Episode 632 · Monday, 7 July 2014

The Weed Mobile

Geopolitical tensions flare as German intelligence uncovers American spies, the IMF signals a mysterious July deadline, and the DEA targets convenience stores to fund the War on Terror.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 632

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FIFA officials in Switzerland face fresh allegations of rigging the 2014 World Cup following a suspicious nil-nil draw between the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Geopolitical tensions are mounting as Brazil faces potential civil unrest if they fail to secure a victory without the injured Neymar, while German authorities have arrested an intelligence employee for allegedly spying for the United States. This diplomatic crisis between Berlin and Washington centers on a suspect who reportedly used a weather app to transmit encrypted messages to American handlers while investigating NSA surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Vladimir Putin visited Vienna to sign a major gas pipeline deal with Austria, a move that directly challenges American energy interests in Europe. Major corporations including Boeing, Pepsi, and General Motors are now lobbying against Russian sanctions to protect their supply chains, while Shell Oil interests in Ukraine drive conflict in the Donetsk region. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde delivered a cryptic speech focused on the magic number seven, sparking theories of a coordinated global financial event scheduled for July 20. In the United States, the DEA is linking the sale of synthetic marijuana at gas stations to international terrorism funding in Yemen and Syria to justify domestic asset seizures.

Hillary Clinton defended the NSA surveillance apparatus during her UK book tour, questioning Edward Snowden’s motives for sharing documents with Russia and China. Comedian Joan Rivers sparked a viral firestorm with provocative comments regarding the personal lives of Barack and Michelle Obama, a story largely ignored by mainstream outlets. The broadcast concludes with a look at the engineering of Niagara Falls, where hydroelectric treaties allow for the diversion of 75% of the water flow, leaving the natural wonder as a highly manipulated tourist stage.


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CHAPTER 01 / 37 Discussion

FIFA World Cup Rigging Claims, Netherlands vs Costa Rica

The 2014 FIFA World Cup matches are analyzed through a geopolitical lens, with claims that the tournament is rigged by FIFA officials in Switzerland. Following a nil-nil draw between the Netherlands and Costa Rica, the strategy of swapping goalkeepers for penalty kicks is debated. Predictions are made for the semi-finals involving Brazil, Germany, and Argentina, suggesting that Brazil must win to prevent civil unrest despite injuries to key players like Neymar.

fifa· world cup· netherlands· costa rica· brazil· argentina· match fixing

00:00 Under the lights on Friday night information competition with double-a fuel dragsters going against funny cars Adam Curry John C. Devorah and Sunday July 6 2014 it's time for your get more nation media assassination episode 6 3 2 this is no agenda the fix is in and we're From Team New Region 6 here in the Travis Heights hideout in the capital of the Gronstar state in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where the fix is in and we're in it, I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. Hell yeah! Yeah, we're good man. We are just good. Well, I mean, I don't know how much talent does it take once you figure it out. Once you know how it works it doesn't take any talent, but let me just explain what we're talking about.

00:53 So yesterday the Netherlands beat Costa Rica in a mind-numbing nil-nil game. Everyone's tweeting me, well John must love this nil-nil game. Tweet him, not me. I want to know about your nil-nil. A fantastic strategy to replace the goalie in the last minute of overtime. The Netherlands, they're crazy. They can't believe it. Now who is it, the Dutch are the ones who replaced the goalie? Yes. Okay, let me get this straight. So the goalie maintains a nil-nil game, and they swap him out. Yeah, because they knew that they were going to go for penalty kicks, and so they wanted the fresh guy in. Oh, they wanted a guy that's a little quicker. Well, this was a make-or-break strategy, and it's funny because I was doing some... They have to add some sort of drama to it. Well, totally.

01:53 Miss Mickey's watching this thing and she's and I was uh I was out running some errands I come back She's like oh come on the game is great. I'm like Where's Mickey? Who are you? Never watches sports Right, so and and but she's watching it on Telemundo, which I have to say enhances the viewing experience Yeah, there used to be there was a Simpsons parody of soccer once in one of the really old episodes It was a while ago. Not the more recent one where they talk about the corruption, right? And they had these guys watching the game and There's nothing going on. Just two guys kicking the ball back. There's absolutely nothing going on the field. They have the American announcer going in, Bills, and Jenkins kicks it to Roscoe, and Roscoe kicks it to Jenkins. And then they switch over to the Telemundo guys who are screaming their heads off as though this is the most exciting thing ever. I don't even understand that much Spanish except vacu-munados, which apparently is not a real Spanish word.

02:49 Yeah, they did that a couple times or when it was almost during the penalties, but yeah, I just hear an extraordinary Replacement there obviously the last minute So anyway, so here's what it boils down to. We have on Tuesday, remember we choose the winner of the World Cup and other such events based solely on geopolitical aspects of what we believe is a completely rigged game and tournament from the top in Switzerland at FIFA all the way down to Cameroon and Ghana.

03:30 And we really know very little about the game itself as is self-evident when we discuss it. Yeah, no people criticize us for being boneheads. Continuously! Stop with the soccer talk. All right. Well, if you want the same analysis on soccer you get from everybody else, then you should not listen to us. So we have on Tuesday the semi-finals which will be the semis which will be we have the Netherlands Argentina, but it's not Tuesday I think that's Wednesday that Netherlands Argentina is interesting by itself because We have a our king a king King beer King Pils it was better was Prince Pils now. It's just King Pils and

04:10 He's married to Máxima of Argentina. So everyone's like, oh, it's got to be tough. It's got to be tough in the bedroom for those two. What a coincidence. Hard for her to root for Argentina. And of course the other semi-final is Brazil versus Germany. Now we have had, besides our pick, which couldn't even happen technically, that's how much we know about the game, we knew that this would happen. Brazil, Germany, and I believe our 2-1, the score 2-1 is our prognosis. But here's what's interesting. All of our prognosis by the way is 2-1. Here's what's interesting.

04:49 Three of the most important players for Brazil are out. Neymar, Silva, and now William Borges. No, no, wait a minute. That is William Borges da Silva is out. So maybe it's two players. Yeah, there's this one guy, I guess, the top player, whose name I can't pronounce. They're all nicknames. Brazilian players don't have any real names. They're all nicknames. And this guy's got a broken back or something. So let's face it, if Brazil wins with two or maybe even three of their top guys out, is anyone going to start believing us that this is fixed? This is rigged? I mean, please. So of course Brazil will win, Argentina will win. There's really only two outcomes. It can either be Brazil-Argentina, which is the one that makes the most sense.

05:37 Or a rematch of 1970 whatever it was 1944 Netherlands Germany Which is what the Dutch want, but I feel I'm afraid that's just not going to happen. Well, there's a third possibility. Yes. It's kind of your possibility, but you didn't explain it correctly. Okay. There's a possibility that it's going to be Brazil against anybody they're going to win. Right. And then there's the possibility Brazil's either going to lose the final game or not even get in the finals. resulting in the burning down of the stadium and probably revolution in Brazil. We were having dinner, was it Thursday night after the show? And there was a table next to us, like four or five girls. And at a certain point, Mickey's talking to one of them and she's from Brazil. And so, of course, you know, they have their little, well, I'm for the Netherlands. Oh, I'm from Brazil. Like, I can't believe I'm hearing this.

06:34 But then, you know, I get involved and say, well obviously it has to be Brazil. And she says, oh yes, otherwise there will be big fire. Uh-huh, okay. Yeah, they know it. Everyone's well aware. Yeah. Well aware. Anyway, so there. I think that's it. Wait, I have a clip here. You're gonna have to red card probably the best German player so that make it at least look like it's not totally Yes. Buzzkill Jr. that all soccer is is just a bunch of guys kicking the ball around and then one guy who's really good... No, that's not exactly true. ...kicking it into the goal. No. No. All these teams have one guy who's really good. He's actually a freak of nature. End of show clip today, I will roll out John Cleese explaining football to Americans, which is a classic John Cleese bit.

CHAPTER 02 / 37 Discussion

Deutschland Blitzkrieg, German Intelligence Spy Scandal

German authorities arrested an intelligence employee suspected of spying for the United States, leading to a diplomatic crisis between Berlin and Washington. The suspect reportedly used a weather app on his laptop to transmit encrypted messages to American handlers while investigating a parliamentary committee looking into NSA surveillance. This incident further strains ties already damaged by Edward Snowden's revelations regarding the monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.

germany· bnd· espionage· spying· angela merkel· nsa· double agent

07:36 Because it's not true. You violate the rule that you established that we're not going to play end of show clips. Was that a rule? That's when you put together. Oh, I hereby rescind the rule. Well, then I can do end of show clips now. Yes, of course you can. Now there's another angle to this, which I think is very important to discuss because this is now ramped up with such fervor. We have been tracking, although it's been going on longer, since the bee colony collapse theory has been propagated by the President's Special Committee on Pollination, whatever it is, that has been directly traced back to German pesticides. Right, the same ones they use in Australia, which doesn't have the problem.

08:28 The Deutschlandblitzkrieg has ramped up to an astounding degree. And maybe I should play... let's see, I have two clips for this. Here we go. This is what has kind of been going on in the past day or two. The German authorities have arrested an employee of the country's intelligence agency on suspicion of spying for the United States. The German foreign ministry said it had summoned the US ambassador in Berlin over the incident. Mann is said to have been trying to gather details about a German parliamentary committee that's investigating claims of US espionage. Yes, it's all coming down to this.

09:19 So the back story to this is interesting. As a blogger who posts to the No Agenda News Network, noagendanewsnetwork.com, anyone can add their RSS feed. So apparently this spy, first he said, look, I'm working for the Russians. And I want to expose myself is a little complicated, but then the BND, which is the German secret service, intelligence services, they get in touch with him, there's some undercover back and forth, they wind up going to his apartment.

10:04 And he had, and they find on his computer, I haven't seen this reported anywhere, and I've only read it from this, and it's in German, so I may be getting something wrong, but apparently they found on his laptop, he had a weather app. And when you ask for the weather in New York, it opens up this crypto window where he was sending secret messages back to home base as a spy for the United States. I gotta get me this weather app. Who are you gonna send messages to? I don't know. Well, I don't know whoever pops up at that moment. So this is now a constitutional crisis. Well, not only a big issue between or a chilling situation between the United States and Germany, as if we didn't know that was already happening.

10:49 But internally as well. This parliamentary committee was investigating U.S. spying on Germany. Now it appears it may itself have been spied on. A 30-year-old employee of Germany's intelligence agency is reported to have been an American double agent accused of stealing confidential documents and passing them to Washington. This is a very serious incident. That's why the federal state prosecutor has become involved. Espionage activity for foreign intelligence services isn't something that we treat lightly, but it is a matter for the federal state prosecutor and the investigating federal criminal office now, and it's in very good hands.

11:28 The suspect was originally arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, but he told his interrogators he was working for the US. The White House has refused to comment on this latest arrest, but German politicians are outraged. If these spying allegations are confirmed, it would be an outrageous attack on the freedom of our parliament and against our democratic institutions overall. There is no justification for this whatsoever. Should these allegations prove true, it would be a veritable scandal. In constitutional democracies, parliaments control intelligence services. Intelligence services do not control parliaments. So we hope for a quick clarification and if necessary severe legal consequences. This is just the latest and it puts the US-German ties under further strains. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden last year revealed Washington was spying on its ally.

12:23 The revelations include mass surveillance of German citizens, including monitoring Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. An attempt to create a new intelligence relationship between Germany and the U.S. collapsed in May when Washington refused to rule out spying on its allies. After the Snowden leaks, President Barack Obama ordered a complete review of spying on its allies. But now with these new revelations, the implications could reach beyond Washington and Berlin. It's a double whammy because the intelligence services were spying on Parliament and it turns out that guy was apparently a double agent. Which is so far only an accusation from the Germans. We have not copped to that.

13:06 Because you know the State Department doesn't do press conferences on the weekend. We don't know. We need a jingle for this segment. The German... Yeah, Deutschland Blitzkrieg. Deutschland Blitzkrieg! Deutschland Blitzkrieg! Something like that? That's good enough. Yeah, okay. Well, I'll... Deutschland, or the West Krieg. That's actually not bad. And I did that live! Yeah, that's pretty good. This is very interesting, and it seems to me that now with Angela Merkel starting a three-day visit in China, just to make matters worse, all of this Ukraine, everything, it seems to be more about Deutschland than anything now.

CHAPTER 03 / 37 Discussion

European Energy Pipelines, Russian Gas Diplomacy

Austria and Russia signed a major gas pipeline deal during a visit by Vladimir Putin to Vienna, drawing criticism from Washington. The South Stream project and the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline are discussed as competing interests for European energy independence. Observations are made regarding the close relationship between German and Russian leaders, noting that their ability to communicate in each other's native languages excludes American influence from regional energy negotiations.

russia· vladimir putin· natural gas· pipelines· austria· south stream· energy

13:54 Well, they're not playing ball. No, no, no, they're in the firmly in the Russian camp. They're in the Russian camp. They won't play ball. The whole thing's a mess. And, you know, they're not even helping us get Snowden. They're going to have Snowden come visit them without us grabbing him. Terrible, terrible those Germans. Well, just on Thursday, we played the clips of the Courage Foundation run by Snowden's girlfriend. And everyone's talking about Berlin stands for Snowden. This has got to hurt. Berlin stands for Snowden. Yeah, that's what they were saying. Berlin stands for Snowden, please. So this would be this would be resolved if the US softened up on the Snowden thing. If they're just making it worse. I think our State Department is screwing up.

14:46 I could be wrong. Maybe this whole thing's part of a grander scheme that we were too close to. We're too wrapped up. We're missing the big picture. We have to back off. Well, there's a couple other things. If you just look at the overall picture, the French are now offering a liquid natural gas pipeline to Germany. to pipe into Europe as an alternative to Russian gas. I don't think the French have, they have, but I didn't know that it was enough to... It certainly can't be enough to replace all the Russian gas. So the French are now... I don't know what the deal is with that French gas, because I know they don't... they've banned fracking. There's no fracking going on and they don't do a lot of oil drilling. It's a nuke-powered country. Maybe it's from a terminal or something where we're going to send them the gas that's going to go into a French terminal and then get pumped up there. Oh, that could be. We have the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline.

15:46 That's the one that's always been planned from Turkmenistan. No, but that's going to go into the Netherlands. So that the trans-Anatolian pipeline goes through the, you know, through Georgia and it goes to the, I guess the, is it the Caspian Sea? What's off Georgia? I don't know. All I know is there's too many of these damn pipelines. But then it goes into a terminal in the Netherlands. And so it doesn't seem like, well, then from the Netherlands to France, I don't know. But there must be something else. There must be something about this... Because, you know, Barack Obama did the whole Brandenburg Gate thing. Maybe he's still pissed about the weather when he went back there and he was just sweating in that box.

16:28 Remember that one just before the second election? I don't think that would be it. It has to be Snowden. It's not something minor like he's had boils or something sitting on his butt too long. Well, at the German airport. Is it really such a big deal that we have to go through all this to discredit Deutschland? And to, obviously, if we're any good, we're going to mess up their game on Tuesday. That would be the... You know, that would be, yeah. Right. Oh, no. I don't know what...huh. Well, they definitely the Germans can't get any further in the tournament. I don't know. Definitely. I mean if the US was still in the tournament, it'd be more interesting. But of course we shouldn't have been in the tournament in the first place. Now on the other hand, I will say that the past, let's see, that previous thing, that previous world war and the one before that, it's pretty much Deutschland who gets blamed. So does this mean we're setting them up?

17:30 Maybe there is a cycle that takes place. Here we go. Okay. I'm now and now I want to hear every 80 years is a major conflict conflagration Uh-huh, and World War two was the last one and it would be 80 years in around 2020 hmm and so we have to that's when the Civil War whatever the heck happens breaks out. I don't know. I But what have we got to do with any of this? Why? It's gotta be... Well, play this clip that I have, because there's just a little... Wait a minute, let me close this off. This was actually a clip about the Deutschland Blitzkrieg, so you're closing it off was not... I'm sorry. I misunderstood. This is about Austria. We've seen these clips before. This was on RT. They showed it again and they just had a little zinger at the bottom. Play the South Stream deal clip. Oh, you're getting on my pipeline turf here. Austria doesn't seem to be all that enthusiastic about more sanctions either.

18:34 Vienna and Moscow this week struck a major gas pipeline deal with President Vladimir Putin in attendance. And the issue of Ukraine came up during a light-hearted exchange. But the South Stream gas pipeline deal between Austria and Russia isn't sitting all that well with Washington. You can find out why on our website. I don't think I need to go to the website to find out why. Now they played that whole clip, included the little back and forth with Putin in Austria, you know, and he speaks fluent German. So he has a repartee with the Austrian guys who speak German. And it was, and I think that bugs us because, you know, they...

19:16 They're speaking in a language we can't understand. They're talking in code. What could it mean? And they're talking to each other and Merkel speaks Russian. Yeah, and they speak Russian and German together. It's like we're being cut out of the deal. I think there's some sense of that. We're being somehow... This is what I would think just as someone trying to analyze these news stories. It's possible that the way there are We see ourselves being screwed. Yes. That would be the reason for all this stuff going on. And we can't even make any moves against Russia because, well, if you play, there's another good clip here, we can't even get our own people on board. The clip...

