, you know in Manhattan on the Upper East where I have an apartment it's pretty normal people going about their normal lives anything below sort of 38th Street is total chaos and blackouts and flooding and clearly where you are just over the water the same kind of scenario so It's really strange kind of double life going on now for New Yorkers but for now Gary thank you very much

23:42 Well, the elites go down. They have their weekend pied-a-terres in the village. You know when they go... Everything is normal! Everything normal? Okay keep calm we're all good up here on the Issa. I can still go to Zabar's That's the Upper West Side same thing. Yeah, yeah But seriously John I mean you know it is so interesting and this is kind of the only takeaway I have from this that People go all in and believe the science will it will blatantly accept the climate change as fact? I mean there's no fighting it you and I can laugh and chuckle and and scoff all we want but There's there's no fighting that

24:22 But when you say, okay well then you need to look at the actual science of nuclear. Today's modern nuclear not 60 year old technology today is modern nuclear it is the actual definition of sustainability You can reuse nuclear thorium waste as fuel again It's a size of football! Its no longer these green vats of goo So that's going to be my mission from now on is to come up with different ways, hit people in the mouth and say I'm so onboard with climate change. Absolutely! Have you looked at the science of nuclear? They go Fukushima man, Three Mile Island man... Yeah? Oh yeah? Do they talk like that? That's exactly how they talk. Man, Fukushima man, like my fish are radiated, I got to get some iodine tablets

25:10 You know, people who listen to this show will even get angry at me for saying this. But that's because you haven't looked at the science! Science I'm telling you... SCIENCE! The science is in! So that's it from now on no more laughing and global warming from me It's all true and uh.. I think the only way out is nuclear Okay Are you on board with this? Are you on board with the program? Yeah Why not?! I don't care Just because you have less years to go? That's not fair. I got a couple decades at the most! I think couple is exactly it... I think about that, like what am i gonna get if I don't get hit by bus and I don't get knocked down by- They have buses in Texas?! Oh yeah, oh yeah they've got buses here. Well I've got like 30 years maybe. I'd be 80. You think I'll make past 80? You think I'll make it 90?

CHAPTER 08 / 39 Discussion

Media Sensationalism of Snowshoe West Virginia Blizzard

News outlets attempted to link Hurricane Sandy to a "freak" blizzard in Snowshoe, West Virginia, to bolster the global warming narrative. Critics noted the irony of reporting on heavy snow at a location that is a known ski resort. The reporter's dramatic presentation of the snow's weight was characterized as an attempt to manufacture a crisis out of a routine seasonal event.

west virginia· snowshoe· blizzard· hurricane sandy· weather reporting

26:08 You think I'm halfway? I'd like to see ya. I-I think it would be fun if you got to 90. Ah, yeah! Hey... Can you imagine me with my Tourette's at 90? It means like... So there's a couple of things I did just to wrap up this thing about the war. There was, they were trying to exact you know before they could get any helicopters in the air so they could actually do real reporting They're trying to make up as much as they could Of course! So they had guys standing in puddles Did you see where the guy was? The guy was in South Jersey like Atlantic City and then the guys came out in bathing suits and were dancing Jumping around That was funny

26:55 But my favorite one was they were showing it, well this global warming thing is creating a blizzard in West Virginia. And so they put the guy in an area... Now I have to say that I would assume by the name of the town that it might actually snow there and other situations other than just crazy confluence of weather It was Snowshoe, West Virginia you know and then it turns out to be a ski resort. It's snowing there, stop the presses! It's snowing in a ski resort that's funny so they tried to make a story out of that which went nowhere and the guy was just a nutnik with his he had this uh he grabbed the snow and he put it against him this is heavy heavy snow the kind that breaks trees

CHAPTER 09 / 39 Discussion

BBC Coverage and the Feminization of American Males

A BBC news clip featuring a man reacting hysterically to a tree falling on a car is used to argue that the American male is being feminized. The segment suggests the BBC intentionally selected this footage to insult American masculinity. The emotional reaction of the man in the video is contrasted with traditional expectations of male composure during a disaster.

bbc· masculinity· hurricane sandy· media bias· gender roles

27:49 But he was up in an area with all these pines that obviously weren't going to put up with a lot. and you kind of touched on it earlier, I wanted to get to it before we change the subject. There was a rundown that I watched this clip is called The Storm Rundown and there was this guy...I don't know if he was the woman's husband who has taken the video but remember that double rainbow guy? Yeah! This womanization of the American male which is epitomized by this clip where the guy watches as trees fall over

28:26 It just almost actually sickened me. I think it's the feminine feminization feminization of the feminism Yeah, this play it I took ground zero Manhattan was plunged into darkness Electricity generators exploded in spectacular fashion Oh Many cars were damaged by falling trees felled by the high winds Okay, hold on a second. This is New York's Lower East Side okay? This is the east village John and you know so this may be kind of typical for the area

29:15 Maybe but I don't think so because this was a neighborhood with a bunch of trees And there was a driveway with the car and it was nothing in the lower With the lower part of Manhattan that has this this. This is somebody in the suburbs He's either in Queens God knows where but this guy was was hysterical right? Okay, you got to play that last part again just to hear just get it burned in your brain Yeah But um yes hold on a second I thought already dumped the guy needs to grow a couple Well, again I think this is the... it just takes me a second before i can fast forward. No, no, I don't think.. This is not... This is just your typical American male in today's world. Oh my God! Many cars were damaged by falling trees felled by the high winds. It hit your car? Oh My God! It hit my car?! No, no, no

30:12 No, I'm sorry. This is not your typical American male. I'm just gonna have to disagree Well you're living in Texas where there's less of them. I live in Austin okay? Well there's lots of them there too This is this is not sure it. You know what I'm just gonna say that I don't think this is your typical male Okay well I was very upset by that clip. The BBC is trying to insult America with that guy screaming like a woman This was a BBC clip Yeah, it's a BBC clip those bastards. That's so funny Well, you know what we're gonna have a fantastic benefit concert. You can know that's gonna come out of it That'll be great forgot your right yeah definitely head. We have alive aid of some sort It's gonna be headline by Bruce Springsteen Bon Jovi the whole yeah She's got to be the head Snooki is going to be there with all of the Jersey Shore crew and And of course I'm gonna collect their crap load of money and they're gonna keep it Yeah well this isn't one thing we do have to discuss

CHAPTER 10 / 39 Discussion

Red Cross Criticism and Failed Haiti Relief Efforts

The effectiveness of large aid organizations like the Red Cross is questioned, specifically regarding the billions of dollars raised for Haiti that failed to improve living conditions. Years after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of Haitians remain in tents facing cholera and starvation. The discussion suggests that direct community aid is more effective than sending cash to large bureaucracies that prioritize administrative costs.

red cross· haiti· disaster relief· bill clinton· george w. bush· charity fraud

31:14 Because no longer, I mean and this is where Mitt Romney made a huge mistake actually. We should play that clip in a second so the way when i was growing up what people needed when something like this happened, because this did happen. I'm old enough to say that I remember when disasters happened in America and we would do a food drive and we'd collect food and then some brave dudes would get in their trucks and they'd drive for five days to wherever the disaster area was And they'd show up and they have the trucks and you know they feed people and give them nutritious stuff and blankets or water exactly the kind of stuff that Clinton and Bush didn't want for Haiti

31:55 We just need cash. I know a lot of people want to send blankets or water, just send your cash And of course we know what happened with Haiti you sent your cash and we still have 300 thousand people living in tents eating dirt with elephantitis and cholera pooping their guts out Which by the way is worse now because apparently the storm wiped out the crops so now there's starvation as the third element Now nobody is doing anything Maybe this is just chop everyone's leg off. You know, it was like hey take this if you can get any worse for you But that's a nice hotel up there in the distance in the hills

32:31 So that's what happens with these aid organizations. And it is so funny because immediately you get the Red Cross out there and no one ever really looks at what Red Cross does. Please, if you investigate what they did in Haiti, yeah we know how to funnel the money and do everything but it just doesn't work that well. But people fall for it and there's all this, you know text Red Cross to 9099 or 9 or 9 or 9. And $10 everybody do it now your consciousness clear but you're not really helping and then enter this whole conversation as the New York Times wrote that big disaster needs big government. This is a conversation worth having

33:14 Because I'm not so sure that this is working out the way it's intended. When I filled out my tax form this year, there was still like five different boxes you could check if you were a victim of Exxon Valdez, a victim of Katrina, a victim of the Gulf, a victim of this, a victim of that then you get to deduct all this money... They can't go on forever! It just can't And when something bad happens and you live in an area where something bad can happen, like here in Texas I can burn the F up. We could have a wildfire and it could burn and that's the risk that I take for living here You live at the Jersey Shore, you can drown At what point do we say okay we cant be bailing everyone out of where they live and things that happen

CHAPTER 11 / 39 Discussion

Mitt Romney Food Drive Controversy and Media Backlash

Mitt Romney faced criticism from MSNBC and BuzzFeed for converting a campaign event into a Hurricane Sandy relief food drive. Reports alleged the campaign purchased $5,000 worth of supplies from Walmart to use as props for the cameras. President Obama subsequently made remarks suggesting that professional organizations like the Red Cross should handle relief, which was interpreted as a slight against Romney's efforts.

mitt romney· msnbc· buzzfeed· food drive· barack obama· campaign 2012

34:03 And is that a crazy thing? Is it crazy for me to think that way, John? No. In fact I think you're probably... Because the thing is they don't bail people out They just throw money at them if they do anything Most of the time they won't even do that and I'm reminded of the thing where I don't have clips on it So we had this situation where Romney's a classic Mormon and did a big food drive I have the clip Do you want the clip Yeah, let me just... Okay. Let me set it up. Set it up. There's a food drive which apparently is not what the big government wants and so Obama has to come out and condemn him essentially

34:40 Well, it wasn't just Obama that came out and condemned him. It was MSNBC who outed him as a fake and a phony And the death count was climbing in New York and elsewhere Traditional political decency dictated that Mitt Romney not be caught campaigning yesterday And so Team Romney hastily rewrote a campaign event into a quote, non-campaign storm relief effort. Thanks to Buzzfeed reporter McKay Coppins we now know exactly how they did that

35:21 BuzzFeed reports, the night before the event campaign aides went to local Walmart and spent $5,000 on granola bars canned food and diapers to put on display while they waited for donations to come in according to one staffer. As supporters lined up to greet the candidate a young volunteer in a Romney Ryan T-shirt stood near the tables his hands cupped around his mouth shouting You need a donation to get in line. Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance with one woman asking, what if we dropped off our donations up front? The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. Just grab something he said. It's one thing to do food drives and another thing for it to be bogative

36:20 How do we know it was bogative? Well, this is on the spot reporting. It was a campaign event that turned into a food drive! Well they couldn't do the campaign event so they might as well have done something with their time I wasn't buying that...I mean I didn't think it had to be filmed There's your key If the media isn't going there does the even still go on? If so then its legit Yeah, but you take the cameras there said well. You're only here because of our camera says no we're here I mean the whole thing it's like a weird sight circle You know it's like yes, we bring your cameras to shoot it so must be phony So wait a minute what if the cameras weren't here would still be going on? Well yeah That's the question you don't it can answer if you didn't have the cameras there I mean this This is light and then Obama comes out and makes a big speech about the Red Cross knows what its doing now They do

37:09 No, but what he said yeah He said the red eat it just to name it at Romney because Romney's figured the same thing out that we figured out which is these These drives for money or just did money never goes to the people right so I? So I guess he had something critical to say. I don't know what it was I missed it But whatever the case was Obama comes on says the Red Cross knows what he's doing Obama Romney should get out of the way Oh, I didn't hear him say that Yeah, but he didn't say Romney should get out of the way. He made the illusion that Romney should get out of the way Wow wow But it doesn't make sense to me because that's not So whether it's government or Red Cross or whoever it is. Well this is where if you remember in Katrina down in the New Orleans area there was all these professional rescue operations that had their boats and everything ready to go and FEMA wouldn't let him in right now the theory at hindsight is that because there were so many dead bodies that we're gonna float to the surface from shallow graves all over the area

CHAPTER 12 / 39 Discussion

Ham Radio Networking and Emergency Preparedness

A new emergency communication network is being established using ham radio frequencies and Echo Link node 775753. The project aims to create a daisy chain of RF repeaters to ensure communication remains possible if traditional cell towers and internet infrastructure fail. Listeners are encouraged to obtain their amateur radio licenses to participate in this decentralized broadcast system.

ham radio· echo link· repeaters· emergency communication· kf5sln· amateur radio

38:07 that it would have been a horrible sight and they didn't want anyone capturing that on the camera. But they still didn't let him in, whatever the case, whatever the real reason because I don't know if the bodies ever did pop up. Around New Orleans I'm sure must've. They must have just been floating everywhere but that's kind of beyond the point. You're talking about the feminization of the American male. We've gotten to this point where, you know something happens and we're like okay Where's my help? You know it's like there's like this self entitlement of all right Well something should be here now And it's and this is ridiculous and I'm outraged and then it's not going the way It's supposed to do this is not the promise I got in sometimes

38:52 Just bad things happen. And you make do and the only thing you have is your community around you, your neighbors and the preparations that you have made. By the way some of these crazy preppers not so crazy anymore. Yeah Some are the true a meta prepper it would be what the way I did go What do you mean? I'm metaprep a metaphor Meta Prepper was a meta prepper someone who has the mailing list of all the preppers and then when something bad happens You go find them and shoot them and take their stuff. No, you see No, you don't shoot your fellow prepper This is this is a meta prepper that's not right Yeah, you're not you're not prepping right John. I don't like you. You're not a good prepper Oh

