Episode 72 · Sunday, 15 February 2009

Obama Denver & the New World Order

The signing of a trillion-dollar stimulus package in Denver triggers a deep dive into underground bunkers, Masonic symbolism, and the rebranding of Blackwater into XE Services.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 72

About this episode

President Barack Obama travels to Denver to sign a massive stimulus bill amid growing theories regarding the Denver International Airport and its alleged role as a New World Order headquarters. The airport, which houses the CIA domestic division and features Masonic time capsules alongside apocalyptic murals, serves as the backdrop for a legislative package that critics claim was passed without a full congressional reading. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues its decline, the administration faces scrutiny over the 'save or create' jobs metric and the ongoing nationalization of zombie banks like Citibank and AIG.

Economic instability is further linked to the 2005 bankruptcy reform law, which a Federal Reserve member identifies as a primary driver of the housing collapse by making credit card debt non-dischargeable. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has deployed a 27,000-person public relations force to manage national perception as Blackwater rebrands to XE Services to escape its controversial reputation. International tensions rise following a satellite collision between Iridium and a Russian vessel, leading to speculation that an electromagnetic pulse weapon may have inadvertently caused the recent Continental Flight 3407 crash in Buffalo. In Russia, Vladimir Putin reportedly hired an ABBA tribute act for a private party, while the UK celebrates Darwin Day with Prince Philip and the BBC.

The cultural landscape shifts as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child threatens to override American parental rights and homeschooling autonomy. Political figures are accused of using hypnotic techniques, such as the 'Office of the President-Elect' podium signage, to induce suggestibility in the public. The episode concludes with a look at the commercialization of President's Day and the potential for Howard Stern to transition into the podcasting space as his satellite radio influence wanes.


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CHAPTER 01 / 35 Discussion

President's Day Sales, Holiday Commercialization

The hosts discuss the commercialization of American holidays, specifically President's Day, which has replaced the distinct celebrations of Washington and Lincoln's birthdays. They note that retail stores like Macy's remain open for extended sales periods, rendering the holidays "bogus" in terms of actual business closures.

president's day· washington's birthday· lincoln's birthday· macy's· retail sales

00:01 originating from opposite corners of Gitmo Nation. I screwed it up already. This is No Agenda with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! Coming to you from Gitmo Nation East in the southwest part of London in the Curry Terrace. I'm Adam Curry. I'm John C. Dvorak here in northern Silicon Valley where it's wet and rainy and this is the Gitmo Nation. Yo, yo, yo. I told you we're sleepy this morning. We were just talking about that before we started. Hard to get up. It's pouring. It's pouring. It's pouring. It's not nice here either but it's just like British weather, you know? It's not rainy and it's just kind of gray.

00:44 Yeah, well we need the rain and so it's gonna take a while to catch up but these poor people, anybody who went up to Lake Tahoe which is what everybody in the Bay Area tends to do on these three day weekends, we have a three day weekend here. Meaning it's a holiday on Monday. It's President's Day. Yeah, which is in between Washington's birthday which used to be a holiday and Lincoln's birthday which used to be a holiday which was actually yesterday, or no, Friday. They stop doing those because you know they're trying to make more generic Labor Day, I mean a darmestest day is gone. They keep changing these things so these holidays are bogus. It's a It's just a commercial thing isn't it kind of like Valentine's Day. No because there's no connection to commerce except for all the President's Day sales

01:34 Oh yeah, there's a lot of President's Day sales. Which last, well, three weeks beyond President's Day, the President's Day sale is on! Yeah, that means Macy's open. The holidays means nothing's closed. I mean, usually a holiday, retail stores should be closed, technically. But no. Anyway, so, holiday. So what's going on, John? Besides the storm, not much. A couple things you forgot to talk about last week, including Darwin Day. We kind of missed the boat on that. I had been, on my blog, I tend to do some post every so often on creationism and how it's trying to make inroads into the school system.

CHAPTER 02 / 35 Discussion

Discovery Institute, George Gilder and Creationism Funding

The Discovery Institute in Seattle is identified as the primary financial and organizational driver behind efforts to teach creationism and intelligent design in schools. High-tech guru George Gilder is cited as a major donor to these initiatives, while a separate "Atlas of Creation" book from Turkey is noted as an independent project.

discovery institute· george gilder· intelligent design· creationism· seattle

02:25 And I'm fascinated by the Discovery Institute, which is up in Seattle, which is behind most of this, by the way. Almost everything that goes on today that has to do with teaching creationism in the school or intelligent design or anything like that is financed or funded or supported or somehow there's a connection to the Discovery Institute. The irony to that is that one of the high-tech gurus George Gilder, who by the way is worshipped by John Doar, is a creationist nutball.

03:05 And he's the one that's funding a lot of this, almost with, you know... Are these the people that are doing the Atlas? The Atlas of... No, no, that's an independent guy. That guy's out of Turkey. And I'm sure there's no connection because I haven't seen any indication that the Discovery Institute is selling this. And I believe at some point there's going to be these battling creationists. Each with their own personal agenda of how it came down. Yes. And the guy with that book, when we have to get a copy, is a different guy. He's on his own. Just so people know, this is the Atlas of Creation? I don't remember now. It's apparently a stunningly beautiful book with really multicolored, high quality pictures. And they sent them to all kinds of different people. Celebrities, schools, universities. They're floating around. We need two copies.

CHAPTER 03 / 35 Discussion

Darwin Day, Prince Philip and BBC Documentaries

The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, known as Darwin Day, received significant coverage in the United Kingdom through BBC documentaries and royal participation by Prince Philip. The discussion contrasts the British celebration of the event with the relative lack of mainstream attention in the United States.

darwin day· prince philip· bbc· galapagos islands· tortoise

03:59 We need to get a couple copies. And maybe if anybody out there knows anything they can help us. So there's that. So anyway, I was reading on the web various creationist sites looking for something interesting and they were moaning and groaning about Darwin Day and how it was a 200th anniversary. I didn't know anything about Darwin Day. It was actually pretty big over here. Wasn't Darwin British? Yes, and the same day the Queen relaunched her website, Prince Philip was actually performing his royal duties and he was celebrating Darwin Day.

04:39 Prince Philip performing his royal duties. His royal duties. Darwin day. They had a lot of coverage, BBC, they always had these beautiful documentaries and apparently the tortoise, this crazy ass humongous land tortoise that lives on the Galapagos Islands, which of course is where Darwin studied all these creatures, is almost extinct and so they had a lot of A lot of news stories but also full-length documentaries. It was pretty good, it was fun to watch. Well we didn't get any of that. Of course not. Instead you got a foundation about creationism. Actually we didn't get much of anything one way or the other. I think the thing was essentially just a dud.

05:30 Okay, well big over here, but of course these guys you know the BBC schedules this years in advance You know it's like oh, it's Darwin's birthday. Yeah We've got to get ready of course in the States the coverage probably was Lincoln's 200th birthday now that it seems like Keep can turn the speaker down just a tad John Absolutely. Thank you. Now that seemed... What? Or headphones. Here's another concept. Headphones. It's very typical in radio. I use headphones when I do a lot of stuff, but when I do this show with you, I don't like them.

CHAPTER 04 / 35 Discussion

Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln and Kenya Claims

A brief discussion explores the media's effort to link Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln through their shared connection to Illinois. The segment includes a sarcastic reference to conspiracy theories regarding Obama's birthplace in Kenya.

barack obama· abraham lincoln· illinois· kenya· political branding

06:07 Well that just makes no sense. I don't use them with Leo either because I'm either looking at notes or I'm flailing about so much that the headphones would be knocking, the wire to the headphones would be knocking stuff over. Okay. Sorry. Yeah, no worries. I mean, when I reorganize this little studio I'll be able to do it but I can't now. Right. So it appears to me that there's a huge push to connect Obama to Lincoln. Oh yeah. And of course there's already some... Obama's the one that's... Yeah, exactly. Well there's already some obvious similarities, Illinois being one, but... No, no, that is the similarity.

06:53 I don't know man, there's interesting times during Lincoln's period. Yeah, yeah, I mean, no. That's it. I think you summarized it with one thing. Alright, so why don't we get to the news that, in fact... I believe that Lincoln was born in Illinois if I'm not mistaken. He was or was not? I think he was and I think Obama was born in Kenya. I'm sorry. That's a good one. Oh, those are funny. So the big news that's been circling around is of course the continental crash, Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo. Yeah. And I'm surprised you didn't blog this and now it's everywhere. This happened a couple days ago, almost immediately the news was out that one of the widows of a victim of 9-11 who really, several documentaries have been made about her,

CHAPTER 05 / 35 Discussion

Continental Flight 3407, Buffalo Air Crash Investigation

The crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Buffalo is analyzed, focusing on the unusual flight data showing the plane fell flat in a stall. Despite reports of icing conditions, the activation of the stick shaker and the 30-second drop from 2,300 feet raise questions about the official explanation of the accident.

continental flight 3407· buffalo· air crash· icing conditions· stick shaker

07:53 who really pushed Congress and everyone really to follow up on what happened. Right. Well, they shut her up. Well, so that's obviously the big question. Is that even possible? You know me, I love air crashes because you learn so much from them. And this is a really weird one, John. They're actually pretty rare. Air crashes in general, statistically. Oh yeah, I mean there's 30,000 flights a day. Yeah, yeah, no, so it's of course they're very... but this one is an interesting one because there were icing conditions yet absolutely no reason for this plane to come down in basically a stall and just fall flat which is, you know, this is the data they're giving us but the things that are really confusing to me is that the plane was actually pointing in the opposite direction of

08:50 the way it was going before it before it landed before it crash-landed. It turned somehow and it landed flat. So yeah that's kind of weird and so they're saying well it sounds like there was ice buildup but you know the anti-icing systems are pretty good you know and it's all automatic and it's not not prone to any type of failure. I mean now they're saying that from the from the the data recorders that the plane did or they can't they haven't said yet that it entered into a stall but they did say the stick shaker activated which is basically the the controls giving you a warning that you're entering a stall which means you're not flying fast enough I don't know that's uh and there were 2300 feet and

09:40 You know, they fell flat so they didn't go down in like a nosedive. So if it was a stall, how fast would it... what is the... certainly Newton's law comes into play here. If you're flying at 2,300 feet, how long will it take you to get to zero feet? I don't know. Just the speed of gravity. I mean, there's a calculation for it. That's what I was looking for. You don't know? No. Anyone in the chat room know? Because they say they were gone in 30 seconds. That's a good 30 seconds to drop that far and hit flat. That's according to the official information Yeah, sounds about right could be so you know now. They're saying well, maybe the flaps deployed unevenly That none of that sounds really really super plausible, so I don't know they hit birds Yeah

