Episode 724 · Sunday, 24 May 2015

Nice Fabric

Texas navigates new firearm liberties and historic floods while global powers clash over Syrian pipelines and the legal future of private property in deep space.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 43m listen | 44 chapters
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About this episode

The Texas Senate passed an open carry law this week, but a crucial amendment by Governor Greg Abbott prevents police from questioning citizens solely for carrying a firearm. This legislative shift coincides with record-breaking floods along the Blanco River, where water levels reached forty feet and surpassed records set in 1929. Meanwhile, Delta Airlines has replaced human service at Terminal 2 with an automated iPad ordering system that mandates gratuities despite significant service inefficiencies.

Geopolitical tensions are escalating as President Petro Poroshenko warned the BBC of a looming Russian offensive in Eastern Ukraine, while Amnesty International accused both sides of summary executions and torture. In the Baltic, the Finnish military is mobilizing reservists to counter Russian naval exercises. In the United States, the House of Representatives passed the Space Resources Act of 2015 to establish private property rights for asteroid mining, potentially violating the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. Additionally, a 2012 DIA document surfaced suggesting Western powers anticipated the rise of a Salafist Principality in Syria to isolate the Assad regime.

David Ippolito, known as That Guitar Man, faced technical glitches during a Central Park performance that prompted the audience to scream about jiggling handles. Bill Nye received backlash for misquoting the Intellectual Property Clause of the Constitution during a Rutgers commencement speech. The show also explores the bizarre claim that Yoko Ono and Hillary Clinton shared a romantic connection at Yale in the 1970s.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

David Ippolito Performance, Delta Airlines Travel Experience

A host recounts attending a live performance by David Ippolito, known as "That Guitar Man," in Central Park, New York. The performance was marked by technical difficulties with the sound system, leading an audience member to shout the phrase "jiggle the handle." Following the show, the host traveled via Delta Airlines from a terminal under construction, noting the absence of a previously criticized safety video.

david ippolito· central park· delta airlines· jiggle the handle· new york city

00:03 Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday May 24th 2015 time once again for your Gitmo Nation media assassination episode 724! This is no agenda It's interesting you mention that because the term is jiggle the handle

00:42 Yes, it is. I didn't come up with the right term and yesterday before I left... Did you tweet a bad signal about it? No, I didn't. Let me do that right now Yesterday before I left because I had a 7 p.m flight which is a whole nother story Oh no we want that story Yeah, you'll get that story I went to see my old friend David Ippolito better known as That Guitar Man from Central Park who had a little he was streaming live but he did a show from, I think he started at noon and probably went until about six o'clock. And...I was there for a couple hours This is something if you're ever in New York thatguitarman.com If you have the chance to go see his show which of course is free it's in the park It's definitely worth doing But he had his whole set up He had electricity so he had his amps and everything but then his guitar kept cutting out and were problems and he was trying to figure out and someone actually yelled jiggle the handle

01:42 Which as you know when you're troubleshooting something and someone says that, you just want to put your boot down their throat. It's the worst thing! Alright I've tweeted. We're good there. Yeah so alright leaving the Big Apple yesterday flying on Delta and i did not get the crazy Safety video. Oh, maybe they've been listening yeah Hey man the guys don't like it Let's not do that bet but the terminal to where Delta domestic flies from is under construction And they build they're building all these just kind of like an island of restaurants and every single one at the OBS So there's sushi which isn't ah no we will not eat sushi you know one of the vorax laws never eat fish before traveling

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

iPad Ordering Systems, Airport Restaurant Service Inefficiency

New automated ordering systems at Delta's Terminal 2 restaurants utilize iPads bolted to tables for all customer interactions. The system is described as inefficient and impersonal, with food arriving out of order and basic necessities like napkins and ketchup being difficult to obtain. Despite the lack of traditional service, the digital interface prompts customers for an 18% gratuity.

terminal 2· delta terminal· ipad ordering· airport dining· gratuity

02:37 Then there's some burger joint and some other places, but all of them have this new system. At each table for each seat there is an iPad which is locked down onto the table so if you're sitting across from each other there's an iPad in between both of ya. And everything is done on the iPad! So you browse the menu, you select. It's kind of like a... just an ordering system and this is probably the most inefficient stupid thing I've ever seen in my life And it's really customer unfriendly. You know, so you order and then their guarantee is you'll have your food within 20 minutes at your table then everything comes out of order or something I get french fries first gee thanks no ketchup Then you know it was like how do I get ketchup? But I look around napkins now not there either So I press the service button what was the name of this place It's terminal two as all the restaurants in Terminal 2 the Delta Terminal

03:34 All of them have this? All of them, yeah. So you only have people whose sole job it is to say, French fries and they just shove it at ya and walk away. And they actually have the gall upon checkout while your ordering to suggest 18% gratuity for some dude who's just, French fries. I press the service button, I'm looking around six minutes seven minutes later finally someone says what do you want Well, how about some ketchup and napkins? It's so unfriendly. So impersonal. They don't deserve any tip! But the gall to ask for a tip was... okay. It just completely- it's so wrong I don't understand why people put up with this. You know you don't have to eat there. Boom yeah that is true

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

Dyson Airblade Tap, Public Restroom Design Flaws

A discussion regarding public restroom hygiene compares paper towels to Dyson hand dryers. One host argues that paper towels are superior for removing toxins, while the Dyson "Airblade Tap" design—which integrates the dryer into the sink—is criticized for blowing soap scum and water onto mirrors and ledges. The design is characterized as a "maniacal" failure that ignores user experience.

dyson· hand dryers· hygiene· soap scum· restroom design

04:23 I don't know why people put up with a lot of this stuff. I need to find a way to complain. Maybe you're starving to death, and have to put it up because its the best thing that you can do. Just the whole things... And then bathrooms! Im a big fan of the Dyson blow dryers You don't like the paper... I like that too, but this bathroom was outfitted with a new version of the Dyson hand dryer. Now you've probably seen the one where you shove your hands down into kind of like a little bin But now they have where the sinks are. I'd rather have paper towels for a simple reason

05:00 As someone who is a chemist, I mean, I like the idea of a sterile towel paper towel. Sterile? Sterile? Sterile. Sterile. Sterile. It wipes... Is it sterile or sterile? Well it's sterile but you can...I'm using sterile for purpose in this sentence structure. You got your...you gotta draw...you got some water or whatever it is on your hands and you wipe it off and it goes into the paper towel that absorbs it and goes into the garbage If there's anything in these droplets of water, it gets taken away. But if you use the Dyson hand dryer all it does is evaporate the water and leave the toxins on your hand in a concentrated form!

05:47 What talks, but what if you but if you wash your hands with soap aren't the toxins then taken care of another yet soaps gum? Soap scum yeah Reduce to a goo. I hate soap scum well like this now now they have that this is very strange Do you have it's a design flaw do you have the sink and then there's the mirror which is you know I can reach the mirror because I have long arms and But then in between two sinks, so you have to share with the sink next to you... There's kind of like a T-shaped Dyson blower which you put your hands under and it blows the soap scum off your hands onto this ledge by the mirror. It's onto the mirror on to the ledge is just like soap scum dripping all over the place. Completely ludicrous!

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

Austin Weather, Aviation Zulu Time, Severe Storm Delays

Severe weather in Austin, Texas, including tornado warnings and heavy rain throughout May, caused significant aviation delays. A host explains the use of "Zulu time" (UTC) in aviation forecasts and describes a flight delay at the gate that resulted in missing a landing slot. The aircraft eventually held in a holding pattern for nearly an hour due to slow-moving storms and "mini twisters" near the airfield.

austin bergstrom· zulu time· terminal area forecast· aviation· severe weather

06:35 Who designed that? Who came up with this great idea? I don't know, it sounds like a maniac. It's very stupid. Someone who hates people! Yeah... Uhh.. I was looking at the weather and been warned by friends back home here in Austin that, you know there was a tornado warning and it's been raining now for all the month of May. Then it's expected to continue throughout the month of May so I was looking at the terminal area forecast of the TAFs and the MATARS for Austin Bergstrom and there was enough space within these fronts which were blowing from the southwest north-easterly direction

07:16 For us to, you know get in on time with the forecast for these...the terminal area forecast they give you Zulu time. You can see exactly what's the weather is going to be. Howard Baetjer But it's Zulu time? Mike Lutak Zulu Time is equivalent to UTC only...yeah, equivalent to UTC. It's Zulu time. Howard Baetjer Why'd you say UTC then? Mike Lutak Because we say Zulu in aviation. Howard Baetjer Who's we? Mike Lutak The aviators. We speak of Zulu time. It's to be different so we're not like the marine guys or aviators And it was going to be six mile visibility, 10 knots. Perfect! But we sit at the gate for 25 minutes and not able to push back so were late then of course we miss our slots. Here in New York I'm surprised you've ever been on time leaving that crappy airport? Yeah sometimes but I knew this was going to be a little complicated

08:12 because of the Zulu time and the squalls coming through. So by the time we're... And when the captain comes out before the flight, stands in the aisle on the intercom, says hey everybody we're gonna have a smooth flight for the first two and half hours. I agree when the captain comes out of the cockpit and makes an announcement you know you've got problems yeah no look at the guy like yeah i trust him he seems okay but yeah he's making decisions i know he's thinking about things so you know about uh 45 minutes before ready to land it gets pretty bumpy And very interesting to see... Well, the captain comes on and he says, well you know because of our late departure. He knew this in advance but because of our late departure

08:58 The storm is right over the field now, so we're going to stay in a holding pattern for about 15 minutes before we can land. Now this of course turned into almost an hour because the storm was very slow moving and there's trailers being destroyed I find out later... There were some mini twisters seen here and there not the tornadoes that were perhaps predicted but it was severe weather The first thing that struck me is people, they don't even... nothing registers with them when the severity of what- They're so used to just oh you know whatever. Everything's magical, the magical flying chair it all happens automatically and a bump or two they don't care but then we had a couple good jolts and then people start those stupid slays like uh uh what was happening?

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

Uber Airport Restrictions, Personal Driver Workarounds

Uber drivers are currently blocked from receiving ride requests at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport due to a dispute over airport fees. To circumvent this geofence, some passengers maintain direct contact with specific drivers, such as a former Miss Nicaragua contestant. By calling the driver directly and requesting the ride through the app only after entering the vehicle, users bypass the system's location restrictions.

uber· austin bergstrom airport· ride sharing· airport fees· miss nicaragua

09:56 We land amidst just torrential downpour, but the wind had passed. And I had luckily I had Wi-Fi on board so I've been able to do some prep but Uber can no longer pick up at Bergstrom There's a block on their systems because they don't want to pay the fee to the airport. So, they cannot hang out anywhere near the airport to pick up... you know, to get the request. Their app literally will not show them as visible and they can't receive any calls. And so I called... texted Ligia, remember? Miss Nicaragua

10:39 Oh yeah. So she was there to pick me up and I'm glad because... That's an Uber? Well, she is an Uber! She is an Uber. Yeah. Well that's right right right. I am sorry I am all confused now. One of our uber sources. Thought you were just another one of your girls down town. John listen, I am trying to juggle 25 women would you stop saying these things this is not okay. No, she is the uber driver. And you had her direct line so you could get her to come in. Yes well I tried LeVon first but LeVon wasn't available so I just go down the list And, and the plan... Did you ask them for their personal numbers or something early in advance? Everyone gives them. Here's my card. You know the trick where we call and get in the car. So you bypassed system Well I don't bypass the system. You get in the car then you request him Then there is a... that driver will immediately accept But your already in the car instead of waiting

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Texas Flooding, Blanco River Record Water Levels

Record-breaking floods have struck Central Texas, with the Blanco River reaching 40 feet, surpassing a record set in 1929 by seven feet. Residents in the region are facing massive property damage, leading some to park boats in parking lots to escape rising waters. The unprecedented weather pattern is predicted to continue for at least another week.

blanco river· lake travis· flooding· texas weather· record rainfall

11:34 Got it. And the news, I get back and there's people have parked boats on trailers in the parking lot right in front of the building You know, people have taken their boats out of the Lake Travis or maybe Lake Austin and have parked them there because it is...it's a mess here. People were on their houses with record flooding from the Blanco River 40 feet which is 7 feet more than the old record from 1929. It's a mess here! Send the water to California Yeah We're loving it we needed water too

12:22 But it's, yeah. It's kind of a global warming. So is flood conditions? Massive massive. Yeah the Blanco River and then there's the Paraná River up for you where are you can be flooded? The skyscraper I'll be okay. Skyscraper! Yeah that's a real skyscraper look i can touch the clouds I don't think we could get some it could happen, but no the old house

13:01 The old house is on a hill. It would roll past the old house. Okay, yeah you always want to be on a hill it seems to me that's always a good idea but this is kind of unprecedented this weather that they're having and it's not letting up its just predicted to continue for at least another week if no longer well the connection is good don't jinx it Let's see, and the only other news I got when coming back is that happy news. How was TSA? You know no pre-check both on the way out and on the way back. And I even went up and said hey could you reissue the ticket make sure my trusted traveler number is in there. They've said they're going to cut back on it but this is... Wait a minute! Good money for that! Yeah, I know

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

TSA Security, Pre-Check Failures, Opt-Out Procedures

A traveler reports being denied TSA Pre-Check status despite having a valid Trusted Traveler number, reflecting a reported cutback in the program. Choosing to "opt out" of the backscatter X-ray machines led to a lengthy wait for a manual pat-down. The process is described as a "humiliation process" involving specific verbal cues used by TSA agents to coordinate male assists.

tsa· pre-check· trusted traveler· security screening· opt-out

13:55 Yeah, no. It's just... we don't know but we can do anything so a little opt-out I was early so it didn't make that much difference just opt out made some friends. Earlier or not earlier depends on the time of day sometimes it backs up and sometimes they pull people off the line and make it... No, I'm saying that I was early enough so that I didn't mind going through the opt out humiliation process They're making you wait while they determine who's going to pat me down. Did anyone yell opt-out? Yes, opt out! Opt out mail assist! Mail assist! Okay... Did you yell douchebag check? No no I should have tried that and maybe I could have done the show from New York again wouldn't that have been fun? Douche bag check

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Texas Open Carry Law, Police Questioning Amendment

The Texas Senate passed an open carry law which Governor Greg Abbott has pledged to sign. A key amendment to the bill forbids police from questioning individuals solely for carrying a firearm openly without other reasonable suspicion of a crime. While 45 states have similar laws, the hosts anticipate a cultural shift in retail environments like Whole Foods once the law takes effect.

texas senate· greg abbott· open carry· second amendment· firearms

14:44 Oh man, no. This is... that's something you don't want to do. Good news though the Texas Senate passed the open carry law which our new governor Abbott has promised he would sign into law There is one minor hitch, but it's just a small amendment being added. The amendment being that it will be forbidden for the police to question without any other reason anyone walking around with an open carry firearm just because they're walking around open carry which would be even better! I cannot wait to go to Whole Foods

15:33 Hey, girls. How you doing? Hey! Are you going to do it? Of course just once at least of course but in the news I found out that 45 states already have some form of open carry law this i did not realize I thought it was very specific I think I didn't know that but nobody really takes advantage of it Well I will...I can't wait Just for the fun of it You gonna wear a cowboy hat and boots and maybe a bandana I like the bandana. Well, while we're on constitutional topics got a good email from producer Ryan in response to Bill Nye the douchebag guy the climate guy his commencement speech at Rutgers about his quoting the Constitution about the obligation of the federal government

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

Bill Nye, Constitutional Misinterpretation, Intellectual Property Clause

Bill Nye is criticized for a commencement speech at Rutgers University where he allegedly misrepresented Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Nye claimed the clause mandates the federal government to promote science, but the full text reveals it is the "Intellectual Property Clause" intended to secure copyrights and patents for authors and inventors.

bill nye· rutgers university· article 1 section 8· constitution· patents

16:31 government to promote science and the arts. I'll play that little bit one more time here. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S Constitution stipulates that Congress shall promote the progress of science and the useful arts... And I'm dismayed at myself that i didn't catch it and then also did not go look it up even though we think on the show he said hey we should look that up one of those things Producer Ryan says, this is total crap because Article 1 Section 8 states the following. To promote the progress of science and useful arts comma by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to respect writings and discoveries... This is the intellectual property clause!

