Episode 798 · Thursday, 11 February 2016

Dangerous Speech

Political outsiders dominate the New Hampshire primary while the intelligence community eyes your smart home devices for data collection and the Supreme Court halts federal climate regulations.

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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders secured decisive victories in the New Hampshire primary, signaling a massive shift toward political outsiders and away from the establishment. The results triggered immediate fallout as Chris Christie exited the race following allegations that Marco Rubio used dark money to fund negative advertisements. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, alleging a pattern of unconstitutional policing and a debtor’s prison system.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the Internet of Things presents a new opportunity for intelligence collection, while FBI Director James Comey warned that end-to-end encryption is causing law enforcement to go dark. Twitter established a Trust and Safety Council based on the Dangerous Speech Project to implement restrictive community guidelines. In the energy sector, the Supreme Court blocked the EPA Clean Power Plan, and the National Iranian Oil Company announced it will now require oil payments in euros rather than dollars.

Adam Curry announced he is considering a run for Congress in Texas District 21 against Lamar Smith, with John Dvorak serving as his campaign manager. The production quality of Super Bowl 50 faced heavy criticism despite Lady Gaga receiving high marks for the national anthem. The show also analyzed the sudden spike in Red Lobster sales following a lyrical mention in Beyonce’s halftime performance of Formation.


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CHAPTER 01 / 50 Discussion

Super Bowl 50 Production Quality and Lady Gaga Performance

Critical analysis of the Super Bowl 50 broadcast focuses on poor color grading and a lack of traditional cheerleader coverage. Lady Gaga receives high praise for her rendition of the national anthem, which is identified as the evening's highlight. The discussion contrasts the lackluster television production with the excitement of the Denver Broncos' victory.

super bowl 50· lady gaga· denver broncos· halftime show· television production

00:00 They're going nuts. Yeah, they're going nuts. Yeah, they're going nuts. Yeah, Adam Curry John C Devorah and Thursday February 11th 2016 in time once again for you get Monation Media assassination episode 7 9 or 8 this is no agenda Back checking the fantastical, guarding your reality and broadcasting live from the Capitol. The drone star state Austin Tejas FEMA region six in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and for Northern Silicon Valley where the El Nino has hitting hard with hot weather. I'm John C. Dvorak. I'm so glad we tested everything before the show because you came in really low there. That's all right. I got you cranked.

00:46 Hey-o! Well, congratulations. Okay? Yeah you were correct Oh yes, yes we're talking about the football game Although I made two predictions and one of mine was correct as well Uh... okay what was the prediction that you made that was correct? Okay well the incorrect prediction of course was that The black man would be put down and lose As in the black quarterback Cam So of course he or would win I say what access to the way when wins a black lives matter, right? So what I said was there will be controversy about Black Lives Matter and bam. There it was What with the halftime show oh You know this is funny because this terrible half-time show Which I think was one of the worst The whole Super Bowl is one of the worst shows that ever seen That's the way I felt well not when you're rooting for Denver

01:39 No, I mean just... They sucked. They did something they know they just stunk but they still won. More like a television production that's where it really was bad It was the whole first half it wasn't sparkly The colors were muted Gold is very hard color to make work on television Impossible! Because of course it was the 50th anniversary So the gold on the field looked like you know grayish yellowish orange-ish poop Yeah it was poop Didn't look any good And, um... It did look much better the second half. Uh- Oh! Excuse me I counted three count if we're not gonna count the the teams coming onto the field All right Which i always like i think it's exciting you know usually two yeah usually two teams yes No but i counted three only three times outside of the opening where We saw a cheerleader now what are these people thinking?

02:33 I don't get it either. There was not a single good cheerleader shot during the entire show just you know like a quick oh we saw something briefly. I think there was a blink yeah there was a blink shot just being and out who is running that show over there? That is dumb I don't agree with that. They had no glamour shots, they had a couple guys crawling around looking for people in the stands crying...they always do that. Well they put all of their television production time into the halftime show which is not And it was a crap show. Well before we get to the half time, wait before we get to the half-half time I thought Lady Gaga was fantastic Everybody did. I loved Lady Gaga and and i'm all i'm just sitting there going like where's the fly by Q? The Fly By Q! There It is! She actually did that last line of the national anthem twice she said she went out of could she went up to the flageolet I have to say very impressed She can sing. Girl can definitely sing

CHAPTER 02 / 50 Discussion

Beyonce Super Bowl Halftime Controversy and Social Justice Themes

Beyonce's halftime performance of her single "Formation" sparks debate regarding its social and political messaging. Analysts on The View and CNN discuss the "unapologetically socially conscious" nature of the performance, which featured dancers in Black Panther-inspired attire and references to Black Lives Matter. The performance is characterized as a brave use of an A-list platform during a national social justice crisis.

beyonce· formation· black lives matter· halftime show· social justice

03:38 And yeah, that was actually the highlight of the whole evening. It was all downhill from there it really was and Well anyway so this Beyonce thing I guess it was some controversial song? I couldn't hear a word of it. I mean you can't hear it is poorly my if you had listened to me before the show I said, she remember we talked about that. She dropped her new single. She dropped her new a single. Yeah. And then I listened to you. We remembered dropping the set and it was all of it was all about Katrina and Negroes and cops killing us. Yeah yeah

04:17 Well, just because she dropped the single doesn't mean I went out to listen to it. And so then when she did this song...I didn't know what she was singing and I couldn't hear it. That was the beauty of it! She mumbles when she sings. I don't think she's that good. No, she's a good singer. She almost fell on her ass though during that dance. Yes, whoa! That would happen. But I think there was a chink in Bey's armor there for me like oh That would be the highlight of the show I have a quick bit of analysis of The Beyonce Show from this is, of course from The Show that Matters. It doesn't matter what you and I think John Deere matters What the women think on the view? That's what matters in America

04:53 This is actually the CNN. What's her name? Sonny Hauston, I think Hostin Hauston She's seen in legal analysts and she was a guest on The View to discuss the Beyonce controversy was being sort of unapologetically socially conscious and because if you look at some of the tweets that were sent out her mother Had her fist up along with the dancers and they also had a sign that said Black Lives Matter So I actually was really impressed with it. I thought it was extremely brave to have someone That's an A-lister that has such a huge following And a platform to be socially conscious because the bottom line is people don't want to talk about it But we are in the middle of a social justice crisis in our country We are

05:39 And for me, when I saw it. I was applauding because I thought yes! Yes, yes, yes Bee! Yes! She's sitting there, she is actually sitting there watching and then she's clapping and applauding? Yeah sure. Or did she just meant that figuratively? No I think she really was doing it probably why not All the ladies John all women in the world love Beyonce And i will say Why? I don't know

CHAPTER 03 / 50 Discussion

Red Lobster Sales Spike Following Beyonce Lyrics

Red Lobster reports a 33% nationwide increase in sales following the release of Beyonce's song "Formation." The lyrics, which mention taking a partner to the restaurant chain, resulted in a significant business boost and a viral response from the company's social media accounts. The phenomenon is compared to highly effective native advertising.

red lobster· beyonce· formation· native advertising· sales growth

06:17 I'm not sure exactly, but it was a strong female figure. I agree with Beyonce if your man hit it right you take him to Red Lobster that's what I'm saying! I'm expecting some red lobster tonight So Red Lobster, this is how pathetic things are. Red lobster sales went up 33% nationwide Yeah hello can we have a magic number? Oh wait! Could it be perfect time for native advertising moment on NPR Good morning I'm David Green Why pay money for Super Bowl ad? Red Lobster has seen spike in business thanks it seems to Beyonce's new hit Formation which she performed at halftime In the song she takes a guy to red lobster for dinner after they well

06:56 Listen to the song, but apparently many people are craving Cheddar Bay biscuits. Red Lobster has seen a 33% boost in sales since this song dropped The restaurant tweeted at Beyonce quote thanks for one heck of a weekend Okay we gotta see- I'm now against this drop thing too This is irritating me I'm glad you're on board Oh my god NPR since the song dropped It dropped! Is that gonna be in the dictionary now? New word new meaning of the word Dropped it dropped Then we have Sheriff Clark, you recall Sheriff Clark is the black sheriff who always weighs in on all things black and white. Oh he's the hard-ass black sheriff Hard ass black sheriff who I think had the right attitude about the whole show There's one more thing i want to ask you about uh Beyonce put out a new video music video oh sorry

CHAPTER 04 / 50 Discussion

Sheriff Clarke Criticizes Beyonce Performance Imagery

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke reacts to Beyonce's Super Bowl performance, questioning the appropriateness of the Black Panther-themed uniforms. Law enforcement agencies express frustration over providing security for an artist whose performance they perceive as anti-police. The discussion explores the double standards of political imagery in mainstream entertainment.

sheriff clarke· beyonce· black panthers· law enforcement· political statements

07:43 Uh-oh, she didn't say it right. She didn't say they dropped the news? She just got to say drop yeah Beyonce dropped a new uh... There's one more thing I want to ask you about. Beyonce put out a new video music video called Formation and it has been interpreted to be pro Black Lives Matter and potentially looking at issues inside New Orleans as well how did you there are some sheriffs that reacted poorly so that he didn't like if they turn their backs to Beyonce during... Yeah, I should mention that the police law enforcement agency community, the LEAs were of course on the face bags and on the grams and everywhere in the tweets.

08:21 Saying hey, we know it was a hundred car 100 cops Escorted her to the to the stadium and now you're gonna be all against us in a Super Bowl Halftime show. What was your thought on the matter? Well I try not to Overreact of these things very good this thing any more play than it's already getting look musicians have long used their Their music their trade to make political statements in their music. We may not like it, but I don't want to make a huge deal about it. Them coming out, Beyonce and those Black Panther-type uniforms... Would that be acceptable if a band, a white band came out in hoods and white sheets?

09:02 in the same sort of fashion we would bring in writing sheriff you're paul denouement supply pants are subversive i can just see some producer going hmm uh... so that is a good about it group and american america addition could have done on top of better job but i think bruno mars was a better time act anyway i've got to watch him for the entire ac What I felt is This really made the white man look bad this whole before this whole Super Bowl performance Chris Martin of all my Chris Martin Coldplay is already kind of seen as like the the milkest toast guy you can imagine You know and then to slip him in between Bruno Mars and and Beyonce. It's just mean it's just mean I don't know why he did it

CHAPTER 05 / 50 Discussion

NFL Game Fixing Allegations and Bubba Smith Claims

Allegations of fixed games in the NFL surface, citing historical claims made by former defensive end Bubba Smith regarding Super Bowl III. Smith suggested the game was rigged to favor the New York Jets and Joe Namath to increase interest in the AFL-NFL merger. The conversation touches on modern concerns regarding encrypted quarterback headsets and officiating bias.

nfl· bubba smith· super bowl iii· joe namath· game fixing

09:48 He's Chris Martin. Yeah, well you look like a douche yeah Alright, anyway. So you did nail the outcome of the game that was Unexpected I personally felt that the ref You know once reps well, you know once they had used their two challenges It was like you have no challenges left and then it was just boom-boom every every flag against All against the black man, I'm telling ya he was put down who's put down yeah The only refs need was like a sheriff's badge to make it really work. So the imagery would be better

10:27 Yeah, I well. I said people say how do you have these guys when it's in their games fixed? We've known this just look at it would tell everybody I say it all the time Tell everybody go on Google and look up Bubba Smith Super Bowl fixed those are the words and then you can read for all you want It goes on and on forever You want to tell us what but in Super Bowl three Bubba Smith was a very famous defensive end Very famous and big I think it was at Michigan or Michigan State. They used to yell, kill Bubba Killer! He was such a big kid in college and he'd go just plowing through everything and just knocking people over. And he was in Super Bowl three with the losing team. And he says he swears the game was fixed because Super Bowl three is when Joe Namath

11:15 I'm not you can stop me when you're sick of this no Joe named him don't name it and the New York Jets is only time they've won a Super Bowl they came in on Super Bowl three Super Bowl one and two were duds. No, Super Bowl one You could get a ticket 50-yard line well now to 50 or you can get a good ticket at that Super Bowl 1 for $12 So the Super Bowl wasn't going anywhere. It was after the merger of the AFL and the NFL, and they were trying to have a jacket up until what they did according to Bubba Smith was that they made the AFC team win. They fixed it. They rigged the game so the AFC would win to incite interest in the Super Bowl so that get more people be interested in the game go do and pay big money to what we have today 50 years later. And he writes this long thing. He says somehow had our plays

12:03 We're gonna do something. They had their plays? He said it's what he says is they seem to know what our plays were I'm always wondering about the telecommunications, you know as far as i can see I think What's his face white guy he had a headset in his helmet all those quarterbacks do okay I would be a little worried about that You'd think that you could intercept those. They're supposed to be encrypted or something I don't know, I should go find out by the way But yeah, but I don't know what the details are but that would be against the rules well I can understand that but all right so it's fixed yes of course It's fixed we got it Let's be honest Peyton Manning guys got white privilege

CHAPTER 06 / 50 Discussion

Peyton Manning Business Interests and White Privilege

A brief discussion centers on Peyton Manning's post-game mentions of Budweiser and his extensive business portfolio, including Papa John's franchises. The commentary frames Manning's marketability and brand ownership through the lens of "white privilege" compared to black quarterbacks.

peyton manning· budweiser· papa johns· white privilege· endorsements

12:54 I mean, what other do you see any black quarterback going up and saying Budweiser? Cause I own a distributor. I own the guy's got it. He's got to have one tell me Budweiser distributorships does he have? No, he's got more than one. I understand privilege man. He also apparently owns over 30 franchises for Papa John's pizza, Papa Murphy, Papa John, Papa John, Papa Murphy, some papa that's right. Guy kissed on the lips No, I didn't kiss my again white privilege right there. Yeah Hey, yeah am Newton probably makes a lot more money he could buy Stuff too if you wanted to surely enough of this yes as you know that's our sports moment we do Well there is four or five times a year there was kind of Italian is everyone's all talking about You know what happened Beyonce and all this stuff

CHAPTER 07 / 50 Discussion

Department of Justice Lawsuit Against Ferguson Missouri

The Department of Justice filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, following the city's attempt to revise a negotiated consent decree. The lawsuit details a pattern of unconstitutional policing and a "debtor's prison" system that disproportionately affects black residents. Speculation arises that the extensive requirements for body cameras and training may serve as a template for privatizing the local police department.

ferguson· department of justice· consent decree· privatized police· michael brown

13:53 a lawsuit was filed against the city of Ferguson, Missouri by the Department of Justice. And I decided oh what the heck maybe i should just go and see what the lawsuit says this kept me up until two in the morning so this was not a good idea here is a quick little overview about the Department of Justice bringing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri. The Department of Justice is now suing the City of Ferguson, Missouri Federal authorities issued a withering report on police practices in Ferguson after the police killing Michael Brown yesterday the Ferguson City Council tried to amend an agreement with the DOJ to overhaul the cities criminal justice system Andy John just moments ago we talked with city spokesman at Ferguson who said that they are

14:39 disappointed but not surprised by this lawsuit. Last night at a very noisy City Council meeting, a number of people stood up and demanded that the city council accept the proposals to overhaul Ferguson's Police Department from the Department of Justice It's called a consent decree and in the end, the City Council did indeed unanimously approve the consent decree. But then they said with seven revisions just seven they said in pages of proposals that would lighten the financial burden of this city to hand out these uh...to overhaul the police department The Justice Department was none too pleased Now the city says it's trying to make changes already but

15:18 The Department of Justice says it's not coming quickly or thoroughly enough. The residents of Ferguson have suffered the deprivation of their constitutional rights, the rights guaranteed to all Americans for decades. They have waited decades for justice they should not be forced to wait any longer. Okay so I... What is she doing about Hillary? Here we go on. Alright thanks So I thought, okay what exactly is going on? So look at the lawsuit. It must be 150 different instances of mainly a very obvious corrupt system that we've seen in many other places in the United States, which is the debtor jail. And it happens because you get these correctional facilities that are run by Correctional Corporation of America. Everybody's on the take. You know if you get a small traffic violation

16:18 We've talked...we spent a whole show almost talking about the scams. And this seems to be the pinnacle, knowing that the mayor of Ferguson has been all in on privatization. He has privatized as much as he possibly could throughout his tenure in Ferguson. So I'm reading this lawsuit. It's really long and you have to improve things and at the bottom of the lawsuit there is a clause known as The Prayer for Relief. which is, excuse me with the United States Justice Department. Praise that the court colon declared that the defendant, the city of Ferguson has engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives persons of rights privileges or immunities secured or protected by the constitution of the laws united states and then a couple of actually title five title six

17:12 The court ordered the defendant, his office agents and employees to refrain from engaging in any of the predicate acts forming the basis of the pattern or practice of conduct described herein." So really they're not asking for anything. But then I discovered that consent decree... Wow! This is about 80 pages and it reads well-I'll tell you what it reads like if I just read a couple of them for you. Parties have determined in this agreement, rather than costly and protracted litigation most effective means to resolve all issues between DOJ and the city. This agreement resolves all claims the United States complaint filed in this case. Agreement also constitutes a full and complete settlement of any and all civil claims." So Ferguson, if you can get through this consent decree uh...and you adhere to it then we'll drop everything against you. This thing reads like

18:03 an RFP, like a response to request for proposals for privatized police. I mean they've got everything in here training just... If i were just to count it up and how many officers they have but you know every office of 40 hours of training a year not just in firearm and electronic weapon safety which would be tasers but in integration into communities. I mean, it's just pages and pages of requirements that is going to cost tens of millions of dollars. Oh please also notice that big push and you know Ferguson has to have body cameras helmet cameras car cameras motorcycle cameras walking cameras biking cameras they have already selected the vendor according to the consent decree so we know that's a big push

18:56 And I have... You don't remember that though, do you? I don't remember what. The vendor? No they say a vendor has been chosen they don't say who the vendors is but there's really only one company That's kind of corrupt Well I think this John if i read this properly again it's about 80 pages and I just marked a couple things just in case you can hear what also be have to inform that your oh the cops will be recording all the time even she walk up to somebody you'll be recorded They do state nicely that individuals shall be permitted to record officer activity, which of course has been a problem. Big... It's training and from what I understand Justin Commons made they're looking at 25-30 million dollars to implement this John to me this is a template for privatized police department

19:49 So I don't know who's coming in. There has always been a lot of talk about doing this, about privatizing a lot of services... You're like, you would have to pretty much have to scrap the whole police department and start over again. In fact that was one of the main things that uh... The reason why they couldn't agree on this document and why the lawsuit was ultimately filed because it did not state in it That Ferguson had the right To fire everybody And bring in a privatized or commercial corporation to set up a new police department

