Episode 503 · Thursday, 11 April 2013

Ninjas in Mongolia

Digital currency markets collapse while federal legislation seeks to redefine mental fitness for gun ownership as the global race for Mongolian minerals intensifies.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 37m listen | 52 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 503

About this episode

The Bitcoin market faces a volatile reckoning as values plummet from $266 to $120, prompting the Mt. Gox exchange to battle suspected DDoS attacks and bot manipulation. While Taylor Moore of Nashville lists property for digital currency and BitPay expands merchant services, the subreddit community has reportedly considered posting suicide hotline information for distressed investors. This speculative bubble, frequently compared to the 1990s Beanie Baby craze, highlights the risks of treating decentralized software codes as stable financial assets.

Vice President Joe Biden signals American interest in Mongolia’s mineral wealth as 60,000 ninja miners fuel a regional gold rush. In Washington, intelligence officials including Leon Panetta and Robert Mueller face scrutiny over 2009 testimony regarding the priority of attempted domestic attacks. Meanwhile, Senator Bill 374 and the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 threaten to classify citizens with antisocial personality disorder or low frustration tolerance as mentally defective, potentially disqualifying millions from firearm ownership under broad DSM-V definitions.

Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon of the University of Besancon concludes a 15-year study suggesting that bras may actually cause breast sagging by degrading natural support muscles. In the world of political PR, Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin attempt an image rehabilitation via the New York Times, while Chelsea Clinton appears to be laying the groundwork for a future campaign. The episode features the elevation of Sir Dwayne Melanson to the Earl of Oregon and a critique of the automated Giant Voice emergency systems produced by Whelen Engineering.


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CHAPTER 01 / 52 Discussion

Bitcoin, Beanie Babies, and Financial Bubble Comparisons

The value of Bitcoin is compared to the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s, suggesting the digital currency is a speculative bubble. Discussion focuses on the "hold strong" sentiment found on Reddit subreddits and the technical "walls" or "floors" traders use to describe price movements. The transition from a niche tech interest to a mainstream phenomenon is identified as a precursor to a potential crash.

bitcoin· beanie babies· reddit· financial crisis· market crash

00:00 Oh my god! You dog, you. We're old friends She's sexy Adam Curry John C. Dvorak It's Thursday April 11th 2013 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination episode 503 This is no agenda Polishing up my anti-social personality disorder here at the Travis Heights hideout in Austin, Texas. Capital of the drone star state in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and without further ado from Northern Silicon Valley I am John C DeVore It's crackpotting buzzkill! Yeah, no further ado. What's Bitcoin doing for you? What a fantastic thing to see! Look it is not like I didn't agree that we both agree that bitcoin is the beanie baby of the financial crisis

00:52 In fact, I tweeted that just to remind everybody that is what you said. What you asserted Yes and that's what makes me think we have a crash coming because the Beanie Baby phenomenon was the same thing Worthless crap means nothing That traded as though it had great value I love on Reddit they have a subreddit And there is like Hold strong everybody It's really funny This is where we got a wall. We got a wall at 100 my god way Yeah, these or it was probably a floor at 100 no No They they call it a wall they called the walls yeah, yes the Bitcoin falling down straight down It's not a wall The bitcoin community calls it a wall don't be in denial man this is a natural correction by the way this was the same group that

01:45 I mean, many of them weren't really old enough but it was essentially a bunch of tech nuts that helped start the Beanie Baby thing. It was indeed...it was geeky nerds wasn't it? Lot of them and then of course then it went mainstream, and that's when the thing really skyrocketed Yeah Then it became like which I mean they would Right for this technically to be the same way It would have to get picked up by the public And then just become worth thousands of dollars and then crashed at zero But you know what's interesting about the so if you haven't if you have no idea. What's going on? Do I have a report well oh hold on a second my goodness news reporter trying to explain Bitcoin

CHAPTER 02 / 52 Discussion

Nashville Property Sale, Bitcoin Digital Currency Explanation

Taylor Moore of Nashville listed a property in Canada for $405,000 or the equivalent in Bitcoin, highlighting the currency's growing real-world application. Declan McCullough of CNET explains the mechanics of digital wallets and unique software codes that allow person-to-person transfers without banks. The report notes that Bitcoin was worth less than one dollar just two years prior.

taylor moore· nashville· canada· cnet· declan mccullough

02:28 What's the report title? Oh, I got it. All right here we go come on come on load up It prohibits it It probably sounds a lot like a scam to a lot of people That's right its money that you can't touch but people are snapping it out like crazy Nascar is on something called the Bitcoin It's got a lot of open space. Taylor Moore of Nashville is selling his property in Canada, asking price $405,000 or a few thousand bitcoins. Bitcoins are digital coins you can send through the internet I've used it for a few online purchases and it's been the simplest thing that I've ever used So what exactly is a bitcoin? Actually its probably easier to talk about what Bitcoin is not

03:16 They are not physical coins. They are not wads of paper cash. Bitcoin is digital money, transactions from computer to computer nothing you can hold in your hand Well it's a virtual currency and you're right you can't touch it but most of your dollars in the bank you can't really touch anyway Declan McCullough of CNET says special software assigns your bitcoin currency a unique code that you keep in a virtual wallet Bitcoins are transferred directly from person to person via the net without going through a bank or clearinghouse. Two years ago, bitcoins were worth less than $1 each and were unknown outside the tech world... So first of all I think that it was this actual podcast that asserted that this was not something to invest your time and money into

CHAPTER 03 / 52 Discussion

Mt. Gox Exchange, DDoS Attacks, and Investor Losses

The Mt. Gox exchange faced significant issues, including suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and bot manipulation. Investors on Reddit shared stories of financial loss, including individuals who performed labor for Bitcoin only to see the value drop from $266 to $120. The volatility is framed as a warning to those treating the digital currency as a stable investment.

mt. gox· ddos attack· reddit· cryptocurrency exchange· market correction

04:10 Correct and we were attacked several times. Oh, yeah this is reminiscent of another clip later Yes, we were attacked from a number of sources no no from the Bitcoin community right it was from the Bitcoin yeah the true believers it was the true believers that attack its in and It's sad now because I'm reading on this, uh...on the subreddit which was just hilarious yesterday. A couple of things first of all this is all about the exchanges we need new exchanges because MTGox which that is how I call it but its I guess Mount, MtGox. MTGox

04:47 the main exchange and of course this is where everything's manipulated and you know that supposedly they got a denial of distributed denial-of-service attack with people, you know selling or bots selling Bitcoin. It's whatever it's the whole point is that we said don't do this and I read sad stories of people like man I just got in yesterday or no here's really not here's I worked for bitcoins that's my favorite I worked for bitcoins not feeling too good now. Yeah, when you get paid at $266 to the Bitcoin and what is it currently? It's 120 still high Yeah, I mean I worthless is worth less than zero right so everyone was like man What are you gonna do with all your bitcoin money?

CHAPTER 04 / 52 Discussion

BitPay Merchant Services, Transaction Fees, and Volatility Risks

BitPay allows merchants to accept Bitcoin by converting it to local currency for a 1% fee, though the timing of these transfers creates risk during rapid price fluctuations. A hypothetical scenario explores how a merchant might lose money if the exchange rate drops between the time of a sale and the daily bank transfer. The discussion questions the long-term viability of such services in a "whipsaw" market.

bitpay· merchant services· qr code· transaction fees· currency exchange

05:37 I'm just holding on. I have still 100 Bitcoin so in theory, I lost like $16,000 of course it had nothing to start with and this is all found money, so-called money. So there's this outfit called BitPay and the way BitPay works... help me understand this John. You wait a minute Don't put those kinds of demands on me. So they give you a Bitcoin, it's for if you're selling stuff If you're a merchant, now I'm not a merchant. They have good little PR thing going on the first bar in New York City to accept bitcoins and so the way it works... How do you buy a drink with a bitcoin? Well there's a process but then you get like a QR code you get now it doesn't matter Here is my... I can't remember my number bro

06:36 It's kind of long. Give me like a double and then I'll give you a Bitcoin tomorrow So they give you a Bitcoin address. The minute money is deposited, Bitcoins I'm sorry are deposited it shows up at the current rate in your account and they transfer that amount to your bank account minus 1% fee Oh! I thought there was no fees involved with this great scam? But bear with me because i'm asking you question so on this meteoric rise I've been like every day I'm like I'm gonna sell a bitcoin honey its time

07:12 And so I don't sell it, I just transfer it to my BitPay account and then boom! It's there in dollars and they send it to me. So what happens to an outfit like that who received...I don't know maybe they received a thousand bitcoins yesterday from people who expected to see it change into the current rate? They only do their transfer once a day to the bank accounts. How do they eat the loss on that Well, actually the way most of these things work is mutual funds have a similar kind of setup. They have they have a certain time when they do the transaction and it's at that time or transaction that the calculation what you get is made. It's not like in the morning... By the way, In The Morning Adam? Oh hey! In The Morning to You John C Devorah. In the morning all ships are sea boots on the ground feet in the air and subs in the water and dames and knights out there. Yeah anyway.. In the mornin'..

08:12 Anyway, in the morning you send your Bitcoin into them thinking you're going to get $160. I don't know how they're set up but generally speaking the way it's supposed to work is that when the transaction actually takes place, you get the transaction amount at that moment. Yes, yes! So you get a hundred bucks instead of 160 expected? No no no no no... That's not how they're doing it at least Well they are doing it wrong Well that's why I'm asking How can those guys survive when you have They can't That's just what..that's why you don't do it that way Science You don't do it that way because that's what can happen you get whipsawed right the... That's what I mean yeah. Do you like my new jingle? Science! Do you recognize that voice? Is that you? No, science name the voice Oh god you know Eric DeShill is an expert at this. Oh you could do this one Science who would rip our show off while claiming he's never heard it

CHAPTER 05 / 52 Discussion

Intelligence Officials, 2009 Homeland Attack Testimony Reinterpretation

A re-examination of 2009 testimony from intelligence leaders, including Leon Panetta and Robert Mueller, focuses on the phrasing of questions regarding "attempted attacks" on the U.S. homeland. The analysis suggests that the affirmative responses from officials like Director Dennis Blair might imply a priority for staged or "phony" events rather than just reactive defense. The specific wording "the priority is certain" for an attempted attack is highlighted as suspicious.

cia· leon panetta· robert mueller· dennis blair· homeland security

09:10 That's Leo science exactly I'm just saying yes, he does that What twice a week now what oh? Before we start Remember on show 500 well. We have started technically I guess on show 500 you brought back a couple of clips and And we played them and these were just crazy things that only really this show has stopped to talk about and think about. But one clip in particular, one of our producers went holy crap! I mean you guys are playing it for the second time and do you actually hear what is being said? This is regards to the... Do you believe an attack on the homeland is imminent within the next six months? Right

10:05 said in 2009. Right, but everyone said yes well that wasn't really the question nor the answer And I'm like, okay. Yeah, and it took me a while to understand this email was coming in and you know what? I get so much email Oh And I try not to reply because when you reply then people think oh goodie. I have a little chat with Adam Let's see if he actually signs off even with his initials See I answer all emails Such a dick. You do not! Alright, so let's listen to this again with new ears. Intelligence to the head of the CIA they were all in agreement listen What is the likelihood? Of another terrorist attempted attack on the US homeland in the next three to six months now Did you hear what she said?

11:04 Yes, it was like an attack or attempted attack. The likelihood of a US attempted attack... Now listen to the answer High or low? Director Blair An attempted attack the priority is certain high. The priority is certain for an attempted attack No, yeah you're right. Actually that answer is ludicrous on the surface I mean we know what it means is yes the priority... We are going to go do something Yes! That's exactly what it means Play the whole thing over again with in mind that she's asking if were gonna attack ourselves in some phony baloney way and is it important that we do so?

11:45 Is the reinterpretation of that question right? That's the real question here, yes. Intelligence to the head of CIA they were all in agreement listen What is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the US homeland in the next three to six months high or low Director Blair An attempted attack but priority is certain I would say Mr Panetta I would agree with that Mr Mueller Agree General Burgess Yes ma'am agree Mr. Dinger yes and note and notice that none of them say because the question was high medium or low And they're just saying no whatever he said you know the priorities hi for an attempt already The priority is hi we got to do that so that you just have to listen people That's what that is the lesson here, then even we miss that can't believe it man We need to play our jingle for that here. We go words

CHAPTER 06 / 52 Discussion

Bitcoin Subreddit Suicide Hotline, Personal Donation Impact

The Bitcoin subreddit reportedly considered posting suicide hotline information due to the emotional distress caused by the market crash. A personal anecdote illustrates the danger of accepting Bitcoin donations for business expenses like rent, noting that a 60% drop in value would be catastrophic for operations. The hosts confirm they have removed Bitcoin as a donation option to ensure financial stability.

reddit· suicide hotline· donations· financial loss· volatility

12:48 Unbelievable unbelievable so So the Bitcoin thing fell apart. Oh, no no no this is a this is the normal market correction This is how the free market works yeah? This is my thinking this is our show shall we read some from the from the The bitcoin subreddit yes I want to hear something okay here is one I think this subreddit should seriously consider having suicide hotline info posted. Okay, that makes sense. Please stop crying Move over to another exchange and save the future of Bitcoin Oh man The one that I had yesterday seems to have been bumped off That was just hilarious People are just like oh man

13:44 Who else didn't sell? I mean, have you ever seen these... It's like a bunch of old ladies. Well no it's more like the Yahoo bulletin board penny stock forums. Oh those guys well they're a bunch of old ladies too. Right Well, yeah. I don't know if they're old ladies but they're all just sitting there... They are not old ladies! They act like old ladies. Fidgety old ladies. Right so everyone's very surprised that they weren't able to really trade when this price fluctuation took place. That is a very interesting phenomenon. Alright well i'm just waiting now where are y'all? Come on back let's wait for the love the bitcoin love after we told you so

14:29 We did. We told everyone so! Well you are still a true believer... No, no John what are you talking about? I expressly told you take the Bitcoin donation off of the donation page Yeah i know i did that yeah right okay because it can so here's my point people So let's say we're counting on exchanging this into money to pay for rent Which is pretty much what we do, you know with the funds you support us with. So that we can rent and food there's not much else I'd do. Bills? Well bills yeah so if people had donated on the last show which was already low and they had done it in Bitcoin And we would immediately have only 40% Can you imagine how... Yeah that would've been huge! Yeah it would've been sad It would've been a really sad day Okay well more lively news

CHAPTER 07 / 52 Discussion

French Breast Study, Bra Usage and Sagging Research

A 15-year study conducted by Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon at the University of Besancon suggests that bras may actually encourage breast sagging rather than prevent it. Research involving 330 women found that those who went braless experienced a seven-millimeter lift in their nipples annually and developed firmer tissue. The study concludes that bras may degrade the natural support muscles of the chest.

jean-denis rouillon· france· medical study· breast health· university of besancon

15:24 I'm gonna read the headline and then real a bit of the article. Okay bras make breasts Sag here No, a 15 year French study revealed so they were did studying breasts mm-hmm for 15 years It says here women have long been told that a good bra can help support the chest, relieve back pain and prevent sagging. However, a new 15 year French study reveals the opposite. Bras do little to reduce back pain and over time they can actually make breasts sag even more." Really? Indeed. Indeed he says!

