Episode 485 · Thursday, 7 February 2013

Goys with Guns

Leaked Department of Justice memos reveal the executive branch's claimed authority to execute American citizens without trial as the administration cements a permanent state of non-international armed conflict.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 485

About this episode

Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice face intense scrutiny following the leak of a white paper justifying lethal drone strikes against American citizens. The document establishes a legal framework for the extrajudicial killing of individuals deemed imminent threats by high-level officials like Valerie Jarrett or Janet Napolitano, bypassing traditional due process. This expansion of executive power, branded here as the George W. Obama era, continues the aggressive war-making precedents established after September 2001.

Secondary developments include a $5 billion lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s for subprime mortgage ratings and the $1.9 billion HSBC settlement involving Mexican drug cartel money laundering. In the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron issued an apology for systemic neglect within the National Health Service, while Nigel Farage warned the European Parliament of a looming French bankruptcy. Domestically, the TSA is mocked via a Viper Team parody as California legislators propose mandatory liability insurance for firearm owners. Meanwhile, ShadowStats data suggests real U.S. inflation has reached 10 percent, diverging sharply from official government reports since 1984.

Technical glitches briefly removed the program from the iTunes directory, highlighting the necessity of independent RSS feeds over platforms like Mevio. The Super Bowl XLVII power outage sparked theories of scripted sports entertainment, while local Austin sentiment remains cold toward Lance Armstrong following his Oprah Winfrey confession. Sir Bill and Sir Lynn are inducted into the No Agenda Roundtable as the quest for the 500th episode begins.


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CHAPTER 01 / 52 Discussion

Valentine's Day, Marriage Dates, and 50th Birthday Planning

A discussion regarding the strategic timing of marriage on holidays like Valentine's Day to consolidate gift-giving occasions. Personal anecdotes cover the downsides of being born on January 1st or Christmas. Plans for an upcoming 50th birthday involve a debate between a large dinner party and more rowdy celebrations.

valentine's day· marriage· birthday· 50th birthday· christmas

00:00 There's doping going on in the sport of curling. What? You know that thing where they toss like- I need to be all pumped up on Roys to push a rock down this thing! Adam Curry, John C. Devorah It's Thursday February 7th 2013 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 4 5 This is no agenda Massaging my evil patch here in the capital of the drone star state Austin Tejasan morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where we're halfway to Valentine's Day another fake holiday. I'm John C Dvorak Really after he had that whole conversation on the last show where the guy was brilliant

00:47 What did he say? Don't you remember, he got married on Valentine's Day. Yeah that was a good idea. He was brilliant. Smart, very smart. And what he did is personally took out one of the holidays. Took it right out! If you really want to have some fun, get married on Christmas and try to time the birth on Christmas. I've known a couple of people that were born on Christmas and they constantly grouse about feeling they were robbed. Well my sister was born January 1st. Oh that's bad. Yeah she feels the same way it's like everyone calls drunk after 2 in the morning. I forgot your birthday!

01:28 That would have been perfect for me. I don't, I so don't care about my birthday and you know Miss Mickey's already threatening about my 50th like oh Please threatening she's gonna kill you. Yeah, it's time to go Surprise party or whatever I'm like and she's like and I'll call Michelle I'm like no because they'll be hookers in jail is then she's like yeah Yeah That's what you're supposed to do like no. I really don't feel like it. I don't that's not what you're supposed to do What are you supposed to do when you turn 50?

CHAPTER 02 / 52 Discussion

Immigration Medical Exams, Green Card Process, and Booster Shots

A detailed account of the medical testing requirements for a spouse's green card application, including mandatory vaccinations and flu shots. The narrative contrasts current experiences with a 25-year-old anecdote involving a stressful blood test in Newark, New Jersey. Concerns are raised regarding the high costs and bureaucratic hurdles of the expedited immigration process.

immigration· green card· medical exam· booster shots· flu shot

02:06 Do you remember? You have an event, probably a big dinner party or something like that. A dinner party! It's not a bachelors' party. Well apparently Miss Mickey thinks it is. It's hookers and jail time. I agree, a nice dinner is good. Do people bring you presents like gold bars and stuff? Yeah, you should have a huge dinner part with as many people as you can... maybe make it a buffet and then get all these gifts A bouffee to go with my boufante. I love it! Well, no she's not gonna kill me she just did oh my god now this is real love She just did her Gitmo nation test for her green card her medical test yeah Yeah This is an annoyance John you have to prove You've had all your shots and of course you know she had proof from her doctor in the lowlands

03:06 And then like well, should be good enough. Yeah but you have where's your booster? Where is proof that you had your booster? What booster? Your booster shots and mandatory flu shot but only during flu season so if she waits until March 31st then she doesn't have to take the flu shot. Ah thats what she should do! But I mean isn't it just nuts?! Yeah, especially since some people apparently get the flu from that shot. Well of course I mean that was this the first thing that'll happen probably just like oh my god now That's real love man You do all that crap and I did I didn't tell her I didn't tell her what happened The last time I went through this which a grand it was 25 years ago What happened with my ex-wife? What about her well she had to do the same thing only it was in Newark, New Jersey

04:01 And when these I need to pay him off. Yeah, but this is not your own doctor This is not a sanctioned office you know this it is the sanctioned offices You know just some some back back Backwood's operation where they got in and you know it's like 400 bucks hello Just get ripped off left and right oh no, and there's another check that after right for another $1,050 for the expedited process again Don't even get me started. But no, they stuck her wrong with the blood and she passed out. Ow! Yeah That happens all the time you get a blood test and these guys I mean what does it take? They're poking and poking You come back you're dripping, you're all black and blue It's terrible What actually happens when they do something that you pass out from it What have they done

CHAPTER 03 / 52 Discussion

DOJ White Paper, Drone Strikes, and Eric Holder's Testimony

Attorney General Eric Holder faced questioning regarding a leaked Department of Justice white paper justifying the use of lethal drone strikes against American citizens. The document outlines legal precedents for targeting individuals deemed imminent threats without traditional due process. Critics point out that the administration previously advocated for the release of Bush-era torture memos while remaining secretive about current drone operations.

eric holder· drone strikes· white paper· department of justice· barack obama

04:57 Dave that they haven't done anything. It's you you yourself pass up, okay? I make myself pass out just thinking about it. I don't want yeah well there you go I want to think about going anyway, I would like to say hi everybody to All of all of you within the sound of my voice if you've been listening to this program to the no agenda show known as the best podcast in the universe then all this drone news should come as no surprise to you and we have been on this tip for years and riding the drone. We've been riding the drone for years in fact it was a year ago almost to the day that we broke down the entire speech by Schittes and Holder where he explained this exact legal precedent

05:51 And so everyone's, and now everyone is all up in arms. Where was the press? Where was the media when Holder was on stage saying exactly this I mean exactly what is in this white paper Don't you love that John? The white paper Yes it's a white paper It's a white paper With Obama as president does that really apply? Well you know Wow! A racist joke really John This early in the morning quite amazing a racist totally racist it wasn't a racist joke it was a joke that had race involved in the punchline oh I was very funny here's the headline I saw you didn't do any any clips whatsoever so I'm presuming that hey you're not all that interested be you figured out have whatever was necessary the clip is about the whites paper they're about to have bout their rights paper

06:49 Is that a correct assumption? There was actually two things I figured you'd get to the bottom of. And so, I just let them slide and that's one of them I do, yeah. Yeah! I'll hit you or hurt you. I actually do have an analysis of the legal stance now this we did not have a year ago but of course i've been studying for my law degree so now... And by the way should mention as some of the commentators mentioned or at least they have in print and here heard on TV The white paper is just a white paper. It's not actually the document that everyone is trying to get hold of, which is the actual findings. No these would be the memos and well actually we can start with Holder being grilled this was on C-SPAN I don't think this really made it onto television here as the Attorney General being grilled and I thought in this case the press were doing pretty good job

07:44 although this never makes it onto air, about these so-called memos. And of course for those of you who haven't been following along when George W Bush... This is George W Obama when George W Bush was president there was this to do about the torture memos and the legal precedent for that which the George W Obama administration released like hey we're so transparent we're gonna show you everything that Bush did When I released the memos, you were a driving force behind releasing the Bush administration's torture memos. Why aren't you a force to this? Well we'll have to look at this and see what is it that we want to do with these memos but you have to understand that we are talking about things

08:34 that go into really kind of how we conduct our offensive operations. Yeah, exactly. They're very offensive these operations you have. The memo doesn't seem to be classified though right? It's marked confidential but not classified why not release that to the general public You said that we can only discuss that in a classified setting but in this memo your discussing the difference between those two We're taking what sounds like an ongoing threat and saying it is imminent threat Well I mean that something we'd have to look into whats exactly in the white paper We don't know what's in the white paper. Now he is pretending that he doesn't know what is in the white paper. We have to look into that. Are you not aware of what's in the white paper? Uh, we'll have to look into it.

CHAPTER 04 / 52 Discussion

NBC News Drone Memo Leak and Jay Carney's Press Briefing

NBC News obtained an exclusive government document detailing the legal justification for killing Al-Qaeda suspects, including U.S. citizens. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the policy during a briefing, emphasizing the President's responsibility to protect the nation. The media's reaction to President Obama's "kill list" is analyzed, noting the lack of direct questioning during presidential appearances.

nbc news· jay carney· brian williams· drone memo· press briefing

09:16 Anyway, so Holder of course is holding the bag in this case. But what I like so much is how this was discovered Of course you know this is not a leak or anything and NBC for reasons unknown got the exclusive What do you think this could be John? Why wasn't it ABC? Well I think ABC's don't really have anything to trade We'll give you Diane Sawyer and we'll throw in Barbara Walters if you just give us the white paper. I don't know, I think it may have some connection to Immelt? Yeah, I think they're all traded out. I think that's...I think you're making a good point is, you know, they got the interviews with the president, they did everything leading up to the election and now that like they shot their wad, I think. That's a good point! They just don't have any more good shows

10:10 Anyway, Brian Williams I think did a great lead in. to the story so just give you the lead into the story which I thought was it just laid in right out there. Good evening some people regard death by drone as a necessary evil of... Thank you for headlines across the world, death by drone thank you Brian Williams Our post 9-11 world way we have to do business against an enemy we can't see including sometimes Americans who have switched sides Others see the use of drones by the United States as nothing more than execution by air, without due process. No court no charges, no trial and relatively little oversight." That would be... I think we kind of view it that way how about you John? Yeah! The kill list! What's beyond dispute is this drone attack. Obama's personal kill list. I'm gonna kill this guy today. "...have become a huge weapon for this country and this president has made unprecedented use of them

11:09 NBC News has obtained a government document that lays out the legal argument to justify the president's use of drones to kill Al Qaeda suspects, including in some cases US citizens. Now this is not entirely true it doesn't really lay out the entire legal aspect but I will get into a couple pieces of it, but not after...not until after we have heard the biggest drone in the universe. That would be Jay Carney Who is he is the press secretary, but he did how this guy's so boring He just drones on and on and on but he what happened if the president Went into the newsroom in you have to see this sequence in a video at the full events was just mind-boggling To me as the president goes into the the press newsroom

12:02 Does this blotty-blas about let's pass some little budget now so we don't have to cut spending to my buddies there in the military industrial complex, you know the sequestration. And even though there is this huge elephant in the room I mean just enormous this kill list death by drone and then he's done with his little pitch for whatever about passing some insignificant budget to kick the can down the road And then he leaves! Thanks very much and I know that you're gonna have a whole bunch of other questions. And that's why i hired this guy Jay Carney to... And the press thinks it's hilarious! Don't answer any questions yourself, let's talk to the idiot! To take those questions. Thank you everybody. Thank you everybody! And he just walks out?

12:54 And he just walks right out. It sounded a lot like Elvis as he left, isn't it? Isn't exactly the era... Hey everybody! Jay Carter will close the show So here is his written statement answering the question which of course is question numero uno Thanks for being here I was hoping to skip the briefing today but apparently I'm here to take your questions Oh apparently Julian How can the government determine that an American citizen is an imminent threat to the U.S., or U.S. interests, without having any kind of specific evidence that person is planning an attack in the immediate future? Well, the question obviously you ask relates to some stories out today regarding a document prepared – unclassified document prepared for some members of Congress and understandable questions. And I can just say

CHAPTER 05 / 52 Discussion

Presidential Oath of Office, Constitution, and Article II Powers

An analysis of the Presidential oath of office highlights that the President swears to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution rather than individual citizens. The discussion enumerates the twelve specific constitutional powers granted to the executive branch under Article II. Arguments are made that drone strikes and targeted killings fall outside these explicitly defined roles.

constitution· oath of office· article ii· commander-in-chief· executive power

13:54 you know, this president takes his responsibilities very seriously and first and foremost that's his responsibility to protect the United States and American citizens. Okay all right let's stop it right there this is my pet peeve and that to prove that this is a lie that this is not the President's first-and-foremost responsibility It is not! I am going to play the 30 seconds uh... and the entire thirty seconds of what the president pledged with his both to office this past january for a second term so we can be very clear what he is swearing to do right hand and repeat after me

14:37 I, Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear. That i will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend. Preserve protect and defend? What's he gonna say next?! Will it be The United States Of America The people of America? What could it be?! The Constitution of the United States. So help you God, so help me God! And that's it! Let's make it clear once and for all he is pledging to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States not the citizens of the United States Do you know John actually what the 12 powers are of the President We've never discussed this I don't think

15:33 There are only 12 things constitutionally that the president can do. Yeah, it's in the Constitution I believe. Should we just run down them real quick? Okay one be commander-in-chief of the army and navy when called into service to require the opinion of the principal officer in each executive department so I guess you have meetings three Have power to grand reprieves and pardons. So that's you get people out of jail, is that what that is? Yeah, that's when Clinton let Mark Rich exactly the felon go start the entire oil hedge business. Four make treaties five who is big one nominate and appoint ambassadors judges of the Supreme Court and all other officers of the United States

16:18 Fill up vacancies during the recess of the Senate. Give to Congress information of the State of the Union, that's like a bigger meeting. Recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." That is his recommendation for their consideration. "...on extraordinary occasions convened both houses or either of them receive ambassadors and other public ministers and basketball teams Take care that the laws be faithfully executed and commission all the officers of the United States. So nowhere does it say drone Al-Qaeda, etc., etc.. But they found a way around it! And this is why from...and I'm going to you're gonna hear this in the next 50 seconds from Jay Carney From now on we have to go back

CHAPTER 06 / 52 Discussion

George W. Obama, War Powers, and Targeted Killing Legality

The administration is characterized as "George W. Obama" for continuing and expanding war powers established after the September 2001 attacks. Jay Carney asserted that targeted strikes against Al-Qaeda leaders are legal, ethical, and wise, regardless of U.S. citizenship. The legal framework relies on the concept of "imminence" and the inability to capture suspects in foreign territories.

war powers· al-qaeda· targeted killing· due process· jay carney

17:08 to calling this president George W. Obama because he is taking the war powers that was passed on to him from the September 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda, because now it's a war not against terror but a war on al Qaeda He is using those to drone anybody he feels like he also takes his responsibility in conducting the war against al-qaeda. Sorry, did we have a declaration against al-Qaeda? No! And didn't we kill Al Qaeda according to all these testimonies by CIA officers that said it was dead operation? No no no no no no no no no Pineda will tell us about that in a moment as authorized by Congress

17:54 uh... in a way that play attention what he's saying as authorized by congress he's so he's twisting the um... the constitutional right of congress being the only body to declare war and saying are all congress uh... gave me okay the go ahead for the war against al-qaeda by signing the uh... war power by assigning the president with the war powers after september two thousand one fully consistent with our Constitution and all the applicable laws. We have acknowledged, the United States that sometimes we use remotely piloted aircraft to conduct targeted strikes against specific al Qaeda terrorists in order to prevent attacks on the United States and save American lives

18:43 Remember this is going to come down to imminence and capture. These are the two big words that he's going to start to explain. We conduct those strikes because they're necessary to mitigate ongoing actual threats, stop plots prevent future attacks and again save American lives. Save American lives! The strikes are legal They are ethical and they are wise. They're wise So how many American lives were saved when they killed three Americans? Well, it's saved or created I think That's a very good question I like that how many lives did you save when you killed three Americans It's a wise decision The US government takes great care in deciding to pursue an al-qaeda terrorist To ensure precision And to avoid loss of innocent life

19:33 This guy cannot be happy with having to spew this garbage. He but well, he doesn't give a cray believes it and he's got these I don't know. It doesn't sound normal Well, let's say he's got 14 more seconds on make clear that in taking such a strike The government must take into account all relevant constitutional considerations But that under generations old legal principles and Supreme Court decisions US citizenship alone does not make a leader of an enemy force immune from being targeted So, this was the interesting part is they literally have gone into generations old legal language and this entire legality for droning American citizens is explained through law speak. As you know this is my favorite thing to do is to understand the words that lawyers are using that there are very big and expensive words they usually charge $400 dollars an hour for

CHAPTER 07 / 52 Discussion

International Humanitarian Law and High-Level Official Determinations

The drone policy's legal foundation is linked to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the laws of armed conflict. According to the white paper, a "high-level official" must determine if a citizen poses an imminent threat before a strike is authorized. Potential officials mentioned as having this authority include Janet Napolitano and Valerie Jarrett.

international humanitarian law· geneva conventions· hague conventions· janet napolitano· valerie jarrett

20:32 So the precedent for this has been taken from, and this was surprising to me IHL the International Humanitarian Law which right there says that international law supersedes our own Constitution. The International Humanitarian Law also known as the law of armed conflict is comprised of the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, and everything else that falls underneath them. So I guess since we adhere to the Geneva Convention, we generally adhere to it in the entire international humanitarian law, and along with that comes some international human rights law. According to The White Paper

21:23 a US citizen who is located outside the United States and as an operational leader continually planning, so continually planning. So if you're just in your head I'm planning attacks against U.S. persona or interests now this is very important no one's picking up on this shit interest okay that does not mean the homeland that means pipelines that means any anything else could be...any other property of the United States cannot be lawfully killed unless inter alia, we know this word now in totality an informed high-level official of the US government find me that. That's a contradiction in terms but an informed high level official which could be who? I mean that could be Janet Napolitano she's a high level official yep it could be uh that could be Valerie Jarrett

22:21 It could be Michelle Obama. A high level official? Okay, well neither is Valerie Jarrett in that case. Well she I think does have a title. Advisor. So an informed high-level official of the US government has determined that the targeted individual poses an imminent threat of attack against the United States so that's part one is the imminent threat This is a red herring. Everyone's going after this. So the 16 year old kid, maybe he was in the car driving over here to punch someone out? Well it's funny you say that. Let's take a short little detour here... You know the douchebag Touré?