CHAPTER 06 / 35 Discussion

Satellite Collision, Iridium Corporation and EMP Weapons

A theory is presented linking a recent satellite collision involving Iridium and a Russian satellite to the Continental 3407 crash. It is suggested that the Department of Defense may have used an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon to disable a Russian spy satellite, inadvertently causing the plane's electronic failure.

iridium corporation· russian satellite· emp· tom ridge· satellite collision

10:39 perhaps frozen chickens well the you know so here you want to hear the theory about this because I think it's a pretty I like it I think it's pretty good one all right so I not okay so we have to go back two days but or a day before this crash to the actually couple days to the satellite collision Yes, by the way, I did blog that because a couple two or three days later after the satellite collision Which by the way was a dead satellite, so I don't know how anyone else hold on a second Well, let me let me just give you my story then you can you can count you then I can tell you the truth Yeah, okay

11:16 I'm sorry, what did you say? Go ahead. So I'm thinking, there's a satellite collision of these, you know, one old clunker and I don't know what the other satellite was, but then about three days later, a bunch of people, it's either before Congress or somebody's starting to make a fuss, we need more money for these programs so we don't have these collisions all the time. There's never been one. Okay, the whole thing was a fake all right, so the satellite collision if you would delve in a little bit closer It's kind of important. So it is US officials who were saying it was a defunct Russian satellite now Right okay, so let's just presume Maybe it wasn't a defunct Russian satellite the satellite that it collided with was one of the 65 low-earth orbiting satellites from the Iridium Corporation and

12:05 And Iridium, you'll remember in the 90s it was very exciting because here was this company who said, oh, we've got it, we'll have this belt of satellites surrounding the Earth. And you'll only need one phone and when you're on the ground it'll connect to a ground station and eventually it'll connect to your home network and wherever else you are it'll connect through the satellites and everyone's like, yeah that's a cool idea! Until of course the phone showed up and the antennas were basically Sambal soup cans on a stick which is the ugliest devices you've ever seen completely just

12:41 You know, great if you're in the desert, but that's about it. So these guys ran into all kinds of trouble. They were bought and sold. And now this entire thing is like an 89% Department of Defense. And by the way, it was Motorola that put those up and they have never been the same since. So on the board of directors of Iridium, just as a little joke, Tom Ridge, you know, just to give you just to give you an idea, he former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. The whole thing is it's it's completely the Department of Defense you know the whole thing is just you just go to the website iridium.com. Alright, alright, get back to the story. So seven times in the past ten years iridium has actually taken evasive action to avoid debris or perhaps other satellites in the in orbit and this time they didn't. So the theory goes that

13:40 It was a Russian spy satellite and they were spying presumably over Korea. I'm not quite sure, you know, I don't know why that's important to the story of Korea, you know, whatever that has to do with it, but they were spying. And so the DoD decided to take that satellite out. Now because of that, the Russians who normally monitor electronic magnetic pulse frequencies Could only detect but faintly the EMP pulse that came just before the plane crashed so that they're saying that Continental 3407 was brought down by Electromagnetic pulse weapon which is which is which is pretty easy to make by the way It's you know, just it just disables just disable your electronics. Yeah. No, you can you can buy them online and

14:31 Yeah, that's what it was. Okay. Well, I can't think of anything else that would bring a plane down just dropping out of the sky except for stalling it perhaps and I don't know, the snow just doesn't seem that 100% likely with the data that's given. So I like a lot of work to get rid of that one woman. Oh, no. No, I'm just saying the two are connected this the spy satellite was that was for something else that was for They just didn't want the Russian spying or whatever. They were spying is that this story needs work It's two separate stories John first of all, yeah The satellite was taken out and it I don't believe was defunct who says it was defunct the Russians haven't said it was defunct I'm just saying the news guys did

CHAPTER 07 / 35 Discussion

Pentagon Public Relations, Military Recruitment Spending

The Pentagon is reported to be employing 27,000 people for recruitment, advertising, and public relations this year. While some argue this is standard buzz marketing similar to Pepsi Cola, others view it as a massive "Department of Truth" operation facilitated by the current economic downturn.

pentagon· public relations· associated press· military recruitment· advertising

15:20 Thank you. I agree. The news guys said it, man. They're never wrong. Of course not. So it must be true. You know, the news guys, I saw this in Wired, this year the Pentagon will employ, did you see the story? 27,000 people in public relations and advertising. Really? of verbatim twenty seven thousand this year the pentagon will employ twenty seven thousand people for recruitment advertising and public relations that's from the associated with the rest of the city's israelis and i think that i think that this is a uh...

16:04 That's the Department of Truth is what it is. I think this is a mistake the way it's presented. What they're probably referring to is what the read that read it again. What were the three things recruitment number one? let let me read and public relations if they have you know these recruiting stations that they have everywhere manned by about ten people here but that's also PR john that's local that's local yeah I'm not saying that is PR but it's not the same as them having a bunch of you know PR stooges that are cranking out press releases or you know giving speeches to the Kiwanis club right but but but wouldn't Pepsi Cola kill to have that type of force out there doing buzz marketing I think they're probably if you're gonna

16:48 If you're going to count everybody who does anything that has anything to do with marketing and Pepsi, I think there's probably exactly that many or more. Right, that would make sense. But at least they're selling something healthy. The only job you can get nowadays. Yeah, well, no kidding. They were having all this trouble recruiting people a year and a half ago. Bush's people, oh no, nobody wants to go to Iraq. They're not having any problems now. No, well they're all staffed up, right? They can hardly even take new people on. Yeah. And if you're looking for a job in the sector that's not governmental, you can now go to Xee. Surely you've heard of the company Xee?

CHAPTER 08 / 35 Discussion

Blackwater Rebranding, XE Services Name Change

Private security firm Blackwater has rebranded itself as XE Services (pronounced "Z"). The name change is characterized as an attempt to distance the company from the "bad mojo" associated with the Blackwater brand, though the new name is jokingly compared to Zoroastrian gods or noble gases.

blackwater· xe services· rebranding· private security· xenon

17:36 No, I never heard of the company Z spelled capital X lowercase e Z Oh Pronounce the name like a letter Z. I'm sorry. I'm pronouncing it wrong You pronounce it like the letter Z. That is the new C. It's not easy. Yeah, right Well, I'm just reading it now. Okay, or X Z Z Z it that is the new name the rebranding for Blackwater What is that supposed to mean? Doesn't say wrong with black water At least we could identify him right come on man. That's code. How cool is that to have a company like black water? Hey, man, just pronounce it's like Z. You know like Q and it's X e X Yeah capital X under lowercase e but it says the parents company new name is pronounced like the letter Z brother

18:29 But of course this was just all a part of their plan for their company. They always intended to change the name. It has nothing to do with the fact that everyone knows Blackwater is just bad mojo. Blackwater. I can see the board meeting, who named us Blackwater anyway? What was the point? Can we come up with something a little more modern than that? Oh man. And it turns out that XE has got to be like some horrible god from, you know, Zoroastrianism. Of course, of course it will. Of course, of course it's some New World Order. There'll be another controversy and they're gonna say we have another board meeting. Who came up with this idea?

CHAPTER 09 / 35 Discussion

Vladimir Putin, ABBA Tribute Act and The Sun

The Sun newspaper reported that Vladimir Putin paid 20,000 pounds for an ABBA tribute act to perform at a private party in Russia. The tabloid used the event to mock Putin's public image, contrasting his fandom with his "tough guy" persona.

vladimir putin· abba· the sun· rupert murdoch· russia

19:11 Totally. Oh man, we so missed it. It came out on I think Sunday last week. So we did the show on Sunday, Saturday, right? Yeah. The Sun, which of course, highly reputable newspaper. So they had this story that Vladimir Putin had paid like 20,000 pounds for an Abba tribute act to fly to one of his parties in Russia. And then they say the guy's basically the final nail in the coffin of outing him because well this just proves it. He's gay. Outing him as an ABBA fan you mean? Outing him as extremely gay and they show all those pictures of him with the shaved chest riding a horse. It's fantastic. Those guys have no shame. The son. Well there you have Rupert Murdoch.

CHAPTER 10 / 35 Discussion

Bankruptcy Reform Law of 2005, Credit Card Debt

A Federal Reserve member's paper suggests the 2005 bankruptcy reform law is a primary cause of the current economic crisis. By tightening laws to protect big banks and making credit card debt non-dischargeable, the law forced consumers to sell homes to pay off high-interest debt, destabilizing the housing market.

bankruptcy reform· 2005· credit card debt· federal reserve· consumer protection

20:13 Exactly, exactly, exactly. That would make so much sense. So you watched C-SPAN this week? Because I've watched so much. It's been so fun, really. Now I caught a few interesting things on different other kinds of shows that I was discussing. Yeah, what did you see? Well one of the things is, and this is pretty obscure but I'm going to get the document, one of the members of the Federal Reserve, one of the bank members wrote a paper tracing the real crux of the economic condition to the bankruptcy reform law which I believe was put through in 2005. And this is the one where they changed the bankruptcy laws, by the way it was called the consumer protection. They tightened up the bankruptcy laws so it would be harder to go bankrupt.

21:11 And more importantly, if you had credit card debt, you still had to pay it. Even if you're bankrupt? Yeah. Right. And this was obviously done on behalf of the big banks that were screwing the public. So it created, which of course ended up screwing them, which is the irony. But it created a kind of a messed up way, people were literally dumping their houses on the market to pay their credit card debts and other anomalies which, you know, it's a very delicate, you know, markets are very delicate. You do some stupid, pass some stupid law and it screws up the market. It could take decades before it can adjust to the new conditions. And it was a very interesting theory.

CHAPTER 11 / 35 Discussion

CNBC House of Cards, Post-9/11 Consumerism

The CNBC documentary "House of Cards" traces the economic collapse back to the aftermath of September 11, 2001. It argues that Alan Greenspan's lowering of interest rates and the government's push for citizens to "continue shopping" created a culture of mass mind control centered on debt-fueled consumption.

cnbc· house of cards· alan greenspan· consumerism· september 11

22:00 There was a different theory on CNBC, they had, what was it called, House of Cards? You didn't happen to catch that, did you? I think I may have seen it. That's been a show, they've had that on a couple times. Yeah, it was good. And they took it back to actually to September 11th, 2001, saying, after a little bit of preamble about how American citizens actually aren't citizens but they're consumers and they're treated as such and they're called by name as consumers. We call ourselves consumers, in fact. So they traced it back to the shock of September 11th, 2001. The president then saying get back to work, continue shopping. And that of course Wall Street was hit as well severely and literally and figuratively on September 11th. And that's when Greenspan started lowering the interest rates significantly and the deregulation came into play, etc. And then this snuck in there, which is nice.

