Episode 807 · Sunday, 13 March 2016

Thanks Obama!

Political tensions boil over in Chicago as campaign violence escalates, while the White House pressures Silicon Valley over encryption and the global migrant crisis intensifies.

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About this episode

Donald Trump canceled a high-profile Chicago rally at the University of Illinois following intense clashes between supporters and organized protesters. The campaign cited safety concerns and the presence of agent provocateurs, while critics like Hillary Clinton and Senator Marco Rubio accused Trump of political arson and inciting violence through his rhetoric. The incident at the UIC Pavilion resulted in the detention of CBS reporter Sopan Deb and sparked a national debate over First Amendment rights and campaign security.

In North Carolina, 78-year-old John McGraw was arrested for battery after punching a protester, an act Trump later defended as a response to aggression. Meanwhile, Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields filed charges against campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for an alleged physical altercation. Beyond the campaign trail, President Obama visited South by Southwest in Austin to demand tech industry cooperation on encryption, specifically targeting Apple CEO Tim Cook and the FBI iPhone dispute. In Germany, the AfD party gained significant ground in regional elections as voters reacted to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policies and the financial strain of the Energiewende nuclear phase-out.

President Obama mocked his critics by utilizing the Thanks Obama meme during his tech keynote while simultaneously signing orders for drone strikes in Yemen that killed over 100 people. The program also highlights the Pavlovian effect of energy chimes in preschool classrooms and the suspicious death of Putin associate Mikhail Lesin in a Washington hotel. Sir Jacob of The Cloud is knighted following a significant contribution to the No Agenda formula.


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CHAPTER 01 / 51 Discussion

Energy Chime and Pavlovian Response in Childcare

A discussion regarding a high-frequency "energy chime" used by a producer's wife in her preschool classroom reveals its effectiveness in gaining immediate attention from children. The device is described as having a Pavlovian effect, where the sound alone causes students to focus and wait for instruction.

energy chime· pavlovian· childcare· preschoolers· matt baich

00:00 The brainwashing that's going on in this country is frightening. Adam Curry, John C. DeVora. And Sunday March 13th 2016 and time once again for your Gitmo Nation media assassination episode 807 This is no agenda. Wading through a cloud of vapor tracking the douchebags at South by Southwest and broadcasting live from the capital drone star state here in FEMA region 6. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where it's raining and the ants are on the move. I'm John C Devorah The ants are on the move Oh Yes, what are we gonna do when they answer on the move? It's bad out there in northern Silicon Valley I got ants Play it I'm a D wall knows long as like a minute minute and a half

00:56 End of show yeah, I got the little ringer. Oh you got this energy there's energy chime mm-hmm Yeah, if you turn off the noise gate, I'll play it for ya okay hold on a second and in three two one Yeah that was nasty It's its its piercingly annoying it's The thing is even though it's not loud. I don't think maybe it isn't decibels, but it hurts Yeah It has a certain frequency yeah It's a certain painful frequency and the thing is that all these things just as a piece of tubing Not to be better metal. It's a piece of steel isn't anything in steel right? I think it's steel Is it I don't know what it is

01:49 Yeah, we got an email. I got the triple one and it doesn't make the NBC sound which have been cool. I got an email from our producer Matt Adam want to throw my in my two cents concerning the chime he's talking about this energy chime My wife works in child care And is currently teaching preschoolers three to five years old she has been using The chime for years with loads of success I was visiting once, this is what you don't do when you're uh- when you're visiting your wife at school. I was visiting once and rang the chime! Not knowing what it was instantly dozen tiny little heads focused in my direction they sat patiently waiting for me to speak My wife interjected saying we only ring the chime if we have something to say It's Pavlovian it's fact that works as great There's something pathetic about it Yeah? The fact that it's used at all

CHAPTER 02 / 51 Discussion

Millennials and Political Discourse at Chicago Rallies

Observations of millennials arguing outside a Donald Trump rally in Chicago suggest a breakdown in civil discourse and mutual respect. The behavior is characterized as a refusal to acknowledge opposing opinions, with the situation devolving into racial tensions rather than policy debates between supporters of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Trump.

millennials· chicago· donald trump· bernie sanders· political discourse

02:46 It's well, not only that but I. Forgot how this came up that I had it at the dinner table and so everybody's banging on You're a horrible father. I forgot which We have to have dinner with dad again damn, it's just mute noise makers All these all these millennials are coming anytime there's free food That's for sure and they're not ashamed to say it either. I'm here for the free food you don't mind um well One of them, I don't remember which person said that their teacher used to use one of these devices. One of your millennials? Yes and it was like... I can't remember which one but oh yeah that's pretty common in some school setting or something like that thing. It was no big deal! I have to tell you that I was watching some of the arguments going on outside the Trump rally in Chicago

03:45 And it was like a half, that was almost like a 20 or half hour video of well unfortunately what it comes down to is not Bernie Hillary versus Trump as he turns into black versus white. And when I just hear these and they're all millennials arguing my heart drops there's no way they can see each other's uh...or respect each other's opinions It's ruined! These children are ruined they don't know how to do it anymore It's just it's all fact. Go away! It was like the time we brought it up and there was a little debate about, then everyone kind of reconfirmed it that millennials can't tell somebody not to cut in line Right exactly yeah because they're afraid to but most Millennials won't cut in line anyway No this is true so it works out fine if its just the world of Millennials I have a great millennial clip actually

CHAPTER 03 / 51 Discussion

Michelle Fields and Corey Lewandowski Battery Allegations

Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, of battery following an incident where she was allegedly grabbed and bruised. Audio from the event is analyzed to determine the level of distress, while the campaign dismissed the claims as false and labeled Fields as delusional.

michelle fields· corey lewandowski· breitbart· donald trump· battery

04:45 So, part of all the controversy going on and make sure I don't forget it. I remember to talk about South by Southwest and Obama but this reporter from Breitbart what's her name? Michelle Fields, I think who is a notorious attention getter. Yeah she's a complainer. I like there was pointing at her arm look at the bruise there's nothing there! Well, I got you know janked down by Trump's campaign manager and... You know look at my bruise and I was abused. Abused! And she is doing interviews now everywhere. Oh yeah she has a lot of attention. I have the audio of the full event Of what happened Now we don't have video There are no photos of the events sadly which is so odd Considering these are most covered events of our day But okay Listen to her distress and the horror

05:39 when she is abruptly yanked and grabbed so hard it bruised by apparently Trump's campaign manager. Mr. Trump, you went after the late Scalia for affirmative action. Are you still against affirmative action? Thank you. She's so shocked and so hurt she says clean believe me that's a money I

06:37 Can I put that in my article? Yeah, go for it. Oh God, please. Well they made a big fuss about on ABC that's for sure. Did you get any clips? They had the woman on... Did you get any clips? Yeah, I got this Yamas Breitbart incident. Okay. Tom Yamas. We just heard what happened! If you really hear, and she doesn't even know it's just was that what's the guys name Cameron or something? Well the guys here. You gotta just listen to this clip of the guy is yeah And now the Trump campaign dealing with a police investigation Michelle Fields from the conservative news site Breitbart accusing Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski Of battery. Claiming Lewandowski grabbed her so hard Her arm bruised. The thing is you don't grab

07:21 a female reporter, any reporter. You don't grab them the way that he grabbed me." Lewandowski calling Fields delusional. The Trump campaign calling the accusations entirely false. Okay, now the line was I know him so well he's standing right here. The guy is standing right next to Tom Yamas as Yamas has got the mic on Trump talking to Trump. The guy is right there! He could have turned I'm talking, I mean literally right next to him. No we can't do that! That's no good. He could have turned and asked the guy directly when he was talking to Trump. This is the stupidest report I have ever seen.

08:11 Oh man, it was very very funny. And I just love this girl when she shows up you know she's like oh I'm so with abused battery and you can hear it there's no distress but can you believe he pulled me out of the way well yeah reporting is sometimes a rough-and-tumble hustle and bustle job! Can you believe he pulled me out of the way? I'm charging batteries You can't pull me out of the way, you big bully. Hold on a second, hold on. Hey Michelle? What's her name, Michelle? Michelle Fields! Hello Michelle?!

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Agent Provocateurs and Chicago Trump Rally Cancellation

Donald Trump canceled a large-scale rally in Chicago citing safety concerns and the presence of organized "agent provocateurs." Trump defended his First Amendment rights to speak, while critics pointed to the involvement of professional protesters and organizations linked to the Bernie Sanders campaign.

chicago· donald trump· agent provocateurs· bernie sanders· first amendment

08:48 Trump should just use one of these at the beginning, at the beginning of all his rallies. And see all they go... They've done a good job I think this whole violence thing that's going on which was discussed to an extreme and Chicago of course he couldn't even do is rally there and they had what they've done is that since he draws huge crowds They've got to stop this because the guy is very personable at these events as you know, because you've been to see this. Yes yeah And so they can't...they've gotta stop these events Yeah someone's gonna get hurt Well they gotta...well no I don't think anyone is going to get hurt Trump In the beginning well yeah there's always that but in the beginning but I think that they want to just stop these events They wanna..they just have to stop Trump This coming Tuesday We cannot have any more big event

09:44 Stop the big events and by just putting in Asia all Jean provocateurs do the Chicago thing was dynamite on a second I got I got Trump on this actually You just turn on the TV and just have the recorder ready, and there's always something on this guy here We cannot let our First Amendment rights be taken away from us. Okay mr.. Trump Your first amendment rights have nothing to do with this Nothing. This is not the government stopping you, this is not- The government's prohibited from... From this I understand what you're saying But no that's incorrect We cannot let our first amendment rights be taken away from us folks we can't let it happen We have a right to- Hold on hold on listen About the agent provocateur? I got the clip for ya

10:34 We have a right to speak. I mean we are law-abiding people, we're people that work very hard! We're people that have built this country and made this country great And we're all together and we want to get along with everybody but when they have organized professionally staged wise guys, we've got to fight back. We've gotta fight back. He's correct. I agree In Chicago, there's a lot of Muslims involved in the protest. Well you know that Sanders... Bernie Sanders one of their organizing entities I'll just call it that on Twitter even said hey congratulations everybody just remember this was not by coincidence there were thousands of people involved in what we did today yeah they're just Sanders behind it I don't know why

CHAPTER 05 / 51 Discussion

Media Coverage of Chaos at University of Illinois Chicago

CNN and MSNBC provided live coverage of the "chaos" at the University of Illinois at Chicago, showing clashes between protesters and Trump supporters. CBS News reporter Sopan Deb was reportedly knocked to the ground and detained by police while filming the unrest, which he described as an unprecedented uptick in campaign violence.

cnn· msnbc· sopan deb· cbs news· chicago

11:25 I don't know why either. I think Hillary would be behind it. Before you go, I know you have clips just have the for people who maybe missed it because it's been chopped down now into such small pieces this is about 45 seconds of CNN live when it started to kick off and yeah it was you know hustle and tussle tumble rumble you know happens particularly on a university campus please simply rocking back and forth Yeah, Bernie! As my camera just pan back over it you can see this large section of protesters I was referring to earlier. They're now shouting Bernie, Bernie obviously in support of Bernie Sanders Aaron, I've just never seen anything like this place has just erupted. Wooo! Never seen anything like it Have you ever watched the LA basketball team win? Douchebag Have you ever seen that in your life? You're hearing Donald Trump people on the other side of the arena yelling Trump, Trump, Trump

12:23 The security does not have a handle on the situation here. It is total chaos. Chaos! This is pretty terrifying thing, Jim. We're going to keep these pictures up and we're going to keep listening. Jim's gonna come in every time something happens there That they don't have this under control. No the police department the fire department the Secret Service This was canceled at the last second is a pretty stunning statement about this situation that And and last night as Tina, and I are watching MSNBC who cut live to Trump in Where was he last night? It doesn't matter They show

12:58 this, you know five hour videotape of what happened in Chicago and they just keep this loop. It's like a 15 second loop of some guy and they're pouring water on his face and say oh there was rumors that someone got shot with pepper spray but it's all protesters! It's all protesters who are getting arrested from what I can see starting Yeah, it's protesters. It is well organized as well done yeah they can't have any more of these huge Trump rallies I mean Nuremberg rallies i'm sorry what am I saying? There was one guy there was a long story about him but I only have the small clip of his analysis after the fact CBS seems to be getting

13:40 little pro-ish Pro Trump ish Is this blogger that CBS had women's arrested CBS go CBS is going to bloggers now They have they have a blog okay good. It's you know it's one of those since for more information go to our blog It's the I mean, it's the Robert Scoble of CBS okay gotcha So this Robert Scoble of CBS guy got knocked to the ground, a boot on his throat. They had most of it filmed by different reporter because he was filming these guys getting beat up most protesters get beaten up by the cops

14:17 And so there goes his effort. So they go through, they show the whole thing on the national news and stuff it's not that interesting I cut all that out and just went right to the guys little analysis at the end of blogger himself comes on the air in these and he says these things and one of this and apparently has been following the Trump campaign all along so he knows what these rallies are like So Pan Deb says Trump's rallies have grown more hostile. There have been protests going on at Donald Trump rallies for months and months and months this is nothing new however there has definitely been a recent uptick I have certainly never seen anything like last night that was unprecedented there had been other groups of coordinated protests at past rallies but nothing as massive as what i saw last night you can see so pan deb's full interview

CHAPTER 06 / 51 Discussion

Katie Tur and Character Assassination Claims

NBC News reporter Katie Tur reported on the increasing tension and violence at Trump rallies, challenging the campaign's narrative that incidents are isolated. Internal campaign sources allegedly described Corey Lewandowski as a "ticking time bomb," leading to claims of media-driven character assassination.

katie tur· nbc news· omarosa· corey lewandowski· character assassination

15:13 So so the guy has made he made the observation which is what everyone? Yeah, yeah The thing is Joe could gone out of control now the thing that's interesting to me Is that the analysis if you like to equate Trump with Hitler and the brown shirts all arrested it now who sent these guys in? Yeah disturb and then bust up a Trump rally to the point where Trump never even showed up. It is Bernie Sanders This is the Brown shirt as a page out of the playbook Yeah, that's what you do. So who is the Nazi here? And then Saunders comes out and he says it's just not a...it's nothing I did! Ha ha ha yeah, I know, I know Now here is the clip that kind of wraps up a little bit This is the uh... Well let me do something before we wrap this up I have a Katie Turr report

16:02 Your favorite girl? Oh, you got a Katie Turd report. I got a Turd report! The past few weeks... past week and half or so... And this is the girl who has been following... Hates Trump. Hates Trump is uh she's in charge of following him on the campaign trail she's from NBC. The past few weeks passed we can have her so There has been a lot more tension at these rallies, a lot more violence. And when Omarosa says that it's just one protester who has done this or Mr Trump says that its just one supporter who has punched the protester I have to take issue with that because we've seen on number of occasions where

16:38 protesters have been roughed up by Trump supporters. So the idea that it's just one guy acting out of bounds is just frankly not true and I'm trying to press him on his tone and his rhetoric at these rallies, as Jake Tapper did during the debate as well. We've really tried to tone it down we are the policemen of politically correctness! We have felt at times me and other reporters in the room, that we are on the precipice of something potentially very bad happening. Good! This is where you want to be as a journalist? So it's not- That's what you want to do isn't it? You want to be right there where the action takes place. Something potentially very bad happening. That's why I went to the Trump rally. I was ready. ...happening so it's not just one person and happens very frequently and its happening even moreso...I also asked Mr. Trump about this Michelle Fields incident and his campaign manager

17:27 His campaign manager has been extraordinarily antagonistic towards the press this entire time. Clearly he did not like that line of questioning, so far there has not been video yet to prove any of her allegations but there is an audio clip thats out there and she has posted a video of bruises on her arm. Yeah well we heard the audio clip, the real audio clips. Even asked Mr Trump what he would say if it was his daughter but so far when it comes to pushing back on the campaign in anyway or trying to get them to admit that maybe at times they've gone a little bit too far. They have not done that, in fact I spoke with somebody who's very close this campaign earlier today and he said that they basically thought that Corey was the ticking time bomb and they were hoping that the campaign manager that he didn't go overboard that nothing like this happened but there are no surprised that these allegations have surfaced from this Breitbart reporter

18:20 Character assassination, let's use that isn't that good? I know well you know you can go back to that audio clip and i think if You reposted it and you have our scream kind of drop. Oh, this is a very good idea let me see. Yeah and we'll post it as the official audio. You went after the late Scalia for affirmative action are you still against affirmative action? Thank you Wait, it was too early. Too early! Hold on that was too... I think it was a good spot No, no, I think it was a little too early. Hold on let's try again. Hold on a second. Let's try again. He just did that. Can't believe he just did that The scream makes it work

19:22 I'm gonna post that. We should do it in maybe, we'll do it a different way if we do like this John, I was so, so, SO disturbed and disgusted by what happened to the Bright Bird girl. Michelle Field- did you hear what happened to her? I heard! They guys peed crap out of her! Just listen, I got the audio here, listen! Wait wait wait, listen to this where it really goes at for her Here we go... And now look! He's touching her!! Oh my god John Can you believe that?!

