Episode 742 · Sunday, 26 July 2015

A.Q. in the Maghrim

A linguistic slip at the Aspen Institute reveals the new face of domestic surveillance as the administration pivots from nuclear diplomacy to bug-eating initiatives.

By The No Agenda Show | 3h 1m listen | 50 chapters
A.Q. in the Maghrim cover
The No Agenda Show · No. 742

About this episode

Attorney General Loretta Lynch mispronounces the Maghreb as the Magrim while addressing the Aspen Institute, signaling a shift in how the Department of Justice frames the morphing threat of independent contractors of terrorism. This linguistic slip occurs as President Barack Obama visits Kenya, where international media outlets like France 24 label him the nation's most famous native son. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry faces intense Senate scrutiny over the Iran nuclear deal, warning that a unilateral Israeli strike would lead to the total annihilation of Iranian assets.

Financial investigations into the Black Lives Matter movement reveal significant backing from George Soros and the Open Society Institute, with co-founder Alicia Garza linked to the National Domestic Workers Alliance. In the tech sector, the U.S. Digital Service recruits volunteers from Google and Facebook to repair government IT infrastructure, a move critics argue leaves officials vulnerable to blackmail following the OPM and Ashley Madison data breaches. Simultaneously, FBI Director James Comey faces questions regarding a no-bid contract for Palantir and the introduction of the Einstein 3 bill to formalize government network backdoors.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect the media's visceral reaction to Donald Trump's rising favorability, noting a distinct sneer from pundits like Chuck Todd. The duo explores the strange case of Jeffrey Alan Lash, a suspected secret agent found with 1,200 guns in the Pacific Palisades, and reacts with visceral disgust to CNN correspondent Rachel Crane promoting a future of eating ants and grasshoppers.


Loading show notes…
Loading clips…
CHAPTER 01 / 50 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 742 Introduction and Unrehearsed Format

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 742 of the No Agenda show on July 26, 2015. They emphasize the unrehearsed nature of the broadcast, explaining that they do not hold production meetings or share stories before recording. Curry broadcasts from Austin, Texas, while Dvorak joins from Northern Silicon Valley.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· episode 742· austin texas· silicon valley

00:00 I'm the queen and she has this very rare way of talking that's like... Adam Curry, John C. DeVora It's Sunday July 26th 2015 time for your Give My Nation Media Assassination episode 742 This is no agenda Jade Helm 15 plus 11 and counting when can I stop counting? I wonder broadcasting live from the capital of drone star state in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where i'm still counting the july 4th wait and wait and wait until the disaster, I'm John C. Dvorak Okay this show is unrehearsed Just so you know this show was unrehearsed. I was thinking about that last night. I was thinking about that

00:47 Unrehearsed sometimes it's good to reiterate Sometimes it's good to reiterate how the show comes together people think that we have meetings or you know production things table reads And nothing could be further from the truth no and my internet connection just went to hell okay? Well, I'll explain how we do it while you jiggle the handle Yeah, why don't you do that? Every Thursday and Sunday John and I come together to do a show He has no idea what I've been working on. No idea what stories would clips or any idea of anything I've been thinking about her doing he doesn't know my schedule Doesn't even know where I live has never been to Austin Texas had never been anybody I have spent Austin Texas not when I was here well, I didn't say that okay, and offices likewise I have no idea what John is bringing to the table all I get as a

CHAPTER 02 / 50 Discussion

Skype Advertising and Retargeting Data Failures

The hosts discuss intrusive advertisements appearing on Skype despite paying for the service. They critique the inefficiency of digital retargeting, noting that they frequently see ads for products they have already purchased, such as pants from Kohl's. They suggest that the lack of data connectivity between purchase history and ad delivery represents a missed opportunity for tech companies.

skype· kohl's· advertising· retargeting· data privacy· e-commerce

01:38 Boatload of clips I throw them into a folder. I don't look at him Don't listen to him and somehow the magic just happens, huh? Did you never knew that What's your internet connection my site sound because you're breaking up quite a bit um Bill you saw it never mind the thing You know they have these little bars now did you get a Skype upgraded experience cuz I got that this morning No But I'm getting them getting this funny thing where they've decided to feed me ads on I mean, they do that anyway. But don't we pay for it? And I pay for Skype. Why are they giving me ads if I pay for it?" I don't pay for it. So I get these ads and so...I start this early up by...we started up and the ad comes out for Kohl's as a woman store. At the bottom now it says is this ad useful or relevant?

02:34 This is my favorite trick. Yeah, and so I click no So then i go to full screen that exact same ad crops up of course but of course why would it work otherwise? It continues to astound me when you buy something how that is the ad you see everywhere yeah they did I guess after everybody complained so bitterly I've not seen that recently oh No, I had it what'd I buy um clothing article of clothing. Then that same... Want to buy more pants? No, if I wanted to buy more pants would have bought them already bought pants. They don't even know I bought the pants that's the whole problem they just say, hey you look at them yeah these pants your like. So they leave data out well there's no connection there's no there's no connected that's where the upsell possibilities that's a real opportunity everybody is missing and even Facebook doesn't do that. Well we start up a little company

CHAPTER 03 / 50 Discussion

Gmail Spam Filters and Newsletter Open Rates

A decline in newsletter open rates is attributed to changes in Gmail and Hotmail spam filtering algorithms implemented around July 4th. The hosts speculate that using bulleted lists in emails triggers spam flags, resulting in a 20% drop in engagement. They recommend using independent email providers like Mark Burkell's service to avoid the restrictions of centralized systems.

gmail· hotmail· spam filters· email marketing· mark burkell· blacklists

03:31 Well, we're gonna have to if the donations keep behind this just kind of a schedule Yeah And you wrote something in the newsletter which I agree with or at least the question is valid. Is our lack of Opens on the newsletter which is usually a direct it's reflected in donations You know bits are reminder people oh yeah, that's the show okay? They're down they've been down for what is it now four weeks? Yeah, well and it coincides no it's just the first since the fourth of July. Since something happened over the 4th of July they decided to upgrade yeah this was Gmail when also Hotmail has some issues

04:13 I think they all work off the same lists. They must! I had some issues with my email too, I had to go in and white list a couple of things that had shown up on some of these blacklists and graylists that are influenced by Google And we're getting screwed...and it's not just the email address its coming from or subject line its also links in in the email itself. So Google scans through those links if it sees anything that it doesn't like of a link in an email then its going to market as spam or quarantine, people can't find their emails they have to go to instead of... what is it in Gmail? They don't even call it inbox anymore do they?

04:50 You can limit you can do promotions tab no I'm not talking about that you have an all-male so this inbox and then all mail Sometimes sometimes stuff is routed, and you don't know where it's gone And you can only find if she go into the all male tab. Oh, I don't know this yeah There's a lot of- I do know that couple of things, and people out there who... A lotta people who email marketing of all sorts. And it's just a nightmare because they you know if your legitimate non spammer you get lumped in with everybody else because he did something that was You didn't know that the spammers are using as a technique right now here's an interesting little tidbit that i picked up on

05:30 based again on analyzing the numbers. People like it and I had more than one person say they liked the bulleted list, things we're gonna be talking about in the next show that have a bulleted list. Let me guess that's a spam hook? Apparently. I lose at least 20% of opens Bulleted list spammer! Bulleted list spam. You know pretty soon you're gonna do a PowerPoint with the bulleted lists and your powerpoint will just shut down. It must be a spam PowerPoint. The bulleted lists are like an issue, I don't know if 1-2-3-4-5 lists would be better or...I dunno

06:07 But a bulleted list I think it's proceeds it and it says that must be spam people nobody but as spammer would use the Bulleted lists people you need to start looking at alternatives for these huge centralized systems if you really do You need defined alternatives. What's your email guy in his name? What's his mark Burkell, and does he have a service of yme can anyone get service from him time oh Sorry can anyone get service from him yeah, no he sells email service. He did he sells websites email services All right again, and he's the anti-spam guy But it's you know if if you have a little like your family This is probably one guy in your family even thank here we go here We go Thanksgiving we will be thanking dudes named Ben

06:53 And if there's probably a dude named Ben, i.e., sysadmin network administrator someone in your family who knows how to set up an email server and the family could support him and he could set it up and run it you can all have your own domain names or whatever you want If there is a guy named Ben in your family He already has that one up You're good to go A dude named Ben not a guy named Ben Speaking of which, I'm sorry go ahead. I have like you know my service from Mark has got five right or just that pretty much an infinite number of boxes if i want to set them up so I've set him up for like Mimi and she has it she uses once in a while but 90% of the time she's back on her gmail account yeah and facebook messenger and Facebook right? Yeah no we're doomed! Well hello why else are we doing this show

CHAPTER 04 / 50 Discussion

University of Texas Student Influx in Austin

A personal account describes the sudden influx of University of Texas students into a residential building in Austin. The narrative details loud music, shirtless students in elevators, and the "rich kids of Instagram" aesthetic. Observations are made regarding the behavior of students moving in before the fall semester and the state of the building's freight elevators.

austin· university of texas· residential living· yelp reviews· student housing

07:48 just to point it out. We pointed out on every show that we're doomed. I'll tell you how doomed i am when when i moved into this place in December right before Christmas, where i spent a lonely Christmas um...I researched which buildings i wanted to live in. I had a little bit of time couple days and this building that i'm in now I liked it a lot for the view. There's no building being put in front of it. No, that's a park so that's not going to happen. Perfect! But I saw some Yelp reviews and they were little troubling and so you know... Of course I made a visit to the building and looked around at the Yelp reviews couple of them were like well this is a really noisy building there's

08:29 A lot of loud music being played, people passed out in their own vomit in the hallways. I'm like... Wow! Found a great place. And I thought well that could be a benefit and so you know we're walking around so no evidence of this until this weekend. Oh? This weekend about there must be 100 UT students have moved in There's dudes in the elevator with no shirt on with beer and you know Everyone's going to the fifth floor to the Sun deck, and there is music loud Out of the building I haven't seen anyone passed out in their own vomit yet But now these are kind of like the rich kids of Instagram

09:10 Do you know what I mean? Like this... Oh, not the creeps. Yeah and there's little Kimmy Kardashians in the elevator who have to they can't operate their uh and of course it's all iPhone They can't operate their iPhone 6 because their nails are so long and fragile So they have to use that flat tap of the finger Have you ever seen that No Ugh I'm surprised they don't use a eraser off of a pencil But the dudes with no shirt and yeah but come on stop it just stop it This is a residential building I think if you can't walk around...if a lady can't walk around without a top, the guy should either. I am going to put this on the building intranet and say hey it's okay if the dudes are naked or if they have bare chests in the elevator as long as the women do it too yeah yeah and I will start a petition

10:01 So, things have changed there in Austin. Yeah of course we'll see how it goes but you know the freight elevators right now I think they're going back to school I guess or getting ready at the school check the calendar oh maybe they are your right next month yeah yeah it's almost time so you moved weren't they going to school and you know how long I move during winter vacation I guess, yeah. I thought maybe spring? I saw no evidence but this and that freight elevator which is the one i use because it's right in the corner you know it's filled with mattresses that look like someone died on them. Disgusting! Now here's something I've picked up

CHAPTER 06 / 50 Discussion

Self-Esteem Movement and Barney the Dinosaur

The discussion explores the impact of the self-esteem movement on millennials, specifically citing the children's show Barney & Friends. Dvorak reveals he owns an animatronic Barney toy developed by Microsoft during the Bill Gates era. The hosts argue that participation trophies and the "everyone is special" message have negatively impacted child development compared to shows like Power Rangers or Mr. Rogers.

barney & friends· bill gates· microsoft· self-esteem· millennials· participation trophies

13:34 Yeah, this one. Oh there's no winning we don't like to foster a competitive atmosphere But we laugh a lot now everyone hug and share a secret particularly from parents Who say oh wow you know I think? Wow I said, oh wow You said oh wow I didn't stop you but you said it Let me interrupt you for a moment and tell you something that I need to you to listen to Parents who are now who were very cognizant but also And I was like this, particularly on our show since we have such a range of demographic. I got three emails at least that i'd like to discuss from millennials who listen to our show which is nice. Yeah we have quite a few. We do

14:16 None in my family who are millennials would listen, but that's another story. This is Rob C., In primary and middle school we'd get participation ribbons for being part of an event But if you played in a little league you didn't get anything for losing You got a verbal quote... You all put out a lot of effort out there Let's practice and get better By the time I was 13 the self-esteem movement was in full swing apparent in the children's programming known as Barney & Friends Now, I don't know if this is known worldwide. Barney the pink... was he an elephant? No it's purple Purple what was he? Dinosaur Purple dinosaur Pink Elephant! I'm sorry that's a strip club The purple elephant Not an elephant, a dinosaur Dinosaur

15:00 Of course we have, oh I should've pulled this song the one you are special. You're the only one... Oh if you went to my YouTube channel you can look up my Barney clips and I have the animatron Barney thing. Well ya know? I'm not gonna ask- To the point of 4 million hits or something. I am just not going to ask why you have Barney as a collection of Barney clips. Well..I'll tell you why. Please do while i look it up! It's funny It's so funny. When my daughter was, when she was like three Bill Gates had decided because he had a kid that he was going to build animatronic things and so Microsoft had a couple of products and the main one was this animatron Barney And you could touch it and it would laugh and wiggle and talk and sing

15:57 And you could also sit it on top of a little, uh...of an induction device and then you could play computer games with Barney. He would be sitting on this induction device and he would say things that were playing in the game. What is an induction device exactly? It's like an RFID thing. It's like wireless chargers. Wireless chargers. It's connected but without wires through radio it's just inducted through induction allow me to play the song for a moment so at least we we get an idea i think most people are you're important though you really are you're the only one like you the world is better just because you're here

16:48 Everyone is special. Okay, well that wasn't one of the songs though... So let me finish the song- the note! Okay but I just want to say that's why i have this thing and now I think it's a collectible okay so oh i'm sure everything else yeah That's why you are an archivist Mr. Dvorak. You're special, you're the only one like you there isn't another in the whole wide world who could do the things you do And this... Including Drool. And Rob says, I also observed that kids that watched Barney were little shits and kids that didn't were well behaved! It became apparent that real self-esteem is not from being told you're great and a winner all the time it's from actually putting in effort to accomplish the goal." Well yes of course. Uh, and I think there may be some validity to the Barney thing

17:43 Blame it on Barney. Yeah, exactly blame it on Barney It's possible I mean and I don't know how people who most people don't in fact even my daughter was not a big fan of the Barney show she just liked this animatronic device and uh...I know that nobody in the family ever watched Barney so our group doesn't seem to have this uh... Now Christina didn't watch he watched Power Rangers She wanted to be a pink power ranger I think is much healthier. Go out and kick someone's ass." Anything but Barney, yeah. Yeah! Anyway... That's possible. Where does Mr Rogers fit into the picture? Oh miss him. He was- What? Excuse me? You said what? I miss him. Okay.... He was so gay. I don't know, was he really? Oh please. Oh please. Yeah, I think so

CHAPTER 07 / 50 Discussion

Alan Dershowitz on Police Encounters and Civil Rights

Law professor Alan Dershowitz is criticized for advising students on CNN to waive their constitutional rights when confronted by police. The segment references the Sandra Bland case in Texas, where a traffic stop for a failure to signal escalated into an arrest. Dershowitz argues that being "contemptuous" toward officers, particularly for African Americans, leads to dangerous outcomes in a racist society.

alan dershowitz· cnn· sandra bland· civil rights· harvard university· police conduct

18:42 So where are we going with this? You started off with the... I don't know, we went off on a tangent about Barney and then you were trying to justify your collection of Barney clips and it was downhill from there. It was just trying to justify. Yeah that's exactly what you're trying to do Let me see. Well, since we're talking about millennials and younger people this is something that showed up on CNN This is in response or in regard to... What was the woman who hung herself with her feet on the ground? In the cell? The one in Texas? Yeah was it Texas? The Houston area I think so yeah That's the one

19:29 Bland, I think is her last name? Or was it the last name? So...I watched this video and the video itself—the Dash video from the cop car—the audio is outstanding. Is it common practice for cops to wear wireless mics when they're...? Do you mean mic'd up?! He was mic'd! You could hear every—you could even hear his feet squeaking on the pavement. It's possible that at It sounds questionable to me. It sounds sketchy, but I have a clip later in the show that is same kind of thing as like... Did they have some audio engineer get involved with this because normally you wouldn't have this sort of sound? Well it was… The sound is outstanding. You can… Of course you can see if it syncs to the lips because it's just too far away

20:18 But let's just take it at face value. She is very clear about her rights, and she is very clear about what she does and does not have to do. And I believe her to be initially quite appropriately responsive... You can't talk to cops anymore? Well here is Alan Dershowitz. Alan Dershowitz is a renowned lawyer. Is he a constitutional lawyer or is he just a wedding lawyer, marriage lawyer? No, he's a professor of law. Oh, professor of law! Now what would you expect a professor of law to discuss on CNN when we're talking about your civil rights, i.e., a cop can't just open the door and grab you and force you out then point his taser at you and say I'm going to light you up if you don't get out of the car? This is not appropriate certainly not for failure to signal

21:05 I know failure is a signal. Your left turn blinker was on." So listen to this, which I found...and this guy should be...what university is he at? He should be fired from the university. He's been acting very strange of late. He used to be more just pretty standard kind of left-wing professor with a lockstep opinion of things. Now he's gone on...I don't know what's happened. I believe he's still in Harvard and I think it was always at Harvard. Well, he should be removed. Tenure revoked. Look at that. I'm not sure. I lecture my students, first-year criminal law students. Particularly the African American students. I say you have rights constitutional rights You're gonna learn about them do not exercise them when you are arrested by a police officer? I'm not blaming the victim here She was not at fault but let young people understand what a policeman arrest you is yes sir What can I do for you sir? Yes, sir. You don't smoke Adam. You don't give him any lip back

22:04 because you're going to end up on the wrong side of a gun. Why do you have to give your black students that advice? Because they get into so much trouble if they don't do it we live in a racist society in which police officers often engage in this kind of conduct when you're contemptuous and when you are a black person and you are contemptuous, its even worse Shut Up Slave! So there's a law professor telling- why should he be fired?! He is absolutely correct I could not disagree more So you should... so, so. And I started with so. It's so funny! You think that when a cop pulls you over and immediately starts reading your telling him your rights and telling him he can't do this or that. That's not what she did

CHAPTER 08 / 50 Discussion

Identification Laws and Randall Schwartz Anecdote

The conversation shifts to the legality of refusing to show identification to authorities when not legally required. A specific anecdote mentions a programmer, possibly Randall Schwartz, who famously refuses to show ID at airports or to police. The hosts discuss the "am I being detained" strategy used at internal border patrol checkpoints.

randall schwartz· identification· fbi· border patrol· civil liberties

22:50 And there's a difference between him saying, you know...first of all contempt of cop and come on. You're making this up but you do have rights. You do absolutely. And you should exercise those if we give up on them what's next? You can't give up on them. John Maass Let me know how that works out for ya. Adam Pate Sure. The next time I'm stopped at one of those bogus border patrols 50 miles from the border, I will ask am I being detained And if they don't say yes, then I'm not rolling down...I'm not giving them anything. I'm not getting out of the car. I'm just going to crack my window. Am i being detained? There's hundreds of YouTube videos of people doing this successfully and they're right!