CHAPTER 08 / 52 Discussion

Touré MSNBC Segment, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, and Drone Ethics

MSNBC host Touré is criticized for his defense of drone strikes and his apparent lack of knowledge regarding the death of 16-year-old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki. The segment explores the argument that joining Al-Qaeda constitutes treason and results in the forfeiture of constitutional rights. Concerns are raised about the lack of evidence required for such extrajudicial executions.

touré· msnbc· abdulrahman al-awlaki· treason· drone strikes

23:08 Yeah, you know the music journalist who all of a sudden now has a show on MSNBC and he's mr. He's mr Politics yeah by the way it's very annoying to watch this guy listen listen to so glib and smug it's like Geez so he gets schooled a little bit on the 16 year old, but this guy is taught I mean He's he is your typical Obama bot ready to kill anybody We're at war with Al Qaeda right now And if you join al-qaeda you lose the right to be an American You lose the right to due process. You declare yourself an enemy of the

23:44 this nation and you're committing treason. And I don't see why we should expand American rights to people who want to kill Americans, who are working to kill Americans, who are committing... Wait wait wait! It gets better! Treason? This is not criticizing the United States this is going to war against the United States What about that 16 year old that was killed What do you mean? What about the 16 year old who was also an American citizen. The 16 year old who is an American citizen born in Denver, who was killed by one of these authorized drone attacks We've said that and we criticized that You're not talking about civilian casualties No no this is the son of Al-Awlaki He doesn't even know about the son of Awlaki Are you kidding me he's that dumb? The decision was made that he should die If people are working against America then they need to die

24:32 because they are plotting to kill. They need to die! What, are they going to shoot Putin? Yeah of course! Americans and if we don't protect Americans... But based on what evidence right this is the problem well and look where's the evidence And I think the thing here is I mean this is such a complicated issue it's easy to have a black-and-white view of it It is one that definitely falls in those areas It's a gray area. You know, it's like killing people. It's a gray area. And we will have no leg to stand on when this technology and when it's not if... When this technology is turned and used on us or our allies We'll have no leg to stand on legal or otherwise if we don't codify any of this. That's not true at all! Al-Qaeda attacked this nation. We are attacking al Qaeda back

25:18 Just touring is a total idiot night, so he's a major douchebag yeah Thank you So everyone is talking about this imminent thing. This is a they didn't even have to put that in there I think they put the word imminent in there just to have The press run circles around it and distract everybody from what's really going on here Well, there was two things I noticed one besides that distraction But early when they brought out when Carney first came out and started his spiel he specifically mentioned the document but as actual phrase was

CHAPTER 09 / 52 Discussion

Non-International Armed Conflict, Public Perception of Vigilantism

The legal term "Non-International Armed Conflict" (NIAC) is identified as the justification for using military force against citizens labeled as enemy combatants. The discussion suggests that the American public has been conditioned by television to accept vigilantism and extrajudicial killings. This cultural shift is blamed for the lack of outrage over the bypass of the judicial system.

niac· belligerent· enemy combatant· public opinion· vigilantism

25:57 document, an unclassified document. Yes I have a clip on that actually and he made a big deal i mean he actually called out the fact that this was an unclassified document yes so there had to be some reason for that or wouldn't have made a point of it well because it was leaked I mean here's I think this this clip actually explains it I'm sorry? Is the release of this memo a threat to national security. Which memo? The drone, uh... Switching topics! Um.. I mean sorry the release of the DOJ white paper. Uh-I-I-I no No it was provided as an unclassified document Even though it was unclassified, the fact that its out there It wasn't designed for public- Did you hear what he just said?! It was unclassified. NO did you hear what he almost said!?

26:46 No, what did he almost say? What'd I miss? It was provided. Oh Jesus let me listen again. I document... Even though it was unclassified the fact that it's out there wasn't designed for public release but it's an unclassified diet no you missed and I'll go back I'll go back over here switching topics I mean sorry the release of the DOJ white paper I don't know what my... No. It's an unclassified document. Oh, my God! Well they did provide it to members of Congress

27:23 But of course, you know the whole idea was to provide it out into the open. To NBC! Yeah but it's not new though I mean and as an end-of-show clip I'm happy to play the five minutes of Holder almost reading this document I mean is literally reading it but I just like to explain the legal context The reason why we can do this Is because we are in a so called NIAC And this is...this is the key the key phrase that according to international humanitarian law which stands for a non-international armed conflict and when it comes down to that, the military may constitutionally use force against a US citizen who is part of enemy forces. And this is

28:20 I don't even think a lock you was part of any enemy force he was just a standalone. Well but this goes back to George W Bush when the government can determine who is belligerent remember that a combatant enemy combatant if you're belligerent then your an enemy combatant. Yeah, so a lockie well let's start with the top I mean the 16 year old kid is more obvious example but even looking at a lockie was he ever shooting at anybody? No! All he was doing was bitching and moaning You only have to be planning

28:58 He wasn't planning anything, he was bitching and moaning. That's all he did! What was he planning? He wasn't part of a group that was planned... He wasn't a strategist, he wasn't an armed... a violent person All he was doing was complaining And he was calling us out as a bunch of douchebags And thought everyone should rise up But he wasn't doing anything about it, he was just talking, essentially yacking Well you are going to be the one designated to read my eulogy All Adam was doing was yakking. I was just yakking, man that's all i was doing It is not necessary. I mean this whole thing is bad and it's terrible and the fact that the media

29:47 generally and the guys like Tore are defending the practice I've talked to people in there you know just normal people that maybe see at lunch or you might run into it somewhere and they're all in on this. Oh, oh listen... Great we're getting rid of these people but makes it easy why should we they've been watching too much television television is essentially about vigilante as a mid cop You know, like I know you're not gonna get the trial is gonna cost too much or they shoot the guy and everybody who watches goes Yay That's great all the money we were wasting on these trials with these douchebags and many of them get off. We can't have that In fact, CNN agrees.

CHAPTER 10 / 52 Discussion

Drones as Obfuscation, Sniper Teams, and International Human Rights

The focus on "drones" is described as a distraction from the broader issue of the government's claimed power to kill anyone, anywhere, using any method such as sniper teams or satellite weaponry. Warnings are issued against relying on United Nations definitions of human rights, which may contain loopholes for "belligerents."

drones· united nations· human rights· sniper teams· surveillance

30:49 I think the White House feels very secure about Brennan. The president's very close to Brennan." Yeah, in fact, I think Americans think it's cool! And I really believe most Americans see that as kind of like an extension of of our star fleet you know it's cool yeah it's cool I'm gonna hand to, um... I don't know which journalist this was but one journalist really did just get in Carney's face and I liked what he said of course you know he got told the shut up. The president obviously strongly opposed the enhanced interrogation techniques so-called from the Bush administration He ended them How is dropping

31:37 How does dropping a bomb on an American citizen without any judicial review, any trial not raise the very human rights questions or more human rights questions than something like Waterboard? So, then there's this whole legal argument about why it actually does conform to international human rights. And this is what I've been warning about for years on this show! Don't let some douchebags at the United Nations tell you what your human rights are because they put all of this little stuff in there and it's like well if you're actually a combatant and you're belligerent and your yakking it up and talking crap and smack, you know then maybe you give up your human rights. And this is exactly the legal path that they have taken but all of this is to obfuscate two things one

32:26 This is about killing. It's now come into drones, John? And it's like it's about drone this and drone that and the whole debate is about drones and we'll have hearings and we've got Virginia already writing laws against drones and every state's gonna have their drone laws but it doesn't really matter you can go in with a sniper team and kill somebody You can kill someone with a death ray from a satellite We're being focused on the drones and I think drones is actually a very inferior technology to kill people. How about the CSS? Those guys can go around and kill people, you know... I go visit Amsterdam oh well you're no longer in America Oh! You are yacking it up over there so you can get killed anyway don't let the drone thing get too much in your face

CHAPTER 11 / 52 Discussion

Cyber Warfare Pre-emptive Strike Powers, New York Times Report

A New York Times report revealed that President Obama has claimed personal authority to order pre-emptive cyber strikes against foreign nations. These cyber weapons are described as having power equivalent to nuclear armaments. Predictions are made regarding a major "phony" cyber attack, possibly attributed to Iran, occurring within the next few months to justify these powers.

cyber warfare· pre-emptive strike· new york times· national security· cyber attack

33:16 But what is not being discussed in all of this, is an equally damning document that is hidden and secret about President Obama's powers for a cyber war and the New York Times did write an article about this but no one is asking questions. And I'm going to tell you right now in the next three months we will have a huge cyber attack, and the president has assigned to himself pre-emptive strike powers he can go into any country's networks

33:56 The Times article talks about the power of his weaponry, our weaponry, our cyber power equal to nuclear weapons that we can do whatever we want essentially. But the president personally will be the one responsible for calling the shots on any type of cyber warfare. No-one's talking about that so there is a lot you can do with your cyber powers Over over what you can do with the drone, and I think that this is just a I really believe it's a distraction could be It's a funny one no doubt about that The other one. You know it'll be Probably yeah, I think you might be right there some there'll be some phony baloney Cyber attack yeah from Iran does it of course? There was a news item this week that oh yeah, no Bulgarian thing

CHAPTER 12 / 52 Discussion

Bulgaria Bus Bombing Investigation, Hezbollah, and Dual Nationals

Bulgarian investigators linked Hezbollah to a 2012 bus bombing targeting Israeli tourists, citing the involvement of Canadian and Australian dual nationals. The report is viewed skeptically as a potential scripted plot to increase pressure on Iran. The focus on dual citizenship in the investigation is highlighted as a significant narrative shift.

bulgaria· hezbollah· bus bombing· dual nationals· lebanon

35:00 You know, so Bulgaria just releases this huge report. I don't know how much it was covered in this country but it was all over the international news There was a bus bombing an Israeli bus was bombed in Bulgaria Yeah In June or July Half year ago and so they finally finished their investigation, determined... The Palestinians did it! Let me guess. No, Hezbollah. Well yes I'm sorry, Hezbollah exactly. But there was apparently an Australian and a Canadian passport involved. Yes, Hezbollah in the Bulgarian peninsula Yeah, it's crazy. It was like okay let's turn their attention back to Iran somehow and then we also now we have to deal with well maybe should really look over these dual nationals

35:47 Because the Canadian which of the Canadian news have you watched that they're all there were at all Preoccupied with the fact that this guy was Canadian and I said well, he doesn't really live in Canada. He lived in Lebanon he was a dual national Lebanese Canadian hmm and It's just this whole thing looks like a great scripted plot to their very simply putting it's interesting You bring up the dual national thing because I've been following Well, you know I follow as much as I can obviously and it hurts to read some stuff You know and sometimes you're afraid about something. You're gonna read but then it turns out to be okay Like, you know the Unabomber's manifesto, you know that was like I was like ah But it turns out, you know The guy wasn't all that crazy and it's crazy to kill people that like that but he had some valid points So I've been reading and following a couple blogs

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Gun Control Legislation, Dual Citizenship, and Brother Nathanael

A discussion regarding online claims that Jewish politicians like Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer are the primary drivers of gun control legislation. The segment references "Brother Nathanael," a controversial figure who produces videos about Jewish influence and firearms ownership. The hosts discuss the social taboo of addressing these topics and the potential for media backlash.

gun control· dianne feinstein· chuck schumer· brother nathanael· antisemitism

36:33 And they are specifically calling for legislation to prohibit dual nationals in the United States Congress, specifically Israeli US nationals. And they're saying this is a very anti-Jew thing. They're saying, oh well if you look at all the people who are against the guns it's all the Jews and they're saying that these people have dual citizenship and that shouldn't be allowed There's a lot of this going on. But Jews are against the guns! Oh wow, I mean they're all Jewish. Come on hold on let's just Google that let's consult the book of knowledge and look at some anti-Jew stuff. I'll just do Jews against guns. Well there definitely is really Jews aren't against guns. No I'm just telling you what people are writing about who's okay so who's the woman from California? Feinstein. Okay

37:34 who's the senator from New York Schumer Schumer all right and I gotta find this website it was like it's like some Christian oh yeah no it's anti-jew guy I'm telling you Jews against guns. Now it was like, why are American Jews so anti-gun? Says forward dot com. They're overwhelmingly in favor of gun bans says who here's another one JPFO org Jews for the preservation of firearms ownership Bachman okay there's another one Bachmann Turner overdrive

38:22 I can't. I wish i could find this really quickly but, it's something I've been following. Rabbi Dovid Bindori is thinking we need more guns. Lieberman? Alright listen, listen, listen... Lieberman? Bloomberg? Come on! The Jews thing that the Nazis took the guns away from the Jews and there's like you know new strategy to abolish gun control watch the film You know, Michelle Obama another Jew? But there it is, brother Nathaniel. Thank you very much dude that's what I was looking for. You gotta listen to this guy. Brother... This guy is funny. Nathaniel That's the guy He does like a video podcast Jews for the preservation of firearms ownership America's most aggressive defender of firearms ownership This is just a smear campaign against the Jews Well that's new Yes! Exactly but look Like the Hezbollah thing isn't a smear campaign?

39:21 That's why I'm bringing it up. It came out, I don't know how it took six months to figure out that this Canadian and this Australian were somehow a Hezbollah. Well they had to get the memo! You gotta look at this brother Nathaniel, the guy is funny. Okay where is this guy? Brother Nathaniel... Just google brother Nathaniel Yeah, I just wish i could just find one of the brother Nathaniel foundation. Yeah yeah or this crazy looking guy with a big beard? Why don't Jews believe in Jesus isn't he the promised Messiah as foretold by the prophets in the Old Testament? I love his outfit! He's got that badass outfit on...his uniform with hat and

40:08 This guy's like this guy is a joke. He's a there's one picture of him with the weather That looks like a red star from or maybe that was photoshopped on no No, he's got the Red Cross on his arm as I'm as a red cross. Yeah, I miss He's got a great hat now this guy mean this dispose here of Brother Nathaniel's Jewish humor yeah, this is guys a comedian It's like Borat against the Jews videos. I want to find you the... Brother Nathaniel's Jewish humor He is a total anti-Semite, literally anti Semite. So he is just an Anti Semite doing comedy? No! He's talking about the guns thing was this is where this is where I got in here Jews lead gun control here we go listen to this

41:00 Here is this people believe this the times of Israel recently published an article titled Jewish politicians lead chorus calling for tighter gun laws The article caught my eye for having grown up in Judaism We Jews always felt entirely estranged from the gun culture of the Gentiles In other words Jews don't hunt Jews don't go to gun shows. Fact is, Jews have always felt an abiding hostility toward the goys with their guns. But once Israel began... Goys with their guns! Write it down, John. Yes, possibly. Awing the world with its military prowess and victories at war

41:41 enthusiasm for all kinds of assaults. It's too long but if you watch it then he goes into like oh look at the Jews who are leading the gun ban that's what, I'm just reporting on it you won't get this conversation anywhere anywhere can anyone have this conversation because immediately sponsors will be pulling out we've been thrown off the air Oh my god they had a conversation about antisemitism Which is why we are known as... The Best Podcast In The Universe! Sorry, it took a moment to admire. Yeah, it has been underutilized

CHAPTER 14 / 52 Discussion

No Agenda Art Generator, Paul Couture, and Technical Issues

The hosts address ongoing technical issues with the No Agenda Art Generator, noting that new artists are unable to sign up. Efforts to contact the site's administrator, Paul Couture, have reportedly been unsuccessful for over a month. There is a call for community assistance to resolve the problem or potentially start a new generator.

no agenda art· paul couture· art generator· ruby· podcast artwork

42:25 Got the spreadsheet. So why don't I say to you? In the morning John see the morning of you Adam curry in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feet in The air subs in the water and all the Knights and dames out there That's right, and we'd also like to say the same to all of our human resources in the chat room No agenda chat dot net no agenda stream calm thank you very much for joining us keeping them honest and And also want to thank are all of our artists who always help out Nick the rat. Oh I did the artwork for episode 484 and very happy. Noagendaartgenerator.com is where you can see all of the artwork as submitted by our no agenda artists, and we're still having a problem with new artists signing up. Is Paul Couture just not doing anything anymore? Is he just refusing? I don't know what the problem is. Everyone's tried to contact him... Somebody said they contacted him but he says that he'll look into it

43:24 And that was a month ago. So... Well, that sucks! Because this is an important resource. I don't know why this would fail out of the blue Well, people aren't receiving their sign up email or something like that That's could be something like that Yeah That would cause a problem but it sucks because you know It's hurting the show and you know if then why we just have a lot of art there But you're right We need new artists always need to be cycled through yeah, but then why don't we just start a new generator or something? Oh yeah well i can't help get hold of couture somebody please I don't want to write the code over. John, I hated it when we had to do this thing in Ruby and that was all your idea! So we have two executive producers and four associate executives that we'd like to thank starting with $500 from William Baumann who is from Port Humahumahuma in California. I know you cannot pronounce either my name or where I live. Let me look at that again... Porthumungus

CHAPTER 15 / 52 Discussion

US State Relocation Analysis, Tax Rates, and Quality of Life

A donor's plan to leave California prompts a comparative analysis of various U.S. states. Nevada and Arizona are criticized for their landscapes and demographics, while Florida is noted for its lack of state income tax and asset protection laws despite a high "douchebag" population. Texas is ultimately recommended for its economic environment, while Colorado is jokingly dismissed as "radioactive."

nevada· arizona· florida· texas· washington state

44:24 So don't bother, Sir Bill will more than suffice. My $500 contribution to the Best Podcast Universe will complete my knighthood. Several months ago the show granted my request for consulting karma and wow! Not only did my associates get some new leads I got a good gig with some legs All right. I'm sharing my good fortune with the show, please send all the family friends a good shot of health karma several of them need it pretty bad because of my new gig at chief prospect leaving The Democratic People's Republic of California is back on track and progressively progressing smoothly Talk about life in Austin or Washington State as much as you possibly can. I'm narrowing my search Nevada Okay, stop Or Texas I just did this okay we did this a little over a year ago

45:10 Nevada, okay. Let's start with Nevada You don't want to live there Okay you Tahoe maybe if you're old no But the it's it's crappy, you know just know you don't want to live in Nevada we looked outside of Vegas It's really depressing is like living in a kitty litter box Arizona We looked at houses Arizona It's kind of like... Texas without the hot chicks so I'm gonna say no. A lot of retirees in Arizona yes Washington's... In fact when you fly to Arizona, you've never seen anything quite like it flight take a Southwest flight there is only get off the plane especially try to sit in front and there are literally dozens and dozens of wheelchairs lined up around the exit runway thing So just hundreds on them. It was like Vegas without gambling

46:10 It's worse. Alright, Washington now Washington State I personally and all I'd love to hear your state income tax no state income tax but very wet it's not as wet as you think is what great it's a gray is a grey wet state yeah so okay so let's go uh... no then we have Florida Florida is you want to talk about... Florida has two, one thing when you get off the plane in Florida. You also have these lines of wheelchairs. Unless you have a wheelchair it's you know so now that couple things about Florida should note

46:48 Florida has no state income tax and if something happens, you go bankrupt or any horrible thing happens to you financially they cannot take your house away. Oh really? Yeah it's one of the only states that will not let them take your house away so if you have this huge mansion and you go broke, you're living in the mansion. I have a feeling Texas is that way too, i'm not sure. I don't think it's like Florida. Florida where all the scammers go. By the way good news about Florida better probably better looking women than Texas

47:25 This is... But most of them are strippers. Yeah, which is a good thing! So you're confusing me John I'm not sure Florida to me it's like okay definitely a plus for the strippers I think that's very good definitely a plus on the no state income tax did high high high level of douchebags in Florida high the highest possibly level particularly in Miami is just wall-to-wall douchebags so we had Jamaican and Austin I came by the house yesterday he used to be the Jamaican in New York now as a Jamaican awesome miss Mickey was taking photographs of him

48:02 And he lived in Miami for 15 years and he was telling me, man that is just douchebag heaven. So he says stay away from Miami thus Florida so I'm saying no... Well Florida's really more like six or seven distinct areas that are different than each other because they're the Clearwaters all the Scientologists and you have douchebags on steroids literally in South Beach which is part of Miami, but it's not really. But if you get up to Tallahassee or those areas up by the Panhandle apparently it's quite nice. It's more like Louisiana

48:40 I'm going to say no to Florida. Which leaves us with Texas! Yeah, move to Texas and make those property rates go up so Adam has to pay more rent. No, I'm locked in for two years. Our new landlord can't do anything for two years So we're good. Sure. Oh man... Alright that's what we got There is our rundown You know, try North Carolina. That's a pretty interesting place. And Colorado... I think there is something to say about Colorado. No no buzz it. Hit the buzz. Why? I have friends in Colorado! I'm not gonna hit the buzzer on them. It's all radioactive. The whole state is radioactive

49:23 Sorry, Colorado. We're so sorry. Colorado is hereby off the list. There's a lot of states we could talk about I think pretty much the Hot Pockets Tour 2009 and pretty much all off the list. We went to Kansas, Utah... Anyway thank you Bill! You shall be knighted today. Sir Bill? Well he's not sir bill yet He will be later on Okay, onward. Lin Fogwell talking about North Carolina... Oh wait! Wait wait wait! First we have to give him some karma. We'll give him the karma. Can't forget the karma. Leave that. Karma.