16:01 Roulion and his team, I'm going to skip through a little bit of the article. And his team spent years majoring in changes in the breasts of 330 women using a simple slide rule and caliper at the center of Hospitalier Universitaire in Brest-St. Salomon where he carried out his research. Those French guys. Carried out 15 years of measuring breast width. This was a funded research project. The study found that women who took off their bras for good experienced a seven millimeter measured by the measurement tool lift in their nipples each year, each year they didn't wear a bra seven millimeters up. Researchers also found that braless women developed firmer breasts and saw their stretch marks fade

CHAPTER 08 / 52 Discussion

Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, New York Times Profile

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin appeared in a New York Times Magazine profile viewed as a strategic "fluff piece" to rehabilitate Weiner's image for a potential New York City mayoral run. The article, written by Jonathan Van Meter, is criticized for omitting Weiner's past scandals and his ties to the Clintons. Van Meter's history of writing favorable pieces for Hillary Clinton is cited as evidence of a political PR campaign.

anthony weiner· huma abedin· new york times· bill clinton· jonathan van meter

16:56 Okay. Anyway, well that's just great John. Thank you for that. That's why we are the best podcast in the universe everybody. What I did see was a huge interview With Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin in the New York Times. Well, they're trying to get him back in the fold You know they figured that public's gonna forget what a pervert he is well here's what's interesting so I'm looking at this article unlike you should just Google it real quick just just do to grab its like 10 pages other webpages that is online I am alright abadies what

17:43 H-U-M-A. Huma, huma... So this is um... Let me see if I can find this for you. Soul searching wiener seeks forgiveness CNN one hour ago he's got a PR person Well here's ABC News! Okay so here's what's interesting. He's running for mayor? So he's considering running for mayor that's what this is about And so it's normal that you're going to start cranking stuff up. So I read this interview this morning in its entirety, and it is an unbelievable fluff piece. This is the New York Times whose... Yeah, this is a fluff piece. I'm looking at it now. Anthony Weiner at UMA Abedin's post-scandal playbook. It's a picture of them around a table. He's barefoot

18:36 there i think they're both barefoot in the picture uh... mission no no no she's got some sort of leopard skin already have flats you've got flaccid okay lads so um... at home song and reading this end i mean so this is not only completely full of crap it is such a puff piece of the new york times did that this is a potential mayoral candidate for the hometown one of these newspaper And this is one big fluff. There's not even one mention of the fact that he's Jewish and she's Muslim, and that's not in the whole article at all but it's all about their relationship and their marriage there's no mention of Bill Clinton having officiated over their wedding

19:22 And in fact, what's very interesting is all the time Anthony Weiner is talking about maybe he should run. Maybe you're just considering it not once does it written I don't know if he said it and at once has a written that he cares about the city of New York It's all about him and his path and I told you I met this guy interviewed him for CNN when he was still a councilman He is an asshole And I said that when he was, remember before we even knew he was lying. I said this guy is a total political douche bag When were you working for CNN? They had a CNN presents or no, CNN special series and they would have like different celebrities. This is my MTV days. Different celebrities go out and interview politicians You had the big hair then I had the big hair and I interviewed him. I'd like to see that interview! But then I also went to see his

20:18 his uber granddaddy which is chuck schumer and interviewed him in washington for the peace i don't think what tell us about these two guys okay uh... anthony wiener is an asshole uh... chuck schumer the asshole of the daddy's asshole how it was so uncomfortable for me that it was just like and we never mean and we talked about this on the show when this was all coming down with this guy he just creepy Icky, doesn't give a crap. He only shows up for the cameras...I mean I saw the whole thing taking place when he was a councilman So this is clearly a move and then i see the article written by Jonathan Van Meter

21:03 or Mater depending on how you pronounce it. Google that name for a second, this will give you a kick Jonathan Van Meter M-E-T-E-R and look what he's done recently just look at the google let me see oh do you think he did every single piece for Hillary Clinton? Do you think he did the Vogue piece for Hillary Clinton? Just actually google Jonathan van meter and Hilary that's even better and let's see all the puff pieces that he's written in Hillary's footsteps under, let's see top 10 things we learned about Hillary Clinton from Vogue magazine. Hillary's crush on David Miliband, Hillary Clinton's lighter side this guy is you know he's on the Clinton payroll

21:57 You see it? Yeah, I'm looking at some of the stuff for The New York Magazine. But then he writes for New York Times about a possible mayoral candidate by the way the guy has four and a half million dollars in the Anthony Weiner from Mayor Fund and another one-and-a-half million left over from the Senate which he gets to keep And you know if New York... It's the House! I'm sorry, the House If New York would elect this guy they deserve it It's just, but you know it's so obvious that the Clintons are pushing him and we knew this from the start. We knew that this was the whole deal because who knows? He has got the wife of Hillary's girlfriend's wife and so that is one important aspect. The Clinton's are a couple of emperor types and they figure they can get more money I mean how much more money does Bill Clinton need he is already half way to the grave and still trying to make as much money as he can

CHAPTER 09 / 52 Discussion

Chelsea Clinton, Political Ambitions, New York Voter Sentiment

Chelsea Clinton's public appearances and speaking engagements are interpreted as preparations for a future political run, possibly in Southern California or Nevada. The discussion touches on the Clinton family "dynasty" and criticizes New York voters for electing figures like Hillary Clinton, who had no prior residency in the state. The hosts suggest that the political landscape is increasingly dominated by overconfident legacy candidates.

chelsea clinton· hillary clinton· dynasty· political office· new york

22:54 Well, now of course we have Chelsea who is... Oh yeah well of course that's in the Red Book. That one that Chelsea would run? Yeah of course it's in the red book Long ago in the red book so when we first saw Chelsea do something we figured she was going to run for something I didn't run for congressman in Southern California And by the way you know for the woman she has turned out to be She's a great speaker She's very very good And she was being interviewed. I don't know probably ABC or you know and some friendly compromised news network, and it's like well You're gonna run just like well no But you know should I feel that there is a not only here we go yeah Should I feel that there's an obvious need for better? Drafted it was none of those he's like I'm very happy with my current representation

23:43 But should I feel that's different, then... Yeah. I'll move to some place where I'm not happy with those people there in Southern Nevada. So then I can go run there? Yeah, this is the dynasty. Well New Yorkers are idiots anyway I mean Hillary Clinton who's never really lived in New York ever you know waltzed into the US Senate as a senator from New York which just shows that how weak willed the New York public is in general and uh... she's not a new yorker she has to represent new york in the course you should promise it was going to run for anything else in immediately ran for president against obama thinking that he would be good because she was so lazy because she was took overconfident yeah and lost i think they do have an overconfidence problem now although though that may be screw things anyways i just thought it was kind of interest is that new yorkers are sold down that they elect this

24:43 exhibitionist as their I think be funny you know do yourself New York instead of the Big Apple would be the big dick so do yourself a favor and read this article and then you know ask yourself trying to read it right now on the well we're talking how compromise readable how compromise is The New York Times. I mean, so like three bastions we have left that that are still held as like, you know because the Tiffany Network that went away with Dan Rather. Then we have The New York Times which is supposed to be you know the paper of record and then we have our national treasurers PBS and NPR by the way who've been doing a fundraising drive

CHAPTER 10 / 52 Discussion

KUT Austin Fundraising, Public Radio Sponsorship Costs

KUT FM in Austin is criticized for its high sponsorship rates, reportedly charging $750 for an on-air name mention during fundraising drives. This is compared to the lower costs of independent podcast support. The discussion also notes the high salaries of symphony conductors and musicians, which often exceed $100,000, contributing to the high overhead of traditional cultural institutions.

kut fm· austin· npr· fundraising· sponsorship

25:25 Because I listen to as much media as possible. You're going to make millions from selling all that gear! Well, so literally...I wish I could have recorded it. So we have KUTFM in Austin which is pretty funny when you say it in Dutch. Believe me, it's funny in Dutch. Yeah, I know what it means. They...I heard the host literally say You know, we look forward to your sponsorship and if you want the name of your company read on air only $750 will do that. I think that's borderline illegal! No it's not! Well first of all... It's not borderline illegal? First off, like, we charge 50 bucks We're a good deal What's this 750 bucks to get your name mentioned? Crap-a-lola

26:19 That's only in the local station to which probably has a smaller audience than we Austin It's Austin. Can you believe that I can just use it? Whoa, honey. I think we shall do that. They'll be good for the hardware store We don't have we do have a Philharmonic. Would you have some kind of orchestra here take the Austin Philharmonic? I think we have that or the ballet symphony orchestra if there's a philharmonic A lot of people don't realize the philharmonic is what you name the second band in town. I think it's uh, I think we have a symphony austin symphony i Don't think it's doing too well Uh yeah austinsymphony.org There you go We do have one as I said not doing well though You know those bands are

27:06 Hard to maintain that what they were doing some special. I mean generally speaking in a good Orchestra like that or good symphony orchestra almost everybody in the band is getting paid over $100,000 a year oh wow really yeah And then sometimes it goes way up and the conductor a good conductor gets two to five million dollars Yeah for waving a stick for waving this apparently there's a little more to it than that Oh bullcrap here watch I can do that There you go waiting is stick kidding me oh they make the waving it's money and that's why this sound is so good if you don't you can't pay those guys that kind of money yeah especially for some of these some of these specially somebody's really talented musicians

CHAPTER 11 / 52 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, Oregon Gas Pumping Laws

Dwayne Melanson is recognized as the "Earl of Oregon" following a significant donation, sparking a discussion about the legality of pumping one's own gas in Oregon. The state's prohibition on self-service gas is contrasted with the "full service" stations common in the mid-20th century. The hosts emphasize the value of listener-supported peerages as a form of social standing in a hypothetical societal collapse.

dwayne melanson· oregon· gas pumping· knighthood· peerage

27:57 You sound like crap. It doesn't take much to sound like a Heist fan. Because your stick waver is no good, you need a better stick waving dude up front. That's right. Wow well anyway we do have some supporters who Who came in lower than your typical national treasure donation amounts, but at least we do have some We have an ex- oh wait what three executive producers for this program? This is good. This is good news. You know let me just say one thing John Mickey felt so bad for you on Sunday. Why? Because, you know I came out and she's like... All the birthday things! She's like oh my god doesn't John really feel crappy about people not giving him any donations for his birthday and i'm like nah fuck him I don't give a shit if he feels bad That is exactly what you should say So let's thank a few people starting with our buddy up in TiGuard

28:58 The guard or Tigard, Oregon depending on your persuasion. Sir Melanson. Oh! Monsieur Dwayne Melanson. Dwayne yeah in the morning I hereby claim my territory as the Earl of Oregon. Is he an Earl now? Yeah, he's got like eight knighthoods or something yeah He's been a supporter of this show for years so he's probably...yeah Earl great and Earl of Oregon sounds like a winner by the way i want to mention that people out there these peerages and declarations are they may seem a little silly but when they all get put into a book

29:36 post it somewhere or something someday in the future. Yeah, it won't be so silly when society collapses and you've got a piece of paper to show that you own something. That shows that your the Earl of Oregon! It's not going to be so funny then You laugh now! That's right. Anyway, he commemorates this with a $503 donation. 503 is one of the Oregon Area Codes. Oh very nice and he'll be a member of the 503 club? Beautiful. In Oregon you can't pump your own gas, this is true when you go through Oregon they pump your gas for you oh Is that against the law it's against the law to pump your own gas

30:11 Really? It used to be, you know but they'd always have it would even everywhere around the country of course when I was a kid. Full service yeah. You drive up they come running out and they pump your gas and wash your windows and check your tire and you open the hood they check your oil make sure you had enough oil in the car. Yeah seriously! And then they give you free maps. Maps hey buddy you got a map i remember that my member my dad like hey you got a map Yeah, I remember that. Maps became the business? No map! No service! Pump your own gas! Shut up slave! Shut up and get out! Boy... That's progress for ya He has two bumper stickers on his car saying read the Constitution Nice Alright Thank you sir And you will have Oregon. Oregon is yours Done Josh Jackson in West Sacramento California

CHAPTER 12 / 52 Discussion

Josh Jackson, Four-Leaf Clover Bulbs, Divorce Lawyer Anecdote

Josh Jackson donated to the show after a humorous segment helped him through a difficult day at a divorce lawyer's office. He previously sent four-leaf clover bulbs to the Travis Heights hideout, which are now beginning to sprout. The hosts express gratitude for the unique gift and discuss the novelty of growing clovers from bulbs.

josh jackson· california· four-leaf clovers· gardening· divorce

31:08 3333 so Tuesday I'm driving home from my divorce lawyer's office. That is how a good story always starts! Yes, this is a good story already and I am feeling pretty bummed. Driving home I get to the segment of Sunday Show where you guys are discussing the general lack of donations and listener recognition John's birthday. I got such a huge laugh hearing Adam wish John happy birthday with that pathetic and hilarious party horn in I've got... It's a winner. I've gotten so many laughs from the No Agenda show, but this might have been the funniest moment in NO AGENDA history! ...it brightened my day and I knew I had to donate. Happy belated birthday John. Did you know that Josh when we moved into the Travis Heights hideout he sent us a number of four leaf clover bulbs?

32:05 bulbs yeah apparently they're but they well yeah their bulbs I didn't know that they grew in bulbs and and we've planted them and yes four leaf clover bulbs are they big bulbs there you have a kind of up one a huge with her little oblong all right I mean do you have any experience with four leaf clover bulbs? I never, I thought four leaf clovers were just a mistake. Apparently leprechauns sell these on the internet and he sent us a box in dirt and we planted them and they're sprouting so we have little sprouts and soon hopefully we'll see if we have actual four-leaf clovers

32:50 That was so nice of him to do it because he lives in California. Put a little piece of plastic loom in there and then send your friends a four leaf clover and a plastic gob. Yeah, that's right. Hey we can sell them! Sure. Barry Hannah in Alcatox Alberta where all the money is 333 no comment Nicholas Caldwell in San Diego, California will be an associate executive producer $250 great work best content out there interested to hear your deconstruction of NBC and Fox threatening to go off broadcast after the Aereo court decision 73. What is this? I don't know anything about it. You know what I'll talk about Aereo after we're done okay all right uh it's a funny idea All right well at least they got was legalized Alan Bowes in Langley

CHAPTER 13 / 52 Discussion

Peerage Updates, Wikipedia Vandalism, Age Discrepancies

Listener donations from Kathleen Bowman and Trevor Chapman lead to a discussion about the rules of the No Agenda peerage and the accuracy of online biographies. One host notes that their Wikipedia page previously listed their age as 236 and their height as 4'1". The segment concludes with a "Ministry of Truth" call to correct these humorous inaccuracies.

langley· wikipedia· age· age guest· peerage

33:43 British Columbia mm-hmm happy birthday John happy Not your birthday Adam one more payment towards the baronet of Langley. No no you can't you a Baron that does not get a protectorate yes that's our that's the rule there was the rules of the peerage so what is it what good is a baronet if you then you just this is just a better title than you know knight do you get more chicks with that we were thinking of giving townships to baroness so he probably could get langley but then there could be a baron of british columbia which would lord it over him okay Kathleen, but we have to you know this is getting complicated. But it's worth it It's worth that when the apocalypse comes it'll be worth it yeah No people will say okay there you're the boss there of Langley and then I'll take I got it. I got a tag at that. I'll take care of the town. I got it I gotta cut you covered Kathleen Bowman or bowmen in Quartz Hill California? I don't even know that exists 2-2-2-2-2

34:42 So sorry I missed donating for John's birthday. He probably wouldn't have appreciated the $112 I was going to donate as an aged guest." Did you see your wiki page by the way? At one point, you were 236 years old! That worked out well. It's cute I was going to donate as an age guest a $212. You guys are better than most things. Keep up the great work! Not including chocolate ice cream, disclaimer. They say you're 61 today? Trevor Chapman, Brampton, Ontario. But you're only 4 foot 1.