23:33 I'm not disagreeing with that. We have a...who's the guy? There is one very famous computer character who somebody in this chat room might remember his name, who is very famous for he's a programmer but he's famous for not producing as ID because there's no law that says, for example, that you have to show ID when someone just asks you for it. Correct And he never produces, he doesn't do it at airports. He says he refuses. I got a plane ticket and I'm going on this plane to show my ID. That's correct and usually gets on. It's delayed but Randall Schwartz is what the chat room says that his name? No i don't think so. Is not Kevin Mitnick? No God no definitely not. Kevin Mitnick would go along with it. He just shows the CIA ID. Nah, Mitnick's not CIA.

CHAPTER 09 / 50 Discussion

Supreme Court Soccer Mom Case and Government Harassment

The hosts recall a Supreme Court ruling involving a "soccer mom" who was arrested for a minor seatbelt violation. They discuss how this precedent allows police to arrest citizens for minor offenses. Dvorak shares an anecdote from his time at an air pollution district regarding government agents who took pleasure in harassing citizens through strict adherence to the letter of the law.

supreme court· atwater v. city of lago vista· fourth amendment· arrest· government agents

24:23 No, it's not Stallman. Stallman would... Borderline could do that but no it's So thats three for three chatroom you're out Good work! You're out I think its Stallman I think Well, let's listen to part two because this does stem from a Supreme Court ruling which I was unaware of and I remember the case but hadn't really followed it. White people who are very responsible for this they're called justices of the Supreme Court They rendered a horrible decision a few years ago in the soccer mom case where they said that you can arrest somebody for minor violations took this woman to jail with their 2 kids in the car The Supreme Court encouraged this kind of thing and they shouldn't be doing that

25:06 Do you remember that the soccer mom case no yeah Yeah, so the kids were in the back of the car—two of them younger kids. And they were buckled in and everyone was driving along and I guess the kid had some toy and it dropped out the window as moron kids do like, oh, I wanted to see if you could fly. So I think was a provincial road or it wasn't a highway. So she stops, she retraces her...she turns the car around retraces very slowly like 15 miles an hour with…and then she said okay because you can unbuckle your seatbelt so you can look out the window see if you see it And I believe the Rhodes situation was safe. And then a cop pulls up next to her and says, Oh, I'm sending you to jail! And yeah he took her in and she fought that and it became a Supreme Court case. The Supreme Court said Yeah no the cops have the right for minor offenses to arrest you

26:06 Even if there's just you know some suspicion of etc. I should have to lie would have to look at the company Did put him on some web pages a big dick Yeah, yeah big dick he's a big dick speak mom was trying to find some toy And then she's going try to slowly and this is by herself the roads aren't it's not that freeway didn't even The cop didn't even ask what she was doing He pulled up next to her and just yelled I'm gonna you're going to jail And you know what? These are just outliers. It's what the media focuses on because, of course, most cops and firefighters and EMT and doctors and nurses... They're normal. They're good. They're okay. They're good people. But when you work for the government, you work with...when I was at the air pollution district, I always tell people, you know, when you're working with government agents in any store just be as nice as you can because there's these guys

26:58 And we knew everyone in the agency knew who they were. There's only a couple of them, but one in particular who was...you know I knew that he was a friendly guy liked him but he would just get off on just finding somebody he could harass and go to their place, he'd write them up for everything and make their life miserable. We all talked about it. We all talk before what is he going to do now? Right! And you go find some guy that just said something to him and ticked him off and next thing you know he's on the guy writing him up and making his life miserable until he got transferred to some other area. And then if you were transferred into one of his old areas, these guys would read you the... or not read you the right way but they'd be singing the blues like to an extreme telling all the crazy things that went on! What are you going to do?

CHAPTER 10 / 50 Discussion

Black Lives Matter and PC World Gender Politics

The concept of "in-groups" and "out-groups" is explored through the lens of political slogans and corporate language. Martin O'Malley's apology for saying "all lives matter" is cited as an example of failing to use the correct group code. Dvorak shares a story from his time at PC Magazine regarding PC World's insistence on using the term "spokesperson" over "representative" to avoid perceived sexist language.

black lives matter· martin o'malley· pc world· gender neutral language· sociology

27:50 He's following the letter of the law. He's going by the book." Yeah, well I still think it's inappropriate for a professor to tell his students to just shut up and say yes sir. Come on! That's fucked! That's not okay... Just shut up! That's not okay. All right, well I think your position is well-founded Now, this Black Lives Matter movement which we've been... Yes and I wanted to talk about that a little bit. Oh good! Me too. Before we talk about the movement itself, I wanted to talk about the reaction that we saw and that we mentioned on last show and I want to discuss this just for a minute from a sociological perspective based on in-and-out groups now i brought brought the clip back it's the O'Malley clip I think or whoever was talking said let me see where is

28:43 I'm getting too many clips so i can't find them anymore. Martin O'Malley uh all lives matter yeah play it? Yeah play it. Every life matters and that is why this issue is so important black lives matter white lives matter all lives That's Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley getting heckled at a liberal convention for actually saying all lives matter. Imagine that? He then later came out and apologized for saying that! He's sorry! When you said in-out group, what does that mean John?

29:20 Well, I mean if you're it's like clicks Wow. Okay You can be in a group you could be out of it It's also code words that allow you to be in a group or not being agree We can say things this certain way and you can tell this guy is not one of us He's now one of us right? And that's why they were booing him and let me explain this This is one of those things that I'm going to throw I've told the story before Probably not for a few years so I can tell it again. I have a little timer here I was up at Boeing doing an article on their products and... Really? ...I ran into an engineer. Were you trying to get a free plane? No, I'm trying to get a free 737. I see. I'm onto ya'. Just not in... Cheap bastards do not have review units. I'm onto ya'. So the guy is a... Review unit! What? Review unit. Yeah, review unit. A loner.

30:16 Send it back to us when you're done. This engineer says he did some writing for PC World and he had this story to tell me, PC World was at the time where it was our competitor, I was a PC magazine, PC world at time was... And I'd done some writing for them earlier but it was run by a bunch of, I don't wanna say hostile feminists that are probably like women more than men, if you know what that means. And the place was pretty much run by that group or type of personality and that's what they'd hire, likewise. The guy says he wrote this piece and then put a word in it saying

31:01 He says, and the company representatives had discussed this in the past blah-blah-blah. He got the copy back because they like to go with some...these people like to go back and forth would you like me look it over after the edits? And they had changed a copy from...and the company spokesperson has blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. And he didn't like the word spokesperson. So he said why do you put this horrible word spokesperson in my article? We don't use sexist language at PC World." And he goes and he looks at the...it's what he wrote, it says the company representative. Which is not at all… He says I didn't use sexist language, I used company representatives then she says oh you don't quite get it we want to make it clear that we don't use sexist language thus… Oh okay so you have an agenda to promote?

CHAPTER 11 / 50 Discussion

George Soros Funding of Black Lives Matter

An investigation into the financial backing of the Black Lives Matter movement reveals links to George Soros. The hosts examine 990 tax forms for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, where co-founder Alicia Garza serves as a director. They highlight millions of dollars in donations from the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

george soros· alicia garza· national domestic workers alliance· open society institute· ford foundation· 990 forms

31:59 It's code. If you say representative, you're not in the group... Not saying spokesperson is the code word. The Black Lives Matter thing is a very similar situation. Well there's something going on with the Black Lives Matter movement and I had heard about this when it started around Ferguson Yeah, it was one of those things like yeah. I'm sure whatever look at it later and never looked at it But it was this MSNBC Conversation where they had one representative from the Black Lives Matter movement Which is what? I went and traced down who is this what is this moving about and of course seeing as their nonprofits involved Who is behind it but this is

32:44 Black Lives Matter representative on MSNBC. What action do you want to see those candidates take in response to what the movement is calling for? Well, I think first off we want candidates actually call movement leaders sit and have meetings with us have a conversation with us about what's happened this last year since the murder of Mike Brown. What is your plan for the Republican candidate, specifically after Jeb Bush and his idea of saying that hashtag Black Lives Matter is just a slogan? Yes and we many folks have asked You know, why would you go after the Democratic Party? They're on our side. What about the Republican Party?" And trust and believe that any opportunity we have to shut down a Republican convention—we will—we will make sure that our voices are heard.

33:33 You hear this, they're giggling over this. This MSNBC twerps. That'll be so fun! We will make sure that our voices are made loud and clear and we also want to be clear that the Democratic Party isn't off the hook I like that last statement because you can interpret it different ways either they're not off the hook as in they're not crazy Hands up i can't breathe So I look into this Black Lives Matter. Of course, we have the domain name blacklivesmatter.com or is it .com? Anyway it's a protected domain register our privacy so you can't find out who owns that. Oh they have to be secret! Yeah however the three founders are Alicia Garza Patrice Cullors and Opal Tomati and they founded Black Lives Matter in 2013 after the Trayvon Martin shooting

34:27 which, you know still is very strange that we have a Latino man somehow accused of being white. So the three women work together but they independently work for three non-profits. Garza works...he's the special projects director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Cullors is the director of Dignity and Power Now And the Tometi is executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. And, the last two don't really have anything of any import or interest in their 990s but the first organization which does about five million dollars a year this is

35:17 Which one is it here? This is the National Domestic Workers Alliance. And again, this woman is the special projects director so I would say that this is not extracurricular activity—this is a special project for Black Lives Matter! And then you go in and you look and you see who is funding this...and this is the thing that I kind of ignored previously Let me just scroll. I'm looking at the 990 now, which of course is marked up in the show notes as we usually do with these documents—we have substantial donations over $2 million from the Soros Foundation and then independently from Alexander Soros, Alexander Soros Foundation... And this is The Open Society Institute is in here, The Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation… But it's—the Soros thing is bothersome

CHAPTER 12 / 50 Discussion

Internationalist Agenda and Wealth Protection

The hosts debate the motivations of wealthy donors like Soros and the Rockefellers. Dvorak posits a "rubbleization" theory, suggesting that internationalist organizations promote world peace and global governance primarily to prevent major wars that would lead to the theft or redistribution of their personal wealth and art collections.

internationalism· united nations· rockefeller foundation· wealth redistribution· world government

36:10 Because this is, you know...this has always swept away as a conspiracy theory. And when you look into it and you look at the headlines after Trayvon Martin Soros apparently and I haven't done all the math but i think its reasonably accurate has put millions of dollars into these types of groups and the total funny enough was 33 million which just one of those things that's irritating So, I need to ask you what is Soros's agenda? Does he want to make America a socialist country that is what people mainly accuse him of or does he just want to create havoc and riots for some financial gain. It's what he does. He is the ultimate money manager and particularly managing his own money

37:03 What do you think his, why would he support these groups? Well the internationalists which when Once he's hooked up with the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller foundation there. Those are part of the old-fashioned Internationalist type operations that want a one world government Old fashioned not the New World Order type but the original type if you know we're all part of the giant kind of communist environment and He if he's pitching into that somehow these I think they're just a front. I mean with them in there, right? They're just like a Communist Front this could well be a Some the Russians are behind for all Well Soros yeah maybe maybe you could tie don't know I would you can time in the over all I can do is guess hmm but

37:58 I do know that these operations, the Ford Foundation in particular and the Rockefeller Foundation are this old line... So what is that old line thinking? It's like if we're all socialists then everything is going to be great. Well, I think the old line thinking is the original of the new thinking which is if...no it's like if we have one governing body. The United Nations stems from this and the League of Nations stems from this thinking. Good point! Which is a joke because these things, these operations don't work but and I mean the EU can barely function

38:35 I mean, the United States has functioned well because we've been a federal style where you have little duchies all over the place that kind of run their own...do their own thing. But I'm gonna go back to it. I've said it before on this show, this is all about preventing a new war that will make it so rich people have their stuff stolen. I say it all the time. I think it's the first time we've heard you say this. No, I said it before. It's the first time it's registered a lot because it sounds kind of nutty but no world peace world peace World Peace International international justice and peace for everybody is not about justice or peace for anybody. It's about

39:20 maintaining a world government that keeps wars, major wars...not these little conflagrations where you end up blowing up, you know, rubble lies in the Middle East or places like that because the Rockefellers don't have a place there. They're worried about their art being stolen. It's about maintaining their wealth at the same level it has always been and keeping people from stealing this stuff. Oh then they are assholes! Why are they assholes? Because they're putting people into a form of servitude, serftitude. Serfdom!

CHAPTER 13 / 50 Discussion

Socialism in the Netherlands and Marxist Analysis

Adam Curry reflects on his upbringing in the Netherlands during the 1970s, noting the 75% income tax rate and the trade-offs of universal healthcare and social benefits. The discussion touches on Glenn Beck's analysis of George Soros and the presence of Marxist organizations like the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) in modern political discourse.

netherlands· socialism· income tax· karl marx· world socialist web site· glenn beck

39:56 I've lived in...I grew up in a socialist country. It's not all that great, the things that are great are the things that well, the benefits. I remember when I...in 1972, I moved to The Netherlands and I recall defending because of course I heard my parents talk, the 75% income tax at the time now that's been lowered since then. We had a 75% income tax in this country. What year was that? I think it was during the Eisenhower administration. Well, this was in 72 and you know...I would be quick to tell people yeah but healthcare is free of course it's not free because you're paying for it but there was universal health care for everybody unemployment benefits were great they've since been cut down probably they're not even 30% of what they used to be which puts people on the cusp of starvation um you know there's all education uh is by and large

40:50 funded from public coffers, which is all just means of controlling people. Right! Yeah well that... who makes them the boss? They have the money Ah there we have it Well that puts us pretty low on the totem pole Mr. Duvorek Yes especially this week What the hell is going on? It's not good Not good Well why don't we... I would... yeah The rich It seems that they are a class of people, if you look at the old class structure it's kind of like pretty much along the lines of wealth and they don't like their stuff stolen. And every time there is war everything gets redistributed in an awkward way not by the government

41:39 It gets redistributed by... So you're telling me that George Soros and Pierre Omiyadar drive my car, who has funded a lot of these groups in Ukraine. That they are really just protecting their own crap? Yeah! That is my thesis I like it. What else are they doing? They're not protecting the people I mean, what is Soros doing that's a benefit? If he's gonna spend millions why doesn't he just go on the street corners and get these bums off the street. Just give him here 100 grand and get out of here. Go buy a place move to Davenport Iowa. These Atlanticists or whatever you want to call them are definitely making moves and funding stuff like this and playing into people's fears This is why they had to kill John Lennon He was onto it

42:35 No, he was. We're onto it! Yeah well but I'm not gonna do-I'm not gonna go down the John Lennon path publicly because he said all you need is love and he put up big signs on Times Square like okay this guy's gone too far now if people figure out this love crap it's all over hey Soros start some shit Seems that way to me. Well, the problem again with Soros and I think you're right you have to be careful because when he shows up immediately goes right back to Glenn Beck who is the big Soros basher amongst all the pundits at the big commercial pundit's and He and he's kind of nutty about it

43:16 Although, when you see his analysis he's usually not too far off. I think a lot of Beck stuff is not accurate to say the least but his Soros analysis always seems spot on so i didn't realize this that black lives matter yeah and then he's been funding groups that have participated in protests ala Ferguson ala Baltimore uh... to the tune of this thirty three million dollars which just tickles me whenever i see them number show up again So he should be arrested Yeah, no. No I think people are all in all in on this except for the people I hear on the street here in Austin Black guys saying I don't like this black lives matter. It's just another one of these groups. It's like the world's workers party

44:07 Yeah, they have... isn't the World Socialist Workers Party? I think it's called just the World's Workers Party. Because there is a website thing it's WSW something world workers maybe it's an offshoot or another name yeah I've been berated before for putting that in the show notes like hello just because it's in the show notes doesn't mean I endorse it that's the beauty of the show notes has got all angles everything is in there including anybody International world's workers world socialist parties for when you're thinking of it international the word international is a giveaway The WSW s yeah, that's it. Yeah. That's it wsws or Marxist analysis. Yeah The original blogger Karl Marx yeah don't mind going back to 1840

CHAPTER 14 / 50 Discussion

Barack Obama on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The hosts deconstruct President Barack Obama's appearance on Jon Stewart's penultimate week of The Daily Show. They highlight a specific verbal tic where the President says "no" repeatedly in a rhythmic fashion, which has been turned into a musical jingle by No Agenda producers.