CHAPTER 04 / 37 Discussion

US Business Interests in Russia, Ukraine Conflict Economics

American corporations including Boeing, Pepsi, and General Motors are reportedly opposing new sanctions against Russia due to significant revenue and supply chain dependencies. In Ukraine, the conflict in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions is linked to Shell Oil's interests in the Yuzhov gas field and eminent domain laws. The geopolitical strategy is framed as an "energy empire" expansion orchestrated by US officials like Victoria Nuland to control gas flows into Europe.

boeing· pepsi· general motors· ukraine· victoria nuland· shell oil· sanctions

20:00 What is it? DHS Americans doing business in Russia. Play Americans doing business in Russia and I'll give you some of the numbers that came up on the screen. Seeing staunch opposition from Western businesses and here's why. Russia being an emerging market with a growing income has been quite attractive for U.S. companies. The possibility of being cut off from that market is making American business bosses nervous. But just Who's involved in Russia? Well, Boeing buys nearly a third of its titanium here and the country is also one of the fastest growing markets for Pepsi. US car manufacturers also have a huge interest in the Russian market with General Motors and Ford selling tens of thousands of vehicles here last year alone. Now the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers have launched an ad campaign to explain just why new sanctions will backfire. They say it will

20:54 leave US companies scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries. Earlier we spoke to the president of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. So, they have Pepsi, 7% of its total revenues come from Russia. Sure, sure. Which is a lot. So, you know, and this is a, you know, the company is Donates to the various parties when they said tens of thousands of cars General Motors and Ford combined sell 350,000 cars into Russia and It's you know, this is not you can't just all of a sudden start sanctioning, you know, stop and trade. That's not Iran, you know, we got no business in there anyway, so who cares? Let me let me try this on you. Let me try this on it So what I didn't hear was

21:42 American oil and energy companies are pissed off. I didn't hear that. This is a Russian, this was RT again. Okay. So you're not gonna get the, you know, they, I don't even know if Russians themselves get the importance. Let's try this on for size. So who are the people doing this? We know, we don't quite have all the evidence in Iraq and the new caliphate. Of course we do know in Ukraine it's a noodleman, it's the Kagan's, and they specifically work for BP and Shell etc. Chevron, Exxon, whatever you want to call it.

22:24 So their idea there was cut it all off and then I presume, you know, we are in charge of that pipeline that's coming in through Georgia and, you know, that'll be ours. But also I'm reading now that Shell Oil, and this of course would be more UK but also US, have had long-term plans to develop the Yuzhov field in the east of Ukraine, Donetsk and Kharkiv region. And in June, they confirmed their intention to go ahead as agreed. But here's a little extra bit that I learned. We have this new agreement, and I'm not sure if this is part of the European agreement, but it's Article 37.2, probably of a lot of their leases. Local residents in these regions

23:20 are obliged to sell their land and property if requested by one of these multinationals. So, kind of like what we have here, eminent domain. And where is all the killing going on right now? Which, actually this is kind of disturbing to me that is so under-reported. We have Ukrainian stormtroopers killing Ukrainians. I mean, you don't have to do too much work to go and see video of people really being maimed and killed by Ukrainians who are being driven by this puppet regime in Kiev. And no one is, oh well, it's like an ethnic cleansing almost what's going on here. And it is so poorly covered.

24:19 But it seems like just clear it all out, let those guys come in. Putin I think he's done, he's backed off completely. He doesn't give a crap about this. Let them wear themselves out. But it's obvious that we have the pure evidence that Victoria Nuland, she set it up. These are the people coming in. It's exactly those people who are running it. F the EU. And that was supposed to be it. We'd be in charge of it, we would control the flow of gas, we have Putin under control, and then we have all these alternative routes which, if you follow all the way through, includes oil and gas coming from Kirkuk into Ceyhan under Turkey.

25:00 via Israel or maybe later on direct into Cyprus, Greece, Italy, etc. And that's how we spread that empire, the energy empire, which is pretty much what it's always about. Wars are rarely fought over Pepsi-Cola. No, but Pepsi-Cola gives money to candidates. Sure. Probably more so than the oil companies do. Hmm. Well, I think the insurance companies give the most So there's other things going on the whole world is just not you know, I mean I think I agree with you I think most of it's about about that and we also have another more messaging going on I don't know you always like to follow the president's weekly pod. Yes his podcast And I was very disturbed by his podcast this week. I want you to play it, but I first I have the I'm not gonna play it I just wanted to say I was disturbed. He did not have any makeup on he was shiny and

CHAPTER 05 / 37 Discussion

Republican Weekly Address, Energy Exports and Grid Security

A weekly address by a Republican congressman from Arkansas is criticized for using cliches regarding energy independence and manufacturing. The speech advocates for increased energy exports and a stable electric grid to protect against security threats. The rhetoric is dismissed as illogical, specifically the claim that exporting domestic energy will lower prices for American consumers while the country remains dependent on foreign oil.

republican party· energy exports· electric grid· arkansas· fracking· manufacturing

25:49 and sweaty and it was... What? Yes! The first time I've seen this happen. He had no makeup on, he was shiny and sweaty and it was... It was very... What was he thinking? I don't know. Maybe it was the Republicans have a a podcast weekly pitch that they do and they play it on C-SPAN. So here's a piece of it. I want you to just play a little bit of it or play this clip and then it's got another it's got a bunch of cliches the Republicans have all these cliches and it's all in with a bunch of stuff the guy sounds like a pitch man for some soap and here it is.

26:25 We back projects onshore and offshore, creating more jobs and eliminating our dependence on unstable parts of the world. We establish predictable regulations, the kind of certainty that allows businesses to plan ahead, invest here, and bring jobs back to our main streets and town squares like this one in Bentonville, Arkansas. We build a truly stable electric grid, protecting us from everything from blackouts to security threats. And we boost exports so we can supply allies with affordable and reliable energy and fuel our economy at the same time. Is it? Who is this? Who did this? Some congressman from Arkansas. Do they actually believe that anyone is sitting there going, yeah, yeah!

27:11 That was stupid and lame. It was very stupid and very lame, but it had all these means kind of talking points in it, which were all bogus. One was that, you know, the nonsense that we're supporting our enemies by buying oil from them. We get most of our energy from Canada. We talked about this a million times. Mexico. So I don't know how that works, but they stick with it because it sounds good. Then they talk about the grid. What is the, what is, you know, yeah, squirrels eating the grid better by putting it on the internet. That's a solution to everything. And nothing safer than that. Yeah. And so then they're going to, we're going to increase exports.

27:51 Yeah, because we've turned the manufacturing over to China and they will ship us the product back. We can put our logo on it and then ship it to somebody else. That's our export business. Big deal. And then energy thing was another kicker. This is talking about all the gas and crap that we're now, you know, at first, you know, we're going to, well, we need to make this do the fracking and do the drilling so we can feed ourselves the oil so we won't be dependent on these horrible Saudis, which we don't get much oil from. But now it's exporting it. Jesus, another... Let's ship this stuff that we're gonna supposedly use for ourselves to somebody else at a higher price. Why, you know, Americans aren't gonna pay this kind of money. Wouldn't it be funny if there actually was just one dude behind a curtain pulling all these big levers and all these wooden gears are turning and it really was just like the Wizard of Oz? And none of this is true? It's just a bunch of...

CHAPTER 06 / 37 Discussion

Energetic Bear Malware, Crowdstrike Cybersecurity Claims

A new malware strain dubbed "Energetic Bear" or "Dragonfly" has reportedly targeted energy systems globally, with attributions pointing toward Russian and Chinese state actors. The cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which previously identified the Heartbleed bug, is credited with the discovery. The naming conventions and the timing of the report are questioned, suggesting the threat may be exaggerated to secure military contracts or justify increased grid regulation.

energetic bear· dragonfly· crowdstrike· malware· cybersecurity· stuxnet· energy grid

28:46 Robots created news reports of bullcrap well Seems like it. Yeah, and for running into people little men over there floating around giving out doughnuts. Oh well, we're on the on the energy and the grid thing. We didn't get to this on Thursday. Now this is so insulting, where now we have this new Stuxnet-like malware, okay, which is... if you had drawn a A guy with a pointy hat and a Fu Manchu mustache and some crazy Boris-like character, that's the only way it would have been better than describing this new malware from a group called Dragonfly and it's called Energetic Bear. I mean, are you kidding me?

29:37 So you're telling me that the Russians, of course, Energetic Bear, and we've got the Chiners, because they're the group called Dragonfly, and this malware is going to creep into all energy systems everywhere. And who discovers this malware? Who? Kaspersky? No. RNSA? No. Carol Burnett, I don't know. It's the same guys who discovered the the heart bleed. Oh those yeah, yeah All of a sudden. Oh yes. No we we have discovered this. What's that? What was their name again? Crowdstrike that's their name. Yeah, those guys. Yeah, so Crowdstrike discovers this. We know these guys are phony baloney.

30:31 where they discovered this heart bleed on this too. Coincidentally, the same day the Google guy discovered it, who probably got a national security letter, shut up, we discovered it. So now they have, you give them credibility, they discovered the heart bleed bug. Oh, now they have credibility. Never heard these guys before. They're just a military contractor. Now they've discovered the This group who apparently as they were making this malware. They said I have a good idea Let's call ourselves dragonfly dragonfly and then we'll call the Yeah, but maybe be dragonfly man, but what how's the Russian? How are we gonna get the Russian make a Russian meme? I know we'll call it energetic bear get it energetic energetic. Yeah bear, and we're supposed to believe in all this and

31:18 Energetic bear. Does it say that in the code? Yes, it's yes, it's in the code, energetic bear. Come on, please. And we're supposed to be afraid now, I guess, of the whole, the grid is coming down. It's really, really, really bad. But there you go. That's people, I guess someone somewhere is buying into it. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Okay. What do we got for today's show? I do have something interesting as a little insight, maybe. I'm not sure it's good or bad insight, but it is insight.

CHAPTER 07 / 37 Discussion

Christine Lagarde IMF Numerology, July 20th Predictions

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, delivered a speech heavily emphasizing the "magic number seven" and various historical anniversaries. The speech is deconstructed as a potential occult message or a coded warning regarding July 20, 2014. Speculation arises that the numerological references to the G7 and G20 point to a specific date for a global financial event or market correction, despite the date falling on a Sunday.

christine lagarde· imf· numerology· armageddon· g7· g20· stock market

31:57 I want you to play Stormtroopers numerology. And sometimes they marched along the street and were singing, we are the murder stormtroopers 33. They were proud of the name given to them by left papers. It was the men of Storm 33 who were destined to give the battle for Berlin a new twist of viciousness. On a dark winter night in 1930, a group of armed and drunken men from Storm 33 walked 200 yards from their headquarters to a popular left-wing social club. Okay, is this from the History Channel? Yeah. Alright, well I wasn't gonna roll this one out, but now you forced my hand.

32:52 33 of course is the magic number. We've had a jingle about it for a long time. Still not sure exactly where it fits in, but I have been sent a clip from a couple months ago of Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund handing out what I believe and many others in the circles in which I often travel believe of the conspiratorial nature. It's code for the beginning of the Armageddon. And I would like you to deconstruct it with me. Are you ready? Go! Now I'm going to test your numerology skills by asking you to think about the magic 7. Now, magic 7, which of course is also a very sacred number. Okay? Okay. Most of you will know that 7 is quite a number. Yes, quite a number. It's not 33, but it's 7. In all sorts of

33:53 themes, religions, a cult, and I'm sure that you can compress numbers as well. Now, this is very interesting. What do you think she means by the compressed numbers? I believe if she's talking about numerology, that means combining like a 3 and a 4. Yes. You have like 34 and which is also 7. Yes, you are correct. You are correct, sir. Hold on. Ding. All right, onward. If we think about 2014, all right, I'm just giving you 2014 you drop the zero 14 2 times 7 now this is very interesting. I'm not quite sure why she said it that way because

34:35 2 times 7 is 14, but what she really said is drop the 0 from 2014, that would leave you with 214, which is 2 plus 1 is 3 plus 4 is 7. I'm not sure why she said it. Well, it both works out, which makes it very interesting because if you divide the first number into the second two numbers, you do get 7 also. Correct, correct. So 7, any which way you want to go, she just took a different route. But she does mean, with compression of numbers, she's talking about adding up the numbers to come up with a total, which is something that Nut jobs do. Oh total nut jobs. So this is Christine Lagarde. Yes, the head of the IMF. The head of the IMF who apparently now is a Republican conspiracy theorist, global warming denier, nut job with her compressed number theory. Let us continue. She doesn't stop there. That's just by way of example. Oh, yeah, just an example. We're going to carry on. Okay. Okay. That's just by way of example. I'm sorry. We're going to carry on. My mistake.

35:36 So 2014 will be a milestone and hopefully a magic year in many respects. A magic year! It will mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War back in 1914. It will mark the 70th anniversary. 70th anniversary? Drop the zero. Drop the zero? Why? So it fits in with your crazy theory, Christine? Whether you drop the zero or not makes no difference in this model. But she's saying it. This is the head of the IMF, John. This is not Adam with a we didn't land on the moon theory. This is Christine Lagarde. Of the Bretton Woods conference that actually gave birth to the IMF.

36:20 And it will be the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now she doesn't say anything here, but 25, compress the numbers, is 7. 25th. So she says 25th, but she's... She's like, this is very entertaining. She's like, yeah! Okay, onward. It will also mark the 7th anniversary of the financial market jitters. The jitters! The financial market jitters! I think she means jitters or maybe jitters. I like jitters. Seven anniversary, is that right? Yeah, but what is seven is the jitters. Okay, she says it happened in 2007, but we'll say 2008. Okay, fine. The jitters. The jitters. That quickly turned into the greatest global economic calamity since the Great Depression. The crisis still lingers. Yet,

37:17 Optimism is in the air. We've left the deep freeze. This is the one that Hosab is saying. People have to realize as we're playing this, we're listening to one of the most powerful women in the world. Not just woman, powerful people. Person. She is the most powerful person in the world. When you're on, you know, pretty much almost when there's a definitely top five, when there's a meeting of top leaders of countries, she's there. When President Obama is doing any kind of financial huge hoo-ha thing, this woman is everywhere. And she negotiates the money to save or create Ukraine. Greece.

37:59 Greece who now have rolling blackouts. That's her. This woman is power and she's doing this numerology crap behind us and the horizon looks just a bit brighter. So my hope and my wish for 2014 is that after those seven miserable years weak and fragile, we have seven strong years. I believe this is a... I know it's a like a saying in Holland you have... ...you have seven tough years, then you get seven good years. Is there some theorem behind this that you're aware of, John? Nope. Okay. I don't know whether the G7 will have anything to do with it. The G7? Not the G8.

38:46 And this speech by the way was given before Russia was kicked out of the G8 and it reverted back to the G7. That's interesting. Let me just roll this back for a second because here it comes. Here it comes, the one that's going to blow you away. We've had 2014 equals 7, 25 equals 7, 7 years equals 7, G7. The G7 will have anything to do with it or whether it will be the G20. What? Who have never even heard of the g20 I have okay? How often does that come up in conversation not often because it's a useless group of just it's one of these where you get bring everybody that are bitching and moaning about Okay, so they put them in a room together, and then they they make them think they're part of something bigger right But if you are doing a whole speech about numerology and everything is seven seven seven oh, and then there's 20 for no reason anything to do with it

39:41 Hold on, let me roll that back one more second. ...7 strong years. I don't know whether the G7 will have anything to do with it or whether it will be the G20. I certainly hope that the IMF will have something to do with it. And this is also interesting language, but I'll give her a... I'll let her slide because she's French. I certainly hope the IMF will have something to do with it. She's a little... sounds a little weird. Now if I extrapolate this, and it's not hard to follow along with what I've done, The first secret, sacred number with compression, drop the zero, 2-1-4, is 2014. The G7 would be the seventh month and the G20 would be July 20th. I don't know what, but I'd say buy gold and seeds.

40:29 Hey, we missed our opportunity. So let's look for July 20th. I have no idea why else she was doing this. I don't know what she's talking about because and she says it's going to be seven years up. Yeah. So July 20th would mark well we did we just broke the 17,000 barrier. Which means that the sky's the limit, even though it was, oh my god. Of course, the sky's the limit is also that this is classic where we... By the way, the higher it goes, the more likely it will... 17,000 drop the one? Drop the one.

41:05 It's...as it goes up, which I believe it will continue to do, that's...it's fun to watch this because as it goes higher and higher, it begins to lure the public in, which are prone to buy high and sell low. Well, let's see what we have on July 20th. Okay. We have New York Yankees versus Cincinnati Reds. Ooh, Reds. We have, ooh! The Pitchfork Music Festival, uh-huh. Pitchforks. Oh, devil. Now we got Reds and we got devil. That's right, that's right, uh-huh. And the Kansas City Royals take on the Boston Red Sox. More Reds. The Warped Tour. The Warped Tour. Yeah, the Warped Tour is on, yeah.

41:52 And it will be a Sunday, so this is good. So while Armageddon is striking, which could be positive, maybe it is a bonanza for everybody who knows how to play it. That means short everything, well July 20th, the market won't crash on a Sunday, that won't happen. Yeah, shorting things is a bad idea. You have to wait till the public gets in. The public will be lured in as the thing keeps going higher and higher. There's not a lot of volume, but the volume will increase. Well I do see a donation... The public will get in, then you're short. I do see a donation opportunity then. July 7th. What are we gonna call it? I don't know. We'll think of something genius. But that's the day. That is going to be your ultimate Lagarde Donacion.

