Episode 502 · Sunday, 7 April 2013

Nuevo Orden Mundial

Global leaders signal a shift in international governance while European legal protocols reveal surprising exceptions to property rights and personal liberty during economic crises.

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About this episode

Vice President Joe Biden recently signaled a shift in global governance by calling for a New World Order to update the rules of the road for international competition. This geopolitical pivot coincides with a significant Bitcoin price milestone of $161 and a warning from EU Commissioner Ollie Rehn that large bank depositors may face liability in future restructurings. Amidst these financial shifts, the European Convention on Human Rights reveals startling protocols that permit the state to deprive citizens of property and even life under specific conditions such as riots or insurrections.

Legal frameworks across the West are tightening as a federal judge rules against the FBI use of National Security Letters following a challenge by Credo Mobile. In the Netherlands, Parliament member Alexander Pechtold faced silence when questioning the legality of detaining vagrants and alcoholics under European law. Meanwhile, Google confirmed a gigabit fiber expansion into Austin, Texas, raising concerns about data control, and Fisker Automotive faced a mass layoff as bankruptcy looms. In China, the H7N9 bird flu outbreak has claimed six lives, prompting the slaughter of 20,000 chickens in Shanghai and the preliminary development of a new vaccine.

John C. Dvorak celebrates his 61st birthday while the show knights Anatoly Nechayev as a new member of the No Agenda peerage. The hosts analyze a vintage booklet of Confucius puns and the rise of a DIY Personal Giant Voice System using Raspberry Pi hardware. From the strange social dynamics of high-level Democratic fundraisers to the suspicious legalization of marijuana in North Korea, the episode captures the frantic nature of modern power and the simpler life found in independent media.


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CHAPTER 01 / 57 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 502 Introduction, Dog Hygiene Commercials

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open Episode 502 of the No Agenda show from Austin and Silicon Valley. The hosts discuss a humorous Australian commercial regarding dog hygiene and bad breath remedies. The conversation covers the habits of domestic pets and the mechanics of canine tongue scrapers.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· australia· dog bad breath· tongue scrapers

00:00 Bold and witty bedroom, barroom, and smoker dipsy doodles. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, April 7th, 2013, time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 502. This is no agenda. Acting as your inspiration in a sea of postmodern poop. From the Travis Hides hideout in Austin, Texas in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley where I think I got some of that poop on my foot, John C. DeBore. Black Bob and Buzzkill in the morning. Ah, snappy! Did you step in my poop? The postmodern poop?

00:43 Hold on. Oh, you are gone. Where are you? Hello? Yeah, whoa? I'm sorry you just seem to have dropped out there completely just completely yeah, it's all right you're back I do have a I do have a poop clip Well, let's kick it off with the poop clip. What do you got for me big boy? There's two of them. There's two dog clips on there, okay? Yeah One is the dog smell everything. I think it says something like that dogs bad breath the other one adorable Yeah, adorable. Dogs are adorable, but they lick everything. So, uh, short and sweet. Yeah, very good. And you, uh, you thought this... They followed it up with a dog bad breath. Dog bad breath is one of the major concerns of dog owners. What show were you watching this weekend, John? I believe this was from Australia, I think. It may have been Canadian, but whatever the case is, it's the funniest commercial I've ever seen. It's about... I like it. First it talks about dog...

01:42 is licking everything and they showed dogs first a star with the disagree commercial was too long as i can infomercial to play but so they first issue a dog licking some woman who likes to be kissed and licked by our dog it's a it's all over her face right so then they say dogs lick everything and then they show the dog licking up poop licking up eating a baby diaper mmm nice going and is sniffing another dog and left me by the way and i think every Every household who has had dogs and children has had the dog eating the diaper bit It's a classic. It's an absolute classic It's like honey

02:22 Uh-huh. And they also love eating cat poop. So, uh... This is why, this is why I can't, I can't have a dog anymore. I've had so many pets in my life, but the relationship with the dog where I now have to take this animal outside, walk him and pick up his poop. I can't have this relationship with animals. This is not okay. So anyway, they it's about is selling a dog bad breath remedy which is a Clearly a hit Well with me It's something a dog licks, but it's actually at one of these tongue scrapers. I think there's 90% of all bad breath is on the tongue right and Anyway, well you see where this is you maybe you're reminding me of that whole series All righty

CHAPTER 02 / 57 Discussion

Bitcoin Price Milestone, EU Bank Bailout Warnings

The price of Bitcoin is noted to have reached $161 as it continues a significant upward trend. European Union Commissioner Ollie Rehn issued a statement via Reuters suggesting that large depositors may face liability in future bank restructurings. While Cyprus is labeled a special case, new directives indicate that deposits over 100,000 euros may no longer be considered sacred during financial wind-downs.

bitcoin· ollie rehn· european union· cyprus· bank bailouts· reuters

03:13 Well then let's uh... actually first uh... happy birthday belated to you. Well happy birthday to you. Yeah. And happy birthday to all the ships and sea-boats on the ground and feet in the air, subs in the water. And happy birthday to all of the slaves and human resources in the chatroom, Norginastream.com, Norginachat.net. And happy birthday to Aaron Yoho. Aaron Yoho did our art on the previous episode of no agenda and it's everybody's birthday. We're celebrating with you John Hey, you know, um, so it let's see we're ten minutes into the into the program time to Dis Bitcoin, I mean we can't we can't start off a show without mentioning the current price of Bitcoin $161 it just keeps climbing Well, you know why you know what happened why this took place and this is actually where I wanted to go with the opening for today talking about our our friends in Euro land

04:12 We had the, what's his name, his Ollie Rain, who is the, oh what is he? He is the Euro Commissioner for, let me see, Euro Commissioner for Finance and Monetary Affairs. He said, I should really I should get this. Let me get let me get the entire quote for you because he said something Saturday Which just made everyone crazy and I'm I'm actually quite surprised that Euro land is in such a titter about it Here we go headline from Reuters EU's reign big depositors could suffer in future bank bailouts under new law and

04:53 And here's the quote, of course, this isn't, you know, I don't have any video, unfortunately. Cyprus was a special case, but the upcoming directive assumes that investors and depositors liability will be carried out in case of a bank restructuring or a wind down. Rain, the European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, said in a TV interview with Finland's national broadcaster YLE. So unfortunately, I couldn't get a copy in time for the show. But I presume Reuters is quoting him properly. But there is a very clear hierarchy, he says. At first the shareholders, then possibly the unprotected investments and deposits. However, the limit of 100,000 euros is sacred. Deposits smaller than that are always safe. And so of course everyone in the Euro land is like, what? What? How can that be? And I am so surprised.

CHAPTER 03 / 57 Discussion

Lisbon Treaty, European Convention on Human Rights Property Clauses

The Lisbon Treaty and the European Convention on Human Rights contain protocols that allow the state to deprive citizens of possessions in the public interest. Article 1 of the relevant protocol stipulates that while individuals are entitled to peaceful enjoyment of property, the state maintains the right to enforce laws for tax collection or general interest. This legal framework provides the basis for the seizure of private funds during economic crises.

lisbon treaty· european convention on human rights· property rights· taxes· international law

05:47 Because I part of my Starting even this come our conversations together John before we even started this show happened after I read The Lisbon Treaty and I and this was ratified by all the countries in Europe I know the Netherlands and France said no, but then you know, there was a do-over and then you know, okay We'll sign it whatever but do you think that they read it? I Of course not. I mean, should we just review quickly why they shouldn't be surprised? Yeah, might as well. Nobody else is doing it. No, and this actually relates to the ratification as a part of the Lisbon Treaty of the European Convention on Human Rights and its five protocols.

06:39 So this is the law that you all signed on to, but to me it even goes much further because this is the European Convention on Human Rights. I mean, this is it, John. This is it, right? The human rights, the rights you have as a human being and your five protocols. So let me cite the relevant protocol, Article 1. Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law. The preceding provision shall not, however, in any way impair the right, there's a double down on this,

07:37 of the state to enforce such laws as it deems necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest or to secure the payment of taxes or other contributions or penalties. So, to me, I think you guys signed up for this and this is your human right. Your human right is to have your money taken from you as needed. In the public interest. Yeah, as needed. Could be, you know, some guy needs a new car. Yeah. Some of the barristers or whatever they call them, premier representatives. High representative. High representative might need, you know, a case of Margot. Give me that. Give me your money, slave.

CHAPTER 04 / 57 Discussion

European Human Rights Exceptions, Right to Life Limitations

The European Convention on Human Rights includes specific exceptions to the right to life, allowing for the use of lethal force by the state. Deprivation of life is permitted when deemed absolutely necessary for lawful arrest, preventing escape, or quelling a riot or insurrection. These provisions contrast with the public perception that the death penalty and state-sanctioned killing are entirely prohibited in Europe.

right to life· law enforcement· insurrection· death penalty· european law

08:22 You know, so I decided that maybe it would be a good idea just to review a few other basic human rights of the citizenry of the European Union. What do you think? Yeah, yeah, let's go over a few of them. You have to think apparently the document right in front of you. I do, it's not that hard, it's on the interwebs. And you know, it's been there for a while, you could have downloaded it before you went along with it. So let's take a look at section 1 article 2. Everyone's right to life should be protected by law. Now that would seem like a basic human right, don't you think, John? Yeah, I would hope so. Well, no, because in the section 2 it says deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary in the following cases. A. In defense of any person from unlawful violence

09:17 So let me just make it clear. What they're saying here is your life is protected by law. You may not be killed by law. This is what everyone in Europe thinks that they have, you know, there's no death penalty. That this is all we have the right to life. Yes, as long as you're not doing, engaged in unlawful violence or B, in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent an escape of a person lawfully detained. So, if the police grab you and you run away, they can shoot and kill you legally in Europe. I mean, you can't even do that here, can you?

09:55 Well, you get into it, it becomes problematic, but you can kind of do it. But it's not so blatantly written in our Constitution. No, no, no. Go ahead and kill. There's nothing like that. And also you can be legally killed in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection. Yeah, yeah, that would make sense. No, it doesn't. These are human rights. Human right did this should be you have the right to life. No one has the right to take your life away What because you're an uppity slave? Yeah, no, that's necessary. Yeah article 4 speaking of slavery No one shall be held in slavery or servitude No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labor now for the purposes of this article the term forced or compulsory labor shall not include

CHAPTER 05 / 57 Discussion

Detention of Vagrants and Alcoholics under European Law

Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights allows for the deprivation of liberty for specific classes of people, including those with infectious diseases and persons of "unsound mind." The law explicitly permits the detention of alcoholics, drug addicts, and vagrants. Additionally, the convention allows for work to be required of individuals during the ordinary course of detention or conditional release.

liberty· quarantine· alcoholics· vagrants· forced labor· detention

10:48 Any work required to be done in the ordinary course of detention. So they can do the whole prison slave thing too apparently. Oh yeah, I'm sure they're doing it at some level. We've perfected. You start looking into that and you go, oh man, there's so much money to be made, let's just put everyone in prison. Exactly. Everyone has the right to liberty. Let's see. Oh, yes, this is one of my favorites. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one should be deprived of his liberty, save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law.

11:24 So of course if the lawful detention of a person after conviction by a competent court, however You can be deprived of your liberty under section e the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases quarantine of persons of unsound mind Oh alcoholics whoa or drug addicts or vagrants. So if you're an alcoholic, you can be locked up under European human right law. I'd forgotten how good this was. And then they get to round up all the bums. Yeah, yeah. And throw them in jail. Yeah, all the vagrants. Where are you doing? I can't get work. The place is a mess. My wife kicked me out of the house. To jail. To jail.

CHAPTER 06 / 57 Discussion

Privacy Rights and Licensing of Cinema Enterprises

European privacy rights are subject to broad interference by public authorities in the interest of national security, public safety, and the protection of morals. Article 10 of the convention allows states to require the licensing of broadcasting, television, and cinema enterprises. This licensing requirement could theoretically extend to individuals filming public events or law enforcement with mobile devices.

privacy· national security· freedom of expression· cinema enterprises· licensing

12:21 Everyone has the respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. That seems like a basic human right, don't you think, John? I think that that's pretty fair. Yeah, it's handled by the postal laws here in the United States, which of course they're trying to get rid of. However, there shall be no interference by public authority with the exercise of this right except... Such as in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interest of national security, public safety, or the economic well-being of the country for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Well, what right is left? Nothing.

13:08 So in other words, in fact the moral morality clause is great fantastic That's the one where you say you send somebody a lewd message saying you might want to get together with him later after work Yeah, no, they open open open it. Yeah, who are those two? This is the European Human Rights Convention Human rights you have no you are you are lower than dog shit in Europe according to your elite uber Lords and I'll finish up Article 10. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This article shall not prevent states from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television, or cinema enterprises. I found the cinema enterprises to be quite interesting.

14:06 You have to license, be a licensed movie maker now? Yeah, well it says enterprises so I don't know if that's... Yeah, that would be a movie maker. I don't know if that's for movie making or movie displaying. Well, enterprise it would include both. It's pretty cool right? And with the license... Hey, where'd you get that Aeroflex? Is that a licensed camera? article 15 in time of war or other by the way hold on a second go further with this and analyze this a little bit this could also include somebody taking a little movie with their camera phone you're not licensed cop beats the crap out of somebody you're an unlicensed cinematographer yeah

14:48 Yeah, no, you're making it. There's a cinema enterprise. You're making a Movie record. Yep, and it you probably need a license now. I mean I can see them throwing the book easily easily But these so you know, it's funny because when when I first read this I was also doing that Dutch show the station that they burned to the ground Oh, right, because you were on it Because I was on it they burned the shit I think the station owner we've never heard from him again, you know, he disappeared A gulag somewhere. So we had one of the, the audio is still out there probably, one of the ministers, I had him on the show, not minister, you're a member of Dutch parliament and his name is Alexander Pechtold.

CHAPTER 07 / 57 Discussion

Alexander Pechtold, Dutch Parliament Inquiry on Human Rights

During a previous broadcast in the Netherlands, a member of the Dutch Parliament named Alexander Pechtold was questioned regarding the specific exceptions in the European Convention on Human Rights. Pechtold subsequently raised these concerns on the floor of the parliament to the Prime Minister but received no substantive answer. Shortly thereafter, the broadcasting station involved in the report was reportedly destroyed by fire.

alexander pechtold· netherlands· dutch parliament· human rights· prime minister

15:33 And he was on the show and I said, hey, you know, I found this document which is basically the European Convention on, you know, your human rights and the protocols. And I said, how come, you know, you can be killed if you run away from the cops? And he said, I'd never even heard of that. I didn't know. I said, well, you know, you guys all signed it and you're like all okay with it. And so he went, they have this kind of like question time for the prime minister and he asked the question. He said, hey, Adam Curry was on the show with him today. And he asked this question and I couldn't answer him, you know, how does this work? Do we have freedom to live in Europe or not? And the question was never answered. No, there was no answer on the floor. The prime minister didn't answer like, yes, we'll take it into consideration. And then the station burned to the ground. Yeah, well, there you go. In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation, any high contracting party

16:31 I love that term. So the people who signed this document are high contracting parties. Any high contracting party may take measures derogatating from its obligations under this convention to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its other obligations under international law. I think that means if there's war, this document means nothing. Sounds like it means nothing already. And then we have the...

17:08 Again, I'll just repeat this one. Every natural legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law. So there you have it. So the next time Miss Mickey asks me, why are we living here again? I shall whip out a copy of this, say this is why. Unless we have like laws that say you can't. And this is basically a document that says yeah you can. Whenever they feel like it. Well another reason you're living there is because apparently now Google is going to give you fiber. You know there's got to be a catch to this.

CHAPTER 08 / 57 Discussion

Google Fiber Expansion to Austin, Texas

Google is reportedly confirmed to bring gigabit fiber internet service to Austin, Texas, competing with established providers like Time Warner. The service is expected to cost approximately $70 per month for internet or $120 for a bundle including television and a tablet. Concerns are raised regarding the level of data control Google maintains over its subscribers through these infrastructure projects.

google fiber· austin· gigabit internet· time warner· terms of service

17:53 And I've looked it up. I'd looked at the terms of service. It seems okay. It seems like you know it You know they're they don't do much more than you know the usual stuff Time Warner does This has not been confirmed by Google, but the Austin News is basically saying it's confirmed So we'll get gigabit fiber gigabit fiber to the house So what should I do with it? Think you should put a server farm up and they're not giving away electricity here Although I did have a I could do like a Raspberry Pi server farm there you go You know you create your application send it to me, and I'll host it. We can certainly host the show I would hope I Think I would use it. I would definitely have a backup. Yeah, yeah, well. I'm it's it's not free though It's a 70 bucks a month so what?

18:49 I'm paying more than that for my Comcast connection. Yeah, and if you want Google Fiber with television, yeah, because they give you the whole spectrum of TV in a TV box and they give you a tablet and all kinds of groovy stuff. That's, I think that's $120. Or you can just... But it's funny because people are actually congratulating me. I'm getting tweets like, hey man, congratulations on your Google Fiber. It's like you won something. What did I win? I don't get it. You won the opportunity to give Google money. Yeah. I don't know if it's such a good idea for Google to have such control of us. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, no, I agree with that in theory. But at least Google's the company, if the latest news of course is true at all, is fighting the national security letters, which we've talked about on the show quite a bit.