17:16 Right. It has nothing to do with the way he positioned it and he's at Rutgers University, and where were all the law students or anyone going hey hold on a second Bill Nye that's not exactly right? Ooh you know you came within just I don't know A beat, perhaps of sounding exactly like Bill Clinton. I don't know! Oh no, can't do it. See? Never mind. You're gonna have to go back and listen. Yeah okay so i can do it as long as i'm not thinking about it It was a little there was just enough of the vocal fry in there and the timing and pacing and those wording was perfect oh okay i'll work on it

CHAPTER 10 / 44 Discussion

Adult Video News Awards, MK Ultra Theories, Bill Clinton Anecdote

The Adult Video News (AVN) Awards in Las Vegas are characterized as a potential "MK Ultra showcase" due to the robotic behavior of some attendees. The discussion transitions into a claim about Bill Clinton using specific physical triggers, such as touching a woman's shoulder and commenting on "nice fabric," as a coded behavioral control mechanism.

avn awards· mk ultra· bill clinton· illuminati· las vegas

17:55 I'll work on it. But anyway, i'm back here in fema region six It's overcast the rain has stopped momentarily but it's uh just a dreary dreary Hmm. I have a letter from someone while you're reading I find you guys most informative and entertaining going he goes on and on. I don't know what that is wrong No never mind Excellent All righty then Very good. Well, I can... upon my return- Let's start with the Adult Video Awards Oh man! I could have gone! They're in New York? No they aren't they in Vegas Yeah they were in Vegas Yeah I could have gone to Vegas for the AVNs

18:49 As we call them in the business. The AVN. Yeah! Did you see that picture before you get to your clip? Do you see that picture that's been going around, a viral picture and it shows left and right split screen It shows women in evening gowns beautiful evening gowns then it shows women in slutty whorish gowns And then says one of these is the adult video awards The other one is the Met I have just a quickie. It's definitely for later in the show

19:31 But just play the weird avian con wait let me sure I got the right one two clips here So the weird alien and yeah, okay? Not did not the world peace one Weird Avian comics. I just thought this was unique because I'm watching this woman going around interviewing people She's kind of guy her eyes are half rolled into the back of our head she seems like a robot and all these other women at these things this is show is it's just an Obviously an MK Ultra showcase. Now I'm really pissed that it didn't go! I could have picked me up a presidential model. Yeah, well you gotta know what the code is... What do you have to say to them? I know Clinton used to do something because we would- Butterfly. You're singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow. That's bull crap. You sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Yes sure, they'd lock you out. Clinton used to go, cause I got this from somebody who was not obviously, didn't get triggered by it

20:24 But Clinton used to go and she told me that she's seen him do this a couple of times, then he did it to her. She hated him. She is actually pretty famous good-looking agent. He goes up to her and then he touches her shoulder and slowly rubs her and says, this is really nice fabric." That could be the...that could be a trigger we don't know. Nice fabric? Okay. Nice fabric. Weird avn comments by porn girls you always have to give a shout out to the Illuminati Or they'll get you You're from Tampa Bay. Do you party in Ybor City? I used to never do that again that place is terrible Always give a shout-out to the illuminati, that's great or they'll get oh, no getcha we have another piece from

CHAPTER 11 / 44 Discussion

Ukraine Conflict, Donetsk Airport Destruction, Amnesty International Report

Amnesty International has accused both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels of committing war crimes, including torture and summary executions. Visual evidence shows the complete destruction of the once-modern Donetsk Airport, now reduced to rubble. Former prisoners report being subjected to electric shocks and beatings during the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.

ukraine· donetsk airport· amnesty international· war crimes· torture

21:23 from the awards. Ukraine update let's see where we have a lot on in the offer F Russia front listen to your update and by the way if anybody wants to have some fun some amusement I was gonna put this in the newsletter, but I decide. I'm gonna put it off I'll put in maybe the next newsletter cuz that a bunch of photos in there But this these photos these before-and-after photos of the Donetsk Airport oh yes, I've seen it holy mackerel yeah

22:12 It was never a really, I mean it's actually kind of pretty airport small like regional but it's nice. Nicely architected modern looking and the interior is just beautiful and now its rubble! Amnesty International has accused both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine of carrying out war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners on a near-daily basis. Former prisoners held by both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels described abuses—including being beaten until their bones broke—tortured with electric shots and subjected to mock executions. Oh? Abu Ghraib guys are there again? It's just the way it goes.

22:52 A lot of Ukrainian news, including BBC's interview with President Poroshenko which I have pulled a couple clips from. But first we know that John F Kerry and Victoria Neutelman have both been to Moscow, met with Vladimir Putin and other counterparts. Just a small clip here, Newland was speaking in Russia And I think it's all in what she is saying. I come after Sochi to make absolutely clear the US commitment to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements and to make clear that we are eager to deepen our involvement in helping... Can you stop for a second? Start over, okay She has picked up

CHAPTER 12 / 44 Discussion

Victoria Nuland, Susan Rice, State Department Speech Cadence

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is criticized for adopting a specific "cadence" during a press conference in Russia regarding the Minsk agreements. This speech pattern is compared to that of Susan Rice and other White House officials, characterized by a distinctive "uptick" at the end of sentences. The hosts suggest this linguistic style may originate from President Obama's own speaking habits.

victoria nuland· susan rice· minsk agreements· state department· vocal fry

22:12 It was never a really, I mean it's actually kind of pretty airport small like regional but it's nice. Nicely architected modern looking and the interior is just beautiful and now its rubble! Amnesty International has accused both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine of carrying out war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners on a near-daily basis. Former prisoners held by both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels described abuses—including being beaten until their bones broke—tortured with electric shots and subjected to mock executions. Oh? Abu Ghraib guys are there again? It's just the way it goes.

22:52 A lot of Ukrainian news, including BBC's interview with President Poroshenko which I have pulled a couple clips from. But first we know that John F Kerry and Victoria Neutelman have both been to Moscow, met with Vladimir Putin and other counterparts. Just a small clip here, Newland was speaking in Russia And I think it's all in what she is saying. I come after Sochi to make absolutely clear the US commitment to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements and to make clear that we are eager to deepen our involvement in helping... Can you stop for a second? Start over, okay She has picked up

23:38 That cadence I've been talking about, which I gave examples of before. Yes! Which is Susan Rice. Yes? That stupid sounding cadence where you sound like a moron Do we have that clip? I have the Susan Rice and there's another one that other woman that was in the same White House she has this same cadence She was...I can't remember. I'm gonna have to- I don't know if i can dig it up Let me see what I have. I have Cadance speech with Tony Blinken I don't know if that's the one you were talking about. No, no it's a woman. It's all the women that sound like this. Hillary Cadence? No it wouldn't be Hillary Oh then you didn't name it Cadence Damnit! Yes damnit Jim Why didn't she name it right let me see what I have here Rice on ABC rice rice rice twerps on climate change

24:32 Maybe just Susan Rice. Let me see what this is, we'll just give it a shot to see if its anything. He served the United States with honor and distinction and will have the opportunity eventually to learn what has transpired in the past years but whats most important now is his health and well being that he had the opportunity to recover in peace and security, and be... I don't think it's apparent that a parent in that particular clip. No she is talking too fast but the way they end this sentence as peace and prosperity, I can't even make a mockery of it but its so distinctive in that White House these women they all start to talk like this. I come after Sochi to make absolutely clear

25:10 the U.S. commitment to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements and to make clear that we are eager to deepen our involvement in helping the parties achieve full implementation." I would like some red beans and rice. It's a funny kind of uptick, but it is very distinctive in the...I think it maybe comes from Obama because he talks a little bit like that. Yeah, I have a clip later we can listen to see if its there but what she saying though is kind of important

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Petro Poroshenko, BBC Interview, Russian War Claims

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated in a BBC interview that he is convinced Russia is preparing a new offensive in Eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko emphasized that Ukraine is fighting a "real war with Russia" rather than just Russian-backed separatists. He also claimed that Ukraine produces its own lethal weapons but seeks Western technology to build a "pro-European army."

petro poroshenko· bbc· vladimir putin· eastern ukraine· lethal weapons

25:47 We care more about how she says it. Let's listen to the words one more time I come after Sochi to make absolutely clear the US commitment To the full implementation of the Minsk agreements And to make clear that we are eager to deepen our involvement In helping the parties achieve full implementation Here is what interesting The United States is not a signatory to the Minsk agreement And we're going to be involved and I know this sounds a little nefarious what she's saying then Who is she talking to? She's talking to the Russian press Why well there are things afoot, and I believe that Ukrainian president Poroshenko Gives it away three clips here the first one This was interview with BBC

26:46 He is convinced, beyond a shadow of the doubt that Russia is going to attack. And of course this would be Eastern Ukraine. Do you think another offensive is coming? I'm not here anything but do you believe that they're prepared for the offensive and I think we should be ready for them. But if we don't give them any tiny chance for provocation then it will totally their responsibility Okay, so he's saying if Russia attacks which he says they're going to it would be all on them We will please don't pay any attention to the United States military there in Eastern Ukraine. All the means obligation

27:26 including the ceasefire, including withdrawal of the heavy artillery and weapons. So are you going to get the support that you want from the EU and Britain? To fight that military support? Ukraine is a very well developed country who produce their own lethal weapons Is this true I didn't know that Ukraine had their own lethal weapons they produce military stuff Yeah, actually they're subcontractors for a lot of Russia. Oh that's right! That's even crazier that they're subcontracted to do Russian weaponry and I think it's part of the reason we're screwing with them but at the same time Russia supply to their troops and to the support of their back terrorist troops state-of-the-art most modern

28:14 lethal weapons. So you want that kind of technology from the West? He's just not going to answer the question! To produce it by ourselves, but we want to have this level of cooperation not only to defend our country now but to build up very pro-European army here on the east to defend not only our sovereignty, not only our territorial integrity or our independence The freedom to defend democracy, to defend European values because we're fighting now for that. Yeah he's fighting now for Europe apparently or maybe you should just say NATO and I appreciate that he speaks English i think that's nice uh Now we could move on to the conversation of Putin himself if he trusts President Putin and what he believes is really going to happen Do you trust Vladimir Putin? Trust? Do you trust him?

29:12 No. I doubt that... How do you negotiate with someone you don't trust? I don't have any option what to do, we..I don't think that the results or releasing of my territory would be happen by military means You're not going to get it back militarily? No no. You've given up peace? Not at all! Do everything to keep the peace Can I be absolutely clear with you? This is not a fighting with Russian-backed separatists. This is real war with Russia." Real war with Russia! Real war with Russia, now before I play his final clip where he says something that part of the question is not provoked and I believe it's a giveaway

CHAPTER 14 / 44 Discussion

Geopolitics of Gas, Turkish Stream, Ukraine Debt Crisis

The geopolitical struggle over gas pipelines continues as Russia shifts focus from the blocked South Stream to the "Turkish Stream" to bypass Ukraine. Analysts suggest that Ukraine may be "traded" in diplomatic negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, a fear seemingly confirmed by President Poroshenko's insistence that John Kerry briefed him on Moscow meetings. Additionally, Ukraine faces a looming 2016 deadline for a $3 billion bond payment to Russia.

south stream· turkish stream· john kerry· gas pipelines· bond payments

30:04 It's clear that the Ukrainian putsch, that Neutelman and Kagan and all of the rubbilizers put in place has failed. Russia's economy is...you know they figured out how to survive they're not dying they've just diverted their gas you know everything going through Ukraine was going to go through the South Stream. The South Stream was blocked by making it difficult for countries such as Hungary to accept the South Stream Pipeline? I think in some ways, well, the Russians had a nice balance on their... Their books were balanced. They had good numbers if you listen to any of the business reports about what was going on. It wasn't like they were teetering on anything. Right. And I think that this whole scheme hurt Europeans more than it did Russians anyway. Absolutely! A lot of the farmers that rely on Russia imports

30:57 All blocked, all blocked. Tomatoes, apples are all blocked... Howard Baetjer They're screwed with a bunch of products they can't sell and it's seasonal and so I think it was very much... John Danilovic Which is also yeah the putsch was a botch, the putscher botch. And we know that the European Union, the EU is subsidizing farmers now that they can't...so not just the farmers but EU money is being used for that So, the gas is not an issue now that they're going to start up the Turkish stream and they'll pipe it in through there. That's even more of a problem. There's no control over Turkey from the NATO or US side."

31:33 And I think that Ukraine is in play and that this is the real reason Kerry and Newlands, aka Noodleman were there. And listen to what Poroshenko says about what he thinks is not happening even though this did not come up in the interview at all it's his own admission. But if you ask me if I trust President Obama? If I trust Vice President Biden or if I trust Secretary Kerry My answer would be yes, I trust him. And immediately before Secretary Kerry go to Moscow he called me from his plane and explained me every tiny detail they would speak in Moscow about Ukraine so i'm trusting and don't think any suspicious that Ukraine will be traded on the relationship between Russia and United States

32:31 That was not the... there was no question about Ukraine being traded, but that's his fear clearly. And that's a giveaway and I think it is being traded. Yeah well you've..I think this is an outstanding analysis. This clip is fantastic because you're exactly right this had to be on his mind or he wouldn't have said it And to say... The front of his mind, by the way was... Yes. To say, oh I trust you. Kerry called me from the plane and told me in exact detail what he was going to talk about. Oh hello! Hello Earth to Poroshenko

33:09 How stupid are you yeah, I trust it. It's all good man. I trust they're not gonna trade no Stab us in the back No Happen not at all so let's just presume that they're going to stab them in the back and Ukraine will be up for grabs Russia now saying hey You know where you got to make good on that the three billion? Is it euro or dollars? Let me see. I think it's three billion... I think it's euros, yeah. You got to make good on the payment of the bonds in 2016 or we're going to come and get it and that could be the tipping point but it's just no longer important. I think we'll see a complete well Eastern Ukraine there's obviously a lot is going to happen there for this front that will be built up but Ukraine will be thrown into the wolves

34:00 These people, these Atlanticists, these rubalizers they don't care. They really don't care. Well they already have it in play that this guy is corrupt Yes and that's for the regime change which is more and more news about that he has to get out of. They seem to have slipped into the new stream that the guy is corrupted or there are elements of corruption you can't get rid off or he is corrupt And thats been kind of put into consciousness We've been tracking Executed into future And there was a question, I didn't clip it because I thought this was more important. But he had promised to divest of all of his assets, his big company etc and his answer to that was but there's no buyers! There is war here and nobody wants to buy my company. Fair enough.