39:41 This is why I have my node set up now on the ham, on the hams frequencies. I've got a node on Echo Link 775753 and we're gonna make this daisy chain of RF repeaters. Yeah great! And I get a lot of people who are interested and if you ever figure out how to program your radio then maybe you can be part of it I gotta get that programming module that lets you get inside the thing. Oh, you didn't get the core? I got the one they sent it's a piece of crap everybody says you should get us a third-party one. Oh! You don't like that? No... you got the CD ROM and the... Yeah, little bitty one yeah you can go in there poke around but apparently there's a third party when it let's really do some great stuff with that little guy Well, I kind of like my radio working now if you don't mind

40:41 I'd like to be using it now. So, I've got a mile radius that I can reach right now with the antennae have but i'm going to get me... Don't tell Miss Mickey when I get one of those big... It's called a discone antenna and put that on a pole outside and give me 50 watt transceiver Make sure its grounded properly or else things gonna be lightning. Gonna get nailed! Yeah, I think thats part of the test And tells you what you're supposed to do when your, it's like always never ground with right angles in the flat wire or something like that. Wasn't that it? Yeah there was all these rules about grounding. I figured just get someone else to do it how does that sound There ya go! Get some local hams and have a ham party You should probably get a pretty good ham party down at Austin Oh boom! We'll get another 10 listeners Look we're gonna...I'm telling you this network is going be here

41:40 Someone just connected. Someone just disconnected, I'm telling you! Here look... yeah a whole bunch of people are now connecting so I can't talk to them because i'm doing the show they should know better but that's it and then at the same time we'll have more people getting their ham radio licenses And then when everything goes to crap, we'll still have a show. We can at least talk about it on the show. Yeah! We'll still be able to talk about it exactly. Hey, really crappy here too yeah they burnt down the Walmart. They did? The Walmart they burn that down yeah and took everything. It's not working anymore hold on a second. Hey John hey KJ6LNG how you doing there on the show over

42:27 Uh, they burned down the Walmart. Oh man! Yeah... Did you get any preppers? You go pop anyone's head and get some supply?! I'm mailing-less. I lost it in the office. Alright hey uh in the morning to ya John C Dvorak In the morning to you Adam Curry, in the morning all ships at sea boots on the ground subs in the water and feet in the air and all The Knights out there who have helped us keep this show on the road. Yes, diligently That's right You didn't have to text anything he didn't have to sit through any stupid concert No, you just helped us directly Straight-out directing you get your value for value And thank you Nick the Rat for the album art on the previous episode of The NO Agenda Show

43:16 The best podcast in the universe episode four or five six that is highly appreciated and of course a big In the morning to all of our human resources in the chat room no agenda stream calm No, agenda chat net and of course all do all the hams who are checking in on echo link node 775 753 if frequency one for eight point seven six five in Austin Texas PL 114.8 Oh God. I've created a monster! And you know we can also... He lives alive!!! We can also, we can also bounce off satellites. Yeah, yeah, no he can't. But you could do that with like your handheld. You could bounce off the satellite. No way. Yes yes yes. Bull crap. Yes, I'm telling ya. You watch. It hasn't got enough poop to get out of the atmosphere. Okay. Alright but you'll see. I'l be doing it with my handheld and you watch

CHAPTER 13 / 39 Discussion

Podcast Awards Nominations and Category Competition

The No Agenda show has been nominated for the Podcast Awards in the Politics/News category, competing against programs like The Rachel Maddow Show and Dan Carlin's Common Sense. There is a humorous critique of the award categories, including a lack of a "Best Podcast in the Universe" designation. The hosts also joke about the production quality of other nominees and the specific niche categories like GLBT.

podcast awards· dan carlin· rachel maddow· glbt· todd cochran· politics

44:11 Hey, oh John fantastic news and Once again we have been nominated for the podcast awards Oh You know people should go to that would give them the URL and they should go vote for us every day you can vote everyday Podcast awards.com yeah is hopeless Well the category this is because there's no real judging it's just popular people voting I mean then you guys who got the biggest audience or the guys who have a box Good bye Somebody out there write us a real bot the kind that keeps changed the IP address and just have it vote us in now There's two things first of all I'm a little disappointed because Todd Cochran who? Donates to the show and very nice guy hooked up with him in Austin you'll recall A couple months back he had promised that there would be a best podcast in the universe category And we would be the only one in it

45:06 I don't see that category this year, so you know. Of course not! I feel slighted because that was how i wanted to do it however... Well that wasn't going to happen So we're not nominated as people's choice We are in the... we're certainly not best produced. Oh no, who's in best produced? Let's see. How can it be any better produce than what we do?! Well apparently... Unless is a production done actually in a radio studio which makes us not really a podcast! Come on!! The caustic soda and dubious internet

45:43 Dubious and never heard of these so we listen to caustic. So yeah, yeah, let's listen But she's really good here caustics soda don't you go to it cuz you'll start Wow no No I'm not doing anything they certainly have the same bandwidth as we do apparently Alright today's episode. Well, do they have a player or something? Is there somewhere I can play now it just is it just there Oh here it is Here we go. Yeah, got it. I got it. It's just that there's so much flash on this site that it's not Man alright, so well that's loading yeah great great podcast come on We can't complain were not the best loaders ourselves we are in the I think political something

46:30 How come we're not in GLBT and why is that even a category? Oh. Here we go, here we... Dude is that guy typing? You don't believe in kids' toys, do you? Oh they do left and right panning! Oh I see. Oh I see why they're winning. So they got one guy right and one guy left. Oh that stinks! Ah okay well hold on- We need to do that No, but that's obviously that's what we're not doing right. I did that once with a dhm plugged about a year ago Yeah, i'm doing it now oh talk about getting flack from the audience But if you want to win an award you've got to do that so i'm panned left now and your panned right how are You over here on the right where are you adam? Where are you i'm over here on the left why don't you walk to the other side john Okay, let me walk over to your side and you walk over to my side here. I go okay All right, and i'm over on hello i'm over in your side now hey

47:30 Hey, hey! Why didn't you stay over on my side? You moved over to the other side. I'm over here. Hold up let me call... Oh it's nice and cozy here with you on this side. Okay move over- Hey! What is that thing? Knock it off. Are you just happy to see me? I got a slide rule in my pocket Alright well put us back into the real show. Go back to the subject Let me just tell you what who our competitors are and then we can move on Well I want to hear another one of these shows Nooo I don't want to hear another one of these shows We have important things to do Where's our category Business, comedy cultural arts. No this is crazy I've lost we have no oh yeah politics news here We go uh i can tell you who's gonna win already know who's gonna win so there's a podcast This Is Hell Oh John! We are nominated in the same category along with The Rachel Maddow Show She's not a podcaster Well she's nominated or she should be but it's another story The Morning Stream

48:36 The Majority Report, the Bugle... The Morning Stream? Are you kidding me?! Yeah. The Bugle, the Best of the Left, the Slate Political Gab Fest No Agenda! That's us. Electric Politics and here is one that I think is going to win Common Sense with Dan Carlin because you know Dan is kind of safe You know what I mean? It's because Dan touches on a lot of stuff we do. He is an historian, he goes really deep but he has no crackpot so it's kind of like people would be like nah no agenda yeah but you know I don't want people to think that I'm an idiot and thats what most people think when they hear about us and then people listen. Is he entertaining? Is he funny? I dont think hes funny

49:29 No, I don't think he's not entertaining. In other words just as dry but that's right It's kind of dry yeah That's why it's dry so you do a dry podcast and that's how you win That's exactly okay. That's good to know Let's write that down for our next meeting Yeah the dry podcast I can this is what i'm Ticked off that we're not in GLBT or jet. Hey, you're nominated in general with DH unplugged Yeah, I don't get that one either should be under a business here in general. You just general it's like oh You know once in awhile when I'm feel like listening to something general. I'll just grab losses in general Greetings from nowhere the internet box podcast

50:15 The other side of live, the conversation hub. Secretly Timid Rebellion Radio Nightlock Podcast I don't know man, i want to be in GLBT or mature. How can we continue mature? Yeah you do why don't just do a GLBT show yourself Okay let me see what I have to do Bend Over and Take It is nominated Cocktails and Cream Puffs This is horrible! Feast of Fun These are all lousy puns Foul Monkeys Gay Sunday Brunch Homo Ground Ramble Redhead Scream Queens The Queen City Experience And Throwing Shade

50:54 Wow, yeah throwing shade. I don't know what that means so anyway I could do a bike curious podcast you could I think you should Anyway, this will give me something to doing this spare time do it would do it Was one of your buddies there around town okay? This weekend gay is on our stream come they're not nominated this week and gay is good I got a good show. Anyway, okay so that's it well anyway regardless of whether we win in news politics we always will be the best podcast in the universe and let us thank some donors for todays show We did get a couple executive producers overall our... Well what is to be expected? The show lost 1 third of our listeners obviously because of the east coast Yeah that didn't help

CHAPTER 14 / 39 Discussion

PayPal DNS Issues and Executive Producer Credits

Listeners have reported difficulties accessing PayPal to donate due to DNS propagation issues, particularly for Comcast users. Despite these technical hurdles, several individuals, including Sir Dwayne Melanson and Sir Jordi Ramirez, have contributed significant amounts to become Executive Producers. The show notes a temporary dip in listenership attributed to the power outages on the East Coast.

paypal· comcast· dns· dwayne melanson· jordi ramirez· donations

51:50 And also PayPal is having issues. I had to change my DNS Really? To even get the PayPal Well isn't that your DNS issue? Sorry? Well if you had to change your DNS, isn't that an issue with your DNS and not with PayPal? Well no but here's... it's Comcast If Comcas has a DNS problem with PayPal A lot of our listeners have a problem getting the PayPal No I understand But that's Comcast not PayPal I got it Did I say it was a, yeah well I know I said have problem with PayPal but it wasn't because of PayPal. Okay Although somebody did send me a tweet saying it was PayPal they have some propagation problem with their DNS in some way shape or form so maybe this is PayPal I don't know It's possible okay But anyway we do want to thank a few people here We wanna thank Sir Dwayne Melanson in Tigard or Ti-Guard Oregon 55555

52:51 It's a belated five-year celebratory donation by my accounting that should qualify me for the barony of Oregon. Ma, by the way I am amused at your fourway... Four-four way? What?! Woo! Foray into being a nanny state a couple months ago by telling everyone how they were listening to your pod case podcast incorrectly a very shut up slave move from an unexpected source Dvorak what did you say people should not be listening to old shows And that's nanny state no. No, that's what he says that didn't means I'm like telling them how to listen to the show I'm a dictator Well yeah, I think any you know pork pie hat and sunglasses for twit well I can do that Anyway want to thank him for being executive producer We have a second executive producer sir Jordi Ramirez again our Knights are coming to the rescue Yeah as they are want to in Cancun

53:53 333 33 just checking in from Cancun. Thanks again for everything you do Please send some all-purpose karma to me and my family we really need it thanks again absolutely Thank you so much Jordi You've got karma answer Dwayne to don't listen to John being all cranky about you calling him out It's all good, and he'd really appreciate even FedEx one five the lab in Wisconsin two two two two This is actually to elevate Ramsey Cain to status of producer. So it's gotta be Ramsey Cain, we gotta remember that. I've known him for too many years and when he came back to work for my family's company... He didn't just punch me in the mouth, he kicked me in the teeth! Give the man some de-douching and karma, he needs it far more than I do. You've been de-douched

54:42 You've got karma. Excellent, thank you and I want to remind people that we do need to keep the show going and so go to Dvorak.org slash NA channel Dvorak dot com slash na no agenda show dot com a no generation dot come there's a donate button and help us out We really are coming up very short because of I think we've essentially lost the third...we have a lot of listeners on the East Coast in the east coast is down I don't know how many even opened the email we sent out. Well, I think people also just have other things to do. Well... Generally speaking we do well in November so this is not looking like we're going to do well. No no we're not gonna do well but that's okay look what you want? You want FEMA to bail you out or something Dvorak is that would you doing? I do! I want some FEMA money. You know I'm gonna I think we should apply. It's affecting the show. Our formula is this We go out and hit people in the mouth

CHAPTER 15 / 39 Discussion

Personal Health and San Francisco Benefit Event

One of the hosts is suffering from a prolonged flu involving phlegm and congestion, which has lasted since Sunday. Despite the illness, a trip to San Francisco is planned for a benefit event for children. The discussion touches on the prevalence of drive-thru flu shot clinics being set up as part of emergency preparedness drills across several states.

flu· san francisco· benefit concert· health· travel

55:49 I think we can that we can apply. I think you're right hey When it shows up on the tax form next year, I don't think we could apply for some direct funding You got so much money to just thrown it away direct funding well during all of this Of course many things did not stop until Many, many things did not stop. Oh! Hello? Yeah just keep talking Well it's gonna be a little annoying if they keep...if it keeps ringing It's not like I don't hear all of the sudden You wanna pick it up? Hello It's Suzie's I'm doing a radio show I'm doing a ra- yeah I'm doing a radio show you coming back later What kind of radio show sir? Yeah Who was that? I dunno Did somebody but it was a real live person and I expected to be Rachel from account services

56:49 I gotta remember to take the phone off the hook. Yeah, well we've discussed this before you're one of the few guys left who actually has a phone you can take off the hook. Yeah well there ya have it! It's handy. Pretty good. When the cell towers are down and i got the only phone left I can call people That's alright I go my ham. I got my 775-753 node. I'll be good no worries So there were some other things taking place obviously In and around the world you know I'm still really really sick. It's still sick yeah, they had on Sunday It's I'm sweating. I'm sorry probably have the flu Well it's not like a typical flu then it's not like a stomach flu or should have loaded up with d3 when he had A shot at it too late now. Do you hear what they were doing on Valentine's? Valentine's Day Halloween