CHAPTER 10 / 57 Discussion

Google's Opposition to National Security Letters

Google's public opposition to National Security Letters is analyzed as a business decision rather than a move to protect user privacy. The company already mines data for advertising and reportedly sells information to various international entities. The legal pushback may be an attempt to force the government to pay for data access rather than providing it for free under administrative subpoenas.

google· data mining· gmail· fbi· corporate strategy

21:37 saw these letters and said, because they must be getting them all the time. Right. And they said, look, this is a pain in the ass. And and we're obviously the number one target for these things because we have the most information and we don't want to comply. We think this is crazy. We were just wasting our time and money. We don't you know, I don't think it's because they were thinking that all we're trying to protect the users. I think it's because they said this is gonna be just a nightmare over time. We're gonna be working for the government. You know, I have a little different opinion. First of all, Google is not like some, you know, it's like a single entity. I mean, it's a huge, you know how these companies get. It's a huge unwieldy beast and there's all kinds of divisions and departments that never talk to each other and never see each other, have no idea. It's not just the all-encompassing Google anymore. Right. And I'm pretty sure that, you know, I've been reading a lot about

22:30 Google as they sell information to essentially anybody. So if you are South Korea and you want information on anything that happened in any other country, including North Korea, if they have it, they'll sell it to you. You know, they've been mining Gmail forever just for advertisers. So wait, let me try to guess where you're going. So what you're saying is if the government wants this information, they can pay for it like any other customer. Exactly. That's what I think is the right way to go. Well, I think that's a very valid analysis. That's why they're all like, no, no, no, no, no. This is not how it works. We send you an invoice, you pay, you get the info. We do have a handy credit card portal. Seriously. You're probably right. I still think, but whatever the case is, this is not any goodwill. No, no, no, no. They weren't fighting this for the protection of their customers. Please, customers. They're hamsters, you mean?

CHAPTER 11 / 57 Discussion

Facebook Reach Data, The Bozo Filter Concept

Technology columnist Shelly Palmer recently highlighted discrepancies in Facebook's reach data for fan pages. This phenomenon is compared to the "Bozo Filter," a moderation tool where a nuisance user's comments are visible only to themselves while being hidden from the rest of the community. Facebook is accused of using this filtering mechanism to extort money from users through "promoted posts" to regain visibility.

facebook· shelly palmer· bozo filter· comment moderation· ip address

23:30 Hamsters running around keeping the engine running? Stupid idiots. And of course I'm sucked into the Google Plus thing. Because that's where all the ham radio operators are on there and the homebrew guys. It's a simple way to share ideas but you know that it's going to come and bite us all in the ass. It's going to happen. Well, I minimize my exposure. I don't use Gmail. I don't really show up on Google Plus once in a while. Minimizing the exposure is the exact term. You know it's funny because this morning I tweeted this. You know Shelly Palmer, right? Yeah. Guy in New York. So Shelly Palmer is, I think he works for NBC, but he writes very

24:19 Very high level dumb Technology columns. I mean I've never met the guy I think he I met him and if he still does stuff for for me via I don't think so, but yeah, I'm sure he's a nice guy, but Essentially an idiot so you know what I would just offhandly categorize as an idiot and So he wrote, but I somehow I'm on his mailing list and sometimes it doesn't go through the spam filter. I'm not quite sure why but then it shows up in my inbox. And this today's was titled Facebook reach data. Do the numbers lie? I'm like, okay, Shelly Palmer's figured out that Facebook is a scam. I've got to read this.

25:02 And so he, this is a very long blog post and he's discovered through his Facebook fan page, you know, that if he posts something with an image then his reach is not as big as if it's just a text link and all the sudden like, and as I'm reading through it, I figure out Facebook has perfected the Bozo filter. And I think we need to remind everybody what the Bozo filter is. You remember the Bozo filter? Yeah, the Bozo filter, we used to use it at PC Magazine until I think they turned over the comments in the comment section, which is where it pays off. It's exactly what it is. Comment sections, bulletin boards, that's where it works. Right. Explain. Well, what happens is that you're a user bill and you're a nuisance and you're on the comments thing and you're just constantly berating people. You're just a jerk.

25:58 they can't really bounce you and the idea is not to bounce you it's to you they take your IP address and your identification usually your login details because yeah your details are specific to you when you appear the pages that you see are not the pages that everyone else sees you see you get to see what what you think is what's going on, including your own comments, but to everybody else your comments are long gone, they're not on there at all. They never show, they never show. Exactly. You can type for days and then what's funny to watch the Bozo filter at work is that, for one thing, the Bozos who are filtered out very rarely realize this has happened, but

26:40 But they do notice that nobody's ever responding anymore to what they say, no matter what they say. And so then they start bitching about it. I don't understand. If someone would make this today, and by the way, discus are idiots for not putting it into their system. Every comment system should have this admin feature available. I don't understand, because somehow we got into this cult of moderating and deleting. No, no, no. What's great is you just tag someone as a bozo, and when they go to that page and they see all the comments, they see their comment, but no one else sees their comment. It is a beautiful system, and Facebook has now effectively

CHAPTER 12 / 57 Discussion

Facebook Engagement Metrics and Statistics

The various statistics provided by Facebook, such as "viral reach" and "insights," are characterized as a "house of cards" designed to confuse users. These metrics often obscure the fact that even family members may not see posts due to algorithmic filtering. The platform's shift toward monetization has fundamentally changed the nature of social circles and information sharing.

facebook· engagement metrics· viral reach· insights· house of cards

27:23 Taking that idea now, they're doing it to charge people money to be debozo'd. That's why they're doing it But man, I mean anyone who has a commenting I would pay money for a commenting system like that To be able to put people in a bozo filter so they think that they're posting and no one's responding. It's hilarious It is it is quite funny So how does the Facebook one work as a Bozo filter? Yeah, so Shelly Palmer thinks that, you know, this is a part of the news feed and all that. He thinks just because it shows up that everyone else sees it. But in effect, you know, we know that it's, they're calling it filtering or whatever, but it's really a Bozo filter. You post something on Facebook, it shows up in your timeline. You're like, okay, now everyone who's following me will see that. But Facebook is just not showing it.

28:11 if they selectively turn you into a bozo. Of course, if you pay... So this is more like a bozo extortion filter. Well, if you pay $7 for a promoted post, then they turn the bozo filter off. Wow. See, I think it should be the other way around, but, you know, but okay, so, but that's their whole scam now. And they give you these statistics. John, some of these statistics that Facebook is using is hilarious. Like, we could have made this up in one of our meetings. Hold on. So they have their reach, they have statistics. Reach, they've got, which used to be called people who saw this, now they call it reach. They have, okay, organic reach, viral reach, insights. These are all statistics. These are all part of the engagement metrics.

29:09 Oh God. This thing is a house of cards. Is that why people are on Facebook? Yeah, this is a house of cards. I mean, I thought you were on Facebook so you could, you know, have a closed circle of friends that you could communicate with about what happened in the family last week. So you don't have to send out those family newsletters. No, no, because even then your family doesn't see it. You're in a bozo filter for your family. Anyway. Let me see what other twit news I can usurp before you go on the show today. I'm not going on today. Oh good, okay. Well then. You don't assert anything. I don't get true. However, Michigan is in the final four in the finals.

CHAPTER 13 / 57 Discussion

NCAA Final Four, Kevin Ware Injury

The Michigan basketball team has advanced to the NCAA Final Four despite poor free-throw shooting. The discussion references the graphic leg injury suffered by Louisville player Kevin Ware during a previous game. CBS has notably restricted replays of the incident due to its severity.

ncaa· michigan· louisville· kevin ware· cbs

29:50 Oh, you've been keeping up. Yeah, I make a prediction. I mean, the team can't shoot a free throw at all. I mean, they should have lost that last game. If they win the game against Louisville, which of course has the one good player broke his leg with a compound or whatever it is. Yeah, we took care of him, didn't we? The bone came out of his leg. Yeah, we took care of that. It was rolling around. It was horrible. CBS won't even play it, but what happened, for anyone who wants to know, the guy snaps his leg, the bone comes out of his leg and starts rolling around making a bloody trail all over the place. Dogs come out, one of them grabs the bone and he has to be fought with. Okay, John. Okay, okay, okay, okay. This is not true. I'm just describing it because people will never get to see it because they won't show it. Hey, um...

CHAPTER 14 / 57 Discussion

IMDB Age Discrimination Lawsuit, Hoang v. Amazon

Actress Huong Hoang is proceeding to trial in a lawsuit against the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her actual age. The plaintiff claims that the disclosure of her age led to a loss of work opportunities due to Hollywood's stigma against older actresses. The case highlights the legal tensions between public data accuracy and personal privacy in the entertainment industry.

imdb· hoang v. amazon· age discrimination· hollywood· seattle

30:37 What does Wikipedia say is your age? Wikipedia? I don't know. I've never looked at my own Wikipedia entry. I have a reason for asking. Hold on. Dvorak, Wikipedia. Because I think you can make some money. How can I make money? I'm not going to make much on this show from the looks of today's donations. Here's how. An actress suing Seattle-based website Internet Movie Database. Okay, it says you were born April 5th, 1952. Your age is 60. Heads to trial on Monday. Hong Hwang accuses IMBD of improperly revealing her age. The 40-year-old claims she lost out on work opportunities because of Hollywood stigma against older actresses. I'm telling you, as an older actress, I think there's money in it for you. You might be right. I'm only really 57. I'm telling you, this is stigma. You can sue Jimmy Wales. This is an outrage.

CHAPTER 15 / 57 Discussion

Anatoly Nechayev Knighting, Wikipedia Accuracy

Anatoly Nechayev from Russia is knighted for his contributions to the show. The hosts discuss inaccuracies on Wikipedia regarding birth dates and ages, noting that the platform often requires manual updates for simple chronological data. A humorous suggestion is made to edit the Wikipedia entry to reflect a much younger age.

anatoly nechayev· russia· knighting· wikipedia· jimmy wales

31:33 Yeah, you're right. Let's thank our producer. Yeah, we have a producer today. I'm actually stunned that we have a producer. Since it's my birthday show, everyone chimed in with nothing. Necheyev... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's Anatoly Necheyev. Well, do you want to hear how you should... Well, where's he from? another good question. I'll give it to you. Here's the pronunciation. Hello, my name is Anatoliy Nechayev. I'm from Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. You said all that? I didn't say the last part, but I think he covered it well. Yeah. Anyway, Anatoliy. And he becomes a knight today. He's a knight, yes.

32:30 Happy birthday John Wikipedia says you're 61, but that's not true because I would it says you it says you're 60 no No, if it was I was 52 to 2013 is 61 I am reading the Wikipedia page go to the wiki P Yeah, but it's not updated to my birthday, which was which was Thursday or Friday. I understand But then this isn't so okay this is in the little box right the little yeah how lame is Wikipedia yeah they should have a they should have an algorithm for that yeah it's it's a it's not a hard one it's a simple one line of the JavaScript I mean they should be able to do that without have oh I got to go in and change it by hand every year yeah so so I'm gonna change it right now. Do they have a height? Yes 6'1 yeah of course but you know that's because of this show

33:18 Could someone please go in there and make his age 12? Probably could, but someone would correct it. Just for yucks. Because he's all SS'd out and people change things. Anyway, he thinks I'm 628, so I don't know what that means. No, I think it's 62 and the 8 is part of his emoticon. Oh. So this makes you 80-89 for not getting that. Oh, what? Oh emoticon. I didn't know the emoticon guy was wearing glasses Anyway, that's it Yeah, that's you know this is this is rather disappointing not not just for the show but for you for love for you Yeah, no I got zero you got no love you got no love. Oh nobody cares, and I'm I this made me think of an area to go look at it We're gonna see it later one two

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Podcast Monetization, Value-for-Value Model

The hosts discuss the difficulties of the "value-for-value" funding model in the face of low donation numbers. Comparisons are made to high-earning media personalities like Matt Lauer and Diane Sawyer. The segment explores the idea of a "Kickstarter" style real-time donation system to motivate content production when traditional support fluctuates.

kickstarter· matt lauer· diane sawyer· value-for-value· donations

34:16 Three people. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. Yeah So this kind of made me think momentarily that maybe there's a kind of a new kind of business we can start Which you know, we would use for ourselves Primarily, but maybe other people would want to use the system. I think we should have is it worth it Kickstarter, you know so we before we start the show because I mean I worked hard and I went back and I got all of the Yeah, I went back into the files, the archives, my marked up versions of the European Convention on Human Rights. I mean, it's something that, I don't know, you know, big news people who make a lot of money don't do. Oh, you mean like, let's see, who makes, uh, Matt Flauer I think makes twelve thousand, twelve million dollars a year? Yeah, well, I don't know if he's more an entertainment guy. Diane Sawyer.

35:09 She makes some bank. Okay, maybe I'm not as milfy as she is, but I could get drunk and go on camera. Come on. Anyway, so entertaining. Yeah There's a couple of them. Yeah, I worked hard. I worked a lot yesterday last night Always working throughout the week and then you know when the spreadsheet comes in in the morning and for some reason JC said it early which is always a bad sign when the spreadsheet shows up and like it at 8 o'clock I'm like, oh, okay. I'm afraid to open it and my heart sinks, you know, like I So either a we suck and no one liked the last show last show was no good. That's possible. It's possible Yeah, we did try a new artist. I don't think the artist is to blame I'll blame I like blaming the artist I like the idea to blame the artist blame the artist for artists a hapless artist Yeah, the artist is fault. Yeah, but of course I always look at myself and go mmm. Well, maybe we just sucked I don't know I mean

36:11 I was off, you know, I got like a weird phone call and all kinds of stuff that we, you know, I don't know. I blame myself first and foremost. And then thinking, you know, how do I get the motivation? The only motivation I have every week in week out to do this is just because I want to talk with you. That's pretty much it. Oh, I was afraid this was not a mutual thing. But I'm like, we should have a system where, you know, we check and like, we'll say, well, it's not worth it. And then people can donate on the spot. I have the book, which I picked up when I was in high school and I've kept it all these years. The Confucius Say. It's sold in Chinatown for 50 cents. It's a small little book. I think it's an e-book because I might make more money doing that.

37:09 And it says, bold and witty bedroom, bar room and smoker dipsy doodles from the inimitable Confucius. And Confucius saying number 20, to be big success, chorus girl require a tireless effort. Well, I'm slimming down. I'm doing my best. Don't do any more of those, OK? We already talked about those. There's only a couple really good ones. Well actually, you want me to read a quick one? Yeah. Some of these, since they're puns, actually many of them are visual puns. Reading them out loud isn't as funny as reading them. Confucius say number 39. Soon as girl use horse sense, everybody ride her. Okay.

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Confucius Say Puns and Humor

A collection of "Confucius Say" puns from a vintage booklet purchased in Chinatown is shared. The jokes rely on visual and linguistic wordplay typical of mid-century humor. The hosts debate the entertainment value of such content for the modern audience.

confucius· puns· humor· chinatown· e-book

36:11 I was off, you know, I got like a weird phone call and all kinds of stuff that we, you know, I don't know. I blame myself first and foremost. And then thinking, you know, how do I get the motivation? The only motivation I have every week in week out to do this is just because I want to talk with you. That's pretty much it. Oh, I was afraid this was not a mutual thing. But I'm like, we should have a system where, you know, we check and like, we'll say, well, it's not worth it. And then people can donate on the spot. I have the book, which I picked up when I was in high school and I've kept it all these years. The Confucius Say. It's sold in Chinatown for 50 cents. It's a small little book. I think it's an e-book because I might make more money doing that.

37:09 And it says, bold and witty bedroom, bar room and smoker dipsy doodles from the inimitable Confucius. And Confucius saying number 20, to be big success, chorus girl require a tireless effort. Well, I'm slimming down. I'm doing my best. Don't do any more of those, OK? We already talked about those. There's only a couple really good ones. Well actually, you want me to read a quick one? Yeah. Some of these, since they're puns, actually many of them are visual puns. Reading them out loud isn't as funny as reading them. Confucius say number 39. Soon as girl use horse sense, everybody ride her. Okay.

38:09 I'll give you a Chinese in the morning. All right, enough, enough, enough. I'm saying if that's what people want, we can, there's plenty of, or we could just, you know, say like, okay, we're going to stop right now and then we'll just wait. Wait, there's a thousand people in the chat room. You gotta hold your breath. We'll just sit here and wait and see if any more comes in. We'll let you slide for, uh, for this show. So, you know, um, I, I've been a 500 fatigue is what I'm blaming it on. Yeah, possibly. I mean you mean fatigue as in everyone shot their wad I mean it could not come on the worst time we have eight days until taxes due here and then and that's the week when everyone's like the other thing by the way that a lot of people are also having to deal with their taxes No, no, I disagree. We have a very no. I disagree and let me tell you why when we were looking for a car for Miss Mickey with all the secondhand car guys and

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Tax Return Scams and H&R Block

The seasonal economy of tax returns is discussed, noting that many consumers use services like H&R Block to receive immediate checks. This has led to a rise in transient scammers who set up temporary shops to file fraudulent returns, collect fees, and disappear before the IRS detects the discrepancies.

taxes· h&r block· tax returns· irs· fraud

39:06 Which was another thing that kind of hurt. I had to get her, not a new, but a new used vehicle. And I was like, how's business? They're like, well, it's kind of slow right now, but it was really good about three weeks ago, so this is now a month ago, because everyone got their tax return checks. Which I think is because people go to H&R Block and they get into the scam where H&R Block takes, I don't know, 5%. Yeah, and then they give you a check. They give you a check, yeah. And so they... Now there's all kinds of scammers cropping up doing the same thing and then leaving town afterwards. We can do better than H&R Block and then they just phony up a tax return, send it in, give you a check for some amount of money. But they have to wait for the check they receive from the government though. I forget how this... Yeah, right. And then they close up shop and leave. Well, huh.

