Episode 664 · Sunday, 26 October 2014

Boss Ass Look

Vladimir Putin challenges the global order at the Valdai Club as Washington State voters weigh a controversial firearm background check initiative ahead of the midterm elections.

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Vladimir Putin delivered a defiant address at the Valdai International Discussion Club, accusing the United States of fostering global chaos and using the NSA to blackmail world leaders. The Russian President called for a return to the Helsinki process to prevent the total destruction of international order, while General Wesley Clark warned that Putin’s annexation of Crimea mirrors the early territorial expansions of Adolf Hitler. These geopolitical tensions coincide with the seventh anniversary of the No Agenda podcast, as the show analyzes the shifting power dynamics between the West and the Kremlin.

In Washington State, the Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting involving Jalen Fryberg has become a focal point for the Initiative 594 ballot measure, which seeks to mandate background checks for all firearm transfers. Critics argue the law would criminalize informal sharing of shotguns between family members during hunts. Meanwhile, a surprise 2.1 billion euro budget surcharge from the European Union has sparked outrage from UK Prime Minister David Cameron, as the recalculation now includes revenue from drugs and prostitution. Financial instability continues across the continent as twenty-five EU banks failed recent stress tests, followed by the suspicious suicides of Deutsche Bank lawyer Carlo Girombelli and a partner of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

This anniversary special features a bizarre report on the arrest of Amiko Ofuedu for a foot-fondling spree at Cal State San Marcos. The seventh-year celebration includes the knighting of new producers like Sir Michael Allen and the Baron of Lake Travis, Keith Brown. Between technical debates over UTC leap seconds and the utility of aluminum foil for marijuana pipes, the show honors seven years of listener-supported media with a massive donor roll and the General Karma soundscape.


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CHAPTER 01 / 35 Discussion

No Agenda Seventh Anniversary, UTC Time Standards

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the seventh anniversary of the No Agenda podcast on October 26, 2014. The hosts discuss the death of musician Jack Bruce at age 71 and the concept of history as described by Henry Ford. A technical discussion follows regarding Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), leap seconds, and the transition to daylight savings time in Europe and the United States.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· seventh anniversary· utc· coordinated universal time· jack bruce· fema region six

00:00 Hey, glad to see ya. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday October 26th 2014 time for your Gizmo Nation media assassination episode 664 This is no agenda Celebrating seven years by exercising self-quarantine in FEMA Region Six here in the capital of the drone star state Austin Texas and morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I am also celebrating 7 years I am John C. Dvorak We live oh wait a minute hold on a sec what's this you didn't start the tape no hold on. Oh, yeah? Here's the tape and Wait miss Mickey just walked in What's this darling?

00:49 Awww, thank you! Make a wish. John she just brought in seven cupcakes with candles I have to make a wish? Yayyyy Thank you darling and happy seventh to you too as well I'll eat it later thank you darling Awww Take a picture That's over with Yeah great I'm in the show Hey congratulations You know what my wish was

01:26 Uh, that we do another seven years? Neither of us dies. That's the only thing I can... The only thing I don't have under control- I'm all in on that one! It's the only thing I don't have under control. You know you wake up and then uh, you read that Jack Bruce died. Was he 71? Yeah, 71. That sucks! He had a hard life compared to us. But that's a gyp man, that's a gyp! No, but he wasn't performing anymore. But it doesn't matter, 71 how'd he know he had a hard life?! Clapton still alive Jack Bruce. Yeah, but It's ginger ginger Baker still alive isn't he? He's he's still leading the hard life yeah, yeah there Let me ask you a question I had this horrible thought and I saw this band when they first hit the USA Oh really? Yeah to fill more And I remember this one because it was where the courses were they had chairs

02:24 It has these folding chairs at some of these performances. They weren't dance bands, so there'd be this... There's only like three or four rows of them and I was in one of them and I remember the beginning of the concert they played and then two other bands came out and they played again it was two sets And then I noticed that the folding chair I was sitting in was three feet further back That's how loud these guys were The last night as I was sitting in my in my duster Smoking, my pipe and drinking my scotch. As i often do on a Saturday night before reading My medical journals. I thought man! I'm so so happy we do this show together. I can't imagine doing any show like this What would they wouldn't be like this if it was by myself? But I was just thinking

03:20 Yeah, who is cool? Who was writing the official version of the history of our time because there seems to be diversion that is on The mainstream media and then there's what we know And I slightly different Yes, and if I didn't have you To bounce stuff off. I'm pretty sure I would Have yeah, I'd have to commit myself Well, that's still a possibility. It's so radically different often you know? Things are just so... Wow! Yeah well I find it disturbing to be honest about it. Yeah but perhaps all the history and perhaps has always been this way. I'm guessing it probably wasn't yeah

04:06 It's like Henry Ford said, history is bunk. I didn't know he said that. Yes he did say that. In fact, I heard it in a history class as a point of ridicule to indicate that Ford was an idiot but now over time the quote actually makes more sense. Maybe he was a visionary? So the Euro land entered daylight savings time already oh It is now of course 13 minutes past 4 p.m UTC universal time coordinated

04:43 And I believe the United States of Gitmo Nation changes on November 2nd. So that is next week, next Sunday... Let's see if it's not a mistake you go forward in our fall forward and spring back right? Exactly right yeah you do that i'll see you on the show someday Yeah. And Russia of course no longer changes There's no reason for anybody to change. Of course not Unless it's just a can confuse the slaves and throw them off balance, which is exactly what happens Yeah, why can't it just be UTC? I was reading up on UTC last night as one does on a Saturday and this you know This coordinated universal time if you look at the Wikipedia entry which seems to be

05:27 fairly complete. And it could really, you get a real understanding of the leap seconds and why these were introduced and why...and yeah this was I think in 72 is when the leap seconds were introduced to counter the gradual slowing of this of the rotation of the earth but i think there's like 19 of them that are added every But at any rate, you know... First of all time is just a concept when you think about it. It's just the belief... Dr. Justin Marchegiani Well this makes sense to me that you have to– yeah, it should be relative. Yeah can we just have– if I'll use UTC which is what aviation does, it would be fine. Yeah what time is now? It's 4 and 15 PM UTC Okay so we do the show– We get up but 2PM Yes I got up earlier

06:20 Well, I would like to I'm a late sleeper. I get up at 7 So I beginning it but 2 p.m.. UTC and I'd be going to bed or whatever you know to attend 12 hours later Yeah, I thought not that complicated are there UTC watches available But just reset it no. I mean just purely you too well There's a point Oh my god. I've been saying that for a few months. Alright, let me just... We have to remove this one he is invalid Holy shit Sorry about that That was one of the worst things i've ever said I think Yeah just close I never heard anything quite like it Oh boy okay alright that was dumb That's the guys arguing over whether we should do six or half a dozen Seven more years of this ladies and gentlemen Seven more years

CHAPTER 02 / 35 Discussion

Marysville Pilchuck High School Shooting, Gun Control Initiatives

A shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Washington State involving freshman Jalen Fryberg is analyzed as a potential media "dud." Reports suggest the motive involved a love triangle or family feud among cousins rather than a typical mass shooter profile. The event is discussed in the context of Washington State's Initiative 594, a ballot measure seeking to mandate background checks for all firearm transfers.

marysville· jalen fryberg· washington state· initiative 594· gun control· school shooting

07:11 Oh, man. Oh, man. Well, since you're going to get on that I do have a... well now we'll do it later. I want to talk about the Washington State shootings because they've been so uh... Do we have a name for the Washington state shootings? Can't we just call them Seattle school shooting or do we have nothing really? The Washington State shooting seems like what keeps coming up. Yeah, I think there's a dud I know they tried to push it. There's always shootings, there are shootings in schools all the time and there is a number of them every year but they always find one to make a big deal out so we can push the gun thing. And notice has been a lot of gun and violent...I mean just besides the shootings and the cop that was shot and play the violent teasers on KTLA this is way news opens everyday in Los Angeles

07:59 A SWAT team stores a high-end boutique in San Clemente, finds a man and woman dead inside. Plus detectives arrest two men accused of firing stray bullets that killed the nine year old girl in Anaheim And an LAPD officer is under investigation after a man claims he was beaten and kicked in the head This is by the way great music bed. Did you hear how that thing opened? Yeah with gunshots, and it has this whole swell this boom-boom-boom-boom Oops don't want to hear that one again. Where is it here? It was good. That's not just a Good yeah, maybe we should have one of those oh

08:46 That's where we're headed. That's a good one. Like it? Yeah, nice. Although we never hear about...I'm sure Chicago local news has it but in Chicago someone is killed every single day. Pretty much sometimes in groups. Yes I don't know but I think that Obama or it was because of Rahm Emanuel they done a blackout on playing up the Chicago violence. Well, it is the they do have the strictest gun laws in the country supposedly I also think that they want to bring it to middle America to get the women to vote Democrat

09:29 So Washington State's perfect. Let me just play three clips for the Washington state thing and get it out of the way. Sure, sure. Washington shooting one is the intro to this story And another shooting today outside Seattle investigators say this one happened at a Washington state high school He says another, so we got in the mind of the listeners many of these. Yes, of course High school and has left two people dead including the shooter Witnesses say freshman Jalen Freiberg walked into a crowded cafeteria at Marysville Pilchuck high school and opened fire he ended up shooting five people killing one I jumped under the table as fast as i could

10:07 And when it stopped I looked back up and I saw he was trying to reload his gun. And when that happened, I just Ran in the opposite direction and I was out of there as fast as I could You know thing that irritated me the most about this story is that there's this pictures everywhere him in his football jersey number 33 It's very annoying to me. I think that is a giveaway, but it's good in part two. Okay... Three of the injured students were taken to a nearby hospital where they immediately went into surgery A fourth was transferred to Seattle for treatment Freiberg was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Freiberg was considered to be a well like student and was even recently elected freshman homecoming king Police are still trying to figure out a motive behind today shooting

10:56 Well, did you get the motive? His girlfriend broke up with him or some girl wouldn't date with him. It was immediately reported properly on Russia Today so let's play that clip. This is an explanation which I think took the air out of the whole thing. Investigators are looking into a school shooting in the town of Marysville in Washington State say it still not clear whether the gunman killed himself accidentally or on purpose High school student Jaylin Fryberg shot and killed a girl and wounded four other four other classmates. Some reports suggest that two of the victims were cousins who were linked in a love triangle." I want to hear your link... What? A love triangle! Yeah, see you didn't hear that did ya? Whoa! Love triangle with his cousins?! Yeah! Sexy! There's a lot of stuff going on. Forboden love! Well this is interesting i received an email from one of our- Of course our global intelligence network

11:53 John Adam, this was my high school. I'm 35 now but i remember what it was like there It is near the Tulalip Reservations or Tulalip? There are a lot of Indians that went to the school and the other schools where I grew up in Marysville. The Freiburgs were exceptional A-holes! I was a white kid, and the Indian family stuck together so you didn't mess with them lest ya get beat down. They messed with everyone. When I heard it was a Freiburg that did it all suspicion about a possible BS story disappeared. Just little inside info for ya." Well this is interesting... Yeah, I think that gives it another perspective.

12:35 Well, that means bags. We have douchebags shooting each other. 33 is a problem also the story about who took the gun away from him and attacked him grabbed the gun when then somehow he goes and shoots himself this never made any sense to me but it was a teacher it was a janitor with various I have another piece of data for you I want to hear deconstruction listen to this piece from CNN so I'm bear with me as I just read local law enforcement under the direction of the Marysville Police Department will be holding SWAT training. This was actually yesterday, this was yesterday they held SWAT training happened that they held SWAT training yesterday in the area around the school district so take a look at this as we're watching people running just gives you chills seeing these students running one after another after another

13:31 always irritating. That doesn't mean that this is actually legitimate. It's possible that they are a-holes and somebody finally killed one or two of them, or the cousins it sounds like all were related. This sounds like a family feud! Yeah, a family feud that took its... ended up with some guy shot and of course these guys got shipped off to different hospitals immediately but the 33s this was I think

14:10 I think the media, I think this is going to be dropped. I just don't think this has got the kind of legs that it needs. It doesn't have the right kind of nutty shooter. Shitty shooting! Can we just call it that? It was a shitty shooting no good. It wasn't very good. Not a good one to pick up. So it was a complete dud. Of all the stories... and you know they had this initiative 594 out in Washington state which you would presume might have something to do with Maybe. And 594, this is the background check on transfer law? Yeah this is the one that's going to have... they're not gonna pass this thing. I got a problem with the patent. Although they have exceptions, the laws are written kind of so you could do this but

14:52 I can't even hand you a gun to shoot at the range without getting a background check on you. John Savers, MFBO of Washington State University, Inc.: Matt from Washington state wrote in and said if it passes initiative 594 in Washington state would require background checks for any transfer of a gun. For example, if it passes and I want to let my brother hold a new shotgun of mine while we're duck hunting together, I would have to pay to get a background check on him first. I have to background check my brother the person I used to take baths with." I know him better than any background check would. Anyways... There is no such thing as anyways, can we just point this out? We only say it to mock it! Well of course he's mocking-I hope he's mocking it. No context in here yet. Yeah but we have a lot of people that write and then say Anywho. Yeah, anyways... The support for the initiative is dropping as the NRA has started aggressively advertising against it and then this happens today

CHAPTER 03 / 35 Discussion

Washington State Initiative 594, Firearm Transfer Restrictions

The potential passage of Initiative 594 in Washington State raises concerns regarding the legality of informal firearm transfers between family members. Critics argue the law would require background checks even for siblings sharing a shotgun during a hunt. The NRA has increased advertising against the measure as public support reportedly fluctuates.

initiative 594· nra· gun laws· washington state· background checks

14:10 I think the media, I think this is going to be dropped. I just don't think this has got the kind of legs that it needs. It doesn't have the right kind of nutty shooter. Shitty shooting! Can we just call it that? It was a shitty shooting no good. It wasn't very good. Not a good one to pick up. So it was a complete dud. Of all the stories... and you know they had this initiative 594 out in Washington state which you would presume might have something to do with Maybe. And 594, this is the background check on transfer law? Yeah this is the one that's going to have... they're not gonna pass this thing. I got a problem with the patent. Although they have exceptions, the laws are written kind of so you could do this but

14:52 I can't even hand you a gun to shoot at the range without getting a background check on you. John Savers, MFBO of Washington State University, Inc.: Matt from Washington state wrote in and said if it passes initiative 594 in Washington state would require background checks for any transfer of a gun. For example, if it passes and I want to let my brother hold a new shotgun of mine while we're duck hunting together, I would have to pay to get a background check on him first. I have to background check my brother the person I used to take baths with." I know him better than any background check would. Anyways... There is no such thing as anyways, can we just point this out? We only say it to mock it! Well of course he's mocking-I hope he's mocking it. No context in here yet. Yeah but we have a lot of people that write and then say Anywho. Yeah, anyways... The support for the initiative is dropping as the NRA has started aggressively advertising against it and then this happens today

15:48 Yeah, so it's... They didn't even get into the when they reported on. They didn't even get into how we got the gun and all the rest of it. I think it was just a failed attempt at getting a story with legs going. And the 33 was a giveaway for us, I believe. Now, I have to say compared to what everything we saw and heard from Sandy Hook this was much more realistic. I mean, I saw helicopter trauma helicopters flying. I saw you know what looked like bodies with covered being put in by some wounded... It looked a little better than the Sandy Hook stuff

16:26 You at least saw something. In Sandy Hook we got to see absolutely nothing! There was people walking around, that made me feel a little better about it. Damn, oh damn... No actually if people want to go and look there's some very good analysis of Sandy Hook online by people who are I think obsessed to the point where they have little details that they uncover here and there Close to being embarrassing. It's so detailed, it's the best they can do. No I don't have anything else and that's the best I have too Yeah, I think that's it. I think the Freiburg in combination with your cousin clip Kissin' Cousins and the Freiburgs being a bunch of A-holes That would pretty much make sense But some family feud, you know Borkin cousins out there makes sense happens

17:26 It doesn't just happen in Texas, let's put it that way. And it doesn't need to happen at a school though but that's the... Well of course, of course So that guy's packing in school, this football kid. I'm sorry? He's packing! Yeah he's packing heat! Well we used to go to...I remember- You packed heat when you were in high school?! No and I didn't go to high school in the US but in grade school in Maryland it was not uncommon yeah you could bring your BB gun to school or you could put it in your locker you can bring your .22 if you're going you know rain shooting later on

CHAPTER 04 / 35 Discussion

Canadian Parliament Shooting Tributes, NHL Ceremony

Canadian sports and media outlets pay tribute to Corporal Nathan Cirillo following the shooting at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. An NHL ceremony featuring the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders is highlighted for its display of national unity. A slip of the tongue by a CBC host, referring to "Obama bin Laden," is noted during a discussion on security lapses.

canada· ottawa· nathan cirillo· nhl· corporal cirillo· cbc

18:02 Did you have a gun club in the school? They used to have gun clubs. Yeah, I'm pretty sure they did. I was too young but i'm pretty sure yeah You know it was part of culture and was very normal back in the day. Did you see um man Canada whoo boy! I'm glad that they are now really a part of North America The way this caliphate is being picked up The terror... They are almost as good as we are, except when they do the militaristic stuff at sports games. It's a little cooler because they do it in English and French

18:42 It sounds like it's a little longer. It's longer, but it sounds a little more You know international and you know of course they got guys in uniforms that are cool kilts I like kills, you know, I think it's the boss ass look here's the opening Boss is what you said boss-ass yes boss-ass a boss-ass Look, that's right all Canadians. Tonight we have an opportunity to stand united as one." How good is this voice? How good is this voice?! Yeah, it's great! United as one!