35:27 Will my protectors of the wiki page please take notice? 4 foot 1. Ministry of Truth Was that it are we done? Finishing I just had a sip while you were laughing at me. Trevor Chapman in Brampton, Ontario 202 happy belated birthday John this donation is the total of 13 squared plus 33 nice Cool up the most excellent podcast and keep hitting him in the mouth Trevor chapman Great white north and then I'll close out our executive and social executive producer segment for show five

36:08 503 and we want to remind people to go to know agenda show calm no generation commas donate button or go to the real source of truth Dvorak org slash na and you'll find the listener support page which has all kinds of things You can do that. And of course, we also like to thank our artists who are it really makes a difference when we have great art Support seems to go up this is something I've been tracking over time opinion that the art makes the show so that yeah Yeah, we could just sit here and just blabber for hours which I guess we do as long the art is good Well let me let me say to it. So I want to thank Nick the rat for the previous episode 502 for the artwork that was fantastic really appreciate that and What I want to thank Thorin for the artwork that I put in the newsletter ah yes And what's interesting is that bag 33 art?

CHAPTER 14 / 52 Discussion

Newsletter Art, Nick the Rat, Guardians of Reality Domain

The hosts thank artists Nick the Rat and Thorin for their contributions to the show's visual identity and newsletter. A producer using the pseudonym "Illuminati" registered the domain "guardiansofreality.com" for the show, adding to a collection of over 700 forwarding domains. The importance of high-quality artwork in driving listener support is emphasized.

nick the rat· thorin· hushmail· domain names· newsletter

35:27 Will my protectors of the wiki page please take notice? 4 foot 1. Ministry of Truth Was that it are we done? Finishing I just had a sip while you were laughing at me. Trevor Chapman in Brampton, Ontario 202 happy belated birthday John this donation is the total of 13 squared plus 33 nice Cool up the most excellent podcast and keep hitting him in the mouth Trevor chapman Great white north and then I'll close out our executive and social executive producer segment for show five

36:08 503 and we want to remind people to go to know agenda show calm no generation commas donate button or go to the real source of truth Dvorak org slash na and you'll find the listener support page which has all kinds of things You can do that. And of course, we also like to thank our artists who are it really makes a difference when we have great art Support seems to go up this is something I've been tracking over time opinion that the art makes the show so that yeah Yeah, we could just sit here and just blabber for hours which I guess we do as long the art is good Well let me let me say to it. So I want to thank Nick the rat for the previous episode 502 for the artwork that was fantastic really appreciate that and What I want to thank Thorin for the artwork that I put in the newsletter ah yes And what's interesting is that bag 33 art?

37:01 really looks good as a logo on the letterhead so mickey said to me she said because you get the newsletter she reads it i love the artwork for the bags when and when we get the banks unlike this is never going to happen dollars happening it's not gonna have you go please eric sonnet okay usually and i do want to thank uh... are peace dot illuminati illuminati producer who always sends me emails through hushmail He registered a domain for us, which I think is you know we don't really encourage that anymore We still have a good 700 domain names forwarding to no agenda show calm He registered guardians of reality comm which i think it's a good one. Yeah, this might be usable

37:44 Yeah, he's got a little landing page there for us and so that is highly appreciated Illuminati. And as John just mentioned please continue your support of the best podcast in the universe we have plenty of proof that there are reasons for you to do that because you just can't get this kind of deconstruction anywhere else. Devorak dot org slash N A A And of course besides your monthly contributions you can always go out and propagate the formula Our formula is this We go out We hit people in the mouth. Order! Shut up, shut up! Yeah yeah yeah, shuttin' ze up and slave. Shuttin' ze up and... Um okay little uh Redbook action for you? A little theory stuff going on? Little red book? You want me to bring the red book into it- start writing in it? Nah get it ready this is about- I've got it ready. Got a pen in hand Okay this is about the North Korea hype

CHAPTER 15 / 52 Discussion

North Korea, Missile Launch Hype, Thermonuclear War Claims

Media outlets like the BBC are criticized for using the term "thermonuclear war" regarding North Korean threats, despite the country's lack of hydrogen bomb capabilities. A theory is proposed that the "two missile" narrative pushed by news agencies is a setup for a staged event where one missile is intercepted and a second, undetonated nuclear warhead is "found" in Japan to justify military action.

north korea· bbc· kim jong-un· okinawa· missile launch

38:51 First of all, what is the BBC thinking with this terminology? On the news now and South Korea has raised its alert level ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch. Intelligence services in Seoul say that the north has prepared two mid-range missiles for imminent... Midwange! I love newscasters who... Midwange! She is actually working as a talking head on the BBC. Yes, BBC Mid-range... Mid-range... Two mid range missiles for imminent launch despite falling from China. Imminent launch... It arranged missiles for imminent launch despite warnings from China to avoid provocative moves. Well North Korea says that foreigners in the south should leave for their own safety as it warns that the region inches towards thermonuclear war I mean really? Thermonuclear war?! Well first of all, there's a real one simple flaw here course is thermonuclear is an H-bomb

39:53 This guy hasn't built a bomb that can even reach the A-bomb potential of the Hiroshima bomb. So there's no chance, unless we threw an H-bomb back at him which we wouldn't do and they're not going to drop a bomb anyway so this is like very irresponsible It's not just irresponsible it is wrong! It is just wrong and then you take into account that the woman can't even pronounce her R's Thermonuclear war. Okay, so there's a little meme that cropped up that I didn't catch it at first but then after i started hearing It come back and back and I'll play two clips where this meme Crops up. I think I know what's gonna happen First we have alarming new video coming out of North Korea to show you take a look at this 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 they may have even been photoshopped or

40:55 But a US official says two medium-range missiles have been loaded onto launchers on North Korea's east coast. Okay, so officials say two! Not one but TWO! North Korea the situation with North Korea getting even more tense in just the past hour There is a new intelligence out there that North Korea could be planning multiple missile launches at any moment On top of expectations Pyongyang plans to test fire two mobile missiles from its coast. Okay, too So this they're pushing this to thing And of course, you know there's no message from the KNAC, the Pyongyang news agency that says hello here's two missiles. That's not true

41:38 Mean you can go look they have an English version. It's not I'd also didn't see any video shooting stuff at the coast, but okay it doesn't matter I check this stuff because I'm just With his binoculars Yeah where he goes like huh? What oh it's always looking through binoculars so here's what I think is gonna happen at the same time of course we have Japan preparing for incoming missiles Here's what I think we're going to see. We're going to see a launch now, we've already established there will be two Missiles, we will see a launch and one will either be shot out of the air by a patriot or will just explode or just disintegrate because I Will assert that Kim Jong-un is on our side and he's just doing every tell him to do but I think we will find the second warhead

42:32 In Japan, let's say Okinawa as an example. Undetonated... Put this in the book We will find the second warhead and we'll be like Wow man! We're really lucky that we dodged a bullet But it will be nuclear And this will be the impetus or accelerant for some type of action There is no other reason to be hyping two missiles Yeah, it's an interesting theory. I because of course they're only gonna shoot one But then we'll say well buddy shot the second one and it oh, you know was a dud in Atlanta What's this thing washed up on the beach? Call the MPs maybe they know what it is Dood telling you to dood and

CHAPTER 16 / 52 Discussion

Joe Biden, Mongolia Gold Rush, Ninja Miners

Vice President Joe Biden's mention of Mongolia's prosperity is identified as a "tell" for U.S. interests in the region's mineral wealth. Mongolia is currently experiencing a gold rush involving 60,000 "ninja miners" who pan for gold in rivers. The discussion suggests the U.S. may be interested in Mongolia's rare earth elements, which are critical for modern technology and currently dominated by China.

joe biden· mongolia· gold rush· ninja miners· rare earth elements

43:25 Holy holy crap. I mean, I've just been doing so much work. I hope people appreciate this We were listening to the vice president It's a lot of work Yeah, because I had to go back and listen to it again the vice president waxing poetic remember his New World Order thing is whole what we need is a prevent a Priya Well, I have the clip here about new the New World Order And then he mentioned something in here that we went like, what is that about? The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order. Because the global order is changing again and the institutions enrolled work so well in post-World War II era for decades they need to be strengthened. Now pay attention! Some have to be changed. Pay attention! So we have to do what we do best

44:23 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 overwhelmingly our interest this is not zero sum game its overwhelmingly our interest that China prosper, that Mongolia prosper. There it is! Nations big and large... So he went China prosper and Mongolia prosper? And then we've spotted this Mongolia thing when you played that the last time right That's something up Well that's why I'm playing it again John because yeah of course I did Why would I torture you with O Biden talking about the New World Order if I didn't have something

45:05 Mongolia is the world's fifth fastest growing economy and we now have the ninja miners in Mongolia who are finding gold everywhere apparently. What? Yeah! Yep, ninja miners who are called that because they look like when they take their their panning and Their gold pans up to the to them to the rivers to Japan. They look like turtles a panel is a gold rush There's a gold rush in Mongolia Yeah, they got like huge nuggets popping out there 60,000 Ninja miners get this straight so we have an area here China Mongolia this old

45:52 Mongolia is kind of like it kind of plopped in the middle there. Yeah, yeah that's been populated with human settlements for what? 100 thousand years god knows now they're finding gold mm-hmm are you kidding me I'm just reading what The Washington Post says some sketchy so here we go We got that well Also, so if you read their top five reasons why Mongolia is interesting and this comes out when Biden says it. And this guy we know Biden can't keep his trap shut This we know this he's always giving it away He's like the tell he is the tell So number one as they say the ninjas who let's see They are actually dragging down the real mining economy because there's so many of them Number two they're becoming too dependent on China

46:43 which could be interesting, you know that we may want to break them off from Chinese rule. But this is really about the mines and I guess maybe we have mining interests in Mongolia? If we have mining interest it would be in rare earths Now I would think that if you run into a mineral-rich area and gold is something of an indicator, at least some minerals are there. And we know that China the whole of that region has lots of rare earth elements which is what you need for modern technology. Yeah for your iPhone

CHAPTER 17 / 52 Discussion

NASA Asteroid Capture, Potential Impact Risks

NASA has proposed a contract to capture a small asteroid and bring it into Earth's orbit for study. The hosts joke about the potential for a miscalculation that could send the asteroid toward Mongolia, clearing out local miners. Scientific details regarding the size of asteroids and the kinetic energy they release upon impact are discussed.

nasa· asteroid· spacex· mongolia· orbital mechanics

47:23 And we do and we also know effective gonna bring I guess they're gonna bring that an asteroid into orbit you know about this. Well like I told you right everyone laughed at my tractor beam theory? They're gonna use a rope, I believe. A chain of bitcoins! They're gonna bring an asteroid and this is that NASA doing this it's not like a you know, it's not This is not done by the Google boys. I'm sure they put out a contract for it NASA has put out an award contract So then it means that SpaceX or any of these guys The guy the guys who already tried to bring in the Russian meteor and failed and it blew up

48:01 So they're gonna bring in, this is a small one. This is only 1 mile. You don't... Okay. And they believe that if it if they screw up which I mean I know they can do the math to make these things actually work but there's always some gotcha that didn't take into account But let's just say it screws up and then asteroid has been flung toward the earth you want it to go into Mongolia basically Well that might be an interesting theory, I didn't even think of that. But yeah going to Mongolia and blow up the place and then these miners just scour all over... well apparently the calculation on this asteroid what will be left if it hits Earth's atmosphere which you don't want because it'll make a great display and you get a bowling ball

48:46 That's all that is left? Really? Yes, a bowling ball sized item. Yeah that's how big an asteroid has to be you have to imagine things it has to be really huge to do any serious damage but the bowling ball itself will be like 10 A-bombs just boom! Right Because it'll be coming in at some ridiculous speed Again Mongolia good place for that to happen It'd be interesting Well that would definitely, because right now you can't go in there with... You know you can't be an American company with a bunch of dynamite and start blowing up Mongolia to get the rare earth minerals. Anyway Andrew okay well a lot interesting stuff going on. But I guess the point is something happening with Mongolia O'Biden mentions it next so it's China, Mongolia and then other countries big and large remember that? Other countries big and large

CHAPTER 18 / 52 Discussion

Gun Control Legislation, Christiane Amanpour, Crime Statistics

CNN's Christiane Amanpour is criticized for claiming that states with tougher gun laws have lower gun crime, a statement the hosts label a lie by citing high crime rates in Chicago. The discussion shifts to Senate Bill 374, the "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013," which is framed as a federal attempt to influence state-level gun regulations through financial grants.

christiane amanpour· gun control· chicago· crime rates· senate bill 374

49:35 What an idiot. But for him to say it, to mention Mongolia there's something going on... You're right and over the years he has always been a tell He is such a... And with this... He just says all these casual things and if you look every one of them up it's something that's...he just got out of a meeting where they were talking about Mongolia probably the same thing he was talking about. Yeah China-Mongolia! Riddled In fact, he is the one that tipped me off to this war on crazy that's going on. I guess we're gonna get some legislation—an amendment passed today in the United States of Gitmo Nation which will have very little to do and this is kind of what's fascinating is that the news media pretends they have press cards and everything with jackets with a big CNN logo on it

50:28 So they're all running around saying well, this is a failure. You know this Obama's getting nothing he's getting no ban on assault weapons He's gettin no No No, no ban on magazine clips Magazine clips because they can't just say it properly It's all magazine clips and always all this is about is some kind of universal background check and I of course have looked into exactly what this legislation is. It's based, I think on Senate Bill 374 known as... and we don't actually have the full text yet but it's also known as the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 But perhaps we should just have a little spin around the dial

51:17 here in Gitmo Nation, United States to hear the barrage of crap that has just been lauded over us for the past 72 hours. It's just it's been super super annoying and of course this really isn't about guns at all but let's just listen to some of the lies Here is a Christiana Anampur Who I used to regard quite highly Really? Yeah, no. I thought she was in the desert storm The original Gulf War You know she had a thing going on and she felt kind of real Yeah, but then she sold out and then she went to ABC and failed there. And now she's back...and listen to this lie! Well look I mean this debate has been going on for a long time the fact of the matter is that in states inside the United States where- Back to the matter! Okay you talked over it so i'll play again. I knew you were gonna do that here we go. Well look I mean this debate has been going on for a long time The fact of the matter is that in states inside the united states where there are tougher gun laws There is lower gun crime. Facts! Really?

