Episode 515 · Thursday, 23 May 2013

Wantonly Podcasting

A senior IRS official refuses to testify as new evidence suggests federal gun-running operations were designed to pick winners in the Mexican drug war.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 36m listen | 48 chapters
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About this episode

Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment rights before the House Oversight Committee this week, refusing to testify about the IRS targeting of conservative 501(c)(4) applicants. Former Commissioner Douglas Shulman maintained that the agency remains non-partisan despite contradictory reports, while rumors circulate regarding Inspector General J. Russell George and his past connections to Michelle Obama in Chicago. The hearings have taken on a surreal quality, with Darrell Issa and Elijah Cummings presiding over a process that critics liken to the bureaucratic absurdity of Atlas Shrugged.

Beyond the tax scandal, court documents from the Vicente Zambada-Niebla case suggest the Fast and Furious operation was a deliberate effort to arm the Sinaloa Cartel to eliminate rival groups. This revelation coincides with a joint staff report from Charles Grassley detailing the Department of Justice's awareness of the inevitable violence caused by the program. Meanwhile, the military trial of Bradley Manning introduces the charge of wantonly publishing, a move journalist Alexa O'Brien warns is a direct assault on the free press. In Europe, Nigel Farage has slammed Herman Van Rompuy for EU tax hypocrisy, noting that officials pay a mere 12% rate while demanding austerity from the public.

Technological shifts and medical anomalies round out the report as the USGS confirms the Richter scale was quietly replaced by a new measurement system over a decade ago. Brad Pitt and Chuck Close bring attention to prosopagnosia, or face blindness, while the DSM-5 officially codifies hoarding and internet addiction as standalone disorders. The program concludes with a look at the FBI's recent fatal interrogation of a Chechen associate of the Tsarnaev brothers in Orlando and the ongoing secrecy surrounding Boston Marathon video evidence.


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CHAPTER 01 / 48 Discussion

IRS Tax Hearings and Executive Summary

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax hearings are summarized following extensive review of the proceedings. A brief executive summary highlights the key points of the testimony provided to Congress regarding the agency's recent activities and oversight.

irs· tax hearings· internal revenue service· executive summary· congress

00:00 That should be their slogan, Microsoft. It's finger friendly! Massaging my aching amygdala here in the Travis Heights hideout where SoCo meets MoFo and Austin Tejas in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry, and from Northern Silicon Valley where there are no fascists... ...I'm John C. Dvorak. Really now? What're you talking about? You guys got- they hand out armbands on every street corner! Those are communists No those are fascists. Fascists do that too

00:46 I don't know, but i don't see any armbands around. Uh-huh... Alright Why did you bring it up? I dunno Just came to mind, I don't write these things out in advance like Clearly! Clearly, clearly you don't! I'm just like what?! Got the prompter running What is John talking about? Oh man Well well well once again has been very very busy Yeah, you know I ended up wasting my time. Oh no oh no I hate it. No idea that wasted my time. I watched probably the entire IRS so yeah now believe me I Wasted my time on that too. I do have it in a nutshell by the way Oh You've got like a little cliff notes executive summary. I think tax hearings in a nutshell I think this would kind of essentially if you did this is pretty much yet

CHAPTER 02 / 48 Discussion

Douglas Shulman Testimony on Non-Political IRS Operations

Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman provided testimony to the Ways and Means Committee, asserting that the IRS is a non-political and non-partisan organization. Members of Congress questioned Shulman's previous assurances after a recent report contradicted his claims that no targeting of specific groups was occurring within the agency.

douglas shulman· irs· ways and means committee· non-political· congress

01:43 Uh, is that my cue? Yeah well it was. Let me try it again. This clip I have is pretty much it Are you sure you're being square with us today Mr. Shulman? I'm absolutely telling you the truth today Absolutely Well thats interesting because Mr Lynch just cited your testimony from a year ago and you used similar language went in front of the Ways and Means Committee Can you give us assurances that the IRS isn't targeting particular groups Thanks for bringing this up because I think there's been a lot of press about this. There was, we found out and a lot of moving information so I appreciate the opportunity to clarify First let me start by saying yes, I can give you assurances! I don't think you can say it any stronger We pride ourselves on being non-political, non-partisan organization

02:31 And that's why people are wondering if you're being square with us today because you said you could assure everyone, the American people and the Congress then that nothing was going on. The gentleman sitting beside you just issued a report last week that says what you told the Congress, what you told the American people year ago is absolutely wrong and your sure of being square with us? Excuse me. Don't look over here! Nothing to see here! Yeah, and then there was that yeah There's a lot of I can't remember there was so much they were yelling at him. Here's a couple of times Yeah, yeah, he'd bring himself back up in India then he started sense with soul oh yeah We asked sue yeah That's that's it favorite That's a real favorite so although and I did see a couple things slowly start to take place Of course my

CHAPTER 03 / 48 Discussion

Republican Party Setup Theory and Obama-Bots

A theory suggests that the IRS leak involving Lois Lerner was a strategic setup designed to implicate the Republican Party in spying on Tea Party groups ahead of the midterm elections. The discussion touches on the reactions of "Obama-bots" and the perceived political maneuvering between Democrats and Republicans.

republican party· tea party· midterm elections· obama-bots· university of texas

03:31 We had one of those dinners last night, by the way. Oh! With the... I can't call them a- This is like the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie. You should go watch that movie. Whatever it is, I agree. Because... bourgeoisie? This time we had dinner at the professor and Mary Ann's house Jennifer Yeah this is your girlfriend place to play around and around and around and around we go Right And Jennifer's an architect So I will have important information from the professor who runs the Brain Studies Institute neuroscience thing here at University of Texas. Very important information. But anyway, so they...I threw out my theory last night that this thing made no sense that the way it was leaked right into the conference call

04:29 by the Lerner woman herself and that this clearly was a setup for the Republican Party to be taken down for the midterm elections once everyone finds out that it was of course, the Republican Party who is spying on these Tea Party groups which are basically mom-and-pops who really cared. And probably libertarians too... The original Tea Party And it went over pretty well, John. So I can't really call them Obama bots anymore although that is kind of a pro-Obama thing. No? Just because they agreed to that theory which is still sketchy because the time frame has been changed. Well...

05:12 They be that as it may, just because they agree to that doesn't mean they're not Obama-bots. To them with great glee all you did was confirm the superiority of the Democrat party... And their smartness! ...and their smartness and boneheadedness of the Republicans so by saying that Republicans are boneheaded how can you say? And they go and cheer, probably stood up and clapped Listen to what MSNBC the Obama bot channel had to say and I think they're starting to catch on. Whether or not there's anything that was wrongdoing, or laws broken it just doesn't look good at the same time though this is a

CHAPTER 04 / 48 Discussion

Lois Lerner Invokes Fifth Amendment Rights

Lois Lerner, a senior IRS official, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing. Despite asserting her innocence and stating she had not violated any rules, Lerner followed legal counsel's advice not to testify regarding the inappropriate criteria used to review tax-exempt applications from political organizations.

lois lerner· fifth amendment· irs· department of justice· treasury inspector general

05:55 a massive overreach. I mean there's something about this that i find stunning, we're talking about this now everybody knew about this investigation long before the election so if they were that freaked out about it why didn't Romney make more of a big deal of it during the election? Yeah well you know good point Romney never made a big deal by anything what difference does it make he made a big point about Benghazi because of course he knew the true score there yeah well he didn't get anywhere no thank goodness There was one thing that was interesting in the entire, it had really nothing to do with the badgering of the Shulman guy. And I do have Lerner's giving up and quitting which i thought was kind of funny. You have that clip if you don't have it Yeah, I think that was kind of cool. Well play it then, Lerner takes the fifth

06:41 On May 14th, the Treasury Inspector General released a report finding that the exempt organizations field office in Cincinnati Ohio used inappropriate criteria to identify for further review applications from organizations that plan to engage in political activity which may mean they did not qualify for tax exemption. On that same day, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the matters described in the inspector general's report In addition, members of this committee have accused me of providing false information when I responded to questions about the IRS processing of applications for tax exemption. I have not done anything wrong. I did not have sexual relations with that woman!

07:31 I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. By the way, you should get your kids to listen to this podcast and say kids here's what it sounds like when grown-ups really mess up and they lie about it so don't become this lady And while I would very much like to answer the committee's questions today I've been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. After very careful consideration, I have decided to follow my counsel's advice and not testify or answer any of the questions today because i'm asserting my right not to testify I know that some people will assume that I've done something wrong...I have NOT

08:23 You know, this is true. She's right! Yeah but I have to say that all being fair and everything You know, if someone pleads the fifth and you know we are so slowly getting rid of all parts of our constitution. You have to give someone the benefit of the doubt and you can't do what you just did which I... No! I did it! I don't like it. I think that's not okay It's not appropriate. That is a fact. What? If you go plead the fifth because we've seen so many movies and we just watched so much gangster films. Yeah, if you plead the fifth that means your guilty That is the message that we've been given by the media I know but i'm against it I fight against that You can fight all you want I'm telling ya I might have to use this one day It's an impossibility And everyone will think your guilty One of the basic functions of the 5th amendment Is to protect innocent individuals And that is the protection im invoking today Thank you

09:22 Thank you for your testimony. Get the fuck out! At the end of a lot of the testimony, they finally got to the point deep into it at the end pretty much before they're gonna start bringing other people up. Yeah They finally concluded that somebody in Washington DC directed some of this... Yeah That was at the end and then they never figured out anything because his IGS guy is just Oh do you know what I found out about him?

CHAPTER 05 / 48 Discussion

J. Russell George and Michelle Obama Dating Rumors

Rumors surfaced claiming that Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George previously dated Michelle Obama during their time in Chicago. The discussion explores potential conflicts of interest regarding George's role in auditing the IRS and his connections to the Chicago political landscape.

j. russell george· michelle obama· inspector general· chicago· conflict of interest

10:00 What? Yeah, what did you find here's the... to me this guy is a black guy he was the Inspector General I think he was the elephant in the room nobody had the guts and i do think it would take a lot of guts Are you ready for it? He dated Michelle Obama Oh, geez. Yep! That'd be clip of the day if there was a clip It is it's a clip right here I'm doing it for you yep yeah he uh he apparently Well not to me this guy was the elephant in the room because he played it coy and he was like you know I was that you know I'm only doing it's all an audit it's not an investigation oh I couldn't do this I couldn't do that and then say well you know were your

10:46 where you protect that you're black. 97% of American blacks all voted for Obama, they're all proud of Obama and this guy's black! It just seems to me it'd be a conflict of interest to be honest about it no one even would come close to suggesting it now that you say dated Michelle Obama... Where did you get that? Oh there was a couple of sources I'd have to look it up for you. Now, Google it! Go ahead and google it. He dated... I would've loved to see somebody approach any of this guy because he's like, I'VE NEVER BEEN SO OFFENDED! Yeah, he was pretty funny. He had a big-ass mouth. He sure did. That's when I was like.. You're right the elephant in the room. Hold on my mic is really hot here hold on. I'm listening to this guy talk and I'm like

11:35 This guy has a his attitude. You know who died and made him King? King IG you know what I mean It's like that's when I started to research it, and I come up with all these links now Not like I have a photo like photographic prom picture evidence No And we don't know if they did it but apparently even well yeah No, we don't know anything about the other than apparently they dated once or twice back in the Chicago days. So the guy's out of Chicago too? Oh yeah! Dude... The whole Chicago mafia is running this show and for those who received a newsletter

CHAPTER 06 / 48 Discussion

IRS 501c4 Application Process and Citizen Intimidation

The IRS application process for 501(c)(4) status is revealed to be voluntary, as organizations can operate and file tax returns without prior government approval. The focus on the Tea Party's struggle to gain "blessings" from the agency is characterized as a distraction and a reminder of the Treasury Department's power over the citizenry.

501c4· irs· tea party· tax returns· gitmo nation

12:24 There's a lot of news coming out of Chicago which, gee the minority media has not been able to tell us because they're too obsessed with the fact that people who live in tornado lands have no shelters in the ground to go sit in when the tornado comes over. which is another flaw. That seems to be the big distraction, but let's just finish this tax thing before we go off in the other direction there was one little tidbit that came up that I didn't know and that nobody followed-up on and nobody considered and it is also a defense mechanism being used by Shulman who was trying to explain why

13:05 By some odd definition these Tea Party people weren't singled out they kind of singled themselves out because they followed a certain procedure which they didn't have to follow and nobody said anything about this but I was stunned To hear this particular little ditty where in the clip that says questions about volunteering starts with IRS. Yeah, so that's not Okay never mind you'll never understand how I do this That's what actually trying to say okay So I said there was no targeting in the sense that a 501c4 had two options to operate. They could apply

13:46 or they could start operating. There's no need to go through this application process, you can be a 501c4 do your business and file a tax return at the end of the year I said there was no targeting in the sense that from conversations that i had had these people voluntarily come in so the question that have been posed to me was why are they getting all this questions? So just begin with the word so yeah I heard it Uh, so the point you're making is that if you want to be a 501 C4, you don't have to have any approval. You can just go ahead and do it and then you just file that at the end of the year? That's what your...that's the point yeah we didn't know that well I'm wondering what the big who cares about any of this if this is true

14:38 Why did the Tea Party people all go through this volunteer process to get some sort of a blessing from the government, which seems like the last thing you'd want to do if you don't have too? So again I don't think your understanding that this is a setup. This whole thing is not only potential set up The whole conversation is a distraction from the real issues at hand and as you rightly said It is also a reminder to the citizenry of the United States of Gitmo Nation that the IRS can mess with you. It is a reminder of how powerful this agency is as a department of the Treasury and that they are pretty much untouchable. Yeah, making that quite clear at this point. So yeah so you're right. She doesn't even want to be talked to. We wasted our time watching this thinking something great would come out and by

CHAPTER 07 / 48 Discussion

Congressional Hearing Personalities and Atlas Shrugged Comparisons

Observations of the IRS hearings highlight the performances of Darrell Issa and Elijah Cummings, comparing the atmosphere to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." The surreal nature of the testimony is likened to the character Wesley Mouch yelling at Hank Reardon.

darrell issa· elijah cummings· atlas shrugged· c-span· wesley mouch

15:34 Isa is boring me. I'm extremely bored with this guy You know it's really funny because just this particular group has the best people on they got Isa They got that that much mouth Cummings guy, and he didn't even have anything good Micah yeah Didn't have anything good to say then they got that that nothing that Georgia guy who talks you know with a nice accent? I can't do you mean mr.. Jordan No, no the other one. Um... I can't think of it. The skinny guy that looks like his face has been wrapped and stretched with a Photoshop tool Yeah no! The grey you mean? Yeah the guy with white hair That guy Who said that's not okay, that's not how it works Right You can't leave here He got shut down by both Issa and Cummins They're like dude shut up

16:26 No, it was it was. It was really yeah I had as I almost took a picture of what I had I had Spokes whole carny from the previous day on one screen I have the IRS and the other screen and I had C-SPAN the c-span to with With cook cook which I get the picture those three guys you know taking the oath Cracked me up so at a certain point. I'm watching Cook being grilled by, who was it? Levin. And it's like Wesley Mooch from Atlas Shrugged yelling at Hank Reardon! I mean it was so freaking surreal John! This is exactly like the book!