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Doomsday Preppers, Smallpox Threat Narrative

Australian television recently featured an interview with American prepper Braxton Southwick regarding the threat of a biological attack. Southwick claimed that weapons-grade smallpox exists in countries like Libya and Syria and could be easily smuggled into the West. The segment is analyzed as a potential government-planted narrative designed to instill fear in the public.

doomsday preppers· australia· smallpox· biological weapons· libya

40:07 So I've been listening to Australian TV. Ah, very good. And so I have a... Just listening or do you watch? I watch, I watch. So I was watching the Today Show Weekend and they had, they brought in, they do, you know, the way we do the same thing here in Australia is actually do it worse. We're always plugging the entertainment shows on the network on the news. Oh yeah, yeah, of course. New movie coming out, just top news. Everything, all hell's breaking loose when they're gonna tell us about a movie. Well, so they did a thing on Australian TV where they interviewed, it's one of the syndicated shows over there which is played here, I think it's on, I don't know what, one of the channels, but they show it on ABC in Australia. Doomsday Preppers. Ah yes, of course.

40:52 So they've taken it a step further. They actually had one of the preppers on and with a long interview with a whole bunch of frightening prospects. And I thought the thing was, I honestly believed it was this prepper is a government spokesman, I believe. I mean, he just seems like a plant and he's warning the Australians about the ideas to scare people to death. But listen to this particular report. He's the average family man who's convinced the world is going to be terrorized by a biological attack, so he is getting ready. His name is Braxton Southwick. He's what's called a doomsday prepper, and I spoke to him from Salt Lake City a little earlier. Braxton, good morning. We made it through another night here in Australia. Not many people are prepared, are they? But you are. What are you preparing for and how?

41:47 Well, the end of the world basically. Everything that comes with it. But as you can see in the TV show, it's a biological terrorist attack that I'm preparing my family for. What kind of things are you expecting? A new strain of smallpox, is it? Yeah, it is smallpox, but it's not the natural strand that we have here in the world. The WHO, the World Health Organization, eradicated that in 1979. What I'm more worried about is biological weapons grade smallpox, which several countries all over the world have, including America, Libya, Syria, Iran, are all in the biological weapons game. And smallpox is one of the most

42:32 abundant biological weapon. All it is is a liquid, a clear liquid that can be easily dropped anywhere and people transfer it from one person to another. So in real reality it's like a nuclear weapon, it's just as destructive. It's the same! Well I guess it's better to be prepared than not be prepared but what are the chances do you think that this could happen to you in your suburb, in your town? I'm preparing because I think it will inevitably happen. Here in America we've had a biological terrorist attack of anthrax in 2001 and if a terrorist organization want to get their hands on

43:12 on a let's say a nuclear weapon it's almost impossible for them to get it get it into America and release it but a biological weapon which all these countries have and let's just say Libya which there is no real leader over there right now they have smallpox and for them to get to give a terrorist organization just a jar full and get it over to America is a high possibility so I'm prepared. But he wasn't scaring the Australians He was talking about America. But it seemed like the whole thing seemed very rehearsed. He got the dates and times, he's got everything down. He mentions Libya having no ruler. I don't know what Libya's got to do with it. But it just seemed like some sort of planted or coded information that was being fed into the system. And I'm just trying to figure out what

44:03 You know what, maybe it's just a, yeah, maybe the show is just a bunch of, but a bunch of crackpots, but it seemed a little unusual. What I find is that the smallpox threat doesn't work well with the American public. We don't, we don't understand what it, you know, you know, sarin gas, we kind of like that one. Anthrax is really the one that we respond to. We just don't respond well to the smallpox gag, if, as it were. You know what I mean? No, I think you're right, but I don't see that the Australians are there. We're kind of laughing up their sleeves at this whole thing. We like the nuclear thing. And by the way, I'm all for it. I think I'd much rather everyone dies from smallpox. Not everyone will die, of course. The buildings will still be there. You don't ruin everything. God, just because the donations are down, you don't have to be like this. By the way, speaking of scaring the slaves, remember I played the giant voice system for you?

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Chapel Hill Giant Voice System

A "Giant Voice" public address system is being tested at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unlike traditional sirens, this system broadcasts verbal commands to the civilian population, such as "resume normal activity." Similar systems exist in San Francisco, though they are often remnants of Cold War-era civil defense infrastructure.

chapel hill· north carolina· giant voice system· civil defense· sirens

44:59 from Chapel Hill. I wanted to revisit that because our producer from there, the shill from Chapel Hill says, hey Adam, thank you very much for playing my clip on the show and naming the episode after it. What a honor. I do have a couple of points of clarification about the clip and about Chapel Hill itself. You made the assumption that I was in the military and that this took place on a military base. If that was the case, the clip would be unusual and unsettling, but the truth is far more creepy. I work at the University, North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It's a small town that consists of the school, a main street, and not much else other than being the college basketball mecca of the country.

45:44 I have no idea when or why the giant voice system was installed, but they test it once or twice a year. The first time I heard it was about a year ago. It was at lunchtime and I was on a run around campus. It's very spooky. I have to expect them to start playing the duck and cover song. So this resume normal activity order wasn't being directed to train soldiers, but telling the citizens you will obey. That's interesting. So let's play it again just so we can hear what it is. So this is going on in North Carolina. Uh, Chapel Hill in these United States of America, not in a military situation, but just a giant voice system telling the slaves what to do. So while they have these prepper shows out there trying to scare people, the actual scary stuff is happening.

47:03 You know, they have one of these, I don't know how, he's got to give us the date of the construction of this thing. They have one of these in San Francisco. In fact, they have one in the vicinity of the Mevio offices. Yeah, and every Friday, first they have an alarm, an all-clear alarm, which is from the Civil Defense days because we're on the coast. And so they honk this thing on Fridays or one of the days of the week. And it makes a big racket. But it doesn't have the voice. No, no. The voice does come on once in a while. I've never heard the voice. I've heard a voice. I've heard a voice. I can't say you ever hear it all the time, but I have heard a voice and I think there's a big giant voice in San Francisco. I have to look into it now.

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Personal Giant Voice System DIY Project

A proposal is made to create a "Personal Giant Voice System" using Raspberry Pi hardware and Radio Shack PA horns. The device would function as an RSS aggregator to play specific audio messages or "No Agenda" clips to local neighborhoods. The project aims to mimic official government notification systems to observe public reactions to unauthorized broadcasts.

raspberry pi· radio shack· pa system· diy· rss aggregator

47:52 I'll find somebody who, I don't know even who runs this thing because the civil defense group is long gone so this thing could be on some autopilot nobody even cares which is what I suspect. But this is the good idea. Why don't we get an electric bill from this thing? What is this? Ah, civil defense. Here's what's cool. So I think that we can just set up our own Just yeah, and we could just do these you start off like this right because people are so stupid and so trained now I can climb up great idea. I'm telling you I can climb up on my roof We have a widow's walk is there's no you have to go through one of those attic ladders, but it's cool up there and And I can see the city of Austin so you know with with a good directional

48:39 Speaker system I could get pretty far and literally we'll just have our own giant and you start off with you know all clear all clear Resume normal activity you do that once a month once a month, and then you start going like buy seeds Buy heirloom seeds And then you start giving out URL of website addresses. You know we can do all kinds of stuff and people will do it and I'm telling you, we should be packin'- this is another product, write this down. Giant voice systems. You can get all the pieces you need at Radio Shack. Yeah, no you can't. It's a good idea, man. We should consider it. Personal giant voice systems. P-G-V-S. Personal giant voice system. And then we can just do like, eat your mac and cheese. We can do all kinds of- well, in fact- oh, okay. I've got it. I have- it's done. I've got it. This is the ultimate.

49:40 We need to create a little box, okay? And the only thing you have to do is you connect this box to a Wi-Fi and a RadioShack amp and a speaker. And it has a Raspberry Pi in it and it talks to the personal giant voice system network which you and I program. And we just, we drop in our voice tracks with stuff, with messages. Then so anyone can just set this up they connect it to a Wi-Fi convenient Wi-Fi the little box brings in the new thing We can even trigger it, right? So we can say, oh, time to trigger off the giant voice system. And we just, and you know, for the first six months, we're just doing these tests, these normal tests, which everyone apparently thinks is okay. They don't question it. And then we start doing this and then we start messing with people. I think you could put these, like if you put a four horn system, these are horns. So we get the distance. So you put a four horn system on top of a telephone pole.

50:39 with a bunch of phony baloney artificial looking you know has to be gray has to look great or no has a look didn't kind of yeah it's got a look at pedestrian military ish but i think that's not the time just like go ahead i'm looking at the radio shack website yet you've got a bit dot com Yeah, you put it up there with a V has to be four directions So it's a big giant voice and you put some some numbers and you stencil some stuff on so it looks like it was officially put on there Yeah, do not touch here. It is do not disconnect 100 100 watt PA indoor outdoor power horn speaker From Radio Shack is exactly it look it looks the business. It's $42.99 as a web exclusive 100 watts

51:20 100 watts and a horn will give you a lot of... And you just hook up a Raspberry Pi to it and we'll bake the software. It's just an RSS aggregator, just bringing in a podcast essentially and playing it. Yeah. That would be good. This is a good idea. I think so. And then it says to do not remove under penalty of law. Okay, someone has to make this kit and we'll do the audio for it and then we should just start this this could be phenomenal People would so believe this Totally I mean seriously Attention citizens all clear resume normal activity resume normal activity in the morning

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Canadian Budget Cuts and Wrongful Convictions

In Newfoundland, Canada, legal experts are warning that budget cuts to the justice department could lead to an increase in wrongful convictions. This contrasts with the American narrative where budget cuts are often framed as leading to the release of dangerous criminals. The Canadian approach focuses on the erosion of the defense and prosecutorial infrastructure.

canada· budget· wrongful convictions· crown attorneys· newfoundland

52:16 yeah in the morning that's how we start that's how we start we ease we ease into it I'm telling you it could be awesome all right well it's just a thought I mean you know if someone wants to help us make this we'll do the audio for it for sure yeah no it sounds like a winner we can rice seeds so I was again floating around the sling boxes around the world and I found a good day interesting clip this is a you remember when they're gonna cut back on budgets here in the United States. Yeah, the Ryan Seacrest Station. And our approach to... Obama comes out, I wish I could dig this clip, but Obama comes out and he has all this laundry list of bad things that's gonna happen. Criminals will be released into the wild because of this, right? Hold on, hold on. Because of the Ryan Seacrest Station, you may see criminals on the streets. Do not be alarmed, all is well. Resume your activity.

53:16 So, so I thought it was interesting when I heard this which is the Canadians In other words, this is the way they induce fear in the public. We're going to be crawling with criminals, we're going to be outside robbing you. Some of Newfoundland... Do you need more setup? I'm just going to set this up and say, the Canadians have a slightly different approach to scaring the public. Top lawyers, even its own Crown attorneys, say the province's latest budget goes at least one cut too far. They're warning the government that its plan to fight the deficit is really a recipe for wrongful convictions. So their approach is just- Is we're gonna put you in jail! Yeah! That's better, Axe. It took me a second to think about it though.

54:01 Yeah, well there was a long report and they were talking about how they were trying to beef the... because there's a bunch of wrongfully convicted people in Canada currently that have gotten out recently and they're also... there was a guy, they're also stoic, Canadian and stoic. Oh yes, I was terrible, I was stuck in prison for 10 years and it ruined my family. You know, see that doesn't work here because everyone kind of hopes it happens to them because they know that when you finally get out and you're proven... That's bonanza. Bonanza, book deals, movies, money. So people are just kind of like a last resort American dream here. It's like, please, man, convict me wrong. And then we can get some DNA and prove it was some new DNA study. And then I'll get out. And then a bonanza. No, no, no, that's not going to work here. But anyway, so the Canadian. But I just thought it was so contrast, you know, that we're going to let the prisoners go. They're going to put them on bail. Well, unfairly, by the way. So when it comes to the budget,

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Jay Carney, Obama King Comment

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney remarked that the President's proposed budget is not what he would do "if he were king." The comment was made during a briefing regarding the upcoming budget submission to Congress. The phrasing is highlighted as a revealing look at the administration's view of executive power.

jay carney· barack obama· budget· congress· monarchy

54:58 The way the president and the administration think of him and themselves is quite telling. This is Spokeswoman Carney. Who speaks on behalf of El Presidente here and of course the president is now threatening that he is sending a budget We haven't seen it yet. He is sending a a complete budget to to Congress I believe on Tuesday or Wednesday and of course the the press corps wants to know all about it for the budget for those are asking to wait for the budget for those what I will say is that this is not the president's idealized budget is not what he would do if you were king or only if you were king you would do it very differently what? yeah! what would he do if he were king? yeah but he goes over it so easily the president's idealized budget is not what he would do if he were king or if only people who supported his proposals were in congress which is the ideal situation apparently

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Presidential Priorities and the Middle Class

President Obama's weekly address emphasized the middle class as his "top priority" and "guiding North Star." This rhetoric is criticized for diverging from the presidential oath of office, which mandates the protection and defense of the Constitution. The shift in language suggests a move toward economic populism over constitutional adherence.

barack obama· constitution· middle class· oath of office· weekly address

56:00 Isn't that weird how he just kind of like... That's very strange. So the president had his weekly show, you know. Oh, here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I have to say, he came out with it and let's see how he... How do you think he starts his show? Hi everybody. Hi everybody. Hi everybody. Our top priority as a nation and my top priority as president. Oh, what is that? Let me see. What is his top priority? Must be doing everything we can to reignite the engine of America's growth. No, no, no, no. I'm sorry, Mr. President. That is not your top priority. Your top priority is to protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. Nothing else. A rising, thriving middle class.

56:46 I must drive every decision that we make. I have no idea. Maybe we should just remind him, because I know he listens. Here's what you are sworn. I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, ensure the middle class has a fair shot and everybody pairs their fair share, preserve, protect, and defend Preserve protect and defend the middle class in the United States of America like it's our guiding North Star the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States so help you God so help me God. Congratulations. Mr. President. Thank you. Yes, sir. Hi everybody So then he goes on and there's a new there's a new meme and I want to draw our attention to this now this Common-sense thing is getting a little out of control You can google

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Department of Common Sense Meme

A viral image of a billboard calling for a "Department of Common Sense" is identified as a Photoshop hoax appearing in various states. The "common sense" terminology is being heavily utilized by the administration and Sandy Hook activists to frame new legislation. This linguistic shift is viewed as a way to bypass constitutional arguments in the public sphere.

common sense· photoshop· memes· gun control· sandy hook

57:44 Comment so there's this sign which is a Photoshop job I'm pretty convinced of it and it looks like a billboard and the billboard read reads what this country needs is a department of common sense and I'm getting tweets from people, you know, how Pete you know Someone says hey my buddy or I know this guy and it's not true They heard the story from someone else and it's bullcrap. So now that I get tweets like yeah I saw this sign in New York, you know, and you google the sign and it's like it's in Kansas and Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and I think it's just a Photoshop. There is no sign that says what this country needs a Department of Common Sense, but it is the meme of replacing Constitution, the Constitution of the United States with common sense

58:29 laws so they wouldn't surprise me if one day we have a department of of common sense and here is a little addition to the president's a common sense mean in his little show without undermining the rock-solid guarantee at its core and will enact common sense tax reform that includes closing wasteful tax loopholes for the wealthy and well-connected the wealthy and the well-connected this is new what do you think it means well He said this before or that's an old clip. No, this is this is from Saturday morning. Okay. Well, he said it before because I remember clipping it myself, but this was weeks ago. He has been throwing in this well-connected thing. I think maybe it was it may have even been at the at the convention. Whatever the case is, I've been trying to figure it out myself. I think what it means is, you know,

59:26 There's more rich Democrats than are rich Republicans, so I'm not I'm actually not sure what he's talking about and this common-sense thing is getting annoying I'm looking at the sign now. Oh, yeah, you see this one's in Oklahoma Yeah, but but there's all over the place with the same picture. Yeah. Yeah, right the picture of this thing Yeah, it is a it's a Photoshop job. I'm sure of it. Yeah, I So there's a logo with this thing. It's a lot light bulb in a circle. Yeah, I've tried I did a lot of searching I could not trace the origin of it, but there's money going into this and it's right now It's just online and it's just Photoshop job, but this common-sense thing, you know So 60 minutes tonight and I'm not even I pulled no clips from it, but they have a bunch of active I mean parents from Sandy Hook

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Michelle Obama Single Mother Slip

During an interview about access to healthy food, First Lady Michelle Obama referred to herself as a "busy single mother" before quickly correcting herself. The slip is analyzed as a potential sign of domestic tension regarding the President's frequent solo trips and golfing weekends. The incident has sparked significant discussion in social media and tabloid circles.

michelle obama· single mother· farmers markets· gaffe· reggie love

1:00:13 And they're literally just like we need common sense laws. Yeah, I know I saw that too. It was like they're kind of disturbing and but where are the parents who are usually on board? These are new new people and there's like an old guy. He's like 80 and he's sitting he's there too. I mean, yeah this anyway, I promise not to do too much on that. But there's some other stuff going on. I think That the Obama is gay rumors are about to crop up again. There's a lot of preemptive stuff going on. A lot of preemptive stuff. Oh, do you think that might account for... Yeah, hold on, hold on. Yes. First, let's hear the first lady. You probably heard this, John, but a lot of people around the world may not have. Looking at new models of getting farmers markets to...