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Costa Rica Tourism, Expats, and Puddle Jumpers

The hosts discuss the rising popularity of Costa Rica as a destination for American retirees and expats. While one host expresses skepticism based on older anecdotes about bugs and "old folks," they acknowledge its proximity to Texas and the frequent mentions of its beauty in modern travel circles.

costa rica· expats· travel· central america· tourism

50:00 By the way, just one I'm sorry to know a lot of people Mickey's came up with this as well are talking about Costa Rica all of a sudden. Oh This is what old ladies talk about what it was like Costa Rica Ten years she went to Costa Rica constantly in there apparently it said old folks. I mean this is world if you'd It just bothers me because it's Costa Rica But I'm gonna go, I should go check it out because everyone keeps talking about it's really pretty and its designed for Americans. It's kind of like Florida, only they got you know all kinds of bugs you've never heard of...I don't know. So you're just saying this based on your dead mother-in-law not on any fact? You've done any fact checking? Well she talked about it! Yeah 10 years ago

50:56 Maybe he got really good. It's been this way for a long time, it comes around and goes around so people talk like take a trip you've got Mickey there its closer trip for you than its is for me just jump on a little puddle jumper You'll be there in two hours I'm gonna look at some pictures of Costa Rica right now While your doing that im going to thank Lynn Fogwell who's in Raleigh, North Carolina. It says on paper but not really she could be a guy could be a woman hey if you live in a hut in Costa Rica then it's rocking one of those huts on the beach greetings from Shanghai China this place sucks I request one jingle vomit dealer's choice what's a jingle vomit oh jingle vomit um I know how to do that this where basically the jingles just vomit out of my machine

CHAPTER 17 / 52 Discussion

Dutch Gun Handbags, TSA Security, and Dame Astrid

Dame Astrid sent a gift to the show: a Dutch-designed handbag featuring an embossed 3D outline of a nine-millimeter handgun. The hosts debate whether carrying such a provocative item through TSA security would result in confiscation. The bag is described as a high-end fashion statement that mimics the appearance of a concealed weapon.

gun handbag· tsa· dame astrid· fashion· security screening

51:43 Oh, you just punch a bunch of buttons. Yeah exactly but Lynn and Lynn I have a feeling is Lynn not a dude? I don't know yeah there was an email about this... Well we have to know because... You had a good laugh after hearing Adam do this a couple weeks ago. Love your work. Fog well! We have to know because there's a knighting or a damehood, it's kind of important you know what I'm saying? What, you want to put her off?! Nooo!! I mean that-I'm looking at seeing if there is an email about this This is annoying, this not good. Even Plus Gill Jr knows he could come running in Alright so anyway Lynn uh..is the sole Club 485 member on today show

52:26 Very important to point out. Oh, yes for a five so I'm gonna do a little a little jingle vomit for a China jingle vomit You've got karma works for me I would guess based on the style of donation that it would be a male because for it no I don't think a woman has ever joined one of these clubs named after the show number and Really? I'm pretty sure of it. That is... that would be very surprising. Hmm, I don't think women go for that kind of gimmick. I just remember somewhere

53:11 Anyway onward Vincent James and Decatur, Alabama. We cannot find any email from Vincent He came in with 228 23 so he'll be a associate executive producer than our old friend Dame Astrid Oh No Came in at 220 to 22 and she says 220 to 22 why because it takes two to tango and you two are simply the best And maybe two two dot two is coming up love how John lately puts his foot in it deep and then so Obviously does not even take the trouble to gloss over it quite endearing Life would not be so I don't know what she's talking about like be so sad without you too, you know Dame Astrid and of course she Is part of the?

54:01 architectural duo known as Dame Astrid and Sir Mark over there in Gitmo Nation Sushi. So they sent, she sent Miss Mickey a bag as a gift and the bag has an imprint of a nine millimeter on the outside so have you ever seen these bags? They're Dutch bags yeah let me see... gun handbag. I think that's... then you look at the images It's great! Yeah, Google This is it. Google Dutch gun handbag It's the top images this is literally what the bag she sent Miss Mickey for her next trip through the TSA That is a great thing Isn't that awesome?

55:02 It's more than a little image, it looks like an embossed gun. It is! It is embossed, very funny. Did she get the black one? No not the gold one she got a really beautiful kind of high-end one that's pink. I don't know if it is on here. So what it looks like, not all the bags but one of the bags looks like the gun is actually in the bag sticking out of the bag. Yeah! It's exactly what it is. Isn't that great? That would be great to go through TSA with them. We're going to. They'll confiscate the bag. No they won't. We will see and we are going to tell you why

CHAPTER 18 / 52 Discussion

Amtrak Security Drill Parody, Viper Teams, and Passenger Obedience

A satirical audio clip parodies Amtrak security announcements, claiming that TSA "Viper Teams" will conduct "passenger obedience tests" involving invasive searches. The clip mocks the increasing presence of federal security theater on public transportation. The hosts clarify the satirical nature of the audio after its initial playback.

amtrak· viper teams· homeland security· satire· security drills

55:49 Because it's a, uh... It's provocative. It's the outline of a gun They won't let you take a water gun through so why would they let you get take this through? It's not a gun There's no gun in it The water guns is not a gun Yeah but its an object You can't even- there's nothing to hold Its just kind of an object It looks like theres a gun in there Its a design! You will be pulled aside The bag will be confiscated and then they'll let you go on your way Oh man. I guarantee it! I don't, you know...I can't speak for Mickey. I don't know if she wants to risk losing the bag? She will lose the bag. Absolute guarantee. Let's not do it then. Well I have a good example of this kind of thing is that we do have a clip of...you know we had that Amtrak clip the other day? Yeah where uh... Shut up slave, don't approach the dog. Got one from Emeryville

56:41 Amtrak? That one from Emeryville. Same thing, play it. This is a message from Amtrak Keep your luggage with you Is this real?! This is... Is this real? Just play it, don't say that. ...at all times Today Viper Team specialists from Homeland Security will be aboard this California Daylight Express train to Sacramento They will be conducting a test of passenger obedience This is only a test but you are required to obey all orders and may be frisked patted down strip searched

57:18 X-rayed or tasered as part of this terrorist drill. Do not ask questions, just do as you are told! All women on board this train will be obliged to suck the cock of any Viper Team officer if so requested. Men may have to submit to buggery. Welcome to Amtrak. Have a safe journey. Alright you got me. Just now I was like well, this is really bad the echoes no that echoes off It's like who did that? just showed up

CHAPTER 19 / 52 Discussion

Dune Buggy Golf Carts, Saudi Arabia Export, and Weed in Washington

A business update from a listener reveals that Dune Buggy Golf Carts has successfully shipped its first multi-cart order to Saudi Arabia. Separately, a donor from Oregon comments on the lack of available marijuana in Washington State despite its legal status, citing it as a reason to avoid moving there.

dune buggy· golf carts· saudi arabia· washington state· marijuana

58:02 I was like, well this is not funny because it wasn't right. But then it took a turn for the good! Very good and thank you Dame Astrid for your $222.20 contribution to the program The Best Podcast in the Universe as evidenced by our actual recording at an Amtrak station. DoonBuggyGolfCars.com Hey he did it! Wichita Kansas Our first multi-cart order of dune buggy golf carts has been shipped to our customer in Saudi Arabia. Awesome! This is exactly the market, that's so cool

58:45 We've been paid in full and here's a small donation from the sale $200.33 The donation will be from Doone Buggy Golf Carts And I love the value for value model, keep up the great work John Dunn at Dune Buggy Golf Carts You can find him at doonebuggygolfcarts.com All you Saudis listening to this show, you can get one of these things they're cool Joel Zimmerman in Talent Oregon $200.13, Dear Rocky and Bullwinkle best of show to you both the girls of the Emerald Triangle are coming after you soon Washington is wonderful except they don't have enough weed. Oh, there you go another reason not to move to Washington Not enough weed. Gonna grow it. It's illegal Yeah, well first of all thank you very much To our executive producers and our associate executive producers it's always nice that we have two new nights today This is great hopefully We'll find out if Lynn I have a feeling that Lynn is a dude

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CIA Confirmation Hearings, John Brennan, and George W. Obama

The hosts preview upcoming C-SPAN coverage of confirmation hearings for John Brennan as CIA Director and testimony from Leon Panetta. They reiterate the "George W. Obama" branding to highlight the continuity of Bush-era policies under the current administration. The segment emphasizes the importance of monitoring these hearings for linguistic gaffes and policy reveals.

john brennan· cia· confirmation hearing· c-span· leon panetta

59:45 So, is Buzzkill Jr. around? I don't see him in the back channel... He's not... No, I don't know Okay well it would be nice to know before the ceremony I don't know if he's gonna be able to figure it out unless you could email him or something I think there's an email anyway Well let me whistle for him Yeah do that! I love when you do that Where's the whistle There we go, that is how you summon your kid ladies and gentlemen So we have a show coming up on Sunday Sunday's going to be another jam-packed episode where we look away from all the distraction and drill down into the two not just one but We have two huge C span events that were watching today. We have

1:00:39 Panetta and Dempsey which is taking place as we speak then at two o'clock Eastern. We have the confirmation hearing of John O Brennan And he will become the douche of the CIA They're going to run him through the system, so there'll be lots of distractive talk about drones and yeah isn't Brennan the guy who they gave their ruling that gave him a Iraq to kind of run and he ran it into the ground and kind of screwed up. No, no You keep you confuse the other guy though It was not Brennan okay? I know it was the I know who you're talking about there was a he had a name like the Allen Oh The provisional authority dude Provisional Authority leader Iraq what the hell is that guy's name Bremen

1:01:33 Brammer all Bremmer. That's that's who led that so it's not Brennan now is Bremner Well, so what did Brennan ever do he was with the Bush? He the whole tortoise Barack Obama What does he do? What does he do actually what does he do know? What is so Brennan was with the Bush administration? Yeah Why doesn't the Democrats have their own people hello George W Obama we've got to keep this in this is This is very important This is if you want to wake people up, okay? And there was oh we gotta wake way. We gotta save the world wake people up There's only one thing you have to do just refer to the president as George W Obama Because it immediately jars the Obamabots circuitry like what I can't handle I can't handle what your saying overload overload overload

1:02:27 It is the truth so buzzkill jr. I Could have probably done this to found him on LinkedIn it's a guy Okay, found them on LinkedIn and sold by the way which continues my point that only men will donate show numbers interesting hmm You know you you may be correct yeah? You may be correct So please, so there's gonna be a lot of work between now and Sunday. Tons of it just you know... And these confirmation hearings are annoying but we have to really pay attention everything just like even is not just one guy John has through because you know like you caught the provided-to-you bit that Carney said You don't always catch at the first time

CHAPTER 21 / 52 Discussion

iTunes Podcast De-listing, Mevio, and Feed Independence

The No Agenda show briefly disappeared from the iTunes podcast directory due to a technical error. Investigation revealed that the hosting platform Mevio had the ability to hide shows within the iTunes interface, which was accidentally triggered during "spring cleaning." The incident is used to advocate for direct RSS feed subscriptions to avoid reliance on third-party gatekeepers.

itunes· apple· mevio· podcasting· rss feed

1:03:19 No, you only catch it and you catch it. It's weird to catch these little gaffes. Because that you can't catch them when you're watching we've proven this You can't catch him when you're watching them on video And this is but this comes from a couple two three years ago When Adam observed that the acting on TV is dreadful if you just listen to the acting Yeah But one there when you see the acting its it's you know seems to be okay until you listen to it because you're looking at boobs and yeah Hey, she's a really great actress. In fact... well after we're done with this I do have a clip that kind of points out the point. Let me just do little Jedi mind programming. Dvorak dot org slash N A Of course you can always help us in one very significant way propagate the formula! Our formula is this We go out and hit people in the mouth. Order! Everybody! Hey citizen Shut up! Wait

1:04:26 That is right and all of those credits are official credits meaning that if anyone questions, if you were an executive producer of the best podcast in the universe we will vouch for you personally. Personally! And I'd like to thank the guys over at iTunes at Apple for it... You know I bitch about Apple easily Do you know that we disappeared from iTunes entirely John? Why did that happen?! Well Something happened on their back end it seems that's what it seemed like at first. This is this is like a double whammy story Because you know we were disappearing we weren't showing up in iTunes anywhere pretty much right after Sunday show, you could search to be like no agenda

1:05:12 And I, you know... So first of all it was a great opportunity to teach everyone how to subscribe to our feed and not be beholden something in the middle. That was kind of good but if you want PR opportunity If your not on iTunes then you don't exist! I hate to say it but that's the power right? Unfortunately yes so I email Brian over there at the iTunes podcast department and I say oh dude he got back to me It looks like something happened on our back end. We're very sorry, we'll fix it." We came back this is the show comes back and then like a day later he says you know I found out what happened it wasn't actually Apple's fault You ready for this one? This is crazy Apparently somehow at Meveo they have the power to hide shows through their

1:06:05 iTunes store interface and someone was doing some spring cleaning and just hit a whole bunch of shows including us. Hit them! Hmm, well I thought we're going through our other connection instead of Mevio? Well that's the whole... That was basically what i said but this word disassociated This is not possible And that is now what they're working on, like yeah we gotta change this. We can't have anyone just randomly hiding shows you know without like you know unless it's the owner of the show so it was kind of frightening. Oh good well a fix to policy issue Yes but anyway I appreciate the fact that they looked into it So who at MeVeo did this to you? Well I don't know You should find out Yeah I'm going to find out By the way didn't just do it to me

CHAPTER 22 / 52 Discussion

ShadowStats Inflation Charts, Government Data Manipulation, and 1984

An analysis of ShadowStats data suggests that the U.S. government has been systematically underreporting inflation and unemployment since 1984. While official figures claim low inflation, alternative calculations based on pre-1980 methodologies place it at approximately 10%. The divergence in data is presented as a deliberate effort to mask the true state of the economy.

shadowstats· inflation· unemployment· cpi· 1984

1:07:06 What is that supposed to mean? Well, did they know about the show? Yeah. They're not going down the list and going what's this show? Screw that! Adam Curry one of our board members ah screw it let's get rid of that I am supposed to remind you about the newsletter Yes, the newsletter. We did a newsletter and in it we have a couple of charts actually one but there's two there's a second one which is we're doing the next newsletter which is that he shows the very distinct uh... shows you when the government starts lying to you I recommend people go to this site and start looking at the charts their which is shadow stats its out of San Francisco And what he has done is taken in the newsletter we have one of the charts for inflation and this very clearly shows you that the government

1:07:58 Which shows two things one inflation is 10% according to old classic calculations So let me just add to this that when you look at this chart like we discussed on the program before the lines Diverge and there's a huge difference between The red line which is what the United States government says his truth and between? The blue line, which is what shadow stats says it's true. It's truth and Interestingly, the two lines once they diverge out away from each other are pretty much mirror image. I mean they're in unison that just separated by what 10% at least?

