Episode 844 · Thursday, 21 July 2016

Witch Hunt

Political theater reaches a fever pitch in Cleveland as the Trump family takes the stage, Ted Cruz defies the party, and global tensions rise from Turkey to Russia.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 844

About this episode

The Republican National Convention in Cleveland descends into rhetorical warfare as Governor Chris Christie leads the arena in a prosecutorial chant against Hillary Clinton. Melania Trump faces intense media scrutiny following a speech plagiarism controversy involving staffer Meredith McIver, while Ted Cruz triggers a floor revolt by refusing to endorse the nominee. These events highlight a deepening rift between the Trump campaign and traditional GOP structures during a week of high-stakes political theater.

Secondary developments include Dr. Ben Carson linking Clinton to Saul Alinsky and Lucifer, prompting immediate condemnation from media outlets like MSNBC and Bill Maher. Filmmaker Michael Moore warns of a potential Trump victory through a Rust Belt strategy targeting Michigan and Pennsylvania, while former Obama strategist David Plouffe maintains a confident outlook for the Democratic path. In international news, Turkey initiates a communication clampdown by revoking 3,000 ham radio licenses following the failed coup against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Vladimir Putin moves to ban Pokemon Go amid claims the game serves as a CIA surveillance tool. Domestic reports also surface regarding a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein and the strategic release of the 9/11 inquiry's 28 pages concerning Saudi Arabia.

Distinctive moments from the convention floor include a delegate being silenced for making repetitive vocalizations and Nevada GOP Chairman Michael J. McDonald misidentifying his state's capital. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the media's reaction to Patricia Smith’s emotional testimony and the band Queen’s frustration over the unauthorized use of their music. The program concludes with a look at the Sydney school banning clapping in favor of silent air punching.


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CHAPTER 01 / 53 Discussion

Republican National Convention, Roll Call Vocalizations

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the program from Austin and Silicon Valley, reflecting on the ongoing Republican National Convention in Cleveland. They highlight a specific moment during the roll call where a delegate's microphone was cut after he began making repetitive "woo-woo" sounds. The hosts compare these vocalizations to those of teenage girls and critique the fashion choices of the men involved.

republican national convention· roll call· cleveland· adam curry· john c. dvorak

00:00 I believe that, I'm believing Q&A is very good right now. Deconstructing the carefully constructed chaos in Cleveland and broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in FEMA Region 6, Austin Tejas. In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I watch TV...I'm John C. Dvorak It's crackpot and buzzkill! There was a lot of that going on. I've been glued to my TV

00:38 I do have the thematic clip for the convention. Okay, this would be thematic for the Democrat Convention too. Okay... It's a clip at the bottom of the Eclipse 2 page and it says woo-woo-woo Woo-woo-woo okay we'll give it a shot hold on Who was that? I missed that. It was some, it was one of the guys they had to cut his mic. Uh, it was one of the guys who were just from one of those states during the roll call and this guy and everyone's doing this by the way. Hold on. Woo! Woo! Woo! Dead in the Evergreens.

01:24 the So this guy's doing making this sound and he's doing just going out of control. They cut his mic they couldn't take it No, it was too much and everybody's making this sound this stupid sounding on teenage girls made him We always used to ridicule but now men grown man But they're wearing men gone It's grown men wearing v-neck sweaters though so That's usually a bad sign. I do have another Evergreen clip for your consideration. Oh yes, please! It's the one that... I think it's... This is this Stewie. It's this oh yeah, I got it. I got it. I see you here Okay another one for my consideration Whoa whoa? Whoa whoa whoa? Okay hold on. I think we can do something together here. Let's see and then we should start the show When I say whoa, I mean whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

CHAPTER 02 / 53 Discussion

Television News Coverage, Gavel-to-Gavel Convention History

The evolution of political convention coverage is examined, noting the shift from traditional gavel-to-gavel broadcasting to modern cable news commentary. While networks like CNN and MSNBC focus on prime-time scheduling and punditry, C-SPAN remains the primary source for unfiltered proceedings. The hosts criticize the production quality of PBS and the somber, self-reflective commentary of David Brooks regarding the Donald Trump phenomenon.

c-span· pbs· cnn· msnbc· david brooks

02:29 And that's our coverage of the... Uh-oh, it was Bernie. You just had Bernie to drop in Yeah I know but let's get started The board works We're starting The board works we know everything works Alright I stayed home pretty much for the past four days Just watching everything I could Gavel to gavel Gavel you know it used to be gavel to gavel coverage Back in the day and It has changed Some things have changed some things have not Thing that I noticed the most is, you know all the news networks had their like CNN grill, MSNBC, I don't know Oyster Bar. They had all these little stands set up where they're broadcasting from and every single night except for last night

03:16 Particularly the CNN guys would be grousing about, oh! The timing's all wrong. It should be on for TV now and... You know because they're tired of talking bull crap filling up the spaces had nothing for prime time it was so off the scheduling of the event and then what the television people forgot that this is not a television show nor was it really ever intended to be except for some obvious elements I think this is a throwback. This was, if you go back into the 50s maybe or the early 60's when David Brinkley and not...Chad Huntley, Huntley & Brinkley

03:58 They decided to start, I think it was NBC. I'm just making this up from memory and I was a little kid so you don't remember that much but they started the network started to produce when television came around they came out with the idea because they needed to fill time they started covering the conventions from gavel-to-gavel on TV the whole thing And then this kept going, it was like a tradition until maybe in the 70s? Early 80's then. Because it just kind of ended. Yeah and all of sudden they said we're losing our ass on this! We're not getting any advertising, this is terrible So they stopped doing it but C-SPAN is what I watch most of time

04:41 I watched pretty much C-Span, because C-Span had it all. PBS would come on and they'd yak and yak and yak... And poor David Brooks was like pathetic! He's just pathetic he's just oh I have a cosmic right? I feel so depressed And he doesn't get it, he's not doing anything for the audience. He's not trying to explain what is going on. He just talks about himself and can't understand the Trump phenomenon and he's depressed about it We don't care! Also almost every single news crew and I think PBS was the worst the news hour. They were terrible! They didn't have their audio together, man they were screaming and couldn't hear each other they had no sound blocking even behind so it was the audio was just horrible No PBS was poorly produced And I do have two clips from PBS if you want to start doing clips because we got more than a few Well actually i'd like to ask you something which I've been dying to ask you because there's only one person I know of who has standing to accurately answer this question

CHAPTER 03 / 53 Discussion

Melania Trump, Meredith McIver, Speech Plagiarism Controversy

The controversy surrounding Melania Trump's convention speech is addressed following reports of similarities to Michelle Obama's 2008 address. Meredith McIver, a longtime Trump staffer and ghostwriter, issued a statement taking responsibility for the inclusion of the disputed passages and offered her resignation, which Donald Trump declined. The discussion explores the etymology of the phrase "my word is my bond" and its historical associations.

melania trump· meredith mciver· michelle obama· plagiarism· republican national convention

05:43 Is that okay? Because that would be you. That would be me! I do not know anyone else to turn to, to ask how speech writing is done... How it gets shuttled around..how checking is done um and-and I have to say before I want to lead into this before I say anything when I uh moved out and started my rebooted in my life To be a podcaster? Yeah, when I became a full-time podcaster living alone. Woo! Yeah yeah we get it yes so it became a full time podcaster but also you know my everything opened up for me and went into therapy feeling much better about myself

06:37 I have the candles, I got the bathtub. Candles and everything's great but there is one thing that has happened for me...I've never really been a crier but for past year and half i am an achievement crier when I see someone achieve something I can't help it I tear up So, you're getting old. Yeah crack for me is like America's Got Talent because you know it's coming You know those shows really and the voice too? Yes exactly well that's what I'm saying It's crack because i know how it put together but still...I can't help it and just work so.. It's designed for that. Of course its designed for that!

07:19 I mean, I can watch love stories. It doesn't really do it for me that much but achievement things of achievement Yeah well okay so when I was already you know from Melania? I'm like the I want I want I really wanted her to succeed because it's so hard being a beautiful woman involved in politics You know you get a lot of hate no matter what you do and people can deny it But is just the fact certainly in America and look what happened to Sarah Palin. I mean that was she She has never recovered from that, and now she's just loony. She is! She's loony. She got- she just got loony. I know she wasn't invited to speak...I can't figure that out but anyways... She's loony, that's why. Oh. Um And so I was crying! I was like oh my god this is so beautiful and everybody because you know switching all the channels in network seeing what they were saying ah it was great they loved it and it took maybe 17 minutes and then you know this big plagiarism thing hit

08:16 I think we kind of know the background of it. I don't know if we have to explain it, but after three days we got this explanation. By the way, breaking news! Breaking news! They are identifying the person who they said helped Melania with the speech and are putting forward, and they're saying that she offered her resignation this morning. This is Meredith MacGyver who helped Donald Trump write a number of his books. She was someone that Melania had turned to for guidance but we are told that Donald Trump did not accept her resignation so all of this is just coming into us now

09:04 Obviously this will be a way in which the Trump campaign thinks that they can move past this controversy, shift the spotlight off of Melania and the chaos in their campaign and move on to the rest of the speakers this week. Okay so before I go into handing it over to you for a little bit of deconstruction of this... I will say that because we had specifically discussed Michelle Obama's first lady pitch speech in 2008 I didn't catch it the first time, but then you know we have plagiarism and I remembered hearing the phrase my word is my bond. And somehow I remember us a long time ago deconstructing that phrase which comes from Malcolm X Black Panthers The Fifth was it? Not The Five Percent Was That What It's Called? Whatever the black power group was there

09:55 Black Panthers. No, there was another one who was the I think it's specifically the five percent or something so I knew that that that that I mean that was already for Michelle Obama was it was kind of a you know messaging that don't think a lot of people caught because The real etymology of my word is my bond goes back to you know Chicago board You know exchange in Chicago But it became a big thing in the 70s So I mean, I have all kinds of thoughts but really you are the guy with standing. You've dealt with speech writing, you've written speeches, you've given speeches...I think at one point you were a beautiful woman too so i think you have standing. I was! Yeah? You have standing. Dynamite what about it well what do you think happened would like I have a bunch of mixed feelings about what happened one uh I think this I think it was carelessness here's I'm gonna go through the range of the possibility okay carelessness

CHAPTER 04 / 53 Discussion

Tony Schwartz, Art of the Deal Ghostwriting Dispute

The role of ghostwriters is analyzed through the lens of Tony Schwartz, the co-author of Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal." Schwartz has recently been vocal in the media criticizing Trump, leading to a debate over the nature of their original contract and the distinction between "with" and "and" credits on book covers. The hosts question Schwartz's motivations and suggest his sudden media presence may be politically influenced.

tony schwartz· art of the deal· ghostwriting· donald trump· the new yorker

10:54 Possibly Melania is not likable and the speechwriter did this to her. Possibly it was a setup, it was put in on purpose to get a lot of attention. But I don't think Melania would be aware of that because she's not the type of person that seems to me that plays the Donald Trump game but Trump is and he doesn't mind publicity as far as he's concerned all publicity is good publicity which she was condemned for by the way I was watching the guy who has his ghost writer on his Art Of The Deal book. A question about that right off the bat Don't you sign an agreement with a ghostwriter that you just can't say certain things or it's, isn't there some kind of... It depends on the publisher sets those up. I don't think Trump at the time he was young knew about how to do these contracts properly most people when they do book deals they don't do them right They usually signed a dummy contract and their offer to the races getting ripped off Yeah but i dont think Donald Trump signed a dummy contract

11:54 I don't know whether he did or didn't, but I do know that...I doubt if he had the wherewithal to put a gag clause in there at the time. Okay. Because it's like you know, he does the kind of contracts he does and he knows what he is doing and over time it gets better and better Adam as what you would with any kind of contract work. Now here's the deal with ghost writing. There are one two three four ways to go with it and every one has a different fee. Trump was very generous to give this guy a 50% of the world and it should have been enough for this guy just to shut up but It was and it was years ago. So this guys generalizing from young Donald Trump who is kind of a goofy guy Now the way you do it if you wrote a book, if you write a book You can have your name on it says by Adam Curry

12:46 If you use a ghostwriter, you're gonna have one of three different things that can happen. One and the most expensive one and this is where you might give 50% royalties but usually most of these are fees. You don't usually pay royalties to the ghostwriter, you give them an upfront cash out. And you take the royalties from then. You can still have the book by Adam Curry with no other name on there but it's not written by you at all, it was written by this ghost writer That is cost the most. Then you can have Adam Curry with, and that when this with that means somebody else is actually doing most of the work of writing in the book and that is a type of ghostwriting where the guy's credit is on the cover And that's what the art of the deal was it was Donald Trump with this guy Schwartz. Boswell? Oh, Schwartz

13:43 And then there's the third one, the third possibility which is the book by Adam Curry and so the difference between with and Is a big difference and when you say with that means the guy is a designated ghost writer He's doing a lot of the work. He's doing a lot of the writing he's do But he's not really contributing anything in so far as they the base content now where he's not contributing ideas He's not contributing the theme of the book. He's just a guide writing them, so that's if you say with I

14:20 Generally speaking, with means that you're not really doing... You're writing because you are a writer. But he's telling you what to write and then your finding ways to put it into words. That is with. And if it says and not with, it says AND that means he's contributing to the thought process of that goes into the book itself. Your writing the book together! Now that guy had width on the cover. And he was getting half the royalties and I think it was just Trump being generous if that's even true. How can that be? He is a horrible man! But, he was being very generous and I guess he wanted to get his best work

15:02 I see nothing, even though there's a New Yorker article about this and there is all this stuff and this guy is out and about on CNN and every place else claiming he wrote the whole book. And I got into a little debate with Heather Gold, a comedian on Twitter about this because she's you know not a Trump fan. Careful with female comedians before you know it your banned! I gotta be careful. And, uh, been back and forth on this and...and I couldn't get it across that there-that this guy in if he allowed the word with onto the to-on the thing And he actually wrote the book from scratch himself, the way he claims. There's two things that are missing one why did he go along with idea of width? He could have put and if Trump is so generous you wouldn't mind changing a width to end right most people don't even know what that even means I said I'm explaining it now but nobody knows this except business people in the business

15:57 And the other thing is, where is this guy? If this guy wrote Art of the Deal... Where's all his negotiation seminars?! Where is his follow-up book!? Where's all the stuff to these guys a genius! Yes. Where's all that? Where's the material it comes after this now he sees like I don't know what he does, he sells trinkets or something. But it's nothing to do with deals and negotiating You can make a lot of money writing books on negotiations you'd think he would have done another one if he had written this one! And i like to see one of these reporters that keeps interviewing him ask him is the democrat party paying you anything?

16:37 to be out and about floating around pounding the tub for Hillary. I haven't heard that at all, and then now supposedly there's a cease-and-desist out there? Supposedly we don't know but there's one i guess they put it online this is telling the guy to shut up he was you know maybe there was a clause in the agreement and they want him to send his royalties back He's very blase about this. I'm thinking well, that's because the Democrat Party or somebody is paying Democratic Party or somebody is we'll pick it up We'll pick up the tab don't worry about it hmm Because this isn't a phony baloney deal if I've ever seen one It just and as it completes its ridiculous when there and it's the same as usual suspects in New Yorker New York magazine I think is one of them right that wrote this guy up Or new york are one of the two but then doesn't make any difference they hate Trump

CHAPTER 05 / 53 Discussion

Speechwriting Logistics, Melania Trump's Public Image

The mechanics of political speechwriting are discussed, focusing on the team-based approach used for major convention addresses. The hosts express sympathy for Melania Trump's treatment by the media while debating her public persona and Slovenian background. Speculation is raised regarding the family's appearance on stage for the final night of the convention alongside vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.

melania trump· slovenia· speechwriters· mike pence· republican party

17:29 And it's just outrageous. Okay, so now back to the speech writers. Back to the speech writers. So we heard this story and that is the official story took a little long to get out there Yeah, no it went through three or four iterations. The story? Yeah the story until they finally came up with his last story which is this girl who some people now send a tweet out saying she doesn't exist she's an you know... I heard she's a spook, a ghost doesn't exist and the ghost is also a registered Democrat there's all kinds of stuff out there yeah the Democrat one was my favorite that's I like that a lot

18:08 You said there's three different wiki pages all just a little different, all started you know in the last... Yeah it all started 40 hours. Crankers so usually speech writers on in a political structure are on the staff and they're paid not paid by the speech or their word or anything they're just paid a salary The I think that's the situation with this woman because that's what cuz he wouldn't take her resignation So she's obviously working for a living. She's actually wage earner and That was a giveaway there so she just wanted one of the many it looks like he's got about from I can tell Cuz people keep coming in out of the scene looks like he's got about five or six speechwriters

18:50 I don't, obviously he's going to have the speech he gives tonight. It is going to be written by a group of these people and he's gonna read it from the prompter and it's gonna be very bad. I don't believe he's going to hit the home run that everyone thinks he has to. Just just, I just want to finish the Melania thing so you don't know and you obviously not that important except me because I feel really bad. I've been vilified for things on the internet horrible. It's really horrible I just feel bad for her. Can't help it, but she wouldn't show if she refused to come back to the convention Yeah She's gonna have to come back tonight though. I presume for his uh before as big this will be interesting to see maybe she won't That would be funny She doesn't have to shouldn't have to be there She should be there because at the very end he's gonna have to bring out everybody cuz that's what you know that The last number of conventions this thing goes on you give your speech and

19:44 I don't remember this years and years ago, but now you give your speech and then your family comes out and your relatives and your co- You know the Mike Pence will come out with his family And then the entire Trump clan will show up and it'll wander out there along with Melania and Melanie. I can never remember By the way, I'm not a big fan of hers no No, I don't like her look I like her a lot. I don't like her look, I think she's too grim She rarely smiles. She's like a backup Russian or something where she from? Somebody described her as Putin's wife But I like her I can't help it I don't know the woman but I liked and I felt bad that it happened Well, I felt bad it happened to but you know