22:55 But they were taking it a little bit further back to basically mass mind control of back to shopping, you know, let's make money easy, cheap, available, get a house, you know, which I think is pretty fair. I don't know. I think the whole thing is that there's something amiss. I noticed that I was listening to or watching Democracy Now, which is a left-wing progressive news show that shows up on free speech TV and Link and a couple other things on the Dish Network. And this is the thing with Amy Goodman, that very dour, you know, announcer who tries to kind of announce like Walter Cronkite once did, with a kind of that, you know, that old-fashioned style.

CHAPTER 12 / 35 Discussion

Democracy Now, Amy Goodman and Obama Criticism

The progressive news program Democracy Now, hosted by Amy Goodman, featured guests who were surprisingly critical of President Obama's bank bailout policies. The discussion notes a shift in tone from left-wing media outlets regarding the administration's focus on bankers over homeowners.

democracy now· amy goodness· barack obama· grit tv· laura flanders

23:46 And it's got, it was very interesting because they, they're like this other thing, I don't know if you ever saw the Grit TV thing I gave you, but it's very similar to that, only the woman on Grit TV. Yeah, you should watch it because the woman who runs, Laura Flanders I think's her name, she is the host of that, she's a slight, she has a slight British, it's almost like a Stewie Griffin kind of a voice. She's kind of attractive in a, in a, in a milfy way, you might find that interesting. And, um, she's only smiled, I think, twice in five years. I know exactly what you're talking about. She's not that milfy. She's okay. No, no, no. Maybe for you. You're on the upper end of it. I'm not a milf. You are a total milf seeker. A milf seeker. Milf. Milf. So, uh, I didn't even know what the word meant until I met you. Uh-huh. Sure.

24:50 It's a fact. So anyway, unlike that show, which is really more of a discussion, Amy Goodman is, you know, she's just tries to be a real news show, but they have extended interviews and they had a couple of guys on that were, they try to do like a kind of a crackpot Republican if they can find one and then a Democrat who's reasonable. But in this case, they had two. I couldn't tell what their political position was. And I was kind of shocked to listen to these two guys. because they were just leveling Obama with all kinds of accusations, which I was not expecting to see on this show, because this is one of the shows that would, you know, promoted Obama. Both sides? Both sides were doing that? Yeah. Oh boy. And what was interesting was they, there was, there's this, there's an underlying kind of a theme as they do it, as if Obama could do something other than what he's doing, which is bailing the bankers out instead of bailing out the homeowners, which is essentially the theme.

CHAPTER 13 / 35 Discussion

Zombie Banks, FDIC Nationalization and AIG Fraud

The term "zombie banks" is used to describe insolvent institutions like Citibank that have negative assets but continue to receive government funds. Critics argue these banks should be nationalized or closed by the FDIC, noting that AIG is under investigation for fraud in Great Britain while receiving billions in U.S. aid.

zombie banks· fdic· citibank· aig· insolvency

25:49 And you know, it's like the same old, same old, you know, let's get, you know, we don't need what one guy called an extractive group of people. In other words, people that just take wealth out of the economy, the bankers. And then they also said, which by the way, we did get a note that somebody criticized us for making some, not knowing that the federal reserve buys and sells treasury bonds because that's, they actually run the whole system. And I don't know what we're thinking, but. Well, I'm still confused about that. I mean, I don't know if you want to get into it because it's very... No, we'll talk about it. It seems like a technical thing, but... No, they buy... that's what they do. They buy and sell treasury bonds. That's just some part of their giant scheme to manipulate the economy as best they can. As long as that's the ultimate reason I'm satisfied. I don't need to know how it works. As long as I know they're doing it to manipulate us.

26:37 So anyway, they're both going on and on about how the banks are in... Both of them kind of said this, which is what one of our complainers told us, is that the banks are insolvent. And the term was used... I'll make it... Maybe I can get a copy of the audio track we can play next week. And these are referred to as zombie banks, which are banks that have... Well, they're all zombies then. ...minus assets. And to be giving them money is ridiculous because it just doesn't, it's not going to ever come back because it just goes into a black hole. Well I totally, are you done with it? Because I want to agree with this and I want to tell you why. Was there more to the story? Okay well let me just finish up Denny. Anyway so everybody seems to agree that the banks should be nationalized.

27:22 or close and one of the two guys mentioned that that's what the FDIC does for a living. They grab these banks and then they close them up and then they reorganize them and the shareholders are screwed and then they put the bank back in business and why don't they do and they said there's no reason you can't do it with a big bank like Citibank which apparently is a zombie bank that's broken giving him all his money just throwing money away for guys in in effect that then or this is the clip that I wanted to have to get the guy makes both of these guys make mention the fact that a at you should look into this AIG is like under indictment in Great Britain for being a fraud yes that's correct

28:03 And meanwhile, they said the only reason the British did it is because the FBI, nobody would act against these guys. And these are the same guys that gave them a bunch of billions they went off and spent it in these resorts, you know, sort of living it up. If that doesn't, if that's not a giveaway, when some, when you give some guy who's apparently is starving to death or is like, you know, going to go on vacation. And the first thing he does is go on vacation? Is this a sign that maybe something's amiss? Yeah, but you know what? People get really pissed off when they give a guy a quarter and he goes and buys a pack of cigarettes. Then we're like, fuck these guys man, fuck you on the street. Sorry, I didn't mean to use that.

CHAPTER 14 / 35 Discussion

Credit Default Swaps, Toxic Assets and Japan's Economy

The total value of credit default swaps and toxic assets is estimated to be between 30 trillion and one quadrillion dollars, a scale that prevents Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from being transparent about bank solvency. The situation is compared to Japan's "lost decade," where the government failed to deal with toxic assets for 20 years.

credit default swaps· toxic assets· timothy geithner· goldman sachs· japan

28:38 But you give away billions to bankers who are clearly just putting it into their yachts and everyone's like, whatever, what's next? But I think that John, it's much clearer than that. The reason why they're not, you know, why Geithner, our Treasury Secretary, does not come out with a plan to, and this is what people keep talking about, the toxic assets, you know, the bad bank concept. The reason why they're not doing it and why they're just stalling and I have no idea what they're going to do but they cannot show what is actually out there because even in just Britain, Britain alone, it was in the Financial Times on Friday, they believe that just the credit default swap that are out there

29:23 would equal about 30 trillion dollars just in Britain. So this thing has got to be so big if you look at JP Morgan and Citibank, Bank of America. It's, um, it may be a hundred trillion dollars. Maybe it could be a quadrillion dollars, which is a thousand trillion. It's like academic if you just bankrupt all these banks and let the FDIC sort it out. But that's not, that's exactly the opposite of to what they're doing. What they're doing is they're saying, well, we'll guarantee a part of the assets. And there's all this, all this bullshit. But at the end of the day, save these guys so they can keep those yachts.

30:04 Well, what I've heard every single politician say at some point in time is, there would be, so they talk about, and I'm still looking for someone to actually say what the alternative is, you know, if we don't pass this stimulus bill, well, the alternative is much worse of course. No one will ever really say what that alternative is. I lost my train of thought. Fuck me. Hooray! No, but the point is is that they're they're just not saying this is what Japan did Japan never got About how there's gonna be 30 quadrillion dollars. That's 30 quadrillion. It could be a quadrillion easily because this started in the 80s man all this this swap stuff and the CD CDS is just one you have a CDO you have the the synthetic CDO's Which is basically fake money made out of fake money, which is just incredible. I

31:03 It's so big that they all would be bankrupt overnight. Everyone would know they'd be solvent. And I believe this is exactly what Japan did. They never dealt with the toxic assets. Well, they did over time, over 20 years almost, to bring that economy back up. And they're still in trouble. And they're absolutely in trouble. So this is just protectionism. Please, look at the people Obama has put on the case. Just look at them, they're all Bush and Clinton insiders going back as far as... Fugees. Well, they're all connected to Goldman Sachs, they're all connected to the Council on Foreign Relations, which we just kind of brush off every single time, but it's not like that's a governmental organization. It's a club, and they're all in it. And we're not. What goes on in that club?

CHAPTER 15 / 35 Discussion

Council on Foreign Relations, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Global Strategy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Trilateral Commission are described as elite clubs where global strategy is formulated. Zbigniew Brzezinski's book, "The Grand Chessboard," is cited as a blueprint for world domination and the creation of a one-world government through financial collapse.

council on foreign relations· zbigniew brzezinski· the grand chessboard· trilateral commission· globalism

31:51 I believe what goes on in that club as part of the trilateral commission is strategy is made. on how to help the bankers take over the world. Oh, I know what I was going to say. Every single politician I've heard speak, any top politician recently, has always connected a global financial meltdown to an end of the political meltdown. They say, oh well, if all this goes, if the financial world melts down, it will ruin not just all economies but all political structure. And I find that interesting because that doesn't have to be the case. Unless they're intricately connected, which of course they are. Whatever the case. So they're just... it's just to build more power for themselves. You don't think they have enough? No, of course not. We need the smart grid. So we can control your washing machine. I don't know, I find that these science fiction scenarios, you know, where you have the

32:57 Like in Star Wars where you have that giant council. You know, with a million... Starfleet Command. Well yeah, John, but look, 25 years ago it would be total science fiction to say, hey, one day people will be walking down the street and they'll just have a little thing on their ear and they'll be talking to someone completely on the other side of the world, which is exactly what mobile phones and Bluetooth headsets are. So, to say that, you know, that sounds like science fiction? I don't know. Stuff is moving pretty fast. Wouldn't you say? So, well, that's depressing.