1:08:38 Well with a 10% inflation rate, it's not gonna be separated by more than 10%. Okay. But okay So what is separated by 5 percent then whatever it is? I have I don't have the thing in front of me right let me look at it Yeah It looks as if they claim that there is 3% to 2%, some really low inflation and then the reality is apparently it's 10%. Which is, if people know what the deal is. I mean look at the price of gasoline that's been kind of taken out of the government equation. Oh my god but while you're on that? It went up 20 cents in two weeks! Have you seen this?! Yeah What happened? Uh... Somebody said- I think I know actually Can we gouge them a little more You know what happened

1:09:22 Remember before the election, the prices went down dramatically because of course we needed to get rid of that from the conversation. I went back and looked at all the press and in end of August The president himself along with his economic council, which is you know What's-his-face Imholt and Sperling and all these guys convinced the Carlyle group to invest in the Sunoco refinery in Pennsylvania Which like the craziest like a 200 million dollar investment in a hole You know in it in a money losing piece of crap that just doesn't work

1:10:02 And I think that they're dumping that thing now or whatever, you know it's elections done screw it or we're going to get our investment back by gouging everybody. Something like that happened. Oh I mean if its possible...I mean I know they can gouge but anyway looking at this chart it appears that about 1984 This is the stats from 1980 on. Before 1984, the lines were just perfect they were right with whatever the government said Whatever Shadowstats said The calculation was the same In 1984 they began to lie But they only lied by, it looks like 2%. Oh! It's just a fudge. In 1992 if you look at the chart it starts to diverge even more so becomes 3% lie 4%, then there is huge lie and has been that way ever since beginning in 1998. And its been 7% appears to be about a 7% lies or whatever they tell you inflation is two percent nine percent

1:11:01 And that's been consistent ever since. But the cool thing is it started in 1984 Yes, which is a funny... amusing. Well government begins to lie! Yes, 1984 when it all started The more interesting one for me is the one I'll run on the next newsletter which is the unemployment rate And there's three lines to follow. But Obama, specifically during his administration has begun to really lie about the unemployment rate considering the old calculation and everything... There is a regular unemployment rate then there is U6 and those two are kind of in parallel

CHAPTER 23 / 52 Discussion

Bond Market Collapse Theory, Debt Monetization, and Shorting Strategies

The discussion explores the potential for a catastrophic collapse of the U.S. bond market due to the Federal Reserve's policy of printing money to buy its own debt. Financial analysts like Peter Schiff are cited regarding the risks of hyperinflation or deflation. The hosts debate the mechanics of bonds and the potential for savvy investors to make fortunes by shorting the market during a crash.

bond market· federal reserve· debt monetization· peter schiff· ben bernanke

1:11:44 and they're slowly going down, but the real calculation has been going up and it's close to 25% now. That's what the true unemployment rate is in this country I've been meaning to ask you a question You know, I read Zero Hedge... Do you ever read Zero Hedge? Yeah, I read most of these things Okay so we read a lot of the same things And what I continuously see is Let's see just recently A hundred and, what is it like a hundred and forty billion dollars was withdrawn from American banks. You know no one knows where it went All of the... I'm going to pay for gasoline Fill up Obama's jet You know Germany wants its gold back you know everyone you know countries are making noise about their gold Hey man! And that thats for real I mean Germany actually wants their gold back

1:12:40 And then you read the analysts and of course there's a lot of other guys, Peter Schiff from The World, etc. who say with the conservatively 40 but probably closer to 80 billion dollars a month that is being printed to buy the US government bonds which essentially you know the United States owns or buys 75% of all of our own debt. You know we're monetizing our own debt, which of course is helping the stock market spike that the bond bubble that is building up, whether it deflates rapidly or whether its a big explosion but this really will take the United States down into oblivion. This what I keep reading over and over again and there's only one person who I know who can ask And that of course is Nobel Peace Prize economist John C. Dvorak

1:13:40 What is the validity? Are we headed for an ultimate demise of the bond market, which could lead to deflation. It could lead to a number of things but it seems like it can't go on forever that's what everyone keeps saying Most of the smart money right now has bought into the theory that the bond market is going to collapse Explain to people the bond market because this is really easy to say. Please explain the bond market, I don't think anyone ever does that. The bond market is essentially like different than securities when you buy securities your buying a piece of the company when you buy a bond your essentially buying debt

1:14:22 You're buying, you're loaning. You are the bank. Your banks bonds represent kind of a loan to some company that's got the bond. So who issues the most bonds in America? The US government issues the most and that's all debt and where we are so deeply in debt but most of those bonds are issued to Americans A lot of people think they Chinese own...you know the Chines do own a lot of our... They don't like 40% Is it more? Not close. It's a small number I thought it was 40% No, no, no. I think all foreigners may be owning 40%. So wait a minute do you own US government bonds? No why would I? Well you said most Americans owned them! Who owns this stuff then who is buying them? A lot of Americans own it because they're in a 401k. Simply invested into a retirement fund yeah okay don't have a tonne of those bonds very interesting

1:15:11 Okay, I'll come back to this. Just...I'm putting a bookmark by the retirement thing okay so that's what a bond is but 85 billion dollars is being made up every month and the Treasury if I'm not incorrect is buying those bonds They're buying a lot of bonds. Yeah, but so we're buying our own debt. Yes cool huh? Yeah that's a great system if you think about it yeah it's like a great idea so essentially is like I have rent but in order to pay the rent I print up some dollars and then give that to my landlord

1:15:52 That's the system. Well, I could see people interpreting it that way. I'm simple. I'm just a simple guy so but this of the bond market will collapse with that then the debt collapses Then, or the... No. The debt is the debt I mean it's a what happens when the bond market collapses is that prices go way down of the bonds. The bond prices go way down because right now they're too high and uh the interest rate thus of the bonds with the interest rates will go up. Dave bought at the lower price goes way up Right Now, if we look at the shadow stats thing that we brought out and it has a 10% inflation rate which is probably the true number of...the true number that reflects their true inflation that Americans are experiencing. That's probably the number instead of like you buy this bond and you get 1% interest back

1:16:45 Yeah. It really probably should be 10% interest back. But then I'd go buy some bonds! If the bond's selling for $100, it probably should be selling for about ten bucks so that could...10x right? So that mean and the difference between a hundred and ten is a collapse. Well hold on hold on question question So, does it make sense then seeing as I only have whatever cash in the bank. I have no other assets or anything to buy some bonds now because when this thing blows up... What kind of logic is this? But then I'm going to get a huge percentage... You're gonna buy a bond for $100 and watch it go down to ten dollars? Is that what you're wanting to do? Well, interest gets paid on it

1:17:28 The interest gets paid on whatever you pay if you buy a bond today at $100 and you get 1% that debt which base is one It's a dollar right. That's all your ever going to get just one time No, you keep getting. I mean the interest is an ongoing thing so you'll be beginning 1% back So if it falls out... This is a bad idea! Stop stop! It's a bad idea! I'm not gonna do that Screw that! I'm not gonna buy it You want to short the bond market when it collapses Oh now see, now you're complicating it. I don't wanna be shorted. I don't understand Well that what these guys think There's one guy and I don't know if he's a zero hedge or whatever but one of the most famous investors in the country

CHAPTER 24 / 52 Discussion

Richard Cordray, 401k Nationalization, and Pension Confiscation

Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is identified as a key figure in potential plans to nationalize private 401k and retirement accounts. The theory suggests the government might seize these assets to back federal bonds and prevent an economic collapse. Similar pension struggles in the Netherlands are cited as a precursor to this global trend.

richard cordray· 401k· pensions· consumer financial protection bureau· nationalization

1:18:06 the world actually. He says, Ben Bernanke believes... Yeah Ben Bernanke probably agree with him he says that this bond market when it collapses will make more multi-millionaires than any single event in the history of the stock market it is going to be a bonanza for people who can who know how to short And by the way, chat room go fuck yourself. I'm doing this for your benefit too okay? This is a conversation Adam doesn't know shit! You didn't understand anything! I'm doing this so that we all can learn something instead of just accepting whatever's fed into your stupid pea brain Hey quit being distracted by those boneheads So here...I say this in relation to something that Richard Cordray said Do you know who Richard Cordray is?

1:18:57 Yeah, well his name comes up a lot but I'm always confusing him with Rob Cordray the comedy guy. No this is not the comedy guy yeah Richard Cordray he is the head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau you know that horrible woman started? Yeah oh right the woman we hated! Yeah that woman what's her name? The Indian American Indian He said regarding the so personal retirement accounts 401k stuff in America total value was estimated 19 and a half trillion dollars. Sounds right Cordray said in his recent interview yeah that's one of the things we've been exploring and are interested in, in terms of whether and what authority we have

1:19:43 So the, there's some thinking. What does that mean? The thinking is that oh hello we can't trust banks and other institutions because we are the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remember Richard Cordray he wrote the book on terrorism you know that poor finances turns people into homegrown terrorists that's the book that he wrote that they are going to nationalize the 401ks, nationalize all of the pensions. Take it away from the banks and use that as... Use the citizens' own investments and savings as the true backing of all of the bonds." Oh nice! I'm seeing some serious talk about this

1:20:29 And it makes so much sense because I've always wondered why this guy was made the chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which of course you know whenever the government says we're here to help run the other direction. So you know this is not about being scammed by your credit card company. This is they're going to...I think they're gonna lay this big farce maybe we need to have a big blow up of some pension fund which Europe has certainly showing us the way in that regard where all the, you know I had a pension with the Dutch government broadcasting organization. They sent they tracked me down here sent me a letter and said yeah we're really sorry not getting any money ever

1:21:10 Literally what yeah, really? Yeah. We may be in you know because I won't retire for a long time But they're saying you know foreseeable future no way we can't even tell you when any money would be it's horrible It's really is really really horrible the Dutch pensions now of course that don't complain You know this their shape But there's some serious conversation about this. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't confiscate... Yes! Confiscate that's it. That's the word, that's what they're doing. Nationalize, nationalize. Also called confiscate but that could be

CHAPTER 25 / 52 Discussion

Economic Collapse Cycles, Cyber Terror Pretext, and Jeopardy Winners

Predictions are made for a major economic collapse in October 2013, potentially triggered by a cyber attack on the Federal Reserve. The hosts discuss how such an emergency could be used as a pretext for confiscating private wealth while leaving citizens dependent on Social Security. A brief tangent explores Richard Cordray's history as a successful Jeopardy! contestant.

economic collapse· social security· bernie madoff· richard cordray· jeopardy

1:21:47 That could be a great way to go. I think what that kind of, what was the total value? $19.4 trillion dollars. How much? 19.4 trillion. Wow yeah Yeah, that would be a boost to the economy to nationalize that whole money and put it right. Buy those bonds back. They're going to have to do something before this collapse situation. This is what I'm talking about how much longer until the collapse? How when do I start take place according to these guys if you believe any of them? Uh-huh yeah. The cycle fits into my theory the broader theory of the book I never can finish. Yeah, I'm not going to harp on that man. It's supposed to happen at the end of this year and i would set target maybe October which would be perfect because generally speaking most of these things

1:22:32 These collapses do take place in the fall. Now, what would be interesting is that we've already had a housing market collapse which has finally settled out and it's kind of bouncing along the bottom still. It's moved up a little bit. It's kinda like when the terrorists drag people behind their motorcycle through the sand Yes, which kind of was the housing market. And the stock market really hasn't been pounded in fact is way up and but the bond market is the one that it could just literally collapse and there'd be a lot of them uni bonds the ones that are you know did... And then when that happens... Who wants to own debt in Madrid? I mean Spanish debt! It's just like... But when that happens wouldn't that be the opportune moment

1:23:20 to immediately say, oh we've got to protect the citizens. We nationalize, we grab all the pension funds. Yeah yeah that would be actually genius a great plan right and so but then we have 14 point nine or fourteen fourteen half trillion dollars that's much more than we owe right We only, how much do we owe? I think we're owing 12 or we may own up to 14. So then all Americans would look you gonna have to make the sacrifice it's the shared responsibility we're taking your pension fund. We are taking your money! It is for our good! We are wiping slate clean and then whatever is left over we share with everybody so there'll be like four trillion left You can't retire but hey

1:24:05 At least you'll be eating American cat food. There's still a social security, you can retire with that So unfortunately the same... I mean there are plenty of people that were wiped out by Bernie Madoff and they're now living in apartments living on Social Security Yeah They were worth millions one day Millions But they're worth millions. How many people? He took the country for 50 billion dollars, so they're worth millions of dollars They are living a comfortable life in Florida And you know they get on their wheelchair when they get off to Southwest flight and go to their place It's a big giant mansion and they got wiped out and They had it too big ends meet They had to sell their place and move into an apartment now They're living on you know $3,000 a month in Social Security You could probably manage that but is not the same

1:24:51 You know, no it's not. No! Gee understatement of the day... No it's NOT the same It's definitely not but that's what I'll be living on This is why they're so adamant about protecting social security because if you confiscate all this money like you suggest What you could probably do in some emergency act after a cyber terror attack Ohhhh I'm liking that Well there was that cyberattack on the Federal Reserve Hmmm okay Okay Might have been with Dry Run I'm liking this. This is a whole new strategy, John! But keep your eye on Cordray. Keep your eye on that guy. There's a reason why he's there because... let me just tell you the name of that book was it Richard? Was it Richard? Cordray? I think that's his name. Cordray. Sorry. Richard Cordray. Cordray serving as now he wrote the book somewhere

1:25:50 He was a Marshall scholar Gary Johnson, which is kind of creepy. Yeah. It also looks like the page on 30 Rocks 30 rock From now on Kenneth cord right but he wrote a book hold on because I remember we looked this up He was raised in a champion high school. Oh dude. I think it was a Jeopardy winner wasn't me oh Yeah, he won $45,000. He was one of the best Jeopardy guys. It was on Jeopardy yeah so it makes total sense but where's the book? I remember...I know that he wrote a book. Hmm. I can't find because I remember we went through this whole thing and personal life appearance on Jeopardy maybe maybe i'm thinking of someone else but i'm pretty sure there's no mention of a book on their wiki page But he was something about terrorism

1:26:53 Terror... Unless it's been a paper or something. Let's try this. Man, I can't re- Okay well that would kind of blow my whole theory but the guy is there's a reason he's here. Yes, he vaguely remembers something like that too. Book terrorism let me just see am i jus nuts here? Well its not on this page thats for sure. It did search for the word book not here. Searched for the word terrorism not on the page. No we did the same thing Oh, well. How do we go? I wonder why...I have that stuck in my mind. We'll find- figure it out. Homegrown book...? Oh yeah he's on homegrown terrorism Yeah! I mean that's books that illuminated gay life no thanks Google what are you doing is Cordray gay No i don't think so I don't know I have no idea actually Wow this is some other guy

CHAPTER 26 / 52 Discussion

Super Bowl Power Outage, Rigged Sports, and European Soccer

The 33-minute power outage during Super Bowl XLVII is scrutinized as a potential fix to influence betting spreads. This is compared to a massive Europol investigation into 680 rigged professional soccer matches in Europe. The hosts theorize that professional sports are scripted entertainment designed for social control and gambling revenue.

super bowl· power outage· rigged sports· europol· match fixing

1:27:59 This number he was named consumer chief during one of those recess appointments. Obama seems to be under, he's actually in some court found the entire National Labor Relations Board to be completely out of order and completely unconstitutional. Illegal yeah I know but Obama didn't care. No was he gonna do anything about it? He's gonna say tough all right hey you know um Do you realize how close how close i came to completely nailing the Super Bowl outcome? Yeah, he came pretty close. It would have been 69...

1:28:38 And it would have been San Francisco who won. Yeah, I mean within the last couple of seconds so that game with a power goes out there was apparently was a bet on power going out how long did there's a bet on power going out? That's what somebody says I don't really but really someone said there was a Vegas bet on the power going out well it was out for a total of 33 minutes. And here's what I caught the other night, Chris Christie, the Gouverneur of New Jersey saying... What you would do in that situation being a parrot for God's sake? How do you pick? The NFL guy Roger Goodell he was with you last night? Yeah it was in his box. What happened when the lights went out? He didn't seem to care one bit actually

1:29:27 He was eating some popcorn, checking his Blackberry. So I think he was in on the bet. He was checking his Blackberry. Yeah! He was in on the bet You'd think he would care. No, no, no! He doesn't care at all Now of course whenever we say oh this is all rigged and it's fixed and people begin to laugh but I'm sure you have heard about these 680 matches in European football soccer which Europol is now investigating because it's all rigged particularly the Champions League Over 600 matches have been shown to be rigged Rigged

1:30:04 People always laugh with a the fixes in all this stuff was in for the Niners in this game and I think so far behind here's what I think. I just want to see if The fix can be in and you can still go the wrong way somebody usually gets killed shortly thereafter Well, here's what here's what? I thought initially now that I didn't know about the betting on the power That's possible. All right thought now these are the coaches their brothers correct Yeah, so we had a cane and able thing I believe that the Ravens were supposed to throw the game because all professional sports are rigged and then the brother went F you bro. I'm gonna kick your ass And that's why remember if you saw they were fighting on the field in like the first five minutes They're all fighting and pushing because the San Francisco was like hey bitches

1:30:58 that we're supposed to be winning here what are you doing this is not what we agreed upon but then they killed and then they killed the power. The power and then just diners started catching up, and then it fell apart They almost couldn't catch up way too far behind it was just impossible But do you see how they did like 17 points in 15 minutes Yeah, I literally think that they were there was so much money riding on this It was fixed San Francisco supposed to win then the brother goes screw you bro. I'm not playing that game I'm good. I'm out to win he ride what a Baltimore have to lose it like yeah Let's do it You know we don't give a crap Then they went in did when they went totally for the kill went for the wind and then you know is like oh We're panicking throw the power

1:31:42 And that's when San Francisco, you know got there kind of got it back together again and I think because the points were much closer that even if people lost at least that point spread wasn't so Enormous. So the power outage helped the guys who would were in on the game does that make any sense? No, well no Five points for Baltimore Baltimore team could have lost and still won the bet Okay But to me, that's what it felt like. Essentially from the seller of the league and made them five times champion more or less There was always something fishy about every game. There'd be a like one of the top linemen on the other team would mysteriously disappear before the Super Bowl

1:32:44 Seriously, there's all these guys who think so. I figure the Niners are always going to win because of this kind of stuff going on...I think that your theory is basically correct and I think somebody is gonna end up dead in the next three months! Yeah, it's very possible and its probably gonna be that dude who killed two people What's his name? What dude who killed two people? Yeah, there's the dude who... The player! The dude who killed two people and he got off. No no, he's the... Kill him! He's expendable. He's on the Baltimore team. They gotta kill somebody?! No they have to kill somebody who made the deal. It's gonna be something probably in the Niners organization or maybe in the Baltimore organization Somebody is going to get killed though I'm telling you, kill that guy as a warning

CHAPTER 27 / 52 Discussion

Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, and Austin Public Opinion

The public fall of Lance Armstrong is discussed from the perspective of his hometown, Austin, Texas. While his charitable work with Livestrong is acknowledged, local sentiment reportedly views him as personally unpleasant. The hosts question the timing of his confession to Oprah Winfrey and the broader implications for the sports industry.

lance armstrong· livestrong· austin· doping· oprah winfrey

1:33:30 Well, we'll see. All I know is that if we watch the Red Book it's in the red book somebody in the league somewhere along the lines of NFL is going to be mysteriously murdered Yeah Now while were on sports because you know we never talk about sports Because I could give a crap about sports Right We don't care You do not like sports I do not care I'm not interested I watched the Super Bowl You hated I don't hate it. I'm not interested in it, okay? I'm not interested in the mind control. Professional sports is only built to keep men's testosterone going to give you some outlet so that you can drink beer and cheer for something and make you feel like a man alright? And then watch... I am NOT gonna argue but go on with your thesis! Lance Armstrong okay? I've been thinking about this

1:34:21 Let's go. This is a hometown boy right Lance Armstrong Sure, but he's your homie. He's our homie now I will say that in general Even before this latest, you know even before the Oprah thing People in in Austin will say you know they're very proud of their Lance Armstrong Particularly what he's done for Austin what he has done for Livestrong even though. They've kind of disassociated themselves from him But you pretty much can't find anybody who won't say oh by the way He's an asshole just in general. He's just not a nice guy. He's an a-hole that you cannot find

1:34:58 Anybody who will just say, oh we love him. No no they're like hey great what he's done You know and and people say he's getting screwed And I'm thinking what is going on with this it can only be one of two things one For some reason we have to teach the slaves about cheating. I haven't really developed that theory because, um...I just don't know where to go with it. I'm much more interested in this USADA because the United States Anti-Doping Authority is a private organization

CHAPTER 28 / 52 Discussion

USADA Private Authority, Workplace Doping, and International Treaties

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is identified as a private organization that derives authority from international treaties and government funding. The hosts argue that the crackdown on athletes is a precursor to mandatory "doping" tests in the general workplace. The goal is theorized to be the elimination of illegal drugs in favor of corporate pharmaceutical products.

usada· doping· international treaties· workplace testing· pharmaceutical industry