42:44 Sunday is also the seventh day of the week. Ooh, yeah. Depending on your calendar. Well, that's true. Could be the first day if you look at it otherwise. Anyway, so, you know, all I know is... I have always stayed away from these compressed number things. If you look at the Simpsons, and then they said this, and then you combine that with the seven towers, and you come up with 33 plus 7 equals 7 again! I've heard this so many times, but now? Christine Lagarde is doing it? That's a message to the occult, man. I don't know what that is. She's probably an agent of the devil.

43:24 It all spells Beelzebub to me. Alright, well you have been warned people. Take your measures. Take your countermeasures. Get your iodine, whatever you need. Get your iodine. Get your boner pills. Get that other guy. Hey, I haven't heard this clip anywhere else. I have not seen it deconstructed on CNN. And it's you know these you got to hunt around for these things to find them. I don't know where you got this Well the IMF website you got a but even that's not easy to navigate well I'll give you is this borderline clip of the day. Thank you. Well, I won't accept it because well Let's see what happens if we live past July 20th, and you know you can give it to me posthumously I don't think anything, but I think good things will happen on July 20th. Well no from our donations Then we just need to know how to play it. That's all

CHAPTER 08 / 37 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Instant Knight Donations

The show acknowledges new artwork from Martin JJ and discusses the "No Agenda Art Generator" website. Several high-value donors are recognized for their contributions, including Sir Bone Crusher from Murder Kill 100 in Delaware and James Brown from Rhode Island. Sir David Foley, the Grand Duke of the USA, is thanked for his donation following a frustrating experience with TSA agents at an airport.

no agenda· knighthood· donations· podcast art· delaware· rhode island

44:19 Stay away. That's how you play it Anyway, I would like to thank you John for showing up once again Thank you for your courage and in the morning to you John C. Dvorak And in the morning to you, in the morning to you Adam Curry, in the morning to all ships that see boots on the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water, and all the dames and knights out there. And in the morning to our artists, thank you very much for providing us with endless hours of entertainment and for making it entertaining to just open up your podcast app to see a new piece of art magically appear. It does work in most

44:57 Podcast catchers. Yeah, it looks great. This one guy sent us a picture of his car in his car. Yeah, that was cool I love that and that's the future. It's the future a Martin JJ created the art for our previous episode which the caliphate II for empty a lot of hidden messages in there no agenda art generator commas where you can find all of the art and where we will be choosing another artist once again right after the conclusion of this live broadcast. In the morning to all of our human resources in the chat room, noagendastream.com, noagendachat.net, we're testing out a brand new stream if you want to give that a shot, listen.noagendastream.com. And I think this is one of those streams, Void Zero has been setting this up, our 19-inch rack night. And it's one of those things where you connect and then it determines what bandwidth you need.

45:50 You don't have to hunt around for a low bandwidth stream. Oh nice. Yeah, it's a yeah, that's what you call the modern. Yeah It's like actually doing their job like the 20th cent like 21st century stuff. It's crazy. Yeah, it's crazy tricky Yeah, now this would have been a disastrous day were it not for a number of some well-established names and some new ones just jumping in. Yeah, we had a couple of instant nights and Sir David Foley came in and so we saved the day, the instant nights in particular, and let's thank them. And they don't have a lot to say. I do have the note from James Brown. So we have from Bone Crusher, who doesn't want to be named, he's in Wyoming or Delaware or something. I don't know, can't tell where he's from actually.

46:42 He sent in 1776.33. Wow. And he wanted to be knighted as Sir Bone Crusher of Murder Hill 100. Murder Kill 100. Oh, I'm sorry. Murder Kill 100. And he says for some reason for that reference. He says, yeah. With regards to the title, I'm not a psycho, at least I don't think so, but Bone Crusher is an old nickname and Murder Kill 100 is a reference to where I make my home. Sounds like an archivist. Wow. Keep up the amazing work. And that's what he has to say and it was pretty nice. So we'll be knighting him, but I guess will he be sending in for his ring or does he not want that? He'll see if he wants to get a ring he goes to noagendanation.com slash ring. So Murder Kill 100 is in the Wikipedia.

47:33 was created in 1682 as one of the original Delaware hundreds. It was divided into North Murder Kill 100 and South Murder Kill 100 in 1855. And that is Kent County, Delaware. So he's in Delaware and curiously, by coincidence or not, our next instant knight, James Brown, is from Middleton, Rhode Island. The neighbor of Delaware. And are these original colony states? Yeah. $1,111.11, which was the old 11-11-11. They actually found the old link to it and he has the 11-11-11 magic knighthood donation. And he has very little to say.

48:19 ITM John, hope this donation helps. I've been listening to No Agenda for about a year now and love the show. I was a boner for too long and finally decided I should atone for being a freeloader. Looking forward to many No Agenda shows to come." He also sent us, I believe, a secondary note. He or one of the other knights said they believe they should be listening They should be listeners for a year before they can be allowed the knighthood That's interesting You're too early go away your money's no good here Anyway, I want to thank them and they will be received their knighting later in the show sir David Foley meanwhile Sir David Foley

49:11 So Sir David Foley, the Duke of the USA from Los Gatos, California, 70414, which is the date 7-4-14. Drop the zero. Happy 4th of July from the road. Enclosed find my declaration of independence from the citizen is an agenda donation at the airport yesterday. I watched a TSA agent berate a guy for five minutes. Over accidentally having his half-consumed Gatorade bottle in his bag that he put through the x-ray machine Yeah, it made me think that I need to find a Wi-Fi connection and donate to the show Please keep up the amazing research that can be found only only here on the best podcast in the universe

50:00 Thank you very much for David Foley. He is the Grand Duke of the United States. All barons, baronets, etc. ultimately do report up to him. He's pretty lenient though. He's kind of laid back. At least in the Western Hemisphere. Yeah, but he's laid back. He's like whatever. In the Eastern Hemisphere it goes to Pelsmuchers. Although Pelsmuchers have France and Belgium so they have to... Well, is France in the... it's Eastern. Yeah, East, yeah. They don't have to fight. Grand Dukes don't fight. They do fight. You haven't followed your history very well. Someday it could result in a horrible conflagration, the two guys. Well, we already... Okay. Sir Ted Haasman in San Jose, California, $333.33. I just want to point out that America did beat Belgium in the World Cup.

CHAPTER 09 / 37 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, Ham Radio Milestones

Donors including Sir Ted Haasman and Baronet Tim Tillman are credited as Associate Executive Producers for Episode 632. A significant portion of the segment celebrates a host's first successful transmission on a D-Star ham radio repeater, which was met with enthusiasm from the amateur radio community. Other donors from Wyoming and Illinois are thanked for supporting the show's independent production model during the holiday weekend.

ham radio· d-star· executive producers· donations· wyoming· illinois

50:53 Well, then who beat the America? Did we lose? I can't remember If we were we were beat by Belgium, I don't know. Yes. Yeah, there you go. You'll get it eventually. Yeah, sorry It's just listed on the wiki. Yes, sir. Ted Haasman of San Jose here wishing my wife a happy 33rd Is she on the list? I think so this Melissa's on the list by buying her an executive producer credit on the best podcast in here I'm sure to make a note of that if you would be so kind we both laughed out loud at the Two words for you, bingo boom shakalaka combo on show 630. Can we get it again? I think so. I have two words for you. Bingo boom shakalaka. I was prepared. You've got karma. Yes, of course. All you got to do is email me once and I'm on it. Sir Tim Tillman and Baronet Tim Tillman from Prince George V.

51:43 Virginia $200 and 33 cents to be associate executive producer of a show 632. He says excellent hobby lobby analysis Adam throw me a Monsanto jingle. Oh boy haven't heard that in a while. We're gonna deal with that in the future. Robert Hill in Glen Rock Wyoming $200 thanks for continuing to entertain and educate on a holiday weekend. That's 73 is from KJ6HVC. And by the way, congratulations, John, on your first time hitting the repeater. Yes, I hit the repeater. I'm in QSL land. QSO. QSO.

52:24 I have recorded some of that. Yeah, I got some. Here's Adam. He says, KF5SL... I said, yeah, yeah, KJ6LNG to KF5SLM. And you go, no! It's SLN! Not do it like that! Okay, well then, so... So I gotta tell the story. So on Reflective 14 Charlie, which is somehow that's always connected to the repeater John has hit for the first time, pretty much the only thing you can hit and he'll never be able to hit anything else. It's just like you don't even touch the dial, it's just always on that. And after Ham Nation, they have a D-Star net

53:13 Now, this is one of the sad things of amateur radio, where a bunch of guys sit around and one guy is the net controller and they say, check-ins, and you say, hey, I'm here! And then they say, how you doing? I'm doing good, next. And so I checked in and I said, yeah, it's KF5SLN, and yeah, we're just listening in. We've got John C. DeVora, KJ6LNG on D-Star for the first time. And the net went wild. I remember him! Yeah! When floppy disks were made of wood, I read his columns, I did! Anyway, Mickey, who listened to... and she actually forced me to record our last bit of me helping you in the final throws of getting you on the reflector. She, by the way, I think she actually did wet her pants.

54:06 She said, John, this is so good what you've done for John. I said, what do you mean? She said, well, there will be a day when you really are both just too old to do this or whatever, and John will have his ham. He'll have his buddies and he can grouse like all those other guys on the ham radio. I was like, you know, now I think about it, you are uniquely qualified for ham radio, John. You really are. Looking forward to grousing in the future. I am grousing in my future. Anyway, welcome to amateur radio my friend. So I'm listening to these guys This guy's gonna say yeah, what are you doing? I'm just getting away from my I've taken Python And he got cuz I know we need to learn how to program the guy says yeah, yeah I've been money wanting to do something like that too. He says Python is good. Is that a good one? He says yeah Yeah, it's named after Monty Python, you know the English comic. Oh

55:02 And of course you jumped right in when that's wrong. I did not jump right in Anyway Kj6 LNG how's the weather there in San Francisco of KF 5s limp Would you I thought you were that was the recording no that was me. I'm doing that live. Yeah, I'm an artist This is this KF 5 SLB Negative negative negative, this is KF 5 kilo Fox 5 Sugar Lima November Sunny overcast looks like fogs in a rolling later today out That's funny when I was in San Francisco. I remember the days in July would be really really nice and on

55:48 No, this is not true. It's never been nice in July. You lie! Now that would be funny. It's the you lie guy on the ham radio. Alright, onward, onward. We have two more people. And finally our last donor for show 632, not our last donor but our last executive, associate executive producer, Sir Chad Biderman or Biderman, Biderman, Biderman, Biderman. Biderman, I think. $200 from Ground Lake, Illinois. As far as I wanted to contribute to your 7414 promotion, I just didn't feel like it was enough when stacked up the truly stellar content you guys have cranked out

56:31 All year long! No one, absolutely no one performs the kind of analysis you guys do. May the feds become confused on the way to your houses. Because, hey, let's listen up on these guys before we go bust their heads and black bag them and send them off to Gitmo. Hey, what? Wait a minute, what? Say what? I'm confused. I don't think so. Search ad, search ad. Oh, that was our list and really the saving grace. You'll see how quickly we'll wing through our donation segment today. Of course, it's a Fourth of July holiday that we had here in the U.S. And we're working. Yeah, we're working. Everyone blows their money in the air on fireworks.

CHAPTER 10 / 37 Discussion

Fourth of July Celebrations, Austin Fireworks and Politics

Personal anecdotes from the Fourth of July holiday include watching fireworks in Berkeley through the fog and a boat trip on Lake Austin. A discussion with a local restaurant owner touches on the 2016 presidential race, with predictions that Hillary Clinton may be the "best Republican" the Democrats have, while Elizabeth Warren is characterized as a "socialist" alternative.

fourth of july· austin· fireworks· hillary clinton· elizabeth warren· lake austin

57:13 What'd you do for the fourth you do anything fun? I had my daughter and her boyfriend and Buzzkill we had a dinner big dinner Which man you were we watched off the porch so we can watch the local Berkeley fireworks You couldn't see San Francisco because it was completely fogged in it's always fogging forth. No I know but sometimes there's you can see under it. You can see a flash of You can see something that goes way too high and gets above the fog once in a while. No, nothing, zip. There was not a thing you could see. And from where I am, you can see San Francisco fireworks, Tiburon fireworks. I think there's something in Sausalito. You can see Great America, it's not Great America, but whatever it is up in Vallejo, you can see their fireworks. You can see the Oakland Lake Merritt fireworks and Berkeley fireworks.

57:59 And the Berkeley fireworks are close enough and outside the fog that we got to see that. You can't see anything. It was all foggy. Hey, by the way, you know Python. I always thought Python was a... it's a Dutch guy who actually developed Python. But I always thought it was a reference to the way the code flows like a Python. Yeah? From the book of knowledge, which I actually did consult. Python's name is derived from the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. And it is comic... Yes, but Monty Python is not an English comic. No, I understand. But I even thought the Monty Python reference was wrong. I thought it was from a snake. Yeah. I always thought it was a snake. Well, I learn something every day. Probably if you take the course or read the book, it probably is the first thing you read about the derivation of the word. And this guy is studying it, so that's what he read.

58:55 Anyway, we you know the the H-E-B, H-E-B, the heebie-jeebies. They always, this is our Texas supermarket, they always... I've been to a H-E-B. A H-E-B, yeah, H-E-B. And they always do a big firework show. But now because Austin's, you know, money center is pretty much around, some people call it 360 or It's the Circuit of Americas, this is where we have Formula One and we have the X Games now and we have MotoGP. So it's a big moneymaker. But they moved all the fireworks out there, so you've got to get in the car or whatever and go drive 20 minutes, except the country club in Austin.

59:37 They still do fireworks and Joe and Karen Draker who are friends of ours now Joe. They're both Born and I think Karen. I think is not born in Texas, Arkansas, Arkansas. She used to be married to Charlie Sexton Joe Draker is a first like original Austin guy and he ever been to Austin Motties Tex-Mex restaurant? You ever hear of that? No. He owns it. There's a couple of them actually. He's a real, he's a good old boy but you know he doesn't show the Republican side of him in Austin of course because you get run out of town.

1:00:15 And he said, ah, you know, the kids are out, you know, why don't you guys join us? And he has like a, one of those older, like a real older fashioned ski boat. You know, these days they're all fancy, you know, but he has the one with basically a huge Corvette engine in the middle of the boat. You ever see these? You have to turn on this blower for half an hour so you don't explode when you start the thing. And it's just this... And in the dark. And, you know, with champagne, like, and we're right there on Lake Austin as the fireworks are being shot up over the country club, which of course we can't get into, you know, because you're not posh. It's restricted? Yes, restricted. No Jews, no blacks, no podcasters, no nothing. I'm just guessing.

1:01:00 So it was really nice. It was kind of interesting. They'll hang out with you, but you don't have to be a member of the club. Right. Have you ever been in the club? No, no, I've never been in the club. But it was interesting because I told Joe previously a couple months ago that Hillary Clinton's uniquely qualified because he's like, oh, who's gonna... will it be the big man? This is the guy, remember I talked about, will it be the big man? Who's the big man? Chris Christie? No, there's no chance in hell. Since we'll watch that Hillary Clinton. She's gonna be good for the country's the best Republican the Democrats have ever had He was like what and now I had to disappoint him. Yeah, we're gonna get a real socialist in there Pocahontas is coming my friend. Oh god is He didn't get that reference either Nobody does yeah listeners to the show do well anyway I want to remind people that we have a show coming up on Thursday Dvorak org slash na channel of art that

CHAPTER 11 / 37 Discussion

Islamic Youth Domain, No Agenda Alpha Mix

A listener discovered that the domain "islamic-youth.net," referenced in an old PowerPoint about the global war on terror, had expired and purchased it to forward to the show's website. Additionally, a new musical track titled "No Agenda Alpha Mix" was released on iTunes by a producer named Jonathan. A new merchandise campaign on Teespring featuring "Dude Name Ben" t-shirts is also promoted to the audience.

domain names· caliphate· itunes· teespring· merchandise· branding

1:01:52 Com slash and a also no agenda show calm and no generation calm have donate bunching get to to help us out continue the upward momentum Yes for show 633 is a lot of a lot of numerology there 6 3 plus 3 is 6 drop of 3 says add to 7 just 12 plus 2 plus 1 is 3 the compressed A couple quick PR mentions. Thank you very much to John from Boston. He says, I like maps. So when I saw the map of the Caliphate from the July 2nd newsletter, I did some research. A reverse Google image search led to a 2006 PowerPoint by Captain Steve Miller titled The Global War on Terrorism, The Long War. On their version of this map, its source is listed as islamic-youth.net.

1:02:36 I researched this, but the site wasn't online. It didn't have an entry in archive.org. It was unregistered! Of course I scooped it up. It's now forwarding to noagendashow.com. Thank you. Islamicyouth.net. Very good. With a hyphen there, by the way. There was a number of... I wish I had done... I was smarter then than I am now. Which is, right after 9-11, most of these radical Islamic sites were still up, and I'm sure that was one of them. And there was one site that showed the progression of the Islamic takeover of the world.