1:00:58 uh... you know create buses and drive into communities that are underserved so we have to deal with the question of access and believe me as a busy single mother or i shouldn't say single as a busy mother sometimes you know when you get the husband who's president you can feel a little single so i think that first of all that's the clip of the day you hadn't heard this one? Oh, okay. Well, I'll take it. You may have to play it again, but I'll grab it. So she's a busy single mother. Now this is explained away by everyone. Oh, she, it was just a mistake. She, she correct herself, but you know, I'm, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna give it to her that easy. I think she's pissed.

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Kamala Harris Best Looking Comment

President Obama faced backlash after calling California Attorney General Kamala Harris the "best looking attorney general in the country" during a fundraiser. Critics argue the comment was inappropriate and would lead to sexual harassment training in a corporate environment. The incident highlights a perceived double standard for high-ranking political figures regarding workplace conduct.

kamala harris· barack obama· california· attorney general· political correctness

1:01:44 Because the president has been on these men-only buddies golfing weekends with Reggie Love and Tiger Woods and... Right, and then he's hanging out with the beauty queen. Right, well that's preemptive. And then of course this whole story. Critics have called President Obama's administration a boys club dominated by men. Well now the president is getting some flack for something he said in California yesterday. It happened at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser which was closed to cameras. While he praised California's Attorney General Kamala Harris, the president called her quote, by far the best looking Attorney General in the country. There was a lot of backlash.

1:02:24 online, social media, Twitter. I think we all know sometimes you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Things just come out of your mouth sometimes. Even when you hit the rewind. Even after he said how great she was and how smart she was. I mean, come on. Yeah, he was trying to compliment her but maybe it was not the right thing to say. So a couple things about this incident. First of all, I think he, and there's no audio of this either unfortunately, but I'm reading the transcript, he says she's by far the best looking attorney. After he does talk about how great she is, and you know of course he should have added that she completely stole California for him, has ripped off everyone's campaign finances, is a total, total evil woman.

1:03:04 They said, no, she's the best looking attorney general. She was one of the worst DAs that San Francisco had ever seen. And then people start to groan apparently and he goes, come on, you know what I mean? You all know it's true. So he's really trying to make this happen. So a couple of things. First of all, We discussed this on the show. I've never I've refused to go along with the cultural Marxism inside corporate America where you have to take training because you can't say to a female employee forget colleague You can't say to a female employee. Oh, you look pretty today. You can get sued for that Yes sued for for millions and millions and I've always refused I said, I you know, I'd rather leave the company and

1:03:46 or have the company die, then have to adhere to that. I feel I should be able to say to anyone, male or female, you look pretty, you look handsome, you look dapper, you look great. Also, you look like shit. I should also be able to say that. As a human being to another, or maybe as someone who I want to represent my company, whatever it is, I should have that opportunity. And this is how Hooters, by the way, got ruined. A fine American institution. Hooters was a great idea, and then they had to put the you know, are so afraid to go against the president, the almighty president, say, well, you know, that's really not in line with our corporate political correctness bull crap that we have to live by because any other CEO would have been raked over the coals and sued. They let him get away with it.

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Obama Personal Life Rumors

The segment discusses long-standing rumors regarding the President's personal life and past associations in Chicago. References are made to Larry Sinclair and other figures whose claims have been largely dismissed by mainstream media. The hosts explore the persistence of these narratives in alternative information circles.

larry sinclair· rahm emanuel· charlie gibson· chicago· rumors

1:04:49 I think it's only because they they and they know that the globe or the Inquirer or some credible rag is coming out with a big gay story And I think Michelle is kind of like you know She's I think that was really really smart what she did if it was indeed on purpose Was to put him on notice, but also really point out that you know She is his wife you know, it's like a multiple layer thing. Right, yeah, you better knock this bull crap off. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Put her foot down essentially. Yeah, she stomped, she stomped big time. I agree. I think that analysis is correct. I didn't think of the possibility of some gay thing, but this has always been bubbling under the surface. I mean, there's stories that go way back and the crazy... The problem is that all the guys who are rumored to have had relations with him wind up dead.

1:05:43 Right, except the one guy. Larry Sinclair. Larry, he's managed to live through. Yeah, but they've crackpotted him. It's like no one believes Larry anymore. Right. I don't know. They've just completely... There's the Chicago bathhouse, there's Rahm Emanuel. Charlie Gibson is rumored to have had sex with Barack Obama. Oh really? Yeah. Well there's something you won't hear on any other show except Noah's Jail. That's right everybody. The best podcast in the universe! This is why I like this show. This is why you show up. I should say something like that. This is why you show up for work. It's like, oh there's a good one. You didn't know that? Oh I thought that was kind of like a... I don't know. I travel in interesting circles.

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Political Fundraisers and Social Dynamics

A recent high-level Democratic fundraiser in Austin is described, noting the tense social dynamics and "walking art" performers in body suits. The conversation covers the difficulty of discussing alternative political views, such as the North Korea-Disney connection, in such rigid environments. The hosts contrast the social expectations of the wealthy elite with their own "guardians of reality" mission.

austin· democrats· rodman· north korea· disney

1:06:29 Yeah, you travel and show business gay circles who know all this stuff. But it's also like it's totally okay when... It's like the George Clooney thing is still, you know, I bring that up to somebody, they just, their jaw hits the ground and then they just refuse to believe it. What, that George Clooney could be gay? That he is gay. Yeah, we pretty much are sure he is. And by the way, the public doesn't, you know, and Hollywood of course doesn't want this kind of thing becoming a meme. No, it's no good. So he's always got a girlfriend and whatever, but... Who's always too tall. The president thinks the same thing. It's been, it's suppressed. But you know, in popular culture though, it's so interesting how, you know, so the Democrats, so of course the Democrats are the true racists. People who are really, really all out on board in the Democrat party

1:07:18 I'm sorry. They really are truly the racists. We were at a party, an art party, and... I'll never get invited again. Come on. Tell the story. They're not gonna be listening Well, it was with very good friends of ours who who I like very much and the Democrat. They're the Obama boss Yeah, yeah, exactly. I like Obama No, it's it's a little beyond that John. It's a little but I but I call him out on it, you know, and I just say mm-hmm Yeah, and they I think I think I amuse them. I for sure yeah you're the wacky uncle I don't want to be the old old old Republican conservative uncle yeah what about Tower 7 I don't I don't I do not bring out Trade Center 7 but I did I did get to lay my North Korea wrap on them the whole Disney thing and Rodman that had people that literally their jaws were just like he's like that

1:08:20 when they're like laughing. listening to, I mean even if they're on the border they won't watch the Canadian news. I mean the National had a report recently on that crazy, on some crazy crap going on in Russia. It was just a, that we've actually talked about but we didn't have any of this part of the story and it was just riveting. But no, no, no. Well, exactly, and you know, and they'll be, usually it starts like this, well you know, it was probably on Fox News or something. And then I'll say, you know Fox News is run by the Democrats.

1:08:58 And that's usually my opening line. And they'll be like, what? Are you insane? And then I can usually, without having to explain it all, I can steer it away pretty quickly. into something else, but the big one this weekend was North Korea. And of course, I have a little credibility because I can say, well, you know, my my uncle Donald Gregg, that's how I start. You know, he was the ambassador to South Korea and he thinks, you know, they really just want they don't want this armistice bull crap. They just wanted to be a part of the big boys game. And, you know, please, you know, just let us be a part of it and don't tell us what to do. And oh, by the way, you know, we were the ones that drew the line in the 38th parallel. And that's pretty much our fault.

1:09:41 And so I had that credibility to start with but then I'll say now, usually it's like, I don't think we need Dennis Rodman representing us. I'm like, well you clearly misunderstand the great American system of capitalism. Then I explain how Disney is going to open up a theme park, Disneyland North Korea. And it makes them drink, John. It literally makes them go back to the bar for another drink just to come back and listen to a mini show. I should be charging. I should be. You know, I could do this. You know, they had. So this is one of these parties.

1:10:18 Where I think Mickey invented this original concept in 1991 at the supper club You have people dressed up in these complete body suits that are all that we know head-to-toe one piece So they have no facial features No, no nothing But you see there some are women you see their breasts and some are men you see a huge dick hanging down there and they slither around throughout the whole party Have you ever seen this? Yeah, I saw it at one of her parties. Exactly. But what is the... So they said they had like 20 of these at this party the whole night. So they're like walking art. Exactly. So they get paid. I'm sure they better. Why shouldn't I get paid for doing my part in the show? Oh yeah, you should get paid for being the crackpot. Oh, is Adam gonna be there? Because he's entertaining as hell. What a character.

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Wealth, Frantic Lifestyles, and Happiness

The frantic lifestyles of millionaires are contrasted with a simpler, more contented life in Austin. The hosts observe that extreme wealth often brings increased stress, constant travel to places like Aspen or the Hamptons, and a reliance on handlers. A "vow of poverty" in independent media is presented as a more fulfilling alternative to the corporate and political rat race.

wealth· lifestyle· austin· hamptons· aspen

1:11:07 I'm not quite sure how we got here, but anyway, so this the party is a fundraiser, foundation, you know, we got invited. I didn't have to spend the dime, which is good. There was some art you could bid on. Right. But this is at a very, very famous house in Austin, and it's an architectural marvel. Took eight years to build. And I was talking to the owner who's probably five years younger than I am. And, you know, I realized that this was a very important house and I'm like, oh God, I'm in the wrong place. And the Obamas have stayed there. And so here's what I noticed. By the way, fantastic house, beautiful, work of art. I mean, and lovely that these people are doing things for the arts, etc. But the whole vibe at this party,

1:12:00 I can only imagine this is what a really high-cost Democratic fundraiser is like Where everyone is afraid to say anything? No one is really they're all talking complete bullcrap They're everyone sucking up to everybody just in case that person might be rich famous important or political It's it's it's like it's really tense. You want to me have you ever been to one of these I? Not that, I've been to a lot of events where there's some tension but not to a politically based one where there's that kind of tension. I just don't go to those.

1:12:41 And again, you know, it's Austin, you know, this is a relatively small town and I really love our friends, you know, and I fight with them all the time. You know, they know, they listen, they've heard the show, they don't listen anymore, but they've heard the show, you know, and I think that, you know, we have a good relationship. But, you know, then I see this, I'm like, oh my God. And it's just, you know, I literally said to Mickey, we've got to find some group of Republicans just to balance it out. I mean, I just got to go stand in the middle of George Bush just to wash it off a little bit. And you know what? It'll be just as bad or worse if we wash off nothing. I know, I know, I know. That's the political scene. It's really creepy. Well, and that's kind of what I was like, oh, I was reminded, because in the Netherlands,

1:13:29 just an even smaller country, you know, I was involved, you know, I met a lot of politicians, I was at a couple of parties, I'm like, oh my god, this is horrible, you people are lame. But this is just, I don't know man, it's not me, and I just don't, how can these people be happy? I don't think they are. Probably not. In fact, especially if they won't, you know, I think that shorts a lot, I've said this before, I've always believed that there's a short circuit that occurs with this kind of rigid thinking that laps you lap everything up and there's all the contradictions which is really the problem that I have is all the contradictions that are involved with the with whatever it is you're lapping up and you just suck it in and you just take it as gospel when it doesn't really work as such because it's contradictory right and I think it's unhealthy

1:14:21 No, I think it's very unhealthy. I think people die from this I think you get cancer from living like this and it just show you know when you know This is what I learned what my daughter always says about me. She says I've never seen my dad so unhappy as when he had money He's so happy. He's so much happier now that he's living, you know, he's taking a vow of poverty apparently Living in Austin, but he seems pretty happy and it's true. I'm much much happier. I can't imagine I I'm gonna be late for the jet. I mean, I remember this John we've seen we know these people I was one of these people where you where you like have a lot of money and there's a lot of people to do things for you and your life is frantic and it's it's humorous

1:15:03 and people find you humorous because you're all well yeah I'm sorry I have to jet off to central pay and you know you know here's what gets me about these guys and I know you're right I know a lot of I know literally people millionaires any is anybody right and they are so frazzled and busy yeah That is like holy crap. I mean can't you do you know you keep you know? It's like you have to make you want to go see him for lunch They're like a friend of yours forever. Yeah, and you have to talk to their handler, and then it's months out because every single day they got a lunch with someone important and they got to do this and they got to do that and they got to go to the apartment in Manhattan and some island

1:15:47 The Hamptons, we have to go to the Hamptons. If you're in New York, you're always in and out of the Hamptons. The Hamptons or the Caymans or whatever. It's an Aspen. It's non-stop. Aspen, that's another one. It's non-stop. It's never like... Let's just I don't know chill play frisbee with the dog. Yeah, I can't do it Let's play parcheesi or something like that. Yeah, I play parcheesi. I like parcheesi And anyway, so I'd so it's always fun when people talk about guns and I'll be like I love guns That's probably the only difference you're going to get with those two crowds. One is the Republican, and the other is the pro-gun. You ask about your gun collection. Here's where it gets better, because, and God, I love my wife. God, you know, the former, the girl formerly known as the communist chick against nuclear bombs in Amsterdam. So, you know, they'll be like, we've got to keep guns under the hands of crazies. And I'm like,

CHAPTER 31 / 57 Discussion

Fisher v. University of Texas Affirmative Action Case

The Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas is approaching a decision regarding affirmative action in college admissions. The case involves Abigail Fisher, who argues she was denied entry based on her race. The discussion also notes changes in demographic forms where "Caucasian" is being replaced by "White Hispanic" and "White Non-Hispanic" options.

fisher v. university of texas· supreme court· affirmative action· race· university of texas

1:16:46 You know, this is just common sense. I swear to God, it's just common sense that we do background checks. Somebody said common sense? Yes! Not once! It's just common sense that we do background checks on people's mental health. I'm like, you can't legislate crazy! He said, look at me, I'm perfectly sane, I got tons of guns! And you see them step back like half an inch, but then Mickey will be like, yeah, I got one in my glove compartment! So here's two six foot plus people blonde beautiful Nazis Nazis Hi everybody, how you doing? We got some guns. Would you like to come and take a look at gun collection? Hey, so come over to the house sometime. I Love Austin for that. Yeah, you know what I bet y'all still get invited back. Hey, what know that you even went through this rant. Oh

1:17:41 Yeah, you'd be surprised. You'd be surprised. I did meet, um... Burton who's a designer here as architect, I'm sorry his wife. I had not met now Burton is cool his wife is a She's a she well lawyer, but she works for our national treasure PBS and she does Documentaries and there's a she's doing a documentary about Fisher versus University of Texas which is coming before the Supreme Court in I think two or three weeks and And she's definitely listening to the show. And this is about affirmative action. This is where these women were refused entry into the University of Texas, and they say it's because they were female and white, not because of their grades or their aptitude.

1:18:31 This case has been cropping up all over the place. It showed up 2008. Before that Michigan State had a similar case where some girl who again a girl with straight A's and she was, her family everyone went to Michigan State and she couldn't get in. because of affirmative action they had enough white girls. Sorry, can't get in, we'll just bring in somebody else. So this is the Fisher versus UT and this started in 2008 now it's before the Supreme Court. And it would be very interesting because all the courts have said, no, that's totally okay. And we're getting to the point where it is flipping around. I think that Mickey had to fill out a thing online and they asked for her race. And it didn't say Caucasian. She clicked on white and then it had two sub options dropped open, Hispanic and non-Hispanic.

1:19:34 So there is no Caucasian anymore, there's no white. It was white Hispanic and white non-Hispanic. Interesting, huh? Yeah, it is interesting. Things are changing. Look, I don't care either way. I got 30 more, 40 more years on this planet. Screw y'all. I don't give a crap. It's not my problem. I'm just here to bring you the truth. Protect what is there in our moniker protectors of truth or what was it? Mmm guardians of reality guardians of reality. That's what we do So let's look at some bullcrap reality, of course that involves the reporting around the threat of North Korea It has been fantastic in just the past few days

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North Korea Missile Threats and Media Coverage

The US is tracking mobile missile launchers in North Korea capable of reaching Japan and Guam. CNN and other outlets have characterized Kim Jong-un as a "man-child" with his finger on the nuclear button. The White House has stated it would not be surprised by a missile launch, while US forces in South Korea conduct hazmat training exercises.

north korea· kim jong-un· missiles· guam· cnn

1:20:16 Tonight, the U.S. is tracking a mobile missile launcher that has been moved within North Korea by train. The launcher has the ability to strike Japan as well as U.S. bases in Okinawa and Guam. Adding to the fears, today, the young leader of the North said, the moment of explosion is coming. North Korea's news readers promising a justified all-out war. While here in South Korea today, US forces trained in hazmat suits. It is preparation in the unlikely event Kim Jong-un were to deploy his nation's arsenal of chemical weapons. Alright, so a couple things. First of all, in the unlikely event, thank you for pointing out the obvious,

1:21:02 I just want to say hello to all of our service men and women there in South Korea, all 37,000 of you. I'm sorry this bull crap is making you put on your freaking hazmat. I can just see everyone going like... Oh crap. Those suits are horrible. We gotta put on the hazmat suit for this BS again. Okay, okay. Let's see what the Korean reporting on CNN. So they've got this hot babe in South Korea who is doing all the on-the-spot reporting and she editorializes very interestingly. It's a perception of Kim Jong-un in the South.