57:44 Oh yeah, there's they. I'll tell you where this was... This they is now setting up drive-thru flu shots and see where was it? Apparently across the country. I didn't see it in Austin but as a part of the emergency preparedness drill They were setting up free flu shots. Here it is Connecticut, Alabama or Connecticut probably didn't participate Georgia California Kansas Virginia Arizona You could do a drive-thru and get you get your flu shot I should have participated in that so you just stay in the car and you just you're already sick All right there's that how to getting a flu shot well like halfway through the flu by the way This has lasted too long

58:38 How long you been sick? Well, it started Sunday. Oh yeah, you should be over by this Sunday Yeah I should... If not then it's too long then what do I do Are you coughing or do you have a phlegm? I have phlegm and a stuffy nose You don't sound that way though! You don't sound sick Well if was maybe... Uhhhhhh And I've t... Uhhhhhhh Well yeah but your like... That how you are My fingertips are tingly, you know what I mean? That kind of flu feeling again I don't, I never had that. Okay all right so what else was going on in your world? Wow yeah let's talk about changing the subject Yeah well i'm tired of it what you're just telling me I don't sound sick...I'm sick! So uh it's amazing I'm doing the show at all Yeah well what are we gonna do about Thanksgiving by the way Well forget Thanksgiving this Sunday um I'm doing the show from San Francisco

59:35 Really? Yeah, in fact do you want to have dinner with us tomorrow night so I can give you the food. Not if your sick! Oh come on dude i'm not contagious anymore Tomorrow morning at 8 we fly to San Francisco and then every year we do this benefit for messed up kids oh yeah right So when are you flying back Sunday after the show sunday evening okay Can we do dinner tomorrow night Sure It would be great right You wanna come to the hotel What hotel are you going to be at? No. Oh, don't say it! You'll be flooded with fans... And flowers in my room! Oh heaven forbid! Yeah so yeah and uh so it's gonna be messed up on Sunday I'm still gonna be sick I'm gonna be tired from that thing

CHAPTER 16 / 39 Discussion

Electric Car Range Anxiety and Battery Software Patent

Testing of the Ford Focus Electric and other EVs has revealed significant "white knuckle" range anxiety due to wildly fluctuating battery gauges. The estimated mileage often drops or rises unpredictably based on driving conditions, making long trips stressful. A proposal is made to patent a more accurate battery measurement system that integrates mapping software and altitude data to provide reliable range estimates.

ford focus electric· chevy volt· nissan leaf· range anxiety· battery life· patent

1:00:27 And what news will we have? We'll have nothing but the same old news. No, there'll be new news. There's always news... So yeah too bad I wasn't today because then i could drive you around in a little Forcus electric. Oh is that where your driving now? Well I borrowed one to test it. Right and how was it? I like it except for one thing Here's my conclusion. I've driven the Volt, I've driven the Leaf, I've driven the Focus and a couple others to look at... Wait a minute! Are you writing a book about electric cars? No, I'm going to write a small monograph What's a monograph? It's this small thing that you can sell on Amazon On the Kindle Oh, what is it gonna be called? It's gonna be called What Electric Car Should You Buy Really?!

1:01:12 And the answer is none. Well it's getting close to that, here's the problem if you is a second car for driving around town as these cars are great but there they are incredible There are white knuckle experiences if you're going to take a long trip. Why is this? Well, for example the Ford Focus Electric has got a range of they say... there's some new standard for ranges and it's 76 miles but all you get in the car and you turn it on and still see 83 miles to go then drive down the block now he gets 50 miles to go after you go. Oh! It has like Android battery where before it goes down like that You don't know what its gonna be

1:01:56 And by the way, all the electric cars do this. You drive a little bit this way and it says well you're gonna be out of electricity in two minutes and then you go...you got an hour to go so here's my I took a trip out to Danville which is like 32 miles. Can i ask you question? So like a laptop right if you so if I'm on my my first generation MacBook Air and and I see it has like three hours, but if I have the Screen up brightness up all the way then it'll go to two hours really quickly But if I turn down the brightness It won't go as fast when you're driving And you have your lights on does that make a difference with your battery with your with your radius

1:02:36 I haven't noticed it with using, apparently most of these subsystems are run by a separate battery so it doesn't affect the motor. That's my understanding so no. No okay all right now but here's the deal... How about if you have your screensaver on? That would probably make a difference! So uh so I'm driving to Danville and with a full charge and so it's only 30 miles, 30 something miles. So I get there and then watch the thing drop like a rock and then the worst part of it course is that I take off...I've never seen a focus electric car on the road. I just haven't seen them they're just not around here maybe back east I don't know where they are They just came out

1:03:16 But on the way out to Danville, there's one by the side of the road pulled over. So I'm thinking it is dead. Thinking oh great! Anyway so that's not a good sign. So I'm bombing down and then as I get through the tunnel and next thing you know I've only gone like 10 miles in it shows that have only got 40 miles left saying I chewed up 30 miles. And how many more miles do you have to go? You don't get 20 miles to go. So what was the point of no return? You're afraid you can't get back Yeah, the point of no return on it as far as I'm concerned is... but the problem is that it fluctuates so wildly. And let me explain you this way There's no point in no return on these things So you get there and when I get there and it says 42 miles So it was right when I got there It went from 75 to like 42 is just about right Well thats interesting because now I should be able to go home with no problem

1:04:04 So then I start coming back and then all of a sudden, because i think it's going up the hill or something. I'm down to 22 miles and haven't even gotten to the tunnel yet. Saying 22 miles I called Mimi up saying yeah driving this car only got 22 miles and hitting the Caldecott town. She says well you should be able to limp home no problem. No this is not... You can't ride on... You can coast on fumes Mimi! Yeah so I am going through the tunnel now its downhill So I go about another 7-8 miles, now i've got 62 miles on the gauge. This whole thing is bogative this is stupid! And so I decide to stop at a burrito place and when I get out of there... Wait a minute wait a minute, I just want pictures for second here comes this old geezer in a battery car

1:04:54 Hey, I'm looking for a burrito baby. Hand me one that's hot and spicy So I get back the cars got see so in other words the cars got 64 miles on it now It says so I took to trip all the way down there when it started with 75 miles I've only gone 9 miles according to this gauge. Oh, you know what? This is this is not good. It's not a good experience And by the way, the other cars, the Leaf, the Volt they all do this. I think they all use the same software to gauge battery life and it totally sucks! Gauge it perfectly. I mean not on a Mac now certainly not on the Windows machine Not an iPhone or an Android? I don't think that they're I don't think the technology actually be well because well The thing is if if its if it's constant, if you have a constant load then you can measure and you say okay It'll be this amount of hours, but here here listen to me Yes, sir

1:05:54 You've got the mapping software. Oh, I see what you're saying. You know the altitudes...you know when you're going uphill and downhill. You know the habits of the driver All this can be computerized. You should be able to get the battery down within an hour You're going up a hill, you're going down a hill. This can all be calculated in! This is like the Windows machine... Shhh! Stay and say no more John. We have to patent this. What a great idea you have here I betcha no one has come up with this and the Curry-Dvorak Patent Group are going to patent this idea of having the absolute accurate battery measuring system for electric cars

1:06:32 We'll sell 5,000 units I bet you we can get a sweet little little package of money though from the government. Well now you're talking right? Right I'm reminded of what i was going to say is, I'm reminded when you try it... You know your gonna transfer a hard disk over another hard disk and says copy files three hours and 45 minutes left and then it says 3 hours 30 minutes right out of the sudden down to 2 40 Two hours, hour 15 40 minutes. Just boom boom boom boom This is all a part of our patented drain technology because no one has gotten this right you are so how about downloading? How about just down like our podcast? Downloading our podcast for some people it says eight hours and for some people actually takes eight hours but for others it goes you know it says eight hours then it's then it goes in 10 seconds

1:07:32 This is bad. We have these computers, these are all computers we're dealing with that should be able to deal with these kinds of... But do you understand what I'm saying? That we have an opportunity here to create it. Yes! We need to make this a product. We will productize it but first thing we patent it and I think we start writing the patent right after this show because that's easy. I betcha no one has this I'm gonna, apparently from the looks of it nobody does have it. Right alright well so this would be good this would be very interesting to see your um what do you call it? What's it called a hamlet? A giblet? A focus no no your book The Giblet? A monogram yeah that's right Monogram giblets I think giblets sounds better than monogram monogram all right your monogram was it going to sell $299 on the kindle

CHAPTER 17 / 39 Discussion

Dutch Austerity Measures and VAT Increases

The Netherlands is implementing strict austerity measures as a new coalition government takes shape. The Value Added Tax (VAT) has been raised from 19% to 21%, representing a 10% increase in the tax burden on consumers. These changes, along with increased healthcare costs, have sparked a realization among the Dutch public regarding the sustainability of their social welfare system.

netherlands· vat· austerity· healthcare· taxes· dutch government

1:08:32 Apparently that's the sweet spot. Okay, all right well great you want to you know spoil can we do a spoiler here? Just so no one has to buy it and just say you know Which one is the best or are you not ready I still have two cars to look at okay anyway Let's go to Euro land for a second. I was quite delighted this morning Well not delighted of course any of the Dutch government of the lowlands now You know that I speak some of that language over there. And they're putting together a new government, so they had the elections and they have to put together a coalition and it looks like more of the same all over again. Deja vu again

1:09:08 And but they put out the budget and basically, remember the great health care system the Netherlands has? That fantastic system that everyone held up as you know it's like great and fantastic. It's a beacon of light in example for all healthcare systems I think all the people that held that ever dead now Yeah so the way it works if you make between Well, let me put it this way. Their people are going to have to pay more substantially more and they're taking away all the basically its austerity has now hit the Netherlands and the Dutch are literally like hey wait a minute I was watching TV man what happened all of a sudden? And their VAT went from 19% to 21%, which is not a 2% jump! I love it when people say well it's only two percent no that

1:10:05 Was it like 10% to 10 percent increase? Yeah, so a ten percent jump. Yes a ten percent increase But but the way something was 20 cents and now its 22 cents has been raised 10% not 2%, right? But it was like oh totally two percent man I don't know It's a ten percent increase across the board VAT is everything everything You know, it's on everything that you buy. There is VAT all the way down the line so... But now the Dutch people are like well hold on a second So I'm making more monies and then have to pay more taxes for this other guy who is not even working? Somehow they're waking up And its funny to see It just funny because if they only listened to best podcast in universe They would've known That there were electing wrong people Well too late now

CHAPTER 18 / 39 Discussion

Lagarde List Journalist Arrested in Greece

Greek journalist Costas Vaxevanis was arrested and faces prison time for publishing the "Lagarde List," which contains over 2,000 names of potential tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts. The list includes prominent politicians and businessmen who allegedly received kickbacks from major contracts. Vaxevanis argues that the government's aggressive response is an attempt to protect the elites named in the documents.

lagarde list· greece· costas vaxevanis· hsbc· tax evasion· journalism

1:10:56 And then in Greece, we've been talking about Lagarde's list. This is the list of over 2,000 names of politicians people in media different types of people who received kickbacks from particularly the politicians and the media from big contracts for example from Siemens who came in with billions and billions of euros to build trains that you know no one really needed. And so this list has been, this list is of one bank which shows 2,000 bank accounts I think it's the HSBC and shows up to two billion euros in kickbacks and who has what

1:11:44 So this list has been bandied about we've talked about it several times here on the show And one journalist finally decided to put it in his newspaper to print the list guess what they arrested him why Why? What cushion paper did he printed in in like a small newspaper and and what country in Greece in Greece, but is that but it's not the It's not the publisher. This is what so funny about it, this is why I admit... He's the editor of Hot Doc which I guess is a translation and here is BBC interview with this journalist Vaux Savanis who was talking about being arrested and now being tried and he can possibly be thrown in jail for at least two years for invasion of privacy. Because I'm a journalist and it's our job

1:12:42 to tell the truth to the people. The three last governments have lied and have made a mockery of the Greek people with this list They were obliged to pass it to Parliament or to the justice system They didn't do it, and they should be in prison for it But instead they think I should be the one imprisoned But this was a breach of privacy, surely by publishing personal banking details. I mean how do you feel if your bank account details were published by another newspaper? Nice one BBC douche! This is not personal data. Give a douche out call out. Yeah i should. Hey who has how much money in which account all we did was to publish the names and their connection to the bank

1:13:23 That is public knowledge. Nobody goes to their bank in disguise... Did you know you would be arrested when you published this list? I imagine there would be a big reaction, especially from those on the list. Even if we didn't say whether they were doing anything illegal but i didn't expect that the government would react so fast and in such a vengeful way by sending 20 special forces to arrest one journalist to send him to prison this is just...this is a preview of things to come for us John here's the I've seen the list, we could have published the list on our website. We should have done that and you got 20 special... It was that big of a deal? I guess it was! 20 Special Forces?! That's great! Why do you think the Greek government did not follow this up for the last two years? This is explained by the list itself which includes businessmen and friends of ministers as well powerful publishers The whole political system is in this list They government threw it into the toilet

1:14:24 It's not just ridiculous, it is like a cartoon. It offends our intellect. Meanwhile there are people looking in rubbish bins to find something to eat. They knew there was a list with over 2000 names from only one bank! Imagine what could be the case with other banks? It includes people who evade taxes but they'll never be caught for it." So if you think that this is unique to Greece... By the way Forbes publishes this list of Americans every year. Well, yeah but that's a different type of list He didn't even publish who had how much but he published the list which businessmen politicians and people in media were all complicit in stealing the money Which happens here too It is just a club you are not in as the great George Carlin would say