CHAPTER 07 / 51 Discussion

John McGraw and Violence at Trump Events

Police arrested 78-year-old John McGraw for punching a protester at a Trump rally in North Carolina. While Senator Marco Rubio blamed Trump's rhetoric for fostering a hostile climate, Trump defended the actions of his supporters as an appropriate response to aggressive protesters.

john mcgraw· marco rubio· donald trump· violence· north carolina

20:00 Let's play This is the one that this is I don't and didn't clip Bernie going on saying it's not me. I didn't do nothing but there's the This is the Tom Yamas There's another Tommy Amos thing from ABC on Trump violence because to me The whole this whole bit let led me to a punchline to this this clip. It was ridiculous. The guy is 78 and he apologized, he's very sorry when you're in a crowd this is almost human behavior which proves that when people are all riled up and the 78 year old got all pissed off yeah

21:04 But yeah, it's not like some young millennial punk punched and knocked to the ground police arresting 78 year old John McGraw Trump saying today there are instances where his crowd should fight back when I said like that right bang him that was a very vicious very you know who's a guy who is swinging very loud and then started swinging at the audience and you know what the audience swung back and And I thought it was very, very appropriate. His rival Senator Marco Rubio pointing the finger at Trump for the violence There's only one presidential candidate who has violence at their events That's because there is only one presidential candidate that has anyone at their event Bingo boom shock! I'll give you an in the morning for that one Now the debate itself

CHAPTER 08 / 51 Discussion

Republican Primary Debate Civility and Ratings

The final Republican primary debate before the March 15th primaries was noted for its surprising civility compared to previous clashes. Media analysts suggested that the lack of insults and focus on substantive policy may have caused a drop in television ratings as candidates "over-corrected" their behavior.

republican debate· donald trump· ted cruz· marco rubio· nbc

21:57 Just circle back to that for one second Was we could have predicted this Trump went completely the opposite direction kept everything nice and civil and It really disturbed everybody then And if you if you really ratings fell through the floor of course, and if you listen to what NBC said Well surprising display of civility at the Republicans final debate before next Tuesday's high-stakes primaries it was a striking turnaround from their 11 previous clashes For the Republicans, turns out the 12th time's the charm. So far I cannot believe how civil it has been up here Instead of insults finally a substantive battle over immigration trade and foreign policy

22:40 I have to say, I was stunned because this race Donald Trump is four days away from putting this race away and to see Cruz and Rubio just sort of take a pass again. I get what Kasich is doing it's been working for him but the other two while I understand they didn't want to go in the gutter They sort of they may have over corrected here. Wait a minute, I understand that NBC said hey Hey, hey A little more of the little more of the rough stuff people this is boring didn't he just say that? I'm sorry. They over they over corrected He said they overcorrected I don't know you know this whole thing at that level is just beyond me what to think and I have no idea

23:26 Now they're thinking boring no ratings is what they're thinking. Well, they saw the know what happened was as soon as it started I watched a whole thing. I couldn't get it. I got a couple of clips. I got a couple I got a couple clips. I got a couple but good you can use yours Okay So III didn't see anything worth clipping But the I was watching and it was very civil and then Trump waited his turn You see the guy you sees the guy say something that you know Trump wanted to jump in and say your full of it and no, he just stood there waiting because he knew was going to be next. Because the guy mentioned his name and that's the rules so they went to Trump and then Trump blasted him and then the other guy came it was about halfway through it I can see people tuning out of course sense like a field you could hear the click large turning this thing off It was a turd Yeah yeah Of course

CHAPTER 09 / 51 Discussion

Listener Criticism of Pro-Trump Bias

A listener email criticized the program for being "soft" on Donald Trump and announced they would stop listening. The response clarifies that the show's intent is to deconstruct media narratives rather than support a specific candidate, despite perceptions of an agenda.

listener feedback· donald trump· bias· agenda· media deconstruction

24:14 And that was his point, I think. Now before we go any further, I need to read an email very important because these emails are not uncommon these days Adam, I'm writing to out myself as a douchebag I've listened to the No Agenda show for the past six months or so and have found aspects of it really refreshing and entertaining So he's been enjoying the program for six months. And now there is a big but. Sadly, sadly... Sadly? Whoa! I know this is a bit disheartening. Usually but is what they're working on. This hurt me, this hurt me, this hurt me. Sadly shows in recent weeks have forced a decision and I won't be listening any longer. Yeah he's a Hillary fan obviously If I did carry on then I would definitely have thrown you a few quid Oh sure you would

24:59 It's just that you do have an agenda. Oh, that guy. You have an agenda guy I get those letters every so often The Hitler Trump idiocy irritates me as much as you but we have to acknowledge that the guy has said and done some pretty stupid shit As much as i enjoy the rapport and intelligent analysis between you and Dvorak The persistent softness on DJT has become too much! IM OUT

25:47 Having said this I haven't enjoyed many of your shows and not giving you a penny. I'm sorry for this in the future I may once again wash up on your internet broadcast shores and pay you for your hard work and obvious talent I told him I said congratulations on being free loader Keep keep just ignore these guys keep your quid, I don't need your quid a few quid Anyway, why are we soft on Donald Trump John? Let's just talk about this for a quick moment Well, I might as well play my anti-Donald Trump thing. You're ridiculed that I downloaded from my head We do this rarely but we do it once in awhile because some of these news media guys or comics have full time staff that they can actually put a clip together like this which is

CHAPTER 10 / 51 Discussion

George Carlin on Euphemisms and Language

A comedic montage of Donald Trump mentioning his "friends" is paired with a classic George Carlin routine regarding the use of euphemisms like "happens to be" and "openly." The segment highlights Carlin's critique of how liberals use language to navigate racial and social identities.

george carlin· language· euphemisms· political correctness· comedy

26:40 This is Donald Trump's friends clip. Okay, which was stolen from the Jimmy Kimmel show You know that's like Muhammad Ali He was a friend of mine Michael Jackson wasn't actually very good friend of my Tom Brady is a very good friend of mine Bob Kraft Tom Brady Bill Belichick They're like great friends in mind Ted Cruz is a friend of mine Chris Christie's a friend of mine Carl Icahn who's a friend of mine? I like open cheese up front of my Howard's a friend of mine. I remember Tim Russett very well Who's a friend to my Roger Ailes has been a friend of mine Herman Cain My Friend my friend John we have a rich guy from New York City, a friend of mine. A friend of mine who's one of the biggest and richest people in China. Friend of mine is Chinese. Chinese. They say they're friends of mine I have friends that aren't Christian, I have many friends that are Muslims, I have friends that are Muslims, I've so many Jewish friends, I have friends that are reporters, I have friends in Iowa, I have so many friends in New Hampshire, I have friend, I have so many friends, I have a friend, I have friends, I have a friend, friends of mine, friend of my, a friend of mine, friends of mine, friends of my, friend of mind, friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of my, friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of my, friend of my, friend of my, I have no friends as far as I'm concerned

27:44 Wait, wait. Perfect fit! I have one minute of the comedic genius of George Carlin to fit into this Are you ready? Yeah You mentioned something about language There are a couple terms being used a lot these days by guilty white liberals First one is happens-to be He happens to be black I have a friend who happens to be black Like it's a fucking accident ya know Happens to be black. Yes, he happens to be black. Oh yeah He had two black parents. Oh yes. Yes you did this And they fucked oh indeed they did So where does the surprise part come in I should think it would be more unusual if we just happened to be Scandinavian

28:34 And the other term is openly, openly gay. They'll say he's openly gay but this is the only minority they use that for you know you wouldn't say someone was openly black well maybe James Brown or Louis Farrakhan Louis Farrakhan is openly black Colin Powell is not openly black Colin Powell is openly white He just happens to be black There you go. Just throwing it out there Yes, well anyway that kind of balances our Trump coverage for sure Yeah except... That's bullcrap! We don't- that's not what we're here to do is to say oh we think Trump's an idiot or whatever we do think Hillary is an idiot but that's different

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Political Arson and the Victim Blaming Narrative

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders accused Donald Trump of "political arson" and inciting violence at his own rallies. Critics argue that Sanders is effectively blaming the victim by suggesting Trump's rhetoric justifies the actions of organized protesters.

bernie sanders· hillary clinton· barack obama· political arson· victim blaming

29:28 Maybe that's got something to do with it. Well, I do want to remind everybody every nation gets the government it deserves that always happens whether it's corrupt or not and so we'll see what we get You know I might have the Bernie thing where Bernie comes off with this, it's not my fault. It's not my fault they got the guys there. You go that? This is try violence at Trumps rallies this is the run down and this actually CBS it says ABC on there. The government has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence. But Trump's rivals are walking a rhetorical tightrope on the one hand they're trying to hold protesters accountable, on the other hand they're blaming the billionaire businessman for fostering a hostile climate and trying to avoid alienating his supporters we've seen some protesters that take speech into intimidation into violence into trying to silence anyone who might disagree with them that is wrong I think it is also true than any campaign

30:32 responsibility begins and ends at the top. Some of the protesters last night did confirm to CBS News they are supporters of Bernie Sanders, and Trump tweeted it is Clinton and Sanders people who disrupted my rally in Chicago I don't think our reporters-our supporters are inciting what our supporters are doing is responding to a candidate who has in fact, in many ways encouraged violence. Both Sanders and Hillary Clinton say it's up to Trump to tell his supporters to stand down If you play with matches You're going to start firing again control That's not leadership That's political arson

31:20 President Obama also weighed in at a fundraiser today in Dallas. Jim, he said leaders or those who aspire to be leaders must reject violence and efforts to spread fear and he said if they refuse to do that they don't deserve our support. All right now there I just want to say a couple of things first of all Bernie Sanders there is blaming the victim yes you know most abhorrent way yeah So Sanders is a total douchebag in this regard. It's his people and he's not scolding them in the least, he says nah! He brought it on himself with the way he dressed What do you expect? What do you expect with a woman if she's gonna wear tight skirt? Ooh good one John yes

32:01 That's exactly what he said. Well, I mean in a... analogy sort of way. But they can't you know this is like these are the brown shirts and then Sanders is the one who has them so I'm very disappointed in Sanders and then Hillary with this political arson Wait before you go to Hillary uh I got a special delivery from the NOAA Gender Production Studio for you with your name on it Yeah From Matt Baich What was the problem with Bernie? He's uh, he's blaming the victim. Not in this case no The problem with Bernie is he can't get black Americans Right. Millenials Socialist Jew But know love from the minorities In the blacks God damn We have some of the best producers in the business

33:05 It's funny because the Chicago thing had a lot of Black Lives Matter. I know, that was for move on and black lives matter exactly. They double teamed him they really got I'm speaking in Chicago. Who needs it? Meanwhile, Hillary says this you got a matchbook she has his matchbook analogy somebody wrote for her then that clip they had it in there where she's talking about and she says he is not as political arsonist. She has said that on...I don't know if I have any more clips today with her saying that but she said that over and over again. She thinks it so cute. No its not Oh, it's dumb! Now back to the debate for a second. I did pick up a few clips

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Yemen Drone Strikes and Media Silence

While the domestic media focused on the Chicago rally disturbances, President Obama signed orders for drone strikes in Yemen that reportedly killed over 100 people. The lack of mainstream coverage regarding these military actions and potential civilian casualties is contrasted with the wall-to-wall coverage of campaign protests.

yemen· drone strikes· barack obama· collateral damage· media coverage

33:49 There was some substantial stuff being said, which of course none of this is discussed at all because of the... Oh yeah and I don't think it was a riot. But keep hearing riots, riot? It wasn't a riot! Is there what- Not unless people are stealing televisions Yeah thank you At what point is it a riot What's the actual definition of riot People stealing television No no no Hold on. I don't know. Oh, well... I think you can look it up in the apology book! Well let me see a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd yeah well i guess it does qualify as a riot then okay It was a riot As a verb to riot take part in a violent public disturbance? Yeah it was a riot okay if I take it back it was a riot You got it um oh and and of course it's so important to talk about you know a riot

34:44 And meanwhile, the president signed an order to drone 100 people in Yemen. Crickets! Crickets... Oh yeah we got a couple of uh... What's it? What's the word they use? Collateral damage. Eh, couple of civilians got killed but who gives a shit?! Who cares!? They're brown people you see, in sand so we understand that it's okay if they die Rubio had a couple of good ones in this debate. He had a couple of his, uh... And the more I listen to him the more I agree with you if we could actually have a comedian or true comedian run for president he would be president in a heartbeat

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Marco Rubio on Climate Change and Mitigation

During the GOP debate, Senator Marco Rubio addressed climate change by distinguishing between natural climate cycles and the efficacy of government legislation. Rubio argued that while he supports mitigation efforts for flooding in Miami, Washington cannot pass laws to "change the weather."

marco rubio· climate change· miami· mitigation· sea levels

35:23 I don't feel good could do it if he just would now they shouted him down yeah the media and everybody oh you went too far yeah and they I mean they discouraged him even though i think he was on a roll. He was doing well, he did and had a good line here climate change means rising ocean levels which in South Florida means flooding downtown and our neighborhoods its everyday reality in our city will you As president, acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus about climate change and as president will you pledge to do something about it? Senator Rubio, the Miami mayor has endorsed you. Will you honor his request for a pledge and acknowledged the reality of the scientific consensus on climate change and pledge to do something about it? Sure if the climat is changing And one of the reasons why the climate is changing because the climate has always been changing There's never been time when the climate hasn't changed

36:17 I think the fundamental question for a policymaker is, is the climate changing because of something we are doing and if so, is there a law you can pass to fix it? So on the issue of flooding in Miami its caused by two things. Number one South Florida was largely built on land that was once a swamp and number 2 because there is higher sea levels or whatever it may be happening, we do need to deal with that through mitigation and I have long supported mitigation efforts. But as far as a law that we can pass in Washington to change the weather? There's no such thing! On the contrary... I like that you can't make a law that will change the weather yeah that was actually good clip because he was trying to corner him

36:52 Yeah, you change your attitude if you know you get to help from this guy is all in yeah But he's he still open to mitigation so easy. He's not anti climate change regulations the way I heard it He's open to mitigation okay? Yeah, I mean saying put a levy up or something Trump because there's fish Fish flopping around and down my that would be a benefit It's easy to catch sucking in soot Donald Trump just before this debate had an interview with Anderson Cooper and he said Islam hates us. I'm paraphrasing, this came up in the debate. Mr Trump let me start with you last night you told CNN quote Islam hates us did you mean all 1.6 billion Muslims? I mean a lot of them

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Donald Trump on Islam and Hatred

Donald Trump stood by his statement to Anderson Cooper that "Islam hates us," clarifying in the debate that he believes a large portion of the 1.6 billion Muslims harbor tremendous hatred toward the West. He argued against political correctness, citing the treatment of women and the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.

donald trump· islam· anderson cooper· radical islam· terrorism

36:17 I think the fundamental question for a policymaker is, is the climate changing because of something we are doing and if so, is there a law you can pass to fix it? So on the issue of flooding in Miami its caused by two things. Number one South Florida was largely built on land that was once a swamp and number 2 because there is higher sea levels or whatever it may be happening, we do need to deal with that through mitigation and I have long supported mitigation efforts. But as far as a law that we can pass in Washington to change the weather? There's no such thing! On the contrary... I like that you can't make a law that will change the weather yeah that was actually good clip because he was trying to corner him

36:52 Yeah, you change your attitude if you know you get to help from this guy is all in yeah But he's he still open to mitigation so easy. He's not anti climate change regulations the way I heard it He's open to mitigation okay? Yeah, I mean saying put a levy up or something Trump because there's fish Fish flopping around and down my that would be a benefit It's easy to catch sucking in soot Donald Trump just before this debate had an interview with Anderson Cooper and he said Islam hates us. I'm paraphrasing, this came up in the debate. Mr Trump let me start with you last night you told CNN quote Islam hates us did you mean all 1.6 billion Muslims? I mean a lot of them

37:42 Now, that was a funny line. I thought what did what exactly the pooper say? Did he say just Islam or radical Islam and listen again? I didn't Mr Trump is with you last night You told CNN quote Islam hates us That's a very interesting way to put it just the word Islam by itself You know, you can't you can't just say does Judaism hate us Does Christianity hate us sounds weird makes no sense because it's not a person It's a it's a It's a belief system. Did you mean all 1.6 billion Muslims? I mean, a lot of them. I mean, a lot of them. Actually that's an ISO. That's actually not bad. I mean, a lot of them. I mean, a lot of them. Yeah, I can do that later.