33:34 I'd still like to know what goes on at the Council of Foreign Relations. They have lots of... I think it's just a drinking club. It is. It's a... But actually, ever since I found out that Aaron Burnett... Yeah. Well, it's a Brzezinski drinking club. That's what it is. That's where those guys lay down the strategy and they tell everyone what to do. And I'm sure... Okay, now what's the Brzezinski book you think everyone should read because it actually lays out the entire plan for world domination? And knowing that Brzezinski, of course, is Obama's guy. He's the one who put Obama in there. What was that book again? I haven't unpacked all of my books yet, so I can't like grab it the grand chessboard the grant the grand chessboard Is that what it is? Yeah, he lays it out He lays all of this stuff out and and the way to create the one world government is by collapsing the financial system And we're very close to that the g7 meeting in or I guess they've met now in Rome for the past three four days basically saying well

CHAPTER 16 / 35 Discussion

G20 Summit, Neoliberals and One World Government

The expansion of the G7 to the G20 is viewed as a move toward a global economic system. Neoliberals are identified as the primary proponents of a one-world government, viewing it as the only solution to prevent recurring world wars, despite criticism from both progressives and isolationist conservatives.

g20· rome· united nations· neoliberals· league of nations

34:33 I think we have to move this on to the G20, we can't do it all alone, it has to be the 20 biggest powerhouses in the world. So they're just drawing more and more countries in, and everyone's talking about a global economic system, and we all have to do it together, and kumbaya, and maybe we'll create one big world bad bank. And throw all in other words what you're saying if you start to really look this over from a global perspective What you're kind of saying is that if it wasn't for China we'd be screwed Think about that for a while. Yeah, they're not joining in this deal. Well of course not they're just waiting man They got their own problems

35:17 There's always been this group of internationalists, and I've always been amused by them. They have a lot of websites, and they're the slickest of all these crowds. They're all neoliberals, a type of liberal that is hated by the progressives. If you start drilling down into their thought process, they do want one world government. They think the United Nations was largely, and the group before that, the League of Nations, which sounds like a movie.

35:56 It has to do with the fact that every time that there was a world war, specifically World War I and World War II where these guys kind of came from, they felt it was so disruptive and crappy that the only solution to world wars, and this is kind of, I thought, I think is actually kind of weirdly naive, is to have a one world government. Then you don't have to worry because there's always these governments fighting each other, they think, with these wars. But in fact it's mostly internecine things, you know, a little, maybe a little, You know people... But this is no secret John, they write about this in all of their documents. This is exactly what the neocons have always been working on. These aren't the neocons, these are neoliberals. Same boat!

CHAPTER 17 / 35 Discussion

CFR Membership, David Rockefeller and Aaron Burnett

The Council on Foreign Relations, founded by David Rockefeller, is detailed as a non-partisan think tank with members including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and CNBC's Aaron Burnett. The nomination process is compared to secret societies like Skull and Bones, requiring high-level sponsorship for entry.

david rockefeller· aaron burnett· cnbc· skull and bones· membership

36:37 No, but most of the, very few of the neocons, in fact most of the conservatives, they hate the United Nations. They want to basically close off, in the worst case scenario, they want to be isolationists and get out of this world bullshit. It's not the case at all. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, non-partisan membership organization, think tank and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded by David Rockefeller, by the way. Think tank. Well, you know enough, don't you?

37:24 And they're all a member of it. Clinton, Obama, Bush, Aaron Burnett. Oh, that hurts so much. I wonder who else at CNBC is a member of this club? Oh, we can just look. How do you get in the club? I think you become a... you're probably invited. Yeah, I know, I realize that, but what's the criteria do you think? Well, membership. I've never been invited. Well, hold on. Membership. You can have a corporate membership. Oh, how convenient. A life membership. It's kind of like the universal life church. You can get a bishopship from the Council of Foreign Relations. You can? I wish.

38:09 Rules and regulations to bear in mind. The candidate's nominator, or you have to be nominated, bears the chief responsibility for seeing to it that filing deadlines blah blah blah blah. You have to be a United States citizen or permanent resident. A member who has a spouse, close relatives, not important. So it's a nomination thing. So maybe Aaron can nominate me. Yeah. I wonder what the approval process is. Is there vetoes or is there one or two guys that say no? I think you have to lay down in a coffin and then talk about the most embarrassing moment you've ever had. Oh, I'm sorry, that's skull and bones. I get confused. I get confused from time to time. So our leader is going to be signing the stimulus package.

CHAPTER 18 / 35 Discussion

Stimulus Package, 48-Hour Review Promise and Patriot Act

Congress ignored a resolution requiring a 48-hour public review period for the 1,100-page stimulus bill before voting. The rapid passage of the massive document is compared to the ramming through of the Patriot Act, with critics noting that no member of Congress had actually read the full text.

stimulus package· house resolution· readthestimulus.org· patriot act· legislation

39:00 in Denver. Wait a minute, wait a minute, he's signing it already? Because I was under the impression that one of his goals when he became president was to make sure that the public got a good look at all this stuff before it passed. Well it's very interesting you mention that, John, because not only that, but they passed a quickie law there in the Senate and let me see if I can find it, yeah here it is. Resolution from the House on February 10th that the house would, that there would be a 48 hour period to review the stimulus package before there was a vote. And of course there wasn't. By now you've probably seen the YouTube clip of, in fact I think it's the Republican, I actually have it here. It's kind of, if you haven't seen this as well, worth it to listen to, because it just shows you how these bills are rammed through. And he has this, it's a thousand, it's like

40:07 that wasn't enough. Here we are with 1,100 pages. 1,100 pages not one member of this body has read. Not one. There may be some staffer over at the Appropriations Committee that read all of this last night. I don't know how you could read 1,100 pages between midnight and now. Not one member's read this. What happened to the promise that we're going to let the American people see what's in this bill for 48 hours? But no, we don't have time to do that. So they actually, they passed a resolution that it would be available for 48 hours and then they just, they even ignored that. And they just went ahead and voted on it and so now it is up online. I've of course downloaded it. It's about...

40:58 That's like 30 or 40 megs. It's unbelievably huge. Have you seen it? Have you seen it with all the notes on it, the scribbles? No, I haven't seen it. Oh man, please, I don't think so. Go to readthestimulus.org and you can download it yourself. Readthestimulus.org. I did pick up a couple of things. You have to be a lawyer to read this. By the way, let me just mention a point of irony here. The Republicans moaning and groaning about the fact that no one's read this thousand page document because they're ramming it through Or the same people that rammed through the Patriot Act It's exactly the same thing. Thank you for making the point. This is exactly what they do. This is exactly what they do It's like oh every single day that we don't pass this we have to do it immediately. We cannot wait Sign it now quickly quickly quickly

CHAPTER 19 / 35 Discussion

Buy American Provision, Broadband Stimulus Grants

The stimulus bill includes "Buy American" provisions for construction projects, though the President retains authority to waive these under the Trade Agreements Act. Additionally, $7 billion is allocated for broadband stimulus, though the grants are restricted to non-profit organizations serving vulnerable populations.

buy american· section 1605· broadband· non-profits· trade agreements act

41:56 Can and everything in this particular bill doesn't start until like a year from now. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh lots of stuff doesn't start until 2010 so a couple of things that I pulled out so the big thing everyone's talking about is by American and So if you know, I think I just look at the the headlines that have to do with hookers Yeah, that's subsection H If it's done by the Democrats, there's got to be something in there for the hookers. But there is a, but this is the whole protectionism thing that everyone has been up in arms about. So in the final compromise bill, it does say section 1605 by American, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance or repair of public blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And the project had to be produced in the United States.

42:46 So that goes for iron, steel, relevant manufactured goods. And they did put in one little gotcha thingy. In the compromised version where they say section 1605 provides for the use of American Irish iron steel and manufactured goods except in certain instances Is not intended to repeal by implication the president's authority under title 3 of the trade agreements act So I guess they put like some little thing in there that the president can say. Oh, hold on Yeah, you know you you need to buy foreign for this particular thing They try to kind of, you know, kind of get out of it. Well, there's a lot of situations where the goods that are needed for a project are not available. Are not available, exactly. Which makes it impossible to do the project. So you're going to plow through this whole thousand pages? Yeah, I looked at a lot of it, but I start with looking for relevant bits. I thought the broadband stimulus might be interesting. Does this come over as a PDF?

43:46 Yes, well, yeah it's a PDF but you can't search it all. Most of it is searchable but they have some photocopied pages that have just been inserted here and there. It's crazy, it's totally lame. I would go to the photocopied pages. Yes, well there's lawyeries, I can't get through that. Of course, that's where the real tricks are. But I was just looking at the normal stuff. Broadband stimulus, I thought hey, maybe we can get us some money. Because there's 7 billion of it out there. And in fact it says, you know, this should be a grant will be made available to organizations and agencies that provide outreach, access, equipment, and support and services to facilitate greater use of broadband service by, and here it comes, low-income, unemployed, aged, and otherwise vulnerable populations. I thought, hey, that's our entire producer base. It's perfect.

CHAPTER 20 / 35 Discussion

No Agenda Subscription Model, PayPal and Xenon

The hosts clarify that the podcast will remain free but will introduce a voluntary $2 monthly subscription model via PayPal to avoid traditional advertising. During the discussion, a listener notes that "XE" is the symbol for Xenon, a noble gas used in high-end car headlights.

paypal· subscription· xenon· noble gas· crowdfunding

44:37 Yeah, long road to get to that. Where's the... we need a rim shot. Yeah, I could do... But it looks like that broadband stimulus, it's only for non-profits and you know, it's not for... Yeah, we're not making any money. No, but I'm saying it's not for commercial companies. You can't participate in these seven billion dollars unless you're a non-profit and you know, it's nothing. There's nothing there that we could use. Can I just say something about making money a lot of people misconstrued what we were talking about last week They think that we're now going to charge for this podcast somehow Have you got no? No, I got it. I got it. It's funny. You're your listeners your fan base Really is is slightly different in mind. They're more nutty well No, no there a lot of them are out there. Just waiting to trip me up and then slice my throat Yeah, you have a lot of that too. Yeah

45:37 So yeah, gotcha. That's it. They're all looking for gotchas. Yeah, they're all doing really important work in the in society So no, we're not playing. No, what we're gonna do is gonna be voluntary subscription. Yeah $2 a month. That's the same thing Leo charges you did but you don't want to pay because you're cheap or you think that we as we guilt you into it well, no, I mean it's just like you don't want to pay because you can't afford it and or you're cheap, or you don't really like the show, or you don't feel obliged to support it because we want to avoid running ads and we're going to sell t-shirts every once in a while. And you can go, I set up the PayPal account so people can subscribe on a continuing basis at two bucks a month. It's not a, you know, I'd like to get 10,000 people. Hell yeah, wouldn't that be nice? And we basically need it because when everything comes crashing down, we won't have any money either.

46:35 No, it usually gets stolen from you. Even if you have a lot of wealth, it can just get taken away from you. Of course. They just take it away. So, yeah, I know. Actually, I've got this set up on Dvorak.org slash NA. Oh, is it already up and working? Well, yeah, that is. I need to set up an unsubscribe thing too, but... No you don't! What are you talking about? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. You can't... You can opt out if you're doing two bucks a month, you can stop it midway? Don't you have to complete your 12-month sponsorship? You can set it up different ways. Well, how are we setting it up? We're setting it up as just a continuation. You start paying two bucks and you keep paying it forever. You could have it so it just expires in 12 months and then you can't opt out. Okay. I mean there's all kinds of ways to do it.

