Episode 489 · Thursday, 21 February 2013

Eat a Baseball

A deep dive into the media's gamification of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the rise of the Asymmetric Warfare Group, and the dubious evidence behind Chinese hacking claims.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 489

About this episode

Adam Curry broadcasts from the new Travis Heights Hideout in Austin while John C. Dvorak joins from Silicon Valley to dissect the media frenzy surrounding the Sandy Hook investigation. Reports from the FBI lab in Quantico suggest Adam Lanza was obsessed with Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, leading to a surge in news narratives targeting the video game industry. The hosts analyze how outlets like CNN and the Hartford Courant are framing the tragedy through the lens of gamification and tactical reloading mechanics.

Vice President Joe Biden advocates for double-barrel shotguns over AR-15s during a Parents Magazine town hall, while Washington State legislators propose annual police inspections of semi-automatic rifle owners. In the intelligence sector, the Defense Intelligence Agency expands its Asymmetric Warfare Group by 5,000 operatives to compete with the CIA in global conflict zones. Meanwhile, the Mandiant APT1 report claims to have traced Chinese state-sponsored hacking to a specific building in Shanghai, though the evidence relies heavily on Google Earth imagery and common script kiddie tools.

Reverend James Manning delivers a scathing critique of Pope Benedict XVI for resigning via email amidst Vatican Bank scandals and health concerns. Nigel Farage warns the European Union about the economic impact of Bulgarian and Romanian immigration as the value of Bitcoin climbs toward forty dollars. The show concludes with a look at the controversial No Hesitation shooting targets used by law enforcement to train officers for encounters with non-traditional threats.


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CHAPTER 01 / 23 Discussion

Travis Heights Hideout, South by Southwest Platinum Passes

Adam Curry introduces the show from his new studio, the Travis Heights Hideout in Austin, Texas, while John C. Dvorak joins from Silicon Valley. Curry describes rebuilding his command center and mentions his new neighbors who keep chickens. He reveals that South by Southwest organizers invited him to interview They Might Be Giants, offering two platinum passes valued at $1,200 each as compensation instead of a speaking fee.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· austin· travis heights· south by southwest· platinum pass

00:00 I'm sure you haven't read this so I shall- Oh brother. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Thursday, February 21st, 2013, time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 489-er. This is no agenda. With the first broadcast from the Travis Heights Hideouts on the east side of South Congress in Austin, the capital of the drone star state in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's garbage day, I'm John C. Dvorak. And we're out of sync now because our garbage day is now Tuesday. Oh, yeah Yeah from the new Hacienda here. What do you think Travis Heights hideout does that sound like? It's kind of good. I just came to me as I was doing as I was opening the show I had no idea what to do. It went into the zone. Yeah, miss Mickey does not like cabana. Oh

00:51 She's like, I want you to be a cabana boy. Well, no, no, does that I think she actually might like that Hey, how am I sounding? I mean is it look at this? I can once again I can do my nails I can get a manicure pedicure everything runs itself. It's all automated is beautiful I've rebuilt the entire command center. Isn't it the same as the old command center? You can put a new gear No, well, I took some gear out actually I took out our big bottom and So we removed that and I rerouted things. I think... I have a feeling I was routing things incorrectly and just never really realized it. And somehow it just kind of worked. Like, whatever, don't mess with it. And there used to be a very slight hum which I've removed.

01:39 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I had a Grounded loop around loop. Yeah, like a real problematic ground loop And I haven't really had time to set up any of the ham radio gear But I did I did throw the antenna over the tree limb yes, that'll put the hum back in no no no in fact There's like no HF Disturbance here because that's what I wanted to know it's like am I gonna get like the neighbors you know God knows what you know actually our neighbor check this out and our neighbors Tiger and Bonnie, we met them. Tiger rides a Harley. Now you're in Texas now. Yeah, Tiger rides a Harley. And they got two chickens. Oh, that's good. They probably maybe sometimes have extra eggs. Yeah, yeah. And they got fluorescent lights in the workshop. Tell them if you give them a couple more chickens,

02:34 Because once you take care of two chickens, you might as well take care of four if you can get the eggs. Oh no, no, they already promised us eggs. Yeah, but two chickens can only lay two eggs a day if they're in laying mood. Yeah, this is true. And usually they don't even do that much. They produce maybe an egg and a half every two days. An egg and a half? So half an egg. Yeah, you need half an egg. I have had chickens, you know. I had a lot of chickens. Well, you don't do it when they're sitting on the eggs. Yeah, but if you're hungry and you go out and you want to get your eggs from the chicken, the chicken just, you know, and they will sit there all day. They don't move, they don't like, oh, he's coming to get my egg. They don't hop off. They're protective. That's the brooding type of chicken. They got to get hungry once in a while. Just go, just push the, do what my daughter does. She just kind of kicks the chicken out of our sight.

03:38 and then grabs the eggs. She does that up in Washington. In fact, I get you if you're stealing their eggs. Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Anyway, so we've kind of done our move. We're still in the middle of boxes and the command center is about the third of the size that I used to have. On the other hand, I have windows. So now I can see. I can see what's going on. Yeah, you might as well just leave the boxes packed. No, to your lease. We've committed. Two year. Yeah. It's amazing how much crap you, um... We've only been together four years and there's so much crap that we have together. It's unbelievable. So what is this? Crap? Oh, okay. Put it in the garage.

04:26 Yeah, that's kind of a problem. It's a you're becoming an archivist No, no, no, because you can the house is nice. We have an archivist shack This is what you need as an archivist ie a hoarder You need a garage that you do not park a car in do you have one of these? Yeah. Yeah, it gets filled with junk Yeah, yeah So, anyway, yeah, it's amazing. Now we're really in the city of Austin, but in the old city of Austin, south of the river. And I'm so Austin now, even South by Southwest people called and asked if I wanted to do something. Because of course, I'm sure someone dropped out. And like, oh man, it's two weeks, we got to find somebody. Who lives in Austin? Who's that Bon Jovi guy, that hair guy?

05:19 Adam Sandler no I yeah Adam Curry Mark Goodman no who what yeah call him and so they're like hey man we got a great spot for you we'd like for you to interview they might be Giants oh that's a good idea and I thought and yeah of course I've done I don't know how you gonna plug the show Well, I'll figure out. So, what do I get in consideration for being a part of your South by Southwest? Money-making operation. You're South by Southwest money-making operation. Hugely successful money-making operation.

05:57 so uh... you know that the with the wording that i got back you wanna hear it all yeah that's pretty funny i've heard of all the what do you think the wording was with the fact that well for consideration you know the publicity is being a bit of a road you know you get a lot of publicity and other than that of the community and i don't know how some of the much much much slicker than that much slicker than that hold on because name is was a charm c shown at the dead that's shown Shawn O'Keefe here we go. Oh crap I guess I might have did I delete that that makes no sense hold on. Shawn. Once you delete files it's usually unless you purged them. Well you know I'm using I can't run Thunderbird on the on the computer here during the show.

06:49 Cuz it just kills it totally kills everything. He's a crap Thunderbird. It works. Okay, but not on this machine It works okay on on my MacBook air Here we go here. We go here. We go Shoot man any crap. I can't believe I don't have this anymore this blows. Well. He said something like oh Well, you know the promotional platform that South by Southwest is never a compensate speakers with fees or honorarium However, he said that he would give me more than they give any other participants out by Southwest which would be And this has some value to platinum passes. What's that mean the platinum pass? if you are

07:41 Either an incredible insider or rich. The platinum pass is an all-access, all areas, all events for the entire duration of South by Southwest. I think it's like 1,200 bucks to buy the pass. So to get two of those and then you basically wear the pass everywhere. You go out to dinner, you're wearing your pass. You just, you know, you walk in your dog, you're wearing your pass because everyone knows, oh. Oh, right. He's on the inside. He's wearing the pass. Sorry. It's okay. There was a... What's the matter, John? Sorry? What's the matter? Well, there was a FedEx truck. I got two people in the house and a FedEx is gonna drop off something that needs signing and apparently everybody missed it. They tried to drive the truck down on the way back. I hate it when the real doll arrives and no one's there to sign for it. Sucks. Anyway, in the morning to you, John C. Dvorak from Austin Tejas here.

CHAPTER 02 / 23 Discussion

Sandy Hook Investigation, Adam Lanza and Anders Breivik

CBS News reports that Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza was obsessed with Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik and viewed himself in direct competition to surpass Breivik's death toll. Media coverage emphasizes Lanza's "trove" of violent video games and a private gaming room in his basement as primary motivators. Investigators at the FBI lab in Quantico continue attempting to recover data from a physically destroyed hard drive found at the Lanza residence.

adam lanza· sandy hook· anders breivik· cbs news· video games· connecticut

08:44 In the morning to you Adam Curry in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feeding the air and subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there and we'd certainly like to thank all of our artists in particular our Artists they I don't think she's ever had An album art score on the show yet citizen X provided our hipster art for episode 488 and we highly appreciate that And of course you can check out the art generator no agenda art generator comm to find all of the art as provided by our fabulous artists who really do a fantastic job and It's midst of moving and everything going on There has been some interesting nay, I would say some outrageous stuff coming through the the Ministry of Truth telescreens and

09:31 The best of which is started with a CBS report. They really did a great job. And I have to say they, I mean, we often, we see things happen and you can kind of see how the news media has received. And it is talking points. It's almost like a memo goes out sometimes. And it's like, okay, we're only gonna focus on this. We're gonna ignore that. In this case, a rare occasion, They all are pointing towards one Ministry of Truth channel and are expanding upon this. Of course I am referring to the report from CBS who have information that Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook shooter, was not only inspired by what was in competition with Anders Breivik, the Norwegian shooter. And I'm like, yeah, the similarities are uncanny.

10:30 Adam Lanza's compendium against Muslim integration into America, the bombs that he used to blow up federal buildings. It is uncanny how incredible similar this is, John. Yeah, it's exactly the same. And well of course what is really happening here is they are showing how mass killers are gamifying their lives to emulate violent video games. and I thought we would listen to the CBS report in its entirety which is about two and a half minutes and comment on some things being said there but then also look at the coordinated effort of PBS Frontline who did their own documentary with the Hartford Current and of course how CBS and CNN and other news media are jumping on the same meme. So shall we listen to the

11:30 Original Ministry of Truth propaganda from CBS regarding this? Good evening. The one remaining mystery in the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut is the question... The one remaining mystery is, I don't know, where's the glass that was shattered? Where's the video footage from the newly installed security cameras? Do you have any last questions about this, John? No, I thought it was beaten to death already. Why are they beating it to death more? Why did Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old gunman, shoot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and murder 21st graders and six members of the school staff? Why? Well, tonight, multiple sources in law enforcement tell us that... Love this.

12:13 Now we can't gloss over this anymore. Multiple sources in law enforcement who will not speak on camera, who will not be mentioned by name. This is not, this to me is not journalism anymore. They're not even saying we're protecting this. Remember when they used to have guys in a like a black shadowy figure and they'd alter their voice? Or a box over their head. Or a big black dot that kept moving around. Yeah and then you'd have the, you know, the voice would be altered with a vocode or how come they don't do that anymore. I mean that at least gave you a little impression that they really had somebody and not just a memo. One motivation was an obsession with a mass murder committed the year before.

12:50 Bob Orr is breaking this story for us tonight. Now I just want to remind everybody about the Anders Breivik massacre. He specifically blew up a federal building, he specifically targeted young political, future political leaders of the parties that were pro-Islamification, his words. of Norway so you know the very specific went to their you know their summer camp to go and get rid of them to Eliminate future generations. He called himself. You know one of the then like a Knights Templar I mean he had a compendium which was which of course I read Which was very detailed about? the Crusades and the Ottoman Empire has nothing at all I mean none of this none of this is

13:43 It was no trace of this in Sandy Hook. The only thing is that he did say in his compendium that he practiced with I think was World of Warcraft? Was that what he was that would he practice with? It might have been. It was one of those MM games. Law enforcement sources say Adam Lanza saw himself as being in direct competition with Anders Brevik, a Norwegian man who killed 77 people in July 2011. Brevik killed eight with a bombing in downtown Oslo. He then moved to a nearby island where he hunted down and fatally shot 69 people, mostly teenagers, attending a summer camp. Now you see what they're doing here? They were attending a summer camp, John, just teenagers, you know, like they're hanging out, having some beers. You know, forget to mention the whole political aspect to it.

14:35 Two officials who have been briefed on the Newtown, Connecticut investigation say Lanza wanted to top Breivik's death toll and targeted nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School because it was the easiest target with the largest cluster of people. So he was trying to beat Breivik's 77 number. What is behind this nonsense? I think They're talking about gamification of mass murderers. They're talking about that he was in competition and that they're going to link all of this to violent video games. Based on evidence they have collected, investigators also believe Lanza was acting out the fantasies of a video shooting game as he killed 21st grade students and six adults at the school.

15:22 Sources say Lanza also fired some shots at the first police officers to respond. That's a new piece of information. We haven't heard anything about that. What? Yeah, yeah, apparently they shot at police officers. This is completely in contrast to anything we've heard so far. As they moved through the school's parking lot. But unlike Brevik, who surrendered, Lanza killed himself as police closed in. Now listen to the modem sound in the background. This is all very well done. Apparently ending his massacre sooner than he had intended. What's the modem sound for? Yeah, it's online, John. Online. Bad, bad, bad. Nobody uses a modem to play any of those games. This is giving you modem sounds so you know game, modem, bad, online, bad. Officials have not publicly revealed what precisely led them to the motive.

16:11 But sources say investigators have found evidence Lanza was obsessed with Brevik. So, sources, where's the guy with the voice? They've also recovered what they call a trove of violent video games. A trove, a trove of violent video games. But here's how I would have done the report. So, while we were checking out the his gaming headquarters we found a trove, I mean a trove of very violent video games that he played on tolexic-a-tray. Yeah, I said that would have been better. Much better. From the basement of Lanza's home. Sources say Lanza spent countless hours there alone in a private gaming room. A private gaming room! What kind of visual do you get with a private gaming room, John?

16:59 This is ridiculous and you caught this all over the place. There was a couple of things that I've seen about this guy. Also bogus. I don't know why they keep letting this thing is there is the desired effect not working or why are they even doing? I think I think I think that this there's a couple of talking points, so let's want to finish this up, and then I'll take you to broth and And what he's doing with the talking points with the windows blacked out. Oh windows blacked out in the basement owning his computer shooting skills Lanza also made multiple visits to nearby gun ranges with his mother Nancy Lanza where they practiced together with actual weapons. Three guns all registered to Nancy Lanza were used in the Sandy Hook massacre. Lanza used a fourth weapon to kill his mother before his attack on the school. I love the voiceover. It's really working well and making me pay attention. Police are now reaching out to people in the online gaming community.

17:58 Who out there is going to rat on him? Who may have had encounters with Lanza to better understand, Scott, the full scope of what may have motivated it. Bob, Lanza did everything he could to destroy the hard drives on the home computers. Have the investigators found anything from that? No, unfortunately, Scott, so far they have not. Lanza's damaged computer has not yielded any usable clues, we're told. That's not how CSI works. How did you took a shot at one of the hard disks? I mean, can you and isn't isn't it possible to retrieve at least some data from the hard disk? I mean, is it really that possible to obliterate because it was done physically apparently. Yeah bullet hole bullet hole FBI experts though in the lab in Quantico are still trying to piece together the hard drive which lands at deliberately smashed but we're told the equipment's in pretty bad shape. It's a bad shape. It's in bad shape. We may not be able to get any real evidence. However, Brolf

CHAPTER 03 / 23 Discussion

Media Narratives, Video Game Gamification of Violence

Criminologist James Fox and other analysts on CNN and PBS Frontline discuss the "copycat factor" and the gamification of mass shootings. The Hartford Courant reports that Lanza may have carried out the shooting in a manner consistent with video game mechanics, such as tactical reloading. The hosts criticize these narratives, arguing that the media is unfairly targeting the video game industry while ignoring other cultural factors.

cnn· pbs frontline· james fox· hartford courant· gamification· copycat factor

18:52 So Brolf on CNN took this and he brought in authors of some book, because everyone's jumped, this is a great bandwagon to jump on, some authors about who I guess study mass murderers and of course they took it in their own personal beautiful direction. More now in our breaking news, law enforcement sources telling CBS News' Bob Orr that Adam Lanza chose Sandy Hook Elementary School because he wanted to maximize the death toll, because they say he saw himself as being in competition with another mass murderer. Now I think it's interesting that CNN jumps on this bandwagon and credits CBS with this. This doesn't happen that often. This never happens.

19:53 for coming in. James Fox, first to you. Do these details about what he was doing with his time, who he idolized, surprise you at all? Or are they fairly typical for individuals like Adam Lanza? No, this doesn't surprise me at all. Makes total sense! It's exactly the same thing! It's the same guy, the same motive! When the question was raised, why did he go to that school, the clear answer always was that he knew when he got there that there would be a lot of victims under his gun. Come on, John! I mean, how can I take this? This guy is a criminologist? These are teachers? At university? Oh, it's very obvious. He just wanted to kill lots of people. It's so, so clear.