1:15:16 Now he didn't be just probably they have that they have an account with the HSBC I think was a JSP a Swiss bank account where all this money is stored. This is Lagarde's list They arrested him Yeah, that's how it's gonna go guess who way at work That's just what it is yeah exactly I had a interesting interview yesterday you know for the big book show and Yeah, and I've started editing this big book show calm is that we can find this have you ever heard of Bryan Evanson? Not offhand okay so Bryan Evanson is he's apparently he's quite famous He's won. You know like 20 literary awards. He runs the What are you doing? What's happening John are you okay? What what happened oh

CHAPTER 19 / 39 Discussion

Brian Evenson on Mitt Romney and Mormon Cadence

Author Brian Evenson, a former member of the LDS Church who was excommunicated, discusses the cultural markers of Mitt Romney’s speech. Evenson notes that Romney’s cadence and delivery mirror those of Mormon general authorities, which he finds unsettling. He expresses surprise that the media has not more deeply explored the influence of Mormonism on Romney’s political persona and business ethics.

brian evenson· mitt romney· mormonism· lds church· brown university· cadence

1:16:16 Thing was like a big racket all of a sudden like like there was water flowing in your house. I don't know what that was Okay, so he runs the literary arts program at Brown University And he's published like it's horror. He writes really crazy screwed up horror I can't believe you, this is exactly the kind of elitist literature that you would know. That's why i'm amazed you don't know No! I don't read horror Well it's not really horror I read the New York Times Heyo! Yeah that's horror That's comedy Anyway so he has a new book out A bundle of short stories

1:16:52 And, you know so I read it and then I interviewed him. And as a part of my research into the guy, when I interview an author, I read his book which seems to be quite special. I'm going to have you on with your electronic car book and then I'll read the book too." And then I read up on his background and he was a major player in the Mormon church. So he was LDS. And I'm like what a fantastic opportunity to ask this guy about Romney! Right? I would say yes to that. You weren't even listening, what were you doing?! I was writing some notes in the red book! Okay so i asked him what he thought about Romney and I'd like to play that for you so we can get a little insight direct from one of the leaders of the church Is he still in the church? No he's been excommunicated He was... Oh okay. Alright. They hate him

1:17:48 They hate him. He's not welcome in Utah anymore, the whole state I think he is not allowed back particularly because of... He wrote a book about pedophilia which was it was a novel but it was very clear that he was implying this was the Mormon Church You get you getting a hold on second what was the name of this book? This guy's famous man! Brian Evan... What is it? There's a lot of famous people out there. Yeah, but you know come on you should know this guy Famous Brian I knows Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys yeah

1:18:28 Let me see what his... yeah, it was a big controversy. It's also Brian Sabian of the New York Giants or San Francisco Giants I'm sorry. He won the creative writers fellowship from the National Endowments for the Arts, The O'Henry Award, I mean this is one the Shirley Jackson... Let's just play that clip! I don't care about this guy's background. Well i want to tell you the name of the book about pedophilia and the Mormon Church Anyway, here it is. Mitt Romney is very strange for me as someone who's a former Mormon because I see all the aspects of the way in which he delivers speeches, the way in which he talks, and the kind of attitudes that he has. They remind me so much of Mormon church leaders and Mormon general authorities that it's just shocking to me And so I have a hard time listening even to his cadence and not thinking that I'm in church

1:19:30 Wow. So I find it very intense, I am not pro Romney and I'm very much a pro Obama guy and I think Romney's very... that he represents for me a lot of what i see is the worst aspects of business Mormonism What amazes me is that there has been so little discussion at all about about Romney's Mormonism. That is just, I don't understand why that is? There must be fear or there's something going on with the media about that. Yeah well you know I think it's...I don't know if its fear of it's just that seems like a side issue to people. I can't tell for sure but it is strange to me that hasn't been in discussion at all

1:20:10 And you know, I yeah same with Ann Romney when she gave her talk at the Republican National Convention. I felt like I was in a Mormon general conference session It's just the way yeah the way she phrased it by saying I'm gonna talk about love The whole pattern was just exactly like a talk So I think that was pretty interesting That he says the cadence and the order of the way they talked about things is exactly the way a session goes at the Mormon Church. Bill Clinton used to talk like they're like a preacher, right? Unusual Yeah but we haven't you know we don't really have you know we have Obama talks like a priest yes Christ is sure but these are different types of preachers We don't have a lot of video of Mormon preachers These just don't exist as far as I know I mean this whole morning

1:21:02 There's a channel called BYU on the Dish Network which has tons of this. Really? And they have the guys preaching, it's not that hard to come by Inside the Mormon Church They're all over the place. I mean it's hard for me to watch because it's just a bunch of proselytizing, but yeah go watch BYU A lot of these speakers with the same kind of cadence as you guys talking about. No no It doesn't bother me. I don't care. I'm not voting for him. No I know but there was a moment before the weather modification path change of Hurricane Sandy that Romney might have won and

CHAPTER 20 / 39 Discussion

Election Fatigue and the Viral Crying Girl Video

A viral YouTube video features a four-year-old girl named Abby crying because she is "tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney." The video has become a symbol of national election fatigue as the 2012 campaign nears its end. The discussion critiques the parents for exposing young children to political media to the point of emotional distress.

abby· youtube· election 2012· viral video· parenting

1:21:43 You know, that probably would have been really really bad. I'm now thinking this guy is really evil and insane. Ugh! No offense. Worse than Obama? Now he's evil and... Insane yeah about the same About the same With a kill list an everything And the love of drones Yeah but i don't know But at least that's the evil I know We know just if you hear it buzzing overhead Take shelter But you don't what this Mormon church is And we have Mormons listening I can't get worked up about it. No? Okay, alright! I don't know... I don't see Romney being any worse or any better. I don't see any of this helping at all and I'm uh...I'll say it again, I vote for Gary Johnson and I don't care what anyone thinks. No that's fine. Wasted vote! Wasted vote Dvorak! It is not wasted vote to vote for those two guys here. Yeah, I am voting for Roseanne Barr. Yeah I know you are. That's not a wasted vote though

1:22:48 No. Roseanne might be wasted, but the vote won't be. Exactly What else? Well... I don't know. I'm spacing because I've got a meth- Just cause you're sick! Yeah, i think of a fever What do you make of this Brunk Obama girl that everyone's playing now? I don't know anything about this You don't know about this little girl Abby No, tell me. So it's like a four year old girl and it's a YouTube video and everyone is playing it and she's crying in this video And then mom says what's the matter Abby? And here's what she says Just because I'm tired of vomiting That's why you're crying? Oh It'll be over soon Abby Okay The election will be over soon okay? Okay

1:23:52 So everyone is playing this clip and uh, and Mickey saw the clip. And she's like you know This is- she got really angry She was like you know this because these stupid parents You know they're like exposing their kids to all this bullcrap! But she was like a total crackpot on me Oh god Yeah she went way off She's like no the poor children Somebody think of the children please And I don't know, I mean...I'm not quite sure how-why this is happened. Why everyone's playing it? I'm not sure what's going on with it. Well, I never saw it. I saw the one where they had the old farts in the old folks' home cussing and saying they didn't want Romney because he was gonna something take their money or something but it was done by moveon.org It was really highly offensive Okay, now haven't seen any of that Haven't seen that

CHAPTER 21 / 39 Discussion

Hollywood Propaganda and Racial Injustice in NCIS

A recent episode of the CBS show NCIS featured a storyline about African American soldiers being denied the Medal of Honor until 1996. The segment is characterized as overt political propaganda designed to elicit sympathy for specific demographics ahead of the election. The historical context involves a 1993 study that reviewed racial discrimination in military awards from World War II.

ncis· cbs· medal of honor· propaganda· racial discrimination· world war ii

1:24:45 Let's see what we have. We have a new word for denialism. Uh-oh! Yeah, reverse tribalism Oh please that's not gonna catch No I didn't think it was good either but that's what the New York Times is trying to push out there so you know if you're in the if you believe in climate change which as you know I do I'm now a believer in climate change those who are against it are susceptible to a soon-to-be known as the disease reverse tribalism. They're trying it. Yeah, so there was some interesting propaganda coming out of Hollywood just to get make sure if you know they can't get over they're gonna get Obama in no matter what and I thought this was just overt

1:25:38 But they brought up, this is the kind of thing that I thought was a good piece of propaganda because it made you sympathetic toward blacks and injustice. And at the end of the day you would think, I'm going to vote for Obama. It's the Medal of Honor for Blacks segment from NCIS, one of the top show on CBS Okay, I heard the old guy was trying to pawn his Medal of Honor. What i do not understand is why President Clinton is giving him the medal? It was more than 40 years after World War II was over! I wondered the same thing... found out that because discrimination no African-American was awarded the Medal of Honor until Congress passed legislation in 1996 to correct the injustice seven men were recommended to receive the award only two were still alive one of them's Mr Moore

1:26:30 And this was a recent episode? Yeah, this is this week. Yeah that doesn't surprise me. So they're slipping in at the end actually what their story is they They had not, there was a study in 93. Investigated racial discrimination and the awarding of medals I'm reading this from the Wikipedia at the time no Medals of Honor have been awarded to black soldiers served in World War II after an exhaustive review of files The study recommended that several black distinguished service cross recipients so it wasn't that they weren't getting anything be upgraded to Medal of Honor Oh okay And that's uh... Well yeah, we're a bunch of racist pricks. That's who we are in America. Duh! Hello? Actually I'm surprised they give anybody an award. It costs money. Especially American soldiers. When Roosevelt got in there were these soldiers

1:27:19 I forgot the name of this protest that was going on in the White House. It was actually the whole, most of Washington DC all these soldiers that were never paid for their work and they're World War One. And they all lined up outside right? They ended up shooting them! get out of our way you stupid soldiers that's why we love the drones man because you know we won't have the stupid, stupid personnel to deal with anymore yeah I want to shoot him after that because we didn't pay them. Yeah and screw them somehow at the Veterans Administration it was just unbelievable this never ends but they're not even everyone still you know all you know nobody complains people find the drones little-known fact are there their civilians you see? They're not really enlisted men and women

CHAPTER 22 / 39 Discussion

Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton Visit Kosovo

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton traveled to the Balkans to affirm Kosovo's sovereignty. Clinton stated that Kosovo's independence is not up for discussion, a move seen as securing Western interests in regional pipelines and oil. Ashton is criticized as an "elite placeholder" whose presence signals the European Union's intent to integrate the region.

hillary clinton· catherine ashton· kosovo· european union· nato· pipelines

1:28:06 So yeah, that's well. That's the little dirty a little dirty secret so what's going on with Kosovo? Yeah, I saw Lucifer was hanging out. Yeah Lucifer. I have I have a clip Hillary and the idiot yeah Okay, your clip is better titled than mine. Should we play it or do you want to set it up? Yeah play and then we can discuss maybe there's more stuff on your clip but you know who the idiot is right well yeah US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence is not up for discussion. Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are on a three-nation tour of the Balkans to help secure peace in the region. A power struggle between ethnic Serb Muslim and Croat parties has held back

1:28:50 progress since the war ended in 1995. The United States is firmly committed to Kosovo's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to seeing the rule of law extend throughout Kosovo. We oppose any discussion of territorial changes or reopening Kosovo's independent status These matters are not up for discussion. A common theme has been our view of the importance of seeing the countries we visited being part of the European Union and to the people of Kosovo I say the same thing, your future lies with the European Union and we are eager to see you realize that ambition

1:29:42 So, the idiot of course is Ashton. By the way if you play Ashton and actually transcribe what she said she is a blithering...she doesn't even make any sense the sentence structure it's horrible like non sequitur I don't even know what she said just so like you should like Europe I dunno by the way she looks like a moron So, she is the product of inbreeding. She is one of the highest elites in Europe that's why she's like a placeholder you could put a napkin there, a damp rag and just make its mouth move a little bit and that would be enough. You know? She is Baroness Von Ashton

1:30:25 So she is truly an elite and this is what they do, they put the elites in all these little spots where they're good and necessary. Just look at her! She's a product of inbreeding. Her face or chin is chopped off. Yeah I know one eye higher than another, distance between your eyes are wrong... She's a mongrel that's why. She's horrible looking Wow, and we're too fine specimens to talk obviously. We're not in the elites if I was up there standing next to Hillary yacking away I would expect people to be critical of me You get at least a facelift or something See I need a neck job So what's going on here is this is about the border and of course the Clintons

1:31:16 They ran this whole operation, this whole Kosovo with the bombing. It's so long ago and there are so many things, so much water under the bridge and we have a lot of people who listen to the show in this region who will set us straight But to me, this is about the border and control of oil and pipelines. That's pretty much what I've...the research that I get out of it And they can't have any change because you know now we have a You know it has to do with NATO and who's going to be part of the EU? That's why Ashton is there It's all about control of pipelines in oil Do you see any difference John? No, thats probably what it is What else could it be

1:31:56 Well, it's not just for a picnic. These two... It is always Hillary and Ashton if you notice. Hillary has got to be the oil connection and Ashton is the EU connection. That's the only thing I can think of all I know that when he says not open for discussion Yeah, that means something that to me says something's up there That means you want a drone? No then shut up slave! That's what you need to do You know that big fire they had in Jersey? No, it wasn't Jersey. It was Queens. Queens! Yeah. You know that big fire took out a hundred homes or so? Yeah... yeah. It's- it was an area called Breezy Point

CHAPTER 23 / 39 Discussion

Breezy Point Fires and Insurance Arson Suspicions

Over 100 homes were destroyed by fire in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens during Hurricane Sandy. While official reports blame downed power lines or transformers, alternative theories suggest the fires may have been started by candles or even intentional arson. The discussion notes that businesses or homeowners facing financial ruin without flood insurance might see fire as a way to trigger different insurance payouts.