47:32 I mean, I may, I'll probably set up all the options, but I just set up this simple one here just to see what that looks like because I got a little piece of code you can put on curry.com. You set up a sub directory, N A curry.com slash N A. And you just put this little piece of, you know, this index dot HTM file in there and it'll forward it to the, forward it to the PayPal. Hey XE by the way, thanks to net Pierre in the chat room is the, uh, is from the periodic table. Uh, the, What is it? Xenon. Symbol XE. Classification a noble gas. That's right, I knew that.

CHAPTER 21 / 35 Discussion

Xenon Headlights, Nancy Pelosi's Jet and Banker Bonuses

Xenon headlights are criticized for being distracting and dangerous to other drivers. The discussion shifts to political hypocrisy, noting Nancy Pelosi's use of a 767 Air Force jet and the public's focus on banker bonuses rather than the systemic "mob-like" behavior of the banking industry.

xenon· nancy pelosi· air force· banker bonuses· usury laws

48:09 I never thought about xenon and xenon is used in those light bulbs that you find on BMWs, Mercedes and some American cars that when they're behind you it looks blue and it never quite focuses on anything. These are these xenon bulbs that replace halogens on high-end cars and they're very disturbing to see and they kind of scramble your brain when they're behind you. I think they should be illegal. Oh those? Yeah, those. Exactly how they ever got on the road is beyond me because they're almost the color of a blue police, you know, those when they have all the colorful lights. I forget the light bar. There's a lot of blue in there. And they're the same very similar color. They're horrible.

48:57 And I've been in cars and driven cars that use them and I don't see that they're any better than anything else, that they're so focused or anything. And they blink, they kind of blink and they're kind of awkward. I hate these things. They should be made illegal. They should be banned. And Xeon is obviously referring to the fact that these people are lighting the way to the future. Ah, there you go. A thousand points of light. It's a beautiful thing. Anyway, that's my guess. On C-SPAN, I watched some of the banker hearings. Which was quite fascinating. Anyone here have a private jet? Raise your hand. So what? These guys are like focusing on crap like that. Who cares? Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi has a 767 take her back to California every week. You know, no one ever talks about that. These guys, they... She does? Yes. Oh yeah. Whose plane is it? US Air Force. It's an Air Force plane. Yeah. In fact, there's a story back in, I think,

50:04 No, I'm sorry 2005 or maybe was 2007 a couple years ago the Air Force Gave one to give her a jet that had to refuel halfway And then she said no no no I want one that can go non-stop and suddenly got her 767 there was a little flap about it there was some She was defending it. It's just like it's stupid. It's so stupid This is but this is what the public is being focused on you know that and bonuses Just not looking at the thing is I mean the bonuses thing is interesting because if you're giving somebody money And then they just immediately give it to themselves as a bonus for getting the money I mean, it's kind of funny, but at the same time. I think these banks need to be shut down These banks have always been crap I mean the you know they set up shop and they started making all their money on credit cards And then they started you know basically raping the public by getting the laws changed so that instead of ursary laws where he couldn't charge his ridiculous amounts of interest and

51:06 They charge 18% or more for somebody's little debt and rack the bill up and break the person, break their customers. What kind of a bank, what kind of an organization's whole goal is to break you so you're indebted to them forever and ruined, perhaps? for life. It's a mob. Thank you. And Joe Biden is like a mafia Don and you've got all these mob people. They are. You're absolutely right, John. They're all mobsters. Rahman Manuel. And they're all going to they're all going to help each other get as much wealth as they possibly can and then put it then they go for all the power. Now, you're totally right. The whole thing. Wall Street's a scam. The banks are a scam. But let's follow the logic. So I agree with you that, you know, hey,

CHAPTER 22 / 35 Discussion

Year of Jubilee, Debt Forgiveness and T-Shirt Designs

The biblical concept of the "Year of Jubilee" from the Book of Leviticus is proposed as a solution to the economic crisis, involving the universal pardon of all debts every 50 years. The hosts also discuss upcoming show merchandise, including "Kripes" and "Battery of the New World Order" t-shirts.

jubilee· leviticus· debt forgiveness· bible· t-shirts

51:52 you can't have capitalism without bankruptcy so these banks should go bankrupt what happens then because it's so tied everything is so tied into it every country state town school churches they all have debt I mean how does that work all of a sudden okay your house is free your car is yours it's not a bad idea that would be okay yeah of course I mean Nobody be complaining. Nobody be complaining. But in reality, you know, it won't work. I mean... Forgive all debts. Didn't that used to happen? There's a name for it. Wasn't there a, almost biblical times, wasn't there a day or several times this has happened? I read a story about this where it would be... Can you imagine the economy skyrocketing if you just forgave all debts? Jubilee? Is that what it was called? Your car? I don't know, maybe. Yeah, Jubilee. Well, that's interesting. It's a concept. It is a concept. Forgive all debts. It'll straighten out the paperwork.

52:58 Everything will start from zero and we go back to work, start spending money because we got all kinds of money now, and go crazy and let the economy just crank right back up and you take the whole thing right into, you know, the next... I guess the question is what, you know, do we keep the same government? I mean, the government would have, would go out of business. It would be... Why? Why would they go out of business? Well, how are they going to, if they can't borrow, I mean, they have to get their debts. I don't know. It just doesn't sound like it would work, would it? I don't know. Why wouldn't it? Let let the let the listeners decide I think should we have to forgive all debts a period of Jubilee? Well, I don't know what they're doing for the bankers. Let's just do it. Just do it

53:42 That'll help the bankers too. They won't have any debts either. The year of Jubilee is a special year for the remission of sins and universal pardon where debts are forgiven, slaves and prisoners freed, and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest. In the Old Testament book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is to occur every 50 years. That's right. There you go. That actually makes a little sense because of the economic cycle. Would we be right on? Is it time? Well, it just seems like a good time if you ask me. There's a bunch of stuff in the Bible. Somebody just sent me a link. Yeah, Revelation. That would be the one to look at. Matthew 6.12 is a good one. Oh, isn't Matthew 6.12, that's what you always see on the sign with the end is near? No, it's usually something else. There's a bunch of things people put on signs. I think you should put something really obscure thing on signs.

54:43 Like Battery of the New World Order? Yeah, well... The next t-shirt coming out, which will be next week, is gonna say Kripes across the front. Oh, you're just taking Dvorak stuff. What happened to Battery of the New World Order? I'm gonna do that too, but this is gonna be a permanent one. In fact, you never even say Kripes on the show. I mean, what is that? That's not a good No Agenda t-shirt. It's not... Okay, I'll do the Battery one with the Kripes one. The Battery one I have to do too. Sorry. Just cripes is a you know, I don't say you're right. Cripes is not a it's not a no agenda thing I know but I think cripes is needed. Yeah, but you didn't bring this up at the staff meeting. We didn't discuss All right listeners you clearly are needed here to help us with our t-shirts and our album art and our

CHAPTER 23 / 35 Discussion

Portuguese Linguica, Food Regulation and San Leandro Incident

A story is told about Portuguese linguica, a pickled wine sausage, and the regulatory challenges it faces in the EU. An anecdote is shared regarding a linguica specialist in San Leandro who reportedly killed health department officials after they attempted to shut down his traditional production methods.

linguica· portugal· san leandro· health department· food safety

55:46 And our jingles as well, by the way. We need jingles, we need all kinds of stuff. Keep the show going. Yeah, we want to crowdsource. And two bucks a month. Right, you... Yeah, well welcome to the New World Order. Exactly. Make people do all the work and then pay you. It's terrible. This is how it's gonna be. Absolutely. I love it. Now if you want to hear this kind of material. So, I was thinking about this when I was eating breakfast this morning. I kind of made it, since it's so cold and windy, a kind of an English breakfast. And I was thinking about this because I wanted to talk about linguiça for a minute. Linguiça. Which is a Portuguese sausage made from a meat that's pickled in wine. It has a very distinctive taste. Linguiça. Of a certain rotting taste. And my story... Wait a minute, a certain rotting taste? Yeah, it has a certain rotting... Well, good salamis in Europe have the same kind of a rotting character, but this is specifically different.

56:49 It has a specific rotting, rotten meat taste that is delicious. Yum. Can I do the ad? It's really delicious. I mean, it smells more rotten than anyone else. But to make it, apparently it's a very sketchy thing to do because it's an old formula that had to do with how you preserve meats and what you had to let them, you had to let some bacteria take over to keep the meat from actually being toxic. No one ever gets sick from linguiza. that I know of. So I'm in Portugal and I'm having linguiça and making sure that apparently this formula has not changed for hundreds of years.

57:32 Somebody just sent me a Skype note. Linguisa not safe to eat, expert says. Yeah, Oakland Tribune, is that it? I'm going to look. Yeah, it was the Oakland Tribune 2004. The audience is Googling just as fast as we are. This is cool. So, Linguisa not safe to eat. Anyway, so... Linguisse is absolutely delicious. Now there was this guy in uh... this by the way is going to be a real interesting roundabout way of getting to my point. So there's this guy in San Leandro and I told this story to these Portuguese over dinner about this guy Santos who was the linguista specialist in San Leandro and he made the absolute best linguista. I've been eating it for decades, literally, and if I ever have a party I'd have a bunch of it grilled or whatever. It's absolutely phenomenal. But he was doing something that I guess was a violation of some health department thing.

58:29 The guys in Portugal say yeah, there's I you can see that because the way it's made. It's sketchy It's an old you know it goes back hundreds of years And it's just the way it is But you know you can't do this and this is by the way that they're happening all over the EU and the Portuguese are very concerned about the EU cracking down on their Linguisa yeah concerns all all kinds of regulation that messes up old tried-and-true traditions right that things that work and So anyway, so the guy shot and killed three health department guys and ended up in jail for life. So it's a new version of going postal. It's going linguisa. So these guys thought this was somewhat amusing. Now my concern is that I think I've told this story before. And I'm wondering as we go on because our show is an hour and a half. You have not told this story before. We have these anecdotes.