20:37 Mean this makes no sense and he could hurt society in a most profound way Where else could he go where there are so many people would be congregated well gee I know a bus stop Airport terminal a city hall you could go to another movie theater tons of places you could go as far as I Amiring another mass murderer. That's one of the problems when we consistently We constantly talk about records. It's the largest, it's the biggest, it's the worst. What that does is it challenges other people to try to break the record. I can't take any more of these guys. You have to. You have to. I'll fast forward. Come on, you would stop it if I was playing. This is terrible. These guys are full of crap. What do you think his conclusion is?

21:23 Video games? No, he has a different conclusion. Ugh, okay play it. Why do we keep records? Records are there to be broken. I think we should downplay that aspect of shooting. I think we should no longer compete... Is he trying to get a kick to Guinness? Yeah, exactly! Fair point, Jack. I love that Anders Breivik connection, if you will. Connection, if you will. You say the copycat factor doesn't necessarily lead someone to kill, but it can suggest the timing and the method. Explain. It's like Herman's for example the type of weapon that is used if one killer uses a semi-automatic Rifle the next one may use a semi-automatic rifle. You know he didn't use a semi-automatic rifle No, I know I know wait for it in the big pay office. You know what you know what's coming when you hear you're gonna go all of course Rebekah himself was inspired by

22:17 by Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Bull crap! I'm like, I read his entire compendium. He was not inspired by the Unabomber at all. And the Columbine massacre in 1999 inspired a number of school shootings, not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Finland and Germany. Did I miss something? Did I miss a big copycat thing? I... I... So, you know... There was some couple of kids busted in Georgia and it was not much after that. It was just people wearing trench coats maybe. Okay, but here it is, big payoff. Talk about the copycat factor and it does contribute. But the causal factor for Adam Lanza... Is? The causal factor? Come on, John, give it a guess.

23:08 Let's see bullying was probably the same causal factor we find in most school shootings He was bullied severely Brutally bullied when he was in elementary school at Sandy Hook that is a much more important Causal factor than the copycat influence, which if you watch the PBS frontline mockumentary That's not true. He was not brutally bullied. He had Asperger's and everyone actually Kind of you know respected his his issue apparently and you know and and people were told you know don't touch him because he has sensory

23:51 He's you know hypersensitive Right he had these hypersensitivity whatever nerves problem. Yeah, so it's not like you know This is unbelievable what it all comes down to the video games and of course there's not a single mention of movies or any other type of violence it's all about the video games and we called this a several weeks ago that this was not going to be about movies or television it would only be about video games because Hollywood hates video games. Hollywood hates video games and they're putting up all the money for the presidents. And they get breaks from the... They got tax benefits. They get tax benefits, all kinds of breaks exactly the same breaks that big oil gets by the way. Yeah which are common breaks but...

24:42 But you can make I've looked there are certain risks involved in making movies so they need certain kinds of tax benefits But what we call this John is a lethal cocktail. It's a cocktail you see I mean clearly it's a cocktail of things, not least of which the easy access to his mother's weapons which were in the house that he's had with her. Cock-D-Port that man! It's really getting bad with him. The local newspaper, the Hartford Current, is reporting, I think, tomorrow morning that they found thousands and thousands of dollars worth of violent video games. Thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars? How many video games can you buy for thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars?

25:22 I mean, how expensive are these games? 50 bucks, 65, 75 bucks maybe. How many did he have? I can see you getting to... 3000? No. No. In the lens of... You'd sell them. Most people that use these games, they recycle them. They go to GameStop or whatever and then... Right. unless they're playing them all the time and you don't play that many games at once. Home, and in particular where Adam Lanza used to have his own little private quarters if you like, clearly if you look at the cocktail... Oh, he had a workstation. His little private quarters. This is all meant to build in your mind this idea of the masked madman building a cocktail of violent video games, hands-on experience, and mental health. Oh yes, it's all that all combined.

26:07 All of those things together. I won't I won't hurt you. You weren't even supposed to be talking about this anymore Well, I thought but it was so big, but you know, you have to watch the mockumentary the PBS thing It's The voiceover was so outstanding. They should have hired me just I just want you to hear the voiceover There were new reports today about new that's not the one. Hold on. Where is it? PBS raising Adam Lanza is the name is the title of it the current has learned that investigators have a He's great as the current has learned that investigators saw that Adam Lanza. That's the guy I want That Adam may have carried out the shooting in a manner consistent with video gaming hey They can just reuse this when they kill me

26:54 Yeah, you're playing way too many video games, I understand. I mean, they got the name already? It's just that- Yeah, Adam. Yeah. Privately. Privately. They speculated privately and then apparently told the press privately. Oh yeah. But that's not how I game. What? I mean that makes no sense. Okay gamers... I guess he doesn't want to dry shoot the gun. I don't think that's true. I think when you're gaming, you don't, you know, you wait, you're out of bullets and that's when you get a new magazine. You hit the new magazine.

27:36 You don't, you don't like, oh I'm running out, I'm running low, I better... It's virtual bullets. I'm running low, I better save some in this magazine. Oh, I'm just... I mean, what does that mean? It makes no sense. It's not consistent. When you're gaming and you're shooting, you shoot until you're out, and then you put in a new magazine if you have one, right? Yeah, that's the way I've always played. I watch people play too and I don't know, people just throw in a perfectly good magazine away. Even if it's fake, even if it's virtual. I'm telling you, this is insane. So that was, but that just kind of broke

CHAPTER 04 / 23 Discussion

Joe Biden, Double Barrel Shotgun Advice

Vice President Joe Biden advised homeowners to purchase a double-barrel shotgun for self-defense during a Parents Magazine town hall, suggesting that firing two blasts outside is more effective than using an AR-15. During the session, Biden used the phrase "moral disapprobation" to describe society's role in shaming unsafe gun owners. He also dismissed comparisons between gun regulation and the failed war on drugs, specifically mentioning cocaine.

joe biden· parents magazine· shotgun· gun control· moral disapprobation

28:15 That broke yesterday just all over the place, but it kind of came on the heels of our vice president who had some really good gun advice. This was a hangout, the vice president, a hangout with parents.com, Parent Magazine, which apparently people still read Parent Magazine. I don't think I've ever read it or subscribed to it or have any interest. But Parent Magazine gets to do a hangout and people are asking questions about guns in the home and having guns if you have kids around. And this is a dude, by the way, who's asking the question. Kate, if you want to protect yourself, get a double barrel shotgun.

28:59 have the shells of 12-gauge shotgun and I promise you, as I told my wife, we live in an area that's wooded and somewhat secluded. Of course he has no secret service or anything. He's just in the, here's Joe Biden with his wife. Jill in a wooded secluded area and if something happens Jill you go out there and say Jill if there's ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here or walk out put that double barrel shotgun in your mouth and fire two blasts outside the house This is going to come back and haunt him so bad. Something's gonna happen. And we're gonna be playing this over and over again. I promise you, whoever's coming in is not gonna... You don't need an AR-15. It's harder to aim, it's harder to use, and in fact, you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Just two!

29:52 Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun. This is gonna come back and bite him, his ass, so hard. Buy a shotgun. Problem. But then he threw a new word at me. But he's right. Yeah, well of course he's right. Buy a shotgun, absolutely. We got a shotgun for that very reason. But then he comes back, John, with a new word which I had not heard and he uses it several times when people equate a gun ban to the war on drugs and he just went off the deep end on this one. Well, I ask you to expand on many pieces of that over the course of the next few minutes.

30:29 Samantha Phillips asks... That's a guy. That's a guy who's talking here from Parent Magazine. Really? Yeah, I know. I know, I know, it's crazy. If the ban on drugs did not work with taking them off the street, how do you think a ban on guns is going to be different? Wait till you hear this. Well, Samantha, there is no ban on guns. Samantha's not a guy. No, no, Samantha's asking the question. The guy is reading the question. It's a hangout. He's the moderator. No one's taking my shotguns. I have two shotguns at home. They're in a cabinet. They're locked.

31:06 There's ammunition there as well. No one's going to come and take my gun. No one's going to take anyone's gun. We're talking about a background check. And the analogy to if there was a ban on drugs, how can there be a ban on, you know, how would any regulation of the- He's painting himself into the corner already. You can just see it happening. ...type of weapon available out there. Why would that make sense? Are you suggesting we have no, we just legalize all drugs? Yeah, that seems to work very well in Portugal and the Netherlands seems to work pretty well actually this complete decriminalization of drugs. Yeah, that is something I know we're talking about guns Joe, but I think that would be worth discussing sure. Is that what you're suggesting? Yes, yes. That would go real well in Parents Magazine. Let's talk about everybody being able to no matter what your age go out and... Now he's gonna mention a drug

32:01 So he's off the cuff now. So which drug is he going to use as an example for everyone to go out and buy if it's all legal? Well, heroin? I wish. Be able to purchase cocaine. I think Joe has probably gone out and purchased some. That's why it's coming up. You know, it's like some people would say marijuana. Yeah, that would be the normal one. Right. But he's like, cocaine. Yeah, it would be crazy if you could just go buy cocaine. What do you think about that idea?

32:38 I think it's great. Look, these comparisons are not appropriate quite frankly, but secondly the idea on you should have no law unless the law you have prevents all violations of that law. Okay, what did Joe just say? I have no idea. You should have no law unless the law prevents... You should bring Obama and his drone program into the conversation now. You should have no law unless all versions and violations of the law are against the law. That is not the way society works. Oh, okay. That is not the way we... Here comes the new word of the day. Moral disapprobation of society. The moral disapprobation of society.

33:22 Do you have you ever heard of this word disapprobation? Yeah, actually I've heard of Approbation so disapprobation is probably legit the act you look it up. Yeah, of course the act what is it the act or state of? Disapproving so the moral disapproval. What's he's gonna do it again has an impact on behavior in societies and and the moral disapprobation of the idea that you can leave a loaded gun around your house, there shouldn't be gun safety practiced by families that own weapons, etc. uh... is a very important element in seeing to his greater gun safety what's your use disapproval no no because this approbation is shaming that's that's what he's talking about this so this is it's a good word i've never heard of this i've never heard it use and he was so proud of himself he had to use it twice somebody looked it up for me what's that i'm dry i'm using that i don't know what happened but after telling him about shotgun i'm gonna say we had to practice it is a time to say that probation

34:25 So it's the act or state of disapproving. Yeah, and it's also a word you probably can't say if you're drunk. So this is proving you sober. I'm sober. I might tell you to go out and drive by. Disapprobation. Meanwhile, of course, in Washington State, there's a gun law being proposed now that if you have a registered weapon... Do you have any registered weapons up there in Port Angeles? I don't think we need to register up there. Well, when you buy one, then, you know, it's registered. We always buy our guns off the streets from black guys. Another handy tip from the No Agenda Show! Well, should you buy one from a black guy in a gun store,

CHAPTER 05 / 23 Discussion

Gun Legislation, Self-Defense Tactics and Propaganda

Washington State is considering legislation to allow annual police inspections of semi-automatic rifle owners' homes. Meanwhile, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs faced criticism for self-defense advice suggesting women tell attackers they are menstruating or vomiting to deter assault. The hosts analyze the "Run, Hide, Fight" propaganda videos produced in Houston and the push for biometric or RFID-enabled "smart guns."

washington state· rfid· university of colorado· self-defense· run hide fight

35:26 uh... it would be registered and uh... what they had with the proposal is in uh... washington is uh... once a year uh... the cops can come by and inspect your weapons to see what you if if uh... you know if you uh... if they need to dis approbate you so they would be nice to know that well it's not it's not a law yet here to introduce legislation would allow county sheriffs to inspect the homes of semi-automatic rifle owners once a year Senate Bill 5737 would ban the sale of semi-automatic weapons that use detachable magazines. What good is that? Magazines that contain more than 10 rounds will also be subject to law abiding gun owners to random searches by a county sheriff. That sounds illegal. Yeah. In the Federal Register, this showed up yesterday, following the President's plan to reduce gun violence, blah blah blah blah.

36:24 requesting the National Institute of Justice, which I've never heard of. I thought that was going to be farmed out to the science institutes. But the National Institute of Justice will be conducting a review of existing and emerging gun safety technologies and plans to issue a report on the availability and use of those technologies, including biometrics and RFID. I told you this was coming. That your gun will only work if it's in your hand. Yeah, yeah. Like the James Bond had one of those guns in them in the last movie. Which is trying to... which is I think a propagandistic technique to normalize the idea. Oh sure. And then in... well, I mean the James Bond movies are only about promotion and propaganda. I mean you can get anything in a James Bond movie as long as you're willing to pay for it. Any product, any idea. In New York, they're proposing a bill as... again, we're just genius.

37:26 Go no gun owners would have to buy at least 1 million dollars in liability insurance. Oh, yeah No this we we spotted it was mentioned. It was like oh there it is in Colorado however The University of Colorado Colorado Springs they have a whole different plan don't arm yourself Don't get a gun don't get mace don't get a taser You know you should follow advice of a really supplemental information intended for women who had completed a self-defense class on campus that we call RAD. Rape Aggression Defense. RAD, it's RAD. How RAD is it, Brad? Corporal Lisa Dibsinski teaches RAD and knows there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution to fighting off an attacker. As women, we have to cheat to win. We have to go for eyes, we have to go for ears, we have to go for the throat, we have to go for a growing strength.

38:16 a growing strike instead of growing she says growing right and she's reading it yeah but listen to the actual advice the more unusual suggestions that surfaced on their public safety webpage if you can use anything to your advantage uh... which would be to say that you know that you're going to urinate that you're menstruating that you're uh... uh... that you're gonna vomit these are great tactics people you don't need a gun Just say, stand back or I'll pee. Which I think we've probably both seen, and I think most people have seen it. It's the run, hide, attack. Oh yeah, yeah. What you're supposed to do... Three words, three words. So I'm seeing it on the local news, everyone's, three words, three words, three words. And it's always, you know, run, hide, attack. That's your solution. But at least they got the attack part in, but there's never any attack with a gun. Yeah, but the attack part is with scissors. No, no, no, not that video, the other one, the new one.

39:35 I thought the guy comes in with a shotgun yeah but but I thought the attack was no no no this one ends with the guy with the bad guy coming in and everybody's got chairs and then they got pillows and boots and sticks and pens it's a room full of people and as soon as he walks in they attack him oh it's a gang attack got it got it got it yeah I've seen this of course yeah it's at the event and then they stop do a freeze frame so you don't actually see any violence so that's especially the one guy who's got the one of the worldwide wrestling federation chairs folding chair that he's gonna smack the guy with right in the head and uh... the desired effect that you get on the wrestling federation and it seems as if uh... that this is become some sort of a propagandistic a meme that they're spreading around for and for some unknown reason just like i guess the terrorist threat is

40:28 people are just immune to it now. So now we have to have these domestic shooters. The particular video, the one, the Houston video, the guy walks into a building with a double barrel, well no, it's a pump action shotgun. And first he shotguns two people for no apparent reason and then he looks like a murderer, looks like a CIA guy. And then he shotguns a couple more people and then he's, now he's just gonna shotgun the place up. No rhyme or reason. It's ridiculous. Yeah. And whereas if we had, I'd rather be in Austin where you know at least one guy is going to have a concealed weapon. Oh yeah. If there's 10 people in an office, at least one guy's packing. It's so funny that, you know, we're here and we feel so we're in the middle of a neighborhood, you know, there's a right near South Congress and, but we feel so safe because there are very few, if any,

41:21 Home book burglaries in in in Austin I'm sure it all of Texas is pretty low because people know you can get your ass capped. You know, it's your ass capped Yeah, get a cap in your ass cap in your ass. Yeah, this is street first I thought you're referring to the music licensing operation. Yeah, it's a s cap Street speak. Oh And then the other thing was like some old rap tune from 20 years ago. Yeah, that's me. Yeah, well anyway, it's a never-ending battle. Nobody wants to talk about Texas and their Kerry thing because it ruins the argument. It makes too much sense. Don't do that. Shut up about it. Let's think... And by the way, Vermont's got fairly similar laws, I believe. Well, is Vermont not... what's their state motto?

CHAPTER 06 / 23 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, No Agenda Donation Model

The hosts thank executive producers and associate executive producers for their financial support, including a medical practitioner introduced to the show by Leo Laporte. They promote the "value for value" model and encourage listeners to visit NoAgendaCD.com to distribute the show. A brief discussion occurs regarding the "de-douching" process for long-time listeners who finally contribute.

executive producer· leo laporte· de-douching· value for value· no agenda cd

42:12 No, that's you think in New Hampshire. Live free or die. Right. What is Vermont then? The maple syrup state? That's what it should be. Vermont. Home of Bernie Sanders. You have a few people to thank. I want to thank a few executive producers. We have one executive producer and a bunch of associates. Random Hillbilly in Elkins, West Virginia, which is your hometown. Still fighting the IRS, he just wants no jingles, no clubs, no nothing. I'll go back to my Adderall and weed now and hopefully have a collection of Ariana stories to share soon. Adderall and weed, breakfast of champions my friend.