barack obama· jon stewart· the daily show· comedy central· viral clips

45:00 Alright, let's see what we got. I've got a couple of things to get that out of the way... I did want to do a little deconstruction of Obama on Jon Stewart. Yes you put this in the newsletter which is good no one read it but here we go! Now i noticed and I wanted to see if you could spot All I got was, what I got was some cool stuff which is in some...I got some irony but I got this. This is the first clip on the list of Stu Obama first and when I heard he does this a number of times in his little bit and I realized that you had actually caught this on a non-popular, this is part of people using it as a song. Listen to this first clip. I feel it! No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no Here's what I fight against

45:51 No, no. No, yeah, okay do I get to play a new? No-no-no jingle you got one? That was a minute man Devon who created Wow for us. It's good one isn't it? No, that's a dynamite one Yeah We can do a whole album pretty soon we can have an album on Spotify I

46:40 There's a few good lines in here. He has a This is catching on I will add the no no, no No, I'm hearing it everywhere. No, no, no, no, no Let's get the original just so people know no no no no the the original yeah play that let me see if I have Was this it? I think this might it was this it yeah Hey I love our producers

CHAPTER 15 / 50 Discussion

US Digital Service and Tech Volunteers

President Obama describes the creation of the U.S. Digital Service, a team of tech experts from Google and Facebook who "volunteer" to fix government IT systems. The hosts criticize the administration for relying on volunteers in t-shirts to fix critical infrastructure while spending billions on defense contractors. They question why the government doesn't simply hire and pay competent staff.

us digital service· healthcare.gov· megan smith· google· facebook· government efficiency

47:47 So, Stewart actually has a couple... It was a funny interview. Now I went and pulled some of these little clips out and they're all short except one. Well let's play the long one there is a long one here which is the volunteer cyber army which I thought was a little bit much. More set up or we go into it? Now I'll give you that talk about afterwards but listen carefully to what he saying here Here's what we did Yes You are here at commander in chief After the healthcare.gov fiasco We brought in an entire team of guys basically volunteering their own time from Google, Facebook... Guys in t-shirts. Hold on a second Mr President with all due respect fuck you That's bullshit Oh yeah the guys in T shirts they know what they're doing please Fiasco We brought in An entire team Of guys basically volunteering Their own time from Google, Facebook Right Guys in t-shirt

48:47 They're not wearing t-shirts now. They are dressing up a little bit, although not that well. And we have created what we're calling the U.S. Digital Services and were basically getting guys to rotate in for a year or two years and were just putting them on a whole bunch of these problems whether it's how do we make an SBA loan easier to get? How do we make sure that You know, this agency is more customer friendly. How do we make sure that people can go to one website instead of 16 to find out the information they need? So these guys are spreading out throughout the government and they are in fact systematically chipping away at a lot of these problems and I think by the time I leave here were going be able

49:40 government is working much better, much more efficiently. Much more customer friendly than when I came into office. It's interesting though it frustrates you because i can tell yes we're talking you're having a nice time you're talking about the Iran deal when we talk about things that don't work I think its frustrating to you of course yeah okay now hold on a second let me get this straight It's so important to the Obama administration to get these screwed up systems working correctly, or working at all for that matter. That they're looking for volunteers to come and go and come and go wearing t-shirts? They can't spend a dime on this while we're dropping bombs all over the world?! Are you kidding me!?

50:24 Oh, let's get some volunteers. Maybe they can help fix these issues." Hey how about paying somebody to fix them? How about firing the people that are working there that supposed to be fixing them? Get them out and pay somebody to come in! I just found this to be the most annoying thing i've ever heard and he is so glib about it. We got these volunteers... And then not only gets him to volunteer to come in but then he just ridicules because they don't know how to dress or wearing T-shirts I just found this to be unbelievable and Stuart's just sitting there with his thumb up his ass. You're right! But, I have a-I did a quick search on our clips... ...I have a thing from Megan Smith the former Googler and also i find it questionable that we have

CHAPTER 16 / 50 Discussion

OPM Hack and Ashley Madison Blackmail Risks

The discussion links the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach with the Ashley Madison hack. The hosts suggest that tech volunteers and government officials are now vulnerable to blackmail if their information appears in both databases. They play a promotional clip featuring US Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith discussing the "tour of duty" for technologists in DC.

opm hack· ashley madison· blackmail· megan smith· cybersecurity· data breach

51:14 people, volunteers coming in from Google and Facebook who are...is everyone vetted? Did all of these...was all of their information stolen in the OPM hack, the Office of Personnel Management. Are these people now compromised?" What if you have a capability to cross-reference the Office of Personnel Management database with the Ashley Madison database I see who's been, this is happening John. You know i've got, i've received emails from people who told me...who have been..who have used Ashley Madison female to hook up and it's all politicians! It's also pilots doctors but a lot of politicians so these people are all blackmailable and so now you have

52:05 insider knowledge of these systems, 16 of them I guess or whatever the president was talking about to consolidate and make things work better and smoother smoothly. And they must have been vetted they must have gone through a background check and that information is now stolen now they're blackmailable if while they were in DC you know hey what hey guys we're in D.C., we're hanging out we got our T-shirts on let's get some hookers! No wait let's go Ashley Madison there you go yeah let's look up for some babes Hey, baby. It's a bad situation Let's listen to this Megan Smith clip see if there was anything in there about the US digital service that we can

52:42 Listen back to these tours of duty that we set people up with like oh yeah, this was a promo video That's what I'm now. I remember tour is tours of Duty These tours are duty that We've set people up with like these are things that they're gonna be telling the grandkids about Like there was at time when I worked for the White House And here's what I did at the White House and then you know we got on Ashley Madison and we got blackmail is more meaningful than anything I've done before or since In tech, I think a lot of us we just love solving really big complex difficult problems and thinking alright this is crazy problem. I know software. I know technology so how

53:18 Do I use that knowledge to fix it? Like, is there any big problem?" Yeah. I never ever pictured myself doing this until I saw someone else doing it and thought, that's awesome! And finally get to use my skills too... That tech is awesome! Hey take a look at what Boeing's getting on a- as a contractor and see what you're getting as a contractor, dummy! This is about making a difference John It's about making a difference by participating. Well Boeing's making a difference And I think a long-term difference the United States digital service is the Americans who have tech skills come into government Tech skills. How's your tech skills John? But I got tech skills No one called me by my tech skills and helping do what we need to do from DC and across this country Well, I never expected

54:02 And I realized that that's something I said with each step forward. By the way, and I said by the way purposely There's women in here too Mr President if not just guys in T-shirts completely misogynistic completely genderfiled. Yeah, that's shitty you can't do that It's not... You've just propagated The lie that only men can be in tech Yeah, with t-shirts. Yeah. Right now it's just a really critical time... In fact I hear 50% women in this promo reel. ...to get technologists into the government because there is a huge desire to be removed. The skills that we have as technologists in the private sector are still quite rare in government and whether its for a year or six months or two months or even for a couple weeks

54:49 The time that you spend in U.S. government can make a dramatic impact. Figuring out how we can use technology better to help the lives of American people is not a new challenge for the federal government, this is something that we've been working on. We've been working... I'm gonna work on your fraud! Well, I don't see Boeing volunteering Where's Megan Smith coming out and saying we understand Mr. President, you know, there's a lot of women in tech Mr president since day one of the administration's that administrations before us have tried to solve as well I have explained to people how broken things are And a lot of them have asked me why would you walk into that? You know

55:26 I thought about this and I remember thinking, wow. I know technology. This is how I'll serve my country." In many cases we're addressed... Do you have a t-shirt? ...the needs of the people who are most in need for whatever definition you want to use least able to help themselves and that's a real difference between the kind of stuff that we typically did in Silicon Valley We shifted how people are working, facilitated by technology. And those shifts will outlast the specific technical solutions that we build and that opportunity is unparalleled." That's a fine example of that Google Hangout technology we're hearing there. At times I'm not sure if i'll finish my term with a concrete deliverable but I know

56:07 The culture is shifting and that has to start sometime. Some people are hands on keyboard coders, there's also amazing designers. There's amazing design thinking people, there's product managers. There's people who really know that subject matter or that user who are scrubbed in together on these fabulous functional teams. So you may not think you belong in the United States Digital Services but we want you We want you for the United States digital service. Well this clip- We want you to work for free This must be a lie. Why would they give billions and billions and billions of dollars to the defense contractors? Hey, if they were working for free I'd worked for free too! Hey John let's scrub in. I'm ready are you

CHAPTER 17 / 50 Discussion

Obama Hope Posters and Condescending Rhetoric

The hosts analyze Obama's comments regarding the "Hope" posters from his 2008 campaign, noting his attempt to distance himself from the imagery created by supporters. They critique his "no, no, no" response to a protester as a condescending tactic designed to silence opposition, which the mainstream media largely ignored.

barack obama· hope poster· shepard fairey· political rhetoric· media criticism

56:49 No, I don't have my soap. You know scrub in everybody. Let's go on with the next little clip This is the this I thought was a good this was the only funny moment I think kind of In they hold it all back and forth we were Stewart was really not on he wasn't even on his C game He was just listening but but he did have this little comedy maybe had orders He had what? Orders. He had orders to just listen. Oh, orders. I see. Orders you know we have the digital US digital services Let's go to Holt posters It gets better if we work at it and stay focused on where were going

57:34 It doesn't immediately get all solved. And I warned against this when i was running for office because everybody had the Hope posters and the this and that, everybody's feeling like... Hey we didn't make those you made them! No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no When did this crop up? You were the best one who ever could. You caught it on that clip that nobody else played Right, well it was worse than the media mainstream media Claimed that he had shut down this protester. Well I feel- The mainstream media lied to us!

58:26 And it is one of the most condescending things you can do in a conversation because you are pretty much saying, shut up. No no no no no no no no no no and it catches on people do it and then people don't necessarily mean it poorly but it creeps in and when the president's doing this stuff goes viral Well, he's been doing it a lot more than ever. Well he has a lot of no-no to say Now here is the... I found there was a very ironic moment that I just thought There is subtle messaging that goes on just with the media itself but play this part here which is the Stu Obama break irony Recognizing we're still in the middle east generally

CHAPTER 18 / 50 Discussion

Iran Nuclear Deal and Commercial Media Corruption

The segment highlights the irony of Jon Stewart taking a commercial break just as President Obama began discussing the Iran nuclear deal. The hosts argue that commercial interests always supersede important geopolitical discussions in mainstream media. They also touch on the constitutional requirement for Senate advice and consent on treaties.

iran pact· un security council· article 2 section 2· advertising· media ethics

59:18 That we should probably if you're gonna get in the Middle East generally I was about to take a commercial but you sure No, you absolutely do and what you said about the Iran pact was excellent And once the Senate shoots it down. We'll talk about it again We'll be right back with more from President Obama. Just as a note on this, I'm seeing the following meme which was expected that the international community is...the world is in agreement with this Iran pact. The world is an agreement because of the UN Security Council. Republicans aren't! Whereas we know

59:57 that the law in the Constitution, it's Article 2 Section 2 Paragraph 2 that treaties must be done with the...I think its advice and consent of the Senate. Two-thirds majority? Do we wanna move into that or get to that in a second? Well, the point of this clip was not anything to do with that. I'm sorry that was part of it actually. Now she's went off on that tangent. The point was here I am, I'm with the President of the United States about to talk to Iran but what is more important than a leader of the free world talking about this on his broadcast? What's more important than that? A commercial break!

1:00:39 So who's really running things? And this is why I'm telling people, and I can't say it enough. You cannot get honesty at all or any sort of thing that is not completely corrupted by advertising. We need to support the show and we don't get enough support. Well with that... May I thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C, where the c stands for commercial-free Dvorak. And in the morning to you Mr Adam Curry also in the morning all ships of sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there In the morning everybody in the chat room noagendastream.com good to see everyone giving us absolutely no useful information

CHAPTER 19 / 50 Discussion

No Agenda Art and Executive Producer Credits

The hosts thank Martin JJ for the episode artwork and acknowledge the "Value-for-Value" donations from the audience. They read a note from "Sir B-Anonymous" and play a "potluck" of old Hillary Clinton audio clips, including a segment where she discusses LGBT rights and another where she appears to lose her place during a speech.

no agenda art· martin jj· hillary clinton· value-for-value· podcasting

1:01:25 If you're going to put something in the chat room, then look it up before you do that. That's just... It's not about who is first, it's about who's right and in the morning too our artists we'd like to give a big hearty in the morning to Martin JJ brought the art for us on episode 741 and 741 was was that The Bad Optics I believe? Yes bad optics. What was it? Yeah bad optics and the artwork was the self-esteem trophy, the Noah Jenna Trophy with loser on it. Which is a good one. That's what this trophy should say! Yeah, loser with little stars and stuff. It was beautiful

1:02:07 And thank all of our artists as usual for submitting their fine work at noagendaartgenerator.com This is always done during the live show People who are artistically inclined listening to the show and want to support us and give us some art, without good art we'd be in real trouble this is a fact We know that good art always helps with the overall sustenance level of the show Yeah it rounds out the package And quite a package it is. It makes the difference between good art and crap art, you see a lot of crap art Yeah there is some crappy stuff going on I mean not that we use In general, in general We've looked at other podcasts and what other people try to do Some of the art or their judgment

1:02:52 I would say that if your artistic judgment is so crummy that you think something is this lopsided head or whatever, that you put up there. You think that it's good art? I would question everything. I look at as a gestalt. I think that you can tell a book by its cover. Anyway, I don't want to get into that. I want to help them want to thank some people for being executive producers and associate executive producers for show 742 okay Starting with anonymous who came in with two four hundred thirty-two dollars and eleven cents And he says he's now a night. He got tonight hood in he wants to be accredited as B Anonymous Okay, this is instead of a non of the next on the list will be seen on a miss we already have teen on a miss yeah

1:03:38 But we need a C-nonymous, then D-nonymous and then an E-nonymous. Anyway... We can do 26 of them! We can have all the way to Zedonymous. We could have 26 uh..we have so far we've got A-nonymous as Knight And now B-nonymous Alright looking for C. We're looking for C-nonymous Previous donation and he's got his numbers there Please knight me as Sir B-nonymous Short and sweet note thank you for your show PS enough climate gate already You know, this is something that cropped up on the no agenda subreddit which I look at from time to time and typically it's... This is in fact what happens with all open fora. It'd be like, yeah Adam's full of shit! John even hates the Agenda 21 climate stuff. They should stop doing that! Oh, I don't know why? I like it. I actually do like it just don't like it the beginning of the show Yeah well, I'm working

1:04:37 And then he says, John choose a medley of your liking. I didn't notice that earlier. I would have thought of something other than what i'm going to suggest let's try uh Let's try one do we have some old Hillary stuff that goes way back? Uh Yeah um...I want to hear an old that on a Hillary clip We haven't heard for a long time and then I'd also like to hear the Clippity-Clop song Okay so Clippity-Clop I can get that one Um..i think I wish we had set this up earlier. Okay, Clippity-Clop I have but then you say you wanted some old Hillary? Just any really old Hillary just go by date. Okay let me sort by date okay and this goes...we'll go back to

1:05:30 I have no idea what it is, we'll just see what comes out of it. This noise is a potluck! I am talking about gay lesbian bisexual and transgender. The message is clear. You've got karma. There you go. Potluck! I have no idea what that... We never played that game. I don't think we ever played that one either. Wow. Taking it into the pile. What is thy bidding, my master? Each year on my birthday every American gets a cupcake Yes, my master The stuff people send us. We should just go through all this stuff once. We could probably do a whole show of Hillary clips. Just Hillary clips

CHAPTER 20 / 50 Discussion

Daniel Miller Wedding and Shape-Shifting Jew Karma

Executive Producer Daniel Miller contributes $333.33 and requests "magical shape-shifting Jew karma" for his upcoming wedding on August 8th. The hosts play the "Magical Shape-Shifting Jews" jingle and discuss Miller's house sale and his appreciation for the show's analysis of the Chattanooga shooting.

daniel miller· chattanooga· karma· wedding· shape-shifting jews

1:06:21 All right, I got a letterhead thing from the...actually it's not funny letter head. From the National Engineering Forum and we have Sir Daniel Miller engineer extraordinaire for $333.33 from Goodlandsville Texas and he sent in a note, he sent in a check. Fact! No agenda, karma works. I recently sold my house for a tiny profit and thought I should send some more value for value your way. Your analysis of the recent incident in Chattanooga just down the road from me was superb and I thoroughly enjoyed the show 200.7 and the interviews! Also, I am taking a page out of the JCD playbook and getting married on August 8th."

1:07:09 Okay, 88 that is a date. That's your wedding date. Yes my 8888 8888 yeah The only reason you did that is so that you could remember it sad but true mm-hmm I'll never forget your new grandson You remember this? What about him? Well, we were talking about him. I think it might have been after the show and i said what's his name and you said uh so wait you don't know your grandson's name he said he's new! I'm not used to him yet I say the silliest things. Yeah, with a note. But it's true! To celebrate the heritage of my intended, I would like some magical shape-shifting Jew karma and then I humbly request that John select one of his favorites to honor my upcoming nuptials. Today is let John pick clips day. You guys consistently knock it out of the park. Bravo!