CHAPTER 24 / 35 Discussion

British Bangers, Food Quality and Recycling Anecdotes

The hosts discuss the declining quality of British sausages, or "bangers," which are often filled with breadcrumbs and chemicals rather than meat. This leads to a meta-discussion about the risk of recycling personal anecdotes on the podcast as the show reaches its 72nd episode.

bangers· pork shoulder· food quality· united kingdom· anecdotes

59:21 And these anecdotes are largely, we've told them to our friends if we haven't told them on the show. And I'm worried to death that we're going to start repeating ourselves. We do from time to time, or you do from time to time. You mean me? Yeah, you have retold, it's happened a couple times, but only two times, maybe three times out of 72 episodes. But this one you've not told. I'm good at this. I'm good at this. If you can say you know, I mean, I just say the same thing over and over again in a different way But yeah your anecdotes knife if you're launching into an anecdote that we've heard before I'll just say it Dude, we've heard that one move on. Yeah, okay with that, but that would be useful Because as a columnist who's been doing this forever, you know, you recycle a lot of stuff naturally, you know, I want to Recycle material you do here on Twitter. Yeah, I know I

1:00:13 And so, uh, I'm sorry? This is what I told you. So you recycle stuff naturally. Hold on a second, some guy wants to know if we're doing this on Skype. Anyway. So anyway, the point is that usually when you recycle a material, you either add something to it or you make it more concise. Or you have a new thing to add to the anecdote to prove that you were right. I'm just saying I was concerned about this as I was chewing on a, of all things, which reminded me of the Liguisa, I was chewing on a Sags, which is a brand out here, S-A-G-S.

1:00:55 traditional British banger for breakfast. And I have to say that over time, the sags, first they came out with a banger a few years ago and it was just barely a banger. A banger is essentially pork shoulder that is cooked with a lot of breadcrumbs or rusk and marjoram and sage and lots of salt. That's the recipe for a banger. A banger sauce and it's ground very finely and it tends to be very mealy, especially in England where you get up to 70% of the bangers actually bread. And you have to eat it with brown sauce. Well, not for breakfast.

1:01:39 But anyway, and it's a very mealy, but it's very tasty for some reason. Very tasty, got a lot of fat in it. Very fat and bread. Anyway, it's very tasty. And so they started off, eh, you know, it kind of tastes like a banger, but I was, now I have to say they've gotten it so close that I'm actually impressed. And I've never, I've very rarely impressed with these supposed bangers. And so that got me thinking about the linguiça, which got me thinking about repeating myself. Well, you'd be amazed. at how shit the bangers have become over here. From time to time they do these food programs and people are eating convected flesh basically, convection, you know, the stuff that holds the muscle onto the bone. It's crap. All the total crap, all the supermarket food. That's why the Brits are dying. They're obese, they're just... it's bad. Real bad.

CHAPTER 25 / 35 Discussion

California Budget Crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tax Hikes

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is attempting to close a $42 billion budget gap in California through significant tax increases. Proposed measures include raising the state sales tax to 8.25%, increasing vehicle license fees, and adding a 12-cent tax per gallon of gasoline.

california· arnold schwarzenegger· sales tax· gasoline tax· budget gap

1:02:35 How can you make a banger bad? I mean it's just Moses. It's just just ingredients sausage anyway, but they don't even put they don't put pork in there anymore It's just it's chemicals and crap. You know and sawdust God knows it has nothing to do with food Hmm. Hey, how's get mo nation you claim that you live in the gitmo nation? I'm sure you're following your your local issues there with your Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to fill the 42 billion dollar gap last night. They almost almost had a vote. You want to know what's gonna happen to you? Well, let's see. Let me tell you. Not to worse than has already happened. Okay, state sales tax will go to 8.25 percent. That's a 1% increase. Vehicle license fees up a percent and a half. Twelve cents additional tax per gallon on gasoline.

1:03:30 Reduce dependent care tax credit to $100 from $300 and surcharge on income taxes up to 5%. Yeehaw! Well, that's one way of doing it. You know, I wouldn't mind them doing all this kind of thing if there was some evidence that they weren't stealing the money. Yeah. Well, they already stole it. Now it's for you. Now it's for your roads and just to keep the infrastructure together. But it's all shovel-ready, John. It's all ready to go. In 2012, we'll start shoveling. So Obama's going to sign this bill in Denver. Why? Well, Denver's a very interesting place.

CHAPTER 26 / 35 Discussion

Denver International Airport, Underground Bunkers and Security

Denver International Airport is identified as a potential "New World Order" headquarters due to its remote location, underground bunkers, and restrictive security checkpoints. The airport's design, featuring pinch points and guard gates miles from the terminal, suggests it was built for population control.

denver international airport· northern command· bunkers· security· checkpoints

1:04:15 Denver, Denver is of course the headquarters of the New World Order. Surely you know that? No. Oh, oh yeah it is. Northern Command is in Denver, CIA's headquarters, not headquarters but their operations center is in... Who? The CIA's operations center. Since when? Hold on I can look it up. I thought it was in Langley. I thought everything was in Langley. No, no. The real operations center has moved. Northern Command is out there and of course the airport is, you know, there's all kinds of underground bunkers and shit out at Denver International. So you think that's why they moved that airport out into the middle of nowhere? Oh, well, dude, if you want... That has got to be the most dangerous airport. One time we were coming in and a plane almost flipped over. Really?

1:05:11 There's crosswinds that are just horrible there. It's just the worst place to land. Well, there's also all kinds of areas that you can't, that are, you're forbidden to go and when they were building it, people were getting sick and you know, there's like some kind of electromagnetic stuff. Oh, there's a lot of radiation in Colorado, which is a problem. One of, and there's also all kinds of, I mean, it's like, there's a mining state. There's all kinds of weird mines for all kinds of weird, you know, minerals. The other thing is that I find it weird about that crappy airport, which is really just a junker. The first time I went to it, when they first opened it, I noticed there's bottlenecks. So if there was a panic in the airport or someplace, there's two or three pinch points where if they wanted to stop you from leaving, they could very easily. And the other thing is what's kind of, I think, just sick is that if you wanted to go in and pick somebody up at that airport,

1:06:04 You have to go through the parking system, in other words you have to get a ticket to even get there. Because there's armed guard gates before you go into the airport. But they're about a mile and a half to two miles away from the airport itself. Yeah. And you have like 15 minutes free on the ticket. And so you get your ticket and you got to go. If you don't pick the guy up within five minutes, you'll never get back out without having to pay a couple of bucks just to get out of there. But the fact that they have this thing cordoned off completely so they can just cut it off because the access, there's only one access road, it's this road that goes, you drive forever and you get out to this airport, then you hit the guard gate which is the, you know, for parking as it were, which could obviously be converted to, you know, just armed guards.

CHAPTER 27 / 35 Discussion

CIA Domestic Division, Denver Relocation and Masonic Time Capsule

The CIA reportedly relocated its domestic division headquarters to Denver in 2005, and the FBI has moved significant counterterrorism forces there. The airport features a Masonic time capsule and was built over a 15-year period at a cost of $4 billion, while the old Stapleton airport runways were intentionally destroyed.

cia· denver· masonic· time capsule· stapleton airport

1:06:53 And then you go in and you have to run in there and grab your person and get out of there as fast as you can, otherwise you have to pay five bucks. So it's just a horrible place. So 2005 the CIA relocated the headquarters of its domestic division responsible for operations and recruitment in the United States from Langley headquarters to Denver. And the FBI has based much of its international and domestic counterterrorism forces there as well. So this is the New World Order Command Center. But when you read a little bit about... Maybe these guys just like to ski. Yeah, that could be.

1:07:29 But they've got this whole underground building complex and underground trains and they built a runway that they then covered up. So they built a whole runway and then covered it all up again. And this is documented, but they were building that thing for how long? Was it like 10-15 years it took them to build it? It was forever it seemed. And it cost $4 billion. So I got some links here. One, somebody says Northern Commands in Colorado Springs, which is nearby. And that's where it says officials have blocked access at the Denver airport. Officials have blocked access to content they deem provocative on the airport's free Wi-Fi service. Yep. And if you look at the murals, they're really freaky. They've got like these kind of Hitler-esque

1:08:20 figures and there's a Masonic time capsule in the airport which is yeah with the whole Freemason thing they put it there March 19th 1994 to be opened in 2094 and the other thing that's weird about that airport is of all the airports that have ever been built they build these new airports outside of town is the newest thing to do and with the only this is the only time They took the old airport, which was Stapleton, I think was the name of it. And as soon as the other airport went into service, they took a bunch of jackhammers and jackhammered up all the runways. So it couldn't be ever used again under any circumstances. Now, they didn't do that with Midway in Chicago. They didn't do that with Love Field in Dallas. They didn't do it with Macon International. No, not true. Midway, they did destroy the runway. But they didn't jackhammer the whole thing up. They just put jackhammered

CHAPTER 28 / 35 Discussion

Denver Airport Murals, Auschwitz Note and Al-Qaeda Cycles

The murals at Denver International Airport are described as "freaky" and "Hitler-esque," featuring imagery of dead children in coffins and a soldier with a gas mask. One mural includes a note from a 14-year-old girl who died in Auschwitz, fueling theories that the airport serves a dark symbolic purpose for the elite.

murals· auschwitz· leo tanguma· al-qaeda· denver

1:09:18 trenches on it so you can't land. You can land it midway that's where Southwest goes. What was the one they closed then? Wasn't that Midway? Oh I'm sorry it was the other one on the island there. I'm confused. I have no idea. Get that picture. No, Midway's... Yeah I'm looking at it. Of course you know when you send files over the Skype while we're... Nah, it's not that bad. So this is a mural And I've looked at this, I've been through DIA several times. This is, where is this mural? This is in Denver International Airport. It's like a dead child. A dead girl? Yeah, and she's in a coffin. A dead girl in a coffin and she has a Star of David and the Bible in her hand. It's freaky, man. And there's another one. Where is that in the airport? It's, uh, these huge murals.

1:10:10 I mean, do you not look at your surroundings? Yeah, no, I take pictures in airports. I like to, you know, like to... I can't believe that you've never seen... Look at this one. This is the one that freaked, because I remember seeing this. I remember I was with Bloom. His brother lives out in Denver. And I'm like, dude, what is this? Hold on. Look at that one. This is... It's Megs Field that's close. Where's Megs Field? I think that's near the marina or something. Dead babies and Commander Skeletor. And so you saw these things? Because they may have been at the terminal I was at. I only gone to the United Terminal. What the hell is this one? I know, isn't it crazy? It's kind of like a Nazi guy with a death mask and a machine gun. A big sword and a machine gun. And the sword is pricking the dove. Like the sword is on the... like the dove is pierced. Yeah, it's freaky. What terminal is this in? Let me see if I can find...