20:35 There's been a number of these, you know she's got a very strange I know a lot of people not a lot but i know and a number of people from Slovenia and I've been to Slovenia. And I've never heard that accent is there again? Is there like a video from Slovenia? Is there a forest or something we can go get yourself one of these milanios You know it still has some you know some sod attached to it just take it home uprooted. I can imagine that's what Trump did Well, I guess she was living in... what was the deal with her? No it's his first wife that was living in Canada and he had to keep going up and down to Canada get her to get Ivana. Um, I know there is a second one this um

CHAPTER 06 / 53 Discussion

The View, Whoopi Goldberg, Political Hostility

The hosts critique the daytime talk show "The View," specifically the conduct of hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. They characterize the show's political discourse as "hate-filled" toward Republican figures and discuss the projection of animosity within the Democratic party. Brief mentions are made of other morning programs including "Morning Joe" and "Kathie Lee and Hoda."

the view· whoopi goldberg· joy behar· hillary clinton· morning joe

21:14 Marla Maple, she just put her hooks into him. He wasn't going after her as much as she was going after him. Of course I was on the social networks and man the same people who are always saying that Republicans are anti-women it was really really harsh to see what she got you know gold digger cocksucker whore it didn't stop And from women, John. From women! I actually have to stay away from the Democratic Party threads because they are so hate-filled. They're projecting when they point the finger at the Republicans as haters and all you have to do is listen to Whoopi Goldberg...I turned it on the other day in The View

22:03 Whoopi and Joy Behar, the two strong real strong Hillary supporters are I hate to say their hate filled. Yeah Whoopi is hate-filled And if anyone comes up with anything that's just a little off the off the path she rips into him I feel sorry for the people on that show she rips into people. She's horrible host Well, I got one clip from from The View I hadn't, I really enjoyed watching you know the morning. I watched The Morning Joe and I'll go to what's a little little little girl's name? Who used to be with the football player oh Right that show yeah with yeah watch that. Kathie Lee Gifford. Yeah exactly Kathie Lee Gifford only the younger version but maybe not that young anymore And here let me see I got a couple actually a couple of things

CHAPTER 07 / 53 Discussion

Patricia Smith, Benghazi Testimony, Media Reaction

Patricia Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, delivered an emotional speech at the RNC blaming Hillary Clinton for her son's death. The hosts review the reaction from PBS NewsHour and NPR, criticizing journalists for focusing on the "intense animus" of the crowd rather than the substance of Smith's claims. They argue that the media is struggling to handle the disciplined messaging of the Trump campaign regarding national stability.

patricia smith· benghazi· sean smith· hillary clinton· pbs news hour

22:59 that were, that I caught. Maybe it should play just as a setup play because of course this is now being discussed but not really being played a lot the mother of Sean Smith who i think did a very good job! I believe there was some teleprompter? I was really stunned how she stuck to script because we've heard her say... She brought a bunch of tears to the eyes and many of them Oh my goodness! C-SPAN was zooming in Yes, C-SPAN had some very good camera work and they were the pool group as far as I can tell for the whole convention. For everyone. Here's Patricia Smith mother of Sean Smith you've heard her many times on this show before The very next day he was murdered by radical Islamic terrorists

23:48 To this day, I don't even know why a computer guy like Sean was sent to Benghazi. That night we lost sons brothers fathers and husbands We lost four brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country they chose to serve. I blame Hillary Clinton! I don't think i have to play the whole thing because you get the idea. But here's PBS, uh... Here was- oh, I'll get to The View in a moment. Here's PBS with their response. They can hear how shitty the audio is and they could even hear themselves speaking. Oh and by the way, I want to stop it right there. They're all- And the PBS group was all wearing countrymen

24:42 It's all what? There was only two people I know. Oh, countrymen mics! Yeah yeah yeah, I gotcha. Yeah they were you-I'm sorry countryman mics those are the little ones that hang off your ear and they come around and look there's only i only saw two people wearing those mics properly everybody else had them out there like boom mikes you do not that's not how you wear them and Judy has him right and David Brooke had it worn right and the other people should at least find out how to wear this right How about the audio guy? Professional broadcaster. I will, but this is the audio way out of her. I'm sorry what that's the audio guy messed that up he should have been responsible for that right. The audio guy stunk yeah no kidding we can get through it

25:25 at PBS NewsHour joint coverage of the Republican National Convention. Mara Liason, why is it that this Benghazi episode gets so much attention? Why does it resonate as it is tonight? Gee! Why does it resonate?! This is something that really for a lot of Republicans and Hillary Clinton opponents kind of crystallizes the worst thing about her—that she caused the deaths of these soldiers and other personnel. I don't know if Mark remembers a time when so much intense animus... Intense Animus?

26:04 That's a good one. This woman, by the way... I like that. ...who is from NPR, the one talking? Mm-hmm. I watched her without the sound She's insane What's her name? Do you remember who she is? I don't remember her name and she's with NPR She's an obvious tub thumper for Hillary Yeah And the whole NPR and she's extremely arrogant about it I've noticed this with a lot of the public broadcasting people in PBS The News Hour folks I thought were They did not have any Objectivity whatsoever besides David Brooks who's just moaning about his own feelings? They were all they were all in on being extremely critical and then they brought this little this little big-nosed girl There was a really small little I don't think you have no idea why she's even on the network Lisa D. Jardin, and they said oh She sees their new star. She's their new political star And she has the most interesting face

27:03 She's got a honker that is the size of buffalo. I call it an interesting let's listen to the um uh intense animus remembers a time when so much intense animus has been directed at the opposite opposing candidate. This strikes me as being pretty, pretty intense. Pretty intense. Yeah no it is I don't know... They don't even know what to do with it they do because they've never really covered this properly this is only Patricia Smith has only been on Fox and I don't know you That's about it as far as I can tell And when they said that, I noticed that they were looking down and Judy was saying she was off script. She guess they had a script

28:03 So someone released that to them or they had that or it's part of the process. Well, she's off script This is not good. This is not what she was off-script and back yelling and heckling but supporting yeah No, I mean that was not a an organized disciplined activity in the park But it was one day The message that is being repeated in a very disciplined way, things are bad. We have no stability Donald Trump can fix it Hillary Clinton... They just can't handle it they cannot handle what she was saying they can't really talk about it they don't know what to do

CHAPTER 08 / 53 Discussion

Joy Behar, False Analogies, 2004 Election Error

A clip from "The View" features Joy Behar criticizing the inclusion of Patricia Smith in the convention as "inappropriate." During her argument, Behar incorrectly suggests that Barack Obama ran against George W. Bush in 2004. The hosts mock the factual error and the use of false analogies to defend Hillary Clinton.

joy behar· barack obama· george w. bush· the view· political commentary

28:42 Here's the view's take on it. And as someone looking at a mom who lost their child, if that were me and I- all i would be seeking would be answers and the truth All I want is somebody to tell me how did my son die? And why did my son died? So when I watch that I can't blame her for how she feels You know something its inappropriate to put that in a convention In 20...oh..uhm When did Obama come in the first time 2004 was it? 2008 Wow this woman is an idiot When did he come in? 2004! I don't know, gee woman.

29:26 This guy will do anything to make get you to sympathize and attack Hillary Clinton. It's completely inappropriate You know the funny thing is a false analogy to begin with. Oh, of course Obama didn't run against George Bush George Bush wasn't the candidate so that what she said doesn't make any sense whatsoever right he's running again She still living she still thinks Obama came in in 2004 so I don't know what's up with that That's Bayhar but I'm surprised you didn't hear whoopie screaming at somebody over that whole thing

CHAPTER 09 / 53 Discussion

Chris Christie, Lock Her Up Chant, Rhetorical Gimmicks

Governor Chris Christie's convention speech utilized a "prosecutorial" style, leading the crowd in a "guilty or not guilty" refrain that sparked the "Lock Her Up" chant. The hosts analyze this as a powerful rhetorical gimmick similar to a stand-up comedy routine. They note Christie's specific use of the word "untrue" to describe Hillary Clinton's statements regarding her private email server and FBI Director James Comey's findings.

chris christie· hillary clinton· fbi· james comey· lock her up

30:03 I did think it was funny and I think it was misinterpreted by especially the liberal media. Oh, it was rude when they brought his out of the blue and they did this over and over every day lock her up! I actually have...the first time that happened to have that here It's a...it was with Christie and it started rumbling mumbling And later there were signs Yeah, I think it was Christie then once they invented on the spot oh yeah someone invented Here is the deal It's a deal that will lead to nuclear Iran and Israel that will be less safe and secure, in a much more dangerous Middle East. So let's ask it Hillary Clinton as an inept negotiator of the worst nuclear arms deal in American history is she guilty or not guilty? Next! Here where it starts there it is lock her up

31:11 That was pretty intense. I thought it was hilarious. Yeah, nobody thought it was funny They always say oh in fact. I heard some man and Alice is saying Oh It was so rude Give me a break the second time lock her up When I heard the way everyone was saying that was actually to me more impactful, it's guilty. It sounded a lot while Hillary Clinton cared more about protecting her own secrets than she cared about protecting America's secrets and then she lied about it over and over again She said there was no marked classified information on our server The FBI director said that's untrue

31:58 She said that she did not email any classified information. The FBI director says, that's untrue. She said all work-related... Interesting how he kept saying untrue instead of a lie or false He just kept saying is that I guess some kind legal thing maybe? No no it was just but I noticed a couple of speakers there was two or three meme styles That I noticed during these speeches and one of them was this it was kinda this There's a name for what he is doing and one of the other speakers did it too. It wasn't Cruz, it was one of the other good speakers and Christie is a good speaker. And they used this gimmick where you keep referring back to this thematic little thing that gets the audience worked up and its very hard to pull off if there ever seen Chris Rock

32:50 do a stand-up routine, he puts that into his act and it's quite powerful. It's very funny So when I heard this guilty thing...I'll play for you what i heard in my head. ...related emails were sent back to the State Department The FBI director said that's not true so as to Hillary Clinton the charge of putting herself ahead of America guilty or not guilty Speaking of such, oh man I screwed it up. I was gonna play my win-lose or drone there damn it If you're gonna do if you if I have one of these bits

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National Anthem, No Agenda Jingle Comparison

The hosts comment on the selection of Dan Polk, a Cleveland Browns fan, to sing the National Anthem at the convention. A humorous comparison is made between the musical arrangement used during the retiring of the colors and a popular "Donate to No Agenda" jingle used on the podcast.

dan polk· national anthem· cleveland browns· jingles· no agenda

33:34 You have one of these bits? Let's see if I can fail on yours. What you tried to do, what you tried to do... This is going to be an Ask Adam it's about the convention. They bring in these uh they bring in the colors you know at the beginning yes the colors and my favorite one though you gotta play this little one if I can find it this is the national anthem singer this is the level of guys that they had, that they brought on. This is the kind of the bio of the guy coming out to sing The National Anthem. Play this. With liberty and justice for all! A national anthem singer... Oh, that's right it's where it ended you're right sorry. You get the right. All right please welcome lifelong Browns fan Dan Polk who will sing The National Anthem

34:19 Okay, so they the guys claimed of fame as he's a fan lifelong lifelong fans I'd like who was on the first day who was the young woman? Who's blind and she had a wooden leg. Um, you could almost everything you could have she had and she was great I mean that was another there was a woman I'm crying The woman on the third night could not only sing to think beautifully They had no bio for but she said in the home of the free or something She hit about three octaves over her normal voice it was dynamite yeah some of that was really good

34:58 Now, this is the one that I want you to... This is kind of an ask Adam. I want you to tell me what- You're gonna hear- I was in the kitchen when they were doing this and I'm thinking holy crap! They're playing one of our jingles! Do I hit it? No, this is retiring of The Colors. Tell me if you can figure it out. Donate to No Agenda. I knew that's exactly what you were saying.

36:13 It's a show that's really unique donate to no agenda Don't know science is turning into a message It's just reminiscent. It's reminiscent well, so when I was in the kitchen i'm hearing it going Why are they playing donate to no agenda at the convention? So it sounded like the the retire the retiring of the color sounded like aloha bar song from isis Is what you're saying No, it sounds like don't hate to know which is the ala walk bar song oh That's right, that's quite a stretch but I like it

CHAPTER 11 / 53 Discussion

Ben Carson, Saul Alinsky, Lucifer Reference

Dr. Ben Carson's speech linked Hillary Clinton to Saul Alinsky, noting that Alinsky's book "Rules for Radicals" includes a dedication to Lucifer. This sparked a media firestorm, with commentators on Bill Maher's program comparing the rhetoric to the climate preceding the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The hosts recall their own long-standing "Lucifer" nickname for Clinton, dating back to 2011.

ben carson· saul alinsky· lucifer· hillary clinton· bill maher

36:55 Man. Well, okay we got a couple of memes that I'm sure will be hearing here's one by standards how would you gauge oh this was uh Bill Maher is doing live show so i caught this on the repeat which is uh which is always fun disconventions hate hey it's out of control it's a little off the chart you have Israelis writing columns comparing what is being said now about Hillary to what was said about Rabin before he was assassinated by an unhinged right-winger That thing that's Dan Savage who has saying that in Israel during an election campaign? Well, but the hate it could lead to Hillary being killed which by the way is a scenario We've never discussed on a presidential like well. Yeah There was a delegate who said she should be shot for treason not a delegate he works at the Trump campaign He's with an official in the Trump camp right you're being investigated now The guys being investigated by the FBI for saying that I thought Secret Service and

37:50 Zika virus apparently she's responsible for that. Yeah, Mitch McConnell I don't know. It doesn't matter. I like it. Um responsible for that according to Chris Christie Lucifer in league That's what Bette Carson said. She is taking her marching orders from Lucifer! Talk about a third world country Well, and then which is why you had almost what a lot of people have compared to almost a burn the witch moment Ah there it is Where you've had Chris Christie standing up and leading the This is where your going to see everywhere Witch hunt Salem witch trials Burn The Witch Crazy Republicans Sorry?

38:32 Think this is a huge mistake for them to say this yeah, because you have you got it cuz your so you're doing association It's not the way to do this. You don't want to associate Hillary Clinton with which Pictures out there that make her look like a witch This is the dumbest these guys are idiots well here's that here's this the quote in what one little quote from Ben Carson, which brings up the Lucifer thing. Which I think if no one had said anything No one's gonna care who Saul Alinsky is no one cares But now they have to highlight it by saying she's a witch and their witch hunting is very stupid I agree I have learned about Hillary Clinton Is that One of her heroes her mentors was Saul Alinsky

39:20 And her senior thesis was about Saul Alinsky. This was someone that she greatly admired and that affected all of her philosophies subsequently Now interestingly enough, let me tell you something about Saul Alinsky He wrote a book called Rules for Radicals On the dedication page, it acknowledges Lucifer. The original radical who gained his own kingdom Now think about that This is a nation where our founding document, the Declaration of Independence talks about certain inalienable rights that come from our creator

40:03 So are we willing to elect someone as president who has, as their role model somebody who acknowledges Lucifer? Think about that. I do want to say that since 2011 back at the oldest clip by half because we used to name the clips that way We were calling Hillary Clinton Lucifer. It's like a joke. We were calling her Lucifer and Clippity-Clop, or the two big names. Yeah exactly! I was like wow you know this is interesting that comes back we are so from the future it's crazy yeah that was then we dropped it I know what are we thinking? We got to bring it all back

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Michael Moore, Rust Belt Strategy, Trump Victory Prediction

Filmmaker Michael Moore appeared on Bill Maher's show to warn Democrats that Donald Trump is likely to win the presidency. Moore argues that Trump's "Brexit strategy" targeting the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is resonating with voters due to his stance on trade and tariffs. The hosts agree with Moore's assessment of the "CEO/COO" dynamic between Trump and Mike Pence.

michael moore· brexit· rust belt· michigan· bill maher

40:41 I want to go back to that Bill Maher panel for two more clicks. That's what i find the most interesting, I just love...I would switch away from CNN just to see the heads explode on MSNBC and I have no dog in The Hunt but man that's so fun to watch but this Maher thing and he had on well he had Michael Moore on What? When you say Michael Moron, that's kind of strange the way it comes out. Listen to what he had to say! It might have sounded crazy to us but millions and millions of Americans this was music to their ears and I think one of the things i've been concerned about this week is that we're all sitting as you referred to the bubble or someone saying in our bubble having a good laugh at

41:20 total, as you said shit show. But the truth is that this plays to a lot of people that he has to win uh... to become the next president and I have to say i mean I'm sorry to have to be kind of buzzkill here so early on. Wait a minute! Who are you choosing? Are you trying to weasel it on your turf?! Yeah, see they'll have none of that The buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is gonna win. What? I'm sorry. You know what? I am glad you're saying that. Everybody should say it! No, no the enemy is complacency. Say it every day. Not only could... Yeah because saying it every day will really help him not get elected. He certainly could win. I live in Michigan let me tell ya. Yes yes yes. A bunch of shamans It's fantastic There's a guy unreligious you know but he's like oh don't say that

42:20 I love this. It's going to be the Brexit strategy, the middle of England is Michigan, Wisconsin Ohio and Pennsylvania and Mitt Romney lost by 64 electoral votes votes, the total electoral votes of those four states in the Rust Belt 64. All he has to do is win those four states and I'm telling you, I was there during the Michigan primary and he went there in front of a Ford and said, I'm telling you right now they moved this factory to Mexico, I'm putting a tariff on the cars and that's it! And it was music to people ears and more people in Michigan, in the Michigan primary voted Republican than Democrat

43:03 in the primary this year. So this is of course very hard to hear for the bot panel and I got the last one here, Shorty because of course Moore's not dumb and he has some similar theories to us about the vice presidential pick Really? The people who are going to be running the country are douchebag bun fuck face Trump Yeah, so he's saying that his kids are gonna be running the country and I guess one of the kids names is douchebag von fuckface Which apparently? I didn't know that. I need one of those hi my name is douche bag von fuck face. That'd be great fuckface That's exactly what is going to happen. First in shit bag, the third... Wow! I mean this is taking the high road isn't it? Is that what its called? Taking the high road. Yeah they're taking the high road. Honestly here's what I think is gonna happen on inaugural day he's gonna walk into the White House and go What a dump!