CHAPTER 15 / 44 Discussion

Finland-Russia Tensions, Military Reservist Mobilization

Tensions are rising between Finland and Russia as the Finnish military begins checking in with reservists to define their roles in the event of a skirmish. Russia has increased military exercises in the Baltic Sea near Finnish shores. Although neither nation is a NATO member, Northern European defense ministers have warned that the region must prepare for potential Russian incursions.

finland· russia· baltic sea· nato· military exercises

34:49 But the anti-Russian sentiment continues, including this report. Tensions are growing between Finland and Russia in the latest sign that things are heating up Finland's checked in with its military reservists telling them what their roles would be if a skirmish breaks out Russia has been holding military exercises in the Baltic Sea near the shores of Finland over the last year Neither country is a member of the NATO military alliance, which could make Finland more vulnerable to a Russian incursion Last month defense ministers from throughout northern Europe warned the region should be prepared The bottom line there have been no clashes yet. But relations are definitely icy I see ice icy. I see that if another thing old crap Of course it is another thing about being in New York

35:36 There's this little place around from the Airbnb where I was staying and then you know breakfast place with service, and there were two Polish girls and one Russian girl and Yeah, yeah, I always like to talk. Who are you not to flirt? Exactly hey where you're from and when she said Russia Her head Russia in her head bowed down like Russia She was ashamed of it. It was sad Brooklyn's from Russia. Yeah, but the way I'm from Russia and their head goes down He's obviously subject to the same propaganda as everybody else here of course of course But it but you know I think that bad Russian bad bad girl Next time we'll try that hey Where are you from Russia? You bad girl? Do you need a spanking? I think I can I'll try that

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

Donald P. Gregg, North Korea, Kim Jong-un Execution Rumors

Former Ambassador Donald P. Gregg visited Seoul to discuss Korean reunification and his book "Potshards." In a televised interview, Gregg expressed skepticism regarding sensationalist reports of Kim Jong-un executing officials via anti-aircraft guns or dogs, suggesting these rumors lack logical benefit for the North Korean leader. Gregg argues for a more nuanced understanding of North Korean internal power consolidation.

donald p gregg· south korea· north korea· kim jong-un· reunification

36:36 You bad, bad girl. I think you need a spanking." I can say it with a straight face. Oh yeah! Not a problem Now i returned to an email from Uncle Don and haven't heard from Don for a couple of months now And turns out he was in Seoul and Don is 87 so just gotta love the guy what's doing And he was, his book has been translated into Korean. His Potshards book and he was there speaking for a rather large delegation and this was about the possible reunification of course the real people who were supposed to be there you know both kind of both sides of the discussion in Korea they weren't there. They did bring in

37:22 ex-German foreign minister Ruhe, who I believe oversaw the reunification of Germany which is completely different but for some reason I guess they felt that was the right guy to have and as... send me a couple of links including an interview on Korean television. So I pulled a couple of clips and, you know Don is great. He's the sole voice in the wilderness in the darkness saying something different than the narrative of crazy Kim Jong-un! Crazy he's killing his uncle, feeding it to the dogs so this interview comes up this is the first question and Don speaks Korean but he was taking the questions

38:08 from the Korean interviewer, and he was answering in English. Thank God! So the first question is about this these crazy killings which if you ask any politician in the United States... Screw politicians! New York Times! Yeah, they shot him up with an anti-aircraft gun and then the other guy fed him to the dogs Don has a different view When I hear such a report I immediately asked myself, what would Kim Jong-un gain by doing such a thing? Why would he do such a thing. So my assumption is that what we are seeing is his attempt to consolidate his rule

38:53 but I still find it very hard to believe that he would execute this man in the way that there are rumors indicating that he did so. I see nothing, if that would gain him? I think it would be very humiliating for the people who's trying to work to coordinate So I just find it very difficult to believe that he will do such a thing for his own sake Okay You don't hear many People say that on CNN ever. We say it all the time Yes, and as a reminder for newbies to the show my uncle Uncle Don Donald P Greg you can look him up was ambassador to South Korea Was also national security advisor to Bush senior hates George W and became a Democrat and voted for Obama twice

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

ROKS Cheonan Sinking, Torpedo vs Mine Theories

Donald P. Gregg revisited the 2010 sinking of the South Korean ship ROKS Cheonan, challenging the official narrative that a North Korean miniature submarine fired a torpedo. Gregg points to Russian investigations suggesting the damage was more consistent with a sea mine. He notes the improbability of a North Korean sub successfully attacking a ship during a joint U.S.-South Korean naval exercise.

roks cheonan· north korea· south korea· naval exercise· international new york times

39:45 Which he's also not happy with. Moreover, as witnessed in this clip... Now I had forgotten about this. I'm sure we talked about it Do you remember the crazy report from hmmm? I think it was 2010 or 11 that the North Koreans With a miniature sub Had shot a torpedo at a South Korean merchant ship Yeah, I do remember that. And um...I have the name of the ship here somewhere it was the um...hmmm...had a wacky name uh..the Chi-uh...Chi-Chi-Onan The Chi Onan yeah and so he's asked about this and in Korea politeness and respect and how you talk about things and how and he's certainly don't say oh i'm not going to answer that question So this comes up and this is the lead into This is Don being Korean polite

40:42 About this question and about what he wrote an op-ed in the New York Times around that time saying hey, you know This sounds like bullcrap. I just reread today the Op-Ed in the International New York Times that I wrote in September 2010 raising my questions about the sinking And that, as you said had an immediate impact and to use... He's talking the article had an impact not just the sinking of the ship. ...impact and to use an American phrase it sort of made me the skunk at The Garden Party in other words see the animal that nobody wanted to see joined the group and That was particularly true with M.B Lee's people

41:36 And I think it's still true because the questions that have concerned me and concern the Russians also, have not been dealt with. I don't go around repeating this because it is like a red flag to a bull but since you've asked me and I respect you very much, I will tell you that it is still a question that needs to be looked at again and unanswered questions need to be dealt with. And he was referring to the Republican Party, he being the skunk of the Garden Party which means we have a term I think we can use republic skunk as a new term for people who are trying to make good inside the GOP

42:25 And he has his own theory about this so-called miniature sub from North Korea torpedoing this South Korean ship. The fact that there was a fishing net wrapped around the axle? I think he means the drive shaft of the propeller. The fact that there were dents in the hull indicating that the ship may have run aground the fact that there are many mines lying in that area, which has been heavily mined for years and the fact that the pattern of the explosion according to the Russian view is much more akin to a mine than a torpedo. And beyond that for the Cheonan to have been sunk by the North Koreans

43:19 in the midst of a naval exercise involving the United States fleet and the South Korean fleet. So, I think that it's very difficult to believe that the North Koreans have the ability to bring about such a sinking under those circumstances. When he says all those things about how ludicrous it is to be doing this during a naval exercise... Don has this way of speaking you can't obviously detect him but his way of speaking and he's really smiling when he says it kind like this is such bullshit He's very good at that And now we get down to the true reason of course for the Chonan sinking. I think it may be mentioned in this clip, but... I'm sorry no first let me get this one here it is and I'll do this one first. We'll come back to that only two more

CHAPTER 18 / 44 Discussion

THAAD Deployment, Military Industrial Complex, Korean Geopolitics

The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea is identified as a major driver of regional tension. While the U.S. frames the Lockheed Martin-contracted system as a defense against North Korea, China and Russia view it as a surveillance tool directed at them. The hosts argue that the "boogeyman" of North Korea is maintained to facilitate high-value military equipment sales.

thaad· lockheed martin· missile defense· china· south korea

44:12 The question is, hey if Obama was so good at restoring relations with Cuba why can't he do the same with North Korea? Now you and I John we know the answer of course. It's to sell crap to the South Koreans and they always have a boogie man and nothing better than miniature subs and crazy leaders who feed their officers to the dogs And Don says this is absolutely impossible, will not happen under Obama and for the following reasons. I do not believe that President Obama can afford to really make a major move toward North Korea at this time There is no political support for such a move He has extended his reach by reaching out to Cuba with the aid of the Pope

45:07 who played a tremendous role in setting up the meetings between the United States and Castro, and remembers that we overthrew their government in 1951. We never mention it but they remember it. But it is very important that we have some kind of relationship with Iran but its loaded with problems including the problem with Israel And so for him to suddenly reach out to North Korea, I think is very doubtful because there's no audience who would applaud. Hands clapping thumbs up! And then finally Don uses my favorite word and explains why this is all taking place as we know OpCon the handover of operations of the military systems

45:57 The handover was supposed to happen the beginning of this year. That was delayed indefinitely as far as we know and now, we're going to find out exactly what it is I think the THAAD issue in its preliminary stage Korea is caught in a way by debates within the military-industrial complex which you really have... It's not your fault except for geography but geography has worked against you in the past. And that's why I feel that there is an opportunity for the Koreas to come together and make yourselves the tremendously significant body that you would be, which would free you from a lot of these kinds of pushes and pulls which come as China thinks do we want reunification on the Korean peninsula?

46:55 I don't think they do. I think they're perfectly happy with a divided country as long as it's stable Do the Japanese really want reunification on the Korean Peninsula? Who knows what Mr. Abe thinks! So I think there's an opportunity for the Koreans to take their history and their destiny in their hands. Good luck with that, but yeah... We don't want it either. What was interesting he mentioned at the beginning... He wouldn't make any money. ...is THAAD. That's That is the device that this is all about. THAAD, terminal high altitude area defense also known as theater high altitude area defense This is the anti-ballistic missile system I guess it's a version of Iron Dome perhaps

47:45 that is being put in place. The Chinese and the Russians are very angry about it, they feel that this is just a spy on them which let's be honest of course it is! And that's what this is about and this is a Lockheed Martin contract that they've had...the contract has been ongoing since 87 re-upped in 90 92 And let me see, do we have any other deployment dates here? Yeah. So they started deploying this in 2012 so THAAD is what it's all about. It's just a big sale for the military industrial complex and sorry Korea. Nice! Yes I thought that was a nice little bit from Don. Since we're talking about spies...

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

CIA Torture Report, Panetta Review, Dianne Feinstein

A PBS Frontline special detailed the conflict between the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee over the "Panetta Review," an internal CIA document that reportedly confirmed the Senate's findings that torture was ineffective. The CIA was accused of spying on Senate investigators to recover the document. Senator Dianne Feinstein eventually secured the report in a Senate vault, though it remains unreleased to the public.

cia· panetta review· dianne feinstein· torture· senate intelligence committee

48:36 Public broadcasting system has this really great show called frontline, which is probably the closest thing we have to investigate a report Oh I'm glad you got clips from this. This is the CIA report They did this thing on the CIA report that Feinstein's group came out with it where you could also see where the lines were drawn So as we saw that report released We could see who was working who was on the CIA or whatever intelligence and her head is gone There was you know Richard Engel was all that I shouldn't release is not good, and he had these both sides going back and forth But you the best part of this report This show has to be watched by everybody And you should probably just find it in download up when the show nuts

49:19 At the end of the thing, there were some revelations that I just thought were disgusting. And those questions that need to be asked what happened during this whole episode and it probably would have... This report never would've been released in the first place if Feinstein didn't feel like the agency was spying on her and her people. Do we need to do a quick recap of what happened? If you want. Could you? Well, okay, there was... Here's what this as you watch the special I think what we thought happened isn't quite exactly what happened and i think it's explained better in the in the in this presentation and people should watch that but they were doing a minor investigation on this on the tortures of

50:03 of the CIA, because the CIA kept saying it was really great. The torture we got all kinds of good information and then they of course came out with that movie Zero Dark Thirty which showed that we got Obama or Osama from the tortures because he tortured somebody. Torture works, torture led to... Torture works was the thing. The Feinstein committee was doing some minor work examining the torture issue, and the CIA apparently sent over...and I believe this was done probably by a patriot within the CIA if you start looking at it from a meta perspective. They sent over because once they started looking into this, apparently Panetta who is the head of the CIA decided to do his own report. And so they did a bunch of research and somebody

50:51 sent the Panetta report in with a batch of the requested documents to the Senate committee headed by Feinstein. I think that either the CIA got winded as they found out about it and they sent some spies to go recapture as much stuff as they could that shouldn't have been sent over in the first place Feinstein found out about this, that they were spying on them because they had a sealed room and all of this and you couldn't get the documents in or out. And she was found as scandalous! They grabbed the Panetta Report out of his office and buried it in the Senate vault with an armed guard.

51:32 Now, the story continues and the Panetta report confirmed most of what these Feinstein report concluded. And they then pointed this out but the Panetta reports never been released it was always considered classified and only the committee could look at it so there's a number of things that come out in this particular these particular two clips and I want to preface it by a chunk of the clip The clip is called CIA frontline but I'm going to take a chunk of this clip out because it screws up the pace. And this is a piece, and I have it separate here, I'm gonna play at first. This was in this other clip by just seamlessly removed because I thought if you just listen to the audio and you don't know who your, you don't have that lower third, you don't know what's going on. And this is John Laughlin who was, I think, the associate or acting director he was, or just under-director whatever their title was but he's CIA guy

CHAPTER 20 / 44 Discussion

Republican Oversight, Richard Burr, 6000-Page Senate Report

Following the 2014 election, Republican Senator Richard Burr took control of the Intelligence Committee and moved to recall all copies of the 6,000-page classified torture report. Critics, including the podcast hosts, lambasted Republican members like Marco Rubio for refusing to read the Panetta Review. The situation is compared to the ongoing redaction of the "28 pages" from the original 9/11 Commission Report.

richard burr· marco rubio· senate intelligence committee· classified· 9/11 report

52:27 the designated apologist for this whole discussion that we're going to hear. But first, let's listen to him apologize. My sense in looking at the report is that they started with their conclusions and look through six million pages of documents an unprecedented number looking for fragments of chats and emails taking them out of context and stacking them up to prove the points they wanted to make all along. Okay, assembly. So he's we got rid of that so I wanted to play that so somebody doesn't listen this clip Hey you left out so and so there you gotcha gotcha That's him now Let's listen to this and pay careful attention To the to the discussion of the Republican Party And go it was locked in this room only members of the Intelligence Committee could read it but only Democrats did including Mark Udall

53:24 An editor review is a comprehensive and thorough set of documents. It should be declassified it confirms what the committee staff and the committee study determined. The senators say the Panetta Review's conclusions would be echoed in the final Senate report, the program was brutal mismanaged and it didn't work. Enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence We looked at 20 examples where The administration was saying these techniques were effective, and we found that wasn't true at all. CIA representations were inaccurate and unsupported by CIA records. At the CIA they dismissed the Panetta Review as nothing more than an internal draft

54:17 And they harshly criticized the Senate report, insisting the EITs saved lives. Obama's new CIA director John Brennan refused to release the Panetta Review and worked to keep most of the 6,000-page Senate report classified. I just need to say... The production on this thing is outstanding! With the... and the little... It's outstanding. It is a fantastic product. Peace of work, peace of work. To keep most of the 6,000 page Senate report classified There is no question that there is a lot more information in those 6000 pages that have yet to see the light of day

55:03 What was released was just a summary, some 450 pages. The real report has not been declassified and the real report is chapter and verse of what happened For now, there's little Feinstein can do to get the full report declassified. —The Republicans have in fact gained control of the U.S. Senate majority— In the fall of 2014, Congress changed hands. Republicans were now in charge. Colorado Senator Mark Udall was defeated. Dianne Feinstein was replaced as chairman of the Intelligence Committee by Republican Richard Burr...