1:08:09 Daniel Miller, he's up to one thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars and 66 cents. He made a point of pointing that out nice So what do you want? What do you want to pick? Well as they're staying with the Hillary theme in those old ones both of which we've never heard before go down the list and Go to the next one okay alright That will go all the way down the list and let me see Okay, I'm just grabbing something. I'll play that first before the shapeshifters. End pornography and end patriarchy and the violent degradation of women and enslavement of women around the world. Um... Well you know people can we can talk about that but we do need mass resistance And i did want to ask people No The idea that- No, no I think that was no good Where's Hillary? I don't know. I'm just playing whatever says Hillary Alright play the next one That I could go back to what I had been doing but unfortunately

1:09:04 It was going back to where we had been in some respects 30, 40 years ago rather than picking up the pace of where we had moved toward. This is called Hillary blabbering by how difficult it was for so many children to be successful in school despite all the education reform that we have done and experimented with over a very long time. This is the one where she lost her teleprompter or something? Yeah, I remember she had this sheet of paper and somebody jumbled them up. Oh man! Okay let's go on with the Shape Shifting Theory

1:09:46 Pay attention everybody! Woooo! Roll up, roll up for the magical shapeshifting Jews. Step right this way. Roll up, roll up for the shape-shifting Jews. The magical shapeshifting Jews. A little illustration of the magical shapeshifting Jews. Roll up, it's such an aggravation. The magical shapeshifting Jews. Amen fist bump. You've got karma

CHAPTER 21 / 50 Discussion

Student Essay on Socrates and Job Karma

A listener shares a story about his son, Nick, who successfully challenged an English teacher's refusal to let him write an essay on Socrates. The segment also includes a request for "regionally focused job karma" for a listener moving from Houston to Chicago and a mention of a donor who discovered the show through Leo Laporte.

socrates· education· socratic method· job hunting· leo laporte

1:10:22 Patricia Worthington from Miami, Florida came with $314.15. I'm with Adam about Donald...about the Donald. He is speaking the truth and some of us recognize that." Hell yeah! Ended note. Thank you, Patricia. Garrick Shanley in Johnsburg, Illinois 23302. The gentleman, the letter's been in my head for a few months after long boring Saturday alone, my choices...Saturday alone? My choices were either write you guys or get drunk. I am not as... Or both. ...bonded as some of your listeners, so I cannot do both at the same time." Ah, damn it! "...my boys were introduced to Noah Jenner during a road trip last year and as result my oldest son Nick became a regular listener. As such he has developed a keen sense for recognizing BS and has grown into a very crappy slave," as his teachers can attest. Ha-ha good

1:11:10 A recent assignment by an English teacher was defined as writing an essay about how a living person had made a positive impact on your life. Nick had recently been inspired by the philosophy of Socrates and the call to know thyself He asked if he could do a paper on Socrates and was told no, because he was dead. Nick would not accept that answer and challenged the teacher by volunteering to write a two-page rough draft for her to review and try to convince her otherwise. She agreed while standing by his desk reading the rough draft she muttered something about I can't believe i'm doing this but okay you can write about Socrates uh well i'm happy he can write well and thinks deeply I was most excited about his decision not to just shut up and get in line with the other slaves

1:11:53 but instead stood up for his idea and pursued his passion. I credit you on taking a mountain out of the molehill here, by the way." I think this is good! I think this is... I credit both of you for helping him see past the logical fallacy of appealing to authority and to choose to think for himself. Also thanks for Todd... Elgie of Katy, Texas for hitting me in the mouth. Jingle of your choice again But if I could get some regionally focused job karma that would be great I'm in Houston trying to find a job in Chicago to get back to my family Thanks much Garrick Shanley Why don't I just pick something then? Yeah, yeah, I'll just pick something here what did we have? Okay We'll try this one then

1:12:42 The voice is not high and contains local fry that's annoying. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! Robert Mogul in Arlington Virginia $208 last but not least on the list so how did I hear about No Agenda he asks A Dvorak plug on one of Leo's shows several months back. I've given up on mainstream media and even some other podcasts! Don't even have time for Leo anymore, keep it up guys, I'm 60 trying to get my 83 year old mom to listen. Yeah she has a Mac Skype but does not have much use for Trump just need karma. Send pictures. You've got karma

CHAPTER 22 / 50 Discussion

Sounds of No Agenda App and Dub Smash

Adam Curry promotes the "Sounds of No Agenda" iOS app, which features over 110 show jingles. He explains a new feature that allows users to "dub smash" or lip-sync to the jingles and upload the videos. The app was previously delayed in the Apple App Store review process but is now available.

ios app· sounds of no agenda· dub smash· jingles· apple app store

1:13:32 And that concludes our Executive and Associate Executive Producer, which is almost a longer list than we have the rest of the show. I remind you to go to Dvorak.org slash NA for the Thursday upcoming show which will have lots of good stuff too! Got a nice note from the dude named Ben who created The Sounds Of No Agenda iOS app and indeed it had been stuck in Apple limbo. That's why when we talked about it on the show It wasn't available, its available now! And I wanted to promote that there is a link in the show notes of course 742.noagendanotes.com And theres a cool feature in this so this has 110 of our jingles This is purely our jingles and our longer form songs etc

1:14:19 But what's nice about this particular app is you can do a dub smash or whatever they call it. A dub smash? Yeah, so you choose one and well in fact I have an example if you go to dub dot grumpy radio dot com You can do this right from the app dub dot grumpy radio dot com And you hit the button, you hit record after you frame up your face in the camera... ...and then you lip sync along to it and its quite funny! You can't give us an example? Well, it would only be the jingle. I said dubb.grumpyradio.com if you would type that into your browser then you would see a dubbed video that i personally did

1:15:02 Oh. Yeah, so that's why I mentioned that John. Yeah, no, I realized that but then again I was thinking well... Why bother? Because it helps the show! And I was also thinking the following every time i've been going online like this and doing anything It just screws up my Skype connection. It does a little bit depends-I think if flash loads which is exactly what will happen oh No wait YouTube is HTML5 it should be okay. Well That's you there yeah So click on play and see I'm glad they did just did that Okay, that's fantastic. Alright everybody besides helping us with apps you can always go out there and propagate our formula. Our formula is this we go out or hit people in the mouth Hey citizen

CHAPTER 23 / 50 Discussion

Donald Trump and Media Discreditation Tactics

The hosts discuss the media's reaction to Donald Trump's rising poll numbers, which reached 23% favorability. They observe a "sneer" from pundits like Chuck Todd and argue that the media's attempts to mock Trump are backfiring. They suggest that the Democratic establishment is genuinely afraid of Trump's populist appeal.

donald trump· chuck todd· msnbc· polling· republican primary

1:15:59 Hey man, this bump nice my mistake and when I saw that you took you shaved off your goatee. Oh yeah, but shaved off the beard Yeah, oh dumb with a beard yeah, I got tired of it that was getting distinctive. Yeah It made me look old Yuri know about that But use it was making it look like dead guys on meet depressed. Are you what's that guy's name? Chip no not ship chips long gone Chuck chuck Chuck doesn't have a beard. No, he's got that douchebag goatee thing I didn't have a goatee! I had a stubble Oh you had all stubble? Just roughness yeah rough... I hear the ladies love it Now uh so i'm watching this morning before the show I was just flipping turning on the television as I was eating my croissant

1:16:48 You know, I ate a croissant this morning myself. I had my coffee... Whoa! The Croissant Boys? Write that down. The Croissant Boys. There you go. I did a John C. Dvorak. I had my espresso. I had a croissant with some LaCroix bubbly water Yeah just like being in Paris. Yeah except there was no French So i'm watching them they're talking about Trump and it's just this Trump, we're on to Trump. Gotcha. We were on to Trump. What are you going to do? My man! My man Trump So we went to... Anyway, I'm watching this and Todd and the other people but Todd in particular but everybody too. They had a sneer on their face about to of course because he's a clown. Oh let's talk about Trump. Do we have to? What an amazing idiot! Yeah...I find it offensive It is extremely offensive Look look he has got a huge number

1:17:49 It's like 23% is favorable and they're gonna vote for him. This is non-trivial, I mean you can laugh at them all you want but at some point you're gonna have to take them seriously if you wanna get rid of him mocking and I don't get the people that are for him. I don't understand other than their Uber Lords have said, you've got to do anything you can to discredit this guy from a television programming perspective which is how I look at Trump as well for our show or fucking dynamite. This is yeah no the numbers are all up this is fantastic you put Trump you get you got a trump conversation people are interested they're watching they're listening the guy says interesting things

1:18:31 The way it's responded to by Democrats is egregious. It's great, they should be all over this! This is what makes people watch television but no I guess we have to discredit him because someone's clearly afraid of him. Do you have clips? Because I got a couple clips. Well you start with your clips. Okay first I have...this is Andrea Mitchell and then also notice that MSNBC there's a shakeup going on It's been going on for a while. Yeah, but it looks like they're getting rid of a lot of shows I think including who is that douchebag? The blowhard in the afternoon Who is the douche bag and then you say MSNBC? I know, I know he's a toughie

CHAPTER 24 / 50 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Poll Numbers and MSNBC Shakeup

Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd discuss Hillary Clinton's declining poll numbers in swing states like Virginia. The hosts mock the pundits' disbelief that the numbers could be accurate, noting the campaign's attempt to dismiss the data as an "outlier." The segment also mentions a rumored programming shakeup at MSNBC involving Chris Matthews.

hillary clinton· andrea mitchell· chuck todd· msnbc· quinnipiac poll

1:19:18 You have the Chris Matthews. I think he's out. He is? Yeah, I think so but Andrea Mitchell... He's an old...huh! I thought I read that well..I would doubt it. We can look it up It's not that important. But Torre there's the guy should go. Oh, I think he's gone and I don't think he's on anymore Okay Well Andrea Mitchell is still in because of course she's an elite So they need the elites on the team. So here she is along with Goatee boy Chuck Todd And it's funny, they cannot believe how bad Hillary's numbers are. They just can't... It makes no sense! This is a problem! Look I would just say this with these Quinnipiac poll numbers. It's pretty early. Well no its like her standing in national polls looks fairly strong

1:19:58 These swing states, Virginia usually goes where the national polls are. So something is amiss here either these state polls are an outlier... I like this, something's a miss here! The polls must be wrong or the state polls have found something... It can't be! ...first before the national polls which is also possible. The Clinton campaign very quietly is pushing back saying well maybe this was a bad Democratic sample we'll see Let's see other polls to find out. Don't you love that? The tension is all on the Republican race and I think there's a lot to that it could be maybe maybe the Iran deal is not playing well, I mean there's a lot of ifs here That could be influencing it or one out of every 20 polls no matter how good well they're conducted sometimes just get bad numbers It's fitting a pattern where Hillary Clinton doesn't wear well over time when she's been a candidate Or been at the focal point so that's why these numbers you sat there and said well Maybe their outliers

1:20:43 But wait a minute, we have a data point here that hasn't been great. A data point here that hasn't been great and now suddenly this adds to it is there something as look everybody's watched this campaign and we all come to the same conclusion There's something just not quite right Something is not quit- Now this wasn't specifically about Trump but I thought was interesting in light of his numbers Well not you bring that up I have a Hillary clip, I have a couple but there's one in particular which is the email clip. Now I'm going to set this up... This is the email of Hillary they talk about the email scandal that's brewing and it's you know it's a troublemaking thing caused by the Republicans and they want to get ahold of the server because they think they can get some forensic guys in there so you can scrub a hard disk. You got a guy who knows what he's doing, he can recover data from a hard disk thats been erased

CHAPTER 25 / 50 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Email Scandal and Multiple Personalities

The hosts analyze Hillary Clinton's response to the investigation into her private email server. Curry posits a theory that Clinton is collecting campaign funds only to eventually drop out due to scandal, clearing the way for Elizabeth Warren. They also critique Clinton's "haughty" speaking style and her new "feathered" hairstyle, which they claim influences her "queen-like" persona.

hillary clinton· email server· classified information· elizabeth warren· clinton foundation

1:21:28 And they think they can do this or they're not saying that but I'm sure that's what they're thinking. Here is the problem, there is no clip titled email Hillary There's a clip that says Clinton emails Oh God An agricultural crisis has hit I gotta say, i'm still setting it up. Oh you're not even listening you're just looking for the clip that was my fault because... I'm sorry I have a job here It was my fault because it didn't say Hillary Sorry I'm only looking for the clip Anyway as I continue so they do this kind of a rundown of the story and then they throw it to Hillary who is public speaking and she comes on and it's interesting to me because Hillary seems to have

1:22:20 Like maybe three or four personalities the more I watch mm-hmm And this is this is the one of the personalities that it will sink her if she thinks she's gonna run for office using This way, it's extremely haughty and arrogant and he talks very slow and deliberate now She talks in a lot of different ways. She likes people say oh, she's a great speaker. She sucks. She speaks one word typical Pattern is one word at time Now, when she talks with a haughty style which is what she's going to employ here coming up. I'm wondering as I listen to this whether my original thesis which i'm going to repeat for you before we play the clip

1:23:01 which is that this is all a big setup. Hillary's gonna grab as much money as she can, she's really not gonna run because she can't and there's the library and all the scandals that are really lurking they're going to sink her. She will quit and that's why she began so early who's running for president at this it's not even in right year. 500 days left or something. A year-and-a-half ago! So you'd start this up to grab as much money as you can...this is my thinking She's going to grab as much money as she can. There is going to be a scandal and when you hear this clip, it is almost like she's inviting it by being arrogant. There will have to drop out. They have to have a woman win

1:23:40 That's when Warren comes in at the last minute. Meanwhile, Warren gets a head start because it's gonna be Hillary's money so it's not like Warren has to start from scratch. She is going to have all of Hillary's money and ready for Hillary's money. It's all gonna go to Warren because they need a woman to be president and when Hillary turns the money over you're gonna be president because of this money I'm expecting that you're not gonna be looking into The Clinton Foundation anytime soon The U.S. Justice Department is weighing a request to look into the possibility that Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information when she was Secretary of State. It's centered on her use of a private email account, a memo from the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community found some of the emails she sent potentially could have been marked classified but none were

1:24:34 Speaking from the campaign trail today in New York, Clinton warned reporting on the story was filled with inaccuracies. Maybe the heat is getting to everybody we all have a responsibility to get this right I have released 55,000 pages of emails. I love how emails are now pages. Yeah sure! I like the way she said thousands. 55,000...55,000...180! I have said repeatedly that i will answer questions before the house committee

1:25:12 We are all accountable to the American people to get the facts right. And I will do my part. Mm-hmm, yeah...I have a theory about her multiple personalities because i saw this particular speech and the first thing I said when I saw this speech was can you guess? He's a psycho No, her hair looks dynamite. Oh yes I agree! I noticed it too yeah her hair is all feathered... She brought somebody over from France From Paris yep and whenever she because that's where the hoity-toity comes from to them I was in Paris i had Jean Pierre from Paris Desanger in Paris did my hair

1:25:55 And she affects her brain. And as a hair person, I will tell you how your hair is sitting on your head affects your brain. Case in point Donald Trump! I mean come on this is exactly what happens. Hair it's like part of your ego It's part of your entire aura and when it changes...and she has been talking about her hair and stuff Because you're occupied with her hair and but your it changes and out of here. You're absolutely correct was dying to my anima Yes, it was this funny the first thing I said It's not funny just you got to stop me. It is not funny you said that I said it is what? I'm crazy I Said this is interesting how I said it. I said it. I copped to it yeah, I realized that but I Yeah, I noticed this before this is bad

1:26:51 So, it is not funny. But I think here's how it works...so knowing how she travels and this is not any different from any other celebrity she has her hair and makeup persons probably And when-I recall from doing television I've been on record saying the most important people for a host of a television show or politician about to do a show is the hair and makeup people. They calm you down, sometimes they'll cool underneath your eyes with some cooling liquid and there's always a nice vibe in the dressing room. And when you have Jean-Pierre from Descenses doing your hair... Oh Hillary! You look so beautiful! You are so good! You're above all of it!" That is influencing her. Yes I'm telling you! This is what's happening

1:27:46 But it did look dynamite. I'll be the first to say again, I really really liked that hair. I'm glad you pointed it out because I noticed at the time maybe was going to mention but I failed too...but yes! And then she takes on that princess, this queen of a queen and she has this very weird way of talking like this... Yeah something like that. Let me just, let me write that down. Okay now we are going to go... That's my uh what's the name of that dog? Shaggy! Shaggy dog oh from Archie's? Oh never mind. All right now so what can we possibly do to discredit Donald Trump more

CHAPTER 26 / 50 Discussion

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Birther Movement

Jake Tapper interviews Sheriff Joe Arpaio regarding his continued investigation into President Obama's birth certificate. Arpaio maintains that the document released by the White House is a "fraudulent forged government document." Tapper challenges Arpaio on his credibility, while Arpaio insists he is the only law enforcement official who has actually looked at the evidence.

joe arpaio· jake tapper· barack obama· birth certificate· maricopa county

1:28:40 Well, Jake Tapper had a great idea or his producers. They brought on Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Oh that maniac! Psycho sheriff! Maniac or not it's a perfect... I think he is the model for this crappy show that's on Fox called Axe Cop But anyway, go on. The 10 listeners will get that reference. Go on. Well I like Sheriff Joe Arpaio he is an elected law official and i like a lot of the things he's done And of course, what we need to do is we need to bring back some old crazy stuff about Donald Trump. Jake Tapper does a good job. I love the term you both trafficked

1:29:37 It makes it sound sleazy. Yeah, it makes it sound like a drug dealer or worse human trafficking A real focus is that you both trafficked in this rather preposterous notion that President Obama was not born in the United States and that he may have forged his birth certificate that he released Why would you risk your credibility on issues that you care about like illegal immigration? Like law enforcement by getting involved What do you mean risk? I'm the Chief Law Enforcement Officer elected by the people. I have a right to investigate and speak out So I'm not talking about where he came from. I don't care where he came from We're working on a fraudulent forged government document That's what we are doing You're maintaining that the birth certificate that the President of United States revealed and released to the public you're maintaining that is fraudulent Now, what possibly could Jake do

1:30:35 to bring in another meme just to piss me off. Don't worry, you won't guess." That's right! Is there anyone—any credible law enforcement person outside of you and your organization and your contractors who has any agreement with you on this? No, they haven't looked at it. What are you kidding? I'm probably the only law enforcement official that has looked into it Nobody looks into it They shy away from it Because the president was born in Hawaii Jake really... because the president wasn't born in Hawaii That's why they're not looking into this I don't care where he is born I'm talking about a fraudulent government document A birth certificate

CHAPTER 27 / 50 Discussion

Obama in Kenya and the Native Son Narrative

During President Obama's visit to Kenya, international media outlets like France 24 refer to him as the country's "most famous native son." The hosts highlight the contrast between Obama's lecture on gay rights and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's dismissal of the issue as a non-priority. They note that the "native son" label is openly embraced in Africa.

barack obama· kenya· nairobi· gay rights· france 24

1:31:18 That's all I'm concerned with and that seems to be a violation of the law. And you say that because there are glitches in some of the printing? There it is! If you have computer problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a glitch ain't one. Glitches! Well that's interesting he had that clip cause i have a segway clip then Nice So Obama decides to go to Africa. Yeah, Kenya. We're going around for listeners out there we want to warn the affiliates...we are going to go a roundabout way back to Trump. Okay! Hello affiliates, Trump will be back with the ratings bonanza of Trump momentarily

1:31:57 But I got a kick out of this. This is the clip that says Obama in France, or Obama in Africa, France 24. This is a clip from Van Kat and I want to deserve kind of an awkward moment for anyone listening to this and you tell me what it is and what they say and what we're going to deal with here. Visit Kenya and is understandably causing some excitement in the country despite Obama's insistence This is for business and not pleasure. Well, for more on this story let's cross to Zoe Flood who is in Nairobi this morning. Zoe Obama arguably the country's most famous native son what was the atmosphere like in Kenya just now? Wait a minute did she say the most famous native son yes so apparently Europeans are all in on it they already know

1:32:49 I love that. So he's the most famous of Africa, his most famous native son. Kenya's most famous native son! Fabulous Well now it's not only that the French think that he was born in Kenya Oh no But but i'm guessing That the uh... The Kenyans themselves Uh and I have two more clips I got one is Obama in Africa Okay, this is the one. This is the Obama in Africa. This is the local report about what's going on there and then listen to this! Every life matters... And that is why

1:33:24 This issue is so important. Black lives matter... You're playing the O'Malley clip I'm so sorry Obama in Africa local report Yeah, I know exactly what you asked for and i have no idea how that came out here we go He's the first sitting US president to visit the country His first full day in Kenya brought a moment of controversy when he was asked about gay rights When you start treating people differently That's the path whereby freedoms begin to erode. Kenya's president said this is not a view he shares in Kenya gay sex is punishable by up to 14 years in prison This issue is not really an issue that is on the foremost mind of Kenyans The rest of the visit has been smooth in a country where President Obama is considered a native son What does that tell you?