1:35:36 But because of an international treaty, this is what this whole Olympics business gives us. They are now funded by the United States government to go after doping in sports Now if you're going after doping in sports You're only one step away from going after doping in the workplace In fact in the UK they're already talking about this So I think that this is part of getting people off illegal drugs and getting them on the good stuff made by Merck and you know, the big boys. There's two problems with the thesis. Okay Well, by the way And I want to mention since I am now watching The Slingbox in Australia that there's a doping scandal going on there with at least minimum of 2 especially 1 of the Australian football teams which are apparently all pumped up on roids

1:36:26 So the problem with the thesis is that we know for a fact, well not where we don't actually know for a fact but we know that most of the heroin illegal heroin and all the poppy stuff has all run through the CIA. Stop stop stop stop! Lance Armstrong was not shooting up heroin John Again, this is not about... This is about the small little things. This is about the EPO that's enhanced performance drug. This is not heroin and coke. Okay okay I see what you're saying. You're saying instead of- Uppers, uppers, Adderall, the good stuff

1:37:04 So you want to put these athletes on some sort of no, no, no, no, no. No This is about a use something know this is about funding an organization that is inherently a private Organization just be it's like it's like Federal Express Just because or Federal Reserve just because it's a US the way us a Saturday service in August Yeah, hold on don't confuse the issue United States anti-doping agency here to do a consult the book of knowledge It is a private organization Nonprofit non governmental organization. Okay, this is not the government says this is like the Robin Hood Foundation This is like at The Red Cross

1:37:50 Now all of a sudden they're like some authority and they've been brought to the level that now Lance Armstrong may have to testify in court against these Yahoo's this is creating a Some kind of organization that will go after people taking doping kangaroo court Thank you Doping and he's being made an example of so then, you know It's like we can go into your workplace. Oh We got a check to make sure you're not doping people make sure you're not doping I'm telling you, there is this is and the whole Olympics thing. This is all a big part of it And we're in this because of these international treaties that we all think are also great Which is how you can drone kill American citizens with or without a drone In December 2009 USADA which sounds official

1:38:41 The USNAS launched Supplement Safety Now in partnership with the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association and National Hockey League. They got their nose in the big money. So we need a name like that. We need to be like the USNAS. Hello I'm president of the USNAS United States No Agenda Show You have no agenda. Come on this is yeah, no that's exactly what you USNAS I but the federal Federal us NAS I think that's good federal. I'm gonna write it down federal Us only by the way they are following a world anti-doping code The code works in conjunction with five international standards for uniform harmonization of testing programs across the globe and your right So you did like a United Nations thing? Mm-hmm

1:39:30 Yeah, I'm telling you it's the prohibited list because why else? I mean what is Armstrong. You know well, I don't know what the whole Oprah thing was about I think the guy would do anything for money at this point He has a g5 at Bergstrom Airport that thing does not fly by itself You know if you don't have your sponsor money coming in you're getting rid of that thing real quick I mean, I'm talking $100,000 a month Just to have that g5 sitting there on the tarmac with everything that goes or in the hangar Everything that goes along with it with a depreciation everything That's a very expensive toy, and he's got nowhere to fly to you know They didn't know what they go to Reebok or Nike or anybody say I give that. He's selling that jet I'm he has to he has to sell the Jet so You know so I'm sure that he got money to crank up Oprah's man Oprah came to him dude

CHAPTER 29 / 52 Discussion

USADA Board Members, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pharmaceutical Ties

An examination of USADA's leadership reveals deep ties to major pharmaceutical companies like GlaxoSmithKline and Baxter International. CEO Travis Tygart's compensation and the agency's research grants are scrutinized. The hosts conclude that USADA functions more as a pharmaceutical research and lobbying arm than a simple sports regulator.

usada· glaxosmithkline· baxter international· travis tygart· pharmaceutical industry

1:40:22 Dude, I mean seriously Oprah came to Austin for that interview. That's a big deal So so that was the jack up her channel So I'm sure he got paid for that. I think he just like screw it. I'm just whatever I'm all in I'll take whatever I can get at this point Now there's something big going on and we're and we're just not seeing it And that's the that's the closest I can get is that this is funding organizations To go in as authority brown shirts essentially It's you know what hey? Hold on a second! What am I crazy? GuideStar. Let's take a look at these jabronis. Who is GuideStar? That is where I get my Form 990 from. What the name of this place? United States Anti-Doping Agency. Agency... Is it agency? Yeah

1:41:15 What was that? It comes out of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Yeah, but we want to... But it's a non...it's US... No! That is the same thing. That is a bull crap operation. Well yeah, but I'm not interested in that one. I am interested in the one that going be... You know you want a podcast license and we have to make sure your are not doping Let's see income 15 million dollars wonder where they got their 15 million dollars from us from the taxpayers Mm-hmm because it's so important that us taxpayers keep our athletes from doping. It says Travis T Tigert That's the guy that has had like Oh, geez. Travis T. Tigert. Interesting. Travis T., really? Yeah, Travis T.. I mean it's like code. It's a code! It's code. Travis T. Tigert. It's code. They're laughing at us. Like Tigard Oregon? Yes. Travesty. Hello my name is Travesty and interestingly they have not filed their form 990 for 2011 or at least not made it public that so they got 10 million dollars from the government right off hand and where'd the rest of the money come from

1:42:25 What does TIGERT make? Okay, here's the... The agency is responsible for the testing education research and results management process for US Olympic Pan Am and Paralympic athletes. The agency is also responsible for enhancing research efforts and promoting educational programs to inform athletes of the rules governing the use of performance-enhancing substances, the ethics of doping and its harmful health effects. So they are a pharmaceutical company that's why I see it tied into the Olympics, The New World Order, the Trilateral Commission

1:43:17 Okay, I'm taking a bit far. So it looks like 10 million bucks right off the top. Yeah 2006 8 billion, 2007 eight 2008 nine and half 2009 9 point A 2010 ten million so they've done 46 million that they have gross receipts from related activities 22 million this is just 2010 alone So now I think they're, are they a C3 or 4 corp? Because then they don't have to tell us where the money came from. Lobbying non-taxable amount that's their expenditures. Hold on just going down this list. I love doing this as you can tell closely held equity interest financial derivatives so they invest a little bit of that money. They give some money

1:44:12 They did the symposium in Europe, Iceland and Greenland. They spent a little bit of dough there but they're not saying where they get their money from that's pretty interesting huh well they probably who knows but I'm sure it's coming out of the taxpayers pocket one way shape or form here we go I'm sorry what is this Research Triangle Institute $100,000 yeah let's buy one of those operations yeah Stratagene Wow, come on. Look up Strategene That's got to be like some biotech firm I would think Purpose of grant? Product creation Yeah Thermo Fisher NSF International Product Testing These guys are in the drug business They're making new drugs This is great

1:45:14 Travesty makes $268,000 a year. It's good work. Plus money for speaking fees I'm sure of it well a total is 335 with all those benefits but they don't really know I should look at who was on the board I bet you there's some I bet you there's some some dudes in there let's see science research and development 1.2 million dollars yeah so this is a drug company okay that's what it looks like to me

CHAPTER 30 / 52 Discussion

Doping in Curling and Archery, Global Testing Standards

Reports of doping scandals in traditionally low-intensity sports like curling and archery are highlighted as evidence of the anti-doping industry's overreach. The World Anti-Doping Agency's efforts to harmonize testing standards globally are viewed as a move toward a "New World Order" in medical surveillance.

curling· archery· doping· world anti-doping agency· testing

1:45:52 What do you think? What's the name of that company again? Oh, the one that sounds like a drug research firm. Okay hold on I'm sorry i have to go down the list again yeah this is what I want you to do um where was it here it is um Stratagene in La Jolla California This is great! How it should run. They've been bought by Agilent Technologies What's Agilent? I don't know, you're down the rabbit hole Dvorak Hey! I just saw on their homepage USADA apparently there is doping going on in the sport of curling What?!

1:46:41 You know that thing where they talk like me all pumped up on Roy's It toss rocks on my this is down the Canadian news I'm listening to Calgary and archery apparently there no apparently there's doping going on an archery. I'm just looking at their at their web page here skiing My goodness, this is great This is fantastic so you find out what that company does yeah? They make tested the testing stuff The testing stuff. Yeah, the stuff that you test people for roids and all the rest this is there one of the leaders Okay Let's see Edwin Moses he's a Diagnostic products is what it is Okay here we go Richard Clark chair usda board members with GlaxoSmithKline research and development This isn't we forgot to look at the board He's the vice-chair

1:47:34 Marsha Lee Taylor is the secretary. She was the partnership at drugfree.org Okay, she's the lobbyist Then we have Carl Swenson, who's the treasurer. Let's see... Oh he is an Olympian! Very good get another Olympic athlete in there John Bardis, let's see... John Bardis Baxter International! Okay It slowly becoming very clear what this is all about John Sherry Ball wet. She looks like she was another so they're doing they do one medical shill and then they do one Sports a guy let's see sports management program this buds for you Okay Now, I mean we've got all we need on there We've got Glaxo and we've got Baxter International right on the board call them the shots It's a beautiful thing Yep now none of this is much of a surprise

1:48:39 However, the entire conversation that's going on is not about this. And this is what we do That's why we are the best podcast in the damn universe I'm gonna show my support by donating to no agenda imagine all the people who could deal with us. Oh yeah, they'd be fab And while you're peeing in the cup, you should be thanking some of the people who helped produce this show by contributing to it. Show 485 I'm off on this man! I'm gonna be...I'm looking into more of this This is great

CHAPTER 31 / 52 Discussion

Off-Grid Living, Atlanta Traffic, and Karma Requests

Listener stories include a report from an off-grid cabin in the Salish Sea and a critique of the dangerous driving conditions in Atlanta, Georgia. The hosts fulfill various "karma" requests for health, travel, and employment. The segment reinforces the "value for value" model through listener-supported content.

off-grid· atlanta· traffic· karma· no agenda

1:49:16 We just gotta figure out, maybe the Oprah. Maybe she... Oh I know the Oprah tie-in of course! She's an investor in one of these companies? No man well maybe that but uh no sponsors drug sponsors i'm gonna look at the oprah page while you're doing this a bitch it she has big start thanking people andrew holcomb ann arbor michigan hundred eleven dollars eleven cents more value for value way better at spotting the bullshit thanks to you guys but i'm still unsure what to do about it Please send a double shot of karma to my brother out in Portlandia. He and his wife are in needs of some goodness long live the printed book! Hell yeah, I'm down with that You've got karma Ron Hanneman $111 left says spent last four days working on my cabin located in the forested isle of the Salish Sea it's an off-grid design without benefit of electricity or plumbing

1:50:12 After I don't know okay after working through what turned out to be nearly 10 episodes my douchebag needle was pinned firmly to To the right thus triggering an obligatory donation. I see Everyone is born with a douche bag needle all right Yeah, yeah. You guys made my protracted and extreme isolation from social interaction bearable even dare I say enjoyable not hearing or seeing a single corporate advertisement for four days was good for the psyche as probably is keep up the good work gents and play me out with John's going to hum The Sunday Times and you will obey you will obey

1:50:56 John's gonna harm the Sunday Times. You will obey, you will obey! Wow that is a an outstanding combo yes and interesting one and communications 2020 our friend sir Howard Goodnicht in Seattle double nickels on the dime twice meaning to Abraham Lincoln vampire killers under Benjamin Franklin thank you okay Donald Silva in Yua Beach, Hawaii. You know the guy goes up to another guy and says how do you pronounce it? Is it pronounced Hawaii or Havaii? And the guy says Hawaii he says oh thanks and the guys is your welcome Wow! Is this kind of humor they portray in Washington state thank you for continually educating me Donald Silva says about the media

1:51:51 Now I no longer believe what i hear from the news media. Please accept this donation for your fine work, $100. It is as you say the best podcast in the universe may have just a karma. Absolutely! You've got Karma Ryan M Reich in Brooklyn New York I forgot to donate to Noah Jenner for moving Karma before the show two Sundays ago and my new super didn't make any of the necessary repairs to the new apartment. My girlfriend and i are moving into. Oh damn! I forgot to donate before last Thursday's show, and my friends got sick and couldn't help me move

1:52:34 Hmm I forgot one more time before this past Sunday show But I had been kicking myself so hard for not donating that I think the karma came through in advance The apartment's almost 100% fixed up for us and we're almost a hundred percent moved in. I'd like to request $50 of finished moving karma and $50 of travel Karma, and we're taking a trip to the great state of Washington soon Can I get some TSA Karma? So he wants at WTC 7 say something see something karma WTC7 won't go away. See something, see something... You've got karma.

1:53:26 That was John Pease, Dublin Ohio for 9999. Anderson Jethro, keep up the good work on the best podcast in the universe I was introduced last year by a customer in Western Michigan who is an avid follower but he needs to be called out as a douchebag for not donating Since he's a customer I guess i'll keep his name anonymous but he'll know who he is if I can get a shut up already 999 with a shot of karma that would complete my week. Okie dokie... Shut up already! Science! You've got karma. There you go

CHAPTER 32 / 52 Discussion

Ham Radio Projects, Aloha Oregon, and Anime Costumes

A donor from Aloha, Oregon, clarifies the local pronunciation of the town name and shares details of a new HF radio project. The segment includes a discussion of "anime" culture and a special "ham donation" of $88.88. One host describes a wireless, low-power radio project designed for easy global communication.

ham radio· aloha oregon· anime· hf transceiver· kf5sln

1:54:07 This is interesting. This is Christopher Arneson in, uh... In Aloha I guess Oregon? I think it's Arnason. I think its Arne- Oh is it Arnasen? Arnesan! Arnesan? Well he's not talking bitchin' about that He's bitching about the pronunciation of Aloha Okay He says pronounced not like the Hawaiian And then he has a couple and he said Alohides Aloha Oh bull crap, oh bull. You don't say aloha? I- you know in Oregon it wouldn't surprise me. Okay. Because you'd go into this is...I'm not gonna put down Oregon but let me just tell a typical story that you run into. The Alvin Elha Organ. Oh really that's funny it's pronounced just like Aloha huh

1:54:52 right okay that was my Oregon my Oregonian yeah point made very much to thank us for the best podcast in universe after about five or six years of being off HF Oh, he's a ham. That inspired me to go and find a used HF transceiver. But that's VHF isn't it? No no HF is the manly stuff that's you know 20 meters 30 meters. Oh that doesn't mean we need a big dipole! I'm so excited about my project. Let me just finish reading his note before you give me the lecture

1:55:29 Anyway, bought a dipole the icon 735 I found is currently getting complete alignment performed and the copper weld wire is in the mail Yeah, please credit this donation of my beautiful wife Valeska. And he sent us pictures. I saw yeah apparently never dresses as an Anything but a character She's an anime character. I love her Every picture of hers like she's in some costume where they go to lot of anime pretty things turning 34 today Oh really? I would have guessed 27 for noagendanation.com tracking purposes and send her a Kiki Sui Karma LGY I punched her in the mouth back in October, and she has been a dedicated listener ever since Anyways 73 and 88 from ku7p dx and he sent us $88.88

1:56:21 Which is our special ham donation. Thank you very much from KF5SLN and I don't know what John's call is because I don't have to say it ever, ever because he's never on the air. Shut up already! It's science! Yay!!! And there's your karma You've got karma... I just wanted to say that I've been working on my project Which is something that you will really love this John because you'll be able to just plug it into your, it's wireless. You don't have to plug in your computer or you can use your smartphone and you will be able to attach a coat hanger if you wish. Your results will vary but you can just attach a wire low power five watts

CHAPTER 33 / 52 Discussion

Mountain Manifesto Podcast, Atlas Shrugged, and Dutch Lottery

The "Mountain Manifesto" podcast is introduced as a hillbilly-themed program from Appalachia. A donor from the Netherlands compares his quest for knighthood to the state lottery system. The hosts provide "Atlas Shrugged" themed sound effects and karma for various listener ventures.

mountain manifesto· ayn rand· netherlands· lottery· knighthood

1:57:09 and no knobs on the front. You just plug it in, and it goes and then you can communicate all over the world Oh I'm sorry! Oh no...you have to at least be a general ham Nooo I'm sorry Aaron Yoho in Fairmont West Virginia 7777 It's Gitmo Yoho representing The 3-0 Foe Hmm enough with the swazzle nuffs already everybody knows 77 is better. Why because you get eight more Seriously though you deserve every penny, please visit our podcast mountain manifesto comm featuring Dame Lizzie

1:57:45 Oh! A true Appalachian who appreciates our hillbilly point of view. Please give us an Atlas Shrugged, Dvorak fart noise followed by Adam laughing karma in hopes that MountainManifesto.com takes off PS MountainManifesto.com Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand You've got karma. Oh look at this mountainmanifesto.com that sounds great Mountain Manifesto dot com what do you think they got going on there and Lizzy's their Dame Lizzy dude cool David the ruse well, it's a podcast yeah That's what he says David the ruse in Zendricht No, I can't be wind racks vein direct Swine dressed What's al?

1:58:48 Alabama. It might have been NL but maybe Buzzkill Jr slipped, that's quite a slip from the... No he wouldn't have done that. But he is in the Netherlands after my mystic 1 2 3 4 5 donation awhile ago now a top off to $200 making me a one-fifth knight Just like the state lottery scam here in the Netherlands. Please give me a win, Karma so I can donate the remaining four fish to become a real knight this year." Here you go! Win! You've got karma. Andrew Sturgill in Steamboat Colorado, Steamboat Springs. Yeah, I've been. 75. Had to donate after hearing Adam's comment about the cable news journalist being turds in the same pot. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing

CHAPTER 34 / 52 Discussion

Sobriety Milestones, Pittsburgh Culture, and Coding Ninjas

A donor celebrates one year of sobriety and makes amends for past "douchebaggery" by contributing to the show. Another listener describes the grueling corporate culture in Pittsburgh, where employees are shamed for taking lunch breaks. The hosts criticize the tech industry's use of terms like "Coding Ninja" to exploit software developers.

sobriety· pittsburgh· corporate culture· software developers· coding ninja

1:59:34 Fascinating gun slash big pharma analysis. I think you guys might be onto something keep up the great work Adam I hope the aviation porn shirts from Denver Hot Pocket stop fit okay? Oh, yeah It was a real fun meeting you and a Mickey yeah, we had a good time that was that was a very nice Stop call of Colorado was nice even though obviously you wouldn't want to live there oh And ready? Hit it. Oh, crapola! I'm sorry...I'm just goofing off here When is this thing ever gonna die?! 69! 69 DUDES! All the following are 69-69 Daniel McTuff in Silver Springs Maryland Keep up the great work and I get a don't eat me shutup already combo with a shot of karma Don't eat me...sorry hold on i'm a little behind here

2:00:28 It's like the butcher. Hey! Don't eat me, Hillary Clinton! Shut up already... Science! There we go. You've got karma You heard about the butcher backed up into the meat grinder got a little behind in his work. You know you're just, this is pretty much The Soupy Sales Show everybody. Except for the pies! Actually it's words like Jackie The Joke Man here I'm doing a show with Jack- Eric Newman Hello John The Joke man Dvorak Eric Newman I've just proven to the audience out there that you actually have no sense of humor Hello Spice and Keyboard, I'm celebrating my one year exodus from Gitmo Nation Endless Summer Orlando. And now it's cheerfully enjoying proper winter weather in Gitmo Nation French Fries on your sandwich Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

2:01:17 Yeah. And by the way, that is a very famous thing they do I realize having donated in over a year and heard all of John's kvetching about low donations So here's this was enough to hopefully smooth things out or for a few more months also increase my monthly donation to 1212 To help curb inflation and low donations if you would please give me some consonant karma from my gorgeous girlfriend Sarah steed instead Sarah Stead who also moved with me to Pittsburgh. By the way, Pittsburgh is a very pretty town She works a horror job where the corporate culture has devoted to a bunch of scared slaves working in cubes chiding each other about only working 40 hours a week or for tea It's the new normal right there Yeah, you're only working forty hours a week loser! Loser! I love the rest of this...or if we're taking a lunch break- What?!