42:55 I should try that sometime. Yeah, you should. I bet it's awesome because you know weed makes you like you know it's kind of like uppers and downers. Like you smoke some weed like hey man I'm really baked right now but I'm so productive. This is great. John White in Jackson, Tennessee. I've been lurking for a few months, came in with 233.69. Now I beg for a de-douching as well as karma for my medical practice. PS, I hate to tell you, but you have to thank Leo Laporte for introducing me to the show. John White, MD. Oh, hey, thank you very much. We're happy to have... The more doctors we have on board, the better. You've been de-douched. And we're happy that Leo introduced you to the show. You've got karma. Awesome.

43:41 Sean Brooker in Beaverton, Oregon $200. JNA Karma Works I got the girl and we have been married for a year. Which reminded me that it's been a while since my last donation the last hundred episodes have been outstanding astounding astounding he says astounding the last hundred Why are you laughing? It just seems like a crazy thing to say. You know, I checked it, that 101 episode... I've been watching this show for 40 years, every episode in all 40 years, it just doesn't make sense. Okay. There's got to be a clunker in there somewhere. It makes me sick to think that I only paid a dollar for each one. Please de-douche the chat room and all the boners out there. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what did I say? Please douchebag the chat room. Douchebag! And all the boners out there.

44:30 For me I could really use job karma with a biodiversity chaser. Please wish a happy foundation day to any other Moonies out there. Oh, is that today, foundation day? I don't know. Well, happy foundation day all you Moonies out there. You've got karma. And finally, Sir Ryan Bemrose, actually he did have a little note, not much of it to be read, but He was looking... would be knighted. He was mistakenly believed that he hasn't been knighted. And we found a record that he was. Oh really? But he just missed that show? I guess, or... I don't know. I have no idea. Wow. Okay. But he was angry. Because his wife is also a dame. She's a dame. So anyway, sorry Ryan, but I think you've been covered in the ring. Well yeah, I think there was a ring available that Sue can have.

45:32 Anyway, that's our executive producers and associate executive producers for show. What show number is it? 489 which is a nice number. I want to remind people to go to Dvorak.org slash NA channel, Dvorak.com slash NA no agenda show and noagendanation.com are also places where you can click on a donate button. And we remind people who do blogging, you know, you can run this show on your blog and put a donate button there too. Yeah, or you can go to noagendacd.com and you can download CDs, burn them, sell them. Give them away at a Korean store. Give them away, or give them as gifts. They make great gifts. Great gifts. Great gifts. Really, I think it's the greatest gift you can give is a No Agenda Show CD. Devorak.org. And of course if you are broke like many out there, you can always propagate our formula. Our formula is this.

CHAPTER 07 / 23 Discussion

Reverend James Manning, Pope Benedict XVI Resignation

Reverend James Manning criticizes Pope Benedict XVI for resigning via email without consulting the Cardinals, suggesting the departure was uncharacteristic of a man of God. The hosts speculate on the true reasons for the resignation, mentioning the Vatican Bank scandals, the Pope's health, and his past membership in the Hitler Youth. They discuss the rarity of a papal resignation, noting the last occurrence was 600 years ago.

james manning· pope benedict xvi· vatican bank· hitler youth· resignation

46:32 We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order! Shut up, slave! Hey, citizen. Oops. So I think we're overlooking a story. I have a couple that I've been saving to wow you with, so what do you... Well, let's start by... Let's revisit our old buddy, Reverend Manning. That's so funny. Have a I have a clip from him today too by coincidence. I have to say I got beat by one All right, but one of them is weird. I have the Manning Kind of deposition on the CIA trying to kill him. I didn't see this before if you know I know I haven't seen this what this is a seven minute clip Yeah, you I have the whole clip and you can play it as to it till you can't take it anymore I mean you can cut it off anytime you want

47:33 But he, uh, this was kind of interesting. This isn't the clip I wanted to refer to. I wanted to refer to the other one, but we'll go back to the CIA trying to kill him later. Okay. But play the manning on the Pope. I thought this was kind of interesting. I sent out an email overnight and the Cardinals wake up that morning and don't even know that the news people are talking about the Pope has resigned and they don't even know. That's wrong. Wrong. And if it was truly about his health, he would have discussed it with the Cardinals. It would have been something that all sat down and had a meeting and talked about it. You don't send out an email in the middle of the doggone night and the Cardinals waking up in Latin America, they're waking up in Africa, they're waking up in Armenia, they're waking up in New York City and somebody's calling them and telling them the Pope just resigned. That ain't the way for a Pope to behave! That ain't the way for a man of God to behave!

48:29 Why are we even making this show? Our show is no good. This guy, this guy is awesome. I mean you have to sit through hours of crap to get to it, but when he pulls it out man, he's got gem. That ain't good! That ain't good! Now I think they need to call for, I think they need to call for an investigation. Yeah! Maybe somebody done kidnapped the Pope! I don't know. And God forbid you got all these stupid cardinals and bishops all over the Catholic Church and all these pundits and professors from the seminaries and everything now getting on television. They don't know what to say. They're trying to be cute. They're trying to be politically correct. Oh, yes, I think that's a noble thing. How humble it was to just up and resign. Well, it may have been. But you don't you think you ought to call a council? Don't you think you ought to talk to somebody? Don't you think cardinals ought to know?

49:41 Well, in a couple of weeks, you know, I'm going to be resigning. We won't break silence on this matter until I'm officially... And we'll do it before Easter, we'll do it before Good Friday or something like that. You're just going to send out an email to all the news organizations? That's not something the damn devil would do! So I like this I thought that was an interesting point that you know, maybe was kidnapped if you saw this guy You wouldn't know who's this old geezer. You wouldn't know if it's if it's the real guy

50:17 There's no way. He's just he's like a beat-up old German man that you know and there's if you start looking around there's all these incidents that you know make you wonder apparently he's been choppered out of the place a lot he's got a guy has his pacemaker Huh, so you think maybe... And the pacemaker had to be replaced three months ago? Do you think maybe he died and they replaced him with a dude and that dude like, you know, the union is acting up and they want more money for him or something? Well, he's also apparently been, you know, he fell over supposedly. He's got a big, you know, got hit in the head somehow. I think they're either trying to assassinate him. There was something still screwy that's never been fully explained about the butler who was spying on him. Well that and they have the new Vatican. I always thought it was about the bank and so they have the new bank president of the Vatican who apparently has ties to German warship manufacturing companies. I've always thought the Vatican was always about the money, about the bank.

51:20 And yeah, Manning is right though. I mean, that's a point well made. Yeah. Don't just send an email. And he actually goes on and on and one of the things he says I think is most interesting is when he actually starts preaching about this and he cites all the biblical characters who went through all kinds of misery and refused to you know all of a sudden retire. I mean it's the Pope the last time there was a resignation was 600 years ago but that was because there was a bunch of Popes And they're trying to figure out, because they had the Rome versus the area in France, which now makes the Chateauneuf-du-Pope wine, by the way. One of the popes had to quit it, but it's not... they normally just die in office. So there's something more to this guy quitting than meets the eye, and we're not getting any of the story. So how do we find out more? Where's Father Roderick on this?

52:21 Now where father roderick is remember father roderick no yeah, he's the podcasting Priest the podcasting priest yeah the dutch podcasting priest father. I don't know yeah, I think it's easy to chime in I think he's Donated to the show so hmm hmm. I mean what you know I mean, there's a bank scandal coming up soon and You know, so what? He's just the head of the church, he doesn't run the bank. Or be afraid of it, because to have a pope die, that's easy. Supposedly there's a book that's coming out that talks about him in the Hitler youth.

53:01 That's damn... Yay! Even so... Hey, even so, yeah, what's the problem? What's your problem? Essentially, yeah, that's what I said, what is the problem? Yeah, okay, whatever, you know, it was a mistake. Yeah, I was young. I shouldn't have joined the Hitler Youth. I was young, I didn't know. Apparently they should have. It was the thing about the Hitler Youth, let's see, what was it? It was something to do with... look at my list of crazy things. It's just a minor oversight. That brown shirt thing, you know. It was fashion faux pas. I really didn't... They're still not gonna kick you. Once you're the Pope, you're the Pope. It's like too bad. Yeah, don't you have some say? Can't you like say, hey, you know, like, hey, you over there. Shut up, Ray! Don't you have anything? I mean, you're the Pope. I still find it personally amazing. To me, it's the same as a queen. You know, where you have people just are freaking out about this dude.

CHAPTER 08 / 23 Discussion

Scientology in Austin, L. Ron Hubbard

A discussion about high-ranking Scientologists moving to Austin leads to a critique of L. Ron Hubbard's book Dianetics. The hosts question the transition from the book's concepts to a formal church structure. They also reference the group Anonymous and its history of attacking the Church of Scientology.

scientology· l. ron hubbard· dianetics· austin· anonymous

53:56 You know, like people love the Queen or love the King or the Prince and I just don't understand it. It's so medieval to me. It's very medieval. But it's like it's still a attention getter. I'm okay if you believe in a higher power and God or Jesus or Allah or No, no all that stuff. I'm whatever you call it. It's up there Around us love whatever you want to call. I'm okay with that, but when hey come on leave me alone spin now spin Whatever you want to call it, but when you have a person who then you pledge your allegiance to that's where I had just it doesn't work for me

54:38 You know, I had to, our friend was over the other day. You know the two top Scientologists? I told you about them, right? They moved to Austin. The PR Scientologist people. You have a couple of Scientologists come, they're trying to convert you. Well no, they're not. And this is... No, no, no. Because I have to bring it up all the time. Because I guess, I have a, you know, we're really, I like you guys. You really want to be friends, but I have here my bookcase. I have Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard. I read Dianetics. I don't see how you get from this book to a church. I don't get it. I don't... you know, and it's like, well, you know... Just hook yourself up to the e-meter app. You're not clear. Let me be clear. Just let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let me be clear. Hey, by the way, that's why Obama says it all the time. Maybe he's a Scientologist. Let me be clear.

55:29 It might be. I don't think so. Well, I'm but I'm working on it because I just want him to explain it to me I'm over what happened. I don't want to come over to your house for dinner to be grilled about the how do you get from here to there in the Scientology realm? Well, look I didn't ask him about clot to or I didn't just bring it up. I it was like you know some somehow they was in conversation oh we still go to the church and I was like hey can I ask you a question about the church you know I'm not like hey hey how are you friend hey what's up with that Scientology thing no I'm not like that no I have a little more subtlety but I'm interested because he's you know you look at all the stories about Scientology I'm like these people don't really jive with those stories yeah whoa what's this most stories are extreme check this out there's a lot of people that just

CHAPTER 09 / 23 Discussion

Reverend Manning, CIA Assassination Plot Claims

Reverend James Manning claims the CIA, Homeland Security, and the NYPD visited his church in 2009, followed by a tip from a "defective" agent about an assassination plot against him. Manning continues his campaign against Barack Obama, announcing plans to travel to Hawaii with attorneys to investigate the President's birth certificate. He further alleges that Obama has ties to the CIA dating back to his years at Columbia University.

james manning· cia· barack obama· hawaii· columbia university

56:16 viscerally hate Scientology and... Well that's how Anonymous started. Who is... Right, they started by attacking Scientology. It's like a boombox car driving by here in the hood. Nice neighborhood. Yeah, no, they started... Anonymous started attacking Scientology and... I don't know. I don't know. Me no understand. But I think it's very valid that... and the Reverend Manning is on his game Where he says, screw this, you just don't send an email. It just makes no sense. You wanna hear my, uh... Here's my, uh... My short clip from Manning. He has jingles. Oh yeah, no, this is his radio show. I love his show! Here we go. I am here to announce today, officially, that I'm on my way to Hawaii.

57:11 And this I think kind of fits into your CIA killing clip. Hawaii, here I come. I have been talking about Hawaii, the birth, the alleged birthplace of Barack Obama. I have been examining the certificate of live birth and the long form birth certificate, all of this produced out of Hawaii. I am here to officially announce today that I'm on my way to Hawaii. Now I will not announce the date of my traveling as much as that I don't know it as of yet. I love the way he puts that. I will not be announcing the date of my traveling as I do not know of it yet. But it's my intent to travel to Hawaii with a group of attorneys.

58:04 And what we will do there is that we're going to file motions and article 78s of that type. So he just keeps on going and going. He's so angry about this Barack Obama thing. Yeah, he thinks he's the devil. Well here's the, now this deposition is interesting because this took place, I think he gives the date on here, it's like maybe, this took place sometime after, remember that we used to play in the early, like years ago on the show, the Mac Daddy. Oh yeah, I can probably find a Mac Daddy. Yeah, the Mac Daddy clips and he was crazy, he was going to Mac Daddy and he went on and on about being a... Barack Obama is a Mac Daddy!

58:41 of long-legged Mac Daddy. Then he explained what a Mac Daddy was and all the rest of it and then he went into what seemed to us to just completely disappear from the face of the earth. For at least a year we didn't play a Manning clip. This is what this situation with the CIA seems to have taken place during that little moment where he went silent and then he started coming back only recently actually and I think I think he may I don't think he's lying about this but this deposition is quite interesting to listen to. On the 16th of November the year 2009

59:26 I was visited by the CIA, I being James Manning. Now is this from his actual church sermon? No, this is from his mock trial of Obama. Oh, right, right, right. So this is a year old at least then. No, this is pretty old. I think he did this It would say I think it is just like yeah about a year ago, but this but he's still discussing the 2009 incident Which is what I think put him into the silent mode for a while even though now he seems to be taking it lightly But anyway, I was visited by the CIA Homeland Security and the New York City Police Department that visit took place here in this church where we're now holding court albeit in my

1:00:24 pastoral studies where the actual meeting happened. Following that visit by the CIA, the following Wednesday, which would have been the 18th if I'm correct, I received a call from a defective CIA agent that a hit had been put out on me by the CIA. Really? That I was slated to be assassinated. Damn! And that such a hit or assassination was called for before the visit by the CIA officers, Homeland Security and Police Department. It showed up on the 16th of November. So how much you want me to play of this? Because it's long. Well, I can wrap up with a couple of things he brought up. First, he discussed the assassination plot. Apparently, the guy who was hired

1:01:18 To kill him or the guy was supposed to shoot him wouldn't do it. He says no, I'm not gonna shoot this guy Is it possible Manning is making all this up that he's just delusional I think it's possible of course anyone could be making up, but I I don't I kind of doubt yeah, I'd be I kind of I'm just gonna go along and Assume he's sincere But he mentioned a couple of interesting things when he brought out again late in this is why you can't really play the whole thing, but I'll just summarize He says that Obama he found out from the same guy that was Obama's in the CIA from 90 something like 2000 Occidental accidental years. Oh, this is a well. Yeah, we've established facture times on the fact But the one thing that he brought up which I didn't the series is

1:02:06 The CIA guy told him that everything you want to know to bust Obama out of this is to be found at Columbia University. And then the claim is made that he never went to Columbia. You cannot find any evidence that Obama ever was at Columbia. And he says that's the big CIA's, they have this great story around him but that this part is faulty. Right, and the records are sealed and no one's allowed to question it. Right. So I just thought it was interesting, but I didn't know about the assassination attempt. Here we go. Oh, that's the rap song. Oh God, I'll put that in the show notes. That's his whole rap video. Obama's a Mac daddy. Yeah, it's very, very interesting.

CHAPTER 10 / 23 Discussion

Larry Sinclair, Barack Obama Allegations

The transcript includes a detailed 1999 account from Larry Sinclair, who alleges he engaged in drug use and sexual acts with then-State Senator Barack Obama in a Chicago limousine. The hosts connect the resurfacing of these claims to recent reports of President Obama golfing with Tiger Woods in Palm Springs while the press was excluded, noting the presence of former aide Reggie Love.

larry sinclair· barack obama· chicago· cocaine· reggie love

1:02:53 So the full length clip of course along with all of our audio material is available in the show notes 489.nashownotes.com. Go to clips and stuff and that's where you can find all the clips. I don't know that we've ever played the Larry Sinclair clip. Have we ever done that? We've definitely talked about him. I don't know if we've... This is a 10 minute clip. What are you... What... This is new for you. What are you doing? I just... Because I know you put the whole clip in the show notes, I thought this should be in the public domain. Very smart. So Larry Sinclair is the prostitute

1:03:36 male prostitute who claims that he showed Barack Obama around Chicago and that he had to snort coke off of the then, was he a senator? I think maybe he was a senator at the time. State senator. Off of his bare thighs while feliciating him. Well, this is his...actually that's not quite accurate. Was it close? You can listen to it as much as you want but you got to at least get it to the point where he's... sucking on the guy. But so is Larry Sinclair still alive, right? He's not been killed yet. Yeah, but a bunch of other guys around him are dead. Oh yeah, I know there's guys from the church who are dead. There's a whole bunch of dead guys. Good afternoon. My name is Larry Sinclair. In regards to the Obama incident, I flew out of Colorado Springs, Colorado to Chicago on November 2nd, 1999, arriving in O'Hare early in the morning of November 3rd.