1:03:13 And they had all these different countries and they show what year they were going to be taken over. And they had, I think France and Great Britain were the first two to go in Europe. And then I guess pretty soon they took over Europe and then they started taking over Canada and then they took over the United States. And it was a great map. They said, look at these guys, they're crazy. But then I didn't do save page as. Oh man. There I am now or print as to save as PDF which you can do on the Mac Yeah, you can do that nowadays. You can do that on a PC too for a while we can do that, but okay? with two of two more

1:03:52 Adam Smalltime, five-monthly, five-dollar-a-month producer on the show, thinking of ways I could help you out in lieu of all the money I don't have right now to give you. And this is from Jonathan, known as artist The Magic Number on iTunes, and he put a track together called the No Agenda Alpha Mix, and he'll be donating the proceeds from, or at least half of the proceeds from any purchases. And I played it on a very short pre-stream today. It's nice, it's kind of a groovy little track that he's put together. Is that the one with all the meme jingles and stuff? I don't think you heard it. I can just give you a quick little preview of it. It's kind of nice. It's actually kind of a dancey little ditty here. I like it. You know, it's... Stuff like that. It's kind of catchy. All of a sudden you're like, yeah! Alright, so you get the idea.

1:04:49 And then finally, Jim, in the morning Adam, in the morning John, being an IT slave, I'm loving your DudeNameBen saga. I've been slacking on donations lately due to finding out we're expecting our fourth human resource. And they do suck resources from you, that is true. So I decided to create a Teespring.com campaign. And he has a website domain name associated with it. John, please go to DudeNameBen.com And you can see these very handsome t-shirts. No, I saw the t-shirts. The dude name ben.com t-shirts? Yeah. It's really funny. I like it a lot. So you get to say, hello my name is some dude named Ben and has no agenda show.com underneath it. I think it's a good deal. Pick one of those up. I like that my name is because it's yeah it's a funny shirt. It's cute. It's cute.

1:05:50 So as John said we do have another show on Thursday the deconstruction does continue We need all the help we can get please go to Dvorak.org slash N A And obviously we need you to continue being out there on the cusp and propagating it Our formula is this we go out we hit people in the mouth Shut up slave Shut up slave And of course those credits are real credits for the executive and associate executive producers

1:06:28 Just like Hollywood, you can use them anywhere credits are accepted, but unlike Hollywood, we will vouch for you if anyone brings them into question. Indeed! All righty. I was marking something up here. A couple of interesting things that I ran into. I did... this is one I want to just... here's an interesting clip. This doesn't go anywhere, but it's interesting. This is the clip. I went to I was watching C-SPAN and Jay Rockefeller, and the clip is, you can get the idea of what I think here, the clip is called Jay Rockefeller's a dick. And he decides to do an investigation out of the blue of e-cigarettes and just condemns the whole idea. And he says, you guys didn't even wait until the research was in on this, it could be killing people, and you're getting kids addicted and all the rest.

CHAPTER 12 / 37 Discussion

Jay Rockefeller E-Cigarette Investigation, C-SPAN Hearing

Senator Jay Rockefeller led a committee hearing examining the marketing of e-cigarettes, expressing emotional concern over their popularity among youth. Rockefeller criticized tobacco companies for selling products before long-term health studies were completed, accusing them of prioritizing profit over public safety. The hearing is characterized as a performance, with suggestions that tobacco companies may actually be influencing the legislative push to regulate competitors.

jay rockefeller· e-cigarettes· vaping· nicotine· advertising· c-span

1:07:27 I remember the first time I experienced or knew about e-cigarettes, do you remember when Mickey was still living in Amsterdam and she had a big party at that place? She was the partner. Yeah, it's at the Supper Club in Amsterdam. Yeah, that was also, that's the year I floated around most of Holland with the Jan Eelman. I think that was, wasn't that Queens Day? It was Queens Day, but what year? Do you remember? It was about five years ago, wasn't it? I'm going to say 2009. Okay, let's say 2009 five years ago. That's when at that event at her party or the party that the club had They had that e-cigarettes were being given out and they had little they had blue tips and I think the company still called blue tip or something like that and so they so these things were in play now for Five years, you know what all the people who attended that party are now dead but

1:08:19 possible. But whatever the case is, it's not as though these things showed up last week and the research, whatever research had to be done should have been done by now anyway. So, but I just want to put that as a preface to what you're going to hear with this guy. The committee is examining the marketing of e-cigarettes and I've should warn you that emotionally I'm on edge on this whole subject. I'm on edge. A product whose popularity has recently been soaring, including and especially among young people. We will hear today, I assume from the tobacco companies or whatever they call themselves, that they will be, they're just marketing to adults, which I'm going to find an amazing answer and we will probe that.

1:09:06 E-cigarettes are battery-operated products that vaporize a liquid containing something called nicotine. And we all remember that, don't we? Eight people with their hands raised, all the rest of it. Now we know that a cigarette and an e-cigarette are somewhat different. But nicotine is nicotine. Little kids are little kids. Just stop there. That's a jingle right there. Nicotine is nicotine little kids are little kids. I know it's idiotic non sequiturs are us They're looking for things and they're looking for things which they get to see a lot of it in advertising like porn One of the nice things that you can sort of mimic the act of smoking Oh

1:09:56 Kids are cool. These products are relatively new and their long-term health effects are unknown at this point. Which to me raises the question, why in heaven's name are you going ahead marketing these things and selling these things and putting them online when the results of the health studies which are being done seriously are still out? Why would you do that? You want to make money. That's that's your answer. You would. That's your answer. You'll tell me you're just talking to adults, but you're not. You want to make money. So you plunge in, get what you can, and then the studies come out. Then you go right ahead and do it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it's like you should also from a Rockefeller, by the way. Of course, douche. You should put a helmet on your kid when he goes out. Knee pads.

1:10:47 Make sure he doesn't eat any dirt. That's what this is. This is all of that. What a dick. So who's paying him? It's probably the tobacco companies paying him to do it, to promote. Until they own these guys. Yeah, because kids are watching C-SPAN, of course. That sounds good. That sounds illegal. I think I shall do some of that. There was there where I would get a note from one of our producers about this drug and I you know I have this clips been floating around I've been meaning to play it I might as well play it so people don't keep pestering us. Oh, yeah Which which is this is a very interesting drug that I don't know why anyone in their right mind would take it This is for psoriasis. I think

CHAPTER 13 / 37 Discussion

Stelara Psoriasis Advertisement, Pharmaceutical Side Effects

A television advertisement for the psoriasis medication Stelara, featuring a winner of America's Next Top Model, is analyzed for its extensive list of alarming side effects. The ad warns of increased risks for cancer, tuberculosis, and a potentially fatal brain condition, contrasting these dangers with the promise of clearer skin. The segment highlights the absurdity of marketing drugs that may cause severe illness to treat cosmetic skin conditions.

stelara· psoriasis· pharmaceutical ads· side effects· cancer· tuberculosis

1:11:33 It's like kind of it's like for bad. It's like that skin complexion. Yeah, bad skin. Yeah, this is still Lara. This is the ad and this is like wow. I'm ready to try some of this. I'm Carrie English winner of America's Next Top Model. I have moderate to severe plexus. So I talked to my doctor about my condition and my treatment options. He told me about still are. In a medical study, 7 out of 10 Stelara patients saw at least 75% clear skin at 12 weeks. And 6 out of 10 patients had their black psoriasis rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. Stelara may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. Some serious infections require hospitalization. Before starting Stelara,

1:12:11 Your doctor should test for tuberculosis. Stelara may increase your risk of cancer. Always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection, have had cancer, or if you develop any new skin growths. Alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion, and vision problems. These may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. Serious allergic reactions can occur. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your house needs or has recently received a vaccine. After two starter doses, I take Stelara four times a year. And my skin is clearer. Talk to your doctor. See if Stelara is right for you. I'm confused and I'm growing a third leg, but look at my complexion. I'm dying of cancer, but look at my complexion. It's so nice.

1:12:54 I ran into another ad. I know this is the worst. I don't understand, you know, but I guess it makes sense. And someone's buying that. Who was pitching it? Who was that? This woman who won the America's Top Model or something. I think I had a different... Very good looking woman, I have to say. Now did I have a different version of that commercial? Is that true? I don't know, did you? You might have. Hold on a second. I had... that's kind of weird. Well, maybe you don't have it. All right, don't worry about it. Let's just onward. So I thought the more interesting commercial was this one which was very entertaining and I said I had no idea now somebody we have a Knight or one of our producers from Medina Medina Medina well, that's I thought it was a Medina. I was I think I pronounced a Medina, but I think it's pronounced Medina. It's called Medina.

CHAPTER 14 / 37 Discussion

Molly B Polka Party, RFD-TV Event Promotion

An advertisement for the "Molly B Polka Party" in Medina, Minnesota, showcases the intense popularity of polka music in the American Midwest. The four-day event features dozens of bands and is filmed for broadcast on RFD-TV. The hosts express surprise at the scale of the "polka madness" and the specific cultural niche it represents, noting the $60 four-day pass price point.

polka· molly b· medina· minnesota· rfd-tv· midwest

1:13:42 one way or another by this polka party ad because apparently these polka parties up in the Wisconsin Minnesota areas or wherever, North Dakota, that kind of place, I guess are extremely popular. This particular one, which is being promoted here by this woman who plays every instrument, all usually at once, They have a list of all the bands that are playing over a four-day period of polka madness. There must be 50 bands and they're all crazy sounding bands with, you know, very polka-ish sounds. But play the ad and see the kind of thing that goes on where we were completely unaware of and they don't even have this sort of thing in Texas.

1:14:26 to get your tickets for the next Molly B Polka Party. Our next event will be August 7th to the 10th in Medina, Minnesota at the Medina Entertainment Center. Don't miss your next chance to be a part of the Molly B Polka Party and dance with some of the best bands in the Midwest and be on TV with me, Molly B. We're gonna have a polka party Party in Medina, so I will see you there. Be sure to reserve your daily tickets now for just $20 each or $25 at the door on the day of the show, or purchase a four-day pass for just $60 by sending your check or money order to RFDTV Molly B Polka Party, 9500 West Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

1:15:02 You may also order by using a credit card by going to RFDTV.com and clicking the Molly B Polka Party banner or simply call 402-991-6290 during weekday business hours. We're gonna have a polka party party in Medina, so I'll see you there. And boom shakalaka, brother! Boom shakalaka, boom shakalaka, boom shakalaka, boom shakalaka! Bingo, boom shakalaka. Four days yeah, well somebody has to report in about this people are serious about their polka I mean to tell ya yeah, I mean, I don't condemn it. I don't condemn it. I'm just stunned

CHAPTER 15 / 37 Discussion

Marijuana Edibles Propaganda, CNN Safety Reports

CNN reports on the dangers of marijuana edibles in Colorado following the legalization of recreational pot, citing incidents of delirium and accidental deaths. The media coverage focuses on the difficulty of dosing and the similarity between THC-infused treats and regular candy. The reporting is criticized as "Reefer Madness" style propaganda designed to instill fear and justify stricter government regulation of the burgeoning industry.

marijuana· edibles· colorado· cnn· thc· drug safety· propaganda

1:15:43 I tried pulling a clip from Reefer Madness, which is a classic, classic movie. Very hard to do. There's nothing, because a lot of it's so visual. Well, the sound quality stinks. Yeah, the sound stinks. It's optical sound. It is a classic movie that was ultra propaganda against marijuana, and it was really well done for the time. And they have like, watch the paranoia striking, see a guy smoking a doobie and like freaking out, but there's no clip. It's very visual. And the other thing that was I thought was counterproductive about that movie in terms of getting people not to use marijuana was they were all having sex. Yeah.

1:16:22 The chicks were all loose. If you give a girl one puff, she turns into a nymphomaniac. Yeah. How does this dissuade you? They were trying to play into people's morals, but obviously that was... They got it wrong. So I wish I could find something that would fit in because the type of Reefer madness propaganda against marijuana that we're seeing now is I mean it's just history and repeating itself Except instead of women getting all sexed up and nympho you're gonna die How's your Monday good six months ago recreational pot sales caught fire in Colorado business has boomed but so have concerns about safety a 19 year old fell to his death from a balcony after eating a cannabis cookie And this man is behind bars accused of shooting and killing his wife while reportedly high on pot and other drugs told me that

1:17:18 You know, he doesn't remember anything. It's not clear what caused either of these incidents, but a common link? Marijuana edibles. The edibles do have a different effect on people. With edibles, it takes longer to feel the effects of THC, marijuana's mind-altering ingredient, which can lead to people eating too much too soon. Now, let's just stop here for a second. There's not a lot of things I'm actually an expert in. Aviation, I'm pretty damn good. Well, the second the only second one be marijuana. I think I have I have some experience with the magical herb you were strung out on pot for decades Hey, John, I can't do the show man. I'm just run out. I might jump from the balcony. Oh

1:18:03 Now there's a couple things they're introducing now. So one is the concept of edibles. Now in the Netherlands where I grew up and where I learned to consume the magical plant, it would be we'd call space cake or hash brownies. It's been around forever. Now of course we're calling it edibles and it contains too many doses. Now this is very interesting. This is also very typical American somehow, but since it's so unregulated, they're trying to bring in some form of regulation. Anything, please, we need to label, we need to do something to protect the children from the edibles. So they're coming up with this concept of a dose.

1:18:47 And I guess what they're trying to say is one dose would equal one marijuana cigarette. Which of course is ludicrous by itself. Especially in today's market where if you could actually smoke a whole marijuana cigarette, you'd be passed out in two seconds. Well there's something else that I think we've discussed from time to time on the show, but with marijuana it actually, it's kind of a reverse system. Where the less you smoke, the better the high. If you smoke a lot, it's just it's really just going to start not working that well. Whereas we used to call it studying for the test, where you wouldn't smoke for a week and then you take one puff after that week and then, well, you'd go kill someone of course and jump off buildings. But you literally just be floored like, with M&M's and turn on the Cartoon Network. You know, you're not going to go out and kill anybody.

1:19:43 But now they've determined that this is a dose and they're calling it 100 milligrams of THC. I don't think any of this makes any sense, but now they are propagandizing this to the citizens by showing candy bars and asking, of course, the man on the street, how many servings do you think this is? How many servings in this candy bar? It is completely insane. The side effects can be serious. Serious! What? You might eat everything in the house. True. Hey! Who is giving this report? Where did you get this? This is CNN. This is more lies. Yeah. Hey, that cat looks very tasty, dude.

1:20:25 Dude, they should be ashamed of themselves preventing this here. Let's play the guy I don't get to finish my clip. Oh, it's more to it Oh, please she's gonna make me annoyed even more including delirium and psychosis I'm delirious everybody loves their chocolate and when it comes to tasty treats like candy or cookies looks can be deceiving hmm Here's your regular candy bar and here's one of those marijuana infused candy bars. You can see outside the package they look practically the same. They smell almost the same. Let me tell you something. If you've ever smelled an edible, it does not smell like there's no weed in there. No, they stink. They smell like weed. Come on, it's not practically the same. A lot of folks might eat one candy bar in one sitting, but that's where people are getting into trouble because this candy bar actually contains five doses of edible marijuana. Five doses?

1:21:19 Would the average person know what one dose looks like? Now this is pretty funny. They did put a funny dude in here just to mix it up and most of it's like, oh, I can't believe it. We put it to the test using a smaller but even more potent candy bar. Potent! Containing 100 milligrams of THC. Let's consider 10 doses of marijuana. Oh, I'm sorry. A hundred, that's 10 doses of marijuana. 10. I mean, John, if you had 10 marijuana cigarettes all at once, you would probably go kill someone. It could have serious side effects. How many servings do you think is in this? I would have no idea. I know nothing about it. I would say probably two. What, it'd be two servings? The whole thing. I like that. That's one serving. This stoner dude says, that's one serving, man. Yeah, it is. That looks like one serving to me. The whole thing. So you think this is one serving? Yes. Yeah. My guess is it's probably pretty potent, maybe four.

1:22:14 Well, you're right. It is pretty potent. There are 10 doses of marijuana in this small bar. Wow. Wow. Wow. This is actually 10 doses of marijuana. Oh my. Oh my. That's terrible. Oh my. That's terrible. That's terrible. I just think it takes a level of education to the consumers so that people are using them responsibly. Adults aren't the only ones ending up in trouble. The Children's Hospital Colorado reports a surge of kids admitted after consuming edible pot. They've treated at least nine children since January, six who were critically ill. There's basically three doses in them. State regulators are now looking into stricter requirements, including better labeling and no more than one dose per package. Until then, industry insiders urge edible enthusiasts to consume with caution. Consume with caution, citizen.

CHAPTER 16 / 37 Discussion

Personal Brownie Anecdote, Colorado Tax Revenue

A personal story is shared about accidentally consuming marijuana brownies at a football game and the subsequent confusion during the halftime show. The broader discussion shifts to the massive tax revenue being generated in Colorado, which is expected to drive a nationwide push for legalization as other states seek similar financial windfalls.

brownies· football game· colorado· tax revenue· legalization· marijuana

1:23:05 Last time I had an edible, which was some time back. It was in Super Bowl. I went to a Super Bowl game and My wife's brother was there and he brought a bunch of brownies that I did not know were laced with dope But he's a pothead I didn't add two and two so I ate about three or four of them and And of course, when you eat the stuff, it doesn't have the same impact. It creeps up on you. I'll say. So I'm like, I'm about halftime, after the halftime show, I'm watching the game, I'm going, I just had this like, what? Wait a minute.

