Episode 849 · Monday, 8 August 2016

Short Circuit

A four hundred million dollar cash pallet to Tehran and a candidate’s self-described mental glitch highlight a week of high-stakes political obfuscation and media redirection.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 849

About this episode

Hillary Clinton faces intense scrutiny after using the term short-circuited to explain her contradictory statements regarding the FBI investigation into her private email server. The Obama administration simultaneously defends a four hundred million dollar cash delivery to Iran, which critics like Matt Lee and Jonathan Karl suggest functioned as a ransom for American prisoners. These stories emerge as mainstream media outlets including NBC and CBS admit that Donald Trump’s unorthodox campaign style provides a convenient distraction from Clinton’s mounting controversies.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter signals a push for additional authorities to expand military operations against ISIS in Iraq, potentially bypassing existing legislative limits. In Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympics face a financial emergency as the city exceeds its budget by fifty percent amidst reports of infrastructure failure and local crime. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Star reveals that USA Gymnastics suppressed sexual misconduct allegations against over fifty coaches for a decade. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson confirms the FBI is still investigating the DNC hack, contradicting early media narratives of definitive Russian attribution.

Adam Curry broadcasts from a New Jersey hotel while recounting the eccentric life of MTV VJ Jesse Camp and his secret fluency in French. Music industry veteran Jack Ponti shares insights on day trading with Fibonacci filters, and the show conducts a formal damning ceremony for the Big Ass Blonde. John C. Dvorak reflects on Silicon Valley’s history of corporate censorship and the lack of local philanthropy in Northern California.


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CHAPTER 01 / 39 Discussion

Adam Curry Broadcasting from New Jersey Hotel

Adam Curry broadcasts live from a hotel in New Jersey, noting the poor internet connectivity provided by Verizon and T-Mobile. He describes the location as the "armpit of the nation" and FEMA Region 3. John C. Dvorak joins from Northern Silicon Valley to begin Episode 849 of the No Agenda show.

adam curry· new jersey· fema region 3· hotel wi-fi· verizon· t-mobile

00:00 I'd like to see you in your clothes. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Sunday August 7th 2016 this is your award-winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 849er This is no agenda Going back to my roots with my Jersey boys and broadcasting live from the armpit of the nation The Garden State New Jersey and FEMA Region 3 In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley I am John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot and Buzzkill In The Morning Yes, everybody. That's right I'm on location and kind of the way I remember it New Jersey is always a little backward certainly when it comes to internet

00:41 Yes, yeah so be having some my Verizon dongle didn't work too well the iPhone on T-Mobile didn't work too Well now we're on the hotel Wi-Fi. That's always a recipe for disaster yes And I will mention that you did cut out again exactly the same way not now really at the opening You think maybe I'm over modulating something? Um doing something bad to the Skype machine is that possible if it happens again Okay, let me set this up for you. Maybe that'll help anyway I was here for a party last night at Jack Ponti's house. A legend in the music business who you may not know, that is the question...

CHAPTER 02 / 39 Discussion

Jack Ponti, Music Industry Legend and Day Trading

Adam Curry recounts attending a party at the home of Jack Ponti, a music industry veteran who wrote songs for Alice Cooper and helped launch Jon Bon Jovi's career. After managing 50 hip-hop artists and Indie Arie, Ponti retired from the music business to become a successful day trader. He utilizes complex technical analysis and Fibonacci filters to trade stocks without focusing on the underlying companies.

jack ponti· jon bon jovi· alice cooper· skid row· day trading· technical analysis

01:20 I don't know him. I was hoping you'd tell me! Yes, I will! It sounds familiar Jack Ponte has a very familiar ring So Jack Ponte started a band in 1980 or 1981 called The Rest and in the band was Southside Johnny Billy Squire Jack and this cute-looking kid from New Jersey named John Bongiovi Yeah, so of course he later went on to be Jon Bon Jovi with Bon Jovi and Jack wrote a lot of those first songs. But he's one of these guys in the music business that you really don't hear that much about but everybody knows him and everybody loves him because he is... He's one of the few people in the music industry who will never ever kiss your ass or tell you something that isn't true

02:13 So he's very brash, very brash. He is yeah but he wrote songs for Alice Cooper to all the New Jersey stuff you know Skid Row just it goes his list goes on and on and then he retired from writing and producing and recording and then he started a management company by some fluke And it was all hip-hop artists and he was managing 50 hip hop artists. And then I think Indy Aree, and he took her from a unknown to seven Grammy winners... ...and then he wound up just getting so sick of the business for one reason and one reason only which is no more money in it! He quit again about a year ago and became a day trader

02:58 Oh God. Well, let me tell you complete technical analysis he showed me his setup which is yeah it's just a whole bunch of like Fibonacci type number filters You know I have a friend that used to be a publisher around here and He moved to Napa Valley, but he turned himself into a day trader. Almost the same story. Turned himself into a day trader some time ago and he's been doing okay for himself. Apparently if you just want to do that all day, you can do well. Yeah and he has no idea what the stocks are that he is trading because I was grilling him like this is interesting And he just has all these filters and then when the price goes, you know between this band and that band and the green stripe. He says I buy and then I wait and when I see the stripe here I sell and oh! I've just made $3 profit per share and if he bought 10 thousand shares it's 30 grand. Then he could stop for the day but he doesn't. It is really unbelievable...and what stock is that? The SEAS? I don't know, I don't care