20:32 You know, I wonder if you know that... what's the name of the company that does the prisons that Bill Gates invested in? Yeah. It's The Correctional Corporation of America. I wonder, you know...they must see the writing on the wall with these new political candidates coming in and they're talking about reforming justice system. And they must see that this business of building and building and building prisons is probably gonna come to an end over the next 20 years when they have to think of some new ways to make revenue? And perhaps a company like that would be developing these private police departments. It's a great idea if it will work. That's a great idea. I have no proof of this but it feels like this is the template

21:10 Yeah, here. Do not use electronic ECWs which is uh... Electronic Controlled Weapons that's stu- uh tasers do not use ECWS in drive stun mode I had to look this one up These tasers have two modes. One is the drive stun mode, which kind of amps up the electricity and the cops have just been... You're only supposed to use that if someone's like out completely insane PCP uncontrollable Now these guys are using it just when someone's in the back of the car and doesn't want to get out here Shut-up slave Taze you

21:50 So I'm gonna be all over this. I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop, that hurt on who is going to be fulfilling this contract. That's a good, that's what happening. And you have this all happen right around the same time as you know this has all taken place and so it was distracted by whole bunch of things including you know the primaries and the Super Bowl and God knows what else So eyes open on this I'm looking for Ferguson into there are two CCA uh... facilities in missouri both south of ferguson

22:29 Um, so I'm looking at those guys. But really it's when you read what they were doing the whole place was corrupt but this debtor prison results in is you get pulled over for a minor infraction and if you get written up its very unclear how you pay the fine then you get doubled then they come and arrest you sit in jail because you can't pay the fine its hard to get a bailsman to get a bail... You get fired from your job so you'll never pay the fine You know, so yes. But this is not a white on black. This is asshole corporations screwing with the community who in this case is almost 70% black but it's really just a commercial bunch of A-holes ripping people off and... You do! That's why people are voting for Bernie Whoever comes into privatized Ferguson we'll see if they do any better

CHAPTER 08 / 50 Discussion

New Hampshire Primary Results and Candidate Strategies

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders secure decisive victories in the New Hampshire primary, signaling a shift toward political outsiders. John Kasich's surprise second-place finish is analyzed alongside Marco Rubio's disappointing performance following a repetitive debate appearance. European media outlets, such as Deutsche Welle, characterize the results as a triumph for a "TV star" and a "self-proclaimed socialist."

donald trump· john kasich· new hampshire primary· bernie sanders· republican party

23:23 Which brings us up to you said other distractions and the big distraction. I thought the big distraction of the week wasn't the Super Bowl but the elections themselves Okay And so we have a couple of rundowns here. Let's start with the ABC rundown of the Republican primary, which I've cut back on. I edited just a little bit you might find some edits in here would it be any speeding up stuff? That is today for anyone who thought Trump was just a reality star. New Hampshire was a reality check. Trump pulverized his closest rival. Now he's already predicting his next victory. We are going now to South Carolina

24:01 But in South Carolina Trump is already under attack by Ted Cruz who today released this video He pretends to be a Republican South Carolina today A big crowd for Ohio Governor John Kasich. He was last night's surprise second place finisher, running an upbeat campaign. Tonight the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. Today Kasich says he is ready to fight! Don't mess with me okay? So I'm not going to be a pin cushion or marshmallow but i am also not going to spend my time trying to trash other people

24:54 Perhaps the biggest disappointment in New Hampshire was Marco Rubio, fifth place. Blaming his debate disaster. Our disappointment tonight is not on you it's on me I did not do well on Saturday night so listen to this that will never happen again Rubio had real momentum. He'd tell his repeat-a-thon at the ABC News debate. And let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he is doing, he knows exactly what he is doing. Minutes later... Let's dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he is doing.

25:36 Nice head of job. Oh, yeah very professional so I got the biggest kick out of this asshole casage who says Why you call him? Why do you call him an asshole it did you didn't you read The Libertarians The Libertarians say he's an asshole So I'm all in okay. I gotcha just making sure your toe on the party line Jay he He said the, he says he does. Well here's a good example why he is an asshole listen to this on that clip because I'm not here to trash other people you know also talks with his lips sticking out in funny way i don't even know how do they talk this way and which is annoying if you remember and I was just didn't have time to go find it but if you remember the first Republican debate when Megyn Kelly was giving it to Trump

26:23 All he did over there in the corner at the end was rag on Trump for being unqualified, for being a jerk, for being a loud mouth. I mean, you might as well be in The Daily News and New York is so what's he talking about? He's just a phony this guy. Oh OK. He's doomed anyway onward to the so we can catch up. We have a short. And then that I do want to say that but I saw K6 guy on the morning of the primaries who's kind of an older guy, and I damn...I remember laughing out loud about it but i forgot to clip it like a moron. He was so clueless he's saying things like well you know these days the kids they're looking at other things they're looking at tweets and they've got these videos on a loop on a tape loop? I think he meant vine but he was talking about videos on a tape loop

27:14 But he was very clear, they had a lot invested in whatever they were doing there. They put the most effort into all of the candidates. Into the ground game or whatever it's called. Apparently he was serving food at one of those parking shops or something The guy was out of control. Now, I do want to play this one little side clip which is...so you can see what the Europeans are thinking about how do they perceive this election? This is the Deutsche Welle. This is just a tease from the beginning in one of their shows

27:49 This is the Deutsche Welle entry, how they describe the candidates. On the road into the US presidential elections political outsiders triumph in New Hampshire. The self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic Party primary and for the Republicans TV star Donald Trump scores a decisive victory. Interesting how they only call him a TV star that's kind of cool. Yeah he's a TV star. Well Ronald Reagan was an actor Well, to the Europeans it's exactly what happens. I remember living in Europe and hearing everyone say he is an actor this is crazy how can you have a Hollywood guy running the show? I remember that very well

CHAPTER 09 / 50 Discussion

Chris Christie Exit and Marco Rubio Dark Money

Joe Scarborough reports on the backstory of Chris Christie's exit from the presidential race, alleging that Marco Rubio's campaign used "dark money" to fund negative advertisements. The claim suggests that Christie's momentum in New Hampshire was intentionally sabotaged by these attacks, leading to his poor fourth-place finish.

chris christie· marco rubio· dark money· joe scarborough· political ads

28:28 Now, do you want to focus on Democrats or Republicans first? I got a couple things too. I'm just thinking about what you're saying... Well, I have both parties if you want to stay on the Republicans for a minute we can move to the Democrats later because i actually have two clips that I want to play for sure from Democracy now from some woman called Arnie Arneson and I think she used to be at Politico in... Let's do this now! Well that should- That's on the Democrats side We'll switch to the Democrat Okay, okay, we'll stay Republican Yes Uh, yeah. I have a couple of things first of all this came in this morning uh you know the morning joes Scarborough and the elite daughter Brzezinski they are on the inside and we've been playing clips for awhile now where they keep talking about oh yeah we all the reporters are talking about this when are you going to mention this as if you know they love having some kind of control or power whatever they think it is

29:20 So when Scarborough talks, I do listen and this was about Rubio and Christie. And his claim is interesting. So there was a lot of... There's not a talk about Chris Christie yesterday. Oh he's mean he went after poor Marco etc., etc., etc.. But people didn't get, and I know you probably know the back story. Christie actually was having a great run he was doing well in town hall meetings his numbers were going up and then Marco's team started trashing him in ads And they just started running non-stop ads and then the dark money came in and they started trashing Chris Christie with dark money ads So all of the positive he was doing one time hall meeting at a time

30:06 Just got completely obliterated and he jumped up. He was up at seven eight nine going higher than boom back down to four and so it's I would hope That the people commenting on Christie leaving the race saying he was mean to Marco, and that's why he lost I would hope that they were ignorant and not actually lying to their readers and their viewers because If you're too ignorant to know that's what happened in New Hampshire, that it was Marco's dirty money. Dark money? It was Marco's dark money and it got Chris Christie down to the 4% where he started attacking Marco then you shouldn't be covering politics You're lying to your people What do you think he means by dirty money, dark money? What am I missing? What am i missing uh... That he is talking about? I have no idea!

CHAPTER 10 / 50 Discussion

Joe Klein Criticizes Low Information Voters

Time magazine writer Joe Klein expresses outrage over Donald Trump's success, labeling his supporters "low information voters" who pose a threat to the country. Klein's comments reflect establishment anxiety, as he simultaneously praises Jeb Bush as the most substantive candidate in the race.

joe klein· donald trump· low information voters· establishment· jeb bush

30:57 I have no idea. Dark money? Maybe he's talking about drug money. And then Joe... He's from Florida, anything is possible. That's true. Joe Klein who is a... now is he the editor at Time or was just...? Oh, I don't think so. He used to be famous writer who did that one of those couple famous political books Is he Republican Democrat? Yeah, I think he's Republican. Well, I'm guessing his Democratic. Ah! No, I don't think so Okay, here was his thoughts on Donald Trump and you know Joe Klein is one of these guys in the establishment that you know He gets out straight when he gets outraged. I think people some people tend to listen I tend to clip This is a guy who doesn't know anything except to say evil things about other people He's talking about trumpet. Yeah, that's it. That's a Democrat meme yeah wait and

31:46 I like how Charlie is pushing back a little bit. That's new. These are low information voters. They are a real threat to this country. Another Democrat meme! Luckily, Joe Scarborough tapped into that. I mean low information voters listen this is a good exchange. Low information voters they are real threat to this country. So the Trump supporters are low information voters and a real threat to this country? These are low-information voters They're our real threat to this country They're a real threat to our standing in the world And...and uh.. I have a hard time criticizing voters by saying that there are low information voters I mean these are American people who've given the chance

32:47 to thank you charlie make a choice and they made a choice whether we like it or not I'm sorry, i just think that their anger is self-indulgent And I think this really its a disaster for the republican party Its a disaster for the country Things aren't so bad here Not for you! No, not for the elites. Look at this guy scrolling in dough that Joe Klein Now you think he's a democrat but then in the end comes out with this I like Jeb Bush an awful lot He is one of the most substantive people out there Perhaps THE most substantive person out there Okay... Misdirection

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ABC News Media Bias and Rubio Propaganda

Analysis of ABC News coverage suggests a pro-Bush bias linked to Disney's corporate interests in Florida. A specific segment is criticized for using deceptive editing to imply Marco Rubio was ready to attack Donald Trump, when the actual footage showed Rubio backing down. The hosts characterize this as unconscionable propaganda designed to manufacture conflict for ratings.

abc news· disney· marco rubio· propaganda· media bias

33:23 Yeah, of course. That's misdirection! That's what all the Democrats say they want some... They want the loser! ...Elk Coast guy to run against Hillary and bring the loser in. Bring the loser in this so there are no he that's too all Democrat talking points. I do want it since you're talking about Rubio I do have a clip okay This was an outrageous, to me this is one of the most outrageous things I've ever heard. This is on ABC, this is part of the run that I didn't put in the other clip. They're going on and on and on... And this was the longest rundown on ABC which is the Super Week or I think you've agreed determined they were pro-Bush. Yeah, of course. The Disney Bush Florida, Florida Disney. The Disney Bush connection in Florida

34:11 and Disney owns ABC, so we've got that loop closed. So they do a long thing on the Republicans but then they do this little gimmick This is the guy who is The Field Reporter and he says something at the beginning of this small clip that he doesn't substantiate with the clip itself He's goading Rubio to attack Trump And I think, of course this again is a George Bush or Jeb Bush strategy. But listen to this clip in its entirety. Rubio tells me he's now ready to hit Donald Trump. Let's face it you laid off Trump and my campaign has largely been about avoiding those sorts of inter-Republican fights now if there's a policy difference we'll talk about policy differences but are you going to go after Donald Trump? We're gonna talk about policy differences that look he is now the front runner okay He is now clearly the front runner for the Republican nomination

34:59 Now, at the beginning of this clip he says he's going to hit Donald Trump. Then he plays his clip where Rubio is backing off. He's back on... yeah completely! This is a piece of crap propaganda that is inexcusable and that editors at ABC should not let this clip play as it was scripted It's misleading because what you do-this is a good example of how propaganda works What you do is introduce a fact Which is he's going to go after Donald Trump, he's going to hit Donald Trump. He says specifically. And then tells me that now ready to hit Donald Trump And where in the clip does he actually say anything like that? So what you do is, you put a premise out there. Let it let the public suck that in because this all linear so I can't go back and reread it right and you go to this as though He's giving evidence when he's giving no evidence All I can tell is that he's goading...He's goading Rubio into getting into a fight This is unconscionable Hello! Hello ratings

36:00 We need ratings. Do whatever we can! I don't know that the next, uh... The last event that ABC did their debate was so- That's the one with the guy standing in the hallway and people bumping into each other. I mean they suck at this! Yeah. I think they should be embarrassed by the way for there from At that last debate that was the worst Rachel Maddow who has I can just see it in her face. She's so despises Brian Williams and she has to sit there with him and toss back-and-forth and banter And the whole you can just seize like that lie, but I've never seen the two days in the same studio Oh my god. Oh no they were not in the studio They're in their makeshift studio on in Danny Ramsey oh

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Rachel Maddow and Nativist Political Movements

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow compares the rise of Donald Trump to European "nativist" movements like the National Front in France and UKIP in Great Britain. The discussion notes the re-emergence of historical political terms like "Know Nothing Party" to describe current American electoral trends.

rachel maddow· nativism· national front· ukip· republican party

36:44 She thinks she's the Queen Bee of NBC. Exactly, and Brian thinks he is the Queen Bee of MSNBC. I think NBC not just MSNBC. Oh yeah this is just his temporary jail. He knows it will serve a sentence and be out. The bastion of truth but here what she thought about the Republican primary. This is the start of it for Donald Trump and the American Republican Party will be in line with the National Front in France, and the UK Independence Party in Great Britain, and these other types of hard right European style nativist movements that before now really have been on the fringe

37:31 Nativist movements. Nice meme! I like it too, it's good. Well its been used many times apparently in our election past. Nativists Yeah goes way back, its like the Know Nothing Party. I think they'll bring that one up to you watch. The weak party, the know nothing party. The copperheads and the know nothing party That will come into play Well Biden already brought that back but ya'know No one cares about him right now for the time being at least I did like Trump's speech when he won. I don't know if you saw any of that, it was about 10... I saw some of it, but short. Yeah about ten to fifteen minutes. Bernie Sanders went on for almost an hour Well here is uh-I figured just play these three short clips from his victory speech This is what gets people riled up. I am going to be

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Donald Trump Victory Speech and Economic Claims

In his New Hampshire victory speech, Donald Trump challenges official government jobs data, claiming the real unemployment rate could be as high as 42%. The discussion references ShadowStats and economist John Williams, who argues that the labor participation rate is often omitted to make economic figures appear more favorable.

donald trump· unemployment rate· shadowstats· jobs· victory speech

38:25 the greatest jobs president that God ever created. Remember that! Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5% unemployment, the number is probably 28-29 as high as 35 in fact I even heard recently 42%. Do you think we'd have gatherings like this if we had five percent unemployment, do you really think we'd have these gatherings? Forgetting about security. Forgetting about ISIS which by the way we're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS! We're gonna knock the hell out of them

39:06 And it's gonna be done the right way. I like that he's calling out the bogus jobs number, that's good Yeah yes now i don't think you need to exaggerate because we look at this show every so often 20 and 25 percent is around 25 maybe a little less It hasn't really dropped much. And this is the number we derive it from shadowstats.com, the statistician John Williams in San Francisco has been running this little website forever. For years! And he does... He looks at real inflation, looks at real job numbers and then bases his unemployment on what you would... What the numbers were or the way it was calculated in the 1930's is what he likes to calculate his on

39:50 Yeah, and the different...the discrepancy in numbers because of the omission of the use of the what is it called? The participation rate. So people... Yeah, if you're not participating, in other words, we're not going into the unemployment office and begging for help. In other words, you just sit at home and you've given up and maybe look for a job once in awhile but you're not really participating in an official way then you're not okay that's one thing you considered employed. Exactly. Here's Donald Trump on the Affordable Health Care Act. Remember this about Obamacare? People are forgetting, but now they're miserable because it's going up 45%, 35% 55%. It's totally out of control probably sinks of its own volition in 2017 unless the Republicans give it another I mean what's going on What's going on the budget yeah

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Healthcare Scams and Trump Border Wall Policy

Donald Trump links the construction of a southern border wall to the heroin epidemic in New Hampshire, promising to stop the flow of cheap drugs from Mexico. The conversation transitions into a critique of the Affordable Care Act, describing the rising insurance premiums and pharmaceutical costs as a "convoluted scam" involving private hospitals and insurance providers.

obamacare· affordable care act· border wall· heroin epidemic· mexico

40:46 Alright, this is things people know and see in their own life. Well you know the media propagates this stuff And people don't make...it doesn't make any sense to them. I mean, because you do affordable healthcare act starts with the word affordable and everybody who has these insurance policies which never existed when I was a kid it's a scam it's an insurance scam that keeps going up and up as part of a convoluted mechanism where pharmaceuticals is jacked their prices up Insurance companies do a deal with them, but they have to jack everyone's rates up to pay for these drugs. All services and hospitals are going through the roof which in the hospitals are privately owned this is an outrageous scam

41:31 Scam. Yeah, third and last something that is also although it was discussed a lot in the preamble to New Hampshire I saw a lot of packages running on MSNBC and CNN It really didn't come up until Trump brought it up in his speech We're going to build the wall! It's going to be built It's not even, believe it or not. It's not even a difficult thing to do and by the way for the people of New Hampshire where you have a tremendous problem with heroin and drugs You wouldn't even believe it! You see this place and say its so beautiful. You have a tremendous problem The first thing always that they mention to me Mr Trump please do something The drugs, the heroin is pouring in And it's so cheap because there's so much of it

42:19 And the kids are getting stuck and other people are getting stuck. We're gonna end it, we're gonna end it at the southern border It's gonna be over! And we're going to work And we're going to work really hard to get those people that are so addicted off the habit. We're gonna work like hell to take care of this situation It's a huge problem in New Hampshire, it's a huge problem all over our country. We're gonna have borders again and we're gonna work with you people To help you solve that very big problem and we'll get it done! You know, so it's one thing to say oh I know you my cousin was on drugs or whatever. It's another thing to first of all equate it at dimension the same breath as the wall yeah very well which to me sounds like we're going to regulate it now The drugs will still come in and heroin is coming from Mexico that's a Mexico is this why it's so cheap

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Bernie Sanders Outreach and Meme Hijacking

Bernie Sanders visits Harlem to meet with Reverend Al Sharpton, seeking to expand his support among African-American voters following his New Hampshire win. Observers note that Sanders has successfully "hijacked" the "huge" (yuge) meme from Donald Trump, using it to energize his base during rallies.

bernie sanders· al sharpton· harlem· huge meme· campaign finance

43:20 But of course you can't really disassociate the Oxycontin and the legal drugs from this problem, but I think this is what people want to hear. I find it nothing but understandable that people are following him." They're going nuts! Yeah that's all i have on the Republicans. Okay well let's move to the Democrats because there's a couple interesting aspects of this. This will be the ABC rundown on the primaries Hillary versus Bernie. Here in New York City today, visiting Harlem and since his victory last night raising more than $5 million dollars in just 24 hours. Secretary Clinton here in New York as well huddling with her team now, conceding she has a lot of work to do especially among young voters Tonight ABC's Cecilia Vega asking Bernie Sanders if the next battles in Nevada and South Carolina were held tonight could he beat Clinton? And Cecilia got a very honest answer

44:26 Today in Harlem, a hero's welcome for Bernie Sanders. Hugs from the Reverend Hal Sharpton, breakfast at the iconic soul food restaurant Sylvia's. That was so beautiful to see the Schwarzer and the Jew hugging together on the street it was fabulous! Sanders reaching out for African-American support hoping to build on the momentum from his big win Because of a huge voter turnout and I say huge We won. Sanders now vowing to take his political revolution forward. And now it's on to Nevada, South Carolina and beyond!