1:21:40 Very simply, South Koreans think he's completely crazy. That he is perhaps even worse than his father. A lot of times you look on some of the South Korean newspapers, some of the blogs, and people are making fun of his weight, calling him a pig, calling him a dog. They cannot stand him here. unpredictability is what they are most concerned about. Okay, now comes the pure editorialization. This is not what they're saying, this is what she thinks. He is essentially a man-child with his finger on the nuclear button. Thank you, thank you. Very nice. a man-child with his finger on the nuclear button. Okay, we're sufficiently scared now. Maybe we should ratchet it up and have Spokeswoman Carney at the White House give a little extra jiggle on the handles. First, we have alarming new video coming out of North Korea to show you. Take a look at this.

1:22:30 You see missiles being fired on North Korea's coast. The secretive regime released this video yesterday. Now we don't know if these missiles are real. It may have even been photoshopped. But a US official says two medium-range missiles have been loaded onto launchers on North Korea's east coast. The White House says it would not be surprised if Kim Jong-un orders missiles to be fired to show off his military might. We've obviously seen the reports that North Korea may be making preparations to launch a missile and we're monitoring this situation closely and we would not be surprised.

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Marijuana Legalization in North Korea

Reports suggest that North Korea is one of the few countries with absolute legalization of marijuana. This fact is used to humorously explain the "bombastic" rhetoric coming from the regime. Additionally, the State Department confirmed that official threats from North Korea are typically monitored via the KCNA news wire rather than direct diplomatic channels like the "New York Channel" fax machine.

north korea· marijuana· legalization· state department· kcna

1:23:07 to see them take such an action. Oh, that's right. We would not be surprised. Now, what could be causing all of this? We have to... I mean, the war on crazy, ladies and gentlemen, if you want to legislate anyone to do anything based upon their mental health, it should be presenting facts on news stories or being a pundit or being on television at all. You should have a certificate of good health because these people are insane. The issue of why we are where we are today, think Woodstock. You know, the Woodstock generation is now ruling this country. Actually people my age who were, you know, not me of course, Don, but other people in college were smoking the stuff back in the 70s and they're now running the government. So it doesn't surprise me that we're being a little bit friendlier to it.

1:23:52 Let's look at the rest of the world before we jump into this. I was looking today at the statistics about how many countries have legalized marijuana. One of the things that really shocked me is that one of about five countries that have absolute legalization, North Korea, which may explain a lot about what's going on over there right now. Okay, how insane is that? Yeah, he should be not allowed to buy a gun that guy but I mean, how is it? Well before before you go, let me just wrap it up Let me wrap it up for you cuz I have I'm not gonna wrap it up cuz I got one clip that has to do with this well, I have I have an answer to a question for it. All right, so at the thank God Thank God at least at the State Department press briefing

1:24:40 Someone asked the question that we were interested in is how do you get these messages from North Korea? How do you know when they say we're gonna launch a missile? How do you know when they say there's gonna be a nuclear attack? How do you know this is about the mechanics of yesterday's latest threat? I don't know if there's a threat today, but North Korea says it has notified and ratified and notified you that it intends to Mechanically, do you get any notification? Do they go through the New York Channel, for example? Or are they just publishing it on their state news wire, KCNA, and that's their notification? I saw that in some of their public statements, Paul. Frankly, to my knowledge, they don't call us up and say, let us just say privately what we've just said publicly generally. These kinds of statements of, as Matt called it,

1:25:33 bombast and aggressive rhetoric come through. Bellicos. She didn't say Bellicos. I know she didn't. The New York Channel fax machine or... Oh, the fax machine. Do they use the fax machine? If I have anything to share on that I will but I don't think there's anything to share there. So no one calls, no one faxes. There's nothing going on. There's nothing. It's just whatever the CIA posts on the website. Oh, I'm sorry, the KCNA. So there may be a missile firing after all but it's not for reasons anyone would suspect but there was a long report done on the Australian broadcaster where they brought in one of their experts to discuss this and I thought it was it was a fairly level-headed discussion of what's going really going on in North Korea and I just worth playing I mean this is nothing we get like I mean it's reasonable and

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Rationality of North Korean Nuclear Strategy

An Australian geopolitical expert argues that North Korea's actions are a rational attempt to gain aid concessions from the West. By manufacturing a crisis, Kim Jong-un can solidify his domestic military support. The expert suggests that a nuclear launch would be a "suicide note," which the regime intends to avoid while playing its "nuclear card" for leverage.

north korea· nuclear weapons· aid concessions· rational actor· australia

1:26:29 Play long report. Well, this is pretty typical of past North Korean behaviour. When they have a change of regime and we have a new leader in power now, Kim Jong-un, they tend to manufacture a crisis, one, to boost his political constituency at home, so in other words to take control of the military, and secondly to try and get concessions from the West in terms of aid,

1:27:06 and then you see it quieten down again and then we see another crisis follow. It's more difficult and dangerous this time though because North Korea has nuclear weapons, it has the means of delivering them, these missiles. And also the South Koreans have made it clear that this time around they're not going to turn the other face, they're going to respond if they're attacked. So that makes it much more dangerous. So who's in the firing line? Their missiles that they have, how far can they reach? And we do have a bit of a map here depending on, I guess, which missile they're using. Well, they have a range of missiles, but the one they've just moved to the east coast are what we call medium-range missiles. They have a range of about 3,000 kilometres. That would take them to about northern Indonesia.

1:27:46 maybe as far as Guam where the US has a base, but not to continental United States. So they're the two missiles they've just moved to the east coast. Now my view would be that they probably test fire one of these missiles close to Japan to demonstrate they're not going to be cowed by the West and by UN sanctions. and then hopefully they'll declare victory and go home. That's what we're all hoping because we don't know what's going to happen because of the unpredictability of the situation. Kim Jong-un is an unproven leader, so we don't really know what's going to happen. So even though there is quite an amount of posturing here, the danger is that you just don't know what this

1:28:27 very strange country in this very strange family is going to do. Well, I think that's true at one level. There is a measure of unpredictability about having a new leader, but let's not... let's just understand that the North Koreans are rational. They're not going to commit suicide. And if they fired a nuclear weapon, that would be a suicide note effectively. So they are rational. In their calculation, the only card they have to play to get concessions from the West is their nuclear card, and they've played it very effectively. Oh, that's bullcrap. That is not how it's gonna happen. He's mis- he's not on the same- what script is he from? Is this the wrong version? I don't know, it's not the script. I don't know, I've never heard this script before. Completely wrong version of the script. This is completely wrong! It is the cyber war!

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Anonymous Hack of North Korean Websites

The hacking group Anonymous reportedly targeted North Korean government websites, posting images of Kim Jong-un with a Mickey Mouse tattoo. CNN framed this as a "serious cyber war" that could lead to conventional conflict. However, the narrative is questioned given North Korea's lack of advanced domestic internet infrastructure and the use of fax machines for international communication.

anonymous· hacking· kim jong-un· cyber war· south korea

1:29:12 Here's proof. Sounds like North Korean state TV, but what it says... You're no better than a dog, Kim Jong-un. That's what greeted viewers of the North Korean government website, Along with pictures of Kim Jong-un in drag. That was your wine tasting. pig with exposed chest hair and a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his gut. Now, wait, so this is, this now, watch this report, this is the same hot, hot CNN chickie in South Korea. She's going to take this into a reason for missile launches and full out cyber war. Calling him a threat to world peace. The North Korean Twitter account blared the word hacked.

1:30:12 and it showed an image of a mask that's a favorite symbol of the hacking group Anonymous. What's interesting by the way if you watch the video she says it showed the icon of a mask which would be the the mask from the from the V for Vendetta movie but it doesn't it shows the tango down icon which is interesting so you know just complete Cock up on CNN's part. No one's listening to even what the reporters are saying when they're putting the fake images in It sounds totally like a North Korean announcer, yeah, totally you can't help but laugh says information security expert sungju Kim But this is just the latest shot in an ongoing and very serious cyber war between two Koreas that goes far beyond just the humiliation of a leader far beyond is the bigger threat a conventional war a nuclear war a

1:31:04 What is the answer John C. Dvorak? Cyber war obviously. Or this cyber war. The purpose of a cyber war is to disable the enemy's ability to fight says Professor Kim. Oh right. I'm gonna dis- your gun won't work! If the cyber war continues there's a high possibility it could lead to a conventional war. Oh high possibility conventional war! In a country that claims to be the most wired in the world, South Korea has been under increasing attack. Just last month, a major cyber assault knocked South Korean television networks offline and froze business at banks.

1:31:42 That's why Seoul is building a cyber army. These are the soldiers, learning to break code and understand what they call North Korean cyber terrorism. We can't show you their faces because many of them will eventually work with the South Korean military on the cyber front line. The cyber front lines! Where they'll face off with cyber soldiers. Cyber soldiers! I can't take the alliteration anymore, CNN. Cyber soldiers on the cyber front lines! So what they have is, we'll go back to the Australian guy, which is probably, you know, it was a little, it wasn't exciting. No! They were going to fire off some test missile and it's going to land somewhere and they're going to say, we're going to show you we got missiles. Which they've done a couple times just recently. So okay, so then this little thing ends, which takes it out of the news cycle, assuming that this guy's right. And assuming that everybody doesn't panic because they shot a missile off.

1:32:38 and uh... so that we are the new cycle so you have to create this new news cycle to do for some reason like it north korea in the news is these horrible people right the bad guys because we don't want to reunite those two countries for some other reason and so you create this bull crap cyber war thing but again as far as I'm concerned, it makes zero sense. Because North Korea is not a computerized country by any means. And what do they have, the two great genius hackers that are over there setting up all this bogus stuff? No. They've got nothing going on. The South Koreans are loaded to the gills with people on computers. How little you know. How little you know. Apparently I don't know anything. No, let me tell you. Here's why Austin is targeted.

1:33:25 because they want Google Fiber. That's what's going on. How come they did you drop the Austin targeted story like a hot potato because it was so stupid Well, like you said someone got in trouble for the you know for putting that in there Somebody slipped it in what they should do is they should show you know South Korea with you know The Mickey Mouse on a intercontinental ballistic missile, you know now you're talking You're just doing the Mickey Mouse on his gut thing as a little by the way the chat room correctly pointed out that North Korea communicates to the United States government through the FACTS machine. This is dangerous psycho cyber terrorist using a FACTS machine yet. No, but wait. FACTS. F-A-C-T-S. Oh, FACTS. Oh, God. Yeah, I like that one. Anyway, so, yeah, this is becoming laughable.

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History of the Korean Peninsula and Reunification

The historical context of the Korean conflict is reviewed, including the violent Japanese occupation and the post-WWII division at the 38th parallel by the US and USSR. The potential for reunification is compared to the German model, noting the significant economic and cultural hurdles involved. South Korea is viewed as strong enough to eventually absorb the North, similar to West Germany's role in Europe.

korea· japan· 38th parallel· stalin· reunification

1:34:18 Yeah, and by the way whoever that woman is in South Korea making these reports, she should be ashamed of herself. She's loving it. She's getting paid. She's getting laid. I guarantee it. She's hot. She's on CNN. She's boogieing down. It's all fantastic. She's hanging out with the whole elite there. She's part of the whole deal. No, no, no. This is all good. Of course we hear nothing about Iran. Weren't we supposed to be like, isn't that time bomb ticking there? Wasn't BB's fuse almost at the explosion? The round bomb with the fuse at the top. Yeah, so we have that fuse and then we have, of course we don't hear anything about the 130, I think maybe 140 prisoners now on hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay.

1:34:59 So instead we bring in Guam just to, because you know people like Guam, Guantanamo, they don't even know what difference is, you know just to add a little bit of insult to injury. And of course everyone really forgets the history of the peninsula, which is after the Second World War when, I'm sorry, in the Second World War Japan invaded Korea quite violently I will say. And then when... No, it wasn't after the war. No, I said during the Second World War. I said they invaded Korea very violently, really, you know, they just obliterated these people. They were forbidden to speak Korean. They made them give them... they gave them all Japanese names. And this was only 60, 70 years ago. This is not that long ago. Historically, they've been doing that

1:35:44 Every few hundred years they go in and they kick the shit out of the Koreans and then they retreat back to Japan Yeah, it's something and nobody really that's been because they've take a actually the Koreans will tell you this I give you a lecture about it at least in South Korea They they have taken the besides taking the language. They burn their libraries They stole as much of the history as they could so no so this actually now is kind of lost the history as to why this continues Yeah I mean the Koreans don't even know what's the problem with these people. Yeah, no one knows and then of course he had the you know then uh it was uh he was going to be secretary of state um forget his name uh he he drew the line literally just went like okay 38th parallel North Korea South Korea Stalin you take care of the North we'll take care of the South

1:36:31 And that's what happened. And then the true hero of Korea wanted to reunite North and South, this kid's granddad. And then that was supposed to be like 30 days, and it turned into three years and millions of people that died and families. It was basically like North and South, like our civil war. It was messed up, but it was propagated by, I would say, essentially us and the Russians. And here we are, and there we are, and it's all back again. It's the same thing. And I think this kid's new, we gotta make him look crazy so we can keep this meme going for the next 20 years. Right. We always gotta make him look crazy. Yeah, it's unconscionable. It's ridiculous. This could be, I think your uncle's right, would like to just get a, not a, you know, just end it. Instead of having this crazy, it's like a piece, it's a, what is it, a,

1:37:27 pause in the war, it hasn't been resolved. doesn't want the economic duress that will ensue. The Germans took a, but the Germans did it. The Germans took a huge economic hit when they opened the gates and let, and also a cultural hit because the people over in East Germany were so anti-communist that they maintained the kind of fascist, pro-Hitler kind of attitude about everything. So they had to get rid of, they had to re-educate them and they had to give them a lot of money so they could fix the mess up that was over there because the East German government was doing nothing. And this would be the exact same thing but I think South Korea is strong enough now

1:38:20 Then the Germans realized that this was gonna be a problem, but they knew they were strong enough to be able to take the economic punch in the gut. Right. That it was gonna happen when they reunited the two countries, you know, reunited their own country. And case in point, they now run the whole show. So South Korea, I would say take a look at Germany because Germany runs Europe. Yeah, as possible as South Korea. You could run all of Asia. You could run all of Asia and kick the butt. Kick the Japs. Kick the Japs. Get the Japanese. You can call them Japs, please. Japs. Sounds good. Oh, come on. American princess. Every time I hear it, I think of that. True. True. You know what we need?

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Joe Biden New World Order Speech

Vice President Joe Biden recently called for the creation of a "New World Order" during a speech, stating that the post-WWII global order is changing. He emphasized the need to update the "rules of the road" to ensure fair competition for American companies. The speech specifically mentioned the importance of prosperity in nations like China and Mongolia.

joe biden· new world order· mongolia· china· global rules

1:39:03 And Joe O'Biden, our Vice President, said it just this weekend. You know what we need, John? You know what we need? The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order. That's this weekend. That is your Vice President. That was this weekend? This weekend. What, he just got the memo? Was it under a pile of paper? Hey! What is this? What is this? Hold on, let me open this envelope first. Hmm, what does it say? Bilderberg, before your eyes only, Rothschild, hmmm... Oh, I know, I... Hey! Bring my teleprompter over here. Check this out! The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order. The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order. What does that even mean?

1:40:05 What is it didn't we already create a new world order with us at the top? What does he want to do now the affirmative task? The affirmative task I don't understand it. I don't understand that Should we listen to a little more? It's an old memo. Should we listen to a little more? Maybe there's something in there? Yeah, play the whole thing. Because the global order is changing again. Oh, oh. How's that changing again? And the institutions enrolled that worked so well in the post-World War II era for decades, they need to be strengthened and some have to be changed. So we have to do what we do best.

1:40:45 Go and kill somebody! Drone them! We have to lead. We have to lead. We have to update the global rules of the road. We have to do it in a way that maximizes benefits for everyone. Because obviously it's overwhelming our interest. This is not a zero-sum game. It's overwhelming our interest that China prosper. That Mongolia prosper. What that's the key right there Mongolia this has something to do with Mongolia? Why would you just drop the money? Wait, let's see if there's more besides Mongolia that Nations big and large. No, no, it's Mongolia. He's doing large big Nations big and large isn't it kind of redundant?