CHAPTER 28 / 50 Discussion

Sweetened Audio in Obama's Kenya Speech

Adam Curry analyzes a clip of President Obama joking about his birth certificate while in Kenya. He argues that the audio was "sweetened" with artificial laughter and room ambience, noting that the President was speaking in a tent with directional microphones that should not have captured such a resonant response.

barack obama· audio engineering· kenya· birth certificate· media manipulation

1:34:19 They know. They're happy, they're proud but just get over it already and let's be happy about it! Meanwhile Obama is aware of this and so he gives a speech now this little talk here... This is Obama comments in Africa Now I referred to this earlier on the show and I'm going to discuss it after you play this clip or I can discuss it in advance of the clip and tell you right now that this clip well then play the clip and see if you spot the anomaly Okay Here we go. I suspect that some of my critics back home are suggesting that i'm back here to look for my birth certificate That is not the case. That clip was sweetened let me listen he's in a tent hold on hold on let me listen to it again Let me listen to it again expect that some of my critics back home Are suggesting that i'm back here to look for my birth certificate um

1:35:29 That is not the case. Yeah, it sounds very roomy It's very roomy and sweet. Now there are a couple of things I noticed He was in a tent They had a bunch of tables And I didn't see anybody moving when this big laughter took place If he wasn't sweetened, they miked the room which never...this is a casual thing. He's up there talking if he got a laugh and it was just normal miking it would have been his mics which are very directional. He uses I think 57s specific sure mic as to him always pointing right at his face and they're very directional and they wouldn't be picking up all that ambience of the room. The room was either miked which I doubt Or it was sweetened, and I think it was sweetened. It's bullcrap!

1:36:23 without doubt, that is not the ambience that came across...that should come across from... A tent. Because it was low and the lectern was not raised up—I thought actually pretty pathetic. He had the four flags just kind of you know they were all a little crooked they weren't exactly all in the right place he didn't have his teleprompter set up probably yeah it's very possible very possible that he made a joke and they didn't have the audio of how hilarious he And they sweetened it. Yeah, and then they sent it out as a press release about you know video pressure presser oppressor yeah Well that was nice I like that good work people in price for this bullcrap network subjected to our native son That's fantastic

CHAPTER 29 / 50 Discussion

La Raza and the Basta Campaign against Trump

The National Council of La Raza holds a conference where speakers blast Donald Trump for his comments on immigration. The hosts focus on the use of the word "Basta" (Enough) as a coordinated slogan. They predict that professionally printed "Basta" signs will soon appear at anti-Trump rallies across the country.

la raza· donald trump· hispanic community· basta· political protests

1:37:15 Um, back to Trump. Oh you have more? Because I was kind of... But I do have one more trap. I want to mention one last thing this was the this was a clip from the last show we didn't play This is they're blasting Trump at the meeting of look if I guess international or national La Raza which is a Mexican organization that is by definition the most racist of organizations. La Raza literally means The Race referring to Latinos as the race, if it was all white and called The Race this would not be acceptable. People would lose their shit over it yes of course I don't understand why this is tolerated and meanwhile we have Hillary up there and everybody else blasting Can we say La Raza Blanca?

1:38:05 It's a little Raja Paloma Raza Blanca. And it sounds like a taco anyway, just play this and we'll hear him. I think he's hijacked the debate. I think he's a wrecking ball for the future of the Republican party with Hispanic community and we need to push back with Democrats blasting his statements before the Hispanic group La Rosa today that no one Not Donald Trump, not anyone else will be successful in dividing us based on race or our country of origin. I have just one word for Mr. Trump Basta Enough!

CHAPTER 30 / 50 Discussion

John Kerry and the Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiations

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the Senate regarding the Iran nuclear deal. He argues that the deal is a global agreement approved by the UN Security Council and that walking away would be a "fantasy." Kerry also warns that a unilateral military strike by Israel would be a "huge mistake" and could lead to an all-out war and the "annihilation" of Iran.

john kerry· iran deal· ayatollah khamenei· uranium enrichment· israel

1:38:52 Watch, you can wait for it. You can wait for the professionally printed signs at Trump rallies with protesters outside with big signs that say Basta! That would be a good one Then we know how real it was Well we know how it works They may have not picked up on it Oh yeah oh yeah for sure Let me see Now I said we were going to talk about... Was it Iran? Yeah We're gonna talk about Iran briefly Yes About this Iran deal based on what is something in in the donation segment. So Kerry was on the hill, of course the Senate who has to ratify this treaty and it is a treaty... It could be set as an executive order but then it would expire and of course this is a 10-year plan so it has to continue

1:39:49 and therefore it's a treaty, and therefore even saying the United Nations agrees. Maybe I should play that one first here is uh here's Kerry who explains exactly how this works or how we're supposed to believe this works that the Iranians believe they have a deal not just with us but well here you go nobody has a plan that is articulated that is reasonable as to how you are going to strengthen this, do something more when the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and others believe they've signed an agreement with the world. And the rest of the world thinks it's a good agreement. Now if you think the Ayatollah is going to come back and negotiate again with American... That's fantasy! You're never gonna see that because we will have proven were not trustworthy

1:40:36 So there you go, because the United Nations Security Council has loves it and approved it. Therefore its a deal with the rest of the world and you should shut up! You stupid senators, you should shut up especially you Republican Senators And now we have Kerry. This was a long hearing, it was a lot... and Kerry as we know is so boring to listen too. So I just pulled a couple of clips this is uh now this I think plays into- In violation of your own rule by the way But wasn't that? It was a short clip it was look No no I'm just saying I'm just gonna put I'm pointing out Yeah but there's no other there's We got to talk about it! Oh I'm just telling you Yes I don't care it's fine

1:41:17 But now, Kerry is going to in this question and answer is going to play into the rubbleization theory of the Middle East. Then he comes to it in a very interesting way and if he's almost He's almost manifesting it when I listen to this. in order to roll back Iran's program and make Israel safe. Do you think because many in Israel, including the Prime Minister are very uncomfortable with this deal that it is now making more likely than two years ago for example that Israel might attempt some unilateral action military or cyber attack against Iran? Cyber! Well I think there would be an enormous mistake a huge mistake with grave consequences for Israel and for the region And I don't think its necessary

1:42:19 The fact is that we will have for 15 years a restraint on Iran that absolutely prevents it from developing the weapon. They can't enrich beyond 3.67%. You can't make a bomb at 3.67%! They will only have 300 kilograms of stockpile of enriched uranium, you can't make... They will have inspections on a daily basis in their enrichment facilities. If the Israelis are not convinced and they take that action, where would it leave us? Would we support Israel? Would this treaty go up in smoke? Well, if they bombed them sure I presume around would then have a reason to say well This is why we need a bomb and what Iran will decide to do is dig deeper because Israel does not have the ability nor Do we? To stop unless we went to all-out war and literally annihilated around which I don't hear people talking about so you

1:43:13 Yeah, he's manifesting this. He just did! I don't hear people talking about it but let me be the first to put it out there so I can claim it later, I guess. Annihilated Iran which I don't hear people talking about So if you proceed along a normal reasonable military operation You're talking about rolling their program back for two to three years then what do you do? And if you did that, what will Iran's response be? Most likely to decide now you've proven why we need a bomb and they will dig deeper and go out and get it. What people forget is this is not something that may happen in the future Matt

1:43:49 Iran already has enough fissile material for 10 to 12 bombs. They haven't decided to make it, they haven't done it yet We're rolling that back That's what makes the world safer we have a one-year breakout for ten years which is eight months more than you have today so we will have more time to respond I mean as people look at this they will see The alternative is have no inspectors, not know what Iran is doing. Go back to where they are today with the ability to make a bomb and then you're going to hear everybody say oh we got it Obama now bomb them bomb them and bomb them again. There you go. Seems like he's very clear as to what this scenario would be

CHAPTER 31 / 50 Discussion

John Kerry's Contradictory Statements on Iran

A Fox News compilation highlights discrepancies in John Kerry's statements regarding the Iran deal. The clips show Kerry previously stating that "dismantlement" was the goal of sanctions, despite later claiming no one ever talked about dismantling the program. Data is also presented showing that 75% of Iran's centrifuges were installed during the Obama administration.

john kerry· fox news· centrifuges· iaea· ben rhodes

1:44:37 Then we have... That was good. That was a good clip! Here's a clip that I got from Fox News, they did a pretty good job this is some- This is a very no agenda type of compilation they made here which there's just not enough time in the day to have done this Also, I don't know all of the they just have the material. This is a couple of lies Which I think they categorize as misstatements But lies that Kerry made up on the hill and they had the archive footage to go with it was a pretty good piece Nobody has a plan that is articulated That is reasonable as to how you are going to strengthen this do something more when the supreme leader of Iran and the president of Iran and others believe they've signed an agreement with the world

1:45:28 and the rest of the world thinks it's a good- I'm sorry, hold on. I'm completely the wrong one. How'd that happen? You okay? No there is something strange. I am dragging the clips in but it's picking up bra- I don't know what's going on. Here we go. Kerry however made some demonstrably false statements Nobody has ever talked about actually dismantling their entire program In fact Kerry himself previously told Congress that dismantlement was the goal of the sanctions We did it because we knew that it would hopefully help Iran dismantle its nuclear program. Likewise, Kerry suggested as he has before that inaction by the Bush administration tied President Obama's hands When we began our negotiations they had 19 thousand centrifuges

1:46:12 up from the 163 that they had back in 2003 when the prior administration was engaged with them on this very topic. In fact, IAEA reports show 75% of Iran's centrifuges were installed on Mr Obama's watch and lastly there was this about whether Iran would face anytime anywhere inspections. I can tell you i never uttered the words anywhere, anytime nor was it ever part of the discussion that we had with the Iranians. In fact such access was part of the US negotiating posture as late as April this year Under this deal you will have anywhere, anytime 24-7 access As it relates to nuclear facilities that Iran has That was Ben Rhodes, National Security Advisor

CHAPTER 32 / 50 Discussion

IAEA Side Deals and Confiscated Iranian Assets

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is questioned about "side deals" between the IAEA and Iran that the administration claims to know about but does not physically possess. The hosts also discuss the $100 billion in frozen Iranian assets, speculating that the money will likely be spent on American defense contractors once released.

josh earnest· iaea· sanctions relief· hamas· frozen assets

1:47:02 Yeah, this was put together by some organization. Oh yeah and handed to him I agree I agree you could tell but they turned it around pretty quickly then finally there's some controversy over side deals which now the That's where the money is Yes And this was brought up with Josh Earnest the man who is laughingly straight about the International Atomic Energy Association side deals that were cut as a part of the overall agreement. We do know what the agreement is between Iran and IAEA, it's not something that i can discuss in this setting but it is something that can be discussed in classified setting between senior members of the administration and members of Congress. No Secretary said he didn't have a copy of it doesn't

1:47:45 He doesn't know. Well, again there are two different...you're actually conflating two different things that are important. There's one thing between having a copy of the document and knowing exactly what's in it. I like that! Wow! That's a good one. That's a good one. Like well, I don't have a copy of the agreement but I know exactly what's in it but I don't have a copy of the agreement thanks for pointing out Josh Earnest. The administrative copy and not know what's in it? Yeah or not yeah. That would be even stranger this continues a little bit here The United States and our negotiating partners, all the P5 plus one are aware of those agreements. And US officials are prepared to brief members of Congress in classified setting about the details about those arrangements I think our position on this though is crystal clear which is that unless Iran cooperates with the IAEA and providing them the access and information that they need to write their report about potential military dimensions of nuclear program then Iran's not going get any sanctions relief and the deal won't go forward

1:48:44 Mm-hmm. Well, hey there's something wrong here is this my kid also seems to be a lot of involved a lot of concern over that You we grabbed a bunch of Iranian money mm-hmm. Oh, why was it 100? It's 100 billion I think or ten billions hundreds one hundred billion a hundred billion dollars that we confiscated We stole their money Yeah And there's a big the Republicans seem to be more concerned about all were giving their money back and it's immediately gonna go to Hamas Or some terrorists it seems to me that somebody most this money was confiscated in banks is probably owned by a lot of you know That we discussed this exact topic

1:49:22 Yeah, but did we discuss this part? If the money goes back... I'm one of the guys that gets my money back. I'm keeping that money! I'm not gonna go give it to anybody. No, we're going allow you to spend it on American war stuff. Right, that's what we talked about. So there is something- But I still think there's a lot...I was thinking about this and there's got to be...it's not just government money It's like when we stole the money from the Russians We've...you know...these rich guys, we've frozen their bank accounts to put pressure on Putin. We've taken a bunch of oligarchs' monies and said, no you can't spend that money. But you can have it back but you can only spend it on American contractors so there's something going on with my keyboard and I think...it's like there's a key stuck maybe that's what it is? Oh yeah just do what I do take your palm or your hand and you just slam the keyboard as hard as you can every...just banged the whole thing all over okay That usually makes it work Okay good

CHAPTER 33 / 50 Discussion

James Comey, Palantir, and the Einstein 3 Bill

The hosts examine FBI Director James Comey's ties to the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and the data-mining firm Palantir. They discuss a no-bid contract given to Palantir and the introduction of the "Einstein 3" bill in Congress, which would mandate cybersecurity coverage across civilian agencies. They characterize the bill as a way to formalize government backdoors.

james comey· palantir· bridgewater associates· alexander karp· einstein 3· fbi

1:50:22 The modern day equivalent of jiggling the handle. It's more or less jiggling the handle. Seems to have worked, John. So far so good. Yeah so that's Iran... There's a lot of different things. A lot of it is flowing together. Well, go on. What? Well, a lot of stuff is flowing together and I wanted to briefly just stop at something this comes from Stek. Stek has been all over this for so long and finally it's coming to fruition. This one of our producers... He's one of our producers from the Chicago area. Chicago. Adam. Hi, I'm Adam from Chicago

1:51:04 This is about James Comey. James Comey, who is the new director of the FBI... New Director with a nude erection and he was previous though he so he worked at Bridgewater and this is the thing that Sec has always been on about. Bridgewater is what some people call the weirdest hedge fund You know, it's very strange. No one really knows how they...how it works. They have...they make interesting investments and they're just not...you know there's just...it's one of these kind of black boxes and in 2011 according to this article here we go President Barack Obama last week asked Congress to grant FBI Director Rob Mueller a two

1:51:50 a two-year extension. You recall that the law, after some egregious FBI actions in the past was you cannot be the FBI director for longer than 10 years they couldn't find anybody and the top 2 candidates were US Circuit Judge Merrick Garland who turned them down and in 2011 Comey turned them down. Now, Comey was at the time...was at Bridgewater at this very strange and he of course He was a former Was he prosecutor in New York? What was he? He was Wasn't either Wasn't he the New York prosecutor I'm setting you up! Comey! I don't think so What did he do?!

1:52:37 I'm sorry, I was looking something up. He sent Martha Stewart to jail! Oh you know? I actually wouldn't have gotten that...I forgot Wow Yeah, I kind of dropped the martha stewart thing Just wow okay fine Sorry Okay I know i've dropped it We'll go into that later So who so we have a um one of the investments by Bridgewater at the time which was also, two million came from CIA-based In-Q-Tel is Palantir. Right we've talked about them before Yes so Palantir have this apparently they call it the killer code or the killer app I think which they used at Bridgewater to find investment strategies So it's some big data company and they are right now raising 500 million dollars

1:53:37 at a valuation of 15 billion, which is a lot of money and apparently there's only 50 million left for you can get in on. So this is all marketing, of course but Comey is now bringing in because... Now was that Palantir or the other operation? Palantir And so they were financed initially by Bridgewater. Bridgewater then also used their killer app as the... and if you look at the CEO of Palantir, looks like a douche knucklehead bag! What a dick what is this guy's name? You gotta look at him. He is a smug douche Alexander Karp. Yeah it's ugh. You'll see it. This is a douche. Douche douche douche.