1:04:35 I went to the Chicago area to attend the graduation of my godson, my best friend's son, from basic training from the Great Lakes Navy Training Facility. I made reservations at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Gurnee, Illinois, based solely on the location to the training center. On November 5, 1999, I hired the services of Five Star Limousine. Excuse me. I had hired them both for November 5 and November 6 of 1999. On November 6, 1999, I asked the limo driver whose name I now reveal for the first time, Jagir Paramit Mutani, if he knew anyone who would like to socialize in Show Me Chicago. Mr. Mutani understood that I was looking for someone who knew Chicago and would enjoy socializing. Mr. Mutani said he knew someone who was a friend of his. On November 6, 1999, after picking me up at the hotel in Gurney, and this is significant, I asked the driver who was

1:05:34 Mr. Moutani used his cell phone to make a call. That call was made to then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama to set up an introduction between myself and Senator Obama. Upon arriving at the bar and exiting the limo, Senator Obama was standing next to Mr. Moutani and I was introduced to Senator Obama by name. Later that evening in a bar which I believe was called Alibis, I was introduced to Senator Obama by name. And I state belief because I have failed so far to get Citigroup to provide the credit card receipts that has the actual name. I mentioned I could use a line or two to wake up. Senator Obama asked me if I was... That's how I could try to come on to all my boyfriends, by the way. Hey honey, I could use a line or two just to wake up. ...referring to Coke and I stated I was. After stating I was, Obama stated he could purchase cocaine for me and then made a telephone call.

1:06:27 This too was significant from a cell phone to a presently unknown individual during which Senator Obama arranged the cocaine purchase. Senator Obama and I then departed the bar in my limousine and proceeded to an unknown location where Senator Obama exited the limousine with $250, which was provided to him by me, returned a short while later with an eight ball of cocaine, which he gave to me. I did ingest a couple of lines of cocaine and shortly thereafter, Senator Obama produced a glass cylinder pipe and packet of crack cocaine from his pocket. What? Obama then smoked the crack cocaine. I performed fellatio on Senator Obama in the limousine during the time Senator Obama was smoking crack cocaine. I forgot the crack part. Okay, I got pretty close.

1:07:13 Anyway, so well this it goes on and on and on It's actually quite interesting and it's like I never just showed up all of a sudden I think this goes as a clip. Well, I think the reason why it's popped up again is because the president spent a weekend just him and Reggie love in Palm Springs and he had played golf with Tiger Woods and the press was not told and the press couldn't come in. Right, the press was kept away from the golf game which means that, which is very unusual because Obama doesn't mind the publicity for anything. So they were banned and then I didn't know about the Reggie Love thing. Yeah, Reggie Love

1:08:00 Got on so they they come back from the trip The president had a 10-minute off-the-record conversation with the press which the press is reporting as a 10-minute off-the-record conversation The president deplaned followed by Reggie love who deplaned several minutes. Oh interesting Tiger Woods Quoted as saying during the game of golf the president has quote amazing touch and pretty good stick I mean you don't you don't need tiger not helpful. Okay, not not helpful my friend We're trying to keep this on the down-low baby. Yes Stupid is that? Maybe did it on purpose. This is sort of a gag Maybe maybe no code hello wink wink. Hello get it so I got um I

CHAPTER 11 / 23 Discussion

Benghazi Fallout, General John Allen Retirement

General John Allen's decision to retire rather than lead NATO forces is characterized as a move to avoid Senate questioning regarding the Benghazi attack. Sources suggest John Brennan was responsible for blocking military support during the consulate attack, leading to a rift between the CIA and the military. Senator John McCain's aggressive questioning on Benghazi is framed as an attempt to expose Brennan's role before his confirmation as CIA Director.

john allen· benghazi· john brennan· cia· john mccain

1:08:54 Spoke to one of our military industrial comp well spoke as a big word. I had contact not actual voice contact with one of our military industrial complex contacts one of our higher higher ranked ones yeah, and And got some pretty good information Which is also one of these oh my god that makes so much sense how come we haven't really put all that together and and it surrounds another piece of news that is just a story that is just kind of thrown out there and of course no one is really paying any attention to it because you know it's much more interesting to talk about the Blade Runner guy who shot his model girlfriend in Australia or any other bullcrap. South Africa is even that far away. I'm sorry, South Africa. Why are we, this is an African, South African news story. People are you know killed all over the world why is so much attention being paid to this guy but okay.

1:09:48 President Barack Obama says he's accepted General John Allen's request to retire rather than move forward with plans to make him commander of NATO forces in Europe. General Allen said in a written statement that his reasons for his decision were personal and it's time to focus on his family. The general hasn't gone into many details, but the Washington Post has reported that his wife suffers from a combination of chronic health issues that include an autoimmune disorder. Earlier this month, Allen finished a 19-month stint as the top commander of U.S. and Allied forces in Afghanistan. His highly regarded career took a surprise turn last fall when the Pentagon announced that he was being investigated for potentially inappropriate email exchanges with a civilian woman in Florida.

1:10:27 The Pentagon announced last month that he had been cleared of any wrongdoing. It wasn't immediately clear who the White House will nominate for the NATO job. So this is big, big news within the military-industrial complex. And there's a reason for it. And as my operative says, you know, it's all political BS. And of course I'm like, well, what do you mean exactly by that? and uh... he uh... he says he or she says well you've got a look a little bit deeper into what is actually going on at all comes back to ben gazi and the thing is if uh... uh... if the general really want to go on to become the the you know the big uh... kahuna of nato he would have to be of apparently i didn't know this you would have to be

1:11:10 Affirmed for this job by the Senate and he absolutely did not want any questions whatsoever in the Senate because you know something really really horrible went down in Benghazi and everybody knows about it and everybody also knows who's responsible for Benghazi and this is this is the piece we hadn't put together And this is why John McCain is so nutsoid about Benghazi, because the guy who called off all of the support, the air support, the guy who called off any rescue efforts for the ambassador and the other operatives in Benghazi, which guy was that, John? I mean, we know it wasn't the president because he didn't talk to anyone. We know it wasn't Hillary Lucifer Clippity Claw because she didn't talk to anyone that night.

1:12:02 Who was it that actually John Brennan? Oh, geez, and this is this is what we hadn't connected So these guys they they do not they want to under any circumstances they are too afraid to death that Brennan will become CIA CIA director because he kills their people and now there's a direct competition between the CIA and the DIA and The DIA currently looking for 5,000 new spies. I'm sorry, asymmetrical warfare, what is it, AWG, Delta operators, the asymmetrical warfare operatives. Delta? No, it's douchebag. No, Delta operators. Okay. The Delta operators you see are analysts and advisors of the DIA.

1:12:54 So you can, and they're all over the place. They're in Mali, they're in Algeria. You can drop these guys in wherever you want. You don't need any senatorial approval. They're not officially boots on the ground. So there's now a war, which we've known. Are they the advisors? Yes, consultants. So they're hiring 5,000 of them. That's the DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency. And they are in direct competition with the CIA and the CIA now Brennan who was just a... He was a consultant, he was an advisor, and he's the one that said, no, the White House says you don't send any planes to go save our people, because, you know, of course he was in on the whole, you know, kidnapping, the kidnapping scheme. And that's why John McCain, who was famously, of course, a military operative, is doing this kind of crap with Chip Gregory last Sunday on the, on the Chips show.

1:13:51 The president said this week on the issue of Benghazi, you guys are running out of things to ask about. So let me ask you, at the end of the day here on Benghazi, if the worst thing is true, what is that truth about how the president handled this crisis? I don't know the answer to that question. See, he knows the answer, but he can't say it. He needs to get this out. We do know that there are so many answers we don't know. For example, what did the President do the night of the attack? We know he met with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. on another issue and then never talk to them again. We know that the Secretary of State, who said she was clear-eyed, never saw the warnings about the fact that the consulate could not withstand an attack. Why was that? We don't even still know who's... we've had five different versions of who

1:14:40 put together the talking points. And we know who put together now, it was Brennan. We want to know why the president alleged to Mitt Romney in a debate that he had called it a terrorist attack when he hadn't and in an interview that very night of September 12th he said he didn't know what it was and for two weeks later kept saying he didn't know what kind of attack it was and in testimony the Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff both said they knew that night. There's so many questions about Benghazi. We've had two movies about getting bin Laden and we don't even know who the people were who were evacuated from the consulate the next day after the attack. Isn't that amazing that we still don't know that? There's like 50 people? I know they snuck those guys out. So Brennan

1:15:26 Brennan is the one who said to Alan, dude, you are not going to Congress, you are not going to testify, you are leaving now or I'm going to completely ruin you. Which of course, he has the emails, the sexed up emails, all these guys are all sexed up, they're all boning chicks everywhere, the huge cocks just walking around because they can. Well, front page of today's New York Times, which I don't read, White House refusing legal memo access. They're trying to submarine Brennan and it's the Democrats too. It's not Jimmy, which makes sense if you're gonna take the theory that both sides, everybody knows. The White House is refusing to share fully with Congress the legal opinions that justify targeted killings, they're still after that, while maneuvering to make sure it

1:16:14 it's stance does not do anything to endanger the confirmation of, in other words, the White House still wants Brennan in as CIA director. Rather than agreeing to some Democratic senators, demands for full access to the classified legal memos on the targeted killing program Obama administration officials are negotiating with Republicans to provide more information Why Republicans on the lethal attacks of the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi? According to the congressional staff, so this is front page right now. So something's up. Well, here's what's up. So according to my source

1:16:54 my source says there will be lots of people leaking information because they are because the the military is really really angry that you know their people were left out to dry I mean you know duh and they you know we know General Ham was told to step down people were you know people have been arrested thrown out of the military you know Petraeus was and of course you know they had all they all had their ulterior motives I mean I think there was also a potential military coup being set up where Petraeus is and he still may run for presidential candidate in 2016. I mean it's all very possible. I think that was going on.

1:17:33 But for sure, they'll and my operative is saying, you know, hey, I'm angry too. That, you know, that we're just being left out to dry. And he says, Kerry knows nothing, our new Secretary of State. He's, you know, the big empty waterhead, as they call him. And he better get a clue quick because according to my source, more ambassadors will die. How about that? That's a good one. No, it's not good, but it's it's one. No, I mean that's a good bit So what I said, you know Carrie by the way snatch and mention my do I didn't make a clip of it But I was gonna do a joke clip. Yeah, but Carrie gave his speech about global warming It was the longest speech went on for four days and it went on about this I miss Hillary so much

CHAPTER 12 / 23 Discussion

Asymmetric Warfare Group, DIA Recruitment

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is reportedly hiring 5,000 new operatives for the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) to serve as analysts and advisors. The hosts review the job description for "Operational Advisors," which requires working in unconstrained environments and solving complex problems. This expansion is viewed as a direct competition between the DIA and the CIA for influence in global conflict zones like Mali and Algeria.

dia· asymmetric warfare group· recruitment· military intelligence· consultants

1:18:28 And of course, now the FBI is investigating the Heinz sale for insider trading. So that's how they get Kerry. So we need something to blackmail him. No, it wasn't Kerry that did that. Well, who knows if he was in on it or not? I doubt it. Oh, all right. So I told our operative the following. I said, we will listen to any leak. Complete anonymity assured. You know, I'll meet you anywhere, whatever you want. Better make sure you're anonymous in all kinds of different ways because they'll go after you for sure. And I also asked how could we get one of those DIA asymmetric warfare gigs? I think we'd be great consultants. Yeah, we would. Analysts or advisors. Come on man, get us on. And he sent me to a web page.

1:19:18 What is asymmetric warfare? I'll tell you. I know what asymmetric warfare is. I'm all over it. What is asymmetric warfare? It's where you have an unbalanced attacker. In other words, it's like, essentially, it's like if you're like a small group of a small cadre set up in whatever organizational structure you want and you do nothing but take pot shots at a helpless large opponent, It's essentially like ankle biting. You know, you get a little... Well, we'd be perfect for that. Somebody kicks you in the shin and runs off. It's essentially what's asymmetrical warfare is. A little kid... Shin kicker. Kicking in the shin and then as you try to chase him he runs off. You can't catch him. All right. Operational advisor in the asymmetric warfare group.

1:20:05 Here's the position that's available. Operate in an unconstrained and undefined environment where there are no scripts and where the enemy does not follow a playbook. I'd say that's... We've got that written all over us. Understand the support unit's operational environment or battle space from the platoon to division levels and the associated commander's priorities. Yeah, I'll just say we got that. I'm not quite sure what it means, but it sounds like we can figure it out. Understand the bigger picture and priorities of the theater commander since they affect subordinates' decision-making processes. Say yes to the boss. Oil pipelines. Oil pipelines, yes. Understand the friendly, neutral, and threat actors at the different levels without the luxury of developing that knowledge over a period of months. Well, hello, this is what we do twice a week.

1:20:59 Generate networks within the supported unit and from outside agencies in order to attack and solve complex problems. Well, we already got your network. We're talking to your people already. Understand the influencers within the supported organization. Yeah, Brennan. Get to the root cause of a problem and develop an attainable solution given current constraints and limitations Brandon also Brandon trait at Brennan. All right, so here's the traits we look for in operational advisors adaptability flexibility problem-solving skills time management skills organizational skills a weak spot

CHAPTER 13 / 23 Discussion

Sequestration Panic, Military Industrial Complex

The hosts discuss the impending budget sequestration and the resulting panic within the military-industrial complex. They compare the situation to a scene from The Sopranos where a friend realizes the mob is not actually his friend when money is owed. While the media warns of dire consequences, the hosts argue that the 7% cuts are necessary and that the "fiefdoms" within the Pentagon are simply protecting their funding.

sequestration· budget cuts· military industrial complex· tony soprano· pentagon

1:21:39 Our Achilles heel Ability to plan interpersonal skills compatibility communication skills ability to deal with ambiguity Decision-making skills and ability to self motivate. Oh, yeah, and I can self motivate all day long so we can apply Click here to a pay though It's probably I think you get most of it in filthy lucre. I got certificate based authentication failed. Wow. Oh, it's because your rig has been compromised. Speaking of which, how awesome is it that we're about to go to war with the Chiners over some bogative report? Talking about that book, yeah, well something's going on. But how about this for, I'm listening to it, unfortunately I don't have a clip of it because the reason is inexplicable.

1:22:39 So I'm listening with some more of these Pentagon guys moaning about oh god, which they're taking 7% but it somehow it's 30% We're losing 30% we can't do this. We can't do that. What are we gonna get? We're not gonna be prepared and the way Skip said over and over we're not gonna be prepared for the next war. There's a war coming and we're not prepared I could be prepared. We don't have the money we would do is if we're gonna be we are in perpetual war Well, so I had another operator Talk to me who is boots on the ground this we're talking about the sequestration about the you know week left or whatever extreme on the last show yeah well we have a huge which I think is great you know let's be honest let's just stop spending whatever you know so we'll have all kinds of homeless people eating cat food you know I'm a fan of getting these things over quick

1:23:29 Yeah, when I met when I met Mickey and I knew that I'd fallen in love with her I told my wife almost immediately because it sucks no matter what it's painful no matter what I'm for ripping it off and dealing with the pain up front and not dragging it out So that's my that's my philosophy in life and it hurts It's painful and it's not fun, but I feel like get it get it going up front. So let me state that I but these guys, if you look at the military industrial complex which comprises, I think, isn't it almost at this point all of the, almost all the money that we pay in taxes goes into the military? Isn't that kind of what it is? I mean they say half, but... No, actually that's not true. Most of it goes to Medicare and Social Security. Half, half. It's got to be at least half. Yeah, about half. It's about half. Okay. Hot. Yeah, so, now we've spoken to many people, particularly the first Hot Pockets tour we went around the Virginia area

1:24:25 All of these right spook central. Yeah. Well, it's not just spooks but it's it's all these operations all particularly when it comes to To technology. These are fiefdoms and the people who run these fiefdoms they protect their the money that comes in they build up these huge things and they've got people that they pay and everyone's on the take and everyone's getting blown and they got hookers and everything and it's a huge freaking bonanza and And they never believed that this would actually happen. They never really believed it. And of course, now that you know, it's like when you're in bed with the mob, you go, hey, listen, mobsters, you know, I got it. I can't pay you this week.

1:25:01 Because of this stupid sequestration thing there's all kinds of you know people are freaking out when you have to put a an aircraft carrier Into the dock because it's not coming out or whatever. This is it is very significant in their Delusional world and there by the way I remind people that there was a really good example of what Adam kind of glossed over a second ago It one of the soprano episodes Tony Soprano had made friends with this guy had actually made friends with him as a sporting goods guy and he ran the store and he borrowed some money from Tony. or something. And he didn't pay him back on time thinking Tony would let it slide. And Tony just beat the crap out of him on the spot. And then, you know, I'm not your friend. And it was just like an eye-opener for this idiot who ended up losing the story. So this is going to happen to people. People are basically the military version of Tony Soprano beating the crap out of you. Because it does go all the way, all across the board. And so I understand people are freaking out.