1:11:15 The only Denver airport, I didn't remember like terminal, but I remember walking forever, huge, huge tent structure building. Well that's the United's got the tents. I think it's pretty much all tents. It doesn't say where they're from. Now I'm going to have to take a connection through Denver and look around some more. So there's all kinds of crazy stuff going on out there. And just as you say, the fact that the checkpoint is a mile away from the airport. And yeah, it's for parking, but we all know it's really a checkpoint. I mean, I'm sure they check you at that point. Not just pay your parking, but show me your something. Your papers. Yeah, your paperwork. No, papers. You must see your papers. Ausweisbiete, is that what you're trying to say? No, it's...

1:12:16 So I'm kind of thinking that Colorado, Denver in particular, Denver International Airport, that seems pretty important. That's an interesting theory. This art kind of will have to make me rethink the possibility. Because this is pretty sick stuff. Yeah, there's a couple other ones. I'll send you some links. But the Masonic Time Capsule is always a good giveaway that there's New World Order afoot. And so there's another, there's a girl holding a Mayan tablet and someone looking at a burning city. There's another coffin picture with an African American or African girl laying in a coffin. I remember seeing these and thinking, wow, I thought it was like a temporary expo on that picture of the Nazi guy. Yeah. There's a child in a, and she's holding, can you see that? There's a little child. Yeah, she's holding a little, she's holding a doll. Right, but there's also a note

1:13:25 Next to her and if you zoom in you can on that picture. It's a note from Herma Purchin Berg who was 14 years old who died December 18th 1943 in Auschwitz, and it's like a little thing she wrote which is as horrible Hmm funky, huh? Yeah, so anyway. That's where our president's going to be safe and sound and that's where he's gonna sign the bill and Well, that would be interesting if they tried to move the government to Denver. For national security reasons, of course. Yeah, because it's hard, you know, you can't do much. I mean, you know, they're probably, you know, the attacks that take place by Al-Qaeda are in an eight year cycle and at least, you know, short term appears to be. And so we should have another one this year. You know, at the end of the year should be some crazy thing that happens. And I think that would be a perfect reason to.

CHAPTER 29 / 35 Discussion

Obama's Denver Trip, Save or Create Jobs Claim

President Obama is traveling to Denver to sign the stimulus bill, a location Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called "as good a place as any." The hosts criticize Obama's repeated claim that the bill will "save or create" 3 million jobs, calling the phrasing a meaningless rhetorical trick.

barack obama· denver· robert gibbs· stimulus· jobs

1:14:31 We're staying more time in Denver. Yeah and push the agenda a little bit further. Well, we need some what's the shock? But what's he what is he? What is he? What is the reason for going to Denver in the first place? Well, this is a good question. Well, let's see You know on that on the stimulus bill and we're gonna wrap it up pretty soon just one more thing and and I I still can't believe that journalists haven't called out the administration on this the president Let me see if there's a reason. I'm just looking at whitehouse.gov. Let me see the agenda. Doesn't he usually... isn't there a thing that... don't they somewhere tell you what he's doing? Isn't there the president's diary or something? Probably diary.presidents.baracksdiary.gov. We're waiting for recovery.gov to come online, but of course I guess he has to sign it first.

1:15:32 But on the weekly address, which I appreciate the fact that they're still doing that, he again says the stimulus package will save or create 3 million jobs. Can someone please just call him on this? Can any journalist anywhere please just say what does that mean exactly? Save or create? If saving jobs is one thing, but is it now, is it saving them or creating them? Is it 3 million or is it 6 million? And when the saving doesn't mean anything, we do, you know, it's just a bunch of BS. By the way, uh... But why, but he, but John, this is incredibly irritating. Yeah, yeah, I want to read you this little thing that's, that one of my guys sent me. You know, if my wife did that to me, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'd bitch slap her. I'm giving you some, I'm giving you some finiency. I just want to read this before we get off topic.

1:16:23 which is happening as we speak. According to at least this note, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on CBS News Face the Nation this morning about Denver. Yeah. It's as good a place as any to sign the measure into law. Good as places any. Nothing special going on here. Just an airport. I find it hard to believe that this guy would say that and that the Face the Nation person didn't follow up with what do you mean by that? Is this guy just going to float around like an itinerant bum and just sign bills wherever he feels like it? Like a whore sleeping around? Give me a break. Well, let's look at the press briefings.

1:17:17 When was this? What press briefing was it? I suppose it was on CBS's news face-to-face this morning. Oh, this morning? Okay. Well, yeah, I'm not quite sure. Is he going to Denver to visit some business or something? Like he went to Illinois to go to Caterpillar, but that was kind of campaigning for the... He seems to be floating around way too much. I think he's afraid to stay in Washington. Do they know something we don't know? Mmm, I can hear people Skyping you now. They're totally into it now. They're like oh yeah, we've got a direct line to inject some stuff into John

1:17:56 Yeah, well, yeah, no, that's good. Well, there it is. Here's the story. Here's a story in the swamp Tribune Washington's Bureau Chicago Tribune Obama Denver signing good as any big big front pair not front page front page on this blog by Mark Silva President Barack Obama will find the Denver fly to Denver the place where he accepted the Democratics party nomination Maybe it's symbolic to sign the new American Recovery and Investment Act into law in two seas as good a place as any Blah blah blah watch for a lot of Obama's biggest initiatives in the war recession to carry data lines outside of Washington And this one is big. What's the point? There's no real Analysis here. We have this has got to be one of our points of Research well, I think we'll just have to wait and see I mean I I didn't quite make my long bed of February 14th of the market being 72 86 I came pretty close you know only

CHAPTER 30 / 35 Discussion

Stock Market Predictions, Obama's Profile and Michelle Obama

The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to drop despite the stimulus bill, nearing predicted lows. The hosts also comment on paparazzi photos of the Obamas dining at Table 52 in Chicago for Valentine's Day, jokingly analyzing the President's physical profile and a "doggy bag" carried by the First Lady.

dow jones· barack obama· michelle obama· table 52· chicago

1:18:50 We only need two more days of 300 point drop and I would have been there so I lost 100 bucks to Bloom. But I'm glad I'm not right because that would be in a much worse place. But I believe when this bill is signed, the market is already showing the future is already down 200 points on the Dow. The market's not seeing it. It's just... Something has to happen. We need some kind of event. I believe that they're looking for some kind of event. Something has to take place to move stuff forward so they can cover other stuff up. That's what they're pretty good at. Well, this Dammer thing is disconcerting. Okay, so we'll put that in... write that down. Let's make that a research item. What else do we have? I mean, I got a couple of things. I can just run through them quick, see if anything strikes your fancy.

1:19:47 You know, I'm looking at this picture that's in this thing. I'll send you the link. Yeah. I have to you have to look at this now. I mean, I'm sorry. All right, go ahead. Send it to me. We'll be on the air forever here if I'm not. You know, Travis, I was at the end of the show. We get we well, we only talk for about an hour after the show as well. I mean, it's not like we're ending this by choice. We're ending because everyone starts yelling at us otherwise. Where's your message box? I can't listen to two shows that are an hour and a half long every week. I don't have the time. No, actually, the people that really appreciate this show are the ones that have three-hour commutes. Of course. I mean, there are people out there that have these ridiculously long commutes and they need some, you know, continuous something that keeps them from falling asleep at the wheel. Yeah. I think we do the job. And there'll be lots of people who won't have a job.

1:20:31 Now there's plenty of time to listen to it. That's probably going to hurt our listenership. But anyway, look at this picture of Obama. I hope it won't hurt our listenership. This is a picture of Obama, well, who knows. There's a picture of Obama in the swamp. He's at the CVS, he's at the pharmacy. No, he's actually going into a restaurant they say. Next to the CBS? Take a look at Obama's profile. Look at the size of his butt. Wow, his ass is huge. No, no wait. Oh yeah, his ass is big. This is the other Obama. Wait a minute, is it... or maybe he's wearing a butt flak jacket. This just doesn't... I mean this is not a... This makes no sense because this guy's in the ultimate shape for a president. That he would have this profile. I mean this does not look right.

1:21:21 You gotta be careful because there's a guy behind him so you gotta kind of make sure you don't... Maybe it's just an unfortunate fitting pantalon. It's possible. Give him the benefit of the doubt. It's the other Obama! I love it! I love it! And it says also President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dined at Table 52 in Chicago for Valentine's Day last night. They returned to Washington on Monday. Where's Michelle? I don't see her. She's in his trousers. That's why it's so huge. That's where she is. Okay, and now it makes sense. She's hiding in there. Well, hold on a second. I have another Obama picture. Wait a minute. Oh, good. We can check something here. When was this picture taken? This was taken last night or on Valentine's night, yeah. Wait a minute, wait a minute. This was... Okay, because I have a picture. This was the restaurant where they had their private Valentine's dinner?

1:22:21 Yeah. Okay, hold on. I have a different angle. You want to call it private? Yeah. Nice plug for CVS Pharmacy. Yeah, hell yeah. What kind of restaurant is located next to a CVS? Is that like a Kentucky Fried Chicken or Arby's or... I think Table 52 is a fancy place. I haven't eaten there. And it's apparently it's Oprah's... Oprah's chef who cooks everything for her. Yeah, yeah. Hold on. I got a picture from the other side. Can't quite see his ass. Here, I'll send you the link. I'm gonna post all of these links by the way. I have a system now so that you guys can go and look at all that stuff right after we end, after you listen to the stream or whenever, whenever you hear the show. See there you can't see his ass, but Michelle does have a doggy bag, that's kind of cute. They took food back from the restaurant, is the leader of the free world.

CHAPTER 31 / 35 Discussion

Executive Pay, Lobbyist Jets and Obama's Debate Gaffe

The debate over capping executive pay at banks is dismissed as a distraction from the lack of talent in government. A 2007 debate clip is referenced where then-Senator Obama appeared hesitant to admit he had flown on a private jet provided by lobbyists.

executive pay· lobbyists· private jets· barack obama· anderson cooper

1:23:16 And then he's and Michelle that's a doggy bag, isn't it? Just like you have to be I'm out of course is a pretty big one and it was over ordered so Get another like some some catfish to go okay, then we have Yeah, so just one quick thing on the executive pay at these banks. So now everyone's kind of backpedaling and some legislation has been taken out and now there's all kinds of warrants and stuff that still can be done. So it's not like these guys are going to really be hurt by the bonuses not being paid out. But if the argument to change that, to kind of backpedal on that regulation is that you can't attract

1:24:05 the right talent to get us out of this situation. Shouldn't we be paying our lawmakers bonuses and billions of dollars and let them do stuff right? Don't we have subpar talent, if that's really true? We have these idiots running the country? That's an interesting argument. No one ever says that, but it's like, oh, well, for banking we need the smartest people. They have to make $20 million a year. These guys are so smart, how come they're all broke? I mean they're not personally broke. Oh, they're smart at feathering their own nest. So I was looking into jet travel because I kind of got interested when I heard about Nancy Pelosi that she has a 767 flyer back and forth to San Francisco I think once a week. You know, that's not a cheap plane to fly. I wonder if she can get a ride on that thing. Well, it's 200 seater so yeah, I'm sure she's taken all kinds of people.