45:06 It's interesting how Bernie has...I thought the huge thing was Donald Trump. Everyone was attributing that to Trump and now Bernie is just kind of hijacked it. Bernie has not only stolen it, but he has taken it to the level where when he says it, he knows what he's doing. If Trump says it, just says it. He doesn't know if he's saying anything funny. And so Bernie says it in a funny manner, you know, huge and then the crowd goes crazy and they all yell huge. So it's become he stole in the meme and I think he's not gonna be attributed to him, but they both say it It's pretty funny. He's crazy huge is like so many this so much. I have to save the whole Rubio robot you know

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Rubio Robot and Media Narrative Manipulation

The "Rubio Robot" meme, stemming from Marco Rubio's repetitive debate performance, is discussed as a potential coordinated media narrative. The hosts question whether such memes are spontaneous or the result of "dirty tricks" and professional mnemonic strategies used by political campaigns.

marco rubio· rubio robot· memes· dirty tricks· media coverage

45:54 There's dirty tricks out there. The Rubio robot thing, I'm finding it hard to believe that a lot of these are spontaneous. The Rubio robot when I saw that... No no the guy on, i think its the guy on Rubios team he has a guy who has a company called the Mnemonics It's a company that specializes in this kind of stuff. Dirty tricks? Well, it's memes. Dirty tricks, memes... I didn't think it was that funny really. Oh the Rubio robot! The Rubio robot! Why would somebody on Rubio's team do that?!

46:32 No, but I mean all the media was talking about the Rubio robot and like everyone's repeating themselves. It's all the same thing over and over again. Oh Trump for sure! Everybody Well, let's listen to the clips that I think are the most interesting of all the clips i've gathered And this is a woman arnie harness and she came on democracy now and she was on for a long time out Of her. I got two clips from her because they're just so common sense She's a democrat feminist old school feminist who somehow has switched her way of thinking and she Listened to this start with this one This is the uh

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Democratic Establishment Out of Touch with Voters

Arne Arneson discusses Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in New Hampshire as a sign that the Democratic establishment is out of touch. Despite Sanders winning the popular vote, the DNC's superdelegate system allows Hillary Clinton to maintain a delegate lead, leading to accusations that the process is "rigged" and disheartening to millennial voters.

bernie sanders· hillary clinton· debbie wasserman schultz· superdelegates· dnc

47:10 I can hear the disdain in your voice when you describe her. No, no actually these clips are fantastic! I thought you might not like her? No, actually I don't know whether i'd like or not but I will have to say this that she... This is D.N Arnie Arneson intro. She really wraps things up rather nicely You have Senator Bernie Sanders trouncing Hillary Clinton, 60 to 38. He swept in every category—young people, independents, women. The only two categories he didn't sweep in were senior citizens and families that made more than $200,000 per year. Arne Arneson the significance of this Sanders victory?

47:59 First of all, let's also remember that every newspaper in the state basically a major newspaper endorsed Hillary Clinton. Every major elected official endorsed Hillary Clinton. This is an earth-shaking moment. It basically sends the message that the establishment is out of touch, that the leaders are out of touch, there's a sense of frustration and people feel not only they're not being heard Amy but that idea of incremental change doesn't fix it anymore And Bernie's message of campaign finance reform is not actually the term campaign finance reform. You know what it is? It's code for Wall Street, that is the most important thing you need to know. That's what that's about since the economic meltdown of 2008 Americans are angry both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders tapped into that anger and not only do they tap into the anger but they realize who got

48:58 Who got bailed out? They did. Who is still running in place, they are. What's happening with trade deals? Our jobs are going overseas." It was an amazing turnout especially in places like the North Country of New Hampshire which are white unemployed for the most part or underemployed workers that Clinton used to get. That was a place that was a very safe place, in fact for Republicans and conservatives you saw enormous voter turnout in those places with working people saying no establishment you haven't heard us No party structures You haven't heard us We are ready for the change that Bernie was talking about And I just think it not only did resonate but it had to terrify

49:42 the Democratic National Committee. They are out of touch as well as their chosen leaders." This is a real, people should take notice of this because what she just said nailed it and it's on both sides on both the Republicans and the Democrats that's why Bernie and Trump have a certain kind of similarity even though they don't like to admit it And this is a slam on the elitist Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is the one running the show. She's the one who's rigging it as we speak. Hillary has already got something like 380... She has all of the superdelegates which are rigged. Now the way I understood it even though Bernie Sanders had 60% of the vote in New Hampshire and Hillary 37%, or whatever

50:30 She has 15 delegates because she has superdelegates and he only has 13. Is this true? That's what I understand too. No wonder people don't drop out of the process! So she won New Hampshire, that's that's the bottom line And if this isn't gonna trigger... Why isn't anyone talking about this why is this not discussed it's underground People are talking about it but it's all like mumbling talk It's the kind of thing that's going to ruin the Democrat Party If they think they're going to get away with this, I think they're making a huge mistake. A huge mistake and that's... I've noticed something and i think we brought it up a couple weeks ago every single person who um every democrat I know they really want Hillary to win but they can't

51:17 bring themselves to say they want Hillary to win. They don't want Bernie, this is the Obots that I'm seeing here in Austin. And they resort to this money ball type story which is well you know she's got this and so have the superdelegates there and that guy will do this and then the Republicans will screw it up there and then we'll win! And if they're playing money ball You know, with they have all the delegates and we all that she's so super smart. But they don't want to support her or at least not saying it out loud because you can't do that because she's a douchebag and everybody knows it. So they resort to this long diatribe of how the political process is, how they rig it so that Hillary will win or the Democrats will win. It's very bizarre

52:04 Well, good luck with that. I mean she is getting... they're cheating in her favor But that cut gets out eventually. If you think about it, there's been two elections and she's already had 380 to 42 or whatever. It is outrageous and I think if anyone was a Democrat listening to this they would... They should be ashamed of themselves if they're supporting this sort of thing and those old bots should too! There's no reason for that sort of... That's not what the public wants. They don't want Hillary. She shouldn't be in jail. We also we also don't want Moneyball. What is the word I'm looking for? But even seeing this with these superdelegates and how actually Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire, you know this disheartening to people. They don't understand. Well now Arne Arneson has his...this is the second clip. Amy brings up the feminists who came out Gloria Steinem and... Yes yes yes yeah and Madeline Albright. Special place in hell

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Feminist Backlash Against Steinem and Albright

Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright face criticism for comments suggesting young women support Bernie Sanders only to meet men, or that there is a "special place in hell" for women who don't support Hillary Clinton. These remarks are viewed as patronizing to millennial women who prioritize issues like free college over gender solidarity.

gloria steinem· madeleine albright· feminism· hillary clinton· millennials

53:06 Right, you're gonna go to hell if you don't vote for Hillary's Albright and the other one she says well it's a boys club. All the girls... She was a douche! No it was worse she said, she actually apologized for it. Yes she did The reason why the young millennial girls are not going to Bernie is because that's where the boys are and they want to hang out with the boys nice one Glo Yeah, that was a good one. If that didn't turn everyone into a Bernie voter I don't know what did she's like? She...I think this woman Arneson talks about being out of touch I think that's the theme. Yeah, I think we can use that theme on this show for the right through the elections Now this out of touch thing because these guys are like deer in the hand of day This is George or Jeb Bush? I keep saying George Jeb Bush with that stupid look on his face all the time and the dumb things he says please clap He's just yeah, please clap

54:00 He's got, you know he's number one so far as out of touch and it's so obvious to the public. So let's listen to her discuss the women and Hillary and why women should vote for Hillary this is Arneson Two things that I need to talk about. One, the horrific thing that happened over the weekend with Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright where they said stuff that was just so incredibly offensive and incredibly foolish. And Amy, I tweeted out as soon as I heard the comments by Steinem and Albright, I said oh my God! Hillary Clinton is bringing the worst out of the women I admire. That's what I tweeted, and more important than that it's not just the statements that were made or say to women you have an obligation to vote for Hillary Clinton this is your job but I want to remind everyone in the state of New Hampshire where Hillary Clinton is running in the first primary this is a state that has elected women to every single major political office

54:58 office in the state, governor, congress speaker of the house president of the senate head of the new hampshire supreme court. We have seen the good bad and ugly women we now have experience with that and that in some ways has been liberating so as we were being chastised to vote for Hillary Clinton we now feel like can step We can say, you know what? This is about the leader of the free world. This is about the leader of this country What is wrong with the leadership we've elected in the past Maybe it's time for new leadership and new leadership is not a function of gender And to be fair Albright has said this many times. This isn't one of her phrases that she uses

55:45 There's a special place in hell for women who don't support women. It's not like it's not like a new thing, but they're wrong that is not at all why the millennials are going over to Bernie this is completely dumb as witnessed by this on the bus report from a CNN reporter. I'm sitting here with Grace right? Yes. Grace have you ever voted before? No, Sorry MSNBC. It's awesome! The free college aspect is awesome!! That's it

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Free College Feasibility and Healthcare Billing Scams

The feasibility of free college and single-payer healthcare is debated, with references to the historically low cost of California's university system. The discussion compares the current healthcare insurance model to the Enron power grid scam, noting that hospitals and insurers constantly negotiate bills down to 30 cents on the dollar while charging patients full price.

free college· single payer· healthcare premiums· enron· hospital billing

56:32 Stop, say no more. I think he's also more exciting...I think there is more to it than just that Although i say that would be if you had like that other woman who said well I was caught between Hillary and Bernie Yes, they would go with Bernie because of the free college. Now I want to tell all the millennials that listen to this show we do have quite a few yeah...I got free college when i was a kid and University California one of the top universities in the world it wasn't totally for like $100 or some minor pittance of a fee and I will say this If we could do it back in the day, in fact ever since I think even in the 30s and 40s and 50s all that period was always inexpensive for college. There were private schools, the private schools you paid for but there's state schools you didn't pay for and if it was doable then what changed?

57:22 Why can't we do it now? Why does Hillary and every rest of them come out, oh is he gonna break the bank there's no way we can do this. We did it before! We don't have the gross national product that...we didn't have the gross national product that we have today. We're huge, HUGE, HUGE, I can't get that right. You gotta catch me on that one. It is sad. Now, we could do it before why can't we do it now? I'd like to take a... And then I'll vouch for him on the health care too and I'm not voting for Bernie Sanders but I'm gonna tell you this about the healthcare he says there was all the taxes will go up if we have single payer The taxes will go up but they won't go up as much as these healthcare premiums My wife is paying $500 dollars a month That's what I am paying too

58:09 The taxes aren't going to go up five. You're not paying $6,000 necessarily a year or more in taxes. It's ridiculous and it's going to keep going up until you cry. Until we just stop the scam. We have to stop the scam. Yeah, the scam has got to be stopped. It's a scam. It's just like when Enron was running the power grid in California and we had grayouts and brown outs and blackouts And Gray Davis, the governor who was actually thrown out of office with a recall vote because he's such a snooze. He said oh well this is the way it's going to have to be from now on we have to be stuck with this because we have a big state and there's a lot of overhead and we're gonna have gray outs and blackouts...and once the Enron scam was busted cause it was a fake deal

58:56 We haven't had a blackout since. What is it? Why is... And everybody was, all the news media, everybody. Local papers, oh yeah we got to just get used to it you gotta get used to it. They were all in I remember, all in! Everybody was all-in when it was so obviously bullshit There's something else that is under, if not reported at all. If you wind up with some bills left over that the insurance didn't cover then these are $50,000 a day bills and it's crazy but it turns out that the insurance companies in hospitals are

59:31 Always in continuous negotiation about the bill and if there's something left over and you get stuck with it You don't have much relief. You're gonna have to figure out how to pay for it, but the hospitals and medical facilities continuously negotiate And usually the insurance companies only wind up paying about 30% of every bill Did you know this? No I had no idea. Yeah, they negotiate continuously and they keep going around and around and around and then they just say oh okay well the 30 cents on the dollar so it's even worse because there's all this money that you're paying for! You're paying to cover that and they're just ultimately not even paying the full amount...not even half. And i'm sure we'll get- We have lots of- This is an outrageous scam All right so I want to go back to the previous episode where you had the clip of Hillary Clinton and we analyzed this

CHAPTER 20 / 50 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Goldman Sachs Speech Transcripts

Pressure mounts for Hillary Clinton to release transcripts of her private speeches to Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs. While Clinton claims she never changed a vote due to a donation, she avoids addressing the influence of high speaking fees. A verbal slip where she says "it has to be bought" is analyzed as a potential subtextual blunder.

hillary clinton· goldman sachs· wall street· speaking fees· transcripts

1:00:27 probably incorrectly. And I, and I heard...I listened to- I always listen back to the show because I miss lots of stuff you say unfortunately cause I'm just busy running the Titanic here. This is about her Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street speeches just to revisit like the last episode. There is this attack that he is putting forth which really comes down to Anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any interest group It has to be bought. And I just absolutely reject that, Senator and I really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you and enough is enough if you've got something to say say it directly but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received

1:01:26 Okay, so we properly identified that she did not mention the speaking fees. Only any donation which we were kind of talking about the Clinton Foundation but in this case this is a clip that has been played over and over again and she's avoiding the actual issue I didn't change any vote or my mind whatever it is based upon a donation yeah but how about the speaking fee? That's what you didn't answer But its being kinda lumped-in What are these? What did she say that could be so damning?" We go back to the Morning Joe show. This is... Let me see, who is this guy? I'll just call him a Democrat operative who was trying to smooth out whatever is in these

1:02:13 whatever is in these transcripts, which to some are available and there has been some reporting on it. You've heard and there's other reporters that we've talked to that... Again all the inside dish all the inside info from The Morning Joe Actually you're looking at the transcripts she sounds one reporter said she sounds like a managing director for one of the hedge funds Well no as I talked to CEO financial firm who sat through one of her paid speeches in 2014 he said actually this speech itself was just about important decision she had to make as Secretary of State, a lot of it promoting women. Nothing controversial what would be problematic he said for was that in her introductory remarks she lavished praise on Wall Street and said you guys are the pillar of our economy. The irony the CEO said this is a crowd of Romney voters who were never going to vote for Hillary Clinton so why did you do it? It was empty flattery that wasn't gonna advance her cause with that crowd Why did she do it? What was she trying to get out of that crowd

1:03:09 Well, you know when you're paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to show up and make a speech to people I think that there's just an impulse to offer some kind of praise for your audience or something to suggest this isn't just a naked financial statement. It's not an impulse it's an obligation! I've done enough speeches to say that it's not an impulse, it's an obligation. Right well thats going to be the party line is uh... Well she said that just because you know just trying to be nice to everybody. Sure it is Yeah Here's a Republican strategist uh..I think he was with the Romney campaign Steve Wright I think his name is and now you can see what the Republicans are planning to do with any transcripts that might surface But they have a really strong team Hey! You know what? I've always been wanting to ask you and now I have on the show Oops! I'm sorry That was wrong clip Hold on

1:03:56 Where how the hell did that go? Here he is. This is the one look at her character defects through the prism of all the money taken in from The Wall Street firms and so now we're going to be going into another chapter here starting I suspect today demanding the release of the transcripts of the speeches, demanding the release of the question-and-answer from the speeches and they have disclosure issues like no candidate ever had you go back to the Romney campaign in 2012 the issue of the release of his taxes, John McCain's campaign in 2008 demands for release of his health records. There has never been a candidate who has faced so many different calls for disclosure of information that could be fatal if it becomes public across this wide vast spectrum

1:04:44 Okay, we'll be on the lookout for that. It's not as though there is like... I think the guy is exaggerating. Oh yeah he's- But go back to that clip now There was something in that clip but this what you're going to talk about actually because I remember when I made the clip There was a little trouble with this but I didn't decide to deconstruct it which she makes a flub Hillary does Yeah In the clip where she says if somebody takes the speakers feed then they have to be bought I just want you to play that again. It's at the very beginning. There is this attack that he is putting forth, which really comes down to anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any interest group has to be bought and I...