38:27 Do you want to clarify the comment at all? Well, I've been watching the debate today and they're talking about radical Islamic terrorism or radical Islam. But I will tell you there's something going on that maybe you don't know about and maybe a lot of other people don't know about but there is tremendous hatred and i will stick with exactly what I said to Anderson Cooper Now, this was an interesting... I thought this was a unique moment. Let me put in there before you do that let me just grab the ISO hold on second Did you mean all 1.6 billion Muslims? I mean a lot of them! With the second part or just the beginning what do you think? The first one is only all you want I mean a lot of them because you can drop that into all kinds of interesting things Okay lemme just uh.. ISO save as Trump oops and Trump

39:20 A lot of them. Bingo boom shakalaka. Okay, um okay...okay we're good! We can continue Now I thought this was an interesting turnaround because the way the memes were going was Trump hates Muslims and they were using that as with using it well with a lot of leverage even though if i don't see any evidence of him hating that anybody really but You could take this thing about blocking the Muslims from coming into the country as a hate thing, even though Jimmy Carter by the way did that.

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Unabomber Manifesto and Political Correctness

A discussion on the shift in European and American social norms references the first 50 pages of the Unabomber Manifesto, "The Technological Society and Its Future." The text is cited as a relevant analysis of how political correctness and modern psychology influence contemporary society.

unabomber manifesto· ted kaczynski· political correctness· technological society

39:57 He actually was, when he was president, actually stopped Muslims from coming into the country. A group of them not radical Islamists because they didn't exist at the time but he prevented Shiites from Iran and parts of that Middle East from coming into the country. But no we don't need to bring that up. No and I've thought about this as I have mentioned on the show before When I was growing up in Europe, 1972 was when I got there. When you had sports athletic clubs and men and women would shower, co-ed, mix showers no one cared about naked bodies were naked bodies. And this is all gone from the open liberal European thinking and it has washed over here into such a degree where we think differently. We don't think anymore like the Donald Trump American who is now almost 70

40:49 and I'm 51. He's 70, he's 70. You know it's a... there is different thinking and it's not even that the thinking is different its way we express it And that is..I think the core is political correctness which if you...and I went back to this morning I read The Technological Society in Its Future Unabomber Manifesto Which Is All About This It is the first 50 pages! Is this what is happening right now? I encourage you to read that Put a link in the show notes once again. Well, so what I saw here was him doing a jujitsu move And i thought it was very elegant even though nobody credited him for doing it But what it was was everyone you know the meme is he hates muslims No no turn it around they hate us turned it around that they hate us very small and He's never said that before any of the other debates. He never said that until that debate and he followed up

41:44 with, I thought another good piece about you know they hate us And sadly for him, Marco Rubio walked away with it. He let Rubio in and I could see he was wincing over this but I thought he still kept his cool. Marco talks about consequences well we've had a lot of consequences including airplanes flying into the World Trade Center the Pentagon and could have been The White House there have been a lot of problems that you can say what you want and you can be politically correct if you want I don't want to be so politically correct. I like to solve problems we have a serious, serious problem of hate there is tremendous hate. There is tremendous hate We're large portions of a group of people Islam! Large portions want to use very very harsh means and let me go step further women are treated horribly

42:37 You know that. You do know that. Women are treated horribly and other things are happening that's, that are very very bad now I will say this there is tremendous hatred the question was asked what do you think? And i said there is hatred Now it would be very easy for me to say something differently and everybody would say oh isn't that wonderful Mr Trump we better solve the problem before its too late Senator Rubio I'm not interested in being politically correct. I'm not interested in being politically correct, I'm interested in being correct. And in order to be correct... Yeah, I heard that. Yeah it was good! I thought the same thing-I thought the line was good but I though because Trump had stretched out his explanation for too long past the bell that they call back

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Aaron Burnett and the Hitler Comparison

CNN's Aaron Burnett is criticized for misquoting former Mexican President Vicente Fox regarding his comparison of Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Fox's actual statement was "he remembers me of Hitler," which Burnett framed as a direct "reminds me of Hitler" quote during an interview with Governor Rick Scott.

aaron burnett· cnn· vicente fox· adolf hitler· rick scott

43:22 to the political correct, no I'd rather be correct. I thought was mistimed. It was the best he could do way too late it was the best you could do and it worked. It works come on you got him in there work they were good words that was his group in their club well of course now just before we had CNN's Aaron Burnett and who is she talking to she was talking go to a governor Scott Rick Scott is that Rick Scott Governor Rick Scott? And just because she's Aaron, and I'm very disappointed. Ever since she pooped out the twins it has been nothing with her She has just been following scripts. She is giving up. I am very sad about this. Very sad. Giving up? I had such high hopes for her. She is doing her job! It's no surprise that radical Islam does not like our country But when I think about this, I think about what happened to people like Steven Sotloff

44:12 He had to be asked several times until finally Anderson Cooper asked him, do you mean radical Islam? Then he said yes. He didn't take that at the beginning and part of that it's comments like those that are causing some to compare him to Hitler people who do not like him The current president Mexico two former presidents of Mexico have compared him to Hitler the Vicente Fox former president specifically said quote he reminds me of Hitler It's true No That's not what he said I have to call her on it. Again, here's what Aaron Burnett says he said... He reminds me of Hitler No! That's not what he said we go to the videotape Turkey's president has issued a warning to the country's top co-ops This one i meant And everything It's uh..it's ah..I mean he remembers me of Hitler He remembers me of Hitler It's not where he reminds me of Hitler He rememberes me of Hitler Aaron Burnet that you can't say quote

45:05 If it wasn't a quote. He reminds me of Hitler. And she does it again, and she does it again! It's direct, it's not an illusion, it's a direct thing he reminds me of Hitler. He didn't say that so that's not okay I'm just saying as a small minor journalistic point that is not okay Do they have a point? Well, I'm not sure exactly what Donald meant when he said that. But I can tell you what happened after the Paris attacks What I said is until the federal government can make us comfortable with what their vetting process is... ...I don't want any more Syrian refugees to come into my state Because as we know in Paris one of the terrorists had posed as a Syrian refugee We've gotta make our country feel safe Okay fine whatever Then while were talking about lies

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Hillary Clinton Email Server Defense

Hillary Clinton defended her use of a private email server during an MSNBC town hall, claiming that previous government officials like Colin Powell followed similar practices. Critics point out the distinction between using a personal email account (AOL/Gmail) and maintaining a private physical server to bypass government record-keeping.

hillary clinton· email server· colin powell· classified information· msnbc

45:47 There's one lie that keeps coming back with Hillary Clinton that I would like to point out to everybody right now. This is a very important one, this was last night on MSNBC they had... it never stops the town hall special little question and answer session whatever about Hillary's emails Someone has to call her on this and I'm very disappointed in the mainstream. They're not doing it! Let me clarify this because you know there's much misinformation going on around here, and let me just start with the basic facts...I have said it wasn't the best choice to use a personal email It was a mistake however I am NOT alone in that many people in the government

46:30 past and current have on occasion or as a practice done the same. No, no! I'm sorry... No! NO! There is no evidence anyone in the government had their own email server that's not the same they had a gmail account or an AOL account in the case of Colin Powell. That's a good point. It's not a good point it is it is a bold-faced lie she has to say because it's bullcrap She had a actual she's like you she has her own email and let me ask you a question Why is it when I set up in my own email server? I'm a kook Yeah, cool. Curry way your friend about yeah cool Hillary Clinton sets it up. She's great 11 hours Why am I the cook when I said of my only mail server oh

47:21 Yeah, it is not the same thing. I'm on board with that It is not the same thing! Let me clarify this. This is a fact and this is all misinformation Because you know there's much misinformation going around here. And let me just start with some basic facts I have said it wasn't the best choice to use a personal email. It was a personal e-mail she says now, a personal email server mistake however i am not alone in that many people know government past and current have on occasion or as a practice done the same. No, not wait. She says personal email this is not the same as personal email server. No I think she's got you over a barrel here if you know what i'm saying well okay but when she says it's the same

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Violence Against Trump in Higher Education

A 61-year-old student reported that a professor, a former ATF employee, wondered aloud why no one had killed Donald Trump yet, prompting cheers from younger students. The anecdote highlights a perceived trend of radicalization and violent rhetoric among millennials on social media and college campuses.

atf· community college· donald trump· social media· radicalization

48:13 Nothing I sent was marked classified or that I received was marked classified. Which is never the case and specifically... We don't need to talk about that, but that's just the one thing that really bugging me. Before we leave the Trump thing, I do have to read a letter from one of our listeners Good because i have a kicker. I've got a trump kicker for us You can use the kicker as a kicker. I'm 61 year old student at local community college. I am taking an American government classes in elective I have first-hand evidence to back up something I heard discussed on the No Agenda show by you and Adam. Obviously, the majority of the class is filled with students much younger than myself. A professor a former ATF employee was discussing Trump and wondering out loud why no one has killed him yet." Wow!

49:05 This suggestion brought loud cheers and applause for most of the young douchebags. Oh man... Some even claimed that if they could get close enough, they'd stab him themselves! Now I'm no Puritan but listening this turned my stomach It goes to the point made by you two guys in this show These kids are being led around by their nose due to the influence of what they see and hear in social media Anyway, for what it's worth I thought you guys might like to know. You were spot on so greetings from the sphincter of America. We've got the city in there which we'll leave out. Okay now yeah this fits perfectly with my kicker clip! I can't believe how beautiful this is well let me just but I do want to mention one thing that before they kick her clip uh i note The thing that kind of caught my attention only after I thought about it for a while was the kids who said That this...this is really bad what I'm gonna say

50:04 This is the kid says, if he could get close enough they'd stab him. Now there was a kid that was recently deported because he was on Facebook saying that if he could get by because you know same kind of thing it was a deported cuz he was a he was a on a green card or something to business student visa and they threw him out of the country for saying he liked to stab Donald Trump huh now This generation of this stabbing thing is like I think people that are our age would say we'd shoot him. I was waiting for that, yeah! But no... No, that's un-American! That's bad! That's un-American! So here we go! It's not American, I tell you! Guns are bad but it's okay if i stab him Oh my god Is this outrageous? The brainwashing that's going on in this country is frightening

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Sacha Baron Cohen and The Brothers Grimsby

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen discussed his new film, "The Brothers Grimsby," which features a scene where a character portraying Donald Trump contracts HIV. Cohen noted that audiences in Europe and the U.S. have given the scene standing ovations, which he interprets as a sign of deep-seated latent hatred in the country.

sacha baron cohen· the brothers grimsby· donald trump· aids· cnn

50:59 And I will add to that, Sacha Baron Cohen. Who i love as a filmmaker and he has a new movie out called the Grimsby Brothers which we or The Brothers Grimsby, I believe. Uh... not seen it there's not a lot of PR about it but he's about to get it so he's Borat of course if you don't know who that is um and he was on CNN on the morning show with our friend Michaela There's a at the end of this movie there is a what he calls a Hollywood ending or like a sweetheart ending and it's ended plays right into what you just read from our millennial producer, right? And I think and by the way. This is Sasha Baron Cohen dressed like a cowboy. He's nutty But he speaking as himself so yes, my producer was 61 years old not a millennial

51:52 I'm sorry. I take it all back. Get it? Right And, um...I think this might be a clip which is there's a fairy tale ending in that Donald Trump gets AIDS at the end This is true! In the movie Donald Trump gets AIDS at the end of the movie The interesting thing has been throughout the world when we've shown that scene. What has the reaction been? Well people have been cheering this This is overseas, this is showing videos. This is when Donald Trump contracts HIV Oh goodness People are cheering their standing ovations and this is around the world

52:34 This is this is insane Are you wondering how it's those that seems gonna play here in the United States given the fact of what is going on? Well, I've just been to Miami. I played in Miami two days ago New York last night was your action people are cheering there are standing ovations and You know, I'm a comedian but I think this shows something quite pointed about what's going on that if there is that much latent hatred, that when the potential future president of America contracts HIV people are standing up and cheering. That means something wrong is going on you know? You think there may be something up in the country? Yes! Is there anything that you won't touch?

53:22 Now I take Sasha Baron Cohen and think, yeah you're doing something very important. It's not...I don't believe it is anger towards Donald Trump but he is showing America that something is very wrong! I agree! I agree! Well you know there are always...the irony to the whole thing if you look at the commentary that Trump is a hater The amount of hatred directed toward him is outrageous. Besides these kids in this classroom that I described with cheering, and one of them saying, ''I will stab him,'' and the other guy on facebag that was talking about killing him... And I think there's a lot of that on there. Yeah. Oh! Totally! The whole thing is riddled with it. And then this other incident... yeah, there are the haters! Unbelievable

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Judicial Interference

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a warning to the country's Constitutional Court after it ruled for the release of two journalists who exposed intelligence officials trucking arms to Syria. Erdogan stated he does not respect the court's decision, leading to concerns about his rise as a fascist dictator while the EU seeks closer ties with Turkey.

recep tayyip erdogan· turkey· constitutional court· journalists· nato

54:19 And then Bernie, you know with his, you know sending is a brown shirt. Bernie in the Brown shirts Yeah, Bernie in the Brown shirts Meanwhile, this will wrap it all up for me. There is an actual fascist dictator on the rise in our world and he's our friend! Turkey's president has issued a warning to the country's top court He says its survival would be up for debate if it repeated rulings that were against the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan was referring to a decision that led to the release of two detained newspaper editors He says, excuse me but I said that I do not respect the decision of an institution that does not respect the rights and interests of the people in this country.

55:01 I hope the Constitutional Court will not act in such a way again which will leave its existence and legitimacy up for debate, he says. The release of the journalists was described by one of them as a clear defeat for Erdogan both were freed on bail last week after a ruling by the Constitutional Court that their rights had been violated They were detained after their newspaper published material it said showed intelligence officials trucking arms to Syria. The journalists faced trial and, if convicted potential life sentences." Okay... To recap we are all upset about Donald Trump Hitler I'm sorry Adolf Trump in the meantime now forget what we know about Fethullah Gulen and his involvement in this newspaper

55:51 When you have a dictator, I'm sorry. A president saying hey! I don't like what the court did. You know? I might not recognize you anymore because this newspaper that you let the two journalists go free they had evidence of my agents trucking weapons into Syria Yet that is not important to us and we're like friends. EU is doing a big deal with the guy which includes visa-free travel into Europe, you know joining NATO join the EU This is the fascist

56:32 At least the optics of him are a fascist. Let's just put it at that. Everyone in Europe is discon... I mean, every thinker in Europe is wondering what the EU Parliament's up to but cozying up to this joke Joker? I'm just disturbed by an actual fascists again optics But I believe it to be true and actual fascists And there's just no coverage as all Trump is Hitler. Sarah Silverman went on Conan show was Hitler Yes, it wasn't even funny. I saw that and it was like ugh! It wasn't funny. It wasn't funny, no. But I tried, I tried. It was hilarious. You are this great, very funny, very creative... No, it wasn't. It was not creative. She was uncomfortable by the way

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Hillary Clinton on Deportation Pledges

During a Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton pledged to Jorge Ramos that she would not deport children or non-criminal family members. However, she noted she would prioritize the deportation of violent criminals and those "planning terrorist attacks," a statement critics found nonsensical as such individuals should be arrested rather than simply deported.

hillary clinton· deportation· immigration· terrorist attacks· jorge ramos

57:29 Yeah, thanks. Now there's one... There was a Democrat debate- DH Slammers Kid did that by the way or came up with that idea It was a good one in after our show last and they're right there I only got one clip and i didn't even actually didn't get any clips And then I was watching somebody do a rundown of the Democracy now They were doing showing some clips and then I caught this clip A second time around I realized oh This is interesting because this tells you something kind of I don't know my analysis will be I think poignant. Let's play this, this is Clinton on deportation Can you promise tonight that you won't deport children, children who are already here? I will not deport children. I would not deport children and do not want to deport family members either Jorge. I want to as i said prioritize who would be deported violent criminals people planning terrorist attacks anybody who threatens us that's a relatively small universe so I wanna be very specific so your telling us tonight that if you become president you wont deport children were already here? I will not And then you wont deport

58:33 We always have to play this clip when that happens. Children are worried Now, one thing I don't like being...I think it's annoying when you see somebody making pledges. Like that tax guy who was like, do you pledge? Why am I pledging to you? You know, I don't like this whole thing where you have to guarantee something to a reporter. No! But the thing in there that was interesting is she said she'll deport

59:14 Yes. People who are planning terrorist attacks against us now what good does that do? Well you deport them, you should arrest them! You should arrest them and throw it send him to Gitmo or do something with him you don't depor- oh they're gonna blow up the World Trade Center again I'll deport em just deport him get him out of here That's what she said yeah And i'm sure she means it! Hillary! Something's happened to Jeff. Look at him! What is it, girl? Is it Jeff? Something has happened, can't you see? No easy Ellen, easy. Where is Jeff, girl huh? Where is he? You know...