55:47 Burr has recalled all copies of the 6,000-page classified report. He refused to read the Panetta Review and promises to return it to the CIA. The fight right now is for history. There's no more investigations that are going to happen there's no more legal consequences that we know of at this point and there's no policy debate why did it happen Was it the right thing? Was it the wrong thing, and how should we look at in generations to come. Oh Republicans of course

56:26 I find it unbelievable. It's great! PBS... Republicans wouldn't even look at the Panetta Report, even though they had it right in front of their faces to read if they wanted too because apparently and you have to remember that the Senate Select Committee they're supposed to be the oversight committee there one other committees along with the House that tells the CIA what to do. The CIA does not tell them what to do, but apparently the Republicans on the committee are told what to do and I'm going to mention that amongst this group and i'll tell you who they are at the time in the 113th Congress it was Saxby Chambliss from Georgia these are the Republicans Richard Burr who now runs the thing James Risch from Ohio or I'm sorry Idaho Daniel Coates from Indiana Susan Collins

57:14 of Maine and Tom Coburn along with, and somebody's got to bring this up with him one of these Marco Rubio. He is a total douchebag. You had this to read. Why didn't you read it? He's gonna say, well I was in the best interest of the country not to read it So your telling me actually is that you were told not to read so you didn't read it So if your going to be president people are gonna tell YOU what to do Your'e not gonna tell them what to do Is that the way your're going to business? I don't understand why this guy even running for President Ah its a great country And I'm casting. I keep the TV show I keep reading that Rubio may be a favorite The guy's a loser same dub just saying that this is perfect evidence of it Yeah, this guy should not be supported in any way if this is the way he's gonna act Do you think he really did not read it? Yeah

58:12 Because they had a guard that checked people in and out. That went into reading it. So we know, yeah we know. There's a list if there was one guy that went in to read it they would have been on the list unless he somehow got in secretly which doesn't seem likely I would say thats uh And that report's never going to get into the public domain, pretty much like the 28 pages of redacted material from the 9-11 report. Where is that? Why aren't we reading that?" Yeah...28pages.org will tell you why not! And that should have been—why doesn't WikiLeaks have that by now?!

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

No Agenda Executive Producers, Financial Support, Knighting Ceremony

The hosts acknowledge significant financial contributions from "Executive Producers" under the value-for-value model. Bradley Charles contributed over $1,600 following a successful stock sale, while Shane Kirk donated $724 to join the "724 Club." Several individuals, including Sir Tim Nonomous and Lucas Teiema, were recognized for their support of the show's media deconstruction efforts.

bradley charles· shane kirk· knighthood· value-for-value· crowdfunding

58:50 I would think they would. In fact, WikiLeaks should have both the Panetta Report and the 28 pages by now Unless maybe they're too close to the CIA Guys it's over! They can't do it anymore Well with that good work Let me thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C where the sea stands for CIA patriot Dvorak And in the morning do you Adam Curry also in the morning all the ships of sea boots on the ground feeding? The air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there in the morning to everybody in the chatroom No agenda stream calm nice to see you talking about our show again They got off our hands. It's over there Never mind

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1:06:04 Just wanted to say, I heard what you said about making a difference. Wanted to let you guys know that I've been the senior research consultant for a local Dallas group that comes together to inform and educate fellow citizens on local politics. We have a nonpartisan event on the 2nd of June that I'd love to see fellow NA producers come and be part of. We'll be talking about Dallas runoff election that will decide the future of over 1.2 million people even though only 6% of those people voted in the primaries Last few years has been standing room only. You can go to Dallas Bar Politics, Dallasbar, D-A-L-S-B-A-R politics dot com for your free tickets By the way thanks to Noah Jenner for informing me all these years and giving me the motivation to become involved This is exactly what we talked about on the last show this is the kind of work that you can do Yes! And you can really change things and For some odd reason... And have fun! yes, and win valuable prizes

1:07:02 For some odd reason, people have takeaways from our show that wind up in political discourse. Very nice! Okay here we go... Lucas Teiema. Teiema. Teieme. Lucas Teiema. Lucas Teiema. Teieme. Teieme. And he lives in... $422 dollars and he lives in... He lives in Augstgist Perfect don't change a thing Just noticed that I made a mistake setting up the $15 USD monthly recurring donation. Here's some compensation plus fines." How about interest? And where is our 18% tip? Better spent on no agenda than on negative rents in the bank account, so don't mention the remark below. Now he's doing some bookkeeping. Right but it did want to... That's interesting you wanted and her head is gone

1:08:00 Yes, play off the head. Yeah play him off with a Head is Gone jingle and we'll give it a little Karma. And something else? Yeah just Karma you got it. And her head is gone You've got karma Miss Feinstein Thank you! And finally last but not least on show 724 Tim Nonomous came in again from Parts Unknown for this $200 donation That would be Sir Tim Nonomous I believe Sir Tim Nonomous no comments And there he is. Very nice where he's from very, very nice thank you so much to these executive producers and associate executive producers if you want to find out more about that you can go to Dvorak org slash na help us continue to produce the show which is helping politics changing changing your society I mean my mom would be so proud

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

European Meetups, No Agenda Racing Teams

Host Adam Curry announced plans for a summer trip to the Netherlands and Germany, encouraging listeners to coordinate meetups in cities like Rotterdam and Frankfurt. Additionally, the show recognized its two racing teams, specifically wishing "racing karma" to Sir Andrew Gardner for a motorcycle race at Summit Point, West Virginia.

amsterdam· rotterdam· summit point· motorcycle racing· meetups

1:08:53 You doing a what? A podcast. You're a good boy, Adam! A podcast?! You're a good podcaster, Adam. Received the note from Steven Bussinger... Adam traveling to Holland and Germany this summer hoping you could put me in contact with some producers there it's my first time outside the US I'll be landing at Schiphol Wednesday May 27th will send him the no agenda Wi-Fi I started on Amsterdam but i'd like to check out Rotterdam The Hague Harlem In Germany list of cities I'm visiting is Trier Frankfurt Cologne Stuttgart Heidelberg Munich There's no hard itinerary other than my flight leaving Munich July 15th I'd love a place to stay but any kind of guidance or company will be valued at wingman would be kick-ass and he said please publish My email address which i have in the show notes under the pr heading and see if we can set up some Setup, some meetups. And i'm planning on thinking of going to

1:09:46 to Europe in July as well. I need to get out of Texas in July, that's not a good place...not a happy place to be So we'll see if maybe we can coordinate some stuff One other mention We should have known...I'm disappointed both you and I forgot but No Agenda the No Agenda show is as far as I know the only podcast that has no one but two racing teams And Sir Andrew Gardner of the original No Agenda Racing, this is motorcycle racing. He is racing this weekend at Summit Point West Virginia and he wanted some racing karma so we'll hand that to him right now. You've got karma! And thank you once again and will be thanking our other donors later on in the program. Devorac dot org slash N A Of course there's always something you can do and that it very simple go out there propagate the formula Our formula is this

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

TSA Badges, PayPal Banking, Eurovision vs AVN

A brief discussion covers the history of TSA agents receiving "cookie cutter" badges and the hosts' preference for the AVN Awards over the Eurovision Song Contest. Technical advice is shared regarding PayPal, noting that linking an account to a bank checking account rather than a credit card can prevent recurring donation failures caused by card expiration dates.

tsa· paypal· eurovision· avn awards· badges

1:10:39 We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Hey citizens... Shut up! No service for you! Oliver Reich wrote in to mention that they remind us that the TSA agents are not peace officers they don't carry guns Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes He made that mistake in the last show I saw However he said they have cookie cutter badges That's incorrect Do you remember when they got real badges and were crying?

1:11:15 Watch the avian awards they cry like babies because they win the award for best. You know best biggest mouth deepest throat Those are not the categories did you watch it? Did you actually watch it I only watched it because the categories are Best GP Best gangbangs, all kinds of categories. Yeah they're crazy! Well okay... Of course we... But people like getting you know to get their badge they have a ceremony it's a big deal I mean we have nights where do the same thing True and it is very fitting that we follow the adult video awards and ignore the Eurovision Song Contest Very good, very good but I think we should only be predicting the winners of the adult video awards in future We'd have to watch all those movies

1:12:11 Best actress really best Actress that you use the word actress. Oh my is it so big is it I have never seen one like that Is it not true that the word the etymology of the word actress comes from? The the word prostitute In ancient Greece? I think it does. This is a myth Well, hold on It comes from the word actor and during that era where you always just added an S Maybe it was actress. I think its actress Actor-actress Let's see...actor-actress What am I hearing? Some kind of truck downstairs Uh let's see etymology Female who does something Okay No I guess I like my explanation better

1:13:03 Yeah, I figured that. There you go. And everyone has to remind people we do have a show on Thursday and the Thursday shows been lagging this Sunday show which makes no sense to me but okay... Did you request people set up a monthly donation in the newsletter? What I did was, you read the newsletter. Yeah, can't remember. We have this 24 thing going on and we once upon a time had a...I didn't mention any monthlies. Once upon a time we had $24 a year donation level which only one person still has.

1:13:41 has retained because everybody else, they put it on their credit card and PayPal you know you change your credit card number the date the expiration date boom PayPal kicks all these don't there's nobody left. And it's over a year so its crazy way to do things somebody wrote me in said or wrote a letter to me saying oh you know that I've never had a problem like you're always bitching about on PayPal because I had my PayPal account attached to my bank checking account instead of to my credit card. I didn't know you could do that." Yes, you can yeah and thus You don't have this issue But...you also have no money in your PayPal account And i think that you get a better deal we don't but you do on payment Paypal

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

Chris Roberts, Plane Hacking Claims, Eleanor Clift

The "McLaughlin Group" recently debated claims by security researcher Chris Roberts, who alleged he could hack into flight controls via in-flight entertainment systems. While most pundits expressed alarm, Eleanor Clift dismissed the claims as "bullcrap." The hosts agree with Clift, arguing that while software vulnerabilities exist, the specific claim of making a plane fly sideways via a seatback screen is technically dubious.

chris roberts· fbi· plane hacking· mclaughlin group· eleanor clift

1:14:28 I think there's no fee, there is some benefit to doing it. I don't like the idea of having anybody be able to just take money from my bank account but it can be done with PayPal apparently. Onward! Yes We really do want to thank everyone for their support we got for this show It's really appreciated And that includes the $24 guys Alright So, I was watching the McLaughlin report and they did a kind of...and this was right after we did our last show where you blew the lid off the... Mike Maroney. ...Maloney which is called high hacking according to the McLaughlin report where you go on the computer or the airplane while it's flying around so they did a little segment on it as I have it listed in my... Okay, this is the Chris Roberts guy who

1:15:25 And all the tech press were reporting that he made the plane fly sideways. And by the way, have you seen this guy Chris Roberts? Yes You seen him? Yeah, with the beard and a skull cap. The beard bald head he looks like a maniac So I'm watching this McLaughlin report and they're idiots Except the joke is they bring this topic out And everybody agrees including Buchanan everyone that did oh it's so dangerous and we just guys you know They could do this so i'm gonna play McLaughlin introducing the topic and then throwing it to this guy from uh The National Review, another fine publication. The National Review and he goes in... He's all in then it goes to Eleanor. It's the only one that calls bull crap! Eleanor? Eleanor?! The constitutional lawyer lady!? Own away!!

1:16:17 Is this the hijacking Eleanor? Yeah. In-flight entertainment system once on that network he was able to gain access to other systems on the planes. This blows me away John, this blows me away every mainstream media outfit is just claiming all of this but just based on bullcrap. In-flight entertainment system Once on that network, he was able to gain access to other systems on the planes." Unquote. The question is high hacking a serious threat or is there something fishy about this incident? Tom Rogan Well I think it's a serious problem in the sense that you have someone... It shows complacency but also ignorance actually In terms of airlines and their security with these seat back

1:17:06 that the guy was able to hack in. Is this easy? Who is this guy? He's a Brit, of course. This guy is Rogan from The National Review. Oh okay. A conservative writer. Yeah you bring in a Brit and it always sounds official like oh let's pay attention. Ignorance actually in terms of airlines and their security with these seat back that a guy was able to hack in. Is this easy to do? No, will they improve it? Yes but listen we have...it's a good example of in the technological age stuff that would once only exist in a Hollywood movie now exists horrifically in real life plane flying sideways I think his claims have been questioned and unless you think he was suicidal I don't think he did anything on these planes that jeopardized safety if there is a problem in the system I think they oughta get some experts not necessarily him

1:17:49 Looking at it and it can be fixed. I'm not worried about it Wow, yeah some experts not necessarily him You know stunned you know what if I if I met Eleanor Clift after this After this the segment you know what? I'd say to her nice fabric Nice nice fabric. Yeah fantastic now you've got a you've got to wonder She's always all in on everything why did she decide to? Go ball no agenda on their ass I don't know

1:18:28 She must have had a briefing or something by who knows who to tell it. Oh, I know! Of course she represents other experts who want to get in on this. That could be... And i did receive a number of very detailed emails with tons of documents and I want to make sure that people understand, are planes hackable? Everything's hackable. All software hard... everything has holes and vulnerabilities and of course anything is really possible when you sit and think about it we're not saying it's not possible We're saying this guy didn't do it

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

Guatemala Corruption Scandal, Pharmaceutical Influence, Democracy Now

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina fired several top officials following a corruption scandal involving rigged dialysis contracts. The hosts criticize "Democracy Now" for failing to name the specific pharmaceutical company involved in the scandal. They suggest that the heavy reliance on pharmaceutical advertising and underwriting in U.S. media prevents transparent reporting on the industry.

otto perez molina· guatemala· democracy now· pharmaceutical industry· corruption

1:19:04 And his claims are bogus and the warrant that was served. It is something, but even they did suggest it's fishy now I'm talking about this sort of like misdirection and bullcrap stories. I found this particular clip to be very offensive to me personally because democracy now seems to me to be an alternative media system that has a And it has an agenda that is always definable. But then once in a while, you make sure wonder who they're really working for when they produce a story like this Guatemala Molinex Democracy Now clip. Oh my God! By the way here's a good thing for you see if you can spot what it is and just

1:19:47 story that irked me. Guatemala President Otto Pérez Molina has fired several top officials amidst a corruption scandal which has prompted calls for his resignation president Perez Molina said he had dismissed his interior energy and environment ministers the intelligence chief and other officials this week at least 16 people including the central bank chief and head of the Social Security Institute were arrested on accusations of rigging a contract for dialysis services in favor of a pharmaceutical firm. A number of patients died after the shift." This follows an earlier probe over a customs fee corruption ring, which prompted the Guatemalan vice president to resign. Didn't catch it? OK. I'll tell you what it is and it bugged me. Here we are this old—this groundbreaking investigative—we're all into finding this and that and pointing the finger

1:20:44 And she uses the line for rigging a dialysis contract on behalf of a pharmaceutical company. Oh! What pharmaceutical company? Why did you name it? I read that 75% of all advertising in the United States is pharmaceutical And that also includes underwriting, obviously. Other important little ditties like that. Yeah. Huh! They got everybody all drugged up too it's terrible and by the way... You're saying by the way a lot today but I don't have any clips of this. I should and somehow i didn't get any but over the weekend while they were having protests in San Francisco

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

Topless Protests, Monsanto, San Francisco Demonstrations

Protesters in San Francisco recently demonstrated topless to draw attention to women killed in police custody. The hosts contrast this with massive anti-Monsanto protests occurring across Europe, which have received minimal coverage in American media. They argue that the focus on "topless" tactics in the U.S. serves as a distraction from substantive global issues like GMO regulation.

san francisco· topless protest· monsanto· bay area· activism

1:21:34 Some topless—actually, play this and then I'll go into what I'm going to go into. Play the topless protests. And this is kind of thing we're getting around here. Brown have become household terms, protesters sought to elevate lesser-known names like Tanisha Anderson, Rekia Boyd, Miriam Carey, Michelle Jusot, Shelley Fray, Kayla Moore and Ayanna Stanley Jones. Hundreds gathered in San Francisco—many of them African American women who protested topless.