04:00 Zero. That's a perfect technical guy, yeah? Yeah and he has this little group and you know he brings people in and he trains them gives him his own filters but they're not allowed to sell it to anybody or the nod to give it anybody else like if that podcast thing doesn't work out Jack I think I'm gonna join your merry band. Probably make a lot more money. Yes from what I understand just replicating his trades that would make a lot more money But anyway, it was a lot of fun. I haven't seen Jack in 26 years and you know we did some crazy stuff um And so now you know the guys who are still around uh they have a lot more money than They used to when we had with the crazy stuff days and it's pretty much this It's all everyone's still the same like You know one guy got married and then he went on his honeymoon and is His other friend had moved his house when he came back but I mean like not like move stuff He physically had moved the house

CHAPTER 03 / 39 Discussion

Jack Ponti's Siberian Wife and Elliot Easton Anecdote

Adam Curry describes meeting Jack Ponti's wife, who is originally from the Siberian town where a famous meteorite crashed. She expressed surprise at Curry's positive views on Vladimir Putin and shared a story about her lack of familiarity with American rock stars. In one instance, she mistook Elliot Easton of the band The Cars for a car dealership employee.

siberia· putin· elliot easton· the cars· jack ponti· russian music

04:55 Had it picked up and moved... As a gag? Yeah, as a gag. To a different location This is the kind of stuff That's a hell of a gag! But stuff like that is exactly that kind of stuff they do Everyone kind of agreed, no pictures. Not too much talking out of school because otherwise it's just become annoying and I didn't want to be the... When it's my friends like the brain professor or the Obots, I'm happy to make them look stupid. So hold on a second. I got some stories for you. I got two. Just to show at least something. Yeah, just give us a big tease after the last show Of course I'll give you some All these band guys famous guys I'll give you one So Jack remarried I hadn't met his new wife she's from Russia from Siberia and actually from the town where the meteorite crashed Remember that one? You don't find that a little suspicious Kinda

05:52 And, you know so I'm grilling her and she's obviously so not used to someone talking about Putin in a positive light. You're like, you have a very interesting take on the world. I said yeah i do but you know she's only been uh in America for maybe 15 years so she didn't have a lot of that cultural background and of course growing up in Russia she said we knew American music well not really we knew Bon Jovi, we knew Abba and Boney M that was pretty much all the called the music they got in Siberia So for her to be married to Jack, and you know, Jack is one of these guys he has a big house and everyone comes by. And whatever he's working with people... 12 bedrooms there was always someone staying but she had no idea who these people were so one day she gets a phone call and it says hey it's Elliot I didn't know who Elliot is and is Jack there? Oh Jacks not here but who is Elliot? Elliot Easton? I'm sorry I don't know who you are Elliot. Elliot from The Cars

06:53 And she says, which dealership? I mean you gotta love it. Yeah fantastic! Okay well then that story kind of fell flat so maybe i shouldn't even tell the next one You know you should tell me when I'm hoping to get a double or nothing It's gonna be nothing all right Well let's find out So Jack always has people staying around the house Do you remember the crazy kid who won the MTV Be an MTV VJ contest The kids name was Jesse I know. I never watched MTV. Okay, well there was it was this crazy real nut job and he looked weird and he wore his clothes for 10 days in a row and you know he'd be...his breakfast he just get a whole cup of sprinkles and eat that the guy was completely messed up! I liked that cup of sprinkles for breakfast. Seriously seriously like really odd shit this guy would do and that was his whole shtick what are you doing? You counting on me? Making this sound to try to eat sprinkles

CHAPTER 04 / 39 Discussion

Jesse Camp, MTV VJ Contest Winner and French Language Charade

Adam Curry shares a story about Jesse Camp, the eccentric winner of an MTV VJ contest who received a million-dollar record advance. While staying at Jack Ponti's house and maintaining a public persona of a "nut job" who ate sprinkles for breakfast, he was overheard speaking fluent French to his mother. Camp eventually admitted to being a highly educated trust fund recipient who had manufactured his public character as a long-term performance.

jesse camp· mtv· vj contest· trust fund· french language· jack ponti

07:52 And so this kid, he got a record deal with $1 million advance. And and so of course Ponti's like, yeah we'll see what we can do. A million dollar advance? A million dollar advance! Can you believe that?! No? Yeah well... Of course by the time everything was recouped he had nothing So this guy is staying in his house and you know he's he's he's this crazy kid And he was worse than you would like a sprinkle. I mean, you have to go look at him after the show just for two seconds on YouTube and understand what I'm talking about. OK? So he was this nut job and then one day Jack is walking past his door and he hears him talking to his mom in fluent French

08:35 He's like, this is the nut job. So he opens the door and goes in and he says wait a minute... And the guy says well actually I speak five languages uh i'm a trust fund kid me and my sister we made up this whole idea that I would be this character and I kind of just stuck in it and I just kind of went with it! And he fooled everybody And he was, you know... He had a highly educated and spoke five languages fluently. But in the meantime he kept this charade up! He kept on eating the sprinkles every morning and all this crazy crap. Unbelievable for people who it's relevant for that was a better story than the first one for some reason because there is educational yes alright anyway it was good seeing everybody my lips are sealed It'll all be in the book. What book?