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Executive Producer Donations and Gun Laws

Executive producer Roy Pierce, now Baron of the Treasure Coast, contributed $334 and provided a correction regarding the legality of fully automatic weapons in the U.S. He explained that the federal government allows the transfer of such weapons with a $200 tax, provided they are legal within the specific state.

roy pierce· machine guns· treasury department· pi day· donations

1:00:12 The love is deep. Yes, it's good. And when the guy who quit the show and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and passion and say in the morning to you John Sui Dvorak! In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry also in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feeding the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights... In the morning too all of our artistes In particular, I want to thank the artist who brought us the artwork for Babushkas of Chernobyl episode 806. And that was a nice piece by Mark G., he does high concept this was the Mosul dam with pushing on both sides and the dam cracking it was a beautiful piece

1:00:53 Yes, he does modern Very contemporary looking stuff. Yeah, no agenda art generator calm is where you can upload your submissions We appreciate all the work all of our artists do we use it for all kinds of stuff? But newsletters for just when I'm in a bad mood. I just go to the art generator to have a laugh Yeah which is often with you yes all the time and All right, so we have a few people to thank. Mostly one two three four executive producers who took advantage of Pi Day which is tomorrow will leave that... Ah yes! ...that open for another day but somehow Eric left off the list our check that came in uh-huh one loan check of interesting any interesting amount $334 and he'd be at the top of the list here Oh who's this? This is Roy Pierce

1:01:49 And he's in Florida. He wants to correct our thinking, I guess. You get a pencil out because he also changed his title. He is now Baron. He says pundits keep saying fully automatic weapons are illegal! Fact! is the US government has no such prohibition, although nine socialist states do. The Treasury Department maintains documentations on weapons they deem transferable and require a $200 tax to do so. The first step for acquisition is to befriend an in-state firearms dealer who's familiar with the process

1:02:32 His participation is only necessary for the first transfer and he can help with such information as parts availability and reliability. Price escalates whenever government limits the supply of a commodity, so be prepared for sticker shock! The Army paid $17 dollars for M3 submachine gun in 1943 They can sell today for ten thousand dollars That's if you want to emulate Steve McQueen in Hell Is For Heroes So you can buy Machine guns sure they are legal except in nine states So he says the research the words Transferable weapons for more information. Okie dokie He's got a now he's got a so he's obviously a gun guy We have Roy of Ancona is who he is Baron of the Treasure Coast and

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Pi Day Donations and Chicago Rally Feedback

A series of donations totaling $314.15 (Pi) were received from listeners including Andrew Goodman and David Ellis. Ellis, a Chicago resident, shared his disgust with fellow millennials who used "fascist tactics" to intimidate peaceful attendees at the canceled Trump rally and subsequently created a bail fund for arrested protesters.

pi day· donations· chicago· millennials· de-douching

1:03:27 Saroy of Ancona, Baron of the Treasure Coast. Got it! And we want to thank him which I give him a little karma shot here Yeah, I think he needs one all right. I thought I there we go let's do it again You've got karma Thank you Baron of the treasure coast and so that gets yourself a machine gun ah okay? I didn't say I didn't have one already You might. I might? Andrew Goodman in Byron, Georgia $314 and 59 cents and he writes in to say happy Pi Day gentlemen or Pi day Eve. I want you know that I have your backs in the light of the flak you've been receiving by some of your listeners for supposedly defending presidential candidate Trump

1:04:18 I know along with probably most of your listeners that you're simply following your protocol of deconstructing the media and calling out the frequent misinterpretation of tactics they use to influence your viewers. Thank You! We should give this guy, the other guys email address Why don't just go meet on the Reddit subreddit? I betcha Goodman can kick his ass Thank you for remaining consistent amidst listener opposition. Keep up the good work, please send some of the job and relationship karma to my best friend Morgan who so kindly hit me in the mouth four years ago. All righty. Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! David Ellis comes in with 314 16

1:05:06 Actually, Goodman did 59 which is more accurate. Well, I do. Yeah. 3.1459627. It should be 3.14159. Oh yeah you're right you're right. 314592617? I get what he's saying it also pushed him to the top of the list in a sneaky way David Ellis in Crystal Lake Illinois In the morning gents! I've been listening this show since May You just mentioned something I hadn't realized What That if you add a few pennies then you get pushed higher on the list There's a bunch of people to be noticed no In the morning Jen I haven't been encouraging it so I never mentioned it time for some now We're gonna get all kinds of crazy. It's gonna be like the price is right. I need some b12

1:06:06 In the morning gents I've been listening to show since last May and while i have made one small donation, still in need of a de-douching. Oh, a de-douching? Yeah. I'm sorry. Here we go! De-Douching! You've been de-douched! Boom boom boom boom boom Also while my credit card information says i'm from Crystal Lake, I've lived in Chicago for about a year now and I'd like to touch on what occurred at the Trump rally. Ah, we got it... local yeah I did not attend but as a millennial I witnessed many of my peers organizing and attending the protests that they deny the trump supporters and those curious about trump's platform their right to engage

1:06:43 The political process disgusted me. What disappointed me more was the violence and hate that followed the rally's cancellation I have yet to see one of my peers disavow the violence, uh...and fascist tactics used to scare and intimidate those who attend peacefully Many of my peers are quite pleased with what they accomplished In fact they have even gone so far as to create a fund To get the protesters that were arrested at the event out of jail This has led me to the conclusion that I need to get the hell out of here. The inmates are truly running the asylum, if it weren't for the bi-weekly respite of this show... ...I don't know where my mental state would be! Thank you thank you thank you finally please call out Jeffrey Baker in Atlanta as a douchebag. He's hitting me in the mouth and he never donated.

1:07:37 Sir Scott Spencer's next on the list, a Baron of North Georgia in Dawsonville, Georgia 314 16. He says just over the Black Knight Baron in North Georgia I like pie! I like pie too. Everybody likes pie. Don Tommaso di Toronto in Kettleby, Ontario Canada 314.15 from Don Tommaso Di Toronto been a while so here's a piece small pieces of pie just the de-douching and some karma for every... You've been de-douched! you've got karma

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Show 807 Outro and Formula Propagation

The hosts conclude the primary portion of the show by thanking the "Pi producers" and encouraging listeners to propagate the "No Agenda formula." They remind the audience that executive producer credits are valid for use on professional platforms like LinkedIn.

no agenda· formula· credits· linkedin· podcast

1:08:17 That's it oh It's an abrupt ending very hmm and no associate executive producers today, huh? Yeah, strange day. Well yeah who knows it's the Ides of March are upon us my friend well we got show 808 coming up which is a super lucky number so we're gonna do the 8 080 dot o eight donation right vote that and that palindrome lucky numbers number eight Chinese lucky number The Number Eight Plate in China goes sells for millions of dollars in Hong Kong and elsewhere they produce them

1:08:56 And, uh... Well we appreciate- We need some action. We appreciate our pie producers! That's pretty much what we had today thank you so much these of course as always are real credits especially the executives and the associate executive producers that you can use them anywhere credits are valid please try it on your LinkedIn it does seem to work and again as always another show we do two a week on Thursday. And of course you can do the thing that we all want you to do is go out propagate our formula! Our formula is this We go out we hit people in the mouth Hey a quick update John from Germany update from Germany I have a bunch of German clips, too. I have an update on the voting polls voting poll today is the election Let's see so far. We have AFD doing slightly better than expected we have

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German Regional Elections and Julia Klöckner

Regional elections in Germany served as a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy. The right-wing AfD party saw gains, while Julia Klöckner, once considered a photogenic heir apparent to Merkel, saw her party's fortunes decline in Rhineland-Palatinate due to voter displeasure with the federal government.

germany· angela merkel· julia klöckner· afd· migrant crisis

1:09:58 Unexpected, I predicted incorrectly a two-digit result for AFD. This is the alternative for Deutschland party Let's see we have in Rhineland Palatinate? Palatinate? I guess that's West Germany We have SPD who was in a coalition with Merkel of course 36% Merkel 33 so she went down and AFD 11 So that's what I was kind of expecting. Now the question is how did Julia Kleckner do? She's the heir apparent to Merkel, at least in some... she's in the same party but you have to look at this woman. You have go look at her picture Oh what's her name? Well I got it on one of the clips so you can see how they spell it and you might as well play this clip German elections Julia Kleckner

1:10:50 Chancellor Merkel has been on a campaign tour to boost her party's fortunes in Sunday's regional elections. She came to Saxony-Anhalt to support the incumbent state premier, but many people in this eastern German state are angry at the government chanting Merkel must go Social media is ablaze with hostile posts by right-wing populists who are critical of Merkel's position on the migrant crisis. Many see this vote as a referendum on the Chancellor's open door policy toward refugees, it could be a nail biter

1:11:30 If Merkel is nervous, it's not showing. She made 20 campaign appearances in the three states. She has convinced her stance on the migrant crisis is the right one and that most Germans are backing her Over 90 percent of the people in Germany still agree that anyone fleeing war, terrorism and other forms of violence should be granted protection in Germany. And I think that's a very good thing." If Merkel isn't nervous, her party is. The CDU's candidate for state premier in Rhineland-Palatinate is Julia Klöckner She's afraid of losing votes in Sunday's election if people use it to register their displeasure with Merkel Yeah so first of all I'm looking at pictures of Julia Klöckner

1:12:21 And if Germany ever wanted a boomerang and wanted the pendulum to swing the other way from Angela Merkel, this is your girl. That's for sure. She is so photogenic! Oh my goodness I would say if you take a look at the image page of her, and people want to look it up just spell it. It's K-L-O-E-C-K-N-E-R. Yeah O-E. Clickner And she is so photogenic she looks like...she also has a certain type of Berkeley character Yeah, she does. She does the beautiful... I do not like the blue dress and the green top that's dumb but the one where she standing next to Merkel and she's got kind of the lacy top on with a blazer jacket on? But she still looks Germanic which i like about her yeah she still has that you know by the way I could crush your head between my knees

1:13:14 She is a great quite the pretty woman and I'm straight She lost a lot she lost a lot today Did she lose? Well, she's been losing votes. We're not done yet but she's been losing votes Yeah She's in Rhineland so she said ooh so she went down yeah well this is gonna be the problem they're gonna have over there and then if she gets kicked out that's the end of that progression and it's possible that she will because we were kind of implying that on Deutsche Welle But they have like stuff going on in Germany right now which I probably over clipped a little bit mostly has to do with their

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Germany Nuclear Decommissioning and Energy Losses

Germany's "Energiewende" policy to shut down 29 nuclear power plants has led to massive financial losses for energy giants like RWE. Decommissioning the Lubmin plant is expected to take 30 years, and the lack of a dedicated nuclear fund has left taxpayers liable for billions in storage and dismantling costs.

germany· nuclear power· energiewende· rwe· renewable energy

1:13:53 These companies that are not making money and they're attached to the cities. Well, let's do it man! I'm interested just do it They have a lot... The problem with Germany is they've decided to close all we talked about well They had the Energiewende but they come back from that. The Energiewende was were shutting down the nuclear power plants. They did this after Fukushima And, oh no! Shut them down. Shut down coal. Wind and light my friends it'll work great for Germany. Einer gie Wende. Yeah well they're just not working great so far I have this one obscure clip that's let's see...I don't think i see it but let's start with German nukes 1

1:14:38 A total of 29 nuclear bombings. The Lubmin nuclear power plant near Greifswald stopped producing power 27 years ago. Decommissioning work has been in progress since 1995, it's clear that the originally planned 3 billion euros are not enough to finish the job. The work was supposed to be completed in 2008 but will probably take another 10 years after that

1:15:14 For years, Germany's major energy companies made good money with nuclear power. But today the same companies are making huge losses. Okay so it is going to take them 30 years to decommission this old nuke plant? They got about 20 of them to take down and they're taking them all down I thought they'd said it reversed course on this am I know? I mean correct. Okay, this is a this is a myth Yeah, they have not there shutting this stuff down in their show. They showed the charts They expect to be completely free of all this stuff that 80% of their power is going to be renewable hashtag true story

1:15:54 Yeah, at some point. And so they're continuing to take these plants down left and right and so let's... Here is the ramifications of all these energy companies that relied on nukes to make money that were also attached in certain cities now there is no dividends, the cities don't get the money then they have all this other issues So lets go with a little exposition here with Germany NUKES 1 A total of 29 nuclear power plants in Germany need to be dismantled in the coming years. Companies have set aside some 38 billion euros for decommissioning, but experts say it won't be enough

1:16:33 The companies are responsible for decommissioning and disposal. It's the polluter who pays, but Germany failed to establish a nuclear fund where partial financing would have been insured. Now these companies are having trouble so taxpayers are on the hook and that is unacceptable." As part of Germany's transition to renewable energy, the proportion of electricity generated by nuclear power and fossil fuels has been falling. Today renewables provide around one-third of the country's energy needs –the long term goal

1:17:11 is around 80 percent. But there's still the problem of nuclear waste a final storage site has still not been found this year another search will begin for a site that could be up and running by 2050 at the earliest until then German taxpayers will continue to pay billions for temporary storage And the green energy revolution is dragging entire German cities into the red. Many municipalities are shareholders in RWE, which we mentioned in that previous report it suffered a 7 billion euro loss last year one thing that the power utility isn't generating is a dividend

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Economic Strain on German Municipalities

The city of Essen, a major shareholder in RWE, faces a budget crisis after the energy company canceled its dividend following a 7 billion euro loss. The shortfall is exacerbated by the high cost of accommodating 8,000 refugees and maintaining public transport services like eVag amidst rising debt.

essen· rwe· dividends· refugees· public services

1:17:53 Wow. That is, and these guys kind of need electricity for their industry they are the industrial heart of the European Union Yeah so that they're tearing down to 29 nukes that we're doing fine just ended for political reasons. DOOMKOF! I...DOOMKOF this is unbelievable So this continues with a couple more little follow-up reports so you can go to clip 2 Essen's bus drivers are always on the road, going from one end of the city to the other. They all work for the city-owned transport services company eVag. Lately rumors about cuts have been circulating – a dampener on their mood! We always hear a lot about what is planned and then nothing happens. We're waiting for the day things actually change."

1:18:45 The local authority has made cutbacks and it's public service companies like E-Vag that have to suffer the consequences. They've already had to lay off 700 people over the past few years and freeze vital investments, all while passenger numbers are actually on the rise Everything that's limiting the city's budget, including the RWE dividend will automatically affect us. Whether it'll involve concrete measures we can't say yet. First it is Essen's turn."