CHAPTER 08 / 48 Discussion

Herman Van Rompuy on European Tax Fraud

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy opened a strategic debate on fighting tax evasion and fraud across the European Union. He emphasized the need for a "fair share" and joint efforts to close loopholes that allow individuals and corporations to avoid paying taxes.

herman van rompuy· european union· tax fraud· tax evasion· fairness

17:18 And this is a coordinated effort by the way. I figured it out, it's like oh you know it was so obvious do you remember when Haiku Herman the president of the United States of Euroland said just a couple weeks ago we are going to put tax fraud onto the radar? Remember that Yeah, the clip so here he is opening up the new session. It's a right moment for a strategic debate We're also returning to the question of tax evasion and text fraud which we already took up in March Here it's high time To step up the fight yeah, we've seen headline after headline highlight loopholes in tech systems

18:06 And we know it's a problem. None of you can solve on his or her own and that Europe-wide hundreds of billions of euro are at stake, so we need to channel the momentum and keep up the pressure Just to be perfectly clear, we are not talking about harmonizing taxes or Europe taxing more or taxing less. No! We're talking about jointly fighting unacceptable practices that allow some people to avoid paying taxes altogether It's simply a matter of fairness Oh, fairness and this is the big word now Fairness Pay your fair share So this is what The Grilling Of Cook was about

CHAPTER 09 / 48 Discussion

Nigel Farage Criticizes EU Official Tax Rates

Nigel Farage addressed the European Parliament, accusing EU officials of hypocrisy for paying only a 12% tax rate while demanding higher taxes from struggling citizens. He also mocked the bureaucracy for its obsession with global warming and the recently overturned ban on olive oil dipping bowls.

nigel farage· european parliament· tax fraud· olive oil ban· global warming

18:49 And of course Apple has said their... Everyone has. HP, everyone's got all the stuff set up in Ireland and in the Netherlands. Shoot! U2 has it setup that way I mean please get Bono in there and grill his ugly ass This is one of the few times when you know I'm not a real lover big corporations but I was like this is bull crap what's going on this grandstanding and it was Actually a page out of Atlas Shrugged. Luckily, luckily we have our own John Galt in the form of Nigel Farage who got up and said the following.

19:46 because there is the added bonus of course that it drives a wedge between the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Caymans. But before we declare our virtues perhaps we ought to look just a little bit closer at home I hope that taxpayers all over Europe listen to this if we look at officials who work for the European Commission and work for the European Parliament The highest category are people that earn a net take-home pay of just over £100,000 a year. And yet under EU rules they pay tax of 12%. It's tax fraud on an absolutely massive scale and Mr Barroso I would say to you that how can that be deemed to be fair? How can people out there struggling the 16 million unemployed in the Eurozone...how could they look at these institutions

20:38 not only paying people vast sums of money but allowing them tax and also, of course pension benefits on a scale not seen anywhere else in the world. So I suggest we have a bit less this high moral tone And what are these officials given us? Well they were the architects at the Euro which is a complete disaster Their obsession with global warming, which chimes very strongly here means we're despoiling our landscapes and seascapes with these disgusting wind turbines and driving up energy prices. But never let it be said that I can't acknowledge success when I see it and I'm sure the citizens of Europe will all clap and cheer loudly that the grave mortal danger of olive oil in dipping bowls has been removed by the officials Well done everybody!

CHAPTER 10 / 48 Discussion

Richter Scale Replacement and USGS Data Changes

A discussion with a University of Texas scientist reveals that the Richter scale was officially replaced by the USGS in 2002 with a different measurement system. The change is described as a media-driven shift that many in the general public and even some in the scientific community were slow to recognize.

richter scale· usgs· earthquake measurement· science· university of texas

21:28 I want to do a show with that guy so bad. By the way, they overturned the olive oil ban. That wasn't reported? They shelved that because it was too controversial. It was too stupid! You can't have butter in a bowl either you have to have a pat. A Pat... whoever came up with the measure of a pat I don't know. So, I won so big last night when- Okay When I said uh... You know, Russell is a sought after scientist you know it's like he has other schools like And your hanging out with him Hell yeah With Stanford, UCLA they all want to have him and buy him He is the guy who wont sit down with a Republican for dinner right? No no nooooooo that not Russell Oh well who is it

22:28 What who won't sit down with a Republican? Yeah, that's a different guy. No I don't want to embarrass him Why would you be embarrassing him you'd be extolling his virtues? So um yeah so we got a lot of science talk and then you know how much I love this the science talk yeah and uh First all he really ripped me because you know Laurie Laurie Frick apparently she grew up LDS And I said, well you know a lot of Mormons listen to our show. They really like it and he without the beat he says Of course people who believe in the biggest bull crap story in the universe of some dude from 100 years ago they'd believe anything wouldn't they? Holy crap! I was quiet for 20 minutes

23:19 I was like, wow that really hurt man. But i got him back when uh... When I see you- So you didn't just stop right there in the administration and say Wow! I have heard some bigotry in my life but YOU take the cake? No no come on it's his house I'm not gonna insult the guy at his house he can say whatever he wants I'm not like that Oh oh I am Yeah I know that's why don't get invited anywhere I have a few friends I'm trying to hold onto them John I'm having a good time But he did not know that the Richter scale had been replaced by some bullcrap media number. Oh really? And he was like, no I can't believe that! Wow! He said you nailed it! And after that then I had his attention. The USGS has changed this number and they're just using a whole different scale. What?!

24:08 Yeah, just made up. Well and then he looked at so it and I got the USGS website you know this has now been 11 years ago they changed this in 2002 because we looked it up right much of the chagrin everyone else is talking fun stuff and were like arguing over in the corner over Richter and even why do you think they got rid of Richter? And then he... The guy's funny says cause Richter was a douche It's like, okay. But anyway so the real important question that I had for him relates to the war on crazy and he is in authority on the brain and behavior and interestingly enough ADHD and Tourette syndrome

CHAPTER 11 / 48 Discussion

Amygdala Hyperactivity and Conspiracy Theory Psychology

A New York Times article by Maggie Kurth-Baker suggests that belief in conspiracy theories is linked to a hyperactive amygdala and brain dysfunction. A neuroscience expert from the University of Texas disputes these claims, calling the psychological research inconclusive and labeling the narrative as propaganda designed to marginalize alternative viewpoints.

amygdala· conspiracy theories· new york times· boingboing· maggie kurth-baker

24:57 To which, because I looked him up. I'm like... Did he notice that you had Tourette's? He had no idea! Boing number two! Isn't that interesting? Exactly but the big thing was this article in The New York Times so this guy is certified science authority when it comes to brain and how the brain works for as little as we know and this is the New York Times editorial in the Eureka section written by, and I thought this was very funny that anyone would actually want to have this as their credit Maggie Kurth Baker who is also science editor at BoingBoing which is like if you're writing something in The New York Times

25:49 to be known as the science editor at BoingBoing. I didn't even know there was a science editor! Well, she's not a scientist. She's just a blogger. Did you read this article? Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories You know i may have... It is the most disgusting piece of propaganda and I need to read a few pieces from it Oh yeah, I'm all ears In the days following the bombings of the Boston Marathon, speculation online regarding the identity and motive of unknown perpetrator or perpetrators was rampant. And once the Tsarnaev brothers were identified and the manhunt came to a close, the speculation didn't cease – it took on new form…a sampling

26:35 Maybe the brothers Tsarnaev were just patsies, fall guys set up to take the heat for a mysterious Saudi with high-level connections. Or maybe they were innocent but instead of the Saudis, the actual bomber had acted on behalf of a rogue branch of our own government! Or what if the Tsarnaev's were behind the attacks but secretly working for a larger organization? Crazy as these theories are those propagating them are not... They're quite normal in fact But recent scientific research tells us this much. So science, science people... Hold on a second because I'll forget if you keep going so one of her thesis is that they may have been part of a large organization and that's some sort of a weird conspiracy it's thesis yes based on what she says yes isn't that exactly what the government was thinking when they started investigating everybody they could I remind everyone hello I remind everyone the word conspiracy comes from the root word to conspire which

27:31 I believe it comes from Latin which means to breathe together. So yes, of course it's a conspiracy theory from the government from the people who have some secret videotape we can't see of them putting the bombs into the trash cans. Um...I digress Recent scientific research tells us this much, if you think one of the theories above is plausible you probably feel the same way about others even though they contradict one another and this very likely isn't the only news story that makes you feel as if shadowy forces are behind major world events. And here's a line from her authority

28:14 The best predictor of belief in a conspiracy theory is belief in other conspiracy theories, says Viren Swamy. Viren Swamy here to report in! No he's from England. Uh oh... Viren Swamy he asks I mean anyone whose name's Swami and the psychology professor who studies conspiracy belief at the University of Westminster in England Psychologists say that's because a conspiracy theory isn't so much a response to a single event as it is an expression of an overarching worldview. Now I'm not going to read the entire article, but very important piece here... Let me just look it up here. I have to look up the word. Here we go

29:00 Economic recessions, terrorist attacks and natural disasters are massive looming threats. But we have little power over when they occur or how or what happens afterward. In these moments of powerlessness and uncertainty a part of the brain called the amygdala kicks into action Paul Whelan, a scientist at Dartmouth College who studies the amygdala says it doesn't exactly do anything on its own. Instead the amygdala jump starts the rest of the brain into analytical overdrive prompting repeated reassessments of information in an attempt to create a coherent and understandable narrative, to understand what just happened, what threats still exists and should be done now. This may be useful way to understand how, writ large the brain's capacity for generating new narratives after shocking events can contribute so much paranoia in this country." So she is saying

30:01 that scientists are saying, that it is a brain dysfunction. That you have a hyperactive amygdala that makes you into a paranoid conspiracy theorist and I am allowed to tell you today that the professor of all things brain at UT said...I could quote him on this..that this is a load of horseshit I like it damnit and He says there is he says the studies are absolutely inconclusive It's horse crap, and he doesn't believe any of this And but the whole article which was emailed probably the most Email thing of this past week is a part of a larger strategy by the completely compromised

31:04 minority media to make anyone with an alternative thought into an idiot. And of course the next step will be a medicated idiot because that's literally where it goes and, of course at the end of the column she brings in Alex Jones...and you know just one after another of all these crazy crazy conspiracy theories and she I mean the only thing she didn't put in there was moon landing stuff but everything else is in there from AIDS to vaccinations to just you know to Bush being part of it. She's essentially walking the walk. Oh, but she's not a science scientist! She's not a licensed scientist. Yeah I know it's just like uh... She's an A-hole or she is.

CHAPTER 12 / 48 Discussion

Insula Dysfunction and Social Behavior Changes

The Wall Street Journal reports that changes in social behavior, such as a loss of empathy or increased sarcasm, may be symptoms of brain disease affecting the insula. Medical professionals suggest that these neurological shifts often manifest as social etiquette failures before other cognitive impairments are noticed.

insula· brain disease· wall street journal· social etiquette· emotional response

31:51 Joy Behar going off on global warming saying, well how can these people say such things? They're not scientists don't they know that all science... and then now she becomes one. Now I'll take this one step further because we also talked about the insula because I had now I wasn't able to share this report with him because it's a video which means i have a clip But this is the Wall Street Journal who now are helping you understand when someone in your family starts to act a little differently. It may be because their insula is acting up, which of course... I mean this also bullcrap!

32:29 And that it might be time to take them to see a professional. Charlie, when we talk about changes in social behavior walk us through a few examples I mentioned lying but what are some others that would make doctors worry that brain disease might be at play? Brain disease John! Take note of this This is very important stuff because your neighbors will be saying... I think he has brain disease. Brain disease Well, I think to the lying point it's actually all forms of insincere behaviors or insincere talk. So... What? Yeah! This is Wall Street Journal insincere talk and she's a scientist I might point out. Insincere talk?! Wait it gets better. Organizing sarcasm. Sarcasm!? Whoa we're doomed! Sometimes people lose the ability to do that

33:16 Otherwise, different kinds of social behaviors would be people who just act differently than they used to. They may be less empathetic, less good at telling people's feelings and acting appropriately. They may start to ignore social etiquette or social norms these kinds of changes oftentimes belie some kind of change in the brain that shows up first in social behaviors before you might notice it and other kinds of behavior such as planning or thinking in a sort of more organized way. The social changes somehow come first is there a part of the blank brain surely that they think is specifically affected with impaired emotional responses?

33:56 Yeah, there are lots of different parts of the brain that they think work together and impairment in any one of those probably helps disrupt a lot of these functions. But one in particular is a region called the insula which is helpful in helping us recognize important information so we might recognize facial expressions that gives us important information and should pay attention to that but for some people when they have this disruption... And on that unfortunately I wasn't able to get a clip of it this morning There's now a new story, and I'm sure this coincides with this that there are people who can Brad Pitt apparently suffers from this horrible syndrome people who have Facial recognition Wow what's the word it's not dyslexia. It's Hold on a second it is cross Pro so process but Let me try it again

CHAPTER 13 / 48 Discussion

Prosopagnosia Face Blindness and Brad Pitt

Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, is a disorder where individuals cannot recognize familiar faces, reportedly affecting celebrities like Brad Pitt and artist Chuck Close. The condition is linked to the brain's inability to process facial expressions as important information, leading to social misunderstandings.

prosopagnosia· face blindness· brad pitt· chuck close· bill gates

34:52 prosopagnosia also known as face blindness oh this is a new one does pro so they go up to you wait did you know the guy who's got the worst case of this notorious anyway Bill Gates it is the what Bill Gates Yes, I don't know. I'm just guessing about you're gonna say Bill Gates a pretty wild guess no is it is the great artist Chuck Close Hmm Chuck close cannot recognize if you're talking to him he and you tell me who you are and then you'd go profile He's a different person If you come in again later died, but I know right he can't see and there's a name for this And I'm looking at his wiki page now see what well this is its prosopagnosia

35:39 Proso prognosis. I'm reading it right here also known as face blindness disorder of the face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired But it's a part of this overall narrative and when you bring up Brad Pitt as a sufferer Hello, and this is what you do You bring out a celebrity And then that person has and I find that hard to believe so in other words I could go wandering up to Brad Pitt said hey Brad How come we didn't have that meeting yesterday? he wouldn't recognize me. He'd be like, oh yeah let's do it now man! Let's sit down... That seems to stem at least in part from this part of the brain then they cease recognizing that that's really important information we should notice people's expressions and emotions and instead those people seem to stop noticing it and that might cause them to either act inappropriately or seem like they don't care anymore about people's emotions so when we say someone when we don't

36:31 I don't think someone is empathetic enough, right? If we don't think that they respond the correct way in a social situation... Pay attention John. You're talking to us here! ...or we just think they're cruel or mean does that necessarily mean they have brain disease or is it a fine line between having disease and just kind of being an awful person? So luckily we are going to make a distinction between a total A-hole or brain disease You know what, I got an idea. Well of course there's never an easy answer with that in general it is not saying that anyone who was a quirk or is sometimes unempathetic has a brain disease but if you notice changes in a person that can be a clue so for example there was a family member who used to be very good at listening other people and now they sort of seem to walk away when you start to talk