09:27 You're working on a book? I'm always working on a book. Jack has a book and I read it, and I can't wait for this to come out He'll get sued ten times at least It's so good Well let's get a copy of it before... tell me when you want proof He's sending it to me It's so good that I already got For you and I I've claimed the rights to the movie And we're gonna do it like Robert Evans The kid stays in the picture Okay So just so you know there is work to be done It's always work to be done, that's the problem. And yeah... Sorry to disappoint you but- You're gonna get all stretched at half hour! We get nothing! We get two mediocre stories because your lips are sealed I'm sorry That's never the case with me

CHAPTER 05 / 39 Discussion

Mainstream Media Admitting Trump Coverage Overshadows Hillary Clinton

Mainstream media outlets including CBS and NBC are criticized for explicitly admitting that Donald Trump's "unorthodox" comments allow them to avoid covering Hillary Clinton's negative news. Clips from Charlie Rose and Chuck Todd illustrate the media's focus on Trump's lack of self-discipline as a "boon" to the Clinton campaign. This coverage effectively buries stories regarding DNC resignations, the Iran deal, and Clinton's email controversy.

donald trump· hillary clinton· cbs news· chuck todd· nbc news· media bias

10:18 I will tell some more. What's the difference? At this point, nothing. Anyway so it was an interesting trip over here and i spent a lot of time yesterday prepping and doing stuff and our job is getting very complicated because...I play this little game with myself if I turn on the TV and switch channels-it can be the radio too I play the game that i'm pretty sure within 30 seconds someone would say the word Trump. It's just all that it is It's just, it's so now it's becoming tedious. And I think the mainstream media...I think they're blowing it! I think they are doing too much and we know that most of them are all in for Hillary. In fact, I have three clips here or two clips where mainstream media CBS to start with of course actually admit

11:12 that they are covering Trump and therefore not Hillary. But really bizarrely, listen to this...this is a CBS. Charlie ordinarily this would have been a challenging week for the Clinton campaign you had several DNC officials resign more fallout from the hacking controversy and Clinton's honesty over her emails was called into question yet again after an interview she did with Fox but But the sheer number of unorthodox comments made by Trump just this week has really been a boon to the Clinton campaign. They'll admit it themselves, overshadowing some of their bad news. Clinton herself continues to go after Trump's business record. She visited a tie factory in Colorado today to make the case that Trump doesn't have to make his ties and other articles of clothing overseas.

12:01 What's most heartening to Democrats I talked to, Charlie is the fact that Trump isn't just starting damaging new feuds. He is revisiting old ones just today for example he brought up his issues with Megyn Kelly of Fox even though his advisors have urged him time and time again to let it lie So what I'm hearing here Is Trump says crazy things so yeah Of course we can't cover anything on Hillary because Trump says crazy things And Chuck Todd? Second example, second example. Chuck Todd from NBC. Hold on listen to this... What irritates so many Republicans is that if it were any other candidate running against Hillary Clinton this would be a pretty rough patch for Hillary Clinton given some of the items in the news

12:42 An incredibly rough patch, whether it's the current state of the economy, anemic growth. Whether it is her insistence again that somehow Director Comey let her off the hook on emails when and she sort of reinterpreted what Comey said in a way that was misleading throw in the discomfort for many on this Iran deal. The point is, never mind we just started airstrikes in Libya because ISIS is there well Libya was a high-profile intervention that Hillary Clinton pushed the point is In the last five days this could easily have been Hillary Clinton's worst five days post convention and instead the exact opposite and it's all due to Donald Trump's lack of self discipline Is...is this me? That thinks this is very strange

13:28 They're actually admitting it? Here's what it sounds like to me. They're criticizing Trump for not doing the following and then they do the following! Yes! They're just blasting Hillary, Trump is kind of like standing there yeah that's very funny It's so incredibly odd that they just admit to that. Yeah, so I was like why isn't Trump bringing this up? And why is he bringing that up and then they bring it up. Yeah yeah yeah It's crazy! This really is very very strange They tried to really hit him well I don't know I mean I don't have the clip of it but ABC went after him

CHAPTER 06 / 39 Discussion

Iran Ransom Payment, 400 Million Dollar Cash Pallet Controversy

The Obama administration faces scrutiny over a $400 million cash payment sent to Iran on the same day four American prisoners were released. While President Obama and the State Department claim the payment was a settlement from an international tribunal, critics argue the timing and cash format indicate a ransom. Media figures like Andrea Mitchell and Jonathan Karl express confusion over the "mystifying" coincidence of the events.

iran· barack obama· ransom· andrea mitchell· jonathan karl· state department

14:06 Hold on, let me look at the list. Okay? No I don't think you have an ABC clip in there no they but they went after him kind of and They're criticizing for stuff like are they he talked about the wrong plane Yeah, yeah, yeah actually I have some Iran clips here Let me see another fabulous mainstream WTF clip Andrea Mitchell MSNBC now What this is about, is the incredible coincidence that the hostages returned on the very same day the pallets full of cash were sent to Iran. Which you know there is video of it now although not the one Trump referenced

14:50 But listen to MSNBC trying to figure out this. This Iran situation was such an unforced error for this administration, they came out on camera with the president January 17th... What did you say? So are they playing tennis? No! They came out on camera, the president January 17th. They never explained that this other money was going a 400 million dollars It's unrelated to the nuclear deal why do it on the same day? It-it...It's a mystery why exactly what they didn't need to do it that day. There was no there's nothing in particular forcing their hands. It's mystifying!