2:02:09 You took a lunch break, loser! Should be working. Wow... Yeah, that is the worst. That is what's happening right now in this country and these idiots have been allowed this to continue Her bosses often have conflicting artistic views so her immediate boss might not like something that her boss likes or vice versa and goes on We appreciate a delicious karma Karma plus Hillary Delicious plus Little Go Yay In that order Reverse order Oh reverse order okay And they hope Sherry can get a proper graphic design position. Isn't the graphic arts world, they're bitching about lunch? Wow! It's not coders! Wow... Well hold on you make it sound like coders or software developers as we would call them like that like they're not artistic

2:02:59 That's that is the one of the most artistic jobs ever. They're the ones who have the worst grind, those coders there they'll just be working and working 16 hours a day they work their butts off and don't get paid overtime They get ripped off by these companies that turn these coding machines Horrible And then give them names like Ninja Have you noticed that? Yeah, Ninja We're looking for a Coding Ninja Why not throw a star in your face A-Hole You've got karma. It's almost too delicious to believe my friends Reverse as you wish okay now we got ash ash from Gitmo Nation am I gonna write one here yeah, Ash from gitmo nation east of Something I don't know what this means is little acronym

CHAPTER 35 / 52 Discussion

Submariner News, Safeway Produce, and Birthday Lists

A U.S. Navy submariner shares how the podcast helps him catch up on news between port calls. A Safeway employee discusses the poor quality of corporate produce, specifically tasteless iceberg lettuce. The segment concludes with birthday shout-outs for listeners and their family members.

submarine· safeway· iceberg lettuce· perth· australia

2:03:54 IMO TNC. Heil everybody, your last batch of karma did me well and it's been a while since i last gave value for value so i thought i'd chuck in another swazzle nut so that i could get a fiscal cliff little girl yay karma keep up the media assassination i'm working on propagating the farming to a few more human resources but as a slow burn sometimes all right hi everybody you've got karma kind of like that james ward in london Leaves a little more karma listening for years, but he just started donating the more car. Sorry you've got Karma what is this? And you fight FIT in Stockton coming in with a drunk donut coming over the drug donation I want to say that swazzled off whatever the hell it's called karma works

2:04:52 I would like to challenge those who don't donate with giving a shot at karma for a world. Try it! I dare you, it'll change your life thanks again for providing us with the best podcast in the universe if its not too much trouble I'd like another shot of karma You've got Karma Now he's drunk but he had a cold Ben Mann in Atlanta Georgia Dear Eldest and Jorin, I know the donation says i'm donating from Ringo Louisiana but i'm actually donating from Atlanta Georgia home of the worst drivers on earth. By the way they are the worst drivers on earth and I actually talked to some police about this when I was in Atlanta because there's a big freeway they put through the middle of town it goes all over the place And when you drive down this freeway The freeway is littered with wrecks

2:05:45 I mean, it's just short of blood all over the freeway. It's littered with wrecks miles of them and some cop told me he says well the problem is that they never had any these freeways and nobody knows how to drive fast because there was all just little streets yeah and this is just constant wrecks there's just a mess so as is the worst drivers it might be the worse drivers on earth When I heard El Cid distribute karma to all the listeners on Sunday's show, I literally felt the good vibes from his donation travel all the way through my body. It was at this point that I could no longer deny the legitimacy of The Karma Shoutout! So in that vein, I would like you do the same and wish some good karma not bad kind in all of the No Agenda listeners out there. I would like to point out to all you NA doubters out there in reference to Adam & John FORSOOTH THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH

2:06:37 Thank you for the best podcast in the universe. Adios, mofos! Adios, mofo! You've got karma. Spyro, Spiro, Zafaris in Perth our favorite town in Australia although I've never been there Hey all folks, Spiro from Perth in Gitmo nuts down under pants For that, suicide me with a two to the head and please release some karma for my sister and co-producer Katina who's celebrating her birthday tomorrow February 8th. We should put on the birthday list Oh hold on a second How come? Eh it's not on the birthday lists The birthday list is huge No it's not huge we finally have someone with a birthday list let me just see It's uh Spiro...Spiro to his sister

2:07:33 Yeah, Kartina. Katine? What's her name? Katina? Katina! Okay... tomorrow.. okay got it Healthy just getting by no mac and cheese but lots of conjac noodles and deer antler broth Okay... Okay but he wants a two to the head karma release You've got karma Josh Jackson in West Sacrament- Sacro Tomato In the morning, my friends I've been a boner since somewhere in the late 200 show to early 300 shows and while i have not had the funds to help with financial donation. I've done my best to propagate the formula as an employee of Slaveway aka Safeway. I always get kick hearing how stuff sold there is crap! It's hard living... You know here's thing..I didn't realize that iceberg lettuce had any flavor because my parents always bought it from Safeway

2:08:35 So I started buying at the green grocer and they said, you know because if you have children they will only eat iceberg lettuce. They don't like the other stuff generally when they start so just to realize this stuff is actually pretty good then you go back to Safeway because you need some iceberg lettuce and you taste it you realize somewhere...I don't know where they get it but obviously there's a checklist would you like iceberg lettuce or completely tasteless iceberg lettuce? And that's the box they check I've been wanting to donate for so long, but when i got the email on 1-23 I thought oh fudge. I better donate so I picked up the extra shift at work So I could just make this donation like a thing before The Awesome Show and especially thank you for making the decision that keep the luggage language on the show clean Will we try? Well...I do! I'm very good at it

2:09:24 I'm hitting my parents in the mouth whenever i can and it makes so much easier to share segments of the show. And they don't have to worry about offending their delicate sensibilities Yeah, good for that. I'd like to request a got information man 2 to the head shut up slave you will obey. Oh well hold on a second that's quite alot there That's uh...that's a 4 yeah Uh new information two to the head shut up slave? I've got information man! New shit has come to life Shut Up Slave You will obey. You will obey. We can't do this, people. We can't do this. He won it besides that. It was too many. Three max. Jake Davis and Honolulu Hawaii

2:10:06 6969 in the morning John and Adam I just got back from another deployment on a sub so it's been awhile since i donated once again, I found that the best podcasting universe is great way to catch up on the news and took place between port calls every time we pulled in I would download all of the episodes I missed and get my dose of what I missed in the world. My wife is due to have a baby next week so please give her a dose of karma Head on out sooner rather than later. Keep up the good work and thanks for all you guys do! Aw, thank you Submariner You've got... Karma Good work Submariner And that was it

CHAPTER 36 / 52 Discussion

Marijuana and Productivity, Poop Police, and Climate Gate

A donor argues that marijuana use can lead to productive actions, such as supporting the podcast. The hosts fulfill a request for "Poop Police" sound effects and provide karma for a listener taking an A+ 702 technical certification test. The "Climate Gate" jingle is played for a job seeker in Houston.

marijuana· poop police· climate gate· job hunting· test taking

2:10:43 69! 69, dudes! And until we make a change in our policy we'll continue reading to $50 which is Russell Rhodes in Tallahassee Florida 6789 enjoys the assassination that we do he wants to just send your cash take that to the bank bullshit. Okay? We just need cash I know a lot of people want us in blankets or water Just send your cash. You can take that to the bank. Bullshit! I don't know the karma, but... You've got karma. Bonus! After a bitch and pneumonia you only want three, you give him four. What can i say? Sir James Briscoe our buddy in Bayshore New York uh 67 68 had to donate because they heard the bullshit spiel that I hear while walking through the Amtrak floor in Penn Station every morning via the LIRR Long Island Railroad please give Smith some Karma she deserves it that's all chief

2:11:47 You've got karma. Longtime listeners best podcast in the universe as night Scott William got me hooked on your media assassination many moons ago I've been a boner for too long and i'm donating stoned. Oh Hey, man I've been a boner for too long And i'm donating stoned Proving that marijuana can lead to productive actions i'm donating 66-66 in exchange for two mothership boarding passes from my lovely girlfriend Carly and yours truly. As long as the flight hasn't sold out, I would be honored and humbled if we could get picked up... Humbled and honored?

2:12:37 Haunted and taken off of the earth whenever the new world fully enslaves the planet I'm requesting some see something say something chemtrails little girl yay karma to help all the slaves defend themselves against those pesky persistent jet con trails You've got karma. Ryan Wright in Pasadena, Maryland 61- 55 double nickels on the dime I'm making this donation for three reasons one call me out as a douchebag immediately. I donated on last Thursday's show to support you guys to get my wife birthday call out but i forgot that mention her damn name. Like which one?

2:13:31 But I promise to make things right this week. Please give a shout out to my wife Michelle and tell her, I'm sorry but i made good his promise number two My son's Lane's birthday was on February 6th please put him on the birthday list Is he? Yeah. Number three, this is the best damn podcast in the universe and you guys deserve it! Please de-douche me as I made good on my promise to throw us a Dr Kiki karma combo. Keep up the great work and keep hitting them in the mouth here in Maryland nuts! You've been de-dooched! Shut up already! Science! You've got karma

2:14:13 This is an odd one here from Elliot Gardner in York, Pennsylvania. Double nickels on the dime. ITM Alfred and Jerry. I wish my brother Sir Andrew of no agenda racing a happy 30th can I get a poop police? Oh wow delicious LG why and thrown a karma for Sir Andrew and Stephanie to delicious You got poop police? Yeah, I got poop police. Huh. Well he wants a... Poop Police Too Delicious. Okay. And an LGY. Detective Dookie!

2:14:52 Ask for you, special news. It's almost too delicious to believe my friends. Yay! You've got karma There you go Hey, you asked...You want poop police? I got your poop police right here. Lyndon Noyan in Houston Texas A small gift for the best podcasting universe will donate more later as we are currently just getting by request Karma job hunting and house and the climate gate jingle You've got karma. To the gate, to the gate, to the climate gates! No karma?

2:15:42 Oh karma for job, but well because you didn't finish the note anyone looking for a new no You started the jingle before I said that you were cut. I'm sorry. I'll do the karma then My fault you've got nobody's fault is just it's just so is part of this structure is James McPhisto in Milford Connecticut nuts Double nickels on the dime. I've been a long-time boner, first time donor, been listening to you guys for awhile now and you guys have really changed how i see the media that's what we do as and now i see it as this steaming pile of dog crap! Thought I'd give you guys some value for value for helping me open my eyes and see what bullshit they're pulling on us. I'm looking for job in test taking karma and I'm still awaiting call from the people whom I last interviewed or who last interviewed me

CHAPTER 37 / 52 Discussion

Commodity Money, Sobriety Amends, and El Paso Douchebags

A debate on the merits of metal commodity money versus Federal Reserve notes highlights the diminishing purchasing power of paper currency. A recovering alcoholic uses his donation as part of a "ninth step" amends process. The citizens of El Paso, Texas, are jokingly called out as "douchebags" at a donor's request.

commodity money· federal reserve· inflation· el paso· sobriety

2:16:29 as well as taking my A plus 702 test today and any help would be appreciated. What is that? It's like a side of almost too delish, I don't know to believe Don't Eat Me Hillary and shout out to my beautiful girlfriend Anita who i love and care for so deeply it's almost too delicious to believe my friend eat me hillary clinton! I wonder what an A plus 702 test is now look at up so like a real estate thing we think is a real estate test A. Daniel Rudin also double nickels on the dime from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Double nickels on the dime why? Because metal money is superior to paper money. Metal as a commodity has real value and its value is derived from its rarity and thus it's used as a resource only American debt slaves would deal in Federal Reserve notes whose purchasing power

2:17:18 constantly diminished by central bank inflationary policies. When you deal with commodity money, it truly exchanged value for value. Brother can I get a douchebag call out for Dvorak and all the times he has been a proponent of high inflation? I've never been a proponent of high inflation. Douche bag! Meh. Did you say meh? Chris Bergeron in Denver, Colorado. Denver, Colorado who's radioactive. Double nickels on the dime. As a recovering alcoholic now celebrating one year of sobriety I realize that I can't finish my ninth step until I make direct amends to the best podcasting universe for being such a douchebag for the past few years and never paying. Thank you not only providing such an entertaining educational show but also teaching me how to deconstruct media as I view it

2:18:09 My news experience has never been the same or as rewarding since. Shout out to Tom Wolforth for hitting me in the mouth and I could get a de-douching followed by karma shoutout to help improve my income and quality of my sobriety. You've been de-douched! You've got karma. Mark Matiosas, in Holbrook Massachusetts 5242 Feb 7th is my 30th birthday. I'm donating to you in honor of me, please give me a Dvorak org slash na 2 to the head LG y Karma so far John has not said my last name correctly

2:18:53 If he says it right this time, I will do a monthly donation subscription. Oh jeez...I should have read this earlier and gotten his pronunciation. Matiosis is real simple! That's what i said matiosis! Devorak dot org slash N A WHAAAAAT? I think he wanted to- oh guess he didn't want karma Jeffrey Gerlach our friend in Alamo California uh He wants this done in a stoner voice. Dudes, I ask you what should i do with batshitcrazy.org? Okay... I have a feeling that forwards to us

2:19:36 I don't know. Type it in. Daniel Frar, Frayer. It does! It goes to the No Agenda Show. Daniel Fraire. F-R-A-I-R-E. I'm guessing... It's in El Paso Texas 50. I'd like to thank you guys for the excellent job y'all do on this show. It has been listening for a long time and I don't believe I've ever heard of donation from El Paso Texas Please call out the citizens of El Paso, Texas as douchebags. Along with a toot of their head for me since I've poked ass for so long To finally donate to the greatest podcast in universe God speed you two. And keep up the good work. Back Harbor LLC and Sheboygan Michigan $50 and that'll conclude our donation segment for show four

CHAPTER 38 / 52 Discussion

Episode 500 Planning, Knighting Ceremony, and No Agenda Pins

The hosts calculate that the 500th episode of the show will fall on Sunday, March 30, 2014. A formal knighting ceremony is held for Sir Bill and Sir Lynn, inducting them into the No Agenda Roundtable. Discussion continues regarding the design and production of official show pins for donors.

episode 500· knighthood· roundtable· pins· march 30

2:20:27 8-5 and we're coming up on 486 and hopefully people will keep up the pace. We are coming up on show The Big 500, only 15 shows away from 500 episodes. What are going to do for The Big Show? What date is The Big Show fall on even more important what day does the big show fall on open a calendar to figure it out you want to do it well why don't you do that and while your doing that I'll do all of the birthdays It's your birthday, birthday! Ha-hey! Of Noah Jackson. Christopher Arneson says happy birthday to his wife, Valeska.

2:21:06 I bet you'll be dressing up pretty for him tonight. Russell Rhodes says happy birthday to his son Vikram Rhodes, turning three tomorrow Brian Wright's son Lane celebrated on the 6th Elliot Gardner says happy birthday to his brother of NoahGeneration.com Sir Andrew Mark Matiosas congratulates himself turns 30 today and Spyro says happy birthday to a sister Katina she'll be celebrating her birthday tomorrow Happy Birthday from all your buddies here at the best podcast in universe better known as The Noah Genes Show Figured out here's to be the 30th of March. Oh really and that's a Sunday Yep, big show 30th of March man Yeah, I'll double check that but it looks like the 30th of March pretty awesome We have two nightings It's been awhile so I'm very happy yet to do that and always glad if we just thank you all get your sword there You go

2:22:02 I'm going to be doing a podcast called, The No Agenda Roundtable. Present thee and bestow thee with the honors. I hereby pronounce thee Sir Bill and Sir Lynn both Knights of the knowage in a round table for you sirs hookers and blow red boys and chardonnay hot pants and blues winches and beer rubinettes women are rosé guys since sake vodka vanilla bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider and escorts and mutton and mead ready here at The Round Table all you have to do is just come and sit down and enjoy

2:22:40 Thank you so much. And your pins will be on the way, we're making them I believe? Are we... We are still designing the pin! No that's part of the making process. Yeah well.. Well who is doing the actual designing? Well that's the big question- Who is?! Oh come on! You've got no submissions from any of our artists I mean we could use a simple pin that was sent out by to a few people just for a moment by Greg Birch or Dentite Knight but i wanted something it was a little more flashy maybe multi-color although you can always fall back on this pin is not a bad pin, I've got one. Anyway... I need to thank three people

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IRS Filing Issues, NSA Challenge Coins, and Silver Bullion

One host describes a stressful letter from the IRS regarding a missing 2010 tax filing despite using TurboTax. The segment also features a "thank you" for an NSA challenge coin and a silver bullion coin with a "Keep Calm and Slave On" design. The coins are discussed as symbols of the current political and economic climate.

irs· nsa· challenge coin· silver· turbotax

2:23:25 I need to thank, because I finally started going through the mail. Oh by the way the IRS you know when you come back because we were in exile and hadn't looked at any of the mail so yesterday as i'm doing Ms. Mickey's paperwork I'm going through the mail and see a letter from the IRS what does your heart do with that moment? Sinks! It is unpleasant experience yes apparently even though I paid they have not received my filing for 2010 How does that work? And I did it with TurboTax, so it was filed electronically. Anyway... So I'm going through the mail and I find a number of things. I would first like to thank Baroness Maggie and Mr Smith who sent me—and I'm presuming they sent one to the post box—an NSA challenge coin! Did you get one?