19:19 We ask that you please welcome tonight's honored guests. Adam Cooley and Jean Sidiborac! From Corporal Cirillo's Hamilton-based regiment, the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, Master Corporal Michael Ashe! Woohoo! And Mr. Cadet Samuel Shepard! Wow! Listen to this... Just listen. Yeah, did you see this? This is the NHL for the hockey game and this is a big stadium which I guess is Lieutenant Colonel Ken Brooks I just want to get it up to

20:06 of Canadian Forces members along with John Sobey representing Ottawa's first responders who bravely rushed to the scene and who kept our city safe every single day. Fuck yeah! Wooo! Safe!! Wow, this is good. Very good, Canada. Please join us in a moment of silence to honor and remember the victims. Warrant officer killed in Saint John's, a bishop for back and corporal Nathan Cirillo was slain at the war memorial in Ottawa all those affected by these tragedies it was a bit on them so then they do it in French and then that they do a moment of silence which is long It must have been 30 40 seconds. It was really impressive

20:51 Wow. Yeah, World War Two? Yeah yeah and there's lots of discussion on the radio which of course you kind of need that you know CBC this is what is this The Current Show And they have some pretty decent radio, I think in Candanavia. Until now the biggest terrorist activity that occurred on or near this territory our country was Air India many you know 25 years ago and it was only planned and started here it happened elsewhere but I think the problem is that you know

21:30 The lapses in security come about for a number of reasons. Somewhere Obama Bin Laden is laughing Come on, did you hear it? You know these guys are by the way, did you hear what he said? No, no, you missed it. Oh okay listen closely Is laughing now Listen listen more carefully the host of the show didn't meant no one on the show mentioned problem is that you know The lapses in security come about for a number of reasons somewhere Obama bin Laden his laugh No one says that word Obama Obama bin laden yeah But that also means he's not dead. He didn't say laughing in his grave did he?

CHAPTER 05 / 35 Discussion

Peter King, Preemptive Intelligence Gathering Proposals

Representative Peter King advocates for aggressive, non-politically correct intelligence gathering within Muslim communities to combat ISIS threats. King criticizes the New York Times and the Associated Press for opposing NYPD surveillance programs. The rhetoric is characterized as extreme, with comparisons made to the character Archie Bunker.

peter king· nypd· isis· preemptive intelligence· muslim communities· civil liberties

22:24 I read a couple of reports that there's some document that's been uncovered that proves that they didn't throw him overboard, that they actually brought the body back and they brought him to some naval base. And I don't know what they did with them but apparently he's not dead." Well it wouldn't surprise me. No made no sense...I don't know what they want to do with it. Well we've had this thesis on and off that he was always as Always an operative, and he was being extracted because nails the Navy SEALs right in that particular one Was an extraction team wasn't a assassination team right? And although they of course took a bad helicopter flight a little bit later, and we can't really talk to them anymore Which is another you know it's just the whole thing is awfully fishy Peter King Who we already think is an enormous douchebag

23:21 And he's a Republican, is he not? Yes. Yeah and he's on the big intelligence committee... He's one of the guys who leads the show runs the show on security and intelligence in our nation Now the thing you wouldn't want him to do is ever say things that would make you worried because he has inside information right? We assume so yeah if he starts getting worried then that could scare people don't you think Well, I think maybe but sometimes I believe these people are being used by the intelligence community in various ways. I don't necessarily think they're getting the straight scoop. Okay well he was on... it might have been... I don't know. It's semi-intuitive. Let's see how Mad Feinstein got when she found out that they were lying to her? Yeah yeah oh she was pissed! Oh man was she pissed and then she just keeps on doing her own thing And her head is gone

24:27 Peter King, I think it was on CNN. But you know, I mean there are a lot of people... Oh no it's Greta Van Susteren so it would be Fox sorry here we go but you know I mean there are a lot of people that are at risk with this. Greta I don't want to scare anybody nobody should feel safe I don't want to scare anybody. Nobody should know what it is now listen to the rest of what he says okay it is unbelievable terrorism and particularly evil group in ISIS and they want to attack as many people as they can they focus on the military and the police and monuments because that'll get more attention but they will kill anyone they can if they can you know attack a shopping center they can attack a subway train that they could attack an airport

25:11 do it. They right now, for the sake of symbolism they're talking about the military but no we should be guarding everything we possibly can and we should be aggressive we should be on offense which is not politically correct. The only way to really stop this rhetoric is go into Muslim communities and find out who's good who's bad get any kind tips informants whatever we have to do. It's something that NYPD was doing for years until those people at New York Times, those liberal ideologues And the Associated Press and Civil Liberties Union have tried to stop that. We have to have that type of effective, strong preemptive intelligence gathering by the police." The guy is high! It can't be any other way. Did he just say let's go in and shake down some Muslims? Yeah, that's what he said. And we can't listen to Pinko... He's like Archie Bunker all of a sudden.

26:01 Really lives funny. That's a borderline clip of the not quite not quite, but it said borderline It's crazy this guy is off his rock or you can't be saying these things Yeah, he's knee is off his rocker It's time to we got to stop being politically correct if screw those pinkos over there at The New York Times and AP What are you commies? You fucking commies? We gotta go check their Muslims Oh man What does the point I It's becoming scary. The politically correct thing came up in the local news, which I have to... it all stems from that I was just watching and listening to this story and as soon as they got the story had to go get the clip. And this is the Chinese racism

CHAPTER 06 / 35 Discussion

San Francisco Chinatown Tour Guide Rant

A viral video captures a Grey Line tour guide delivering a profanity-laced rant against San Francisco's Chinatown on her final day of work. The guide criticized local customs, noise levels, and a lack of assimilation before receiving applause from some passengers. A rally against racism was subsequently scheduled at the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland.

chinatown· san francisco· grey line tour· racism· viral video

26:49 in Oakland clip, but it actually took place in San Francisco. A rally has been scheduled against the promotion of racism and hatred against the Chinese community It will be today at noon in Oakland's Chinatown In front of Pacific Renaissance Plaza on 9th Street Organizers say that motivation behind this event is the recent YouTube video Of female tour guide bashing the Chinese community The woman has since apologized for her actions Get out China! Who needs them? Anyway, so I did. What is this sounds like a bunch of bull crap. So there's this woman on a Grey Line tour one of those double decker she's on the top and with the microphone and she's giving a tour of Chinatown San Francisco Oh, and this is her last day at work Okay, I got you So she decides to go off on the Chinese on Chinatown mostly not the Chinese so much right

27:47 And this and I think kind of re-edit this thing a little bit, but everything's here. This is the F Chinatown clip and that people who don't like to hear the couple of what the f word are you disclaiming something? I'm just saying there's gonna be a lot of it in this clip Okay, but I want you guys to know I'm not tail your fucking ginseng Fuck your little hair salons where nobody in there knows how to fucking speak English Fuck this bullshit. Fuck your Chinatown gates, fuck your little BART stop that you're building here which is fucking up traffic for the entire neighborhood. Walking down the street every day I can't even get home at night. Fuck your preschools and your little preschoolers making all that noise at 6 in the morning when i was trying to live here. Fuck your salons, fuck your little herb gardens, fuck

28:35 seafood fucking markets with your turtles and your frogs inside, okay? Okay. When you come to America you gotta assimilate a little bit and here in America we don't eat turtles and frogs but they gotta bring that here too to America there's a limit okay? You gotta assimilate a little bit Chinatown fuck your laundry hanging out the windows fuck your three or four people Inside each one of your little SROs. Okay, fuck your noise Fuck your parades fuck your dragons. Fuck this shit. Fuck Chinatown okay? Fuck em! Standing ovation She gets a round of applause. Oh stand back John you know you got it. You just shoo it man Easy easy nice

29:28 That's actually an evergreen. It's pretty funny I'm putting that in the uh, in the evergreen folder that was good! Yeah it was a real- Where did you get that from? A real rant where'd ya- yeah I dug it up it was on YouTube they kept it oh that's hilarious there's two or three versions of about it there's some little somebody commenting on it you know making this is terrible anyways obviously love it Black women, probably living in Chinatown I would think they have a lot of prejudice. Oh she was black? Yes. Funny. Fuck you little preschoolers! Okay, I have a couple of things to get out the way regarding the caliphate By the way when are we ever going to see... what is it.. what is the town

CHAPTER 07 / 35 Discussion

Siege of Kobani, Turkish Border Dynamics

The ongoing siege of Kobani reveals complex tensions between Turkey, Kurdish fighters, and the Islamic State. Reports from the Turkish-Syrian border describe a casual atmosphere among spectators despite the proximity of ISIS militants. Turkey remains hesitant to arm Kurdish groups like the YPG due to their domestic strategic threats, leading to accusations of turning a blind eye to jihadist movements.

kobani· turkey· isis· kurdish fighters· ypg· pkk

30:26 Aleppo? No, or Bani. Erbani what is it uh... Oh the one that they're pounding yeah so it was supposed to fall within hours but I guess because Turkey just isn't taking the bait and isn't jumping into the fight and isn't going to you know allow themselves to be misused by NATO It just keeps on going this was supposed to be over in hours under siege You know no one cares about this town there's a lot for a town that just doesn't seem to want to go away There's a, uh... I only have one clip on ISIS and it's a Turkish one. I picked off an RT who was like- Now I can play this before or after yours but it might be better before because it is kind of backgrounder. But you have to see the setting This is an RT reporter that is at the Turkish border He's standing there with a bunch of people in lawn chairs and coolers

31:20 Yes, I know it's crazy and he says yeah, then he has his report goes on. He in when he does the voiceover He said later when he puts the package here says that was told after I went there that it was very dangerous All kinds of horrible things have oh no like if it was like a football tailgate party at the border There was no He was just, it was so casual. It's ludicrous. It does consider the Kurdish liberation movement in the form of the YPG and the PKK as a strategic threat to itself. Branding Kurdish fighters as terrorists, Ankara justified its resistance to international plans to help defend Kobani.

32:16 It would be wrong for the United States, with whom we are friends and allies in NATO to expect us to say yes to supplying arms to Kurdish terrorist organizations. But Ankara's latest remarks suggest it is willing to help contain the Islamic State perhaps in a bid defend off accusations that it is turning a blind eye to the jihadists and even conniving with them We all know that the IS has used the facilities and the logistic facilities that they have been receiving, or at least afforded by the Turkish side. This gave them a great advantage in their fighting in Syria in general and Kobani was no exception of that." We decided to go to a border crossing and see for ourselves. We're at a border crossing with Syria

33:01 The difference here is that manning the checkpoint aren't Kurdish fighters, but the Islamic State's jihadists. In fact everything you can see behind that fence is controlled by the Islamic State It is very calm here there are no troops, no armored personnel carriers No tanks and there's a sort of feeling that Turkey's more comfortable with the Islamic state on its borders rather than any incarnation of a Kurdish state Yeah nice NATO friends they're Yeah, gasoline in Austin $2.77 a gallon Huh? I'm never getting to the two dollar for our two three dollar break 299 right it's I've seen this around 310 and 330 for premium it's

CHAPTER 08 / 35 Discussion

Wesley Clark, Five Long-Term Global Challenges

Retired General Wesley Clark appears on the Tavis Smiley show to discuss his book, "Don't Wait for the Next War." Clark identifies five primary challenges for the United States: terrorism, cyber security, financial stability, the ascent of China, and climate change. He outlines the geopolitical risks of intervening in Syria, noting the potential for conflict with Russia and Iran.

wesley clark· tavis smiley· cyber security· china· climate change· isis

33:51 And pretty interesting how all that works. Oh, and... Yes, considering that if they want it they can scare the public when they have... Usually when there's an event in the Middle East gas prices go up but seems to be going down. Very interesting. One of the guys we promised to keep our eye on whenever he shows up but he always has information that is worth listening to Wesley Clark retired General Wesley Clark. And he showed up on the Tavis Smiley show, which is that's PBS. Right? That's public television. I like to have a smile. I'd like watching his show. I didn't like him at first because I couldn't deal with his cadence. It it's annoying because it's kind of like a radio guy on TV but a black radio guy on TV cause yeah. Black radio hosts have different cadence than white radio hosts sorry. Yeah she sorry. It's a cadence that is um

34:46 Annoy, yeah. It doesn't work when you're looking at someone it's like could you move on with it? Yeah now the good general has a book out called don't wait for the next war and I thought it was a very interesting appearance And he has a new list we know we have the West Clark seven which is the...I won't play it but as a list of countries that in When was it? Was it right after the World Trade Center attack or was it... It would be when he was running for president. Right, I think he may be thinking about running again let's listen to his splits He is just not acceptable to the public Well Let me tell you something

35:31 very presidential, but without looking like a douchebag. He didn't look like an ex-retired general douche bag, didn't really act like it. He had a very kind demeanor and interacted well with Smiley. And he has a new top list of top five lists that I'd like us to listen to. Well, I want to mention one other little point is that Smiley is not an Obama fan? Correct. He went on the bus tour with Cornell West. The two of them went around, bitching and moaning about the policies and of course it fell on deaf ears so that didn't work out for him but you can just tell he's got a agenda So again I'm not suggesting that your declaring

36:15 that there's going to be another war. I guess what i'm getting at is whether or not we should accept the fact, maybe I should oppose it this way, that a war is a way of life these days given the world that we live in and terrorism that were up against... Is that a conclusion? It's no something I want to acknowledge myself but is that something that we need to come to terms with? We've got five long-term challenges one of them is terrorism cyber security stability financial system uh... the ascent of china and climate change. We've got to work against all five of those on a continuing basis." Okay, so there's your new five which I think is astute and proper notice China being in there as one of the actual things to look out for now we're going to go from oh yes here we go this is Wes Clark explaining Turkey Syria Russia Iran the relationship between all of them and he does it under in a minute Here's the trick...we're focused right now on Iraq

37:13 We haven't yet come to Syria. And Syria is difficult, why? Well for a couple of reasons Turkey's a NATO member if Turkey gets attacked we have to help defend Turkey Russia is helping Bashar Assad the president said he doesn't like Bashar Assad doesn't think he's legitimate okay but when you go against him and you really put the power in there against him what if Russia says No, we're supporting him. Are we going to take out Russian anti-aircraft systems? What if they've got Russian technicians in there? What if the Russians reinforce it? So you have to be prepared to do that and if you involve Turkey

37:54 then what if Turkey, you know is bordered by Iran? Iran is an ally of Syria. What if Iran then says to Turkey since you're trying to mess with Syria we're gonna cause trouble for you inside Turkey with the PKK guerillas so you could have a lot of complicating factors in there It's almost like the Freiburg cousins isn't it Yeah, love triangle. I think it's pretty good here's his pitch here's where i think He's detailing his top five if forgets climate change this is presidential pitch Maybe that we have to use military forces against terrorists like were doing now against ISIS may have to do more against ISIS

38:39 But that's just one of the things. We have to get a grip on cyber security in this country and by the way, you know the stock market has been acting kind of crazy lately and it reminds us that the financial crisis even though it happened 2008 We never really quite recovered from it and we're not really sure how stable the financial system is, but we know this. We know the Federal Reserve has a lot more debt and that means a lot less dry powder to be able to handle the next problem And then there's China every year China gets bigger armed forces get better They've drawn a nine-dash line in the South China Sea that takes up ocean that belongs to other countries. It almost touches the border of these other countries, they're saying what happened to our law? The sea... you know we're supposed to have the seabed 200 miles offshore and China's taken it and there's a lot of pushing and shoving going on out there These are all problems that we have to work with but most of these problems cannot just be resolved by the military Yeah

CHAPTER 09 / 35 Discussion

Ukraine Crisis, Putin and Hitler Comparisons

General Wesley Clark discusses the strategic importance of Ukraine and the potential threat Vladimir Putin poses to NATO members in the Baltic states. Clark draws parallels between Putin's annexation of Crimea and Adolf Hitler's early territorial expansions in Europe. The discussion questions whether Putin's actions in the Black Sea region will eventually lead to a direct declaration of war against NATO.

ukraine· nato· vladimir putin· crimea· baltic states· adolf hitler

39:42 I think that's some clear talking there from the general. But then... Well, it may be possible that he would take a run at it just to see if he catches but- Well bear with me. ...I think everyone sees Hillary as weak and concluded that she can't be taken out. She was taken out once already by Obama who is just an amateur. Yep. Well bear with me because here now we're going wind this up and He needs to, you know...if you wanna win an election in America there's one group... Adam- You might also be angling for vice president with under Warren. John- Possible. Adam- That'd be a good combination. John- Possible. If you want but if you want to run for anything certainly at the national level in America, you have to have the Jewish vote and this is no two ways about it. You gotta go to AIPAC, you got to do your thing, you shuffle your song and dance. The President did it. Do you remember that at the convention?