1:26:03 and we spend too much on our military and you know I always hear that we're ten times as big as all other military combined. Well, we could be five times! You know, the problem is it puts hundreds of thousands of people out of work which we're bound to hit anyway. If not in you know October and then in five years, and it's gonna happen So I'd rather go through the real depression now just go come on with the cat food is they've tested it You know you can eat it five days a week, and you won't have some dolphin in it So this is the way the media. I have a little montage here one minute montage of your news media Because I know that people is in the show don't watch that anymore and

CHAPTER 14 / 23 Discussion

Media Fearmongering, Jay Carney and Chris Matthews

A media montage illustrates the dire warnings from news outlets regarding job losses and public health risks due to sequestration. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is criticized for dismissive responses to questions about the President's role in originating the sequester idea. Meanwhile, MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Republican tactics to Cold War-era CIA destabilization efforts.

jay carney· chris matthews· msnbc· sequestration· white house

1:26:47 This is how these slaves are being mind-controlled about this. There's a serious catch though to this month's crisis in Washington, just for starters. What we're looking at here is a possible loss of 750,000 American jobs by the end of the year. President Obama is warning of dire consequences for all of us if lawmakers don't act quickly. The justice system is going to be affected across the board, especially the Justice Department. The president has said it's an issue of national security. Well if you're flying out of airports like BWI, you are really looking for a tough time if these forced budgets do actually go through.

1:27:26 Just this morning, the president said, quote, hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. And the White House also estimates that cuts to mental health funding will leave 373,000 Americans left untreated. Now, that might mean scaling back on youth violence prevention programs that politicians on both sides of the aisle want to see more of after that shooting in Newtown. The agriculture department also thinks our food supply might be at risk. We're all going to die. We're all going to die, die, die, I tell you.

1:28:04 Alright, you can give that clip of the week. No, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's better. That's better. No, no, no. I don't feel good about that. I don't care. I called it. You have to... When somebody calls it, they call it. I'll tell you why. It's because the... I mean, besides this panicky thing, it always goes back to the calculation we did. 7%. So, popular science did a study about people eating cat food and their suggestion is to get the Newman's Own canned beef formula as it is a cat food consisting of free-range beef from Uruguay chock full of vitamins. They write that down. They also say in this article that technically a human can ingest and digest a baseball

1:29:03 Not recommending that as a survival strategy. A softball then would be doubly good. Anyway, so of course, you know all of the stupid news media have to play along with the dumb script. Like, oh well what's gonna happen boss? This is not gonna be good. And of course, Up there in James Carney's territory, James Carney is the spokesman for the Obama administration, there is a new woman in the press corps who had the audacity to ask What we discussed on this program if not Sunday the week before Was this not the president's idea in the first place? It was kind of his idea and the way we understand it It was like hey if you don't come up with you know the goods on this thing then I'll make it law so that we just have to cut everybody. They'll never go for that and of course It was all set up for the Republicans to call his bluff, but she did she and they did and here we are and she had the audacity to

1:30:06 of hope to ask remind us to remind us that this was the president's ideas done she's out it's bad for the middle class everyone agrees that sequester is a bad idea but didn't it originate the idea for the sequester originate here at the white house well we've been through this a lot i know you're filling in but the uh here's here's the fundamental fact firing the deficit reduction of the debt ceiling negotiations uh... there because the republicans refuse to embrace balance uh... refused to in the end join hands with the president and pursue a grand bargain. There was an absolute necessity to avoid the default and both sides were looking for trigger mechanisms. This is complicated budget speak. So listen slave, I know you're filling in and this is complicated budget speak. Trigger mechanisms.

1:31:00 Wow, do you think we can figure it out? Trigger, trigger mechanisms. No, no, too dumb for me. You gotta run a douchebag clip right there. Yeah, I think you're right. Douchebag! What an a-hole. I thought it was funny. Hey, I know you're filling in and I will kick your ass later. Are you out of your mind asking these questions? Douchebag, shut up! And then on the MSNBC's Chris Matthews, He actually told the truth for once. Oh, that's odd. Yeah, but he didn't quite realize it. Let me finish tonight with this. I think the difference between the Democrats and Republicans is getting as wide as the Grand Canyon. Watch how they do it. President Obama wants to keep the government going. Pretty simple, huh? Republicans threaten to stop it. It's relentless. The fiscal abyss, the debt ceiling, the sequester, the end of the continuing resolution. Different words, different deadlines all detonate the same explosion. They threaten to crash the government if they don't like the way it's doing something.

1:31:59 if they don't like who the American people have elected as president. Isn't that what the Republicans did back in the old days? If they didn't like a government somewhere, Guatemala, Iran, the Dominican Republic, Chile, they just brought it down. Guess what? Republicans are now using the same tactic here at home. If they don't like who we've elected president, they find some way to undermine the government, discredit its leaders, whatever it takes to destroy it. We are using in this country the same old Cold War CIA tactics to destabilize our own own country. Yes, exactly. Only it's not a Republican Democrat thing, but that is exactly what is happening. We are doing the exact same thing we do. And by the way, he forgot to mention some of the Democrat president countries like the Balkans under Clinton and Carter. And there's a couple of a couple he left out there. But that is indeed what is happening.

CHAPTER 15 / 23 Discussion

Economic Cycles, 1857 Depression and Oil Wealth

John C. Dvorak presents his thesis on 40-year and 80-year economic depression cycles, comparing the current era to the 1850s. He argues that the discovery of shale gas and oil in the U.S. is acting as a temporary wealth influx similar to the 1849 Gold Rush, potentially delaying a major crash until 2017. The discussion covers the historical depression of 1857 and a predicted global conflagration in 2020.

economic cycles· gold· shale gas· 1857 depression· 2017 crash

1:32:48 We are just destroying the world and the United States along with it. Not intended to make this any great place to be. That's not in the plan. So I didn't have a chance. I downloaded it, but I didn't have a chance to listen to the new Dvorak Horowitz Unplugged, which I enjoy immensely. And I thought that just looking at the title and the topics like, oh, this is going to be good. I'd like to just get a little update if you don't mind. One, When is it when are we all going to die financially and the two how does gold fit into this because? Gold has been just hammered down. You know me. I like gold. Yeah, you do. I don't sell it. I don't sell seeds

1:33:32 Don't sell with gold bullion and coins I'd like it having it and I bought it when it was eight hundred and fifty dollars an ounce and now it still is you know 1500 so it's still almost double but At a time where the Germans are saying we want our gold back Everyone's like where's our gold the Chinese apparently everyone's buying gold now all of a sudden gold is down like what 30 $40 in in the span of a couple weeks. What is happening? John C. Dvorak Nobel Prize winning economist here It was overpriced. It's just being sold off. But isn't that supposed to be like the place that everyone flocks to when... Well, yeah, when the market's crashing, but the market's doing quite well. Because, well, no, the market was down because we heard the Federal Reserve... Oh, it's down a couple of points. It's in the 13,000s and it keeps hitting 14. It's going to probably go to 15. Really?

1:34:26 Yes, well looks like I think a lot of it has to do with all this I've said it before and you said oh I don't get that and I you know I think it's from all the wealth we're pulling out of all those tar sands and all the crappy natural gas were putting out there for free and I think you have me confused with someone else I've never even heard this theory of yours Yeah, there's a couple weeks ago. I gave it to you or maybe weren't listening. No that happened say it again I want to understand My thesis is that we have a 40 year and 80 year old depression cycle that kind of means every 80 years are really bad, which is the one we're in, and every 40 years they're bad but not as bad. And one of the reasons that nobody believes this thesis is because there was no period from 1850 to 1860, there was no massive depression, although there was one in 1857.

1:35:18 And that's because of the free money that was pumped into the system, today's equivalent of 30 trillion dollars. Because of the discovery of gold. Gold and silver, all over the new world, there's tons of it coming in. Right, right, right. So you're saying that... In fact, if you read the books, the first books by the way that were written about depressions and what happened and how it happened and all the rest began in 1857. In 1857 there are still some books available in some of the older libraries who haven't burned these books. about the depression of 1857 that was printed in the 1860s anyway. So I believe that that influx of cash or essentially printed money found gold into the economy kept it from going into a depression until 1857 when it should have crashed in 1853 or before in 1849 maybe 18 you know and something modeled after the 39 situation.

1:36:11 Today we have a similar situation with all the apparently all the oil and gas that we found in the USA That is producing. I think a lot of wealth similar to the gold wealth and that is pushing off the inevitable depression and it may push it off I don't know if there's enough of it, but it may push it off until 2017 Okay, so you so but So we're seeing a similar situation from 1849 to 1860. Okay, now I remember the conversation because what I said is I took a little bit of issue with it because I can't just go with my pan down to the river and get me some shale gas and go sell it. Yeah, well if you were living in Chicago you couldn't do that during the gold rush. It was just individuals. But anyway, that's beside the point.

1:37:01 The thing that we always have to remember is the real problem with the cycle theory is that there's a war cycle involved and that means we're engulfed to a major extent in 2020 in some sort of conflagration. So, okay. Very unpleasant situation. World War. Kind of sucks. That will suck. So what happened to October? I mean so October because you've also said that October we're gonna everything's gonna come crashing down Is that now off the books is that not? I'm saying I don't I'm not sure that we're getting enough wealth out of the ground. Okay, so I don't know I mean this is all I do is in my cycle book which is yet to see print as

1:37:43 As I discuss the possibilities, what kind of things fall into place. I think it's yet to see... Don't have a crash. We could have a crash in October still. I think it's yet to see manuscript. I don't know if it's yet to see print. I don't think it's manuscript form yet. Anyway, the point is I just... this is the situation as it now exists. So we may, but whatever the case is, nobody in any of these cycles has ever been able to avoid the seventh year crash. It happened in the 30s, it happened in the 70s, in fact the 70s are very funny. It happened in the 1857, it's always, so that you're not going to get around that one. So it happened in in 1987.

1:38:20 No, no 77, but that was less like wasn't oh that was the last one 87 crash Which is not really it was a flash crash. Mm-hmm. It's actually an 80 year cycle It happened in the 1907 and anyone who was familiar with this phenomenon which happens every 80 years where you have a one or two day Can I make a suggestion you can make tons of money on will happen again? happen again 80 years in 18 or 9 or sorry 2067. Here's what I would recommend. 2067 sell everything for just a you know just for the crash and then buy. Okay so my as a friend and a colleague my suggestion would be

1:39:02 to get the book ready, you know, like and even if you print it yourself or whatever and then pick like your I like your 2017 target and just keep stick to the message because you know, you're you confuse me every single time just say I like all that, you know, just go psycho. I like it when you spout off years like this and that and gold rush. But never ever say, you know, well, it might not just, you know, you got to be like, we're going to die in 2017, followed by World War in 2020. Just it's all going to suck. We're going to die. You know, that that has not changed. No, no, because no, it does. You don't do it right. You think it does. But I'm.

1:39:38 look I'm the audience I'm asking the question and then you confuse me. I want to feel good about death I want to feel good about death in the future. I gotta get this in print because then like you know people can point at it and say what about this and I can say and then I can explain it. Yes exactly. Yes I know. You got to get this how can I help? I've done so much work Deconstructing the news for this audience. I know, I know. That is very difficult to get this thing finished. Although I'd say it's mostly written. I have the vinegar book is also also written. It just needs to be edited down. I've never even heard of the vinegar book. I've heard of the salt book, the egg book, the cycles book, the vin- now there's a vinegar book? Oh yeah, the vinegar book. Really? Yeah. Huh.

CHAPTER 16 / 23 Discussion

No Agenda Donation Segment Reform

The hosts engage in a serious discussion about shortening the donation segment, expressing concern that it has become too long and focused on "jingle requests" rather than show support. Adam Curry admits he fears a drop in revenue but would rather have fewer donations than act as a "monkey boy" for jingles. They propose raising the minimum amount for note reading to $100 and thanking donors under that amount in a list format.

value for value· donation segment· jingles· karma· producers

1:40:21 Is there any other? You became even more imperative when I read the article in the recent Seattle Times about how to make homemade vinegar and it's just wrong. It's basically making something that's just going to make you upset. Poison. Making poison. We'll talk about vinegar on another show. Yeah, you have to have a mother. I know that. You gotta have a mother. Yeah, a mother, right. What is a mother? I'm gonna show my school by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fab. So we had a newsletter that we sent out and yes even beyond the newsletter John and I had two conversations outside of the show, which is very distressing. It's it's it is Yes, I can't put any other way. It is extremely distressing and the reason for these conversations is because we both felt

1:41:21 that the donation segment has become something beyond our control. It's too long. And how do we solve this? It's boring. I think it's becoming boring. Yes. Now, let's... Well, I'd like to say I'd like to get the elephant In the room within view because I've thought about this since our last conversation Did you look at any of the notes that people sent us? I have not looked at any of the notes. Oh, yeah I mean the emails. Yeah, no tons of emails that people sent him with all kinds of ideas Yeah, I want to get the actual issue on the table and then we can talk about ideas. I

1:41:59 Okay, because people are very helpful. They're saying, you know raise the limit, you know, don't do no notes only executive producers should do notes or You know nothing under $100. I mean a million a million ideas a million different times a day just a million things Here's the issue. Here's what I am most afraid of and I want to get it out get off my chest and then I'll feel better moving forward Thanks the issue here is is the fear that people are donating only to get their message out there and get some kind of jingle combo or karma or whatever, and it's not actually for support of the show. So my fear is that if we change this, that, and I live 100% off of this money, I have no other income but this,

1:42:59 My fear is that if we change this, the way the donation segment works, in any manner, that we'll wind up with less money. And as I say that, I would rather be poor than think that people are only donating to have you read it in a stoner voice and they don't care about the show. If it's not for the show, then I... would just rather not have it. I think this is good. Do you feel the same way? You thought about this apparently. I did, and I was like, you know, I don't want to be a whore to a corporate entity, but I also don't want people just sending money because, you know, we're like the court jesters and like, oh look, Adam did a funny combo of jingles. Oh look, oh I got a karma jingle. Oh, you know, John wrote it in a stoner voice. Look what I can make him do now. Oh, Atlas Shrugged jingle. Oh, John hates it.

1:43:54 That is not actually supporting the work we're doing. So if it's not for supporting the work we're doing, then I would rather make less money. That's kind of my feeling. So whatever we do, as long as it's for support of the work and not for... I'm okay with reading notes and sometimes people have very interesting things to say and I think that we read everything regardless. I'm not just I'm just not sure that it's helpful for reading all of these long diatribes and I've just looked at the at the list again today and I can see that it's gonna take us 45 minutes to get through it if we read every single one all the way through and I like the I'd like the numerology I like swazzle enough, but you know at a certain point I think it's not going to be entertaining and I think we're getting very close to that and

1:44:44 and it really isn't that constructive for the deconstruction we do. Alright, I think it's reasonable that you feel this way. How do you feel? I believe that we should just raise the limit for where we start reading and we should just thank people. I'm of the camp that we should do a minimum number of reads, some selected ones from the lower numbers, and then thank everybody that's over $50 because everything under $50 is anonymous by rule. and or even raise the anonymous point and and just essentially cut the segment in half but still read you know that all the executives and all those guys because they tend to be judicious about the their donations the executive producers the top four or five people that donate on any show

1:45:39 That's kind of what I'm thinking, but you know we have a million emails that came in on the new email Which I'll tell people if you want to get a hold of issue although. I don't know how Effective it's gonna be in the long term which is in a feedback yeah, can I ask you What the hell were you thinking? About what? NAfeedback at Outlook.com? I tried No Agenda, somebody took it. I tried No Agenda Show and somebody took it. Really? I tried all kinds of stuff and they were all gone. All the No Agenda related names were gone. So I just made a NAfeedback and nobody stole that. Hold on one second, John. I got an emergency here. Hold on. So as Adam goes off to

1:46:22 clear up whatever happened there. I guess this house is on fire. Just moved in. Let me thank a few people that are on this list. Can you turn the air conditioner down for me? Like cooler? Thank you. Well, here he comes. I'm sorry. I don't even want to explain what happened. Peter Bennett in Brooklyn, Ontario 12407, which is an uninteresting number. He says that we must continue to read the producer's note. He gets a kick out of it and he should put that in an email to NA Feedback. Can I say one other thing kind of about this? I'm sorry, it's an important topic. My suggestion was that we take our own, this is what you and I discussed off air, that we take our own poetic license and we just edit these things down before the show. And you have balked at that. I don't understand why. Because this spreadsheet comes in five minutes before the show starts. So then let's start the show later.

1:47:18 What difference is it around editing? Yeah, I know it's actual work, but I'm sorry. I mean, do you realize that after every show, when you go off on your merry way, do you realize that I do stuff? I have edited stuff. In fact, I've edited stuff on the fly and you say, well, you didn't say this. No, that's different. That's different because I'm reading along with you. It is very different. It is different. No, and here's what I'm saying. It's not you. It's them. You're gonna say something, I'm gonna read the guy's note and I'm gonna leave a little thing out that's all he really wanted was the thing that I cut out is what he wanted. And I'm gonna get another note and it's gonna become a nightmare. Okay, good point. I got it. I agree with that. So, aren't our listeners producers?

1:48:02 Yes. Well, they should take some responsibility as producers and help produce a better show. Well, I would agree with that. We discussed that if they would just cut these notes down from the length that they are, they're like 100 words, 200 words. They take this one, Peter Bennett's for example in Brooklyn. He's got a long note that should have been sent to noagenda.com or NAFeedback.com although he might not be on the mailing list. I think the first thing we can do, I'm just, you know what, I'm gonna say this, I'm sick and tired of doing, I don't mind if you want a karma shot, I'm sick and tired of being your monkey boy with the jingles. It's not funny anymore. I'll do it for executive producers, a couple, but what is the point? What value does this bring to anyone's life?