breezy point· queens· hurricane sandy· arson· insurance· fire

1:32:39 Anybody find any irony in that? Breezy Point. There's a big wind on Breezy Point and it torched a bunch of houses. Why live in a place like that?! Thank you, Pierce! Now I want to go to a neighborhood that has been devastated by Sandy. A tight-knit community in Queens New York called Breezy Point where as many as 100 homes were burned to the ground Deborah Farrick is there for us tonight. Deb, it's a pretty awful situation down there they've just been razed almost to the ground I was seeing pictures earlier they were saying 80 homes but i believe its near 100 is that right? Yeah You know what, they finished that report by the way with... What do you think caused it? A downed power line which rarely starts fires by the way. Especially in the rain. Downed power line or was it a exploding transformer which seems to be a theme even though none of them really exploded except that one which wasn't a transformer. No, it was an gas-fired electric plant yeah

1:33:34 And so, but the one thing they never answered the question which is the power was down some idiot I know this how the fire started. Candles! Candles and kerosene lamps mm-hmm yeah because people light a bunch of candles they're all over the house I don't want to be a sexist Okay, but women love lighting candles and they put them all over the house like you're in a Catholic church And they're all over the place and it's so dark somebody bumps a table The candles go down catches the curtains on fire. The house goes up in flames Breezy point wind takes over and blows the fire from house to house that the whole place goes up I think it sits like what's-her-name's cow in Chicago

1:34:21 What's her name, cow? I forgot there was a cow that started the fire. Oh! The Great Chicago Fire with the farting into the gas lamp Well right that is what happened Um, yeah. So the first thing I'd say is that's probably the last time Mimi is going to make a romantic night for you two. That's pretty much it. It's not romantic to have a bunch of stinky candles no offense ladies. Oh wow! Stenchin' up them oh yeah I know your still doing that. Oh Mickey she'll get mad at me if I agree with John on this one so I better just argue with him

1:34:59 I'm not arguing. I happen to like the romantic thing with the candles around the bathtub and you know, the oils and everything. I like that. Candles around the bathtub is the worst! This is by the way a ceremony that Wiccans like to do so if there's going to be candles around the bathtub then your gonna be stabbed in the tub and the blood is gonna be allowed to accumulate, then they light the other candles and then they all make some sort of... All the girls get together with your dead body in the middle. Are you crazy? You'll see! Well, you won't see. Are you calling my wife a witch?! Is that what you're...? No I'm just saying I don't trust all these candles around the bathtub Okay okay It's a wiccan ceremony, I'm telling ya, run!! Okay, okay Alright

1:35:47 When I heard about this fire, you know when I actually thought that of course the breezy point is why everything got torched. But you know I see this happen all the time and I've been highly suspect of this in The Netherlands for many many many years that if a business is about to go under and it's like the books are all messed up and your going to bankrupt what is the best thing you can do? Torch the place Exactly and gee golly. We've never heard of such a thing in the New York Metropolitan Jersey area right so if so if you're Queen's If you're flooding, and whatever it is there's a million different reasons I could see no flood insurance generally exactly I can see myself The play torch it this torture that smart money Yeah speaking of which

CHAPTER 24 / 39 Discussion

Listener Donations and Amateur Radio Equipment

A series of listener donations are acknowledged, including requests for "Citizen Karma" and support for friends undergoing medical treatment. One donor, Doug Cook, is sending "Tiger Tail" antenna enhancements for handheld radios. The segment also mentions Leo Laporte’s donated Icom station, which reportedly remains unused due to local interference issues.

knighthood· karma· tiger tail· icom· leo laporte· ham radio

1:36:42 I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that! Oh yeah, that'd be fab! On No Agenda... Run from the Wiccans! ...in the morning You are so in trouble tomorrow night when we're in San Francisco. Segway of the year From Wiccans to donation? Is that what you said? No, no way it's just speaking of money Okay, we don't have a lot of donors but we do have a few and want to thank them all Andrew Holcomb in Ann Arbor Michigan uh... one eleven eleven greetings working towards my knighthood in a year when i'm seriously just getting by my wife would be pissed if she knew no there you have it and just go into the bathtub by andrew with the alliance with him and also i can't look at that but love ya last donation always lost source by the way

1:37:32 What century are we in that candles, you know... I mean anyway. What? You mean it should be battery? My last donation note was lost by the way so i was forced to just eat an apple and my root. Today I'd like to request some Hey Citizen Karma because my oldest human resource is having a wrist surgery today. Karma is good medicine. You guys do great work! Fact! All right let's bring out the Hey Citizen Karma. Hey citizen. You've got karma I don't understand your problem with candles by the way. There's nothing wrong with candles. They start fires Andy Forward also known as Horse Presence in Pacifica, California It's time for my annual contribution calculated a dollar an episode equals $104

1:38:17 You're worth a lot more, but I am contributing what I can currently afford for a close friend undergoing chemo and radiation therapy Can I request a UK parliamentary yay overlaid with the little girl? Yay followed with karma much appreciated as all your great work is Best wishes Andy forward. Okay, hold on a second I wasn't quite ready for that so he wants yay with little girl yay is that what he wants? Yeah in other words you want that mumbling the UK Parliament thing and then yay from the little girl but he wants it with karma. With karma yeah just for reason. You've got karma.

1:39:12 JQ in Chicago, Illinois $100 greetings from Gitmo windy city sent you a hundred bucks That was the half of the money which I split with my brother from scalping Adams unused ACL ticket. Oh Yeah So they said they set us up jq This was that we here when I did taxes and cleaned out the garage And it was also it was raining and that was the big Austin City Austin City limits which is a big music festival As a TV show isn't A long time ago, but ACL is it's the big weekend we have and it was really really big. And he had backstage passes for us But you know by the time I was done with the taxes and by the time I was done With cleaning out the garage and then it was raining. I was white them like ah man so anyway So they scalped him that's cool good

1:40:01 Anyway, however I get the opportunity to punch lots of fools in the mouth and will continue to do so in fact They got punched in the mouth about a year ago by Dave Fiorino who to my knowledge hasn't donated. No call him out as a douchebag Thank you both for the best podcast in universe. I wouldn't mind. I love two squirrels I'd love two squirrels and one too to the head Thanks Two squirrels are one two to the head this maybe I can do them in sequence Oh You've got karma. Well, it worked. I got the job that i was interviewing for and now im a sales engineer for major technology company its a step up in pay and prestige thank you no thank karma Doug Cook got through Oklahoma 73 congratulations on your recent call sign Adam

1:41:09 I'm sending a gift to each of you called the Tiger Tail, simply link the wire placed across your antenna mounts where your HT increased range. I've been an NOAGENDA listener for awhile and noticed that history of amateur radio all begins with John He noted on a Twitter episode he had just got his technician license. Leo seemed fascinated and within a few months, he got his technician license This leads to Ham Nation and the free donated Icom station which couldn't be used due to bad local interference and antenna issues Which by the way should be correctable Who got who got a donated ICOM station? Leo! Oh pfff... I told you about this Yeah but he doesn't use it

1:41:47 Well, he blames it on local interference. Now you have your license kudos to John for inspiring who knows how many others To get their amateur radio license or re-engage in the hobby and simple karma if you wish For Adam...uhh..for YOU! For Adam It says for Adam In my professional life I'm an opt... Oh this is good This is for Adam He's offering us a free exam and lenses If we ever are in Oklahoma Okay So you can drive up there How about...yeah I could Yeah, anyway. Thank you. Well that's very kind of you. Does he want to... what does he want? Does he want to do karma? Yeah just a simple karma. Alright KD5PDN from KF5SLN here is your Karma. You've got Karma Please we couldn't get KJ6LNG on because he couldn't figure out how to set his tone for the repeater. Where did you get his call sign? It says it right there On the spreadsheet. Oh right there in KD5PDN. Yeah on the spreadsheet Good man

1:42:49 I Didn't think it was gonna make it. I thought for sure yeah, and I thought it would be good Well, I think I think we're at the point now or making mocking it so much It's gonna take a while We should probably just stop to shut up. Yeah, you guys just be quiet except why jingle? We have to keep the jingle yeah, I got the jingle Jingles good William T. Christman the fourth in Baxter, Kentucky 6969, ITM from Gitmo Nation by 2minus. Belated congratulations for 5 years of the best podcast in the universe! News from the cancer front, The battle rages on against my Amy Mom stage 4 lung and bone. Ugh. Reinforcements are needed as the last F-cancer karma didn't work its back with vengeance I hope this was enough amount it negate the shot Another please Adam ditched a rover and get a VW TDI you'll love it

CHAPTER 25 / 39 Discussion

Range Rover Door Lock Design Flaw

A 1999 Range Rover suffered a catastrophic failure of its electronic door locking motor, leaving a passenger trapped inside. Because the motor is integrated into the locking mechanism, the interior door panel must be destroyed to access and replace the part. Local mechanics in Texas reportedly refuse to work on the vehicles due to their notoriously complex and unreliable engineering.

range rover· design flaw· car repair· texas· mechanical failure

1:43:46 Thanks for being a beacon in the dark night. So to us can I tell you my karma? Yeah, can I tell you the latest well give me do the Karma first? I gotta tell you about this stupid English piece of crap car. This is really bad All right so this is and this is so disappointing So, um... we drive home. I drive home the other night We're in the garage which only one car fits in it and I get out and Mickey can't get out And like GET OUT! This is how he talked to her Get out!! I got candles upstairs! And she cant open the door and its unlocked so turns out this stupid British POS has some independent of locking mechanism that has a little motor

1:44:37 that locks the door in each individual door. And this motor is now broken and because it's broken with the door locked, the only way to replace it... Yeah! It's a $250 item this electric motor, you have to break inside of the door because you can't just like unscrew it. You have to break it And then you can replace the motor, or at least unlock it. Then you can replace the motor so I have to get a motor and I have to find a new interior for the right-hand door of a 99 Range Rover Hold on a second! I don't know what kind of engineers we're talking about here but you're telling me that there's no way using one of those devices like the cops use or anything else that you could force open... You could unlock the door? No, so the locking mechanism opens

1:45:34 But you can't un- the actual, because it's not just a mechanical thing. The locking mechanism then hits the switch which hits the lock engine! It's the stupidest car in the universe! I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT! I've bought two Range Rovers... You hated it so much. It's like you hated it so much, you bought two to just hate on at the mold. And I'm like yeah and the thing is now worth maybe $2,000. Maybe I should just bring it to whatever and get rid of it? I don't think they'll care if the door opens or not they're just gonna rip it apart for parts aren't they? Why don't you leave it parked in a bad part of town

1:46:24 for a couple of days and then go back. Go back and see if it's on blocks, and then call the police." And yeah...and then what? And then call insurance companies saying that they somebody somehow screwed up I don't know what you think Yeah! What do you think or what kind of insurance you think i have on this thing all risk You don't have lock insurance They're gonna look at me and say okay here is 50 bucks for your trouble No no no What you're telling me just doesn't make any sense. Oh, yeah well You know we called around to a couple of the guys here in Texas They won't even take a Range Rover and and one guy said he's what he said He says oh no man I do or I don't do Ranger so I let one end they'll all come in like what? I Don't want them all coming in here

1:47:14 It's nuts. If he lets one in, they'll all come in? That is exactly what he said! I'm like wow okay you don't see him You do not see him driving around much I will tell ya They should be driving around the block looking for places to come in You don't see him because obviously there's nobody gonna work on them so they don't live there well. Yeah, no people don't like him and they're... you gotta get yourself a I dunno what to get. I know but now the thing is Do I? There's a lot of Lexuses in Texas If anyone has a 99 Range Rover tan interior for the right-hand door then you know Then I can use em. It'd be better if he had black! It'll look so much better on the inside On one side it would be black

1:47:55 You know, we just mix it up Meanwhile the Mustang Sally I think that's a design flaw what you course is the design for what happens if that breaks and you have to in your in the water And then and then your electric window doesn't work. You're dead you just dead dead of course It's a design flaw there should be way keep one of those little weird hammers that have the little pointy thing it you can bust open glass with good point so anyway So, you know it's like we can't Mickey likes to drive all the time So yeah what I'm gonna sit in the back actually this kind of yeah Put some candles at the bath

CHAPTER 26 / 39 Discussion

Global Listener Contributions and De-douching Rituals

Donations arrive from international locations including Canada and South Africa, often accompanied by "de-douching" requests for colleagues who listen but do not contribute. Listeners from Calgary and London, Ontario, share anecdotes about wearing show merchandise and correcting geographic pronunciations. The segment reinforces the "value-for-value" model as the primary funding source for the program.

calgary· saskatoon· dubuque· karma· de-douching· donations

1:48:32 and drive me around. Alright, sorry for that. T-Gone Murray in Calgary Alberta where the money is Edmonton's where more money is though 6969 In the morning not a first time boner here for Halloween this year I decided to go as an No Agenda listener conspiracy theorist by wearing my No Agenda branded Big Brothers Watching You t-shirt and tin foil hat. Ooh nice! I have to say that the costume was a mediocre success with the other slaves at the party. But what can you expect when you're hanging out with a bunch of sheeple? Here's to another five years, lot of mixed metaphors in there. Yeah but we like it thank you Teagan

1:49:10 Curtis Gibson in London, Ontario Canada 6969. Hey Adam and John keeping it alive I'd like to call out my douchebag co-worker Craig for hitting me in the mouth but not donating! I'm hoping some job karma...for some job karma as I'm writing a certification soon For your information I've never heard of Saskatoon being the Paris of Canada and tell John I do know it's pronounced gravenhurst not gravenhurst. Alright, are you clipping your nails again? No there is a pin here. Okay alright now i believe you that is really fast clipping That would be dangerous Yeah okay while back byrar.com B U Y R A R which I suppose is the