40:34 What was that thing where there was like oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah the Jerusalem is the capital It was like a quick shuffle back and forth and they restated stuff And just it's it's kind of disgusting how that all happens But there you go I want to ask you how serious we're talking about Isis for the last couple minutes here How serious and how connected or disconnected do you see? The challenges for lack better word that Ukraine are being presented inside of Ukraine well, it's very serious now tell your wife because For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO. NATO is the bond it's a security bond

41:22 Ukraine's not a member of NATO, but Ukraine's neighbors are members of NATO. And when they see Putin seizing the Crimea saying he wants to come in and protect Russian people that are in there and using military force and sneaking in these Spetsnaz snipers and other things to take those buildings... He created all this! East Europeans have been around the block a couple times They've seen this movie before They know And they go back, you know in history and they say well this is kind of sounds a lot like Hitler. This way he got started by very cautious He was very circumspect built up the army occupied the Rhineland then he wanted to protect the rights of German-speaking people in Czechoslovakia and Britain and France let him have it and the next thing his appetite got bigger

42:15 So people are worried about what that means for the rest of Europe. Putin's been threatening, he's been threatening the Baltic states He's even sort of casually mentioned nuclear weapons Well that's a total no-go To those who think they just heard you if ever so subtly, compare Putin to Hitler? How do you respond to that while you're sitting here?" Well we don't know what Putin might become. But let's not find out okay? We don't know what he might become. We don't know if he is gonna move into Estonia or try to take Latvia next but he set the process in motion where he could

42:58 and they're both members of NATO. And if he moved against them, that would be like a declaration of war against NATO which involves the United States and we'd be at war Now, this is a logical what a jump. I'm taking Crimea which is their base and traditionally a part of Russia traditionally a part of Russia they were always Russia yeah then to take and they're their main base for the boat for the Black Sea Baltic area yep and or further go to get to the Mediterranean to make that leap to taking Latvia

CHAPTER 10 / 35 Discussion

Holocaust Museum Syrian Exhibit, Code Name Caesar

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosts an exhibit featuring images of killings in Syria, drawing parallels to the Holocaust. A witness code-named "Caesar" provided photographic evidence of atrocities, though technical issues resulted in the loss of GPS metadata. Critics argue the exhibit serves a political agenda to justify intervention against the Assad regime and its Russian allies.

holocaust museum· syria· caesar· michael chertoff· elie wiesel

43:35 Well, here's what is interesting because this is still relating to Syria. And as I was listening to this and watching this interview, you know pulling out clips and I'm surfing around... You know that we have the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC? Big, big, it's a big thing! The Holocaust Museum. Do you know that they have an exhibit right now at the Holocaust Museum which is showing images of Syrian killings and equating it to the Holocaust of World War II. I found this very interesting! I find it offensive. Well, particularly... Using the Holocaust as a political football? Yes sir let me tell you how deep this went or this goes actually so right now we have closed doors

44:32 an insider, you know who has proof of these atrocities. We have hearings going on right now which are closed door hearings then the witness's name is Caesar code-name Cesar and And he has pictures of these atrocities. He is testifying with a blue hooded rain jacket on, with glasses to keep him anonymous when he goes in and out the building It's very unfortunate that the pictures that he has as evidence... In order to smuggle them out of the country, he had to compress them so much I'm not kidding John! He had to compress them so much at the exit data

45:12 Was lost so we don't have GPS coordinates and timestamps on the photos I hate it when that happens then. Now looking at this Holocaust Museum is this malarkey? Yeah, this is what's going on and but listen to what's happening Oh What depressing impressions story as bullshit bullshit of course Look at the Holocaust Museum and please take a look at the Board of Trustees, and The Council. I'll save you some time it's the USHMM.org Uniform Sierra Hotel Mike-Mike dot org On the board here we have... gee

45:54 Elie Wiesel, of course you'd expect him to be on. He is the uber Jew of the Holocaust. When he's on it's...you're solid but Michael Chertoff? Hmm this is kind of interesting that he's on the board there and there's a couple other ex-military guys who are... Is Chertoff Jewish? I don't know might be. Could be What's he doing on that board sounds like a conflict of some sort And both Chertoff and Wiesel are writing op-eds, big articles about Syria being exactly like the Holocaust. We're just not giving up on this Syria thing we're going at it any way we can. I find it... What is there that's so important?

46:48 Well, it is. Well of course Israel! Let's start with that. Israel is right around there and that could be pretty important. This isn't new... No? And the leadership there is not new and we had him hanging around with all those celebrities in the workplace What is the problem? What changed? Oh what changed is... That's what change What changed is Russia. We put Russia on their back foot, Russia has always been the problem with Syria and that's exactly what the general just explained hey you're gonna go in are you ready to be killing Russian soldiers who are manning anti-aircraft because they have a base there? Yes it's their base! So that's the problem but of course the area of Syria by itself is incredibly strategic

47:51 It's a great little patch up. But it has always been that way! Yes, this is what they were trying to do in 2003 yes but Russia is no slouch so its a twofer its so obvious and comes into play becomes clear every single day I think the general just kinda said it here's the problem So what we do? Thank goodness ha thank goodness We have another couple of great Putin stories Watch for this, I've been waiting for it. Here it is finally we have elections by the way today in Ukraine

CHAPTER 11 / 35 Discussion

Luhansk People's Republic, Anti-Gay Legislation

Rebels in the Luhansk People's Republic of Ukraine reportedly reinstated the death penalty and passed laws criminalizing homosexuality. The Daily Beast reports that the breakaway region's council voted to imprison gay individuals for over two years. This development is framed as part of a pro-Russian, anti-Western cultural shift in the conflict zone.

luhansk· ukraine· death penalty· putin· lgbt rights

48:28 Headline from the Daily Beast, Ukraine rebels love Russia hate gays threaten executions. Finally! Oh brother! Finally in the breakaway region... Exactly this playbook that we've outlined Exactly In the breakaway region that calls itself The Luhansk People's Republican what used to be a Ukrainian government administration building The place where rebels get together To exchange their most radical ideas in the smoking room In the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty. The Council reinstated capital punishment earlier this year but even such basic questions as what sort of political power should be established have not been resolved Should Luzonc aim to be a Western democracy? A communist republic? A monarchy? Failing to decide such key questions, the council opted for a law everyone in the smoking room seemed to agree on Punishment... Of homosexuals

49:21 They voted to imprison people convicted of being gay for two years and six months. And they voted the death penalty, no question about that... ...for the rape of a minor whether of the same or opposite sex." And it goes on and on so these opposition in Ukraine, the rebels love Putin hate gays want to kill him perfect! So this is right on script, right on message, right on script now This will be the main, the big main message for the people. George Soros is... he wrote an op-ed in... let me see what this is? I'm sure it was Wall Street Journal or New York Times or one of these and then he's saying time to wake up but you know we're out of time

CHAPTER 12 / 35 Discussion

Vladimir Putin, Valdai Club Speech Analysis

Vladimir Putin delivered a significant speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club, accusing the United States of meddling in domestic affairs and using the NSA to blackmail world leaders. Putin argued that U.S. unilateralism has created global chaos and fostered the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. He called for a return to established rules of international conduct similar to the Helsinki process to avoid the destruction of the global order.

vladimir putin· valdai conference· nsa· blackmail· islamic state· new world order

50:13 We have to, he said $20 billion is needed from the IMF in the Russian war effort existential threat from Russia. The thing that I have not been able to find anywhere in news reporting Is the speech President Putin made two days ago at the Valdai conference I had never heard of it. Have you ever heard of the Valdai Conference? The Valdai Conference... hold on a second, let me...I have it here. V-A-L-D-A-I. I thought I had...Valdi...yes! The Valdai International Discussion Club. International framework for the leading experts from around the world to debate on Russia and its role in the world. And this was pretty cool they had uh you know the banners and everything in the background of this event. The New World Order

51:06 What, you know... I think the subtext was what is it? Has it turned out what it was supposed to be or something like that. And they have a whole bunch of from around the world from America from China from Russia obviously this is kind of like hmmmm.... I guess would be hold the equivalent B Yeah, no different really from Obama speaking at some NATO conference I guess. Not the same stature not the same size but Putin speaking now the problem with Putin speaking is he's speaking Russian so it really is not good for television It's not good for sound bites and it's really not even appropriate for audio sound bites for our show But I felt I had to pull a few there is a translated version of his speech

51:53 And I have a couple quotes from his speech and then one little quick Q&A from an interesting person. This is one of the only places, I guess where we can get down to it at least expose some of what he is actually saying instead of what other people are telling you his thoughts are or what he's thinking Fair enough? Yeah, go. Okay so this is Putin now of course this is the transcript that I have linked in the show notes it's more detailed but its an after-the-fact transcript and I encourage you to read...it actually looks like we wrote it if you've read through these things like holy crap! This is everything this is a no agenda show read by the Russian president

52:37 It's really quite astounding. Here he is, and it's all about America and how America operates but luckily he does have some ideas at the very end here we go. Ways of influencing those defiant are well known and had been tried and tested so many times there is media pressure there is interference in the domestic affairs There are attempts at attributing legitimacy to attempts to meddle in the interior affairs. In recent years, we've had evidence that certain national leaders have been blackmailed. The big brother has been spending millions of dollars on espionage and surveillance all around the world including spying on their closest allies.

53:25 If I heard correctly, President Putin just said not only does the United States meddle in everybody else's affairs but they blackmail leaders using their big NSA spy apparatus. Which of course we've always surmised. Yes let's all ask ourselves how comfortable and safe do we feel living in a world like that? How just and how rational is it? Would you say we have no reasons to be concerned and ask these uncomfortable questions? Maybe the United States is exclusive in pursuing its leadership, and maybe that is a good thing. Maybe them interfering in everyone's relations all over the world is something that brings us peace, stability, prosperity and democracy?

54:14 Clearly, he's being facetious. But I like that! Maybe we all should simply let them do it to us? Yeah... I dare say this is not true. Unilateral dictatorship and imposing their own templates on us has actually led to something that was very contrary to what they had intended instead of resolving conflicts. We see escalation Instead of stability, we see increasing chaos. Instead of democracy, we see them supporting some very murky activists from open Nazis to very dangerous Islamic fundamentalists.

54:58 Sorry, I have to agree. I can't disagree. There's a lot of evidence pointing towards that. Because those forces are used initially as instruments but then they just go out of control and there are so-called masterminds that get burned in that I can't help but wonder how time and again they continue to repeat their own mistakes. They used to sponsor Islamic extremist movements, uh, to fight the Soviet Union. They were tried and tested in Afghanistan and later gave rise to Taliban and Al-Qaeda. It's pretty much true! Right?

55:37 Oh no, it's all true. It's all in the money and I think he makes a good point here. He kind of indicates that we're a bunch of boneheads with a lot of money. Well speaking of the money... And that was the longest clip I have, there are shorter ones now. Speaking of the money! As for financial aid for terrorists nowadays it is not only revenues from drug trafficking which by the way increased many fold during the US-led military presence in Afghanistan. But we also see terrorist activities nowadays funded by illegal oil trade and oil trafficking, they deliver oil themselves, they transport it illegally and they sell it illicitly at illegal prices but

56:27 If there are sellers, then there are buyers. Someone has been buying that oil not caring that by virtue of that they effectively finance terrorists who can one day come to their own countries and start taking lives there. Yeah yeah he was buying that oil. I didn't know about this what would...that was interesting! By the way this guy'd be great on a talk show Putin or the translator? I'm pretty...I know he speaks English, but he's just not doing it. He doesn't speak the kind of English that he needs for this sort of diet. But I'll bet if you went and said, hey Vlad hookers and blow everybody go yeah. I bet he knows. What about that illegal oil? Yeah! The illegal sales for illegal prices

57:12 Let's talk a bit about the global strategy of the US. We see what happens when you mix politics with the economy, and when you substitute a logic of cooperation with a logic of confrontation even where it is country to national business interests, joint economic projects mutual investments bring countries together, and that's an objective fact. They help us mitigate the existing intergovernmental problems and issues but nowadays the global business community is experiencing unprecedented pressure from Western governments What kind of pragmatism can we talk about when they have this motto The free world is in danger Democracy is in danger We need to mobilize to repel the threat

58:03 Well, that is mobilization policy as they come. It's a mobilization policy exactly. One day I'm glad we're doing this now because one day it will be unlawful to say say the president of Russia is saying something smart. It will be unpatriotic, it will be wrong you'll be seen as a red or Russian lover, a Russki gay hater. Pinko! Pinko! They're not even really communists anymore but that's okay Then let's look at the rebellization strategy which of course Putin is all on to, duh Our western counterparts used to try to exploit those situations by

58:45 engineering so-called orange revolutions, and by trying to court these extremist movements. But now the genie is out of the bottle, and we see that even those proponents of this managed chaos concept don't know what to do with that genie any more. We see growing discussion in debates in the Western academic community. It would be enough to look at the headlines in the Western media. The same people are first portrayed as fighters for democracy and then as Islamic radicals, first the Western media tell us about people's revolutions and then they get described as coups and riots and unrest.

59:30 Well, to wind it up with his little speech he ends his speech with a strategy for moving forward. And I want everyone to listen to this when people say Putin wants to... What are the key talking points John? Of course this is only what he's saying doesn't mean that this is what he's doing but the key talking points are hates gays, obviously. Expansionist expansionists back revisionist wants to go back to the old empire just to go back that's a good one revisionist Russia is what else does he want to do? He hates dogs, just wants to fight us.

1:00:07 I would say he wants to fight. He's stubborn, he's stubborn. Dear colleagues, Russia has made its choice. Our priorities are in favor of improving or further improving democratic institutions and developing our economy Considering the global trends of today, we want to consolidate our society based on traditional values and patriotism. We have a peaceful integration agenda. We work actively with our counterparts within the Shanghai cooperation organization, the BRICS, the Eurasian Economic Union and others. Our policy pursues unification rather than

1:00:53 It is also baseless to argue that Russia is trying to restore some kind of an empire and trying to destroy the sovereignty of its neighboring states. Russia does not demand some kind of exclusive role in the world. I would like to emphasize that we do respect the interests of others, but we would like our interests and our opinions to be respected likewise. It is obvious that the world has now entered into a period of deep and profound transformation. And we all need to be cautious and very deliberate in order to avoid some hasty and dangerous steps. Some of the players in the global relations have forgotten those rules, in the years following the end of the Cold War. We need to go back to that.

1:01:45 Otherwise, some of their ideas might prove a serious delusion. And the current trend might prove to be the beginning of destruction of the global world order. We're talking about some serious hard work. But we once managed to develop rules of conduct following the Second World War. We managed to agree in the 1970s in Helsinki over the Helsinki process So it is our task to come to terms in this new stage of development. Thank you very much. There is the pacifist Putin, rarely recognized as such saying hey we all gotta calm down a little bit

CHAPTER 13 / 35 Discussion

Russian Propaganda, RT MH17 Documentary

The effectiveness of Russian state media, specifically Russia Today (RT), is evaluated in comparison to Western propaganda. RT released a documentary regarding the downing of flight MH17, though critics noted the lack of English voiceovers made it less accessible. The segment also revisits Victoria Nuland's role in the Maidan protests in Ukraine as a point of Russian counter-narrative.

rt· russia today· mh17· victoria nuland· propaganda

1:02:29 Well, here's my thinking along these...about this. The Russians used to be very good not as good as we are since we invented it at public relations and propaganda. Although the Russians always get the label They have a label yes, but we're the superstars and there's no question about We are we love to even do it to our own people. We just love doing it so one of the things we like to do Yes, we enjoy it. And we lather ourselves in the luxury of propagandizing propaganda and that's why did we you know? That's why this show we do is so interesting to people who are lathered in it and then they get

1:03:13 confronted with...because we deconstruct that. And only because we can also do that, if we could do propaganda for them. The consulting companies should be getting more gigs and we should be rolling in dough." But the Russians have seemingly they still have these old liners, these old Soviet types that are over here that try to propagandize in favor of Russia or against us. And it's always the same losers as the Workers Party out of New York City, the Answer Group—that group is just part of them—the Workers Party is a big stronghold of this stuff and they always push that oh capitalism is bad

1:03:56 They just take it wrong. They do everything wrong, they push the wrong buttons. The American public is not going to buy into anybody unless they're just KPFA listeners at a local radio station that Pacifica, you know, Amy Goodman and the rest of these people that are just...they hate capitalism and they wish there was all, you know, Kumbaya in a circle giving each other a hug and telling a secret. Oh, you mean? Oh, there's no winning! We don't like to foster a competitive atmosphere, but we laugh alot. Now everyone hug and share a secret! Now, they're trying to do something with Russia today and I think they're somewhat successful with some of their coverage. And they do some counter-propagandizing...I have a clip that might be part of this discussion which is the RT...this is an introduction to a documentary they did on the downing of the airplane. Yes! Have you seen it? I thought it was well done. Yeah but in fact you can't clip because it was all subtitled again.