44:01 I'm not going to live in a little house like this. And he's gonna say, you kids live here! I'm gonna go buy an estate out in Fairfax and uh... And he will. He'll buy a big mansion with a golf course and he'll be out there and the kids and Pence right scary pence will be running cuz he's right when he standing beside me looks like the CEO or CFO that is hired And that's exactly what he is. Exactly, he nailed it. I was explaining this... actually Tina and I were having a conversation but i wasn't explaining. That would be mansplaining You know, the president is often called the chief executive officer. And a chief executive officer who are highly paid, they can bop around from company to company or country to country if you want to pull the full analogy and their marketing, the face of the company, they talk to Wall Street, you know, they do the deals basically and the Chief Operating Officer that is what Pence is.

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Mike Pence, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, LGBT Issues

The media's portrayal of Mike Pence's record on LGBT issues is scrutinized, specifically regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana. The hosts discuss the "conversion therapy" narrative being pushed by the Democratic party and clarify the actual text of the law, which protects religious organizations rather than encouraging general discrimination.

mike pence· indiana· religious freedom restoration act· conversion therapy· lgbt

45:02 You know, if the chief executive officer should no longer be available due to some mishap or maybe he's going to go live in Fairfax with his golf course. Then it's very... nothing will change. The efficient government will continue to run thanks to Pence who and this is weird because Brian the gay crusader tipped me off to this and at first I said nah that that's not gonna happen but there is a huge concerted effort to turn Pence into the anti-gay guy. And because he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana, but what and which is you know, oh! He hates the gays, he hates it once... he wants people to discriminate against the gays we can't this is crazy We can have any of this this guys an A-hole. He hates the gays and then there's three things one is

46:01 that he apparently signed some legis... I haven't been able to find this, i just really didn't have the time. The headline is he diverted funds from HIV research to conversion therapy And I'm not going to ask our LGBTQIAP producers out there, this is clearly a Democrat term that is almost like enhanced interrogation only the other way around. When you say conversion therapy...is it really some clinic you go to that says conversion therapy?

46:39 on the front door or is it something else? I'd like to understand what that is. Well, conversion therapy which they put in... The Democrats are all over this too. Well, they're going after the gay thing. They do this... This is pretty much their same base that they're always going after and I don't even know why they bother but they do. Conversion therapy came in somewhere in the platform and I haven't found it in there but supposedly this is accepted practice. In the Democrat platform? Democrat platform or Republican? The Republican platform. Accepted practice. Okay so I want to learn about that. The thing that's a mistake although I don't know if it'll make any difference Mike Pence

47:16 actually also signed the amendment into law for the Restoration of Religious Freedom Act or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and if you look at the actual text it does not encourage, in fact its specifically forbids discriminating against any group any race any gender any sexual identity except Churches, approved 501c religious groups. They are permitted to say hold on whatever you want to do we have different religious beliefs We're not going to do it or they had they have protection over their own domain which I think every religion should have and they shouldn't be forced to do anything so there is no discriminatory law

48:12 regarding religious freedom, but if you listen to... I was listening to the Progressive Channel on channel 127 series just everywhere it's like this guy hates gays he wants gays discriminated against and they're wrong. I don't know if they don't know it or if it doesn't matter? If that'll just stick forever? No, no, it doesn't matter. I think it will just stick but it sticks. These things stick. It's a this..I'm kind of disappointed in the Democrats not sticking with You're focusing a little more on Trump with that, which Scott Adams talked about the crazy racist. That's what that's my point is they should stick to crazy racists but now you see there's a shift

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David Plouffe, Electoral College, Voter Turnout

Former Obama strategist David Plouffe offers a counter-perspective to Michael Moore, suggesting that Hillary Clinton maintains a strong path to victory through the "Obama states." Plouffe emphasizes that the election will be decided by turnout in key suburbs and the success of Trump's economic messaging to moderate swing voters.

david plouffe· barack obama· electoral college· pennsylvania· ohio

48:53 And we're also not seeing all the promised protests today could be different. I think what's happening is that all these people who are all, you know, protest Black Lives Matter and can't have Trump become president...I think they look at the news and go, oh shit man they're killing cops! I don't want to do it. I don't want no part of that so then i think they have the numbers right now to organize a big enough protest. It just doesn't seem to be happening Well, just as a piece of counter-programming let's play this. This is the guy who ran pretty much...the guy really behind the strategies for Obama he's named Ploof you've heard of him? Yeah, of course Ploof! David Plouf. Didn't he eventually go on to be like a Silicon Valley guy? I don't know what he was doing but he was on one of the shows i think it was

49:42 I don't know if it was PBS, whatever. You can figure it out when you start hearing their voices but Plouffe takes a little exception to what not specifically but what Moore said about how easy it would be for Trump to win by taking these few states. Plouffe has a little more uh I think kind of a realistic look at this at least insofar as They're not being a huge, I think what's going to determine this election personally is that there's gonna be a lot of people who never voted before. coming out and that would, if Trump's gonna win that's how he's going to win. It's not gonna be by just doing what Romney did but I you know that again I think Trump will probably lose a lot of those people if he doesn't get back on his no teleprompter approach right but let's play with Plouffe had this said the thing this is interesting state that Romney lost that Trump should be favoring and that's really what they have to focus on. Pennsylvania? I don't think so I mean Hillary Clinton Ohio

50:38 No, I mean we won. So where we are right now in Cleveland We won this area by 260 thousand votes one the state by almost 200,000 Pennsylvania look at today's polls because she said he's not running against Barack Obama He's running a Hillary Clinton But the reality is in both the Philadelphia area and the Cleveland area and the suburbs she's gonna walk out of there with big margins They're just not enough votes in my view for Trump to make up even if so why did why do the polls show them tied? well I ran a presidential campaign and was responsible for another. I never paid attention to polls. What matters is you have pretty good sense as the presidential campaign who's going to vote, there are people who say they're undecided that truly aren't because you have some sense of how they're likely to break based on characteristics. The real question is if there are true undecided voters and that's where the campaign lies both campaigns do have turnout challenges so when you look at Pennsylvania Ohio Florida Virginia and that's

51:31 Trump could win Florida, Ohio and Virginia. Clinton would still win the presidency if she wins the rest of Obama states So she has her challenges I think democratic enthusiasm is not what we need it to be She needs to work on that next week just as Trump needs to do that here in Cleveland How do you think the convention is going so far? What do you make of it? Well I think the only thing that matters is Trump's speech And if he energizes Republicans, gives them more confidence and I think particularly provides an economic message that is captivating to true swing moderate voters it will have been a success. You don't think the kerfuffle over Christie is anything? Kerffuffle! It's...I don't think..I haven't seen anything yet that suggests this would reach out to moderate voters even voters who voted for Obama twice but what matters is Trump speech so if he nails that

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Donna Brazile, Chick-fil-A Misinterpretation

A brief humorous segment focuses on a clip of Donna Brazile where the hosts initially mishear her comments. While one host thought she made a comment about "chicks" or "Jews" while bored, a re-listening suggests she was simply referring to looking around at the people in the room.

donna brazile· cnn· misinterpretation· humor· gaffe

52:19 Yeah, anyway he does his theory. That's possible. He has to nail the speech I like it because he said one of these a pro yeah He just consulting now you consults well But I picked up a little a little ditty here and of course there's a lot of talk about him Oh, he's been married three times You know but just all about that how can you be? Religious, how can you believe in the sanctity of marriage? All this stuff is going around. And I have some standing and here's Donna Brazil And there I think she was either high or they're a little punch drunk, or just bored You know bored out of their minds But she let something slip that was interesting to hear More than once. Yeah, I think if you've been married more than one sure the ultimate optimist and if he can present

53:17 Hell yeah, I even look around and chew sometimes when i'm bored. Were you able to hear what she said? Yeah she's never been married and she looks around but we'll play it again listen to what she says right after that hell yeah I even look at chicks sometimes when i'm bored no he I even look at you oh that's not what I heard I even look around at you sometimes when i'm bored. Maybe you're right, yeah. Jews? Look around at YOU when im bored. Nice though nice try! It's not as good when it sounded different when I was clipping it damnit damnits foiled again um I would like to play just a couple of clips here from some of the speakers

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Darryl Scott, Michael Mukasey, Constitutional Oaths

The hosts highlight speeches by Pastor Darryl Scott and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Scott focused on the President's duty to defend the Constitution, while Mukasey argued that Hillary Clinton is the first candidate to seek the presidency after already violating the constitutional oath of office during her tenure as Secretary of State.

darryl scott· michael mukasey· constitution· commander in chief· hillary clinton

54:03 Very, very heavy on black speakers. Liked it a lot they were all very enthusiastic I like Darryl Scott He is the, he's a Ohio Baptist minister I believe. And it was just which of course were um...I think Van Jones called them fiery blacks It's just like is that guy racist or what? I truly believe that nothing will prevent Donald Trump from doing everything in his power to create an America and to become a president that everyone can be proud of

54:43 And Donald Trump believes, as you believe and I believe that we can become great again. We can only become great again if we have strong leadership! And i can think of no stronger leader who will place their left hand on the Bible that they believe in raise their right hand and solemnly swear faithfully execute the order of President of The United States to the best of his ability preserve

55:20 protect and defend the Constitution of the United States than Donald Trump! I liked it. Yeah, yeah it was okay but you know why I liked it because he said that he's going to swear to defend and uphold the Constitution like finally someone said the right thing It wasn't about war mongering, protecting the American people killing ISIS locking up Hillary. It was just that's the job I like it this is like what it was that thing they guys skip logic every time you bring something up a guy have a clip okay it's all right good now that you brought that up did you brought to that because you liked because of that here's the old Attorney General under uh the last couple years of Bush I don't have his name in front of me talking about this particular topic old AG United States is the only country in

56:14 that was founded based not on blood or land, but based on a law. The Constitution. Hillary Clinton is running for an office the presidency whose powers and duties are defined by that law. The most important power that that law gives to president is to be commander in chief of the armed forces to protect the country. Bomb them! That law imposes really only one substantive duty on the President And that is, as written in the Constitution to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. That law, the Constitution specifically requires before taking up those powers and duties The President swear to an oath and it's the only oath set forth in the Constitution To faithfully execute the office and preserve protect and defend the Constitution

57:15 Hillary Clinton took a similar oath before she became Secretary of State. You know what that adds up to? What that adds up is, that Hillary Clinton is asking the people in this country and the people of the United States to make her the first president in history to take the constitutional oath of office After already having violated it The guy was boring, but it was funny that was funny well I got one for you skip speaking of skib logic Antonio Sabado who now is he the real-world guy that? He met his wife on the real world an actor and

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Antonio Sabato Jr., Religion in Politics, Muslim President Claims

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. sparked controversy in an interview by expressing his belief that President Obama is a Muslim and that the United States was founded on Christian principles. The hosts discuss the media's reaction to his comments and the tension between personal religious beliefs and the constitutional separation of church and state.

antonio sabato jr· barack obama· islam· christianity· religious freedom

58:00 Did you see him? Well, he said yeah. I saw him but no the backstory well he sat down later with LZ from seeing of the ESPN and CNN guy guess they were maybe it was an MSN But I think must have been a CNN or ABC booth they had and there and they're talking about because the guy's very if you know he's a Religious, and he's very committed to that Here's what came out. I mean it says that it doesn't say which God it just says only one god That's always talking about uh you know one nation under God and in God we trust on the money I think that's it by given by our Creator in the Constitution. That's one guy that we know about, you believe is Islam this country was based on Islam or do you believe that the god that I'm talking about is the one in the Bible?

58:47 do you believe that we could never have a muslim president or never have a jewish and i want to get a moslem president seven-and-a-half usually the president obama is a must-have option which has absolutely not based on what you feel in your heart as i believe that they are going out there right to believe that and you have the right to go against that but i believe it so they got against their which he grew up in our world which is trying to tell me comes from that's where he grew up with his friend figure out how did you say you love the country you look at the constitution well openly stating things that seem to go against what the founding father stood for which is separation of church and state. Well, I believe that he made a lot of wrong choices and those are my beliefs It's interesting they don't they don't go against the Muslim thing just like well you know how can you be against that?

CHAPTER 18 / 53 Discussion

Virginia Roll Call, Subba Kolla, Accent Mockery

The hosts review the roll call vote from Virginia, delivered by Subba Kolla. They mock his thick accent, specifically his pronunciation of "vote" as "wort," and jokingly claim to hear the word "bunghole" in his delivery. The segment touches on the Republican party's efforts to showcase diversity during the convention.

virginia· subba kolla· roll call· accents· diversity

59:32 Yeah, that is funny. You'd think they would call him out on that. Uh-uh! I think this meme is just completely out of control. I'm in. Of all people which is why I take that seriously. It's because I read the essays by Daniel Pipes I have a little respeat or just a little even though. I think it'd be nice to take a break But I have a funny bit here, I gotta play yeah, I gotta I gotta funny bit too all right Okay well I this funny bit This is but I don't want to be called the racist because this kind of mocks a guy with an Indian accent And I'm reminded of Ron bloom over at me view who used to bring up this poor indian guy and Have him speak in front of a group because it's not shrikant Shrikanth shrikanth

1:00:17 I believe that, I'm believing Q and A is very good right now. Now this guy is the spokesperson during the roll call vote for Virginia and by the way we have no Indian donors rarely sometimes about once every year somebody comes in I am Indian and you can screw off because we call them cheap And uh... We know some Indians listen to the show. I'm not talking about Americans that have been here forever they speak good English This is a guy from India He, at some point he I'm sure...I can't identify a couple words. Instead of saying vote he says wart. He says wart? Yeah wart and... He doesn't say woat. He says wort instead of woat. Instead of vote

1:01:01 And he says, at some point he says bunghole in the middle of his little talk here and I don't know why. I missed this! Oh you missed the best thing then? This is an Indian guy from Virginia giving the vote totals out. Virginia 49 delegates to the following found delegates 17 Trump 8 Cruz 16 Rubio 5 Kasich 3 Carson Namaste, Mr. Chairman! The Commonwealth of Virginia is the mother of presidents and the cradle of freedom. Virginia where liberty sprouted from the roots of gemstone and where patriots' dreams came true. Virginia where a fledgling old dominion grown into a digital dominion. Virginia is truly a commonwealth of opportunity

1:02:02 I, Subha Kola First Indian American National Delegate from Virginia. All right i really only understood about 60 percent and i'm good at hearing people with accents that was tough he's the first uh yeah i don't know why they put him up there diversity man diversity magnanimous and they're overdoing the diversity thing the guy can barely speaking let's see here we go I'm proud to report that, pursuant to the Republican primary in Virginia history of our delegation cast the following bound votes. Three votes for Dr Ben Carson

1:02:45 Five votes for Governor John Casey. Put it on your nose! Eight votes for Senator Ted Cruz. Fourts, that's great. 16 votes for Senator Marco Rubio 17 words for our next president of United States of America Mr Donald J Trump I didn't hear the bunghole. Yeah, it was right at the... just before he started reading off the votes he says bunghole. I did not hear it. Should we go back? Yeah, back up a little bit. Virginia history of our delegation... Right here?

1:03:34 It's coming up. Cast the following bone warts! That's bone warts, I think he said. You think that's bunghole? No it said bungholes didn't he? Following bung holes Bone warts. I don't know what he says And then a guy at the very end of your interview just as it fades out The guy says well done Some guys say well done I like the warts Okay Now imma give you a clip for today That was pretty much All right, we got two clippies here. By the way if we were doing this if this is not an independent production being... Oh! We've it's like fired for that clip I think the hotline is ringing that's right Curry Dvorak you're fired exactly um so MSNBC had a lot of problems but mainly because

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MSNBC, Anti-Hillary Buttons, Media Triggers

MSNBC's coverage of the RNC is criticized for focusing heavily on offensive merchandise and buttons found at the convention. Hosts like Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow highlighted pins with derogatory language toward Hillary Clinton. The hosts argue that by constantly showing these "suggestive" images, the network is inadvertently reinforcing negative associations with Clinton in the minds of viewers.

msnbc· rachel maddow· brian williams· chris hayes· marsha blackburn

1:04:22 Brian Williams, who is on air almost all the time and of course with Rachel Maddow. I think she hates him just looking at how they work together And of course he has to ask guests about what do you think about her integrity? You know Hillary's lying He's the biggest liar of all It's very uncomfortable for him to say well What do you think about your integrity? How about yours Brian? It's very sad to see it But there was a big, oh they did not just Rachel but also Chris Hayes. Oh I mean they made so the buttons saw the buttons at the convention they had segment after segment about the buttons

1:05:03 I didn't watch MSNBC much, i did see some of it and uh... I didn't know any of this. I didn't know they were doing- why? Well okay so in the show notes ill have a picture here are the buttons that they show on screen Life's A Bitch Don't Vote For One Hillary for Prison Vote No to Monica's Ex Boyfriend's Wife And KFC Hillary special two fat thighs, two small breasts left wing. Which is horrible! These are horrible buttons! But these are all internet memes and they had to do not one but two pieces on it

1:05:40 a little something that we shot earlier today. I will tell you that some of our viewers, you're not going to find this offensive. You may find it uncomfortable and so you may not want to look at this stuff but people don't watch because you might get triggered. You might hurt your feelings. You might get triggered. Some of the pins that are being sold at the venue at the RNC venue in Cleveland and you know you always buy these spins? I buy these pins. Of course you'd buy these pins, you're an archivist very important.