1:48:52 Well, I think the karma seems to have an effect. Yes. I agree. But all the other stuff may be a little bit much and people keep asking for four, you know, or more, even three. I don't know. I mean, so look at Peter Bennett. I mean, he's typical. So he says, if more than he said, I want, you will obey karma shot with a buzzer. If someone asks to hear a clip that was played somewhere between episode 14 and 35, but only the first 7.34 seconds through Adam's bullhorn... I mean, you know what? It's just like... I mean, I don't get it. But then I look at that and go like, what's $124.07? Well, so that's not gonna show up anymore? Because... Well, I don't know. Well, I'm willing to risk it.

1:49:42 That's what you say. Yeah, well, I still have a model that we that we agree on the model is the model is value for value and if people talk about a model for what the cutoffs are and who's an executive producer and all the rest so what you so We I thought was the same I want to jerk I want to take the thing up from $50 for all the mentions and just Thank everybody with a list of names. I is you know, but this guy that guy this woman that woman, you know, whatever for $50 Yeah. That's the level or anything above? I don't understand. No, no. There'd be another level like a hundred before we read anything and then anything below that we just thank the individuals. So you're talking about inflation. And say thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and you're done. Alright, so you're talking about inflation essentially. Yeah, exactly. Inflation. And what we'd like the producers to kind of cut down on their long-windedness. I mean there are some people that have funny stories but generally speaking, you know,

1:50:40 Well, I think... Here, let's read these and then we can say why it should be shorter. Okay, we will evaluate every note. That's in the donation segment? Yes, in this donation segment today. Well, then we could play, might as well do the whole thing from Bennett. An interesting number you must continue to read the producer notes. I get a kick out of your reading the notes I have sent you along with my contribution I don't mind the length, but I can see how some anal retentive listeners could get grumpy for me the longer the better I've got a long commute Suggestions for executive and associate II read their comments at it if excessive we talked about that So he goes on minimum donation 69 69 which is what I thought was it was not bad and he goes on and with some other stuff to button minimum jingles all the rest and

1:51:26 Anyway, he uh... Okay. But then he has this, if someone here likes to hear a clip that was played between episode 14 and 35, only play the first 7.34 seconds, and through Adam's bullhorn, then give them... I don't, it's just, no, it's not gonna, that's never gonna work. Uh, anyway, he wants a karma shot with the, you will, he wants you will obey karma shot buzzer. Hmm. See, I'm already not doing this right. Because I was going to say something that what people don't take into account, because he's like, oh, the longer the better. Okay, very funny. But after the, you know, this is like, this is real. This is not only mental, this is physical work. And after we go through these very long donation segments, I don't know why you, I'm tired.

CHAPTER 17 / 23 Discussion

Producer Donations, De-douching and Birthdays

The hosts read a series of notes from producers in Australia, Croatia, and the United States. Topics include "de-douching" long-time listeners, birthday wishes for wives and girlfriends, and requests for specific jingles like "Mac and Cheese." They use these examples to demonstrate why the segment has become cumbersome and needs editing or higher thresholds for participation.

australia· croatia· de-douching· mac and cheese· karma

1:52:13 Then I'm tired and then what you know, then we rush because it's long and I'm tired and then there's stuff that doesn't get handled properly And that's the actual value. We're supposed to be bringing You've got karma, you know what I mean? So when you're I'm gonna stay on this so when you make us tired with long notes you are hurting the actual show There you go I would agree with that. I also think it changes the pace of the show. Yes. Luckily the second half is repaced. Michael Maluski in Melbourne, Australia. I'm donating $1111 as a famous donation of 2011 is the last year when everything was going well for me. Probably because my wife Sarah was turning 33 that year. Coincidence? I think not. That year things were going so well that when someone called me out as a douche on Twitter

1:53:13 My ex-employer dedouched me and had the tweet deleted. Little did I know that they had no such right to play with these higher powers only entrusted in the greatest podcast in the universe. So as an all show listener, in other words he's read everything from show one or heard everything and never donated, Probably he's not getting the newsletter. I need a de-douching I've enjoyed the years of evolution of the show and especially of John slowly warming and taking part in what seems mostly Adams influence on the use of jingles I don't know about that expletives and music Rarely and musical instruments. I'm the one who got the slide whistle

1:53:56 As it is my milfy wife's birthday today, we have that listed. Put Sarah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'd like to give her the gift that keeps giving. Don't eat me, Hillary Milf Karma. Eat me, Hillary Clinton! Milf! That's one mother I'd like to... You've got karma. So, here's an example of a note you could have just said, hey, I've never donated, I'm a douche. Here's my donation, here's why it's this number, and I'd like you to say hi to my wife. Put on the birthday list. Oh wait, I have to put on the birthday list? If you put birthday in there, it gets on there 90% of the time. But she's not on. She should be. I don't know. You put the logo here. Oh, okay. Alright, so she's on. Good. Great. Read the next one. What, I have to read the next one? You got the phone ringing. Well, but who cares? I mean, what is it?

1:54:55 It's annoying. What could possibly... Ring and ring and ring, just drive me crazy. Patrick Kobel, Sir Patrick Kobel. I thought you were gonna... I thought you were gonna... I thought you were gonna... Well, just take it off the hook. 11-11-11. It's just the same, you know, I'm making notes on this. These are the people that have been calling me two or three times a day. It's Sarah from account services or now some guy who begins the phone call with, do not hang up. What is the first thing you're gonna do? Hang up, of course. Anyway, Koble and Nashville, and you see it'll keep ringing, that's the problem. They have it on a... Okay, alright, I'll go, will you just go hangin' up? Don't answer, just go take the phone off the hook. It went off by itself, okay, it was probably me. Oh, it's magic. Sir Patrick Koble to you, the donation is for Sir Joe Cool Designs and his awesome custom No Agenda racing helmet. Final wrap for an upcoming track day this week, and I want to make sure we get a karma shot with an LGY for Sir Joe Cool Designs, Jim, Bob, Maggie.

1:55:55 And Sergio Cool does not... Anyway, so give him a karma shot. Yay. Yay! You've got karma. Tough one. Chun... let's see. Chunxia Wang. Chunxia, I think. Kansas City... X is usually pronounced as S-H. Kansas City, Kansas. 100. In the morning from Manchuria. Hmm. Wow. Hopefully some karma will lead to success in our efforts to improve our economic situation only can improve at this point. Well, let's help you with that then. You've got karma. Zachary Stager or Stagger, Stager, it's gotta be Stagger, Stager, Troy, Ohio.

1:56:44 Pleased to see this newsletter about altering the donation segment. Its length has been bothering me for some time. I enjoy hearing the occasional funny story or tidbit of regional information from the producers, but playing jingles over and over and over again is becoming stale and taking up time. Thanks, Zach. Right on, Zach. Thank you. Raymond Williams with no comment from Lafayette Louisiana hundred dollars Adrian Verne noise for noise very noisy and we answer noise hell Nepal Nepal Nepal Nepal thank you for the Holland of course thank you for the work you put in every week much appreciated could I please get a karma shot for my family and friends yes absolutely that's a great note Adrian thank you you've got karma Heather Aronson in San Francisco

1:57:34 and Heather obviously didn't get the email. Warning drunk donations. John stop bellyaching about Microsoft and the effing ribbon. I'm a PowerPoint designer and I do that by the way. I complain endlessly about the ribbon. I'm a PowerPoint designer from last year. My company switched from 2003 to 2010 and I learned that shit in less than 36 hours. Wait a minute, it took you 36 hours? To learn how to use the ribbon? Holy crap, and you think that's good? I don't even know what the ribbon is. It's a new interface that they put in and Microsoft has got a bunch of crap across the top that you can't figure out. Here's a hundred bucks and you take 45 minutes off and learn it. It's gonna take me 36 hours. I'm using it now.

1:58:19 Anyway, she says shut up already. I'm drunk on a small batch of quadruples distilled vodka from London while cooking my vegan dinner. Shit, I think I'm a hipster. Anyway, you know it's all in love. Shoot me some karma bitches. Here's some bitch karma. You've got karma. Another drinking straight up vodka. By the way, Pabst. Jonathan Bingham, new provider, New Jersey. Sorry, hold on a second. That's new Providence new provider is this like all I see on here is new provider Is this is this the ribbon? I'm using open office. It seems fine on my open office Oh, I see it is and I also know there's no new provider

1:59:05 New Jersey. That's good. I like new providers. You cut that in right in half, which my spreadsheet did. It says new provider. It made sense. This is a medical village. New provider in New Jersey. Very nice. Sorry my first donation took so long. Last Sunday's show was terrific and after listening to Adam go on and on and on and on. It doesn't say that. Doesn't say that. See there you go. This is just proof positive. I can no longer continue to be a douchebag who listens but doesn't donate. The donation makes up for the time I've been listening and I'm signing up later today for a monthly subscription going to cancel a premium cable channel that I hardly ever watch. Everyone should do that by the way. And realize I'd rather have my money going to people who add value for value and report on what matters. Wish this donation could be more blah blah blah.

1:59:56 He needs a de-douching and some job karma and a little girl yay. So you're actually, you're editing on the fly. Interesting. You've been de-douched. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. Interesting. Interesting. He does give us a plug. He says if you go to Starbucks once a day for a week, you're spending 40 bucks a month on crap that you won't miss. 40 bucks a month? Wow, is that what people spend on Starbucks? Have you been to Starbucks recently? No, I try to avoid it. It's like five bucks for a cup of five-cent coffee. We go to Joe's here. Joe's on South Congress. Joe's. All right, somebody who doesn't want his name mentioned from Broadlands, Virginia. Gee, I wonder why. Ecuador Eric will suffice.

2:00:49 Hail Adnan and Job. Hola mañana and thank you for what is truly El Mejor podcast on El Universo. I've been listening since last June when Jack Blood kindly hit me in the mouth and recommended your show. Adam's recent plea for support finally made me pull the trigger and decide to donate this meager amount of $99.99. Which you might want to play the thing for. However, more donations will follow. It goes on. and he would like a science is in science and shut up already at science karma I'm not seeing karma listen science you've got karma

2:01:41 And now we got 8888 from Jeremy Johnson in Port Angelus, Washington. Producers between 50 and 60 tonight should get a jingle, maybe karma with Biff, Mabel or Jose selecting comments as they see fit. All right. Comments cost $70 or above. Birthday requests also acceptable. Thanks for the show. Hot pockets, please. Hot pockets! Now that's how a note should go. John Vale in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Thanks for the best podcast in the universe. Can I get a general karma shot, please? Absolutely. You've got karma. Please, and this is a Yokohama Anonymous 75. Please invoke the spirits of Job Karma on my behalf. The Shintu charm in your hand. He sent a Shintu charm.

2:02:36 from the Kanda Moyen Shrine, Myogen, Myogen Shrine, located just a stone's throw from Akihabara, which is the place where all the electronics are sold. This paper charm wards off software viruses and hardware gremlins. According to one of the priests, the charm must be hung in a place that is easy for the spirits to see. Basically keeping it on your desk voids the warranty. I have called upon Myogen, the protector deity, to look after the No Agenda show. In return, I hope that you use your sway with the gods of fortune on my behalf.

2:03:15 I think that was really nice whatever Anonymous did but I don't understand. He sent this little card it's got these three items that are kind of pushed into like little holding areas. Oh there was a card. I don't know you're supposed to hang the three items up the whole card there's no there's no instructions on usage. Okay so I didn't understand that there was some physical object that came along. It just came in the mail. It was like a card. And it's got these three things in the card and it's all in Japanese. And it's got, I don't know, I'm not sure what to do with it so he's going to have to send another note or email us. Dr. Nininger, of course, Sir Nininger in Port Jefferson, New York, $75 value for value, the last show was the best ever. Okay. Really? To him. Oh, okay. Shut up and more karma, thanks. Shut up, slave. You've got karma.

2:04:09 I'm killed right in Waco, Texas, 70, to commemorate the 70th birthday of my smoking hot girlfriend Nancy on the 20th. Okay. He sent a picture. Oh, what? He sent a picture? Came in the mail. Came in the mail. And? She looks better than I do at my age. If I looked as good as her at 70, I'd go there now. So she's smoking hot. Wait a minute. This is an old one. This is from last week. Yeah, but this just came in the mail like yesterday. Interesting. I think he sent a note on email and somehow I got it. I got it. I got it. All right. I've seen it. Yeah, she is. Sergey Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov. Sergey. Kuznetsov. Maybe. Ladera Branch, California. Thanks for the best podcast in the universe. Love to hear your analysis of the Orange County shooting which started next door to my house.

2:05:05 I don't know anything about the orange... Yeah, Orange County... Yeah. Yeah, really, why don't you do the analysis and help us out? Really? I got pulled over for speeding. What's that about? I don't know. Maybe Adam and John can help. Like, what are we, like superheroes? Hold on a second, John! I think there's something we need to go check out! Oh, is it that time again? All right. Well this one I always enjoy doing hold on a second. I'm sorry I wasn't quite ready for you. Here we go It's Kimberly Lewis and Davis, California sending a little love to you and my smoking hot hubby al-nanimus Who's just had another birthday?

2:05:58 on the 20th says he's been a very naughty boy I'm requesting a parliament mumble whoop it with the Constitution little girl yay karma and the karma goes to us for continuing the best podcast in the universe. You've got karma. Another 6969 from Sir Papa Guido. Sorry to the now former Sir Tallest Knight, I am 6'7"... There you go. ...and must not be the tallest of our ranks. I can try to end the discussion and hit my 7 foot tall cousin in the mouth and begin working on his knighthood. Wish me luck with that. JCD obey LGYN Huntsman who just lost his sister to a heroin overdose. Ugh. Oh, that sucks.

2:06:49 Is that- is that- but that's uh... okay, I'm sorry. What is it? JCD obey... LGY Huntsman. I'll throw in a Karma for good measure. Well that's no good! No, it's no good. I mean, overdosing on heroin, isn't that, that's like, not a lot of people do that anymore. I don't know. It's weird. Daniel Miller, Knoxville, Tennessee. Please thank my friend Matthew for recently hitting me in the mouth. The best podcast in the universe. I'd like a mac and cheese, Karma, for my birthday this weekend. It's so popular. Few slaves can get used to mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheese. Cheddar melted together. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Karma.

2:07:38 Edward Halsey in San Francisco, no karma just a C-Span jingle is what we do. Matthew Chang in San Francisco ITM Jens here's my submission for Biff's new Austin residence FOB mofo aka forward base operating motherfucker Whether or not the name sticks. I like if to say in announcer voice for it Forward operating base motherfucker. Oh wait a minute says followed by an LG Y and a karma You didn't tell me all that okay. I'll do it again then damn I

2:08:24 Forward operating base motherfucker You've got karma Crunch I've been Ritivi with an arrow in his name apparently on my thing brisbee brie V in Castle camo someplace or other where is he from yes, he's from Croatia Get my nation a red checkerboard. He probably reads Bug Magazine. Oh yeah, I'm sorry. John writes a column for Croatian Magazine, everybody.

2:09:02 Hey Adam C. Dvorak and John Kersney. Greetings from Gitmo Nation of Red Checkerboard. Mr. Brivich, very very long time boner, first time donor. Please can Pope Dvorak grant me a 1D douche? I am briefly in Gitmo Nation lowlands Broken Dam and I have trouble finding Dutch people over here. Clearly my friend Lazarus a douchebag until he donates. Douchebag! Need karma for my new job and my birthday on the 21st. Fluoride in my water best podcast in the universe. It says fluoride in my cup is what he says. Well, yes. Yeah, okay. Best part of waking up is fluoride in my cup. Best podcast in the universe. You've been de-douched. Now this is a reminder to everybody who's gonna donate on the Sunday show. Get these crazy call outs in. They may be gone forever.

CHAPTER 18 / 23 Discussion

Final Donation Reads, Jingle Retirement Idea

The final set of donations includes a "Swazzle Nuff" request from Saskatchewan and a drunk donation from Maine. John Dvorak suggests a "jingle retirement" program where overplayed clips like "Mac and Cheese" are retired after a certain number of plays. The segment concludes with a nostalgic discussion about the OS/2 operating system and the Rexx programming language.

saskatchewan· maine· vancouver· jingles· os/2

2:10:00 You are such a whore. You are the worst. Hey! That's right, they're going away. Just a thought, just a thought. I've got a speech about it saying, you know, we're gonna stop doing these and now's the time to donate. Yeah, and we're gonna end it. That's right. Now's the time to get a... It's gonna be like a two-hour donation segment on Sunday. The whole point is to cut this down, people. Cyril S.K. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Paris of Canada. Cyril here again for another Swazzle Nuff. This time I'd like to dedicate this donation to my wonderful sister Mara. You know he incorrectly as tight and you know him incorrectly as... what?