1:04:56 a blunder. Yes, yes. You get shows like us or anyone else could you could clip it if they would do voiceover call me I can do voiceovers yeah he's good yes i think no they did all subtiles so its unusable but this was the beginning of this show this is the intro The United States did its very best to sort It was again Victoria Nuland and a number of American officials who paid trips to Maidan, who were distributing cookies there. Who were providing Maidan with political support. Victoria Nuland should probably have been fired for the extremely inappropriate remarks made on an insecure telephone line to our ambassador about the crisis I think it was a mistake for her to pass out cookies to the demonstrators on Maidan

1:05:46 Yep. This is, you know... And interesting but so ineffective! For the new listeners to the program Victoria Newland used to be the spokeswoman for the State Department and is now the Assistant Deputy Secretary of State and I think she receives the Ambassador title somehow real name Noodleman married to Robert Kagan brother of Frederick Kagan neocons who took us into Iraq Thank You Now, and so the Russians have not... I don't know what happened to their old apparatus that they used to do propaganda with because when i was a kid

1:06:27 I was in the...I believe this was the fifth or sixth grade. We had one of the teachers who was a staunch anti-communist type, and so is everybody in the country. And I did a paper that was a listing for my final grade and I got into it finding all the Russian front groups that were in California, all the communist fronts And I remember doing it, and the thing must have been a hundred of them. And they all had legitimate sounds. This is like when we find the usual suspects, it's usually some global warming scam or some other thing in this... There's always the same people involved and they're on this group and that group and this group. This is something that Russians had perfected in the mid-century, last century

1:07:18 and I don't know what happened to it. I mean, did they just give up when the Soviet Union fell apart? The Russians says okay whatever we got to know what to do. I think part of it is the internet They were caught a little flat-footed. The internet consists of memes, so ISIS and ISIL IS you know they speak Arabic but they cut people's heads off so you have some visuals that you can use the only visuals we have Russia is Putin without his shirt on per you know and doing cool stuff But there's no soundbites. And they just need help! Look at RT, look at Russia Today we said this many times you know... You need sexier babes I think they've stepped up their game it certainly gotten better but you cannot do this- I saw the documentary about half an hour by coincidence or not the link to the YouTube video is in the show notes today 644.noagendanotes.com and you can take a look at it as well done

1:08:17 I think there's a lot of merit to it. Of course, we still have not seen the official data from the black boxes which the Russians keep asking for immediately And over and over again, and the Dutch being complacent. The safety board said oh well they gave us some facts but that's it shut up don't talk to anybody be quiet we're done here Final thing I have on this...and by the way thank you Brian the gay crusader The guy who finds out about Putin hating gays who wrote the white paper

CHAPTER 14 / 35 Discussion

Toby Gati, Putin Q&A on Oil Terrorism

Former Assistant Secretary of State Toby Gati questioned Vladimir Putin at a public forum regarding his views on U.S. foreign policy. Putin responded by accusing U.S. allies of purchasing illegal oil from terrorists in Syria and Iraq to finance their operations. He urged Gati to communicate to the U.S. leadership that Russia seeks respect for its interests rather than direct confrontation.

toby gati· vladimir putin· oil trade· syria· state department

1:08:54 And doesn't believe it. He's fighting against this feeling that it's crazy. Yeah, he says there is more inequality for LGBTQIAAP in the US than there is in Russia and our friends in Saudi Arabia, it's illegal to be gay and you get beheaded You know, Brian put the G in gay. So here now at this... No no G and Brian! He put the G in gay. Question now from the audience at this forum from Toby D Gotti. G-A-T-I ever hear of this woman? No never. She is a former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

1:09:41 from 93 to 97, so that's the Clinton era. She's at the event? She's at the event in her role as... let me see... Some NGO I'm sure. A consulting group international law firm Aiken Gump Straus & Hoyer & Feld Oh, some group. They probably middlemen between a lot of American businesses in Russia that need to work. I mean we're screwing ourselves with this stuff because we've got so many American businesses over there. Yes and i have a feeling that Toby and Vlad might enjoy a vodka together from time to time in the back room Frankly, I do not recognize the country you have described in your remarks My questions to you are the following

1:10:29 Who are they, Ani in your speech? Is it President Obama? Is it the American foreign policy elite? Is that the American people or is what you are describing in The Genetic Code of The United States In The Post-World She's nervous. And you're saying an effect that she can't There was also some little kerfuffle before Some Chinese guy was trying to wrestle the mic away from her and she wouldn't give it up There was some strange thing that happened and we only got... You don't see it happen, but you see there's a long pause and then you see Vladimir laughing. And I think she wrestled the mic away from some China guy. But yeah, she's nervous. It was a strange situation. She's talking to the man. Can't work with the United States at all or with its closest allies? What would you expect the American response to be to this speech? First of all, I did not say the United States is a threat to Russia

1:11:28 Like you said, President Obama does consider Russia a threat. But I do not regard the United States as a threat for us. I do believe that the policies of the ruling elite in the United States. If you excuse me, this cliché is erroneous. I am sure it is contrary not only to Russia's interests but also undermines confidence for the United States and as such it actually inflicts damage on the US itself. It undermines its confidence as one of the global leaders both in the economy and in the world politics. President Obama

1:12:11 mentioned the Islamic State as one other threat. But tell me, who actually initially helped arm the people who were fighting the Assad government in Syria? Who was providing them with a favorable media climate and environment? facilitated arms sales to those people. Don't you know who is actually fighting in Syria? It's mercenaries! Do you know that mercenaries are people who fight for money, and they actually fight where the pay is higher? You know they get certain amounts of money as payment for waging war. They have arms supplied to them but once they find out that in another country their pay is higher, they will actually migrate there.

1:13:01 Because they're looking for more pay. They managed to gain control of some oil deposits in Iraq or in Syria, and they started pumping oil there. Do they have buyers who buy oil from them? Yes, they do! Why aren't sanctions imposed against those buyers? Doesn't the United States know who those people are? Isn't it their own allies who actually buy oil from terrorists? Don't they have capacity to influence their allies, or is it that they don't want to influence them? As for American policies I would love to see people like you heading the Department of State in the US because maybe then we could change the situation. Unless that is possible I would request you, I would bid you to bring this idea over

1:13:46 the US president or the state secretary, tell them that Russia does not seek confrontation. As long as you respect our interests a lot of the issues between us will be resolved but there will have to be actual respect not only ostensible proclaimed respect Edited, of course for long pauses etc. Now I want to mention that we on this show have said the same thing about the oil. Why is it being bought and sold on the international market when we could step in and just put it into that? There are some calls now for bombing pipelines in Syria

CHAPTER 15 / 35 Discussion

Media Corruption, High-Fi Magazine Code Words

A discussion on media ethics highlights how advertisers corrupt editorial content, using historical examples from high-fidelity audio magazines. Writers for publications like Stereo Review reportedly used "code words" to signal poor product quality without offending major advertisers like Harman Kardon. This serves as a justification for the No Agenda show's value-for-value model, which avoids traditional advertising.

media corruption· advertising· harman kardon· stereo review· journalism

1:14:24 But I don't think that's going to get very far because too many people benefit from this. So it's good to hear a different version, of course it's just words doesn't mean that you know...I'm careful but man you know... By the way have an answer for question? what you think America's response to this speech will be? My answer is, who is going to hear this speech?" Nobody. Unless they listen to the No Agenda show and then they get an idea... Adamus Tchoukwisy The whole speech itself is I mean, you can...I think Brian found an alternate

1:15:09 translator, which is a little easier to listen to. But really just read the document it's well written and I can only believe it's a true translation...it's good! And you read it and go holy crap this is everything we've been saying for years? Which is irksome because when when you are saying the same thing as the enemy This does not bode well for the future of this show. Well, I think we could survive without talking about Putin. Yeah but that would be messed up! That's the whole beauty of it. Talking code...this is like in the olden days in the magazine publishing business there was since everybody's corrupt and I talk about this endlessly on the newsletter and last newsletter was no exception

1:16:01 And so you're corrupted by advertisers. So the worst corruption is in very... I would say focused small publications that were, for example the Hi-Fi magazines. All these magazines that talked about high-fi gear not the high end ones but just the regular ones stereo review or whatever maybe they'd be a higher end like... Before computers we had to have magazines Yeah there was all these stereo magazines and when you talk to the writers or ever get interviewed they always said they had to talk in code because they had a piece of let's say Harman Kardon amplifier that they were reviewing and they were big advertisers. No, you don't say! And so the amplifier could be a piece of crap

1:16:51 So they had to talk in code. And so they had all these code words for piece of crap. Under most circumstances, and you know this I don't even know what the weasel words are anymore but they were all in there and then when there was a good piece of really good product that they liked it would be very It's a terrific app. I would buy one, this is the best thing I've heard for months." Totally different but they would never say anything bad and actually...I was in China once giving a lecture to some Chinese journalists about this because- That by the way you've got to...I think you should do that differently I was in China once giving a lecture.

1:17:45 It has to be this way with everything, whether there's advertisers or not. Because they're culturally can insult people so they have to use all kinds of very unique ways of saying bad things about you right but this is a part of the corrupt system that we deal with and we don't deal with it on the show no we don't We don't and the only way that we can do that is by not having advertisers, not taking money any other way from the people who are what we call producers. Yes you all listen, we all listen, were all listeners But we're contributing. We're producers and people do that in many ways, and the most important way for us to stay on the air is through our financial contributions just like any big Hollywood production or any big news production. And we'd like to credit the executive and associate executive producers in the opening credits. We always have a long opening to the show, and then we have a separate thank you segment. So with that I would like to thank you for your courage and say In The Morning To You John C. Dvorak! Well, good morning to you Adam Curry, In The Morning To All Ships At Sea

CHAPTER 16 / 35 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, Seventh Anniversary Donations

The hosts acknowledge financial contributions from executive producers to celebrate the show's seventh anniversary. Notable donations include $777.77 from David Foley for his son London's knighthood and $700 from Justin Hilton. The segment includes personal anecdotes about listener interactions, the "Craisins" meme, and the benefits of Dutch cheese versus French cheese.

value-for-value· donations· knighthoods· paypal· london foley· david foley

1:18:46 boots on the ground, subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. Feet in the air by the way too. Yes feet in the air! In the morning to everyone in the chat room celebrating our seven years today thank you very much for the human resources showing up. In the morning to our artists who have been with us from almost day one I believe. No you did art. We took in our first piece of art it was actually two guys... Oh you remember? They started giving us art and then they put up the Art generator, right? And we are ever greatly indebted. Then they both got knighthoods Joe Wagner created the art for episode six six three and We appreciate that good piece of art very nice Can't wait to see what we have for our our seventh anniversary business in Desilio We don't have like a big retrospective and talking about how groovy we are

1:19:39 We don't do it. I mean, we could do it man. You were great on that show about the oil pipelines Yeah, man, I was so let's thank a few of our executive producers for this show Which is show six six four and one or my people who get? We got two shows to go before which is next Sunday Which has also daylight savings time by no coincidence right show 666 Yay

1:20:23 So, David Foley came in at the last second. And by the way there's a lot of people that came in after midnight and we will continue the celebration through the next show on Thursday and be congratulating ourselves from...and then after that we'd go to push for 666. So you'll get mentioned in the next show under the same circumstances. Sir David Foley came with $777.77? Congrats on seven years of providing the best podcast in the universe and close Please find a sack of sevens to celebrate them sevens to the max. Yes credit this toward my son's London knighthood My son London's knighthood and send him a birthday shout out as today is his ninth birthday Oh, that's no coincidence

1:21:07 Interesting. Uh-huh, uh-huh Yeah he's a cute kid by the way Best wishes and hoping you have and then I don't have anything And let me restate that nine year old guys don't want to hear they're cute awesome looking dude He is cute Sorry Bestie when he wears a little hat Nice a Minecraft maniac. Oh is he oh yeah, very good. That's good. It's good for the yes Good for something future night We need these we need the youngins you can anything it says best wishes and hoping you have A happy seventh, I'm assuming. Yeah, I don't have any more on the spreadsheet. Justin Hilton in Festus Missouri $700 this is nice Happy 7th anniversary you guys do a great job keep it up! I want to become a knight while i'm still 33 This donation gets me there Now as a producer of this episode I'd like to encourage you guys To stop trying to change how you speak I'd rather hear weird or essentially than Weird oops I mean weird again I mean unusual

1:22:11 Once again, we've done this for years and at some point that stops happening. It's a piccadillo it's a little thing that we'd go through because I don't need to say things like this. Although I am now finding myself and even Miss Mickey is backing me up with the... We walked down First Street to grab a bite to eat And there's these little old Austin houses that have been converted into little shops, you know with overpriced jewelry. It's what happens So we walk in and hi guys if you've ever been here before no we haven't oh awesome Well what and I said? No it's not awesome the immaculate conception is awesome And the girl just might be a thrill to go shopping with and no no These idiots out there and she looks at me as I'm just trying to give the word awesome its power back That's all

1:23:03 That's all. This fell on deaf ears. Oh yeah, man that guy is a dick! And he didn't buy anything either. Douchebag. Cheap prick. Fucking douche. I'd rather hear weirder essentially than blah blah blah Once again you guys are awesome Happy anniversary can i get some whoop him with the constitution karma thanks absolutely absolutely Now get out there and whoop Obama's behind You've got karma. Wow, I hadn't heard the long version in quite a while! Yeah... That thing's good

1:24:02 Little J from the east side of St. Paul, 5 4 3 2 1. That's another nice twist. Maplewood as the T comes in from Maplewood Minnesota but it is in East Saint Paul This is little J from East Saint Paul ITM John and Adam admire your courage Please send good karma and little girl yay to our military. Always! Jobs, jobs and more jobs to those just getting by you guys rock on your deconstructions are amazing And then of course he dies too because what I think this was that one the new donation click thing on YouTube has a limit of how many words? First of all PayPal not YouTube Did i say youtube? Yeah Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs

1:24:49 You've got karma. Yeah, you said YouTube and I'm just gonna let it slide It's been seven years again. I said YouTube instead of PayPal. Well you know... I have run out of my methyl b12 and I ordered some over the Amazon ah but Do you have enough craisins on hand? I'm out of craisins. This has become quite the meme in the no agenda circles People are all in on the Crazines. You can get a box of these things for free from Cranberry Farms or whoever those guys are. Yeah, it's-it's It's a brand from The Big Company from Craizins That's not a fruit

1:25:35 Well, I'm sorry. I ever said it now you should be to me the bit if I get the methyl b12 I'll be back in business methyl B 12 Mickey takes that so I also take pro-shinbi athelish take the cobalamin stuff I don't know the methods the one you want okay? I think that's what she has I take Pro symbiotic That stuff is good You should you should have taken at yeah, I do this gonna help my brain no, but it helps your poop My poop is fine. But you know, well okay that's my weak spot so I'm a little too pro-symbiotics in the morning and... Eat more cheese! Oh more cheese? You eat cheese all day? I'm a Cheesehead from Holland. Oh you should move to Wisconsin No no there's nothing really like Dutch cheese

1:26:27 I like Dutch cheese, but there's a sameness and blandness to it that gets on your nerves after all. You got to have good French stinky cheese once in awhile. Mikel Vigil No, Mickey is the French stinky cheese expert. I like the Gouda, the Bamesters, particularly really old aged Gouda and cheddar with cumin. Do you have a cheese slicer? I've got five of them. Okay, but that's the sign of a true cheese aficionado

1:27:10 Davell, Davell. Hey Davell! See? Davell Daniel Hochstein in Surprise Arizona who did not change his clocks. Arizona does not participate in this scam I admire them 33334 Dear John and Adam attaches my donation of 333 34 I'm heading your call heating I'm heeding your call for Sunday donations and everyone out there should be doing the same. No Agenda programming is consistently top-notch, and I congratulate you both on keeping the quality of the show as high it is. Nothing else even comes close to educating the masses on what's really going on." Please send me some new business karma, a stuttering porky pig Obama if you don't mind. I'd appreciate another mention in my Tech Business Media Technologies Consulting.

1:27:59 We provide a unique in-house promotion system that helps restaurant and bar owners increase sales with their flat screen TVs called Dynamic Edge. Oh yeah, right. Set in my kitchen it's the only system that lets them add promotional content to their existing live TV program oh this is what this I know what they're doing And this is a good idea because almost every single restaurant in America even high end great in Austin particularly at the bar always has TVs on Now I think what he might be doing here, it's like a pass-through system. If you get to see a demo at GetDigitalSigns.com so try that out but here is what I would think is a cool idea by the way he's into IQF, he's in ham. Here's what I would do if did this invention there's a code that comes across when the commercials begin as soon as that code hits you play a local commercial in your restaurant

1:28:56 Hey, by the way we got a real sale on Ramos Fizz. You know just ask the bartender kind of thing and then when the code another code comes in saying we're going back to the programming you genuine pull ads and boom your back to the that's not what they're doing they have a unique video wrap technology that lets you enhance your existing TV programming giving you previously unused giving your previously unused screen space to customize and add things like happy hour and meal specials, live sports or news tickers, sport's channel lineups, special events and entertainment calendars. Well that means there is room for another company he should be well you should add that it's a good idea I think it's a really good idea why you know if you're playing something locally even though it might be in violation of some license but your playing something locally probably illegally if its in the bar

1:29:52 You might as well pull those ads out and put your own ads in. And maybe even some local businesses! Anyway, it's just a thought... Sir Dallas- Wait wait wait no no whoa whoa! Sorry he needs a bunch of clips. That's how we roll. And that's the story you've got karma All right, Sir Dallas Spongberg from the Rocky Mountain House in Alberta Canada. I'm not gonna say anything about Alberta anymore 262 Happy seventh anniversary to the best podcast in universe. I'm need of a de-douching as I have been Neglecting to donate on the grounds that now I am broke college students. Oh, I'm a broke college student Not he's only one person. I also did the math with Z and This should finish my second knighthood

1:30:53 I would like to be a boom shaka laka karma for my family as tough times await us in the coming months. Now this is a guy that's out of work, student keep doing what you're doing and may we see another seven years of glorious no agenda." Thank you and i presume or i can assume when do you use presume and when do you use assume? Well, I presume and I assume. You never use assume because that makes an ass out of you and me so i would never use the word presume all the time Okay thank you very much for clarifying

1:31:32 That he is supporting the program as it makes him It's in a form of education and he's an investment health investment in his own health. Yeah, yeah No, that's a good thing Thank you very much a de-douching is what he wanted first I make sure we get that he deserves You've been D do You've got karma. Oh, that should...that should tide him over. Yeah Sir Norman McDonough in Woodstock Ontario Canada 23456 Uh sir Norman McDonough happy 7th and may I have a jobisjobisjobs followed by her head is gone all the best

1:32:22 Well, yeah I think we can do that. Let me see where's... Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! And her head is gone You've got karma. Nice! I like that combination That's a good combo Yes, it is a good combo Sir Edward Sheets Esquire in Brewerton New York 222-22 Lads you guys rock thanks for the hard work and the fine efforts remember Cuban cigars and single malt scotch for all at the table nice sir sheets gracias Twin Engine Coffee in Hialeah Florida back to 212 12

1:33:05 Thanks for mentioning Twin Engine Coffee on the last show. When people order at twinenginecoffee.com, Noah Jenner will make a donation to the show. Chuck W ordered a bag of coffee for each of you and you'll be getting a bag of our reserve coffee! We are just poor slaves but this is how we can help support the show. John please check your inbox I think you've missed some emails from me. He needs to know where to... What? You wrote him back? Yeah, I said no. He's like he said I never got my coffee that's what i told him Vladislav Dubov in Moscow yep Moscow Russia $200 and I looked and looked and looked And I couldn't find a note from his using his name as search and using his email address for a second yes You may have gotten some and we appreciate all it We do have Russian listeners which is tons of them give us a lot of scoops