1:06:20 But from the calling Hillary Clinton a bitch to the KFC special referring to her breasts and thighs in her left wing, and all of those other things. That's part of the merchandise of the RNC we've also seen pre-printed signs saying Hillary Clinton for prison We've seen calls from the stage that she oughta be in stripes that she ought to be locked up. That's been a chant throughout the convention proceedings thus far, we expect to see more of this tonight Yeah, you'll see a lot more. Of course it's... Now were they showing the box? Yes yeah they showed it while she was saying oh bitch What are they thinking this is again I think a huge mistake It's so..I agree well listen to Chris Hayes and then we can discuss it Obviously Hillary Clinton's not popular in that hall Oh he's talking to Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn outside who has very even keeled about this Obviously Hillary Clinton's not popular in that hall and she's the

1:07:16 I understand that. But, um... but i wonder like when you see shirts around here with buttons that like use the word B-I-T-C-H to describe her? Oh he has to say b-i-t-c-h because oh my gosh there may be children listening who luckily the children who watch MSNBC can't spell so they don't know the word is bitch! Have you ever noticed how he gets his voice way Or B-I-T-C-H. The degree of that, that's like Trump shirts and Trump that you know... Like does that? How do you feel about that I feel like... Have you read my Twitter feed or my Facebook page? You know it kind of comes with the territory

1:07:55 And you just have to shake it off. So, you sort of feel like being a woman in the public sphere comes with that kind of invective? You wouldn't believe what all I've been called and what's been said to me in my career whether it was in the private sector or in the public sector. Go read my Twitter feed! I will. I mean, I'm sure it is unspeakably ugly because... You wouldn't believe how liberals just stay on their case all day long every day we have people that are liberals I really liked another good word, invective. These are some dynamite words that i don't think half the audience understands. Invective

1:08:52 I never heard that one. I liked it well final thing then, but i believe although we have more you know election stuff Ted Cruz comes out Wait wait! We didn't get to discuss this you said we're gonna discuss this? I'm sorry the uses of these images and on MSNBC which is a supportive network for Hillary I just think this is bad form. All this is doing is injecting into the mind, again I'll fall back on the hypnotic stuff... Yeah Scott Adams sure! It's just suggestive stuff you know

1:09:32 I think the brain says, why do they keep saying lock Hillary up? Why did they put her in jail? Why are they putting Hillary for prison? Why are they calling her this? Why are they calling her that is what goes on when you keep seeing all this negative stuff. That's what they should be talking about what they should be doing if they're doing their job and I'm assuming that they're supposed to be promoting the Democrats. That's what I'm assuming because they all Democrats. Why are they putting this into the brains of the public? They should be because they're doing good stuff about Trump, and you know They're dumb. They are dumb if someone there trying to show hate misogyny invictive Invective

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Ted Cruz, Vote Your Conscience, Convention Theater

Ted Cruz's refusal to endorse Donald Trump during his prime-time speech is analyzed as a potential piece of political theater. While the crowd booed Cruz for telling them to "vote your conscience," the hosts speculate that the entire event might have been rigged to generate maximum media coverage, with Cruz potentially planning an endorsement later in the campaign.

ted cruz· donald trump· vote your conscience· rnc· theater

1:10:17 They're trying to show all this stuff. What I thought was dynamite though, and now just move on to this is last night Ted Cruz he has his...and Cruz had everybody going they were like okay alright He said congratulations Donald Trump had everybody going and then pretty soon you know people realize wait a minute This guy's not gonna honor his pledge You won't honor his pledge. I actually have a clip of the end of the speech, where they start booing him Which one is that? Just Ted Cruz Yeah just Ted Cruz And soar and make her daddy proud We must make the most Of our moments To fight for freedom He's lost the crowd Our God-given rights Big time Those with whom we don't agree So that when

1:11:12 We can't listen to the whole thing. Is there something about the whole thing you want to play? He just keeps getting worse and worse, and then we clip to the end where they're booing him. What was beautiful as he's winding up his speech it's clear that he is not going to give Trump his endorsement or do anything of the kind and so then Trump is in the back of the hall standing there I was saying to Tina What would be beautiful for the Republicans is if Cruz said, hey you know what I'm in on the party. I'll support Donald Trump I've made a pledge or promise he did and yeah Trump I'm sure would have bounded up and hugged him on the stage And made him feel all good and put them on the Supreme Court But instead that you know I think

1:11:56 Cruz did so well. I have another take on this because this thing for one thing it dragged on and then he said he went 23 minutes or something way over time, somebody said it was like a filibuster talked very slow yeah the analysts went on but Trump did the ultimate move was perfect like all right I'm just going to come in everyone's going to be happy they'll be screaming that's because Trump was sick of waiting So he came in to try to diffuse it a little bit. But I think this is all theater, I'm putting the red book. Cruz is gonna come out for Trump near the end of the campaign- Oh! I like that. He's gonna look like an independent... This thing was fake they had this speech in advance as what Gingrich said. Everyone had their speech two hours and knew he wasn't going to say anything. This thing was rigged It's a phony deal everyone bought into it And listening to Rachel Maddow analysis why would they let him

1:12:49 speak if they knew this speech. It makes no sense, they're incompetent! Do you have a clip of that? I don't...I did have it but my battery's dead on my little recorder so I didn't... I can get that clip, I still have it. But as soon as Rachel said that because she was like a deer in the headlights sitting next to Williams and she's going, I don't understand why they do this? Why would they let him speak if he was gonna not do what they were hoping he is gonna do? And as soon as she said this, there's the dummy in the room now I know what's going on. The whole thing is a setup and Cruz It's just acting a part. Yeah

1:13:31 And he can be a probably still get his Supreme Court thing because he's gonna do it at the end when it you know, When I can get some more news. This is all for coverage and Trump knows that down the road somewhere there's going to coverage is gonna let slack off and that's when Cruz can come out and Do this thing inside decided blah blah blah You know He's gonna Trump's got to send a lot of flowers to his wife But this whole thing is rigged before an alternative deconstruction we turn now to the Oracle known as The view, no this is not the view. This is uh I had that actually now I think this is back to Myers thing this is Joy Reid again about what she called the power move What did you think of Ted Cruz and then Donald Trump walking into the hall? What did you think of that? You know my father was from the Congo

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Joy Reid, Chris Matthews, Gangster Move Analysis

MSNBC commentators Joy Reid and Chris Matthews react to Ted Cruz's speech, with Reid describing it as a "gangster move" reminiscent of a third-world dictatorship. Matthews criticizes Cruz for "dumping" on the party's convention. The hosts contrast Cruz's defiance with Marco Rubio's video-based capitulation to the Trump campaign.

joy reid· chris matthews· ted cruz· gangster move· msnbc

1:14:20 third world dictatorship because you had this sort of gangster move by Ted Cruz. Gangster move! Instead of doing what he was brought there to do, he decides to turn the whole thing around and say vote your conscience which is the theme of the never Trump movement which was the theme of the first day uprising. He gets booed Did you hear that the first day uprising, yes? That was the code name or something. I have no idea what she's talking about. Well when they tried to do a roll call vote and make you lose your bet Which you did not, of course. In the 22nd. First day uprising he gets booed that Trump kids are in the front looking surly and then Donald Trump... Donald Trump is almost like he's gonna rush the stage! Like Donald Trump makes a move to come in too it was yeah and then contrast that with Marco Rubio not only completely capitulating but not even showing up to do it in person

1:15:10 doing it on video. Republican but he was also fell for it and he analyzed it I think he analyzed it correctly if it wasn't what I think which is bullcrap. But this is Chris Matthews on Cruz and what he had to say that was very good of a comment like Chris Christie was throwing a death stare up to the stage as well, What did it feel like on the floor? Well, I think it's when it felt like watching it This is bad behavior by

1:15:54 political figure. Ted Cruz has a reputation for being unpleasant, but this is going into someone's party and dumping on it! This is very bad behavior the only time in his speech Ted Cruz gave there which he obviously prepared verbatim was mentioning Donald Trump once and then saying vote your conscience that is political language for I'm releasing you not to vote for their party I mean, he was saying to people in the Republican convention you don't have to vote Republican this time. It was an incredible, I think outrageous misuse of his time but they gave him the time it was extraordinary guys back to you Brian. That kind of wrapped it up for me well two more things actually one more thing of course

1:16:45 The most exciting moment was when Trump came out with this great lighting effect stage to announce Melania. And of course they're playing We Are the Champions by Queen, oh my god! No Agenda producers know how this works but everywhere all over the face bag I was like, screw these guys. They should ask permission they're stealing it. They have no permission! Rolling Stone wrote a whole article about how Queen is quote frustrated by Donald Trump after RNC song usage. Queen posts we have not given any explicit permission to do so here's CBS

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Queen, We Are The Champions, Music Licensing

The band Queen and other musicians have expressed frustration over the Trump campaign's use of their music, specifically "We Are The Champions." The hosts explain the reality of blanket performance licenses from BMI and ASCAP, noting that as long as the venue is licensed, the artists have little legal recourse despite the media narrative of "unauthorized" use.

queen· donald trump· we are the champions· licensing· ascap

1:15:54 political figure. Ted Cruz has a reputation for being unpleasant, but this is going into someone's party and dumping on it! This is very bad behavior the only time in his speech Ted Cruz gave there which he obviously prepared verbatim was mentioning Donald Trump once and then saying vote your conscience that is political language for I'm releasing you not to vote for their party I mean, he was saying to people in the Republican convention you don't have to vote Republican this time. It was an incredible, I think outrageous misuse of his time but they gave him the time it was extraordinary guys back to you Brian. That kind of wrapped it up for me well two more things actually one more thing of course

1:16:45 The most exciting moment was when Trump came out with this great lighting effect stage to announce Melania. And of course they're playing We Are the Champions by Queen, oh my god! No Agenda producers know how this works but everywhere all over the face bag I was like, screw these guys. They should ask permission they're stealing it. They have no permission! Rolling Stone wrote a whole article about how Queen is quote frustrated by Donald Trump after RNC song usage. Queen posts we have not given any explicit permission to do so here's CBS

1:17:31 Love him or hate him, you've got to admit the guy knows how to make an entry. But it wasn't the sight of Donald Trump that set the Twittersphere on fire last night... On fire! ...as much as the sounds that accompanied it The moment Trump made Freddie Mercury roll over in his grave was one tweet, referencing the contradiction that the nominee of a party whose platform is anti-same sex marriage would choose a song written and sung by a gay man who died from AIDS. Rolling Stones Adele and REM's Michael Stipe have all voiced their displeasure at Trump using their songs but on a night that raised the issue of unauthorized use

1:18:15 That your worth is your bond. The Trump campaign's choice of music made for the perfect soundtrack. CBS! CBS is just CIA, yeah the CIA broadcasting system they are not letting up and I just want to say about this that for the last time If Donald Trump, he has venues. He understands how this works. You get a blanket license from BMI, you get a blanket license from ASCAP, you look at the list and say we're going to play this and that is completely licensed and legal there's nothing anyone can do about it unless

1:18:56 It's seen as an endorsement, which could be confusing to the consumer under the Lanham Act or if it's a libel. I mean there is nothing to do with the rights of music but musicians... Rolling Stone! Rolling effing stone! Oh, they have no permission. Nobody understands the music business. They do not know how it works and of course you know Queen is like well we're looking at all of our options You have no options Not for that. You have no options? Why are they feeding the public this nonsense because it doesn't take a genius to know this what I mean you just summarized probably as quickly in 12 seconds that these guys are going on and on. The Washington Post luckily The Washington Post

1:19:42 put out an outstanding article that explains exactly that there's no recourse, which shuts a lot of people up because oh it's the Washington Post. It's not Adam, no it's the Washington Post But it's meant to, I mean you heard it. Like what? Freddie Mercury turning over in his grave this anti-gay party and this hate monger he stole the music from the gay guy! And then CBS puts in that little sub clip of Melania recording just a pounded home even though I think was too subtle for most viewers

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Major Garrett, Attendance Figures, Convention Protests

CBS News reporter Major Garrett highlighted empty seats during the convention and reported that the economic boom promised to Cleveland has been a "bust." The hosts discuss the relatively small scale of protests outside the arena compared to initial fears of widespread violence, attributing the lack of turnout to recent tensions involving police shootings.

major garrett· cbs news· attendance· protests· cleveland

1:20:19 I have a CBS, here's CBS' report on the what I thought was, their stuff was bad. But this CBS blast attendance now they're blasting the dollars nobody showed up outside the arena protests resulted in at least 10 arrests as mounted police moved in on flag burning and other demonstrations just outside the security perimeter Scott one police officer suffered a minor injury and we are told that number of arrests could well rise Major Garrett, thanks. Those protests have been quite a bit smaller and less violent than had been feared at the beginning. Major Garrett on the floor of the convention You know you may have noticed there seem to be a lot of empty seats here This is the arena in the final half hour last night when the speakers included Dr Ben Carson Well this is four years ago again second night of the convention last half-hour Chris Christie speaking

1:21:14 Here it is in 2008 when Senator Joe Lieberman addressed the convention, and in 2004 when First Lady Laura Bush was speaking. All of those stadiums held about 20,000 people It's not just inside the arena turns out the crowds outside are thin too here's Juliana Goldman The few blocks around the security perimeter feel like a typical convention Vendors selling swag, restaurants crowded with delegates media and Republican officials. But across the rest of this town it's a different story several blocks away employees at newly opened Coastal Taco say the supposed RNC economic boom has been a bust

1:21:58 They're Republicans suck. They're Republican suck, they suck I tell you! They suck!" Well what I really missed and I think this is where we'll be analyzing this all the way through November is they really did not do enough...the networks to hammer the crazy racist and part of that It has to be just what's the Black Lives Matters. We talked about it before, the imagery is just not good now. Now it looks like they're black panthers I think people are saying what's going on with this? This is a little weird we get cops getting shot so that I think they need to rekindle that if they want to really make any impact because now and I'm surprised I'm really surprised they're throwing this all on the hate gays

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Bill Maher, Norovirus, Anti-Pence Rhetoric

The hosts review segments from Bill Maher's live convention coverage, including jokes about a norovirus outbreak and derogatory labels for black and gay Republicans. They critique Maher's characterization of Mike Pence as a "climate denier" who wants to "pray away the gay," arguing that the rhetoric is based on falsehoods regarding Indiana's laws.

bill maher· mike pence· norovirus· log cabin republicans· climate change

1:22:45 I got too quickly, then we'll take a break. This is again from the Bill Maher show it's just it's a wealth of grooviness My favorite little story of the convention there was an outbreak of noro virus The one they get at cruise ships? At the convention, they said avoid shaking hands. So if you see the Trump boys just zig-hail and walk right on down. Now a little marginalized black Republicans and marginalized gay Republicans have to come together and form a new group called the Uncle Tom's Log Cabin Republic Wow he's calling the black Republicans Uncle Tom says great and of course the log cabin Republicans are the gay gay Republicans. And here's the last one just on the gay thing but this is about Mike Pence. About Mike Pence I almost forgot about Mike Pence

1:23:36 Trump announced on Twitter Mike Pence is his vice presidential choice I first heard about this guy a couple of years ago when he came out for religious freedom laws These are the laws that allow restaurants not to feed gay people as Jesus would have wanted now That law does not exist. It's just not true the Restoration of Religious Freedom Act was unnecessary to start with. We talked about this, we read the bill... It's really just a reiteration of religious freedom and it was unnecessary but it was like, oh! We got in there. It was dumb. But they then made that even clearer by saying you cannot refuse to feed gay people so it's just a lie he may be dumb, he may not know it but it is just a lie

1:24:27 He hates all the right things. He's a total climate denier, Climate change denier that's not happening Really bad on abortion Hates the poor What does that mean really bad on abortion? I don't know what that means It's just really bad Super hates gay people He's for gay conversion therapy You know where you pray away the gay cause' that works Pray away the gay! He says kids from A heterosexual family with two heterosexual parents come out healthier and more stable, like the healthy-stable guy at the top of the ticket. And against gay marriage? Against don't ask, don't tell in the military? He's gay right? I mean nobody who is this anti-gay has ever...