1:23:50 And so then I realized that I had ingested a bunch of this stuff and I was in the game was a little brighter my balls were open. And so I said, what was the deal? What? I was just very confused by this. And my wife says, didn't you know? That's why I didn't have any. And, okay, fine. So I was completely wasted from these brownies. But, you know, it's not even, I don't know how much you'd have to ingest gallons of this stuff before it really had, because through the digestive system is extremely slow metabolizing. It's not like if you smoke 10 joints. Can I ask you a couple questions? No.

1:24:29 But you can ask and it means I'm going to say anything. Well, I just wanted to know how long did it last and were you at any point saying, oh crap, I wish it was over? No, I didn't say that, but I was annoyed that I wasn't, you know, I didn't get to I was just annoyed by the fact that I didn't know that I was gonna get high from this stuff. If I knew in advance, I could have enjoyed it or I would have had a different approach to it. Let me ask you a different question. But all of a sudden, say you just get wasted by accident, it's annoying. I mean, this is like the experiments they used to do with LSD and the rest of it. Right, right. But this is... Have you ever before or since been at a baseball game where someone said,

1:25:12 Hey, want a brownie? No. No! So how stupid are you? Come on! When someone offers you a brownie at a baseball game, come on, John. It was a football game. Anyway, the point is is that you think This is nonsense now, this is all coming out right now They're pushing as hard as they can because the numbers have come in from Colorado the tax numbers of the kind of money they're making. All those numbers are now showing up in the mainstream media and Colorado is making a ton of money, free tax money. And the government knows that everybody else is going to look at these numbers that Colorado's released and they're going to say, oh my God, we're throwing money away by not legalizing it. And the legalization movement is now going to go into high gear.

CHAPTER 17 / 37 Discussion

Marijuana Industry Banking Challenges, Federal Classification

Elliot Johnson of the Marijuana Industry Association discusses the severe banking hurdles faced by legal pot businesses due to federal law. Because marijuana remains a Schedule I controlled substance, businesses are often forced to operate entirely in cash, creating public safety risks. The federal government's refusal to acknowledge the medical value of the plant is highlighted as a major obstacle for families moving to Colorado for epilepsy treatments.

banking· marijuana industry· federal law· schedule i· colorado· epilepsy

1:26:09 assholes at CNN and these other stooges are just being fools. Well this is interesting. This is exactly why the No Agenda Show is the best podcast in the universe. Where I pick up on the Bogut of Edible story and you come in with the zinger, which I presume is this Colorado clip. No, I actually, I don't have that specific clip. No, the zinger is the zinger. The Colorado clip is more interesting. This is the guy who is the head of the Marijuana Industry Association. His name's Elliot, I think. And he talks a little bit about the pot situation in Colorado and then another guy comes on who's kind of stoned, I thought was kind of funny, the pot and hemp diatribe, which is a different one. But this is the situation with Colorado and he's bitching about

1:26:57 the banks and the government being against the whole thing because of the Department of... I have that actually. I have a follow-up to your follow-up, so we'll get to that in a minute. Okay, well let's play this though because this is a good backgrounder that I think people need to listen to after listening to that CNN crap you just played. No, no, no, this Colorado pot Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, I misunderstood. That's the other guy. We've been Colorado centric trying to make this program work and that's what I see my job as being is making Colorado's program work. But what we're finding here is that there's only so much we can do in Colorado because our banking laws are

1:27:38 are audits a marijuana business that doesn't have a bank account. We're also dealing with other tax issues and then you know marijuana is still a schedule one controlled substance. It's in that category of the most dangerous drugs in the world according to our United States government. Just look at you John, it's killed you. You went from...

1:28:14 a successful journalist to a podcaster after three brownies. The government says there's no medical value to marijuana whatsoever so all those kids with epilepsy that have been getting so much attention that have been coming to Colorado from across the country, the federal government must think that they're all lying. And it's an absurd situation where, I guess from Colorado, it kind of feels like so many federal government entities just have their head in the sand about this whole thing. And particularly with banking, it is literally causing public safety issues here because the federal government has not been willing to take more action and solve this problem. Ah, okay. Now my clip makes even more sense.

CHAPTER 18 / 37 Discussion

Fake Pot and Terrorism Funding, DEA Gas Station Raids

The DEA and federal authorities are linking the sale of synthetic drugs, often called "fake pot" or "spice," to the funding of overseas terrorist organizations in Yemen and Syria. Raids on convenience stores have reportedly seized over $100 million in assets. Critics argue that the connection between "mini-mart" sales and international terrorism is a transparent attempt to use the War on Terror to justify domestic drug enforcement actions.

synthetic marijuana· dea· terrorism· yemen· syria· money laundering

1:29:00 So what I'm hearing now, and I believe there was some pot bank that is coming online for the marijuana only, but essentially, here's what needs to be done. As we see that the sale and taxation of marijuana is a bonanza for the state of Colorado, and I presume it's going to be great for Washington and other states, and of course that makes so much sense. This is a huge problem for the federal government where the drug is classified Class A, whatever, most dangerous drug in the world. And of course you want to now slowly move that towards what is our go-to goal whenever we want to remove something. Of course it's helping the terrorists and you're helping the terrorists win the war on terror. And now this clip which is about the fake pot.

1:29:53 is just a stepping stone to the real pot. Federal authorities are concerned that the next source of terrorist funding could come from a very unlikely place, convenience stores right here in the United States. You're not supposed to ingest these, but people do anyway. Synthetic drugs known on the street as fake pot. Small packets sold with names like Scooby Snacks, Crazy clown, spice. It's not really synthetic pot, it's synthetic poison. For the last year, federal drug agents have been raiding gas stations in mini-marts across America. Not because the synthetic drugs are necessarily illegal, but because the money, officials believe, is going overseas to fund terrorism. We have seized over $100 million worth of assets. This, by the way, is a guy from the DEA. Yo, $100 million of assets!

1:30:43 that we've seen. We have arrested hundreds of individuals all around the United States. Funding terror. We have seized guns all over the place. Guns. If a mini mart is operating in our country and they're sending 40, 50, 60 million dollars back, we're very concerned about that. Yeah, there's probably some tower heads sending it back over to Iraq in that ISIS outfit. Tens tens of millions of dollars, the bulk of the money, according to the DEA, going to places like Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. As state sponsorship has declined. terrorism fueled by criminal activity is on the rise. Well, the DEA makes that knowledge. And by the way, in this report, they actually showed the dudes on the monkey bars. You remember that terrorist clip from the Al Qaeda train? Yeah. They pulled back in and out of the monkey bar. There's no actual smoking gun tying synthetic drug money from the US terrorists.

1:31:35 I know, they say it right there in the report. No, I know! You don't have to tell me, I'll roll it back for you. But this is how nutty it is. This is only a stepping stone. Crap, I went too far back. It got stuck. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Let me try. Let me summarize while you're rewinding it. Sorry, we don't have to hear the whole thing. This is happening and then the woman then says there's no evidence that this is happening. And that's their report. Yeah, and this is obviously a stepping... First of all, it's not known on the street as fake pot. Like, hey man, got any fake pot? No, that's bullshit. Hey, hey, Ahmed, you in the convenience store, got any fake pot? No! Give me some Scooby snacks, yo! No, this is just pointing towards one thing, which is drugs equals funding terrorism. You... because you see

1:32:27 The guy with the towel in the mini mart. Yeah, they actually say mini mart. You know, that's almost racist. You know, we know the Indian guy in the mini mart. I don't know if he's Indian. He could be Al-Qaeda for all I know. He looks like Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and he's selling fake pot, which is funding terrorism because he's sending money to terrorists in suitcases full. This is really It's so transparent, it's funny. Where'd you get that one? Also CNN. These people have got to screw loose. They're on the wrong side of history. They're on the wrong side of history. It's not a mistake this is happening. This is done on purpose. Yeah, they're telling them to do it and they do it. Yes sir! And people question what I say when I say, or what I mean when I say, you know, Facebook really, the media is continuously

1:33:25 doodling and tweaking and messing with your emotions. This is so we just heard the children are dying because they're eating candy bars that are laced with 12 doses of pot and you could jump off the balcony or kill someone without knowing it and The guy that sold them the the pot or even the fake pot. It's so bad. It's fake pot is funding dudes on monkey bars who of course will spill over from Syria and Iraq to kill people in America. Yeah, that's happening any minute. And at what point does anyone say, except us, this is bullshit. Stop! I know nobody says this. What is wrong with the media? They all know it's bullshit. They just won't say it. Well, I will add a little bit. A little bit of help comes to us from The Guardian.

CHAPTER 19 / 37 Discussion

Hillary Clinton on Social Media, State Department Intervention

In an interview with The Guardian, Hillary Clinton described the State Department's strategy of using social media to "checkmate" jihadist groups like al-Qaeda. She advocated for active intervention in online chat rooms to counter extremist propaganda with American ideals. Clinton compared these modern efforts to the cultural diplomacy used against international communism during the Cold War.

hillary clinton· state department· social media· jihadists· propaganda· arab spring

1:34:22 The Guardian newspaper, Phoebe, sat down with Hillary Clinton. She is now in the United Kingdom's of Gitmo Nation East, visiting the Queen, no doubt. And she did a sit-down interview. She was asked questions from multiple people, including Sarah Silverman with a videotaped question and Arianna Huffington. It wasn't set up at all. But then she is asked about the State Department's use of social media And when you listen to this with no agenda ears, you kind of hear that that dude in the chat room right now, that a-hole, probably State Department. It was a way of getting the message out, especially when you're in countries that try to control what the United States ambassador or a secretary of state can communicate to the public.

1:35:12 So, it was both a tool to convey information, but also it became a source of information. What are people saying on social media about the United States, about our policies? And then we saw through the era of the Arab uprisings how many of those were catalyzed and organized by social media. Yeah, the question is who was organizing? We have to be on social media. There isn't any choice. The other piece that I focused on was how we debated and tried to checkmate jihadist groups, particularly al-Qaeda and affiliates like al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or al-Shabaab or any of the other groups. They were using the internet to convey propaganda, sometimes

1:36:03 Just gross and gory videos. They're gross and gory videos. I think that would convince me. Hey, look at that gross video I think I want to go and join them sometimes recruitment sometimes, you know telling people how to make dangerous weapons so I Recommended forming a group inside the State Department to monitor their media on and to be not just passive observers, but to intervene. To basically get in there, those chat rooms and those discussions, and saying, you know, who's killed more Muslims in the last 30 years? The jihadists. Who goes after innocent women and children? The jihadists. And by the way, I have seen this written in forums. I have seen this exact language.

1:36:51 Yeah, and so that's the State Department. And to really take the fight to them informationally. We did a great job in past years, particularly in the struggle against international communism, in being out there, sending artists and... Oh, sending artists? dangerous people in the world around the world to convey American ideals. Standing up for our values through culture and media, Voice of America, and all of our related efforts. And that podcast. She said past years to give it that was a slam against Kerry. Of course.

1:37:30 Of course! D'oh! It kind of went down after the Cold War ended. Understandably, people thought, well, thank goodness it's the age of democracy. Now we see different threats from terrorist groups, from autocracies and the like. We have to get back into that information exchange. We have to be standing up for our values. We have to be calling out the people who are Saying and doing things that are antithetical not just to the United States, but to people of good faith everywhere You got to speak truth to power Just a reminder. So what is Kerry doing with this time if he just thought? Well, yeah, I can away. He kind of got excluded from the the four plus one. Excuse me. That's all right as you know, they had this meeting and there was gonna be you know, we're gonna have a

CHAPTER 20 / 37 Discussion

Hillary Clinton on Edward Snowden, Global Surveillance Defense

Hillary Clinton criticized Edward Snowden during her UK book tour, questioning why he took documents related to Russia, China, and Iran if his only concern was domestic privacy. She defended the NSA's global surveillance network as a life-saving tool that protects the U.S. and its allies from credible terrorist threats. Clinton framed the issue as an "information competition" between the West and the rest of the world.

hillary clinton· edward snowden· nsa· surveillance· china· russia· terrorism

1:38:20 a truce and a ceasefire and Putin was there and Poroshenko was there. Everyone's there except Kerry wasn't there. He was kind of excluded from the deal. So he's been running around, I guess now he's just talking Iran or something. It's also summertime, you know, the ratings are down. No one really cares. It's not the fighting season right now, John. We just have to cool it for a little bit. We'll be back around end of August. It's gonna be, it'll probably be a little slow. Unless something real happens, you know? When Hillary had to say about Snowden? I'm all in with Hillary. Yeah, because this...beside the... Because she...you know, her problem is she doesn't know when to shut up. Exactly.

1:39:08 Well, so not only has she, did she blow it and you are so right. Everyone is all over her tits about this. You know, it's like, oh, you know, you weren't, you know, oh, she's playing the poor card. And now she, she has the audacity to come out and say, I've given it to charity. Yeah. The Clinton global initiative. She's giving the money to the CGI. Oh, no, I've given the money. That's even worse. She's just digging a deeper hole. Yes, she is so stupid. I gave my money to Bill. And then when you add her thinking about Snowden, this is not what the, I do not believe the American people want to hear this. But the other issue that has never been satisfactorily answered to me is if his main concern was what was happening inside the United States,

1:39:56 Then why did he take so much about what was happening with Russia, with China, with Iran, with al-Qaeda? This is interesting because I have never heard anyone say this specifically. In fact, I've heard the opposite. I have heard the intelligence community say we don't actually know what he took. And now she somehow has this knowledge that he took this information on Russia and China and Iran and all our enemies. Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda. This is, I had not heard this. That's the part that most objective observers who might very well say, you know, he may have helped the debate on what our laws should be and how we should be thinking about this, but then,

1:40:37 What was he doing downloading all the rest of this stuff that could only help Chinese surveillance, Russian surveillance, al-Qaeda and their methods and communication? That's never been answered, and I don't know the answer to that. I also don't think it's ever been exposed. This has not been released. It's never been published. Because she's making it up. Ah. I mean, what it did reveal was the huge extent of American surveillance globally. You've described the U.S. as leaders in internet freedom. You've criticized China for attempting to hack into Google, even the Russians, as well, having to leave your mobile phone on a plane because of their aggressive intelligence. Right. Right. And yet, it's the U.S., more than anyone else, that's invested—what is it?—$75 billion in the private companies that are helping the NSA in this global spying network. Right. I mean, why is it?

1:41:23 That it's one rule for America, another for the rest of the world. Well, as an American, because I honestly believe that our acquisition of information saves lives and protects not just the United States, but our friends and our allies. Right now— Saving lives everywhere. You know very well here in the U.K., we have a serious, credible threat. about terrorists getting on airplanes, going to the United States, intending to blow them up. That didn't happen by accident, that this is a credible threat. I think it would be shocking to most people

1:42:00 If the United States stopped gathering information and we basically said, okay, everybody you're on your own We can't tell our allies in Asia what's happening. We can't share information with our allies in Europe. We're gonna stop Well, that's just not the way the real world works Excuse me. Let me let me get back into my make-believe world here this woman is is an asshole. She is blowing it! Yes! And we do have to have more restraints and as I say that debate is going on and I think we're making some good changes at home but when it comes to the information competition that exists between the West and the rest... The West and the rest? Love that!

1:42:50 The information competition between the West and the Red. On Friday night. I think it would be an abdication of responsibility not to be gathering information that we can use to protect ourselves and, as I say, our friends and allies. Bullshit! This is not... On Friday night, information competition. Hold on a second. You gotta do that again. Ready and go. Under the lights on Friday night, information competition with AA Fuel Dragsters going against Funny Cars. That's right, John! It is the West against the rest! It's nuts.

CHAPTER 21 / 37 Discussion

The Intercept Productivity, Washington Post Snowden Scoop

The Intercept and Glenn Greenwald are criticized for low editorial productivity despite significant funding. Meanwhile, the Washington Post published a major scoop based on Snowden documents revealing that 90% of accounts monitored by the NSA were not the intended surveillance targets. The cache included personal photos and emails of ordinary citizens, suggesting a rift between Snowden and his original journalistic partners.

the intercept· glenn greenwald· washington post· jeff bezos· nsa· emails

1:43:36 Well, she is blowing it. Yeah, that's good to watch. That for me, yeah, that was a big shark jump right there. Of course, it comes right on the heels of, and this is very interesting in light of the whole Donald Raff, Graham Greenwell, and The Intercept, and Pierre Drive My Car. The Intercept, which I think there are 800 journalists working for this outfit, they output nothing. There's nothing on their 250 million dollar WordPress blog. There's nothing. Even a guild member of any newspaper in the country would roll their eyes at the low productivity and they'd get fired. There's nothing going on. And then the Washington Post, they get the big scoop about... Did you read this article? No. Oh my goodness. This is... Okay.