15:42 The 400 million dollar clip. Yeah, I got it Let's get right to ABC's chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl You were watching this with me and you've been asking the White House about these payouts for months now and the president reiterating that point saying we've talked about it before that this is Manufactured outrage David I asked pointed questions about this back in January but But what we did not know back then is that $400 million of the money went over in cash at precisely the moment that Iran released four American prisoners. And if you notice, the president did not answer Mary's second question which is can you assure the American people that that money didn't go to support terrorism?

16:21 The State Department itself just two months ago put out a report saying Iran remains the foremost state sponsor of terrorism. All right, John Carl and Mary Bruce at the Pentagon today thanks to you both It's just baffling! It's baffling this coincidence And here is the funny thing about Andrea Mitchell, is that when you do one of these deals where you're giving money for hostages which it's obviously a ransom. It has to be done at exactly the same time? Of course it does! You don't wait... I will give you the money tomorrow We've all seen how it works on TV we know how it works And in movies

16:59 You know, there was a great special once on one of the I think 60 minutes where you realize the rigmarole they have to go through to transfer a Boeing jet. To like France or Germany are the paperwork is outrageous. I know that's it was outrageous but they have this key. They have a key to the jet It's like a key. Yes, I have heard of this and they got to go through this thing where it's like they're holding the key and the other guy is holding the check. And even Steven yeah they transferred the key and the check in almost at the exact same time

17:35 And there's a bunch of computers on and they all push the button. It's like, it's a multi-million dollar deal right in one moment! And they can't just... hey you have to pay us when you want and that's what happened with this money. The funny thing is that I don't know what Andrea Mitchell was thinking. Of course is was a ransom. What else could it be? No, it's mystifying. They didn't have to do it at the same moment Yes they did. That's why they did it at the same moment, you idiot! Do you think they really believe that it was just a coincidence? Yes Here is another clip But these officials, the president himself acknowledged that cash was sent. And we are now seeing what Iranian state television says what all that money in cash looked like. A pallet loaded with what Iranian state television claims is cash sent by the U.S., the narrator says

18:31 to pay back Iran's money after 35 years. This video, which CNN cannot authenticate aired in Iran just days after the release of four American prisoners at the Pentagon Thursday President Obama dismissed any connection between the cash payment which he acknowledged and the prisoner's release saying that negotiations were entirely separate we announced these payments in January this wasn't some Nefarious deal. No? And at the time we explained that Iran had pressed a claim before an international tribunal about them recovering money of theirs that we had frozen I'd like to see some, some of these reporters go after that part of the story Find the tribunal Yeah What tribunal is this

19:27 What tribunals out there that's doing this, a big bank? Oh they're... you gotta pay them. Okay whatever you say we'll do it! We never do anything that anyone else tells us to do and we really didn't hear anything in fact if you replayed that clip I just had the 400 million dollar clip yeah the guy says specifically that they weren't told about the money It's really, really, really very disappointing. And it just makes everyone look so dumb! Well of course now Obama just rocketed out of town. Well hell yeah wouldn't you? He went on vacation someplace to play a bunch of golf in Cape or wherever it is

CHAPTER 07 / 39 Discussion

State Department Briefing, Mark Toner and Matt Lee

State Department spokesperson Mark Toner is seen laughing during a briefing after an intern's presence prompted a comment about "transparency and democracy." Reporter Matt Lee countered the remark by calling the briefing an "exercise in spin and obfuscation." The exchange highlights the tension between the press corps and government officials regarding the Iran cash payment story.

mark toner· matt lee· state department· transparency· obfuscation

20:08 You heard the State Department there. You probably saw this clip, a lot of people saw it just while we're talking about the craziness of the mainstream media and reporting but also how the sourcing works and luckily our man Matt Lee is in this clip to set things straight This is Mark Toner at the beginning of the State Department briefing on Friday Welcome to the State Department I think we have some interns in the back welcome Good to see you in this exercise and transparency and democracy. Is that what it is? I thought it was an exercise of exercises in spin and obfuscation. Oh, thats the word I was hoping for! I don't know why he started laughing...I think something else must have happened maybe it was-you couldn't see maybe Matt Lee was making a face

21:06 Yeah, somebody was. Yeah but it's like okay great exercise in obfuscation In front of all of the children in front of the interns good job! Good job people please clap idiots Please clap yeah what else we got well there's a number of things first The clip that we played from Hillary Clinton saying she was going to, we are going to tax the middle class. This is very interesting as this was actually I'll play the clip just so we can hear it again soon what i'm talking about. I want to mention something when you before he played a clip if everyone has to go out and look at this clip

CHAPTER 08 / 39 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Middle Class Tax Gaffe and Brain Processing

Hillary Clinton is criticized for a speech where she appeared to say "we are going to tax the middle class," while supporters and MSNBC claim she said "aren't." The discussion focuses on the linguistic impact of using negatives, suggesting the human brain often ignores the word "not." Warren Buffett is noted for clapping enthusiastically during the controversial segment of the speech.