37:22 could be a signal that there's something off. Something is off? It's like getting old, time is short who needs to be bored stiff and just walk! Listen to your family, crits! There might people who for personality reasons tend to be less empathetic and for that person perhaps it's not so much that its brain disease but rather something about the way their brain is set up sets up that personality The science is in! So I think we should have cards printed up. You know, remember this used to happen when i was a kid and you know someone would come by you'd be somewhere and they'd hand you a card it would say I'm not ignoring you I'm deaf or something like that? Yeah right they said these little cards that had some signs on the back

38:05 Yeah, and it would be said Daniel. And then they expect you to give money but my heart they gave exactly So I think we should have I'm not an asshole um. I'm just suffering from brain disease Of the insula and my amygdala is crapping out too. Give me a hundred dollars This is so insane where we're headed with this because medication is next It really is. This is... this is... This Brad Pitt thing bothers me. Pshh yeah! I'm not buying it So the DSM-5 is out. Do you want to hear a couple of the new diseases we have? We've got five interesting ones Okay, so DSM 5...DSM is the it is the Bible of the pharmaceutical industry that describes Did you personally plow through this or did you pick this up from other sources This I picked up from other sources

CHAPTER 14 / 48 Discussion

DSM-5 New Disorders and Hoarding

The release of the DSM-5 introduces several new psychiatric diagnoses, including Hoarding Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder, and Skin Picking Disorder (excoriation). The manual, often used by the pharmaceutical industry, reclassifies these behaviors as standalone conditions requiring specific medical treatments.

dsm-5· hoarding disorder· binge eating· skin picking· psychiatry

39:02 time to plow through everything. I'm sure you'll find other stuff in there. Of course, well...I did find some that's actually a couple of those are the face thing is uh i think that's now added but I have to check it came out now just like its come and take drugs for it You will possibly do that would fix that okay? So here is the the number one new one and we already knew this was coming hoarding disorder hoarding disorder Program for that one yeah, and I think I suffer from it you do but I'm actually in archivist well It's funny because they are caving disorder. Yeah, but see this is what this was I know no It's not our being an archivist is not a disorder. It's a skill

39:46 Because if I said however, they're already combating my protection of you by saying that these people will often People who suffer from the disorder will often define themselves as collectors So wait a minute, so every stamp collector... You suffer. Toy train collector, little car collector you're all nice. I think that may be true! You suffer from hoarding disorder Next up we have binge eating disorder which i think is probably you know real it's I think it falls under bulimia and anorexia and that's the I don't understand why they have to have a separate

40:37 Except for they have a they keep mentioning the acronym which I think is cool bed. So you're a bed sufferer binge eating disorder Not quite sure why It was put in outside of you know stuff that's already in there Here's a weird one skin picking disorder I've heard of this. I actually ran into somebody who had this disorder. Yeah, skin picking has been documented in medical literature since the 19th century but only now has it been...I suffer from that a little bit i think. Really? I think its part of obsessive compulsiveness if have mosquito bite or like I got fire ant bite the other day like a week ago on my arm. Does that hurt?

41:20 Um, not as much as I thought it would. But it was a million of them? Yeah no, I'd be pissed which would make me psycho brain disease. You need drugs So you got bit by a fire ant and started picking at it then and then Maybe it's because of the irritant of the venom which I'm sure would have gone And then I'm like, I'm like why am I why am I doing this? Why am I picking at this that's like stupid So I think that's what is it entails actually great. What does picking your skin entail? I mean you're picking once just scratch it Let me see if I can

CHAPTER 15 / 48 Discussion

Internet Addiction and Electroshock Therapy

Internet addiction is now categorized as a behavioral addiction in medical literature, involving excessive gaming, email, or texting. Controversial reports suggest that treatments ranging from Valium to electroshock therapy are being considered for those suffering from the condition.

internet addiction· dsm-5· electroshock therapy· valium· behavioral addiction

41:59 Skin picking disorder affects around 2-5% of people in the United States. Not simply a harmless habit nor merely a symptom of another disorder, oh it's specific skin picking may result in significant tissue damage often leads to medical complications such as local infections and septicemia Data from multiple research around the world consistently shows skin picking disorder has distinct characteristics, important neurobiological links and documented responsiveness to treatments. Medication can work. Okay? Then we have the third somatic symptom disorder a new standalone disorder for people who experience a disproportionate sense of anxiety about their health and at least one physical symptom such as a persistent headache

42:54 How does this differ from hypochondria? Well, this is because I say it's new and I think it makes sense because we're inundated with all the stuff that you were supposed to have. Right right right we all we're all sick we're all gonna die yeah and we should take a drug and we should ask our doctor if it's right for us And...and it gives you headaches like yeah right It gives you headache now um how does this differ from hypochondria? I don't have an answer to that. Can i submit that in writing for the record? I'm learning from all this C-SPAN stuff and then the one that really kind of got me is a newly created category of behavioral addiction known as internet addiction

43:51 Well, is there a subcategory Facebook addiction? No that falls into this newly defined condition associated with loss of control over internet use leads to negative psychosocial and physical results such as impairment of academic failure. That doesn't make sense it should be academic failure not impairment of academic failure that would be the opposite social deficits criminal activities and even death It consists of three main subtypes, excessive gaming sexual preoccupations and email slash text messaging. And they do... Not Facebook! Yeah it's not called out specifically but I think it would fall under no there is no it doesn't say Facebook There is treatment however you know what the included treatment is?

44:50 Valium. Electric shock therapy! What? Yeah... No! Yes! Somebody bullcrapped you, you read this and somebody put this in as a joke. No no this is not a joke. That's actually in the Guardian even I'm looking at link here You're kidding me. No, I'm not kidding you So in other words because you do too much texting which is like every high school girl Yeah, you got a shotgun stick away cuz they should put you in a bed tie you down stick a ball In your mouth so you can bite down when they jolt your brain and knock your IQ down 35 points Is that what you're telling me?

45:27 I'm telling you that there is a note here that electroshock therapy has been deemed to work against internet addiction. So does having your head chopped off! Speaking of which... Before we go any further, let me say in the morning to you John C. DeMaria Yeah in the morning to you Adam Curry and all of the ships that see boots on the ground feet in the water subs in the air and all the dames and knights out there And while your being inundated with bull crap about how you have brain disease this program which hopefully brings you the type of value your looking for is bringing you actual news confirmed from a official dude who knows what he's talking about who says it's bull crap

CHAPTER 16 / 48 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations and Cipro Prescriptions

Executive Producers Sir Keith and Dr. Sharky are thanked for their significant financial support. Dr. Sharky, a medical doctor, offers a humorous commentary on Cipro prescriptions in anticipation of a potential anthrax apocalypse.

sir keith· dr. sharky· cipro· anthrax· executive producers

46:11 He's never getting any more funding from the NIH, I'll tell you that. No, the NIH doesn't listen to this show. Okay, thank goodness! Yeah we do have a few executive producers to thank and beginning with... We have one two two executive producers Sir Keith both of them Knights of course Sir Keith in Medford Oregon 64515 he wants 2 to the head whip it wimp whim whippet thing LG Wyatt's science. What? Okay. It was for him. Love to tune in early and hear Adam sing along with the fat lady! Yeah, well... Sets up the whole show for him. Oh that's nice so we'll give them a two to the head whip it LG Wyatt science okay oh sorry didn't mean to do that. Nice! Whoopin' whooping whooping whoopee whoopee whoopee past the cushion!

47:13 Thank you, sir. Keith what an interesting amount to six four five fifteen. What do you think that's about? Sir dr. Sharkey in Jackson Tennessee Wow doctor sharky is really he's stepping up man Here's checker 515 if you get this before show five one four make me number of the five one for club So we have to make a note. But he's the 515 club? Well, he says if he gets it in early which he did... No but this is 515! He didn't get it in early It's in for 515 Well I thought were on 515 Yes but he says make me a 514 Club member that would've been last week show Oh Good work John Exactly Brain disease it starts early Hey hmmm John's attitude is really changing Heyyyy I wonder

48:11 Yeah, well it's always a possibility. Anyway he says hold on one second... I have to do something there we go nuts excuse me as i get back to the work uh add the extra dollars a tip anyway Dr Sharky PS how about some shut up slaves? I'm the attorney general! Do we have that? No oh yeah that's right we have to clip it That's what that's the clip where uh and I know exactly who is the attorney general damnit you must respect me You know, that's a good clip to make but I have...I don't have. I can do the shut up slave but I don't have the... And then a karma and he was serious about the Cipro prescriptions for the upcoming anthrax apocalypse Yeah, he wants to be our dealer if you want some Cipro Well thank you very much Sir Dr Sharkey Sir Sharkey I should say It is always good to have medical doctor on board with us

CHAPTER 17 / 48 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers and Startup Karma

Associate Executive Producers Eric Blasinski, Wayne Larkholm, and Stephen Williams are acknowledged for their contributions. Blasinski requests "Obamacare Karma" after his wife lost her state-provided health insurance, while the hosts discuss the risks of investing in startups.

eric blasinski· wayne larkholm· stephen williams· obamacare· startups

49:06 For one, you know when we actually need some help. So thank you very much here got a little You've got car max All right onward if we have an associate exec or associate executive producer Eric Blasinski who I'm gonna plead the fifth Shall I just read it while you figure out what I'm... That's why I'm dicking around like this. Adam, give me preemptive karma from our startup a couple years ago or gave it you gave him something we're pretty well now so we're doing pretty well now so here's part of my due is 220. I need some more karma my wife worked for the state of Connecticut after being harassed by her boss and didn't apparently sue him was let go and our killer health insurance has gone! Wow So he needs some welcome to Obamacare Karma Yeah for real

50:07 You've got karma. And I'd like to point out that lots of people invest in startups and typically, certainly if there's a venture capitalist involved you will not see your money ever again! I think our investment was a good one John it paid off in spades here preemptive karma and we got a nice associate producer ship support out of it thank you Eric. That's our investment is yeah that's our investment our investment was well spent Wayne Larkholm in Sunny Hills, Queensland 20514 and I cannot find a note from him anywhere so i don't think he left one. I think he's just giving us $205.14 we can read something later. Stephen Williams also $201 in Boise Idaho that actually there was a note but that wasn't for him. He came in as a check from one of the banks so he just needs some karma. Okay here we go. You've got karma

51:06 Since we were reading some notes and that he'll be our last associate executive producer for show 515 I did get a note. That's kind of an interesting note from from Benjamin Ritkin's handwritten so JC couldn't read it which I think is now, I realize we can write code. If you want to write something... You know how parents used to speak in pig Latin? Yeah So that the kids would know what they were talking about and now you just write it Just right on a piece of paper the kid be like What's that scribbling? What's this scribbling? I don't understand! What is that?! He says I'll be sending, and this is a point of interest. I will be sending my donations via check from now on! I don't like this intimidation by PayPal and think it is like the IRS demanding donors list of the Tea Party groups.

CHAPTER 18 / 48 Discussion

PayPal Intimidation and Government Employee Donation Dilemmas

Listeners working in sensitive government positions express concern that donating to independent media could negatively impact their security clearances. Reports of PayPal flagging transactions with the word "donation" for regulatory review have increased fears of financial intimidation and surveillance.

paypal· donations· security clearance· irs· government employees

51:54 So we are getting some flack about the apparently there's a message comes up, a message comes up saying we're looking into you. Yeah this is the if it complies with regular... It's very possible we are about to be in big trouble with PayPal that's the way I see it To me it feels like where would there something rocking on the wall And it has to do with the word donation. I'm telling you, because in particular because the PayPal team or whoever you talk to over there says now the best thing is put a donation on that's really gonna work great! I guarantee this is there something going on with this and everyone's getting investigated and doesn't even... It could even me just intimidation like oh yeah are you sending money to those guys? Yes we're going to hold onto your money it could take 72 hours I think what it says

52:45 48 or 72 hours to see if it complies with regulations. That's a scary message It's not a nice thing PayPal is not being okay with this and then meanwhile Google dropped their Shopping cart completely because they were never very cooperative anyway, so we couldn't use them what do you mean? Mail well until they shut down the post office yeah everything goes to hell well interesting I got a note from an unnamed producer, Adam. Many of us work in sensitive positions... He's talking about the producers who listen to the show and contribute. The dilemma we are posed with is during our periodic review for our clearances we need to report on organizations to which we donate

53:32 My colleagues and I have discussed the issue at length, and the real concern is that although no agenda is doing nothing illegal our donations could look unfavorable to a douchebag investigator who was still asleep. I know you are very knowledgeable in business and IT, but if you could please allow me to humbly make a suggestion. Make it easy for us by putting a price on the iTunes download. Even if you need to create a premium version that is exactly the same but has a price tag this will allow us to purchase a product thus avoiding the whole donation dilemma altogether."

54:07 Like you've said on the show, it will always be freely available for download on your site so it is still in the public domain. This compromise allows those of us who are concerned about our careers to give during each episode." Isn't this pathetic? Well hold on let me finish... My colleagues and I introduce- The colleagues I introduced to the show love it! I hope you consider that proposed compromise even if just for a trial basis to prove that people want to pay Yes, it is very sad. It's what it is... Sad! Yeah this is what our country has come to I mean I agree with him and think he's dead on in this whole thing And if I was working in the government right now especially a sensitive position whatever that might be There are plenty of them most jobs actually seem so now because everything is classified And there are bunches snoops roaming around trying to butt into your business making sure you're toeing the line

55:04 and all the rest of it, uh it is really a sad indictment. I mean this is like every once in awhile we talk about this over the dinner table was this what it was like? And I don't want to bring this up casually or like jokingly but what was it like day-to-day everyday living when you were in Germany in the late 30's? You know what it was people were like hey that Hitler guy's pretty cool yeah he's doing good stuff they loved him! They did love him But what was the dinner table conversation like and what was it like when somebody said, oh you can't go to that meeting. Oh you can't do this because they're going to find out and then you're gonna lose your job or are you gonna I mean this is a FICA score you could lose your job over? Well first of all you can't get a job You won't get called back for your interview because it's part of the process Yeah

CHAPTER 19 / 48 Discussion

No Agenda Nation SKU and Airtime Sales

To protect donors from scrutiny, a plan is proposed to sell "airtime" or "bags of air" through an eBay storefront or the No Agenda Nation website. This would allow supporters to purchase a product with a standard SKU rather than making a direct donation, providing a layer of professional cover for government employees.

no agenda nation· ebay· sku· airtime· digital downloads

55:51 Yeah, no. Well why don't you think about how we can do that? Because I agree with you. It's a really cool idea to just have the same exact episode. I have an idea! Okay tell me. I think that it should not be a digital download... So first of all here is my main problem. My main problem is why the heck should we give 30% to any of these A-holes?! There's no reason for that at all Well that's right if we put a fee on the Apple is gonna get a bunch of our money. Anyone is going to get a bunch of your money so perhaps the easiest way, because you know we still kind of have to... So we don't get crushed by the IRS it's very easy for us to have everything run through either check or through some other system

56:44 and I'm thinking maybe we just have some bull crap thing up on eBay. Because I think eBay's fees are very low, and if not we'll find some other one. And it just has to be something really really simple We can do this through no agenda nation. I mean Eric has a... Yes, this is my point! A shopping cart where you can just sell something that is gratuitous You don't really get anything you just buy a token or something that allows you to listen to the show Let's make it funny What should it be? Something really funny That costs nothing and we don't have to manufacture It doesn't say anything Should we call it an ounce of air

57:28 Airtime. Airtime! There you go, and we send an empty bag full of air How cool would that be? Yeah it'd be great a can No, not a can. You could actually have in your office you could have a can of air. The bag is going to deflate and it's going to be bulky and hard to do I'm talking about a little bag that you put weed into Like those religious guys say? A coke bag or dime bag. I'm talking something really small Dime Bag You're already making Eric the shield like, hey I'm going to manufacture cans. Yeah got a great idea! No no stop don't do that we're not gonna do that just get a bunch of those bags and have them here i get like transistor if I buy it resistor or capacitor comes in a lot better let's take this look at from and more practical perspective instead having him doing anything extra list to the following now eric is going to put on the market bag 33

58:28 Correct. Yes, which is a usable bag we can have a premium version for no agenda listeners bag Same exact bag right? Would it cost like you know 20 bucks instead of okay, okay? And that way ships out the same thing so it's goes. It's in this it's got almost. It's got to ask this skew if he No agenda nation SKU numbering order system So it should be like outrageous it should really be like because I don't want the bags So the bag is gonna be like what three bucks or four boxes whatever we'll have the no agenda bag and

59:03 and then you'll have the same bag, but it will be like with special air time. Yeah the same exact bag with a cost... Great! And if you want to make it something easy like just say $10 and then if the guy is 100 dollars likes to donate 100 dollars at a pop he just buys ten of the bags. He gets ten bags in the process. Exactly! It's great because when you're walking around the halls of the agency And so you see someone else with a 33 bag, you'll be like... Uh-huh. Say no more baby! Yeah! Heyyyy!