1:44:30 Well, before you go there, I do want to play a clip that kind of relates back to Hillary. This is very important though. We have to come back to this. Okay. No, no, we'll play it then and I can go back to this because I have... well, actually, let me play mine first. I don't have a clip. I just want to tell you what's in this article. Oh, I thought you had a clip. No, I don't. I don't have a clip. What has happened now is Snowden apparently, And I don't know how this works because he said he didn't have anything, but I guess he did. He gave the Washington Post, because he felt the Washington Post would know what to do with it, i.e., sorry, Gren Greenwald, but you're not my bitch anymore. He gave them like a hundred thousand different pieces of target information.

1:45:09 And I can't believe you didn't see this. No, no, this is not a new story though. This is the target information that Greenwald claims to have. Yeah, but they released, so they didn't release the raw information, but they're talking about these 70,000 different pieces of emails that the NSA collected and had stored for easy retrieval and searching. And it includes pictures of babies, naked babies that they're quick to point out. women, you know, doing selfies and in bathing suits and people showing their abs and romance and heartbreak. And they're really, really pouring it on and essentially saying this is all a big lie. The NSA keeps all of your information. For the one terrorist that they call a target, they'll capture nine people's emails.

1:46:01 90% is just, you know, is just captured and stored and apparently they have this. Yeah. But where's Greenwald with his story? Why didn't he? I don't know, I'm not waiting. Yeah. Well, this is, I think this is very interesting. There is a rift that Greenwald is out. He's just out. He's not receiving anything anymore. And then this, yeah, it may be an old story, but now the Washington Post gets it. They get all of the... which by the way is the non-Pierre Drive My Car publication. Yeah, this is Jeff Bezos. Yeah, well, you'll recall that Pierre looked at it too. Yeah. There's, you know, you gotta add that into the mix. There's something going on with these guys. You gotta add that into the mix. Big giant dick fight. Yeah. Yeah, with weenie boys.

CHAPTER 22 / 37 Discussion

DHS Aviation Security, Entebbe Airport Threat

The Department of Homeland Security implemented enhanced security measures at international airports following warnings of new non-metallic bombs developed by al-Qaeda affiliates. A specific threat against Entebbe International Airport in Uganda was reported by the U.S. Embassy, though no incident occurred. The heightened security alerts are viewed skeptically as a potential cover for increasing passenger security fees.

dhs· aviation security· entebbe· uganda· al-qaeda· airport fees

1:46:56 So let's go back to this Hillary thing for a second because she's talking about this kind of, you know, the terrorism and all the rest. Now you had a nice discussion on the last show about the phony baloney threat, you know, that's going on and DHS has got to up the ante on everything. Oh yeah, well they actually... After we did the show, PBS ran the same story. Now this is about the, the, they're upping the fees? Is that what you're talking about? No, no, well that was how the conclusion was, it was just an excuse to up the fees. Right. But the way the stories all ran was that there was a threat, but no, there's nothing... Threat, but no threat. And there was no threat, but there's a threat, there's a no threat, there's a threat. Well, PBS, I thought was interesting because they not only handled it differently, they never once said there was no threat. They just kind of played it straight. They actually gave the worst report. And of course, this is the new PBS. Ah, yes. New production. No more MacLare News Hour guys. MacLare guys are out. Right, right, right.

1:47:50 Right, right, right. And there was a kicker at the end. And you have to remember that when you hear the kicker at the end, OK, this was running. This ran on Thursday night. So something was supposed to happen. Play the clip and you'll see what I'm talking about. New worries over terrorist threats are prompting American officials to take additional safety measures at a number of airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa that have flights directly to the U.S.. Airports on both sides of the Atlantic ramped up security after American officials warned of potential plots to smuggle bombs on flights to the U.S. They said al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Syria are trying to

1:48:33 trying to make bombs that current security measures won't detect. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Jay Johnson, appeared last night on MSNBC. People should not overreact to it or over-speculate about what's going on. There clearly are concerns centered around aviation security that we need to be vigilant about. There is a terrorist threat to this country that remains. Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch known as AQAP was behind the so-called underwear bomber on Christmas Day 2009. A Nigerian man tried and failed to set off plastic explosives inside his underwear on a flight to Detroit. The following year, AQAP tried again, placing bombs in printer cartridges on cargo planes bound for the U.S. They were intercepted and disarmed.

1:49:29 Now the Department of Homeland Security is asking for expanded passenger screening with special emphasis on smartphones and shoes. British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged his support today. This is something we've discussed with the Americans and what we've done is put in place some extra precautions and extra checks. You know, the safety of the traveling public must come first. Also, the U.S. Embassy in Uganda warned of a threat to attack Entebbe International Airport tonight. Ah. Oh, okay. Tonight. Tonight. Yeah, that was on Thursday.

1:50:08 That was last Thursday tonight. There was gonna be a threat. So how does that work? Does it do they call? I didn't by the way, I have not seen any news stories about the Tebbe Airport blowing up. Well, but that's that's what I'm kind of asking. It's like Maybe it goes like this and it's like Yeah Is this PBS? Yeah, PBS here. PBS, hello! This is AQA McGreb! Oh, good to hear from you. Hello, hello! We're going to blow up something in Entebbe tonight. Goodbye! Okay, gotcha. We'll put it on the news hour.

1:50:49 Number one on the list of the look in and Tebby threatened you Google it number one course the story first crops up and shows up immediately and CNN So does the top one now? I just found this to be and there's no follow-up. Nobody said I guess nothing happened There was no follow-up to this story that in Tebby was gonna be bombed or some damn thing was gonna happen the specific threat I think I dropped the ball on this I think I think all of this I think the entire DHS thing is the entire enhanced security, this PBS story, and Tebby, Jade Johnson getting out there, everyone freaking out, the two three-minute long packages on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, is all to cover up one thing. Yeah, they're gonna charge us more at the airport. No!

CHAPTER 23 / 37 Discussion

Joan Rivers Viral Clip, Obama Personal Life Comments

Comedian Joan Rivers made headlines with a viral street interview where she made provocative claims about President Barack Obama's sexuality and Michelle Obama's gender identity. The hosts discuss Rivers' long career and her reputation for "not giving a crap" in her 80s. The clip is noted for its absence from mainstream entertainment news outlets despite its high view count online.

joan rivers· barack obama· michelle obama· viral video· comedy

1:51:40 What? It is this information that came to light. And do you think that the country will see the first, the United States will see the first gay president or the first woman president? Well we already have it with Obama, so let's just calm down. Got it. You know Michelle is a trans- I'm sorry, she's a what? A transgender. We all know that. Oh my gosh. I think there was, they have to kill Joan Rivers now. They needed to cover this news up. She's blowing the lid. Okay. You get clip of the day. She's letting everybody know that the president's gay and his wife is a transgender. This is clear, obviously.

1:52:20 I do love me some Joan Rivers. I have worked with this woman and I find, now that she's really getting up there, she's in her 80s I think, yeah? 82, 83 I believe? I don't know, let's take a look. I like so much because she just doesn't give a crap. This you know she just and of course she means it is she's being funny, and I think it's 81 there you go I've worked with this woman. She is a genius I'm she's very dear to my heart And I would take Joan Rivers as a comedian over any of these jabronis because she gets in trouble because she really goes all the way. And I think this is funny. This is just, this is just stick on the street, John. She's just walking into a building and she's just, oh, the president's gay. And we all know Michelle's transgendered. It's okay. It's fine. We're all fine with it.

1:53:14 What a woman. What a woman. Only on No Agenda. I'm gonna miss her, I'll tell you. You're not gonna see that on Extra Extra Tonight with Mario, whatever his name is. They're not gonna show that clip. I don't think. We do have a few people to thank for making this possible to do this show. Do indeed. Mikael Garber in Issaquah, Washington, 13333. And he wants to thank us for our continued awesomeness. Yeah, dude.

CHAPTER 24 / 37 Discussion

Global Donor Recognition, Romanian and Polish Producers

Producers from around the world are recognized for their financial support, including a Romanian listener living the "American dream" and a Polish donor discussing visa issues. One donor contributed $90.10 to match the frequency of his local NPR station as a symbolic gesture. The segment concludes with a list of "double nickel" donors from Washington, Wisconsin, New Zealand, and Tasmania.

romania· poland· tasmania· donations· npr· producers

1:53:56 Jonathan Halper in Charlotte, North Carolina. One, two, three, four, five. You got to do something with that. People like doing the one, two, three, four, five. Yeah, I know. I got to put it in the summary. One, two, three, four, five. He started listening beginning with the first episode. Nice. He sent his first one, two, three, four, five donation right after the 2012 election. That's interesting. Jaeger in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. A hundred dollars. Just old Jaeger, good catch there, Eric. Amarai, Amarai, Amari, Amari. Amari Alexandru Mihai. From Romania. Romania! Read what is coming from Romania. Thank you for your courage.

1:54:40 Please de-douche me for not donating in more than a year now. Oh no, lately I was feeling kind of shitty because of my bonerism despite the stellar quality of the greatest podcast in this universe just trying to keep myself sane while living the American dream here in Romania. Now, look, I'm gonna deduce you for sure. You've been deduced. If not only just for that horrible accent that I just did. Very rude. Very, very bad, Boris. Thank you. Michael Hall in Po-hah-nul, Maine. 9010. He says huge note, by the way, but it was interesting. I want to read this part. Please accept my donation of 90.1, which represents the FM dial location of my local NPR station.

1:55:27 I think we can, that's cool. That's a good donation. I like it. We have, it's 90.1 here as well I think, or no, 90.5 here. Okay, well that would be $90.50. Yeah, 50 cent. That's a Dean Coleman Dayton, Ohio, 7333. Brian 7533 7530 70. What'd I say? 73. No 7533. Now we have a bunch of July 4th donors. I'm going to read them in order. All 7414 is Brian Pollack in Overland, Missouri, Christopher Walker.

1:56:04 In, uh, ah. Hortonville, Wisconsin. He's the knight I was confused with. In Hortonville, Wisconsin, he's gonna be a knight. Is he? He's on the list, isn't he? Yes. That's why he's in blue. Yes, he is. But this may be the time we have by the way. We have a color coding system here on the show Blue means someone's a knight yellow means they're on the birthday list and red is a douchebag call-out. Yes. Hell. Yeah. Yeah, we're slick And it's all on punch cards We only have by the way one two three four five six of these which is kind of a disappointment Brian Maddox in Plainville in Indiana Jets Judson Noel

1:56:45 Noel in Oxford, Mississippi. Leslie Satao Zanotti in Camarillo, California. And Kirk James in Decatur, Alabama. Is MS Mississippi or Missouri? Mississippi. M-O is Missouri. Derek Dek in... It's Merrick Dek, I think. Merrick Dek in Tyshee, I think. Oh, in Poland. Yeah, he's in Poland. And he says he's donating his money, he was saying to pay the welfare state tourist visa application, free mac and cheese can wait. Keep on eating kielbasa for now. Also, I'd like to thank... I'd like to be thankful for the calling out of Jakub Wojcik.

1:57:34 who hit me in the mouth about a year ago who might have become a douchebag since then because he never told us. All right. Okay, so this is someone who liked our our Poland visa issue. Yeah, good. We'll have more news from Poland shortly. Janet Repke in Sioux City, Iowa, 60. Yeah, this is a... we did the... Call out for Sir Bernie. Right, which we did on Thursday in advance of this donation. Right. So that's been done. Christopher Whiteson in Atlanta, Georgia, 55-56. Ralph Massaro in Kirkland, Washington, double nickels on the dime. Christopher Walker again in Fortinville, Wisconsin, double nickels on the dime. Kevin Hind in Auckland, New Zealand, double nickels on the dime. And finally, Nathan Grafton, the last double nickels on the dime donation from Tasmania. That's in Australia.

1:58:35 And let's see, we got finally $50.33 from Eric Asbury in Brandon, Florida. Jim Zuckel, Zucal, he's got a birthday something coming up in Los Angeles, California, 50 bucks. And Christopher Walker again. He's all over the place, 50. And... Yeah, he's just likes his name. It's good and finally Matthew Januszewski in Chicago, Illinois 50 bucks and that concludes our donor segment for show 632 yes, and thank you everyone who also donated lesser amounts under the $50 level which of course is usually done for anonymity or just people who are on our regular subscription donations

1:59:14 We got a lot of the 3333s, 1212s, 1111s. We have 5, 4, we got people with $4 a week. All of this helps incredibly and we are very appreciative because otherwise this show would not exist. We can't do it with sponsors. We certainly can't do it by selling you seeds. So this is the only way it works and it seems to be a plowing ahead, I would say. Plowing. Yes, plowing. So please consider us for Thursday where we will have yet again more grandiose dissections of media and news for you.

CHAPTER 25 / 37 Discussion

Knighthood Ceremony, Sir Bone Crusher and Sir James Brown

A formal knighting ceremony is conducted for three new members of the No Agenda Round Table: Sir Bone Crusher of Murder Kill 100, Sir James Brown, and Sir Christopher of Wisconsin. The hosts welcome them to the ranks of executive producers and encourage them to visit the show's website to order their official rings.

knighthood· no agenda· james brown· bone crusher· christopher walker· rings

1:59:56 It's your birthday, birthday. I'm so happy. And Sir Ted Hossler congratulates his wife Melissa, says a very happy 33rd birthday to her, the magic nutter. Janet Rookie, of course, congratulates Sir Bernie before and now with her donation after his birthday, which was July 5th. And Jim Zucall, a happy birthday to him. He celebrates today, July 6th. Happy birthday from all of your friends and relatives here at the Best Podcast in the Universe. It's your birthday, yeah. And then we have one, two, three. Of course we had two instant nights and Christopher Walker who sent in his...

2:00:33 He's accounting and he is going to be knighted today, so let us grab these swords to get everything good and ready. Alright, John. Alright, Bone Crusher of Murder Kill 100! Step forward, James Brown! Ha! Christopher Walker, all of you are welcome here, to join the round table of the Knights and Dames as I would like to proudly pronounce thee the following. Sir Bone Crusher of Murder Kill 100, Sir James Brown! and Sir Christopher of Wisconsin. Gentlemen, we have a nice mixture of whiskey and wet wipes, hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay, three gashes and a bucket of fried chicken, hot pants and booze, wenches and beer, rubiness, women and rosé, vodka and vanilla, bong hits and bourbon, or maybe just some mutton and mead. And hop on over to noagenonation.com slash rings. Pick up your coveted and well-deserved ring. And thank you very much from everyone here at the best podcast in the universe.

CHAPTER 26 / 37 Discussion

Cloward-Piven Strategy, Border Crisis Overload

The Cloward-Piven strategy, a 1966 political theory aimed at overloading the welfare system to force a federal crisis and a guaranteed annual income, is discussed in the context of the current border crisis. Speculation is raised that the influx of unaccompanied minors at the Mexican border may be a deliberate application of this strategy to strain state and local resources in Texas and Arizona.

cloward-piven· welfare· immigration· border crisis· guaranteed income· sociology

2:01:28 I have a question for you, John. I came across something which I wanted to ask you about because it's something I'd not heard of before. It is the cloward-piven strategy. Oh yeah. Had you heard of this? Yeah. So I ran across this... If I had another couple seconds I could tell you what it is. Go ahead. But I have heard of it. It comes up in the conversation every so often. So this is not new? No. Apparently it was a political strategy outlined in 1966 by... By these two sociologists, I believe, and they... it had to do with how to subvert something or... Well the idea was

2:02:13 It was Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven. I guess they were maybe they're married. I don't know. Yeah, they were married I'm reading from the book of knowledge now So who knows what it really is the two stated many Americans who were eligible for welfare were not receiving benefits All right, that a welfare enrollment drive would strain local budgets here. It comes precipitating a crisis at the state and local levels that would be a wake-up call for the federal government particularly the Democratic Party and There would be side consequences, which would include easing the plight of the poor. So the idea was essentially to overload the system, I guess, which would then blow everything up and the ultimate objective is to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income, which continues to crop up, including now, uh, Candinavia is talking about it again.

2:03:02 with a $20,000 guaranteed per person minimum income. And we've discussed this several times on the show. It's coming back more often. I don't know if that's just because of the internet that we talk about things. Well, you know, even Richard Nixon floated the idea of what he called, and I think is a little different way of looking at it, a reverse income tax. Right. Which it is, truly. Which essentially would make it more of a sliding scale. But yeah, I mean this is something that I don't know, I think the strategy is not the way that you want to implement something like this. You could hurt a lot of people in the meantime. It'd be fun to watch. You could do a cool reality show. Well, they believe that the sudden emergence of like, you know, thousands of kids crossing the Mexican border just by themselves in some scheme, along with a bunch of gangsters, I guess, from the cartels trying to sneak into the country is part of this strategy.

2:03:57 Yes, exactly to overload the system. Yeah, they overload the system in this couple of specific states New Mexico, Arizona and Texas would be another one. Yeah, yeah, you're your boys. Of course the Austonians would be all for it, you know because they're all a bunch of Communists from yeah commies damn commies. Yeah. Yeah, I just thought I'd never heard of the of the term and I just thought it was interesting and just wanted to bring it up so people can pay attention to it see what happens and So I'm watching our friend Amy Goodman doing Democracy Now from Sweden. Oh, she's gone from Bonn, Germany. And where is she now in Sweden? She's at this stupid convention. Is this the War and Peace Report? The warandpeacereport.org. Why is it called the War and Peace Report? I don't know. Who knows? It's dumb.