1:54:26 But now Comey is... no bid contract. He's given them a deal, in fact it says here the Palo Alto California company known for providing data crunching technology to the federal government including the Defense Department and now Homeland Security Department so he is bringing in also Hershey apparently I don't know why Hershey Company would want to use that but maybe they have a reason So this This is unconscionable. This guy, Karp, is a very fishy looking guy for a CEO at a billionaire. He's like the kind of guy who insists on having his picture taken in front of his Lamborghini with his shades on and really dark glasses. So this all flows into the bill now that has been put into Congress to expressly authorize Einstein 3! Oh yeah...

1:55:23 This would mandate the Einstein coverage extend across all civilian government agencies incorporating strong privacy protections, which we know is code for backdoor. This is according to a Carper aide... this is Tom Carper, Democrat from Delaware Speaking on background, which means secret. Don't mention my name The legislation builds on the Federal Information Security Modernization Act Which was signed into law late 2014 The Einstein bill comes as a bipartisan group of senators led by Susan Collins So you know these guys already have the deal No wonder 500... raise a billion You're good! You got it. You're on the government teat Shepherded in by your original investor What happened to the transparency?

CHAPTER 34 / 50 Discussion

Loretta Lynch at the Aspen Institute

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is interviewed by Andrea Mitchell at the Aspen Institute. The hosts mock Lynch for mispronouncing "Maghreb" as "Magrim" and using the term "splinting" instead of "splintering." Lynch discusses the "morphing" threat of terrorism and the rise of "independent contractors of terrorism" associated with ISIL.

loretta lynch· andrea mitchell· aspen institute· isil· al-qaeda· maghreb

1:56:12 Yeah, well what happened to it never happened right? Now, as backdrop to this...and I'm gonna be pulling more clips from this one-hour conversation. There she is again and I really despise when this happens the Aspen Institute. What is Aspen Institute? Is this just a think tank or what do they do? This is Walter Isaacson's operation. Tell me about it. Now, Walter Isaacson who we've talked about on the show who wrote Steve Jobs' book then he wrote another book shortly thereafter somehow I don't know how this guy runs and I said this I noticed before you find these writers who are incredibly productive. I don't know how they do it because he's also running the Aspen Institute and that they have all these guys come in seems rather spooky to me. Well this is a big douchebag conference with a bunch of elites, a lot of them in homeland security at Etiquetera

1:57:05 And they...and Andrea Mitchell is the moderator. I do not agree that it's good practice, or disagree with the practice of news reporters and anchors and recognized journalists if you can call Andrea Mitchell that because she's married to Alan Greenspan so she's an elite Moderating this, she's hanging out with them. Just hanging out. Ooh it's so lovely to be a part of this. I'm guessing she's getting at least 25 grand? Oh maybe more! Maybe more...

1:57:42 Maybe more. I don't think it's worth more, but she could be getting more yes It's possible this is a this is how you put This is how the meat one of the ways the media has bought off and This is kind of the first coming out as far as I'm concerned of my fee The Speakers Bureau set my fee I can't help I can't give you discount. This is the coming out as it were of the country singer Loretta Lynch who was moonlighting as our Attorney General And just to stop, I'm just...I didn't even have to clip it. Well, I removed a little bit of the thank yous and the blowjobs they both gave to other people in the audience because it was just too long and boring but this is the first question out of the gate and when she- well you obviously can't hear because you can't see it When she finishes asking the question She-and they both have hand mics which I feel was a faux pas on part of the production Because it's very awkward Uh, for- They wouldn't get the prints What?

1:58:43 You can get a full handprint. You can put them... You grab the mic and you swap it out for another mic, and then they get new prints from someone else. And you can unlock her iPhone! Love it! Great idea! We should try this! That's the only reason he'd use them... I'm wearing gloves from now on whenever I use a hand mic. You should! Or before you grab the mic pull out one of those little plastic things. I'm gonna do this at my induction into the podcasting hall of fame. Pull out one of those plastic little restaurant gloves or scrub gloves. Scrub gloves yeah, and then snap it Before I touch the mic, which is going to drop anyway. So John very handy tip another espionage tip from your no agenda show nice. All right but then when after Andrea asked the question she kind of points the mic at you know like a

1:59:39 You go like it was scripted, which of course it is. Oh you okay good spot. And you know just tilting the mic towards her like get your mic took it's your turn well general lynch you can see how excited this extraordinary do you get to be called general if you're attorney general? Is that the deal I don't know we've noticed something crazy like that before I think maybe like five or six years ago saw someone doing this I guess so Well, she should wear a uniform then. Yeah, she gets some ribbons and some fruit salad going baby. Well General Lynch you can see how excited this extraordinary crowd is let me start out by asking you what do you see as the greatest

2:00:26 Threat to the homeland from terrorism. The Homeland Sieg Heil Andrea! The Homeland What is a bunch of Nazis who talk that way? How about America, our country the United States Booyah No, the Homeland With regards to the most serious threat To the homeland from terror Maybe the homeland is Israel maybe we're just not interpreting this properly Who knows what they mean by the homeland The homeland is usually refers to, I always found it strange that they brought this into the conversation but maybe they refer...I mean the homeland to me always means like you know you have a diaspora number of people that left

2:01:11 some area, they were forced out. And they've always been wanting to return to their homeland where they all came from years...hundreds of years ago and they want a return. That's the me what a homeland is not like someplace you know it's not Berkeley. That's why I said Israel maybe we're just misinterpreting Who knows? It could all be code. We don't know if it closed the show. Threat to the homeland from terrorism With regards to the most serious threat, to the homeland from terror I think we certainly have seen the emergence of different terrorist groups I think the greatest threat overall, frankly is the fact that the terror threat is morphing. It's fracturing and morphing John write it down. It's expanding beyond the old school Al Qaeda and its offshoots. I can just see some guy going what the fuck nigga? What? I'm a old school? Al Qaedas not old school we OG baby!

2:02:09 This, this old school. What is this talk of old school? General which are still viable organizations there's dangerous organizations we have made great inroads against Al Qaeda and its affiliates we have done well in the fight against al-qaeda frankly due to the job what does she know who a great deal of international cooperation Wait a minute, the Magrim? Doesn't she mean Magreb?

2:02:55 The McGrimm. She said McGrimm Is there such a thing as the McGrimm? Maybe I'm wrong... I don't know, I'm gonna look it up while you're playing that thing. The McGrimm, well hold on a second let me see what the... By the way if anyone wants to read about the Palantir CEO go to Valleywag Sam Biddle who's a very funny writer wrote a piece called Palantir CEO Sounds Completely Insane and it really goes- It's very interesting. That guy is insane he's a total elite crap head So I'm looking at McGrimm and I get uh Magrim is the overseer of the dwarven afterlife and first taught the dwarves how to communicate with their gods? I have magrim power review. It's a diet, The Magrim Diet maybe!

2:03:36 Magrim diet pills, magrim power slimming capsule. I think she misspoke She meant magreb but would Angela...Angela Mitchell Whatever Did Angela Mitchell catch her? I don't think so And morphine For example it used to be that an al-Qaeda splinter would stay in the Arabian Peninsula or in the magrim and It's like magrim is dwarf porn or something I dunno The magrim is complicated you would still know how they operated. And now we see the emergence of one of the most recent al-Qaeda splinters, ISIL which has grown to a degree and significantly changed the terror landscape and sort of opened it up for the independent contractors of terrorism. Oh, the independent contractors of terrorism! You know what that means?

2:04:28 It's got to be Wolfs, man. It's gotta be Wolfs. The Peninsula or in the Magrim. What an idiot! I'm sorry just what an idiot but there must be she must... There's something we're missing maybe we're wrong well chat room will find it for us oh no they won't you would still know how they operated and now we see the emergence of one of the most recent al-Qaeda splinters of ISIL which has grown to a degree and significantly changed the terror landscape opened it up for the independent contractors of terrorism, almost. Individuals who need not have a prior affiliation with ISIL but who can carry out acts of violence, acts of terror both Europe Asia and here unfortunately then claim attribution and if ISIL thinks that in fact it's

2:05:15 that advances their goals, they will adopt it also. So I would say that we certainly still see the backdrop of the groups we've been fighting for so long, the emergence of new groups and we don't know what's on the horizon quite frankly. So I think that the best way to characterize is the terror threat is still consistently of Splinting. Splinting? Say splintering or splinting Did she say splinting the last time I thought she said splinting maybe back it up Maybe I miss her Foreign terrorist organizations although we do have sadly domestic terrorists as well and the splinting and morphing of that is great concern They're broken limbs they need splintings She said splinting This must be this has got to be our MO We're gonna hear nothing but this stuff I love her

2:06:11 Yeah, she's gonna be great. I like her a lot! Happy to have you, Major General. Major General Sir? General Major? Whatever. Nice. Splinting in the Magrim. Perfect. So i guess we then look at some more Lone Wolf stuff. Woof! The Lone Wolfs...The Lafayettes shooting. Oh You know I didn't think there was this had anything to do with anything, and I still don't. I do have an interesting clip though... I have a clip that I would like to play Well you want to hear the Louisiana shooting just as little intro from PBS? Just- I have a little intro from ABC! I think your intro would work as well as mine Let me play yours let me see what's it's just a shorty A shorty and its called It's called Louisiana Shooting Oh that would make total sense okay

CHAPTER 35 / 50 Discussion

Lafayette Movie Theater Shooting and John Russell Houser

The hosts discuss the shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, by 59-year-old John Russell Houser. They note Houser's history of mental illness and his past "anti-government" and "ultra-conservative" political activities. The media's focus on his "anti-government" postings is highlighted as a typical narrative for "lone wolf" attackers.

lafayette· louisiana· john russell houser· lone wolf· mental illness

2:07:00 Police are searching for a motive after last night's shooting at a Louisiana movie theater. Authorities say 59-year old John Russell Houser killed two and injured nine others before killing himself. Court documents from years ago showed Houser was mentally ill and prone to violence, to the extent he was hospitalized against his will and his wife hid his guns. This is a lone wolf. So what do they need a motive for? Yeah, the guy was on drugs! On the crazy drugs! He's a lunatic... Yeah drugs it's the drugs I'm not taking these drugs anymore or my insurance won't pay for these drugs anymore which is possible that happens a lot That would be the motive

2:07:43 Well, here's ABC. In 2001 Hauser placed a swastika on the outside of the bar he owned but denied he was a Nazi sympathizer Hauser was well educated and politically active even running for office as an ultra conservative anti-tax crusader in Georgia I think he portrayed himself as a community watchdog against government Tonight investigators are scouring Hauser's postings on known anti-government websites, hoping perhaps to find some answers there. Known anti-government websites like search dot any show notes dot com We're not anti government Oh but that's how it's classified Probably

CHAPTER 36 / 50 Discussion

Chattanooga Shooting Discrepancies and Skip Wells

A discrepancy in the reporting of the Chattanooga shooting is identified regarding victim Skip Wells. A news clip is played where it is claimed Wells died in Iraq in 2009, despite him being named as a victim of the 2015 Chattanooga attack. The hosts question the accuracy of the reporting and the "six-week cycle" of such events.

chattanooga· marines· skip wells· iraq war· media errors

2:08:25 Okay, from that we can move back in time to Chattanooga. Here's a... this was pointed out to me today and you can't really do it complete justice in audio but I will tell you what is wrong with the reporting now there were five killed I believe at the base? On the base? I don't know the exact number. I think it was four at first, then it became five something like that Throughout the day, the names of Marines slowly emerged Some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in Chattanooga 40-year old Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of Hamden Massachusetts A Purple Heart recipient and veteran of two tours in Iraq

2:09:05 21-year old Lance Corporal Skip Wells of Cobb County, Georgia had joined the Corps just two years ago. Yeah, the flag behind you looking good. Skip Wells died in Iraq in 2009... That would be something wrong with the reporting? Yeah! And they used the same picture and so it could just be the reporting It could be whatever it is but Skip Wells, the one they speak of and the one whose picture they show died in Iraq in 2009

2:09:55 Well, you stumbled onto something here. Where'd you get that one? It was sent to me... we have producers man! Yes, we have producers man. We don't even have producers man. Dude. Did you just dude-me? I duded ya' man. Well not in a manner of speaking. Good one! What about the other guys? No news on them yet. Well, that's awfully suspicious. Yeah! And that was an event that coincided with the six-week cycle I do not see that happening...I don't think the Louisiana thing has anything to do with any of it. I think its just some guy off his drugs and insurance wouldn't pay for him he wants to go off the drugs next thing you know the guys nuts sleepwalking and shooting people right?

CHAPTER 37 / 50 Discussion

CNN Bug-Eating Segment with Rachel Crane

CNN digital correspondent Rachel Crane is featured in a segment promoting the consumption of insects as a future food source. The hosts react with disgust as Crane eats ants and grasshopper-crusted shrimp tacos at a Mexican restaurant. They view the segment as an attempt to normalize "eating bugs" for the general population.

cnn· rachel crane· entomophagy· bugs· sustainability

2:10:37 58? Or was he older than that? Yeah, it was like 58. It was something like that. Not your typical... not your typical MO. No, not the typical stooge that you use in these other, uh, these phony deals. So something to keep an eye on. Information I have not heard anywhere. Well this is Your NOA Agenda Show and we might as well just bring out one more topic before we thank some people. This is one of our favorite topics. Tastes like poo. Exactly So add on there, I think this thing is good at it okay go on. I think we have already discussed this girl Now of course. Bug eater? You know CNN This is the the lifestyle reporter She's now why can't I find her? I thought I'd pulled her. Slam the keyboard some more

2:11:37 Well, this doesn't seem to be working. Eh! This is the cute girl on CNN. Ah why can't I find her? Ehh...couple cute girls Yeah but she's young She's really young Well hold on a second Before even- well play the clip And then in the meantime we'll have found uh I will have found what her name is. She's young, she's new, she's hip... ...she does the lifestyle reporting and uh- she is out there propagating the eating of bugs as a future nutrient for you all y'all. When I see bugs I want to stomp on them! I want to swap them! I want to raid them! She is just an angry woman Yeah, she wants to raid them. She wants to raid them, ooh

2:12:16 When I see bugs, I want to stomp on them. I want to swap them. I want to raid them. Definitely not... Rachel Crane that's who she is You have to take that little piece there and use it as an evergreen Good idea! I will ISO that you know what? Actually i'll do that while we're playing it Rachel Crane She is the digital correspondent for CNN Interesting that she'd be named after a that eats bugs. When I see bugs, I want to stomp on them, I want to swap them, I want to raid them... definitely not eat them but that's exactly what i'm about to do Hi, I am Mario Nice to meet you Mario thanks for having us Thank You Alright can we step inside your kitchen? Yes please So these bugs are not New York City bugs, you're saying these bugs are from Mexico They've come a long way Yeah they have What inspired you

2:13:06 create a restaurant where people would be eating and hey stop yes. Where's the eat local theme? Yeah really, I dropped the ball on that should have we should have local bugs or bugs yeah this is no good everywhere this is horrible there's grasshoppers worms in mexicana Uh, cuisine is- it has a big- has an important part in our gastronomy. And these delicacies? I mean how expensive are these bugs and fries? Hold on a second! You're telling me in Mexican- what he's saying is the following... There's a lot of subtle stuff going on here Oh yeah oh yeah This is a message saying Hey In Mexican restaurants there's lots of BUGS When I see bugs I want to stomp them, I want to swat them, I want to raid them Yeah that's ISO'd now got it On The Fly

2:13:58 Back to her. Why add ants? Cluck is good. Okay, here goes nothing very strong flavor too. Wow it's really weird to open up the taco and see a bug in there

2:14:51 Hey babe, it's really good to open up the taco and see a bug in there. This is so wrong on so many levels And the thing is she's so cute while she does it She's so cute shoving in the bugs into her pie hole He's humiliating his feature story But you know what? She's in show business Let's be honest Yeah, she's in show business Open up that taco and see a bug in there Crunchy! This is guacamole with the ants Chile ashes Cheers This is so not what I would think the ants would taste like. Oh, those are some big... that's a big ant! I'm gonna leave that one there for you Do I have ants on my teeth? Grasshopper crusted shrimp tacos. I didn't know at first. I was wary and hesitant. You just convinced me with this guy. He just got me. I'll officially invite you to eat it. She's licking her fingers while she's eating that

2:15:52 Is that it? That's your future. Clip of the day, clip of the day Oh wow thank you oh I wasn't even expecting that It was so gross i have to give you a clip of the day Well that is uh appreciated and I humbly accept it When I see bugs I want to stomp on them I wanna swap them I wanna raid them I'm gonna show my support by donating to no agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah they'd be fab On No Agenda We do have a few people to say thank you to for show 742. Before we do that though, I think if you take that evergreen clip and take the bugs part off the beginning of it and just say i want to stomp them, I wanna do this, I wanna raid them... And then throw on there with I wanna bomb them! And use that in combining so that sounds like something you know when a bomb them bomb them again and raid them okay so we so it has potential let's put it that way hmm

CHAPTER 38 / 50 Discussion

Donation Segment and Traveling Karma

The hosts read letters from donors, including Sir Daniel Boroski and Patrick Daly. A somber note from Daly mentions the accidental drowning of his brother, Rick, leading the hosts to grant "traveling karma." They also discuss the "Club 27" recurring donation model and the general dip in donations during the month of July.