CHAPTER 20 / 48 Discussion

Bing Webmaster Tools and Malware Re-evaluation

Microsoft's Bing Webmaster Tools, led by Dwayne Forrester, is criticized for its slow malware re-evaluation process. Unlike Google, which processes requests quickly, Bing reportedly takes months to remove malware labels from websites, potentially damaging legitimate businesses.

bing· microsoft· webmaster tools· dwayne forrester· malware

59:48 Anyway, for those of you who are currently not working in an agency and do want to support the work that we do. The countless hours of bullcrap we had to sit through or that I risk friendships by getting endorsements from professors to call out the New York Times and this science editor of Boing-Boing as complete a-hole shill full of crap dudes Then consider going to our website. And we'd also like to thank Jesse Anderson for the artwork for episode 514, We've been getting a lot of good work in and that is highly appreciated. NoAgendaArtGenerator.com Keep it coming because the more choice we have The better we can serve everybody else. And then there's the formula! Our formula is this... We go out, we hit people in the mouth

1:00:52 I want to do a brief little technology intermezzo if you don't mind John. Sure. Because, you know, I got a lot of feedback from the whole Google Gestapo thing about the webmaster tools and all that crap So, turns out Bing is doing exactly the same thing. So now not only do we have to go through Webmaster Tools at Google but you'll also have to sign up for Webmaster Tools over there at Bing and they've got their own Grand Gentlemen

1:01:28 their own version of Matt Cutts. His name is Dwayne Forrester. Hey gang, Dwayne Forrester here from... Hey gang! Hey gang? Bing Webmaster Tools We see a lot of this question and heard about it at different conferences. He's Canadian. Yeah he's a Canadian. And generally I get emails about it but the question ultimately revolves around controlling Bing Bots crawl rate. Bing Bots crawl rates so he goes in this whole thing by the webmaster tools and let me read to you a little bit of the webmaster tools uh... being has a malware reevaluation process to aid you the webmaster in case being has discovered that you have some malware and we have of course discussed in some great detail this malware although it is indeed a piece of malicious code running on your site he's not intended to necessarily screw the um

1:02:24 the user of said website but to gain the results in the search engines such as Google and Bing which is why they then turn your site off in Internet Explorer telling the visitors that you are a crook, a thief. You got like your little scary dude could kill you or die so in Bings webmaster tools You get a review, you can go in and say okay I fixed the problem. During the review period Microsoft will perform quote several deep re-scans if all is clear after those several scans Bing will notify you with an ALL CLEAR notification and remove the malware label

1:03:11 If Bing still finds issues, and here it comes John. So let's say you know like you think you've got it? You think you've got the hidden frame off that'll ruin Bings business of people scamming to get higher results to make money which has nothing to do really with you or the people who want to read your stuff So if they still find issues, you will then be notified of the failure and quote You will not be able to submit another re-evaluation request for some time. Yeah, actually when we went through our little process with Google mm-hmm one of our producers wrote me saying you Says you're lucky that you got this thing through within a few days Because if you were if this was with Bing it takes months. Yeah and

CHAPTER 21 / 48 Discussion

Google Bot Efficiency and Chrome Crawling

Analysis of search engine bots suggests that Google's crawlers are significantly more efficient than Microsoft's. Data indicates that the Google bot often follows Chrome users to re-scan and index websites within minutes of a visit, effectively using the browser as a distributed crawling tool.

google bot· chrome· web crawling· indexing· search engines

1:04:03 Yeah, so they're just a sloppy but in fact Eric the shill has a couple of articles. He's gonna write for Gina Smiths a new domain where he is Eric for some reason he's like I guess uh he has some mental disorder See what the workings of something are brain disease It's obviously something wrong with him because he actually wants to know what's going on see a skin picker oh No, he looks at code. Oh! He's a code reader? He is a code reader so he is watching the bot. He has been studying the Google versus Microsoft bots in great detail and he did have just a little teaser here that if you are using Chrome and hit any website

1:04:48 a Google bot will come by within about 10 minutes and hit it, and just re-scan it. And its almost as if the people who use Chrome are doing all the crawling Yeah of course you are! So you're doing all the work for Google they don't have just massive crawlers out there watching what you do and say oh theres a website we haven't seen lets crawl in and index it and see what else this idiot does so uh... anyway he sees discovered that that goes on and he also says that the did google bots are still a hundred times more efficient and smarter than the microsoft box which e claims are crude in idiotic like i first of all erica show me some as the shield needs an electroshock therapy because these this is not good stuff you do what he's fees looking at things you should not be looking at cities prime prime target to be treated

CHAPTER 22 / 48 Discussion

Windows 8 Bing Search App Experience

Microsoft's new Bing search app for Windows 8 is marketed as a "reimagined search experience" for tablets. The app features "finger-friendly" hotspots and a snap feature for multitasking, though critics mock the high-energy sales pitch and the app's reliance on Wikipedia for results.

windows 8· bing app· microsoft· tablet· search experience

1:05:43 Second, it is no wonder that the Bing bots are the stupidest bots in the universe. Witness a video that popped up right after I'm looking at this Dwayne Forrester idiot... Hey gang! Hey gang? You're ruining my business dude. Hey gang for your own benefit So here's two douches And they're sitting there and they're going to show you the wondrous Windows 8 tablet Bing search. Are you ready for this? This will show you why Microsoft has the dumbest Bing bots, how-why they are doomed as not just a company but human beings

1:06:29 Hey folks, welcome back. Stephen Wyatt here with David Lindheimer one of our great product managers across a bunch of cool experiences on the tablet and inside Bing. Today we want to show you a very cool new app that comes preloaded the new Windows 8 devices. It's the Bing app for search, right? That's right! Right yeah that's right! Alright let's check it out so you'll see up here in the corner uh... right here I can tap it and go into this beautiful full page experience look at Full Page Experience John are you witnessing a full page experience hello john john john do you get the full page experience experience? I loved it when it was in DOS.

1:07:15 I think that's so cool! Why is this guy talking so fast? What is his problem? Wait for it. That's all there from the main experience, let's go ahead and do what... It's an experience now you gotta listen don't play the harmonica I want you listening to this This is important You write about this stuff Personal favorite feature The hotspots actually move around I just think that's so cool. Tap on a hotspot see what are theirs That's all there from the main experience Let's go ahead and do what this app was designed from the ground up to do which is reimagine search on a tablet This app, Bing search was intended to reimagine search.

1:07:52 Reimagine search John now wait for the excitement of this experience help you get to an answer or get your task done very quickly So I'm gonna go ahead and tap on the bar here, and I see trending searches right now so I can type it all right But then what's that? What else can I do here well for example Let's say you're interested in the Olympics And you want to do a quick search on one of those swimmers so what I think we could do is just happen there and start typing first few characters Of one of the swimmers Ryan losty Brian and you'll immediately get an auto-suggest for Ryan Lochte. So these are timely auto-suggests too, obviously? Exactly! They start trending. So Ryan Lochte... Oh look at that experience! That's beautiful. Finger friendly I can go all the way across

1:08:32 I get to see related searches right in line too, which is great. So I'm actually able to refine my search or get related searches right from the search experience which is pretty slick. That's right, Stephan. Okay. Should I go ahead and tap into one? Right! Pick one of those, tap right into it what you'll see at this point is Internet Explorer loading and bringing up the page form, in this case a Wikipedia page. Very cool If I get back, this is my favorite thing of the whole app here. I can actually go ahead and use Windows 8's new snap feature. Snap that to the side of the screen here and boom! Look at that! Boom!! I got all the results right there and what's... Boom!!! Look at that experience it's finger friendly! Sell all Microsoft stock now! Sell! These people are idiots

1:09:24 How can... What? What drugs are they on that they're talking this fast. And that you allow someone to talk about your search app as an experience It's an experience, it's not DMT dude! It's a freaking app that ties into a second rate search engine That looks stuff up Tha-that goes to Wikipedia with the search query Woooo BOOM Look at that experience! Look at that great full screen app It's finger friendly!

CHAPTER 23 / 48 Discussion

Sinaloa Cartel and Fast and Furious Gun Running

Court documents from the case of Vicente Zambada-Niebla suggest that the Fast and Furious operation was a deliberate attempt by the U.S. government to arm the Sinaloa Cartel. The strategy allegedly aimed to help the Sinaloa group eliminate rival cartels, with Zambada-Niebla claiming he was promised immunity at the highest levels of the U.S. government.

sinaloa cartel· fast and furious· vicente zambada-niebla· dea· gun running

1:10:18 It's seems unlikely No, we're not gonna get hired for anything. All right We gotta get we got to talk about fast and furious because I know exactly what's gonna happen if we don't do it We're gonna wind up talking about a title for the show and be like oh We have to do this any time cuz this was one of the better newsletters and not only teased what we were going to talk about which is why I'm catching it but also had who had a PDF in there which i have copied into the show notes you'll be able to find that after the show at 515.nashownotes.com I've marked up for your convenience well, you marked it up yeah of course I did well hey! It's what I do

1:11:07 Alright, so tell us about this John. Well apparently what's happened is that in a case in Chicago and here's kind of what they've captured some guy from the Sinaloa cartel in some screwball situation that took place in... Vincente Jesus Zambada Dibla Yeah he was like the number one top three of the bosses and he was meeting with our people our government FBI FBI in Mexico somewhere and then because he was going to be the new contact guy, cause apparently we have been doing an intelligence deal with the Sinaloa cartel specifically. And what's interesting if you start looking at people who have been busted for gun running recently every one of them is selling to other cartels

1:11:56 anyone sells to the Sinaloa cartel they're kind of off the hook because it's according to this guy he says that Fast and Furious was not a test of anything. It was literally gun running with the idea that you build up the Sinaloa cartel, load them up with the best weapons you can find let them take over and kill the other cartels so there is only one cartel left We would go in there and arrest them. Let me interject right there, so according to this document which is a court document which is why it's cool to have it The Sinaloa Cartel was allowed free range of drug trafficking their drugs into the United States

1:12:41 And we were bringing, giving them weapons so that they could get rid of all the other cartels. I'm a little more cynical John. I think that once it was only one cartel then we just have one supplier, one guy to deal with... We don't have you know.. Yeah, we don't have a mess! It makes no sense that you say okay we're gonna help you get rid of all these... I'm Bob by that conclusion. Thank you so anyway, this guy somehow there was some double dealing or something happened in Mexico because this guy's supposed to be immune He got arrested in Mexico and then they extradited him to the US and what he is saying is he wants that he can prove that he has had all these conversations with the DEA with FBI

1:13:26 And he knows exactly what documents are there and this is essentially a court request for documents from these agencies to prove that all of this happened. Let me just read from the document, I marked it up anyway. Mr Zambada Niblo was told he would not be arrested if the agents knew his prior cooperation through Loya and they just wanted to continue receiving information from him He was also told that the arrangements with him had been approved at the highest levels of the United States government. He was told that a Washington DC indictment would be dismissed and he would be immune from further prosecution. There's also evidence that at the hotel, Mr. Zambada-Nibla did accept the agreement and thereafter reliance on that agreement provided further information regarding rival drug cartels. I was then arrested approximately five hours after meeting by Mexican authorities so there were some double crossing going on but what is interesting in the argument

CHAPTER 24 / 48 Discussion

Sons of Anarchy and Fiction as Messaging

The plot of the television series "Sons of Anarchy" is noted for its striking similarities to real-world gun-running scandals. This leads to a discussion on how complex government operations are often hidden in plain sight through fictional media like "Rubicon" or "Sons of Anarchy."

sons of anarchy· rubicon· fiction· messaging· iran-contra

1:14:24 Did you read the document? Did you have a chance to read the whole thing? Yeah, yeah I read it. They refer to Whitey Bulger Right So... You know it's like It's so obvious what is going on here And this of course In fact here they refer to The New Cocaine Cowboys How To Defeat Mexico's Drug Cartels Where all this has kind of laid out and even worse and this is the thing that bugs me I have received messages from people who listen to this show who have told me that this is an exact replica of seasons 5... Of 4. Was it four? I thought it was five and six. Four and five. ...of Sons of Anarchy on the FX, which of course I'm like, ugh! It took a freaking year to even watch Rubicon. And everyone's like holy shit this is exactly what went down. Now we have to reevaluate our viewing strategy where we've spent so much time on C-SPAN

1:15:21 Where a lot of the messaging like Rubicon, but also like Sons of Anarchy if you really want to communicate something secretly You put it in plain sight. In fiction? Yes! No, it's always been believed that your best messaging tool is fiction. Well and it's... so anyway So we already know that and by the way this is nothing I mean the Iran-Contra affair, Iran-Contra fair and some of these other things that we've seen We've seen our government do this before That Arkansas operation where they're running cocaine into the country MENA Arkansas Clinton Yeah there's a bunch of this has been going on so there's no reason not to believe that this guy's