52:21 Have you looked at Chicago? Fact, fact she says. Fact of the matter in states with tougher gun laws there is lower gun crime that is a blatant lie Yes. That's a lie! For a long time, the fact of the matter is that in states inside the United States where there are tougher gun laws there is lower gun crime and we know that Thursday is going to be the real showdown day in US Capitol to see how the Congress reacts Newtown families are there they've been talking about it and they're very committed to sensible gun control Ah okay here we go common sense sensible facts

CHAPTER 19 / 52 Discussion

Joe Biden, 3300 Gun Deaths Statistic, Magic Numbers

Vice President Joe Biden cited a statistic of 3,300 gun deaths in the 113 days following the Sandy Hook shooting. The hosts highlight the repetition of the number "33" as a potential "magic number" or code used in political messaging. They question the source and accuracy of these specific figures used to push for "common sense" gun measures.

joe biden· sandy hook· statistics· gun violence· numerology

53:01 Common sense sensible. Okay, let's listen to some common-sense things this is a senator man chin mansion I think who yesterday I believe announced that, oh looks like we got some kind of deal and he really took it to an extreme. ...end with the Senate and House hopefully passing these common sense measures... I love that he says measures by the way That kinda made me feel good maybe hes a no agenda guy after all but nahh...measures and the president signing into law back home where i come from Common sense, we have nonsense and now we have gun-sense. Oh thank you very much! We've got common sense, we've got nonsense and we've got gunsense Alright now let's listen to some of the nonsense You know when Joe Biden was up there talking about the facts And he had to really telegraph that this is one big magic number scam In the past 113 days since Sandy Hook

54:06 3,300 people have died at the end of a gun and you've witnessed it. It's amazing that number! It just pops up... How do we get the 33 worked in there? I don't know how they got 33 worked in there. That is unbelievable. But let's make Joe say it twice so they know that you're telegraphing the magic number to them. You've witnessed the aftermath of it. I have the cream-of-the crop with the nation's law enforcement in this room today You could cite for me what's happened in your jurisdictions. In the last 113 days, 3300. Thank you Joe. So I want to make sure that I heard it... 3300! Then we had our favorite person from Texas... Sorry? Every time we hear this 3300 and talking about this for 5 years and we still don't know what the code actually means It's a specific meaning unless it is just casual reference that this is bull crap. Yeah, its bull crap. So here is Sheila Jackson Lee

CHAPTER 20 / 52 Discussion

Sheila Jackson Lee, Automatic Weapons Misidentification

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is criticized for her emotional rhetoric regarding the Sandy Hook families and her technical inaccuracies regarding firearms. She incorrectly referred to the weapons used in various tragedies as "automatic weapons." The hosts argue that such misidentifications demonstrate a lack of understanding of the hardware being regulated.

sheila jackson lee· second amendment· automatic weapons· newtown· gun legislation

55:11 Thought she was done it wasn't she out. I thought her term was ended or over She was quitting or Congresswoman it keeps getting reelected by the idiots in her area Which is Dallas? I'm sure Hello, not Austin a woman God so I believe we are no longer at the point when we can have sermons We can mourn and yet not do something Let me thank I think applaud is not the appropriate terminology. You gotta listen to this woman, let me thank... It's like there's a way that this woman talks

55:50 where she, I think that i have to use the common language of the sensibilities to under justifiably make sure that I sound like I am talking to the electorate of the officiating parties who like to... No it sounds like a parody of a parody of a black person from the 1800s. Yes! It's an embarrassment Listen Those parents who flew on Air Force One from Newtown, Connecticut. You can imagine that they are hurting. Tears came to my eyes as I saw them deplane come down off of those

56:29 out of Air Force One, knowing that they are still hurting. I heard a quote that said for some of us it's months for those parents is one day at a time to imagine little ones five and six years old whose bodies were riddled riddled and they are here on the hallways of Congress. They're on the hallways! To be able to ask us, can we do the right thing that is for the American people? And I want to answer today a question that I raised... I want to answer a question that I raised She wants to answer questions she raised Can we stop the filibuster? Can we resolve the fact that

57:09 That was everyone's talking about the filibuster blah principal gun legislation defensible. Oh, wait a minute defensible guns levers Latian ...absolve the fact that sensible gun legislation does not violate the Second Amendment and in fact we protect the Second Amendment. No one has challenged the Second Amendment, no one has challenged concealed permits for concealed weapons that are in many states but we have said that the tragedy that occurred in Arizona where someone was using an automatic weapon and had multiple rounds... An automatic weapon John? This is new!

CHAPTER 21 / 52 Discussion

Barack Obama, Sandy Hook Weaponry, Magazine Capacity

President Obama is noted for misidentifying the weapon used at Sandy Hook as "fully automatic" during a fundraiser, though he later corrected himself. Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy signed new legislation limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds based on the claim that the shooter fired 154 rounds in four minutes. The hosts question the timeline and the logistics of the shooting as reported by officials.

barack obama· sandy hook· semi-automatic· fully automatic· dan malloy

57:48 I didn't know you could have an automatic weapon. They don't sell them he it was an automatic weapon I heard her say automatic weapons automatic weapon automatically some dowsers doesn't even know what an automatic weapon is on him well apparently the guy had a machine gun is what she's saying Apparently the president is using the same talking points. Écoutez, mon frère! Last night at a no cameras allowed democratic fundraiser in San Francisco President Obama misstated the kind of weapon used in the Sandy Hook shooting advocating for stricter gun control The president said quote it is possible for us to create common sense gunsafety measures that respect

58:26 the traditions of gun ownership in this country and hunters and sportsmen but also make sure that we don't have another 20 children in a classroom gunned down by a semi-automatic weapon, by a fully automatic weapon in that case sadly. So he actually corrected himself and said fully automatic. Wait a minute, so he corrected himself wrong? Yeah! And said fully automatic. He actually said the right thing although it wasn't true because we know now that they can only use pistols Right I mean which by the way seems to get Well, you know so there's a... without really getting into it there is a discrepancy here that really is bothering me. Listen to this Today Connecticut Governor signed a tough new gun control law Parents who lost children at Sandy Hook Elementary School stood behind Dan Malloy as he signed the bipartisan bill passed late last night

59:19 It expands an assault weapons ban, requires background checks for all gun purchases and limits ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. The Sandy Hook killer murdered 21st graders in six educators firing 154 rounds in four minutes using 30 round magazines." Okay so first of all we know that according to the evidence fact that he did not empty the magazines because that was part of his gaming training. that he would just reload whenever I guess he had riddled some of the children. So, in order to empty 154 rounds in 4 minutes if you... let's just presume that he did have a semi-automatic rifle which he didn't, he had handguns but okay lets go back and listen to the lie That would mean he would have to have reloaded at least four times

1:00:17 to reach 154 were probably five or six times a new magazine clips for no good reason. Yeah, so that would have been 6 but in 4 minutes? He didn't like the dry fire apparently So but you know where is this statistic coming from this 154 rounds and four minutes This is coming from lies I never heard it Yeah, no this has been bandied about quite a bit now. Even the president said... The four minutes? Under five minutes is what the president said. Oh somebody have a stopwatch on this thing? Apparently! What's going on? They've got all of this information All of this The only thing we don't have is any pictures or evidence Well, I've got a couple gun related things. I want to discuss okay Cuz I do want to get to the crazy part But you want to do the gun? Let's do this first because I just wanna throw this in so everyone has this before we continue Okay, so we have it out of the way yeah So I'm watching The Nation's Treasure the just Nations treasure yes Glenn Eiffel so they have a thing on guns and violence Sorry not Glen Eiffel

CHAPTER 23 / 52 Discussion

Mental Defective Definition, Brady Bill, Federal Gun Checks

The "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013" relies on definitions established in the 1993 Brady Bill, specifically the term "mental defective." Federal law prohibits firearm sales to individuals adjudicated as a danger to themselves or others due to subnormal intelligence or mental illness. The hosts argue this broad definition allows for significant government overreach in determining who is fit to own a gun.

brady bill· mental defective· gun checks· title 18· federal law

1:06:04 This of course is really the war on crazy, and I'd like to... And I was surprised when I did some of the research about gun legislation. Now we have these amendments or you know with the amendment I think it's S. 374, whatever is going to get passed probably the Fixed Gun Checks Act of 2013 It refers to U.S. Code Title 18 Section 22 This is the main legislation which was put in place as a part of the Brady Bill

1:06:43 So this goes back how many years John? 20 years, 25 years? Well the Brady bill I believe was introduced in 83. That's 20 years! Yeah... No that's 30 years ago. You know what so let me read this to you and then you'll understand maybe a little bit better about what's going on and this is just a very long process that has been going on for a while and they've finally gotten there. This is not about taking your guns away, this is about locking you up because you're crazy for anything! So U.S Code Title 18 Section 922 which would be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person IS 1. Under indictment 4. Or been convicted in any court of crime punishable by imprisonment Is a fugitive from justice

1:07:35 Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance. It's very important and here is the big one, this is the one that Biden... I didn't record him saying it but he kept saying this over and over again. I should have clipped it but just couldn't stand looking at him anymore Number 4 has been educated as a mental defective Okay What, were we in Nazi Germany? So this is 30 years old. Educated as mental defective so I go and I'm like what does mental defective really mean And it has been specified a federal law according to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act anyone... I guess the Brady Bill was discussed but it was actually passed in a form in 1993

1:08:27 of it during the Clinton administration. so-called Brady law, the Brady bill previous to that and I can't find a reference to the exact date just too...so people don't think that we're trying to get things correct. So it did become law in 1993 as i'm reading here yeah and the definition of mental defective which means you will have to been educated as a mental defected defective A mental defective, man. The definition of a mental defective in this case includes anyone whom a court board commission or other lawful authority has kangaroo courts has determined to be a quote danger to himself or other because of market subnormal intelligence or mental illness incompetency condition or disease

1:09:28 So this, I would say is rather broad. Now of course what we're doing here if you go in and you look at this act This has nothing to do with real gun legislation This has to do with grants to the states Because this is a state issue. A state determines what their gun legislation is now in order to get a federal and of course This is what the president's been working on, in order to Get a Make it look like a federal mandate all the states have to get on board interestingly enough if you look at most of the laws for the States You'll be surprised

CHAPTER 24 / 52 Discussion

Texas Mental Health Laws, Antisocial Personality Disorder

Texas law lists 12 conditions, including bipolar disorder and antisocial personality disorder, that can disqualify an individual from gun ownership. The World Health Organization's criteria for antisocial personality disorder—such as irresponsibility and low frustration tolerance—are so broad that many citizens could technically be classified as "mentally defective." The segment highlights the reliance on the American Psychiatric Association's DSM for legal definitions.

texas· mental health· dsm· antisocial personality disorder· gun ownership

1:10:14 what the actual definition of mental defective is. I'm going to pull up Texas, just to show you that I am completely unbiased in this and here are the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Here are 12 different things if you're determined to suffer from at least one of them Then, and I'll go into an important one in a minute. At least one of them then you are forbidden from having a gun this is Texas this is already law so what what is happening in the United States Senate now is they are bribing the state's attorney generals but they do with money

1:10:59 to implement this into their background check systems, the NICS I think is what it's called. And we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars which no one is going to let pass up so Texas possession of a firearm by the mentally ill as determined involuntary psychiatric hospitalization makes kind that's common sense psychiatric hospitalization inpatient or residential substance abuse treatment in the preceding five-year period Diagnosis in the preceding five-year period by a licensed physician that the person is dependent on alcohol, A controlled substance or similar substance. That's very much like the Brady Bill Or diagnosis at any time At anytime By a licensed physician That the person suffers or has suffered from a psychiatric disorder or condition consisting of or relating to Schizophrenia or delusional disorder Bipolar disorder It's half our audience

1:12:01 Chronic dementia where they're caused by illness brain defect or brain injury disassociative identity disorder Intermittent explosive disorder or antisocial personality disorder. Let's take a look at antisocial personality disorder since I live in the state of Texas and i am a gun owner, I think I'm probably in violation The World Health Organization has determined you have Antisocial Personality Disorder if you have at least one of the following conditions Callous unconcern for the feelings of others

1:12:44 Oops. Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules and obligations. Uh-oh! Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships though having no difficulty in establishing them. Very low tolerance to frustration... ...and a low threshold for discharge of aggression including violence incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly punishment. Markedly prone to blame others or to offer plausible rationalization for the behavior that has brought the person into conflict with society." So I think I got at least three of those. Yeah At least three so it's...so by this I should not be allowed to have a handgun

1:13:41 Hawaii has their own stuff. I just pulled a couple that is You are mentally defective if the person is or has been diagnosed having a significant behavioral emotional or mental disorder as defined by the most current diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association That would be the DSM ladies and gentlemen, and there we have it Congratulations, you are going to be what what it's a good job You wrapped it all around into a bundle and then you presented it one piece at times I get him boring. There was nothing boring in there Thank you lighten thank you And then you wrapped it around and you can you came off the track with? It took the spur and he went over to this mental thing and then you found that some documentation Then you spun it back onto the main line and bingo There is that stupid book again

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Neurodiversity Concept, Tourette Syndrome, Parking Permits

The concept of "neurodiversity" is explored as a new social category that seeks respect for neurological differences like ADHD, autism, and Tourette syndrome. The hosts joke about using these diagnoses to obtain government grants or disability parking permits. They note that common conditions like dyslexia are now being framed as disabilities under this framework.

neurodiversity· tourette syndrome· dyslexia· disability· parking permits

1:14:31 I do want to mention that there is one little sidetrack, one little footnote here. There is a new concept that I believe will help me and I think I can actually get some government money for this new concept known as neurodiversity have you heard of this? No, but I will. Neurodiversity is a concept suggesting that neurological differences be respected and recognized as a social category on par with gender ethnicity class or disability And what qualifies you ask? Well individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder autism spectrum disorder dyscalculia dyslexia

1:15:27 dyspraxia, dyslexia and population's dyslexic and Tourette syndrome. Oh we need that government grant I am getting me some government money for my neuro diversity which means we need a new jingle Neuro Diversite! So you know it i can get affirmative action because of my Tourette's syndrome. I should be first, in fact...I think i should get a parking pass an invalid parking pass cause I have Tourette's Syndrome. Disability parking pass not an invalid. An invalid shouldn't be driving. Invalid! I'm sorry. Invalid. What do you mean disability?