2:24:18 I do have an NSA challenge coin. No, I got an NSA challenge...I believe i have an NSA challenge. Yes I do! Do you have the one with 60 years of excellence? I believe so. Okay and what is the slogan it's...? I don't have that coin here with me. I'm going to tell you what the slogan is. Defending our nation securing the future God, those guys are full of shit. It's got little diamond studs! Then I would like to thank... Yours has diamond studs in it? It does, that's four little diamond studs Oh i haven't got that one then Well they're zirconias Jim Hamer Stones in mind Jim Hamer from Virginia and I'm pretty sure that uh virginia nuts that-I'm pretty sure he sent you one of these a silver coin

2:25:15 I've seen these advertised with it looks like the Queen only your head is a skeleton, and it says keep calm and slave on. Right. Yeah, I did get one and I want to thank Jim. You should credit him on the... but it's fine! It's a silver coin so that's worth like 30 bucks right there. Yeah yeah no it's an ounce of silver And then I would like to thank John Gugolos from Perth which as you know is our favorite town there in Australia nuts for sending me a sampler of Velbex 17

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Post Office Pension Scam, Shipping Restrictions, and Moonshine

The financial struggles of the U.S. Postal Service are attributed to a mandate to pre-pay pensions 75 years in advance. New shipping restrictions on perfume and alcohol are discussed, alongside the difficulties of moving wine collections between homes. The hosts praise a listener-provided "No Agenda Moonshine" and discuss potential ways to distribute it.

usps· pensions· moonshine· moving companies· alcohol shipping

2:25:55 which is 100% natural topical analgesic and anti-inflammatory balm. I didn't get any balm in the mail? You don't deserve any balm, this is for my back! Have you noticed that if you go to the post office who they're trying to screw so we have to pay millions of dollars send a letter. Yeah, which by the way I just we need to point out as you have pointed out this whole Saturday delivery that's not because the post office are idiots and broke it's because they have to pay their pensions 75 years in advance It's a scam yeah but people don't under the post office sucks is horrible they can't this is another government agency that has to get rid of! By the way its constitutional

2:26:43 We need the post office because that's the only way you can actually have secure communications between people through the US mail. If you get rid of that, you're getting rid of all privacy forever Exactly, it's true. And when people say I never used the post office... The post office delivers parcels as much is just as many as this UPS does and actually I think their deals better with that prepaid box. Yeah just if you can load it up with stuff you don't have to weigh it! As long as you can shove your girlfriend chopped into bits into that box she ships There ya go flat rate. Flat rate, just chop her up and she can fit in the box she goes no so now if you by the way when people are dropping off parcels the post office says the following is there any perfume in there? Oh really why I've heard this two or three times because I go to the box you know and I'm and there's a line and people are doing stuff for the post office nobody uses anymore the place was always packed and so then when they bring a parcel into the person behind the counter says is there any perfume in there

2:27:44 So now you can't ship perfume. Really? Well, you know when we have a... We got some movers two guys in the truck ever heard of this outfit? Movers yeah two guys in the truck talked about this on another show so you're not allowed to move plants or alcohol what they won't take it You have to move, no plants and living things. Some law or something? Yes! I've got a wine cellar let's say with $10,000 worth of wine that i've collected for 30 years and I want to move the wine. I'm pretty sure that a moving company will not do that So I have to move it myself yes I've never heard of this well this was the same thing when we moved from California

2:28:39 They also wouldn't do it. Well, I know when you're moving from state to state there's an import-export issue when it comes to alcohol. We are moving from outside of Austin inside of Austin maybe there is some difference. Get for town boy! You come in Austin and we gotta pay a tax. Get out in Austin, your not out there. There something weird... Oh by the way Do you remember who made the no agenda moonshine? What about him I need a new bottle dude. Well, you went through the moonshine Yeah, I've been drinking this yeah, I'm in drinkin it straight I hope no No Every every night and Mickey has a little little glass of you know what is that sweet sticky stuff called Could be anything that's

2:29:32 You know what I'm saying? And wink, wink, nudge-nudge the sweet sticky stuff. When I give her so much of this sweet sticky stuff... Then I get a tall glass two fingers have no agenda moonshine two rocks fill the rest up with nice filtered clean pristine water it's outstanding It really is. We have to find a way to sell this stuff, would the moonshine guy get back ahold of us? Listen I mean I was a scotch drinker at night and now I've completely become the moonshine drinker! Its really really good and i don't like mixing my drinks but it has great taste and wont make you go blind

CHAPTER 41 / 52 Discussion

School Zero Tolerance Policies, Super Bowl Propaganda, and Sandy Hook Kids

A seven-year-old was suspended for throwing an "imaginary grenade" at school, highlighting the absurdity of zero-tolerance policies. The hosts analyze the Super Bowl's use of Sandy Hook elementary students and Jennifer Hudson as a "mixed message" of anti-gun sentiment paired with military flyovers. This is described as a psychological tactic to confuse and condition the public.

zero tolerance· sandy hook· super bowl· jennifer hudson· gun control

2:30:14 And it's real, it's potent. No and it has our logo on it this is really good logos dynamite no okay we'll get we'll get on the moonshine thing give us 30 days and we'll be on a you will have the whole thing figured out so there was this kid who was kicked out of this little shut up slave moment he was kicked out of school for pretending to throw or pretend grenade to protect the country did you hear about this No, but why does not even surprise me in the least? They had to kick the kid out of school. Yeah I got like a during last year sometime for pointing his finger and then you know making it gun You know little kids do boom-boom Boom-boom Shh kind of thing threw him out through my school What's interesting though is he makes up a word which they laugh about but it turns out It's actually a pretty good word. I just oh

2:31:04 I can't believe that I got disbanded. Seven year old Alex Evans doesn't understand his suspension They said, I was being disbanded Any better than he could pronounce it It's called Rescue World He was playing the game during recess at Lublin's Mary Blair Elementary School and threw an imaginary grenade into a box with what he called pretend evil forces inside. I, uh, pretended to throw it in my hand, I pretended the box and there's something shaking in it... And then like... And then go... He did not throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. Are you okay? He explains that he was pretending to be the hero So nothing can get out of here and destroy the world! Awwww

2:31:47 But he says he got dispended. Yeah, but that's a real word Dispended to pay out expend or spend yes it's from the Middle English And and I think the kid was dispendent He got you know when you get paid out your used your expended You're thrown away essentially That's what dispended means huh? And they make fun of attic these stories I like them. We have a zero tolerance policy on pretending to be, you know what you see on television and what we all pledge allegiance too and what we all think is really the way to go which is the American state of army right? Absolutely it's a scam just like this movie

2:32:41 It's got into the lexicon, it's a mixed message. Because the kids are all afraid of doing anything and they can't do anything if they pretend or they fantasize like kids do then they could get themselves into trouble meanwhile when they go home and all they see on television is this violence Well again it was like the Super Bowl where we thank our men and women in uniform because without them there would be no Super Bowl I mean literally this what they were saying Without the men and women in uniform, there would be no Super Bowl. Now let's hear from the Sandy Hook children

2:33:18 And so it's like don't have guns because you're gonna get killed by guns and By the way, the girl who was a Jennifer Hudson? What's her name? Her whole family was shot up by guns and killed and everyone was killed It's all anti-guns kill the guns. And then you know back to flyover Yeah exactly I know it's a mixed message trying. I think it scrambles the brain well this is it well thank you very much this for sure this is this is a big part of it, I think now I Think they actually intend to confuse you with this stuff yeah intent and So speaking of word I got a couple things words matter

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Al Sharpton's Pledge of Allegiance, MSNBC Slogans, and Secularism

Reverend Al Sharpton is criticized for omitting "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance during an MSNBC promotional segment. The ad's focus on specific demographic rights while excluding others is analyzed as a form of cultural propaganda. The hosts question Sharpton's status as a religious leader given the secular nature of the broadcast.

al sharpton· msnbc· pledge of allegiance· secularism· voting rights

2:34:01 War on ammo. Listen to Pierce Moron. Let's appeal it! He said appealing He didn't say repeal it. No, he said appealing! He wants to appeal it? You know why I said that? Because he means it Exactly yeah, he's an idiot and then listen to this This is a commercial for MSNBC moving forward or whatever their nazistic slogan is

2:34:42 Listen to the tell me what's missing. We must have a renewed fight for many of the things we fought for because voting rights and women's rights and the rights of people against discrimination whether they're African-American, Latino lesbian and gay must be protected until we have a nation that is really living up to the creed of one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all not all of one kind All right, what did you miss? I don't know. I couldn't I'd be damn near put me to sleep halfway through What did I miss okay so two things first of all no Racism against blacks Latinos gays lesbians but in nothing about white people or women or You know is there was that so that's all it is but no he left out God He's doing the Pledge of Allegiance

2:35:42 One nation indivisible and then he says with liberty and justice for all what happened to the God part And he's a put some money. He's the Reverend yeah, listen to it is really crazy Okay I mean I don't mind but I thought it was interesting he is the Reverend Al Sharpton Is he not? Yeah. Yeah. I think he's an atheist now I think he's an a-hole. That goes without saying, the rest of it is up for debate But here's my favorite this is my all time talking about confusing people So we had the Sandy Hook kids at the Super Bowl Of course they were already on The Today Show doing the MK Ultra Anthem of Somewhere Over The Rainbow

CHAPTER 43 / 52 Discussion

Exploitation of Newtown Students, Ryan Seacrest, and Pop Lyrics

The appearance of Newtown students on Ryan Seacrest's Grammy red carpet show is condemned as exploitation of the Sandy Hook tragedy. The choice of the song "Call Me Maybe" for the children to sing is scrutinized for its suggestive lyrics. The hosts argue that the media is using these children to maintain a specific emotional narrative.

newtown· ryan seacrest· grammys· call me maybe· exploitation

2:36:30 And well, you know what it turns out they're a hit exploiting the students from Newtown That's what some are saying after it was announced that Ryan Seacrest would be featuring a group of students from Newtown Connecticut on his red carpet show that airs right before the Grammys now E Entertainment television says they're gonna be seeing the hit song call me Maybe. The appearance comes just a week though after another group of students from the school sang alongside Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl So is all of this Cute, endearing good for the kids or is it exploiting the Sandy Hook tragedy? The prostitute asks if it's exploiting the kids. No! Really?! Really you question this call me maybe that's the song they're gonna do I mean what kind of a dumb song just for kids to sing well these kids are the ones that are supposed to be Traumatized yeah What did they want to go pick up some girls or guys or when was it that's as you know uh

2:37:27 Come on song you know call me. You know hey, how you doing? Let's look at the lyrics I threw a wish in the well don't ask me I'll never tell I looked to you as I fell and now you're in my way Whoa I'd trade my soul for a wish pennies and dimes for a kiss I wasn't looking for this but now you're in my way Your stare was holdin', ripped jeans, skin was showin' Hot night wind was blowin'. Where you think your goin'? Baby. Hey I just met you and this is crazy But here's my number call me maybe Holy crap! This i-this is frightening. It totally...I never looked at those lyrics Well it goes on a little bit but of course I'm being offered a ringtone Hold on a second Hey I just met you and this is crazy but here's my number call me maybe

2:38:16 It's hard to look right at you baby, but here is my number blah blah blah okay. And all the other boys try to chase me But here is my number so call me maybe You took your time with the call I took no time with the fall You gave me nothing at all but still you're in my way I beg and borrow and steal Have foresight and it's real I didn't know I would feel it But its' in my way That's creepy It is creepy. We should read more lyrics by the way now that you did that yeah, that's well Yeah, it's I ever think just my conspiratorial thinking You know is actually its Kind of makes a lot of sense that these kids

2:39:04 You know because this whole thing was like some pedo bear scandal or whatever they've they're just keeping these kids occupied so they can't talk about anything, you know turning them into little celebrities and Shuffling them around from yeah. I mean can you imagine if your You're so you're the you're at the today show. You're singing with uh, yeah with Jennifer Hudson's the Super Bowl Then I mean then to top it off if you thought you couldn't get any higher on the showbiz ladder Than the Super Bowl sure on the red carpet with with with Ryan. I mean my god I mean you have reached the pinnacle and they just this is this is Shameful, it is shameful. They should leave these kids alone Hey teacher leave your alone

CHAPTER 44 / 52 Discussion

Muslim Patrols in London, Sharia Law, and European Integration

Reports from London, Denmark, Belgium, and Spain describe "Muslim patrols" attempting to enforce Sharia law in public spaces. These groups reportedly harass individuals for drinking alcohol, wearing short skirts, or being gay. The segment explores the failure of integration in European societies and the rise of religious vigilantism.

muslim patrols· london· sharia law· belgium· spain

2:39:54 that's what they should be singing all right I've got two Euro land clips one of them includes is a another fantastic clip from the one and only Nigel Farage but first a little look at what's going on in Gitmo Nation East and other parts of Europe as it comes to the Muslim patrols. Have you heard of the Muslim patrols, John? The Muslim patrols... No! Okay so yeah then this is what was expected with you know let everyone just come on in you know that the Netherlands is not on this list but they should be there are now Muslim patrols in the streets of London and other places in Euro land

2:40:43 telling people that this is a Muslim area and you can't drink alcohol here or you can wear short skirt here. Get out! It's a Muslim area, we are the Sharia Law Muslim Patrol Whitechapel in East London A hardline vigilante group is trying to impose sharia law on unsuspecting members of the public. It's a muslim area, ok? Alcohol bad This is a muslim area it's not just drinkers being targeted You're a gay mate, get out of here. Get out of your fag! You're a fag go away it's Muslim area And women wearing skirts above the knee are also being harassed. Only a handful of men are involved in the self-styled patrols Five have been arrested on suspicion of harassment but we joined others who haven't been picked up by the police

2:41:35 These men claim they're simply tackling drunken behavior where alcohol is already banned from the streets. But they do share many of the same hardline beliefs as those arrested. But Britain isn't the only country struggling to contain such behavior In Denmark, an Islamist from another so-called Muslim patrol stands menacingly outside a polling station vowing to stop Muslims voting In Belgium, these extremists want existing sharia courts which handle family matters to be expanded to cover criminal matters including un-Islamic behavior in Muslim areas. And in Lareda Spain hardline Salafist groups have angered locals by demanding pet dogs are banned from public transport and Muslim neighborhoods several dogs have been poisoned Leading British Muslims like Baroness Varsy have warned their communities need to integrate better into wider society to stop extremism

2:42:29 You know this is another one of those things like we were talking about the other day with the freedom of the press and Euroland going down the tubes, and you'll have to be a licensed journalist. This is actually happening I mean there are actual Muslim patrols out there telling people hey you're a fag get out get off this street this is a muslim area! This is not okay all right? This is not okay it really is not OKAY And Belgium is REALLY bad And you know, they're not... I mean you know. It's just all this okay whatever, there are people too we gotta get some more... Watch out! You think this can't happen in America? Get Muslim patrols it can happen. It could happen. Ehh..I don't know maybe

CHAPTER 45 / 52 Discussion

S&P Incompetence Lawsuit, Subprime Mortgages, and Banker Immunity

The U.S. government is suing Standard & Poor's for $5 billion, alleging the agency knowingly gave high ratings to risky subprime mortgage packages. The hosts argue that S&P is being used as a scapegoat while the bankers who created the toxic financial instruments face no criminal charges. Personal losses from the 2008 housing collapse are cited during the critique.

s&p· subprime mortgages· cdos· department of justice· eric holder

2:43:16 It could it also looks like it could be a publicity grab for something or other ah the new Muslim Patrol movie with Tom Cruise Check it out Yeah, if we're lucky so I thought the most interesting piece of news this week was this S&P incompetence suit yeah that there's Because I had a clip. Oh you have a clip for it. Oh lovely oh, this is great Okay financial system in 2008 to save it from collapse. A disaster Washington now blames Standard & Poor's for starting prior to the crisis home buyers were granted loans that were beyond their means so-called subprimes those mortgages were packaged together into CDOs, financial instruments to be resold despite the risks credit ratings agencies gave them triple a notes a seal of approval that encouraged investors to buy them up

2:44:07 Built on those fragile foundations when the bottom rungs collapsed, it dragged down the whole edifice. The ensuing crash was the worst the US has known since the Great Depression as hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes. S&P's desire to ensure market share, to ensure profit, to ensure revenue led it on a misguided venture... ...to take securities that it knew were lead and to tell the world through its ratings that they were gold. Risk-averse investors such as pension funds need ratings agency approval before they can invest faced with stiff competition S&P is accused of gilding its evaluations to keep it's financial clients happy allegations over conflict of interest, the rating agency rejects saying that without the benefit hindsight its rivals were making the same conclusions yeah

2:45:00 I love it. This is bull crap! Well yeah, they just gotta do something So they're suing him for $5 billion dollars The guy says the S&P desires them It makes it sound as though they were actually Oh this is real garbage Let's just give a triple A That's bull crap There was no way that these guys most people in the if you remember when the collapse first happened and they talked about this situation, they said they didn't understand these vehicles. They were like on there were huge thick piles of paper I bought a couple of things similar to these and you get a it's just it's like a three inch binder full of material you have to read. You bought one of these? You bought a mortgage-backed security? No no I bought

2:45:46 exchange-traded note, not an exchange traded fund but if you buy in the ETN which are very hard to come by but they're around. They have to give me this document that explains what it is your buying. It's ridiculous! It would take me months and months to read this thing how did you do on guys were just given briefings on these great packages that were packaged up They honestly believed, I don't know who's playing the game on them but they weren't being insincere by giving these high ratings. They weren't trying to cheat anybody they were just being buffaloed like everybody else apparently. So what makes them bad guys? What about the bankers who put these deals together and sent these things off into the Netherlands and then the bankers who went to S&P and talked

2:46:34 them into like giving him these high ratings. What about all those bankers? There's not a banker in the world that has even been indicted for anything, yet they're fining these guys five billion dollars and no banker gets accused of anything?! Are you kidding me! I take it you lost money on this instrument, that's why you're so angry? No. I lost money on the collapse of the housing market and I was headed to retirement with all the property I have and it all got cut down to nothing. Lost 40% on everything. Really? Wait a minute! You were on your way to retirement with all the property you had and then... So now you are on social security $3,000 a month eating cat food in Florida?! Wow!