1:34:05 But they do. I don't know as if they have scoops? Yeah, you're probably right. I just don't think it's really... I mean Russians are big gossips. Where does that come from? Is that true? I don't know. No, I think so. You have to be if the news media is like locked down. Americans are big gossips. I think it's a cultural thing where they like the Russians and Americans were very alike. The people, um...I went to Russia before David Hasselhoff brought the wall down thank God for the Hoffs and hung out with Russians you know? They're very much like us as in i think they are saddened to see how we are kind of going through what they went through for decades

1:35:00 and they're just kind of standing back, and they know that's... They probably know it makes no sense to try and convince us of any other path than the one we're on. Does that make- does that sound about right? I don't know I mean, all I know is that we can't convince anybody to listen to the show if they're like locked down as Obama bots. Well there's that problem People don't change! If you're already kind of falling off the cliff You can push them and they'll fall off. But if they're not even near a cliff, you can't push them off the cliff! And also they know that their elites are also douchebags. I mean it's... yeah Putin of course is not a good guy like Obama of course is not a good guy ultimately all people in power are just a-holes It's just the way it works this is just the way it works This is what it is

1:35:57 It's what it is. Thank you all very much for your support of the program, thank you to our executive producers, our associate executive producers means the world to us for seven years I always get up with a smile on my face, not knowing what the next paycheck is going to be like. But i have faith in the show and I have faith in the partnership. I have so much faith in our international global intelligence network which is producing this show So, take a bow yourselves everybody. Let me give everybody an extra karma and thank you once again for supporting us. You've got karma And we will have another show on Thursday And of course next Sunday is the big 666 so we hope everyone will be out for that as well Devorak dot org slash N A And even though it's kind of futile please go out and try to prop the formula Our formula is this We go out...we hit people in the mouth

CHAPTER 17 / 35 Discussion

Southern California Foot Fondler Arrest

Amiko Ofuedu was arrested at Cal State San Marcos after reportedly fondling a woman's foot and putting it in his mouth without consent. Police received additional reports of harassment at a campus Starbucks and nearby Palomar College. The incident is described as a bizarre fetish-related crime occurring in Southern California.

amiko ofuedu· cal state san marcos· palomar college· foot fetish· arrest

1:37:03 And also, we're just a comedy podcast. Yeah! And I'm really here just to make John laugh but when i make John C Dvorak laugh... Which is difficult The real laugh. Not the ha-ha. No you have this girly laugh when you're really laughing It's a bit like that. I have it differently, but i'm really really well you got away from the mic and you don't embarrass yourself I Have to we'll talk about funny okay? You want to be laughs to my laughs so I get the laugh story all right This is the last story this is my this is a good one. This is the foot fondler on the loose

1:37:57 A bizarre arrest at a Southern California college after man reportedly fondled the woman's foot and put it in his mouth without her consent. Amiko Ofuedu was arrested on Cal State San Marcos campus Thursday night. Police say there are reports he also harassed students at the campus library and Starbucks next door. He reportedly also harassed students down the street at Palomar College It's kind of a weird fetish to have, but it's still creepy to know that there is someone on campus like kind of you know being weird to girls. Wait a minute! He just walks up grabs your foot and puts it in his mouth? Apparently yes That's great Only in Southern California I think this is going on everywhere This is nuts Hey buddy there's a thing called Craigslist

CHAPTER 18 / 35 Discussion

European Union Budget Dispute, UK Surcharge

The European Union issued a surprise 2.1 billion euro budget surcharge to the United Kingdom, sparking outrage from Prime Minister David Cameron. The surcharge resulted from a recalculation of Gross National Income (GNI) that included previously unreported sectors like drugs and prostitution. Nigel Farage and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė also commented on the fiscal dispute, which affected the Netherlands and Italy as well.

david cameron· european union· nigel farage· gni· netherlands· dahlia grybauskaite

1:38:48 Get to work. Hey, Euroland is hilarious! This I am... This we know? I'm sorry? I said this we know. Yeah well there's a couple of things that have been going on first of all everyone's out and you know everyone's leaving so they've been all kinds of fun speeches and Farage did little fun speech but what was really funny is there was a, the European Union said oh hey you know everyone has to contribute to the budget but we have done our recalculation and you know there's some countries that owe some extra money including the United Kingdoms of Gitmo Nation East who now have been sent a 2.1 billion euro bill an extra bill and surprisingly

1:39:38 The Netherlands, number two on the list with a whopping 642 million euro bill. that they need to pay for the European Union. And... They're deadbeats! Yes, they are deadbeats for not paying and this has resulted in outrage I would say. Outrage mainly well first from the Prime Minister who is in a very precarious situation now but he cannot seem weak regarding Europe and Cameron was just he may be a deadbeat but he's gonna say, he is going to prove that he is a dead beat. Let me just make a couple of points about this first of all now according to the Commission it is an estimate It is not a final figure And we need to make sure that the commission start answering questions and experts start answering questions

1:40:28 to sometimes you pay a little bit less but it has never been the case that a 2 billion euro bill has suddenly been presented and it is not acceptable. It's an appalling way to behave I'm not paying that bill on the 1st of December if people think they've got another thing coming, it is not

1:41:04 going to happen. These emergency meetings need to take place, the figures need to be thoroughly investigated and explanation of how this happened needs to be properly produced but people should be in no doubt as an important contributor to this organization we are not suddenly gonna get out our checkbook and write a cheque for two billion euros it is not happening. Okey dokey well Baroso who was of course on his way out, did have a few words to say. He's saying hey... Albert! What? Albert! Yeah he's like, hey man this is the way it goes shut up These corrections are made every year In some years the net effect will be to increase a member state contribution That is the case for UK, The Netherlands and some others this year in other cases the net effect will be to reduce the contribution This was the case for UK

1:41:56 For instance, in 2008. The Commission is of course ready to provide Member States any additional explanations. In the context of the MFF, the Commission had proposed different criteria for establishing a European budget through own resources rather than GNI. Member States in the Council insisted on maintaining GNI as a key element of the budget calculation base. This statistical effect has therefore been built into system by the Budgetary Authority so according to the information I received from the Commission services from my legal experts this was a decision taken in full independence by the statistical entities and of course I understand two concerns that it's raised it has raised in London but

1:42:42 I mean, any person that wants to look at them with objectivity and honesty to the rules that were approved by member states has to accept that sometimes these decisions happen. Yeah so you need to shut the F up essentially is what he said. What does Great Britain get? for this 2.5 billion dollars that they spend on the EU? Hold on, that's just an extra... They spend 8 billion annually! They contribute 55 billion euros a day to the EU. Well I can tell you- Not 55 billion euros a day A million, I'm sorry, a million

1:43:20 I looked at the, here it is. The EU budget 2014 in figures now the entire budget of the European Union for 2014... This is an operation that just has meetings Let me tell you what's going on 142 billion euros give or take 142 billion 640 and a half million 59% of that... What is the number one? Number one is, okay here we go. The top chunk of the pie and this is from looking at the European Commission website. 59.2 percent goes toward you're gonna love it sustainable growth natural resources

1:44:09 I'm sorry. Yeah, that's where most of the money goes to sustainably and what is your time now? Do you said though total budget 144 million billion yeah okay and 59% of that goes to sustainable growth natural resources yes Which is code for subsidies for farmers That's most of what that is isn't that a WTO violation It has to do...I don't know. That I don't know. I think it is, but anyway... Okay so they give...so that would be what? 70 or 2... Let me explain. $80 billion goes in subsidies for farmers. Yes and of course most of this what the European Union about is equality and picking up the weak brothers and sisters etc., then we have number two

1:45:01 47.5% of the money goes toward economic, social and territorial cohesion I'm sorry 33%. What does that mean? I got the numbers wrong, I'm sorry I was looking at the number, at the amounts and not the percentages. So sustainable growth is 41.6%, almost 60 billion. Okay. Economic social and territorial cohesion is 33.3%. Then we have... What does that mean? Fuck if I know. Well just ask him. Territorial cohesion is bringing it's probably meetings. Meetings yeah

1:45:48 Then we have the third with 11.6% competitiveness for job, for growth and jobs more meetings then we have administration that is the buildings, the people... Right people who set up the meetings 6%. So that is how much would that be? That looks like it would be quite a bit of money. About 10 billion 7 yeah 8 billion maybe Then global Europe gets 5.8% whatever that means, then security and citizenship 1.5%. But if you really look at the explanation of the entire budget... let me see I have another link here

1:46:37 Let's look at the book of knowledge kind of explains it in layman's terms. The European Union has a budget to pay for policies carried out at European level such as agriculture, assistance to poorer regions trans-European networks research some overseas development aid and for its administration including a parliament executive branch and judiciary that are distinct from those of the member states These arms administer the application of treaties, laws and agreements between the member states and their expenditure on common policies throughout the Union. Now the way the budget is determined and what uh what the member states must pay is based upon their economies here's a 17 second explanation... The adjustment is based on the growth of the UK economy compared to others in the EU after the recalculation Germany reduces its EU

1:47:27 fees by 614 million pounds, France by 789 million while Britain adds 1.7 billion to its EU membership subs." And I think there was a mistake that was made you'll recall the Office for National Statistics recalculated the size of the British or UK national income to take account of unreported and other under-reported parts of the economy, such as research and development drugs and prostitution. And I remember the drugs and prostitution thing! And they added some money in today look at us! They're adding money to cook the books because the economy was weak and now they get stuck with a bill. Hey ironic! Exactly. George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

1:48:13 finance minister, treasury secretary would be the equivalent. He was gobsmacked! Gobsmacked smocked meek smocks. I think it's unacceptable It is an unacceptable way for this organization to operate that countries like Britain and indeed other countries Italy Holland are just presented with these demands for extra money without any notice David Cameron while we're doing this... How much debt did you have by the way? Well we were told earlier this week Earlier this week? Earlier this week I think we were told on Tuesday. Why did we only learn now? Because it has surfaced as the European Council approaches, right? We have absolutely... Full ambush then! Even the President of the European Commission yesterday said he didn't have a clue about

1:49:02 that was yesterday. So somewhere in the organisation they've produced these numbers, it's not acceptable way for the organisation to work and David Cameron alongside the Italian Prime Minister, the Dutch Prime Minister you know the Greek prime minister are raising these issues as we're doing this interview at the European Council. You honestly had no idea this was coming? We knew the numbers have been revised, we knew there was a new assessment isn't it naive to say you wouldn't have known that this would be reassessed? This appears to have been a calculation done in the bowels of the European Commission handed out at a meeting of relatively junior civil servants based on hookers and drugs

1:49:43 I would make the argument, look if France isn't going to put their hookers into the calculation and Italy's not putting their hookers in the calculations we'll give you a different number that you can charge us for. Everyone should be counting their hookers! Yeah! Bad bad business well... Since otherwise Have you ever seen the president of Lithuania? I think so blonde girl blonde girl? No. Oh, no. Wikipedia she's known as the iron lady you need to check this check out. I think we talked about her before. I don't recall Dahlia Grbowskitee. Just a waney president right? Look at it, look at it before I play the clip. Okay. You gotta look at her yeah this woman is all business

1:50:39 Oh, this one. Yeah yeah no she's not a blonde girl she is a she is a uh iron lady the iron yeah I say an iron tough a tough cookie a tough woman. Tough, tough, tough. And here's what she had to say. Looks like John McCain actually never seen in the same photo. She got a picture I've got the images up and John McCain showed up for some reason into this picture Google image see what that's all about google algorithms Lithuanian president meets US Senator John McCain oh there you go alright ready yeah it's happening every time

1:51:17 and every year, and nothing new. And that's the case today with... 1.7 billion? I mean that's a lot of money Britain has got to find! I'm sorry but better to be more precise with calculations Yeah. Hey go ahead argue with that Mr Cameron Of course one person is delighted with this news and that would be Nigel Farage Well we already paid 55 million pounds a day as a membership fee to this club, to be asked for whole load more and given a few days in which to pay it. It's pretty outrageous and I think people will be very very angry and it just leaves Mr Cameron in hopeless position because don't forget one of his big claims was he'd cut the EU budget but the result of that cut was actually our contribution had already gone up a little bit now its gone up a load so you know frankly the sooner this all comes to ahead and the British have referendum on this subject the better

CHAPTER 19 / 35 Discussion

EU Bank Stress Tests, Financial Sector Suicides

Twenty-five European Union banks failed a recent stress test, revealing a capital shortfall of nearly 32 billion euros. Amidst this financial instability, the segment notes the suspicious suicides of a partner of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a senior Deutsche Bank lawyer, Carlo Girombelli. The lawyer was reportedly involved in LIBOR manipulation negotiations, leading to speculation regarding the nature of these deaths.

deutsche bank· imf· dominique strauss-kahn· libor· carlo girombelli· suicide

1:52:12 Yeah. So and the Dutch Prime Minister Margritte, who is just a weasel boy he doesn't know what to say about it will have conversations about this and Dijsselbloem who was the you know he was the guy coordinating all of the all of the financial union, the fiscal union. He had said time and again in The Netherlands no we won't get a bill at the end of the year now we're all good and it shows up but he's looking like a douche Yeah, this is all very interesting. The 642 million euros... I don't know how they can afford it but you know if you look at those fancy buildings they built and there's meetings they have and they pay for travel? It adds up! They really build up a fantastic operation. It's beautiful. But the place is in shambles and they just completed their stress test

1:53:21 of the banks. And the numbers are in, I believe 25 banks in the European Union did not stand the test and they now have to...they have a number of months up to see somewhere in 2015 these twenty-five banks have raise or at least have I think 10 to 15 billion extra euros in their coffers in order to be financially sound and to you know, be able to withstand any kind of Any kind of Armageddon. Let me here it is 25 EU banks fail Oh with 31 point 68 billion capital shortfall Yeah so each of these had they have to increase their capital by fifteen billion euros this is

1:54:16 9 months they have to cover that. So I guess they have to issue shares in order to do that. Staying with banksters real quick, Thierry Leine Dominique Strauss-Kahn former IMF head ousted under false pretense. Dominique Strauss-Kahn's partner committed suicide jumping from his 23rd floor apartment They have a hedge fund together What the heck you think happened here? Yeah, this we don't know. Perhaps almost as interesting senior Deutsche Bank regulatory lawyer found dead in New York after committing suicide Carlo Giro Gambino 41 hung himself... Which nobody does by the way. Thank you happens to be very well known by ex-banker friend here in Austin

1:55:20 So I will be getting inside information. Let's assume these two were murdered, and if we make that assumption the question remains why? What is going on? Well, the...I don't know about the Dominic Strauss-Kahn guy, the Gambino guy was closely involved in negotiating legal issues for Deutsche in their manipulate their role in the manipulation of the LIBOR benchmark, that's scandal. Which Deutsche Bank... Yeah but that's an old scandal. So maybe they're being as regulatory stuff but still I mean the guy is 41. Somebody had to pick up the drug money from HSBC. I agree with you. I think this hanging thing is lame

1:56:13 Yeah, no. You've talked to some suicide folks experts they expect two things one you don't hang yourself and you leave a suicide note I Don't know if there was a suicide note but we will find out We will find out And because I emailed my buddy and he said he brought me back It was apparent that he knew him very well to trying to find stuff out and I said well The conspiracy nut jobs are out and about. It's my way of kind of saying, hey you know I'll clear his name for ya just give me the inside details. Conspiracy yeah we every somebody is reported we get emails about it

1:56:52 I like the way you handle, this is the Adam Curry division on The New Agenda Show. He handles all the emails about suicide so write to him adamcurry.com. Yeah but oh and by the way thank you everybody there's...I can see that you're using Twitter more often if you just want to send me a link and it's..and here's another reason i like this through twitter If you have to actually explain something to me of course you could write me but I'd prefer not If you can just send the link with, you know your 140 characters of explanation because if I can whenever I've seen the link I click...I favorite your tweet so that you know that i've seen it. Do you favorite or do you actually favor things? I never favored anything ever! So the only reason I do is because that sends a signal back to the person that I saw it

1:57:42 It's much easier than reply, hitting reply in an email. Oh I see what you're doing... Like! It's like it's like hitting a like yeah but you know it doesn't really send out a ping to anybody in my news feed and sometimes they retweet them if they're good If they're really good I'm not going to retweet it this is the little thing you need to understand because I want to save it for the show And please consider when put when you put both of us on emails and tweets it's not always a good thing No, just if it's really good material like very deep inside stuff. Just send it to me Yeah Exactly so I can go into the void of nothingness yeah do you? Well, okay, that's the way you feel no. I'm just kidding You know I don't really mean that

CHAPTER 20 / 35 Discussion

Ebola Travel Realities, Vaccine Market Dynamics

An "economic hitman" listener provides a correction regarding direct flights from West Africa to the United States via Delta Airlines. The discussion shifts to the skepticism surrounding Ebola testing and the sudden emergence of a vaccine market. It is noted that vaccines had been on the shelf for years but were only fast-tracked for testing once a profitable market was established.

ebola· senegal· delta airlines· hhs· sylvia matthews burwell

1:58:32 So we heard from her economic hitman. Oh, okay! You had said that we had kind of lost him? Yeah... it's because his Russian girlfriend he has. Yeah is that still on? He didn't mention her in the email so I don't know but he's in Africa and floating around- It's a big place. Well yeah well he claims that they were off.. They were wrong about Ebola being a hoax. Of course he hasn't been Yeah, let me read. I'm listening to your show from yesterday the 23rd and wanted to share some thoughts. Firstly Ebola is definitely occurring in the three countries you never said it wasn't happening here. Yeah but just don't know if it's real that way. Right? It's not a different way of looking at...I mean we something can be happening but the ways presented is the hoax Oh and I hope he talks about the 4,000 troops who've sent over there Nope

1:59:28 He just says that they were wrong about that and secondly I do not prescribe to the fear of flights that the region generally returned to the state. He mentions there are a couple of flights that are direct from Africa, he wanted to correct us when i keep saying there's no flights! No it's not true oh There are some fights from South Africa which though I consider not a fight but okay Okay He claims there's also however people from Guinea can take over land travel to Senegal. Senegal? There's direct flights? There's a direct flight on Delta. And the doctor who came from Guinea now is Ebola may have chosen this route, those of us in the international development field know about flights to and from Africa I would guess at 95% go through Europe or Dubai which leaves Delta direct to South Africa via Senegal for refueling and back again the same day JFK to Ghana

2:00:21 To Ghana to South Africa and back again, so they jumping around okay There are more flights from South Africa to the US to the USA which should not hit West Africa So he's I don't know if his tongue is wrong or right or just clarifying. Okay? He just says my points possible for people that travel on direct flight to the u.s.. From West Africa And I know this because I've done it okay Okay, so he can no longer fly to New York and New Jersey without going to force quarantine? That's if you read that carefully it was only if you were a doctor. Oh okay alright well I got sucked in My son is bringing his son into the game my son may be moving to Senegal

2:01:03 for a semester abroad and his mother's very worried. Now I have to really question myself whether he will be safe." He is working on him in Senegal, which is WHO and CDC certified Ebola-free. They bury their dead differently than they do in Liberia and Sierra Leone so should I believe like Adam that Ebola is a hoax or believe that it's real as I do but I accept that there is little or no risk for my son in Senegal? So he's thinking, he's just torn. And he says... He's always listening still finds it funny when you guys make fun of my friends like Sylvia Matthews Burrell, head of HHS. Sylvia the head of HHS is a buddy. She is an amazing person and not just a one-dimensional person as Adam suggested!