value-for-value· donations· karma· club 27· pittsburgh north carolina

2:16:53 And so does Daniel Woodleaf in Pittsburgh, North Carolina. 1-2-3-4-5 I really like that donation amount it just rolls off the tongue and of course Sir Daniel Boroski in Spokane Washington comes with the same amount but He sends a note in, which I have to read because his notes are always on United Federation of Planets stationary. Yes yes yes yes Which means they're official business It's the real deal Thanks for keeping our minds clear of the garbage put out there by mainstream media and government so that we can think clearly! I hit my brother in the mouth last week? I hope it takes W-A-6-0 M-I

2:17:39 I'm sorry, WA-6OMI. I keep always saying zero for that in the morning and 7 threes 73s you want to try this? I think I did it here Let's try this. See if it works, see if that is what you meant. When I see bugs, I want to stomp on them! I want to swap them! I want to raid them! Bomb them? Bomb them and bomb them again! That's where it's true but when I was thinking of the bug part being excised... And then use that as an evergreen one attack... Yeah I have that, I have that separate. Okay But would the bomb them or not? Yeah sure. Okay we got him good

2:18:19 You are you gonna do it now? Well, that's what I just played. Oh no you should have the bug sports still on there What I was thinking, it was taking the bugs part off and then using that on the other end of the bomb. Oh! Bomb them, bomb them, then I want to raid them? Ohhhh...I see. Yeah. Okay keep going and i'll work on that okay Sir Donald Borosky we just read his note James Wells in Flagstaff Arizona $100 Ian Larson at Riverhead New Zealand $100 And he had an email. Did you get an email from him? From Ian Larson? Yeah, Ian Larson We will read your e-mail but probably not on the air No wait we had some notes from Eric did you see the notes? Yeah yeah we got it and that note refers mostly to the one coming up Hold on let me just check...Ian is it Iain Larson? Yeah You might as well because we don't have that many people in this particular list today I uh..no Don't have anything Okay well we'll worry about it later

2:19:20 Mark Bensink in Lansing, Michigan 7585 likes our deconstructions. Nico Fusaro Old Greenwich Connecticut 75 Dave Carey 7410 from which is another vote for the United States Claremont Florida he says by the way job karma has led to a promotion here at work huh Yeah, he's also known as Sir Dingaling. I'm sorry...I'm back Patrick Daly in Rochester New Hampshire And this is the note we were gonna read $74 from Rochester New Hampshire My older brother you get your go might as well send him a Travel Karma my older brother Rick Daly was found drowned in his swimming pool to keep the Well this goes along with our mediocre donations today

2:20:18 was found downer. Was found drowned in the swimming pool this past Friday, he was 47. Anyway can you please give him some traveling karma and also some general karma for his beautiful wife and two kids? Yeah of course I'm gonna do that right now. That's horrible. It's terrible You've got Karma. That sucks it's a day wrecker! It's a day wreck- day wrecker to say the least Hold on Bomb them, bomb them and bomb them again. I want to stomp on them! I want to swap them! I want to raid them! Yeah something like that. Well i'll work on it It's good stuff for our producers out there who wanna add extra little ditties to the bomb them thing We're very sorry about your brother this is... yeah we're- it's terrible so hard to imagine uh joy davenport glendale arizona 6969 and we have a birthday coming up for ahmed bedron

2:21:10 Brandon St. Armand, is it Armand or Armond? I don't know, it's Ammond, I think. Side face it, R and also looks like an M. 6789 Woodstock Ontario Canada. Alejandro Vasquez in Westminster Colorado 5789. Wojcicki Motorsports in Beach Grove, Indiana. Double nickels on the dime. Doing my part from Indianapolis he says. Josh McDonald double nickels on the dime from Parts Unknown. Scrolling down Ethan Smith in Lexington Kentucky. Apologize for being a douche bag for over 200 shows! He donated 5432.

2:22:02 John personally replied to one of my emails and it spurred me to get off my ass and make a donation. I read everyone's emails, they don't respond to all them. I'd like to call out Jay Hamilton as a douchebag! This is important because he's the douche bag who hit me in the mouth but has recently fallen overboard. I wish i had read that... It's not too much to ask, well we don't do these in the middle of this... No but we can always do this I always do that. Got the man overboard and of course, the one i was trying to avoid which you avoided thankfully is the other one Oh you mean Eric Van... Okay Eric Van Martyr Here it is! Yeah by Anne Rand Eric van Martyr a Van Nuys California $53 Sir Kevin Payne regular at fifty dollars and sixty nine cents out of Richmond Virginia

2:22:58 Sir, Inside Jobs out of Seattle Washington $50.66. Barry Coggins, Sir Slough Chattanooga Tennessee and this is he says he's doing a recurring Club 27 donation He donated fifty dollars and twenty seven cents. Columbus Mississippi in lieu of coffee I pledge fifty dollars each month than twenty-seven cents for the club Something that could catch on. Anyone who wants to donate $50 and 27 cents? And he has a birthday for his dad, we'll do that in a minute. And a birthday coming up. And finally these are all $50 donors who don't have that many. In fact, we have very few 1-2-3-4-5-6... We send the mailing out to 14000 people and usually there's about 10 or 20 50 dollar donors but 6 today.

2:23:43 I blame July. Donald Napier in Chicago, Illinois. Bryn Evans in Berwick, Victoria Australia. Shad Rich and Domenico 50 Shane Rozdilski in Saskatoon with another birthday shout out for Sir Chasen And finally Joe Schwartzbauer in Flint Florissant, Missouri and our buddy Bogdan Lehendro in Roanoke Texas. 50 that's it? That's all we got for show 742 want to remind people do with you are subpar subpar It was a bar so far and I don't hate the yo-yo. I just don't like the yo-yo Yeah We'd like more consistency please love it when people try make up but it is it's so tiring

CHAPTER 39 / 50 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony and Birthday Shout-outs

A donor contributing over $1,000 is knighted as "Sir B-Anonymous, Knight of Noah's Ark." The hosts provide birthday shout-outs for Ahmed Badran and Jason Rozdilsky. They encourage listeners to support the show to maintain its commercial-free status and "protect" them from the "bug-eating" agenda.

knighting· anonymous· birthday· noah's ark· podcasting

2:22:58 Sir, Inside Jobs out of Seattle Washington $50.66. Barry Coggins, Sir Slough Chattanooga Tennessee and this is he says he's doing a recurring Club 27 donation He donated fifty dollars and twenty seven cents. Columbus Mississippi in lieu of coffee I pledge fifty dollars each month than twenty-seven cents for the club Something that could catch on. Anyone who wants to donate $50 and 27 cents? And he has a birthday for his dad, we'll do that in a minute. And a birthday coming up. And finally these are all $50 donors who don't have that many. In fact, we have very few 1-2-3-4-5-6... We send the mailing out to 14000 people and usually there's about 10 or 20 50 dollar donors but 6 today.

2:23:43 I blame July. Donald Napier in Chicago, Illinois. Bryn Evans in Berwick, Victoria Australia. Shad Rich and Domenico 50 Shane Rozdilski in Saskatoon with another birthday shout out for Sir Chasen And finally Joe Schwartzbauer in Flint Florissant, Missouri and our buddy Bogdan Lehendro in Roanoke Texas. 50 that's it? That's all we got for show 742 want to remind people do with you are subpar subpar It was a bar so far and I don't hate the yo-yo. I just don't like the yo-yo Yeah We'd like more consistency please love it when people try make up but it is it's so tiring

2:24:34 Okay, donations down. If it goes up, if it goes down... They got a ton of money I'm not gonna donate anything. It's crazy! Up and down, up and down. Well this is your NOA Agenda show you produce it, you put everything together we are conduits for you obviously you need to support the conduits. The conduits not supported the rain is going to... And don't forget without us were the only honest show out there because we don't have commercials, we don't have corruption I'll only show you can get like that and the only show that will keep you from eating bugs We will we will be on the lure on the lookout for these things They're trying to make it eat protecting you from reading. Thank you. We're protecting you in every which way yeah, that's right to vorac org slash

2:25:23 And a short list that goes along with short donors. Joy Davenport says happy birthday, Ahmed Badran. Barry Coggins congratulates his dad who celebrates today July 26th and Shane Rozdilsky says happy birthday to his brother Jason Rozdilsky who turned 25 on July 22nd Happy Birthday from the staff and management here at The Best Podcast in the Universe! close call. To get up on the stage here I'll grab mine okay, there you go. Anonymous thank you very much for your support and the amount of one thousand dollars or more to the best podcast in the universe we are very proud to welcome you with a seat here! You've got a seat at the table-the round table of the Knights and Dames and i hearby pronounce the KD Sir Fee Anonymous Knight of Noah's Ark

2:26:14 You do better with mutton and mead than hookers and blow. Just take my word for it, I've been around Go to noahgen.com slash rings and put your info there, and Eric the shill will get it out to you ASAFP

CHAPTER 40 / 50 Discussion

Al Gore Sexual Assault Allegations Revisited

Dvorak shares an "old clip" found on a hard drive regarding a 2006 sexual assault allegation against Al Gore by a massage therapist in Portland. The report details a 73-page police file and claims of unwanted sexual contact. The case was ultimately closed due to insufficient evidence, but the hosts use it to illustrate how major news stories are often forgotten.

al gore· sexual assault· portland· massage therapist· inconvenient truth

2:26:51 Okay, I have a thing to start off second half with okay. So yeah dig it through my I have a pile of Not that's its collection But I have a pile of hard disks from various machines at once owned I always take and discard the machine in some way to an electron so I always pull the hard discs out with some intention someday in the future taking a big giant drill and Drilling a hole in each one so you can't hold on is this some kind of tech news No, it's not. What you want it to be tech news? I don't know. I'm just asking if its tech news. It was in the process of doing this...I have a couple these disc readers that hook up as USB 3 versions of them You just slam the disk into this device and then it hooks it up and pretends to be a USB drive And so you can go through old stuff! I dont know why I'd wanna do this but im looking for stuff I lost

2:27:47 And so I found this old clip from it, I don't know five or six years. Talk about stuff that gets forgotten and i'm gonna probably do one of these clips every show from now on. I don't even know if that's proper English...it gets forgotten? It gets forgotten! It's probably not but let's play it so we can just remind ourselves that you know a lot of these news stories they cycle out of the They cycle away, we forget about them and there's something that we need to be reminded of. This actually happened And this one is Al Gore sex molester Ha ha! The sex-up poodle My exclusive interview with Bachelor Jake is coming up But right now another Al Gore scandal First it was the cheating rumors and now accusations of sexual assault Jerry has got the police reporting what Al is saying today

2:28:32 The breakup, forced to deny cheating claims and now Al Gore's bad month just got worse. The shocking allegation today, Gore the target of a sex charge investigation extra with the 73 page police report listing Gore as the suspect. The allegation unwanted sexual contact The woman leveling the stunning claims, a 54-year old massage therapist who says it all went down during and after she gave him a massage in this posh Portland hotel. She says it was 2006 one day before Gore appeared at this fundraiser just a few months after the premiere of Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth I am Al Gore used to be the next president of the United States

2:29:18 Gore attorneys have denied the story calling it completely false now extra launching our own investigation Exhibit a the case is already closed police shutting the book on this one back in 07 saying there was insufficient evidence Police said they would have investigated. She never filed charges Exhibit B. The National Enquirer says the woman only went back to police last month after she failed to sell her story for $1 million, but the most important exhibit could be DNA evidence. One report says the woman has the pants she wore on the alleged day locked away in a safety deposit box. The question now what should Al Gore do next? Until Al Gore comes out and talks about

2:30:06 in some capacity, these rumors are just gonna kind of percolate and stay around. Today a spokesman tells Extra the gores have no comment on the report. Do whatever you're gonna do! I'm not scum like you! You can go to your daddy Satan anytime you want. I'll never join you. You understand that filth? Well, since you're doing that then why don't we... And by the way let's just... Let's hold on. What? Just as a capper this did not percolate and it was just name numbers or something got bought off Nothing happened but I'm gonna do some real news here since you brought it up. And now back to Real News Initial reports of the fatal accident along PCH had Bruce Jenner at the tail end of a chain reaction crash where a Lexus rear-ended a Prius and then Jenner's Escalade pushed the Lexus into oncoming traffic

CHAPTER 41 / 50 Discussion

Bruce Jenner PCH Crash and MTA Bus Video

New evidence is discussed regarding Bruce Jenner's fatal car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway. While initial reports suggested a chain reaction, MTA bus video reportedly shows Jenner's SUV hitting two cars directly. The hosts speculate that the legal fallout was suppressed to avoid interfering with Jenner's high-profile transition and reality show launch.

bruce jenner· caitlyn jenner· pch· car accident· mta bus

2:30:54 69-year old Kim Howe was killed when a Hummer hit her car. But AP sources now say video shows Jenner's SUV hit both cars and the Lexus never did hit the Prius to begin with, a version reflected in a new animated video created even before the AP source came forward. Now this is very annoying Because I'm pretty sure that this happened so close to the Diane Sawyer interview, and now of course we're about to launch the reality show. But I think it airs at the end of this month or docudrama whatever it is... Well, we better look at a timeline on this because my understanding is people have talked to me about this and they claim

2:31:33 people that are a little out there, that this happened before any of his decisions or anything else to become a woman. But you know that the deal was already set? No, this happened... they had been negotiating with the SB's, with all... ESPN owned by ABC, they negotiated all of this months ahead of time So I'm pretty sure what happened is this went down. We can't have this guy being in jail because we have an interview with him, everything's planned... Yeah it was all set up It was all set up so they had to kill it and now but now they have video you see the video it's very obvious what happened Where'd they get the video? MTV did you listen to report yeah I said that's how they said they recreated it No! They have the video they don't own it The..I didn't have a good clip but I've seen the video

2:32:21 and it's from an MTA bus. Oh, okay. The buses are all equipped with cameras... In San Francisco this to me is annoying. The buses are all equipped with cameras so they can have the license plates of people who happen to be in the bus lanes So they can give them a ticket by mail to make more money That's right It's all gonna end with the Google auto driving car All gonna end people But that's going to be not tomorrow This is where I thought you were going John as you Announce the second half of the show and there's only one clip that needs to be played for this Second half or show the mother of a missing Oxnard woman Dawn van bunker believes that her daughter is in the middle of a mysterious death investigation tonight and may be having a mental breakdown

CHAPTER 42 / 50 Discussion

Pacific Palisades Secret Agent Alien Story

A bizarre story from the Pacific Palisades involves the death of Jeffrey Alan Lash, whose fiancée, Catherine Nebron, believed he was a secret agent working for aliens or the CIA. Police discovered 1,200 guns, 6.5 tons of ammunition, and $230,000 in cash at the residence. The fiancée reportedly left the body in a car, expecting "operatives" to collect it.

pacific palisades· catherine nebron· jeffrey alan lash· secret agent· aliens

2:33:18 This past week, police found a man's decomposing body in an SUV parked in the Palisades. And at a townhouse down the street they found hundreds of guns and tons of ammunition Well it turns out that the dead mans fiancee Catherine Nebron is Dawn Van Bunker's boss... ...and the two women were with the man when he died But they never reported the death because they believed he was a secret agent, but with And the women apparently believe that alien or CIA operatives would collect the man's body while they went to Oregon. It was craziness that was totally nuts Harlan Braun is the fiancee's attorney and is shocked by what was discovered at the Palisades home We found a lot of cash, we found guns, we found stuff that could be used for snipers there are cars that were modified for desert travel

2:34:20 He could have been working for anyone. It's hard to imagine, however that it is a total figment of his imagination because there was so much money involved. There were almost $5 million worth of guns that were taken by the police The police also uncovered 6 and 1 half tons of ammunition at one condo in the Palisades Laura Van Bunker isn't quite sure why her daughter believes the alien secret agent story but she wants her to come home now and get some help It's a great story. This is great, that's a great story! Great story yeah where'd you pick that up from? Has been around the probably tweeted to me 20 times huh yeah and you know what can I say other than makes total sense to me Yeah i'm all in on that there's this term I want everyone to be on the lookout for by the way it's been cropping up

CHAPTER 43 / 50 Discussion

The Term Kill Bag in Crime Reporting

The hosts highlight the emergence of the term "kill bag" in recent crime reporting, specifically in the UK case of Liam Liburd. They explain that while it is originally a fishing term, it is now being used to describe kits containing tools for murder and body disposal, such as saws, acid, and masks.

kill bag· crime terminology· liam liburd· forensic evidence· fishing

2:35:13 And I don't think it cropped up in relation to this story, although it could have. The term kill bag... Have you heard this? No, I have not heard that. So a kill bag and there's been a couple of these let's see this is the college Liam Liburd, Liburd, I think this is in the UK maybe. Wait, lemme just double check this article make sure And I've seen it in a couple, it's been cropping up. A kill bag is something that if you're an evil man...of course always a man there's never a woman then you have a kill bag either in the boot of your car or in your apartment and the kill bag contains things to cut you up with, shovels to dig a hole, any kind of stuff acid

2:36:03 multiple, multiple ingredients to the kill bag. Well the kill bag if you look it up and Google what a kill bag is where this stems from is a fishing term. It's correct. And fishermen have these kill bags and its like you've got your dead fish in there right But detection... I guess you guys have the thing to scrape the stuff, you know? Well it's gloves boots coveralls masks so you don't throw up from the smell of the body that is decomposing. All this stuff. Kill bag just be on the lookout for it It's just a little tip Just want everyone to be on the lookout for the kill bag and I have a feeling we're going this is going to crop up more and more. Yeah put it down. Put in highlight it. Okay. Today show date

CHAPTER 44 / 50 Discussion

Social Security Gun Grab and Representative Sam Johnson

Representative Sam Johnson of Texas speaks against an Obama administration proposal to use Social Security records to restrict gun ownership. The plan would report recipients who have their checks managed by others to the NICS background check system, effectively labeling them "mentally defective." Johnson vows to stop what he calls a "gun grab."

sam johnson· social security· second amendment· gun control· nics

2:36:51 Then, I think it behooves us to speak about the war on crazy which is now taking place once again. We pretty much predicted this that the government would use any type of database or anything they have in order to take guns away from law-abiding American citizens and Sam Johnson who was a Republican from Texas an older guy He made a short but sweet little speech there on the floor. Mr Speaker, President Obama is at it again. He's now seeking to deny millions of law-abiding Americans their Second Amendment right to bear arms by going through Social Security and why is that? Because he couldn't get gun control through the Congress The American people wouldn't stand for it

2:37:49 Mr. Speaker, old age or disability does not make someone a threat to society These folks should be able to defend themselves just like everyone else As chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee and a staunch defender of the Second Amendment, I will do everything in my power to stop this gun grab. Yesterday, I ordered the Commissioner for Social Security to stand down and abandon any such plan. Mark my words American's Second Amendment rights must and will be protected."