1:41:30 I like penises big and large. We have to level the playing field. So yeah, we've got to level the playing field. Incoming. American companies and workers can compete in the world that the competition is fair and it's healthy. To the first point we know that was just his first point came into office facing the worst financial recession since the Great Depression The worst financial recession since the Great Depression since my Grammy We had to unfreeze the credit markets reform the financial system inject demand back into the economy and while this agenda is far from complete

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Fisker Automotive Financial Troubles

Fisker Automotive is reportedly facing bankruptcy after firing a significant portion of its workforce. The luxury electric car manufacturer has struggled with production issues and financial mismanagement. The discussion links the company's failure to the broader challenges facing the green energy and electric vehicle sectors.

fisker automotive· electric cars· bankruptcy· layoffs· solar panels

1:42:06 We've made significant progress with all of your help. The economy is now added private sector jobs. Yeah, okay, right enough enough. It added 88,000 jobs and we know there's a magic number where you're a break even. It's 150. Yeah, if you don't get 150, you are losing jobs. That's based on the population increasing and all the rest. Hey, bad news, bad news. I just forwarded you a picture from the shill from Chapel Hill of the giant voice system. Yeah, they've updated the look I This is not good because we there's no way we can replicate this. This is look. Yeah, this thing looks nothing like the Radio Shack horn Well, I mean we can still replicate the sound of it. Yeah, but I mean we are badges with like email this yeah, it's on your email our badges with like, you know, like government property do not touch and

1:42:55 Or you will be, you know, under prosecute, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Yeah. It's not going to look right. This thing has like a solar panel. Oh, I think we can go with solar. Just a bogus solar thing. Yeah, you don't need real solar. You just need something that looks like it's solar. We're not going to run our 100 watts on a solar panel and I doubt theirs does. It's cheaper just to have a solar look. Solar look. In fact, I'm going to put one of those on the car. Yeah. Put some on your roof. We might as well. You know, Fisker is about to go out of business. Holy crap. Yeah. They fired everybody. The CEO. No, I'm not talking about Fisker. I'm talking about this. The giant voice system? The speaker. Yeah. What the hell are they doing here? That's a new device, man. It looks like... That looks like something that would kill you.

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NPR Studio Equipment Auction

NPR is auctioning off a vast amount of high-end studio equipment as it moves into new facilities. The auction includes legendary mixers, compressors, and monitors from programs like "This American Life." The sheer volume of expensive gear being sold is cited as evidence of the significant funding and perceived waste within public radio.

npr· auction· studio equipment· microphones· mixers

1:43:54 Yeah, this may be one of those things where they can just turn up the frequency and then kill everyone. It looks like a Tesla coil, doesn't it? Or something, yeah, this doesn't look right. No. Anyway, as we get into a very short segment to thank everyone today, I would like to remind you, as I did actually, I reminded the reporter from Fortune magazine He did a, there was a whole piece about podcasting, how podcasting has finally come into its own. And of course he interviews everybody but me.

1:44:30 No, no me no Dave Weiner. No Nobody nobody and then no no one and it's all about Comedians making money and so we got Adam Carolla and Leo another fine comedian And you know, he got like Vox Media who say they'd never want to invest in any in any networks or anything no other model exists apparently and And, you know, so I posted my comment and got called out, by the way, which means you get highlighted on the Forbes site. I said, hey, you know, when when NPR wakes up one day and they see that we've stolen their entire audience, you know, then you can interview me until then go away. Something like that effect. And then I'm like, someone sends me a link NPR from, you know, the listener supported NPR. Yeah. If you want to

1:45:24 Taking into account that all ads are listeners. I guess the those businesses that do advertising are listeners are making so much money Not only are they moving into brand new studios and offices, but they're not even taking any of the old stuff John Oh the really go to NPR stuff curry comm they're auctioning it off now I already looked through it and there's nothing worth bidding on and They're auctioning off the entire studios. NPRstuff.curry? Yeah, NPRstuff.curry.com. They're auctioning off like, oh, this is the legendary, uh, this American Life studio. Oh, this is the legendary On Air studio. And I mean, the, the, the mics, the mixers, the compressors, the limiters, the computers, they're getting all new stuff.

1:46:15 They got nothing but money, these people. Are you on the side? It keeps redirecting. Oh, Rasmus Auctioneers. Yeah, there you go. That's it. NPR, that's what I do. Ooh, nice. These studios are cool for old-fashioned, but you know. Yeah, booms would be good. They got some great speakers. They got project... Holy crap, look at the stuff they're selling. So you can still get in, it's until April 15th. But they're literally, you know, it's the entire studios. And this stuff looks nice, man.

1:46:55 Look at the mixer. I know what can't what do they need a break this is the radio or channel care what do you did NPR? Right? So it's radio. Yeah, they need a man. It looks like a Mac you're one of these big mixers with like 80 channels. Yeah Mike number 43 on the bill and bring up Mike 36 on his lavalier and then there's one overhead boom Mike turn that one down to Volume and then turn up the floor mic because the guys are stomping their feet and turn up mic number 77 Because that's a little more ambience to the room now I understand all the ISDN codecs and stuff like that, but I mean really they've got just mixer after mixer and compressors and I mean it's it's porn really, but it's nothing I can use no not really and

1:47:43 But I'm just surprised. It's like, you know, I moved from Camp MoFo to the Travis hideout. I moved the studio! Yeah, you couldn't move one of these studios in a lifetime. Oh honey, let's just do a yard sale. So here's an NPR, here's one of the little workstation areas. There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 monitors on this one table and 17 computers and then there's another table behind it. This is outrageous the way they're wasting money.

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No Agenda Peerage and Donations

The show recognizes several new donors and members of the No Agenda peerage, including Baronet Rory Stone. Various "karma" requests are fulfilled for listeners in exchange for their financial support. The segment highlights the community-driven nature of the show's funding compared to the corporate models of mainstream media.

baronet· peerage· donations· karma· hand jobs

1:48:21 What do they need all this shit for? For their boner. You're right, it's porn. Yeah, it's total porn. And we'll have none of that! 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. On No Agenda, studio porn in the morning. Hey, on the list of barons and baronets and everything, we have to make sure we add Rory Stone as a baronet. Oh. Rory Stone... Baronet! Do we have a protectorate?

1:48:57 No, you don't get a... Okay, we gotta... Make sure you tell us now. I'm gonna tell ya. You don't get a protectorate, although we maybe will allow townships, until you become a baron. Okay. The baronet serves under the baron in an area. So can I ask you a question? If you're a baron... I am the key... I am the peerage officer. Yes, a peerage officer. If you are a baron, can you demand a tithing from people when they are on your protectorate? That is yet to be determined. Political answer. You should come to some of the parties in Austin. I'd fit right in. You know, I'd have the tape recorder going all the time though. Oh really? How else do you feel about that? Andrew Lemanski at least helped us out here from Colorado Springs. 1-2-3-2-1. He wants to push his book mandrewjones.com. He has a book?

1:49:55 That is mandrewjones.com I guess. Go check that out while we're moving ahead. Well he wanted, I'll give him some book karma. Hold on a second. You've got karma. And then curiously Richard T in Colorado Springs right next to the Lemanski donation, 10333 wants some karma for himself and all of the people out there who are thinking for themselves including my friend Chuck B from Boise. Even though he called me out as a douchebag. Oh, well, then I'll give you a deducing and a karma. Oops. You've got karma You've been deduced Randu Pertuck in Northbrook, Illinois 8888 Capital Idea Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio

1:50:50 No agenda show best hand job in the universe always welcomed but never 100% satisfying that's better than most hand jobs four out of 12 wait a minute what does it say four out of 12 what does that mean I don't know it's four out of five four out of 12 dentists recommend us let's hope all right James Deering in Lufkin Texas 75 Chad Biederman, Sir Chad Biederman in Round Lake, Illinois 69-69 69-69, dudes! Jose Abreu in Lisbon Feliz Anniversary for me and a karma request for all the slaves 69-69 You've got karma

1:51:47 Springfield, Virginia 69 69 just happy another happy birthday David Clevenger wait a minute that's it done close to the end of this little game David Clevenger in Sterling Virginia 62 62 PC cameras and computers Panama City Beach excuse me Florida he needs a marriage karma I think we should give him some okay Because it could double our investment. You've got karma. Or could ruin it. Daniel Torellio, yeah it could be. Charleston, South Carolina, great place. Cezal says great for commutes. Also great for listening to during a 10k. I can imagine people winning listening to us. Yeah, because they get angry about certain things and start running faster. Emmanuel Laussier in Brossard, Quebec.

1:52:41 He says happy birthday, so he's guessing I'm 61. Dmitry Fedoseev in London, 60. Christopher Walker in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 50. And Mack Harbor LLC, Shaboy again, Michigan, 50. And that's all we have. I got a couple birthday call outs and... Yeah, but I... Oh, wait. Kind of. Kind of disappointed. Well, you should be disappointed because you know, no one gave a crap about your birthday. That's I mean that says more about you than the show. It's probably I killed the donation segment today. How did you know what you did? Well, I'll gladly blame you. All right, what did you do? I wanted a birthday call out and nobody gave me one.

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Value of Show Notes and European Law Research

The hosts emphasize the value of the "No Agenda" show notes, which provide primary source documents for the claims made during the broadcast. Specifically, the notes include highlighted sections of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the detention of vagrants and alcoholics. Listeners are encouraged to use these documents to educate others on the legal realities of European governance.

show notes· research· european union· vagrancy· alcoholics

1:53:34 And they all went like no, no, no gift, no call-out. We're holding out until next Thursday when we have something or the 505 show, that'd be a good thing to donate to, 505. Well, it's very simple. This program now we've just this show alone We've given you so much more value than you can get than you if you're living in Euro land You could now and you go to the show notes. Here's what you do. Then. Here's here's your value, okay? This can get you promoted at the office can get you laid at the cocktail party can get you into a fight at your local bar But I think it'll make you look smart above all and you'll feel good about yourself when the next time someone, because this is very accurate, right now people are saying, oh man, I can't believe these elites, these crap, they're taking our money away. And you say, excuse me, this is what we all signed up for. It's in the Lisbon Treaty. It's a part of your European human rights.

1:54:30 And then you go to the show notes, 502.nashownotes.com. You go to Euroland, you download the report. I've highlighted it with yellow, the actual... Pieces that we talked about about being allowed to be killed and if you're an alcoholic this is what she used in the bar It's really cool that they can arrest you if you're if you're an alcoholic and lock you up and lock you or if you're homeless They can lock you up your vagrant which isn't even the definition of homeless No, that means just a kind of a bum on the street. You might have a place to stay Yeah, if you have a shopping cart essentially with stuff in it that is not in a bag. That's right We don't see so many homeless in Europe

1:55:08 Yeah, they're picking them up. And you can say, look, it says right here, your possessions are yours unless it's in the public interest. So they can take anything from you. Yeah, land? Yeah. House? Car? Your wife? Probably. Some of you may be happy with that clause, but let that be what it is. But seriously, so this is, I think this is big value. You can fold these three pieces of paper in your back pocket and say, I'm sorry, this is what we all signed up for and congratulations. And you're going to look like the smartest guy in the room and would be like, I didn't know that. Exactly. That is probably worth at least five bucks a month.

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DIA Challenge Coin and Counterdrug Exploitation

A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) challenge coin sent by a listener features the phrase "Counterdrug Document Exploitation." Research into the term leads to the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center in Pennsylvania, which provides training for law enforcement. The DIA seal's symbolism, including atomic ellipses and flaming torches, is discussed in the context of occult or "Illuminati" imagery.

dia· challenge coin· counterdrug· illuminati· pennsylvania

1:55:52 We would appreciate some of the bigger donations, you know So we can at least pretend that we have the NPR like studios who apparently are doing giving you such great value God pisses me off now look at what those guys have I mean, I don't need all that but I mean I'd like to pay rent Anyway, I'd like to thank agent orange in the Netherlands. He sent me a DIA challenge coin and Oh, don't worry you got one too. But what's interesting is on this so you know they have like a slogan or a logo or a slogan so it says department I'm sorry Defense Intelligence Agency on the front with their crazy New World Order like logo but on the back it says counter drug document exploitation

1:56:44 What? Yeah, I googled it and I can only find challenge coins with this on it but no one explanation. Counter drug, document, exploitation. That's what it says on the DIA challenge coin. I just want to see counter drug. One word, counter drug. One word is counter drug. Counter drug is one word. Second word, document. Third word, exploitation. And I've googled this and all I come up, I went to their website and there's no explanation for this. There's a bunch of... So there's pictures of the challenge coin and some guys are selling them on eBay but I don't know what it means. I don't know, there's counterdrug.org, there's counterdrug.com, I think we just need to find the word. Regional counterdrug training academy, there's all kinds of, counterdrug is some sort of a meme for

1:57:49 Mission of Northeast counter drug training is to provide cost-effective counter drug education and advanced training to fight domestic and transnational... I have to click on it because that's all Google will give me. Yeah, but that's not... so if you go to DIA.mil which of course is their website... Yeah, there's nothing about this. There's nothing. It's nothing. Okay, hold on a second. Let me just read this to you. Then you would just... just a little teaser. Oh, by the way, it has to be www.dia.mil. Oh, that's so lame. A-holes. Geez, get some guy who knows what he's doing. Really? Founded in, this is the, this is the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 in accordance with the provisions outlined in the 1999 Defense Appropriations Act.

1:58:39 The Northeast Counterdrug Training Center is operated by the Pennsylvania National Guard with campuses at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania and Volk Airfield, Wisconsin. Both facilities are capable of housing, feeding and training law enforcement and drug demand reduction professionals at no cost to their parent agencies. This is really odd. The sites provide a modern and professional environment for training conferences and planning sessions which are essential to the counter drug community. Is that like the Bitcoin community? Jeez. Do we even know anything about this? Well, no! Check this out. The DIA seal.

1:59:23 The initial letters of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, also comprises the Greek word, DIA, which means divided into two parts. In this instance, the flaming torch and its gold color represent knowledge, i.e. intelligence, lighting the way of the known light-blue-green world against the darkness or unknown symbolized by the dark background. The area of the truth still sought by the worldwide mission of the agency. The two red atomic ellipses symbolize the scientific and the technical aspects of intelligence today and of the future.

2:00:02 The 13 stars and the wreath are adopted from the Department of Starfleet Command and identifies... Stop! Stop! Okay. Department of Defense and identifies the agency as a DoD organization. This is Illuminati shit, man. These guys are out of their mind. They're out of their mind. They're just putting crap on them just to scare you. Well this counter drug thing is a big wide open... Counter drug document exploitation? What's the exploitation part of it? What's the document part of it? I don't know. Anyway, thank you very much Agent Orange. I feel really unsafe now.

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John C. Dvorak Birthday Celebration

The show celebrates John C. Dvorak's 61st birthday with a "celebration horn" and the knighting of Anatoly Nechayev. Nechayev, a donor from Russia, is officially dubbed "Sir Anatoly" of the No Agenda Round Table. The hosts also acknowledge the promotions of Sir Gerard Boers and Sir Rory Stone to the rank of Baronet.

john c. dvorak· birthday· knighting· anatoly nechayev· russia

2:00:44 now that I have this. You sure you want to remind people to go to Dvorak.org slash NA. Give us a little more help on the Thursday show. Also, channel Dvorak.com slash NA, noagendashow.com. You can click on the donate button there or noagendanation.com where you can click on the donate button there too. Yeah, and we really, I think we deserve a little more than what we got today. Dvorak.org slash NA. It's your birthday, birthday of Noel Jim! Anyway, I was going to, uh... I was just gonna use this to say happy birthday to my partner, my compadre.

2:01:29 my partner in crime, John C. Dvorak, who celebrated on the 5th. Happy birthday from your friends at the Noah Jennings Show! There you go. Enjoy your crappy gift. I think you should play that horn, the celebration horn from the last couple shows. Which I think summarizes the... summarizes everything. Sure, duh. Well, hold on a second. I'll find it for you. I didn't have that one handy. What did you title it? Celebration? Air something. Yeah. Alright, well that's coming up. Sorry. That would have been completely appropriate. I don't know. It's gone. Hold on. Now you make me do this. It was 500. We know that.

2:02:21 Not to go back in the archives. This is why you have it out for the last show. Um, when you were playing it was played Oh horns. That's why okay. There you go. Happy birthday, John. Yeah, thanks. You feel better? Yeah, yeah. No, I did celebration horns really liven me up. Okay, let's open up our Get our swords there and... Anatoly Nechev! Step forward, my friend from Russia! You have not only given our bestest buddy John C. Dvorak a very nice birthday present, but you also today become a knight of the Nohagin Round Table. So I hereby pronounce thee Sir Anatolia! Oh, screw it, I screwed it up. Wait, wait, let me do that again. That's not his name.

2:03:20 Sir Anatoly, knight of the Noah-Jenner roundtable. For you, sir, I think we'll just do an extra helping of hookers and blow. Forget all the other stuff. Russian style. Russian style, exactly. Putin style, my friend. The good stuff. Putin style. We're gonna give you the good stuff. And then we congratulate Sir Gerard Boers, not Gerald. Sir Gerard Boers on becoming a baronet. And Sir Rory Stone also now becoming a baronet. Both of those gentlemen on their way to Baronesse where they can claim a protectorate according to our peerage officer. And thank you all for supporting the NOAA Gender Show, the best podcast in the universe, particularly in these challenging times when, you know, all we're getting is the middle class being pumped up and all the poor people are down here trying to be guardians of reality.