1:22:11 Hold on a second. Hold on, hold on. Let me get this straight. So in the grand inequality conversation which certainly on pay has been debunked many times It is still so irksome that women want to be killed just as much as men. No, no they want their name known as much. Oh okay... See these are household names according to Amy there were household names these dead guys and you think with the president having two daughters and he's always used if it was my son line he could have easily used it if it was my daughter line He never does that

1:22:48 But then the touch... He has two daughters. Yes, he can't say if it was and then the two daughters go we're here! We know not really our dad but while they're protesting topless which I think demeans the protests i mean what kind of serious can you take them a bunch of you know tits wandering around? What's the point uh every place else in the world except here they're protesting Monsanto They're protesting Monsanto in France and Paris, about five or six cities there. Berlin... There's a huge protest. Everybody in Europe and around the world is protesting Monsanto and their products In a big way! And it's not being covered at all here. At all! Well- And there are no protests! Why aren't they in Berkeley? They should be in Berkeley protesting No, we have tits instead. You could say breasts

1:23:41 Tits is kind of, yeah. It's kind of... Well tits? Yeah okay I shouldn't say tits. There were some topless women in Central Park on Sunday Topless? Mm-hmm. Oh yeah, New York. Protesting Monsanto? No no just hanging out just laying around just catching some rays this is a big deal in New York they've the city ordinance is now clear that men and women both can be topless well I'm public I have always believed if you let guys go around bare chested why care what's the... Of course it's the same thing well we're so nuts here there's an American whoo nipple you said nipple

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

The Talk, Racial Stereotypes, Cannes Film Festival Heels

The CBS show "The Talk" is criticized for its portrayal of comedian Sheryl Underwood, which the hosts describe as an offensive "black mama" stereotype. The conversation shifts to the Cannes Film Festival, where a controversy erupted over a rule requiring women to wear high heels on the red carpet, even in cases of physical disability.

the talk· cheryl underwood· cbs· cannes film festival· stereotypes

1:24:18 Meanwhile, while the women are protesting the killing of some of these unknown names. I find it extremely annoying that we have black stereotypes on television that are so outrageous and nobody says anything about it and they let them slide. And I'm talking in this case- Blackish? No, black ish. Blackish humor is supposed to be funny too but I think it's the worst kind of stereotyping of black women on The Talk. The Talk is one of those CBS show and Cheryl Underwood is there as comic relief

1:24:59 the fabulous black woman over, you know this kind of a stereotype black mama. And I personally find it offensive and i shouldn't because oh you're not black and you shouldn't be offended... You leave the offense to them to the other side of the fence. Okay now I have not heard the clip give me that topic and I will tell you what she sounds like The topic is In can at the film festival the French it's put some rule in a you're going to go up the red carpet You have to wear heels calm and calm everybody is all up in arms about this because there are some actress apparently with missing a foot Yeah, she's from The Real Housewives She can't wear heels in LA. There was big fuss about this and so they decide to discuss Okay Let me think I need a little more so I could be so I can figure out that that's all you got

1:25:53 I'll just have to listen then. Good idea send her to France they can keep her Yeah, but this is the... And it's CBS by the way. Well okay so we... Let's push this and make her famous! Well while we're on that then This cultural Marxism which apparently only cuts one way

CHAPTER 28 / 44 Discussion

Barack Obama, Jewish Heritage Month, Mark Levin

President Obama spoke at a Jewish gathering for Jewish Heritage Month, jokingly referring to himself as an "honorary member of the tribe." He referenced his two Jewish chiefs of staff and his history of hosting White House Seders. Right-wing talk show hosts, including Mark Levin, criticized the speech as disrespectful or indicative of the President's broader policy failures.

barack obama· jeff goldberg· jewish heritage month· mark levin· yiddish

1:26:58 Where if you're a white and somewhat heterosexual, male. You can't make fun of anybody anymore! You can't even make fun of straight white women! It's foreboding! You can do any of this and certainly not when it comes to religion however the president... We make jokes all the time And certainly when it comes to the Jewish faith, we mess with everybody. But to hear the president do it on... of course this is Jewish Heritage Month and he was speaking at a Jewish gathering apparently. Earlier this week I was actually interviewed by one of your members You know, we say this a lot, I say this a lot, that's actually...I believe its incorrect speech to do this

1:27:49 Can you help deconstruct that for me? When he says, I was actually interviewed by... What does that exactly mean and why do I use this word? Why does the president use this word?" Someone will tell us. It's like frankly, frankly I believe you're just lying to the rest of the time? So it's a performative thing. It just is one of those support...I think right is supportive word because apparently are so full of crap that you have to say frankly blah blah blah because most the time we're just lying and he says actually because most the time he's lying! I'm shocked shocked to find performatives being used in here earlier this week

1:28:24 I was actually interviewed by one of your members Jeff Goldberg Jeff reminded me that he once called me the first Jewish president Now since some people still seem to be wondering about my faith. I Should make clear this was an honorary title This is a very meta thing He's doing here because we all know he's Muslim and come on Thank you the laugh track, but I was flattered and as an honorary member of the tribe Oh Now in no way can you even as a as a goyim ever say? Tribe or anything like that this that you can't say these things But the president could say not to mention somebody who's hosted seven White House seders and been advised by It's it's just food people

1:29:29 and been advised by two Jewish chiefs of staff, I can also... Is he not saying some of my best friends are Jewish? Isn't that what he's saying here isn't that what that is? Some of my best friends are Jews. Yeah. ...chiefs of staff, I can also probably say that i'm getting a little bit of the hang of the lingo Oh! I thought he was gonna say yeah I'm gonna get circumcised But I will not use any of the Yiddish isms that Rahm Emanuel taught me because Because I want to be invited back. Let's just say he had some creative new synonyms for Shalom Huh? Shabbat shit shalom, and I just you know it's I Thought was innocuous I did hear the right-wing radio talk show guys go nuts over this now of course because they're all in on Israel What were they saying

1:30:35 Oh, who's he think he is? Yeah it's the same crap. There's nothing interesting He was trying to bring this country to his feet This guy! This is Mark Levin. The great one. Mark Levin I'm Mark Levin and this president's trying to ruin this country We're all gonna be in prison... In chains because of him. He's great These guys are incredibly entertaining. Going back to Monsanto, two things I wanted to say one about the protests up in Seattle there was a kayak protest against offshore drilling and they were... We had a clip of it we played it three shows ago this was the paddles in Seattle did we mention that kayaks are made from petroleum?

CHAPTER 29 / 44 Discussion

Entomophagy, Cricket Flour, Monsanto Marketing

The push for "entomophagy" (eating insects) is framed as a potential marketing pivot for major food corporations like Monsanto. One host shares an anecdote about his daughter and her friend willingly eating packaged grasshoppers, suggesting that younger generations are being "programmed" to accept insect-based proteins like cricket flour in common foods like cupcakes.

entomophagy· cricket flour· gmos· monsanto· trader joe's

1:31:23 I guess we didn't. Oh, the irony! Oh the irony people! Maybe they had him out of birch bark? I saw pictures... No these were no canoes These were kayaks made out of petroleum That is funny The irony people And I think this bug thing I, you know it dawned on me. Talking about the moth in this room? No i'm talking about the protein that are in crickets and we all have to... Oh eating bugs! Eating bugs yeah. You know with all this heat on Monsanto and all of the frankenf- This really

1:32:06 is a way for the packaged goods companies and companies of Monsanto ilk to sell more bullcrap to the people because you know, face it. You're not going to go out and catch grasshoppers. You're gonna go to Trader Joe's and pick up a pack of of crickets and uh... but he's gonna do it all yes they will cricket flower alia alia i will say this is a start with cupcakes it'll start with cricket flour used in cupcakes put in the book putting the redbook you might not be wrong okay well actually put into crisis like that because you know that i'm a lightness this is going to put in the red book that now i have an anecdote so some joker pub public relations company they sent uh... some

1:32:50 a game or some product over to the house with a bunch of notes and stuff attached. So people are still so stupid they think you're going to do a good review of something, they still send you stuff? When does the memo get out?! There was a bunch of packaged bugs to eat, edible bugs. And one of them was I think it was grasshoppers or something and it's all part of the... It was good pitch but these bugs, of course, I just threw them out or I was going too. But my daughter and her friend... Here we go! Sabina, we're over

1:33:29 I said, who would eat these...I'm mumbling to myself. Which is not uncommon in the house. And I said who is gonna...who would eat this stuff? What kind of maniacs are going to eat these bugs?" My daughter says, "'I'd eat them." I said what and her friend says yeah, I'd eat them. I say you're bull crap so I open up and they both ate these bugs! I'm thinking, what's wrong? What's wrong?! It's the programming. This is why it's so easy for me to predict being from the future and all that cupcakes with cricket flour...it's going- it's being integrated! Okay, I'm adding in now. Yeah and you can do the marketing opportunities and possibilities are phenomenal. Well shit John we should make some bug food for people. Bug food? Texas gnats

CHAPTER 30 / 44 Discussion

Space Resources Act, Asteroid Mining, Property Rights

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering HR 1508, the "Space Resources Act of 2015," which aims to establish a legal framework for private property rights in space. The bill would allow commercial entities to own resources, such as platinum or gold, extracted from asteroids. Critics note this may conflict with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty regarding international claims.

hr 1508· space resources act· asteroid mining· nasa· property rights

1:34:21 We're no seems Texas. Yes, no CM's mmm yummy on your Cheerios Remember the no seems yeah, no seems oh Delicious what did you get in there? I got no seems no seems all delicious delicious delicious no seems Hey, there was a pretty cool bill that came through the House. I mean, I believe...I have to check it and see if this thing...look up HR 1508 if you will. See if that thing has gone how far this has gone? Howard Glassman Is this in the...this is the 114th right? Mike Miller The 114th yeah, the 114th Congress may have been signed at...I have feeling they've been signed into law already. This is the space... Howard Glassman HR 14? Mike Miller 1508. Howard Glassman Oh no, HR what?

1:35:12 1508 and 114. I can track it here, let me see how to track it... What does it say? It is the 113th that says it came in a... No no, 114th! Is this the Space Resources Act? Yes yes that's the one. The Space Utilization Act of 2015 That's the one so I believe it passed the House. It may have already be ready to be signed into law Well let me read a little bit from it This is for the commercialization of space resource exploration and utilization. It is a legal framework for property rights. Any asteroid resources obtained in outer space are the property of the entity that obtains such resources, which shall be entitled to all property rights hereto consistent with applicable provisions of federal law."

1:36:00 This is about the...who will own? This is in case the Google rocket lands at the same time as the Yahoo rocket. Yeah, yeah they're gonna have to see it. If one of them gets to claim the asteroid so they can chip off that plutonium or platinum. It would be platinum or whatever's on an asteroid let me take a look I think this is more for us for the United States to claim and in case China were up there you know someone else says that And it's all about asteroids, asteroid resources. We can claim all we want this is not a NIT treaty no it's not this is only about us so I know do with two of American companies that can't apply to China but it's a setup It's it's I think it's staking a claim that...I don't know if there are other countries that have similar laws on the books

1:36:48 No, they wouldn't need them. So but there are some stipulations if you're gonna go up and get an asteroid United States on an asteroid You can find gold yep iridium Silver osmium palladium platinum like I said rhenium. I think I think you're right medium and tungsten these are the tungsten these are the the rules of the game for people doing this Safety of operations, a United States commercial space resource utilization entity shall avoid causing harmful interference in outer space. The United States commercial space resource utilization entity may bring a civil action for appropriate legal or equitable relief or both under this chapter for any action by another entity subject to the United States jurisdiction causing harmful interference with its operation." So you can't be fighting each other in space! This is great! Space wars I've always predicted this would happen

1:37:45 in a civil action. We're gonna have lawsuits about who owns the asteroid, they must be much further than letting on with this stuff. I think you might be right that's would be the only reason some stupid legislation like this would even being introduced Have you been able to track where this thing is at? Oh i had it on GovTrack so should be tracked let see what we can do with it. I love me some space wars man This is good Let see were it says It's 26% chance of being enacted, so it is not necessarily doing that well. Oh okay alright I thought it had passed the House already The identical one is S976 Oh so its in the Senate? Its in both Right now its introduced and reported by committee and has not passed the house or anything else just in committee There apparently isn't... Take it back! The committees issued a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered

1:38:48 And this is... it appears maybe in contrast or in opposition to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which already secures the right to explore a new space without harmful interference. But it must be balanced against the rights in this treaty." Okay well maybe I'm just putting it out there for people to help us for our producers worldwide and we-I'm sure we have people at NASA don't we have people in NASA? Maybe We do have anybody writing in telling us that they're helping there and NASA, and they were glad to tell us what bullcrap is going on. Well we do have a an international flag of planet Earth now which will be used by our space agency

CHAPTER 31 / 44 Discussion

International Flag of Planet Earth, Space Representation

A new "International Flag of Planet Earth" has been proposed for use by astronauts to represent humanity rather than individual nations during space exploration. The design features seven intertwined rings on a blue background. The hosts mock the design and the concept of a "Planetary Federation," suggesting it may have "Illuminati" symbolic roots.

international flag of planet earth· space travel· planetary federation· symbolism