1:25:16 We shouldn't be playing so many clips. Yeah, let's move on then should we I do want to say he did miss the opportunity to say when he condemned Trump for being a bad family man which makes it nobody's buying that He could have dropped in the crazy racist. They just had those words No they don't know I think they're also afraid you would I think you're wrong Oh They don't know this. Scott Adams seems to be the one who picked it up and nobody reads him! That's incredible, isn't it? Well, the thing that we've picked up on the most probably is they are and that may also not be it's probably not intentional but the pro Hillary networks. They're all showing the memes that associate in your brain that she's a witch she's a liar should you be in prison and they keep showing it I know the which thing is ridiculous. They shouldn't even bring it up

1:26:16 You don't hear the pro-Trump people talking about him being a crazy racist. It's unbelievable! I'm very excited about the Democratic convention next week, I cannot wait to see it. Oh that is going to be a gem. I think it's going to be fabulous. Cannot wait to see what they come up with. Do you think they're gonna try and take the high road? And we are not the part which will be boring No, they can't do that. They're gonna have to... Hillary's gonna come out with her screaming she screams like I have this one last clip This is Hillary on jobs just play this this clip and there she is yelling again Okay

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Hillary Clinton, Coding Jobs, Show Outro

A clip of Hillary Clinton discussing "coding" jobs is mocked by the hosts as being out of touch with the reality of software development. The first half of the show concludes with a thank you to artist Scuba Steve for the episode's album artwork, which features a "to-do list" for the recent Turkish coup attempt.

hillary clinton· coding· software development· scuba steve· album art

1:26:58 Coding! To coding, I'm not quite sure what it is but a coding. We're gonna bring jobs of building jobs and and coding let me say that is such an insult to software developers or you know anyone who is a developer a software developer it's in it's an insult coding learn the code hour of code Yeah, I think so too. She has no idea what she's talking about. Hour to hour... you have to take an hour to code. Code every day for an hour! That's right we can all be coding Well, with that for now I'd like to thank you very much for your courage and say in the morning to John C. With a c stands for convention pundit Dvorak! And good morning to you Mr Adam Curry also in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feed the air subs on the water and all the dames and knights out there In the morning to everybody in the chat room of course that's noagendastream.com Good to see y'all there and in the morning to our artist today we would like to thank Scuba Steve

1:28:06 who created the album artwork for episode 843. Title of that was Save The Date, and this was a nice one! This was the to-do list... This was for Erdogan's so called coup check boxes arrest the president cut electricity shut down the internet it would fit in perfectly made us laugh and we encourage everyone to go to noagendaartgenerator.com Check it out fun stuff submit something if you want to It's really appreciated I saw people like that one so much there was at least two variations. I saw on Twitter where they took the thing and then added different memes to the checkboxes. Yeah, like the To-Do list Flat Earth Mandela effect Thanks! Good stuff Alright Let's see what we got here We do have an Insta Knight Oh Which is nice Pamela Insta Dame

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Producer Donations, Dame Pamela, Executive Producer Credits

The hosts read letters from high-tier donors, including "Insta-Dame" Pamela Hague and Ethan Smith. They discuss the "value-for-value" model and the personal stories of listeners who have found "sanity" through the show's deconstruction of the media. Mike Merva is credited as an Associate Executive Producer after donating a specific sequence of numbers triggered by a Cracker Barrel bill.

donations· dame pamela· ethan smith· mike merva· value-for-value

1:29:01 Instadame, I'm sorry. Pamela Hogg in Allegheny New York for $1,000. I'd like to thank you for your deconstruction of the media. I have to say that since I was hit in the mouth my life has changed for the better We hear this a lot. I was on the extreme liberal side, we got a liberal to come over! Come over to...we're not even in the middle, we're in a different dimension. That's right. I was an extreme liberal side and it was turning into a basket case. Oh noes. It happens, it happens. Yeah, I have friends like this. They lose bets to me easily. Have you

1:29:42 Talked to Markov from New York Times. They both know yeah, they've been we've been going back and forth on the text messaging And then I see up I see upcoming new bets to make I'm gonna just double down I think this is a new career for you it's like Four years I made good money no it should be more like It's just a thought Anyway, I feel a sense of resolve. I haven't felt in years she writes. I would like to thank my friend Christy Muckin Sturm Sturma

1:30:20 For turning me on to the show, please send a little karma her way while she travels with her young children from Texas to visit me and my family in New York. Absolutely. She'd like be known simply as Dame Pamela if it hasn't already been taken I don't think i've heard anyone by that name... I look forward to the ceremony, Dame. You've got karma. Thank you very much, Pamela! Nice That is, that actually saved us today. It was very nice. Yeah it did. It was good. Appreciate it. Ethan Smith in Lexington Kentucky 333 dot 33 I apologize for my douchebaggery over the last year First of all I must request jobs karma for Princess Lou this Friday have been waiting until I could donate three three three dot three three and bring my total contributions to six six six dot six six

1:31:15 I listen to each voice a minimum of four times. Wow! That's 12 hours dedicated to each show I listen to each show a minimum of four times. You probably would get a lot out of it if you listened more than once because we have a lot of subtleties A lot of people Listen at work when they're little, just doing stuff and then they do go back and listen again to certain things I've heard this I'm in my forties at least one show a day. I'll never be able to truly give you the value to give me Adam You are like, my cool uncle who's always down to smoke Hey man! I'm down to smoke! Hey man! Pass the doobie dude

1:32:07 John you are the grandfather I never had and you will never have one like it. I thank you both for your courage I'm broke broke college. I'm a broke college dropout trying to make it worth them make it, but she's saying oh I can't read this I think is in the background Make it with my photography and stand-up comedy we got a comedian in there excellent I have three douchebags to call out okay? Yeah one of which is a confirmed man overboard. Oh no! Uh, Douchebag Liam Darby. DOUCHEBAG Then we have Ryan Lee Okay... DOUCHEBAG And Jay Hamilton. DOUCHEBAG And he's the man overboard I've also been saving this combo for awhile A John Yeah yeah yeah man Followed by a whoopie get out of my vagina followed by another John Yeah yeah yeah man

1:33:03 Is it yeah, yeah, yeah man? I don't know what that well. I think there's something I vaguely remember but... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Yeah, I don't think that's the one she means exactly no. I think she means there was she even oh yeah, uh I Think it's um. I think it's the ya-ya-ya yeah, yeah, yeah He's hearing a man in there that wasn't one okay and a jobs is that No, followed by a whoopee. Get out of my vagina then another yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah and then... Okay. Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

1:33:50 Yeah, yeah, you've got karma Waiting for that he's waiting for that and now he's sorely disappointed. I hope not what can't do Mike Mirva in Youngstown Ohio drops down to two three four five six and becomes an associate executive producer for show 3 three eight forty four. We start with three you know what I said? Eight forty four. Eight forty four, not donated in a while and since i received two different signs in the same week that feels obliged to donate the first one being our cracker barrel dinner bill coming out to thirty-three dollars and thirty three cents and by the way they're serving something at Cracker Barrel that amounts this because we have had this

1:34:41 Ah, yes. Remember? Yeah! And it was Cracker Barrel. Hmm... It's like the Pikachu of No Agenda Coming out of the 33.33 and my new eyeglass purchase was $333.33! That was more than enough to tell me to pony up to the T-B-P-I-T-U with this summer of chaos in full swing I cannot thank you both enough with your deconstructions and analysis it feels like you've given me The Gift Of Sanity! I kindly ask you please accept my donation and keep up the outstanding work. Yeah, we will make it so.

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No Agenda Brewers Guild, Beer Shipment, Spatchcock Karma

A shipment of homebrewed beer from the No Agenda Brewers Guild arrived at Adam Curry's residence, though several bottles broke in transit. Despite the leak, the USPS delivered the package in a plastic bag. The donor, Sir Chris, requested karma after a "spatchcock" chicken incident coincided with a recent podcast episode.

no agenda brewers guild· homebrew· usps· spatchcock· karma

1:35:23 I kindly request the following. JCD peeve for his constant gripes about the low donations, a de-douching and some jobs karma. All right here we go. John C. Devorak's pet peeve of the day. You've been dedouched! Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You got karma. And then we drop down to... okay, I don't know. Just a little intermediate did you get a note or check from Sir Chris Back of the No Agenda Brewers Guild? Yeah, I believe so. For 3333?

1:36:16 Well, I'll tell you why. So so I received yesterday and this is this was interesting there was a package it was a US Postal Service package and it was wrapped in kind of like a whitish almost but a little clear through garbage bag and it was sitting in my, uh...in the package room here at the condo. At the Crackpot Condo So I get that out and immediately i know what's going on because it was bottles of beer which as I opened up turned out two had broken in transit so this box was just dripping with beer! I don't-I mean yay for the postal service! They could have easily thrown it out you know sent a summons to our good knight there The No Agenda Brewers Guild because you can't send alcohol through the mail

1:37:04 But they didn't. They just put it into a bag, let it leak out and you know I was like that's kind of cool at least they got it but... Yeah the post office is good. But there's a lot uh but this he had a note and it was completely dripping wet and it's no agenda beers it's fantastic homebrew with no agenda labels on it um And he said, I hope this beer will help when things get too tense. Can you give us all some karma? And it was all stuck together but maybe this was a check but it's no longer looks like a check because its all wet FYI similar box and check for 33333 was sent to John so you may just not have received it yet I guess If it is sent in the box people should ask for my home address or stuff like this

1:37:51 And the reason why he knew he had to donate is, he said I was cooking a spatchcock smoked chicken for the 4th of July then later heard your Spatchcock episode. Karma was speaking to me." Yeah! So i'm gonna give him karma even though we don't know... well wait for it come in and just want let him know that four of the six beers arrived and so appreciated Onward That was Mike Merva Gordon Ulig in Pioneer, California $211.11 and he says I love the show give me some boom shakalaka maybe a whoop-em with the Constitution from the 95666 which is I guess a zip code oh that's it? yeah that's all we got okay what was that that's a Manning isn't it yeah Manning with a whooping whooping

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Birthday Wishes, Knighting Ceremony, Final Donations

Final donations for the segment are read, including a birthday wish for Nicholas Samaras and a contribution from Joshua Milos. The hosts perform a "jobs karma" jingle and thank all producers for their financial support, which allows them to monitor multiple news screens for convention coverage.

knighthood· birthday· jingles· donations· producer credits

1:38:51 Let's see, we can first play this one. Sorry I wasn't reading ahead close enough there. Here we go. Bam! There you go. Thea Bachman in... what is it? Noakesville Virginia $200 We got a happy birthday to my husband, Nicholas Samaras of Nokesville Virginia. Please put this towards his knighthood as he's an avid listener I believe he would like to be known as Sir Douche Baggins once he achieves the spectacular goal please play Don't Eat Me Hillary and then this cuts off. So maybe a karma? I'll just put a karma in there.

1:39:56 You've got karma. And then finally we have Ronald Beavis in Winnipeg, Manitoba $200 and I looked and looked and looked and looked and there's no note so i assume he just sent it to 200. I'll double check We do have another one the last one there Well next we have Joshua Milos Yeah you're right at two hundred dollars in Hayward right down the street from me actually Actually I used a bowl at the holiday bowl It's been a year since my last donation, July 4th 2015. And once again I am passing along my meager spot bonus from my employer to the show! That is a small thank you for the hours of entertainment that you provide. Please keep up the good work." And he likes a jingle of dealers choice field

1:40:46 Free to pick on my behalf. I'm always amazed at the other producers creativity and would be embarrassed With what other selection? I'm with what selection I might provide Why don't you give it a go tell me what you like, you know what I like Hug and share a secret, which is gonna be next week. All next week! You mean the Democratic... Convention? Yeah okay and I'll do a little uh just do a jobs karma as well enough people are looking forward to that oh there's no winning we don't like to foster a competitive atmosphere but we laugh a lot now everyone hug and share a secret Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

1:41:31 Nice! Bingo boom. That's it? Yeah, that's it which is good like the well-wishers Yes like the well wishers love the incident thank all of our executive producers and associate executive producers for stepping up today really appreciate that Of course, I'll be thanking everybody later on in the second segment $50 or above and again Thank you for allowing us to do this. I was just my ass is flat That's how long I've been just sitting watching multiple screens But because of the support we get that so it's possible and of course We have another show coming up on Sunday. We need your support as well remember to vorac org slash Our formula is this

CHAPTER 29 / 53 Discussion

Michael J. McDonald, Las Vegas Gaffe, Nevada GOP

A clip features Nevada GOP Chairman Michael J. McDonald incorrectly identifying Las Vegas as the "capital city" of Nevada during the convention roll call. The hosts mock the error, noting that Carson City is the actual capital, and point out his use of the word "warts" instead of "votes."

michael j. mcdonald· nevada· las vegas· carson city· gop

1:42:20 We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Hey citizens! Shut up, slave! Shut up, slave? I just need to move something completely different just to clear the air a little bit because... Well you want to stop talking about the convention? I only have one clip that's really important to play Oh if it is really important then we should play it Yeah this is The Idiot From Nevada Clip Does it need set-up?! You'll hear it, well you might for people out there that don't know that the capital of Nevada and this guy's the head of the GOP in Nevada. The capital of Nevada for anyone who wants to know is Carson City! It's not Las Vegas that's for sure. Introducing Chairman Michael J McDonald. Mr chairman thank you from the great state of Nevada where blue lives matter

1:43:27 brought in by the first Republican president in 1864. We're very proud of our nation from the great shores of Lake Tahoe to the most entertaining capital city, Las Vegas, Nevada. This time was said that Las Vegas will not stay in Las Vegas. We are here to cast our votes. Your warts cast your warts from the capital of Nevada That's sad. It is very sad. Well, but it is sad. Yeah. 28 pages of course was released right at the beginning of all this so this has been completely snowed under. Oh yeah! Not a lot to talk about the 28 pages I have never seen such a smart move in my life They were just waiting These 28 pages are scandalous and everybody knew they were going to be scandalous and everybody wanted them cut So they brought em out and just played it beautifully

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9/11 Report, 28 Pages, Saudi Arabia Lawsuits

The long-awaited release of the "28 pages" from the 9/11 inquiry is discussed, with the hosts noting the strategic timing of the release during the RNC. Senator Bob Graham comments on the embarrassing nature of the information regarding Saudi Arabia. Legal expert Lionel explains the potential for "lawfare," where US citizens sue foreign governments, and the risk of reciprocal lawsuits against the US for drone strikes.

9/11 report· 28 pages· saudi arabia· bob graham· justice against sponsors of terrorism act

1:44:22 RT has been, of course, paying attention to what's happening. They got an interview or a soundbite with Senator Bob Graham who was on the 9-11 Commission although when you hear him talk it sounds like he's talking about something he had no involvement in And just to be clear that the 28 pages were part of the report, not 28 pages removed from the final 9-11 Commission Report but from the 800 pages they received. It is indeed quite damning but here's Bob Graham... There are several theories as to why the Bush administration would have wanted to have classified and kept from public view information that might have been

1:45:02 somewhere between embarrassing and the cause of reassessment of our relationship with Saudi Arabia. You remember that both Bush and Cheney testified not under oath, and in a closed session? And here's Graham just saying I was really strange have no idea please you lying sack! the kind of analysis you'd expect, although this guy was...he's kind of like a Bill Nye type guy. This is a lawyer who and he was only introduced by his first name Lionel and I mean he may not have a last name. I don't know. Lionel is actually one of the last guys in the country that this was a popular thing that was done 70s 80s i'm not sure we had a couple of guys in the Bay Area that did

1:45:55 They would, at the end of the news hour they would come out and do an editorial. And it started with the station managers that used to come out doing editorials at the end of the state...at the end of the news hour. And we think that we should put in more pools for the kids! And then they brought a comedian in or kind of comedian who could do kinda editorials with a punchline Lionel is the guy from one of the stations, one of the last stations that still does this. Nobody does it on the West Coast that I know of and he does it for one of the New York stations. I'm not sure which one WNY or some I don't know which station if they're WABC I'm not sure but Lionel's still doing this bit and somehow Russia Today maybe they got fired maybe doesn't do it anymore but Russia Today dug him up and they use him first hurdle will be the far

1:46:46 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, which provides that citizens of the United States can sue foreign countries' foreign governments in certain circumstances. Now let's assume – arguendo for the sake of argument – that there is enough of a connection there. Saudi Arabia could say this proves nothing but lets assume there is. The question then is, can they sue? Can they sue Saudi Arabia. Not only that the insurance companies first responders just imagine this list of individuals who would have a claim

1:47:23 The question then will be, would the United States or a federal court be able to seize Saudi assets prior to the conclusion of the lawsuit? Then we get into litigation. Let's assume further that Saudi Arabia says are you sure you really want to get into facts that might be embarrassing. Now, in May of this year there was a bill that was passed in the Senate that would provide American citizens the ability to secure funds and liability from Saudi Arabia. That will probably be vetoed by the president

1:48:02 It also has a lot of loopholes where it can be stopped if anybody claims that this is a matter of national security. But Ed, this is what's really the most important. We're going to see a change from warfare to lawfare and what happens then? If another country says you know U.S., you've inspired us I represent a Yemeni family who was hit by one of your drones I represent families and we're going to use this same legal apparatus to go after you. He's not a comedian anymore, but he did explain one aspect of it. The aspect that should be talking about is who needs to go to jail? The criminal court. Right. But for some reason they're not quite on that tip yet. Oh John something horrible happened last night

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Helen Thomas, Career Retrospective, Israel Comments

The death of veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas at age 92 is noted. The hosts revisit the 2010 controversy where Thomas was caught on camera telling Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Poland and Germany. This incident led to her immediate retirement and condemnation from the White House press office.

helen thomas· white house press corps· israel· palestine· upi

1:48:55 Okay, Helen Thomas passed away. Yes she did Helen Thomas and I 92 bad time for you know a bad timing because she won't get you know there's no one around to make packages and She was thrown out Thrown out of the White House press corps. She'd been there since JFK. I believe no no before that Really? He goes way back. I think she goes back to Eisenhower it could be Eisenhower And you recall when President Obama and the Obama administration came in, and she was always front row. Front seat very critical of I mean every president was

1:49:34 Do you remember how he was kind of like, she was kind of forced to resign? And she was asking a whole bunch of really uncomfortable questions when the president, when President Obama first got in. And then she got railroaded with some guy who stuck a camera in her face and this went viral. This is how she lost her job or what made her retire. Any advice for these young people over here for starting out in the press corps? Go for it! They'll never be unhappy You always keep people informed and you'll always keep learning. That's the greatest thing of your profession, never stop learning. Today they're covering the Jewish heritage. Are you going to meet the president? Yes! Any comments on Israel? We were asking everybody today... Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine. Remember these people are occupied

1:50:33 And it's their land. It's not German, it's not Polish. So where should they go? They go home! Where is the home? Poland! Germany! So the Jews go back to Poland and then Germany? And America and everywhere else Why push people out of there who have lived there for centuries Now, are you familiar with the history of that region? Very much. I'm a Arab background. And that was the end of her career. That was her boom done! She had to resign and then it wasn't a time when there was a lot of hey let's not don't make any trouble with Muslims, Jews this is not a conversation we want to have right now it was very like oh man

1:51:21 I think Judy did a wrap-up, if you want to hear that of her death. Helen Thomas issued a statement saying quote... I'm sorry this is not her... This was the analysis after she resigned so this was seven or eight years ago. Helen Thomas issued a statement saying, quote I deeply regret my comments i made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians they do not reflect my heartfelt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance may that day come soon she wrote

1:51:58 By Monday morning, Helen Thomas had been dropped by her public speaking agency. At his daily news briefing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs condemned the comments calling them offensive and reprehensible. Helen Thomas who had a front row seat in the briefing room for many years was not present Shortly afterwards, Hearst newspapers announced Helen Thomas was retiring effective immediately. They wrote quote her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet. Helen Thomas's retirement comes after nearly 60 years as White House correspondent for United Press International It is pretty amazing that today you can say that and be won't get fired

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Rachel Maddow, Nice Terror Attack, MSNBC Apologetics

Rachel Maddow's appearance on Jimmy Fallon is critiqued for her downplaying of the terrorist attack in Nice, France. The hosts present a collage of MSNBC clips where commentators struggle to identify the "motivation" of Islamic terrorists, often comparing the violence to "workplace violence" or historical events like the Crusades to avoid criticizing radical Islam.

rachel maddow· nice· france· msnbc· terrorism

1:52:43 I think. But this is... You might be right! Well, check this out. This is something I just noticed and I noticed it-this is MSNBC-I noticed that when Rachel Maddow was on Jimmy Fallon and I actually stayed up and wanted to see it And she's a dick! She comes out and she like Oh, so too cramming. She's just she's like she on drugs So she completely tripping out all fast-talking and then she said something about the nice terror attack which got my attention I have a lot to discuss with you There's a lot going on Well, I mean the awful terrorist attack awfully in France. I said what do we know any new news from that? Not really. I mean nothing main thing that everybody was

1:53:25 Thinking about initially was, was it one person acting alone? And as far as we know at this point We still think it was one person acting alone. At least they haven't named other people They also want to know if he was either directed by or inspired by some terrorist group They'd know of at least thus far in the investigation They haven't talked about any connections like that or any signs that he was radicalized his dad says he was a little nuts said had some mental health issues. So, I mean honestly we don't know much about the perpetrator maybe that's not important i mean maybe the most important thing is how many people lost their lives so this may be it's not important where she goes through you know 40 45 seconds of well you know he might have been not what she did not say

1:54:09 is, well it seems like he was a terrorist attack. But maybe it's not important we don't really know about the moment- We don't really know what he was thinking except for the reports of what he did and what he said but we don't really know It's interesting you caught that. Well, wait for this! This is a collage of two different collages stuck together all MSNBC that you're hearing the people you hear are either with CARE there's Muslimas it's it's all about Muslim terror And just listen to this collage.