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National Conspiracy Theories Poll

Public Policy Polling released a "National Conspiracy Theories Poll" surveying 1,247 registered voters. MSNBC's Chris Matthews used the results to mock Republicans, specifically highlighting that 22% of Romney voters believe President Obama is the Antichrist. The poll also covered beliefs regarding 9/11, the moon landing, and the New World Order.

public policy polling· conspiracy theories· antichrist· 9/11· chris matthews

2:04:18 Something like that. Once again, our address is... So there was something I wanted to do with you. Yeah, this was actually... It's kind of good, it kind of flows right into... Or really out of our poor donation segment. And so this... This poll that was done remember the one that that we know al Roker was like so surprised that 37% of Americans believe global warming is a hoax Yeah, and of course he had two words super storm Sandy so so Chris Matthews I'm just I'm only using Matthews as an intro Because I got a hold of this entire

2:05:13 poll the results split out by demographic and it's very interesting for this show and we are missing out on various very very important target audiences that I, so we should have a meeting about it. But first here's Matthews who of course is using this poll to point out that Republicans of course are insane. Let's start with a wild one. Do you believe President Obama is the Antichrist? Let me just give you a refresher so we all know exactly what that means. Webster's defines Antichrist as quote, one who denies or opposes Christ, specifically a great antagonist expected to fill the world with wickedness

2:05:49 but to be conquered forever by Christ in his second coming. Well, 13% of Americans, one in six, and 22% of Romney voters believe Obama is the Antichrist. Incredible. Another 13% can't make up their minds. Liz, 26% think he might be the Antichrist. What kind of a country of a loony bin are we living with? Here's another gem here, 11% say the government knew about and let the 9-11 attack happen. The same amount by the way aren't sure whether the government did or did not try to stop it. So this is the problem. Truthers, birthers, they're all over the wall here. I tell you, the truth is that I actually believe that George W. had a plunger, you know, and blew up not just the World Trade Center, but blew up his own Pentagon. I mean, what's the problem?

2:06:36 to get us into Iraq where he was already talking us into he would have talked us to anyway probably your thoughts. Alright so uh... Your thoughts. Yeah okay. Your thoughts. My thoughts is this guy's an asshole. But my actual thoughts are based upon facts. So I got this poll from, it's called the National Conspiracy Theories Poll and is done by Public Policy Polling. Are these guys any good or is this just some shill organization and should we... I'm not without looking them up, as far as I recall they're legit. They're legit. So here's how they did the survey. 1,247 registered American voters from March 27th to the 30th.

CHAPTER 45 / 57 Discussion

Demographic Breakdown of Conspiracy Beliefs

A detailed analysis of the conspiracy poll reveals that "Obama bots" (Democrats) are more likely to believe the moon landing was fake and that the government allowed 9/11 to happen. The data shows that 13% of Obama voters are "truthers" compared to 8% of Romney voters. The breakdown by gender indicates that women are slightly more likely to believe Osama bin Laden is still alive.

demographics· race· gender· truthers· moon landing

2:07:17 They had them do an automated telephone interviews, that's basically touch-tone phone answers. So they asked a number of set-up questions like, did you vote for Romney, Obama, not sure, someone else, are you a Democrat, Republican, other? And they asked some race questions and some very interesting statistics which I think are worth discussing here on the program. Of the respondents, 11% were Hispanic, 72% were white, 12% African American, and 5% other. So, you know, this to me automatically says this is not a very representative poll of the country. Or is it, John? Is 12% of the United States black? Is 11% Hispanic?

2:08:07 I think this may be accurate. Is that accurate? The 45% of the respondents were between 46 and 65 years old. Is that also accurate? I don't know those numbers. Anyway, just so you know. So here's what's interesting. It's the cross tabs is what you want. You don't want all the you know, just the end result you want to break it down to see what the The the Obama bots versus the Romney bots are thinking and the Democrats versus the Republicans So when you look at believe global warming is a hoax 61% of the people who voted for Romney Believe it 12% for Obama. I'm like, okay. I

2:08:45 That kind of makes sense. These people are probably more prone to kind of the rhetoric about it. But then we get, believe Bin Laden is alive. Very close actually. Mitt Romney 6%, Barack Obama 4%. But most people really don't believe that he's alive. Believe in the New World Order. Romney 38%, Obama 16%. It's not like they don't believe it at all. Believe Saddam involved in 9-11. 19% of Obama bots, 35% Romney bots. Believe vaccines cause autism. Almost equal. 19% Obama bots, 22% Romney bots. And here's my favorite. Believe the moon landing is fake.

2:09:33 Democrats win 6% to 5. Obama bots, so you can never call me a Republican again because the Obama bots are the ones that believe this. Believe aliens exist equal 28% to 28%. Believe CIA spread crack in inner cities. Romney bots 10%. Obama bots 17%. Ooh, that's a big discrepancy. Ooh, wait until we break it down by race. Believe government adds fluoride to water for sinister reasons. Equal footing, 8% for both. I find this fascinating. Apparently you do. You don't like it? No, keep going, I'm interested. Believe in JFK conspiracy, almost equal, 24-25%. Believe government controls minds through television. 12% of Obama bots believe that versus 18% Romney bots.

2:10:29 Okay, I'm glad that anybody believes that one believe government allow they don't do it for sending us rays. They do it just by Constantly hounding us with brainwashed and washed over business stories that are just nothing but parroting whatever they tell you to say well the question horrible Yeah, they ask the question incorrectly because you know they think that there's like rays you're right. That's that's why it's incorrect however However, believe government allowed 9-11 to happen. That would be the truther movement. Is that right? The truther movement. The truthers, yeah. Okay. Romney bots, 8%. Obama bots, 13%. It's the Obama bots who are the truthers. Believe Bin Laden is alive. This is by gender. 4% of men, 8% of women.

2:11:17 Believe the moon landing was fake. Men 6%, women 7%. So far we need to be going after female Obama bots. Believe moon landing was fake by party. Again, Democrats 7%, almost twice as much as the Republicans. So what is Chris Matthews talking about? He's talking out of his ass. Believe the government allowed 9-11 to happen. Democrats, this is party affiliation, 14% to 8% Republicans. Truthers are Democrats. And here's, now okay, this is the breakdown by race. And they have Hispanic, white, African American and other. Hey, China is your other. Go back to your restaurant.

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Australian Media and Fake Accents

The hosts critique an Australian entertainment report featuring a correspondent with a perceived "fake" American accent. The report focused on actor Nicolas Cage joining Twitter to promote his directorial debut. The segment highlights the often generic and mishandled nature of international entertainment reporting.

australia· today show· voiceover· accents· twitter

2:15:21 At some point she'll just leave the country and move to Australia where he can get voiceover work because he's got to be better than this woman. Did she say it's such a dick? Is that how she started? That's what it sounds like. It's such a dick! But she's actually saying dip. Oh dip. Yeah, now the Shalas that they got they got a they got a special kind of screen Yes, I think I could probably make money as an American doing American voiceover. There is a market for that overseas Yeah, I think so. Yeah, so now so I'm watching this. This is again the today show

2:16:04 Today with the Australian version. Oh, right, right. Nothing to do with the Today Show here. Oh, thank goodness. And so I got the worst entertainment news report ever. You have to listen to the whole thing because it's hilarious. But I want you to judge this for me. OK, so this is an entertainment report. Yeah, this is the worst one I've ever heard. And I want you, here's what, here's the question, here's what we want to deal with. You know when I do like a British accent or something and I can barely sustain some of these things. To a Brit, it doesn't sound right. There's always something wrong. And you can tell if somebody's really got... I believe that the woman reporting supposedly from Hollywood in this report is an Australian faking a kind of a weird, sort of a mishmash accent that's kind of New England, a little Southern twang. It's a complete...

2:16:59 fake accent that is supposed to sound American but it's not even close I think it's just a complete mess but you tell me but the report itself is even worse than her voice. Screwed his fans, what's he done? He's joined Twitter! Finally, he sent out a couple of tweets and people just absolutely went nuts. It's right there. Really excited for you guys to see my directorial debut Shreveport. Info and pictures will be released exclusively through my new Twitter. And then he followed that with another tweet promoting something else. Somebody needs to have a talk with him. Twitter is for juicy tidbits that I can use, not ads.

2:17:39 No, you need to mix it up a bit don't you? Yes. Someone slower than Tim Gilbert on Twitter. I love it. Thanks for that Michelle. We'll catch you shortly. Here are the top stories. Got her. Well, I think you're right. I'd have to see her. She almost sounds like she's from the South. Yeah, but she's just no. She did. If you saw her it wouldn't help because she's very generic. She would be... so if I were sitting in the ivory tower and watching this, I mean, it would literally, I would be like, um, let me see. Um, hold on a second. Get her off the air. I never want to see her on again, ever.

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Julia Gillard and the Australian Carbon Tax

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is criticized for the implementation of a carbon tax that has significantly impacted small businesses. Reports indicate some businesses are paying up to $30,000 annually in taxes, creating a "false economy." The tax is viewed as a "breach of faith" with the Australian public and a sign of the government's shift toward more restrictive fiscal policies.

julia gillard· carbon tax· australia· small business· climate change

2:18:25 So it looks like Gil, uh, Gil, what are, Gilardi, whatever her name is. Gilfoyle, what's the name of the head of, uh, of Prime Minister of Australia, that hatchet-faced woman? The hatchet-faced woman, Gillyard, well, it's Gillard, but we like to say Gillyard. Gillyard. I didn't realize that she got in office by, and the, anyway, here's her. She slept her way up to the top, didn't she? No, she did a deal apparently. I didn't know this until I listened to this report but you can hear how she got to where she is and why they put the carbon tax in. But this carbon tax and the rest of it, she's doomed. She's not getting back in. I'm almost sure of it now. What is the report, darling? Art in the greens. Yeah, there's so much carbon in the title. Priority. It's not the only thing that we'll do. We've got to stop the boats. We've got to get the budget under control.

2:19:16 There are many things that we will need to tackle in the first term of a coalition government, but the great breach of faith by this Prime Minister and this Government has been the carbon tax. She promised us You know it just hit me. It just kind of hit me. So they took away the farmers guns, everybody's guns in Australia in, was it 98? It was some time ago. Yeah. And now they have a carbon tax. And I'm going to relate the two because 98 was, when was the big Crocodile Dundee craze? Was that just before that? It had to be. Let me look it up. I think Crocodile Dundee, not three, but one and maybe two.

2:20:25 I mean, because I went there in 1990 and I was so impressed. 86 was the first movie. Right. So I was so impressed in the 90s. In 1990 they did a documentary. I was just blown away by you know people were kind and sweet and and and like to get their hands dirty whether it's an office job or a farm job or what I just like to work and like work hard play hard have fun respect but also there was some kind of healthy respect between men and women because you know a lot of women who look really smoking hot could beat the crap out of you this it was just like the whole thing was

2:21:07 like a perfect mix between America, Britain and the Netherlands for some reason. It was like a really nice vibe and I was so impressed that I've said for many years that I could easily fit in there. It's actually a lot like Texas in many ways. Maybe you know kind of Austin-y Texas to be quite honest. I think it went away. I think it was a castration of sorts to have this happen. And we know that with the carbon tax, it is against the law for anyone like in a restaurant to say, well, we raised the price because of the carbon tax. That's illegal, even though it's the truth. And it's for what? For something that is pretty unproven.

2:21:58 Not only that, but he went on to do a report started about how some of these small businesses in Brisbane are paying $30,000 a year in carbon taxes. And of course they just passed a, this creates a false economy. Yeah, but it's not the businesses, it's the slaves at the end of the day. It's the slaves. Yeah, no, everybody has to pay more. Yeah. But it's like weird, but I guess you... But I feel, if you look at the history and you look at You know, look at Australia in World War II and in between the Great Wars. These were people not to be messed with. And the government, this hatchet-faced person, she's leading this takeover that is sad. It's sad to see it. It feels, you know, the fighting spirit just feels like it's gone. And it's because there's nothing to back it up, I guess. Is that a logical conclusion or am I just making things up?

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Australian Gun Buyback Program History

The 1996 Australian gun buyback program, led by Prime Minister John Howard, is reviewed. The government levied a special tax to fund the purchase of 700,000 firearms following the Port Arthur massacre. While proponents claim the reform ended mass shootings, the hosts question the long-term cultural impact and the "de-balling" of the Australian national spirit.

john howard· gun buyback· australia· port arthur· taxation

2:22:56 No, I don't think, I mean, from what I can tell, I don't know if it's because of this crazy gun thing they managed to pull off where they just essentially confiscated all the guns after that one massacre, I guess, supposed massacre, whatever it was. I don't know, maybe, it's possible. And it does seem as though they've been slightly debauled. I was hearing, you know how they did that? You know how they did that gun ban? In Australia, I was listening to the Prime Minister who did that. Howard. Was that Howard? Yeah, it was Howard. And the way they did it is they levied a tax for a gun buyback and it was billions of dollars.

2:23:41 If you really want to do it, and I think this would be an interesting experiment, and go ahead, I would say, try and put that into place. They said, alright, we have to get rid of everyone's guns. Australia is a federation. It's a bit like the United States, only have what, six states instead of 50? I don't know if it's six, I don't want to sound like a Jewish, but it's federated. And so they knew they couldn't get all the states to go on board, so they did this huge tax so all the other slaves had to pitch in, pay money for everyone's gun to be bought back. And it worked! So they got to, they took 700,000 guns, which he says would be the equivalent of 40 million guns taken out of action in the United States.

2:24:28 So do that times ten, so it would probably be a trillion dollars. Something, something big. Yeah, but everyone got on board and they did it. They all said okay, interesting. Now reading the propaganda here, it's interesting. They say Australia had 13 gun massacres in the 18 years before the 1996 gun reforms, but has not suffered any mass shootings since. Huh. It seems like a, I'm suspecting that that is a, somewhat of a contrived statistic. Well it doesn't matter because our war here is just purely the war on crazy. It's, and I have two clips to back this up, and I want to reiterate very clearly

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Mental Health Records and Gun Control

The Aurora theater shooter James Holmes had reportedly been identified as a danger by his psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, prior to the attack. The incident is being used to advocate for "common sense" legislation that would integrate mental health records into law enforcement databases. The hosts warn that this system will eventually be used to restrict other civil liberties, such as driving or employment.

james holmes· aurora shooting· mental health· gun control· privacy

2:25:19 and you and I, John, will probably both be just getting by and doing the show, but in maybe five years from now, I will say, please bring out the red book around episode 500, because I won't remember it'll be 502. And I'll say, remember when we said that they were going to get the mental health records and it'll be, it's gonna be your doctors now who will give up, it'll be required, give up the mental health records so you can't have a gun but it's going to be used for everything. Sorry you can't drive. Oh sorry you can't be a teacher. I'm sorry you can't even be near children. You can't go to the pool. You can't be in a public place. You can't go to a theater. You can't have, oh no you can't have any, you just can't. You can't have.

2:26:07 And that is the danger. So our president is leading this common sense legislation that is the most dangerous thing I've ever seen. And it's not about guns. It really isn't. It's about controlling your every single move. And here's proof, as we hear now, of James Holmes, that the psychiatrist knew, but it didn't get through the proper channels, that he was crazy. We're learning about new warnings about accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes from his psychiatrist. Newly released documents say University of Colorado Denver psychiatrist Dr. Lynn Felton warned campus police in June that Holmes had homicidal thoughts and was a danger to the public.

2:26:51 She also said Holmes began to send her threatening text messages after he stopped going to her for counseling. Her warning came barely a month before the July 20th attack. The documents also list items police collected from Holmes' apartment, including 50 cans and bottles of beer, a Batman mask, paper shooting targets, and prescription medications for anxiety and depression. Last week, Holmes offered to plead guilty in the attack that killed 12 people and injured 70. Prosecutors rejected the offer and said they would seek the death penalty. So if this guy actually did it and if he did act alone and all of that is up in the air, it doesn't matter, we've been over that a hundred times with you. It is of course obvious that the medication for anxiety and depression might have something to do with it when you take into account that the actual disclaimer in the advertising says you may have suicidal thoughts.

CHAPTER 51 / 57 Discussion

Pre-Crime Brain Activity Research

Researchers are using MRI scans to measure brain activity associated with impulsivity to predict recidivism in prison inmates. The study claims that low activity in certain brain regions makes an individual 4.5 times more likely to re-offend. This "pre-crime" technology is criticized as a pseudo-scientific way to permanently marginalize former offenders.

mri· impulsivity· pre-crime· recidivism· brain function

2:27:41 So, but that's not what's going to be used here. Instead, it's going to be we need a system so that this psychiatrist could send the information to the appropriate authorities so we could take care of the slave right then and there. And we'll take it one step further as your national treasure NPR is documenting as now we can actually know in advance when your brain is wired incorrectly. Learning about new warnings about accused. Sorry, crap, wrong one. Didn't mean to do that. Yes, so we know that important decisions are made every day in the criminal justice system about, for example, whether to release an inmate, under what conditions to release an inmate, parole or probation. And one of the things that parole boards typically do is some form of what's called a risk assessment to try to identify the factors that are likely to promote desistance to future crime or persistence to future crime.