1:16:00 accurate what he said. They killed like 20 kids there I think what happened personally, i think they picked the guy up in Mexico the Mexicans didn't that this is a an attempt because we have kept the Mexican government out of the fast and furious deal They weren't told about it, and they don't like this idea that we're controlling the drug gangs in their country. I think they arrested the guy to embarrass us, they shipped him and kept an eye on this whole deal waiting for us to make a mistake so Mexico could humiliate us if we let the guy go And so i think we've been forced to follow into... Now all of sudden he's in the system This poor guy is a criminal

1:16:41 He's in the system and now he is trying to get out of the system. And our government, you know being what the way we do business well too bad And so he's starting to spill the beans. To add to this, we already were like wow why did President Obama head over heels run over to Mexico to discuss how the drug stuff was being handled because the CIA apparently was in charge of a lot of the communication and stuff that was going on and the new president said nah we're gonna do that directly through my office now if you don't mind? So I think

1:17:19 Not only, and this of course is not just this administration. This has been going on for a long time but unfortunately President Obama is the guy who has the gig right now Not only Is he an evil...is the whole administration a bunch of evil drug dealing gun running criminal A-holes? They suck at it! This is the thing that bugs me most I don't care if we're gonna be a criminal country Great But don't suck at it Yeah, well there's that. Whatever the case... I'm trying to make it sound like my Obama friends. ...I think it spun out of control and now the idea is and I put this in the newsletter people should read that newsletter again because its actually was educational mm-hmm and people say oh you never write any I write newsletters that are newsletters occasionally so don't drop from off for the subscription list because he didn't like something

CHAPTER 25 / 48 Discussion

Google Washing of the Fast and Furious Scandal

Search results for "Fast and Furious" are dominated by the movie franchise, effectively "washing" the federal gun-trafficking scandal from the first page of results. The timing of movie releases is noted as a potential tool for burying controversial political news under entertainment data.

google washing· fast and furious· search results· movie industry· darrell issa

1:18:12 Anyway, I think that they're going to do everything they can. And I believe that...I was correct in the last couple of shows where I said this is the time they're gonna try and get Obama because all these things are happening at once They have to quash this! They gotta get this out into public Right now it's going to be Alex Jones Glenn Beck I think Drudge has maybe brought this up Maybe Creepin Even though I doubt it, might creep into a Fox show but more likely stuff on the radio. Michael Savage those types of guys Hannity on the radio maybe But if this thing goes into the mainstream media and people start looking into it This is gonna be a mess A big mess Okay so now this is a nice tie-in because If you want any information Because here's what's going to happen We're gonna have

1:19:06 And there's going to be yelling and screaming. I think we're, well of course I'm yelling and screaming because I can't believe how shitty a job our government is at being criminals which is just disappointing you know like we invented the mob please or we imported from Sicily We just ruined the whole idea of organized crime which has no good at it Um, so they're going to have the, and it's gonna be people with brain disease who are yelling about this and they're insane. And they're crazy as all being set up. And everyone's talking about conspiracy theories. Oh you believe in all these conspiracies? This is a conspiracy conspiracy go ahead, go to your browser John and type in fast and furious. And then you'll see that the Google wash has already taken place

1:19:51 Because what do you see when you type in Fast and Furious? I'm trying to get the browser to come up. What's the problem here? This makes so much sense! Okay, let me go ahead and do this... Wait wait wait before you say anything, before you respond, i want you to know that the movie industry can change movie releases and they do it all the time They will delay a release, they will accelerate the release and it's very important because there is a lot of money involved. And if you can... Right so you type in Fast & Furious and there is nothing about this situation? No! What do you see? Movies movies movies movies Which movie? It's theaters May 24th Thank You Fast & Furious 6 There ya go Completely Google washed by the movie

1:20:41 Well that was a wise thing to do, is to name it after movie. The code name after the movie... It's brilliant! And you can go all the way to the bottom I don't see anything at the bottom. At the very bottom of page one Not on mine. Fast and Furious Scandal Returns To Haunt Obama. Not on mine. On my it is Really? Are you logged in? Uh..I don't login on this machine Ah okay, I'm logged in ummm to Google So my Google Plus account and let me see first page second page Nope, I'm gonna go down third page. Nope Okay Now I'm gonna go to Bing being haven't been to being ever I don't think so I don't have an account there but not logged in on do fast and furious and Boom second link Wikipedia. So if you're logged in they are definitely obfuscating it Why would they do that?

1:21:49 I mean, why would they do that? Why would they do it to somebody logged in and not do it to somebody not logged in. Well, I'm not...I don't know why they would do it to somebody not logged in but I'm logged in and I'm not getting it! That's my point Yeah, you know what your point is but the rationale is eluding me No there isn't a rationale okay I can't answer why they're not doing it for people who aren't logged in But it sure makes sense of doing it for people who are logged in Let me sign out see what happens from Google let me see So Fast and Furious. You can play along at home, people! Fast and Furious... Federal gun trafficking investigation. I don't have it's not still not showing up oh well who knows maybe it's cuz you're in Texas Austin I'm pretty sure it's an Austin thing yeah we can't have any of this in Austin we can't have that happening in Austin that would be really bad

1:22:51 Well anyway, the point is yeah. I know that was actually... well there's a sign of competence but we'll see if they can keep this lid on Are you kidding me? We'll just spin up another tornado or something we get something going doesn't matter This is not gonna be on the radar and when I'm looking at this document The joint staff report prepared for Darrell R Issa chairman United States House Representatives Committee and oversight government reform and Senator Charles Grassley ranking member Have materials relevant to this defense. The joint staff report revealed that the operation known and authorized at the highest levels of the Justice Department, which included agents from ATF DEA FBI ISIN and IRS

CHAPTER 26 / 48 Discussion

Giddy Optimism in ATF Supervision

A joint staff report by Darrell Issa and Charles Grassley reveals that ATF supervisors viewed the Fast and Furious operation with "giddy optimism." The report confirms that the Department of Justice was aware that the strategy of allowing guns to flow to cartels would inevitably lead to death and destruction in Mexico.

atf· justice department· fast and furious· grassley· issa

1:23:39 I didn't know that. Allowed guns to be legally purchased in the United States, transported to Mexico and end up in the hands of members of drug cartels this chain of events inevitably placed the guns into the hands of violent criminals which Department Justice was not only aware but sponsored and supported The Department of Justice and its agency partners knew that the foreseeable result of this strategy was death and destruction would occur in Mexico Indeed as confirmed in the report violence and death did occur. Okay Oh, and the result was not only approved but regarded with quote giddy optimism by ATF supervisors Giddy optimism, did you know that? That apparently is in the congressional committee report that there was giddy optimism Wow

1:24:30 Yeah, so um... Now is this an impeachable offense? Uh well I would yeah probably. Yeah do you think so? Gun running? Yeah. At the presidential level?! Well when-I mean it's just done we sell guns to everybody else i mean Well, Cindy, it's a bunch of... well I don't know if it is any more impeachable than anything else. A couple of events that took place and what was going on with Bradley Manning which is another little thing going on Yeah And I do have a couple of Bradley Manning clips that I want to get too Let's rock it! So there's this woman, I keep forgetting her name, Allison something

CHAPTER 27 / 48 Discussion

Alexa O'Brien and Bradley Manning Trial Coverage

Journalist Alexa O'Brien is highlighted as one of the few people consistently documenting the Bradley Manning hearings. The military court has introduced a new charge of "wantonly publishing," which O'Brien argues is a direct attack on the free press and investigative journalism.

alexa o'brien· bradley manning· wikileaks· wanton publishing· espionage

1:25:12 Alexa O'Brien. She apparently is the only person in the world who's hanging out outside the military court and going in, the only one nobody else no but buddy in the media during the Bradley Manning hearings which are in these courts and apparently the public can go in under some circumstance even though they won't tell you when they're doing anything. And she's had to go by the theory that when they tell her that there'll probably be nothing for her to do, that's when she goes in and there they are. So she has been essentially documenting every day of the trial

1:25:50 and she's kind of befuddled by the fact, and this was on Harry Shearer's podcast. So I have to go to another obscure podcast to get anything from anyone. It's unbelievable! Okay... So I got a couple other things that are kinda unique First of all Manning is being railroaded and they also have a number of crazy things that they're charging him with including something called wanton publishing and I want to play... Wanton publishing, interesting. Play this one. This is Bradley Manning and a new crime of wantonly publishing. In the case of the espionage he pled to every lesser included offense for every espionage charge against him except for what was called spec 11 of charge 2 which relates to the Gharani video And that dovetails into the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and there's a reason why he didn't

1:26:46 He pled not guilty to stealing U.S government property, he pled not guilty to the multiple charges of... there's two charges of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which are very provocative charges because he had access, he didn't hack anything. He also pled not guilty to aiding the enemy charge And then he pled not guilty to one of the more provocative and disturbing charges against him. It's never been used before, in fact it is not tied to any existing federal criminal violation or punitive article under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It is what's called wantonly publishing. I think we do both of us that every day!

1:27:30 Yeah, that's why it is so terrifying. But the crazy thing about this charge is that the knowledge element parallels the knowledge element in aiding-the-enemy charge So essentially dovetails into aiding the enemy Now wantonly publishing is actually legislative language? In some law Well, in oral arguments early on in the pretrial the government argued that it was you know... In terms of punishment that is analogous to espionage but at that time it was far worse than espionage. Wow! Wanton... I'm looking at now and there's very little you have actually put wantonly publishing in quotes to get anything off of the compromised Central Intelligence Agency database known as Google

1:28:20 This is scarier than anything else I've heard. Yeah, she felt the same way yeah this is by the way this is hours of And this is us. I mean we are wantonly publishing espionage which is a direct attack on the free press but if you listen to this whole discussion there's an interest, I got two-parter here one is the Manning and the Press in the Manning and the Press part 2 but play Manning and the Press because nobody is covering this case and it makes zero sense but then there is slight explanation

CHAPTER 28 / 48 Discussion

WikiLeaks as a Challenge to Media Market Power

WikiLeaks is described as a revolutionary challenge to the market power of mainstream media organizations. By allowing low-level whistleblowers to leak information directly, the organization bypasses the traditional "authorized leak" system used by political elites and major news outlets.

wikileaks· julian assange· mainstream media· investigative journalism· market power

1:28:58 What's so interesting about the Manning case in context with the federal investigation into Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, a media organization in the digital age as well as this sort of socioeconomic changes that have been happening with essentially the maturation of the game generation or the digital generation vis-a-vis the boomers is the fact that in many regards this trial encompasses a joining together of all the major issues of our age in the post 9-11 world. For example, the entire interagency process has been zeroed in on this young soldier and the WikiLeaks organization and probably one of the largest criminal investigations in US history And yet the press hasn't been covering it Well no because they were complicit in all of it because it was actually the press that published all of this stuff

1:29:51 Well, wantonly published. Wantonly published? Yes! So, but they're not covering this case for crap and I think she explains it in a kind of... It's one explanation. I think there are others but play the part too and you can hear what she thinks. I think there is multiple layers to it. And I think on one sense if we look at purely from the bottom line perspective is that WikiLeaks represents a challenge to market power that mainstream media organizations have over audiences And of course, you know it costs a lot of money up front to produce news and especially investigative journalism. Yes all those sets that you've got to build is really hard to produce news and entertainment It cost relatively little in the digital age to distribute it. Therefore control audiences is very important as these media organizations enter this new era So I think they have taken defensive posture towards WikiLeaks

1:30:53 because of that, fundamentally. And I think also it's a question of access to information. WikiLeaks, the reason why it is so revolutionary is that it allows the janitor to leak and not simply the high-level Obama administration authorized leak to Bob Woodward, so to speak, to sell war or a particular political agenda of the elites So there's a lot going on here that is reason for them not to cover it. Alright John, step back just a little bit you're on the Shays Lounge right now. Well there you have it in a nutshell the entire reason why you are the producer of this program A or listen to this program and B why you are the producer of this program in whatever way you contribute...there it is!

CHAPTER 29 / 48 Discussion

The Missing Gharani Air Strike Video

The "Gharani video," which allegedly documents a 2009 U.S. air strike that killed hundreds of women and children in Afghanistan, remains unpublished. While the Pentagon initially promised to release the footage, they later backtracked, and the incident remains a point of contention for human rights organizations.

gharani· afghanistan· collateral murder· pentagon· wikileaks

1:31:47 There it is that was beautiful she hot too. She sounds kind of hot there was the audio podcast yeah, no But what's her name? Alexa O'Brien Alexa O'Brien I have a feeling I got a feeling oh my goodness Yeah, turn to me see yes. She looks a little stern yeah, yeah Well, he's the only one doing this She'll walk away with a Pulitzer I'm sure. We gotta protect her, no she won't! Not gonna honor her. You'd be surprised. Meanwhile they kept mentioning this Qurani video and apparently it was something...I don't remember hearing about it but I guess it was something they glossed over and never put out there. WikiLeaks never released it but when you hear about what it was that first thing they released? Yeah where they were just shooting people. The helicopter, hey there's another one let's go

1:32:46 get him. Yeah, good work! Well apparently this Karani video is much worse and they don't even talk about too much of it here but did they at least give you a little overview under the missing video clip? Alleged Karani video although we're pretty clear because that's been said in testimony by agents The Karani video is what we call collateral murder or is it different? No its another video that was unpublished by...it was never published by Wikileaks um essentially this is a video of An agent said it's a flight over battle space, but the Gharani air strike in May 2009 killed hundreds of women and children in the Farah province of Afghanistan. Human rights organizations referred to it as Judgment Day and it was very damning incident The Pentagon had said that they were going to release the video and then they backtracked from it Damn!