1:19:23 The city's debt stacks up to more than three billion euros. As energy giant RWE has decided against paying a dividend this year, another 18 million euros are gone. Treasurers had budgeted for at least half of that. Usually we manage to make up for such budget deficits as we go along But this time I have my doubts because funding refugee accommodation has already stretched our funds." Essen has to take on 8,000 refugees this year alone. That's further straining the city's treasury which is already stretched. An unemployment rate of 12 percent means that welfare spending is high

1:20:15 12%? RWE expressed its understanding of the city's predicament, but the board is firm in its decision to not pay a dividend this year. Local authority representatives had agreed after all RWE has slipped into the red Well this sounds like a house of cards to me It doesn't sound very good Cities embed with corporations that provide energy and do what they do, in a funny kind of way that we don't understand in this country because we were corporatists to a bit. They're very much so in Germany. And so you have these interrelationships and you also have the inter-relationships with the welfare system, there's refugees coming in that need to be accommodated

1:21:05 the movement away from the reliable nuclear power to unreliable wind and solar. Love and light, love and light. And then you end so these guys are the energy companies now can't make any money. So they're in their red there. They can't do the dividend obviously I mean you could but then you just be more into red it's just and be ridiculous that this does not sound like a formula for long term success No, and you can place your bets accordingly I guess yeah This is gonna be this is a disaster waiting to happen the Germans are kind of loony

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EU-Turkey Migrant Deal and Border Crisis

Conditions at the Idomeni border between Greece and Macedonia have deteriorated into a humanitarian disaster for thousands of stranded migrants. A proposed EU-Turkey deal would return all migrants from Greece to Turkey in exchange for billions in aid, visa-free travel for Turks, and accelerated EU membership talks.

macedonia· greece· turkey· european union· refugees

1:21:45 I mean the way that they went then just on a whim dropped all the nukes, just 29 of them plus the ones they already had shut down before like that one that there's still working on and the cost it costs. I don't know why they don't entomb these things maybe Rod Adams can explain it but they're not going to tear those things down. Oh you mean what it takes to decommission and why take so long? Yeah, why does it take so long? They chop the things up and then they ship them. I don't know what they... Why do they take so long? It takes 30 years to decommission a power plant? That's expensive! And what would entombing, you know just make a big thing it'd be an eyesore but it wouldn't be that big much. You know? It's just I don't know meanwhile we and we have the continuing unfolding of the borders and migrant situation this for this report that I remain obsessed with this humanitarian disaster in our lifetime We go to the

1:22:41 Macedonian-Greek border. Chaotic and conditions show little sign of improving. Aid groups say more than a third of the people here are children, many struggle to sleep in their cold and flooded tents. We are in Europe from 20 days ago I'm in Europe but I cannot find even a safe place now on fighting the nature. In Syria we're fighting ISIS now we are fighting the nature and I think it's worse than ISIS. ISIS have a limit but the nature has

1:23:29 Many people have run out of money, so they stay here getting up early every day to scramble for firewood and food Officials say the border will stay closed preventing their trek further north towards Germany Let me tell you a little about this deal that has been throwing eggs at them is something no People are hungry So they just open a truck and they throw eggs and bread out of the truck kind of into the crowd Okay real orderly Yeah, well Monday there was a proposal that was outlined in Brussels and here's the here's the deal This is the EU Turkey plan rough outline all migrants who've traveled from Turkey to Greece will be returned To Turkey. However for every person sent back to Syria one Syrian already in Turkey is allowed to Resettle in a European country right in exchange

1:24:25 Turkey wants more and more aid, which is three billions here six billion there's billions tens of billions Visa free travel for Turkish citizens to Europe Speeding up the country's application to join the EU And by the guy whose optics show us he's a fascist yeah genuinely a real one. Yeah This is a... No, it's a bad thing. When do you think it's all gonna- We're gonna see some huge- The show will be over by the time this finalizes. This'll be decades

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Economic Cycles and the 2017 Downturn Prediction

An analysis of historical economic cycles, specifically the Panic of 1857 and the 1970s stagflation, suggests a major market downturn is likely in 2017. The current era of quantitative easing is compared to the 1849 gold rush, with predictions that the eventual collapse will be a significant buying opportunity for real estate and stocks.

economic cycle· 1857 depression· 1977· howard ruff· quantitative easing

1:25:09 Right, you're right. Turkish thing and that's until war... Well actually when we get to 2020 and you have some sort of outbreak of war that is going to... Wait wait I thought whoa whoa whoa! We get 2017 but I'm just trying to track all your cycles. You got 2017 That hasn't changed by the way my cycles. That's why I am asking you. In 2017 we have the downturn The downturn and that is with a new president regardless who it is but only lasts for about a year. It only last for about a year right? It's a, but it's a whopper and it's one of those I'll give you some examples of how this is. One of those this was again modeled after the 1857 which is right on the cycle depression that took place in United States which was considered by all the writers of the era until probably 29 uh it was considered THE

1:25:59 First, even though it wasn't but it was considered officially the first and worst American depression in American history. It lasted about a year. It wasn't anything like...once we put the...I'd go on about the Federal Reserve on this, but I won't. But it was 1857, it was studied to death and they concluded that it was monetary policy that caused it although if you look at any of the books that were written there's a bunch of books written in 1858 and so on to describe the problem

1:26:35 And I think one book came out in 1857, which is The Gloom and Doom. They had all these... What caused it? There's a list in one of these books that I read and one of them was there's too much gold. Oh yeah! We've talked about this before. To me this was the analogue to too much money being printed which is going to cause the next one. And another example of this is 1977, which was a period when... 1849. It was the 49ers. It was the gold rush right? That's about too much gold. Yeah it was the same as printing money Right! And which pushed off the depression that should have taken place sooner, it was...or made it more mild in our case. We are mild. So compared to today's quantitative easing just as a comparison taking all inflation etc., which is also a problem into account how does the 1849 gold rush the creation of money new money compared to the creation of new money today? Yeah I admit

1:27:31 quantitative easing pales by comparison. That's what I thought the equivalent that i calculated was fifteen trillion dollars in free money and that's just for this week's donations now, that to me...the only thing I can interpret I can say well with that kind of money push this thing off to 1857 the depression should have happened sooner uh... the depression is being pushed off too twenty seventeen can't possibly be as bad as it was in 1857, which has to be the worst case scenario. So I don't think... so it may not be maybe something coast through, I'm not sure but it's gonna happen one way or the other people are gonna freak out But in 1977 another good example of this there used to be a guy named Howard Ruff and he used to do... Are you FF?

1:28:21 Are you an FF? Rough, don't rough. And he, Ruff Howard and Howard Ruff wrote the Rough Times and he documented the depression of the 1970s which was price controls all these crazy things were going on high inflation interest rates over 20% for home buying and all the rest very extreme And that would have the same phenomenon where it would peak in 1977. Howard Ruff, by coincidence wrote a book in 1977 which I have a copy of And I'm not sure where this copy came from, but i was reading it a few months back. And it was hilarious because in 1977 would be actually the where the whole thing finalizes and bottoms out and then things start to pick up and that would be the time you start investing for the long haul

1:29:13 in 2017 when this thing collapses. And we invest in real estate? Stocks, real estate anything good companies do anything you can get your money out there. At the moment where... Trampoline parks? That probably would work some people sent us notes saying trampolines are so hot. When you think it's at the absolute, where you just think this is terrible that we're never going to survive this. That's when you go all in now which nobody can do because your mindset... Well let's say let's say we're still around then will we will ring the bell Oh, right the bell. It's like chime time to invest best now Howard Ruff wrote a book in 77 and an almost Like just like perfectly time all the book is about The entire book is about we're all gonna die The economy is over the American way has done There's never it was never going to be the same again where you can never come out of this that's gonna

1:30:14 perpetual downturn we can't get and that way he wrote it right at that moment, which is classic and That's the model. The models pretty much the same I'm not quite sure where I was going with this. Don't remember exactly why I wasn't bringing this up? Yeah, you need two vitamin B12's That's what I need thank you Hey! You know there is something great about this particular podcast Some people have to have a budget for a podcast like this We had no budget The budget would be travel hotel accommodation the $2000 pass... I am here in Austin Texas during South by Southwest

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Obama Visit to South by Southwest Austin

President Obama visited Austin for South by Southwest, conducting fundraisers and a keynote interview. Observations of the presidential motorcade, Secret Service snipers on rooftops, and an open-carry protest by the Black Panthers in downtown Austin are detailed from a local perspective.

barack obama· austin· south by southwest· secret service· black panthers

1:30:56 Ah, the South by Southwest stories. Here they come! Yeah I gotta tell you it's great here. Austin of course the blue dot in the red state where President Obama is in town with Michelle and he was in town on Friday And I just heard you can't go out on your balconies Well first things first Wednesday the mayor Steven Adler who I met recently nice guy bad suit brown shoes Very nice guy. He, uh... Big announcement! Everybody work from home on Friday if you can because the president was scheduled to speak not once but twice and that's how it works because you have to- You can't just use Air Force One to come in and do some fundraisers cause he had two fundraisers one at a private home in Austin of some construction guy then one at the Austin Music Hall which is the building next to mine How about that?

1:31:56 And that was also a private fundraiser. And then he spoke at the Long Center, which I can see behind me...I was also able to see the action. Well positioned. Perfectly positioned! Now if we went out into the hallway, I had an even better view of the guys on the roof and that was pretty interesting as you know Tina's worked here from home On Friday, then I'm just roaming around you know do my ham stuff and listening to I got walkie-talkies. I'm listen to You know that you can't receive everything of the Secret Service etc But there's a lot of it you'd be amazed how much you can actually listen to being oh when you have the president's detail plugging into The Austin or the Travis County fire and talking to them about traffic handling which is it was a geeky but cool now but I had a direct view not just of the Austin music hall as

1:32:47 But of the tent where the president's car would pull into I mean, I actually put did you see the video? I posted No, I missed it. Oh, I post a video of the whole procession leaving and was right under my building they crossed my street which is really cool to watch that's a nice little motorcade he has got and he has some truck of death man with this square box on the back. That crazy car. Yeah that crazy thing on the back now before we had all that The Black Panthers did a little protest in Austin as you know Austin is in Texas so its open carry state You can also open carry handguns now if you have a concealed carry license. I've, I have yet to see one person in Austin and I don't get around that much but i'm downtown do walk around downtown never seen anyone open carry downtown But the Black Panthers were open-carry with long guns with rifles with AR15's and camouflage gear

1:33:46 That's okay, you can do that in Austin. That's totally cool. It's what they were chanting that bugged me a little bit Remember these chants at any point from the Chicago riots? Oink oink bang bang.

1:34:26 That means pigs, we kill you. Oink oink bang bang! Yeah that's what they're implying. But what were the things they were saying earlier in the thing? Oh something about fuck the police. Any coverage over there of armed black guys walking through the street in camos with AR-15s saying oink oink bang bang any coverage John? Any coverage anywhere? No and it wasn't on Democracy Now. I didn't think so Or Breitbart for that matter. So the president, his motorcade was very... it was fun to watch how just everything came together and so they had these guys on the roof and now I'm in the hallway near the elevator. Who's on the roof? Guys on the roof! Guys on the roof of the building to make sure that there are no snipers anywhere

1:35:16 And so there I am with binoculars. I got my, you look like a sniper. He's got my handheld radios and I'm looking at the guy and I see him looking right back at me and he's staring. He's staring. Uh, just, I just wave high high as I put my, put my handheld radios down out of sight. Maybe that's not a good idea. Um, yeah, it was like, Whoa! They had two identical cars. You have the Beast, two of them. They even had the same license plate number even they're so identical 800- The same license plate number on both cars? Yeah, 800-002. I thought one would be dash 001 but they're both dash 002. But slick man, slick how fast that goes and then there's all the black cars and you got the communications car and a great view of all the antennas and everything. You should really add... The video is kind of worth watching it. Check it out! Then there's... Is in show notes? No, I tweeted yesterday

1:36:17 or Friday. Then there's, um...there must have been 10 or 12 white vans also blacked out windows and that has you know more of the luminaries and then the press corps and they had the horses out I mean everything was big big so the president did two speeches and i have some clips from uh from horses yeah the mounties the mounted police were out for some reason I have no idea why Other than everybody was out. So they're hey, we want to be in the Obama Okay, of course this takes place during South by Southwest now The traffic was the of course is horrendous although it's always kind of horrendous

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Obama Tech Keynote on ISIS Propaganda

During his SXSW interview, President Obama called on tech leaders to help the government "penetrate" and counter ISIS propaganda. He admitted the government lacks credibility with young people and urged Silicon Valley to use its data and algorithms to reach vulnerable individuals before their minds are "twisted" by extremists.

barack obama· south by southwest· isis· propaganda· tech industry

1:37:02 You know, and it's fun to watch all the douchebags running around. I'm telling you just a cloud of vape smoke everywhere everybody vaping here in Austin and i thought it was cool okay so the president he did a sit-down interview at the long center for South by Southwest A big coup and of course there were multiple reasons one is that he had to do an actual presidential deal because his two other appearances were fundraisers You can't use Air Force One. It pays for it, yeah you can't use Air Force One just if your going to go fundraise and he had the talking stick with him He was very casually dressed and here is a couple of clips

1:37:43 just to hear where his thinking is at. But he did have some messages to address the young people here who are shaping the future of technology and entertainment and information, I can tell you as a participant in a witness to South by there's no one here is going to change the fucking future before I came in here. I met with an incredible group of people entrepreneurs moviemakers of Take out their leadership or what do you think is coming John if it's not enough just to take out ISIL and their leadership What more do we have to do as tech leaders? Merkel Take out their leadership or two Control certain territories if in the virtual world they are consistently reaching

1:38:44 kids here in the United States or elsewhere in the world and recruiting them, uh- and twisting their minds to do terrible things. Wait a minute... Isn't that of- shouldn't the Department of Education be doing something about that then? We have stupid children here John! The president says this children are stupid in America Because they get sucked up by propaganda. And twisting their minds to do terrible things. Twisting their minds to do terrible things We've gotta be able to penetrate that Yeah, penetrate For good reason- We gotta be able to penetrate that Penetrate What did he say? We gotta be able to penetrate that Oh I thought he says okay Penetrate But only the tip! And twisting their minds to do terrible things we've gotta be able to penetrate them

1:39:32 For good reasons, we don't want the government to be the lead on that. How about a little group of techno experts you have in the State Department President Obama? First of all... Hold on a second! What are the good reasons what's wrong with having the government take the lead?! He is going tell you To be the lead on that first of all were not credible with people who might be receiving those messages Why is that? Because he's not credible. And the people who might be receiving those messages are US citizens, remember it's the children whose minds... The government is admitting that they're our own government is admitting that it's not credible with with with children whose minds are twisted easily by propaganda from ISIS yes I know

1:40:24 to be the lead on that. First of all, we're not credible with the people who might be receiving those messages." I thought he was supposed to be the hip president —the one who WAS credible with the kids! Misunderstanding. Second of all, it's dangerous if the government gets in the business of propaganda. Ha ha see he wants the tech leaders to create... Who is he kidding? He wants Smith and Munn Mr. Smith and Munn to the podium. Yeah he's asking the tech leaders to commit propaganda. No just do a job for the goverment. What he is doing is passing it off! It's also fascism. It is fascist. It's dangerous that the government gets into the business of propoganda

1:41:05 So what I said to them was, we'll help convene and put you guys in a room together where there are resources that are necessary. We can help provide it but... What kind of resources? Donuts? Bagels? Just the room or whiteboard internet connection you could go to Starbucks why do you need to have these children there in your propaganda chamber? Essentially you figure out how we can reach Young people who might be vulnerable to extremist messages. You tell us... I'm smelling free money! That's what i'm smelling Tell us, based on the analytics and the data and the algorithms that you're... Oh hold on a second

1:41:49 chat room is correct besides donuts and a whiteboard we will be providing Nutella for all of you tech leaders who are coming to the White House. the analytics and the data and the algorithms that you're working with on a day-to-day basis to sell products. What is it that's gonna really penetrate here? Okay, you mean the algorithm that shows me the very item I just purchased for three weeks in a row. Is that the algorithm you wanted to apply to stop ISIS from twisting my childrens minds? Is that what your talking about Mr President? Shut up! You're right John there is a money grab coming up and the tech leaders...I consider you to be a tech leader. You should have been there

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Stimulus Criticism and "Thanks Obama" Meme

President Obama defended the 2009 Recovery Act, claiming it prevented a Great Depression and brought unemployment below 5%. He used the "Thanks Obama" meme to mock his critics, though skeptics argue the stimulus was a continuation of Bush-era policies and that official unemployment figures are misleading.

stimulus act· unemployment· barack obama· george w. bush· thanks obama

1:42:53 I should have been. I'm a tech leader, iIm in Austin! I'm not here...I'm not invited to the party. But you're there at some sort of virtual sense? True. Oh the president made that funny joke he actually had a couple of jokes he was pretty good when we passed the recovery act this stimulus that was very controversial at the time and that continues to be criticized by the other party despite the fact that unemployment is now below 5%. Hold on a second. Stop! The stimulus was never criticized by the other party Well, unemployment is also not five percent And unemployment... this is bullcrap I mean the stimulus-the idea of the stimulus came from the Bush administration to begin with it's just Obama guys took over and took credit for it and then the other parties started to bitch and moan but they weren't bitching about the basic idea

1:43:50 They're just bitching and moaning because they weren't getting credit for it anymore. And then there was, then they spent the first two or three years of the Obama administration blaming Bush for everything which was convenient because Bush I mean the Bush administration They should have seen this coming and like the nurse who gives the patient oxygen on the graveyard shift to keep him from dying at night. They should have pushed it forward into Obama administration, let the whole economy collapse under his. They screwed up! And the president, I'm convinced the president knows he's talking out of his butt when he says this which is why he throws in a joke. It's a self-deprecating joke which i like about it but he also mumbles kind of... He's frustrated if you listen to this bit. He's frustrated that he's not getting the credit he feels he deserves. Unemployment now below 5% and we avoided... Yes! I think he believes its below five percent