1:39:34 Which is, have you seen this? Would we make some sort of wild assumption that let's say there are beings out there that are not of Earth and that they would recognize or care about or implement or have anything to do with what we call a flag. I guess but there is a flag! You should look at it. It's kind of like a giant intertwined pretzel. Yeah my curiosity... This is the flag what's it called? International Flag Of Planet Earth Maybe the Swedes came up with this. Who did this flag? Who approved it? I'm gonna see... The Planetary Federation of the United Nations? Yes, yes! The Planetary Federation. Yeah. International Flag of Planet Earth Looks like an EU flag It does, it does This is some sort of Illuminati thing Which one are you looking at

1:40:39 Are you looking at the one that's got all the rings? Yeah, the blue background with all the rings and kind of a flowery pretzel-looking thing. This is the purpose of the video intro current expeditions in outer space use different national flags depending on which country is funding The voyage the space travelers however are more than just representatives of their own countries. They're representatives of planet Earth Purpose of a flag to be used while representing planet Earth I need this you gotta get you gotta go to type in that search international flag of plant and planet earth and then hit images Yes, then you got it down into these You see this one flag, which is apparently a bit... it's in a blue background and it's like somebody slapped their hand into white paint and just put it on the flag. It's hilarious! Where is this? Oh yeah that is funny I'm telling you man there's a lot more going on than we know about up there There's a lot more Well they're keeping it a secret Well yeah

CHAPTER 32 / 44 Discussion

Yoko Ono, Hillary Clinton, 1970s Romantic Fling Claim

A report claims that artist Yoko Ono admitted to having a brief romantic fling with Hillary Clinton in the 1970s while Clinton was a student at Yale. Ono allegedly made the comments at a Museum of Modern Art exhibition, stating that they shared values regarding sexual equality and fighting patriarchal society. The hosts express skepticism about the report's credibility.

yoko ono· hillary clinton· 1970s· lgbt rights· museum of modern art

1:41:44 Does it represent planet Earth? Hello people of Earth. They should put Yoko Ono on the flag! Hello, people of earth! Oh did you read that?! No I got no play. Yoko Ono. Let me find this...I had this on Thursday but didn't get to it. Yoko Ono. Read the whole article if you like this and I couldn't find an audio clip but this is from yeah so maybe it's bogus but it seemed like a pretty credible report Los Angeles Yoko Ono shocked reporters yesterday when she responded to a question concerning the presidential run of Hillary Clinton and the possibility she could become the first woman president of the United States in American history. Artist and widow John Lennon, who was in Los Angeles, presented a collection of cups and saucers... Wow what a gig! What a gig

1:42:31 She's exhibiting the cups and sauces. The Museum of Modern Art totally took reporters by surprise by admitting she had not only met former first lady at various times during a series of protests against the Vietnam War in New York in the 70s, but also knew her intimately! She admitted laughingly to have had a fling with her at that time and acknowledged her election would be great advancement for LGBT and women rights in America." Here is quote We met many times during the New York-Vietnam War protests in the 70s and became very intimate. We shared many of the same values about sexual equality, fighting against authoritarian patriarchal male dominated society in which we were raised. We had a brief romantic fling when I lived with John in Manhattan and Hillary was studying at Yale but eventually we lost touch so to speak. I'm amazed how things are going well for her and wish her best for her campaign."

CHAPTER 33 / 44 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Monica Langley, Personal Space Invasion

Leaked emails from Clinton aides describe an interview with Monica Langley of The Economist where Langley reportedly "invaded" Hillary Clinton's personal space. The emails claim Langley moved her chair within inches of the Secretary, touched her knee repeatedly, and asked what she "dreams about." The behavior was described by staff as "unacceptable in any culture."

hillary clinton· monica langley· economist magazine· email leaks· personal space

1:43:25 And that goes right hand in hand with the new report. I don't know if you saw this about this, and this is all distraction of course from everything else that's going on... That a reporter from Economist magazine This is one of her emails. I'm surprised you didn't catch this one. Where... let's see Monica Langley is her name They have a transcript of, actually a copy of this email where Monica Langley... This is just too delicious to be true. Monica Langley was interviewing Hillary Clinton and this is October 11th 2012

1:44:09 And the email, which is from some other Clinton operative starts off by saying this will be exciting when it's FOIA'd but I'll give you a sense of the interaction. HRC Hillary Rodham Clinton Monica have a seat HRC motions toward a chair situated an appropriate distance from her preferred spot on the couch Monica sure Sure! Monica proceeds to drag her chair within inches of the secretary, leaning in even further. Interview proceeds about midway. Monica says, Oh Hillary 2016-16-16. Monica grabs Hilary's knee HRC laughs awkwardly, glances at Philippe, I guess the press agent. Monica leans in further Oh Hillary what do you eat drink dream about when you sleep? Monica again touches Hillary's leg everybody laughs awkwardly Monica says they think i'm so funny Hill can I ride on your lap to the White House and this went on for another 45-50 minutes of her knee to knee then as the

1:45:07 The press secretary says, she moved that yellow chair as close as it went knee to knee. Amazed she didn't try a knee in between-knees and if that wasn't enough, she leaned forward more like a pivot as far as her torso could fold towards to minimize the space between their heads It was like the dental hygienist rolling around the floor to get the best access to your mouth depending on what tooth she was trying to get access too. I've never seen a Westerner invade her space like that and even the non-Westerners I've seen do it based on cultural differences have been only briefly to greet this went on for 51 minutes unacceptable in any culture! I don't even think you see that behavior among any type of mammal!" The touching of the leg repeatedly calling or Hillary was just gravy Wow, yeah

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

Benghazi Emails, FBI Classification, Irish Marriage Referendum

The State Department released 300 emails related to the 2012 Benghazi attack, one of which the FBI requested be retroactively labeled "secret." Hillary Clinton maintains there was no security breach. Separately, the hosts briefly mention the Irish referendum on gay marriage, framing it as part of a broader global cultural shift.

benghazi· fbi· state department· ireland· gay marriage

1:45:53 So, but these letters they released a big deal. They released 300 Clinton emails and I found something peculiar about this and nobody's...I don't know why they drove these little gems out there and nobody really makes a big fuss about it. And then Hillary says, well it's no big deal da-da-da-da but play the 300 Clinton emails." The State Department today released nearly 300 emails from then Secretary Hillary Clinton on the 2012 attack in Benghazi Libya. The FBI asked that parts of one be labeled secret and withheld

1:46:29 It was unclassified when Clinton received it in November of that year on her private email server. At a presidential campaign event in New Hampshire today, she said there was no security breach Yeah, now the FBI I Don't get the connection. It seems to me that if you have if there's something that's national security related that you'd want Excised you would have one of the intelligence agencies do it not the FBI The FBI can only be doing this because it's something they can use for blackmail yes and it's Nobody makes a why was it? It wasn't initially

1:47:08 It was not initially classified. Why is it classified now? Nobody's just pounding and pounding and pounding to find out why. It seems that when you look at how the press vilified the big man from New Jersey, Christie over Bridgegate It seems like Hillary's getting a pretty easy ride on all this. Yeah, well she deserves it! She does deserve it but with these...all these things coming out and not really being grabbed and run with maybe that's part of the strategy at a certain point I mean what? I would have deep respect for her and would even more so want her to become president as I already do if she came out

1:47:56 the referendum, said yes. We want gay marriage to be legalized and entered into our Constitution." Yeah but that doesn't mean the Irish want Clinton as president! No...but it's an overall world theme which is being expertly executed by the Illuminati to reduce the population. It's been done very well. Ding dong! Doing its job. Great expertise I would say

CHAPTER 35 / 44 Discussion

Donor Acknowledgments, 724 Club, Media Deconstruction

The hosts conclude the donor segment by thanking contributors like Dmitry Rabinovich and Sir Craig Kuttner. They discuss the "724 Club" and the success of recent episodes, noting that listeners have found the analysis of President Obama's Coast Guard speech particularly insightful. The segment ends with a defense of the show's cover art against claims of being "unshareable" in professional environments.

dmitry rabinovich· craig kuttner· knighthood· 724 club· value-for-value

1:48:45 I think that between killing Bill or an unfortunate accident or health issue and then coming out. The last time he was on Letterman, he did one of the last shows... Oh man! He looked so bad. He looked bad and you know, just slow talking. They got him drugged up. Oops sorry I meant to hit this one. basic donations. It falls off a little bit, kind of like the Warriors did in the second half of the game where they slaughtered the other team after a good first half but we do have a few people to thank for show 724 including Dmitry Rabinovich in Phoenix Arizona around $176 and 55 cents

1:49:49 Bless me, Broskies for I have sinned. It's been eight months since my last donation after listening to a conversation between four adults at the pool earlier today... I realize that your show is the only reason I don't feel like I'm the only crazy one on the island! That's alright son do 17 in the mornings and you will be cleansed. 17 in the mornings which reminds of a joke but much love Sir Craig Kuttner, good old Craig. 12345 or 12345 Initiator Norwalk Connecticut. Glad to do my part for the best podcast in the universe and keep up the top notch show and to keep the top notch show off the skids

1:50:33 By the way, we had a lot of people comment on show 723 being one of our best shows after other people commented that 722 is one of our best shows. And I should mention that we talk about this in a post-mortem after the show and the two of us agree... It was a good show! That show 723 is one of the really great shows and you could use it to make people listen. Anyway, keep up with the excellent work and stay on the media assassins toes on your media assassin toes for the election of 2016 it will sneak up on you before You know it mm-hmm. He says not for some reason sir Andrew laments Lemon less I'm a sunny man Yeah, I don't know why I have so much trouble pronouncing his name in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I love what you do he's napping for humanity Duke of America

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1:52:00 This is this is it bringing the guy back What I'm bringing my announcer back. Yes, yeah, but I want to pull I want lights I want the disco ball bring a couple of the girls on hey girls Just try and keep them out as what I'd say The yellow rose would have to go down some that are you know they may be some real kinky ones mm-hmm But you won't appreciate it. Jason McKinney in Sugar Land, Texas $100 William Smock and Las Cruces New Mexico $75. Is he a knighthood completionist? Do you have him on the knighthood list? It says this should complete my knighthood right in time for my birthday so let me just double check man there's some machine outside that's making a real racket I can hear it yeah I can let me see if I have him on the list

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1:54:42 50-50. She says the show is worth more to me than this, but alas! This is what there is to give to the show that I appreciate the effort and she's a dude named Shannon so she's IT apparently. Send pictures. Jeffrey Fitch in Winter Garden Florida $50.05 and then following people are $50 donors each, including IntelliArmor LLC over there in Portland Oregon. Jared Hall in Lincoln Nebraska Timothy Kieran... I just wanted to read the Jared Hall note for a moment? Yeah My godfather hit me in the mouth during the Ukraine plan debacle

1:55:20 I was already thinking along the lines of The Best Podcast in the Universe, but that episode solidified the thought that I was not alone. We go to church with Sir Richard of The Law Library in Lincoln who I met in Austin last year and in fact he is godfather to my two sons so it's keeping it in the family so to speak My godfather Sam and I run a small blog that also sells shirts from which our donation is made we are both longtime boners So please deduce us both Sam Dunk and Jared Hall Thank you for keeping us sane giving us a good laugh Thursdays when we specifically get together to have drinks and listen to the podcast. God keep you both safe, We know your next on the hit list." Okay thank you. There's a big hit list and were not on it. You want to give him a de-douching? I was looking out of that window see what that noise is all about of course. You've been de-douched! Okay Timothy Kiernan in Plymouth Michigan Macy Stolowski in Calgary Alberta

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1:57:13 Why? Because, well just... I don't know. These guys these jerseys sell! You know the jip of it is. Oh! JIP The jip of it is, is that Curry doesn't get a nickel from that. These leagues they should cut these players in if they have a popular jersey. Just continue give me one second I'm gonna see if I can shut some of this noise out. I know you don't hear but I do. I don't hear it but okay so we have let's see there's anything else on here that might be... Oh yeah! We did have a lot of lesser donations because there was a bunch those $24 ones and so there are few people..I won't mention their names because we don't mention names under 50 because of anonymous

1:57:51 uh... need for anonymity but uh... he says a lot of people say this my first donation and then maybe it's the way to get started thanks for the show seven twenty four is my number twenty-four twenty four gotta start sometime with something thanks guys and he says cover art one guy mister richard says coverart like seven twenty two makes it hard to share no agenda at work So what was cover art 722? ISIS slave. Oh It's just a woman's breath. Come on, it's not even! It's just a midriff. Her breath is covered. Yeah hard to share because we're so Puritan here America, America if you... They look like they're naked they're not exposed dressed What kind of evil ruse is this where we've become We can't talk even You can't even say the word nipple on television But yet everything you see around us is all based on sex You don't drink this beer and never get laid Don't drive this car your penis will fall off This is-it's so mean

1:58:52 It's mean. It's teasing, it's like a... I don't know just to keep you preoccupied because if you can share that 722 cover art at work because someone will see it's not even a flimsy bikini its like pretty well covered up woman. That makes you think more about it. Yeah! Teasing okay got it Alright, anyway I want to thank all these folks. Remember we have a show on Thursday in New York and it would be appropriate place to go. Give everybody jobs Karma always seems to help. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! You thought...Karma

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Millennial Listeners, Birthday Mentions, Knighting Ceremony

A 20-year-old listener writes in to defend "Millennials," describing himself as an eloquent, musically literate individual who avoids "vocal fry." The hosts then perform a formal knighting ceremony for Bradley Charles, Shane Kirk, William Smock, and Lucas Teyema, welcoming them to the "No Agenda Round Table" and promising them official signet rings.

millennials· knighthood· signet rings· round table· birthday

1:59:33 Alright, yes we do have a show on Thursday. Please help us out. Savorac dot org slash N A Quick note before we do this birthday mention because it's a success story Adam and John just writing in asking if you could measure my 20th birthday on Sunday May 24 I started listening to Noah Jenner when i was in college in Orlando in 2009 and crawled up the east coast, living in entirely compromised cities such as Pittsburgh and New Haven. Finally making it to Brooklyn to hopefully begin building a media empire! No agenda has become an indispensable part of my life and the only thing to accompany me throughout all places I've been and lived over the last six years don't know what i would do without you guys Also just as point of reference since John keeps complaining about millennials

2:00:13 Which I love because we both complain about Millennials but somehow you get the rap. I love that! Because i actually know Millennials Well, we both have millennial children We're not all uneducated- we're not all uneducated, uncultured swine with vocal fry. I'm an eloquent sophisticated and musically literate individual with a passion for designing writing making music And of course a techno expert! I also have a huge love for classic rock am good at real math and try to minimize my consumerism So hold out hope not all is lost that maybe you're spending time with too many shitty West Coast hippies

2:00:54 Possibly. It's yes, very possible. Okay well there you go thank you all very much I'm sorry? Well let's just go on and have a clip... Well i have to do the birthdays! I have birthdays and I have nightings to do this stuff in the show that we kind of have to be blocked Michael Davala says happy birthday to his daughter Marit. She will be turning six, uh oh she turned six on the 23rd of May and he requested a special birthday mention Eric Newman as we just said turning 28 today Mike Bernstein says happy birthday with his boy Jesse James turning 33 The Magic Numbers William Schmuck Schmuck celebrates on the 27th Zachary Staley will be 33 on may 28 and Matt Seaver

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CHAPTER 37 / 44 Discussion

ISIS, Palmyra, Middle East Pipeline Geopolitics

The fall of Palmyra to ISIS is analyzed not as a loss of "antiquities," but as a strategic move to control the Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline route. Senator John McCain has called for 10,000 U.S. ground troops to intervene. The hosts argue that the conflict is driven by competing pipeline interests between Qatar and Iran, with ISIS serving as a tool to isolate the Assad regime.

isis· palmyra· bashar al-assad· qatar pipeline· john mccain

2:03:20 the roundtable for the Noahj and the Knights and the Dames. And everyone's support is appreciated, as John already mentioned especially those on monthly donations Thank you thank you You said on Thursday which was the best chill ever I got several responses about that It appears we may be just rubalizing blowing up all of the oil in the Middle East I'm paraphrasing what you said Right, that's why we're pushing all this other stuff in the United States so when it happens we don't go under.