1:33:45 Now I want this and apparently there's like lots of gory still photos, and there's a video of this oh yeah No, it's total porn. It's total porn for these guys so violent insane idiots Oh yeah, they just blew up a bunch of women and children just wasn't let me guess Let me guess was it drones or was it? Helicopter gunships don't know It's not discussed much, but I'm sure we can do a little research and figure it out. I found it to be kind of disturbing. This is very disturbing! Well reminds me of the time if you remember during the Abu Ghraib, the pictures that came out by these boneheads? Yeah And then

1:34:28 there are defense secretary rumsfeld came in front of the mic and said well this is worse to come yeah I remember that? There was never any worse to come because they didn't release anything else he just said it was worst to come and you have to be prepared for it apparently that was just kind about a staging tactic incase these other photos ever did get out but they never did so then and apparently they were worse and I think this video must be horrible I wonder if anyone has it. So someone has it somewhere? Well, the Defense Department has it. Wikileaks must have it they just never published it because...I don't know why. I don't know what's going on. Hmm Wow! Well so let's go back to your premise you're sitting around the table It's 1928 No, it was 1934. Say 35 Hello Jean! No wait, you're Johan

CHAPTER 30 / 48 Discussion

This Week in Modern Broadcasting Parody

A parody segment titled "This Week in Modern Broadcasting" by 5 Kilobyte Productions mocks the production quality and tropes of various podcasts. The clip serves as a humorous look at the diverse landscape of independent audio content.

podcasting· parody· 5 kilobyte productions· broadcasting· audio production

1:35:30 Johan! Yeah? Johan, this is Fritz here. Hey what do you think about the fact that the government is killing people oh I think it's exaggerated they're not killing people there's a great government we've got Johan what happened to your accent Johan are you a spy you sound like you sound like a spy for American Yankee Now you went Japanese on me. So by the way, I want to remind people if they're not listening to our podcast there's alternatives out there and i have a little clip from it's called this week in modern broadcasting this is kind of a clip that you'll find if you got one go listen other stuff you can go you can listen to this sort of thing. 5 Kilobyte Productions presents

1:36:26 An association with... Can you turn off the fan, please? Production presents. Those guys are wicked on the soundboard! I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah, that'd be fab On no agenda in the morning Good job John I like this new is new a little thing you have yeah, we get it's actually a service where we are showing You other podcasts that you could be listening to not all you can go elsewhere. Not all carry the award of best podcast in the universe But no It's pretty funny so

CHAPTER 31 / 48 Discussion

Global Producer Reports and China's Environment

Producers from South Korea and China provide local updates, with one report from China describing the soil, water, and air as severely polluted. The discussion also touches on the hype surrounding 3D printing and its potential impact on global manufacturing.

south korea· china· swansea· pollution· 3d printing

1:37:15 Hey man, can you turn off the fan? Well we've had a couple of shows on the Hot Pockets Tour where it was kind of like that. Yeah Okay Alright So we got uh... Now we may have a note here I haven't seen it Stephen Schultz who's in somewhere part unknown It sounds like it sounds Korean Uh how about to look him up afterwards Swan Sea? Swan Sea beyond the wall Maybe it's either Korean or God knows where Swansea, um... Swansea is yeah it's south of Seoul. Okay. It says in the agreement. Yes. Let me take a quick look on the email here see if you're in uh if you're in Korea South Korea or if you're North Korea even better first of all know that Greg Sun sends his regards and give us some info

1:38:14 You know, send us some stuff about what's going on in your neck of the world. Cause it's like... We don't get a lot of information about what's happening over there. Bullcrap! Yeah. It's very hard and then they have sling boxes there? Sling boxes are everywhere. I mean you just put this thing if you got an internet connection, you hook your sling box to it That's the way it works. I always find kind of like sad whenever You know It's like oh now we can look at cuz you know with South Korea South Korean television, you know It's basically all psy colors all the time. Yeah, that's probably insane and doesn't represent the beauty of the people at all just that i think they've taken the propaganda to tell a screen door whole new level over there with robotic crap in just senate there did not let you like busy busy busy every other websites everything's we learn about it but i don't know if he was eighty five cents from steven uh... andrew green in london hundred one dollars um... derrick bole is news out whales a hundred dollars

1:39:12 And he's gonna work on getting a night hood. Nice! Kevin Johnson in Talladega, home of the Talladega racetrack Alabama $100 One of the big tracks in NASCAR and does he have any more useless car racing trivia that you can throw? I'm looking at it... He says he has a call sign Give me a shout out when he phonetically spells out his call sign You mean Kevin Johnson 6 liquid natural gas Okay, 73's my friend. Peter McConnell Stockholm New Jersey. You phony! Home of the Stockholm Syndrome. It was actually in Suzhou China which is so he watched Click Print Gun the other day couldn't help but notice it by Jim Czarniecki The very same guy who produced Fahrenheit 9-1-1 and Voting for Columbine Hold on a second! What? Hold on a second...Jim Czarniecki produced that?!

1:40:11 Oh. Well... Hello? Excuse me, once again we are- With the best producers in the universe?! I can't believe no one else picked up on that! Well not n-n-fact! It's obvious now that thing is a setup He says, talking about China he says it stinks I tell ya. And now the report from... let me give you a report from China Soil equals bad Water equals bad Air equals bad I saw a squirrel once about four years ago Yeah alright so... And then came in with 9999 so give him that Okay hold on one second Very funny 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

1:41:04 interesting very interesting and he said something else about let me say that the kitchen had no food yeah kitchen was completely devoid of food heads various anarchist readings casually strewn about he's talking about on the movie mm-hmm click print gun yeah okay stinks like a Democrat agenda he says anyway okay I will look into this yes We weren't completely... in fact I wrote a column this last week about what's called 3D printer hype. Oh really? Good job, but what did you put in there? What got to me was the fact that besides these guns don't work and they're just a scam of some sort and then the 3D printed food no! And if NASA wants to put it on the spaceship, the shuttles with 3D printers so they can print food, well I don't think so

CHAPTER 32 / 48 Discussion

Qantas Emirates Deal and Dubai Hub

The new partnership between Qantas and Emirates has shifted the airline's primary international hub from Singapore to Dubai. A local perspective from Australia suggests that increased media coverage of legal issues for Westerners in Dubai is a direct result of this new aviation focus.

qantas· emirates· dubai· singapore· aviation

1:42:03 Yeah, no it's everything everything to do and that's funny because Russ didn't see this last night when I brought up smart guy. I said This is the industry is this the most worrisome thing that's come along in in millennia He's like what you who care you're gonna print a phone? I said how short-sighted are you mean your entire universe revolves around products bullcrap products mean everything we do in America is based on borrowing money to buy stupid plastic crap pretty much yeah Donald Ripple in Dresden Ohio like Stockton New Jersey Dresden Ohio 888 88

1:42:52 Elise Garling jewelry in Sunnyside, New York 8888 and she or she says she Hello. She's one of our hot salmon Right this just says a lease darling jewelry okay at least garland that's who she is okay well at least oh it okay Lemoncello is on its way So we have to give some karma for the lemon in exchange for the lemon cello to Ian Darling and Port Angeles Scott Karma. He might even be Ian. Ian, I'll never pronounce that right so just forget it. Peter Tangstrom in Amsterdam 7700 Joseph Amory in Piscataway Jersey 69! 69 dudes! Here we go again 69-69 Karsten Ovi Schwarz Nielsen

1:43:52 I'm gonna have to read some of this. Dear Andy and Jezza, it is with trembling hands that I write this message while taking my daily whiff of the red pill listening to 514 hours almost scared out of my pants finally hearing finally what's his face in the US Cyber Command utter these exact words The commander's capability to inherently protect ourselves from self-defense Yeah, yeah funny. We didn't catch that yeah I know it's we well you know we catch 90% of these yeah Well, that's why people have great producers. You know they catch it up So let's just repeat that the commander's capability to inherently protect ourselves from self-defense Yes pair It's horrible what's going on edge? He could be rescued Justin Val court in Quebec 6969 Alec Doherty

1:44:44 Dowdy, in Brisbane 6969. He says he was listening to 513 and the analysis of the Australia Qantas Dubai story that I had He'd like to offer another local perspective The new Qantas Emirates deal was not to make Dubai a destination in and of itself but rather the main hub wayport for all international Qantas flights So they're gonna be a hub there. Qantas previously flew out of Singapore as the primary international hub, I dare say There have been many horror stories of Western women being jailed in Dubai But the media is only picking up on them now because of the extra focus Dubai's receiving Because of the new Qantas deal Okay? Not arguing that VV Velo 6969 Ben Smoke Willingboro Jersey

CHAPTER 33 / 48 Discussion

Spanish Language Corrections and Austin Living

A listener from Spain provides a correction for the "in the morning" jingle, noting the proper Spanish phrasing. The hosts discuss the possibility of living in a seaside shack near Barcelona and the technical requirements for a portable podcasting studio.

spain· austin· barcelona· ham radio· podcaster mini studio

1:45:38 a gym in gitmo nation Gucci boot 69 all over done ended Simon March in the AK in Poland I believe 6666 Sebastian Lim be known lamb and on Lambinon Sebastian Lebanon in El Conte you can read I want to read this while I go turn the phone off hi guys a Dutch as a Dutch expat living in Spain and still struggling to make myself understood. I probably shouldn't be the first me that'd be the one saying this but I can believe

1:46:29 How bad the two of you mangle the language anyway. Here's a quick pedantic tip, the Spanish in-the morning jingle says por la mañana not par la mañana Any other podcast might consider this to be nitpicking but we're doing the best podcast in the universe here every detail counts Thank You boss yeah, you know it's funny miss Mickey and I yesterday were talking about future you know it's like Well, where we I think I said do you think we will live in Austin for a long time forever? What's forever of course and we both agreed that we could kind of see ourselves In like a seaside shack which would have you know kind of a bedroom You know table off the coast near Barcelona Yeah. Yeah kind of big hat big ham radio antenna yeah And then but the only thing is it's like the Spanish

1:47:32 You know, I don't have patience for him. You could learn Spanish? No, I can learn the language but you think that Spanish themselves are annoying the culture maybe Maybe I don't know maybe I don't know. I don't always have a good time like American culture Anyway it's it I had to put the kibosh on the whole thing because when I said, you know We can we can have our computers each we each gonna have a computer or she knows she brings her photo equipment and I bring, by that time my podcaster mini studio will be done. So you know a very small footprint ham radio antenna and then she's like well what about the closet? Like okay

1:48:12 I need a big closet with lots of shoes. No, she has a problem the shoes She has like size 12 or something so the shoes don't come they don't make Manalo Blahnik's in size 12 Thank God oh yeah you'd be broke Yeah! Oh yeah So we don't have... Alright let's finish this off David Kroll and Hamilton Ohio 55 double legos on the dime Benjamin Rutgers and Ames Iowa double legos on the dime Angela Castaneda in Castaneda, in Henderson Nevada. Great place. Dublin that goes on the dime. Graham Wolfe, Wichita Kansas same. Matthew Farrell Leland North Carolina 5420 Jordan Alcon in Crossroads Texas which cross words would be good 5150 and you have a birthday shout out for his smoking hot wife Rachel?

1:49:03 Yes, I do and thank you for the picture by the way. Oh, I never saw anything yeah, I did Angela Laurel Jersey I forwarded it to you match Shea Stolowski match a matchy-matchy mitchell a good work What can I say? Calgary, Alberta is where all the money is. Eric Veit to Dublin California Tim Connor in Edmonton Alberta almost where all the money is Kyle Bauer Worcester Ohio apparently came twice and that will conclude our segment Mention every contributor who gave us $50 or more for the show 515. I want to thank them all and remind people to go to Dvorak.org slash NA channel, dvorak dot com slash na no agenda show dot com and noagenda nation dot com and there are donate buttons there we need your help because Sunday always comes up except once in a while it's Sunday tends to be pretty lame and you can get a producer chip probably for two hundred dollars And um... We haven't had any nightings i think for the past

CHAPTER 34 / 48 Discussion

Birthday Shout-outs and Memorial Day Celebrations

A series of birthday wishes are shared for listeners and their families, including a special mention for a six-year-old in Norway. The segment also notes the birth of a new "grand human resource," James Rodney Middlebrook, and celebrates the birthday of composer Richard Wagner.

birthday· memorial day· norway· richard wagner· james rodney middlebrook

1:50:06 Five, six maybe seven shows? Yeah we need more nights. Yeah we do So let me program the brain Devorak dot org slash n a I'm gonna make good here Simon Bruce Cassidy Says hey man so like to point out a few things i've donated twice first time you claim that Draman is in the lowlands I was confused with Drachten of course. Last time you said that German donations are on the rise implying that Drammen is in Germany, Drammen is in fact in Norway! Aka Gitmo Nation polar bearer. Screw those Germans! Yeah screw them! You were wrong Also and here so that's just funny but then I feel really bad...I asked for a birthday shout out from my daughter Angelica that you left out

1:50:53 I was kind of bummed out about that as we listened to the show together from time to time. You are an integral part of my bid to teach her to speak English! In case PayPal fuked up the note, she turned six on the 14th of May." Well happy birthday Angelica. Yal skidai There you go. That's a Barbie What? You said that with an Australian accent No i did not, I said it with a Norwegian accent Actually it was probably more Swedish To be quite honest And, uh... so sorry about messing that up. I hate it when the kids get all disappointed because kids- let's face it! Kids love our show and they love it for the jingles

1:51:36 It's your birthday, birthday. Oh no one can... We have an interesting list today! First of all Sir Gene Baron de Marriott Sheriff of Texas will be celebrating this Memorial Day Happy Birthday to him Richard Dick Wagner celebrates celebrated yesterday on the 22nd of May born in 1813 he is the originator of Le Biche Fat And Georgian Alcon says happy birthday to his smoking hot wife Rachel. She turns 30 today, Eric Newman congratulates himself he'll be serving tomorrow and Merit Davala will turn four on well today actually and that's her dad Michal says happy birthday to you Sir Rod Adams Knight of the Noah agenda roundtable has a new grand human resource James Rodney Middlebrook

1:52:27 Born, I guess last night or actually early this morning and we welcome James Rodney Middlebrook to the citizenry of the United States of Gitmo Nation. You can start depleting your 9.2 million dollars and enjoy that! And did we get everybody here? We got Rachel from Jordan My god, Bill Hey happy birthday everybody from your buddies here at the best podcast in the universe My wife's Rachel's birthdays on Thursday 23rd. She's turning shout out and something was wrong here Turning 30 she'd been buggy Oh here it is my wife Rachel's birthdays on Thursday 23rd. She's turning 30 She's been bugging me for a month to make sure she gets a birthday shout-out

1:53:19 This is just the beginning of the end. Alright, so husband Jordan soon to be ex-husband Jordan that's how it goes! Of course if you all are in Dallas you're invited to a party or not. Oh kegs of beer and some home pulled pork my smoked meat is amazing yeah Jordan keep saying that And I want to thank... I would like to challenge him to a smoke-off. Oh, mmm! I'd like to thank Dublin Jerky for sending... Did you get any jerky? Yeah, I got some Dublin Jerky. Have you tried it? Yes very good

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Dublin Jerky and Molly Wood's Wikipedia Picture

The hosts sample jerky and cheese from Dublin, Michigan, while discussing Molly Wood's career and her Wikipedia profile. They comment on her "Always On" show and the concept of high-budget gadget testing in exotic locations.

dublin jerky· molly wood· wikipedia· cnet· gadgets

1:53:57 We also got some Dublin cheese. The only thing that... I didn't get no Dublin cheese! Well, you know it's a cheddar It's a cheddar. He said... No no no, I don't care how come i didn't get the cheese? How come...? Well you can ask him. I don't know maybe he does think you're cheesy enough So um so the cheese came into these block huge block and is a pretty common like normal like a Wisconsin Michigan Chee So I, and it came in this nice sealed box. And I decided to take one of the blocks... Uh-huh? ...and I'm gonna keep it in the car, in a cooler. And then when I see some guy that's homeless that says hungry for food You're gonna give him some cheese?! Yes! He says why won't you just eat the cheese

1:54:45 I got the cheese, I ate the cheese. I've been eating the cheese but i got this extra block It's my block that you're giving away! Well so what? I can't ship it to ya. You don't melt and make a mess by the time it gets your place Hey and... Happy birthday My god she's young To Molly Kristen Wood Oh she has a birthday Yes today That doesn't listen to our show No but she is a friend of the show She is? Yeah she's a friend of the show Hey, her picture on hey could we've changed my picture on Wikipedia people? Molly's picture on Wikipedia is yeah put molly's picture in this in place of Adams picture Please I look so much better as Molly. She looks hot in this picture Holy crap that I look at it you're not looking at it. I'm not looking at him I'm sitting back and listening to your killing me right look it up she was she used to be a writer for Associated Press only would

1:55:40 Wiki yeah look at the picture Let's see uh-huh I'm getting there is the one on the Wikipedia or the other one? I think the other ones better looking Which is the other one the one that shows up as just a bio picture on on the Google? Look at that. She was born May 23rd best today today, so it's a birthday Yes How come Conan O'Brien shows up in an image search of Mollywood let's find out that's kind of scary oh I think it's just... Maybe she did a show once, is that possible? No. Came out with some gizmos? Yeah! Look at this oh that's so cool then he drops on the floor kicks around That's great, well that's her whole show now She got that always-on show where basically Molly going to exotic locations and throwing gadgets into like out of helicopters driving over them with sports cars This is kind shit we used do MTV

1:56:38 I love doing this. Hey, I got a great idea for show let's go to Hawaii and drop the iPad from the helicopter See if it survives an old style of Show of show which is just a a complete waste of money, but you have great time if you're on the show. Don't do that! The only people who benefit from this style is the people on the show and producers. Don't be mean to her! I'm not being mean to her? She's having the time of her life. This is bogative way of producing stuff. Let's go to the Seychelles and put some laptops on the beach and see what happens when water hits them. Come on!