2:10:42 I don't know. Oh, you know her. I don't know what he's trying to say. She's tight end in the chatroom. You dirty old men need to be corrected. Her chatroom name is tight tight and tightened. Pronounced tainted. Tainted. It creeps me the hell out to hear Adam call her tight end. Well, I've seen a picture of her welding. Yeah? Yeah, she looks hot. Tight end welding. She's a wonderful sister, I want to wish her a wonderful 35th. Well of course no one wants to think about a dude like thinking sexually about your sister, duh, but deal with it. Congratulating on recent achievements Mara, I'm very proud. Now go get your welding red seal damnit, send her a mac and cheese.

2:11:25 So it's why people like this mac and cheese thing is because it's long you know it's like me Hillary. It's like in Why why why? Macaroni and cheddar melt together mac and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese already science wrong one How did Kiki's taken over I didn't mean that one. I don't know what she means by women and whatever I don't know about girls and women. I don't know dude is that a clip that you had the end of the segment We'll leave it at that

2:12:07 69 69 jingle Poor guy out Adam Daly and Raymond Matt, Maine Wow 63 71 drunk donation homebrew just heard your discussion of Velveeta and thought it was hilarious I say something I do like your drunk donation reading. I mean is there a reason you stopped doing this now? I mean the Editing it out. Okay. I can do it. I I just heard your discussion of Velveeta and thought it was hilarious. I had the same thought when I saw the commercial and was wondering if you would mention it. That's why I made the effort to donate at 2.40am. I eat mac and cheese made with graire and it is delicious. Been meaning to donate since I got my first monthly paycheck for the year of 98333 up from 97625 last year. What?

2:13:05 donate more often but look at how much I make a month great hair hope you win folder thank you it was a more drunk than they you I think this sound early it sounded pretty drunk you sounded like he was really sounding can make any sense the alien Steven or Steven the game and I would assume in Manly New South Wales Love you guys, I've been listening to your show for years and have yet to donate. My lovely and hot girlfriend, Laura, send pic to Adam. The Korean princess has had a tough time with the douchebag of a bitch boss and quit her job, her first job as a lawyer. Wow. My girlfriend is the best and I wish her all the best in finding a job that allows her to express herself honestly and be a happy chappy, happy chappy and hopefully she'll stop breaking my balls. Jokes about the breaking balls part.

2:14:02 Keep up the good work fellas, big hugs. Could I get a karma for Laura and a sexy message from Adam? Really? If possible. Okay. Hey Laura, this is Adam. You sexy bitch. Send me a picture. Do you think that's what Steve wanted? I don't know. I don't think so. It's good enough for me. Yeah. And a karma. Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize there was a karma there. Yes, you're right. Job karma. You've got karma. Christina Norman in Los Angeles, California 5511. My husband is doing his Canadian citizenship exam. Why? Can I get some don't eat me Hillary Clinton to the head almost too delicious karma for him? I also I'm also glad Alphonse and Magdalene are back safe and sound in Austin. Don't eat me Hillary Clinton. It's almost too delicious to believe my friend.

2:14:58 You've got karma. And we're happy to be back in Austin as well. I also appreciate that you two are able to run an independent show on politics which does not bash on Christians. Such shows have been hard to come by. Adam, I request a mac and cheese, planes good, trains bad, as that meme has cropped up again here in the Fort Worth area. What's up with, um, really, I mean, independent shows that don't

2:15:41 make fun of Christians? I don't understand. Is that, what does that mean? I don't know. I had no idea that independent shows make, we make fun of all religions. We do, I think we do a pretty, you know what John, I think we need to up our Christian bashing. We have, it's not, it's not deconstructing the new, here's the deal. I'll tell you this Robert. It's not deconstructing to news to just gratuitously bash Christians or Catholics or the Scientologists for that matter, or the Mormons. It's just got nothing to do with what we do. I mean we can go bash Christians in our own time.

2:16:17 Yeah, I'll call you later. Yeah, call me up and say, you know, I... These Christians, these Christians, I tell ya. You slaves can get used to mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheese cheddar melted together. Mac and cheese, mac and cheese, mac and cheese. All aboard trains good, planes bad. Talking about You're gonna run a high-speed rail or something from Fort Worth to Dallas. That'd be funny So now here's an example from Eric in Athens, Georgia, which I just think is too much By Eric Lyons in Athens, Georgia, double nickels on the dime. Long note. Wanted to request some job karma for me and my girlfriend. I'm a second year of the law school at UGA. I'm looking for a legal internship and she's looking for a full-time teaching job. Needs a de-douching since I haven't donated in two years. Can I get a Pelosi jobs, jobs, jobs, karma, and mac and cheese? What is with the mac and cheese? It says this doesn't have to be read on the air. Oh, well that's kind of cool.

2:17:18 But he wants a de-douching, karma, mac and cheese, and what else? Jobs, jobs, jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! You've been de-douched. A few slaves can get used to mac and cheese. Mac and cheese, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheese. Yeah, I'm tired of it too. Oh, I have an idea. You've got karma. Mac and cheese, mac and cheese. What's your idea? The idea is to have a counter. So after we get to X number of plays of Mac and Cheese, it gets retired. Its number gets retired. It gets to be hung from the ceiling of the auditorium. That would keep that one out of the... because it gets a little old to hear it over and over again. By the way, he says karma got him in the UGA.

2:18:05 Anonymous in Leachburg, Pennsylvania, if Double Nickel's on the dime, he'll take a Dr. Kiki 2 to the head. Karma. I would love to have a real Dr. Kiki 2 to the head. Wouldn't it be cool if she just came in and just like double tapped you? You know what I'm saying? Shut up already! Silence! Oh, karma. Sorry. Oh God! Yeah, well. You've got karma. Christopher Walker in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 55 of 10 to the in the morning. Thank you both for broadcasting the best podcast in the universe I've been listening with fervor since last fall. Please give me a de-douching since this is my first donation I love your value for value model too bad all I have to give you is in trade are some rotten Federal Reserve notes may I have an Atlas shrug and a karma shot, please You've been de-douche

2:19:00 by Ayn Rand. You've got karma. Now that was tight I'll have to say. Eric Veet in Dublin California just down the street from me 50 have no note. Royce Kami in Aiyia Hawaii or Hawaii really asked for help on this type of situation while we dear friends at jabroni pictures are within the 11th hour of their Indiegogo campaign their movie project is called battle hero absolute the complete series and I'd deeply appreciate any donations if possible even the slightest gesture spreading the word on their campaign would be much appreciated the link to Indiegogo look it up you can look it up on the Google uh he needs a karma shot to jabroni pictures Indiegogo.com slash battle hero absolute I guess you've got karma

2:19:59 And whoops I just cleared the screen the wrong way. Sarah Davidge in La Jolla, California, 50. Been listening to you both since 2008. Love you guys but sorry to call you out as douchebags for bickering and fighting so much on the show recently. Please apologize to each other right now. You know you have mad love for each other. You first. I'm sorry that I called you a douchebag for not knowing anything about hipsters. I'm sorry that I got all huffy and puffy. For no good reason. Sorry I acted all whiny. Are we done? No, we got Simon Horn in Carendale, Queensland and Kyle Bauer in Worcester, Ohio both coming in with 50 bucks and I'd love to just be able to wrap off all the 50 to 100 dollars people just like that.

2:20:54 So, but we'll decide in the weeks ahead and so you might as well take advantage of this short opportunity you have. Whatever you put in there, we're going to read it for a while and then it's done. I do like the idea of retiring certain things after a while so that you know, but I'm going to put a number on them. You know, so like Mac and Cheese, you know, that's a hundred dollar retiring thing and it should have like ten more plays and that's it, we're done. Yeah, I think so, something like that. But also that sounds like a lot of work. I gotta remember we gotta do accounting. Accounting we have to do. Now we have to do bookkeeping on our own jingles? We gotta do bookkeeping on the jingles. I don't think I can handle that. It's too much for me. Smoke comes out of my ears now. It's just like, ahhh.

2:21:38 What are we doing people? You should be able to do it on the computer every time you play it. It should trigger a program, a subroutine that just counts. Oh yes, a subroutine. Should I write that in DOS? Or what was that OS2 language? PHP. No, what was that OS2 language that I like so much? Remember that? Yeah, I remember that. What was that? I actually could write a little bit in that. What was that OS? What was that? Rex. Rex. Rex Somebody had all the OS 2 discs and you had to like load it up and then after you're done You're like, oh wow, and I've got always to load it on my machine and it would run like half as fast as toss It was such a piece of crap. Didn't you write a book about it? Yeah, it was a good product as much burn windows at the time It was the right idea, but it's just that we didn't have the horsepower at the time. They did have the right they did multitasking

2:22:33 It had that's right a multitasking. That's right. That was the main thing they had done, right? That's right my experience with OS is I had it for a while I wrote the book and I did all these other things and then at some Rex No agenda show the best podcasting universe runs exclusively on Rex So they can't so here's what happened with me and my experience with OS to I had crashed the system about a year earlier. Something happened and it was in the middle of an install or something and it just had to be wiped and re... it took me days to get the machine back on track. And you're the guy that wrote the book. And so then there was another incident like that. It happened again, but it was like a year later, but it was so painful. I just stopped right there. I never ran OS2 a day after that. And wasn't that, it had like, it had kind of like Unix-y type things and you could take a command, you can compile it into like a little app if I recall? I don't remember any of this stuff anymore.

2:23:28 It's a long time ago. All right people, thank you very much for supporting our value for value model. Thank you for all of your feedback. It has been enjoyable to see that people are thinking about it and trying to help us make the show better. That's why we call you producers, not listeners. Go to... Michael Malishke says happy birthday to his wife Sarah Alexander Ecuador Eric congratulates himself turning 33 the magic number Tom Kilbride has his happy birthday to his girlfriend Nancy was her birthday yesterday also yesterday Kimberly Lewis has been celebrated and Daniel Miller congratulates himself along with Ida

2:24:13 He's gonna hate me for that. No nights? No, no no no. No nights. He won't hate you, the brother will. Oops, that was fat. I do have one off the wall clip I want to start the second segment with. More off the wall than Larry Sinclair? No, but that was poignant.

CHAPTER 19 / 23 Discussion

Calvin Coolidge, New York Times and Mandiant

A clip of a historian discussing Calvin Coolidge's success in lowering the federal budget serves as a contrast to modern fiscal policy. The hosts then critique the New York Times for its coverage of a cybersecurity report by Mandiant. They suggest the Times' relationship with Mandiant—hiring, firing, then reporting on them—resembles a marketing scam to promote cybersecurity services.

calvin coolidge· new york times· mandiant· cybersecurity· hacking

2:24:51 This is a clip from a woman who wrote a book on Coolidge and this is the way it was in the United States before the security state was instituted by Truman as we discussed in a previous show, leading us to the kind of crazy country we are now. But just play the Coolidge clip and tell me why this can't happen again. The single thing that Coolidge did that we want to remember is that when he left office, the budget was lower than when he came in. That's the story for us now in a period where we're concerned, well how did he do that? The economy grew a lot, maybe more than 3% sometimes. Unemployment was below 5%. The budget was balanced due to his own parsimony. How'd he manage though to make the budget go lower? And how did that help the economy? A lot, because he got the government out of the way of the economy.

2:25:44 So first of all, that's Dr. Kiki. Listen, listen. Because he got the government out of the way. Shut up already. Science. It's Dr. Kiki, I'm telling you. He's got a little more trouble. Yeah. So, what, this is like a Republican clip. It's not a Republican clip, it's a Coolidge clip. Yeah, wasn't he a Republican? Yeah, but he could have been Democrat. No, but he wasn't. I just wanted to play the clip well comment okay all right I did you look at the Mandiant APT1 report no you didn't did you what okay so you you heard about this thing that's called again the Mandiant so Mandiant is the name of the company

2:26:41 that was originally hired by the New York Times after they got hacked, remember? This was only two weeks ago. So the New York Times got hacked. I guess the Chinese were so interested in their bogative news. Hey, let's see what lies the New York Times is going to print. Oh, we can steal them. and then the New York Times said, oh no, we've been hacked. It was right in time by the way for the big push for the cybersecurity executive order. It was all very, the coincidence is just abound. It's really, really interesting how that works. And so now I guess they fired them. Mandiant? Yeah, because they say that, so the New York Times then published this huge article about the report that Mandiant has published that China

2:27:31 is cyber attacking us continuously and the New York Times says specifically we have no current business relationship with Mandiant but we might in the future. Yeah, I'll bet. So they had hired them after their hack then they fired them published about their huge China report and they might work with them again in the future. Shame on you, New York Times. That sounds like a scam. In other words, here's the way I would say it. They were working for him and then they fired them and then they wrote about him, hey, we think of this and that, and then they hired him back because they didn't want to be writing about him while they were working together. That's pretty much... Don't even try to pull that stunt.

CHAPTER 20 / 23 Discussion

Mandiant APT1 Report, Chinese Hacking Claims

The Mandiant "APT1" report identifies a specific building in Shanghai as the headquarters for Chinese state-sponsored hacking. The hosts debunk the report's evidence, noting it relies on Google Earth photos and common "script kiddie" tools like HTRAN. They mock the report's use of hacker personas like "Ugly Gorilla" and "SuperHard," characterizing the document as a sales pitch for corporate security contracts.

mandiant· apt1· china· shanghai· cyber espionage

2:28:21 Put a little disclaimer in the article we use their product. Right, that's what they should have done. So Mandiant is... Do you know anything about this company, Mandiant? Looking at them now, you know, I'm pretty... I keep up with this stuff, but no, that bothers me. So Mandiant was founded by a guy named Mandia, I think. Seriously, it sounds crazy, but let me see, I have the leadership here. And this company, if you look at the board, it is filled with consultancies, guys from big consulting firms, banking firms, of course, Kleiner Perkins, everybody's on the board, everybody's in. So this is kind of the go-to company, which are Kevin Mandia, that's the guy, founder and chief executive officer of Mandiant.

2:29:21 Kevin founded Mandiant to focus on helping organizations detect respond and contain computer intrusions Making Mandiant the first company with incident response as its at its core competence He has spent over 20 years and information security has been on look at his list of these these yeah Leadership page. Yeah, no, it's it's a who's who I Well, I don't know about that. It is, it's perfect. This is the board you want, these are the leaders you want. And so they came up with this report, which everyone talks about, but I never read about anyone actually getting the report and looking at it. And what are they really saying? So it's called Mandiant APT1, exposing one of China's cyber espionage units. And APT, you know what that stands for, I presume, John.

2:30:14 I do know what it stands for. It's just not coming to me. Advanced Persistent Threat. APT1, Advanced Persistent Threat everybody. That's what it's all about. What are these people charging to do what they don't manage to do? So they have this whole executive summary. About this building that they say is filled with China's hacking America. Yeah, they have a building They thought it's and it's in Shanghai. I believe and they've had it on the news the last week and they keep They say it's the it's the army secret building the people army is the people's army They say it's the People's Liberation Army and this is unit six one three nine eight and

2:31:00 Now what's interesting is right off the bat in this report, which I have here in front of me and of course as usual it's marked up in the PDF in the show notes 489.nashownotes.com under the executive summary it says in a little asterisk, our conclusions are based exclusively on unclassified open source information derived from Mandiant observations. None of the information in this report involves access to or confirmation by classified intelligence. That kind of tipped me off to the fact that they've really got nothing here in this 28-page report. However, I will read a few highlights. We estimate that Unit 61398 is staffed by hundreds and perhaps thousands of people based on the size of Unit 61398's physical infrastructure.

2:31:50 So they look at the building on a satellite photo and from that they have Google Earth Yes, and they have and literally they pasted the pictures from Google Earth in the report It looks official to some idiot at the New York Times The Indian by the way, sorry, what's the building number again? Six one three nine eight unit six one three nine eight APT1 focuses on compromising organizations across a broad range of industries in English-speaking countries. So they say that this APT1, Advanced Persistent Threat 1, which is what the team they're calling, their targets match industries that China has identified as strategic to their growth, including four of the seven strategic emerging industries that China identified in its 12th five-year plan. So that's really stretching here.

2:32:47 So now what they've done is they've looked at fully qualified domain names. And this is so funny. In the last three years, we have observed APT1 used fully qualified domain names resolving to 988 unique IP addresses. So what? And that 832 different IP addresses were used with remote desktop. So now they're telling us that these hackers, these elite Chinese hackers are using remote desktop. Yeah. Yeah, that is how most hackers go about it. Not. Then they say more proof that it's the Chiners is that we've concluded attacks under our observation the APT1 operators keyboard layout setting was Chinese simplified. Therefore it must be Chiners. And they're using the HTRAN tool. Let me tell you. Do you know what the HTRAN tool is John? No, no I don't. It's the HUC packet transmit tool. It's like

2:33:51 It's like a reverse proxy kind of thing. It's like every script kiddie in the world knows how to use this. And this is not unique to Chiners, and if they're using it, they could be reverse proxying to make it look like they're from China. I mean, this is no proof. But here's the funny thing. In an effort to underscore that there are actual individuals behind the keyboard, Mandiant is revealing 3 Personas Associated With Advanced Persistent Threat Number 1 Activity. Are you ready for the 3 Personas? Their Proof? Number 1, the first Persona, Ugly Gorilla, has been active in computer network operations since October 2004.