2:04:50 So she's in Gotland at the Elmendahlen week, which I guess has been going on since the 60s, where all... and if you listen to this, listen to the way they pitch this event. It's just because... and then I have a follow-up after you play the clip. to this crazy event which brings everybody together in one kumbaya moment. tens of thousands of people of every party debating the issues of the day. Sort of like a political convention in the United States, except all of them together and more.

CHAPTER 27 / 37 Discussion

Almedalen Week in Sweden, Amy Goodman Coverage

Amy Goodman's coverage of Almedalen Week in Sweden is criticized for portraying the event as a harmonious political festival. Reports from Al Jazeera indicate significant tension at the event, including protests against the far-right Sweden Democrats and a fringe Nazi-labeled party. The hosts argue that the "Kumbaya" narrative presented by Democracy Now ignores the actual conflict and exclusion occurring at the gathering.

sweden· almedalen· amy goodness· democracy now· far-right· nazi party

2:03:57 Yes, exactly to overload the system. Yeah, they overload the system in this couple of specific states New Mexico, Arizona and Texas would be another one. Yeah, yeah, you're your boys. Of course the Austonians would be all for it, you know because they're all a bunch of Communists from yeah commies damn commies. Yeah. Yeah, I just thought I'd never heard of the of the term and I just thought it was interesting and just wanted to bring it up so people can pay attention to it see what happens and So I'm watching our friend Amy Goodman doing Democracy Now from Sweden. Oh, she's gone from Bonn, Germany. And where is she now in Sweden? She's at this stupid convention. Is this the War and Peace Report? The warandpeacereport.org. Why is it called the War and Peace Report? I don't know. Who knows? It's dumb.

2:04:50 So she's in Gotland at the Elmendahlen week, which I guess has been going on since the 60s, where all... and if you listen to this, listen to the way they pitch this event. It's just because... and then I have a follow-up after you play the clip. to this crazy event which brings everybody together in one kumbaya moment. tens of thousands of people of every party debating the issues of the day. Sort of like a political convention in the United States, except all of them together and more.

2:05:39 So we're joined by Dennis Kucinich. That might surprise some of the people who are listening and watching right now. The former congress member who lives in Washington right now. What are you doing in Amidala? Well I found out about this amazing event here and I had to see it for myself. Can you imagine where people of every political persuasion come together in an open space freely discussing and debating in a sense of joy, like a festival, and the thinking is very deep. Wow. Every political persuasion coming together. You clearly missed it. Can you play the bullshit clip for me? Here it is. No, I'm playing this for you.

2:06:28 bullshit bullshit this is a left-wing congregation let me read from Al Jazeera Because, you know, he makes it sound like, oh, everybody's coming together. Yeah, if you're green. Now, I don't want to say that the Nazis should be there, but the Nazis were there. Let me read you something from the Al Jazeera. The far right Sweden Democrats who entered parliament in 2010 are present in Visby as something of a black sheep. This is not welcoming if they call them black sheep. And they're also the far right Sweden Democrats. in Parliament. Also present, but not part of the official program, is a fringe party even further to the right, the Nazi-labeled Party of the Swedes. Nice. As the party leader claimed to be unofficially inaugurating the week called for an immediate end to all immigration, this is what the Nazis are in Sweden, end all immigration, a few hundred protesters gathered in the park to shout down his speech.

2:07:28 Channing Nazi swines and jingling keys to the jingly. Now this is not an all-inclusive Kumbaya event. It's bullcrap. And so they are presenting us with essentially a report of lies. Nice. And it was very annoying. And I was very keyed up after you played the Amy Goodman crap about the Supreme Court decision. Which I have a little follow-up to that, by the way. I would love to hear it. Yeah. So now I see where this is going. First of all, the New York Times confirms in... Was this an op-ed? Let me just pull this up for a second.

CHAPTER 28 / 37 Discussion

Hobby Lobby Aftermath, Over-the-Counter Birth Control

Following the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, a coordinated media push from outlets like Vox and The Washington Post is advocating for birth control to be made available over-the-counter. This shift would remove insurance companies from the financial loop and eliminate the need for doctor visits for prescriptions. The sudden alignment of Democratic and Republican interests on this solution suggests a high-level PR strategy to resolve the religious mandate conflict.

hobby lobby· supreme court· birth control· insurance· vox· washington post

2:08:19 It is very end if I'm not mistaken. Yes, Robert pair and Adam Liptack at the very end they confirm by saying Let me go to the very I'm scrolling down that the insurance here, some religious organizations are using that arrangement, employee benefits, etc. In part because insurers and third-party administrators have had to foot the bill for contraceptive coverage without any immediate offset or reimbursement. They're not being paid, they have no prospect of being reimbursed. Now the whole article or op-ed is kind of makes it look like The president is running around to figure out how he can save these women. While in the meantime, it's just not true. The insurance companies have to pay for any firm, for employees whose firms opt out under the Religious Belief Act. Now, what is interesting, I have three different articles now from

2:09:15 Democrats and Republicans alike, that the solution to this, you ready for this John? The solution is to make all birth control and contraception, because there's two separate things really, over-the-counter drugs. In fact, Plan B is already over-the-counter. You don't need to go see the doctor for that, you can just go to the pharmacy, and I think you don't even have to show ID for how old you are, we've talked about that in the past. And so the solution is let's just make it all over-the-counter, which would be a win for the insurance companies because they're off the hook. And this stuff, you know, there's no patents on this anymore. This stuff has been around for 40, 50 years. And it would be over-the-counter so you wouldn't have to pay for the doctor's visit, for the prescription, etc., etc., etc. You just go... Yeah, save the insurance company money that way too. Yes, exactly.

2:10:10 And I have, so yeah, House Republicans should pass a bill allowing over-the-counter birth control, says Washington Post. Seven reasons birth control pills shouldn't require a prescription, says Vox. You know, these guys are all in Vox media. Sure. The Denver Post, women should be able to buy the pill without a prescription. This is it. This is, and whether this was the plan all along, I don't know. But maybe the president will come out with this as his genius solution to certainly save his buddies at the insurance companies, i.e. banks, a little bit of money. You can take that to the bank. You know, it would be genius, you'd have to say, if this whole thing was a setup with Hobby Lobby, an unwitting participant.

2:11:00 And then they go for the Supreme Court with a weak argument, not to hobby lobby people, they come up with some good lawyers that are provided for them to win the case. And then the other side has some weak lawyers to lose the case so they can trigger this and the whole follow-up. This would be the scene. I do not believe that there's no... It's too complicated. Well, I will say this is three articles in a row, boom, boom, boom, two days later. I think this may have been a fix though. In other words, you go through the process of having this situation occur, maybe the whole thing was sincere, the insurance companies were stuck holding the bag, they had a meeting, and then they're out of the meeting because they have all the top PR people in the world they can afford, so they have some of the greatest strategists in history meeting and saying, here's how you guys get out of this.

2:11:49 And the bonus is you'll even be able to save even more money on those doctor visits. And here's your solution. And so I believe this came out of a strategy meeting after they lost. It was a quick one and it was a good one. And I agree. Vox Media, they don't do things under embargo. They're too stupid. Someone sends them a press release and they write it up. You know what I mean? Yeah. So it's a great strategy. I don't know if you're at... I don't know, maybe there is someone really smart who saw this coming or figured it out or had it ready or... I think you put those people, these real high-end PR guys are all working for two companies now. Yeah, they're good. Put a bunch of them in a room and they'll come up with this within just a couple hours. What do you think they charge for a strategy like that? A hundred grand. Really? Yeah. With expenses?

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Climate Change Refugees, Bob Geldof Smart Meter Campaign

The United Nations is considering amending international refugee law to include those displaced by climate change. In a bizarre cultural development, Sir Bob Geldof has been hired by the British government to promote the installation of smart meters in UK homes, a project costing billions of pounds. Additionally, a study in Scotland claims that redheads could face extinction as an evolutionary response to changing sunlight patterns caused by global warming.

climate change· refugees· bob geldof· smart meters· scotland· united nations

2:12:40 Well, there'll be some add-ons, yeah, sure. Follow up, follow up. A report. To the gate, to the gate, to the climate gate. Oh, John, I have a few things I just want to share with you in the climate gate agenda 21 category. United Nations now saying we need to investigate and take a look. We may have to amend international refugee law to accommodate climate change. So you can claim you are a refugee if your country is falling apart due to climate change. This is a very interesting development as that... I mean, I could, I guess... So you can go up to Canada. Yeah, I could claim asylum in Canada as a refugee from the United States. In Scotland, experts have now claimed that if climate change continues, redheads could become extinct.

2:13:40 What? Yes, the gene that causes red hair, i.e. gingers, is thought to be an evolutionary response to the lack of sun in Scotland. We may lose the ginger persuasion to climate change. Who comes up with this stuff? A travesty. Well, here's the best one. I love this. Now, if you really want to go big, right? If you want to put something onto the public, then you really want to get a guy who can sell it to people. Now, there's a couple guys you can call in the world. Of course, we know Clooney. You know, that's kind of our American... our American go-to guy. I mean, he's so go-to that... He's so go-to he went. Well, we even have jingles for him, you know. Now, in order to push the concept of smart meters in Gitmo Nation UK, and these cost 200 pounds a pop,

2:14:48 It's about an 11 billion pound... So that's, what is that, like 18 million dollars? Billion dollars? Something. Um... British government has enlisted the help of Sir Bob Geldof. Oh God. Who's going to help the government's plan to put smart meters into every British home. And Bob Geldof has admitted that he's being paid for this. That's nice. But when asked how much he said, none of your fucking business. And so there you go. They call in Bob Geldof, Sir Bob, to help put the smart meters into every home in the UK. What do you think he's going to get? I would guess a quarter of a mil. It's either in that range. It actually could be over a million. I don't think he starts the car for under a million, quite honestly. It'd probably be a couple of mil. Plus expenses. Well, of course, that's where you rack it up. How is this guy going to sell anything?

2:15:51 Oh, but the way he always does it. Children in Africa are dying from this. 97% of all scientists say, I agree. We need to put these in every home. Of course, this is all just a minor distraction from something I have been talking about for years and years and years and now it's here and now I'm not really that interested in talking about it. But after the cover up of Sir Jimmy Savile abusing children in hospital beds and and the dead and it's

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Westminster Pedophile Ring, UK Political Scandal

New allegations have emerged regarding a prolific pedophile ring involving at least 40 UK politicians, primarily from the Labour Party, during the 1980s. Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered a new inquiry into the claims, which follow the Jimmy Savile scandal and long-standing rumors of abuse at the Elm Guest House. The investigation is expected to reveal deep ties between the political establishment and historical child abuse cover-ups.

westminster· pedophile ring· jimmy savile· david cameron· labour party· isle of jersey

2:16:34 abusing corpses. We've been waiting for the Elmhouse report. I've told everyone who emails me about it, we've mentioned it on the show, I said look, in Britain there is something really bad going on and you only have to look at the Isle of Jersey and all the stuff that's been happening, the connection with the Belgian scumbag Dutroux and all this stuff. I've said it's the politicians, the royal family, and then the cover-up, the shield if you will, is to show business people there has been some weird twisted pedophile child abuse thing going on in Britain for decades. And now finally we have the Westminster pedophile ring and now they're still talking about people who are dead.

2:17:20 but at least 40 UK politicians were complicit in this pedophile ring. This is now the news coming out of the UK and by coincidence they're all pretty much from the Labour Party which is kind of funny. Exactly. Exactly. But you wait, there will be tie-ins to the royal family and it's... No. It was unavoidable that this is going to happen. No, no. This is the pedophile information exchange. Not gonna happen. Okay, we'll see. But David Cameron has ordered new inquiry into Westminster child abuse claims. Yeah. Politicians, man! It's wrong. Yeah, once they're dead, they say anything they want. Yeah, they really do. They really do.

2:18:03 And where was this leading? I don't know. I just wanted to say because we've talked about, I've talked about, you usually don't like me talking about it. No, it's kind of sick. Yeah, but it has to be pointed out. And the Netherlands is always involved, Belgium, all this stuff. I know one Prime Minister that apparently was bringing the boys out to the boat and then murdering them. Well, there's that. And then this also has to do with the Dutch Secretary of Justice, Secretary General of the Justice Department. Your fabulous, disgusting Dutch story about the creep that rubbed up against your first wife during a parade. Yeah, he was a royal. And left a mess. It's disgusting.

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Black Pete Controversy, Dutch Sinterklaas Tradition

The United Nations and Dutch courts are pressuring the Netherlands to evaluate the "Black Pete" (Zwarte Piet) tradition, which critics label as racist. Consultant Vereen Sheppard is leading a push for reparations and the banning of the character, though she mistakenly linked the tradition to Christmas rather than the December 5th Sinterklaas holiday. The hosts suggest that the focus on the blackface character ignores the more concerning figure of a "Pope-like" man visiting children.

black pete· sinterklaas· netherlands· united nations· racism· christmas

2:18:52 Yeah, the whole thing is... it's a mess. It is a messy, messy business. Why else do you think these people are... Stop. Just stop me from talking about this. It's just... it goes nowhere, ultimately. No, it never goes anywhere. It goes nowhere. It goes nowhere. Um... Well, let me go back to a couple of just random clips. Okay, well I was... I had one more thing for the Netherlands. I just wanted to throw in and then we'll go back to whatever you wanted to... Alright. You sound like you're a rapper. You're not... you're giving me bad... I'm sorry. No, my cues are off. My cues are off. So back on the table now due to a court decision in the Netherlands. This is topical because we discussed the racist Dutch making fun of the Mexicans with their big sombreros. That woman... Mocking the Mexicans. I'm sorry? They were mocking the Mexicans. Vereen Sheppard is back. This is the

2:19:45 The United Nations woman who... we went through this and that's why I'm flabbergasted that this is now back in the news in the Netherlands. So the thing was they have this Black Pete ceremony. Black Pete and Sinterklaas. And this is on December 5th, Sinterklaas is, you can look it up, but I'll just give you a quick summary. He's a guy who essentially looks like the Pope. Which, and that's why it's so, this thing is so stupid. This guy looks like a Pope, he's got a big Pope hat, he's got a big golden stick, and he has these black Pete's who run around and they go on the rooftops and they go down chimneys and they give kids a presents and if you're bad then you get thrown into the sack and you're taken on the steamboat back to Spain and then I guess you become a black Pete.

2:20:26 So this has been tradition in the Netherlands for hundreds of years and it has become a topic of big controversy, particularly toward this woman, Vereen Sheppard, who is from Jamaica, but she is on some UN working party, which means she has letterhead and she's essentially a consultant and brought in to write a paper about something. But she is really a part of this working group that is trying to get what do you call it, money. Reparations. Thank you. Money from countries who had slaves in the Caribbean and she is now, it's essentially a form of blackmail I guess, but she's going after... It's a form of extortion. Extortion, yes. Going after the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands because of course the Netherlands, you know, they had their colonies and you have to pay the people.

2:21:24 And it starts with her again coming out and saying, you know, this is crazy. You've got to stop. You don't understand that this is a slavery mentality. And a Dutch court came out with a decision, an opinion, and said, you know what? Amsterdam should evaluate whether they should supply the license for the Sinterklaas Black Pete parade, which happens every year around November whenever he comes in, for this December 5th. Now, here's what you need to know. In the Netherlands you have Sinterklaas, this is the guy who looks like the Pope, with his black peats on December 5th.

2:22:08 On December 25th they have Christmas. And you mentioned that the reason these guys are black is because they go up and down the chimney and they're covered with crap. Yeah, yes. Soot. Soot, exactly. Which means when they actually appear in public to an American it would look like white guys in blackface. Yes, which is absolutely not true. But now she comes out, and I'm gonna play this little clip. Remember, they have December 5th with the Santa Claus and Black Pete, and they celebrate Christmas. And Christmas has been celebrated with mass and not really with the Santa Claus, but completely separate from this December 5th, 20 days later, three weeks later, they have Christmas. Here's this Vereen Shepherd lady talking about the Netherlands and their racist attitude. I am not saying you should ban your Christmas celebration,

2:22:58 Okay, so she says I don't think they should give up Christmas they just the relationship between st. Nicholas and black Pete is a slave mentality troubling relationship. She is confused about and believes that this happens during Christmas. This is how stupid this woman is. Because she's really only there to extort money for the Caribbean islands, and she's using this, I guess, as some kind of stick. Here's what I want to say, and it'll be my final word, because the Netherlands needs to start using this. Sure, if you want to ban the Black Pete's and make them rainbow colors or whatever because of some racial undertone, overtone, etc., be that as it may.

2:23:50 May I point out that there is a dude who looks like the Pope with a big golden stick who is coming to your children? Hello? Hello people! That's the guy you got to be afraid of. Do not let children cozy up to this dude. Well, that was anticlimactic. Yeah? Yeah, it was. Maybe you don't read anything about the Catholic Church. No, I know about the Catholic Church, but that's like a callback. It wasn't, it didn't work. Okay. In my opinion, maybe we can get some supporters to write in. I hope so. Because now it's very... Let's go back to this fixing this problem. Would it be okay with the Dutch to change the name of Black Pete to Soot Pete?