2:28:44 And one of those variables is impulsivity. So if an offender scores high on impulsivity, for example, let's say you might use a pen and paper test to have them fill out and say that they buy things impulsively, they quit jobs frequently. That might mean you would commit a crime impulsively. Yeah, exactly. It turns out it does. So it turns out that those scales can predict that an individual is likely to come back to prison quickly. But you also might study little games or neuropsych tests and those are going to also give you a picture of what's happening. What we did though that was different was we said, well, those are trying to measure brain function by proxy. And so what if we directly measure brain function using an MRI while they're doing those games and tasks? And what we did is we found that the brain activity associated with impulsivity was incrementally predictive above those other measures. And it was really predictive.

2:29:29 Inmates who had low activity were up to four and a half times more likely to re-offend looking out four years than inmates that had higher levels of activity. Break this down for me in layman's terms. If you were sitting me down to do this test right now, what would you tell me? I'd say that you're going to see a series of letters presented on the screen to you, one at a time, and they're going to come fast and quickly, and every time you see this letter X, I want you to press the button here. But occasionally there's going to be the letter K, and when you see the letter K, you're not supposed to press the button. And it's fast and quick, and you're going to make mistakes, but you need to keep going as fast and accurately as you can. And here we go. Someone who sees the K, they're not supposed to put the button, but they can stay in control, means they're less impulsive and probably less likely to be a criminal, and you're watching this whole thing in the brain and what it looks like. Exactly.

2:30:10 Exactly. Well, aren't there other factors when it comes to criminal behavior? I mean, I'm thinking drug, alcohol abuse, mental health. I mean, how predictive is impulsivity when it comes to whether or not someone will commit a crime in the future? So you're absolutely right. There are many factors that go into identifying the factors associated with risk. for re-offending and in this study we did control for the effect of alcohol and substance abuse, age, education, socio-economic background and what was interesting was that the measures of brain function were still incrementally predictive above and beyond those other measures. Well, we might as well play this jingle. Before it's a crime, it's pre-crime. Yeah, I had actually had that clip too. Oh really? Yeah, I've

2:30:58 I was listening it goes on and if where the guy finally at the very end of it He says oh well, you know we can't we maybe it's premature to like use this for any sort of thing We just it's information, but you can see this coming down Broadway. Yeah, and so they and it's bogus I mean is the whole thing is nonsense. I mean people read I'd say Without any documentation. I would say the major reason that most people re commit crimes is because It's because once they're out through that system and get back into the public, they can't get a job ever. No. They are completely marginalized as citizens. They can't vote. Their voting rights taken away. Many of them, once the criminal record's on them, they can never get a job again. And they have to resort to crime. This is so phony that the whole thing is such a bunch of bull crap. But that guy, that voice. That creepy guy? I think he was at the party.

CHAPTER 52 / 57 Discussion

Natural Gas Prices and Fukushima Leaks

Natural gas prices have risen to over $4.13, a 4.5% increase, as global demand shifts. Meanwhile, the Fukushima nuclear plant reported a leak of 120 tons of radioactive water into the ground. The segment also notes a major gas deal between Russia and Israel involving the Leviathan field, signaling a significant shift in energy geopolitics.

natural gas· fukushima· radioactive water· putin· leviathan gas field

2:31:53 You know what I'm saying, right? Yeah, I know. That's exactly the one of those guys. Hey, what is the price of a globulin of gas today? a globulin? Yeah, we forgot. I would say, well, I can tell you what it is around here. I think it's about, I'm sorry, not, I mean, liquid natural gas. I'm talking about the big stuff that throws through the pipes, the pipelines. Yeah. Yeah. Cause the, and cause, well, while you're looking it up, let's scare the people more about nuclear energy. Some other news now, the company operating the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan says that up to 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked into the ground. May have leaked into the ground. A spokesman said a leak had been detected in one of the tanks used to store water to keep the reactors cool.

2:32:45 May, May. Let's just give you some breaking news about what's happening in Japan. It's being reported by news agencies and nuclear regulators that the cooling system has failed for a storage pool of fuel for one of the reactors at the nuclear plant at Fukushima, which was damaged two years ago by the tsunami. No immediate danger from the failure, according to nuclear regulators. But be afraid breaking news no danger be afraid be afraid breaking news breaking news. Oh radiation focus human No, no, no danger be afraid be afraid if my memory is correct the same thing happened or in a similar place about two weeks ago as well The alarm went off on Friday afternoon in reactor number three the cause is still under investigation

2:33:33 Yeah, natural gas is now over 4.13 up 4.5 percent. Did I not tell you to invest? I told you. Big move. I told you to invest. I said it's going up there. It's gonna now, now it's been kept down artificially. It's also gonna turn out that we don't have as much as we thought we would. So this is gonna be a bonanza. Putin is jacking off as we speak. My god, I have a map of... It's in the show notes under pipelines. Follow the pipes. A map of Russia's pipelines? That's not even funny. And now they did the deal with the Israelis? So they're doing the gas from Leviathan? I love those guys. I love the Israelis and the Russians. It's like nothing personal, dude. Nah, it's just business. I don't give a crap. I don't care about any political... just...

2:34:28 Hey, we don't care if we'll pretend on this side that you're giving stuff to Iran But just you know you do the pipeline up to up to Europe from here, so um it's just incredible incredible Yeah, well as part of the giant scam the giant game that we're not a part of Nothing no benefit to us zero Zero benefit hanging out with all those rich elites that you're hanging out with you think you should be able to oh, oh please something No, no, I don't play the game. This is why is like Never ever ever in a million years no No, no, no, no, no, that's not gonna happen. They I was like yeah, just park around the corner

CHAPTER 53 / 57 Discussion

H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak in China

A new strain of bird flu, H7N9, has caused at least six deaths in China, leading to the slaughter of 20,000 chickens in Shanghai. While there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission, health officials are monitoring the virus for potential mutations. The US and other nations have begun the preliminary steps to develop a vaccine for the strain.

h7n9· bird flu· china· shanghai· vaccine

2:35:19 When we come to your house, we should park around the corner. Not on our street, that one. We did the bird flu report last show. Do you remember any of the statistics? How many people, you know this new H5N20 or whatever it is. Do you remember anything about that report at all? Any details in your head that remain? A couple people died. What do you remember? I remember it's the H7N9, I believe, a new strain of bird flu. I think it had killed a man and a woman and it was transmitted from bird fowl to human.

2:36:03 and it was the start I think of a new fear-mongering campaign. What do you have? Yeah, but it seems like, I don't know if that's true because the fear-mongering campaign parallel to the one in the United States has different stats in Canada. Oh. Which is another thing that bothers me about the media. I mean, you know, nobody seems to want to play the same story. They all have their own little twist on it. And it's always, and it's like, this is so different. Listen to this. A new strain of bird flu has proven deadly in China. But just how much of a risk does the latest virus pose? The CBC's Kelly Crowe has that story. This is good, John, because so back to back, I'll play my bird flu report.

2:36:45 Which I believe is a... I don't know if it's BBC or if it's US, but I'll play it right after, okay? We can compare. Good? Yeah. It's happening again. An influenza virus has jumped the species barrier from birds to humans. This week, Chinese authorities confirmed at least 16 cases of severe respiratory infection and at least six deaths. But there is reassuring news. So far, the virus does not seem to be good at jumping from person to person. Okay, 16 have it, six dead?

2:37:20 Yeah, 6 and 6, 16 and 6. In Shanghai, health authorities slaughtered 20,000 chickens to limit the spread of the potentially deadly new flu strain that appears to be transmitted from birds to people. Cases have occurred over a wide range of southern China, so it seems many birds are infected. The big fear is that the virus could spread among people, causing a global pandemic like the one in 1918. Clearly a better story. That killed 20 to 40 million. In many ways this is like a suddenly smoking volcano where we have no idea whether it's going to go quiet in a couple of weeks and not be heard again for many, many years or whether it's going to erupt. So far the testing is reassuring. Results show almost no person-to-person transmission.

2:38:05 Other good news, the Chinese government has been quickly sharing information with the world. That's a far cry from 10 years ago when it tried to hide an outbreak of a different virus called SARS that spread around the world, sickening 8,000 and killing 800 before it died out. I love this guy who talks like this in SARS. China has really provided for a model response. It's been timely, it's been comprehensive. Several countries are now checking travelers for illness, preparing to have masks and medication in place, and restricting imports of Chinese poultry. The United States and other countries are taking the first steps to develop a vaccine. Health officials say as long as new infections appear, the chances of a more dangerous mutation persist.

2:38:54 They are watching closely and hoping that doesn't happen. Was that the Spanish flu? Spanish flu killed 40 million or something. Right. So that has nothing to do with this, but okay. And then they talk about a vaccine which is being developed. See, this is why this report is far superior. Far superior. Well, I thought you were going to pull one out where they came up with this number two, which is the one that they kept. Well, that was last week. That was last week. Yeah, well, maybe.

CHAPTER 54 / 57 Discussion

Measles Outbreak and Vaccination Pressure

A measles outbreak has led to increased pressure on parents to vaccinate their children before the start of the school year. The media coverage is characterized as using "corner gossip" and anecdotal fear to drive public health compliance. The segment highlights the rapid response of parents to perceived health threats despite a lack of personal contact with the disease.

measles· vaccination· mmr· school requirements· public health

2:39:38 They don't have any numbers. Okay. Well who needs number that in get more nation east though. There's another there's a measles outbreak. Oh Yeah, it's according to our producers over there. This is on the news everywhere Have a quick words with Sarah who's brought Phoebe along and now she was do her vaccination Because she's three years and four months you decide to do it time to shoot some poison into the slave But early, tell me why? She's starting school on the 16th so we just wanted to get in there early before she starts school really. How worrying has this outbreak been for you and for other parents? Personally I don't know anyone with measles but I know of people that know people.

2:40:19 I Know people who know of people And she immediately takes her little human resource and go stands in line for a shot It's sad people Take it from me. I know people who know of people. I know people who know of people. That's called corner gossip. Boy, I think we've really run the gamut today, John. We've covered a lot of ground. Oh, I did want to mention this. As you mentioned, gold is in free fall.

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ABN AMRO Gold Delivery Suspension

The Dutch bank ABN AMRO informed clients that their gold investments are no longer available for physical delivery. This move suggests a shortage of physical bullion within the banking system and has raised concerns about the stability of the gold market. The suspension of delivery is viewed as a major red flag for precious metal investors.

abn amro· gold· physical delivery· banking· investments

2:41:04 Which you went up went up. Of course it went up like 30 bucks. Of course it did there was a buying opportunity however, the Dutch bank ABN AMRO has sent out a note to all of its clients and in for them that their quote gold investments are no longer physically deliverable This is isn't this like a Typical sign it's not good. I think that's like really bad if the bank says we cannot deliver your gold physically and Yeah, it means there's no gold to be delivered. It also means... Would you like some tungsten instead? But doesn't that mean like the whole gold market is now bogative? It's always bogative.

CHAPTER 56 / 57 Discussion

Joseph Kony Reward and Troop Withdrawal

The US government has offered a $5 million reward for the capture of Joseph Kony, despite pulling back the military "consultants" previously sent to hunt him. The African Union has also put the search on hold following a coup in the Central African Republic. The hosts point out the sudden silence from celebrity activists like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie who previously championed the "Kony 2012" movement.

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2:41:47 Think the Fort Knox thing somebody explained I think still is but maybe you're the one that came up with the idea that People want to see their investments and you know they want to see their gold that we store in Fort Knox because we stole a lot of gold uh-huh and so you take him down there and you shoot a Germany's coming in that runs down and changes all the signs to Germany No, it's like those license plates that John James Bond has like yes just flips over to Germany Germany the Queen's coming Yeah. Okay, finally then, and this I just thought this was kind of funny. So remember on Thursday we talked about the Rewards for Justice program has now released or that has now put up five million dollars that can lead to the capture or arrest of Joseph Kony.

2:42:39 Right of the Lord's resistance army the guy who's Kony video and without a man whatever happened to that guy the guy who freaked out and ran around naked and then The giant voice system told him to go run around naked and jerk off that was cool. Oh, we need more news stories like that so So I you know, we're kind of why did this happen? Well, as it turns out, Joseph Kony tops the list of alleged war criminals wanted by the International Criminal Court.

2:43:25 Uganda has put the hunt for leader Kony on hold. The decision was not ours but came from the African Union. We do what the African Union says. If it tells us to pull our troops or say we should continue the operation, then we obey. Military operations carried out with the US, remember we sent over like 150 consultants? Remember that? Yeah. Also been pulled back, stopped. They're no longer searching for him. So instead of searching for him, we've put up a five million dollar reward. So what do you make of that? Well, obviously the guy doesn't even exist anymore. I think we need to have some new villain or something and this is like a tying up a loose end. Or maybe the, because you know they were in, they're going into Congo

2:44:25 Maybe we're not going to invade that country right now. Maybe it's another one. We have to come up with a different guy. But for all intents and purposes, Coney's dead. But I find it kind of interesting that where's the video now? Where's the big outrage over that President Obama is pulling back his troops that he authorized personally through executive order? They could go in and go get him. Clean him up. In fact, let me get... You know what? This will be worth it probably. Let me just see what we I know we had a clip of President Obama talking about Kony and how important it was that we got this guy. Someone's got to call him out on this. It's too bad Jake Tapper went to CNN because you knew you know Jake would do it. Yeah, it's a shame. I don't even see Kony stuff anymore.

2:45:19 Crap. Oh well, I guess I'll have to look for it on the for Thursday show. I don't have it. Kony goes berserk. Oh wait here GPS clip. Well, that's right. Oh man, we had Clooney talking about Kony, Angelina Jolie talking about Kony, the Kony mission. this was such a big deal and where is everybody now? Hold on a second, here's Clooney. Let me ask you about another war criminal, uh, Coney. Uh, this video that's come out by now, I don't know, 150 million people, even more people than watch your movies. Do you think that ultimately it'll make a difference because you've, you try to focus your activism in very specific... Okay, who gave the crap? Here's Rihanna. And for, to get the youth involved with something like that, I'd love to be

2:46:09 Some I'd love to be an outlet something that can help spread the word even if it's to the four 14 million fans on Twitter I'm alright idiot. I want I'd like Indicted war criminals to enjoy the same level of celebrity as me, okay? Because now we know what to do here. It is ready in order for Kony to be arrested this year I The Ugandan military has to find him. I don't think I know anybody that doesn't hate Joseph Kony. Anybody who works in the international field has been aware and I've been to Uganda and Congo and been to the International Criminal Court myself and spoken with them. Yeah, alright. Where's the outrage now Clooney, Jolie? Where's the outrage? Rihanna? Huh? Where is it?

CHAPTER 57 / 57 Discussion

Invisible Children and Show Outro

The "Invisible Children" charity remains active despite the public breakdown of its founder, Jason Russell, in 2012. The hosts conclude the show by encouraging donations via the "value-for-value" model and directing listeners to the show notes. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak sign off, promising a return on the following Thursday.

invisible children· jason russell· kony 2012· oprah· outro

2:46:59 The man behind the popular online video calling for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has been detained and taken to hospital in the US. Jason Russell and his charity Invisible Children made the film Kony 2012. Witnesses say he was seen naked and screaming at drivers in San Diego in California. His group says the controversy surrounding the video has taken an emotional toll on Russell. What controversy? Because the controversy. There's no controversy. That was almost a year ago. March 15th. Well I guess they didn't get him in 2012 did they? Nope. Or they did or somebody ate him. In fact it was called Kony 2012.

2:47:42 The guy may have been cooked and divided up in a large meal. Invisible Children, that was the name of the charity. Do you think that's still around? Invisible Children? No. Let's see. You get a bunch of money from all these... Oh, they got money from Oprah! Oprah, I tell you! Yeah. Invisible Children. Yeah, it's still there. InvisibleChildren.com. Dot com? Not dot org? No. Well, maybe there is a dot org too. Let's see. Huh. Yeah, this is the one about Kony, so let's see if there's a .org. Oh, oh, oh, action alert! Ten days ago, the government in Central African Republic was overthrown by... Oh, interesting. Not always the same. Ah, hold on, John. Do you get the action alert pop-up? Yeah, right in front. Action step! Wait, wait. Ten days ago, the government in Central African Republic was overthrown by the Salika rebels. Because of this, the mission to stop the LRA is in jeopardy. Oh.

2:48:46 So there's a change in African policy, something changed. I told you something changed, something changed. We did something on this African Union a lot two or three years ago being some sort of a scam. Yeah. I don't remember any of it. I mean, it was such a while back, but apparently this has something to do with it. It's like that European Union thing. I've heard of it. Yeah. Doesn't seem to be too good. They have a flag with skulls. And they can take your money, your house, your car. your clothes, as long as it's in the public interest. Print that out people, go to 502.nashownotes.com and so you can show people that it's perfectly legal and agreed to according to the European human rights and five protocols. I'll take your human rights and raise you five protocols that you can arrest me if I'm drunk, if I've got a shopping cart, and live in the European Union. LGY.

2:49:51 Alright everybody, thank you so much. Please think of us for Thursday. If anything to get John to stop doing that, donate. Dvorak.org slash NA. Thank you very much for tuning in, those of you in the chat room live. Keepin' him honest. Coming to you from the Travis Heights hideout. Where I'm gonna go have dinner with my buddy Frank Karachi and looking forward to it. He's not a douchebag. In the morning, I'm Adam Curry.

2:50:27 Indeed and from northern Silicon Valley where I finally got the dog poop off my feet I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll talk to you again on Thursday right here on no agenda Dog bad breath is one of the major concerns of dog owners Dvorak org slash n a