2:34:35 His activities include registering domains attributed to APT1 and authoring malware used in APT1 campaigns. Ugly Gorilla publicly expressed his interest in China's cyber troops in January 2004. Are these people for real? The second persona, an actor we call DOTA, has registered dozens of email accounts used to conduct social engineering and spear phishing attacks. Dota uses Shanghai phone number while registering these accounts. Oh, that's proof there Mandiant and the third persona. Here's where they go off the rails who uses the nickname super hard New York Times, why did they publish this? I don't know if this sounds like they were buffaloed by the whole thing It's the China byline. Who's the byline on that article? This is not an article. I'm reading the report Okay, this is the report. Let me see what wrote the article. Oh

2:35:38 So the third persona who uses the nickname SuperHard is the creator of a significant contributor to the Auriga and Bangat malware families. SuperHard discloses his location to be the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. So they have no proof here. They just have hearsay, basically. And like why are we exposing APT1? Well, it's time to acknowledge the threat is originating in China. And we wanted to do our part to arm and prepare security professionals to combat that threat effectively. The issue of attribution has always been a missing link in publicly understanding the landscape of advanced persistent threat cyber espionage.

2:36:23 Without establishing a solid connection to China, there will always be room for observers to dismiss APT actions as uncoordinated, solely criminal in nature, or peripheral to larger national security and global economic concerns. We hope that this report will lead to increased understanding and coordinated action in countering APT network breaches and make us rich beyond our wildest dream, bitches! This is a sales pitch. force but they're saying it that's because everybody's kind of like oh whatever I mean it's like maybe we need to get higher these guys because they can save our company people are hacking us you know maybe we need what are we gonna do what are we doing about it I mean if you have of course good people working on your staff they would see right through this crap right

2:37:20 It's sad. If you've got sensitive information, don't put it on the internet. Don't connect your networks. This is not brain surgery. The whole like, whoa, we're so freaked out, we're so afraid. So there's a thing called encryption. Yeah, no, they're not going to sell you any encryption. That would be wrong. You encrypt the crap out of something and you leave it in a file. Yeah, sure, take it. You can get beyond the ability. It'd take years to crack some of these things. Did you see the Chinese animated, you know, what are those guys, the New Tech or whatever who make the...

2:37:58 little funny animations no You know the ones I'm talking about right there I know what you're talking about but I haven't seen it to have like so they have like a Chinese hacker flying through the network into coca-cola and then he gets the from a virtual file he gets the the coca-cola secret formula and he opens it up and it says coca-cola secret formula water plus sugar plus commercials and You got it that is exactly the secret formula Anyway, identifying the apt1 nicknames in the news did Chinese. I love how they have all these Chinese nicknames like super hard and Comment crew comment group shady rat nitro attacks elderwood

2:38:47 City Park, Aurora, Night Dragon. Yes, Night Dragon. That's the one you gotta be afraid of. This is bogus. And of course, now what's gonna happen is it'll probably become an SEC rule. You have to hire a firm. There's like the Y2K crap. yeah remember that it probably will yeah of course I do I was one of the big naysayers during the Y2K thing and I even had a presentation which is actually how real is why Y2K will end the earth as we know it and then I attributed Y2K to causing hurricanes and it was a very funny PowerPoint I should post it somewhere and it was just to mock the whole thing because it never made any sense I mean all we

CHAPTER 21 / 23 Discussion

White House Working Group, Online Radicalization

A new White House interagency working group is tasked with countering "online radicalization to violence." The initiative targets groups including Al-Qaeda adherents, white supremacists, and "sovereign citizens." The hosts express concern that the broad definitions of "division" and "anti-government extremism" could eventually be used to target independent media and political dissenters.

white house· radicalization· sovereign citizens· al-qaeda· extremism

2:39:34 You know, 90% of the work that we do on this show is just looking at something and saying, this doesn't make any sense. Yeah, exactly. Or as Leo Laporte would say, positive conspiracy theories. Conspiracy idiots. Anyway, so now of course, you know, all the news is going to be, yeah, the US is ready to strike back, strike back at the cyber attacks. You got to strike back. With the real danger, of course, being what the White House is really doing against the online free radicals. That is us, John, and I would like to bring your attention to a blog post on the White House blog of February 5th, 2013. Working to counter online radicalization to violence in the United States. I'm sure you haven't read this, so I shall let you... Oh, brother.

2:40:33 Well, there's a new working group, a new interagency working group, the Working Group to Counter Online Radicalization to Violence. This is being chaired by the National Security Staff at the White House and involves specialists encountering violent extremism, Internet safety experts, as of course civil liberties and privacy practitioners from across the United States government. The working group will be responsible for developing plans to implement an Internet safety approach to address online violent extremism, which you could also confuse with freedom of speech. coordinate the federal government's activities and assessing our progress against these plans, identifying additional activities for pursuing, for countering online radicalization to violence. So I was of course reading something like, I'm very interested, well, what kind of groups are violent in their extreme, I mean, you know, online is not like online is not coming out and biting you. It's not like you plug in your router and then someone comes in and shoots you.

2:41:37 No, no, this is violent extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and its affiliates and adherents. Here's a new one. It's adherents, John. Wow, do you hear that? Adherent to what? Adherent to Al-Qaeda. What does that even mean? I mean, what are you adhering to? Well, to Al-Qaeda. You keep saying Al-Qaeda. Well, I'm reading the English. That, by the way, according to all the experts, Al-Qaeda's dead. No, but you can adhere, which I guess means stick to. Well, yeah, I mean stick to, probably mean sticks to their principles. What is that? I don't even know what they stand for. They just don't like us. Well, you better understand because you're going to be called one. You're going to be called an adherent. So it's, I'm going to... I deny this accusation. Violent extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and its affiliates and adherents, violent supremacist groups and violent sovereign citizens.

2:42:32 are leveraging online tools and resources to propagate messages of violence and division. Oh, wow! Division! These groups use the internet to disseminate propaganda, identify and groom potential recruits, and supplement their real-world recruitment efforts. Some members and supporters of these groups visit mainstream fora to see whether individuals might be recruited or encouraged to commit acts of violence, look for opportunities to draw targets into private exchanges, and exploit popular media like music videos and online video games.

2:43:15 Although the internet offers countless opportunities for Americans to connect, it has also provided violent extremists with access to new audiences and instruments for radicalization. I give us another 14 months before we fall under an adherent category. It would be the divisive thing. Violent. Causing people to complain or something. I don't know what it is. So they have a link to these sovereign citizens? Oh, those guys. They're running it for everyone. I see. Today we look at a third threat, the sovereign citizen extremist movement. Sovereign citizens are anti-government extremists. I'd like to know. I don't want to stop you.

2:44:03 Anti-government extremist? What's an extremist? I'm gonna tell you. I want to know if there's any sovereign citizens in that movement that listen to our show. If so, send us a note and any feedback. Yeah, raise your hand without talking. Send us a secure note to NAfeedback at Outlook.com and tell us what's going on. We'd be interested in finding out. Let me just explain what the extremist movement of sovereign citizens are all about because it's right here on the website. Sovereign citizens are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or sovereign from the United States. Oh my god.

2:44:41 As a result, they believe they don't have to answer to any government authority, including courts, taxing entities, motor vehicle departments, or law enforcement. This causes all kinds of problems. For example, many sovereign citizens don't pay their taxes. So if you don't pay your taxes, now you're a sovereign citizen extremist? They hold illegal courts that issue warrants for judges and police officers. That's manning. They clog up the court system with frivolous lawsuits and liens against public officials to harass them. And they use fake money, personal checks, and the like at government agencies, banks, and businesses. Oh man, we are so fucked. Well, we're not using Bitcoin. By the way, I read an article that some French bank is going to recognize Bitcoin and allow you to exchange it for euros.

CHAPTER 22 / 23 Discussion

Nigel Farage, EU Immigration and Bitcoin

Nigel Farage addresses the EU, criticizing the UK's open-door policy for Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants starting in 2014. He argues that EU policies are causing unemployment and destroying national sovereignty. In a separate update, the hosts discuss the rising value of Bitcoin, with Dvorak noting it has reached $39 per coin, making Curry's forgotten stash of 300 Bitcoins worth approximately $9,000.

nigel farage· european union· bulgaria· immigration· bitcoin

2:45:48 Huh? Yeah, I don't know about this Bitcoin thing. I think I have 300 Bitcoin hanging around somewhere, which is yeah 300 bitcoins Yeah, I think that's like $6,000 at least you should cash those in at that French Bank I'd like to cash it in anywhere. I mean can I just can I get a burger? I guess some bitcoins if I can get a burger get all those bitcoins Think I did I at one point I said I'll do a Daily source code if you send me bitcoins and I can then buy something with the Bitcoin member And I was able to buy like a shampoo Yeah, anyway, just some he's just wrap it up here. I got some got some stuff for you happy for you I do have a Nigel Farage. Oh wait apparently you don't have to ask I

2:46:40 This is a, he's bitching about something I didn't hear him bitch about before. But I guess England is preparing to be inundated with Bulgarians. No thanks to the EU. You know about this? Yes I do. And they were actually creating commercials I think that said... 300 bitcoins, stop the presses. Buzzkill Junior Renian 300 bitcoins is now worth $9,000. Where do I how do I get them the $9,000? I got the bitcoins, but how do I get the money now? I don't know just tell me what it's worth great Well, anyway, can I get a blowjob? I'll give you 300 here. This is no no no if there were 9,000 bucks give them to the French bank and then cash them out no, but

2:47:28 I will give, if anyone comes here and blows me right now in the next hour I'll give you my 300 bitcoins. And end up giving him the Mickey. Well good morning, the highlight today of this debate was the liberal leader Mr. Verhofstadt comparing the seven year EU economic plan with the Soviet Union's five year economic plan and it was said without any sense of irony at all which I thought was delicious. Well as the leaders meet tomorrow to discuss this budget, what a curious position David Cameron finds himself in. He made the big speech, he talked about a referendum in the future and yet he's been criticised at home for making us wait perhaps up to five years before we can have our say. Most people doubt his Eurosceptic sincerity, indeed he emphasised in that speech how pro-European Union he is and yet

2:48:16 Here, today, he's met with sort of venomous attacks as if he's some terrible wrecker. I would have thought his chances of renegotiating very much looked pretty limited. So I feel a bit sorry for him because he's like piggy in the middle. And you all remember from childhood what a frustrating and difficult place that is to be. But he's made the speech and we're going to have a proper debate in Britain about EU membership. But it's a debate that's changing. You see, the budget is not our top line issue. We pay in £53 million a day, and whether that goes up to £60 million or not, many of us are saying, why pay in a penny piece? Mr Barroso's idea that a pound or a euro spent at European level is worth more than a pound or a euro spent at national level, you know, perhaps you've invented nuclear money, I've no idea. What perhaps we should recognise is that unemployment is actually being caused by Europe's policies, in particular the mistaken Euro project.

2:49:14 Now the debate in Britain has changed and now it's about immigration. People in Britain are shocked at the change in every single city and market town since we opened the doors to Eastern Europe in 2004 and I have nothing against Bulgarians or Romanians but it is unacceptable that we should open our doors to them unconditionally from the 1st of January next year and if Mr Cameron does not get a substantial renegotiation of the free movement of peoples then Britain will leave this union. I think the island of England will sink and all the Bulgarians show up.

2:49:50 Well, you know, the whole thing is like, this whole thing just makes no sense, the EU idea, and they're trying to move people around so much that there's no more national, you know, interest, so you wouldn't, there wouldn't be a, you know, a Brit left on the island, it'd be over here or Spain or who knows where. And I think it's just all part of the grand scheme to like mix and match to the point where there's no more national interest. Well, no, but cultures over there. This is the whole idea of the United States of Europe. The whole point is to have No borders, of course, England's not a part of the Schengen Agreement, which is a little sub-problem that they have. Like states, United States of Europe, you can just go back and forth, travel wherever you want to, plop down. There is a problem. It's an island, you can only fit so many people kind of on this small island. It's a lot of people there already, and there's no work. It's nuts, but I have seen

2:50:53 The Brits are making, you know, like commercial saying Bulgarians you'll hate it here. Bulgarian go back to Bulgaria is better. I'm telling you. By the way, here's your website MTGox. Yeah, no, I'm very familiar with the exchange. I have an account on MTGox or I think it was that or the other and it got hacked and then I also got all kinds of emails all kinds of bullshit. All right, all right. I'm not that's upset enough. I'm looking at do you trust it? Would you we're 39 bucks a piece MTG? Got 20 dot is it dotnet or calm? No, it's just empty gox.com, right? And you have to open an account and I don't know Let me see trade with confidence. Yeah, how that makes me feel great So what can I can I get money for this? Can I just get money? Yeah, really?

CHAPTER 23 / 23 Discussion

Google Glass, No Hesitation Targets, Outro

The show concludes with a look at Google Glass "Explorer" applications and the controversy surrounding "No Hesitation" shooting targets sold to law enforcement. These targets feature images of pregnant women and children holding guns to train officers to shoot without hesitation. Adam Curry promises a beet soup recipe in the next newsletter and signs off from the Travis Heights Hideout.

google glass· homeland security· no hesitation targets· austin· beet soup

2:51:45 Yeah, oh yeah, yeah. Well then I'm gonna get this, I'm gonna party. Yeah, get your nine grand out of bitcoins and you'll party, that's what I say, buy a case of wine. All right. Meanwhile, here's what the slaves across Gitmo Nation are really interested in while you spent the last two and a half hours listening to the best podcast in the universe. ...has already changed the way we relate to the internet. Now they want to change the way we interact with the offline world. The search engine giant is looking for 8,000 people to test its newest venture Google Glass. The device allows you to snap photos and video using voice commands to the glasses that you wear. You can also do Google searches and get directions with the results showing up in the glasses right in front of your eye. If you'd like to test the product, you have until the end of the month to apply. Awesome!

2:52:33 That's cool. That's so cool! Wow, that's so cool! It's just giving people the opportunity to buy the glasses at full retail. What kind of a scam is this? These... I mean, this is the... I like augmented reality. I like kind of the idea of additional information. But you might as well just put a sign on your forehead, do not have sex with me. I'm a douchebag. I mean this is this is not this is transhumanist bullcrap. Become a Google bot. Wow. And everyone, the promotion this company gets for this stuff is unbelievable. People say, oh it's great. It's awesome. All right. Well they're too expensive. And you're right, they're geek, they're kind of dumb. Meanwhile, this is just the last thing I have. You heard of the no hesitation targets? No, I'm sure you haven't. I will.

2:53:34 So the Department of Homeland Security has a contract with this company who make something called no hesitation targets and the no hesitation targets are pictures or targets essentially. You know how you have a target, you can get a silhouette, you can also get a shooting target that is, you know, you can get bin Laden, you know, you have some of the shooting ranges have, you know, have some funny ones. Well, the Department of Homeland Security and several police forces have contracts with this company for the so-called no hesitation targets. We're just wondering if it was true or not. We do have targets, yes. That no hesitation target I'm assuming that you're speaking of. Right, and it has pictures of pregnant ladies and women. The pregnant woman on there, yes. Why is that? It's a requested law enforcement

2:54:31 Target for training. Why would the law enforcement have to train to shoot pregnant women? Sir, I think you'd have to call your local law enforcement agency to find that out. So when you see these targets, John, there's like an old geezer with a shotgun, there's a, you know, like a young school girl with a Glock. Yeah, I know what these are. These are those targets that you have these real kind of augmented reality things you walk through and then a pop, say pregnant woman, and you have like one second to shoot her or not shoot her. Yeah, but these all have the pregnant woman with a gun so you're supposed to shoot her. Oh, it's the pregnant woman with a gun? Yes! Oh, that's great. And these are sold to the law enforcement so it's called no hesitation. So you see the pregnant woman, but you see the gun and you know immediately I have to shoot the bitch.

2:55:19 that's pretty funny. It's hilarious. That with the billy. That's like what happened in LA where they're trying to track down this this character and they shot some poor some Mexican house cleaner you know some woman like it's like that looks like a droner droner whatever his name was. Dorner. Dorner. Broner. It's slave it's practicing slave shots. Yeah I guess so. They assume everybody's out to shoot them. Well. I think it's all security state This is a terrible police state that we're in it's it's amusing if you stay out of their way Yeah, stay out of this order. I just stay inside with my ham radio I'm out here in Texas. I have a platinum pass to South by you can't shoot me. I got 300 bitcoins

2:56:15 I'm a sovereign citizen with my bitcoins and my ham radio come to think of it. I'm prime But you know you are your target should have a big hairy dude No hesitation target all right people well Thank you so much for showing up at the chat room in the morning to y'all highly appreciate your hilarious feedback as always I've been reading along a little bit And John, thank you and I think that the new system sounds okay. We'll tweak it a little bit to make it even better for the upcoming program. On the next newsletter we'll discuss some more things such as the shortening of this segment but we're not going to do it right away. So take advantage of that. And also I will put in the beet soup recipe that I was once famous for.

2:57:04 Beat Soup Recipe. Make sure you sign up. You can find it in the show notes. Coming to you from the Travis Heights hideout in Austin, Texas in the morning, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley, where it's take out to trash day Thursday. I'm John C. Dvorak. We will talk to you again on Sunday right here on No Agenda. The best podcast in the universe. Dvorak.org slash N-A-W-R-A-K.