1:55:00 been caused by ISIS to increase its activity, increase its presence in Bangladesh. So again we don't know the motivation of this attack. Motivation is just somebody whose life was kind of out of control and took it out on everybody? But we've seen examples of that San Bernardino may in fact have been a hybrid act of terrorism slash workplace violence Our kids are hearing this rhetoric We have people mosques being vandalized kids being executed. The future leadership of our country potentially can be people who think that they could mass murder civilians across the world. To try to understand this current cycle of violence, one of the reasons Palestinians will always say is the humiliation and frustration that these young people are experiencing We are disgustingly biased when it comes to this issue look at how

1:55:45 many airtime Netanyahu and his folks have on air. Why is it that Muslims and other immigrants in Belgium have such a problem integrating with local society? Why is it that they do not feel like they are Belgian, why is it that they are ghettoized into these communities? What's the greater threat to civilization Christian extremism Jewish extremism or Muslim extremism. I would not say any of those, i would not say radical Islam is the greatest threat to civilization today Again you're looking at a very specific time in the history of humanity what about when the crusades were taking place invading the world? What people have described as racist tendencies towards Iraqis and Muslims as he was going on some of these killing sprees in Iraq on assignment are issues Wait wait it's killing sprees

1:56:34 When Chris Kyle was going on killing sprees? So whatever it is, we don't know the motivation. This has no... this is just crazy people and by the way you know white crazy people or Christians are crazier. This MSNBC! Yeah Comcast should be ashamed of itself for supporting this bogus network I think so that's really quite egregious Yeah. The Apologist Network, I don't know but whatever it is we really don't know the motivation Well again it's like what are you uh... What kind of analysis is this? It's zero analysis! Zero from them

CHAPTER 33 / 53 Discussion

Trump Family, Public Speaking, Wildest Dreams Joke

The hosts praise the public speaking abilities of the Trump children, specifically Donald Trump Jr. They also play a clip of a humorous nomination speech where the speaker jokes about his wife's "wildest dreams" not including him standing on the RNC stage.

donald trump jr· public speaking· rnc· humor· peggy

1:57:20 I did find one more clip from the convention that i want to play because i collected funny stuff. I got a few maybe this is the this is like one of Trump's buddies uh that nominated him, I don't have his name in front of me but I just thought this was the way to go with if you're going to do material um uh... when you're out there and i think most more people should have been funny they could've made some kid i didn't notice this like one of the uh... trump kids in these not decide they knock it out of the park to keep the kids were very good public speakers and i doubt donald trump juniors if discussions future president that's such exactly new camelot from its camera future president denied after the next person comes out and they make no acknowledgement

1:58:05 They just start blabbing. They don't say, well that was a great speech or what I would have said with the couple of these, I would have said holy mackerel! I have to follow that? Say something they said nothing nobody seemed to be able to add liberty...a gag now this is the funny guy nominating Trump. With you I asked Peggy my wife If she had ever in her wildest dreams seen me standing here nominating Donald Trump for president And Peggy said and I quote. I hate to tell you but I've never seen you in any of my wildest dreams I Just thought that was funny guy Let's see

CHAPTER 34 / 53 Discussion

Syrian Rebels, Beheading Video, State Department Response

A gruesome video surfaced showing US-supported Syrian rebels from the Nur al-Din al-Zanki group beheading a 10-year-old Palestinian boy. State Department spokesman John Kirby stated that the US would "pause" assistance if the reports are proven true. The hosts criticize the "moderate opposition" label given to groups involved in such atrocities.

syria· aleppo· beheading· state department· john kirby

1:58:57 I mean, everyone was on location so a lot of this stuff is you know... A lot of stuff i have was based in and around pretty much the convention. And it kind of ruined the news flow for the whole week. It did! Just to show you one example something that would have-I thought would've gotten all kinds of coverage but seemed to only show up on Russia Today This story, this one here. Syrian allies cut off a kid's head? Yes! Yeah this is a good one. But now the US may reconsider its support for Syrian rebels after members from an Aleppo based group called Nur al-Din Al Zanki recorded themselves beheading a 10 year old Palestinian child The State Department has vowed quote consequences if the gruesome videos are proven and the videos are too disturbing to be shown

1:59:50 It is disturbing. I, of course have seen it and that is for all...I can see a real beheading not one of these uh...it's like a real beheading with an Excel phone camera and...that was nuts. That did come up in the state...sorry? There's the follow-up clip which is the State Department comment Ah! You have this very good....where is it? Syrian...saying Syrian... Oh Kirby, Kirby got it But if we can prove that this was indeed what happened and this group was involved in it, I think it would certainly give us pause. Will give you pause? Well give us pause about any assistance or frankly any further involvement with this group Washington's reaction comes in response to two videos that emerged online showing the brutal beheading of a little boy who the rebels said was an Assad spy

2:00:40 Anur Aldin Al-Zanki is one of the so called moderate opposition groups that enjoy US support despite widespread human rights concerns. Yes, give it to us RT! Yeah really this is not going to do much with that they're laying back you know um let me see there were a couple other things we had uh Hillary was on Charlie Rose during the convention which of course is what everyone who who is interested in her, will have switched over. And we should mention right in the middle of the convention CBS again cuts away and goes to this interview with Hillary. You believe Donald Trump... Please! Here's a little snippet from it. Do you believe Donald Trump is dangerous? Do you believe Donald Trump is not fit to be president? I think he has shown that he is dangerous

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Hillary Clinton, Charlie Rose, Nuclear Codes

In an interview with Charlie Rose, Hillary Clinton claimed that Donald Trump being "near the nuclear code" would pose a danger to civilization. The hosts mock the shifting metaphors—from "finger on the button" to "near the code"—and criticize the hyperbolic rhetoric used to frame Trump as the most dangerous candidate in history.

hillary clinton· charlie rose· nuclear codes· donald trump· danger

2:01:34 that he poses. I saw in an article, a long article that Donald Trump being near the nuclear code would pose a danger to civilization. This whole sentence is great! Being near the nuclear code It used to be finger on the button now it's near the nuclear code get your metaphor straight people That Donald Trump being near the nuclear code would pose a danger to civilization. And you agree with that? I do agree with that, Charlie and look...I don't say that lightly and i don't say it with any satisfaction Donald Trump with his finger on the nuclear bomb would be... Now its his finger on a nuclear bomb just the tip! Just touching the tip! Donald Trump with this thing on nuclear bomb would be a threat to civilization What he has laid out

2:02:28 is the most dangerous, reckless approach to being president than I think we've ever seen. And I say that knowing... The most dangerous man ever to run for President of the United States? Ever! I believe that. Oh yeah The most dangerous man ever Ever to run yet to the establishment perhaps again. They're blowing it without you know one thing now But Debbie Wasserman Schultz of course, and I you know she's she's fun to look at She's fun. I just I like looking at her when she's all flustered She was on Fox business with the original money honey Maria Bartiromo

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Maria Bartiromo, Benghazi Emails

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo to defend Hillary Clinton's transparency regarding her emails. During the interview, Schultz struggled to remember the name of Ambassador Chris Stevens and dismissed claims that Clinton lied to the families of the Benghazi victims.

debbie wasserman schultz· maria bartiromo· hillary clinton· emails· benghazi

2:03:04 uh... and maria justin plowing ahead of the trustworthiness obviously has been an issue for hillary clinton she did a lot of congress when she said that you sent to thirty thousand at that she sent all the emails we know that thirty thousand emails jim comey told us that she in fact lied to congress so that's one issue how it is not only lies in the face of this of the fatalities did she lie to the families of those people who died in benghazi did she lied about it like it not like a congressman is fifty five thousand pages of emails and has been utterly transparent and i don't think that everybody should release them off there's certainly a difference of opinion and uh... that certainly doesn't lead to declaring as you just said but there was sad that that there was a a pattern of uh...

2:03:51 factual inaccuracies. The bottom line is, you look at what the ambassador Stephen's sister said I mean his own family member said that there was nothing... Nice she can't even remember the name of the ambassador who was killed. His own family member said that there was nothing that she felt that Hillary Clinton did that could have changed the situation or really laid blame at the feet of anyone other than a dangerous situation which Ambassador Stevens knew and probably would have gone into even if... Yeah, sure. I'm sure. She's still running it. It's great how they just go all out Well she is going to be great to watch because she is the chairman Of course! It will be fun. It will be fun to watch her.

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George Stephanopoulos, Media Bias, ABC vs CBS

The hosts analyze the differing tones of network news anchors, contrasting Nora O'Donnell's perceived hostility toward Republicans with George Stephanopoulos's surprisingly "charmed" reaction to Donald Trump off-camera. They revisit Stephanopoulos's history as a Clinton operative and his past critical comments about Bill Clinton.

george stephanopoulos· abc news· cbs news· nora o'donnell· bill clinton

2:04:41 But going back to the CBS thing, with bringing in a Hillary interview right in the middle of the convention. They also had some coverage and it was... The thing you want to watch when you watch CBS is just watch Nora O'Donnell who's a very attractive female but she glowers! She's actually worse than Gwen Ifill Who is a hagiographer for Obama, so she's all in as a Democrat. But O'Donnell just gets herself all worked up Meanwhile because I do this analysis trying to figure out what networks doing what ABC there was an interview that it was private interview with Trump and Stephanopoulos and Stephanopoulos who is a Clinton operative

2:05:30 Never liked Clinton and he said nasty things about him being a psych of sociopath He never mean he'll ever like Clinton never like Trump. He never liked Clinton He's the one that came out and said all kinds in real amines Stefanopoulos yes, huh? You can't have to dig it up but there's a bunch of good quotes on him talking about Bill being a sociopath okay, and But he still you know works for them somehow or worked with them And he was charmed by Trump because he came back to the set with just glowing. Really? Apparently, if Trump off camera gets to... is supposed to be funny I've never seen any evidence of that but it's possible So I think there's ABC is slowly going into the Trump camp CBS is since CIA is firmly in Hillary camp and meanwhile

CHAPTER 38 / 53 Discussion

Native Advertising, Clue Board Game, Netflix Password Sharing

The hosts identify what they believe to be "native ads" disguised as news on CBS. These include a segment about Hasbro replacing "Mrs. White" with "Dr. Orchid" in the game Clue, and a report on a federal judge's opinion regarding password sharing for services like Netflix. They argue these segments are paid promotions rather than legitimate news.

native advertising· clue· hasbro· netflix· password sharing

2:06:28 CBS has taken a clue, I think from ABC and talk about being disingenuous. They're doing native ads and I have two examples. I could be wrong Which one do you want first for Clue? Well let's, let's do the first ad. This is a CBS what I believe to be a native ad for clue nobody else covered this story by the way. A parachute and a bag with $200,000 some of the money was found but he never was And there's a development tonight in another long-running mystery. Who committed the murder in the mansion? In the popular board game Clue, for the first time since Clue was introduced in 1949 Hasbro is replacing one of the suspects. Mrs White is out Dr Orchid is in she is a biologist with a PhD in plant toxicology

2:07:24 Certainly sounds guilty. We'll be right back Yeah, that's definitely you know do you think they got paid for it was just a bumper just to throw it out there at this point I don't believe these networks are doing anything without getting paid for it. Why would you do it? This was an obvious promotion, and they went overboard. Now they did another one... this is when I believe the real beneficiary of this particular story was Netflix but its possible that there's other.. You don't know whose...this may be one of these things And I've seen this happen. I was out with a publisher he was on a sales call

2:08:05 And this was with Computer Shopper, I believe. And I was in the room and I was watching him do his pitch and one of the things he did which i thought was very interesting because I've never seen anyone do it quite like this but I believe this is being done by The Network's He'd go to a guy who's going to sell him some space... ...He brings that magazine in front of him and he flips through and says here's what your competition is doing And he has all these things tab. They got a two-page thing, then here's your other competition they got our two page Here's your other competitions they've got a three page spread and they write one after the other shows them this is what These guys are doing What do you want to do? Right we can here's what we can do for you and then it has all these ideas So you would do that it would be selling one Against the other was fantastic It was sold until the big pile of ads with this pitch

2:08:54 And so I get, I had the first thing that came to mind when i heard this particular clip coming up. This is the CBS and I believe it's for Netflix but it could be for all of them Well, shutters went through the internet world today on word that people who share their passwords for subscription services might be prosecuted. But it turned out this had come from a federal judge who was expressing only his opinion in a criminal appeal. Folks who share passwords for Netflix can relax CEO Reed Hastings said back in January we love people sharing Netflix

2:09:30 Oh, that would be a very smart and... That would be a good one actually if that was an ad. Because Netflix, yeah you could set up accounts for the kids, different logins. Well, people don't know you can share accounts in the family? Well, it could be native ad. Well, I know this is a more sketchy one. I have a follow-up not today but a follow up to this particular news item just to show you another element that do both native advertising and lying on television or something else happened amidst all of the commotion that is the political arena and I believe it ties into The Clintons

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Vice Presidential Speculation, Julian Castro, Gavin Newsom

As Hillary Clinton prepares to announce her running mate, the hosts evaluate potential candidates. While Julian Castro and Cory Booker are mentioned, John C. Dvorak predicts a "surprise" pick of Gavin Newsom, citing his "slick" appearance and the historical tendency of candidates to pick "handsome" running mates to appeal to voters.

julian castro· gavin newsom· hillary clinton· vice president· dan quayle

2:14:37 I said this because it would get a little overshadowed. It would overshadow Trump's speech Yeah, so again that I think they're fouling up yeah But you know I saw one of the Castro brothers here in Texas an interview doing an audition Let's talk about Donald Trump. Are you... This is Jorge talking to Julian Castro, who is the Democrats in Austin love these brothers. Let's talk about Donald Trump are you afraid that he might win? I'm not really more and more Americans are seeing what kind of a fraud Donald Trump is and he's shown himself in this campaign not to be somebody that unites Americans But somebody that divides them Somebody who has called for a religious litmus test, a ban on Muslims obviously has insulted immigrants Has mocked the disabled He has scoffed at POWS so it's very clear that Americans understand that. He's just not

2:15:39 Fit to be president. In fact, I saw a poll the other day that said over 60% of Americans believe that he's unqualified To be president All right So I think he's throwing his hat in the ring and he is a possibility come out of left field But you have other thoughts I believe Well, I'm looking at all the people. I'm trying to come up with a list which i had on my other machine One thing's for sure is not going to be Elizabeth Warren Everyone can get that out of their head That's not gonna happen Yeah, thats not gonna happen There are bunch of guys Cory Booker is one of them This guy this character is one of them Here's what im looking at Let me ask you a question We know what Trump is looking for and I think he got it He wants an operator It's how he runs business If hes gonna be the CEO he needs someone to operate What is Hillary looking for?