1:05:35 What is that? In the sense, if you take money you has to be bought or he has to be bought. They have... Did she say has or have let me see. She said has. Hold on let me just roll it back a little I want to hear exactly does she say has or have Has! Has to be bought that's strange. ...fees from any interest group uh has to be bought Yeah you're right it has to be bought So what is this? This sentence doesn't even make any sense. I mean, what was she trying to say when she was just what she wanted to say And it has to be bought. I don't think she should have brought that up at all! I don't think so either, but she did and she said it has to be bought Was it a message? was like hey if I'm gonna take your money you can buy me But this is going out to give a little more than the $650,000 Is that the implication? Subtext She's basically saying you low-balled me If you want to be bought You gotta send me more Yes, 650 is not enough

CHAPTER 21 / 50 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Campaign Fundraising Tactics

The Hillary Clinton campaign's aggressive "chip-in" fundraising emails, managed by Robby Mook, are criticized for being offensive and lacking personal voice. The emails often use a singular, demanding tone regardless of whether they are signed by Bill, Hillary, or Chelsea Clinton.

hillary clinton· robby mook· fundraising· email marketing· chipping in

1:06:35 Meanwhile, the Hillary Clinton team was interesting because I sent a note to Jen Briney from Congressional Dish when I was listening to her show and she has producers and very much the value for value format but she uses the chip in. Hey! Chip in to help the show. Don't do that. That's what Hillary does And she was very cute. She said, well I wouldn't want to do anything that Hillary does. Oh yeah. It's rude it diminishes the work and Hillary is always about chipping a dollar chip it in. Yeah she'd been inundating me and this new guy gets to send the notes out this guy's name Mook

1:07:19 I saw the MOOC mail. The MOOC mail! So, MOOC comes in and says they kicked our ass in New Hampshire because of you You didn't give us enough money send a dollar Yeah chip-in, chip-in, chip-in This is a communications blunder as far as I'm concerned. I think that her message...I think that her solicitation letters, which come daily sometimes two or three times a day from Bill and Chelsea they all have the exact same...here's the problems i'm going to just tell anybody young marketers out there one they all have the exact same voice yeah yes yes all have the exact same voice and i think it's this MOOC guy

1:08:02 Whoever's voice it is. It's one piece or something got one letter right I get this guy They don't make any adjustment for voice they don't sound like Hillary They don't sound like anybody they sounded like some guy telling you to send them a dollar they're very offensive Very offensive, I agree and whoever is running the ship there He's out of control There are so many different spokes holes for Hillary who then yeah? I haven't seen the same one twice almost this is uh Karen Finney, and they're all really uptight. And so Karen Finney's getting raked over the coals over the remarks by Steinem and Albright and here is their response this is a

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Clinton Campaign Strategy and Madeleine Albright's Interests

Hillary Clinton's campaign struggles to find a strategy to appeal to millennials while distancing itself from controversial remarks by supporters like Madeleine Albright. The discussion suggests Albright's vocal support is driven by her private consulting interests in the Balkans and Baltics, which would benefit from a Clinton presidency.

madeleine albright· hillary clinton· consulting· millennials· campaign strategy

1:08:43 This should be a top-notch political campaign that's running. Here is how they address that. Things are getting quite interesting over the weekend for example Gloria Steinem said younger women are supporting Clinton because that's where the boys are. So Steinem later apologized for that remark but she also had former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, she said there is special place in hell for women who don't help each other You know, younger women don't like to be patronized. Are these comments hurting? Well look both of these women have been first in their careers and obviously they have strong feelings I've heard former Secretary Albright talk about that a number of times before They're very strong feelings about it but i just want you point out I mean these are two women obviously they're supporting Hillary

1:09:26 You know, we can't control what they say obviously. But you can disavow what they say Karen. You can disavow what they say because they seem to be pitting the older generation of women against the younger and that's never a good thing for us. Okay so what would The Curry-Dvorak Consulting Group recommend in this case? Well first of all let's before we do that I want to wonder if there was some subtext neuro-linguistic programming going on with the way that was presented to the woman when she said they were supporting Clinton because that's where the boys are. Right, that's what Steinem said? No, she didn't. She said they were supporting Sanders. Oh shoot! I'm sorry you're right. Wow good catch

1:10:18 So what was the point of mixing that up? Was it on purpose or was it just a flub and if it's a flub, how come somebody didn't say something. You know its carolcnnfacebook.com slash carolcnn I think she just messed it up but I can't read too much into it but what would you recommend should they disavow it...what should the strategy be Because the strategy, what they're doing is next. I just wondered if you had any thoughts? Well they haven't found a strategy for dealing with young millennials at all women or men and the women thing has got to have them disconcerned because they were banking on Hillary getting in on a female vote.

1:10:57 Well, here's the strategy they took. Frankly well but Carol I would put this to you then i would like to see the Senator Sanders campaign disavow comments that Ben Jealous has been making since he endorsed Senator Sanders specifically I'm talking about Saturday in South Carolina horrendous comments and misinformation about Hillary Clinton's record on criminal justice reform and the death penalty without recognizing or acknowledging that Senator Sanders actually voted to expand the death penalty at the federal level when he voted for the 1994 crime bill. What? Who's this man jealous?" Is that the musician? John Ligatolde. That is pretty obscure. Okay, if the consulting company were taking this on...I think the way you handled it... I think the way the spokeshole should have handled it was well these are people who can't...she did say that we can't control what they're...you know, we can't stop them from talking but we would like to tell them that this is not helping

1:11:53 In other words, I'd run a guilt trip on these people. I'd hate to do it, but because the women won't do it. Because they won't do it against their fellow women." But if she said this is not helping and I'm actually wondering what they're up to because this is not helping and they should...I don't know if they're even really supporting her. This is all negative! This is not good for us!" I don't even know why Madeline Albright doesn't come out and say something because you know she has only to benefit if Hillary Clinton becomes president, because her consulting group there which runs the Balkans and the Baltics and God knows what else. They only stand to gain tremendous sums of money in big contracts and advisory roles? Well I mean, this again takes us back to the out-of-touch theme. Right. I think those two women are so out of touch, and Albright in particular.

1:12:51 She's a multimillionaire consultant. You know, high up in the government she lives in Washington DC and a fancy place or nearby." And she says this old adage like you pointed out...she said it before there is nothing new with her. She brings it up again, you know, in a political context because she does want Hillary to win because of what you've said about big contracts but she so stupid that that she actually hurts the campaign. And this has to be true, this is the message I think that the Clinton campaign has to give to these so-called supporters you know? You're hurting the campaign doing this sort of thing and should be thinking more and talking less. They should scold them!

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Jennifer Granholm and Ted Cruz Eligibility

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm appears on CNN to discuss Ted Cruz's eligibility for the presidency, agreeing with Donald Trump that Cruz should seek a declaratory judgment regarding his "natural born" status. Granholm, who was born in Canada, is criticized for her tenure in Michigan and her current role as a Democratic operative.

jennifer granholm· ted cruz· natural born citizen· michigan· cnn

1:13:34 That would be Debbie Wasserman Schultz's job. Well, I know what Debbie Wasserman Schultz is going to be doing and I know what the Democrats are thinking and I got a hand at Donald Trump he's right this is exactly what's going to happen This is Democrat operative Jennifer Granholm. I have no idea why she's on television, but they have a really strong team Hey You know what? I've always been wanting to ask you and now I have you on the show. You were born in Canada I was so what do you think of this? I guess he weren't borne to an American my parents were legit Canadians both of them Cruz an American citizen do you think well, you know

1:14:10 A natural born American? I think he is. If it went to a court, it would say yes but there's that question so in this sense this the only time I'll ever say I agree with Donald Trump in this sense that I think he should get a declaratory judgment. What?! Yeah! She says this is the only time we will agree with Donald Trump but I think Ted Cruz should get a declarator statement So Trump was right He was right Yes I know. So that... Wow! Yeah, he was right! Granholm is a jerk if i'm not mistaken let me look her up on let's take a look at the book of knowledge for a second oh we need to uh.. I have to make sure she was on there with Jake Tapper on the CNN She's on a lot of stuff she wants to be kind of attractive enough for television yep and she wants to be a television person

1:15:05 So her name is Jane Jennifer Jennifer, okay. She's cute Canadian born, yeah she's got a pixie look of a TV person. Yeah she was the 47th governor of the state in Michigan one of the people, Democrat totally responsible for ruining Michigan She is like the destructive force that ruined Michigan One of many Perfect And you know she doesn't talk about that much and of course she is from Berkeley Right Oh! That explains it Well that explains something

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Adam Curry Considering Congressional Run in Texas

Adam Curry expresses interest in running for Congress as an independent in Texas District 21 against incumbent Lamar Smith. The discussion covers the low barrier to entry for independent candidates in Texas and the potential for using the podcast as a platform for a "no douchebags" campaign. John Dvorak agrees to serve as the campaign manager.

adam curry· lamar smith· texas district 21· congress· independent candidate

1:15:43 Yeah, that's her. And she shows up everywhere and she's always mouthing off. She's a rock solid Democrat. So amidst all of this...I already mentioned her I was listening to the Congressional Dish and Briony did this episode which is rather interesting as she covered all 50 states how to get on the ballot to run for congress It's a lot easier than you think, although not in California. But in Texas... Yeah it's very easy in most states In Texas you only need 500 votes to run as an independent and you need to file 30 days after the runoff which I think is May 6th here in Texas My district is District Number 21

1:16:36 which has been governed since 1987 by Lamar Smith. So you don't really need a lot of money and Jennifer's premise was, hey this is the internet people should be able to get elected by using the internet maybe shouldn't need television commercials etc etc Yeah well my wife proved that wrong but thats another story But I'm interested I think you should be. In fact, I would recommend everybody... Adam-I'm very interested. Well, I'll tell you my thoughts, my full thoughts. Just think about a campaign. Now first of all, really not looking for extra work. All I wanna do is represent the people in my district and if I guess have to go to Washington to vote but think of all the elements we have. We have the best advisors. Wait for it!

1:17:26 We have the airstream of consciousness, talk about your media vehicle right there to go through the entire state and talk to all the constituents. You don't have to go through the state you just need to go through the district. Yeah but why? Okay You know, we would just continue to do the show as you said. I mean did we discuss all the other number again? 21 Lamar Smith who is now this is a legend and then the people running against him Morons this There's like three people who have already registered to run against them including one Democrat hopeless Let me see what are these guys names Oh this guy here Matt McCall

1:18:07 Matt McCall is the first guy and he tried last time and didn't make it. Yeah, I mean they all have the same websites the same douchey stuff. Yeah like blah blah blah. Hey listen! I actually represent... ...the people living in this district you know downtown Austin out towards the Dripping Springs It's a very interesting district because it kind of follows the Google Fiber path which I think is good. I wouldn't get San Antonio but I mean, don't you think we should just do it? What do you need? What party are you going to run under? Independent. Not a party, just an independent. That's the way to go! Yeah... We have people who are professional organizers, professional writers, professional video makers. I shouldn't really have to leave home You won't win Thanks for your courage

1:18:59 No, thanks for my courage. You won't win! Why not? The line is thanks for your encouragement... No no that was I was thanking you for your courage believe me I meant it Not that I don't think you should win. There's a number of things, you are working... The problem is with these local districts, these little parties it's not even Lamar Smith that's winning there are machines in place mechanisms that are run by the parties that get out at certain X number of vote that you have to overcome and those votes or a good portion of the combined, the Democrat and the Republicans. There's probably not that many Democrats if the Republicans have been in that long but the machines account for so much of the vote just automatically that you can't get enough votes to win even though you might be the most popular person winning against the machine is the problem it's not beating Lamar okay I would think that we could

1:20:01 I don't say it's insurmountable. We could try ourselves, we could try... Look! I think you're gonna... Here's what you have here is that you can do okay let me give the encouragement side oh thank you win but you're going to have to run two or three times That doesn't matter to me. Okay, I mean all first of all we need 500 votes so if any that's fine Yeah If anyone wants a hellish game only if anyone wants to help then you and coordinate in Austin You know don't go out, and I'll drive around you will do whatever We'll get the five hundred votes But we need slogans, we need jingles. You have to dig into Smith's background... We have to look at him a little closer and then figure it out. Oh don't worry! We'll find his gay connection that's easy. Don't worry. He's a Republican so you got that. Yeah I will find the gay boys he has been bashing. Smashing i should say. And we'll find something on them. We'll find some dirt

1:20:52 He went to Yale, Southern Methodist. And he's an Episcopalian which means he is going to get all the episcopals and I have an advantage if you become a Baptist I think you might have a shot at this. No! I'm not... He is the elitest episcopal. I am not going to change who I am it's not going to happen. No. But we have...our producers are so much better than these jabronis running all this other stuff, and quite honestly I don't care we just need to win on votes that's all. I think it's possible you know the median age of the constituents in District 21 is in 34-54 range that's really the peak. Yeah he's 68. No no no! He's 70 something. No he's not he was born in 1947 he's

1:21:42 I'm sorry, i'm confused with someone else. Well so he's young enough I guess but I'm younger and yeah got the MTV thing going on you're a good-looking man looking guy we've got a wholesome girlfriend you believe in flying saucers? I almost choked on that one But what the girl holds a wholesome. Wholesome yeah you're wholesome Yeah, she is she has great camera presence You know we'll look dynamite it'd be great. Oh yes. She's photogenic that's a plus. Yeah She's no she did he'll look good as a couple will look great yeah And then out of wedlock relationship in Texas that's gonna go over

1:22:20 So, you have to get married. You are confused about Texas particularly District 21. No I'm not confused about Texas, I am confused about Austin maybe Well if you look at District 21 dripping springs all that mean that's all new people coming into the state. You got a lot of what you can do a lot with dripping Springs Yeah there is a lot money there not that I need...I don't want any money. I don't want money We shouldn't need any money Okay Well, I think you should do it. It's a good experience and it will give us more material for the show. Well this was my ultimate point could you imagine if by some somehow I was elected to Congress and we would just be discussing whatever the vote was? You know we'd do stuff like crazy stuff like read the bill yeah everyone would pitch in! We just do the show basically is the same wouldn't change anything

1:23:13 Except after God you have to go to Washington all the time. I don't want yes to vote how many votes are there? There's thousands and thousands of what they take a lot of time off weekends and stuff like that And you've got a budget for travel and you have a staff and you can do all the and you could the promise it won't let you vote from your office in austin nine most guys have an office in austin besides their house man and they go there just for campaign purposes they really don't spend that much because i guess i skip a lot of votes a lot of those votes are injured arden on important as an ex-guy comes along so this guy doesn't even vote yeah that's right now say yes right is done with the report was communicated to get away with that

CHAPTER 25 / 50 Discussion

Congressional Pensions and Recruitment of Listeners

The hosts discuss the financial incentives of serving in Congress, including lifetime healthcare and full-salary pensions after a short tenure. They encourage listeners to consider running for local or national office to challenge the existing political machine, framing it as a way to gain material for the show and fix the system.

congress· pensions· healthcare· adam curry· campaign manager

1:23:53 So are you in? Would you want to help run the campaign?" Yeah, I'm in. I'll be your campaign manager." There! That's what I was looking for...I have my first endorsement!" Campaign manager tends to endorse the guy he is working with, sure. Well this is an endorsement. Your first endorsement is Tina The Keeper She said she would vote for me. You never know It was just an idea it's really easy if anyone's interested I am open to giving it a shot I really am. And I think it would be dynamite for the show, we'd learn a lot about how things work... We make fun of a lot of people! I'm going to give you some incentive. Incentive? Okay. I'm gonna give you an incentive and then i'm gonna give this incentive to everybody who's listening. I want everyone out there who listens to NOA Agenda regularly, and there are thousands of you

1:24:43 to think about running for office like this, like what Adam's all jacked up about. Especially for Congress if you're in Congress and I could be wrong about this but i did some research and i don't think i am but it's slightly different if you're older but if you're normal 50 year old person and you get re-elected once to the house of representatives you have a lifetime pension and lifetime health care. So you're bitching about your $500 a month, you get lifetime healthcare free. The pension is full salary for the rest of your life. And the salary is like $174,000? Yes! No it's $174,000. For Congress? Yeah sir. Okay you get that for the rest of your life

1:25:29 The full amount? If you get elected, and I believe this is true. If you're over 65 and you get elected You don't have to get elected twice to get this pension So I could go do this I'm not afraid to lose, let's put it that way. And then I think there are enough people here... Look Austin is mainly downtown Austin which has a lot of people here It's not the douchebag part That belongs to the McCall guy District 10 is next to district 21 and district 10 has the new part where the JLB Marriott is and the convention center So thats where McCall is, the douchebag

1:26:11 Um, and I... You're not in a douchebag. No! I have the older downtown Austin crew who are all gonna be yeah because my thing- my slogan will be no douchebags in Texas Okay And I'm with that. I'm interested, I am very interested Well with that obviously the only thing i can now say is Thank you for your courage and passion And in the morning to you John C where the c stands for Campaign Manager Dvorak Well in the morning to you Adam Curry In the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground Feet in the air subs in the water And all the dames and knights out there Woo! In the morning everybody in Le Chat Room NoahJennerStream.com You are hereby recruited To run on the campaign

CHAPTER 26 / 50 Discussion

Apple Podcast Artwork Guidelines for Episode 800

The hosts detail a meeting with Apple regarding featured artwork for the upcoming 800th episode. Apple's guidelines prohibit episode numbers, slogans, and controversial imagery like guns or political flags to ensure the cover remains "evergreen." The producers are tasked with creating high-resolution, compliant artwork for the promotion.

apple· podcasting· artwork· episode 800· style guide

1:26:57 Thank you to our artists. Now the artist we need to thank today is 21Bulb for bringing us the art for episode 7...9 or 7 and We need to discuss, we can do that now Or later if you want I had a call with Apple about the artwork for episode 800 Yes. Do that briefly? Yeah, let's talk about it. Okay so of course you know I talked to Boggs he's the guy who is the global guy of a podcast and this oh of course he sends me on yeah he sends his guy Steve who now is going to talk to me about the artwork boy I remembered why we do this independent there's that there's a style guide or a guide I should say with dimensions etc and what you cannot put in the artwork

1:27:48 that is linked in the show notes. So you should take a look at that, anyone who's interested now here's what I learned because of course we're looking at this from our perspective hey it's great to be highlighted 800 episodes you know hey it's more testament to the producers who have done all this so besides the obvious no swastikas okay no guns okay no pills no drugs no evil pretty bland but also they really don't want us to put an episode number on And the reasoning is that... They want to make this the evergreen cover? That's kind of what it seems like. The reasoning was solid, they have done this before and said whenever we put something with a Jubilee type episode people don't click on it because they're like ah too many episodes I don't want to get invested I'm behind This..that's good knowledge to have! I hadn't realized that but I don't think were expecting alot of new people to come onboard necessarily

1:28:47 It's always nice, but that has to be taken into account and they're pretty adamant like just don't put a number on it. Okay so we need... okay here is what I'm thinking immediately before we go any further We need two cover arts. I would say three and even better we need them by Monday because they have a huge ramp up period And it won't be on until the 21st Which at which point we've already what we need is a evergreen cover We probably already have that by the way not in the dimensions that are needed. It has to be huge size, huge! Huge. Huge size yeah Oh what size? I'll have to look it's gonna be in this show notes. I don't know offhand wait Maybe I have it here hold on what is this

1:29:37 No, I don't have it offhand. Um...I will find it. It'll be in the show notes! Okay we can use one of the old ones because they're all fixed size? No, it has to be much bigger. Okay so we'll get somebody who'll... And?! It gets worse. Oh. No bylines no subtexts no slogans on the artwork but we can give them one which they'd be happy to place underneath the artwork So So all it can say is no agenda. No, it can be a beautiful piece of art as long as you don't put anything controversial in it or... You can't put with Dvorak and Curry? Yes, of course that's not controversial but you can't put the 800 number in it and... I don't have any 800 number Oh, are we talking about the show number? Yeah, the show number. Phone number. 1-800 NO AGENDA!