1:16:19 They don't call it a disability parking permit. They do here! They call it a cripple pass here in Texas. That's bad... Cripple Pass? Hey, but how cool is that?! Go for it! Yeah Dislexic is now disabled What you're saying is every Dyslexia which is half the population from what I can tell uh from Jay Leno down to Mimi And miss Mickey Miss Mickey is dyslexic there you go. You guys have perfect parking permits all no wonder so I'm in Las Vegas I'm in Las Vegas at NAB wait a minute. What was this? A hooker and blow trip, I don't know about

CHAPTER 26 / 52 Discussion

TSA Checkpoint Tips, Dislocated Shoulder Hypothetical

A "hypothetical" travel tip suggests that telling TSA agents about a dislocated shoulder can allow a traveler to bypass the full-body scanner in favor of a standard magnetometer. The anecdote describes how agents in Oakland and Las Vegas were sympathetic to the injury, significantly speeding up the security process. The hosts discuss the efficiency of this method for navigating "Gestapo checkpoints."

tsa· airport security· oakland· las vegas· magnetometer

1:17:05 You know about it. The No Agenda broadcasting exhibition in Las Vegas, I'm surprised you didn't come so... So I go down to the parking area where they have that because... Wait wait wait back it up back it up back it up! You flew out of what airport? Oakland and did you choose any of our no agenda travel tips at the Gestapo checkpoints? You're not wondering whether even discussing this is legal uh... because it's possible they've made their party something about lying to an official but i think that i may give you a hypothetical this is not necessary something i did

1:17:44 But let me just say that if you go to the line and there's always a guy standing there between the scanning machine and the magnetometer, it is the guy that you tap him. Right And so you will find that if you just make a motion to your shoulder with like your left hand and you touch his shoulder with it The guy immediately says can't lift your arms Really? He already knew this hypothetical situation I'm sorry. Hypothetically you could have said... I would have said something like, no just this one, I had dislocated shoulder is what you might hypothetically say. Oh that's a-I like that as a hypothetical idea. Dislocated dis-Dixloca- It's got some uh... I have neurodiversity So it's just like oh yeah no problem boom good luck! You know and he just immediately goes flying through on the Las Vegas side hypothetically

1:18:44 same central thing and the guy that told me this guy is same thing they just jumped to conclusions and then he's really sympathetic oh it's okay buddy go you get on through there. And what hypothetically you were maybe you could have been sent through the magnetometer instead? No no I was sent through the magneto- I mean, I was hypothetically sent And but it was like with a lot of with a kind of a oomph, you know It's like get in there. You know fight it off Shake it off get back into the game walk it off So that trick

1:19:29 Which is, you know obviously usable just to... Yeah well only by people on the... This would be they would have required doctors notes or some god knows what they're gonna do when they finally get a clue but it really speeds things up because you get in that round thing that you when you get in there. By the way if you get in that round thing anyway I can go on but if you get out of their rounding this about takes about 10 or 15 seconds out of your day and zoom through the magnetometer Anyway, hypothetically. Hypothetically, hypothetically... Okay so I'm back in Vegas right? So i'm driving around and I have to meeting with somebody at one of the micro companies or something and then I had to go do a lunch then had to come back as I said driving past the front and there's like a thousand I swear together must well actually took a picture this probably 50 plus open parking spots

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NAB Show Las Vegas, Parking Corruption

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas featured 95,000 attendees and a heavy presence of media industry stereotypes. Despite the large crowd, the convention center had numerous empty parking spots that were reportedly being held for "handicapped" drivers as part of a perceived local scam. The hosts describe the atmosphere of the show as being filled with "local anchors" and industry "talking heads."

nab show· las vegas· convention center· parking· stereotypes

1:20:25 And where is this? This is in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center. That never happens! No, you've never been to a moderate show. Oh yeah... I only go to hit shows This show is big. It had 95,000 people attended and it had the three halls filled And they all talk like this Hey everybody how you doing? Welcome to NAB Hey man haven't seen you in a couple years Some local anchors roaming around with their exact... They just have stereotypes all over them The stereotypes of You'd actually love the show because it was so loaded with stereotypes So I go driving No no no! You can't go in there

1:21:04 I said, well you got spots. There was tons of spots back there and the guy says no we're saving them for the handicapped or disabled so how many disabled are gonna go in at the show at 3 in the afternoon an hour before closing? Did he have a badge did he have a... He had a yellow thing on it said Vegas parking some do they have an armband yeah It's a scam that Las Vegas Convention Center is corrupt Yeah So anyway Do they have an armband No, I should have though with a swastika. Anyway...I got to see a lot of cool stuff and i've really enjoyed going in this show. So was there anything new? Any news you're coming back from the from the movie? There is some cool stuff! The main thing that I think the highlight of the show was Sony actually of all people they had an 80 I think it was an 85 inch or 82 or 84 inch

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Sony 4K OLED Technology, Display Innovations

Sony showcased a 56-inch 4K OLED display at the NAB show, which is described as the most impressive display technology ever seen. While 4K content was ubiquitous at the show, the OLED prototype stood out for its riveting image quality. This contradicts previous industry rumors that Sony had abandoned OLED technology in favor of other formats.

sony· 4k· oled· 3d tv· display technology

1:21:58 4k, 4K was everywhere. I went to actually wanted to see some 4k displays And what is 4k? This is like these televisions and no one will ever buy No they'll be buying it when they come down. Oh just like the 3d right so It was like know that you'll be buying a 4k TV guarantee at some dude I Barely have HD what are you talking about? You know me? I'm not gonna buy that don't give a crap. It's 3840 by 1080 times 2 is 20... Yeah, and C-Span looks so great on it. 2160. What a waste! Well there's a lot of ways in fact with a lot of the demos they didn't have good enough the content has to go in at 4k to be come out at 4K otherwise just blurry but anyways what I got to see though was the 82 or 84 inch Sony 4k 3d

1:22:50 which was actually quite interesting because it's like wow and that's $24,000 but the cool one which had no price attached to it and I had no idea this was going on but they had a 56 inch I believe something like that O-L-E-D 4K which was unbelievable. I think it's the most amazing thing i've ever seen in my life, literally you just can't stop looking at this thing they have to pretty much pull you away from it That is the most amazing thing? Have you ever been to Grand Canyon? Have you ever seen Mona Lisa? I'm talking about technology

1:23:29 or display technology to be specific. I have not seen anything like this, it was just riveting and the weird thing is that I was under the complete impression... Sony's company isn't very good at selling anything apparently.. I was under the total impression that Sony had kicked the OLED display technology to the curb and stopped working on it Meanwhile they got the biggest one I've ever seen with 4K so obviously, I don't know, there are memos It just bothered me. Right, so was there anything cool at the show is my question? That was cool Okay There's a lot of mixing stuff a lot of new mics Hey did you get to talk to any mixer people about the project Yeah I actually made good contacts which we'll talk about later With big names? Well they're couple big names okay because I'm yeah We got one of our producers he's an industrial designer

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Podcaster Mixer Project, NewTek, Kiki Stockhammer

A new hardware project dubbed "The Podcaster" is in development, with an industrial designer currently working on the casing. During the NAB show, the hosts met with representatives from NewTek, the makers of the TriCaster, and industry figure Kiki Stockhammer. The segment highlights the positive reception of the No Agenda show among tech executives and the progress of the custom mixer prototype.

newtek· tricaster· kiki stockhammer· podcaster· industrial design

1:24:27 He's offered to design it who would industrial design. So that's gonna look good. It's gonna look good and And I have ordered all the bits and bobs, it'll still be because you know, it's like circuit boards and crap It'll still be another two weeks before I have the demo but this is going to be I'm calling it The podcaster did you register that? Yeah, good luck with that Better there's no way you can register that Yeah, you can. No no no it's too... It's a trademark! I also don't have the thousands of dollars it takes to register that. No it doesn't? Well call the poopcaster then, I don't care. Doesn't matter people will buy it if we make the best podcast in universe with this thing everyone will want one So I'm at the New Tech booth which is one

1:25:12 potential makers of this thing as a matter. So they, of course make the TriCaster right? A couple things I found one for one thing they had their number 1 in the world for selling switchers Yeah, I believe that. Well, I guess so... So i'm chatting there and why this guy wants to be mentioned so I won't mention but one of the guys comes up then he because he's in a conversation with a bunch of the executives and he says hey no agenda show goes on and on. Really? Wait a minute! This is one of the execs?! No this was a guy from I think it was Adobe or another company that was talking to NewTek about something cool Hey! Hey! That's how you say Hey! No Agenda Show! That's how he comes out

1:25:51 Pretty much. Did he have crumbs in his beard? No, he was a good-looking guy He's regular looking guy didn't have a beard so but I since he was there and everyone saying oh well Yeah What's this all because that you know it's a lot of people that should be listening to the show they're not right And I said tell him that no agenda show is the best Show yeah, and then he goes no agenda is the best show in the universe the best podcast in the universe You actually mimic the exact phrase That we've been drumming Really? He says, yeah you guys should be listening to the No Agenda podcast. It's the best podcast in the universe! Because none of them get the joke... Did he have a wooden leg? I gave him a lanyard Very good oh you took some with you good Oh yeah Yeah all right okay well that uh so That is my summary of the industrial association broadcasters ladies and gentlemen very good 2013 Good work John Good work

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Giant Voice Systems, Public Warning Tests

"Giant Voice" systems, used for public emergency announcements, are being tested in various U.S. cities. A recording of a weekly test is played, alongside a clip from the movie "The Purge," which features a similar system announcing a period of legalized crime. The hosts encourage listeners to record these announcements to document the increasing presence of automated government voices in public spaces.

giant voice system· chapel hill· emergency broadcast· the purge· public safety

1:26:47 You got it you at least confirm we have one person listening That's pretty much all you'd seem to the blue like that. It can probably extrapolate the audience Really Okay, giant voice system this is another one of our projects This is kind of scary. You know so okay? So mac and cheese I think it's established as a fact that fact that we identified the mac and cheese meme way before anybody else in fact we even had jingles Mac and cheese and

1:27:31 and ran. No, I didn't put that one in there. No, I'm just saying... Go on! Did you get the email from the guy who says he was at the doctor's office in some highfalutin facility? Yeah yeah, and they were showing how to make healthy mac n' cheese for your kids. Yeah, I know. Few slaves could get used to Mac N Cheese. Here is all you need to know. Cheap macaroni and cheap cheddar melted together. Mac N Cheese, Mac N Cheese, Mac N Cheese. Okay So we've got this giant voice system thing. This is not just a one-off, so we had our shill in Chapel Hill who sent us the giant voice system that is just photo but also the recording remember? Resume normal activity slaves

1:28:20 So here is another... I just want to collect these. Oh yeah! So here's another giant voice system recording in these United States of Gitmo Nation. This is the weekly test, of the giant voice system. They actually say it! That's a beauty! This is the weekly test of the giant voice system all right and there's a movie coming out called the purge it looks like an interesting script the whole idea of the Purge is that once a year in the United States everything is legal and so basically you go kill people. Star Trek episode from the original series oh I didn't know this okay well they turn it into a movie and in it, of course giant voice system

CHAPTER 31 / 52 Discussion

Whelen Engineering, Emergency Announcement Scripts

Whelen Engineering produces the pre-recorded voices used in Giant Voice systems for scenarios like chemical releases and terrorist alerts. The hosts critique the "boring" delivery of the official recordings and attempt to perform their own versions of the scripts. They highlight the absurdity of instructions like "please follow procedure" during a vague "terrorist alert."

whelen engineering· chemical release· terrorist alert· emergency scripts

1:29:19 This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of the annual purge. At the siren, all emergency services will be suspended for 12 hours Your government thanks you for your participation I love that your government thanks you for your participation now. That is the theatrical version? I have here wheelin wheelin makes the giant voice systems the one that we've seen they have Pre-recorded voices that you can load up for your giant voice system Oh nice, so what would you let's do a chemical release should we do it should we listen to a chemical release? Okay, chemical release here We go chemical release

1:30:01 Stay inside buildings and close windows and doors unless advised by authorities to evacuate area chemical release stay inside buildings and close Windows and doors Unless advised by authorities To evacuate area chemical release I think yeah, thank you. This is an opportunity for you finally Well, let's see. Let-let's see... ummm.... Let me have a... Do that one? Try doing that one See if you can do better than that guy That guy has got a boring voice They should get a pro like you in there to do it I agree! I agree! Lemme try one here Ummm... I have the scripts too So hold on lemme uh...lemme get it going here 2..2..1..2 Alright Almost right 2..2..2 Check 2 Alright Is that too much?! You don't hear the echo do ya? I dont' hear any echo Okay well trust me

1:31:05 Attention there has been a chemical release in your area everyone should evacuate immediately. It's pretty good He goes attention there has been a chemical accident no no stop stop stop am I doing it wrong? Yeah, you're running your words together They have to be very distinct and separate use that there is there as their head right here at your ear all right okay attention an emergency condition exists Stand by for instructions. An emergency condition exists! Stand by for instructions I don't think i'm all that good really It's better than that guy Let's try this one Terrorist alert A terrorism alert has been issued Please follow procedure

1:31:54 Whatever the fuck that is. What? That's actually a real follow procedure? Yeah, listen to it here comes Terrorist alert! A terrorism alert has been issued please follow procedure My goodness. We're all doomed So if you have a giant voice system in your area, please record it so we can make compilations of electing those weekly or whenever they do them Announcements off the giant voice system. Yes, and it's best of it actually if they say this is a test of the giant voices

CHAPTER 32 / 52 Discussion

Listener Donations, Gender Pricing Differences

A series of listener donations are acknowledged, including a "make good" for a missed birthday. A tangent explores the idea that women and men perceive pricing differently, with a humorous claim that women are "optimists" who round down prices. Specific donors from Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Georgia are thanked for their support.

philip meason· beaverton· mustard factory· donations· pricing

1:32:37 Extra bennies for that one. I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda, imagine all the people who could do that! Oh yeah that'd be fab! Giant voice system! Alright we do have a few donors that we want to thank profusely they're all producers of course and it was starting off with old Philip Meason, Sir Philip to you in Welsh pool pows. This is a make good donation for forgetting John's birthday mm-hmm sorry John hit yourself up for some donation karma we'll play that all right you've got karma

1:33:28 Uh, Edward Knapple in Croydon South Victoria. He said months ago he told his wife he was giving 50 to your show no way she said so I gave 60 now i told her I was giving a hundred and again she said no way so here's 140 good work And by the way, I think this is okay because I am having been married twice. You've been married twice John haven't you? Yeah Okay Would you say that it is a and I can be totally sexist here because this is part of my neuro diversity Sick man so I can be misogynistic

1:34:06 Would you say that women have a problem with pricing? I give you an example. How much was that dress, honey? It wasn't it was... It was only $100! Oh and you look at the tag is 199 Is this.. This seems like a trend And it's not malicious by the way. It's not malicious Yeah, it's not just is this like they see a price. You know it was like how much was that 40 bucks? No, it was $49.99 That's 50 bucks now They're optimists rather you go I guess thank of you people here for Patrick Turner Austin Texas under eleven dollars by the way before getting in trouble Miss Mickey's never liked that

1:34:53 That's good to know. Patrick Turner, by the way is in your town William Langford in Milwaukee Wisconsin $100 Christian Collins San Carlos California hundred dollars he wants to call out his mom and dad as douchebags William Ashby mobile Alabama one hundred dollars Dennis Cruz Sir Dennis Cruz to you in Beaverton Oregon home of the mustard factory Lee Scarbeck, Springfield Pennsylvania 70. Cruz was 99-99. Oh! 9er 9er 9er for him. 9er 9er 9er or as our friend Hitler would say... 9 9 9 9 9 9 Lee Scarbeck in Springfield Pennsylvania 70 Eric Olson Water Valley Mississippi 69! 69 dude!