2:16:24 Well, she says she's looking for someone that could take her place at the drop of a hat as though she is going to have a heart attack as soon as she gets elected. That's what she said. But that could be just Hillary saying whatever she feels like because I think she's you know...I don't know what she is looking for. I think she is looking for balance on the ticket Now the way I see it, I'm looking at everybody on all the tickets I've seen and there are all kinds of reasons why they picked this guy or that guy Here's what I think he problem is Everybody except for one guy Gavin Newsom. Is he the mayor of San Francisco? No, no He was the man was a man or Cisco's he's been the lieutenant governor of California for the last couple terms He's been there for awhile and I met this guy. He is the slickest and he also looks a little like

2:17:12 Treat Williams kind of. He's got that slick... Yeah, handsome dude. Handsome, slick he was married to Gilfoyle the leggy girl. Really? Yeah I think that was his first wife Oh man! And then he was having an affair with some other hottie and he's got hotties coming you know So Hillary knows this kind of guy she knows how to handle him Yeah, definitely. And he is very slick and when I met him he was...I was having lunch actually with somebody and he comes by and says hi to chat about because it's when he's running for mayor and you know so when you saw him the first time you meet the guy

2:17:55 I mean, this guy is just a politician. A smooth talker good looking guy with it but the greasies greasy he's got a greasy sleazy quality with that hair. If Hillary of all the people that you see on any of these lists and you'll see a bunch of them out there they're all non-white old man. Put in ticket for the Democrat Party to take a chance it's risky can do it. You take like a booker? to take a booker, a bookers probably the best guy but to take anybody who's not a white male of the old order. It risks getting every whity in the country which is a lot of people to vote against that ticket because there was no it would be the first time in American history where there wasn't one of these WASPs white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

2:18:56 Either as president or vice-president. It's just never happened even Obama brought in one of the waspiest of the Wasps Joe Biden to be his VP, right? So I believe Hillary's got the same problem because for all practical purposes She's not a white Anglo Saxon Protestant male she's a female that we don't we're not sure but well We don't know whatever the case and I said that purposely She has to pick a white dude, I believe to win the election and the only guy that's on the list. The shortlist that i've seen...I mean there are couple boring guys that nobody's ever heard of. No she wants someone who is energized so she doesn't have to do all the energizing

2:19:37 Yeah, she needs a guy like this. He's very political and he is also handsome And there is an old rule that I've been told a number of times about it Why do they keep putting in Dan Quayle? I asked somebody in Washington DC about this specifically because its believed that women and this is the sexist thing they say but as you said women always vote for the most handsome and the guy with the best hair And there's always been this theory about the best hair. How about that suffrage vote, huh? Yes exactly. Ooh he is so pretty! This guys hair is outrageous and he's handsome So he is the vice president pick if they have a clue I think it would be a big surprise. I don't think people are expecting that

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Jane Doe Lawsuit, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein

A civil lawsuit filed by "Jane Doe" against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein alleging sexual assault is discussed. The hosts express skepticism about the timing and the low damages requested ($75,000), suggesting it may be a tactic to distract from Bill Clinton's well-documented ties to Epstein and his private island.

jane doe· donald trump· jeffrey epstein· lawsuit· bill clinton

2:20:26 It will be met with bewilderment. You heard it here first, yes I agree yeah and i think he's a bonehead personally I don't think he's got you know if she something happened to her and he became president that would be hilarious perfect but we'll see something else is happening which we're not hearing about I have here copy of the civil docket for case 116CV04642RA. This is Jane Doe against defendant Donald J Trump and defendant Jeffrey E Epstein. Yeah, this is old! Well this was filed June 30th it's not that old

2:21:02 Yeah, it's been floating around but she filed that same exact suit in Los Angeles six months earlier. Right well let me just tell you what it is and then what she's asking for and what I think is going on so if she's claiming rape sexual misconduct criminal sexual acts sexual abuse forcible touching assault battery intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress and duress and false imprisonment And she goes into quite some detail or the brief goes into quite some detail about what happened As Defendant Trump initiated sexual contact with plaintiff at four different parties, on the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tried tied plaintiff to a bed exposed himself to plaintiff then proceeded to forcibly rape plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop but with no effect. Defendant Trump responded to plaintiffs pleas by violently striking plaintiff in the face with his open hand screaming he would do whatever he wanted

2:21:56 And it just goes on and on and on. Now, hold one second... I'm gonna do a little backstory on this. People have been every once in awhile bringing this thing up and saying well I don't under- you know we're Democrat robots Yeah! I don't understand why the people don't make a bigger fuss out of this? Why doesn't news media pick this up? Well we know why! We know why Because Bill Clinton made more trips to the sex island with Epstein than anybody. And there's documented evidence... The other thing is in the news media, I can assure you when this thing came up and showed it came up especially with the fact that she tried this before, this woman It doesn't hold- it doesn't hold up

2:22:39 And it does draw attention to Bill Clinton. And it doesn't hold up, if you read it... I mean, I've read it People say why didn't the news media pick it up? Because the news media is bad enough! Well, the thing you want to read is prayer for relief So what is she asking for as relief for this heinous crime she claims has been committed against her plaintiff prays for judgment against defendants for the following relief that judgment be entered against defendants for special damages compensatory damages and punitive damage is an amount which shall be shown to be reasonable and just by the evidence and in excess of $75,000 so she's really looking for 75 grand at least right that's not a lot for Donald Trump lawsuit for rape. So this

2:23:29 Maybe it's just a tactic to move the attention away from Epstein and Bill. I didn't think of that, but that's a possibility. But I don't see how that works because once you... Because most people don't know who Epstein is and you start looking into him and you say oh this is the, you know, the huge... And I mean the guy was his party animal epic proportions with his own island Yeah Uh..and then I guess Bill is...And I never knew that Trump...I guess Trump Don't knew the guy but it doesn't seem like he's a guy who hangs out with because Trump seems to only hang out with guys Who do real estate deals? It never held water the whole things of just a fake I don't think I think you're right

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Turkey Coup Aftermath, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Fethullah Gülen

The situation in Turkey remains volatile following the failed coup, with IED explosions reported near the presidential palace. President Erdoğan is demanding the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gülen from the United States. The hosts discuss the State Department's cautious response and Erdoğan's threat to tear up the extradition treaty, potentially turning Turkey into a safe haven for ISIS.

turkey· recep tayyip erdoğan· fethullah gülen· extradition· isis

2:24:13 Let's talk about Turkey for a moment as I continue to receive sometimes hourly messages. Nothing is over in Turkey, IEDs were exploding near the presidential palace this morning and this video I put it in the show notes huge like a sizable IED There's, you know there is the base is still without power. This is by no means over although the reporting has stopped on it pretty much completely And, of course what the story now is... which I think has kind of slipped in enough to lexicon that people who are trained to listen to the media and believe what they hear. It's like oh he started himself, he's doing it for himself but then there's also this annoying cleric which we have no in-depth reporting on besides Oh! He's a nice cleric. He lives in the poc- The old man Gulen. The old man lives in the Poconos

2:25:10 And the only person who is going around doing interviews if he can get him, is Mark Hall trying to explain hey you know whatever this guy's doing look at the money he's getting. 500 million dollars a year taxpayer money with these schools with bogus educators no one wants to hear it because Like MSNBC, I'm sure. Most of the scholastic executives, tons certainly in Texas of legislators have been going on junkets trips to Turkey hanging out buying some rugs as we all know get them rugs what you do But the Erdogan has said, oh we you have to extradite him and here is the State Department's official response brought to you by Mark Toner. We in the United States would welcome a formal extradition request with the evidence that we believe or that they would offer. Ah man he fucked that up

2:26:06 We believe, I mean what they would offer. I wonder what he believes? I wonder if he really thinks that it won't be sufficient or that is sufficient. We believe uh... Or that they would offer. I don't know why you're thinking of why he said that. It could have gone either way because we believe this bullshit and there's something about this guy. I can't believe they don't-I can't believe that they don't think this guy's a bad actor. They know who he is, State Department has arranged for it with CIA. The extradition for Gulen As you know, the extradition process is not something we talk about openly or publicly. I didn't know that. That's all secret? Is it secret? Why not? I don't know. There are treaties and laws... why aren't you talking about it? Well he's going to explain this. It's not something we talk about openly or publicly and in fact we don't often address

2:27:03 publicly extradition requests. In this case, we've made an exception given the level of public rhetoric back and forth to say that we haven't yet received a formal request but we do have an extradition treaty in effect with Turkey and again, we would welcome such a request from them the evidence that they believe shows that Gulen is involved in this coup attempt. Sounds like they don't want to be very forthcoming about it and please just stop asking about him I think there's another thing going on here which is that Erdogan made the announcement that if they don't

2:27:54 Cough this guy up even though like he says they haven't even filed any paperwork. Yeah, they're gonna tear out the extradition treaty with the United States That's what he said and that says to me that would be what his long game is is that? He's giving I I believe this is just a theory. He's given up on the idea of really becoming in the, getting in the European Union. He sees it falling apart already not going to get in anyway. They've been stringing him along... Here's what I don't understand why doesn't he threatened to let all the refugees out of the camp? That's coming!

2:28:32 And the next thing is that he's been cozying up with ISIS. He knows they're causing trouble in his country, he's gonna have to get in bed with them To the point where there's no fooling around and he wants to be the Sultan! He wants to be the Caliphate guy Yeah, he built that palace Yeah and so he's going to go to a point where they're gonna have a bunch of these ISIS creeps In Turkey and we won't be able to extradite them because he's going to tear up the extradition treaty and you guys wouldn't give us ghoul and we tore up the treaty so you can have these people. This guy is a problem, this Erdoğan. There was another article about The Clinton Foundation and Gulen

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Turkey Ham Radio Ban, Communication Clampdown

In a move to further control information, the Turkish government has revoked over 3,000 ham radio licenses. The hosts discuss the significance of this clampdown on independent communication networks, noting that ham radio is often considered the "public service network of last resort."

turkey· ham radio· licensing· recep tayyip erdoğan· communication

2:29:21 Yes, I heard this too. Yeah yeah and this of course is the Uma Abedin connection How Hillary spoke at the Turkish Cultural Center? And you know the money that was flowing so who knows if that's gonna be involved in it I'm getting as much information as possible The egregious thing though and this is what Erdogan is doing He's locking up, you can't lock up all or send your civil servants home and lock up the judiciary and cops and expect it to be calm. I mean this in big cities this does not end well And as we can see now we have IEDs popping off but the most egregious thing Turkey has revoked 3213 ham radio licenses

2:30:09 The hams have been foreboding to transmit. That's interesting, now you know hams of course we're all scoping out the QRP signals it's interesting I haven't heard anything yet but if it is true that hams will save the world then... See if they can save Turkey Save the world? You can't even save turkey! Interesting though isn't it Yeah, that's interesting. That's a tidbit you only hear on No Agenda. So for the first time he was like hey maybe hams could be... Maybe Erdogan is going like hey there are no agenda guys and they keep talking about ham saving the world we should probably get rid of those guys. Clamp down. Clamp down on them exactly! Now here we have Ham Radio Guy

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European Migrant Crisis, Germany Train Attack, EU Quotas

A 17-year-old asylum seeker carried out an axe and knife attack on a train in Bavaria, Germany, for which ISIS claimed responsibility. The hosts discuss the pressure on Angela Merkel and uncover 2009 EU documents suggesting a goal of 60 million migrant workers by 2050 to offset an aging population.

germany· isis· angela merkel· migration· european union

2:30:57 Ham radio is the public service network of last resort when the apocalypse comes We're the guys who are gonna save the world right? I don't know if you did. Oh, they took away my license So i'll be listening out will report back and then to incidents in Europe one in France Mother and her daughters knifed by a What we don't know is motivation except he yelled out of a walk barman to kill y'all and Germany was the Germany was particularly bad Isis is now taking responsibility for a bloody attack in Germany officials in Bavaria say a 17 year old asylum seeker from Afghanistan Struck train passengers with an axe and a knife injuring five people before He was shot dead by police last night. And today a video now surfacing allegedly showing the attacker threatening further ISIS attacks

2:31:51 And you know, so Merkel is under a lot of pressure now for this. Mainly because Germany is realizing that only 0.25% of the million migrants they have have any kind of paperwork and this guy but they don't know where they're from and so Germany's saying well we're not quite sure if he came from Pakistan or Afghanistan We're not quite sure... Yeah, they stepped in it! I was looking over some documents And this is something the Europeans should know, because in the European Union documents... I'm going to tell you what document this was specifically. Let me see it's from 2009 so it's all around the time of the Lisbon Treaty and I'm translating this from Dutch on-the-fly

2:32:39 But they talk about legal migration, how migration is necessary. And I don't know if this was ever discussed when the EU was really coming together but by 2050 the European Commission estimates that there must be 60 million migrant workers in the EU member states. And it is necessary to do this, otherwise you know the population is getting too old I think there's other ways to solve the populations getting too old but I'd never heard this 60 million quota that they apparently have to reach by 2050 They're well on their way but dang! Computer model Could be...but its in the paperwork They were running late

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Pokemon Go, Vladimir Putin, CIA Spy Tool Claims

Vladimir Putin has reportedly moved to ban Pokemon Go in Russia, characterizing the game as a CIA tool used to gather GPS data and imagery through the smartphones of unsuspecting citizens. The hosts discuss the game's origins at Google and its potential as a global surveillance device.

pokemon go· vladimir putin· russia· google· cia

2:33:35 Oh, and before we go thanks some people. Putin has come out and has said... Putin's come out? He's come out. He is going to ban Pokemon Go from Russia Because he says, and this of course is a translation. Why would I allow CIA to have our young people doing their work for them roaming around taking pictures and sending back GPS data and information? And God knows what else is going on with that game! Like alright, nice one! That's funny... I think he's right, I think has a very good point

2:34:18 Yeah, maybe that was the idea because this thing is rolling out worldwide and it came out of Google Maybe that was the the idea and we're all looking at our own data. Yeah They're not interested in you stupid Americans these stupid Millennials running around with that We don't care about that no No, we want to get other people roaming around so we can activate because you can activate anything oh You know, you can activate GPS pings. It'll alert you. Oh let me turn on my camera boom this is it could be a great spy device if you really think about it but not for US citizens but for the rest of the world yeah well that's rolled out in Germany recently so there you go Putin I'm gonna show myself old by donating to no agenda imagine all the people who could do that oh yeah

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Black Ops Matter, Final Donor Credits, Global Producers

The show acknowledges a new redirect domain, "blackopsmatter.com," which leads to the No Agenda website. A long list of international donors is read, including producers from Hong Kong, Great Britain, Norway, and across the United States. The hosts thank the "Gitmo Nation" for their continued support.

black ops matter· donations· hong kong· norway· producer credits

2:35:10 Before we start, I have a PR mention. It was kind of a joke one of our intelligence from the no agenda intelligence network of the military intelligence side thought it would be funny to register a new domain name for No Agenda which i like and forwards to noagendashow.com and is blackopsmatter.com That's cute! I like it yeah Black Ops Matter Forward straight to the no agenda show all right well Let's thank a few people starting with Samuel Lichtenstein in Hong Kong who came in one two three four five followed by sir Donald Borowski our Our member of the United Federation of planets and Spokane Valley ah One two three four five. Oh course you sense an ode in on them correct letterhead starfleet command

2:36:05 In the morning chances of no agenda night, I continue my sacred quest to listen to all No Agenda podcasts starting from number one. I just listened to show 336 where Adam declared his willingness to run for president in 2016. Yeah, I missed all the registration deadlines! Come November I can vote for someone other than the douchebag or the douche baguette. You couldn't do me as a write-in? I can vote for the no agenda party ticket of Curry and Dvorak, Baronet Donald of the fire battles in Spokane Valley WA6OMI Ah 7 3's my friend Kilo 5 Alpha Charlie Charlie James Scott Plano Texas $110 111 dollars eleven cents

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Knighting Ceremony, Dame Pamela, Silent Cheering Policy

The episode concludes with a formal knighting ceremony for Dame Pamela Hague and Sir Brandon Menk. In a final news item, a primary school in Sydney, Australia, has banned clapping in favor of "silent cheering" and "air punching" to accommodate students with noise sensitivities, a move the hosts mock as peak millennial culture.

knighthood· dame pamela· sydney· silent cheering· noise sensitivity

2:40:54 And that's it? That's the final tally. Well, again thank you to everyone who helps produce this program if you're listening you're a producer one way or another either by propagating the formula by helping us with art clips information stories feedback we have a lot of professionals in the intelligence network and then of course the financial contributions which enable John and I to have flat asses and be working yeah well it's true right No, I sit on one of those round things. I stand when you do the podcast. When I do the show I stand yeah but... But I have a standing computer too so I do a lot of work. But when you're doing clips you're sitting on a donut is that what i understand? Jobs! Jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

2:41:43 You've got karma. That's right, Karma for everybody! Thank you all for your contributions! Here we go, nice list. Taya Bachman says happy birthday to her husband Nicholas Samaras, Knoxville PA Sir Bill of the Rocks says happy birthday to his buddy Nicholas Also to Nicholas he celebrates today Anonymous is happy birthday to us The love of his life future Dame Ginger celebrating today the 21st and finally Brian Goldsmith turns 30 years old tomorrow and we say Happy Birthday from all your friends and your buddies here at the best podcast in the universe

2:42:22 Two nightings or one nighting one daming which is always fun to do So I have the Dame sword you got them the got it. Are you sure that's the right one? Oh, yeah Here's mine all right here we go. I would love to have Pamela Hague and And Brandon Menk up on the podium here, stand next to the lectern. Both of you have contributed to The Best Podcast in the Universe. In fact Pamela has done it as an Insta-dame in the amount of $1,000 or more and therefore you earn a well deserved and coveted spot at the round table of the Knights & Dames of No Agenda! I hereby pronounce the KD Sir Brandon Menk

2:43:04 And Dame Pamela, Knight of the Noah's Generation Roundtable and Dame of the Noah Generation Roundtable. For you we have hookers and blow-ring boys in Chardonnay, tacos with tequila, kilts and kilt lifter ale, meth sluts in moonshine, garlic and broccoli, Pepto and Vinkle bourbon served by Oktoberfest frowl lines, geishas and sake, bong hits and bourbon... ...and of course mutton and mead. Head on over to noagenination.com slash rings and fill out the info and Eric the Shield will hook you up A disturbing news report came out today, very disturbing although it fits right. It's from Australia if you thought we were the only ones who are nuts! A school in Sydney a primary school has introduced a few new ways for the children to interact with each other and how their conduct in class. The Eleanor Heights

2:43:57 Public school, which is on Sydney's northern beaches announced the new policy in its latest a school letter Children are no longer allowed to clap instead they will perform silent cheering pulling excited faces and punching in the air to respect students who are sensitive to noise How about that? On some TV sitcom where somebody came out and you can't do this because she's, she can hear clapping because it's a loud noises. There are lot of these millennials who are noise freaks them out chewing freaks them out there is a lot of but so you can clap in school silent cheering pull an excited face and punch in the air! There you go kids! Oh there no winning

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Drunkorexia, Toast Trend, Rebranding Gruel

The hosts discuss "drunkorexia," a trend where college students skip meals to offset alcohol calories. They also mock the "artisanal toast" trend in cities like Austin, jokingly suggesting that the next big food scam will be rebranding "gruel" or "bread and water" for high prices.

drunkorexia· toast· austin· millennials· dietary trends

2:44:57 We don't like to foster a competitive atmosphere, but we laugh a lot. Now everyone hug and share a secret! Wow That's borderline clip of the day Please clap Oops no there was no clip I didn't have it well i'll take the border line even though it's not a clip Well, I have one thing that I want to roll out because as I've been putting it off. And this is... Because we don't talk about this enough and we should talk about even though we have very little support from everyone Is it about millennials? Cause I was kind of on a millennial tip but No if you wanna do another millennial tip Yeah I'd like to This isn't Puerto Rico Yeah no I would like to do two millennial things Just cause I know how much you love it

2:45:37 There's something new. Be on the lookout, pay attention to Jay. You never know what she is up to. A disturbing trend is on the rise at college campuses throughout the country. It's called drunkorexia. CBS News medical contributor Dr Tara Narula is a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and she's here to explain why What the researchers have found out so drunkorexia it sounds it sounds like a silly name, but it's what is it? So drunkorexia is a complex pattern of drinking related behaviors that occurs before during and after Drinking and the idea is basically to prevent weight gain from the calories that come from alcohol And to get a faster buzz. So what many young people will do is to skip meals before drinking To exercise heavily before or after

2:46:22 after drinking or to use things like diuretics or laxatives, or even vomiting and purging after drinking. Woo! That's what the kids are up too. I'm finding this one hard to believe. I think it's bull crap. Oh no they're doing crazy stuff. And the toast? How many emails and tweets have you received about toast? Actually only a couple. Oh my goodness there's toast places all over Austin Oh yeah, can't wait to go to Irene's and get some toast. Let's go get some toast! Hey honey would you like to go out for some toast? I gotta tell ya, I'm only pissed that we didn't come up with this obvious scam What a genius idea What could be next?!