1:30:31 So... Can you be any clearer? Let me tell you something else. I showed him the art generator, he was like holy crap this is unbelievable! Yeah thank you, I know. One of our favorites is the pinball machine Yes that's a good one Objection. Why?! It would be a problem because of the logos of CBS ABC NBC Oh yeah okay that's true. I agree So I remember all this stuff from mainstream like oh god. Yeah, we've forgotten about it. Welcome back! So the swastika and Nazi flags are out? He said yeah they're out. What about the ISIS flag?! No no definitely no ISIS flag! I should have asked him...no, no ISIS flag

1:31:17 Let's see. So no finger, no ISIS flag, no swastika, no hammer and sickle I'm sure is out. No, not good. No mocking Kim Jong-un? Nope nope. We just get a good evergreen piece at the right size. We'll get about four... we won't get a lot. We'll get about four or five of those and we'll pick one up on it. If nothing else we can do one for ourselves. The specs is 17 megabyte zip file you download it. Zip! Yeah And it's, and that'll...that gives you the dimensions. Gives you this safe spaces. You know the...because it has to be oblong because can't be at the top so its kind of like a banner more than a piece of art. Wow! Yeah. Alright we will do that special and then will do regular piece of art for the true ship. Of course. For Show 802. That actually gonna show 802 or something? Of course. Uh yeah so.. Okay

1:32:11 Looking forward to it. It's not insurmountable, it's just one of the things we've been through this before so... And since you can't upload that to the art generator You're gonna have to put on Dropbox or something send us a link Just to make it a little more complicated Yes But we have artists that can do this We have pros and we have amateurs who do pro work So they actually make their living doing these sort of things Right, so we look forward to that and then we're very happy obviously That were going to be highlighted I think its just Good. Yeah It is funny. Okay, we do have some people to thank for show 798 We got two shows left at show 800 and we also have Valentine's Day coming up of course nobody took advantage of the Valentine's day offer I don't think anyone likes their mates I think-I don't think anyone who listens to the show has a relationship anymore Yeah it's horrible Sorry Let's start with a few people starting with Frank Who saved this show? Frank saved the show Ajan Stott Yes The Baron Of Staunington

CHAPTER 27 / 50 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations and Birthday Shoutouts

A segment dedicated to thanking high-tier donors includes a $508.56 contribution from Sir Frank, Baron of Stonington, and a $222.22 donation from Gregory McGregor in Madrid. The hosts provide birthday shoutouts and "karma" for various personal milestones, adhering to the show's value-for-value model.

donations· executive producers· sir frank· gregory mcgregor· value for value

1:33:12 Yeah, the Baron of Stony is Sir Frank. And Armondale Victoria Australia so an Aussie and Aussie topped all the Americans and Brits and everybody in between with a great number it's five hundred eight five six seven eight nine one my favorites beautiful and he writes in hello and he's got a birthday or something coming up hello crackpot and buzzkill greetings once again from down under time for another major contribution beyond my existing eleven dollars and 11 cent monthly The show continues to be both wonderfully entertaining and educational, loving the latest Broadway production of Who Wants the White House? 2016 version.

1:33:51 The actors are amazing, although I understand you refer to them as politicians. Not even Netflix could come up with such an original storyline. Keep up the great work! As always a shout out to my son Rohan who has his birthday today on the 11th of February and to my amazing wife Michelle who has her birthday on Saturday 13th. Oh beautiful. And a double yep you got both them on there? Yeah i think so I'll double check I believe so. We have quite a list of birthdays, so it's... Yeah, got it! On the list is Michelle. Karma for everybody just the karma jingle would be great yours in servitude Sir Frank Baron of Stonington You've got karma There you go and his wife Michelle is on the list beautiful followed by David Killian in Clinton Illinois 333 no note from him that came in as a bank check

1:34:49 Vincent Farrell in Burlingame, California. We dropped right down immediately by the way to associate executive producer with Vincent Farrell over here in Burlingame I can wave $260 want to thank him again came into the bank Gregory McGregor in Madrid Spain 222 dollars and he has a note and he's got a birthday thing coming up too Dear John and Adam, thank you for your stellar show in anticipation of Show 800. I'm donating the equivalent of 800 euro quarters. Beautiful 2222 we still win 113 the exchange rate's gone up a little bit 113 well yes it did go up It went up yeah that's kind of annoying

1:35:32 I'm donating the equivalent of 800 euro quarters in exchange for a healthy dose of MBA admission karma. You got it! If i'm lucky and get in, I'll be investing roughly 60 knighthoods in becoming a wiser slave." Wow. 60 knighthood is good. Please add me to your birthday list for February 13th. He turns 32 give a call out to all the Spanish listeners who haven't donated yet. This was a lot... Salvador Gigante, Vaca Monados and Manco Popular. And he tells them to show some cojones. That's right! Keep up the great work and thank you for your courage Gregory McGregor from Madrid Yes MBA admission karma coming your way You've got karma Bam drop the Karma Now we move on to Sir Richard Moffat He sends a regular donation and he hand writes a check

1:36:30 Says hi and that's all he needs. $201.14, Nicholas McFall in Herndon Virginia $200 and he'll conclude our associate executive producers for today. A little light today for some reason. Gentlemen this is my first donation of 2016 sorry for the delay this show has been outstanding I'd like a can-the-bitch lead Can the bitch do it? Yeah, yeah I have it. That's whoopie. L Sharpton of choice which is the mucho one and Karma please keep up the good work here sir. What do you mean the mucho one? You know we much... Oh! You mean resist. Resist we much. Keep up the good work and here are 800 more shows thanks Sir Nick Of The South Side. Can this bitch run the country?! But resist we much

1:37:18 We must and we will much about that be committed. And that concludes a little segment here. We do have a show whoa, that's short very short we do a show coming up on Sunday when remind people to work org slash and a we Have the Sunday is Valentine's Day So we do have an offer of two hundred fourteen dollars in sixteen cents if you want to get a call out cheap We also have show 800 on on Thursday so this will be your last shot at getting a double executive producer's donation in before that show happens. Also, the... Sorry. Ziporic.org slash N-A

CHAPTER 28 / 50 Discussion

No Agenda Mile High Club and Tech News Intro

The hosts announce the launch of the No Agenda Mile High Club website and experiment with a new email listserv. The segment transitions into "Tech News," with John Dvorak preparing to discuss the latest developments in surveillance and digital privacy.

mile high club· listserv· tech news· john dvorak· adam curry

1:38:02 We also have the No Agenda Mile High Club website is up and running at milehigh.noagendanotes.com that will also be listed in the show notes It's very possible we missed you so if you're missing something or somethings misspelled, do you want to change just shoot me an email? And uh...we'll fix that But we got it out! Yeah thank you Thank You So I couldn't find John's email address Gee how hard is that John at Dvorak.org I've also been experimenting with a list serve if you saw that... I did not Yeah, but I tweeted only once about a week ago just to see how it would work. I love those old listserv systems You know we use send in an email and then everyone gets the email who's on the list And yeah you can make it only get a digest How big?

1:38:51 I did one tweet and we have, I think 150 people on it now. And the signal to noise is pretty good! You're using for Twitter? But I promoted it through Twitter once... There's a form that you sign up at if you want. I just wanted to know if you like the idea. We'll talk about it later. Yeah because I don't want to confuse- We got tech news today. Oh god. Alright thank you all very much for your support of The Program Our executive producer and associate executive producers are the ones who carry a lot of the weight for the program. We love thanking them, and of course thanking everybody later on in the full-on donation segment These credits are real credits You can use them wherever credits are valid And if anyone says, oh this is not great! we'll vouch for you We will vouch for ya Devorac.org slash N A I'm sure you already did this during your Super Bowl festivities but please continue to propagate The Formula Our formula is this

1:39:50 We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Hey citizens! Shut up slaves! Shut up slaves! Yeah, we got a lot of stuff that could fit into tech news actually I'm sorry? We have a lot of stuff that could fit into tech news now that I am thinking about it Oh you've got tech news too? Yeah, I've got a couple things if you want to do it now Let's do it now let's get it out of the way I should queue up these tech news things I should probably have them...uhh..in my So we don't quite often enough to have it set to go

1:40:33 It's fine, I don't think we should do it often enough. We should do it like once a month maybe Tech News? Tedious What you mean is tedious? Tech news is great! Alright so whatcha got- oh you want the jingle that's what you wanted My phone schmye phone The way I see it the only good phones are landline and the phones should be made out of Bakelite That's right everybody for the tech horny we got the real tech news here taking over to John Shooooo Let's start with this one. This is James Clapper, he is an idiot.

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James Clapper and Internet of Things Spying

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's testimony regarding the "Internet of Things" (IoT) is analyzed. While media reports suggested he admitted to spying through home devices, the hosts clarify that his written testimony actually highlighted IoT as a "new opportunity" for intelligence collection. The discussion also mocks Senator Dianne Feinstein's questions about ISIL's use of encrypted apps to launch attacks.

james clapper· internet of things· spying· surveillance· isil

1:41:14 U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has acknowledged for the first time government agencies might use a range of home devices connected to the Internet in order to conduct spying. Clapper's comments relate to the so-called Internet of Things, an array of web connected devices from kids toys to smart TVs and remotely operated thermostats in testimony submitted to the Senate. Clapper said widespread vulnerabilities and the devices represent quote, new opportunities for our own intelligence services." I'm glad you brought this up because several people emailed me and I think it stemmed from a Guardian article and the way it was positioned also Democracy Now! also did say it properly. You get the idea that the guy said this in his testimony? Well he did not

1:42:05 He didn't say this at all. In fact, he said something quite the opposite and uh... because I went through there were two sessions total six hours! I watched this crap and really nothing came out of it but then when i figured out I was like where's this piece? Where is this piece about using Internet Of Things to spy on people?! It's not there! And the way I felt- The way it came across to me The Guardian, who as far as I know broke this story so far furthest back I could track this put this out there kind of was a distraction because when you think about the differences between his remarks as delivered and his remarks as written. The difference is un-effing believable

1:42:56 My understanding is, and I didn't get it from the Guardian. I have a link in the newsletter which is to a different source and that further links... Computer World, I got it from the computer world as somebody actually maybe talking about this systems intelligently they linked to the PDF where its found Okay, so I read the whole PDF. I read his comments as submitted and i was astounded because the true nature of what he's saying goes much further than anything he said in Congress. Will it Adam? Stop! The pdf is submitted to the congress for them to read thoroughly Yeah exactly

1:43:38 That would be my point. Here are his remarks as delivered regarding Internet of Things, it's the only time it was brought up. With that preface I want to briefly comment on both technology and cyber. Technological innovation during the next few years will have an even more significant impact on our way of life This innovation is central to our economic prosperity but it will bring new security vulnerabilities The Internet of Things will connect tens of billions of new physical devices that could be exploited. Artificial intelligence will enable computers to make autonomous decisions about data and physical systems, and potentially disrupt labor markets. Russia and China continue to have the most sophisticated cyber programs. China continues cyber espionage against the United States whether China's commitment last September moderates its economic espionage remains to be seen

1:44:34 Iran and North Korea continue to conduct cyber espionage as they enhance their attack capabilities. Non-state actors also pose cyber threats ISIL has used cyber to its great advantage not only for recruitment and propaganda but also To hack and release sensitive information about US military personnel As a non state actor, ISIL displays unprecedented online proficiency Cyber criminals remain the most pervasive cyber threat to the US financial sector. They use cyber to conduct theft, extortion and other criminal activities." So having watched all six hours that pretty much was the extent of what he said about cyber and technology in a security framework even though Feinstein, Finkel defunded Feinstein

1:45:25 set him up with this question, which Warren's listening to. And he didn't really address her questions although of course we're sure that she read his submitted testimony. And ISIL has the ability to spread its message of hate and violence around the world using social media in a very sophisticated way Very sophisticated let me see how do we do this? Click Tweet So sophisticated Director Clapper, I've read your written comments and am very much interested in your assessment of these global threats. Their status today and the outlook for the future. Now listen to this John... I'd also ask you to comment on how the intelligence community is positioned to address these threats? Is it better today than it was let's say five years ago

1:46:17 For instance, while the coalition's air campaign is helping to deny ISIL some territorial safe havens and financial resources. How do we degrade it and destroy it if all they need to carry out an attack in the West? Is an internet connection and encrypted message application. Okay! Is that the understanding she has?! that the all they need is... what did she say exactly? An internet connection. And an encrypted app, and then you can create an attack. ...and financial resources. Huh?! Magic! Magic! How do we degrade it and destroy it if all they need to carry out an attack in the West is an internet connection and an encrypted message application

1:47:10 That's all you need for an attack John. You don't it happens Yeah, you don't that's all you need for an attack because you can encrypt yourself from the desert fly through the wires come out and then initiate your attack I'd like to hear your assessments of how the rise of end-to-end encryption has impacted our nation's ability to identify and track individuals who seek to do us harm. Director Comey has spoken of this concern often, Director Rogers recently highlighted it as well I'm interested in your views today about its impact and how you recommend we tackle this problem of terrorists and criminals communicating via these encrypted message applications. Wait, who? What? We'll brief her on this bullcrap! This is my point John these are the people running the show this is why I need to be Congress The US Freedom Act that passed last year eliminated the bulk collection

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AI Vulnerabilities and Foreign Cyber Espionage

James Clapper's submitted testimony warns of the security risks associated with artificial intelligence and autonomous decision-making. He notes that Russia and China are actively pursuing cyber deception operations to influence public sentiment and disrupt U.S. infrastructure. The report emphasizes the need for U.S. dominance in information science to counter these global threats.

artificial intelligence· cyber espionage· russia· china· james clapper

1:48:08 of telephone communications metadata. And the new law now requires specific queries with FISA court approval to individual telecommunications... She's reading from a script! Yes, she is. All right I'll stop her there and Comey did say he had something interesting but i would just like to go through a few of the highlights of Clapper submitted testimony specifically about The Internet Of Things. But I'd just like to read it because no one read the whole thing No one certainly didn't tell their viewers or listeners what he said Smart devices incorporated into the electric grid vehicles, including autonomous vehicles and household appliances are improving efficiency energy conservation and convenience. However security industry analysts have demonstrated that many of these new systems can threaten data privacy data integrity or continuity of services

1:48:56 In the future, intelligence services might use the Internet of Things for identification, surveillance monitoring location tracking and targeting for recruitment or to gain access to networks or user credentials. Then there's a piece on increased reliance of artificial intelligence for autonomous decision-making. However, AI systems are susceptible to a range of disruptive and deceptive tactics that might be difficult to anticipate or quickly understand. Efforts to mislead or compromise automated systems might create or enable further opportunities to disrupt or damage critical infrastructure or national security networks

1:49:35 Foreign data science. And I think this is, I think he's probably right about some of this This field is becoming increasingly mature foreign countries are openly purchasing access to published US research through aggregated publication indices and they're collecting social media and patent data to develop their own Indices so you can't have that we have to be the rulers of the information according to Clapper Broader adoption of the Internet of Thing devices and artificial intelligence in settings such as public utilities and healthcare will only exacerbate these potential effects. Russian cyber actors who post information on commercial websites might seek to alter online media as a means to influence public discourse, and create confusion

1:50:17 Chinese military doctrine outlines the use of cyber deception operations to conceal intentions, modify stored data transmit false data manipulate the flow of information or influence public sentiments all too induce errors and miscalculation in decision-making. This will be used for HTTPS everywhere." That's what he is saying there. Well what he is saying that this stuff we are working on... And he is projecting it on all these backups. Totally! Totally. So we'll be doing all that stuff, ladies and gentlemen and it's going to be fun and an ever-increasing complexity of networks could lead to widespread vulnerabilities in civilian infrastructure and U.S government systems These developments will pose challenges to our cyber defenses, and operational tradecraft but also create new opportunities for our own intelligent collectors You didn't hear that did you?

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Homegrown Violent Extremists and Space Warfare

The intelligence community's focus on "Homegrown Violent Extremists" (HVEs) and the increasing threat of space-based warfare is discussed. Russia and China are reportedly developing counter-space weapons to disrupt U.S. military advantages. Additionally, the segment touches on political instability in Moldova following a major banking scandal.

hve· space warfare· russia· china· moldova

1:51:28 They didn't know no, they said that twice So there's more about the Internet of Things. He did a lot on he went through every single Country in the Middle East you know then it's all Russia China Russia China Russia China It's all Russia China who are gonna be doing everything there? They're gonna be totally screwing us and then we have that the term that I think we should Or an acronym HV ease which pops up everywhere Yeah, I want to gander a guess at what an HVE stands for. Human... I have no idea Homegrown Violent Extremists Where's the G? It's one word homegrown There is no such thing as one word home grown Well it's HVEs that is what they're doing Then we have space! I've always said there are wars in space Thank you Mr. Clapper

1:52:21 Threats to our use of military, civil and commercial space systems will increase in the next few years as Russia and China progress on developing counter-space weapon systems to deny degrade or disrupt US space systems. Foreign military leaders understand the unique advantages that space based systems provide to United States. Russia's senior leadership probably views countering the U.S. space advantage as a critical component of war fighting. Its 2014 Military Doctrine highlights at least three space enabled capabilities global strike the intention to station weapons in space, and strategic non-nuclear precision weapons as main external military threats to the Russian Federation. So there's a lot of like really crazy crackpot stuff in here... A lot! Deny and disrupt? We already face a global threat from electronic warfare systems capable of jamming satellite communication systems and global navigation space systems

1:53:13 Let's see what else was interesting. I think we had...I mean, I've marked the whole thing up it's just pages and pages and pages of stuff. Mexican drug traffickers capitalizing on the strong US demand for heroin go America! Have increased heroin production significantly since 2007 thank you Barack Obama U.S border seizures nearly doubled That's an interesting coincidence Yeah, I'll say Some Mexican trafficking groups, which collectively supply most of the heroin consumed in the United States have mastered production of the white heroin preferred in eastern US cities and had been boosting overall drug potency by adding fentanyl. Fentanyl which is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin is sometimes used as an adulterant and mixed with lower grade heroin to increase its effects or mix with dilutants and sold as synthetic heroine with or without the buyer's knowledge

1:54:05 And this is really, there's a lot more going on than then this little shit show that they put up that I had to watch where it actually came out. And then just as a Kegelman Newton... Well before you go on and do you remember when we used to get that report? That was like the international drug report. Yeah it comes out every year yeah. Have you gotten one over the last couple years? Uh yeah we got one last year. It's probably due for one. I think it's the OECD who puts that out. They put out the big uh big drug thing why I... because you somehow came up in my brain when you were reading that stuff about the white heroine going to New Hampshire. What happened to that report? I'll look it up. Yeah, I send you a note by the way on Skype. Okay final thing we have here Moldova just figured out put that in there since you know Moldova is where we saw Kagan Noodleman hangout recently Oh yeah she was... where's Noodleman