2:38:25 So, of course I looked into this because it sounds kind of... you know the way that..I don't like the way the representative for congressman from Texas sets that up. The president said again! You make yourself like a dumb ass hick and there is something real to this even about even found Snopes saying hey its partially true What the idea is, is to forbid anyone who receives Social Security but does not cash the checks themselves from owning any firearms. Wow that's a funny one! Yeah and the thought there as well you're not smart enough to balance a checkbook...you can't have a gun. That's the idea. What if your one of the Duponts and you just having your secretary go in cash the checks? You're hitting all the points

CHAPTER 45 / 50 Discussion

Obama on Gun Safety and the Second Amendment

In an interview with the BBC, President Obama expresses his frustration over the lack of "common sense gun safety laws" in the U.S. The hosts argue that the President should seek a constitutional amendment if he wants to change gun laws rather than using executive orders. They critique the emotional appeals used by the media following mass shootings.

barack obama· bbc· gun safety· sandy hook· constitution

2:39:14 Of course, there was quite a bit of gun discussion. The president appeared on the BBC's. If you ask me where has been the one area where I feel that I've been most frustrated and most stymied? It is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws. Is this true? No And what constitutes... Can I ask you another question, a point of information Yes sir

2:39:51 So the idea is that you get sent a Social Security check and then you don't cash it. If someone else caches that for you, if someone else is managing? Well I believe if I'm not mistaken by looking at my regulations correctly the Social Security Administration sometime about...I don't know..a year maybe two years ago required everyone to sign up for direct deposit There is no checks anymore. Huh, wow! Or there are no checks anymore. Good catch. Something's fishy about this... Well we will have to see what comes of it let me see if I can so this is about four million social security

2:40:42 Let me just see if I can find it. It was hard to find the actual proposal, of course... Well you could always call the congressman's office and they'll give you the reference. I'm sure we need to call these guys more so here's that here's the genesis of this with a White House as always planned to expand prohibitions on people owning guns, and they start with the Social Security payments that are handled by others. Specifically the plan would require the Social Security Administration to report those recipients to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NICS

2:41:21 The same process used to prevent guns from being sold to felons, drug addicts, immigrants in the country illegally and others. In 2013 President Obama issued an order directing all federal agencies to improve their reporting to NICS under that directive the prohibitions were expanded to include the Social Security Administration This is already happening with the Veterans Administration The same background checks process is already used by the Department of Veteran Affairs to prohibit some veterans from owning firearms. Yeah, this is a classic... We talked about this on the show before. Yeah because they're mentioned- Classic veteran comes back in it from a war zone and he can't use a gun because he doesn't know what he's doing? If you are deemed mental defective that's a category in the NICS database I wonder what that does that include

2:42:08 Global warming denial? Global warming. Probably Post-traumatic stress syndrome? Probably A little of that, you can't hold a gun anymore So CNN is all over this they love this I watch CNN so you don't have to I just don't understand why we can't seem to resolve that issue this issue and we're just confronted over and over again with these mass shootings. It's, when will our legislators and our politicians get on board and realize that this is an issue that we have to deal with? If common sense ruled the day then we would look at these shootings and say we have to be more realistic with an interpretation of the Second Amendment that makes sense in 2015.

2:42:54 Oh, slippery slope. Here we go! Happens all the time. We could do a whole show just about this. Let's play this game. I have two to finish... Two to finish? You don't want no segue clips. But you're going to segway right after I'm done with the second clip Okay. Kids are dying, Sandy Hook New moviegoers are dying Young kids are dying Like this movie goers are dying Hey! We can't have moviegoers dying That's our bread and butter over here at Time Warner Hey you can't have that That makes sense in 2015 we just have to because our kids are dying Sandy Hook I love that. Just go, Sandy Hook! New moviegoers are dying. Moviegoers are dying. This is our audience we can't have them dying Young kids are dying. But for whatever reason... We're just maintaining this immunity of reality or common sense when it comes to the way we're killing each other This will be his biggest defeat

2:43:51 This is a president when you have these types of things happen. And frankly, anytime something happens to young people or children... You see this president he throws out the playbook and tries to do something. He really thought that he was going to be able to pass any kind of bill break this logjam and honor those dead children. When he was unable to do that it was a heartbreaking moment for him I don't think he's really recovered from it so every time now of

2:44:34 Why was I not able to get more done on this particular issue? Yeah, well because it's in the Constitution and if you want to change it change the Constitution make an amendment right in a minute That's the way to go sit around have everyone vote on it. And there you go that'll do anything Do everything you want and I would be if we en masse decide gone with the Second Amendment God say okay That's what that's where we all decided Yeah, no one's done that. Now Carol CNN at facebook.com slash carol cnn She just this is very interesting this reports This woman they have a field reporter talking about the CDC who wanted to do a report about you know People who are mentally who have mental issues not being sound or fit To own a firearm which of course would be very

CHAPTER 46 / 50 Discussion

CDC Gun Violence Studies and Media Impasse

CNN's Carol Costello discusses the impasse regarding CDC studies on gun violence. She claims the CDC is afraid to conduct research for fear of losing congressional funding. The hosts point out a "fishy" moment where reporter Michelle Kaczynski refuses to comment on the matter while traveling with the President in Kenya.

cdc· gun violence· executive orders· michelle kaczynski· carol costello

2:45:20 dangerous if they actually got into it because anyone who's on these drugs that are handed out like candy, I would like to remind everyone that there are more prescriptions for Oxycontin in the United States than there are adults who can actually take it. What was the number again? 220 million...I forget what it was. It's a bonanza! It's a real bonanza and that's pretty much heroin So here is this woman who reports it, it's very strange. She wasn't allowed to comment on it but Carol CNN did for her. It's strange. I think most interestingly one thing the president tried to do in his last round of executive orders was to allow the CDC to do studies on gun violence just studies

2:46:05 But the CDC hasn't really wanted to do that out of fears that if they studied gun violence in America, that Congress would then try to cut certain funding. So that's the kind of impasse that the president faces and to say this would be an uphill battle to change things Carol is putting it very very lightly. Well its a sad world when you can't even do a study without fear of repercussion. That's ridiculous All right, Michelle Kaczynski I know you can't comment. I'm sorry to lay that on you but I just had to say it. Michelle Kaczynski reporting live from Kenya this morning. So here's what happened... She just made it up! Well so here's what happens she says- They didn't want to do it because they didn't want to do it. Boy she says uh Michelle Kaczynski whatever name is I know you can't comment on it and she's with the president in Kenya maybe that's it and she does that mouth zipper mouth movement like my lips are sealed my lips are zipped up why? Why can't she comment on it?

2:46:59 Is that part of the deal when you travel with a president to Kenya? No. Bro, they might she... That was a very fishy clip Why can't she comment on it? Because it's a lie! Oh okay well then there may be that Transition She didn't want to throw in her face or she didn't wanna have the CDC guys call her up shortly thereafter and say this is not true There's a lot of reasons we didn't do these studies because we didn't have any money for them. We didn't get us to any funding for these studies, if it weren't so cheap wanting us to volunteer to do them! We got other things to do besides that has got nothing to do with us. It's disease control we're dealing with here I mean that's possible could be

CHAPTER 47 / 50 Discussion

NASA Kepler 452b Discovery and Earth 2.0

NASA announces the discovery of Kepler 452b, described as "Earth's closest cousin." The hosts dismiss the story as "bullcrap" and a "meme," questioning how a telescope can see a planet 1,400 light years away when it couldn't provide clear images of Pluto. They suggest NASA stories are often used to distract from the launch of NRO spy satellites.

nasa· kepler 452b· earth 2.0· exoplanets· spy satellites

2:47:43 transition clip? Oh, well you know I think you covered what you wanted to cover because you're talking about war on crazies. I got some other stuff that's kind of different but it's we're running out of time um i do have this bullcrap report i might as well play this okay yeah sorry I, you already found it. It's largely written as bull crap. So let's play this clip and talk about a little bit but NASA has been getting on my nerves because they just they're full of crap about a lot of stuff but this although i think this has been embellished by the news reporters...this is just nonsense

2:48:19 Well some news now that you might say is out of this world. NASA has found Earth's closest cousin they say and they suggest it might be able to support life now this discovery comes thanks to the space agency's Kepler Space Telescope but don't pack your Well, pack your bags for Earth 2.0 just yet our twin planet is some 1400 light years away so is there life out there? Julia Kim weighs the evidence. Liftoff of the Delta II rocket with Kepler on a search for planets in some way like our own. Hurtling into space more than six year ago the Kepler telescope has made an astounding discovery

2:49:02 In a faraway solar system located in the constellation of Cygnus, Earth's closest twin Kepler 452b was discovered. A planet star system that almost mirrors the Earth and Sun This planet is 1.5 billion years older and 60% bigger than earth and circles its star at about the same distance as the earth orbits the sun That is, not too close and not too far from its home star. This optimal position means that Kepler-452b has the right temperature to support life on its surface Scientists say that liquid water, plant life and volcanoes could exist on this planet or could have done so in the past. The conditions for human beings to thrive are there but at a distance of 1400 light years away it's unlikely that humankind will reach its Earth twin anytime soon." Yeah yeah this is a big meme I've heard this- What a supposition! This thing's 14 oh let's see here's my logic

2:50:05 This thing's 40, I don't care about this spy telescope they put up there Kepler which i'm sure they turn back on us every so often. You know it's a spy telescope obviously. Yeah yeah it's a spy telescope but they shoot it out there because somebody you know you book time in these things you had there's a waiting list and I'm gonna do this... It's like a mainframe like a mainframe where you booked. Like a mainframe very old-fashioned And so you book time and somebody finds it, 14... Now and then they make all these suppositions. Oh it could be like Earth that could have water, could this or could that? They had to run a 10-year project! Ten years to send a little camera satellite out to see what Pluto looks like

2:50:48 Well, they turned out that this Kepler is so good. How come they couldn't tell us anything about Pluto using this satellite let alone something or the satellite telescope? Let alone something 1400 light years! That's how long it... The speed of light would take 1400 year to get there This is bull crap! Why do they run these stories? I'm thinking that, you know NASA... because i'm on the NASA launch or the JPL launch email list and but I will go back and look at this. We've noticed many times when they send up an Atlas rocket it's all for NRO The National Reconnaissance Office which is this spy stuff so we're always shooting spy satellites always what the payload is NRONRONRO

2:51:42 And maybe someone, you know got onto this spy satellite and then we just had to turn it into oh well...oh we found something genius. That distracts because I heard an Uber driver say to me there's a guy from Morocco and he was talking about Morocco and Moroccans and how the Dutch, all the wrong Moroccans are showing up there and he's laughing and said well when it happens we can always just move to the other earth so this is now, you know, this is the meme that's working very well but its beautiful fantasy. We can move to the other earth and this is picked up by as a meme By anybody mm-hmm yep, if you watch I'm gonna see more and more of this that it's pathetic Well the uber driver was actually very you know punctual he did a good job. I had a good ride

CHAPTER 48 / 50 Discussion

Malaria Vaccine and the PATH Organization

European regulators give a green light to "Mosquirix," the first malaria vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline and the nonprofit PATH. The hosts express skepticism about the vaccine's efficacy and the involvement of the Gates Foundation. They note that the vaccine is intended for use in young children in Africa.

malaria vaccine· glaxosmithkline· path· bill & melinda gates foundation· mosquirix

2:52:34 Two topics and then I'm done. Just almost throwaways, but i want to mention them one we there has uh we have a green light for the first malaria vaccine from the european regulators this is a Glasgow Smith-Klein joint effort along with and...I could not find out much about this other organization because it's an international nonprofit called PATH P A T H, PATH. And together they developed this I think is also with the Mel and Belinda Gates Foundation and PATH you can find it path.org is big this is a big organization their partners

2:53:19 ExxonMobil, Medtronic, Merck, Microsoft, Sanofi as in the vaccine people. And they claim that they have a malaria vaccine but they still want to hand it out in conjunction with malaria nets so I don't know maybe it's not working all that well or maybe it's just partial vaccine or who knows? Or maybe... It's just there to kill more black people! Well that's pretty paranoid Well, there's plenty of reason. A lot of Africans are very paranoid about vaccines being handed out by multiple groups including... Well it's because they've been killing them off with the vaccine. Yeah! Hello? Yeah exactly. Ebola shows up mysteriously. Oh it's because some guy ate a bat. Hey and where is our Ebola vaccine? Where was that fast track for that thing? What happened to that? Why aren't we all being inoculated for ebola right now as we speak? We had Merck, we had all these guys on top of this what happened

2:54:14 I have no idea. So it's called Mosquix, M-O-S-Q-U-I-R-I-X, mosquirix And the European Medicines Agency, the EMA recommended that RTSS or Mosquerix should be licensed for use in young children... In Africa who are at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. The shot was developed by Britain's biggest drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and partially funded by the MelanblindaGate Foundation. Is it a drug or vaccine? The Shot, it says. The Shot. It's the Guardian so it's British.

2:55:06 He will now be assessed by the World Health Organization, which has promised to give its guidance on how and where it should be used before the end of the year. I think it's fine! Tested on the black children in Africa!" Yeah that's what you want to do. That's exactly how you want to roll with it. It's beautiful so if anyone knows anything about this PATH organization just a shout to the producers. Good luck. And then finally just uh...just a fun one from over there in Gitmo Nation East The Lord Speaker has issued a strong statement here. We had a scandal, and this involves Lord Sewell which I think he's actually a baron He is the deputy speaker of the Lords He had to resign as video surfaced of him actually doing hookers and blow! It's... it's a good... he's got a 10 pound note rolled up with these snorting coke off the table And he's making jokes with these hookers.

CHAPTER 49 / 50 Discussion

Lord Sewel Hookers and Blow Scandal

Lord Sewel, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, resigns after a video surfaces showing him snorting cocaine with sex workers. The hosts mock the "creepy" footage and discuss the role of Rupert Murdoch's "The Sun" in exposing the scandal. They also briefly mention Michael Wolff's biography of Murdoch.

lord sewel· house of lords· hookers and blow· the sun· michael wolff

2:56:06 There's some video in there which is not worth playing. You gotta see the video to... Lord Coke quits after son exposed his scandal. This is your buddy, our buddy... By the way I'm reading Michael Wolff's book on Murdoch and it's really very well written. I mean this guy is a really smooth, smooth writer and I can see why Murdoch was irked about the book. A lot of insulting little things in there that Wolfe doesn't seem to realize. What is this book about? It's the biography of Murdoch. Ah right! And Michael Wolfe was the writer at Wolfe and he is really talented. Very easy read

2:56:51 but uh... this would be a i would see this is that murdoch of this isn't the sun so as murdoch going after these guys right right right you know for not really helping them when they did the big skis bonus phone hacking scandal took place in it he had to go up there and act like an idiot you know mccracken does all the day we were just a few years ago but brocco's and gives testimony is always like my brain death something inside reminding me of the of that mobster. There was a mobster that he was always playing dumb, he played like he's retarded or something and they'd bring him in to give testimonies... An American mobster? Yeah! Very famous American mobster who seemed like an invalid Was his name Sammy? I don't know if it was one of those guys... Those guy are always named Sammy

2:57:44 Yes, Sammy. Probably was Sammy... Anyway So this guy he did well actually it was kind of lame He did three lines of coke in 45 minutes Come on man, amp it up a bit will ya? Lightweight And he says to the hookers on the video One of the escorts said you're such a party animal and then he says I know disgusting isn't it? Oh man that's so great That is so good and look at him he looks like such a creepy dude Lord Coke. Great! Elite Rock, make my day. Alright I think i can pass on these stories and go to Thursday Okay good then we'll do that on Thursday Very nice Thank you very much Thank you very much everybody It was a lot of fun there Please help us out remember us at Dvorak.org slash NA We do need more help than what we've been getting This is uh... A must A must-a must-a must-a must Help?

CHAPTER 50 / 50 Discussion

Show Outro and Final Jingle Mix

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conclude the show, reminding listeners to visit the website and sign up for the newsletter. They play a final mix of jingles, including the "bug-eating" clip combined with John Kerry's "bomb them" audio, and sign off with their signature "In the morning" greeting.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· newsletter· podcasting

2:58:51 Yeah, I guess you're right. Ah, nice! Well we'll see what comes our way there's always something to do keep tweeting me links i always appreciate that at adamcurry if you got something special to say and encrypt it my public key is out there pubkey.curry.com And coming to you from the Crackpot condo here in downtown Austin-Tejas, the capital of the drone star state. I am one side of the croissant boys In the morning i'm Adam Curry and I'll be discussing some media corruption in the next newsletter so keep an eye out for that The story that's going around which we didn't talk about today but we will talk about next week I'm John C. Dvorak and we'll be back on Thursday right here on No Agenda

2:59:55 Bugs! Bugs, bugs, bugs. Tastes like poo Bomb them, bomb them and bomb them again I wanna stomp on them, swap them, raid them Well it's time for some presidential proclamations It's not a very good jingle but it's gonna have to do If you have computer problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a glitch ain't one As a general rule i am just fine with a few hecklers But not when im up in the house Can we have this person removed please? Can we escort this person out? Come on

3:00:57 That's how we roll. And that's the story. Amen, fist bump! The best podcast in the universe! Adios, mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A