2:47:09 I already told you, bread and water. And gruel! I think in restaurants we call it gruel. We could re-brand gruel...I think you're right. I can make gruel taste good? I can! Before you go into the next bit, we just have to bring up briefly the unsurprising event of Milo Jafnafalublas being thrown off of Twitter. And, whoa! I mean this was... what an interesting way this happened

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Milo Yiannopoulos, Twitter Ban, Leslie Jones

Milo Yiannopoulos was permanently banned from Twitter following a targeted harassment campaign against "Ghostbusters" actress Leslie Jones. The hosts debate the effectiveness of Twitter's blocking tools and question whether the controversy was a "heightened maneuver" to generate publicity for the underperforming film.

milo yiannopoulos· leslie jones· twitter· ghostbusters· harassment

2:47:51 He got kicked off Twitter. Jack Dorsey did it himself and this is all about... I can't wait to see this new Ghostbusters movie because it sounds like a social justice warrior screw men type deal based on the genesis of this argument in Twitter about a horrible review Milo had written for Breitbart And well, here's a little wrap up just of how it eventually came down. Of course is the bullying is so so sad that tweets were so heinous they prompted I usually happy Jones to tweet this. I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart

2:48:34 All this cuz I did a movie you can hate the movie, but the stuff. I got today wrong Kate Lou now a social media expert with motherboard says this type of abuse happens too often Of course I checked out this social media expert at Motherboard. She has 2,300 followers so i guess she's really big. She must be an expert. Well listen to her she knows what she is talking about. What Leslie Jones went through was totally horrific but it happens to users of Twitter all the time and this is a long standing complaint that Twitter's been dealing with, that when people are harassed on Twitter there is just not a lot you can do about it. Right now there is really two things you can do and that's report the person or block them. Neither of those is really effective." What? Jones and her followers... Hold on a second! I was going to ask you because you are the blocking king and I wonder why this deemed not effective? I thought it worked, the blocking It does, it works great

2:49:33 Then why is she saying it? I was thinking about this. I know what it is, but... You have a-I've noticed this before you're blocking works because then people just get tired of it and they start whining that you blocked them Yeah But they get if they're harassing you or they're saying stuff you just don't want to hear it. You just block him Because I have reasons I use Twitter and there's certain things I just don't I just don't want to deal with so I just blocked people And so you block and block and block, and then they just figure that he's like a dead man. They don't care. That's what happens when people harass you unless they want to... If they can harass you, you block them. So I have to harass her, let me set up another account." You go through the trouble of setting up an account which takes your time, and then you say something and they block again!

2:50:19 And so I gotta get back at her. So you can do this until you're blue in the face and just get blocked and blocked, I don't understand why these celebrities that have all these number of followers just don't block people left or right? One of the things to do is hire an intern or get somebody in there and have them monitor your feed and just block block block! Block everyone who forwards to you. Yeah, I think thats' the complaint Because of course when Milo got into it with her, that's when people went crazy on Twitter. And they were sending her pictures of gorillas and racist things but there is so much you can't just sit there block block block and these people who are into this, they're ill! It's a illness

2:51:03 This social networks are not good and you can see I mean she implodes everyone's imploding Milo gets kicked off. Yeah, if you look at the terms of service Of course You're gonna meet you they can kick you off for anything and they're going to do it And it's not surprising a man as hell and this is really effective Jones and her followers did both of those but they couldn't keep up with the onslaught of hate Onslaught of hate! Jones even tweeted, I feel like i'm in personal hell. I didn't do anything to deserve this It's just too much it shouldn't be like this so hurt right now So hurt right now Shouldn't comedians

2:51:44 Is she a comedian? I thought she was a comedian. This makes no sense, this is...I think it hurts your career when you do this being heckled or whatever. I mean come on! Twitter said that it has taken action on many of the accounts reported to them but Lou now says the actions have to go further The point is right now it doesn't look like they're doing much They've said they're addressing these concerns but we don't really see a lot happening yet She says Twitter I have an idea. What's that? Don't go on Twitter, but we don't really see a lot of your account later just stay off for a month and then go back and start using it again they've said they're addressing these concerns but we don't really see a lot happening yet she says Twitter can easily help to halt hate just by strengthening its own tools

2:52:33 For starters, if you block someone they might not be able to see your tweets when they're logged in but they could go through a third party or just stay not logged in and still see what you're doing. You can still see them in your mentions If you report them it can take quite a bit of time for that actually go through and even then there's not any guarantee that the report will be flagged so improving those tools is really important Improving the tools? The tool? Do you think... It's just bullcrap do you think she actually gets more less hate for this period of time during the movies. I don't know what this movie is about but it's about Ghostbusters with women yeah do you think she has more or less hate than Hillary or Donald Trump? Less yes, I would think so much less

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Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbusters Box Office, Audience Scores

Dan Aykroyd appeared on media outlets to defend Leslie Jones and the new "Ghostbusters" film, blaming "racist internet trolls" for the backlash. The hosts review the film's lackluster box office performance and the significant gap between positive critic reviews and lower audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

dan aykroyd· ghostbusters· box office· rotten tomatoes· leslie jones

2:53:21 But of course there's also a real problem, which is why I find this all a bit suspect. Particularly coming from a comedian... The movie is a flop! The movie has not taken off It's not doing what they wanted it to do and this was as evidenced by Dan Aykroyd who- Dan Aykroyd he's an executive producer on the movie but he doesn't really do a lot of media But he showed up on Entertainment Tonight to try and rescue this, but this guy is clueless. A man has held an all-out attack by racist internet trolls! Last night Leslie Jones announces she's had it with the offensive remarks she's all too familiar with receiving on Twitter and asks this of the site

2:54:06 Twitter I understand you got free speech. I get it, but there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that You can see on the profiles as some of these people are crazy sick It's not enough to freeze account they should be reported these people first of all they're insignificant gnats They're losers they have no lives of their own yeah They can probably barely pay for the Wi-Fi or they're using probably know jobs. I would say you're looking at obese uh white men between 50 and 60 who are active clan members or members of the Aryan nation and there are millions of them. Yeah that describes Milo to the tee fat old white guy you kidding me? I hate to give you this but that is another clip of the day

2:54:54 He doesn't even know what's going on you have to play it again. It's ridiculous Let me I'll just play the aggro a bit Some of these people are crazy sick, it's not enough to freeze account they should be reported These people, first of all they're insignificant gnats. They're losers. They have no lives of their own. They can probably barely pay for the Wi-Fi they are using Probably no jobs I would say you look at obese white men between 50 and 60 who are active clan members or members of the Aryan nation And there are millions of them That's right! That's Milo Active clan member Obese... OBESE

2:55:38 Wow, no I gotta say but not a good play Yeah So they got problems with the movie this could all just be to hype it up Leslie Jones doesn't seem like someone who get offended that quickly No, I think there was really. I think this was a heightened maneuver because it's although it It tends to focus more on her than the movie so it's not a very good promotion well But that but Ackroyd is out there he's pushing it because he's not in the movie and Let me see what it did. Box office? Well, let's see what it did and let's take a look at Tomatoes I thought it was highly rated. I was looking forward to it Oh wait this is Ghostbusters What's it called? Ghostbusters 10 or something $45 million opening which is that's reasonable well I don't know what it cost to make the movie we can look it up

2:56:29 for action adventure, it's reasonable. It's not okay here's a final opening. Okay ghost final opening figure before the Ghostbusters with female spin $46 million that has almost not changed since yesterday and we see majority of executives in town think it's a lackluster result particularly for movie with steep price tag. Uh-huh Ghostbusters is predicted to fall 50-55% in revenue this coming weekend. Many don't think it will have the wildly high multiples that come with Fagg and Melissa McCarthy vehicles, because those openings are $100 million plus.

2:57:12 So it's in trouble. You know, you got to recoup someone's gotta recoup and Ackroyd is probably going... Well didn't get a 73% rating from Tomatoes. But the audience score this is always a bad sign what you want to make really serious money as you get or meet you know you get like a 75 percent on tomatoes and then the audience goes up to 90 This is 73% tomatoes on the tomato meter and the audience score is 58. So that means it's got a bad... something about it, it's bothering people that didn't bother the critics so don't know but now I want to see it! One more non-clip related story which I think is important because in the past we've brought up the cabal of the light bulb industry

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Planned Obsolescence, LED Bulbs, Philips Hue

The history of the "light bulb cartel" and planned obsolescence is revisited. The hosts report that LED manufacturers are now reducing the lifespan of bulbs and that Philips has issued firmware updates for its "Hue" system to block unofficial, cheaper third-party bulbs.

planned obsolescence· led bulbs· philips hue· light bulbs· firmware

2:57:58 who years ago determined planned obsolescence into their light bulbs. And this is not discussed very much anymore, but I think we brought it up once because there is a light bulb that's in the fire department garage at Livermore...in Livermore California which has been on pretty much consistently for the past 115 years. And it has not expired, does not burn down to keep it kind of low but it's you know like like you're on a dimmer but it's still rolling And there's a consortium of light bulb makers and they decided... Sorry? Well, I should mention my car. Well but i want you to mention that after I get into the full story

2:58:45 So they decided in 1924, and it was Phillips Osram General Electric who took over Shelby Electric in 1912. They met in Switzerland and they formed Phoebus. We've talked about this on the show which of course was the first global cartel And they decided light bulbs will only last so long. If you look at the light bulb is all it'll go for a thousand hours And then after about a thousand hours, it just breaks because they're meant to break that way. Because otherwise they would have... there's no incentive to give you great light bulbs But now check it out the LED manufacturers are now planning A 10 000 hour cycle which is down from 40 000 in some cases and they'll probably lower even more LEDs

2:59:38 They are now going to put in planned obsolescence into LED bulbs. issue this idea and just sell bulbs that last forever. There's always other problems, and this is technology at work. Philips who has of course the Hue lighting system they have now pushed out firmware updates so you can no longer use the unofficial lights. So, you know the protocol is kind of known and people have oh you can use my light instead of the hue lights no Phillips isn't now they're checking it and You can't you can't even break the code that checks it because that's a DMCA violation But they didn't just stop in light bulbs are going to be incompatible That's disgusting yes And yeah Yes, that's all I could say yes

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Disney Alligator Incident, Lawsuit Decision, Orlando Distraction

The parents of the toddler killed by an alligator at Disney World announced they will not be suing the company. The hosts find this decision suspicious and reiterate their theory that the incident served as a media distraction from the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.

disney world· alligator· orlando· lawsuit· pulse nightclub

3:00:44 And then finally, just for the Red Book to round that out. Parents of the boy killed by alligator although it should be two alligators That's not...that doesn't come up anymore Will not be suing Disney Gee Yeah I found that peculiar Well you know my stance on it This was a distraction It was a distraction to get the press away from Orlando so they'd be from the Pulse So they could clean up the bodies that were shot by the cops Yep Yes, somebody wrote me a tweet sending me a tweet saying you know the this proves that this was real. You guys said it was not I had anything to do with it? We've seen nothing we heard nothing seen nothing now yeah and now they're not going to sue for some reason I would be suing if I mean why wouldn't you sue it doesn't make sense

3:01:36 That's the question. You just get a cash payout, I mean it's like slipping on a lettuce leaf at the grocery store Well i'm sure they got a cash payout no matter what happened and what is true or not They got a cash pay out but this seems like a very odd way to end this Yeah, I agree Without any video of anything or anything Just anything Alright you had something else you wanted to bring up? I am going to put if off till Sunday Really?! Well then...I have two more things! Just some White House stuff Put it off till Sunday Do you know how over time we are so outrageous That's no way to end a show. I know it's not but that's no way to end our show unless you get something funny

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White Boy Privilege, Paideia Schools, Show Sign-off

The show wraps up with a discussion on "white boy privilege" poems in schools and the "Paideia" school system promoted by Barbara Spector in Sweden. Spector's comments on Jews leading Europe toward a multicultural transformation are analyzed. The hosts sign off, promising a full deconstruction of Donald Trump's upcoming speech on the Sunday show.

white boy privilege· paideia schools· barbara spector· sweden· donald trump

3:02:18 No, it's Black Lives Matter stuff. That's never funny. That's never funny? That's never funny Okay I did find one thing this will be nice just to to mull over until the weekend You remember the white boy privilege poem that we discussed Oh God and it was gonna play that clip again from CBS White boy privilege was an entry in a school poetry contest I'm scared of what it would be like if i wasn't on the top rung, if the tables were turned and I didn't have my white boy privilege safety blankie to protect me. Royceman's message was a plea from a 14 year old white male going to a private school in Atlanta let everyone share his privileges

3:03:01 I'm just trying to be truthful and about like how uh, I wouldn't trade places with somebody. And that...I think a lot of people sometimes aren't so truthful about that Now this is not the clip i was hoping it was You recall he said he first learned about white privilege in the gender and race class at school? At the new school he was going too Yeah, the school yeah The school is the Paida School And this is what I did. This is a thing, Paida schools that actually it started in... It's big now in Sweden and Barbara Spector is... That would make sense Yes, Barbara Spector is the person who was promoting these Paida schools and the reason is made evident in this clip How do you spell that? It's I think it's p-a-i-d-e-i-a Paida Schools

3:03:58 And just one last question. Last week, Politico— Sorry that's the wrong one here it is So this is Barbara Spector. As we heard, there are people in Sweden who support Israel and have a deep sense of the injustice of the present situation It's these people who give hope to those who still believe that things will get better here One of them is Barbara Spector A former American who made Aliyah And then 10 years ago with help from the government of Sweden set up a non-denominational institute for Jewish learning with the Greek name of Paideia Here in Stockholm She believes the current wave of anti-Semitism in Sweden will pass and that Jews have an important role to play in a country undergoing profound change.

3:04:43 I think there's a resurgence of anti-Semitism because at this point in time Europe has not yet learned how to be multicultural. And, I think we're going to be part of the throes of that transformation which must take place. Europe is not going to be the monolithic societies they once were in the last century. Jews are gonna be at the center of that it's a huge transformation for Europe They are now going into a multicultural mode and Jews will be resented because of our leading role. But without that leading role, and without that transformation Europe will not survive." Now this I thought was very interesting! So these schools are put together so that Jews will help Shepard in... Because they're the only ones who can do it

3:05:31 The multicultural society in Europe, which as far as I know everyone in Europe including the EU has said failed. And they need to do this because otherwise Jews will be blamed if it fails This is some heavy stuff going on here and this is...and here's what they're being taught You have white privilege, white guilt! I'd never heard of these paella schools but apparently they're around I wonder what somebody in the Ozarks or Appalachian Mountains living in a shack, white think about this white privilege idea. What their thoughts are? I'm sure they have lots of questions. Well, I have some comments on the Jewish angle and the anti-Semitism on the next show. Ah! Okay. It's actually major it'll knock your socks off can't wait

3:06:34 But we will have to wait because that's coming on Sunday. And we will continue our quest to deconstruct everything that is taking place tonight of course will be the Trump speech and then The VP pick for Friday and whatever comes we'll deal with it accordingly. But just remember, we do it so you don't have to." I think the Trump speech is going to be a dud to the people who thought Trump was exciting because he's not gonna be exciting He's gonna be red and it's gonna be presidential And all the pundits are always saying oh that was great speech The pundit who want him to fail by being not who he is That's what your'e gonna see

3:07:14 I think if he went up there and said, I'm not going to run the prompters. I'm just going to talk it would be fantastic but that's not what is going to happen. I believe he has something in store for us No Okay Maybe i am just hopeful Please put Melania back on stage So I can cry again. The question is, will she even show up? That's a good question! We will we'll show up on Sunday remember us at Dvorak dot org slash NA until then coming to you from the crackpot condo in downtown Austin Tejas FEMA region 6 in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where it looks like nap time I'm John C. Dvorak and as promised the Gitmo Nation National Anthem at the end of the show Adios, mofos!