2:02:01 When did I- Did we even talk about her? I think maybe once. He must have stuck out like a sore thumb to him. Alright, he doesn't like me! We know the hitman doesn't like me... That's okay. He does not like you. No, but yeah... I don't know whatever the case is we found out nothing about his girlfriend He's in, I guess somewhere in Africa floating around and living it up. Well here are the things that we know currently and of course appreciate what the economic hitman says always but he is not really addressing the core issue The test for Ebola by the way is not so cut-and-dry as you think it is. I just started reading this morning

2:02:44 The test really is not all that super conclusive. You have to do real DNA analysis to find out if the Ebola is really in there, and if you now look at the World Health Organization they list the possible signs of having Ebola just equal to seasonal flu so this is very sketchy and Now we find out through the New York Times that there has always been an Ebola vaccine. It's been ready for testing, but it was just on the shelf because there was no market so gee now we have a market. We certainly are now testing it on some Africans, some West Africans yippee yayay! We'll see how that goes if they die or if they live you know of the human rats of West Africa and that's how the pharmaceutical industry loves to do it

CHAPTER 21 / 35 Discussion

DHS Pandemic Preparedness Audit, Stockpile Mismanagement

A scathing Inspector General report reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mismanaged its pandemic preparedness supplies. The audit found that DHS purchased 16 million surgical masks and 350,000 coverall suits without a clear plan, and many respirators and antiviral drugs have exceeded their shelf life. Additionally, the department failed to track its inventory, leading to missing or improperly stored medications.

dhs· inspector general· pandemic· antiviral drugs· tsa· audit

2:03:38 And, you know... well actually I have two clips regarding this. There were some congressional hearings the inspector general this is the guy who provides oversight over different... Well you have an inspector general for each department within United States government. The Operachik which is huge Of course, we have Department of Homeland Security who have been spending all kinds of money. We know they spend money very poorly. We know they spend it on things that don't work. They waste the American taxpayers' money and he had a scathing report over the pandemic preparedness of the department in short our audit connect concluded that DHS mismanaged their program in three ways

2:04:26 First, we found that DHS did not adequately conduct a needs assessment before purchasing protective equipment and antiviral drugs. As a result, we could not determine the basis for DHS's decisions regarding how much or what types of pandemic supplies to purchase store or distribute. As a result, DHS may have too much of some equipment and too little of others. Yay! For example, we found that DHS has a stockpile about 350 thousand white coverall suits and 16 million surgical masks

2:05:01 but hasn't been able to demonstrate how either fits into their pandemic preparedness plans. It has a significant quantity of antiviral drugs, but again without a full understanding of the department's needs in the event of a pandemic we have no assurance that the quantity of drugs will be appropriate. Second DHS purchased much of the equipment and drugs without thinking through how these supplies would need to be replaced. The material DHS has purchased has a finite shelf life, for example TSA's stock of pandemic protective equipment includes about 200 thousand respirators that are beyond the five year usability date guaranteed by the manufacturer in fact the department believes that their entire stockpile personal protective equipment will not be usable after 2015

2:05:49 Likewise, the antiviral drugs DHS purchased are nearing the end of their effective life. Yay! DHS is attempting to extend that shelf-life of these drugs through an FDA testing program but the results of that are not guaranteed Third, DHS did not manage its inventory of drugs or equipment As a result, DHS did not readily know how much protective equipment and drugs it had on hand or where it was being stored. Drugs and equipment have gone missing? And conversely our audit has found drugs in the DHS inventory that the department thought had been destroyed. We visited multiple sites and found drugs that were not being stored in a temperature controlled environment."

2:06:30 Because DHS cannot be assured that they were properly stored, they are in the process of recalling a significant quantity of them because they may not be safe or effective. Let's close that thing down! Close it down people! That would be a clip of the day. No no. Disgusting It would be a clip of the day for me The reason I thought Ebola was over and done with. The nurses are cured, the doctors are cured, Nigeria is cured... Everyone's getting cured we're doing great there more people... But the problem is that Ebola is testing off the charts! The ratings are this is everybody wants to watch Ebola news Well it's got some clips of prove it

CHAPTER 22 / 35 Discussion

Nina Pham Recovery, Ebola Halloween Controversy

Nurse Nina Pham is declared Ebola-free and receives a public hug from President Obama at the White House. Meanwhile, a homeowner in University Park, Texas, faces criticism for decorating his house with a "hazmat" Ebola theme for Halloween. The segment explores the intersection of the health crisis with pop culture and holiday tastelessness.

nina pham· barack obama· ebola· halloween· university park

2:07:23 Let's talk about it. Let me play my clips, I have the FAM, the first Ebola victim that is a nurse and there is little background she's the one we hugged Obama just to prove try to get this off the news cycle even though they can't quite manage it because... It's a bonanza! It's a right wing bonanza! Republican and so you know so Obama decides to come forward with this So here's the Ebola Fam in Bentley New this morning, the first Texas nurse infected with the Ebola virus has returned home Ebola free. A private jet carrying 26-year old Nina Pham arrived at the Fort Worth Airport just before midnight Central Time she was being treated at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center near Washington DC and before she left she visited the White House and received a hug from President Obama

2:08:09 The first of the two Dallas nurses who were diagnosed, Nina Pham was declared Ebola free and yesterday I was proud to welcome her to the Oval Office and give her a big hug. I do not know how I can ever thank you everyone enough for their prayers and expressions of concern hope and love. Pham says she is looking forward to being reunited with her dog Bentley. Bentley is being held in quarantine for three weeks at an old military base near Dallas to make sure he's not infected with Ebola What old military base in Dallas? I don't know. Old military base, what's it still in service for? We should go take a look at it! Yeah, an old military base. They don't give us any details. Well, this is not anywhere near Dallas but it's causing quite a situation. This is the Ebola Texas Halloween.

2:09:00 A Texas man's Halloween decorations are causing some controversy. He is poking fun at the Ebola outbreak with a house that has been decorated to appear like a hazmat theme Some neighbors have called the display distasteful due to local connection to the outbreak The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S died at a hospital in Texas I just love Halloween. And it's fun, and what is the scariest thing on the market right now? Unfortunately it's Ebola The city of University Park Texas says the display IS legal even though it may be in bad taste Yeah you know...I am so annoyed with Halloween in general First of all its become a license for grown people to get drunk and puke

2:09:50 And I hate it. It's disgusting, I won't go to a Halloween party because everyone is just getting drunk! They don't like drunk people... I don't think i've ever been to a Halloween party. Oh, you used always take the kids out with them we'd go off. Yeah, we got trick-or-treating and there was an over at this place in Berkeley that around the corner about three blocks away We swear this guy is a pedophile Because he had most elaborate I mean, if you were a kid you could not NOT go in there. It was like a haunted house and his whole house is rigged. Right! And yeah... You have a maze that you walk through There's all kinds of stuff and you'd go in there and this freaky guy... Hey glad to see ya! And he would get all these kids in the house He was like Herbert the Pervert on the uh... Which I'm surprised he hasn't done this on this show. Herbert the pervert? Yeah, Herbert the pervert on Family Guy

2:10:47 Oh, okay. Herbert the pervert. The old man. Yeah and anyways it's very entertaining this is all very entertaining at the whole Halloween thing Mickey and I like to dress up and scare kids who come up to the you know we like to do that's good I think that's wise Mickey gets a little too into it Kids running away screaming. Yeah, well that's then she's done her job yeah She's I would give her ten points for that and by she's gone up a notch I like that but I do not like the The parties and now that my don't go to them there is bullshit And I think this is probably perfectly appropriate if it's a great idea I've been mentioned. I want to have Ebola suit as a costume. I think it was funny Walking around in a hazmat suits got to be fun

2:11:32 It's too soon. Ebola patient with blood actually Jay thought this would be a good she used to really dress up in these elaborate costumes She thought it'd be great day to go as an Ebola patient with blood coming out of your eyes, ears and your mouth And anal cavity Well you're not gonna bend over and show anyone your butt so it doesn't make any difference there But the point is that you go into this horribly bloody person uh...and you have ebola or something scratched on your forehead Anyway, I got one more clip. This one is not important but...I want to play this clip because there's an anomaly in here. These are the two anchors after they gave a bunch of reports on KTVU about Ebola and this guy who have never seen before talks about how he just came in from Kansas City and people are wearing face masks

CHAPTER 23 / 35 Discussion

Airport Face Mask Usage, Grammar Critique

A KTVU news anchor is criticized for his reporting on passengers wearing face masks at the Dallas airport as a precaution against Ebola. The hosts focus on the anchor's specific phrasing—"wearing mask"—comparing it to the British usage of "in hospital" or "at university." The segment dismisses the effectiveness of masks for a non-airborne disease.

face masks· dallas airport· grammar· ktvu· kansas city

2:12:19 At different places and beside the point that they neither one of them say this is not an airborne disease. This is dumb There's actually a usage in here that it needs comment That is still a serious situation flying back from Kansas City I had to stop at the airport in Dallas and a number of people we saw wearing masks So really just regular passengers going gate-to-gate and wearing mask obviously putting on themselves there's no requirement To wear a mask, but it is on the minds of people still at that airport in Dallas. Yes as a precaution yes, yes Wearing masks stupid and stupid he says wearing mask Yeah, wearing mask because he's an pronounced decatur isn't it like wearing a mask or wearing masks?

2:13:08 No, he says wearing mask. This is that usage like I'm going to university in hospital. Well okay this is European Oh wearing... Okay I got you Wearing mask well that's just wearing mask Yeah I am wearing mask I am with child With child? Not even as bad as this Well I'm sorry Wearing mask. There was an English professor on one of the... Oh, I'm upset about this. Yes there is going on and on about how this... He's at university or he's in high... In hospital. In hospital. This sort of thing. And it outlined why this is bad grammar but I never heard anyone say wearing mask

CHAPTER 24 / 35 Discussion

Bill Maher, Texas Hospital Criticism

Comedian Bill Maher criticized the Dallas hospital involved in the first U.S. Ebola case, suggesting that Texas's emphasis on "freedom" and lack of regulation led to the containment failure. The hosts defend Texas culture against Maher's "post-hoc" arguments. The segment also briefly touches upon the state's restrictive liquor laws and dry counties.

bill maher· texas· dallas hospital· ebola· freedom

2:13:53 Anyway, I'm sorry just a little side thing. I have one clip. Oh one question... I'm just now annoyed that you didn't pick this up No i'm sorry! I think I imagined the S That's all right if you didn't hear Obama Bin Laden either it happens. Okay we're even uh Bill Maher oh god yeah well We don't really know what the situation is here because The Cat got out of the bag about a week ago and It takes more than that time to see If You've Got The Disease So it should have been quashed right away. I thought it was, you know? I thought America had this. I think there's one thing we can do because when the first doctor came back the one who survived it We saw him get out of the ambulance he had the suit on It was like okay This is not the third world then one guy comes here from Liberia One guy and we couldn't keep that contained because those morons in that fucking hospital in Dallas

2:14:48 He got my attention now. Sorry, excuse me? I said i wouldn't get this upset! Listen to the audience applaud him saying those morons in the fucking hospital in Dallas you know where this is going don't you You know where it's going. Everybody in the South is a dummy? Yeah, but I did some... Because you know they love their freedom down in Texas They don't like rules and regulations Oh, guns! And telling us what to do and revenuers and the federal government What could go wrong? This But I've been told Really? Real arrest? Really Okay Marr Why don't you come on down to Texas big boy We're gonna take you out back son Don't talk that way That's just rude It's very rude

2:15:37 Oh, because we're... Because we love our freedom here. The hospitals are crap because it's all post-hoc arguments they're just... We love our freedom! It's all crappy arguments that he gets his audience worked up with and this makes no logical sense the guy is a master at it Yeah And I know. He does it with passion so that makes it okay Just needed to just wanted to say that you know I like he's funny sometimes He's fun to watch to irritate, but now You can't just be you know it's strange when you live in Texas. You do kind of get that thing What would think like don't mess with Texas back this itch? Yeah? Don't don't mess with Texas you get kind of

2:16:27 Well, it is a different place. Totally like Texas I don't like your liquor laws. I think this kind of lame some of them are very lame Oh Complete dry counties and stuff. Oh yeah Stupid stupid and the rest of the state is you can drink while driving? Well, I think that's hello. Hello It's part of our culture. Yeah, you can drink beer while driving You can't drink hard liquor You could yeah, brusque. That's no problem hey we got it We got a lot of driving we do here is boring Entertain yourself John it's been seven years and We have a lineup of people who? Want to thank us I think we have some sacks of seven I can see them dangling there in front of me So why don't we get right to it here?

CHAPTER 25 / 35 Discussion

Anniversary Donor Roll, Knighting Ceremonies

The hosts read a extensive list of donors contributing to the seventh anniversary fund, including several "Sacks of Seven" ($77.77). Notable mentions include Sir Michael Allen and Keith Brown, who is named the Baron of Lake Travis. The segment concludes with the "General Karma" soundscape to honor all producers of the episode.

value-for-value· donations· knighthoods· michael allen· russ goulding· baron of lake travis

2:17:23 Yes, we have a few people to thank. And this is show what is 664? 664 and let's thank them these are all people that came in to help us celebrate the 7th anniversary of The No Agenda Show which is astonishing Sir Michael Allen in South Plainfield New Jersey $150 And it's actually Sir Michael Allen Knight of the Railroad Conductors and you've heard of the homeless and drunks off the trains. That's right, he does a good job! And since he is a knight we will give him his shot at karma for his girlfriend who just got laid off. Oh no! E-Stocked Karma Alright Chris Daly in Beaverton Oregon 12358

2:18:17 He's falling behind, he says on the shows. He's got to catch up." We say forget it! Yeah just move on people. Skip it you know we do try and do some back announcing and sort of... Back announcing sure. That was Guns N' Roses everybody with Kevin Beck Jr in Yeah, brother. Tunk Hanock. Tunk Hanock. Pennsylvania. Tunk Hanock? I think it's Tunk Hanock? Tunk Hanock? Tunk Hanock? Tunk Hanock? I don't know. Tunk Hanock? Tunk Hanock? 1-2-3-4-5 Nice still without income, but he's got a broken back. Oh no donation So there's a guy like crap is the guy no income I've broken back and he's any Donating to the No Agenda show to help us celebrate our seventh anniversary He loves us he says okay. We do obviously are doing him good David has an in Brooklyn New York 101 50 Dennis and Roxy price in Pine Grove California 100

2:19:20 Bradley Selsor in LaGrange, Kentucky 100. Sir Mac Tank, La Jolla California 99-99 Russ Goulding in Wheeling Illinois 80-88 Nick Ismendi in Waterford This is kicking off the sack of sevens for our seventh anniversary I'm going to read all these names These are assumed to be 77-77 He wants to, by the way I'm gonna make sure that his girlfriend Elizabeth Hyde gets a birthday call out and he wants to...I don't know. What does he say here? He says we're huge fans of the show. Good, good. Then you'll be together for a long time. Sir Joe Brandiway, if that's what I believe! Sex will be great.