1:50:02 Watertown, Wisconsin 6969 what is my while back after some karma for some friends trying to save it have a child and the Karma work now I heard that your friend the friend has started to listen to this show and may donate to help their friends And I figured I needed to step up and donate with a proactive de-douching defense. I hereby claim This as the official pre de-douching maneuver The pre-douching maneuver, actually says. Plus I hate how pre is misused so much and no one cares. Yeah, pre cancer. Pre cancer isn't that a good thing as it would be the state before cancer just saying? I'm asking for some swazzle enough karma to sell my house thanks for making the five and a half hour commute boy whoo a bit more bearable Can i get a no con frick yay karma shot if I'm called out as a douchebag then a de douche you would also

1:50:54 Okay, so he wants a no comfort yay karma shot? Yeah. There's no real conflict! WHAAAA- You've got karma By the way you know the swazzle nuff is a very particular kind of Karma I mean I don't want to interfere with your Karma whatever you want to do But this was enough is getting laid Carmen if you want me. Oh selling house Karma That's a different deal but Brendan Sherb and Dubuque Iowa whose apparently friends does not call him out as a douchebag. He's buying sweet, sweet karma for his friends the first for friends trying to add to their human resource to their family and the second for a buyer by RAR to help him sell his old house now that's a nice way to go all right now I think he deserves an apology from buyrar.com yeah really? For douche bagging him

1:51:49 Yeah, he essentially douchebagged him even though he didn't. But anyway go on. He pre-douched alright here's the card. Give him a... he pre-douched yeah well you've got karma that is very kind okay finally William Durkin I don't have a comment from him from Greenville South Carolina and that will end our segment 69! 69 DUDE! Looks like my evil ploy worked here Patrick Kading yeah great thanks San Francisco 55 56 Adam said no more 55 55 so here's an extra penny can I get a one hot milf baby karma for my beautiful wife and our human resource to be who is due at the end of November love the show absolutely we can get that for you. That's one hot milf, baby! You've got karma instead of dozens of 55s 55 we got one from Orion

1:52:41 He didn't understand the point where I said we were refusing 55-55s. Timothy Lizardi, because it would hurt his feelings. Tampa Florida 55 54 in the morning to you from Tampa choose nuts Florida This is a great one so he's irritating me by doing a choose nuts but then turns around and and irritates you by asking for Atlas Shrug Jingle. Atlas shrugs by Ayn Rand. Greg Brunsell, Sir Greg to you in Kenosha Wisconsin 50 and Keith Von Dyke in Munopara someplace South Africa where is that let's say they spread out the spreadsheet no Munopara what it says

1:53:37 $50 and that would conclude our donation segment for today's show. 4-5-7, we've got four 5 8 coming up on Sunday We hope we get some people to join me in donate contribute do whatever anything advertising Whatever you want to call it now. We totally lost Lost out I shouldn't have said that about the 5555 Yeah, no we probably lost dollar. Yeah yeah lots of money We got a maker support gone We got to make good Dan Zoltak said I was recently called out by Simon and Alicia for not donating which was the kick up the butt I needed Please de douche me with an in-the-morning karma. I'd like to did we already do this one?

1:54:25 I don't see him. No, I don't see him either. JC would have put it on the spreadsheet this is obviously for his last show and then he didn't get... Well i want to make sure we do it then Yeah, do it. I'd like to contribute 5555 of the 256 towards Simon's knighthood for being so persistent... ...I also need to call Peter Hallam whom I introduced in the podcast and has been listening for quite some time like he needs a kick up the butt in order to contribute you mean as a douchebag? Thanks both for your awesome work over the past five years In The Morning from Dan Zoltak And we have no birthdays! No nightings! No nothing! We're- It's a dead show Completely dead

CHAPTER 27 / 39 Discussion

Allstate Teddy Bear Commercial Criticism

Allstate released a commercial featuring a spokesman discussing the distribution of 12,000 teddy bears to children affected by Hurricane Sandy. The ad is criticized as a cynical corporate maneuver prepared in advance of natural disasters to improve the company's image. Critics argue that victims need substantive financial payouts rather than symbolic gestures like stuffed animals.

allstate· advertising· hurricane sandy· disaster relief· corporate social responsibility

1:55:06 Thank you for nothing, Sandy. To Vorac dot org slash N-A Really? Thanks for nothing! We gotta get us some FEMA money. We really do. Yeah. It's killing us these storms. Well I have a feeling that this is not gonna let up we're going to be hearing a lot more...we're gonna see fist fights breaking out there'll be all kinds of stuff this is this is not over it will take us all the way through the election I'm sure And that's, and of course all we'll be talking about is oh people can't get out to vote. Oh there's no electricity to vote. Oh there's no this, there's no that. It's all it's gonna be and meanwhile you know other stuff is happening You know stuff is happening

1:55:49 No, but we're getting some really funny... Here's the Allstate insurance commercial which is just like a head shaker during these right after this storm making everyone feel good like they're gonna get paid off instantly. Hold on second where is it? It's not called all state. It's called Ludacris Allstate Commercial Oh yes that would be the one. It only took two minutes for this town to be destroyed To a little girl who lived through it This is more than a teddy bear That's a step towards normal It's why Allstate Catastrophe Teams not only have hot coffee and help for grown-ups, they've also handed out more than 12,000 teddy bears to kids. People come first everything else is second that's all states stand are you in good hands?

1:56:37 Wow. Bullcrap! Wow, that's hardcore Yeah 12 thousand teddy bears you chumps My goodness They threw that together or they had that ready? Cause that's a famous actor Yeah, but he is the Allstate spokesman. Right! No I know... So they had done this just waiting for it? Yeah well you know this is like all the newspapers and TV stations have everybody's Obit written in advance. Right so they also have one for the next riot or the next earthquake in LA. Allstate did you lose your home in a big crevice when it opened up? Well Allstate is here we've got blankets and water with teddy bears

CHAPTER 28 / 39 Discussion

Washington Post Cyber Security Symposium

The Washington Post hosted a cyber security symposium featuring Janet Napolitano, which is described as an "advertorial" event likely funded by defense contractors. The introduction to the event used fear-based language regarding malware and Trojan horses to justify increased government surveillance and spending. Napolitano, who famously does not use email, was presented as an expert "steeped in cyber."

washington post· janet napolitano· cyber security· malware· nsa· symposium

1:57:21 Wow, wow. Next time you fool! All right let me play these clips from this Washington Post I'm not quite sure how this works why does a newspaper put together a cyber conference about cyber warfare? Why is this a Washington Post symposium they think they can make some money but actually here's what sometimes happens they got a big advertiser And the advertisers got more money than they can spend or they can spend it more wisely on a targeted marketing promotion, then they can in the newspaper itself probably some defense department Brockwell. And I say you know if you guys put out a conference about this we could finance the whole thing but you guys have to... We can't do the conference, you have to do it

1:58:17 And so, okay we can do that. Yeah it's what it is basically like a part of a package so they'll yeah this is like the those advertorials that all these places have to succumb to right because you know but this was very targeted and they you know they use their leverage at the newspaper to give credibility But then why would Janet Napolitano show up to one of these? Why wouldn't she she's in Washington DC It's a short ride free food for her mm-hmm Okay Well, I mean you know it's in the middle of a hurricane. Well... The hurricane didn't hit Washington D.C.. Now here is the lead into this thing and just thought it was interesting to listen how this was being positioned by this douche or douchette from the Washington Post. It's a perfect morning to talk about scary things

1:59:07 She sounds like the woman from NPR, Advertising or whatever you want to call it. No that's not her though, not her. Scary things with unpleasant names like malware and computer worms and destructive viruses and Trojan horses Are you scared yet? How's the Trojan horse a scary thing that was is a gift that was accepted because it was decorative Malware, its'a scary word. Scary words Those innocent and even cheery little messages that you get in your inbox Like what like Viagra they cause you nothing but headache and loss Oh headache and loss

1:59:52 This is her intro to Janet Napolitano, if you can believe it or not. You care about cyber security if you don't like the idea of people snooping around your inbox at work or your personal email. Oh, that's cool! You mean like the NSA? Yeah, like the government... You care if you're a company that stores data electronically and worries about competitive theft over the Internet And you care if you've listened recently to the director of the CIA paint a dire picture of day-to-day cybercrime and To Leon Panetta's warnings that foreign enemies if we don't shore ourselves up can inflict enormous damage to our power grid water systems and critical infrastructure Things that... We used to worry about planes and bombs, and now we're looking about people with bad intentions in good hacking skills That is a bumper sticker right there

2:00:45 I've got bad intentions and good hacking skills. Maybe it's a t-shirt. Just bad intentions, and good hacking skills That's me baby! People care, an increasingly so And this morning the Washington Post... Who is this idiot? She's the...I don't know she's the Washington Post lady You want me to look it up? No go on just keep playing it It's almost done I just thought that was great intro And increasingly so. And so this morning, the Washington Post has convened a stellar group of cyber experts... Oh you mean like Janet Napolitano who doesn't use email and probably doesn't know how to use her computer at all? Is she is stellar expert? I knew it would get ya! To highlight the issues, the vulnerabilities out there with the whole aim talking about a stronger defense

2:01:39 So let me welcome now a person who... A thing? We're not sure if it's a lady, yeah. A person who is well steeped in cyber. She's well steeped in cyber John. Steeped! She's soaking in it now. You're soaking in it Madge! So let me welcome now a person who is well steeped in cyber, a member of the President Obama's inner circle Secretary Homeland Security Janet Napolitano She's steeped in cyber. I think that's another t-shirt. I'm steeped in cyber. So this whole conference was great, we could literally turn our microphones off and just play this conference and our audience would... it would be almost as funny! You can't make this up

CHAPTER 29 / 39 Discussion

DHS Claims of Massive Cybercrime Losses

Janet Napolitano cited a Norton study claiming that cybercrime costs $114 billion annually, a figure she suggested could actually be as high as $400 billion when including infrastructure repairs. Critics argue that using data from an antivirus company like Norton is a conflict of interest, as the company benefits from exaggerated threat assessments. The Department of Homeland Security is accused of using these inflated numbers to lobby for more funding and personnel.

dhs· norton· cybercrime· financial loss· infrastructure· hacking

2:02:36 So I did just want to play one, you know. Again this is why i don't understand why is the Washington Post putting together this panel of stellar panel of experts who are all steeped in cyber? What...I don't get it! You could figure it out if you were there because there's something in the handout bags or something yeah maybe some in the handout bags or somebody who sponsored the coffee I already played the piece earlier where Lucy is like, you know, this hurricane is like being under attack. We're under attack! What else was under attack? He's seen theft of significant intellectual property intrusions into significant contractors with the United States

2:03:21 We have seen control systems at small water plants in rural Texas attacked. That is so bogative, that is so bogative! Now she's just pulling stuff off the internet and like yeah this is... No no somebody else is pulling it off the Internet She's not pulling off anything. She can't use a computer! No, she is just reading the printed PowerPoint slides You're right I'm sorry And are undergoing attacks on some of the largest financial institutions in the United States Now now... ongoing attacks Ongoing attacks On-ongoing and let me just see Can you get to MechanicsBank.com right now John? Let me just see MechanicsBank.com

2:04:03 Oh, oh! I got to it. I could get to my bank so there's not an ongoing attack there How about Chase? My daughter has an account at Chase. Chase dot com Let me see... OH Oh, oh the page loaded. You think that there's maybe still an ongoing attack John? What's happening how could this be yeah you're pinging to death out of these things right now you I am I'm stop him I'm D dossing chase calm let's continue with Lucy Napolitano today and I think while it is impossible to put a hard number on what these cost There was a study last year Norton had said Now hold on a second

2:04:40 Norton? Hey, Norton! Wait a minute. Norton is the antivirus company? Norton? Norton. Hey, Norton These are the guys... these are the guys that are uh... By the way Chase.com is not loading entirely Oh there it is Norton, the anti-virus guy They say how much money's lost because of cyber Yeah, let me yeah because here's why because Norton has no reason to exaggerate anything to sell more software Exactly so there there are the source of the government uses Because everyone knows they're gonna be very very straightforward about the and be very honest about how much money is lost by cyber

2:05:26 independent you mean they're completely in the end of it independent very independent no bone they got no dog they got no dog in the hunt that's right how much money do you think Norton has said that they lost There was a study last year Norton that said 114 billion dollars. Now, 114 billion, that's Norton however... Annually along with the time of the times to repair victims loss and the like so that Wait what did she just say? Victims loss Along with the time to repair and victims loss

2:06:03 Yeah, okay. Along with the time of the times to repair victims loss... Hey, uh, hello, hello, Curry, Devorah Consulting Group can you give me a times to repair estimate please? Victims loss! Time to repair! So that raises it almost to four... Rebuilding infrastructure Power grid. Be quiet now! ...and the like, so that raises it to almost 400 billion annually and I think that is a very conservative estimate, I must say given what crosses our desk at DHS It's half-a trillion dollars conservative Conservative guess on exactly how much we're getting ripped off by these horrible attacks How about stopping them then?