CHAPTER 36 / 48 Discussion

Austin Oak Trees and Barbecue Wood

The seasonal challenges of live oak trees in Austin, Texas, are discussed, specifically the yellow pollen that affects residents. A suggestion is made to use the wood from these trees for smoking meat in a barbecue after it has been properly dried.

austin· live oak· barbecue· smoking meat· allergies

1:57:20 It's a great show. It's fantastic, I love this concept! Hey look at us we're two schmucks doing a podcast from our houses, from our homes. We gotta go outside because it is too hot. Hey man, we got to do the podcast How is the weather there in Texas by the way? It has been warm and gotten into the 90s which is still unseasonably cool Yeah, it's up there. And you know of course... Now you got allergies you said? I had constant here for me because we live under trees We've got these, I mean we're in the oldest section of Austin with these oak trees four times a year The live oak trees just spew off stuff

1:58:07 You know, and then it's yellow crap. And then it's the other...and just gets into everything It is beautiful though I mean these oak trees are hundreds of years old Well can I recommend something when you finally get a barbecue? I'm not gonna get a barbecue. I don't do barbecues anymore Why Because that oak tree is probably delicious To eat it?! Yeah, no you smoke with it. I mean that you have to trim the branches anyway so you cut off pieces of the oak tree as it grows Good idea And then you use the oak wood You have to let it sit for about six months almost a year before it dries out Oh start now yeah? Yeah start now start piling up oak chunks

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FBI Training Accident and Orlando Shooting

Two members of the FBI's elite counter-terrorism unit died in a helicopter rappelling accident off the coast of Virginia. Simultaneously, an FBI agent in Orlando shot and killed a Chechen man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect after the man allegedly attacked the agent during an interrogation.

fbi· boston marathon· orlando· tamlan tsarnaev· training accident

1:58:50 And then you cook with it and you don't have to buy any Brickettes. It's a much better product than a brick hat, right? And it tastes a lot better and everybody's oak tree like I have an oak tree that I've been eating as it were Smokewise have been using the smoke just write that down next to the house Is absolutely delicious is maybe the best oak I've ever eaten oh So, speaking of throwing things out of a helicopter did you see that two members of the FBI's elite counter-terrorism unit who were in Boston as part of the search mission for the Boston bombers died? What?! Yes! They were repelling from a helicopter and they fell to their death into the water. What were they repelling from a helicopter over the water for? Training

1:59:48 Oh, training. The old training accident! But apparently they were rappelling from such a great height that they were dead when they hit the water. Yeah I'll bet So not only do they have to clean those two guys up, but then we have this other loose end in Florida. A Chechen man with ties to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamlin Sirnaev was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida early today The man allegedly attacked the agent according to the FBI Oh hold on a second... Breaking news! Breaking news! Hold on What's going on? Breaking news! Uh uh Closely resembles the types of attacks we faced before 9-11

CHAPTER 38 / 48 Discussion

Boston Bombing Evidence and Video Secrecy

Questions arise regarding the lack of public video evidence showing the Tsarnaev brothers placing explosives at the Boston Marathon. Comparisons are drawn to the secrecy surrounding the Bin Laden raid photos and the deaths of several individuals involved in the subsequent investigations.

bin laden· tsarnaev· fbi· massachusetts· evidence

2:00:30 In the 1980s, we lost Americans to terrorism at our embassy in Beirut. Oh, you're boring me. All right. Danger to US interests? I guess that's a new thing? Yeah He says consular facilities everything is in danger Deranged or alienated people can do enormous danger The domestic terror threat Oh wow! Right now there's a podcast going on with two deranged lunatics Clearly, they have brain disease. Now I'm not going to sit here and say that everyone has brain disease but we can help them with electroshock therapy

2:01:12 Couple of jolts will fix them boys up good. So this news comes out and Anderson Cooper who of course is on the scene in Oklahoma He can't even he can't believe it And was that was he alone with an FBI agent when he was shot or was there were there multiple? You said they were state police also in the room like wait a minute so the cops got this guy he confesses And then he grabs a knife. It makes nothing but sense! Still unclear how many people were in the room at the time, but we are told that after He had confessed to being involved in the triple murder That he attacked according to our sources attacked an FBI agent with a knife So here's how I've envisioned this testimony it's like

2:02:00 Yes, yes don't you remember? You guys were there with me. Don't you remember that when we killed those drug dealers and smokers and then we slit their throats and threw weed on them as a sign to the other gangs? Yeah okay yeah we remember that one for sure Sorry pal, you shouldn't have pretended to grab the knife. And so it was after that... It is unclear how many people were in the room It's unclear whether that knife has been recovered presumably it was but whenever there is an FBI involved shooting yet The FBI agent then shot allegedly this man because I am told that he was felt directly threatened, his life was threatened. Yeah okay so let me just get this straight very similar to... Let me just draw the analogies for you okay? A couple things going on So when we have Bin Laden which by the way I have the clip here you know that appeals court has said nope! We're not gonna release any pictures of him or anything we can't do that

2:03:01 So then we have the Jokar brothers, Sharniff brothers. And even the governor of the state of Massachusetts has not seen the actual video. We've seen video from every angle! Excuse me, we have not seen... ...the actual video of The Brothers putting the explosive backpacks into the trash can Everyone says it exists but- But we're sure it exists Yes, we are sure that it exists but we have not been allowed to see it I guess that also would spark you know like people would want to kill Americans for doing that And in the case of Bin Laden, we had a whole Chinook helicopter full of SEAL special troops... Special Ops troops who were killed. Who were in that same operation Now we have another one of these mysterious things where there's no video We can't show you the video and then two of the guys who are involved in this search die rappelling out of a helicopter

2:04:05 And then a third guy? Just the coincidence. I mean, and I'm the crazy one? Yeah you're nuts man! So we do have this one little clip we want to play which was the report that we kind of missed in last show of the Joker guy in the boat And apparently it just came out later. While he was there, he wrote some sort of a confession or something rather in the boat inside of a plastic boat which means he must have had a sharpie because you can't write on a boat

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Strategy of Tension and London Street Attacks

A "strategy of tension" narrative is identified in recent events, including a note allegedly left by Johar Tsarnaev and a violent street attack in London. Critics argue these events are used to distract the public and maintain a state of heightened anxiety.

strategy of tension· london· somali· terrorism· johar tsarnaev

2:04:41 I don't know if you've been in any of these little boats, right? They're made out of this fiberglass. You can put anything on there and here's the way the report comes down from Democracy Now! CBS News is reporting Boston Marathon bombing suspect Johar Tsarnaev left a note describing the attack as response to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Tsarnaev reportedly scrawled the note on the inside wall of a boat in the Boston area driveway where he was found hiding from police days after the attack in the message he reportedly referred to the victims of the bombing as collateral damage writing quote when you attack one muslim you attack all muslims that's really interesting because this is the exact same strategy of tension narrative that has just been shown to us on the streets of london when you attract one muslim, you attack all of us now we have this so did you see all these bull crap? This Somali guy who was walking around with a kitchen knife there's apparently uh...

2:05:40 someone has, head has been chopped off in the street yet there's not a drop of blood. Not a drop of blood anywhere people claiming to have gone over and felt for a pulse yeah okay look if there's a guy in the street with his head chopped off what's the point? You are lying to me okay you are lying this is but this is tension that's what it is isn't it you make people crazy I can't wait to see what the president was talking about He is not talking about plots in Denmark, Germany UK US. He's talking to distract the public Special Forces team you see I mean now are we collectively this stupid that we're now gonna fall for this one So what do they have to do? They have to light something off again to prove it or well No, no, don't say it

CHAPTER 40 / 48 Discussion

Brolf Interview and Atheist Tornado Survivor

A television interview with an Oklahoma tornado survivor goes viral after the reporter, Brolf, repeatedly asks if she "thanked the Lord" for her survival. The woman eventually reveals she is an atheist, creating an awkward moment that highlights the reporter's persistence.

brolf· tornado· oklahoma· atheist· media research center

2:06:34 What do you got? It's the sixth week. Is it that time? Yeah. Jeez, they make me so tired with this! So tired... Well, it doesn't seem to wear out the public. They lap it up! Mmmmm good! They're lapping it up. So we had a situation with the Oklahoma bombing and one of my favorites... I have to say that I don't want play the whole thing but I guess we could We have Brolf interviewing some poor mom and then for some reason at the end this little interview which is stupid he's asked her did you thank the Lord

2:07:16 for being saved from the tornado and she didn't say anything and then he asked her again, he starts badgering her. What is the point of this? I'm sorry... I don't know play this and tell me what you think You got this from Media Research Center TV Yeah Are we in the same sources? Is that where you get clips from no rarely most of my clips coming off the television Could you at least clip off the obvious? I did I don't know He's pretty shy right now He just needs something to... Yeah, I think he's a happy little guy. And you're a happy young lady? I couldn't be happier! You survived the... I saw the bathtub! When you think about it if you would have stayed in that house There is no way Our bathtub was full of debris Like the place where i would have been It was just full of like 2x4 and everything else there's nothing There's no way

2:08:16 And that's hard to think about. Anders, I'm going to train you now to become an anchorman okay? He doesn't want to let go! Try it for him! You've got to hold it like this and put in front of your mouth and look at the camera Wait a minute what is he doing?! What are we putting in her mouth!? He has a little 3 year old she's holding and he's trying to get the kid to say something into the mic. So there Anders... Can you say hi? Say, I am Anders and this is Sienna. Can you say that? How old are you? No, he's not gonna say anything. Can you say bye-bye? Bye-bye. He is a shy little guy! Not today... You're scaring in this year frightening dude broth! Okay good bye-bye. Bye-bye. Shake hands. Yeah shake his hand can you high five? Yeah. I have to stop here This is something that bugs the shit out of me Parents who teach their kids to high five

2:09:17 Have you noticed this disturbing trend? No, now that you mention it I didn't... yeah. It's annoying! Stop! It is not okay! But it's like really annoying. Stop it! It's wrong! It's just wrong! High five! Can you high five me? Teach your kid- How about teaching the kids math?! Yeah or how to shake your hand look him in the eye and say nice to meet ya brolf That's what you want a teach your kid not to high five It's not cute, it's not a dog. Well, we're happy you're here. You guys did a great job and I guess you got to thank the Lord right? Do you think the Lord for that split-second decision? I'm actually an atheist. Oh, you are! But you made the right call Yeah yeah We are here and for in any no I don't blame anybody for thanking the Lord Of course not Dr Fauci thanks so much as always for joining us Good to be here Bruce That's good

2:10:30 So, uh... what was that all about? I think he's sick or something. Is he now...? He's turning to me? What would I say? Did you thank the Lord? Did you thank the Lord? Did you thank the Lord?! Brain disease! What was that all about!? Well because of... I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, somebody sent me that clip so it's why it happened. Oh okay. Next time I will be careful. Can I play some random crap on ya'? Yeah, sure. This is something we missed. Carl Bernstein? You familiar with his work? Of course! Okay who is Carl Bernstein? Carl Bernstein's the other half of Woodward but he isn't not the CIA half He's actually just a work-a-day guy that has to as far as I know go out and get his own material

CHAPTER 41 / 48 Discussion

Carl Bernstein on Jewish Neocons and Iraq

Journalist Carl Bernstein made controversial remarks on "Morning Joe," attributing the push for the Iraq War to "Jewish neocons" who wanted to remake the world. The comments sparked a defense of the Bush administration from the show's hosts.

carl bernstein· morning joe· iraq war· neocons· wolfowitz

2:11:17 Would you consider him to be a reliable source of information? I would have depend on the material and i'd have to do a little, uh... I'd have to look into it. Generally I would think so So we missed something when he was on the morning Joe show The day that everyone was in Texas for the George W Bush museum thing Yeah And here's what he said He's talking about Iraq. It's inexplicable. And there you go to Cheney, there you go to Bush... There you go to the Jewish neocons who wanted to remake the world Maybe I can say that because i'm jewish and uh.. To bring about a certain result How about that? He says there is pretext from Jewish neocons for 9-11 response to the invasion in Iraq Yeah Wow Oh he's talking about Wolfowitz and those guys

2:12:27 So? Well, I always thought they were thought of as Jewish neocons or former communists. You can't say that on television! You can if you're Jewish! Ah nooo! ...but you can... Okay... I'm not really sure that you can... Go ahead! It would be much worse if a Southern Baptist said that but I think... And then of course morning Joe goes into this whole defense of the Bush regime So that's one. Then there is this other one, so Matt Damon started with this water dot org. Have you looked at this water dot org thing? Yeah I've looked at it And well did you notice anything

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Matt Damon's Toilet Strike and Illuminati Parody

Matt Damon's "toilet strike" for water.org is featured in a parody video involving Bono and Richard Branson. The campaign aims to raise awareness for the global water crisis, though the video's tone is described as patronizing and arrogant.

matt damon· bono· water.org· illuminati· toilet strike

2:13:08 Well, I haven't looked at it for a while so i'm going to go look at it again. Just go the board of directors you know which is our favorite... It'll be the usual suspects I'm sure from Merck and you know like oh it's like a whole bunch of pharmaceutical guys and Oh there's Bono! And there's... Yeah Bono on the front page Richard Branson and Olivia Wilde and Matt Damon So in order to get some kind of traction since you know Bono by himself is just annoying at this point no one cares what he has to say anymore Matt Damon came up with this, haha hilarious I'm not going to go to the bathroom anymore until everybody has water. And so now they have a follow-up but this follow-up clip is extremely disturbing Now remember

2:13:54 What we say is if you want to hide something, hide it in plain sight. Everybody has access to clean water and sanitation I will not go to the bathroom. The toilet strike is important alright? Who's with me?! We're supporting Matt Damon's toilet strike. I'm with you, Matt! We won't go to the bathroom... we won't go to the bathroom until everyone in the world has access to it. Okay so then we get the joke very funny and we're not gonna go poop or pee because that's a fun way of getting attention but then clean water and sanitation millions people spend hours each day just fetching clean water women can't earn a living girls cant go to school yeah i remember when matt first brought up the idea was at a meeting of the Illuminati