2:20:11 I don't know if we helped the sex life, maybe. Sir, you don't worry so much about Ebola? Sir Joe of Brandt Line 100, 7777 is the address. Dr. Java in Loveland, he's in Wilmington Delaware. Loveland Colorado, we got Dr. Java. Keith Shoemaker in Jacksonville Florida. Andy Benz in St Louis Missouri. Boing! Okay, I just scrolled and lost my place. Yes sir, Annie Bend St Louis Missouri and he has a birthday call out for his birthday which we'll do as of course. Then we have Joaquin Formalas? Yeah, he's in Zurich Switzerland where all the money is Michael Gates Colorado Springs Colorado Robert Kane Hold on hold on Michael Gates

2:21:05 20-month layaway plan will be knighted today. Good! He wants to say thank you for your courage, he's humble to take his place and Sir Michael Knight of the High Place is okay. We put that on there I hope. Michael Caine in Columbiana Alabama Bradley Selsor in LaGrange Kentucky Simon Reed another birthday in New York City Sir Hank in Kew Gardens New York Daniel Torellio, another birthday. I didn't think the birthday list was this long. In Charleston South Carolina great town. Nicholas Principe in Raleigh North Carolina 77-77. Kurt C Anderson New Hope Minnesota nuts. Frederick Leaders in Ontario Oregon Michael Kearns in Platte City Missouri

2:21:59 Greg, I wanna thank all these people for joining in because we've been slim on the 77-77s. And I didn't even push for 77-77 in a newsletter. Gregory Worley in Evington Virginia, James Howard and Indianapolis Indiana, John Grumling in Battlement Mesa Colorado great name for town Mark Shands, the wild. The wild ski is a wide ski. So what's key? So let's see. Hey, so what's key? Yeah, we said Yardville New Jersey Curtis Smith in Corrigan Texas Boris Loft Maranoff by to being sure. Trabuco Canyon California

2:22:40 Sir HMFIC in Montpelier, Vermont. He's the Black Knight of the United States Army Yes he is Zachary Gilbrecht in Cordova Tennessee James Murray and Huntington Beach California He has a F-cancer for all beloved cancer stricken pets yeah we'll play that at the end Okay, you're gonna play that for me? No at the end. Then we'll do all of it in general karma James Murray and have I have a note from somebody here look when don't let me go past it James Murray in Huntington Beach California I'm sorry We just did Jay John Cook ins is to qua Washington Charles Anderson and Columbus Ohio Veronica Robertson Boise Boise Idaho

2:23:30 Christopher Dechter in Richland, Washington. Will Pruetzmann in Frederick, Maryland. Kevin Nunes in East Brunswick New York. Victor in St. Petersburg Russia. I don't know who Victor is but... Harvey Lee in Federal Way, Washington. Jason Fortune in Geneva Illinois Max Windham the Woodford Texas Sir Bogdan Lachendro in Irvine Texas sorry it's just little letters sir Charles C Walters and Schomburg Illinois

2:24:15 Jason Doolin in Lust Wages, Nevada. And hang on I left a note on the other desk? Okay it seems like you have a note and something else to go along with that and i will be filling up the time here just by speaking very slowly and maybe John is back now with his note...and here he is! I don't fall over the printer. Oh goodness. In the middle of the floor. Why's the printer in the middle of the floor?! Don't ask Why is the printer in the middle of the floor? You asked again. Why is the printer in the middle of the floor because that's where I put it All right, this does not need to be read on the air What well and I won't read it but what he said when you send a Fireman's challenge coin from lost weight has lost wages Nevada Oh nice He's apparently a fireman And he says happy anniversary have only been a listener for two years and I'm hoping for many more

2:25:10 and then continue. But yeah, so again he sent two of them so you will get one of them they're huge I think they're too big And what does it say on it? What's it look like? It's got a bunch of Las Vegas stuff on one side. You know, the sign that says welcome to Las Vegas. The tall guy that was at a casino, the cowboy and then in the back just says a bunch of fire department stuff including the local fire department number. The chat room is being very helpful and giving answers to my question why the printer is on the floor and the best answer is covering the dead cat I don't have cats. Jason Doolin, that was our 77-77 folks and we do have a couple of follow ups like Sir Jim of Beverly Hills, 7766.

2:26:01 He says, he just... I'm gonna read this. I propose a new donation amount of $7766 for getting Adam's ghetto pass back combining the seventh year and the 666th episode with the reinstatement of Adam Street cred is a lethal combination! I need my ghetto pass back that's right it was removed from me. I'm glad Jay Cole Kutch what is this? Cottachini. Cottachini, this has got to be what it is and he's in Newark Delaware And he has a red thing

2:26:40 Yes, he wants to okay here. We go please call out Eric Hill as a douchebag And keep up the good work all right Eric you're on notice Joshua Eric Wright isn't even listen cursor Keith Brown sir Keith Brown and Lago Vista Texas Oh, it's a baron with this donation great yes He's now a Baron has he taken a protectorate? What is he done? That's a good question let me see if I said my notes somewhere here Yes, yes. He asked for something. Baron of Lake Travis! Right? Well that would be here at Lake Travis... Yeah he's working right under the boss. Well at least we have a protector. Take him to dinner. Joshua Dietrich in Kirkland Washington 6649 I think he lives on a houseboat. I think he is actually on Lake Travis. On his lake. That's the life

2:27:36 Joshua Dietrich, Kirkland Washington 6640. That's the home of Costco and he's also becoming a knight Yes, he is Anonymous in Salzburg Austria 6633 He doesn't want the Austrian police after him Aaron Lambert 5678 Olympia Washington Greg Stone Rapid City South Dakota 55 double nickels on the dime Matt Siever Knoxville Tennessee double nickels on the dime Ray Pingel Roy I said Ray. Yeah, but it is Roy. I know heard myself It's Roy Pingel sorry right in Brooklyn New York Chris Terre heart in Abbotsford BC 52 25 and the rest of these are $50 donations we thank them all Gus Rea and Canyon count country Count country Canyon Country where's Canyon Country? California no Stan

2:28:35 Beresuk, Berezuk. Berezuk? What do you think? Springfield Missouri. I think WJB wraps in Kirkrod Limburg. Kirkrad! Oh Kirkrad! Yeah, Kirkraad! More shows please okay we'll do another one on Thursday yeah Shad Rich and Dabinigo in Seattle Washington I wonder if he's never said anything about that gag. Michael Towan in Hayden, Idaho. Sir Mark Tanner our buddy in Whittier California and that concludes our great producers and donors list for show 664 our seventh anniversary we thank everybody for the well wishes and all the people who gave lesser amounts by using that same donate button which you could put anybody a lot of people chose to put 77 dot 777

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CHAPTER 26 / 35 Discussion

Birthday Shout-outs, New Knighting Titles

A series of listener birthdays are announced, including London Foley's ninth birthday. Four new knights—Simon Boyd, Justin Hilton, Michael Gates, and Joshua Dietrich—are officially dubbed with humorous titles. The hosts encourage new knights to tweet photos of their certificates and rings for recognition on social media.

birthdays· knighthoods· simon boyd· justin hilton· michael gates· joshua dietrich

2:30:26 And for the birthday list today, Kevin Nunes turned 20 on October 24th. London Sir David Foley The Holy Grand Duke of the United States turns nine years old today. Happy birthday, London! Come on down to Texas and we'll show you how to drink and shoot and drive trucks, huh? Bradley Seltzer happy birthday to his wife Karen Seltzer Simon Reed celebrating today Nick Ezzamendi says happy birthday to his girlfriend Elizabeth Hyde who turns 18 on Monday Gus Raya 29th on Monday as well Andy Benz celebrates on Tuesday the 28th Daniel Toriello

2:31:05 His son turns 2 on Tuesday. And Susan says happy birthday to her little brother David! A happy 50th on November 3rd. Happy Birthday from all your friends here at the 7 year old No Agenda Show! Then we have Sir Keith Brown becoming Baron of Lake Travis today. Congratulations! And we have not one, not two, not three but four nightings to do people it's coming to a head you know? You save up long enough, you stick with the show long enough then sure enough you can join the... It works for everybody don't be a rich man or woman $5 a month and get you there

2:31:51 Well, that would take a while. Some people spice it up from time to time but you get the same ring you get the same certificate and we are very happy uh to bring you up onto the podium and uh and swoop our sword at you so please join us Simon Boyd Justin Hilton Michael Gates and Joshua Dietrich all of you are now about to become members of the round table of the Noah's in the Knights and Dames and I hereby pronounce the Kate thee Sir Boyd Perth of West Oz, Sir Hilton, Sir Mike Knight of the High Places and Sir Dietrich. Gentlemen please for you we have Hookers & Blower, Ren Boys and Chardonnay Root Beer and Legos, Ice Cream and Bear Fillings Porn Stars in Pot Mushrooms in Makers Mark Bad Science and Perky Breasts Three Gates in a Bucket of Fried Chicken Hot Pants and Booze Bong hits and Bourbon And Mutton and Mead

2:32:41 And please go to noagentlination.com slash rings, we have new rings coming in you talk to Eric? Yeah I want to mention a couple things okay uh Eric when he does the little paperwork that you get a little certificate it's actually a little on it's like a quasi parchment thing it's got your actual title um in you know like these longer titles that people request so you get some printed on there and then some people tweet them Yeah, I think that's a policy that everyone should undertake. Oh to do yes You get your little ring and you got your the paperwork And you put the ring there with maybe they were sealing wax if you want and take a photo and then tweet it And I will retweet it I agree oh yeah, I'll retreated too Yes, I'll retreat your we treat you weeks we sweet but dude named Ben sent us a little note here

CHAPTER 27 / 35 Discussion

Walmart Data Breach Prediction, Chip-and-Pin Integration

A technician involved in point-of-sale terminal upgrades predicts a major data breach at Walmart within the next four to six months. The prediction is based on the timeline of previous breaches at Target and Home Depot following similar "chip-and-pin" hardware integrations. The segment suggests such an event would likely occur after the upcoming elections to avoid political fallout for the administration.

walmart· data breach· chip and pin· target· home depot· redbook

2:33:38 He thinks will be a red book, and we've heard from him before. He thinks he has a red book prediction this would fall in line with the chip and pin conversion of course were seeing lots of news reports now and we're all getting ramped up now that the president has signed the executive order that will help the banks with their integration of the chip-and-pin cards. Chip and Pin. I've written to you previously about the Target data leak. I have a Redbook entry that should prove myself to also be a time traveler, yes... Join me! As I stated in the past, I work with an on-site tech service. Our newest push is to replace all pin pads for Walmart... Walmart at least 2500 of them nationally After completing Target they had a leak within six months after Home Depot it was four months i think the next one will be bigger and sooner i give it three months after completion my prediction is we'll see a major data breach within four to six months for walmart good enough prediction i'd say

2:34:41 What is he working? He says, is he working at Walmart. No, he says he works on-site tech service. He's a part of the integration teams that put these new terminals in place and that's what happened. Walmart would be a whopper! Oh would it ever... And it would be perfect timing you know couple of months just before we have to integrate everything can have some that's when the Congress can say oh we already have the executive order let's put some money behind this we need to protect people I think that makes sense. Well, the question is would you want to do this before or after the election? It has to be after... Oh it have to be, yeah, can't do it now. Yeah because this would reflect poorly on the administration. You cannot do it now. I don't think that will work at all. Just word out there for the...I mean if they're hackers are bunch of Republicans they could probably do it before the election and then it'd be funny. No. This um...you know it appears to me that this whole climate change business has fallen apart

CHAPTER 28 / 35 Discussion

UN Climate Talks, Queen Elizabeth's First Tweet

United Nations climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, concluded with little progress toward a global pact, shifting focus to upcoming ministerial talks in Lima, Peru. In separate news, Queen Elizabeth II sent her first tweet and was immediately met with online "trolling." The hosts discuss the repetitive nature of climate summits and the inevitability of social media harassment.

un climate talks· bonn· queen elizabeth· twitter· trolls

2:35:36 So they had the climate talks in Bonn, Germany. And you know they just again... I'll read it to you here. A concern was high at a perceived lack of urgency as United Nations climate negotiations shuffled towards a close...shuffled? Towards a close in Bonn on Saturday with just 14 months left to finalize a new global pact." This is from Agent France-Presse The six-day meeting of senior officials in the former West German capital was meant to lay the groundwork for the annual round of ministerial level UN talks in Lima.

2:36:12 Man, these guys get around. Hey where's our next meeting? That's another reason to be on board. Yeah. You get a lot of free travel. Let's go to Peru! I've always wanted to go to Peru. It was great it's a great place i was looking at the list of michelin three-star restaurants they got two of them in peru now man really loved to try one of those places and buy some blankets while i was there and come back great fantastic nice i'm gonna take uh christina to tokyo in march I have to ask De Maastricht if the pad's available. It says, yeah, daddy-daughter trip. Yeah it should be fun. Let me see... In turn the Lima Forum must pave the way to a historic package nation." So they just don't make any big decisions. I think that they all know it's bull crap now and no one wants to be responsible and also all these lesser nations, the African countries certainly are saying hey send us money where is our check?

2:37:10 Yeah, that's the whole thing. They've been running checks for a while. Where is our check? It's kind of falling apart. It's not really working out very well. What else do I have here... War on Twitter! We have this in the book and we're still evaluating if this is real war on Twitter Of course the Queen posted her first tweet and she was immediately trolled. Well yeah, you can call it that I mean, the Pope has been on Twitter forever. Nobody's you know... They made such a big deal out of it everyone knows the Queen is not tweeting. Well we saw her do it! Yeah. It's proof. She got trolled or what if you want to call it trolled? I don't like that term. I hate this term trolled. It doesn't really make sense now but it is continuous trolls on Twitter, trolls on Twitter, trolls on Twitter there's a non-stop meme of trolls on Twitter

CHAPTER 29 / 35 Discussion

The View, Pope Francis and Gay Acceptance

The hosts critique a segment from "The View" where Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell discuss Pope Francis's efforts to increase gay acceptance in the Catholic Church. The discussion highlights the hosts' perceived lack of understanding regarding the role of Cardinals and the structure of the Church. A side discussion explores the trend of modern, copyrighted Bible translations.

the view· whoopi goldberg· rosie o'donnell· pope francis· catholic church

2:38:07 Yeah, I'm still thinking Twitter. It might be targeted some kind of trouble But as I mentioned the Pope I would caught this little segment. I didn't realize haven't watched this for a while been watching The Real Daily talk show what I don't know not familiar with the show The Real no wait I had clips of it One clip after another of it's the ghetto show with the skanks. Oh, I'm sorry yeah okay yeah and i remember very entertaining yes and I'm actually liking the show more and more as I get more and more into this skanks you mean to skanks now they're skanks should be called skanks really thanks I never really understood what a skank was until I started watching this show

2:38:50 You just know. It's like, it's like fine you know? It's like porn. You see it and you go oh it's porn. Is a skank always female or can the skank be male as well? Well in this show its only females. Okay I don't know what a male skank would be like but besides that point when I went back and retroed to The View Now the view has been completely redone so it looks kind of the same but now they're at a table and that's sitting on a couch around the tables like a corny old-fashioned talk show, you know Washington Week in Review or something like that. I've seen some of this i do not like their new format. No its very bad. And they're doing promotions and

2:39:26 quizzes and tests and selling stuff. It's a terrible show, yeah. And Whoopi Goldberg is the main host now and she is...you can barely understand her. She sounds like she's drunk all the time and she can't open her eyes. So she goes off on this Pope stuff and Rosie O'Donnell who used to be running the show is at the other end of it. She just kind of makes comments every once in awhile because you know she needs the money Now, so this is an exchange that took place which indicates to me the level of stupidity that you have to deal with these- with this show and why The Real is a much better show. They're making headlines for his call to accept the gay community which was echoed in a document drafted by Cardinals yesterday! The Pope closed his assembly of Catholic bishops by saying God is not afraid of new things but it seems like the cardinal's are

2:40:15 Because the part about gay acceptance has been removed from the document by them. Which I find extraordinary because, as I was growing up, I was always told that the Pope was a living representation of God and he was making the call so basically what are you saying Cardinals? That the Pope don't know his stuff?! The president and Congress, the president does something or says something and Congress says sorry we're not going to do that. Yeah kind of freaky. So what we get out of this is that Rosie O'Donnell and I guess the rest of these women all think Obama is the pope? Exactly! It's a one-to-one ratio. Do they even know how our government works

2:41:08 He is the Pope. They don't even have a clue, I'm saying no! No... They think Obama's the Pope? Rosie, I do think has a clue but she-I go back and forth on it But she's the one who said it! I know. Miss Mickey identified some things She said there's something going on There was a lot of push on NPR about gays in the church And she said there's something goin' on Pay attention to it and this part of it I'm not quite sure what it is But she said there was, there is...there are people talking about changing the text of the Bible to make it more gay-friendly. And I'm like yeah why just? Yeah! Why not?! It's been rewritten so many times if you go.. There's a bunch of Bible sites that recommend people check them out once in awhile and you can look up like these various passages that people like to hold signs up about and you can look at in a good Bible site they will have

2:42:04 20 different versions because they have 20 different Bibles. And they go back to old Bibles, middle-aged Bibles, new Bible some of the new Bibles They don't put a lot of the newest of the new in because their copyrighted which is another thing that's mind boggling The newest of the new Bibles are all copy written Wait a minute, wait a minute. Who has copyrighted the newest of the new Bibles? All these new Bibles! The New American... blah blah blah... If you look at all these different Bibles there's a bunch that are copyrighted. Huh. The newest versions and they use all the

2:42:41 reference, they use different reference material. Some of them have explanatory texts some of them don't and there's all these new Bibles as a there's been a lot and a lot of the most radical churches use you know I specific Bible that they can use to back up their sermons yeah okay Well, that's interesting. Yeah it was always fascinating to me. Okay. Makes a lot of work! Nobody is going to do a new translation of the Bible and leave it on copyright that's for sure. No okay I can understand that there's a lot of work too yes holy moly rewrite them re-transcribe rewrite the bible? I think it's a good idea I think you should totally do that make it more acceptable well yeah You're not gonna read it anyway so what difference does it make? I have read the bible Not the new...you're not gonna read the gay bible

CHAPTER 30 / 35 Discussion

White House Network Outage, Solar Flare Risks

The White House computer network reportedly suffered a week-long outage, limiting staff access to files. Simultaneously, a massive sunspot has raised concerns about X-class solar flares that could disrupt electronic communications. One host describes keeping handheld radios in a "Faraday bag" as a precaution against a potential electromagnetic event.

white house· network outage· solar flares· faraday bag· sunspots

2:43:26 What do you mean? I wrote it. Hello Hey, it's Sunday! It's Sunday John, you know what that means? iPhone schmife phone The way I see it the only good phones a landline and the phone should be made out of Bakelite Hey, hey! There's something going on. This is tech news what this is. Tech News? Yeah I know tech news that's the intro to Tech News. You got any tech news you got anything on phones? No there are no phones out that I know of Oh come on there has gotta be a new phone somewhere but I'm sure we can talk about it. I think the iPhone 6 is the newest phone and apparently

2:44:04 people you know there's a new phone ad is the new very funny android and that's what i'm not and by the way i think the new ads for apple not good have not seen them uh... but are they were there the uh... when i was i look at my mouth joseph steve would never approve this ad what does it work what is the essence of the add dept i don't know like intel bison by apple You don't think they'd put an Apple Store ad at one of these days. Oh, come by the Apple Store! We've got a million items all for sale and no I've never seen an Apple Store ad. I think they should start doing that well here's... I got no tech news No, I do have Can i do some Tech News? Yeah you can but I want to say that when we come out of this go to The War on Chicken News oh yes okay let me rack it up

2:44:59 Alright, I'm racked up. Good to go. Go on with your tech news, I'll commentary Yes Oh it will be just like that show! I'll read the news and you comment on it Are you doing that show today? Are you doing twit today? No Why not?! I don't know They probably have some important people on there they dont need me According to sources The computer network within the executive office of the president has been down for almost a week Staff throughout various components still lack basic access to their files, although apparently they now can access email and the internet.