2:04:01 So just to review the president, I didn't bring up any clips of this but he said no there will be no boots on the ground. No boots on the ground! Yeah but we'll have 1500 advisors they're training and which doesn't mean they're sitting there in a classroom with a blackboard saying here's the enemy here's some X's and O's yeah or little pointer little laser pointer...No! They are in the front lines in this combat And we saw that ISIS took over, what is it? Palmyra. Well it's not a new place... No but play the clip this is the ISIS update

2:04:49 OK, this will help. We'll work from there. ISIS update. The self-proclaimed Islamic State has reportedly seized the last Syrian government controlled border crossing between Syria and Iraq. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syrian troops have withdrawn from Al-Tanf. ISIL's latest advance follows its capture of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. UNESCO Director General Director General Irina Bokova appealed for a ceasefire on Palmyra to preserve some of the world's most renowned historic structures. This is so funny, because everyone is saying, oh it's the—what is the word they're using, John? Because it contains…

2:05:31 McCain says it, I think in this little interview where he's calling for more boots on the ground. What is the word? Antiquities that said the antiquity antiquities bullshitties is what I'm calling on that of this is not about the antiquities This is about the Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline, which was...this has been the entire issue from day one. This is what everybody wanted from the parse fields in Iran—we have a big hand on this even coming out from Azerbaijan—and this pipeline from Iran to Iraq to Syria to the port that's what was requested and Bashar al-Assad

2:06:12 Assad Bashar al-Assad said no, I'm going No There was a the Qataris wanted the the pipeline going up from Qatar up to the port of Sehan or even through Turkey so if you look at Palermo what is it called? Yeah, yes, I want to get it right because we'll be talking about a lot It is exactly and this is not the first time. We've had there was a battle between here in the second world war. They already had a pipeline in then, this is all about this particular pipeline and so we get our guys in which is what ISIS is of course and now we need to really start to surround Syria to enclose them and that's what's going on McCain of course the frontrunner asking for 10 000 combat troops just to start. Jay... Just gave an interview to The Atlantic magazine yesterday he says no

2:07:07 I don't think we're losing. There's no doubt there was a tactical setback, is that how you see these losses? It it's just mind-boggling that the president could keep saying and his spokesperson and others in the administration could keep saying what they're saying well Thousands of people are being butchered, burning bodies in the streets. Executions, beheadings and when you look at Palmyra not only is it a scene, place of incredible antiquities but its also an acute area that connects different parts of Syria This is a disaster It was predicted by me and Senator Lindsey Graham

2:07:53 It's going to go on until we develop a strategy and a strategy that will be implemented to stop this advance of ISIS. And, uh, of course the chaos and slaughter that is going on. Slaughter! Which is terrible. Senator, we hear your frustration but what is the U.S role here? Your colleague and friend Lindsey Graham who you just cited he believes it's time for US ground troops to fight ISIS do you agree with that? Well, we had a hearing yesterday and among our witnesses were the two architects of the surge General Keane and Fred Kagan who convinced the president to reverse the strategy that was losing in 2006. And look it's not massive American troops but it is additional American troops do you know that 75- But seriously how many? What number are you talking about? I would say 10 thousand. Okay!

2:08:49 Yeah, but he knows what it takes. On the ground and they've got to be on the ground. 75% of the flights... Stop stop continue this clip but The question was posed is your friend Lindsey Graham asked for 10 thousand troops boots on the ground What do you think? And then goes around the bush never says anything He said well how many do you think? He says ten thousand I would say 10,000. But they've got to be on the ground and they've got to be on the ground. 75% of the flights, the combat sorties are returning to base without dropping a weapon do you know why? Because they don't have anybody on the ground to give them targets that they need this is an ineffectual air campaign among others

2:09:40 train and arm and equip, and have people on the ground in military presence with these units they will continue to disintegrate particularly the Iraqi government army and uh... the iraqi army which is now non-existent. Well, a couple things. It's Palmyra so I've written it down now so i can say it right because we're going to be talking about... Pal-myra Is that how you say it? Pal-myra? Pal-myra. Pal-myra. Put it down phonetically. Pal-myra We'll be hearing about this uh because now we remember it was Holmes Aleppo we knew that was the Qatari pipeline You stumbled onto this whole thing with Holmes Right

2:10:22 And now we have Palmyra, which you can look up the Wikipedia has a pretty detailed article on the original Palmyra war in the Second World War. Edmund was also about this pipeline... that, oh it's just the center of you. You can go everywhere or it's a good center place to have your headquarters and then the pipeline goes through there and then you have these so-called antiquities which are a bunch of Roman ruins because apparently the Romans discovered that this place was a good spot... A good spot! ...to run their business It'd be great spot for a nightclub. It must be. And a hotspot. I guess is not a lot of

2:11:04 Impediments to running pipelines right through that that town and if you look at the map, I'm gonna be protected better Well going back to your theory blow it all up blow it all the kingdom. That's right what am I thinking? And I've got information man new shit has come to life. I'm staying with that theory now I like it new shit is kind of like there's two groups fighting this You know You know, I think there's a number of factions. It's not like everybody is all in on anything There's a bunch of people that they're all in on what's gonna make them the most money But I think the big boys The top dogs are the ones that want to blow it all up When did we first start hearing about ISIS ISIL and ultimately IS and Levant and Dash and all this when do we first start hearing about this? with any Sincerity you don't know a couple years ago. We're not sure 2013

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

DIA Document, Salafist Principality, Staged ISIS Videos

A 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document suggests that Western powers and their allies desired the establishment of a "Salafist Principality" in Eastern Syria to isolate the Syrian government. The hosts argue that the rise of the "Islamic State" was a calculated geopolitical setup. They further claim that ISIS propaganda videos are often staged, using "plaster" statues and masked actors to manipulate Western public opinion.

dia· salafist principality· syria· fake news· propaganda

2:11:53 Probably not much earlier than that. I don't think no idea showed up out of the blue document Now released judicial... This is a great, I wish had a clip of this. I know what you're producing the defense intelligence. Yes! Yes! This is fantastic. This is the 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency document that calls for the West to facilitate the rise of quote Islamic State in order to isolate these Syrian regime And this has been, well they sued to get this under FOIA and obviously we're being distracted to not look at this document with a whole bunch of other things like Benghazi. You almost think Benghazi was just done the... What's four dudes? Kill a couple dudes so I don't have to talk about this! An Islamic State is desired in Eastern Syria to affect the West policies in the region

2:12:52 Quote, the West Gulf countries and Turkey who support the Syrian opposition is possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in Eastern Syria which they say Hasaka and Deir ez-Zor. And this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want in order to isolate the Syrian regime. This whole document talks about a group that would be called The Islamic State This was a setup, and I'm going to say that... Well we know it was the set up because we had other evidence. But the Islamic- The name Islamic State is what just gets me Yeah and you know with that reason they never settled on one name or another's because it was the meddlers like the bureaucrats in the Islamic state well I think we should also add this cause there were more than just the states We should have this and that so they hit ISIS Also to obfuscate

2:13:48 If it's called Islamic State, let's pay attention to who uses Islamic State. This guy wrote that memo! Yeah No the memo says that we should create this with... Islamic state done and the Islamist do this isolation move was all part of a scheme and this explains all kinds of things like how did they get all these American weapons? Oh they overran there the Iraqi army and their armies just abandoned all the American gear So now they're driving all this American gear. This is when they took over Mosul, I think one of them and they did all the sudden they have all this American, all this American gear. They got tons of it! Where did that come from? Oh, this is the Iraqi army just gave you... They ran, they ran so we created this whole narrative and in fact i have this one clip which is

2:14:38 Let's see, where is it? This is the one with the IT. Where is he...another IT. Yeah this is another if you haven't noticed in all these reports we get a lot when PBS does any of this they always go to ITN always they have no reporters They don't know they just throw it to I T and the International Independent television news which is out of England with a British guy am I sick tell us what's going on And here's the latest and ITN report Jonathan Ruggie of Independent Television News reports. And not Palmyra. Pal-myeh-rah. Inside this gas pumping station, the men of so called Islamic State have found abandoned weapons and a poster of Syria's president whose army was routed and overrun. They show the video... I ought to tell you about it in the video by the way pronunciation varies but Pal-myeh-rah is how I heard it when some American officials said it

2:15:48 They're in a gas pumping station. It is a cache, a bonanza of all kinds of weapons and some stupid picture of Assad which looks like it was just pasted up there a few minutes earlier. The men have so-called Islamic State have found abandoned weapons and the poster of Syria's president whose army was routed and overrun These are the group's pictures of the city next to the ruins. The UN says some 70,000 Syrians have fled. But in the city centre IS fighters have filmed themselves trying to whip up a clearly frightened crowd

2:16:32 Despite this display of affection, IS has beaten executed and decapitated prisoners here. But these pictures are too graphic to show. Wait wait! It doesn't end right there but I cut it there. It's too graphic that they can't show anything? No only Palestinian kids We don't know that there is a dead body we've seen them showing tons of dead bodies before They don't have it. Sometimes they block it out, they fuzz it out sometimes? The B-roll failed the guy had on the sticks and he did the b-roll and then something went wrong with the recording. So a couple things about this report one

2:17:14 They're no longer listening to my advice. If you want Americans to get riled up about something, have them killing gays, throwing gays off the buildings...that works! So what they've resorted to is if you talk to people on the street and I had a chance to talk with a lot of people in New York time after... Oh, they're destroying all these antiquities. These people were so I guess traumatized that we don't care about normal people being killed anymore. Oh, oh antiquities and then they roll b-roll of them smashing those old statues you know the ones with iron rods? Those are plaster! Yeah, plaster pairs with iron rods in them but that's it. Oh, oh antiquities, oh they're destroying history

2:18:01 Come on people. I am pretty sure that the reason IS fighters have masks on is because they're Iraqis, their Iraqi army This just... this is so fake so phony and it's here It's right here and Robert Ford involved with that 2012 document, all the people are all in there. And I guess that they'll have Assad surrounded but don't think it's gonna make any difference but they can certainly now just rubbleize everything...I like your theory John, just blow it all up, blow it all to kingdom come get rid of it. Well hasn't been doing anyone any good? Well it should eventually

2:18:53 But you got McCain in there. Well, it should do some good. The whole idea is get back and rubble icing will do some good at least by the basis done if you're going to go on that one thesis which is this is the time to Do a reset and get these troublemakers in the Middle East just a whole culture should just be Rubble eyes and go back to the bottom back to the Stone Age That's what they promised to do And we've kind of lost track of that during the the initial 9-11 event. Well, we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age." Well that's what we're doing and with stones literally stones! Now were gonna let them bomb themselves back into the Stone Age and we won't have to worry about being responsible. And then yeah, we don't have to take credit for it but McCain will take credit for anything he doesn't give a crap. He has some other agenda. McCains agenda is not in general play

CHAPTER 39 / 44 Discussion

Saudi Bombing in Yemen, Qatar World Cup Human Rights

Saudi Arabia continues its bombing campaign in Yemen, recently striking an international aid office. Meanwhile, a BBC film crew was arrested and interrogated in Qatar while attempting to investigate the living conditions of migrant workers building World Cup infrastructure. The hosts suggest that international news agencies like ITN are often used as conduits for state-sponsored "tradecraft" and propaganda.

yemen· saudi arabia· qatar· world cup· press freedom

2:19:47 We did just sell $2 billion worth of junk to Saudi Arabia, so it is working. Yeah but that's part of the scheme and Saudi Arabia you know I thought they were out of Yemen but then there's this report they're still bombing down there You know, we're trying to turn them into the bad guys, which will be I think an interesting trick. But Saudi is still bombing. Play that. In Yemen five Ethiopian refugees were killed when Saudi shells struck an international aid office in the town of Meydi. Ten other refugees were wounded. Airstrikes and deadly clashes raged across Yemen Thursday a day after

2:20:23 after the U.N. announced it will convene a meeting of Yemen's rival factions next week, there were reports of further civilian casualties during intense Arab bombing including eight members of a single family killed in the province of Damar. We're just throwing the spotlight on them where the spotlight is not being shown BBC had a pretty good report about Qatar And just like Saudi Arabia who behead tens of people, you know maybe 70 people a month. And they do it with a cool blade. A scimitar? Don't they use a scimitar? Is that what that's called? Yeah the big crazy looking thing? Yeah! The big blade. That's the classic. Off with their head they go. I like the way to do that and that would be great for the TV show

2:21:13 not this wimpy little, you know, little pocket knife deal in those phony baloney videos. But Qatar of course is also very unfriendly in the human rights division a couple of BBC... well there was a junket because Qatar has by some amazing feat they received the 2016 World Cup football will be played in Qatar. The corrupt cup will be held in Qatar and of course as people say, wait a minute you know you got a lot of human rights abuses there Why don't you journalists come on over and we'll show you that everything is all cool here. So I had a nice little junket, everybody's on the same bus BBC had a pretty good report on this Since the tiny gulf state of Qatar stunned the world by winning the chance to host footballs most dazzling tournament It's attracted worldwide attention but that has come at a price

2:22:06 A focus on the housing and working conditions of low-skilled migrant workers. There are no complaints at this brand new accommodation complex we were shown by the government, a luxury swimming pool, a well equipped gym. Workers on World Cup projects are the lucky ones. Everything is good here my lifestyle has changed it's a better more hygienic place to live On the other side of town and away from our PR minders, we joined a busload of labourers to see where the majority of migrants live now. Many have been here for years and endure long hours and lack of holiday in order to send money back home We'd heard conditions were far cry from what we've seen earlier What we didn't know is that we were being followed by the state security service Our arrest was dramatic

2:23:02 Eight cars drove us off the road as we left the center of Doha. The cameraman, driver, translator and I were treated like spies and interrogated separately by security officers. Our camera and footage was seized." In handcuffs, we were hauled in front of a prosecutor. He accused us of disrespecting Qatar and threatened us with a spell behind bars to teach us a lesson. Then after two nights in a filthy prison just as suddenly as we'd been arrested they let us go FIFA say they are investigating what happened to us. They say any restriction to press freedom will be looked into with the seriousness it deserves Yeah, I bet it will It deserves some serious. What a farce! I wanted to say something about your ITN This is a very favorite as a favorite CIA trick where you send an agent

2:23:56 In this case, ITN is whoever they work for. But you send an agent to a country as a reporter the reporter will write for... I'll just make something up... The Kenya Time, the Kenya Tribune And then the reporter will write propaganda, but then The New York Times can say, oh according to the Kenya Tribune dot-dot-dot. So when you pull an ITN which has the benefit of it being Brits...you know because that always sounds good and always sounds official certainly to Americans. That's the tricks that they use. Tricks are the tradecraft we call this. Tradecraft!