hillary clinton· warren buffett· taxes· middle class· msnbc· linguistics

21:53 Because you get to see, as soon as she says we've got a tax the middle class. You see Warren Buffett's head. You see his whole body and he is clapping like a son of bitch Is he not listening or is he listening? Don't know Well that of course is open for interpretation What taxes for the super rich Well, we're not going there my friends I'm telling you right now We're going to write fairer rules for the middle class and we aren't going to raise taxes on the middle class So so I didn't have time or a merely means to clip all the different mainly MSNBC they were slowing it down like

22:37 Which is a good sound on Hillary, I have to say. Why were they slowing it down for you? Does somebody think that she didn't say that? Oh yeah! They're saying that she said we aren't going to tax the middle class and this is one of these things where if you've seen the tests on YouTube... Play it again. Okay hold on You've seen the tests on YouTube where they say, oh this is what he's saying and it looks exactly like what that person is saying. Trump wants to cut taxes for the super rich Well, we're not going there my friends. I'm telling you right now We're going to write fairer rules for the middle class and we aren't going to raise taxes on the middle class Now so what she supposedly said and of course when you put it in your head? We aren't going to raise tax on the middle class Yeah, I put in my head that I couldn't quite get that But here's the problem

23:32 I don't know who's advising her, and she's saying a lot of wacky shit. But this is a mistake! You never want to use the word not because the brain can't process that and this is proof of it! Now, surely I have bias but i really heard R and if you want to hear aren't you can. But that's not... she should never talk that way! If you say do not forget, YOU'RE GONNA FORGET!!! I rented a car to drive to Jersey, and it's one of those key... you put the key in the ashtray or whatever it is. And then when you open the door, it says do not forget your key." I'm like this is dumb! That's the first thing I want to do was forget the key because your brain doesn't process the negative in the sentence so for her to say we are not going to tax the middle class that is just wrong. Is there's no one paying attention to her? I guess not hmm

24:32 I had a couple. I never heard, just even the second listen i've heard it's not four or five times...I have never heard aren't we aren't we aren't they were slowing down on MSNBC bruh those horny assholes are they they just like is pathetic listening to msnbc Yeah, but it's pathetic. But it's incredibly and nobody listens to incredibly fun The biggest mistake MSNBC made most recently is they should have brought back What's his name the? Oh what's-his-name The big headed guy who was on this show for so long that they fired him if Keith the olbermann yeah Yeah They should have brought I you know as much as a pain in the ass apparently as old Berman isn't he's not cheap

CHAPTER 09 / 39 Discussion

Secret Service Whispering to Hillary Clinton During Protest

During a campaign event, Secret Service agents were recorded whispering "keep talking" to Hillary Clinton after she was interrupted by animal rights protesters. Critics argue this interaction demonstrated a lack of leadership and an inability to handle unexpected situations. Clinton eventually responded to the protesters by claiming they were there to protest Donald Trump's children.

hillary clinton· secret service· animal rights· protesters· weakness

25:20 They should have brought him back to MSNBC for the convention coverage and until they have to fire him again, and left them go there. Because he will bring in audience because as nasty as he is... And he's very mean-spirited and hateful He is good! He's really good. He'll really get under somebody skin. They should've brought him back I don't understand what they're thinking over there It doesn't matter that much it just entertaining us It's entertaining to everybody. Did you see the bit where someone did something and I guess they were protesters, and then the Secret Service jumped up on stage behind Hillary? Yeah, that freaked her out. What was interesting is first of all the Secret Service continued whispering to her keep talking keep talking yeah they kept saying keep talking it really showed incredible weakness and particularly how she wrapped it up. You okay?

26:18 Keep talking. You're ugly, we're not going anywhere." Okay! Here we are! Oh and the crazy laugh. Keep talking. We'll keep talking and apparently these people are here to protest Trump because Trump and his kids have killed a lot of animals so thank you for making that point. What? My goodness... Yeah it was good That is insane I mean, she really didn't know what to do in a complicated situation. I feel this really was an important thing to see. Yeah you might be right. I didn't think about it that way. And particularly how the Secret Service keep talking...I mean she can't figure out...she can't handle some protesters? I found that to be very very strange. Hillary Gaff week for some reason

CHAPTER 10 / 39 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Short-Circuit Claim and PBS NewsHour Critique

Hillary Clinton used the term "short-circuited" to explain her previous misleading statements regarding the FBI investigation into her private email server. This phrasing has been mocked as an admission of "brain damage" or poor health. Additionally, Lisa Desjardins of PBS NewsHour is noted for a rare segment that explicitly detailed Clinton's various public lies.

hillary clinton· short-circuit· lisa desjardins· pbs newshour· email controversy

27:22 And here is another good one. what I'm proposing to what my opponent is talking about. What? That was the best one! My husband... Now why does that happen, why do you think- didn't she say her brain got crosswired or when that uh.. Short circuited. Short circuited right. Do yo have that clip? I think i have it somewhere but this is for anyone to- Why would you use that term

28:09 I think she's got brain damage. Well, it must be otherwise why would you... Put a bump on the head of the airplane which we never really talked about in great detail even though it has come out pretty much in the WikiLeaks. So the memos in the Democrat Party are discussing this incident that happened on her flight to Iran. Oh and we played, she was at the Association of Black Journalists or something like that I believe and here it's 14 seconds but this is really the crux of what she said Is this not undercutting your efforts to rebuild trust with the American people? Well I may have short-circuited it and for that