1:44:48 Of course he does. Yeah, of course he does and but he's not lying the unemployment number is five percent doesn't mean that it reflects the true unemployment thing all right now don't step on it otherwise you'll miss it. Employments now below five percent we avoided a great depression but thanks Obama That was good. So that is, that was actually very good and it was well-timed. A lot of comics that should be you know... He waited for the applause to die down but he didn't, the applause was too early because he said, you know, I avoided The Great Depression! But you don't really hear that but he's clearly frustrated that people don't recognize him for that. We avoided a great depression but thanks Obama

1:45:47 Since we're in a Great Depression for all practical purposes, thanks for nothing is what I'd say. Thanks Obama. So here's my pleasure... Oops sorry, my mistake. You should uh... It's ISOed Oh you did? Of course. Thanks Obama! Of course it's ISOed of course, of course, of course, of course. Okay i'm doing this car- That'll be our legacy Well I'm sorry Our ISOs For our legacy There will be a plaque somewhere next to a men's bathroom Here we go In a park So this is chronologic order and now we get into the president, crux of the President's message that he wants to deliver besides please commit propaganda. We're going to give you resources Nutella, maroom come with his money maybe so now we get into Snowden and I appreciated the President dispelling the rumor that

CHAPTER 34 / 51 Discussion

Apple vs. FBI Encryption Debate

President Obama discussed the balance between security and privacy regarding the FBI's demand for Apple to unlock an iPhone. He argued against an "absolutist" view of encryption, suggesting that impenetrable "black boxes" could hinder the investigation of child pornography, tax enforcement, and terrorist plots.

apple· fbi· encryption· barack obama· privacy

1:47:58 Because it's South by Southwest and you know these are the tech leaders, and these are the people who are going to have the conversation And they're going to determine the future of America as we try to balance security versus privacy. Versus security debate Well first of all I can't comment on this specific case Right so let's set that aside Yeah he is the president Of course he can comment He could do whatever he wants Ah shoot I should've clipped it What do you mean you can't comment? The guys dead! I wish I had clipped it because at the end He says, the guy said well you were out of time thank you for coming and President Obama says well I'm the president. I'm going to have one more minute here which was funny and i didn't clip it because in this context we're saying oh he can comment on that? Of course he can! He's the president he can comment on anything he feels like correct

1:48:46 Yeah. Versus security debate. Besides that, what is he... If he wasn't the president why couldn't he comment? There's no reason! The guy is dead it's about a phone and some negotiations going on between FBI and Apple. You can say whatever you want! You can comment! Maybe he's under... maybe he's part of the grand jury. He doesn't want to comment. That's what he should say I don't want to comment. That would have been more honest. First of all, I can't comment on the specific case. Right? And the guy goes right and this guy was one of those journalists from a newspaper who had a million questions that the president really didn't let him ask his body language is leaning back like he wanted to do an interview with the president but the president wasn't having none of that

1:49:35 F that noise, boy. Move away I'm going to run this interview So now when the guy has a chance to say well that's bullcrap you can't Right right right right right right right right right I can't comment on the specific case so let's set that aside All of us value our privacy and this is a society that is built on a constitution and a bill of rights uh... a healthy skepticism about overreaching government power so we've got two values both of which are important right? Right! And the question we now have to ask is if technologically it is possible to make an impenetrable device or system where the encryption is so strong that there's no key, there's no door at all he corrected himself well then

1:50:36 How do we apprehend? Well, and ask John if we have an impenetrable box. How do we apprehend what's the top of the list survey says terrorists that is not the top time sorry that is not the number one concern I don't understand how you can have that wrong bad doers at doors you should evil door so how do

1:51:17 apprehend the child pornographer. Won't somebody please think of the children? How do we solve a or disrupt a terrorist plot? Ooh, he caught himself there. He caught himself, caught himself. What did you say again? Let's play it again. Play it again. Solve... I mean stop. Solve... I mean stop. How do we solve uh a or disrupt a terrorist plot what mechanisms do we have available to even do simple things like tax enforcement. Well, I'm thinking I need one of these black boxes now... Because if in fact you can't crack that at all government can get it then everybody's walking around with a Swiss bank account in their pocket. Uh... Yeah! That sounds good

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Fetishizing Phones and Digital Privacy

President Obama criticized the "fetishizing" of smartphones above other societal values, comparing digital privacy to traditional trade-offs like airport security and drunk driving checkpoints. He called for a system where encryption is strong but accessible to a small number of people for "important issues," though he admitted lacking the technical expertise to design such a system.

encryption· privacy· barack obama· constitutional law· tech community

1:52:13 Yeah, it sounds good but it sounds like bullcrap. Well of course its bull crap we have the bull crap is encryption exists you don't need to encrypt your encrypted iPhone if you have something you want to keep encrypted You can do it and that's not going to be easy to get at it. You don't need an iPhone security. And most people already have a Swiss bank account in their pocket Exactly This wish should be outraged. They have done nothing but turn over information to the US from their bank accounts. That is so not true Now here the president continues on this and I'm flabbergasted by some of the things he said. We're gonna have to make some decisions about how do we balance these respective risks? And, um...I've got a bunch of smart people sitting there talking about it thinking about it A bunch of smart people maybe they're in the Nutella room! We have engaged the tech community aggressively Aggressively yeah I'll say To help solve this problem

1:53:11 What I My conclusion so far is is that you cannot take an absolutist view on this. Hold on a second The encryption is absolutists the definition of encryption is absolutist There's no additional key or it's not encryption So if your argument is strong encryption, no matter what and we can and should in fact create black boxes mmm That I think does not strike the kind of balance that we have lived with for 200, 300 years and it's fetishizing. What? Yeah you wait for it! Wait for it! You're stepping all over everything today. For 200-300 years and its fetishizing our phones above every other value And that can't be...that can't be the right answer

1:54:06 What was the question if that was the answer? Well, he's just- The question is should we have black boxes and if we say yes Then we are fetishizing our phones. We already have! We've already fetishized a phone I mean hello does this guy ever look at anything does he look at people They're wandering around staring at these things, walking. They're walking in the trees! I have this new thing that I do because when I walk down to Starbucks so it's down my elevator out the door and I have to cross one street and then it's on the far corner of the next street. And because it's Starbucks even if I'm just going to The Blue Grocer which is our little local grocer I have to walk past a Starbucks now with South By there are a million people in front of Starbucks

1:54:49 And then they're walking towards me on their phone, and I have this new trick. So they're walking towards you... ...and so they don't quite have you in their view yet and when you walk and you BAM! You slam down your foot really hard It's even better if there is a metal grate or something Man it's so cool to watch him jump Now, let's get this. Let me get to...okay you so they're all everybody is looking at their phone of course yes so some now how many feet away are they when you pull the stunt about I'd say seven two about seven feet no 10 feet ten feet away Okay, so somebody's coming up ten feet away And they're doing the normal modern millennial thing where you're looking at the phone and you trying to use what? Little peripheral vision you have outside the phones. You're trying to read something yes Yes To see if there's anything moving that you're gonna walk into exactly because most of these people walked into enough trees or fallen off curbs Then they've learned their lesson another they're developing new skills. Yes So they can walk and take a walk and look at the phone

1:55:53 So they're walking and so that about 10 feet away you stomp on something I started as I'm walking towards him. I either Are you walking right towards them or? To the side to the side okay, so you're in the right lane there in the left lane is if it were cars Yeah And you're walking toward them and you're gonna walk by them everything goes if he didn't do anything You'd walk right by him You wouldn't walk into them because I see my I'd be more inclined to like slowly move over so they walk into you Oh, oh, I don't want to have a confrontation. I just wanna get right there. Just move or should they bump it? Hey hey well I was lucky enough as I'm walking there And it's the base the rear entrance of The W Hotel where there was a great you know and I just like just hit him a boom It was beautiful then they jump yeah

1:56:40 Huh, that's good. If your goal then it's like you know my goals always get people to spit out water or something My goal is just to see him jump your no your grill goal should be the see them jump and drop the phone Exactly I will report back the phone. It's like cow tipping. I will report back totally Here we go value and that can't be That can't be the right answer I suspect that the answer is going to come down to how do we create a system where the encryption is as strong as possible, the key is as secure as possible. It is accessible by

1:57:23 the smallest number of people possible for a subset of issues that we agree are important. How we design it... Forget it! Wait for it, wait for it It's not something that I have the expertise Now hold on a second this really bothered me what he said here A subset of issues that yeah we agree are important how we design that is not something that uh, the expertise. Isn't he a constitutional lawyer? Isn't that exactly what he's supposed to have the expertise in? He's talking about the, no, no expertise in actual making it. No, listen to it again. Nope. Listen to it again for a subset of issues that we hold on back a little bit. He's talking about the issues accessible by

1:58:14 the smallest number of people possible. See, this is what he's talking about. He's talking about what he feels should be the way it works. No I think you're wrong. Well let's listen to one more time... It is as secure as possible. It is accessible by the smallest number of people possible for a subset of issues that we agree are important How we design that is not something that I have uh..the expertise to do. Hmm well okay I guess you could see in both ways To me is how we design that, how we design that balance is what I thought he was referring to. No no no... Pfffftttt.... No not even close. Alright alright. Uh then I had this the final bit uh oh yes! Final bit where's he wrapping it all up and of course there was a little interim thing that was kind of interesting because he was pretty negative on Texas He was? Yeah yeah he was making jokes about voter registration

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Voting Barriers and the Oldest Democracy Claim

President Obama claimed the U.S. is the world's oldest continuous democracy while criticizing barriers to voting in states like Texas. Fact-checkers point out that Iceland's Althing is significantly older, and the U.S. is technically a constitutional republic rather than a pure democracy.

voting rights· democracy· iceland· barack obama· texas

1:59:16 Oh yeah, Texas guy can see him getting all uppity about it. Don't say uppity man that's racist! Don't say that here you go I'll give you a second example and that is the issue of voting i mentioned this earlier we're the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote no...you're laughing but its sad We take enormous pride in the fact that we are the world's oldest continuous democracy and yet... No, wrong. Bring the buzzer! Iceland kicks our ass in that regard. Hold on let us go back to the videotape. We take enormous pride in the fact that we are the world's oldest continuous democracy

2:00:05 What what is the correct answer John C. DeVos Iceland Iceland and there's actually another one, I can't remember what it is But there's another continuous democracy that goes wave yeah The journalist guy should have called him out and you know the journalist guy doesn't know he's talking about well He thought he was a journalist guy when you go to Iceland by the way And you go anywhere you good they keep telling you this I am fantastic much older democracy than you ever were the world's oldest continuous democracy and yet we systematically put up barriers and make it as hard as possible for our citizens to vote. You're actually a republic, not true democracy. I know but you don't have to play the rest. You understand how that went

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False Flag Concerns and Legislative Overreach

President Obama warned that if the tech community does not cooperate on encryption, a "bad event" could cause political sentiment to swing toward "sloppy and rushed" legislation in Congress. Some observers interpreted his specific phrasing as a potential precursor to a "false flag" event used to justify the erosion of civil liberties.

barack obama· civil liberties· congress· false flag· encryption

2:00:51 We would disagree with most of what he said. Now, back to his... I'm just gonna sit here and kibitz you better get to the end This is the last one we're rolling it up wrapping it up The president's wrapping it up He's getting ready to go I am way on the civil liberties side of this thing You know I anguish a lot over the decisions that we make in terms of how to keep this country safe And I am not interested in overthrowing values have made us an exceptional and great nation simply for expediency because we've expediency which is I think he means you know the ability to use a couple digits of passcode on your phone yeah simply for

2:01:45 expediency because we make compromises all the time. We, you know I haven't flown commercial in a while but my understanding is... Wait now remember we're still talking about the black box this Swiss bank account in your pocket and he is now going to tell us that we make these kinds of freedom compromises all the time Wow but my understanding is it's not great fun going through security. But we make the concession because... It's a big intrusion on our privacy, but we recognize it as important We have stops for drunk drivers so it's an intrusion, but we think it's the right thing to do Not everybody in Texas thinks that's the right thing to do And this notion that somehow our data you know

2:02:41 different and can be walled off from those other trade-offs we make, I believe is incorrect. Now this is interesting! This is truly the crux of the intellectual debate Is our privacy when it's digitized different or is it the same? And interestingly enough, I think that the pro-privacy advocates are saying it's the same The president here is saying why is that different Or am I in lack of B12 again? I don't even know what you said. Well, what did he say? Trade-offs we make...I believe is incorrect We do have to make sure given the power of the internet and how much our lives are digitalized that it is narrow Okay if you don't understand then no one will understand. I don't understand what he's talking about He's saying

2:03:38 We give up freedoms to travel safely so that there's no drunk drivers on the road. We give up those freedoms, he is saying... Well- There's no freedom about getting on an airplane that's in the Constitution and requires anything for the government to do or not to do? Correct So we're not giving them any freedoms? There's no freedom involved? Freedom of movement It's not...you still have freedom of movement, you can move around. Freedom of movement on a private aircraft that is owned by somebody else? There is no freedom to do that! This is something you don't even buy the deed to do. This is not a comparison that makes any sense to me. Next question. His other comparison was traffic stops which if your under no suspicion you do not have to comply with. This is true. These courts are determined it be true

2:04:42 But he's saying, all he is saying is we give up this. True or not? He's saying you give up this why should your data be any different? You should be giving up your data It's a false analogy as far as I'm concerned. I'm in agreement. Very few that people have a clue what he's talking about. They're just there to be there. To tweet it, to Periscope. So they could tweet it and then take a stupid picture, selfie with him in the back. Facebaggers! They're all facebaggers

2:05:29 But the president makes an assumption here that is concerning. Given the power of the internet and how much our lives are digitalized, that it is narrowed and it is constrained and there's oversight. The irony in this whole thing if you consider these people are all facebaggers they're giving up most their privacy voluntarily on facebag! When you're right, you're right. And it is constraint and that there's oversight and I'm confident this is something that we can solve but we're gonna need the tech community software designers people who care deeply about this stuff to help us solve it Okay so that's what we need We need y'all, ya'll smart people

2:06:21 Help us to solve this problem or else. Because what will happen is if everybody goes to their respective corners and the tech community says, you know what? Either we have strong perfect encryption or else it's Big Brother in an Orwellian world What you'll find is that after something really bad happens The politics of this will swing and it will become sloppy and rushed, and it will go through Congress in ways that have not been thought through. And then you really will have a danger to our civil liberties because we will have not done... Did he just call for a false flag event? That's what I heard! Every other meeting they do that

2:07:11 He said because the thing there's Carrie keeps bringing up. Let's just bomb them casually yeah, yeah Syrian thing Yeah some very funny news stories going around anyway go on so he just called for a false flag Okay I heard it no I want to listen again. I wanna listen again the politics of this will swing and Back a little bit more. I'm done. Just obsessing Yes, I know. What you'll find is that after something really bad happens the politics of this will swing and it will become sloppy and rushed and it will go through Congress in ways that have not been thought through Just the tense he's using and everything...I don't like it It WILL go through Congress? Not getting that. I'm not getting that Well, The Chatroom got it immediately! I am NOT calling for a false flag

2:08:00 Okay, he's not calling for one. But he is saying this is what will happen! Yeah well... Not what can happen but this is what WILL happen that's what he said. Okay so it's what he says. Words matter. Words matter. Thanks Obama. Alright thanks Obama. Thanks Obama. It used to be your ringtone. Thanks Obama. Whenever you send me a text message I just want my phone to go... Oh John's texting me. That's a good idea Thanks, Obama. Oh brother... Right the floor is yours Well I think we should go to a break and then i will discuss something that's very important and no one's talking about it. Alrighty then!