1:55:06 Moldova I got Michelle. Moldova faces a turbulent year in 2016, popular discontent over government corruption and misrule continues to reverberate after a banking scandal sparked large public protests... Yeah the bank run that we set up and political infighting brought down a government coalition of pro-European parties in October 2015 continued unrest is likely the breakaway pro Russian region is also struggling economically and will remain dependent on Russian support so hello Moldova! Can I say something right now? We're in tech news. This is all tech news, well that's not tech news you're right. Okay well I'm sorry. Back to Comey and it turns out that this encrypted devices stuff is really not important for what they are doing we already heard... I think your going back to Clapper

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FBI Director Comey on Encryption and "Going Dark"

FBI Director James Comey discusses the challenge of "going dark" due to end-to-end encryption on mobile devices. He cites the San Bernardino investigation and various local murder cases as examples where law enforcement was unable to access crucial evidence. Comey dismisses the term "backdoor," stating he simply wants companies to comply with court orders.

james comey· fbi· encryption· going dark· san bernardino

1:56:03 No, Clapper and Comey were on the same panel. Okay yeah so uh and Comey took the encryption question What's the risk to law enforcement? And to prosecution if when presented a legal court order A company refuses To provide the communications that the court has ordered them too The risk is that we won't be able to make a case and a really bad guy will go free. There's the FBI, they haven't been for encryption since I ever since i was a kid A really bad guy will go free against encryption We don't know that. A poor innocent guy might be getting free on technicality you have no idea And a really bad guy will go free Can you

1:56:58 for the American people set a percentage of how much of that is terrorism and how much of that fear is law enforcement and prosecutions that take place in every town in America everyday? I'd say this problem we call going dark, which is director Clapper mentioned is the Gotta love it right growing use of encryption both to lock devices when they sit there and to cover Communications as they move over fiber-optic cables. It's actually overwhelmingly affecting law enforcement Because it affects cops and prosecutors and sheriffs and detectives trying to make murder cases, car accident cases, kidnapping cases drug case. Car accident cases? Oh yeah he's gonna explain the whole thing while we need this. How does that work? I'll tell you! He has an example. How about parking tickets what's the deal with parking tickets? It has an impact on our national security work but overwhelmingly this is a problem that local law enforcement sees. Ah interesting Especially with respect to devices phones that default lock

1:58:00 That is, that is the overwhelming concern of state and local law enforcement because all of our lives are becoming increasingly digital. Those devices are going to hold the evidence of child pornography communications. Thanks. Thanks for starting with that. The evidence of child pornography? I think you have evidence of child pornography on your phone son unlock it. Are becoming increasingly digital those devices are gonna hold the evidence of child pornography communications that someone made before they were killed before they went missing, the evidence that would be necessary to solve a crime and including things like I said like car accidents. Here you go here's your question answered! And so it is a big problem for law enforcement armed with a search warrant when you find a device that can't be opened even though the judge said there's probable cause to open it as I said it affects our counterterrorism work You know San Bernardino very important investigation to us we still have one of those killers phones that we have not been able to open This is kind of incredible to me

1:59:00 Well, how about this? They've not been able to open the phone to unlock it. Is that what he means by opening it? This is going to have a profound effect on the case? Yeah because... How they guys got them on camera shooting people yeah how's this gonna have any effect on the case well so what they can't open the phone now let's how about using the information that they've been collecting at the head end you know You're not going to get the conversations, but you're gonna know who he called. I know, but this is just to show you what's going on... We don't call him, he's no techno dweeb! San Bernardino, very important investigation for us we still have one of those killer phones that we have not been able to open and it has been over two months now and were still working on it By the way Has the guy been found guilty? He's dead Oh goy, he's dead Yeah true, he's dead The Dead Killer yeah The Dead Killer exactly

1:59:54 It's been over two months now, we're still working on it. But it also occurred on the criminal side. Well apparently is very difficult to open the locks phone What difference does it make? The guys dead Yeah but that's the case... Nothing a waste of government resources A woman was murdered in Louisiana last summer eight months pregnant killed No clue as to who did except her phone is there when she's found killed They couldn't open it, still can't open it. So the case remains unsolved so this is something I hear about all over the country from my partners in state and local law enforcement But supplying the information is absolutely crucial to the continuation of that investigation and prosecution Yeah thats one of the aspects of the conversation which is healthy there's a robust debate going on here ought to be because these are... Heres the robust debate, ought to be its all good okay here comes Important issues

2:00:42 But a part that gets confusing to me is when folks talk like we want access to company servers, We want access to their source code. What we would like is a world where people are able to comply with court orders Lots of companies do both people who make phones are able to unlock them when judges order it and People provide communication services or able to comply with judge's orders And here comes Here it comes you want to hear this last bit? There's can't and therein lies the problem But it's not about us trying to get a backdoor term that confuses me frankly. I don't want a door at all window I don't want a sliding glass door. I would like people to comply with court orders, and that's the conversation We're trying to have he says the turnback door could actually use infuses him Confuse Wow yeah

2:01:30 How can that confuse anybody? I don't want a door, I don't want a window. I don't want a sliding glass door. Oh you gotta ISO that! That's...I'm playing the ISO as we speak. Hold on, oops, I just... Here it is. This is an ISO for sure I don't want a door, I don't want to window, I don't want a sliding glass door...I would like people to comply with court orders and that's the conversation we're trying to have The conversation? Okay well have the conversation We'll cut that part out Alright so got that Oh should've cut that part out Yeah I think you just be I don't wanna door, I don't wanna window, I don't wanna sliding glass door Boom! Boom! Further tech news The end of Twitter, I can call it now. This is easy. Yeah the end of Twitter and this has nothing to do with 10 thousand characters 140 characters no it has to do with the Twitter Security Council. Did you? I'm sure you heard about this there's no way you didn't. Twitter has put together a security council which consists of a lot of social justice warriors and the list is quite extensive

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Twitter Trust and Safety Council Free Speech Restrictions

Twitter establishes a "Trust and Safety Council" to implement new community guidelines based on the "Dangerous Speech Project." The criteria for banning users include the speaker's influence and the "propitious" social context for violence. Critics argue these variables are subjective and could be used to silence controversial political speech.

twitter· trust and safety council· free speech· dangerous speech project· social justice warriors

2:02:37 to come up with, I guess community guidelines. And one of these actually is the Dangerous Speech Project because i just looked at people who were trying to you know who are talking about what free speech is and how that can work... That's over Right so the Dangerous Speech Project they actually have a guidelines um to determine actually I want do this with you five defining variables So these are the people will be determining if you get kicked off Twitter or not The guidelines are based on five variables which affect the dangerousness of a particular speech act in the time and place in which it was made or disseminated. The speaker, the audience, the speech act itself, the social and historical context, and the mode of dissemination So here is it... The most dangerous speech act would be one for which all five variables are maximized Are you ready for the 5 variables?

2:03:36 One. I'm all, yeah definitely If it is a powerful speaker with the high degree of influence over the audience That has to be in play? That has to be in play Otherwise its not dangerous your speech So they don't say... They dont define what powerful is There's a guy with 26 followers that's not gonna mean anything No The second one The audience has grievances and fear that the speaker can cultivate so that would be like Donald Trump Yeah, they should kick him off. A speech act that is clearly understood as a call to violence... This is a tough one! This is tough one how- Call to violence? It's clearly understood- Do we have a definition of violence? Well it's even I think you have to go back further. A speech act that is clearly understood As a call to violence doesn't mean clearly stated as a call to violence but understood as a call to violence. Elf and Fox dog

2:04:34 Fourth, a social or historical context that is propitious for violence. Propicious? Is that the word? Propitious? Yeah. How do you spell it? P-R-O-P-I-T-I-O-U-S propitious. Yeah, okay I think better pronunciation but onward giving or indicating a good chance of success favorable that's what propitious means so favorable for violence for any of a variety if you call for violence and there's no chance then you're okay then you're okay it has to be all five A historical or historical context that is propitious for violence, for any of a variety of reasons including long-standing competition between groups for resources lack of efforts to solve grievances or previous episodes of violence. And then finally...a means of dissemination that is influential in itself For example because it's the sole or primary source of news for that relevant audience You could almost say anything we talk about on this show hits all five of those

2:05:38 depending on how you... Do you think we call for violence, burning down anything? No. But that depends on how you want to define it We do say punch in the mouth but that's... Well we say hit in the mouth which is not quite as bad I think So this is stupid and no this is completely stupid and it's and it's and I but strangely enough I think it actually plays into The way people are thinking these days And what has now kind of become acceptable in mainstream America, could you be any more kind of Murica than Texas? No. So how about University of Texas I don't think yeah no that would I disagree with that University of Texas is most American okay the text was Christian I think TCU might be let me play a little clip from something happened this week at University of Texas Austin where

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Austin Police Officer Tickets Man for Offensive Speech

A video from the University of Texas at Austin shows a police officer trainee issuing a citation for "disorderly conduct" to a man for using offensive language near a sorority. The officer claims his job is to ensure students are not offended, sparking a discussion on the erosion of First Amendment protections for offensive but legal speech.

austin police· offensive speech· first amendment· university of texas· disorderly conduct

2:06:35 Clearly an activist, a person who was... being difficult, was shouting things at girls on campus. He actually I think was not technically on campus but he got written up for a ticket and he turned on his phone and interviewed this APD Austin Police Department officer who's very kind by the way nothing wrong with what he says is being very courteous but his understanding of the law is interesting. So what's your name? And your badge number? My name is Officer Wormsey 1948 So will you allow me to speak now? Yeah, go ahead. All right so basically what I was saying earlier we had somebody that was offended by the gestures you're making and that's our job is to make sure that doesn't happen because these are students just walking in this mall like right here. I know your not on campus but your right off campus offending students on the campus. So the job here is to write you up as a citation dishonor conduct for offending someone

2:07:36 Does freedom of speech protect offensive speech? It doesn't matter if someone was offending you. It's against the law to defend I mean, I thought freedom of speech was to protect

2:08:12 I gotta get your ID man. I don't mind you doing the camera but you have to work with me like i'm working with you so could you give me your ID please? Can I have your ID sir? Sure. What are the words on that pencil? I told you the words earlier, I said that you use anus and I said that you were offending the sorority system Well he used the word anus and offended the sororities system Class right? Anus is a biological That's also a biological word. So would you be just work with me like I'm working with you? Can I get your ID? I'm happy to work. Thank you Is there a way you'd uh, like me what were the words you'd recommend uh biological words What will it be the suggested words I should use next time i can't tell you what to do sir I don't know what your goal here but I know I would then I know that you want someone and I'm just doing my Just doing his job

2:09:05 Admittedly, according to the chat room the guy was a trainee but I saw him in uniform so he looked like a uniform police officer to me. Well i'll give you clip of the day for that well thank you I think that's warranted although I would say it's hold on let me take my honors first I would say that its quality was mediocre and uh I think the point was well made but it's a good clip But the guy's a douche, the guy who was being busted with the ticket. And what's the ticket? We get to price on the ticket... What is it 50 bucks? I don't know what the cost of this ticket is. 10 bucks so it was 5 bucks and... but he was ticketed for offending someone and that more importantly than the police officer trainee or not says you know that's against law You can do that! I'm just doing my job, if you offend somebody have to give your ticket. If you offended someone... we're doomed. What if you easily offended Yeah right

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FAA Warning on Lithium Battery Aircraft Fires

The FAA issues an urgent warning regarding the risk of catastrophic fires caused by lithium-ion batteries in aircraft cargo holds. Recent tests demonstrate that current fire suppression systems are ineffective against battery ignitions. The NTSB recommends restricting the number of batteries carried on flights to prevent further aircraft losses.

faa· lithium batteries· aircraft safety· cargo fires· ntsb

2:10:00 You got any more anymore tech yes, I got more time all right I said we had dimension in the newsletter or loaded up with test loaded loaded alright. Let's go with Oh, let's go with the lithium battery story. At least people should know about it. Okey dokey? Now to a developing headline on the story we've been following here an urgent new warning about lithium batteries on planes the risk that they could cause a quote catastrophic fire and now the stunning images The FAA wants you to see their own experiment And you're about to see what happened ABCs David Curley covers aviation for us

2:10:41 This is the FAA's own test of what can happen if a shipment of lithium-ion batteries spontaneously ignites. These batteries could lead to catastrophic aircraft loss, the FAA is warning tonight and current fire suppression systems cannot effectively control a lithium battery fire They power our computers and tablets, and can overheat and ignite. Think about the house fires and the hoverboard fire suspected of being started by batteries that we've seen recently. What if it happens in a cargo hold? And it apparently has! Two 747s have crashed. The packages of batteries they carried are suspected to be contributing

2:11:19 That's why the National Transportation Safety Board is also out with a recommendation that if batteries are carried, they are separate from other flammable materials and the number of batteries be restricted. Airline pilots want even more that the batteries be listed as hazardous. We cannot continue to lose these airplanes due to fires that are uncontained and will quickly bring an airplane down. Major U.S. carriers don't allow the shipments of lithium batteries but that's not true for all airlines which is why tonight the FAA is calling on those carriers to study the risks of carrying this potentially dangerous cargo. David? All right, David... David! David! Uh what do you think? Well- This is not a new story here's what I'm asking. No no this has been going on for years. This battery thing has been going off for years and years and this story keeps cropping up What if..what's going on? What do you think? There's something scamish about this story

2:12:13 It's just a filler. Could be just the filler well ultimately we have lithium batteries in so much everything yeah, I saw it is the battery of choice Maybe the nickel metal hydride people are behind this but no I think that We also go back to big dry cells the big you know dry cell that You're clunkers. Oh, clunkers! A couple of those in series in order to power up your laptop I don't know other than we have some new device that can check and see if it's an approved lithium battery No there could be something like that yeah I think approved lithium batteries Somebody is trying to sell but maybe one of our producers will have a clue now this is the last tech news story Well I might have a couple more but yes you have more Yeah I might I'm gonna save mine for last Okay

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El Toro IP Targeting and Political Campaigning

A marketing company called El Toro claims to have mapped 160 million IP addresses to physical home addresses, allowing for precise digital ad targeting without the use of cookies. The hosts discuss the privacy implications of this technology and its potential utility for Adam Curry's proposed congressional campaign in Texas.

el toro· ip targeting· digital marketing· privacy· advertising

2:13:04 direct your attention to a company that hit Tina up for marketing. She does communications for the Ronald McDonald House and she said, what do you think of this? El Toro! eltoro.com, E-L-T-O-R-O You want me to go look at this? Yeah you can I mean i'm happy to just read it to you from the FAQs What does El Torro do? I thought that was a very interesting outfit Hold on one second...here is So they have invented and patented a unique series of technologies that allow our customers to precisely target their customers using online, using banner and display ads. What they have done is they have called 160 million IP addresses from around the United States um...and they-and they have correlated that to physical home addresses

2:14:05 And I guess they have, you know a hundred million daily banners that they can change based upon your home location. So that you know they'll have my IP address although you know i think it's kind of flawed unless they have some additional cookie stuff... They say they don't use cookies at all um that's what they say so when they see my ip address and They have your physical address. Yeah, I had my physical address... Not just Austin or South Texas? Right! So Tina would want to get a bunch of people... Wait wait wait, so now you've brought this as a tech story. This is really good tech story. It's great tech story. Because I'm going to ask because it was you glossed it over which is how did they get your physical address? They ping your IP address until hell freezes over. They said they called this so they went around the country

2:14:52 And they called these IP addresses and although maybe they've gotten information from somewhere else, they say that they have collected this. And they...this is...I'm not buying it Unless they came and knocked on your door, which they wouldn't did not turn you to say hi How are you doing? Can I look use your internet connection so I can look at your IP address or They've done a bunch of drive-bys in with these open. I you know that's what that's what I thought That's what I'm thinking and whatever hours That's what Google doesn't do well Google did it or as they got in trouble for doing it Well these guys should get in trouble too yeah um I thought it was I think it's interesting. I don't think they're actually violating any Any

2:15:36 rules or laws, but jeez. They got a rule followers there I don't know if their rule followers But I thought this is something new because if you want to target people within the 10 mile radius Which I think it's probably more likely than right they say write down to the address They say they are the United States Postal Service of the internet If you want deliver an ad to a home address we will make sure it shows up on that person's computer That's their bottom line and I think this is one of the things you can use for your political campaign Oh hell yeah, District 21. I'm all in! Yeah we should look into these guys and see how strong and powerful they are ElToro.com Yeah maybe... Look at it now looks like some sort of operation Pretty sure it's an operation Google is going to be blocking more sites with their no more deceptive download button initiative which this is something you like You've griped about this a lot I gripe about this constantly

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Apple Night Shift and Blue Light Health Concerns

Reports suggest that chronic exposure to blue light from digital devices may contribute to macular degeneration and sleep disruption. Apple is reportedly testing a "Night Shift" feature to limit blue light emission after dark. The hosts suspect the sudden influx of health-related blue light stories is a "planted" native advertisement for upcoming iPhone features.

apple· blue light· night shift· macular degeneration· sleep disruption

2:16:36 But I don't think Google should be the one responsible. Well, the browser's going to break that that's what that's Google and then you know they'll give You a little bit of good and then they'll take it away on the back end It's not like Google button in on everything no kidding That's the main thing other than just quick quick call back to the another little ditty They came out amidst all of this confusion going on The president unveiled a $19 billion cybersecurity national action plan, which is a lot of money. And a lot of that is going into the continuation of Einstein and it's all really for internalists all for the government who can't keep their system secure. That's what most of the money's for. Yeah, that's for sure. All right I got my last story.