28:44 I, uh... you know will try to clarify. I never sent or received anything that was marked classified. Now she is short-circuited again! How many times has she? That is a lie and that has been you know even the mainstream says that's a lie and she just keeps doing it. I don't get it I don't understand why she sticks, because they just write her about it. In fact they had on the PBS News Hour...I didn't record because it was too lengthy It was actually too long They had that funny looking girl with a big nose That's one of the correspondents Lisa D. Jardin And she went into a whole deal like- I think they did this to punish her Because she is so pro Hillary as obvious They made her go over Hillary's lies

29:37 It was a long segment. She said this, but here's the truth. He said this and here is the truth. Said that and here is the truth. She said this and here is the truth." And it was like wow! Of all of people on that show I expected to see do as a hit piece on Hillary like that Lisa Desjardins was the last one on my list. Right? I think the PBS was, I think somebody in the bureaucracy over there. You know they know that anything can happen and they don't want to you know they're supposed to be unbiased as possible but they weren't when they when you watched them covered the two conventions their RNC and the DNC They were gushing at the DNC convention Yes of course But he basically gave a present to Trump campaign with this short-circuited thing

30:25 He's just gonna keep using that. I mean, let's take yeah That is and that is your brain a short-circuited if you're if you say this in public while you're running for office It just but you are dumb. You're dumb or your something else is wrong Yeah, we're getting incredibly bad advice now She also she would be out the questions that were asked and I'd listen to this whole thing in the car as I was driving down to Red Bank. And the question she got, almost our favorite which is if you were a tree what kind of tree would you be? Kevin Meredith, editor-in-chief of The Undefeated at ESPN

CHAPTER 11 / 39 Discussion

Hillary Clinton's "Crew" and Racist Undertones in ESPN Interview

Hillary Clinton responded to a question from ESPN's Kevin Meredith about her most meaningful conversation with an African-American friend by listing her "crew" of black associates. The response is criticized as being patronizing and potentially racist, particularly her comment that her black friends "tried to expand my musical tastes." The discussion suggests that if Donald Trump had made similar comments, the media reaction would be far more severe.

hillary clinton· espn· kevin meredith· racism· african-american friends

31:06 What is the most meaningful conversation you've had with an African-American friend? And what is that question?! Wow! That's a racist question, if anything. It is a racist question, yep. It's incredible and her answer... But it is the what kind of tree would you be question yes I mean so what is he what is the journalist trying to say you know And actually she answers it by saying, well you know she is going to say black people are different. Listen... Oh my gosh! Oh shoot my brain's crossed Can I tell you that i am blessed to have a crew of great friends? So somehow that's a gang reference the way I see it. I got a crew of black people

31:50 That's a gang reference. She has a posse Well, she said crew Yeah same thing It's a gang My black friends are a gang I think it was subconscious I think she had...she was short-circuited and she is trying to figure out what to say! I've had two chief of staff who were my African American women friends Maggie Williams and Cheryl Mills Not just my friends, my African American women friends with a limp I have been blessed to have people by my side in politics like Mignon Moore, who's one of the leaders of my campaign. I've had a great group of young people who I have been really motivated by and frankly learned from so I really have had

32:43 A lifetime of friendship. I'm good for black people. Going back to my college years when one of my best friends... One of my best friends is black, okay! Was an African-American student So I can't compress into one conversation. They've supported me, they've chastised me, they raised issues with me and they tried to expand my musical tastes Now, now this is if you want to just call people racist the way the mainstream way everyone does. If Trump would have said that he was a racist. Oh yeah because they have different music different culture they're different they're not the same really disgusting really really disgusting but everyone's just laughing it's fantastic very very funny Don I want to play I wanna play clip that's a callback this one I promised I'd bring in on Sunday

CHAPTER 12 / 39 Discussion

Jeh Johnson on DNC Hack and Spear Phishing Tactics

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified that the FBI is still investigating the DNC hack and is not yet ready to attribute it to a specific actor, contradicting claims of Russian involvement. Johnson explained that the DNC initially bypassed the FBI to hire private firms like FireEye. He also detailed how his department uses internal spear-phishing tests, such as fake Nationals or "Hamilton" tickets, to train employees on cybersecurity.

jeh johnson· dnc hack· fbi· spear phishing· fireeye· cybersecurity

33:42 This is the Jed Johnson. Ah, yes! Good, good. This was done on Tuesday or Wednesday this is done way after everybody including Obama blamed the Russians for the DNC hack and now like Mike Morrell blamed the Russians and blamed Trump for being a Russian stooge. An unwilling agent of... Yeah, an unwitting I think. Whatever it was he was a Morale is a CIA guy he was in the CIA He's high up. Well also you know but he Of course he's going to endorse Hillary because of the whole Benghazi gun thing She holds the keys You know? He's protecting his own ass Right good point And he also

34:24 No coincidence, he was working for CBS for a while as the intelligence guy. He was such a dud! He's terrible television guys so they had to get rid of him. So get us somebody else you guys CIA has put their people in CBS and they got to find somebody better than this guy is just boring But here's Jed Johnson telling it like it is. So when the DNC was hacked, initially they decided not to go directly to the FBI and DHS. They hired a private security firm to look at the attack and mitigate it. Then those emails appeared online and the FBI got involved