1:35:48 Says by the way, it's a late donation for John's birthday. Maybe this will help him get some to make up for being late Alec Doherty Brisbane Queensland Australia 6969 First-time donor Steve Steven. Oh, yeah, mr.. Doty doty What did I say? Yeah didn't sound right dody its dirty dody. I thought it was duty Duty yeah, I'll say duty I think it's Doty. He says do-tee, okay. Stephen Taft Sir Steve in Marietta Georgia Steven Sevchuk in West Orange New York these are all... No no, New Jersey! West Orange New Jersey that's my house. What'd I say? New York Oh I didn't get a... You didn't get enough sleep honey yeah when did you come back from NAB last night how much partying did you do there

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Kiki Stockhammer, NewTek Brand Ambassador

The hosts discuss Kiki Stockhammer, a well-known figure in the video production industry and a brand ambassador for NewTek. Her presence at the NAB show and her history as a "sexy" redhead in the tech world are noted. The conversation revolves around her role in promoting the TriCaster and her potential influence on the hosts' hardware projects.

kiki stockhammer· newtek· tricaster· las vegas· nab

1:36:42 Honestly. Nothing really. Now when you were there two nights? Three nights! One, just one I'd seen enough. Oh really?! Yeah showed up early in the morning which didn't get any sleep to get into town then did all my meetings and then... Did you have a drink with anyone at night what would you do in the evening where did you go for dinner? I went to uh... What's the name of that place? Oh, it was that good. No I go there all the time it's uh huh it's chair code bunny ranch it's a little set secondary place at the Bellagio I took a camera what is this yeah dr. Kiki no that's Kiki something else one that works this is the girl who works for New Tech

1:37:26 Kiki Stockhammer? Yeah, you can look her up. There's a million pictures of her and I'm getting back into the good graces of NewTek who make the TriCaster and you know... Kiki Stockhammer! Oh my god did you see this picture for Bending Over? Is that her? No That can't be her It's a red head with a big top A red head with a black leather suit on is what i see yeah she's in a band So, uh... Oh my god! You dog you. We're old friends She's sexy Kiki Stockhammer Make my poop caster baby

CHAPTER 34 / 52 Discussion

Global Producer Credits, NPR Fundraising Comparison

Producers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK are recognized for their financial contributions. The hosts contrast their listener-supported model with NPR's fundraising, noting that they mention donors at much lower levels than the $750 required by some public radio stations. They emphasize that the show relies on the "multitude" of small, recurring donations.

frankfurt· amstelveen· milton keynes· npr· donations

1:38:08 Heather Simkin and Henley on Thames Oxfordshire 6666 you didn't close out the 6969. Sorry I was preoccupied with Kiki Stockhammer and by the way is that a real name? Yeah no no German girl. Come here you, get me in the stock hammer huh come here got a stock hammer anonymous. I should have gone Anonymous 6133 and he's wishing me a happy birthday Edward Bertheisen in Amstelveen Hey, Amstelfeen! Amstelfein. Edvard Beardhausen Beardhausen in Amstelfeen Amstelfeen Veen Double Niggles on the Dime Timothy Darby Wivenhoe Essex 55 double niggles on the dime

1:39:06 uh... eric schmidt xx from for a full frankfurt doychlin is the wrong here and it's him to have of fifty one fifteen vision about that they fell Andrew Epperson in Portland, Oregon. Chris Whidden or Widen or Widden in Millborough Virginia Zane Bland in Milford Ohio Christopher Rivera and Superior Colorado Jason Fortunin Geneva Illinois and Paul Vela in Sir Paul actually Milton Keynes UK Christopher Walker I was supposed to yell at you! Oh it's the next one I'm sorry

1:39:48 Christopher Christopher Walker in Parts Unknown and a couple of anonymous ones 50 bucks and that'll close our segment of producers for the Noah Jenner show number 503. That's right, and we have... Beautiful Show notes at 503 dot na show notes calm that's where you can find all of the executive and associate executive producer credits right there at the top along with our artists and thank You to everyone who has supported the program today, and also made John feel a little bit better with some birthday giving their Again, we mentioned your name under these $750 level like NPR in Austin NPR in Austin hello

1:40:39 Anything over $50 that will be mentioned unless you specify anonymous, but it's much better to do under 50 if you want to Be 100% anonymous and of course Thank you to the multitude people who in addition to giving a one-off donation have also signed up for monthly It really does help we appreciate your support of the best podcast in the universe If you would like to do more support $750 will mention your name on the air. It's your birthday, birthday. I'm no one's champion. Not only one to mention today it seems kind of light on the birthdays which means either not a lot of people were born around this time in the list of the show or people are just not listening anymore either one is possible Steven Sampchuk congratulates himself he'll be celebrating on the 13th happy birthday from your buddies here at The Best Podcast In The Universe

CHAPTER 35 / 52 Discussion

Sir Edward Beateisen, Earl of Oregon Peerage

Edward Beateisen of Amstelveen is knighted after completing a $1,000 "layaway" donation plan. Additionally, Sir Dwayne Melanson is officially elevated to the rank of Earl of Oregon. The knighting ceremony includes the traditional list of "Hookers & Blow" and other humorous rewards associated with the No Agenda Roundtable.

edward beateisen· dwayne melanson· knighthood· peerage· amstelveen

1:41:39 Whoa, what happened there? Wow. Let me see that something went wrong there That's weird and a silver sensitive iPad It's not coming from the iPad. That's the crazy thing and we have We have a knighting Edward Beardhausen from Amstel Fane. Looks like he's got his accounting in and you see it, you know He's been a supporter of the program for a long time And if you wouldn't mind I've got mine here somewhere You know what? It looks like... oh there we go Where's yours that was yours. No! What are talking about that was you! Is there a third person in the room?! Something is not working very well

1:42:30 Edward Beateisen, step forward my friend. You have supported the No Agenda Show Best Podcast in the Universe In the amount of $1,000 over many years of your layaway knighthood plan and we sincerely appreciate you doing that for us So we hereby pronounce The Sir Edward Beateisen Knight Of The NO AGENDA Roundtable Come on down sir For you We've got Hookers & Blow Rimp Boys And Chardonnay Hot Pants And Booze Wenches And Beer Rubinettes Women And Rose Geistes And Sake Vodka, Villebon hits and bourbon sparkling cider nesquirts and mutton and me at the roundtable with all the Knights in the dames Wow this is really it's crunching today what's going on with that it's really it's kind of weird so I done yet we were no I have a title uh we have a hello mr. peerage we have a title change yeah and that is sir Dwayne Melancon

1:43:25 is now an Earl. Right, you have to request it. You do have to request it and we're not going to do it for you so Sir Duane Menenthon now officially becomes the Earl of Oregon Earl Menenthon and uh... we appreciate his continued support and I'm sure he'll be going for the dukedoms and grand dukes looks like he's well on his way to joining the elite club of Grand Duke Stephen Pelsmachers If he gets Grand Duke he could probably pick up the whole west coast

1:44:05 I, you know and i think he could even grab Hawaii. Yeah it might be inconvenient to rule Hawaii Who gives a crap about Hawaii? How many donors have you seen coming in from Hawaii They're too busy hanging loose Hanging ten Hanging loose with that little symbol Okay. So anyway, one more thing I wanted to mention about the NAB... Yeah? So i'm at the information booth and I hear this guy saying where's the FCC? This is a National Association of Broadcasters. Hold on can I ask you question? Can I ask your question? You went to the information booth? Yeah! Are you one of these guys who says um I'd like some information No, I asked him where the press room was because it wasn't listed anywhere so but meanwhile while

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FCC Absence at NAB, Low Power TV Spectrum

The FCC's absence from the NAB show was officially blamed on the "sequester," but insiders suggest it was to avoid criticism over plans to eliminate Low Power TV (LPTV) spectrum. Lobbyists from major carriers like Verizon are reportedly pushing to kill off these smaller stations to repurpose the bandwidth. The hosts argue this is part of a broader effort to force consumers away from free over-the-air television and toward paid cable services.

fcc· nab· low power tv· lptv· verizon

1:45:00 the guy says where's the FCC? Oh no, no FCC can't be here because of this sequester. Because of Ryan's sequestration? So I'm coming... So I'm coming back and then sitting next to a licensing attorney that was at the NAB. He works out of Oakland, he's going to be a good source of information and he says hey wasn't that bull crap about the FCC? He says it's a fee-based organization their entire budget is based on all the fees they collect what's the sequestration got to do with anything so there were just didn't want to show up but why were they dodging the conference because two things why because

1:45:40 One, the lawyer had it both. He said one is that the FCC is trying thanks to the lobbyists from Verizon and all these companies in the dead of night they've decided to kill off low-powered TV that whole spectrum and just give it to these douchebags and they don't want to have anyone bitching at them so they... Hold on, hold on. Explain this what is low spectrum TV? Low power TV LPTV it's called you can listen to Wikipedia and it has a long discussion some its for rural areas that can really afford their they can get the big signals in the can afford cable and they should set up shop in these little areas and get a really nice little license and broadcast television in the middle of nowhere Wyoming but can be your own programming or do you have to rebroadcast? Yeah! Really?! What!? Yes

1:46:27 I know we should be in on this. We should have that! We should have tons of them, because they're usually little groups of five and six so they're trying to kill it It was implemented in the 80s They were going to just kill it and they don't want a bunch of people bitching at him So they didn't show up for the meeting now second but there's more wait There's more right? Wait, it says it's supposed to go until September 1st 2015 Yeah, well it's supposed to go forever. But anyway they're gonna kill it. Believe me... I believe you! They are ruining everything. Now the other thing is which is rude-I think the main reason they want to show up because all of the big boys were there apparently and I told this guy to send me-I'm going to have to get documentation for this but apparently they've put the kibosh on any improvements on any broadcast television

1:47:21 station say I owned the says on KGO in San Francisco if i make any improvements by just using new technology which is another reason that you knew license you got a file for a new license no can't do it period You cannot do anything, at least they pushed this through and this again I think is the cable operators. They push through that if you do something to your station that either that you want to do or that you're going to do That will extend the reach of the signal even though you got the same wattage but say the signal goes an extra mile than it used too? No!

1:48:00 Doesn't seem like they're protecting our interests. Oh, this is just to get people off that over the air You know there's disconnecting that's going on where people are getting a roku box and then I'm getting a TV antenna right? And watching television or do regular television over the antenna and the Roku box instead of paying 150 bucks a month for Comcast or whoever it is They they're trying to put a stop to that They don't want people Doing that they have to have a cable and then of course the next thing you'll see which we've predicted on this show at some point the FCC is going to step in and start regulating the cable industry. I think there's some pro quo going on here

1:48:37 Right, so... Okay. You let us regulate you We'll do this for you! We'll kill all broadcast television. That's right we will kill broadcast television but you gotta play ball There is no limit to the number of LPTV stations that may be owned by any one entity Yeah Interesting I could have a string of these things or we should probably get an whole set But nobody uses this No one gives a crap That's almost as bad as my Morse code hobby Don't somebody don't you occasionally hear somebody talk back to you? Let me tell ya I last night. I had a dream and I woke up And this is one of the rare time and I wrote it down. I had an idea for Morse code, and It's a box and This is gonna be like really really cheap real cheap thing but it's gonna be fun for the whole family and it's going to put Morse code on the map

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Samuel Morse, Modern Morse Code Project

Samuel Morse is noted for being a world-class painter in addition to his work on the telegraph. One host reveals a plan to "revolutionize" Morse code with a new, affordable hardware device that works with or without the internet. The project aims to make Morse code "cool" again and encourage more people to obtain basic radio licenses, despite FCC neglect of the GPRS and ham radio bands.

samuel morse· morse code· ham radio· gprs· fcc

1:49:37 It's gonna put Morse code on the map, I'm telling you. I'm going to put Morse code... Did you know by the way that Samuel B. Morse was an accomplished and world-class painter? I'm trying to think of... no, i did not know that. He was a world-class painter? Oh yeah! No he was considered one in his area he actually had some seminal works that he did. It's funny, I think I have heard um that someone had some of his art but didn't know let me just see really Samuel Morse huh? World class, world class famous painter yeah. Huh! The kind things you learn on the NO Agenda show. Yes absolutely

1:50:25 I love Morse keys. Tell us what your idea is? No, i'm not going to tell you my idea. So you're putting your stake in the ground right here that you Adam Curry are going to revolutionize and make it a household thing Make it cool again Cool okay make it cool alright so gotta see In fact you will be like oh man give send me one of those boxes You are you watch and you know it? You'll be able to use it with the internet without the internet Of course that's a whole beauty of but as you want to build these without the Internet And I think that many many people Will either buy this box and use it illegally or what I hope is that people will buy this box and go and get their license because the cool thing is

1:51:25 that when even if you have, you don't need to be a general license. You know that little pansy like starter license you got? That one? You can use it with that! Oh really?! Yes!! Can you use it with family radio systems? Yes yes yes! Or that other one... there's one is even more... GPRS? Yes yeah GPRS. Yeah you can use it with that too In fact GPRS is notorious amongst the hams out there and we hate Because they're all of them are running illegal amps. Yeah, they're there They're pushing the signal way past what it's allowed and nobody ended and their bitch is that which is another reason the FCC didn't show up The bitches that has interfering with all kinds of stuff in the FCC is doing nothing about they don't care screw It yeah you guys wanted this thing you got it here. Don't knock yourselves out well interestingly all over Europe now

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EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Video Licensing

The European Audiovisual Media Services Directive is being implemented in the Netherlands, requiring all "on-demand" video providers to register with the government. This includes any service with a "mass media character" that offers a catalog of videos for economic gain. The hosts view this as the beginning of a licensing system for blogs and podcasts, aimed at providing government oversight and fee collection.

european union· media directive· netherlands· video licensing· on-demand service

1:52:19 their local versions of the FCC are clamping down and Are taking away pieces of spectrum for special events and all kinds of weird stuff Yeah, that's gonna happen here if we don't get everybody involved now speaking of this type of legislation Let me just go to Euro land for a moment. I received a document A second let me open this up here Now the European Starfleet Command created a document known as the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive.

1:53:04 Now this is a very complicated, and I have the link in the show notes to it so you can take a look. Very very complicated set of legislative documents again it is the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive And the idea behind this is that all local state based media commissaries or commissions like the FCC for each individual state in the Euro land zone, which I have the Dutch example. Use that directive to create laws about audiovisual media services and the interpretation is astounding. So I would like to

1:53:51 just read for you what is actually going on in the Euroland zone. This is the Dutch version of the media authority known as the Commissariat voor de Media and they have harmonized their Dutch Media Act with the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive So this brochure that I have, which you can find marked up in the show notes. We do that as a service by the way highlighted Provides information about the provision of a commercial media service on demand and The laws you have to follow if you have that First of all if you are a commercial media services provider You must register as an on-demand service within two weeks of starting. You have to register

1:54:38 So what is an on-demand media service? Well, if all of the criteria below are met you are an on demand media service. If A it is a distributed via public electronic communications network... Oh I know where you're going with this! Let me finish the list and then I want to hear. It is based on a catalog Yeah. It consists of videos that has the primary purpose of offering videos It falls under the editorial responsibility of the provider. So it means not like a, you know like I'm just put any stuff you want on it and you actually have editorial control. It has a mass media character and can be seen as an economic service that's pretty much anyone who starts anything with video on the internet That's what I think well don't if you recall in its eye In the book right now. I'm not I'm not sure

1:55:39 We have talked about licensing blogs. Thank you for years, literally yep and I've always wondered when they're gonna drop the hammer on this right did you get your blog license? I mean we have a podcasting license system in the No Agenda show but yeah the blog will the idea of actually having a needing a fee fee-based license so that so the fees can go to somebody like the FCC who won't show up at the National Association of Broadcasters using a bogus excuse beside the point there's a fee based thing involved and they'll be in it will be oversight, they'll be enforcement. There'd be a whole agency of enforcement officers going through the blood this is

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Dutch Media Authority, Advertising Regulations

The Dutch Media Authority (Commissariat voor de Media) has established strict rules for on-demand services, including mandatory "bookends" for advertisements and a ban on clandestine product placement. Sponsored content for news or political information is strictly prohibited. These regulations are seen as a way for the state to control the "propaganda tool" of video media.

commissariat voor de media· advertising· product placement· sponsorship· medical treatments