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Associate Executive Producer Credits and Boob Jokes

A segment dedicated to smaller donations includes a $102 gift from Micah Gafford and an $80.08 donation from Jason Wall. The latter amount is revealed to be an ASCII joke for "boobs," leading to a discussion about the Intel 8008 microprocessor and listener-submitted "full Reagan" recordings of human resources disputes.

donations· intel 8008· ascii· boobs· human resources

2:09:03 We have a very few people to thank for the second or second little segment here. We had a slow day It was so in the mail too there's like two pieces of mail came into one check that wasn't listed and The is another child is there some some slow guys like the last with the last show though the mailboxes full of checks hmm So I don't know something in the random number check out the check thing people But let's go and start with Mika Gafford. It is Micah walk to Micah, Micah Micah Micah 102 dollars from Milwaukee isn't interesting note here I think what is this? Yeah He says it's going to be my magic number birthday And despite being the only income earner with six kids because of my awesome wife homeschools them

2:09:54 and falling officially below the poverty line. I couldn't help but save up to squeeze in this donation, I need a de-douching, I'd like to give him a de-douching. Yes here we go. You've been de-douched I'd like to call out Dexter as a douchebag. Oh no! Douchebag! Is it our Dexter? I hit him in the mouth awhile back and he loves the show but not enough to donate yet, I guess He happens to also have a 316 birthday like me So throw him in the birthday callout if you see that they're both in there. I don't think so May not be Think so Call out if you'd like my

2:10:40 $102 number comes from adding my Month day plus year did I get a 33 is the magic number jingle well? Considering you got six Oh I can't believe he saved it. Is he fun 33 kids is that the reason for this? I don't know sure he's on his way So who else is just him as a birthday who else? Him and his buddy Dexter Oh in Dexter, okay, douche dexter to douche bag And we got him calm text of the douche next or the douchebag all right

2:11:17 Okay, Jason wall comes in with $80 and eight cents. Oh wait a minute He comes in twice with eighty dollars and eight cents what's up by the way 8008 will be is also I'm gonna mention this in the newsletter is also their first true Intel microprocessor they know it used to be a 4004 which I see people would say well now that's the real one that was no the 808 so first when that was practical mm-hmm Anyway, he says this is an intentional second donation my fiancee pointed out one eight oh eight Donation she's calling it would be unbalanced. Huh I want there some joke about 80 probably that's probably a sex joke yeah There's something to that Joe something we'd some we don't get someone's gonna have to send us a note hmm

2:12:17 James Barnett in Southampton, Hampshire UK. 73-73-73-73 What is his call sign here? What does he have? I don't see his call sign. Golf 7, golf India Julian When the apocalypse comes we're the guys who are gonna save the world right? That's right seven threes kilo five alpha Charlie Charlie Dittos Scott Waldherr Dittos in Middleton, Wisconsin 5510. Stephen Buzinger in Erie Colorado 5510. Double nickels on the dime to you. Wait wait he has a call out he has a call out call out call out Oh there's a callout this is your moment Chad I'd love a shape-shifting Jew to celebrate his introduction to the family well that's not what it is that's not a douchebag callout I know what Eric's doing today now put that for end of show I'll do that yeah we'll put that into show

2:13:09 Damien Tame in Perth, Western Australia. 5432. Mike Westerfield, Sir Mike Westerfield, parts unknown. Patricia Worthington Miami Florida. These are all $50 donors that's how fast we've gotten down to this. So it means we're damn near wrapped. Patricia Worthington Dame Patricia in Miami Florida Brandon Savoie parts unknown 50. Yakub Wajciak, it's actually you know I looked up the spelling of his name he actually has uh i think he sent a note in or something an email Jakob um we'll have to do that in the next show hey i got a message 8008 is also ascii joke for boobs

2:14:05 Oh, it is. Yeah. Why would it be unbalanced? There's boobs! 8006 is unbalanced and hanging to the right. Okay... Jakob will take care of you in the next show. There was something he wrote. He wrote some convoluted thing that I lost track of. I'm sorry. Jesse Nolet. In fact, Jakob sent me a letter. Jakob Nolet in Arlington Texas Michael Viklund in Almhult Sweden These are all 50s. Jason Brockman in Hamilton, Ohio and Sir Richard Gardner in our racer parts... No no this is a Sir Richard Gardner. He's of the law books Oh the law books guy? Okay Andrew Gardner is our racer. Andrew is the racer right Wow we know these people like family Well you see him once in awhile We do! That's $50 and that's it that's all we got I would like to point out that The NO Agenda Show has no problem with unbalanced boobs

2:15:10 Most of them are. Well, I thought 806 was the unbalanced and A08's balanced? Yeah yeah i'm just saying that in real life... Why would she touch this she was what did she say don't know Don't know well I think it's complicated yes my fiance pointed out that one 8008 oh boob Oh she wants two boobs okay they ate always hacksaw and his boobs spelled so you need not a boob you need to boobs Now I get it. I know, it's beautiful Let me see there was one email that I got I want to pull out here from Donnie Zaltzberg Hey what up popcorn player? I was listening to this show the other day someone asked for human resource karma Well, I just had my first human resource who is a complete bitch So I recorded her in what we call a full Reagan She goes zero two- I'm gonna wake up the dead in 0.02 seconds

2:16:12 Feel free to use this as much or as little of whatever you need, help the show. Holy crap! That's great The kid is going to be a podcaster Sounds like one Thank you everybody for supporting the program, but we do have another show coming up on Thursday We can hopefully will do better and special. Thanks to everybody who is Coming in under $50 mainly for reasons of anonymity or on one of our monthly programs Please go to vorac org slash n a oops Yeah hit it again

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Knighting of Sir Jacob of The Cloud

Jakub Wojciak is knighted as "Sir Jacob of The Cloud" following a donation of $1,000 or more. The ceremony includes the traditional list of "hookers and blow" alternatives and the demonstration of a collectible Mountain Dew Dale Earnhardt Jr. duck call.

knighting· sir jacob· donations· mountain dew· duck call

2:16:57 Well, no surprise. Very much like the donations very short birthday list we only have two celebrating today Mika Gafford and or Micah, now Mika Mikagafford and Dexter the Douchebag! Happy birthday everybody here's the best podcast in the universe. Okay we have a title change Cheroy of Ancona becomes Baron of the Treasure Coast and we have one nighting to do how do you pronounce the name Jakub Wojciak is that what you think it is? It's it's a woe. You think it's well, but as waa that much I know the anglicized version is pronounced watch what Jack? What is it with not we all need to watch Jack watch Jack and there was Polish pronunciation which actually looked up. I can't even copy it. Hmm. It's like we're sure take that very difficult. Copy my sword man. Copy my blade. Very good. All right. Come on over the podium

2:18:00 It's good to have you here, my dear sir. And no surprise that you have contributed to the best podcast in the universe with an amount of $1,000 or more and therefore I'm happy to welcome you to The Round Table filled with our knights and dames... ...and I pronounce again thee Sir Jacob of The Cloud! And for you we have hookers & blow remboys & chardonnay hot pans & booze malted barley & hops root beer & pepperoni pizza pork ribs & pale ale crickets & cream fry bread & fembots Hot pants and booze, long-haired heavy metal guys and Scots wenches and beer rubinous women in rose gushes and sake. Vodka and dill, bong hits and bourbon sparking cider nests for ginger ale and gerbils breast milk and pablum and of course... Mutton & Mead a favorite I'm gonna make my own mead one of these days Some time ago one of our producers sent me a bunch of noise makers Yeah And they slipped this thing in which is the Mountain Dew Dale Earnhardt Jr duck call Nice

2:19:00 Hear it yeah, yeah and you actually have to blow into it to get it to do this That's a duck call Well in the commercial they got and do commercial didn't Dale Earnhardt jr. Comes out of the out of the duck thing with his car Okay, Danny Danny riles up all the ducks that's cool So its electronics in it that's triggered by your breath or something he blew into it ask That's cute. Yeah, very cute. I found a cute clip collectible. I found a cute clip of a to see the Polk County Sheriff in South Florida

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Sheriff Grady Judd vs. Tim Cook

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd publicly threatened to "lock the rascal up," referring to Apple CEO Tim Cook, if the company refused to comply with a court order to unlock a phone in a local criminal case. Judd argued that no business model should allow a CEO to be above the law.

grady judd· polk county· apple· tim cook· encryption

2:19:45 Sheriff Grady Judd just to make sure we get some redneck on the program, but I was just hilarious what he did in this Yeah He has a real problem with Apple and and their newfangled em them iPhone devices And you know they should be open up so we can get rid of terrorists You cannot create a business model to go We're not paying attention to the federal judge or to the state judge. You see where above the law is The CEO of Apple needs to know he's not above the law and neither is anyone else in the United States. Because I can assure you right now that the United States Supreme Court is not going to say, so you got a product? You've got a business model here that allows you not comply with legal court orders executed by the government it'll never stand but believe me if I get a toehold in this county

2:20:36 And I can get the state attorney's office to agree to prosecute and a judge, to back us up with it. I'll lock the rascal up! I just love thinking of Tim Cook as being the rascal he locked up. Come here you rascal! I'm gonna lock that rascal up, I tell ya! Sure you will big talker America come on man come on America Well, I think one of the more suppressed stories based on a UN report and I felt this story was moderately interesting since we've only heard from George Clooney recently when he condemned Trump.

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South Sudan Human Rights Atrocities

A UN report detailed horrific human rights violations in South Sudan, including systematic rape and the murder of civilians by government soldiers in lieu of wages. The report highlights the failure of the 2011 independence movement, which was heavily promoted by figures like George Clooney and the CIA-linked John Prendergast.

south sudan· united nations· george clooney· human rights· rape

2:21:25 And well George Clooney of course was notorious for helping get this set up the South Sudan a new country Yes, and he had his eye in the sky. He's sent a century project where he's at a project I in the sky Project century yes, and so he's you know do-gooder? And he was working with this printer gas guy also organized the Haiti benefit remember that oh yeah Yeah Yeah, there's that too. But I want to stick with the Sudan thing because I want to start with this play this South Sudan repressed report. This has not been...I believe my scour that I didn't see this even on Democracy Now! I did not hear about it on any of the news stations

2:22:07 It's not in our interest, I guess to discuss this. Report detailing horrific crimes against humanity children and the disabled burnt alive parents forced to watch their children being gang raped women and young girls abducted as payment for soldiers South Sudan claimed its independence just five years ago The United Nations now says it has one of the worst human rights records in the world And that its government bears most of the blame The United Nations is calling it one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world. They report today accusing the South Sudan government of grotesque rights violations, including the systematic rape of women and girls According to the UN civilians including children have been murdered. The report says that the government allowed soldiers to rape and pillage in lieu of wages

2:22:59 Yeah, in lieu of wages. Sounds like a good deal? Yeah yeah good deal and so where's Clooney? He doesn't have pictures he might have pictures of it as he supposed to this is his whole thing he has pictures of what everyone's doing in South Sedona well he doesn't seem to be coming out of the woodwork does he So, let's just do the background here on this a little more information so we all know at least these people listen to our show will know that South Sudan has become an outrageous hellhole since its independence.

2:23:35 There has been profound suffering of the civilian population. So, the conflict that began in December 2013 has intensified in 2015 particularly one state unity state where there's been a push by the government both through the military leadership and the political leadership to displace, kill rape abduct and pillage large portions of this civilian population. And the consequence is that there's been much terror." In Geneva UN officials said the suffering in the region risks being forgotten. The situation is extremely

2:24:14 Serious, tens of thousands children's lives are at risk and there is a need for similar and increasing level of commitment in the place that we start describing as a forgotten emergency. South Sudan won its independence in 2011, a move that was supposed to bring peace. But since fighting erupted in 2013 thousands have been killed and millions more displaced. Thanks Obama! There you go there's your Prendergrass CIA George Clooney good work hold on

2:24:59 Now they brought on a woman who had, I guess she's boots on the ground there and she just was kind of summarized things. It's kind of a mini report and it's worth playing it's the final this is all in Deutsche Welle by the way it was not on the BBC it wasn't on ABC News course not course that was done anything well it's interesting because there have been several human rights reports that have been published over the course of the conflict but This report in particular accuses mostly the government and allied militia of human rights violations. The report focuses mostly on the most recent phase of the conflict in the southern part of Unity State, which is a very oil-rich area of South Sudan. And basically what happened here in the final stages of this conflict was

2:25:43 that the government launched a major military offensive to regain some of these areas from the rebel movement led by Riek Machar and accompanied by this military campaign were really horrific atrocities against civilian population with the main objective of really removing any kind of possible support for Riek Machar's rebel movement. And there you have it. No agenda show provides at least something... Have you listened to Deutsche Welle yet again? So just about Clooney, he's changed handler so what's his face? Prendergrast I don't think he handles him anymore It's his wife Amal and she has a whole other agenda She is all about the Muslim tip Yeah there is something about that He definitely isn't working with that other guy anymore You know, he's out Thanks Obama Disappointed

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Domestic Drone Spying and Pothole Detection

A declassified Department of Defense Inspector General report revealed that military spy drones have been used on U.S. soil fewer than 20 times since 2006 for missions like disaster response. One denied request involved a mayor who wanted to use high-tech military drones to check his town for potholes.

drones· department of defense· john kasich· potholes· surveillance

2:26:38 Thanks Obama. Oh, did you see this declassified news about the drones that were used to spy on American citizens? No! High-tech military spy drones they've been used to track ISIS and the Taliban and according to this once classified internal government review they've also been used to spy on US soil The investigation by the Department of Defense Inspector General found that's happened fewer than 20 times since 2006. But some of those non-military missions are blacked out in this document, still top secret. It was clear that the American people think

2:27:15 You know, any kind of aerial spying is very sensitive. The Pentagon has made public this partial list of missions mainly emergency preparedness training exercises and also responses to natural disasters like forest fires and floods In Ohio in 2015 at the request of Governor John Kasich a spy drone participated in this emergency training exercise called Guardian Shield In South Carolina, a drone was called in by FEMA in 2015 to help an emergency response to flooding. The IG report found that in all cases the drone use was quote fully compliant with laws. The IG also highlighted some drone requests that were denied by the Secretary of Defense. Okay pay attention John I got a kicker in this clip for you One mayor wanted military spy drones to be used in his town to check for potholes

2:28:06 Yeah, that's just a mo- how about you spending the money not on the drone but ON THE POT! Thanks Obama. Isn't that great? Yeah. Well, you know what's in the $30 million worth of aircraft to go look at the potholes and this clip, this next one when I said this came to be like, Oh wow is it John's birthday already? And when it was your birthday April 5th yeah April 5th

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West Virginia Raw Milk Sickness

Shortly after West Virginia passed a law legalizing the consumption of raw milk, several lawmakers who shared a celebratory drink became ill. While some media outlets framed this as a warning against unpasteurized dairy, the affected delegates claimed the illness was a coincidental stomach bug rather than food poisoning from the milk.

raw milk· west virginia· food poisoning· legislation· propaganda

2:28:43 This clip came as a gift. The state recently passed a law allowing West Virginians to drink raw unpasteurized milk Now this is an interesting story for it is no agenda history that we have discussed many times in the, I'm going to say three or four hundreds maybe even earlier. The use of raw milk and you are a big proponent of raw milk. You find it delicious actually. You like raw milk. Quite tasty. And we had government come in arresting people at dairies because they're... Even though this is the way milk used to be

2:29:20 Sold always but okay, right? Right. But so this is good So we have a law now Which is kind of weird when you think about how weird Is it that we have to have a law that allows you to drink raw milk Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah your low energy man and your low energy Raw milk was that that wasn't the far as it went no No, I got involved in by the way of all states West Virginia It's a dairy state. I know, that's why it is so odd but the clip is telling The state recently passed a law allowing West Virginians to drink raw unpasteurized milk So the people responsible for passing the law decided To drink it when one delegate brought into share Then they all got sick They interviewed guy he was on a gurney He has been puking his guts out

2:30:20 It's fantastic. That was turns out in this report, and I just cut it down the suspicion there was food for food poisoning, food poisoning going around to the office and that was responsible. And this guy is like, oh, and then they turn it into a still an anti raw milk native ad kind of some are saying it's just a coincidence and that a stomach bug is going around me in the hallway off offers us a little more anti-raw milk propaganda. Very well done! Exactly, this guy's on a gurney and he's saying I don't think it was the raw milk but you know the whole image is there. A stomach bug is going... All that's missing is the IV thing around. Cop me in the hallway and offered a cup to me and we want to try to be a gentleman. I had a small sip then walked away and tossed the rest of it now highly doubt

2:31:16 He didn't even drink it. He had a small sip, yeah but he's saying he highly doubts... How could you do that? So they're being journalistically correct in saying well it may not have been that but listen to the end. Gentlemen I had a small sip and then walked away and tossed the rest of it now I highly doubt raw milk had anything to do with it in my case Raw milk can carry a higher risk of containing dangerous bacteria and parasites, but supporters say it's much more nutritious. It's nutritious! Supporters...supporters...supporters They may have a fan club these supporters Thanks Obama You never know

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Payday Lending

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz faced criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party for her efforts to gut financial regulations against the payday lending industry. Critics argue she is undermining consumer protections established by Senator Elizabeth Warren to benefit an industry that preys on low-income Americans.

debbie wasserman schultz· dnc· payday lending· elizabeth warren· bernie sanders

2:31:54 Anything. I'm going to be in New York on my birthday. Oh nice! And i think im just doing a quick meet up. Ooo good one, now you taking the fam? Yeah im taking the family maybe ill do a meet up with the whole family everyone can now meet the Dvorak family. Okay Ill put money right now on this that not all of your family will show up Well, put money on it. I'll put money you know who would show up Mimi Mimi loves it She gets to meet her face bagger friends yeah Okay, I've got a clip here's one This only shows up this shows up on the progressive radio at this price show up in that crazy station You listen to because they won't play this on the mainstream at all They won't play it under Democrat stations the Debbie Schultz clip okay?