35:02 There's also a question of there are number of voting machines in counties that are electronic and digital, and some of them are connected to the internet. So I wanted to get a sense for you of what the vulnerabilities are, what your assessment of the DNC hack is? And should the government be looking at elections as a piece of critical infrastructure or should the government just try to stay out of it so much as possible? Sounds like Brian's been in our internal deliberations lately. Hopefully not hacking into them, but anyway... Couple of things first as everybody knows the FBI is investigating the DNC hack we are not at this point prepared to attribute it to a particular actor or actors that investigation continues

36:02 Separate and apart from that, and this is not a comment on the DNC hack in particular. But a general observation, this is something that I preach generally. First basic employee education and awareness about the hazards of spear phishing Now he went on, and apparently they do spear phishing is like fishing only as a target. Yeah through email But it's targeted at that person And he says that the department his department their head at the top guys in DC They do I think once a month they they do a spear-phishing attack on themselves

36:53 And what they do is somehow you win a couple of tickets to the Nationals game or something and then... And they plan up this piece of code. Or dinner with Hillary, Hamilton tickets with Hillary! Okay? So they do this once a month and then they tell everyone to go pick up their ticket at certain place in there as it as they come in they sit them all down and lecture Really?! I hadn't heard about this how did you hear about this It was on that second, further on in the clip same clip He said that's what he was starting on. It was just this little lengthy. So, he goes on about spear phishing and so they have this big thing about it and they...it sounded to me as he discussed this because apparently is they reel in quite a few people every month and it sounded to me as though they suspect it was a spear-phishing attack done any one of the members

37:42 DNC that then they can get access to the network and once they did that then right a hacker can go in there actually do Whatever the code malicious code is that they plan it probably just delivering all of mail to everybody as a CC To them to the hacker community wherever did it but was no Russians involved and it sounds to me more like some Anybody now, the thing that was said that was not Actually noticed. I never only notice it after listen this clip a few times The DNC did not go to the FBI. Oh? In that clip he says they went to a private security company... Yes, you're right! They went to FireEye and the other cosmic weenie guys whoever they are So they went to these other guys and then when it got leaked to the WikiLeaks Then the FBI came in I think on their own recognizance I don't think the FBI was ever invited in And that helps basis our theory

38:39 that the FBI is on the Trump side of the equation and Hillary's side knows this. Yes, and that's what just that's why they didn't call the FBI. They're not gonna call the FBI That's like calling the enemy you don't want to let the enemy in here interesting well You know that good that also leads to the Napolitano comment which I don't have a clip of but I should but it's out there Napolitano calls in one of the shows on Fox and he says that the it's pretty clear that the NSA did the hack And they shared it with, I guess the FBI knew something about it. They did the hack and gave over to WikiLeaks because the NSA according to Napolitano he says that Hillary

CHAPTER 13 / 39 Discussion

Agency Wars, NSA vs CIA and Huma Abedin Rumors

Judge Andrew Napolitano suggests that the NSA, rather than Russia, may have been behind the DNC leaks to WikiLeaks due to anger over Hillary Clinton's server compromising agents. A theory is discussed regarding an alleged video held by Huma Abedin showing a nefarious deal with the Saudis. The discussion posits an internal war between the pro-Clinton CIA and the pro-Trump FBI and NSA.

nsa· cia· fbi· huma abedin· judge napolitano· saudi arabia

39:23 Her own personal email server was so hacked over by everybody in the world that it resulted, and I've never seen any confirmation of this but it's what he said. It resulted in the death...the actual death of two people in one of the agencies And so they were irked about this at the NSA. CIA doesn't care, they're in Hillary's camp So this is bringing this whole war between the agencies thing to the fore which is what we've been banking on to be a fact because it makes things make a lot more sense. I'm pretty sure, at least Trump has been friendly to them. He's given a real pass like oh they just had a bad day. And I've asserted before that the Comey testimony before Congress even though they didn't indict her...I don't think they wanted to indict her? I think they want to keep her in the race because anyone could beat or Trump can beat her not everyone. Trump can be Jeb Bush couldn't beat her and so comey went out of his way to make all these accusations without filing an indictment

40:28 And those are all clippable and can be used in future advertising. Because it's almost like a script between watching What's-His-Name, the bald guy going back and forth to go well no that wasn't true that wasn't true that wasn't true that wasn't true no that was a lie that wasn't true...and I mean that was geez if that wasn't pro Trump What it is. So where do you think NSA stands in all of this? We know CIA is more with Hillary, we know FBI is more with Trump Where's NSA? I think he's all-in for Trump I'm sorry who's all-in for Trump? Comey No but I was asking NSA what do you think they stand They're a Trump side You sure? I'm pretty sure yeah

41:13 Interesting. They don't like the CIA, let's face it! Let's just face it! Right These two sides are battling they don't like the CIA and they know that... The CIA is so obvious about being in the bag for Hillary And when Morrell came out I said well that was a confirmation What was the point of THAT? So, you recall the FBI agent? The so-called FBI agent who's showing up on 4chan and posting stuff. Yeah right... Well I'm just reporting it! No i know, I'm just thinking that it's hard to believe but I guess it could be. So this FBI agent apparently now has said that there is a video of Hillary