2:14:38 Bono was so mad. Oi, Damon! Who let you into our secret Illuminati meeting? Then Bono started beating Matt with a 2x4 I mean it's embarrassing I'm a pacifist. No, I get it we're the Illuminati We have to be picky I only got in because i'm an android from the future after we tranquilize bono matt told us about The worldwide water and sanitation crisis 780 million people that's one in nine lacks access to safe water wow Bono know any more statistics yeah how do you say nerd in irish wanker so I said Matt Don't lecture us about philanthropy. I sense great anger. I devote every waking hour to it. Olivia founded a school in Haiti! I'm proud of that And Bono is freaking Bono, whereas Matt Damon is... What's the word? Wanker. Wanker. WANKER Join the millions of famous people who've already joined my strike because this is one conspiracy we can all agree on and remember if you don't use the toilet

2:15:36 You're a celebrity. But Matt, you better not sneak into our clubhouse again! Richard let go Let's get Damon Come on Bono Where is my 2x4? Matt Support Matt Strike Go to strikewithme.org Illuminati Assemble I just wanted to have it on the record that we played it What a weird thing to produce Yeah, yeah. That's what very as it has a certain kind of a of a patronizing arrogance to the whole thing too which is like It's not funny let's start with that it's all but number one yes Not funny not funny uh It's patronizing his hell is really bad mm-hmm And it says if it's really just kind of its put off issue nothing else is like oh who are these people think they are he's Bono and

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Bin Laden Photo Release Refusal

A federal appeals court upheld the Obama administration's decision to withhold photos and videos of the Osama Bin Laden raid. The court agreed that releasing the images could reveal sensitive intelligence techniques and incite violence against Americans.

bin laden· judicial watch· federal appeals court· intelligence techniques· obama administration

2:16:28 Well you've always been a... I hate that guy. Yeah, not because he's an insincere A-hole! That's insincerity as part of the brain disease. Okay so yes We have this issue. A federal appeals court today refused to order the release of photos and video of Osama Bin Laden from the US raid that killed him in 2011 The Obama administration argued the images could reveal intelligence methods and trigger violence against Americans Today a three-judge panel in Washington agreed It rejected a bid by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Defense to make the pictures public

2:17:10 And I read the defense. Did you hear that little gotcha in there? Oh, crap! What did I miss?! replay reveals intelligence techniques oh yes I did hear that yeah what does that mean did they chop off the do they cut how open is skull and pull his brain out or and poke at him or what was the technique so there were blue red marks where they gave them a electro shock therapy was their needle mark or was his eyeballs missing i mean what was the technique Until I don't know. I don't know, but it but I think it's offensive that That we're not allowed to you know so they're saying yeah It was like we have our war machine is every on every corner of the earth

2:17:55 and we can have drones flying over and killing people. We have apparently video of hundreds of women and children being slaughtered, uh...we have a movie of this Bin Laden thing which you know which gets nominated for awards yet we can't show the actual pictures which would be kind of proof even if they doctored it it would be proof Because that would make the men and women around the world unsafe. It makes no sense, and it's insulting! Well we're stuck with it No I understand but...I just can't gloss over this stuff. I just can't- I refuse And then there is- oh man This uh..this you know we've been tracking this bullying stuff for a long time actually

CHAPTER 44 / 48 Discussion

DOJ Sexual Harassment Guidelines for Colleges

The Department of Justice and Department of Education have issued a broad new definition of sexual harassment for colleges and universities. The guidelines, which include "unwelcome" jokes and rumors, have raised concerns about the erosion of freedom of speech on campus and the potential loss of federal funding for non-compliance.

department of justice· sexual harassment· university of montana· title ix· freedom of speech

2:18:58 Now now the Department of since the beginning. Yeah, we associated with an attack on freedom of speech Right so and where would you actually want freedom of speech to be really really really guaranteed? What what is a really important place for freedom of speech to To just be out there no matter what no matter how schools in school environment oh yeah That would be good colleges Department of Justice and the Department of Education are now saying to colleges, you need to adhere to the following rules or you may have your federal funding cut off. University of Montana received a letter that explicitly states that it is intended as a blueprint for colleges and universities throughout the country. Departments of Justice and Education have mandated a breathtakingly broad definition of sexual harassment

2:19:54 So here are the things that are no longer permitted if you want to keep your funding for your university. Unwelcome or sexual jokes, unwelcome by the way spreading unwelcome sexual rumors without any limitation to false rumors engaging in unwelcome circulating or showing emails of websites of a sexual nature Engaging in unwelcome display or distribution of sexually explicit drawings, pictures or written materials like 50 Shades Of Grey I guess. Making unwelcome sexual invitations which is what you do at college! Hello? Hey baby. You want to get laid? So this term of unwelcome is a problem that's a real problem

2:20:53 And so the document is like 31 pages. It's this huge document of what you can do and they've got the legal, of course a legal justification for everything This is it this is that and they've got you know the legal standards I'd like to pretend them a lawyer But even this is just I did. I just don't have the time in the day to go cross-reference all of this stuff That's in here what you have to go look at and what code and footnotes and title regulations CFR 1 6 dot A so somehow You know like most things we're seeing from the White House, and this has been going on for a long time of course not this White House in particular. It's just they come up with all these legal justifications just telling you to basically shut up! Defining sexual harassment as a hostile environment but the idea of unwelcome... This is going too far John And this is directly related to the bullying that we've been talking about

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LGBT Advocacy Mandates at the Department of Justice

New directives for managers at the Department of Justice mandate vocal advocacy for LGBT employees and the inclusion of sexual orientation in diversity discussions. The guidelines require managers to assume they are always being monitored by LGBT allies and to explicitly state that advancement is based on merit.

doj· lgbt· diversity· management· advocacy

2:22:00 Yeah, it's freedom of speech issue. Welcome or not welcome who cares? You can say what you want you should be able to Well but now they're just saying oh well then it's just gonna come down to money Meanwhile at the Department of Justice all managers so obviously you can't discriminate against LGBT citizens Which, by the way I feel discriminated against because I feel that there's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered. But I feel a discriminated group is the bi-curious which it is a category on Craigslist It is a category We are a category Bi-curious Maybe I want to become full fledged B or maybe G

2:22:59 L I wouldn't be an l but a B or G. Oh, you could be in l yeah Well, I am an elbow is the male the male lesbian movement well But you know but I and so I'm I'm still developing myself I'm in a very critical phase But I don't have the same rights as my gay and lesbian and bisexual brothers and sisters. I am discriminated against anyway at the Department of Justice There is now some do's and don'ts that have been handed out to the managers. Things they should do, and things they should not or don't. And I'd like to share some of those with you. I think don't is very negative! Yeah, that's exactly what it is.

2:23:47 We have, uh... Do assume that LGBT employees and their allies are listening to what you're saying and will read what you're writing. Do talk in staff meetings about why diversity is important to you as a manager And make it clear you define diversity to include both sexual orientation and gender identity. Do provide explicit verbal reassurance that advancement and development opportunities are based strictly on merit! And regardless of personal beliefs, every manager should be a vocal advocate for LGBT. I get the exact verbiage... hold on i gotta go to this page and save it. My browser's stuck! Please!

2:24:34 So why would you have to be a vocal advocate of LGBT and not be, let's say, a vocal advocate of Mormonism or a vocal advocate of Satanism? Or a vocal advocate of pedophilia for that matter. Any number of things. Why do you have to be a vocal advocate of anything if your not going to be a vocal advocate of everything? Well, let's go back to our dinner table conversation in 1938. Yeah it's all training We better do something fun and nice here. Let's talk about something nice. What about a vocal advocate of surfing? Well I would say the good news is that the BBC reports

CHAPTER 46 / 48 Discussion

Global Warming Standstill and Natural Cycles

Researchers reporting in Nature Geoscience acknowledge an unexplained standstill in global warming since 1998. The late climatologist Reid Bryson is cited for his view that current warming is a natural recovery from the Little Ice Age rather than a result of human activity.

global warming· nature geoscience· reid bryson· little ice age· climate change

2:25:28 Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short term, John. Oh! It looks like there's a... This is good news! The sunspots are having their effect. Since 1998 there has been an unexplained standstill in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere writing in Nature Geoscience, researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades. However long-term the expected temperature rises will not alter significantly." So this is very good news! We're not going to die anytime soon. Oh there you go isn't that a coincidence? So we have this piece that I've actually tweeted about which is a really nice piece from

2:26:14 Newsweek, April 28th 1975 discussing the cooling world and they quoted this guy Reed Bryson who died in In 2008, the University of Chicago climatologist who was one of the leaders and he kind of gave up on it. Of the global cooling thing but there's still a bunch of guys in the cooling movement that are still saying cooling but they're not... They're being shouted down by the warmest because the warmest are... They see a better opportunity for making money with this cap-and-trade thing So let me read you couple of little things This is very small piece from about Reid in the Wikipedia

2:26:55 He goes on about, in later years it was clear that climate was indeed warming. Bryson argued that while climate change and a global increase in temperature are real he did not believe they're caused by any human activity rather he argued they are part of the natural global climatic cycles particularly at the end of the little ice age quote all this argument is the temperature going up or not is absurd Bryson says of course it's going up. It has been going up since the early 1800, 1800 before the Industrial Revolution because we're coming out a little ice age Not because you're putting more carbon dioxide into the air and then he died shortly thereafter. That's almost funny, John! And then he died... oh well... Oh well... Just another skeptic So let me give you the latest then This is a little commercial for you from The Elites From New World Order Productions Al Gore

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Climate Reality and Carbon Tax Promotion

Al Gore's Climate Reality project is promoting a "carbon conversation" to advocate for a price on carbon pollution. The campaign links extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and the Midwest drought to "climate disruption" caused by the burning of dirty energy.

al gore· climate reality· carbon tax· hurricane sandy· climate disruption

2:27:57 He has the climate reality thing that he would produce, you know. Climate Reality Day or whatever... You know about this? Hello? Hello! There you go. You mock with the elites and get cut off. Where are ya?! Did I lose my connection? No, I'm still here. Let me go to Webmaster Tools over there at Microsoft Hello Webmaster Tools, I need my experience back. Can you please make my experience come back Skype? What does it say here... There's a problem with this call. Hold on while we try to get the call back! That's what ya get. It's your own fault. I was just answering the Skype questionnaire Oh uh..I believe there was an internet connection problem on MY end. Oh okay cuz i wasn't already talking about a bad experience

2:29:14 Oh, well it was if it hung up on you but I think you can relay that. We got a bad experience... Alright so back to climate reality this is the latest to prepare us for of course what is coming is a carbon tax which has already been implemented for our good friends there in Australia Yes even though Gullard said she would never do that ever Here is the setup and it's a beautiful little cartoon. The audio will suffice Your wallet your bank account you keep a close eye on them you pay for your groceries You pay for your car? You paid for your stuff You pay for your roads, your schools the things we all share. You know what else you're paying for carbon pollution

2:30:07 Oh yes, you're paying for carbon. Science tells us carbon pollution is the leading cause of climate disruption. The burning of dirty energy is raising our planet's temperatures which makes extreme and erratic weather more likely. The result? You've been living in it! 2012 was the hottest year in the United States since weather scientists started keeping record. And half of all U.S counties were declared disaster zones due to last summer's crippling drought, and because of the droughts wildfires scorched one-and-a-half times more land than usual on the East Coast crazy storms have led to record breaking flooding we've always had extreme weather but now thanks to carbon pollution we have whether on steroids

2:30:52 And we're paying for it. Congress has agreed on more than $50 billion in relief for the victims of Superstorm Sandy The costliest global disasters of 2012 were Hurricane Sandy, cost 65 billion and the year-long Midwest Plains drought that cost us 35 billion Drought relief? Disaster relief! Battling wildfires building seawalls all these expenses add up and thats the price of carbon But big oil isn't paying. And big coal isn't paying. They are using the atmosphere as an open sewer while you are paying the tab through taxes, medical bills, higher food prices insurance rates and more but no wallet in the world is big enough it's time to take action It's time to tell the world

2:31:48 We are paying the price of carbon. It's time to put a price on carbon and make the polluters stop the carbon destruction Tell your friends tell our leaders it's time to have the carbon conversation The Carbon Conversation John A couple of good ones in there. Weather on steroids? Weather on steroids is good, also I like the change of the moniker to climate disruption. Uh-huh very good yeah that was very good i like that and I liked it the visual and I'm sure they showed some smoking stacks which hasn't happened for 25 years but that's another story air as an open sewer

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Obama Press Conference and Police State Announcement

President Obama's recent press conference is characterized as the finalization of a police state, covering topics such as drone strikes and media shield laws. The hosts prepare for a deep deconstruction of the administration's announcements in the upcoming Sunday broadcast.

barack obama· police state· media shield law· drones· holiday weekend

2:32:36 But that was a very good image, good imagery. And I want you to write this down It's not a prediction but write it down in the book May 23rd 2013 The day the police state was finalized...I am just reading the captions that are on CNN right now with our president He has lost his marbles What is he done? I mean..He is doing a press conference Which is going on. I can't wait to watch all this yeah, we'll be reporting out on Sunday Oh yeah? We're gonna have to dissect this entire and by the way This is a holiday weekend so we probably can have crap donations as usual of course But hope people listen to this because it's upcoming show this is And I've seen we need a media shield law reviewing the rules on leak probes You know you already know the media shield law is a fraud yes somebody's talking about

2:33:33 American terrorists, drones. He I think without even hearing what he's saying he's lost his marbles. He has gone out there and the police state... this is the announcement of the police state! I think this is it okay Attorney General to meet with media groups to hear concerns? Oh my god You may enter. Now what's your concerns? Hey people, remember one thing... you know what I'm gonna say don't you John? Yeah, what? Love it's the most powerful thing on the planet That's all i'm going to say yeah pretty good

2:34:25 Just remember that because it is true no matter how bad it may seem you're not alone You're in here with us the minority Is what is on television because people are not believing that crap anymore, and we're your buddies. We are the guardians of reality? We of course have overactive organs And when I say organ I'm talking about the amygdala Okay It's a little sensitive but because of that we can help you steer your own ship To the poop that is bestowed upon you, trying to bring you down and make you feel low. But you're not! You're all beautiful human beings and one day we will prevail so we take it to the mountain top

2:35:13 Stop me John, please and don't just stop peeing. Just don't stop. It's not a good thing We'll be back on Sunday it is a holiday weekend here in the United States of give donation So please remember that it will be a rough one for us And we'll have tons of deconstruction about whatever has just taken place it never stops That's the nature of the business. Coming to you from Austin, Texas capital of The Drone Star State in the morning everybody my name is Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley I follow with my name John C Dvorak talk to you again on Sunday right here on On No Agenda. The best podcast in the universe! Love it's the most powerful thing on the planet. dvorak dot org slash n