1:56:19 illegal price. May I read number four? Regulatory fees, media service providers that offer commercial media services on demand shall owe the Dutch Media Authority a fixed amount for each individual media service on demand this amount will be set by the Minister of Education Culture and Science. Media service providers that have registered will receive an invoice for this from the Media Authority at the end of each calendar year Here's the regulation requirements. Advertising, advertising messages must be recognized as such by their form and content this is an ad. Advertising messages must be clearly distinguishable from the remaining content they are to be preceded by and ended with a visible end or audible bookends with the statement of advertising advertisement or words to that effect. Clandestine surreptitious advertising is prohibited in all cases

1:57:18 Advertising for medical treatments is not permitted. What about... really? So product placement is out! Sponsorship and product placement For sponsored media content, all sponsors must in all cases be listed at the beginning or at the end In order to inform the audience The sponsorship reference credit is not solicitous Solic- solicitious Video content that consists of news, current events or political information may not be sponsored. This is amazing to me! How does this stuff even get that far? Because no one's paying attention because they're all watching The Voice No actually what they're watching and I have a clip Oh Is golf

1:58:12 Wow. Yeah, okay Who watches this stuff? 28 seconds of my life gone. Erased from history. Oh, let's just stay with the Euroland zone So I thought this was... Yeah you slipped in the gulf thank you You watch it apparently No no I was channel surfing and heard that this is the most idiotic thing i've ever seen so I clipped it. So um In a Polish magazine Hey do you know what im thinking

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Angela Merkel, Polish Magazine Cover, Nude Photos

A Polish magazine featured German Chancellor Angela Merkel on its cover dressed as an Auschwitz prisoner, reflecting rising tensions in Europe. Separately, a controversial photo allegedly showing a young, nude Merkel at a German beach has circulated online. The hosts discuss the cultural differences regarding nudity in Germany and the impact of such images on a leader's reputation.

angela merkel· poland· auschwitz· nude beaches· germany

1:59:10 We're gonna get it you have to have a license to do this show. Well I don't... we might get lucky because it's like podcast, who gives a crap? That's how those elites think video is what it is about in the eurozone! Video! We can't have them doing video that's our propaganda tool I just went from... Probably don't care about this. I went from Russian to Austrian, that was pretty good It was very good A Polish magazine has put Angela Merkel on the cover of their magazine dressed as an Auschwitz prisoner behind barbed wire and it's getting pretty rough there in fact did you see the check this out John do you have a browser? Yeah hold on Browser ready

2:00:03 Yeah, okay. Merkle picture dot curry calm all right Merkel picture that curry comm do it before the chat room does yeah I'm getting there. I think you need more bandwidth the way you do this More bandwidth that's enough bandwidth merkel picture curry calm waiting for it to come up I think the chatroom be me they might have no there is How awesome is that picture? Now, is that a real picture I think it's a real picture. Yeah And that's her on the left That would have said correct yeah looks like her doesn't it yeah It doesn't look photoshopped it looks she might just dare have a bunch of you know germans Have a lot of these nude beaches yep and uh and actually You know when it comes to kind of ruminous women she you know, I mean She was okay Well, she actually has a figure. Yeah had yeah had

2:01:01 Kind of a thunder thigh look, but that's okay. When would happen to the babes on the right? Uh one of them... No, the one in the middle. I don't know. I'll be working for it still By the way if you see chat room if you look at this You will never be able to get this image off This will burn into your retina Yeah probably not a good thing Sorry sorry if that happens All apologies No apologies And then and this is my final bit on the Euroland zone So if he didn't think was bad enough that your European human rights

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EU Bank Bail-ins, IMF Policy Shift

The European Union is shifting from "bail-outs" to "bail-ins," where depositors and investors are forced to cover the losses of failing banks. This policy could allow the government to seize interbank deposits, meaning money from a stable bank in one country could be used to save a failing bank in another. The hosts warn that this represents a significant threat to private savings across the Eurozone.

european union· imf· bail-in· bank deposits· portugal

2:01:39 essentially forces you into giving up your possessions, i.e., your money if it's in the public interest and we read this to you on Sunday The European Union is now looking at interbank deposits when a bank is failing as part of the bail-in. This is their new meme, so what this means is if a bank in Portugal or Spain is about to fail the IMF will no longer bail it out because that's what the ESM is for we warned you about that So the ESM will not bail out the bank The depositors and investors shall bail in the bank

2:02:21 And if that's not enough, they will take any money that has been lent to them by another bank. Say you have an ABN AMRO account or an ING or a Rabobank account That money will be used for the bail-in So they're actually going to take money from your bank in a whole different country Wow! Yeah and this is like... it's just okay links in the show knows Wall Street Journal really like that just this is amazing that the public is putting up with this John they are there watching them what they're watching golf you saw right although the public in America there's something about America when it comes to humor we just kick ass did you see that Michelle Obama did a Twitter thing she had a hashtag was so stupid

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Michelle Obama, AskFlotus Hashtag Hijack

First Lady Michelle Obama's attempt at a Twitter Q&A using the hashtag #AskFlotus was "hijacked" by critics asking about vacation costs and school choices. Questions ranged from the impact of the sequester on White House tours to the First Lady's role in dictating children's diets. The incident is cited as a major public relations failure for the administration.

michelle obama· twitter· askflotus· public relations· sequester

2:03:18 So she, you should never do this by the way. People if you want to learn how to do public relations call the Curry Dvorak Consulting Group don't just like... Don't listen to your own people so she did a I guess what she wanted was kind of like an AMA like and ask me anything reddit except you know Of course She's Michelle Obama so she's not gonna do little Reddit thing no I'm going to do it on Twitter with the hashtag AskFlotus Flota stands for first lady of the United States So the hashtag got hijacked very quickly. Shall I read you some of these? Have any clue about what's really going on out there no Hubris they think they think that they think it can do anything They want now, then you can go look at the hashtag now and there's still lots of fun stuff But I'll just read a couple Which if your three kids is the hardest to control Sasha Malia or Joe Oh

2:04:19 Is there a better way to fight obesity than making people too poor to afford food? Asked Flotus. Do you feel guilty your family vacations have cost over 1 billion dollars and are turning kids away from the White House on theirs? If our public schools are so good, then why don't your kids go to them? Have you considered cancelling Let's Move as a means of further exaggerating the impact of sequester? What is the best vacation destination to escape to when you really feel like spending my tax dollars in style? Did they not expect this?! Where in the Constitution does it state, The First Lady of United States shall tell kids what to eat. How weird is it to present the Oscar for Best Movie about the successful rescue of embassy personnel? That's a good one!

2:05:11 When your hashtag gets hijacked, are you mad at Al Gore for inventing the internet? These are great. Americans are fantastic! The commenters they're always good for a laugh yeah I mean we are same group but then we are the trolls of the universe by the way and and of course then we have so you know because of the Ryan's sequestration You know, the White House tours are canceled. However! Soon to be televised I believe on April 16th on our national treasure PBS... That's right everybody! I wish I could get me some Justin Timberlake to perform at the White House

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White House Memphis Soul Night, Justin Timberlake

The Obama administration hosted a "Memphis Soul" musical event at the White House featuring Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, and Cyndi Lauper. The event, televised on PBS, is criticized as being "tone-deaf" given the cancellation of public White House tours due to the sequester. President Obama joked during the event about his own reputation as an Al Green impersonator.

barack obama· memphis soul· justin timberlake· queen latifah· pbs

2:06:03 This is... they, the administration. I don't even know if it's the Obamas but they must be insane to think that it's okay to have a Memphis Soul night at The White House A Memphis Soul night with Justin Timberlake and you know to have the elites of the elites swinging out And they're actually going to televise this John They're gonna put it on television just throwing it in your face So I wish I could do his voice man because now I have the transcript of what the president said they even published the transcript Everybody, please. Have a seat give it up for our musical director Booker T and The Memphis Soul All-Stars I just want everyone to know my second term so rather than hailed to the chief We're gonna go on without their little change in tradition

2:07:03 Now, before we get started I'm going to exercise some presidential prerogative to say a few words about two very special people who are here with us tonight. This will humiliate them but i'm going to go ahead and do it anyway. Actually there is actually does say applause in here Tonight I am speaking not just as president but as one of America's best known Al Green impersonators So I have a new appreciation for what Al once said about the Memphis soul sound that he helped create. Justin, stop blowing the whistle! We don't even know ourselves how the music has endured for so long and how it came out of us. It just goes on and on... Oh God...

2:07:57 We've got folks here who are at the beginning, legends like Mavis Staples. Charlie Musselwhite William Bell and Eddie Floyd We've got artists like Cyndi Lauper and Ben Harper Queen Latifah! Charlie Musselwhite lives over her in Marin I'm pretty sure... Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper shame on you Justin Timberlake Shame on you! Shame on YOU Let them eat cake bitches! Shame on you Just shame on you How can you- I didn't see BB King there Is he dead? BB King? No, he's still kicking. You sure? Pretty sure if he's dead I'd be surprised Let me see...I'll check the book of knowledge while you're talking Well i'm gonna play the jingle Consult the Book Of Knowledge! No, He's not dead. He must be incapacitated. He's 87 They don't need him and they want living people We want people that we can groove to Queen Latifah clearly Memphis soul baby

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Jay-Z and Beyonce, Cuba Trip Controversy

Jay-Z and Beyonce's anniversary trip to Cuba sparked a congressional inquiry into whether they violated travel restrictions. The White House deferred questions to the Treasury Department, which reportedly approved the trip under a "people-to-people" cultural exchange license. The hosts question why high-profile celebrities are granted access to Cuba for what appears to be a luxury vacation rather than a student or educational trip.

jay-z· beyonce· cuba· treasury department· people-to-people

2:08:55 Queen, where was Jay-Z? Oh I'm sorry. Jay Z was on his Treasury sanctioned junket to Cuba This was weird So Jay Z and Bianchi they go to Cuba And apparently the Treasury is the one who approves trips to Cuba Did you know this? No, what? Huh. Yeah well I can give you the... I know if you're a journalist you can easily get a visa and go there but you have to find some way to get there But that's still apparently... That is done through the Treasury The Treasury! So here is a question came up in the White House press briefing

2:09:33 Jay, two members of Congress have written to the Treasury Department expressing concern about the trip to Cuba last week by Beyonce and Jay-Z. Does the White House share the concerns that somehow the travel restrictions have been pulled out a little bit? The people-to-people travel has not allowed for tourism? Well I would say a couple things. Decisions made about cultural to at the treasury department not here. The trip was sort of built by them and by the Cuban government as a tourism trip? That's not a White House matter, that's a Treasury matter So they mention here people to people and this is...the non-profit People To People was started in 1961 by Eisenhower And it was intended to be you know I guess hands across the border have children meet and literally its for children

2:10:48 It's for college kids and children to travel to not just Cuba, but all kinds of places. And this non-profit is in cahoots with... let me see I have it here So it's People2People International with Ambassador Groups Inc., a specialized group of travel and educational service providers The only real thing I could find there is discovery student adventures the whole thing is very very weird And I think maybe just a really expensive commercial for one of these Travel providers you know that they got Jay-z and and Bianchi. I mean they charge millions of dollars I'm sure for this, I mean why do we want to promote tourism in Cuba?

2:11:39 It's really strange, but it maybe it's telling us something we need to well this is This is why I bring it up because I don't really understand But it is people the people you hear reference and people the people They go to the Treasury and get permission To allow this type of travel And I don't understand why a I mean Bianchi in and Jay Z they don't seem like students It doesn't seem like student. Let's see first they get jump in their private jet There's not really a problem to get the Cuba Yeah, so the jump in the private jet and zoom over there and they do a concert obviously as a concert I didn't see a concert yeah might not be you know my Private concert we're talking about so the lead concert for that right douchebags that run the place this is why there was a conflict then with they couldn't make them Memphis soul night because they were in Cuba

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Raul Castro, Money Laundering Theories

A satirical take on the Jay-Z and Beyonce trip suggests they may have performed a private concert for Raul Castro. The discussion pivots to a theory that such high-profile trips might serve as a cover for money laundering or the physical transport of cash via private jets. The involvement of the Treasury Department is seen as a potential indicator of financial monitoring or facilitation.

raul castro· cuba· money laundering· treasury· private jets

2:12:32 Yeah, the private concert. Singing for the Castros and probably opening negotiations... Here's how it goes here's how it goes so who is in charge of Cuba? Dave Castro, Fidel's brother So Dave is like Ibarak! No he isn't he's an Israeli now apparently It's Fidel Castro's brother's name actually. Dave, so Dave was gonna be day from now on so today calls up and says hey you know I really want to continue to be an a-hole because you know i've been doing that since the Kennedy days you know in my brother he's like tired now yeah he's drooling is in the wheelchair but it's my turn now and if you want me to continue being a whole I have here's what I want I want Bianchi and Jay Z to perform at my birthday

2:13:22 Send him. Okay, hold on a second we're gonna find out this guy's birthday might be that exactly what you just said Raul Castro so that is There's a whole shitload of Castros okay, bro Nope June 3rd So it's not his birthday so let's see who's probably as somebody's birthday though Oh well Raoul was first put in as the first secretary of the Communist Party in 19 April so that's an anniversary and But that's in the 19th, that's in a week. Looking for any other connections to April... no? The oldest woman in Cuba celebrated her birthday? No do you think she got it? Ummm....no I don't know!