2:06:58 Sounds like it'd be worth it. Well that's why she wants more money so that she can hire the people and she won't have enough people to find these people I'm always reminded of the guy they get a hacker that somebody tracked down he was living in Minnesota and In the guys as I got this guy's been screwing with our bank or not the bank but by company And all the rest engaged hands over the FBI they had no day got no time for this We haven't got time to deal with this crap. Nobody wants to do anything about it, so this is just totally bullcrap Yeah I'm with you, I'm agreeing it's bullcrap By the way talking about somebody hemming and hawing, I just want to play this clip out of the blue to show people This guy...I could play this for an hour

CHAPTER 30 / 39 Discussion

Incoherent Public Speaking on American Incomes

A clip of an unidentified speaker struggling to explain American income data is used to highlight the poor quality of public discourse. The speaker repeatedly hems and haws, failing to reach a coherent point despite discussing a critical economic subject. The segment serves as a critique of the "experts" often given platforms in media and government.

economics· public speaking· income· rhetoric· media analysis

2:07:45 There's a clip I have, where the guy just can't get to the point. And he mumbles... The clip is the guy can't get to the point. I could've played this for an hour and he still never gets to the point He just hems and haws. I couldn't...I had to stop watching it But this is the kind of suffering and torture that we put ourselves through on behalf of this show To listen to stuff like this Happening to people's incomes Directly! So thats what we set out to do And the results are what I had believed they were, they would be from observing other data. And that is that people's incomes, the incomes of Americans in general, those who are working... Right

2:08:42 Yeah, that's painful. He never gets... I'm telling you he says, uh, incomes as American incomes and the incomes that are people that are working or incomes that are, ah, are the ones we looked at, but believe me our hour it's painful its painful now I know I know I go through all the time even when I'm ill why are these people put on the podium because we're not available apparently not because your too busy writing your giblet about electric cars And you're too busy lounging in the bathtub surrounded by candles, ready for the knife to plunge in. You know I'm gonna wake up and there on lipstick on the mirror it says do not move we've removed your kidneys. No wait that's a different story Hey Redbook, Redbook, Redbook, Redbook Jack Daniels whiskey company jack daniels has recently released their

CHAPTER 31 / 39 Discussion

Jack Daniels Unaged Rye Whiskey Trend

Jack Daniels is set to release an "unaged rye whiskey" in December for $49.99, which is essentially high-priced moonshine. The product is marketed as a premium item despite not being aged in barrels or charcoal filtered. The hosts discuss the absurdity of the price point and suggest creating a "No Agenda Moonshine" in mason jars to capitalize on the trend.

jack daniels· moonshine· rye whiskey· tennessee· trend spotting· branding

2:09:41 unaged rye whiskey. It is a clear, clear content in the bottle this is the Red Book My prediction, it's coming true. This is the next step before we get to Jack Daniels just selling moonshine and calling it moonshine. This is about it! This is moonshine what you're talking about here. Right? Yeah that's what it is unaged rye whiskey so its moonshine. Unaged rye whiskey thats gotta be really a charmer unless its filtered now you can make this to be a decent product If you charcoal filter it about seven times, which is what they do with a lot of crappy vodkas that are made. You can really make them taste really smooth. Do you have a bottle there?

2:10:26 I know. Well, you look it up and see if it's charcoal filtered five times minimum... Would that say? It would say that. ...I would say is probably pretty drinkable. Wouldn't say that. I have a picture of the bottle. Yeah, it's got to say somewhere because they even call it Tennessee rye. How awesome is that? The next thing, the mistake they're making is they need to put in a mason jar. That's the mistake their making. They still have it with a bottle in there. Actually somebody has already done that trick There's a mason jar whiskey. Yeah, but this is going to be the next big thing and you were laughing at me And you watch it's gonna be all the celebrities are gonna have them everyone's gonna have their own celebrity based Moonshine and we're gonna be left in the dark hold on a second here's this story This is food beast

2:11:18 Jack Daniels unaged rye whiskey will be released in Tennessee in December at a suggested retail price of $49.99? Oh, people will pay for it. Not inventoryed, not aged in barrels just straight out of the still and they're gonna charge it... This theory is yours is not going to work with these prices! What idiot is gonna buy a $49.99 bottle of whisky that's essentially moonshine?! The same person who buys an iPhone 5 Now there's that. Unaged! I'm looking at the bottle, they got unaged as a big benefit Yes i'm telling you look i'm not saying it's a good product i'm just telling you what...I'm a trend spotter Adam Curry. You spotted this one Trend Spotter. I spotted this didn't I?

2:12:05 Yes, I'll give you a full credit for spotting this. But how stupid are we that we're not on the bandwagon? 49-9?! Are you kidding me!? We're not on the bandwagon! Once again... You can get quite a good bottle of cognac for that and it's probably been aged 12 to 18 years. Once again, we're on the outside looking in Good good. Don't buy that product ladies and gentlemen, it's a ripoff This is what we should be making okay listen you want to make some serious money You know what booze? What was yeah really? What was that Adam Carolla? What do you have man Jaina? What was his drink man Gria? I'm sorry. I don't know where that came from all right Man Jaina drink man Jaina. Yeah, it's a good one oh

2:12:55 Yes, well you this is something there's something wrong with you You are sick All right, so but he had to kill him in the bathtub He was sick. I'm crying Oh, you make me laugh Devorah you sometimes really made me laugh all right no listen instead of what? He's doing we should make Noah gender moonshine I'm telling you it's a hit. We could have our whole separate business as a different risk or different government agency that deals with that, but so look into it and look into it. You're the booze guy. You know a lot about booze and check it out. Excuse me? They're selling basically moonshine which is unfiltered unaged uncharcoaled. It's turpentine in

2:13:51 In the wrong bottle, this is the problem. We can get mason jars we can have our audience send us mason jars and just put some in. Put some in the mason jar slap a label on that with no agenda thing will and essentially here's what we do. We have ran at random you get to know agenda art as the label right so every every label is different Right? We have hundreds and hundreds. Yeah, yeah that'd be great! You with me? What do you mean you don't sound excited?! Well... y'know okay I'll get more excited as this idea progresses. I'm at the Jack Daniel's site and they don't even have this product on their own website That's how much of a trend spotter i am The company doesn't even know it and I know what's going on

CHAPTER 32 / 39 Discussion

Benghazi Investigation and Drone Surveillance Records

Senator John McCain has called for the declassification of drone surveillance footage and audio recordings from the Benghazi consulate attack. The records reportedly prove there was no spontaneous demonstration prior to the violence. New details emerged regarding the Turkish ambassador visiting Ambassador Chris Stevens just an hour before the attack began, raising questions about the timeline and security.

benghazi· john mccain· drones· chris stevens· turkey· classified

2:14:38 It's weird. Okay, anyway, all right now we're talking about how about let's talk about oh here's another Here's McCain McCain McCain well of course the Benghazi thing is not gone You know it's gone temporarily and it may be gone forever But it's not like we can just be like the rest these douchebag News outfits and not talk about it anymore About the botched kidnapping which resulted in the death of the ambassador And then the cover-up So McCain is the only guy out there who is dumb enough to be talking about it. But when, you know... When McCain talks he lets little things out which are really cool that's what I like about him because he's such a douche and you learn things just by listening to him so here he is talking

2:15:28 Benghazi and we learned something touting and giving all the details like when they got bin Laden But now we know that there were tapes recordings inside the consulate During this fight, and they've gotten they came in the FBI finally got in and took those And now they're classified as quote top secret. I love that so there's top-secret tapes John Top Secret tapes and remember what I was saying about the drones about there being drones? Yeah, they're flying around. Oh yeah turns out I was spot on the money. Well let me just gonna say Senator you have called for declassifying the drone pictures apparently there were drone pictures What kind of journalist is this? Drone pictures! Drone pict... what it's like that it's like an Instamatic camera on the drone you douche

2:16:18 Gorgon's drone pictures. I mean this guy, I want to see him This guy is living in the World War 2 intelligence YouTube spy photographs you know like the black and white yeah, you got your minox camera with a little crosshairs on it These people take a picture of a document These people have no idea the quality, the level of resolution that these drone video systems Gorgon Stare project. It's unbelievable the detail. Yeah they use adaptive optics very high end. And it can be over an area of six kilometers this is not drawn pictures hey say hey McCain

2:17:01 Did you see the drone pictures? They have the drone, the Polaroid. Like they've got an Instagram. I was just going to say Senator, you have called for declassifying of the drone pictures apparently there were a drone pictures Why... Have you seen those pictures senator No, I have not. But what i do know is that those in the surveillance records from inside and around the consulate will show that there was no demonstration The Turkish ambassador left his consulate and said goodbye to Chris Stevens at 830 at night There was no demonstration Now we learned something else here as you are coughing up a lung apparently Yeah, I have to get some water

2:17:45 Yeah, okay. Go get some water then wow I'm sorry that's not it sounds like you have mangyna By the way That's nothing that while you're doing that let me hop on the repeater and see if we got any hams out there was the Kf5 sln is monitoring Let's see if we have anyone on the frequency on the repeater oh He got ingested some mildew. You got mildew? You've got mildew in your throat, in your back? Yeah. I'm good to go. So another thing that I just hear here is that the ambassador for Turkey was visiting there at 8pm and like... And he just left! He just left the building! Ah yeah, that's weird. And the turkey guy? Come on this is Turkey?! What's the ambassador for Turkey doing there in Benghazi?

CHAPTER 33 / 39 Discussion

Cenk Uygur Home Intrusion and Gun Control

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks recounted a home intrusion involving a man allegedly on bath salts who broke into his house at 1:30 AM. Uygur used the incident to argue against gun ownership, claiming that having a firearm would have only made the situation more dangerous for his family and the responding police. Critics found his logic "pathetic," arguing that relying solely on police response during a violent intrusion is risky.

cenk uygur· home intrusion· gun control· bath salts· police· current tv

2:18:41 No, I'm telling you this is a great clip. This is Clip of the Day! No, I'm not gonna take it It's not that great. Well it is to me because this all new stuff So for literally days and days they told the American people something that had no basis in fact whatsoever To me it feels a bit robbed doesn't feel a bit stolen doesn't feel like a real Clip of the day If...I liked it Okay well I'll take it Now, clip of the day has got to be this thing I got at Chunk. Oh here someone's logged on to the repeater Alright well you're too late now. I already-I did my call out in my CQ Yeah yeah yeah get back to the story Chunk uh...Chunks house got broken into. CHUNK? Chunk yeah What's his name? The CIA broke into his house? No Sink what's his names? Chinck? Chinck! Chinck? So he turns us into an anti gun thing which is pretty funny. You wanna hear it

2:19:43 Yeah, cuz something crazy happened in my house last night. It was crazy 30 in the morning my sister-in-law came upstairs We've got a two story house and we are in a triangle relationship And she was downstairs and I guy had come up wait wait wait wait wait wait let's go through the timeline again his Sister or what was at the house at 230 in the morning no he says My sister this I guess is sister-in-law lives on the first floor oh They have a two-story house and so his sister in law lives downstairs, and he has a two story house. That's what it says. Something crazy happened in my house last night It is his house we know that At 130 in the morning my sister in law came upstairs We've got a 2 story house at 130 in the morning his sister in laws roaming around his house

2:20:32 And she was downstairs and I got because normally she's apparently upstairs. I had come up to the door that we have downstairs in a room and started shaking and going I'm Brian let me in let me in I'm in trouble you gotta Let me in and that scared the hell out of her obviously guy We don't know at all She ran upstairs called the police and said, you know Can you help me with what's happening downstairs? So here's the timeline she runs upstairs calls the police Okay, and there's a guy who's why does she run upstairs to call the police unless she was already upstairs? So obviously this is that just as something okay go I'm not gonna interrupt anymore check it out It turns out there was a crazy guy in our yard And he'd been all over the neighborhood. He'd gotten to four different houses You've thrown. I think his stone through a Starbucks etc and when I looked outside he was in the driveway and thank God the cops had shown up and

2:21:27 And he's yelling at the cops and he won't back down. The police started walking towards him, and towards the house. You know what he did? He bolted to our backyard... ...and then broke down our back door and was in our living room Now at this point I've got Jenny my sister-in-law, I've got my wife, I've got my newborn daughter all downstairs because they were curious They came down to see what was happening with the police I got him upstairs right away, i turned on the lights and let the cops in. It all took about 2 seconds or so and it was incredibly scary. Was is as scary as a tree falling? This is all two seconds by the way, two seconds! Now first we gotta get into different meme... And the cops

2:22:11 came in and handled the situation perfectly. And they got him on the ground, and thank God nobody got hurt! And they said he might be on bath salts... He was acting really crazy now we don't know that you obviously need toxicology reports to figure that out but there's no question that he was acting incredibly crazy screaming and making no sense whatsoever okay Right, so that should be the end of the story. Bath salts great! Nooooooo! So then after I told this story to friends here and they asked me a really interesting question. Did it change your mind on gun control? What?! Did you wish that you had a gun in the house when you have your newborn there You got your two year old son, you got your whole family, you got your mother upstairs etc And i said not at all In that moment I thought thank god there's no guns in the house

2:22:59 Because when the cops come, what if I've got a gun? then they're confused. Is it the guy with a gun that I have to worry about? Or is it the guy on bath salts trying to eat your face off? The guy without the gun, what's my priority do I subdue the guy with the gun or do I go after the crazy guy which one is which now they say what if the other guy had a gun all right but if he's got a gun and he starts shooting and I start shooting and then the cops start shooting there's bullets flying all over my house and I've got two-year old new newborn of my wife in my whole family in the house thats the last thing in the world that I want Unbelievable. This is great! I'm shooting, he's shooting the cop is shooting and there are just bullets flying all over the place! It's a melee! Yeah, can't have bullets flying everywhere? I swear to you the whole time I was thinking thank God there aren't no guns and thank god he wasn't armed either And look if he has got a gun and we all start shooting it isn't going to help anyway

2:23:55 And trying to fight back against a crazy guy with a gun is not what you should be doing. No, no, no! You should be hanging out with your sister-in-law That's what the cops are there for and they were there and they were ready and they responded Okay? It doesn't help the situation That went on for like another 15 minutes This isn't pathetic I thought you'd like it Chunk He's too funny Yeah, well now they got Joy Behar on that stupid current channel. You know what happened to her? I mean she literally went from CNN to HLN to wait no she had his network show and then yeah No, they say well She's nuts. I mean she's obviously she does that horrible there's the horrible interview where she's she says she's a comic That is the left-wing crazy