1:24:57 But yeah, I'm sure she doesn't take $200. Maybe I should cozy up to Nancy Pelosi's office and see if I can get a free ride back and forth. Well, here's the system in Washington. You are allowed to fly on a private aircraft paid for by a company or a lobbyist, for that matter, if there's a difference, as long as you pay a first-class fare. So who do you think did that 23 times when he was senator? Who? Obama. 23 different times he took lobbyist aircraft. I thought he was like against lobbyists. And it was funny because somewhere I have a YouTube clip. If I could find that, that would be really cool. I thought I saved it. It was... I wonder if the lobbyists give you frequent flyer miles. They probably do.

1:25:54 I can't find it. That's too bad. There was a piece from the debates and so there's all the Democratic nominees on stage and then the moderator, was it Sam Donaldson I think maybe? Said, uh, who of you came here by private jet? And so everyone raises their hand except one guy who actually did take the train and then Obama who kind of like puts his hand up and then puts it down like a schoolboy who doesn't really want to, you know, say yes. And they said, well, not today, yesterday. He's so phony. I can't find it. I'll have to look for that. It's, oh yeah, here it is. This is funny. I got it. It'll be worth it. It's really short.

1:26:38 What is it like, uh... Let me just ask a question to everyone on this stage, and I know we said we wouldn't do a lot of show of hands, this is probably the only one we'll do tonight. How many people here took a private jet or a chartered jet to get here tonight? Obama's hand goes up and down. And up, and down. You're not sure? Yesterday. Yesterday, okay. What a tool. I wasn't sure what the question was. A private jet today? No, I didn't take a private jet today. Well, yesterday I took a private jet. That's Obama. That's so funny. What was that again? What's his name? Anderson Cooper. Anderson Cooper, yeah. When was that? This is the 23rd of July 2007, so it was a Democratic debate. It was the big televised Democratic debate.

CHAPTER 32 / 35 Discussion

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Homeschooling

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is discussed as a potential threat to parental rights in the U.S. If ratified, the treaty could prohibit reasonable spanking, allow children to choose their own religion against parental wishes, and give the government power to override parental decisions.

united nations· crc· homeschooling· spanking· madeleine albright

1:27:32 One of them, one of the big ones. So maybe it was the YouTubed one. A lot of them were YouTube. Okay, one more. United Nations, who of course are garnering some strength here and there. There's a treaty that has not been ratified in the United States, but it is kind of waiting to be ratified. And this is a treaty that could prohibit children from being spanked or homeschooled. and essentially take all power away from parents. And well here it is. Parents would no longer be able to... Ooh, that's a good one. Yeah, it's a CRC is what it's called. Madeleine Albright signed it February 16th, 1995, but the Senate did not ratify it, so there's rumblings that it's going to happen. So here's a couple of highlights. Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings.

1:28:32 Children would have the ability to choose their own religion, while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion. The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent. If a government worker disagrees with the parent's decision, a child has a right to be heard. Allow him or her to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagrees. Can you imagine some of these kids who like to take advantage of their parents already? Oh man, that's fantastic. I'm sorry mom, but I think that's up for arbitration. Let me call my lawyer.

CHAPTER 33 / 35 Discussion

Climate Change Acceleration, IPCC and Media Bias

New reports from Stanford University and the IPCC claim that climate change is exceeding all previous model simulations. The hosts argue that the issue has become a cult-like political movement where dissenters are met with hate mail, comparing the fervor to Apple fanboyism.

climate change· ipcc· stanford university· bbc· global warming

1:29:14 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the CRC, is what it's called. It's interesting. There's a lot of UN stuff that is bubbling. Oh, and I can't even believe our favorite topic all over the news today, they're giving it one more go because it's very important to you know, you have to understand that now the pace of climate change is exceeding all estimates. Brand new. It's all over the news. How does that work? Christopher Fields, founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University says we are basically looking now at a future climate that's beyond anything we've considered seriously in climate model simulations. Huh? Huh. Yeah. So it's another... Of course he's a member of the IPCC. Of course. Of course. Yeah, this is... The BBC was all over this. Of course.

1:30:16 So he probably has, yeah the BBC, so he probably has some vested interest of some sort. Well yeah, IPCC is United Nations again, it's all United Nations. Yeah, no the IPCC is bad. Yeah, and there's thousands of scientists who are saying, hey wait a minute, we don't agree, but they're just being ignored. It's a political thing, it's like, oh no. And of course if you disagree with climate change you get hate mail, and probably worse, I think it's weird that you'd get hate mail for disagreeing with man-made climate change as the issue. It's almost as though it's like the Macintosh versus the PC. You could criticize the Macintosh and get hate mail. You criticize the PC, nobody cares. It's like there's something wrong with the brains of the people who take this stuff so personally. Ah, well this brings us to the century of the self, which I think you recommended to me.

CHAPTER 34 / 35 Discussion

Hypnosis Techniques, Obama's Podium and Century of the Self

A practicing hypnotist explains how political figures use boredom, confusion, and shock to bypass the "gatekeeper" of the conscious mind. Examples include the use of the non-existent "Office of the President-Elect" sign on Obama's podium and pre-conference music to induce a suggestible state in the audience.

hypnosis· barack obama· goebbels· brainwashing· century of the self

1:31:16 Yes, you should look at that again because that's exactly what's going on here It's somebody sent us an email discussing the brainwashing techniques of the hypnotist right and get that yeah, and He's a hypnotic an analyst or whatever and they said one way actually a professional hypnotist stage hypnotist Oh, let's look at I'll find the email right now, but he said that the way I love that email hold on it Come on Gmail, do it for me. I'm just gonna Google hypnosis. Let's see if it works. Did he use that word in the email? Yes. Yeah, he did. God, I love it. Okay. I'm a trained practicing hypnotist. Aha, your conscious mind is a sort of gatekeeper. I was already gone by the second paragraph. I'm like, yes, you have control of me.

1:32:09 Okay, hypnosis can be a hypnosis moves that conscious part or the gatekeeper out of the way stop rumbling Rummaging with your papers John. It's noisy. I'm sorry okay So hypnosis moves that conscious part the gatekeeper out of the way so you can place suggestions into the unconscious mind Hypnosis can be induced through boredom confusion and shock confusion seems to be a favorite for Obama A simple example is the office of the president-elect signs that were placed on his podium. There's no such office, so when you see the sign your conscious mind goes into overdrive trying to figure it out, first questioning the office and then reconciling the hubris. While your conscious mind is busy with all that, they are slipping one past the goalie, which I did last night to Patricia. She kind of liked it.

1:32:55 So what I'm doing now is letting that confusion be an indicator for me when I feel it I interrupt that natural tendency so then he goes on to say some more interesting things He says I never ever listen to the music they play prior to press conferences because it shows that Your brain good goes into a certain state and Although it really wouldn't hypnotize you it makes you ready to be hypnotized, but this is I This is of course, this is the same thing Goobles was on to John. This is nothing new. So yeah, it is the same thing. The Mac, Apple, fanboy, well in that case it's kind of protectionism but it turns into almost hatred and cultism. I think it is the same thing. It's what they've used, it's the same thing, the same Obama phenomenon, same thing. Yeah, the Obama thing, the man-made global warming, Macintosh.

1:33:53 There's a bunch of these things. They're actually kind of frightening. So how do we take advantage of that and how do we use that system to get our $2 subscriptions at Dvorak.org. All right. Yes, I would. I would call that the moment to cue the tune. I don't know. There's got to be some way. We'll work on that in the weeks ahead. Yes, we will. That was from Eric Blazinski, by the way, our official hypnotist of No Agenda. Well, maybe he can help us. Maybe he can give us some pointers on how to do this. Yeah, we could use a cult. Yeah, wouldn't that be cool? If we were as beloved as the MacBook Pro? A girl can dream, can't she, John? Alright. So we're getting our storm coming back and

CHAPTER 35 / 35 Discussion

Howard Stern Podcasting Rumors, Show Outro

The show concludes with a brief mention of rumors that Howard Stern may move to podcasting as his relevance on Sirius Satellite radio fades. The hosts sign off from "Gitmo Nation East" and "Gitmo Nation West," promising to return for the next episode on Thursday.

howard stern· podcasting· sirius satellite· gitmo nation· london

1:34:53 So how long was that? 1.34. Perfect. We never can just really shut up by like one hour, which I think we'd both like it to be one hour for consumption purposes, but it's impossible, so we just have to keep going. And we'll talk for another 45 minutes after we stop recording, right? Yeah, we can make that a premium channel. On Sirius Satellite. Hey, they're saying Howard Stern's gonna start podcasting. Yeah, right. I don't think... yeah, exactly. I mean, just he's not relevant anymore. Except if what I suggested is he should go all conspiracy all the time. Well then he'd be taking us on. I don't want that. I think you have to have a certain mentality to go in the direction that you in particular are in. Oh yeah, oh please mister, that's the other Obama. Are you kidding me? Just saying there's something... I'm still suspicious about these things. I mean, I watch the movies.

1:35:53 Okay, so here's what I'd like audience members to do. Thank you, by the way, for participating in the chat. Lots of helpful info coming through. Drop all relevant information at drop.io slash daily source code. I'm going to have to change that one pretty soon because we use it more for no agenda than anything. Drop.io slash daily source code. And so we're looking in particular into research surrounding Denver. What else did we have? What else do we want to look into? Hypnosis. Well, Denver hypnosis, the two Obamas. The two Obamas. It's like a sitcom.

1:36:34 I like this rights of children thing. They're always trying to take... Like in Berkeley and in California in particular, it's illegal to homeschool. They make it very difficult. That's outrageous, isn't it? Well, they can't give the kids the propaganda that they need. So we would actually homeschool our daughter, but we did it through Washington State. I pledge allegiance to Obama. Anyway, okay. I think we're done. Alright, anyway, so that was the plug. Oh, and yeah, go to Dvorak.org and give our form a try. Coming to you from Gitmo Nation, east and southwest London in the Currie Terrace, I'm Adam Currie. And I'm John C. Dvorak here in northern Silicon Valley.

1:37:28 part of California, Gitmo Nation West in that regard, but the Gitmo Nation in the, so far as the big picture is concerned. We'll talk to you again on Thursday, right here on NO Agenda.