2:14:11 We don't know everything, but I did what we do. But we have a clue that's the key It is probably money laundering if anything and they look at these these Nonprofits and so I guess the nonprofit can then... They probably spent money or you know it's gotta be a month Maybe they're gonna load up the plane with cash Or come back with dope You got this bunch of dollar bills nobody...We don't want like our public using them Can you just send a plane? It will just ship your pallets Exactly exactly exactly Hence the Treasury. Yeah, that would make sense and the only reason why the Treasury is you know they can block assets and people with assets from traveling and doing stuff so maybe it has to be something like that then? Well we'll never know Baseball baseball anything with base don't they play good baseball oh yeah no very very good baseball

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Al-Qaeda Merger, Syrian Opposition

Al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq has officially merged with the Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra. This "corporate merger" indicates the growing influence of hardline extremists within the Syrian opposition movement. The hosts use business terminology to describe the consolidation of these militant groups.

al-qaeda· syria· jabhat al-nusra· iraq· merger

2:15:07 um news flash is this guy named cesspit us who's with the oakland a's mm-hmm the guys are tremendous just i think last year was first year sunny a fantastic player and hit and run can throw and then uh... i'm gonna shut up for a bit but I do have some important al qaeda inc news as you know al qaeda is of course incorporated and that we've heard many in the elites talk about their their corporate business, their corporate dealings. The board meetings. Al Qaeda's branch in Iraq says it has merged with Syria's armed opposition group Jabhat al-Nusra a move that shows the rising confidence of hardliners within the Syrian rebel movement so this is a merger of sorts I don't know if it was a reverse merger

2:16:00 But it is a merger nonetheless. Sounds like a reverse merger. Reverse merger, and then I have a document which you will find only in our show notes It is titled AQECA. It's from the National Cyber Security and Communications Integration Center. It is a document And I think we needed to read through this as it pertains to the cyber warfare coming to America Remember, we are the web warriors. You and me John We are the cyber... what do we call our show? The protectors of all things real Reality police Guardians of reality! We are the cybersoldiers, the kilobyte combat commandos The web warriors, the megabit battle knots The database dastards That's us! We now have to look out for the Tunisian Cyber Army

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Tunisian Cyber Army, Al-Qaeda Electronic Cyber Army

A U.S. government document warns of the "Tunisian Cyber Army" (TCA) and its alleged ties to the "Al-Qaeda Electronic Cyber Army" (AQECA). These groups have claimed responsibility for attacks on the Pentagon and the Department of State. The hosts dismiss the threat as "bullcrap," noting that the groups operate openly on Twitter and provide phone numbers that likely lead back to intelligence agencies.

tunisian cyber army· aqeca· cyber warfare· pentagon· twitter

2:17:02 Recent attacks targeting the Pentagon, Department of State, Customs and Border Protection Office of Personnel Management have been claimed by the Tunisian Cyber Army also known as the TCA under the hashtag op black summer. These people really take this seriously February to me by the way is the Tennis Ball Cricket Association right that's a TCA also the Television Critics Association thoroughbred charities of America recent Texas Commission on the Arts recent tweet this is an official US government document recent tweets claims and operational focuses have indicated that the Tunisian cyber army TCA is being influenced and or assisted by other nefarious actor sets

2:17:53 For example, the two most recent attacks targeting the Pentagon and State involved... Are you ready for it? The Al-Qaeda Electronic Cyber Army. What a crock of crap! This is just the business to get into. There appears to be no open source history of this particular subset of al Qaeda there's very little evidence to show that the al Qaeda hacker team has been active prior to the past 60 days or so however fact The Al-Qaeda Electronic Cyber Army is a force to be reckoned with. So they track in this document social media, recent Twitter posts from the Tunisia cyber army also indicate that they are going to start potentially targeting... ...the energy sector as per their direction of the al Qaeda Cyber Electronic Army leadership

2:18:49 Here's the tweets. How does anyone believe any of this bogus crap? So they have a hashtag A-Q-E-C-A. Let me write it down. A-Q-E-C-A, hashtag. And here it is... They literally have this in their document. Oh my god! They have a logo?! The Tunisian Cyber Army 1 is the Twitter handle, and at TN underscore cyber army. This is so much bullcrap! It's just a bunch of douchebags who are just tweeting... And by the way how hard is it to call up Twitter and say hey look you know we've got the Al-Qaeda electronic cyber army using your system can you please track what IP address this is coming from? So we can send in a drone but oh no

2:19:48 now just leave it be so we can use this video you might want to run the video that's sitting at the top of the posts hold on a second where is the hashtag pound hash tag yeah pound exactly pound hashtag AQECA and there is your video right there really okay hold on a second I got a lot. You have to expand the top tweet which says consternation Chrome is... Oh, I see. Consternation Phone call from Tunisian cyber army Okay God could it be any slower? They have a phone number

2:20:36 Yeah, yeah go on. Anybody's interested is 216-284. This call is now being recorded. I'm in the cyber alley and sorry if I can't approach you on Skype. And they have a phone service I'm doing favorite and you escape. Anyway, glad I did that boy. That's bad anyways plus two so as a play on where this is plus 21 I guess 628418606 anyway be or just go to Twitter you can get the number right there in the column say hello yes in the morning to your bullcrappers hey is this Langley call up all the numbers

2:21:36 Just call the number and say, hello did I reach Langley? Is this the farm? Ask who it's the farm. Trust me it's code they'll know what you're talking about. It's just a farm? Unbelievable! It's unbelievable! This has no legs. I didn't even hear of this until you brought it up. It says that is a dead end. Okay well I tried... I mean seems to be able heard if there was anything important No, there's okay. So I have something by the way. I'm reneging Oh on my claims for clip of the day Yeah

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Melissa Harris-Perry, Collective Childcare Comments

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry is criticized for a promotional clip in which she argues that children belong to the "whole community" rather than just their parents. The hosts label this as "socialist crap" and "MSNBC propaganda." They suggest that Harris-Perry's views are radical and aimed at breaking down the private family unit in favor of state control.

melissa harris-perry· msnbc· public education· socialism· black panther party

2:22:14 You don't want it? I don't want it, but you did have this clip first but didn't play it. No! I do wanna play this clip from MSNBC woman It's been around... This clip is also on my blog too But its just something we never played and I feel bad about that because it was something we should've played because it was a classic kind of arrogant douchebag talking about how your kids dont belong to you And I thought total MSNBC propaganda garbage, just socialist crap. never invested as much in public education as we should have because you've always had kind of a private notion that children your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven't had a very collective notion these are our children so part it is we have to break through our kinda private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families recognize the kids belonged to whole communities once its everybody's responsibility and not just the households then we start making better investments

2:23:17 all your kid are belong to me so uh... traffic it off at the school's age yours now take a day at home anyway i just found that was it was annoying and kind of a thing melissa harris perry where we have seen issues like she's actually shows here is kind of a middle-class black woman uh... professional and if you were actually look her up in looking at pictures is a One step away from the Black Panther Party radical. Yeah crazy woman yeah, right I just wanted to say that you know I predicted that Michigan would win the the NCAA and Of course said that really Louisville can't beat anyone did you see the video? Did were you watching after the game

CHAPTER 49 / 52 Discussion

Rick Pitino, NCAA Championship Fix Theory

A theory is presented that the NCAA championship game was "fixed" for Michigan to win, but Louisville won instead. Video of Louisville coach Rick Pitino ducking in fear when post-game fireworks went off is cited as evidence that he feared retaliation for the unexpected victory. The hosts warn listeners against betting on sports, claiming the outcomes are often rigged by insiders.

rick pitino· louisville· michigan· ncaa· fireworks

2:24:13 No. Is it the coach Rick Pitino? Yeah Okay, so you have to look for this It's in the show notes 503 dot NA show notes dot com So of course I was pretty sure that Michigan was supposed to win because Detroit has been hijacked by Benford But as I said Michigan is not in Detroit and but anyway Well...I think the theory was valid but if you were If you look at The video after the game fireworks went off? Oh, so you're thinking... Wait. Did you see this? No I didn't but can i guess what your gonna tell me? Yeah You're thinking that

2:24:55 The fix was in for Michigan to win, but Louisville wouldn't execute it properly or the kids didn't know about it and they didn't care. So they blew it and so Patino is showing some fear because he might be killed in the next year. He ducks like he's being shot at! You have to see this Yeah, you can probably just Google Patino fireworks. So fireworks went off and he ducks like it like he's under attack Like there's someone shooting at him. Huh? Mm-hmm See Alicia stick to your guns. Yeah, well if it was a patino Ducking I bet you could just google that someone made it cool little here top hit watch Rick Patino duck for cover Los Angeles Times no less

2:25:50 I see this is video or do they have a video Rick Pitino's firework reaction at the time. Why is everyone giving Pitino grief about ducking last night? Because he was supposed to win the game No, he's supposed to lose. I mean lose the game. I'm sorry lose the game. Hello He's supposed to lose and then here we go And then we hear the... Ha ha! He's ducking Hey, but you know they're not gonna shoot you right after the game. Just stay out of the hot tub man! Yeah He was supposed to throw the game Alright so we'll have to keep it... We now have a death watch on Patino. Mm-hmm It's going be open for 12 months and then after that it's closed Okay I know that a lot of No Agenda people pissed at me

2:26:44 Why? Because they bet on the game of course. Oh, they bet on Michigan? Yeah! Don't bet on sports ladies and gentlemen if it's rigged at all you don't know how its rigged unless your an insider Of course I think a lot people probably lost money in that game If what you say is true. I think so That why he was afraid he was being shot Well we'll see It will play out shortly That funny Okay yeah its possible Although I still think uh... Patino knows he's not going to get too many chances at the national championship. He wasn't that interested Well, I was having dinner so I don't know I didn't care You were having dinner with the Bachen stopper? What's her name again? Bachen stopper Julie Bachen stopper? Stockhammer

CHAPTER 50 / 52 Discussion

Plan B Morning After Pill, Obama Administration Court Battle

A federal judge in the Southern District of New York ruled that the "morning after" pill must be made available over-the-counter for all ages. This decision overrides the Obama administration's attempt to maintain age restrictions on the drug. The discussion explores the political motivations behind the administration's stance, including potential ties to the pharmaceutical industry.

plan b· morning after pill· fda· barack obama· southern district of new york

2:27:36 What's your first name? Kiki. Kiki Stockhammer, Julie Bachenstopper. Kiki Stockhammer, Julie Bachenstopper! You guys should meet... you should have a... who knows, you should have lunch. Have lunch. I'd i have an end of show clip that I do want to play today so I'm just claiming that right now it's a short one uh George Carlin with a classic That one of our producers pointed out to me, so I'll make sure that play that for you Yeah, a couple things. I want to bring up at the end well. We're at the end so let's go Alright, well the one that's I have a question about the you know all this controversy over the morning after pill and Obama So I have a clip from this little gab fest of women that shows up on I can't remember the name of it was called Contra contrarian view or something is all women grousing about men and with very some semi famous people at the table and

2:28:33 They're all a bunch of liberal Democrats obviously. And so Obama administration has been fighting with the FDA and everybody in between, in the courts because the Obama administration doesn't want this morning after pill to hit the streets Free over the or over-the-counter, you know buy a pill to girls of any age of girls at any age and they bow bomb I wanted it by prescription because there's a pharmaceutical industry calls the shots here with him. I don't think it was buying prescription I think it wasn't an age limit Yeah, that was one of the things but originally it was the way it was sold before. No no Plan B is not by prescription Okay whatever the case I thought it was only by prescription Nope! I think thats what Obama would prefer because they can charge more Yes But okay so there's an age thing and then court said now thats bull crap you have to sell it everybody yeah And so

2:29:26 And so this is a fight going on between the courts, Obama. Meanwhile these women on the morning after pill, weird question they twisted in some way that's like what? What has that got to do with anything you have yet to hear it? I'm Bonnie Herve welcome to To The Contrary A discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives up first The Future Of Plan B A federal judge has ruled the morning after pill should be made available over-the-counter for all ages in the Southern District of New York. The current federal law only allows it for women 16 and older. In his ruling, the judge said the federal government was acting in bad faith when dealing with the requests to make the pill universally available. The decision counteracts the Obama administration's rejection of an FDA recommendation to make the pill available for all ages without a prescription." So Congresswoman Donna Edwards

CHAPTER 51 / 52 Discussion

Statutory Rape, Plan B, Political Pedophilia Theory

The debate over Plan B availability is reframed as a way to hide instances of statutory rape. The hosts argue that if a 13-year-old buys the pill, it should trigger an investigation into the adult involved. They suggest that politicians may oppose universal access or specific reporting requirements because they themselves are involved in "pedo bear" activities that would be exposed by such tracking.

statutory rape· plan b· pedophilia· capitol hill· new york times

2:30:26 Edwards, what impact will this ruling have on the Republican so-called war on women? What have the Republicans got to do with this?! So I have a different take on this. And I wasn't going to bring it up because it's like one of those issues... My take is that we can't have people performing their own abortions you see We have a whole industry of baby killing to support and I'm you know, I've I have rather conservative views about this

2:31:04 But I think that there's a whole industry of abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood, and there is a lot of money involved with right to choose. And so we yeah it's like you have your right to choose but not at home. You need to come in and talk to us I think it's a little more manly. That is sinister look at things, but I have a more interesting view of the world. It's not sinister? The whole thing isn't sinister? It is sinister... But let me just say what I think the elephant in the room everyone was ignoring and why doesn't somebody do something because everybody makes a big stink about

2:31:43 Rape obviously because rapes a big deal right but statutory rape is a little more sketchy and a little more interesting if some 13 year old goes in to buy this pill why don't they booker immediately and then find out who she had sex with, and throw the guy in jail because this is a statutory rape issue. Because there's nobody under the age of 16 in most states or 18 actually in the majority of states you have to be 18 And if you actually leave the country to go have sex with somebody by law US law You only have to have sex with someone 18 and older So in a place like France where 14 is the age If you had sex with 15 year old you could be arrested when you got back

2:32:24 So they make a big deal about all this stuff and I... John, no no. 100% correct And the number one reason why they don't want that is because it's all the politicians who are bunch of pedo bears raping these children They would get caught. That's true and this whole thing would be very easy to deal with, let the girl come in then you just book her and take her to juvie find out who she had sex with go get the guy she came in for the pill it's already prime of face evidence is enough to at least take some actions probably a warrant right boom! You got a pedophile or you've got some creep. Capitol Hill would be empty my friend yeah

2:33:08 Probably. No, I think you've nailed it! You've nailed the whole problem and he's getting a lot of pressure Nobody has brought this up Not one journalist has said anything about this This is a rape that we...this woman, this girl coming in She has been legally raped even though she may have loved it It's beside the point Statutory rape, thats right God John, you nailed this one I did? I wish I could give you nail-of-the week I don't have nail-of-the week Yeah you do In my book That was excellent Wow well, and I think the pedo bear meme fits right in. I think it makes total sense and Obama's like oh crap man It was like at least 50 guys who with that Memphis soul thing like you know we do would have empty seats there are 14 year old as we speak Right wow Hey What let's sorry go on no? I mean now is gonna say on that happy note We should end the show it doesn't get much better than that. It's so simple for this question to be asked

CHAPTER 52 / 52 Discussion

George Carlin, Macaroni and Cheese, Outro

The show concludes with a George Carlin routine criticizing American consumerism and the "slow death" of fast food. Carlin suggests the national emblem should be a bowl of macaroni and cheese to reflect the country's obesity and excess. The hosts sign off from the Travis Heights hideout and Silicon Valley, promising to return on Sunday.

george carlin· mac and cheese· fast food· obesity· ayn rand

2:34:11 Where's the New York Times in New York Times they have they written about this? No one said asked a simple question really Unbelievable unbelievable good work. Well. Thank you. I am proud to be associated with you I love how the chatroom misconstrues what i say into... check this line out. I am glad that AC says he believes that the government should control individuals! Did you hear me say that? What?! Did you hear me say that? No, it's just- This is the douchebags in the chat room they always come up with stuff like this Now its only one, let see K S S X 18 Kick! Kick

2:34:58 I'm gonna have to be a channel half operator. Crap, I'm not even a half operator! Why don't go in there because they kicked me for some reason? Ahhhhhh...I'm no good Alright John well belated happy birthday nice to see everyone checking in and pitching in a little bit there on your four-foot one birthday And we will back on Sunday with more media deconstruction and analysis remember to support your podcast And not the douchebags at NPR who have more value in studio equipment than we'll ever see in five years of podcasting. Coming to you from the Travis Heights hideout here in Austin, Texas in the morning everybody my name is Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley My name is John C Dvorak We will be back on Sunday right here on Nueva Agenda

2:35:52 Millions of semi-conscious Americans day after day shuffling through the malls, shopping and eating. Especially eating! Americans love to eat They are fatally attracted to the slow death of fast food Hot dogs, corn dogs, triple bacon cheeseburgers deep fried butter dipped in pork fat and cheesewiz mayonnaise soaked barbeque mozzarella patty melts Americans will eat anything Anything! ANYTHING!! If you were selling sauteed raccoons assholes on a stick Americans would buy them and eat them. Especially if you dipped them in butter and put a little salsa on em'. This country is big time, pig time! Forget the bald eagles... You know what the national emblem of this country ought to be? A big bowl of macaroni & cheese! A BIG BOWL cause everything in this country is king size! King size extra large and super jumbo especially the fucking people!

2:36:47 Mac and Cheese Life. Mac and cheese by Ayn Rand. Hot Pockets, the best podcast in the universe! Dvorak dot org slash N-A-R-K