2:45:39 The White House is not commenting? No, that's because we had the new CTO and the other guys that are running... these smart guys that are running the I don't know. That's an issue! I would think. It's a big issue. The White House thing shouldn't be down for more than you know an hour. Why down at all there's no reason for it to be down. Right should never be down. No reason to be down at all We've been having X-flares and there's this big, big sunspot that is just building up and won't go away. Have you been following this at all? It's kind of cool! Not at all. Yeah if this thing... You're gonna blow?! Eventually it'll blow but we don't know when but it seems like its really kinda bubbling getting ready to go and if it really goes in our direction then it would be a fabulous one

2:46:31 It might blow out a lot of stuff. It could yeah, I have two of those Chinese 70 centimeter 2 meter handhelds in a Faraday bag Why? Well you get blowed up by the flare coming through blow it or blow right out not even running not even hooked anything No, they're just going right through your house and hit that side. Oh, no. I don't know what up I don't know could I don't know I don't know. You could wrap it in aluminum foil, that would do the trick Well it's a Faraday bag which is an aluminum bag Yeah you don't need the bag, just get some aluminum foil, Kaiser Aluminium pull it out and rip a piece off and wrap it in that That's the same thing! You spent money for a Faraday Bag No I did not It was a promotional item, I didn't spend any money on it But are you getting on my case man?

CHAPTER 31 / 35 Discussion

Aluminum Foil Uses, Marijuana Pipe Construction

A debate occurs regarding the utility of aluminum foil versus plastic wrap for food preservation. While plastic is deemed better for sealing, aluminum foil is praised for its reusability and heat resistance in cooking. The segment concludes with a "tech tip" on how to construct an improvised marijuana pipe using a toilet paper roll and aluminum foil.

aluminum foil· food storage· cooking· marijuana pipe· faraday cage

2:47:24 I think people should be using aluminum foil more. I'm trying to do... Well, now i agree with that there's people just you know people and what is aluminum foil actually for? When I met Mickey here's a question for you can answer this This is part of tech news I find aluminum usage to be part of technology right? I believe I am a big user of aluminum foil and I had believed I have the answer to whatever question you're going to ask okay I have a two-parter. One, what is the primary use for aluminum foil? And two should aluminum foil be used to keep things fresh in the refrigerator which is when I met Mickey she did not use plastic bags she wrapped everything in aluminum foil and I found that to be interesting and personally I did not believe it was effective

2:48:13 Dr. Dvorak, please your answer. Well aluminum foil is usually used in the cooking process as an underlying thing you can put stuff on top of or it can be used as a tent for various roasts Why why why? You would tent a turkey for example you put aluminum foil tent because it doesn't melt Oven it's a high temperature device and it cools off really fast. It's got to be right, but product But what why do you just explain? Why do you put it underneath something well I made a toasted cheese sandwich the other night I put the sand where I put the I don't kind of just get out and bring pieces of gear out Just put down a piece of aluminum foil Put the bread down turn on the broiler And there's a sandwich there on top of that aluminum foil doesn't die with the dirtier dish You don't have to do you have to flip it over

2:49:02 A toasted cheese sandwich? Yeah, you only eat one side or do you toast it? No this is the one side open side with the cheese on top. Cheese on top. What kind of cheese? Regular toasted cheese sandwich I'll fry it! Usually in olive oil. That would be a grilled cheese and that's a grilled cheese, that's right exactly okay? But it's not really grilled is fried grilled would be on outside on the grill yes Or you know you put it under over the fire And it would burn the sandwich to it do a great talk about the tenting the tenting using the foil for tenting What does the purpose of the tenting oh? So it keeps...to retain a little bit of moisture so the turkey doesn't dry out too much during part of the cooking process. It's optional, I mean, I do it and you can also have the same effect by basting the turkey a lot but it's really tenting and some people use aluminum cooking thing, disposable ones to cook the turkey and then they put a tent over in your gutter. It'll steam itself a little more. And now and so far as the second part of the question

2:50:03 which is the... Yes, it is a good sealer. It works on cheese and other... Depends I mean, it's an old-fashioned way of doing it before Saran Wrap and all these other plastic goods that's what everybody used they all use aluminum foil for what you just described and it does work. And do you feel that it is better than plastic or? No, I think plastic is the best The plastic, you know the thin sheets of plastic that saran wrap or whatever wrap you want to use are all slightly different. There's a number of different plastics used for these things some breathe a little more and so you have less chance of something rotting in there but I think the plastics better but i still occasionally use aluminum foil if it's just convenient

2:50:47 Well, I find aluminum foil to be... And when aluminum foil can be reused over and over. Generally speaking plastic once you stretch it around something, you unstretch it and then this gets all floppy. It doesn't... You can't stretch it again and it doesn't fit right so have to use a new piece? Right. I find aluminum foil to be good for two things outside of these uses one in a pinch you can grab a toilet paper roll cut a hole about the size of a nickel Near one end of the roll and then you make a little cup, a little bowl of a little piece of um...

2:51:25 aluminum foil put it in there with your thumb and you get a toothpick and you poke or A pin is even better poke little tiny holes in it. You may want to tape down The edges so that it doesn't so it's not loose, and you have an instant Marijuana pipe in a pinch yeah Yeah I can see that as very handy And of course I use it as a hat Yeah, no I was gonna say it's just a half. It's always good to hear two uses yes and then to wrap up our tech news here the head of the US Patent and Trademark Office has said he said this on Thursday The agency is giving up on their plans to establish rules for

CHAPTER 32 / 35 Discussion

Patent Reform, Software Patenting Critique

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is reportedly deferring to Congress on the issue of patent ownership transparency. The hosts argue that the inclusion of software in the patent system has ruined the process, turning it into a tool for large corporations rather than a protection for individual inventors. They suggest software should be treated under copyright law rather than patent law.

patent office· michelle lee· software patents· patent trolls· copyright

2:52:03 requiring greater transparency about patent ownership, instead leaving the issue open to Congress. Yeah there you go when it takes up legislation aimed at so-called patent trolls this was a deputy director Michelle Lee I was recently nominated to the agency to do nothing apparently yeah that would be her job and I do not like the name patent troll. I find it very offensive to patent holders, and I am the first one to say that the patent process does not work but it used to work. It certainly seemed to be good or was a good idea. Well, the day they allowed software to be patented was when it went downhill

2:52:46 It swamped the system. It made it impossible for real patents to like really get a good look, it swamped the system and ruined everything before it happened and I remember when it happened in believe early 80s or late 70's. I'm sorry go on, I'm listening. Well I am just saying when it happened everyone said well you can't patent software this is just ideas its like patenting 2 plus 2 equals 4 Oh, you can't do this is patented. You can have four uh-uh two plus two has to be something else But that is for and patented it I feel software patenting software's like patenting a poem That should yeah know used to be covered the same way as a copyright. Yeah, that's what it should not be right software

2:53:29 And I think that's valid copywriting software, but even then routines and simple...I mean to what degree? Then you get into almost like what sample of a copyrighted piece of code. Well the idea originally was copyrights prevent people from just lifting code and using it. But that's how... Wait let me finish if i had an algorithm that made point A move to point B and I wrote it in C++ You could look at the algorithm and say, oh okay I can't use this because it's copyrighted but i'll just rewrite in JavaScript. I think that is legit! Not only that...the whole point you learn code by copying it and we're really talking about scripting not compiled code

2:54:19 That's how you learn. That's how we build that, that's how the best programs are built is hey oh this guy wrote this code This is fantastic let me prop plop that in and it works have you documented and Simsalabim? It's become very complicated I guess that's why I like them It's the whole thing, the patents were originally designed to protect the little guy. Today's patenting of software code does just the opposite it's only to protect the big companies The little guy has been thrown out of the bus Not I'm not even under it the bus was driving and just throw through the guy out on the pavement out a little guy Yeah, support your independent software developers people that is that is the message here and that wraps up tech news everybody The landline and the phone should be made out of bakelite chicken

CHAPTER 33 / 35 Discussion

California Egg Laws, Battery Cage Ban

Six states are appealing a federal ruling that upholds California's ban on eggs from hens kept in small battery cages. The law, set to take effect in January, requires out-of-state producers to meet California's animal welfare standards to sell in the state. The hosts discuss the quality difference between industrial "Costco" eggs and local farm-raised eggs.

california· egg laws· battery cages· farmer chris· costco

2:55:20 I have one story, it's the clip egg news. Hold on a second...I was not prepared yes here we go several states are unhappy with California's new law concerning the sale of eggs starting in January the state will ban the sale of eggs that are laid by hens kept in small cages The law requires out-of-state sellers to comply with the new standards. Yesterday, six states filed an appeal of a federal judge's ruling upholding the ban and those states say the law will cost their egg farmers hundreds of millions of dollars Wait a minute explain this to me what's going on here? Well, you know most eggs that you buy...if you buy cheap eggs. You don't buy from a little guy nearby or something like that. I'm sorry we buy our eggs exclusively from Farmer Chris at the Austin Farmers Market? Yeah and that's the way to go! But most eggs if you go to Costco and you buy their eggs you get like 18 eggs for $1.00. And it's just these eggs that are produced by these guys.

2:56:18 Most people buy them because they don't know the difference and it's just a shame but they don't know the difference especially people I don't understand how anyone in a rural community where you have Like you say, this farmer guy and... That's not a farmer guy. Farmer Chris. He listens to the show. Farmer Chris is the guy. Farmer Chris has eggs, he has chickens. If you're in any rural area of the United States if you drive around you'll find eggs for sale because people have a lot of chickens and when chickens lay too many eggs for people they end up selling them that's the eggs you want because they have actual flavor but most people buy the Costco eggs and these cheap eggs by the cheapest egg best price

2:56:55 And that's what they use. And those eggs always come from these facilities that have a chicken literally imprisoned in this small little cage that the chicken can't even stand up in and then just, and they have to cut their beaks off so they don't have to worry about them pecking themselves or anything. So they got no beaks. cage. And then they change the lights to go on and off, and on and off throughout the day so that chickens think it's a day just come and gone in any land egg today for about...I don't know about a year? Then they take the chickens out and butcher them because you do not want unproductive chickens. That is how most eggs are produced in this country. California somewhere along the line got their hair up there asked about this and said no more of

2:57:37 And now it's gonna be a huge... I don't know if it's because they hate eggs or they don't want to. I don't know what the rationale for this is, I'm sure there was a do-gooder behind him but I'm not sure. Well so but so it's a good thing as we're trying to educate people not to eat shit? Yeah yeah no I think it's a good thing. That's good. Boy do I taste the difference huh Oh no, it's good egg or real egg. You know yard egg whatever you want to call these eggs that are these chickens laying them all over the place The white actually tastes better than the yolk from one of these farmed chickens in their little cage

2:58:15 Oh, absolutely. These eggs are tasteless! I won't even eat one. I just won't eat one. And the yolk is like a really light yellow. You're making me sick just thinking of stop. Seriously... They don't even hold up in the pan they just make a big giant... The yolk breaks really easily there's no structure to it and no strength I just got bile in my throat. God, no it's farmer Chris' eggs are nothing if you're ever in Austin on a Saturday go to Republic Square the farmers market go find Farmer Chris tall blonde surfer dude You can't miss him with eggs is like that's pretty obvious Surfer Dude Eggs and give them an In The Morning Yeah always give it An In The Morning And you'll get a big big smile back

CHAPTER 34 / 35 Discussion

CSI Bad Acting, Wiccan Ritual Plot

An analysis of a "CSI" episode highlights poor acting and writing, specifically a scene involving a suspect who is a Wiccan. The dialogue, featuring a stripper named "Tangerine" and a high priest who is a janitor, is ridiculed for its absurdity. The hosts use the segment to demonstrate how bad acting becomes more apparent when listening to the audio without visuals.

csi· bad acting· wiccan· television writing· stripper tangerine

2:59:12 Now, I have one clip of bad acting. Oh nice! And this is actually a clip that was on CIS the show where this you know the original one of these detective stories that has all new people there everyone's gone to they have the black face guy playing one of the characters and... I'd like to set this up for second we haven't done this in awhile and throughout the seven-year history of the show we have done this from time to time where When you listen to acting and you don't have the visual, that's when you really hear the bad acting. Yeah, it is much better visually. And the woman actress she looks like she's gonna act but when you just listen to her She's doing a bit where she says something to this...she's being interrogated for a crime and here's your bid is to go Kind of like she says something goes yeah. Yeah. Yeah some screwy and it makes for an interesting dialogue But this is about turns out the woman is a Wiccan

3:00:14 And so they're either slamming the Wiccans or, you know, the female witch. Mm-hmm and she's a witch and there's I guess a big coven in some school and they go on about well it's not important to us what do you believe in? Or don't even know what that means but it's a bunch of pagans and this is back and forth and I just thought this was a good case of bad acting and kind of like snide writing This is just dandy You actually think I heard Turk nonsense Really You were sleeping with a student who's now dead, murdered in your school. I was not sleeping with Turk my gosh! We have your fingerprints on the inside of his car windows and your DNA on his condom from the backseat Do-do i need to go on? Turk was 18 he was perfectly legal what we had is real Did you husband find it real? Your marriage, your job...you had alot to lose Mr Russell everyday I play pretend

3:01:18 I pretend that pelican sports matter. I pretend not to resent the fact that i'm a failed interior decorator, but mostly... ...I pretend to not know that my husband's having a weekly tryst with a stripper named Tangerine. Now, I did NOT kill Turk! But I can tell you this- I would KILL to bring him back. Did you know that Turk's blood was removed from his body after he was murdered? And that suggests a Wiccan ritual or spell and... That suggests you. Kali, on you people secret shovel, you sure dig deep! The coven said we'd be persecuted No, no slow down I don't care who or what you worship I just care about the truth I didn't kill Turk You said the killer took Turk's blood Yes, thats right

3:02:13 Her high priest thought that my relationship with Turk was a threat to the coven. Your high priest? Ed. Ed Lusk, the janitor? Make it stop! And and the writer also needs to be shot. A stripper named Tangerine? A stripper named Tangerine? What?! No no This show is still on the air, seriously? Yeah. It's astonishing! This is horrible. This is horrible crap. Stripper named tangerine... yeah yeah yeah I got some bad acting for you and well here's a good- Bad Acting by Hillary Clinton Don't let anybody tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs You know that old theory trickle down economics That's right

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Hillary Clinton, Job Creation Rhetoric

Hillary Clinton is criticized for a speech in which she claimed that corporations and businesses do not create jobs. The hosts suggest Clinton is adopting the rhetoric of Elizabeth Warren to appeal to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The episode concludes with a sign-off for the seventh anniversary and a preview of the upcoming episode 666.

hillary clinton· elizabeth warren· job creation· trickle down economics· outro

3:03:11 That has been tried. That has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly. And now one of the things my husband says when people say, well you know what did you bring to Washington? He said I brought arithmetic. Yeah companies don't create jobs Wow really okay she and she's now on the Elizabeth Warren train Well, you have to assume that she has her people watching Elizabeth Warren closely. And so they're saying what is working for Elizabeth Warren? We have to use some of these these some of the shtick that Warren's dreaming up and so they're doing it I think this will be there look more like than a different at the time that they throw their hats into the ring. I agree or their bonnets are there whatever babushkas

3:04:09 Hey, John. Thanks for seven years! Seven years? I want to thank the listeners for seven years Well i'm just thanking you first then not going to thank them I appreciate that and I thank you for seven years but the listeners if it wasn't for them producers we wouldn't be here doing seventh anniversary show Nope Not at all So we must be doing something people like Yes And one day will figure out and really get big Yeah yeah yeah Onward to the next seven. Happy to do it with y'all. And we'll continue the seventh anniversary party on The Thursday Show because we have a lot of people that came in after the midnight deadline and so, we will thank them on Thursday and hope for a few more join in. Indeed we will. Here in self-imposed quarantine in FEMA Region 6 celebrating the 7th

3:05:06 Good morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where I am in a hazmat suit as they do the show, I am John C. Dvorak We'll be back on Thursday right here on No Agenda. It was worth it! Boo-cha-laka, boo-chala! There's a need for rescue mission when the world is threatened and needs help, it calls on America And that's the story. And you can always follow me on Twitter at...