CHAPTER 46 / 52 Discussion

HSBC Money Laundering Settlement, Drug Cartels, and Lanny Breuer

The $1.9 billion settlement with HSBC for laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and terrorist-linked banks is criticized as a "new low" for the "too big to fail" doctrine. Despite the severity of the crimes, no individual executives faced criminal charges or fines. The departure of DOJ official Lanny Breuer is noted in connection with these lenient settlements.

hsbc· money laundering· drug cartels· lanny breuer· too big to fail

2:47:12 Well Matt, I'm just saying. Things were going well! We were bouncing along things were awesome and then boom. Well Matt Taibbi is working on another one of those stories which i think is valid he's actually got some airtime on PBS You're working on a story right now to come out in the couple weeks on the HSBC settlement that's the tell me about that why it interests you Well, the HSBC settlement was a really shocking kind of new low in the history of the too big to fail issue. HSBC was a serial offender

2:47:50 on the money laundering score. They had been twice given formal cease and desist orders by the government, one dating back as far as 2003 another one in 2010 for inadequately policing the accounts in their system. They laundered over $800 million for cartels in Colombia Drug cartels? Drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico they laundered money for terrorist connected banks uh... in the middle east uh... russian gangsters literally you know i talked to one prosecutors like they broke basically every law on the book and they did business with every kind of criminal you can possibly imagine

2:48:29 and they got a complete and total walk. I mean, they had to pay a fine... $1.9 billion dollars? A lot of money! It's a lot of money but it's five weeks of revenue for the bank to put that in perspective And no individual had to suffer any consequences at all There were no criminal charges No individual fines which was incredible Lanny Breuer also forced the Swiss bank UBS, as you know to pay a big fine in the Libor of the price fixing conspiracy and that outraged you as well didn't it? Larry Breuer by the way left. Did you see that he left the Department of Justice Yeah, I thought that was interesting. He just left and like no one said anything it's like oh whatever he just left so So when you have this when you have this rampant Illegality happening and corruption and laundering drug money in Russian gangster money And hooker money and God knows what out drug money

CHAPTER 47 / 52 Discussion

NHS Neglect Report, Universal Healthcare, and Government Inefficiency

UK Prime Minister David Cameron apologized for a report detailing horrific neglect within the National Health Service (NHS). The report describes patients left in their own waste and denied pain medication due to staff complacency. The hosts use this as an example of why government-run systems are inherently inefficient and prone to failure.

nhs· david cameron· healthcare· united kingdom· government failure

2:49:24 What you gotta do is you got a sue S&P and make them look like a-holes. That's what you do You know, we're on the ball. We're suing those guys who started this whole mess Can they blame him for the whole thing? They actually blame them if he was a holder comes out they blamed him Yeah, it was s&p's fault. Yeah awesome ease and This is just out in This is great So, you know if you ask people during the health care debate You know it's like what should we have? What would people always say they say you in the UK that we need universal healthcare like free and it's awesome Right right well Prime Minister Cameron has had to apologize for this report that came out an atrocious report about the NHS the National Health System which details

2:50:25 How many people die a month from neglect? That people are sitting in their own feces and they're shit, and no one is cleaning them for days. That people need pain medication and they're just left in pain cringing, crumbling in pain because the staff just can't be bothered And so, and he's like, oh, he's like, ah, it's the NHS is failing. And so what we're going to do now is because of this, we're going to target nurses pay that's how are we gonna fix it? So you don't get paid by seniority but by quality of care face it

2:51:12 When the government runs... In other words, whoever writes the best logs gets the most money. Yes! Good logs exactly. Face it whenever the government runs something it sucks It just sucks you know? It's a government that's what happens people get complacent The report is about complacency but its nasty when you read this report and makes your stomach churn People left in their own feces for days And then you get all the superbugs and everything, but of course there's a union involved. It's just crazy! So I got a couple because we're getting to the end here... Yeah we are. Do you have a new segment of this show that I'd like to do? Oh okay

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Guess the Movie Segment, 2012 Film, and Mayan Prophecies

A new segment titled "Guess the Movie" features an audio clip from the 2012 disaster film. The hosts discuss the absurdity of the Mayan apocalypse craze and the "maniacs" who attended conventions based on the prophecy. The segment is intended to replace the previous "Ask Adam" format.

2012· mayan prophecy· disaster movies· john cusack· film trivia

2:52:03 I just kind of maybe replace the ask Adam bit which failed. Well it failed because you never had a good question yeah well that could be it, I got another one though mm-hmm I got for Adam another at is like as them but it's called guess the movie Okay, oh I like you have to guess the movie. I'm really bad at this I don't know any movies you sue you This is why I dreamed this up because you were bragging about all these movies you get No, no, it's not true. Oh, I get to see all their screeners. Oh, I can't send you screeners European you can't say

2:52:40 I was sending you the screeners. Mickey's afraid she'll get busted for like, you know the SAG thing they'll kick her out of the Union or whatever. That's a slave yeah so uh... She's a good-looking one well lot of them were all right guess the movie is this a current movie? Or do i get any help? No there are always going to be movies that are semi historic movies They're not gonna be like a movie just came out because you probably wouldn't see it yet Okay, so this is a... There's enough information in here for you to guess the movie. Alright alright hold on a second it is time for Adam to Guess the Movie! My colleagues in Argentina and Ontario have almost identical data It's so hot here we've had to seal off the mine You double check the numbers? I triple checked my friend. I wish we were wrong but We're not The Earth's crust is destabilizing

2:53:42 It's too early. Adrian, you have to begin the evacuation! My God... Our scientific advances? Our fancy machines the Mayans saw this coming thousands of years ago?! Oh wow Well there was some Indian dude in there which was very uh... Nah you can't guess 2012 The movie 2012. That was exactly what I was going to say! How soon they forget the movie 2012 came out when the world was supposed to end last couple months ago and now we've completely forgotten about it, that people who did that stupid movie weren't being ridiculed They idiots had all these conventions in San Francisco believe me we went past one of them once I snuck in just hang out with the people? The 2012 is gonna end the world group? Maniacs! You know whats funny

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Janet Napolitano 2016, Gun Liability Insurance, and Uninsured Shooters

Speculation arises regarding Janet Napolitano's potential run for the presidency in 2016. Meanwhile, California legislators have introduced a bill requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance, a move predicted by the hosts. The term "uninsured shooter" is proposed as a new label for those who bypass these potential regulations.

janet napolitano· 2016 election· gun insurance· california· gun control

2:54:37 The chat room was being helpful by suggestions such as, Caddy Shack 2. Well they say good for a laugh. Well I like the segment in future i would like you to give me uh time A little bit of time to... I'll set up a... No yeah do you have a metronome? That's kind of cool Let me just run through my notes here. Reports are that Janet Lucina Napolitano might be considering a run for the 2016 presidency Oh, let's... we have to encourage this I think so too! I think we should actually have Vote Lucy

2:55:23 Vote Lucy. Lucy for 2016 and she's powerful make no mistake is a very powerful woman in more ways than one yes you took the words out of my mouth um she I bet you she has huge backing That's another just something I'm just laying them. I'm just handing you the jokes by the way, I'm just Laying them out for you But could you imagine Napolitano versus Clinton 2016 because she would run Republican? I think no She wouldn't if she would she was never a Republican. She was a Democratic governor. Nothing. She could switch Well, she probably does so You think she would run in the primaries against Hillary

2:56:07 Could you imagine that ticket? That one was over your head. Yeah, I'd love to see the primaries of her versus Hillary it's not going to happen she would somebody else is gonna come up to her hey Lucy you're not running really enough said California law as predicted are now have introduced the gun liability insurance bill As i predicted on this very podcast Where in order to own a handgun or a gun, not a handgun you would have to Have insurance. Well we saw that coming didn't we and They'll probably vote it into this crazy California state legislature they're idiots Yeah You betcha you betcha seems like a good idea Hey, I mean cars kill people too! I mean it fits so into the argument

2:57:04 You know, I think... Yeah and meanwhile every gangbanger in Oakland you know none of them have the insurance. Uninsured shooter that'll be a new moniker! Undocumented American and uninsured shooter yeah uninsured shooter no it should be uninsured weapon owner or something not shooter uninsured uninsured weapons owner that would be good That's possible It's possible The UWO Well if you're stalling for time I got a couple of Don Lemonade tips I want to get out of the way.

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Don Lemon Gender Roles Segment, Spanish Study, and Subtle Propaganda

CNN's Don Lemon featured a segment on a Spanish study claiming that men who perform traditional "female" chores have less active sex lives. The hosts criticize the segment as subtle propaganda aimed at social engineering and making everyone "the same." They argue that such reports are part of a broader "Culture Creationism" effort by the UN and other global entities.

don lemon· cnn· gender roles· spain· propaganda

2:57:43 I mean, I still have the Farage clip which i know you want to hear but let's Don Lemon is close second to Nigel Farage. What do you got? Pay part one screwy Don Lemonry. Don Lemon this is a very weird report and Don Lemon is flabbergasted by it! I'm sure wives and girlfriends love love love it when their man does some work around the house but guys here's a warning for you it matters what you do around the house If you do dishes, if you vacuum, if you do some light dusting it may mean less loving from the lady. So there's your warning Jeff Gardeer is here and he's a clinical psychologist so wait a minute Jeff guys who help out around the house get essentially punished in the bedroom? Yeah turns out that new study by other Center for Advanced Studies out of Madrid using some data from survey that was done back in 1999 are saying that gender-specific

2:58:36 relationships where the guys are doing more of the sort of men work such as paying bills, yard work maybe changing the oil. These guys are getting more intimacy from their wives than the guys who're doing things as you pointed out such as vacuuming, doing laundry perhaps even do in the cooking so And he doesn't understand what's going on here? No, you play the part too and yeah no he is completely like because this is not what has been taught in Lemond. He's a weird guy anyway but... Well I'm not gonna say what I wanted to say until I hear the second part of this clip. Yeah play the second part then give your opinion

2:59:21 Why is it that doing certain chores around the house, why would affect a couple's sex life? Is it because if you go out and mow the lawn and your lady comes home and you're doing the lawn with your shirt off. That's sexier than doing doing the laundry? I don't know. Why is that?" Well, perhaps maybe it's the testosterone that may be setting the ladies off a little bit. I figured this one out Don. I think what's going on... The ladies are saying you know what we can cover the cooking, the cleaning, the laundry We do that better than you guys because you guys are inept at doing it anyway So what we'd like for you to do is the heavy lifting pay the bills and so we will reinforce your behavior get you to do this stuff that we don't really feel like doing by exchanging the intimacy. So it's a perfect conditioning or operant conditioning, giving them positive reinforcement for doing the things that they want them to do. But Jeff this is 2013 I thought not 1950 I thought were supposed to bust out of those gender assignment roles as society evolves

3:00:25 of all. Don Lemon, this no you know I get to talk now because you just wasted two minutes of my life. Yeah just tell us what you think This is Don Lemon needs the first of all disclaim that he's a homosexual when he does this He says I am I have a different view on life than this This whole report shouldn't have been on television. The whole thing is stupid Here's the here's the kicker to the whole thing. This was done in Spain

3:01:03 What's it got to do with Americans? Their culture is totally alien to American culture when it comes to this sort of thing. It's like comparing the Mexican culture to the American culture straight up! We had this whole conversation yesterday with Jamaican in Austin He's from Jamaica and you know we were talking about the difference between culture and, that's not the right word. You know your cultural background and racial culture I guess it kind of way to say it and I'm not quite sure what words to put on it but you know the whole idea

3:01:45 Saying well, you know Mexicans are different than Caucasians Black people are different than Caucasians But you know Jamaican's are different kinds of black and it was like the whole thing is like when can we finally accept? That you know just everybody's different. I'm a white guy You know middle-aged white guy your middle aged white guy We are not the same we do not hang outside of this show in fact if we were the same this show would suck So, you know this whole like putting people and... No. This is another attempt. This was a piece of propaganda you bitched about it but the fact is it's a piece of propaganda trying to make everybody the same one happy world so we can get to the UN and that One World Order and all the bold crap. Trilateral Commission Culture Creationism. And so every time one of these reports comes out

3:02:43 as boring as you think they are, I think they're extremely important to listen too because they show you this subtle propaganda that is going on at a very funny level that has more impact than our show. To be quite frank about it No no... You are in fact entirely correct It is very important to highlight this because this is dangerous This is like the Muslim patrols there's no worse But when you inject this into the culture, man oh man. Okay so end of show I just want to play the Farage clip and then i want to come back just until we can briefly laugh about how right he is. I see that Brennan whose face is mushed up by the way He's not a handsome man this Brennan

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Nigel Farage Speech, French Bankruptcy, and Mali Intervention

Nigel Farage delivered a scathing speech in the European Parliament, criticizing French President François Hollande for his economic policies and the military intervention in Mali. Farage argued that the Euro is doomed and that the EU is transforming into a "militaristic, war-like" entity. The speech highlights the growing competitiveness gap between France and Germany.

nigel farage· francois hollande· mali· european union· euro

3:03:30 You know like if you ever see a, um... Like a cast iron sculpture of someone's face and then you look up close. Yeah no he looks as if he has uh... Been shot with birdshot. Put together or is an alien that's the best they can do his whole model He's been assembled Some assembly required I guarantee you there's going Drink every single time someone talks about the movie zero dark 30 because you know that they're completely creating this truth and reality based upon the movies, and it's just it. It's absurd is what it is So it's okay because that's why we're here. Our job is to punch through that and hit people right smack in the face with what is really going on, that's why we are the best podcast in the universe Someone else who does that in the European Parliament continuously with a very good two-minute speech is Nigel Farage

3:04:26 President Hollande, despite your own views... I should mention that the president of France, Hollande was visiting in the European Parliament so he is actually hitting the president of France in the mouth. Mr Farage... President Hollande despite your own views you're doing rather a lot for the Eurosceptic debate in France The decision to reduce the retirement age To increase the minimum wage But above all of course the hate tax to make sure that all your successful entrepreneurs and now footballers are fleeing France, means that the competitiveness gap between France and Germany is getting wider. That is now being reflected in a flight of capital from French banks. And people are beginning to notice that actually ultimately the Euro is not just doomed in the Mediterranean but it's going to be impossible for France and Germany to stay together inside the same economic monetary union

3:05:22 So on the basis that your employment minister says the country is bankrupt, what do you do? Well, the old trick. Launch a foreign military intervention! So your troops go off to Mali and yes it's very good to see smiling faces in Timbuktu for the moment but you've done this on behalf of the European Union It is now an EU mission Just two days ago, Tony Blair said the European Union is not about peace. The European Union is about power I think what he meant is the European Union increasingly will be about war

3:06:00 because the response to Mali, the response to it being an EU mission and we've heard it all around my chamber today. The Liberals urging us to intervene militarily in Syria as support from right and left in this house that the EU should intervene militarily I have to say this If you really think that taking on fundamentalist radical Islam in battle is something we can somehow succeed in, I suspect we will launch ourselves the same way as we have in Afghanistan on a decade of unending unwinnable misery.

3:06:36 I do not want the United Kingdom to be part of a militaristic, war-like European Union and that's the speech that i've heard both from you President Hollande and from most people in this chamber today. There you go! World War 3 in Europe France versus Germany Wow! That is weird idea! Now it could never happen It could never ever happen They haven't resolved their differences since World War, before World War I. Before then they were having these problems and this is never gonna end we're just gonna be doomed to watch these two countries fight with each other literally fight! I don't think they're either one are gonna nuke each other but another miserable thing every time they go to fight each other something strange drags us into it

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Utility Bicycles, Austin Bike Culture, and Show Outro

The hosts discuss the lack of "utility bicycles" in America compared to the Netherlands, noting that most U.S. bikes are for racing or mountain use. A plan to start a Dutch bike business in Austin is proposed to provide practical transportation for errands. The show concludes with a final playback of the Amtrak security parody and sign-offs.

bicycles· austin· dutch bikes· fixies· transportation

3:07:28 Yeah, well no that's the whole system is then we have to go and we have to end it and then you know all the money shifts hands. And essentially we rock because we do because we make all the killing stuff that gets bought everything is great and then we have to come in and go hey bitches we take care of you! Then we rebuild Europe again start over again 2017 was when the civil war will end in Europe? No, it begins in 2020. Oh we got some time! We've got plenty of time we have seven years. So what did we learn today? We have learned that we have seven years until the war in Europe starts and then we have until October to short the bond market

3:08:19 Meanwhile, I'm starting to war actually may begin earlier. I mean this is just 2020s when we get involved Oh, okay. So 2017 you mentioned it out in 2019 for all we know I think 2017 now as far as I could tell yeah meanwhile Um, I will be starting a new business when we move into town. I have a new business idea Dutch bikes in Austin some for some reason In America in general Someone decided that bicycles could only be one of two kinds. 10-speed racing bicycles or mountain bicycles What happened to the utility bicycle? Like you know a bike... Yeah, the regular cheap bike used to have when you're a kid Well not just that but one with has a basket

3:09:09 Yeah, with a basket in front. A utility bicycle! What happened to this concept? I checked every single bicycle store in Austin... Because I go around here where there's all these bike lanes and there is nobody using the bicycle like that to go to the store or anything like that No they got their Speedos on and they've got high speed bikes and they're pumping away up and down, they're not doing anything. It's exercise! You might as well be on a stationary bike if you're just going to exercise in the bike lane When you are in Holland people are going from point A to point B They aren't exercising And they don't demand a bike lane so I can exercise in the bike lane No, and Austinites ride bikes a lot I think it's because of something. You've stumbled onto the fraud of bicycling Yeah but what happened?

3:09:56 If they would just, yeah fixies that's what they're called. They're called fixies but you just need to I mean people would really take to it and we are going to be living right near South Congress It is a little too far to walk but we drove from the new house to South Congress to get some lunch and like this is stupid I mean, I'd taken more time to park than you know and you have to diagonal park back into the parking spots on South Congress which is kind of cool but it's a pain in the ass. No it's not cool And uh yeah but like I just want a bike! The only reason they have those types of things is make sure people have their front license plate I don't have a front license plate and never got one. Well, you're probably gonna get it back in parking bullcrap So I am so I would know like I want to bike I look at do what a bike cost You can't get a bike you want to buy a bike? It's like the mountain bike or a 10-speed bike $900 for a freaking bike which will get stolen

3:10:54 No, maybe maybe not. But in Amsterdam I can just go to the central station and some junk will sell me a bike for 10 euros and that'll get stolen and i'l buy another one. It's rotating system but just utility bicycle where you could put your briefcase if you're going into the office. Austin is great it flat generally flat. We have lots of room to ride your bike, people ride bikes but they're stupid you got no fenders so if it rains and you get wet because the fenders... You have to put a light on your arm what happened to a light on the bicycle?

3:11:36 This is stupid. We need a reset! When I was a kid, we had bikes that had lights. Telling ya! And we'd make noise with playing cards in the spokes... ...and you could put your girlfriend on the back of the bike and she can be riding with ya. Yeah it's cute or on the front, on the handlebars. Then when i was a kid yeah I had my girlfriend riding on the handlebars There were songs about this! Hold on. There were songs about- -"There's a law against it now!" There were songs... Let me see, I gotta find the song now. "-Had a bike." "-It had fenders..." You're laughing at me but I think you should- "...and it had one speed..." I think this is a business. I think there's a business in uh... "...you pump up to one speed.." In what was called? Fixie bikes

3:12:33 Yeah, this bank the Alessi brothers. Oh Laurie I'd like to ride my bicycle with you on the handlebars You laugh and run away do I mean come on? The songs about this stuff no now you can't ride on the front of your 10-speed bike on a head and put a helmet on yeah And we don't need helmets in Austin even better Don't need helmets stupid you look like the doofus with your helmet on Like it going so fast All right, all right an update on that tomorrow I only need $50,000 to get started. Yeah well you're not gonna get it with these donations for inventory Thank you very much Kyle everybody in the morning coming to you from Gitmo Nation drone star state here in Austin Tejas home of the utility bike I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where they only bikes are 15 speed

3:13:31 titanium unbelievable bikes and everyone dresses in Speedos and pretends that they're a racer. That's the kind of bikes we got around here I'm John C. Dvorak We'll talk to you again on Sunday right here, no agenda This is a message from Amtrak keep your luggage with you at all times today Viper team specialists from Homeland Security will be aboard this California Daylight Express train to Sacramento. They will be conducting a test of passenger obedience This is only a test, but you are required to obey all orders and may be frisked, patted down strip searched x-ray or tasered as part of this terrorist drill

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