2:24:43 No, no, no, it's the curly hair. No, it's completely a caricature. How about instead of all blackface, just you take some of this, the soot, and you just smudge, you just run your fingers down so you have smudges all over your face instead of being in blackface. I have a better idea. I say cancel Christmas, cancel Sinterklaas, and tell the kids she did it. Now that would be good. Yeah, how am I her is that a comeback do I blow come back there? Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, I said that was your day you Fixed it. I did. I think I fixed it just have a every every December have a picture of a Reen Shepherd and say and yeah And she'll be very there's no more Chris. That's right. She took Christmas and sent into class away from you Yeah, I'm sorry. You can't have any presents No, and everybody wins parents. You don't get to keep some extra money in their pocket. I

2:25:41 Yeah, well the kids don't win. Not everybody. Yes they do, they're saved from... Bullcrap propaganda. Yeah, they're saved by... The association of saying there's no such person It's always like the Americans are, you know, all the kids are taught that this is a Santa Claus. And then at some age, every kid does it their own or they pass it around amongst themselves. They're eight, nine, 10 years old. I don't know what age they switch over, but they all of a sudden discovered this is bull crap. They've been fed a bunch of bull crap all their lives. And then they snap out of it and they were slightly annoyed by this. And a lot of them go right back into believing bullshit. They joined the Democrat or Republican party.

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ISIS Recruit Arrest, Colorado Pastor Intervention

Shannon Conley, a 19-year-old Muslim convert from Colorado, was arrested at Denver International Airport while attempting to travel to Turkey to join ISIS. Her local pastor reported her to authorities after she began taking notes at the church and acting hostiley. Conley had reportedly joined the U.S. Army Explorers to learn military tactics before her planned defection to the terrorist group.

isis· shannon conley· colorado· terrorism· muslim convert· fbi

2:26:24 It's training I tell you. It's like, wait a minute, didn't you learn anything from the Santa Claus experience, you idiot? It's very interesting. You're trained and then you're disappointed and then you're given a new Santa Claus to believe in. That's a pretty good idea. Yeah, well, it works. I like that. Meanwhile, it's the pastors who are ratting out people and getting them in trouble here in America. This is in Colorado. This is that That girl who was arrested because apparently she was going to aid and abet terrorists, this 19-year-old in Colorado. The guy you're gonna hear talking is the pastor from her church. A Colorado teen is in jail tonight accused of assisting the terrorist group ISIS. Investigators busted 19-year-old Shannon Conley at the Denver International Airport. They say she was trying to head to Turkey where she planned to meet an active member of Al Qaeda and ISIS.

2:27:13 She became engaged to a 32 year old man after meeting him online and described herself as a Muslim convert interested in guerrilla warfare. Investigator Say Conley actually joined the US Army last year to learn more about military tactics and firearms so she could wage a holy war on America. When she first showed up it became obvious that she stood out just from the apparel that she was wearing. She was carrying a bag and she had a notebook pad out and taking notes at different places so that that alerts us right away. She became more a little bit more hostile then eventually we came here and said listen it's just probably better that you not come back. Conley now faces charges of terrorism. This is the pastor and they're showing his church

CHAPTER 33 / 37 Discussion

Niagara Falls Water Manipulation, Hydroelectric Scams

A report reveals that Niagara Falls is a highly manipulated engineering site rather than a purely natural wonder. By treaty, up to 75% of the water is diverted through pipes for hydroelectric power, with the flow only increased during tourist hours to maintain the appearance of the falls. The riverbed has been reshaped with cofferdams and dynamite to control erosion and optimize power generation, a practice dating back to the era of Nikola Tesla.

niagara falls· hydroelectric power· nikola tesla· erosion· tourism· engineering

2:28:03 These guys are all in they have a direct line to the ham Okay, all right. I'm on his side Please you see see see something he said something exactly That's how it works So I was watching this, I didn't realize that Niagara Falls is a scam. This is a part of a giant long report that has some old clips and some new clips and it's a very interesting little scam story. Engineers are always on guard for signs of erosion, ready to dynamite away sections when cracks appear in the lip, a telltale mark of danger. People come to Niagara Falls because they believe they're seeing something natural. But the falls has been completely manipulated

2:28:54 about two-thirds of the water is now going through pipes. It's not going over the falls anymore. So in a sense, when you look at the Niagara Falls, you're not looking at something natural. You're certainly not looking at what people looked at in the 19th century. Now, if they wanted to, they could remove 85% of the water from above the falls if they wanted to. But by treaty with Canada, the United States agreed in 1950 that they would only take out at most 75%. The treaty specifies that approximately 45 million gallons per minute must be flowing over the falls by 8 o'clock in the morning during the tourist season.

2:29:35 They needed to reshape the bed of the Niagara River above the falls, and so they built cofferdams and deepened certain parts of the river above the falls and where the intakes were for the power plants. To assist in this planning, a hydraulic model of the Niagara River was built at the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. This comparison, showing the original conditions on the bottom portion of the picture and those of the final plan in the top portion, points up the improvements, particularly on the Goat Island Flank.

2:30:12 During the fall winter and early spring when you go to the Falls, you're only seeing 25% of the water going over the Falls that could be going over. I Didn't know any of this. I didn't know any of this either now. I feel I feel like I've been gypped Hey, hey, that's racist. It's ridiculous interest. And so this is a who's running this Walt Disney. Oh So they've rigged the fall so it's just a bull crap exhibition. Apparently it must have been spectacular with like 3x more stuff going on. It was Tesla who originally harvested and harnessed, I guess, the initial hydro energy from Niagara Falls and turned it in with the turbines and created the actual first power plant. I know that. But I doubt he put all these bogative pipes and everything in place. That's weird. That's strange.

2:31:09 Yeah, I feel now as I was scammed when I went I saw the Niagara Falls. Well, I've seen it a number of times I've been there. I've been there, but I was only there on the Canada side I've never been there from the Buffalo, New York side. Hmm. I've been on the but yeah, Buffalo, New York side only yeah, but Now I feel is I didn't have any idea. This was a complete bullcrap bullcrap What else we got here? Well, I'm ready to wrap up. I do... I'll throw some things at you. You get the last thing. You get that last whatever it is going to be. I do want to play this clip before, because it's going to get old. This is the Obama will do things without Congress clip, where I just thought he sounded like he wanted to be Hitler.

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Obama Executive Action, Immigration Reform Conflict

President Barack Obama announced his intention to bypass Congress and use executive authority to fix the immigration system, citing Republican obstruction. Speaker John Boehner informed the President that the House would not vote on immigration reform this year, leading to a breakdown in negotiations. The President's rhetoric is criticized as authoritarian, with the hosts comparing his "do as I say" approach to that of a dictator.

barack obama· john boehner· immigration· executive order· congress· republicans

2:31:57 I believe Speaker Boehner when he says he wants to pass an immigration bill. Now you, just so you know, you actually just compared the president to potentially wanting to be like Hitler. Did I? Yeah, and that is- At the end of the show. That is kind of a showstopper when you say something like that. Yeah, it probably was a mistake. I'm just letting you know. I think he genuinely wants to get something done. But last week, he informed me that Republicans will continue to block a vote on immigration reform, at least for the remainder of this year. Some in the House Republican caucus are using the situation with unaccompanied children as their newest excuse to do nothing. America cannot wait forever for them to act. And that's why today,

2:32:44 I'm beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own without Congress. What? House Republicans are really concerned about me taking too many executive actions. The best solution to that is passing bills. Do as I say. Pass a bill. Solve a problem. Do as I say. He's high. I'm telling you. He's high. He's high on brownies. He's high and I have proof. I have proof. I don't know what he does, whether he puts crack in them or... Yeah. And then Michelle says, you know, here, I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it here. But... No, he doesn't. There is no crack in our pies. There's no crack in our pies. Drat the look.

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Tech News Drought, Wearable Strategy and Jerk Tech

Google's search quality chief Matt Cutts has taken an indefinite leave of absence, citing a desire to spend time with family. The tech industry is currently facing a "jerk tech" backlash against startups like Parking Monkey that exploit legal loopholes for profit. A satirical website, "whatthefuckismywearablestrategy.com," is highlighted as a commentary on the current lack of innovation in the mobile and wearable markets.

google· matt cutts· wearables· techcrunch· startups· silicon valley

2:34:07 I had that clip too. I've had it for a couple days. It was funny. It's very funny. In fact, I'm surprised we didn't play it before. Well, you know, it's because we get busy. Now, do you want to do any tech stuff before we leave, seeing as, you know, the situation? What tech stuff do you want to talk about? In a situation where I've been benched? Yeah, like that one. Oh, that situation. Yeah. There's no tech news this week, and no new phones came. Yes, I have. No new phones. Is there a new phone out, John? Well, there's a great new website that I found. Yeah, okay. Called whatthefuckismywearablestrategy.com. Oh, jeez. Here we go.

2:34:51 Let me see if I get it's all kind of rank. If you refresh you get a new one. Let me see. Call Robert Scoble. I just invented a pair of sunglasses that glistens when you run 10k. It's all things like this, but it's pretty cool website. I just invented a jumper that trembles when you have a pint at lunch. A little wearable. It's British. Must be British. Some of it is, yeah. Matt Cutts, the grand gentleman of Google. We all know him. Yeah. He is on indefinite leave. Why? He says he wanted to spend more time with his family and he's going to... What? No one says that unless it's bullshit. Well, he said that he had promised his wife. I think she'd threatened to leave him or something.

2:35:34 I'm leaving. And he said he's gonna be gone until at least October, maybe longer. And he's the guy that essentially puts the whole thing in the... you know, kills you, kills your business. If you have a business that's based on Google, then he's the one that kills you, right? Yeah, he's the guy. He's the killmeister. Google has killed Orcut? Yeah, that's weird. I guess the Brazilians. Brazilians are the ones that kept supporting that thing. Yeah, the Brazilian... wasn't it the transgender community? Just everything. You know, Brazilian. Well, here's the thing that I think will be a major topic on all of the tech news, tech news. And it's been launched by TechCrunch. And it's a movement... people are getting mad. It's called Stop the Jerk Tech.

2:36:30 Are you gonna play bongos? You wanna... I'm just punching it up for you. So there's an anger brewing about tech startups like Parking Monkey and Reservation Hop. Are you familiar with these? Yes, I am. Okay. So the idea is that these are disruptive apps that screw with people by essentially capitalizing on huge obvious loopholes to put homeless people in parking spaces to reserve your spot. And it's kind of like Silicon Valley is going, that's not funny guys. Really? This is not, you know, you got to stop the jerk tech. Like let's talk about phones. Let's get some new phones and some GPS systems and some wearables and smartwatches, but you can't be doing this. Get rid of the jerk tech. And I'm thinking I'm all for this jerk tech. I think jerk tech is great. I like it. What else can we come up with of stuff that is just annoyingly useful?

2:37:33 I don't know we can start a company. That's what I mean. It'll be good. Yeah jerk tech calm now I should have registered that I'm too late now Okay, okay, that's the tech news and there's no new phones this week. Oh, no, what are they gonna? Do I don't know everyone gonna talk about and I think we'll talk about Android L. Oh Android L, that would be good. Do you know what that is? I have no idea. Android L, I think that will be the new one. Do your last story and then I'll see if I can get this... Well, let's see, we got... Well, let's play this crazy clip. This is part of the... This is Michael Elliott again talking about P.O.T. This is the call-in show on C-SPAN. So some guy calls in, some stoner calls in.

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Hemp Energy Myths, C-SPAN Pot Diatribe

A C-SPAN caller's claims about hemp being a "multi-trillion dollar" green energy source are debunked. While hemp is a versatile agricultural product, the assertions that the first diesel engine ran on hemp oil or that the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper are identified as common myths within the pro-marijuana community. The hosts argue that these historical inaccuracies are used to pander to activists rather than provide sound energy policy.

hemp· diesel engine· rudolph diesel· declaration of independence· biofuels· colorado

2:38:31 talking about all the mis... you know, and then Elliot actually explains a couple of things. Then he throws a couple of bombs at the end, and I mentioned these two bombs at the end to Mimi, and she said this has got to be bullcrap. I have not been able to document this either. I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to play now. This would be the pot and hemp diatribe with Michael Elliot. Ah yes, here we go. By being illegal, actually we're hurting the miners. And also now, Mr. Elliot, what I want to ask you here is we're all worried about monies and factories and everything else. Marijuana is probably the top

2:39:08 Number one, green energy that America can produce and reproduce every year, being the first diesel motor was made to run off of hemp diesel. We could produce marijuana diesel, start running it in our refineries, in our trucks, in our diesel motors, and it's a multi-trillion, not billion, trillion dollar turnaround for this country. Being Colorado is a step ahead of everybody else. I hope that you could take this and look into it. Get into this energy, not just smoking it, not just people feeling good by using it, but there's a thousand sources what to do with marijuana and it's not just the smoke. Collin, thanks. Michael, go ahead. Shut up. You know, when Amendment 64 passed, it really had three different sections. One was decriminalizing marijuana so it's no longer legal to possess it.

2:40:02 The second part was creating this business regulatory framework. And the third part had to do with allowing the growing of hemp, of industrial hemp. And Colorado is implementing that aspect of the program right now as well. It's new and we're going to have to wait to see how it goes. But I would agree with the caller that hemp is a pretty amazing product. agricultural item and you know a few fun facts our Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper original American flag was made out of hemp so many things have been made out of hemp that

2:40:39 You know a couple years ago. I would I would not have believed it didn't make any sense to me but you know clothing and food items and So many other items and certainly energy there's actually a hemp house being made here in Colorado Which it's my understanding that the entire house is going to be made out of hemp except for the glass That's true. All right hemp burns hotter than coal well the thing about the diesel apparently Rudolph diesel uh... who died in nineteen thirteen invented the diesel engine as you named after him uh... i don't you know it did the claim that he used to have a loyal and i'm not so sure that's true either it comes from him card dot or give you go there and a lot of this stuff comes from there and i think him card dot org is making stuff up i'm not sure i'm going to look into the there's three assertions in here one is that the first diesel engine which would be rudolph's

2:41:33 little invention was powered on hemp, or it would have to be an oil, hemp oil. And then the, I'm not buying that, the, the, Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper because it would have been written on parchment because it was that way that kind of a document and then the flag made out of hemp. I'm not sure of that either. I think this is I think this is a myth. I It's also completely unimportant. It's being used to pander to a certain audience and I think yeah, and I think that yeah dude, man, the Declaration of Independence man, they wrote that shit and then they smoked it and

2:42:13 And then they made copies on papyrus. You put your ship in Independence and you get a buzz. Right man, and then had to make copies and that's why it's on papyrus because they smoked the original man. Don't you know that? Come on man! Yeah, and and and the the diesel to burn in the flag there was a reason for it the guys can I think he saw Cheech and Chong's up and smoke I think this But only boys we can do my understanding is true that that hemp does burn hotter than coal and of course It is a magical plant and I'm all for it And it was of course outlawed because, you know, it wasn't it Hurst? Hurst who said, hey, I got all these tree farms and I can't be having people making it out of weed. Yeah, let's tell them, I know. The crazy Mexicans are smoking it coming to kill ya. I think they should bring that one back. That's the way to go. Just blame it on the crazy Mexicans smoking the weed.

CHAPTER 37 / 37 Discussion

John Cleese on Football, Outro and Sign-off

The episode concludes with a classic clip of John Cleese explaining the differences between American football and soccer to an American audience. Cleese characterizes American football as a series of advertising jingles with little individual creativity, while comparing soccer to jazz. The hosts sign off from the "Drone Star State" and "Silicon Valley," promising to return for the next broadcast.

john cleese· soccer· football· advertising· jazz· outro

2:43:12 All right, I guess that's about as far as we can go today. It is. We will be back on Thursday of course with another edition of the best podcast in the universe. Coming up, the final end of show clip, which I guess I've reinstated. I'm sorry, I didn't know I'd banned it. You did. John Cleese explaining to us Americans, the difference between football and football, and why we don't understand it here. And until then I say that I'm coming to you from FIBA region 6 here in the capital of the drone star state in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley where it's sunny and mild, I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll be back on Thursday right here on No Agenda.

2:44:05 The wonderful thing about football is how creative it is. And this is why it has never caught on in America. You see, in America the action is deliberately kept short so that the sponsors can get in as many commercials as possible. And also so that the players don't have to think for too long. They get instructions from the quarterback, who has in turn received them from the offensive coach. So no one has to think for themselves. This is the Dick Cheney version of creativity, otherwise known as doing exactly what you're told.

2:44:41 So, you get four seconds of extremely violent action and then the only genuinely creative activity involved, a beer commercial. So, American football is played like a series of advertising jingles while soccer is played like jazz. And while we're on the subject, Why do the Americans insist on calling it soccer? Why do they have such a problem calling it football? It's a game played with a ball that is struck with the foot. Hence, foot-ball. You see? Are you following this, America? The clue is in the title. It's not that difficult. Whereas American football, as they call it, is a game where an object that's not really a ball at all, it's the wrong shape for a ball, is carried around by hand and occasionally thrown for other people to catch in their hands. You see?

2:45:40 Only one person in each team is allowed to actually kick the ball and they have to be specially brought onto the field to do it. I suppose in its own way that is a form of creativity. It's quite a creative use of language. You know, saying one thing and meaning something completely different. Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude. I'm Joe Biden and thank you for taking the time to listen. Bingo. Boomshakalaka. The best podcast in the universe. Dvorak.org slash N-A-W-L-A-K-A.