2:32:41 Debbie Wasserman Schultz. We have the leader of the Democratic Party, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee who wants to work with Republicans to gut financial regulations against the payday lending industry—an industry by the way that makes hundreds of millions of dollars preying on low-income Americans This is coming from the leader of the Democratic Party, and she wants to gut something that Senator Elizabeth Warren put in place to protect consumers. Ooh! That's a double whammy there. No? I don't know anything about it. Yeah. Shultz figures because she's not assailable in her... She's running every two years. She's a House member

2:33:28 But she thinks she's unassailable and so they're attacking her with, there's a couple of guys, this guy, progressive Bernie Sanders-like guy going after her in her district to try and get her ousted. She could actually be ousted in the last year as Democratic National Chairman which would be great I think she is horrible person. Yeah I'm not fan, although I like for the show because it funny to watch sometimes she says dumb things I like that So here's another one. This is... Oh, actually here are a couple! This one here this Iditarod incident brought to mind some thinking. This is the big sled race up there in Alaska. A shocking act of sabotage at the Iditarod

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Iditarod Sabotage and Global Warming Memes

The Iditarod sled dog race was marred by an incident where a man on a snowmobile attacked mushers Allie Zirkle and Jeff King, killing a dog. Additionally, the race's frequent route changes are often attributed to global warming in the media, despite similar "no snow" narratives appearing annually for over a decade.

iditarod· alaska· global warming· sabotage· inuit

2:34:14 Someone tried to kill me with a snow machine. Yeah That is musher Allie Zirkle after she and another competitor Jeff King were repeatedly ambushed by a man on a snowmobile Kings lead dog Nash was killed. A number of other dogs were injured, a suspect has been arrested Wow! Getting rough out there The guy turned out to be a drunken Eskimo And, or whatever they call him. Native American John? No no it's something else there is a specific word for it A native Alaskan? No no no Indigenous person Somebody in the chat room will know A brown guy Well what ever he was he was drunk At least he says he was but then he kept going apparently coming back after her and she thought trying to kill her Inuit and Inuit Inuit yes he is an Inuit

2:35:02 At least from what I can tell, from what he looks like. Now why I got interested in the story is not for that part of it is...I swore that I heard about three couple months maybe less than a month ago? Not sure when on the radio the idea to rise been canceled because of global warming I missed this one. Yeah, and so i decided to look it up yeah and so what what i found was that in 2012 there were stories about Iditarod having to move because of global warming 2013 there was iditarod had the move then i couldn't find 2014 i finally found it 2014 iditarod had to go to Fairbanks

2:35:44 because of global warming. 2015, global warming has changed the Iditarod pathways there's no snow in Alaska and so this every year apparently and I bet you i can go back further than 2012 they've had this meme going around every year the iditarody had to move because there's no snow or it's all global warming that's a good catch Yeah, I was just so when i heard this story about iditarides. Wait a minute! I thought there was no Iditaride anymore because there's no snow in Alaska We can we can likely predict when this one will be used again Because yeah next year Right but there's probably something else coming up soon Something else that'll either be too hot like really really scorching hot It's always something yeah well So my last clip

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FBI Misconduct in LaVoy Finicum Shooting

New evidence in the shooting of Oregon occupier LaVoy Finicum suggests that FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) operators fired shots that they failed to disclose to investigators. Federal authorities are now investigating why the agents withheld information about the rounds fired at Finicum's truck during the roadside confrontation.

lavoy finicum· fbi· oregon standoff· shooting· hrt

2:36:33 Well, let me throw just to mix it up a little bit. I'll just throw one in Just a little update. Throw in two if you got them Okay You got two? I'll do two No, I only have one left I have two! Thanks Obama Just an update on the Oregon OTHER situation is there has been a development, there's something new going on. Then whenever...you know in America of course we're always very worried when law enforcement kills a civilian except... Ed Milewski Oh yeah, it gets this all worked out rare. John Glaser Yeah and especially if you know law enforcement was superseded secretly by one of our federal agencies like the FBI

2:37:11 But for some reason, one big news. This is local investigators figure Finnegan hit speeds of 70 miles an hour and was going at least 50. This is what is new in this is a In-car video shot by the woman, we've played this woman previously when Roy... I'm sorry it was Lavoie Finnecombe. He said okay i'm gonna drive away and then he hit the snowbank and he hit the roadblock and then he got killed And so she has video of this that's a little different than what we learned the first time around. Investigators figure Finnecombe hits speeds of 70 miles per hour and was going at least 50 when he slammed into a snowbank at the roadblock

2:37:50 The moment of the crash as Finnecombe got out of the truck, someone from the FBI maybe two people fired. One bullet broke the side window another apparently came from behind and above into the roof of the truck. A particular concern to all of us is that the FBI HRT operators did not disclose their shots to our investigators nor did they disclose specific actions they took after the shooting. That's why federal investigators are now digging into who fired from where and why. Oh man, but I murder they should just charge these people with murder they put a stop to it now Where is the outrage? Where is the outrage? No thanks Obama Then we have riot wingers all of them

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Wounded Warrior Project Executive Firings

The CEO and COO of the Wounded Warrior Project were fired following reports that the charity spends only 60 cents of every dollar on veterans. The investigation also highlighted high speaking fees paid to figures like George W. Bush, though his $100,000 tab was noted as being lower than fees typically charged by the Clintons.

wounded warrior project· charity· george w. bush· donations· veterans

2:38:44 We have a little update. Some major fallout in the Wounded Warrior charity investigation, the CEO and COO of the charity were just fired In 2014, the Wounded Warrior Project raised $300 million in donations. However public records reported by Charity Navigator showed the Wounded Warrior Project spends only 60 cents of every dollar on veterans. CBS News spoke to more than 40 former employees who described a charity with spending that's out of control. Well they certainly succeeded in their mission didn't they? They got rid of those guys yeah there were the numbers are pretty

2:39:21 normal for most charities, but the one that really I think was the funny icing on the cake with this story. Was it the Segway? What was the segue? That he came in on a segue. Oh no, the funny icing on the cake was George Bush was listed as one of the problems. He gave a speech to the Wounded Warriors organization I guess to this list, part of the group and he dinged him for $100,000 that was his tab which is about right for an ex-president as opposed to Clinton who gets millions. So he got a hundred thousand bucks and so everyone's up in arms about it, why would George W Bush charge these poor wounded veterans for giving speech? He should do it for free! And so that was a big scandal and I think is semi-scandalous but at the same time there's plenty of things that George Bush isn't gonna do at all. That he doesn't really like to do anything and get him to do a speech for 100 grand is probably the best thing. Yeah good deal I'd say

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Mikhail Lesin Death and Putin Criticisms

The death of former Kremlin insider Mikhail Lesin in a Washington D.C. hotel was ruled to be caused by blunt force trauma to the head and torso. The suspicious circumstances have led to media comparisons with other Putin critics and defectors who died under mysterious or violent conditions.

mikhail lesin· vladimir putin· washington dc· blunt force trauma· russia

2:40:21 Yeah, probably is a deal. I'm not quite sure why but Hillary charges $250k! Yeah that and that's a deal well she says but i'm not sure why NBC did this but they put together a hit piece package on Putin based on some kind of older news and then really went back and just made him look like a killer I guess For his aggressive control of Russian media, Mikhail Lesin was called a bulldozer while serving Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now new information about his death in Washington DC hotel is raising questions about a man Putin publicly praised when he died late last year but who had an apparent falling out with Putin's associates in late 2014 and stepped down from running the media empire

2:41:08 Four months after Lesson's death, police and the medical examiner now say he died of quote blunt force injuries of the head. And had injuries to his neck torso arms and legs Police say surveillance video shows him entering the hotel the night He died looking disheveled suggesting he might have been injured before coming back here The suspicious death of a former Kremlin insider raises obvious concern British authorities say former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned possibly on orders from Putin And a fierce Putin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed in Moscow shortly before he was to lead a protest. Yep Well, the Nemtsov thing has been looked at from all kinds of different angles and it seems as though that head of the Chechenians That's in bed with Putin sure but that's not the point It's not about fact come on hello. It's not about fact

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AlphaGo Victory and Google's AI Branding

Google's AlphaGo program defeated world champion Lee Sedol in the board game Go, marking a significant milestone for artificial intelligence. The victory is compared to IBM's Watson, though critics suggest Google's insular culture and poor history with social products like Google Plus may hinder the commercial branding of their AI technology.

alphago· google· deepmind· artificial intelligence· go

2:42:04 Because they put this piece together Putin's a killer the killer the killer he kills his own brothers probably yeah, I'm guessing that is in lead up to a One of these one-hour specials about you know And you're right. You're maybe they bought something from BBC Yeah, and they're gonna run that and this is just a promotion. All right then This is my last and then I want you to close it out Just because of the story I wanted to bring it up and make sure we pay attention To it because it's an and it's a parallel to something We've already seen its marketing machine has triumphed over man in the complicated board game go While the man is one of the world's top players He proved no match for a computer though A human was required to put its chosen moves into practice

2:42:49 Losing 3-0 in a best of five contest in Seoul, Lee Sedol was consoled by Google subsidiary DeepMind behind the AlphaGo program. AlphaGo can compute tens of thousands of positions per second but what's really incredible is that Lee Sedol can compete with that just with the power of his mind and ingenuity and stretched Alphago to its limit in the last three games The computer program sought to approximate human intuition in tackling the game popular in countries like China, South Korea and Japan. In which contestants move stones on a square grid with the aim of seizing the most territory. Please clap AlphaGo Well this is going to be like IBM's Watson And we're going to have

2:43:42 AlphaGo Medical, Alphago Insurance estimation. AlphaGo Homework... Well actually this is really more competes with Deep Blue. But that's what I'm saying. No, Deep Blue Watson is Deep Blue's consumer brand name. Deep Mind has Alpha Go as their consumer brand name Well, I'm sure they're gonna do that. These robots which is all we are dealing with here, the dude expert systems which was first introduced in the 70s I believe or the 80s and never got anywhere because people didn't like them and they weren't that good and not that talented but they make him look so talented because again to this analysis which is okay

2:44:24 Not quite the same as being a doctor, but probably a lot cheaper. Yes! And we're gonna need something cheaper and there's no doctors don't people only be doctors anymore unless they're from India mm-hmm and The whole thing is it isn't it? It's a nightmare But I'm sure it'd do a great job of diagnosis. What'll be interesting, IBM kind of knows how to brand. Google is not always that successful. No they're very incompetent. So it will be fun to watch this. They are so insular because they don't really like to mix it up with the public at large. Right. That's when they did G+, which was a piece of crap compared to Facebook and they were hoping oh its going to kick Facebooks butt and didn't do anything. It just a horrible product

2:45:06 And they're trying to revamp it. I've noticed they're trying to revamp it all, they just keep trying and that's this hopeless. They got their photo thing which is kind of interesting I guess what? What I like about the only reason among Google pluses because well two reasons one is there's all the all the hams somehow they got tired of using Yahoo Yahoo groups as this kind of archaic so they moved over to Google Groups and Google Plus eventually And the only other reason for Google Plus is Mike Elgham. He posts there all the time, he's fun to read! He's very popular on these social networks... Yeah, where no one else is! I'm Mike, I'm the king of Google Plus! I don't know why he made that decision to do that? I'm the King of Google Plus! He could have been the king of Facebook! But I think it's funnier! I read a lot more of him because he's on Google Plus

2:46:05 Yeah, I guess. I don't...I have a Google Plus account and only use it because I have to. Certain things you can't sign into. And then my...you know? I don't really look at it. In fact, I find it to be annoying! You can't...it's not that easy to figure out what the post on where or is it going to show up and how many people are gonna see it. It just...it's weird. It's a weird product. Yeah, you should be happy you don't have to use the face bag. It's just as weird with who were you sending to whom What is a space bag has gotten worse understand because they keep you know, they're editing Some sort of algorithms cutting stuff out. So you don't get to see everything is supposed to see yep Okay my last clip and after that tech news we just did Is um as an interesting story was the run in The Wall Street Journal only showed up on one news outlet that I could tell I never saw it any of their networks And it's an outrageous story That should be getting all kinds of ink

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Wall Street Settlement Money Pocketed by Government

A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that of the $110 billion paid by major banks to settle mortgage fraud charges, over $50 billion was pocketed by the federal government rather than being distributed to struggling homeowners. There has been almost no public disclosure regarding how the government spent the settlement funds.

wall street· bank of america· mortgages· settlements· federal government

2:47:04 And this is the outrageous banking scandal. I can't read Wall Street Journal because they took away... I know, they block you so you'd be in... Well they had that Google hack where you just copy and paste the headline into Google and then click on the Google link and then you'd be in? You could find one yeah. They turned that off. Ah damn it! And The Wall Street Journal has exposed nearly half of the $110 billion Wall Street banks have paid in settlements in recent years, has been pocketed by the federal government and has not been paid out to homeowners. In recent years, the United States' largest banks—including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup—have paid billions

2:47:46 billions of dollars to settle charges of financial crimes in the mortgage market in the years leading up to the 2008 housing crisis. Top regulators have lauded the record fines extracted in these settlements by saying the money would help homeowners struggling with their mortgages. Yet the Wall Street Journal's new investigation shows while about $45 billion did go to homeowner relief, even more of the settlement money—about $50 billion in total—has been simply pocketed by the federal government itself with almost no disclosure of how the money is being spent." Huh! That's odd because I remember looking into exactly how that money was being distributed which went mainly to... The governors had most of the power as i recall it

2:48:32 This is like a story you think somebody else would be working on some democracy now How about Matt? They're doing is just reading reading clips from the Wall Street Journal article What's the deal Matt tie me and Wall Street Journal zone by Fox same, you know same operation with defining her on Fox Hmm I could be wrong. I'm gonna look into that. I want to see the documentation. I'll look into it I'm interested in that Okay good unlike people on Fox Well, it's just I don't really follow Fox News that closely. I could be wrong about that But I know CBS NBC and ABC like keep tabs on those guys no nothing all right everybody Thank you once again for tuning in to the best podcast in the universe more South by Southwest reporting will commence I believe Michelle Obama the first lady will be speaking this week then remember Stomp your foot It's fun to watch him jump stomp your foot

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Final Sign-off and "Thanks Obama" Mix

The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, reminding listeners of the next show on Thursday. The episode concludes with a soundboard mix featuring "Thanks Obama" clips, ant invasion anecdotes, and various show memes.

sign-off· austin· silicon valley· thanks obama· podcast

2:49:32 Coming to you from FEMA region 6 here in the skyscraper also known as the crackpot condo and downtown Austin FEMA Region six in the morning everybody My name is Adam curry and from northern Silicon Valley where we've had some nice weather. It's been raining a little bit I don't think anyone else cares about me. I'm John C. Devorak We will be back on Thursday with another episode of no agenda remember To support us for Thursday show at Dvorak org slash na Until Thursday. In the morning everybody, adios mofos. Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding! Socialist jewel of from the minorities. Bernie and the blacks. Bernie and the blacks. Hillary! Hillary! Father! Nothing's happened to Jeff

2:51:01 Look at it! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. What is it girl? Is it Jeff? Oh, oh, oh, oh... Huh? Something's happened can't you see? Now easy Ellen easy Where's Jeff girl huh? Where is he? Oh, oh, oh Roll up roll up for the magical shape-shifting juice Step right this way Ah, roll up for the shape shifting juice The magical shape shifting juice

2:51:39 I mean a lot of them. I got ants. I don't know if we had ants. We had ant invasion, uh... I was thinking if you desiccated a big pile of ants and then ground them to a powder like a fine-grind black pepper? We were having dinner and yeah! I got an ant somehow in the meal And I ate it These things are peppery. I got ants

2:52:41 I got ants. These ants, they don't need a lot and then you see when you find all the ones that are roaming around... I'm gonna back them off by doing the burning trick. You just torch them. And leave him there. The only anty, there are occasional moments where there's an ant that you do not torch and that's an ant that is carrying one of the dead ants back. I got ants. I got ants. I got ants, ants... Ants? Ants! The problem is- Oh, not that bad! Who's got the time or the energy? Thanks Obama You're really saying he reminds you of Adolf Hitler?

2:53:52 I'm Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump,

2:54:48 I am the best! Oh

2:55:42 Oh Trump is Hitler.

2:57:14 Amen. Fist bump. Adios, mofo! Thanks Obama. The best podcast in the universe! Amen. Fist bump. Dvorak dot org slash N-A