2:24:35 Yeah, well we've... ITN's cropped up one too many times on PBS. And it's always they're always in this area and that beginning of that clip by the way has the guys with the ISIS guys He's with a guy right behind an ISIS guy with a red big red beard saying we're running these guys out of town and so over here with the with the rebels you know kind of thing. How do you get there? how do you get to that point where you're fighting with them makes no sense. No well it's staged yes correct I was just gonna say just a quick little, i don't have a clip but did want to mention

CHAPTER 40 / 44 Discussion

UK Child Abuse Scandal, Institutional Failures, Health Crisis

UK police are investigating over 1,400 prominent men, including 76 politicians and 135 TV personalities, for historic child sex abuse. The investigation follows the 2012 Jimmy Savile scandal and involves over 350 institutions, including schools and prisons. The hosts characterize the epidemic of abuse as a "health crisis" rooted in the British class structure.

united kingdom· jimmy savile· child abuse· politicians· health crisis

2:25:17 United Kingdoms of Gitmo Nation East now investigating more than 1,400 prominent men including politicians, celebrities and those linked to institutions for historic child sex abuse. The National Police Chief's Council said they have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of reports of abuse in the wake of the 2012 Jimmy Savile scandal you know...the necrophiliac Laying bare the sheer scale of the task facing them, police estimate they'll receive around 116 thousand reports of abuse by the end of this year. A 71% increase from 2012 The claims cut to the very heart of society with schools religious institutions children's homes and sports clubs all implicated According to figures 1,433 suspects all believed to be men have been identified including 261 people of public prominence

2:26:16 Of these prominent figures, 76 are politicians. 135 come from the world of TV, film or radio 43 are from the music industry and 7 are from sports. Officers have identified 357 different institutions linked to alleged abuse including 154 schools 75 children's homes 40 religious institutions 9 prisons People! This is nuts This is a health crisis. That's what I call it, by the way." David Gardner It's not like the health crisis anymore. John Ligato It is a health crisis! People who are abused...a large percentage go on to abuse. This is this is a health crisis. You can want to cut their nuts off and string them up but these people are ill and they need help. And you don't think this is the right approach at all but clearly it just rampant

2:27:09 I think it's always been that way there, especially. Why do you think it is that the UK...I guess it just starts at snowballs and it's a health crisis? It IS a health crisis! No one ever talks about that but yeah, it seems... I have no idea so I think this has a lot to do with the class structure Okay now good point slaves nice fabric Nice fabric Maybe it's like okay. Google nice fabric triggering a bunch of our listeners

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

AVN Awards Interviews, World Peace Claims

A clip from a Showtime special on the AVN Awards features adult film performers claiming that their activities could lead to "world peace." The hosts mock the "screwy worldview" of the industry and the absurdity of the performers' logic. This segment is presented as a "low point" in the show's media deconstruction.

avn awards· pornography· world peace· showtime· satire

2:27:45 But if you say, whatever you say. What is it that you want me to do? Yes nice fabric. Like this AVN... Oops sorry sorry I don't know what the... You're not playing that No i didn't! It just slipped The AVN world Now I don't know If this clip I find.. I always find at these adult video things These dingbats and I think Dingbat slut Is the best way to describe them And they go on and they have their worldview as so So screwy it's just off I'm glad you're bringing this whole show back around to porn that so There we go. I am here with Nick blue and Anika all right there the most beautiful couple

2:28:29 I love both of you. Okay, so I know you're like nominated for so many things but tell us like the best one I'm nominated for a female performer of the year and we also have Best girl group scene and I manage your butt hole yes someone said it was like Cirque de Soleil sex for girls It was like parts in weird places. I'm not sure whose boob it was So you had a lot of fun You had a lot of firsts this year too as well, right? What were your first for this year. I did my first DP but he was actually in my first EP and wanted him to be part of it because it's a very special moment for us. Annika, she was just like I want more! I want this day never to end you know? We were driving home after the scene and then she's like all the people in the world should do DPs because that would bring world peace. It would! Like seriously, if people CP'd they just be so much more relaxed and happy they're

2:29:24 That was amazing. I got all my holes filled, and i'm just the happiest person in the world! Hi, I love you, I love you, I love you!" John this has got to be the lowest of all low points you have ever brought to the table Wow DP for Peace Unbelievable I watched as my jaws dropped it's like- What channel was this on? This is on Showtime I believe Oh okay so... I'm watching this going what is wrong with these people And they find, by the way it went on then they kind of switch to topic. They start talking about world peace again You know screw that just screw all of that Go to the bottom and now the Mike clip of the day is the next clip Can I just say? That I definitely want my first DP to be with you Yeah well then ain't gonna happen so we have what I thought would now this was during the basketball game

CHAPTER 42 / 44 Discussion

KFC Colonel Sanders Commercial, Leap Second Havoc

A new KFC commercial featuring a "phony" Colonel Sanders is criticized for its bizarre dialogue. Separately, financial markets are preparing for a "leap second" to be added on June 30th. NASDAQ reports that traders are concerned the one-second time change could cause havoc in high-frequency "flash trading" systems, drawing comparisons to the Y2K bug.

kfc· colonel sanders· leap second· nasdaq· wall street

2:30:25 The Warriors game. And they got a new Kentucky Fried Chicken 15-second commercial that they've developed, they've got a new guy who plays Colonel Sanders with the phoniest Southern accent imaginable you think some guy could actually talk with an appropriate... I do declare my chicken is exactly what you want to eat. It's worse than anything you can imagine but I like it and I want you to listen to this clip because he says I'm telling you, he says that you should dip the chicken and then wait and then jump in... or then dip into poo. I'm telling ya it's... Colonel Sanders here asking a lifeguard and she is going to tell you that best part of summertime is my five dollar fill up with finger licking good sauce. Dip your chicken in it, wait an hour, dip yourself in poo. It's finger licking good!

2:31:16 He does say it. He says, dip yourself in poo! Why would he say that? And then he goes and does a George Bush... What is the- what is that about?! Yeah It's not a clip of the day. Well, to me it was kind of gross. Oh man! All right let's close this thing out. Headline markets are jumpy overcoming leap second I love this report June 30th we is when a leap second is added and according to the report, this is from nasdaq.com

CHAPTER 43 / 44 Discussion

Google Mobile Ads, Roomba Failures, CES Snub

Google is preparing to launch "click-to-buy" mobile search ads, which the hosts argue will further degrade the mobile user experience. The discussion transitions to "Roomba" vacuum cleaners, which are criticized for being ineffective and replacing human labor. One host recounts being thrown out of an iRobot booth at CES, leading to a personal "beef" with the company.

google· roomba· irobot· ces· automation

2:32:07 Wall Street's latest worry, Y2K distant cousin? The leap second. Traders and exchange officials are prepping for the latest incidents when a seemingly innocuous time change could potentially cause havoc if computer systems aren't made ready." So it does sound like a distant scam like the Y2K. Oh yeah! So June 30th right before 8 p.m Eastern Time which as far as I know markets are closed at least US markets are closed which would be midnight UTC. After hours markets are usually still open for trading in the US, this is when the leap second will be added and everyone's all worried about this. What are they worried about? Well because flash trading would be off and it could cause havoc! I can't believe there is that much flash trading that takes place after hours... I'm only reading from NASDAQ, the official blog of the NASDAQ market so you'd think they would say something

2:33:06 Let's see... General... We talked about the HTTPS stuff, we already did that. Oh Google! This is concerning. Google is apparently getting ready to roll out click-to-buy mobile search ads So I guess it's kind of like an Amazon ad And I've complained about this before, increasingly not just with your mobile web browser but apps. There's just banners and things everywhere! This screen is already too small and now Google is going to ruin everything. Can you imagine what's going to happen if everyone could just place...you click on it and then you buy something? Just more of these horrific ads on your mobile screen? I think this is a mistake It's a big mistake

2:34:01 It's going to ruin things, if not already pretty much ruined. Google is going to go and this is the report at least they're going to get into this. Robots artificial intelligence and this kind of ties in a bit to Agenda 21 but... The unintended consequences of technology are becoming increasingly alarming This Airbnb that I stayed in Sometimes they have a cleaning service if you stay a week, or it's part of the price. This didn't have it but it had one of those I-robot vacuum cleaners. A Roomba? Yeah...I think that was...the brand was I-Robot, I think. That is Roomba. Is that Roomba? I-Robot is the company. Oh okay. It's the product of Roomba and by the way I have beef with those. I think they're douchebags! Well I want to hear about in a moment

2:34:57 First of all, the thing doesn't work. It's just stupid." Then it went into the bathroom because I'm like 730 in the morning and hear, what the hell is that? What is going on? And see this...it was hidden under the couch so I didn't know what was in house but then starts to clean. Yeah, it starts to clean and he goes into the bathroom- Tanner Iskranian You should have a gun! David Gardner He goes to the bathroom and I couldn't hear what the message was but there was a female synthesized female voice going, And the thing had gobbled up the bath mat and it was stuck. So, but it was a big pain in the ass but of course what it really does is put some people out of work who I gladly would have paid as normal with a lot of Airbnb deals for someone to just come in and do a little cleaning all of this you know? You take the iPads at the airport, you take the Roomba all of this is putting people out of work

2:35:55 What are we gonna do with these people? That's the idea. Yeah, I know but it's all these people who are so tech horny they gotta figure... Please pay attention to what is happening! Like this tech horny comment Tech horny yeah tech horn- I'm horny for tech So horny for tech Alright what should be for the Roomba People Oh oh so i met them at the CES show and They're having an event of this one of these events that are private. How long ago is this? When was this? This is about two or three years ago, three years ago and they were having these private event that has all these companies in there and you can't get into it's only for the press to go in there so you can look at give us guys some publicity hopefully if they know they're getting something interesting yet They have these things always so silly why they invite you but yeah

2:36:44 I'm a press guy. Right, I do write yeah, I write about this stuff. I still have them call him at PC magazine And I will pick something out of the blue. It's just a crapshoot to get me to write about it But it happens So I go in there and I sneak in. I follow some guy like, do-do-do-do-do-do and I sneak him before they let the press in so I got to place them myself because everybody's all set up and ready to go when they're...so I'm going from booth to booth to booth and getting some you know picking stuff off and talking to people get their cars doing all this stuff before the crowd comes in And then I get around I go to the Roomba Booth or the iRobot group And I said, and I do the same thing there. And then I go to the next booth and you know, the guards are coming in and they grab me and throw me out! What? Yeah! So what was that all about? You're not supposed to be in here until blahblahblah till 7 o'clock blahblahblah. Well who is it that turned me in?! They told me it was the iRobot people! Ohhhh... I came in there, would have probably written them up because I'm fond of whoever I was talking too but they turned me in! Screw them!

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Tomorrowland Movie, Global Warming Propaganda, Show Sign-off

The George Clooney film "Tomorrowland" is described as a vehicle for global warming propaganda, equating climate change with the dystopian futures of Orwell and Huxley. The hosts play a clip from Martin Kaplan of the Norman Lear Foundation, who discusses how his organization successfully embeds specific social "storylines" into popular television shows. The episode concludes with a final thank you to the "No Agenda" producers.

tomorrowland· george clooney· global warming· norman lear foundation· martin kaplan

2:37:49 Well, their product stinks too. Well there you go I'm glad that happened then Yeah it was jarring to say the least Alright now so this is a rug sweeper It's just an annoying gadget that creates more work because you gotta unhook it from the bath mat and then he has to find his home Ehh! Dumb Cometrid blogger did something highly illegal for us, which I appreciate. He recorded some audio of the movie Tomorrowland, which was as a George Clooney vehicle It's out already? Yeah, it was in New York and I guess he is in Europe so probably a worldwide release. And yeah looks kind of cute and I was thinking...I went to Central Park thank God to see my buddy but if it had been raining I would have gone to see him because I was interested in the artificial intelligence stuff. Turns out this entire movie is one big global warming thing! Its all about we're all going to die from global warming and they...well here's a little clip if you can hear

2:38:52 Mutually assure destruction. Today, any nuclear country or terrorist is capable of inflicting damage on a massive scale with weapons of... Environmental entropy! The polarized caps aren't waiting for us to decide if climate change is real. Rising coastal waters intensifying weather patterns they're all punching our one-way ticket to dystopia by definition not perfect Huxley's Brave New World, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Orwell's 1984. Once considered fiction these futuristic novels are actually happening right now and they seem to be getting worse. Yes, fish news! Can we fix it? So... Well they kind of imply that those three books they mentioned were about global warming. Well I read it a little differently. The way I interpret is

2:39:48 that all these... so it's on par with these conspiracies and these books which have come true. So we're living in 1984, we're living in Orwell and climate change is also real. All of this kind of flows together. Associative. Associative yes. Disgusting! I thought was going to be entertaining film not a lecture. This reminds us of The guy who comes out from the Norman Lear Foundation talks about how they've corrupted Hollywood with this message. And it's Martin Kaplan And here he is, we love playing this. There's a whole bunch of them and I'll link some of them in the show notes So in the course of our work This is uh... In two years 11 to 13 335 storylines that we worked on have been aired We've worked with 35 networks in the past four years 91 different television shows Good work Fantastic

2:40:48 That's how it goes. Yep, and we're just fighting it yeah We are and they're just making us jump in the poo oh Man I play that again at the end of show here Colonel Sanders jumping the poo me a break All right Well hopefully on Thursday. I will not have to be swimming to the show depending on what happens It's bad. It's really bad bad. I tell you Coming to you here from FEMA Region 6, we are in the capital of the drone star state, Crackpot Condo downtown Austin. In FEMA Region 6. In the morning everybody my name's Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley I'm John C. Dvorak Plenty of deconstruction for you. We're happy to do it if you continue to support us at dvorak dot org slash NA. We'll be back with another show on Thursday right here on NO Agenda

2:42:12 There are four things I want the public to know. First, I thought it would be easier during my four years as Secretary of State Obviously it hasn't worked out that way Second, I opted for convenience and I think most people understand that Third No one wants their yoga routines made public And fourth What difference at this point does it make? I'm shocked, shocked to find trannies on acid in here. Get out of here you low life scum. How is Santa walkin'? Colonel Sanders here. Ask any lifeguard and she's gonna tell you the best part of summertime is my five dollar fill up with finger licking good sauce Dip your chicken in it Wait an hour Dip yourself in poo It's finger licking good The best podcast in the universe

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