2:17:27 This is because you have these blurry vision issues. And I know for a fact that you're just glued to your phone all the time, and on Facebook... You're on Facebook! So play The Blue Light Story this is a scandal Well, can you live without your mobile device? Yeah that's what we thought. All that screen time can be bad for your eyes, bad for you sleep... Now Apple is testing a new kind of light that's not the only solution. Alan Martin takes a look Now focus on this. A lot of our eyeballs today are glued to digital devices I use my mobile devices for everything, i'm on them all the time We stare at them for hours on end day and night After hours you're using additional devices watching streaming video But with the kind of light they emit there may be a dark side Our gadgets give off what's called

2:18:24 Blue light. And blue light reaches far deeper into our eyes than other kinds of light. The way we use blue light is that it could cause reactions in the rest of the Earth that cause damage over a period of time. Dr Tony Moore is a professor of ophthalmology at UCSF He says blue light may in theory play a role in aggravating age-related macular degeneration, A condition that can lead to vision loss. And while healthy young eyes can handle blue light... What we don't know is whether chronic use over many many years might lead to a problem. A more immediate concern? Digital eye strain and sleep disruption! Well if you think about it the

2:19:05 devices are smaller and you generally hold them closer. Dr. Dennis Fong is a clinical instructor at UC Berkeley School of Optometry he says the clinic is seeing more cases of digital eye strain in young people the symptoms include headaches dry eyes and blurred vision so the focusing ability is being stressed. And while we need blue light in the morning to wake up, at night blue light suppresses the release of melatonin a hormone that influences the body's biological clock. Using computers and blue light emitting phones late at night can really disturb sleep and this is likely impact on general health

2:19:45 Oh bullcrap. My eyes are improving, that's the problem! Now here is the other thing... This led to a native ad for Apple I didn't clip that part. Oh but it makes total sense But it went on well Apples gonna do new things so when it gets dark out they're going to limit blue light coming from the iPhone or some crap for next generation phone I guess But this story cropped up in a couple of places, so I think it's been planted. And I know it's been planted for Apple but it's been planted for someone and that closes tech news for me. All right very nice all right onward yeah

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Moscow Metro Shop Demolitions and Property Rights

The Moscow city government used bulldozers to destroy approximately 100 small shops and restaurants near metro stations, claiming they were illegally built in the 1990s. Business owners, who possessed valid ownership documents, were not allowed to save their merchandise. The action is criticized as a "barbaric" violation of the rule of law that will deter future investment in Russia.

moscow· metro· property rights· small business· russia

2:20:46 Where do I have? I got a whole sheet of stuff that uh, i've been wanting to discuss How about this just play some offbeat stuff. Play this Moscow story This is only on German news and people covering this but it's just screwy In Moscow, local business people activists and ordinary citizens were outraged when the government of the Russian capital city took a bulldozer to many structures around the city's metro stations. About 100 small shops restaurants and shopping centers were pulled down now The City maintains that the structures were illegally built in the 1990s Business owners however say they had valid property ownership documents or leases for their buildings

2:21:31 Some were confirmed just weeks ago. Most of the raised structures were small shops that had sold food and household items, some were three-story shopping centers. The city of Moscow claimed they were unsightly and obstructing metro entrances and access to gas and telecommunication lines. The bulldozers were accompanied by riot police business owners were not even allowed to save their merchandise and equipment This whole thing is nothing but a military action, and what I'd like to understand is what have small businesses done to deserve being destroyed in such a barbaric way? I have no words.

2:22:13 Quite a few Moscow residents sympathize with the shop owners. They had depended on the small businesses. Who needed this? People are all mad, no place to put credit on your phone nowhere to buy a bun, no toilet. Really who had a problem with all these places? It's just horrible in my opinion. Who did they do it for and what for? They just made life harder for everyone Many Muscovites see the demolitions as one more sign that rule of law is little respected in Russia. The main thing is that they did it in such a barbaric way, that any businessman working in Russia understood that they will never invest in this country again

2:22:54 Local analysts say Moscow could face hundreds of millions of dollars in legal claims. The city also stands to lose millions in taxes from the businesses that operate it, in the destroyed buildings. It's a hit piece from Germany. Yeah big hit piece for sure but still I can't figure out any way this is just a screwy hit piece and I don't know what's going on Did you guys talk about...I didn't hear the latest Dvorak horror with some plug unplugged Did you guys talk about Iran and them wanting to receive payment in euros for their oil? No. Well that seems to be happening, that's pretty counterintuitive to the whole idea of who we are! We've killed people over this... I think that needs to be discussed

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Iran Demands Oil Payments in Euros

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announces that it will require payment in euros for recently signed oil contracts with European firms. While the prices remain pegged to the dollar, the shift away from dollar-denominated payments is seen as a challenge to the American petrodollar system.

iran· euro· oil contracts· petrodollar· nioc

2:23:45 Not on horror, which I think we should discuss it. Well a source at state-owned national Iranian oil company NIOK told Reuters, Iran will charge in euros for its recently signed oil contracts with firms including French oil and gas major Total Spanish refiner Kepsa and Letosco which is the trading arm of Russians Lukoil In our invoices we mention a clause that buyers of our oil will have to pay in euros considering the exchange rate versus the dollar around the time of delivery. Oh, okay! So it seems like it's pegged to the dollar but still paying in euros I don't think is what we want Isn't our whole system based on the American Dollar being the reserve currency for oil? Petrodollars yes? I dunno, I'll have to look into that It doesn't...it's screwy Something Trump would put a stop too

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Supreme Court Blocks EPA Clean Power Plan

In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Obama administration's regulations to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. The decision halts the rules while they are reviewed by a federal appeals court, potentially imperiling the U.S. commitments made during the Paris climate accords.

supreme court· epa· clean power plan· climate change· carbon emissions

2:24:43 Ha, President Trump wouldn't have that. That's a horrible deal! Horrible deal I tell ya Here's a story that is not covered anywhere. At least I missed it, maybe I didn't listen to enough news sources but this is the Supreme Court, this is discussed on Democracy Now of course This is the Supreme Court putting the kibosh on some of this climate change crap that came out of France. Climate change? The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked regulations to limit emissions from coal-fired power plants This day comes as an appeals court considers a challenge corporations in 29 states. The Supreme Court's decision to halt the rules is reportedly unprecedented, the court has never before agreed to block a regulation before it's been reviewed by a federal appeals court. The move indicates that Supreme Court is likely to overturn the regulations in the future

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Bullying and Flat Earth Debate

Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson appears on Comedy Central to refute rapper B.O.B.'s claims that the Earth is flat. Tyson is criticized for his "bully" persona and for framing scientific disagreement as "harmful" to the security of the citizenry. The segment highlights the transformation of science into a dogmatic "religion" where dissent is treated as a social threat.

neil degrasse tyson· b.o.b.· flat earth· anti-intellectualism· science

2:25:35 The decision could imperil the Paris climate accords since the coal plant rules formed a key part of the US commitment to cut emissions. Oh man, this is so bogus! This is so bogus all this bullcrap well I'm glad you brought that up uh...I would not have even thought of this thank God we have producers everywhere and Ancilla wrote and Silla Tilla. She wrote an article about this particular thing that happened, and I wasn't following this because God i'm so not interested in Neil deGrasse Tyson! So we have this rap guy B.O.B., who I've never heard of but I know-I have heard of him now...and he wrote a lyric about flat earth

2:26:22 And that Neil deGrasse Tyson was full of crap. The reason why I'm linking this to climate change is so he's brought out on that Lawrence show on Comedy Central, the kind of the you know it's like a talk show... You know what i'm talking about don't ya? There's a bunch of different shows on Comedy Central. And so, you know they discuss this about this rapper and what's going on about the flat earth and then of course they have, you know as a science emergency hits the big red button and then Neil deGrasse Tyson walks in eating a ham sandwich like he's Mr Cool

2:27:00 And the host says, well you have to...you know could you please we have an emergency. We have people here who think that the earth is flat and this segment is not about that but it's the way that the uber scientist our famous guy Neil deGrasse Tyson, instead of explaining really the science How he's a bully. He is big A-hole bully and he does this for all things science so when you can't see this part but when it comes in, uh... When it's about ready to hear the crowd react to it was about ready to do some splain into this crazy fucker. It takes off his jacket like a big bully knees flexing his muscles and its really really bizarre

2:27:44 Alright, hold my sandwich. Oh sure, okay. Here you take that. He's taking off his coat! He's gonna kill this guy! Listen B.O.B., once and for all... The Earth looks flat because 1. You're not far enough away at your size Okay, so now we're right away personal attacks about the guy's size he's not that tall 2 Your size isn't large enough relative to Earth to notice any curvature at all It's a fundamental fact of calculus and non-Euclidean geometry. Small sections of large curved surfaces will always look flat to little creatures that crawl upon it." Okay, so that's the only scientific explanation he gave... That was why you can't see the curvature but he's calling the guy Little Ant or Little Rodent

2:28:37 It's just a symptom of a larger problem. There is a growing anti-intellectual strain in this country that many think it may be the beginning of the end of our informed democracy He had my attention here as you can understand in a free society You can and should think whatever you want, and if you want to think the world is flat go right ahead but if you think the world is flat And you have influence over others as would successful rappers or even presidential candidates then being wrong becomes being harmful. This is something we just heard this, didn't we? You have to have influence you have to have an audience and the list of stuff from Twitter. And it also kind of plays in with the cop who yes, exactly. So that how do you have your speech controlled by the police? I this is why I wrap it up because it's harmful. Yeah, it gets better being harmful to the health, the wealth and security of our citizens just so you know, because if we have an audience

2:29:39 Wait, he said the health and the wealth? Let me see that. That being wrong... becomes being harmful to the health, the wealth and the security of our citizenry. The health, the wealth and the security of our citizenry? What's that wealth got to do with anything? His wealth obviously but I don't know but this is dangerous This is what I call dangerous speech right there That's fascist Yeah Security of our citizenry Discovery in exploration got us out of the caves And each generation benefits from what previous generations have learned

2:30:15 Isaac Newton, my man said I have if I have seen farther than others. It's by standing on the shoulders of giants And then the scientist says can I get an amen Some say, can I get an amen? Yeah. That's what I think Anne Silly got on this one. But that was Degrasse Tyson said it. Can I get an amen? Yeah. Can he get in there? He believes in God now all of the sudden? This is a fucking religion by standing on the shoulder science which we talked about on the show numerous times. Yeah. This is it. This is it. So that's right B.O.B., when you stand on the shoulders of those who came before, you might just see far enough to realize the earth isn't flat

2:31:05 And by the way, this is called gravity. Yeah and he drops the mic. The mic that- but it was the mic that wasn't connected It was a mic with no cord. Was it even wireless mic? He had a wireless mic on but if the mic that he dropped was just a prop Just to make it even worse This I'm just gonna call him out hold on I'm gonna show my support by donating to no agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that? Oh, yeah And as an aside that is not gravity according to our knowledgeable chat room that is called density of objects We're just saying Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Associate Executive Producer Donations and Peerage

The hosts read a list of $50 and $100 donations from "producers" across the globe, including contributions from the UK, Denmark, and Canada. Notable mentions include Michael Cross, who "called out" his boss as a douchebag, and several long-time listeners who are recognized for their consistent financial support of the show.

donations· associate executive producers· value for value· peerage· knights

2:32:02 Matthew Wittering is one of the people we want to thank for show 798. He contributed $100 from Greenwich, Greenwich? That's where the time thing is. GM1 or GM0? Zero. Ground zero. No that's ground zero I'm minus six from GMT so it has to be a zero. So he's 0 yeah. Huh well wonder what time it is Philip says it's $100 from Greenwich, UK. Philip Sanders in Ewing, New Jersey 100. Anonymous from Keneche, oh it's O-Kenny, Kenny O'Hee that's what is. Every vowel has to be pronounced. Canny ee o hee.

2:32:53 Hawaii or at you know this guy goes up to a guy says how do you pronounce it Hawaii, or Hawaii and the Guy says Hawaii And so I never knew that okay. Thanks for thanks. He says you're welcome Did I get a in the morning? David S Funk in Seattle, Washington $100. You know what hundred dollars is nice mark in LA and he Is it good way he said a little note and explaining how he got involved with the show He says it took him forever And he says, you know he didn't... He heard me on these other shows and just thought I was a douchebag. So he didn't..and he says that to you are just obviously old conservative grouch. I'm not conservative but you know so he says it would got him around to the show which actually you Oh! On twit when you pull the gun. He says anyone who pulls a gun on a show like that i'm gonna check it out

2:33:53 I was asked to show it, I would like to remind the audience. But yes. You pulled it nonetheless. Yeah. Sir Brian Green of Ham's KC9YJM When the apocalypse comes we're the guys who are gonna save the world right? Ham obviously 73-73-73s. 73s kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie new call Ditto Got Nate in Draper Utah GOT NATE! 69-69. Thomas Riesgaard in Denmark, 6660. Let me read this... Not many donateors from Denmark eh? Here you go! On and off listener for many years been consistent listening for a while I've donated few years ago free of my douchebaggery and accept the 6665 when talking about Assange possibly being can't read the rest got cut off

2:34:52 Well, thank you Denmark. Thank you Denmark for your votes! Sean Rigolato in Saranac Lake New York 5968 Michael Cross in Kanata Ontario Canada 5510 he's got a thing here says years ago is okay He's got hi guys the only reason I'm making this donation today is call out my boss Todd oh This is this is as risky as calling out your wife yeah Calling out my boss Todd Powers as a douchebag. I punched him in the mouth over a year ago and he has yet to donate, the only thing i ask for is job karma because ill probably need it after this donation that means. Jobs jobs jobs lets vote for jobs! You got karma.

2:35:43 Alexander Munoz in Hot Springs, Arkansas sent a check and note which I'd like to read. It's kind of interesting he says... I'm answering the call-to-action John sent out the newsletter this is like a week ago He says this show gives me clarity and peace regarding world events And i am able to analyze the news with a sense of humor You're worth more than my cable subscription And that's what he's paying us. Cable subscription, although some people are paying hundreds of dollars from what I can tell for their cable subscription. Mark Van Patten in Fort Myers Florida 55, this is a short list by the way, 5510 Sir Kevin Payne in Richmond Virginia 5434321 my favorite donations Ryan Persichilly Persichilly Persichilly I bet

2:36:35 in Trenton, New Jersey 50.01 and the following donors came in with $50 David Silva in El Cerrito California over here could be on the train when we take a visit at the Train Museum Jason Brockman in Hamilton Ohio Michael Viklund in Almholt Sweden I think Richard Sir, Richard Gardner parts unknown Jeremy Wentworth in Tulsa Oklahoma $50 He says the best podcast in the universe Says he can confirm it by being in the middle of it Paul Vela sir. Paul Vella and Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire UK 50 David Pete Aubrey Texas Gianne van der Laan and Austin he's got to be a big a big-time

2:37:20 Peerage hold he's a knight by now. He must be I don't think he's ever really asked for anything You should check it out up you have to do a little research, and we'll get his numbers Yeah For sure seems to me because I can sure remember saying his name a lot yep Brian Klimczak I believe in Naperville Illinois Alan Bean here in Oakland California comes in every month Can you talk into the mic? Oh your little off mic sir? I am because they have to move the mic to see this spreadsheet oh I can try to, I'll jerk it around a little bit. That's what she said. I am off mic that's good catch. Alan Bean in Oakland Kyle Meyer in Atlanta Georgia Jason DeLucia Sir is it sir? Jason Deluzio could be in Chatsford Pennsylvania maybe says Sanford Stab in Cuskia Cuskia I guess this Cuskia Cuskia Idaho and that's all we got so we got today okay low

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NPR Podcast Measurement Guidelines and Industry Scrutiny

NPR releases new guidelines for measuring podcast downloads, acknowledging the difficulty in accurately identifying unique listeners. The hosts dismiss these industry standards as "bullshit" and a "scam" designed for the advertising market, reaffirming their commitment to a direct listener-supported model that doesn't rely on inflated metrics.

npr· podcast measurement· downloads· analytics· advertising

2:38:17 The way we work this show, if you're new is we treat our audience as our producers. They...the producers give us information insights the expert knowledge but also support the program financially and it's kind of an interesting timing in podcast world as NPR public radio came out with the Public Radio Podcast Measurement Guidelines which was the subject of some some scrutiny and lots of flaming back and forth from companies that track this kind of stuff, and have been doing for a long time. So they're kinda coming in... Well let me premise this as you discuss it or preface it with uh... It starts like this There's no way I'm doing this! And so here is what we are doing Let me read exactly what it says

2:39:10 It is difficult to count accurately the number of downloaders. No unique ID is transmitted when requesting a podcast file, multiple downloaders can use a single IP address such as when they are on a shared private network one downloader can have multiple IP addresses each downloader does transmit a user agent description which varies by software sometimes by hardware used the combination of IP addresses and user user agent provides something closer to a unique identifier for a device, which is itself an approximation of a unique identifier for downloader. And then they go through this whole rigmarole explaining how they're going to do this. I just want to point out it's bullshit! There's no way you can accurately measure this stuff in the way it's done currently. It's a scam if I could tell people say well how many people are listening? I don't know

2:39:59 But I don't care. I don't have to sell the numbers to anybody." Right, we can estimate but there's no reason... No! There is NO REASON So thank you for participating in our system. I think it is really good and I appreciate it and I think it works very well for us How about you? Well, I prefer it. It's much better You don't have to be bossed around by anybody for starters And your not subject to people boycotting the show If they don't like the show they don't listen to the show We lose their particular, their single donation perhaps but that's all we lose when we offend somebody which is common. We offend a lot of people. Yes, we do not on purpose it just what it is well sometimes it is on purpose you've done it a couple times and so have I. All right well with that please remember we do have a show coming up on Sunday as Sunday is the big... no Monday is the Grammy Awards

CHAPTER 44 / 50 Discussion

Dame Sarah Harris and Knighting Ceremony

Australian morning show host Sarah Harris is officially "damed" as a Black Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable after a previous administrative oversight. The ceremony includes the traditional reading of the "Hookers & Blow" list for new knights and dames who have contributed $1,000 or more to the program.

sarah harris· knighting· australia· black knight· roundtable

2:40:54 No, I thought it was... okay you're right. Sunday is Valentine's Day! That's what it is! $214.16 and call out your valentine and show your love that's right show your love go ork dot org slash n a Now, I have looked into the matter and it does seem to be an oversight on my part.