CHAPTER 34 / 39 Discussion

Anderson Cooper Daytime Show Cancellation

Anderson Cooper's syndicated daytime talk show has been cancelled after two seasons due to low ratings. The discussion suggests that Cooper's "silly" and "goofy" persona on the daytime program undermined his credibility as a serious news anchor. Speculation arises that he may eventually transition to a major network evening anchor role at CBS or NBC to follow in the footsteps of figures like Tom Brokaw.

anderson cooper· cnn· daytime television· talk show· broadcast news

2:24:48 She obviously wasn't maintaining her numbers, they were paying her a lot of money. I know the current's not paying anything, it's crazy. It was like once a week and she just needs to be there for the show just to be someone in New York society And she says, I think one of her promos is that now she can speak her mind. As if she wasn't speaking her mind too much on the other show. You know who else's show got cancelled? Anderson Pooper

2:25:24 Yeah, I know they can't they cancel his daytime show. Yeah yeah, I know after two seasons give it a shot He didn't give it enough time Yeah, I think he did I think he got some smart advice finally like dude to stop doing this This is not good for you You know he could be anchor at you know he could be yeah? He should stay with his anchoring style if we could get out of CNN easy get out of a scene in contract Here's one for the Red Book. He will be like the big night nighttime anchor for CBS or NBC not ABC CBS or NBC you know it'll be like Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings Cooper can do that. You know he's getting his chops there, you know he's standing in the cold water. Right and on that other show, that daytime show he was acting goofy and he was acting silly yeah couldn't take him too seriously and he's also acting too gay Yeah well there's that

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Belgian Prison Master Key Scandal

The governor of a Belgian prison was suspended after a chaplain lost a master set of keys that could open all 180 cells and internal security doors. The incident has forced the facility to undergo a massive and costly lock replacement project. The story is presented as a classic example of Belgian administrative incompetence.

belgium· prison· master key· security breach· leuven prison

2:26:19 Uh, so you know how the Dutch and the Belgians don't like each other? They're kind of like a love-hate relationship. Yeah why is that I don't know because Belgium isn't the real country and iIdon't know what it is but they have a love hate relationship but yet they love each other that they hate each other they make jokes I don't know wasi sleep does nexty well you hate you do you make fun of where you love you make fun off So we have these jokes like you know um do you know why the Belgian Navy didn't, you know only set sail once during the Second World War. You know and the answer is because they ran out of coal stuff like that. No actually I think it's the Belgian Air Force because they ran out of coal. That's even better! Yeah but so here's one that i read this is great So they had to fire

2:27:20 Because he lost the master key. Of the prison! What? Yeah, he lost the master key now they have to change all locks... The Dutch made that story up I'm sure they did no this is Euro news and I bet you there's video too if it's Euro news as well Where is the key?! Hey Bruno where's the key I don't know the key I don't know I lost the key I just thought that was so funny. The Belgians lost the key! We'll have to change all the locks in the prison, that's so typical Well let me see if there is video with this Euro News usually has video Hold on Oh yes Here it is This is under the category... where is it? And now back to real news Except the flash won't play Oh here it is God this is annoying The governor of one Belgian jail has been suspended after keys to the cells went missing

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Alyssa Milano UNICEF Commercial Critique

Actress Alyssa Milano appears in a new UNICEF commercial asking for $15 monthly donations to provide food and vaccines to starving children. The advertisement is criticized for using emotional manipulation and for the lack of transparency regarding how much of the money actually reaches the children. The hosts compare it to the old "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" boxes and question the efficiency of large international charities.

alyssa milano· unicef· charity· child hunger· marketing

2:28:31 The chaplain of Lurven Prison mislaid his master set, and staff fear inmates could have got their hands on them. It means the lucky prisoner will be able to open any of the 180 cells and the internal doors that separate the 20 sections of the jail. Officials are trying to get to the bottom of the matter We've asked for an investigation, and a report on what happened we want to know who had the key lock That's duff! That's the news you have to deal with ladies and gentlemen That is the news. It's better than dealing with this Alyssa Milano commercial for UNICEF, which I thought these things were out of vogue where they show the starving kid even though the kids in a studio showing the starving kid and then you'd ask you to only cost you nickel so give us $15 that kind of those ads Now this is Alyssa Milano from Who's The Boss?

2:29:28 I don't know where she's from. Well, yeah, Alyssa Milano She was a Tony Danza's daughter on who's the boss? I don't know. I guess it's her Okay And she's doing a UNICEF commercial Yeah and every day every to every step of the way you go You have you can't not watch this without making commentary while it's running Do we play it? Yeah, play it. What would you do if there was a child right in front of you sitting all alone crying in pain from hunger I'd give him some food! Now they just show a bunch of kids And what if all you had to do was reach into your pocket and pull out 50 cents He can't eat fifty cents he needs food

2:30:26 This is that child and this... Give him some food, lady! These two quarters. It's never been easier to save the life of a child Go online or call this number and join UNICEF with your $15 monthly gift It's only 50 cents a day and it means you'll get these children the critical help they need to survive. Emergency care, nutrition, vaccines, anti-malaria bed nets delivered every single day of the year to the children who could die without it that's what your fifty cents a day buys

2:31:24 And at UNICEF we believe that's what every child deserves. We know you do too You know, I just read something... But first of all how do you get an insurance plan for $15 a month that covers all these benefits? Someone in the chat room just said something very very right Do you remember at Halloween Who is this? A Gammon At Halloween we used to carry around UNICEF boxes And you go trick-or-treating and then you say, do you have something for UNICEF? Do you remember that vaguely I do remember there was that there used to be that sort of thing in The March of Dimes is another one like it Yeah So they've just who knows. I don't know III question all this stuff. I have no idea. I have no idea I can help my name You know what? I helped my neighbor or what I can we had a thing I saw something really beautiful here at in Austin screw this I think that's Alyssa Milano when you've adopted kids

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Direct Community Aid vs. Institutional Charity

A local community in Austin successfully raised $10,000 via a grassroots effort to pay for a surgery for a local farmer who lacked health insurance. This direct form of "value-for-value" assistance is contrasted with institutional charities where donors often lose track of their impact. The story is used to advocate for local, direct support systems over bureaucratic government or NGO programs.

kickstarter· community· healthcare· austin· chicken farm· insurance

2:32:21 No, I've adopted the policy of giving any homeless person to ask me for some money. They need some money. I've always done that. Yeah you're actually adamant about it? Yeah it's like oh here you go because they are fallen angels. No I have adopted kids and the adoption thing that always got to be because then you send off your money and then you get a letter from the kid right and then you like all this cool new write a letter back in and all sudden is like the agency says we got a new kid Well, no. What happened to the old kid? And you get new pictures Have you ever done this? Have you ever seen this happen? No I've never done that but i can just imagine It's really crazy and then You think there is some scamish thing about it maybe? I don't know but its like... you get pictures and I remember Like we would send picture back with Christina We'd be like lets take a pic of us and the family We sent them back the photo Then ya know when he wouldn't hear anything Then we got a new letter Hi! Im your new kid. Im your new foster kid. Like what happened with the old one

2:33:19 And then they never answer you. It's strange. Huh? Yeah, that surprises me! But here is how America works the one I grew up in so we have the market on Saturdays and everyone has got their email list and Facebook pages so we know what chicken if we've got whole chickens or what the guys are bringing Everyone kind of communicates it's a small community through Austin Sustainable Food something-or-other And we know all our people at the market, and so you can kind of pre-order. Like hey I want the eight pound tenderloin and they'll reserve it for me."

2:33:58 And you know, just so they know that you're coming. So then we get an email that Jane who is with the chicken lady and she's a chicken lady with the chicken guy it's three of them on the farm with like they have one guy helping this is what they do. They farm chickens. She'd fallen down she really broken her wrist severely and had to have an operation. Of course they have no insurance. I mean I don't how Obamacare works but they don't have it And it's a $28,000 operation she needs to have. And they talked him down to 10,000. How crazy is this? If they paid in cash! So someone who knows them wrote this story up and opened like a Kickstarter thing or donation thing

2:34:45 And then literally everyone pitched in, and went through some bucks. We threw a hundred bucks and then we paid for it! And we take care of our own. That's how it used to work! and that doesn't happen anymore. It's all like has to be from some agency and something, you know whatever. And I feel so much better giving my money directly to someone who is either on the street or in this situation and they do with the community of people we help out and then people helping out at the stall because she couldn't be there That's how it should be. That's what it used to be, now its like just change your Twitter icon text $10 I'm done whatever everyone is fine. Yeah you got the blue icon and I am done. Yeah done and that sucks and doesn't feel right So you know whats funny because it depends on the culture Americans are very generous if given the opportunity If given the opportunity just to be douchebags they'll do that too if the government wants to take over the place We're good at being douchebags thats true

CHAPTER 38 / 39 Discussion

Cultural Attitudes Toward Begging and Scams

A comparison of cultural attitudes toward street begging reveals that in London, giving money to beggars is often considered bad form, whereas Americans are generally more permissive. An anecdote from Austin describes a man who feigns blindness to solicit help crossing the street, only to ask for a dollar once on the other side. The hosts reiterate that "value-for-value" should involve a genuine exchange rather than guilt-based solicitation.

london· austin· begging· scams· value for value· social norms

2:35:46 So I'm in England, in London one time and there's some guy with one leg missing or crutches. The guy was a wreck! And he asked me if I had any... you know, if it could spare a dime kind of thing? And so I gave him like out-of-pound note whatever I had because he just was pathetic Some guy in a big lorry big truck stops the truck on the street and cusses me out What?! Why? Cusses me out for giving the beggar any money whatsoever He's yelling at me. Never do that, you're gonna just blah blah blah. You just went crazy! I brought this up with some Brits and they all say oh yeah it is considered bad form to give money to anyone in the street. It's begging though the place will end up like India

2:36:31 You know, so I don't think a lot of cultures are all as generous as we are. Now, I will say on the other hand that we have a guy here in Austin who has a great scam going on. There's this little restaurant – it's a seafood restaurant, small very very small and you can sit outside and were sitting there with some friends and they live right in that neighborhood and there is this old guy and he has a blind stick, white stick with And I think he's samurai sword. That's what he has He's got a blind person stick ugly stick and It doesn't it's not wearing glasses or anything, but you know he has that like I'm blind look and he may be blind I don't know But he stands on one side of the street

2:37:15 And then, you could just watch it all day long. He's just sitting there and then he'll be standing with his stick and someone will come up to him and say do you need help crossing the street? And he'll say yeah! Then they help him cross the street and then he'll say have a dollar? If people don't give them their dollars, he says thanks for caring!!! Literally. And he'll walk in... Yeah, I've seen these guys! ...and he's in the middle of the street as the cars come around and the cars will literally go around him stop park get out hey man do you need some help crossing the street oh yeah thanks and then at the end is like have you got $1? Then they give it to him, man thanks for caring

2:37:58 And he does it all day long. He probably brings in two, three hundred bucks a day I'm telling you it's an awesome skit now the guy may be able to see Thanks for caring What a douchebag You know that's not value for value I like when someone does something either if you make me laugh That's value for value there is nothing...I don't feel guilty about giving you money I don't feel anything It can just be you got a funny sign That's all good? You know, do something. I'll buy-I bet-I'll buy crap from you Value for value that's the way forward and stop with all the... Stop! Stop i'm sick. I'm done Yeah you're done you should go to bed yeah well I can't I can't go to bed How come this is not playing why can't you go to bed Why why can't I go to bed? I gotta got like I'm trying to find a job and then I got an interview

CHAPTER 39 / 39 Discussion

Disney Acquires Lucasfilm for Four Billion Dollars

George Lucas has sold the Star Wars franchise and Lucasfilm to Disney for four billion dollars. The move is noted for its irony, as Disney had previously criticized Star Wars in 1977 before releasing its own failed sci-fi film, The Black Hole. The show concludes with a hand-off to the Freedom Fiends program on the No Agenda stream.

george lucas· disney· star wars· the black hole· acquisition· freedom feinds

2:38:59 Yeah, okay. Well good luck This is really good I got a job interview at six. I feel like crap At six? Yeah What are you gonna be a nightclub bouncer? I don't want to talk about it But you know Gotta do what I gotta do George Lucas just got four billion dollars for selling his old franchise To the idiots at Disney. Yeah, I was you want to tell an anecdote about this story all right? No, I have a clip but it's not important now I'll stop when they went star. I remember this distinctly when Star Wars came out first came out in 1977 Disney made a big stink about how crappy it was and

2:39:44 as a movie and they went on to say we can show you how to do it right, and they came out with the movie called The Black Hole which was just a piece of crap. And now they've been to buying Lucas. I just thought there was irony in there somewhere you can play it. Play us out! Wow, glad- Play us out! Glad i stopped the show for that everybody. I didn't expect you to stop this show Well, I knew you weren't gonna make it all the way to the end. It's alright Yeah no, I'm spent so uh John would you please wish me some job karma? Job karma to you Adam Curry Right cuz we ain't cutting the mustard if ya know what I mean

2:40:25 That's what it is. Yeah, okay good well we'll talk some someplace cheap right Top Dog. All right, and after I get rid of the body buzz hopefully we'll be okay for our show on Sunday a reminder Freedom Fiends coming up right after we get off the air today on noagendastream.com NoAgendaChat.net they will take over the airwaves the minute we sign-off

2:41:10 And coming to you from the capital of the drone star state here in Texas, in Austin. In the morning I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where it actually has stopped raining! I'm John C. Dvorak we'll be back on Sunday right here on No Agenda. The best podcast in the universe! dvorak dot org slash n a