2:41:45 Yes, yes. Mistake on my part it does happen from time to time We did not indeed dame Sarah Harris What? Yeah we didn't I went back and listened 7 9 or 6 You and I talked about it beforehand then moved her into the list And whatever happened somehow she didn't get her daming Wow, so she does become a black king. Which is curiously what she wanted in the first place! And I refused to give it. This is magic something's screwy here But now its warranted and of course she also wants to be on the down low because she's a celebrity there in Australia Probably wouldn't do good if people found out that you're listening this show You'd really think anybody in Australia... most Australians love this show

2:42:35 Yeah, but it's mainstream. Mainstream is always different. Oh the mainstream people know? She's a big Morning Show host We welcome her with open arms and I'd love to have her endorsement for my congressional run in District 21 It could happen! Well she might give it but what difference does it make to the locals? Nothing Careful Dame Sarah Harris get up on the podium Nate Friedman I need you there John Blade blade blade blade blade blade blade blade blade There ya go And Derby Day come on! to the no agenda show in the amount of $1,000 or more we are very very proud to bring you into this roundtable for the Knights and the Danes and I hereby pronounce a K D

2:43:15 Dame Sarah Harris, Black Knight of the Noah Jenner Round Table. Sir Gotten 8 and Derby Dyke! Sir Derby Dyke for you we have Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys & Chardonnay, Fry Bread & Femme Bots, Black Hose MD 2020 Cuban Cigars and Single Malt Scotch We got Cheap Wine & Chili Dogs Raspberry Pies & Breakfast Burritos Drams & DMT Puppies & Taylor's Vintage Port We got Dos Equis & Dutch Dominatrix and Legos, Ass Cream with Bear Fillings, Girlfriend Experience and Good Bourbon, Porn Stars & Pot, Makers Mark and Mushrooms, Opium and Warm Orange Juice, Long Haired Heavy Metal Guys in Scotch, and Mutton and Mead! It's a night and Dame favorites go to know what in the nation comm slash rings, and sorry Dane Sarah or all can that's Confused I didn't even look into it. I just I just remembered us doing it well She sent a note saying I don't care. It's fine. Don't worry about it. I love you guys And then yeah, but oh no no she said No, she did scold us. She has that she has the opportunity to scold us take advantage of it That's the way I see it Oh good You guys are full of crap my man Okay

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Yanis Varoufakis Launches Grassroots European Movement

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis announces the launch of a new cross-border political movement in Berlin aimed at "democratizing" Europe. Varoufakis, known for his opposition to German-backed austerity, seeks to bring together progressive groups to solve common European problems independently of traditional party affiliations.

yanis varoufakis· greece· european union· democracy· berlin

2:44:21 What do we have? Oh, here it is. This one... Guess who's back in the news! He hasn't hit mainstream yet but he's back in the news I think Hold on hold on Do I get hints that you want me to guess Is it a...? Yeah, yes! I want you to guess Is he from America? Kind of Is he living in America? Is it a he? It's a he obviously Is he living in America? It is a he It's like a name that what was the name of this I'm guess. I forgot the name There's old show in the 50s named that tune with the cards over and then they okay What do you do for a living? Okay? Good, what's the guest at job or something camera go to chat room one maybe I should just give up

2:45:01 Verifocus. Oh, okay the Greek finance minister? Yeah it was kicked out and now he's back in the news! Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced the launch of a new grassroots movement to bring together progressive groups and parties with the goal of democratizing Europe. Varoufakis known for his stance against German backed austerity in Greece made the announcement Tuesday night in Berlin The only alternative is to try something we've never tried before a political movement that starts everywhere in Europe at once, cross-border independently of prior political party affiliations. That has one simple objective to get Europeans around the metaphorical table digital table in forums like this one tonight to discuss as Europeans their common problems and what we want our common solutions for these common problems to be

2:46:00 What? Isn't this what the EU is supposed to be doing now already? You'd think. This guy's a troublemaker! Yeah, he is a troublemaker... I like him for that though He's CIA or something, there is no doubt about it. I think he is a troublemaker probably works for the State Department that little agency they have. The Kagan-Newland-Noodleman Agency? Yeah you're probably right. You are probably right. I liked it though, I think that was great. This means he is back in the news and he is going to start... we gonna democratize Europe isn't that what does he implying? I don't know!

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Atherton California Charges for Presidential Security Costs

The wealthy town of Atherton, California, implements a new policy requiring hosts of large-scale events, including presidential fundraisers, to pay for extra security and police overtime. The move comes after a previous visit by President Obama cost the town $10,000. For the latest visit, the fundraiser's organizer agreed to foot the bill for the 150 officers required.

atherton· barack obama· security costs· fundraising· police overtime

2:46:40 Anyway, I thought you'd get a kick out of that. That is funny. I hope he's not back He's not that easy. It was interesting for a while. He's kind of a maniac. Yeah, I agree. I want to play something that is... I think important too small to our listeners in the United States and this is a situation that ecliptic because in Port Angeles Washington they were Obama was gonna show up for some damn thing get money. And the chief of police, my wife chats with all these bigwigs now that she's you know... An elite! Now that she's an elite. She said everybody was beside themselves especially... Does she have her own Facebook page? Just a fan page? She has a Facebook page yes I don't know where it is anyway so

2:47:36 Says the chief and the fire everybody's all beside themselves because to to set up shop So you could bring the president in You have to buy a you rent a bunch of barriers. You gotta do this. You they have a big list of crap You gotta cost a lot of money, and then you get right it costs a lot of money And so this clip which is what Atherton Atherton is not nothing like Port Angeles Atherton is a They call it the Beverly Hills of Northern California. And it's a very, along with Hillsboro and Woodside those are where the billionaires and multi-millionaires all live in the Bay Area because that is where they all live and they can bump into each other

2:48:21 And this, I think everybody who ever has one of these presidents especially Obama was bumping around all the time making every little community pay for it. Listen to this President Obama is coming back to the Bay Area tomorrow for one thing more money but tonight Mark Kelly tells us the town of Atherton is passing a buck potentially. Atherton is the Bay Area's Beverly Hills, but its mayor says the town's pockets are quite as deep as the people who live here and the residents are very wealthy but our budget is very small comparatively speaking and so when the president swings into town to fundraise Thursday the mayor in police chief say atherton with it's 12 million dollar budget

2:49:02 can't afford to foot the bill for the extra security. You know, we have a finite number of overtime dollars to spend and they should be spent on emergency situations not pre-planned fundraising events The last time President Obama did a fundraiser here in the town of Atherton was on the hook for nearly $10,000 City leaders say not this time residents property taxes and the fees very seriously. Last summer, the City Council tightened up its special permit ordinance now host the president in your home or for that matter any large-scale event that eats a public resources and you not Atherton will be paying for it

2:49:39 They used the new law for a big Super Bowl event with Joe Montana at an Atherton estate. And they'll use it again for the president in two days, in Atherton. Mark Kelly KPIX5. Atherton has 19 police officers that he says last time the president swung through It took 150 officers In addition to the Secret Service To secure the visit this time The fundraiser's organizer has agreed to pay those costs. Okay well thats good That's the way it should be. Especially with some of these gallivanting, is a term I don't use that often... Gallivanting politicos who bounce around from here to there and they expect the city to pick up the tab! When I come to your town but i will be in my own air stream of consciousness. I don't need any money from you. Got my own protection?

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California Ruling on Autonomous Vehicle Liability

California regulators issue an opinion stating that if an algorithm is driving a vehicle, the software is legally the "driver," making the company that owns the software—such as Google—liable for accidents. This ruling challenges the tech industry's efforts to shift responsibility away from manufacturers and toward passengers.

autonomous vehicles· google· california· liability· software driver

2:50:30 I was very happy to see that California put another nail in the coffin of our bet, in my favor regarding autonomous vehicles. And I was a little flummoxed. Okay, I don't know this. I don't know what you're going to say. Well, I was flummoxed because it came up on one of the tech horny shows like oh it's so great California is finally saying yes autonomous vehicles are real, the drivers are real they're determining that because Google wrote to the California legislature and said we need an opinion on driverless vehicles and licensing. They wrote very carefully worded

2:51:11 reply. And I think it was, I think it was completely misunderstood by most who were like, you know, like, Oh this is so great that they're recognizing autonomous vehicles as real. Yeah except they said very clearly if it's an algorithm driving then the algorithm is the driver and therefore the person running the algorithm is responsible ie Google yeah that's not going to fly very well. They are gonna be just liable or responsible? that have to look at the exact... I thought the way i heard this story was that they had to everyone has to have a driver's license. No, no, no, no, this is not about that This is specifically about who is the driver if it's software running the car and California is very clear If software is running in the car The software is the driver Okay The software is run by Google

2:52:10 So if the software crashes into another car, then Google would be liable. That is the obvious conclusion from their note that can be changed with a little lobbying cash? Well I think it'd be easier just to lose the $1 bet than it would be to lobby to change it but okay Okay so I lost a one dollar bet as you're claiming No no no no! I just said another nail in the coffin and didn't say you lost anything yet this bet is long term man this is 10 years this bet Yeah, yeah at this nail will be removed. This is a gouge. This is all this is this is a extortion Okay somebody came up with this if we need more money to run the state We go what are we gonna? Do let's get some money from Google Oh there. We've already soaked them for enough money I don't know how much more we can get Unless I got an idea less right let's run this thing out there and see you coughs up something here

2:52:59 Yeah, now you're talking. This is I'm telling it's just a state extorting Google well the Obama administration has put a four billion dollar investment up for self-driving cars though this is pretty big well that's kind of a Kind of uh? Well he also said I want 1.8 million dollars for the Zika virus which will be the last one for me today Here's my background we're starting to see right that cracks in the story yeah Oh, yeah for sure this is from but I think this is from Euronews. Researchers in Brazil are investigating one of the most worrying aspects of the Zika virus, its potential link to microcephaly. They're raising urgent questions is the virus causing a spike in birth defects and if so how great is the risk? The answers could help shape their response to the rapid spread of Zika. Reuters correspondent Julie Steenhuizen What researchers in Brazil are now doing as they have to look

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Zika Virus and Pyriproxyfen Pesticide Theory

The White House requests $1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight the Zika virus, but critics point to a potential link between microcephaly and the pesticide Pyriproxyfen. The chemical has been used in Brazilian water supplies since 2014 to prevent mosquito breeding. The segment suggests the Zika "scam" may be a cover-up for chemical-induced birth defects.

zika virus· microcephaly· brazil· pyriproxyfen· pesticide

2:52:10 So if the software crashes into another car, then Google would be liable. That is the obvious conclusion from their note that can be changed with a little lobbying cash? Well I think it'd be easier just to lose the $1 bet than it would be to lobby to change it but okay Okay so I lost a one dollar bet as you're claiming No no no no! I just said another nail in the coffin and didn't say you lost anything yet this bet is long term man this is 10 years this bet Yeah, yeah at this nail will be removed. This is a gouge. This is all this is this is a extortion Okay somebody came up with this if we need more money to run the state We go what are we gonna? Do let's get some money from Google Oh there. We've already soaked them for enough money I don't know how much more we can get Unless I got an idea less right let's run this thing out there and see you coughs up something here

2:52:59 Yeah, now you're talking. This is I'm telling it's just a state extorting Google well the Obama administration has put a four billion dollar investment up for self-driving cars though this is pretty big well that's kind of a Kind of uh? Well he also said I want 1.8 million dollars for the Zika virus which will be the last one for me today Here's my background we're starting to see right that cracks in the story yeah Oh, yeah for sure this is from but I think this is from Euronews. Researchers in Brazil are investigating one of the most worrying aspects of the Zika virus, its potential link to microcephaly. They're raising urgent questions is the virus causing a spike in birth defects and if so how great is the risk? The answers could help shape their response to the rapid spread of Zika. Reuters correspondent Julie Steenhuizen What researchers in Brazil are now doing as they have to look

2:53:54 back and doing a retrospective study, so looking back in time and examining all of the women's medical records to see if perhaps there were some... you know the mother might have been infected with Zika. They're also trying to rule out any potential other viruses that could cause microcephaly or any other causes such as Presidents investigating more than 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly which results in small heads and underdeveloped brains. So far researchers have identified evidence of Zika infection in 17 of those cases

2:54:33 either in the baby or in the mother, but have not confirmed that Zika can cause microcephaly. The WHO and other experts believe it will take 6-9 months to really begin to understand within a person who was sick and they have been able to grow it outside of that sick person. So, you know that's one of the steps there are several new studies that are starting in Brazil I know one is going on in the city of Recife and in that study scientists are designing a prospective study this is looking at signing women up and then watching their pregnancy going forward and seeing how the baby

2:55:18 does during pregnancy. That's so evil! The White House announced Monday that President Obama will be asking Congress for more than 1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight Zika at home and abroad, and pursue a vaccine. Scam! Total scam. $1.8 billion? And how many people are actually sick? Like 35? In the United States, yeah some minor amount of people. They should just give them each 10 grand and be done with it. Now so the latest is you know what the latest is? I think so. And I believe this to be the culprit. I mean I've been thinking hearing all kinds of people oh it should be, well Sandals got something these guys has all these different things but the latest seems to be a chemical called Pyroprooxifen I think. Pyri, looking at it P-Y-R-I-P-R-O-X-Y fen

2:56:10 And it's a pesticide that they started using in 2014, which makes sense because we have to know that the Zika virus started in...you know. It was first identified in the 1940s and this situation has never occurred before. It's only occurring in Brazil—the small-headed kids—it is only occurring in Brazil and Brazil's the one who uses this chemical. And this chemical is used in water to treat water mosquitoes from breeding. So a little bit of this stuff goes in the water and so people are ingesting this stuff, you know? They're drinking it! Wasn't that the Mellon Belinda Gates Foundation initiative modifying the mosquitoes?

2:56:55 This has nothing to do with modifying mosquitoes. Okay, all right okay gotcha it's just a pesticide they put in the water? Yeah to keep the mosquitoes from breeding in standing pools so you put it all over the place because apparently there is an area of Brazil where this is taking place there are some sort of like water tanks in New York if you go onto a tall building and look around a lot of these water tanks are everywhere. And they store water, it's pumped up there so you can have water pressure. Mosquitoes like the water. So this standing waters all over the place in Brazil and I don't know if it is capped off or what but this chemical supposedly keeps mosquitoes from reproducing in the pile of water, bucket of water whatever it is. Now microcephaly

2:57:42 I gotta be honest with you. I think some of these kids look pretty cool Not all of them No, okay the ones that are showing it's like you know You could be a couple kids that they're but does it also stunt their intelligence or their brains? That's not cool no thats not cool Their brain is real small But this is a cover up This is a cover-up and why all of a sudden we have 1.8 million dollars being made available Is beyond me Billion A billion yes thats beyond me It's a scam. And it is a cover, you don't want these chemical companies whoever makes this stuff I have to look into it and check out

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FDA Medical Device Liability and Vaccine Side Effects

A brief discussion covers the legal immunity granted to companies whose medical devices or vaccines are approved by the FDA, even when they cause harm. The hosts mention Guillain-Barre syndrome as a known side effect of influenza vaccinations, noting that the CDC often argues the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks to individuals.

fda· guillain-barre· vaccinations· medical devices· liability

2:58:21 see who makes this product. Okay, do that! It's just to cover up these guys... I was testing the story did i get this story on here? This story about uh you had a couple Zika clips in the past if you want me yeah but that's good this is this i think we're all up-to-date on that okay uh Atherton Blue Light there's one thing in here that i saw i don't think i clipped it damnit i'll get it for the next show okay but he had his similar kind of screwy story where where there's a I don't know why it didn't clip this. There's some sort of a device, like a birth control device called Emula that was killing women left and right but the FDA did some sort of approval and it made the company blameless or

2:59:06 You have a lot of this going on where you're, oh god let's don't let these companies get sued for their incompetence. The only problem I have with that track and all onboard with you is the Guillain-Barre disease which is just so prevalent with vaccinations that the CDC agrees that you could be, there's a percentage of people who get Guillain-Barre from vaccinations but that the benefits outweigh, you know, the negatives. Unless of course you get Guillain-Barre which is horrible disease and people can recover from it but not all people. Yeah friend of mine had any recovered from it yeah my cousin has been several years and it was from vaccination from influenza vaccination

2:59:52 Yeah, he got it some other way so it probably was easier to get. control it. But you'll look into the... So there's a bunch of this sort of thing going on, but this particular chemical looks like a culprit or at least one potential one. There's gonna be some others cropping up now but again this is this stupid virus which doesn't seem to have any harmful effects at all and has been around forever 1947? It's now suddenly causing this problem does make zero sense and they'll be busted you know this will bust out into billion dollars will be spent wasted. No one will be busted, the 1.8 billion dollars... From an information standpoint on this show at least. Oh yeah, oh for sure. They won't be busted no. I agree For end of show we have a GX2 track very nice We also have a little ditty put together by the Media Research Center which is a quick montage completely not safe for work of Donald Trump cussing in public

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Donald Trump Profanity Montage and Outro

The episode concludes with a montage of Donald Trump using profanity during public appearances, provided by the Media Research Center. The hosts sign off from Austin and Northern Silicon Valley, reminding listeners of the upcoming Valentine's Day show and the 800th episode milestone.

donald trump· profanity· media research center· outro· podcast

3:00:50 I think it's kind of cool for the- Cusses in public a lot. Yeah, which is kinda cool for the- He gets the audience, yay for Donald! He cusses. It's not like other politicians who don't cuss. Well we kinda like that. Eh. Meh. Eh he said. Meh. Meh. Meh. Well i'm gonna put it at the end of show anyway. Oh yeah put it in. It's the place to play it. The end of show is perfect. End of show is perfect All right, everybody. Thank you very much for tuning in to the best podcast in the universe We'll be back on Sunday with another show remember us at Dvorak org slash na coming to you from the skyscraper here in downtown Austin Tejas FEMA region 6 in the morning My name is Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where the El Nino is heating things up Where's the rain? I'm John C. Dvorak will be back on Sunday right here On no agenda

3:01:49 Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing But I would have this let's dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing This notion of Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing is just not Here's the response if I think Anyone who believes that Barack Obama isn't doing what he's doing on purpose doesn't understand what we're dealing with here. This is the president, this is the president who was trying to change this country He knows exactly what he's doing. Can this bitch run the country? Thank you for your courage When the apocalypse comes We're the guys who are gonna save the world right? Burning in my chest and it was just me sucking in soot and smog May make you decide to check your privilege

3:02:42 And it was just me sucking in soot and smog. May make you decide to check your privilege.

3:04:21 The foreign podcast may make you decide to check your privilege. I

3:05:40 The following podcast may make you decide to check your privilege. I would bomb the shit out of him! She said he's a pussy It's political bullshit! I mean, i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers You know one of these blood sucking politicians who has been bullshitting people for years? YOU'RE NOT GONNA RAISE THAT FUCKING PRICE And then as soon we left they knocked the SHIT out of everybody! This ain't shit

3:06:24 Probably I'll sue her because it would be fun. I'd like to take some money out of her fat-ass pockets. Those factories are cheap as hell and they don't give a shit Whoever the hell bought this mic system, don't pay the son of bitch to put it in, I tell you In the old days he used to shoot the son of bitches When somebody does a bad job like this stupid Mike, you shouldn't pay the bare cent. In the meantime we can't get a fucking school built in Brooklyn! Wouldn't you rather have Trump as president? Oh... We'll beat the shit out of them This guy over here is feeling all sorts of crap So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato knock the crap out of him would ya seriously Listen you motherfuckers we're gonna tax you 25%

3:07:03 I don't want a door, i don't want a window. I don't want a sliding glass door Oh my gosh! Can you see that juice? Beautiful! And wash your hands after touching any raw meat Hillary came twice for me The best podcast in the universe Zoborac.org slash N-A Amen fist bump