42:00 doing some kind of nefarious deal with the Saudis, and according to the FBI informant, Huma Abedin videotaped this meeting which apparently is damning. And that this has been leaked and there's even accusations that Huma herself leaked it which would be mind-boggling if that was true! That she was a undercover agent the whole time That'd be great. So I love the theory, I really do! I'm not so sure if it holds water but there is apparently more to come and according to the agent this video has or will be leaked to RT and so it should show up on television of course being with RT will make that much more fun Yeah, RT would just take it to the max The intelligence agency's very heavily involved in this go around

CHAPTER 14 / 39 Discussion

Clint Eastwood Esquire Interview and "Kiss-Ass Generation"

Clint Eastwood's interview with Esquire magazine is discussed, specifically his critique of the "kiss-ass generation" and political correctness. Actor Graham Beckle defended Eastwood on CNN against Charles Blow, arguing that Eastwood has integrity and is simply telling the truth about societal shifts. The segment highlights the media's tendency to label any criticism of modern norms as racist.

clint eastwood· esquire· don lemon· graham beckle· charles blow· political correctness

42:58 Now there was a, Clint Eastwood made a statement which you may have heard or read somewhere. I think it was an op-ed so there's no actual clip of it although I do have a clip where its referenced and Don Lemon the superstar of CNN uh...the overnight legend Don Lemon he had an interview let me see he had a panel he had um what did we have on here Graham Beckle and Graham Beckle is uh... He's an actor I don't think many people know him You know Graham Beckle? No. He played Jack Fisk in Battlestar Galactica

43:35 Hal Sanders on Heroes, Ellis Wyatt in... Well that was a shit movie. Yeah okay so he's been around but he's kind of an old grouchy guy and also on the panel is New York Times columnist I don't know if he's a reporter Charles Blow which is great name. Great name. And they're doing something that when I'm back when I'm able to record off TV easily And MSNBC is doing this continuously, particularly Joy Reid which is going to be very fun to watch her do this all the time. They have a number of people on they have someone who was pro-Trump they will say something and then immediately it will get okay you anti Trump guy in this case Charles Blow what do you think? And they always discredit that guest by your nuts he's crazy I don't know you know what what you've been smoking and this is this is the new

44:30 format for bringing people on. Which again... I brought this up before with the Kellyanne Conway when she was, she was the pro-Trump person on one of these things it's like and it was again it was Don Lemon. I think it began awhile ago when Don Lemon had Kellyanne Conway And she was just, they just berated her. They just berated her left and right! You don't really believe that? You don't really believe that? Whatever you said... whatever she said. You must be insane! As though you're an idiot! Yeah, very annoying.

45:10 explain a little role in here about what Clint Eastwood said, which is great. And I really wanted to bring this up for two reasons one to hear what this Beckel guy says because he has a funny quote against CNN letting all kinds of no-no words on the air and then he throws it back to Charles Blow who does you know the same thing that you identify. It may not be a full endorsement but we certainly know who Clint Eastwood wants in the White House. In an interview with Esquire magazine, Hollywood's tough guy takes a political hard line scolding well society Eastwood says Trump is on to something because secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. Everybody's walking on eggshells. Graham you take what Clint Eastwood said into context his age the times in Hollywood and The Times explain what you mean by that yeah Clint's 86 years old lives in Hollywood and

46:09 Kissing ass is, you know it's the currency of the realm. Everybody in Hollywood kisses ass except people with a tremendous amount of integrity he being one Warren Beatty Tommy Lee Jones Morgan Freeman People from the left and right some people have integrity Clint Eastwood is one of them And I love the poppin' you guys are doing with this corn This is a...I never heard that expression I love the popping you're doing with this corn. You guys are doing what this corn overreading and some kind of racist thing about it. I think that's, uh... It's dim-witted and slanderous He is the guy who tells it like it is Okay so Graham but what does that have to do with? I don't get what the racism is The postcolonial victimship I don't get it sorry Charles No you don't ask me to answer that I don't even know what this man is talking about These are Clint's own Really he doesn't know what he's talking about

47:10 This is what it's like. This is why I do like the post-colonial victim shit, I think that's pretty interesting. Interesting colonial victim shit words right on we have these are his words everyone's been running speechless. I don't even know what that is but yeah, I don't even know what that is this is this is now normal I don't even know what you're talking about. You were just—I don't even know what you're talking about, and I'm just over here." He said these words—now, I let you talk and rambled on whatever you were saying. Now it's my turn. Thank you very much for having me. Go ahead. Yeah, well, you're welcome. I do that all the time. Oh, asshole! And Clint said in his own words that the things that Trump are saying now some people call racist, and that Clint says in his own words when he said similar things when he was younger wasn't called racist. That's what he says.

48:01 And he says later in the piece that people should just get over it. Those are his words, those are not mine, those are not the people at Esquire's. Clarence Eastwood said those words. He gets nervous. What's that? He's nervous So let's talk about this for a second The gist of this whole conversation is things that weren't called racist Clint Eastwood's back in the day now are called racist. So, the question is that I pose to you... You being closer to Clint's age than me is... Huh? I don't mean it in an aegis way. It's a complementary way. Okay go on. Are these things now has rate the classification of racism changed? Oh yeah absolutely!

CHAPTER 15 / 39 Discussion

Evolution of the Definition of Racism and Jimmy the Greek

The definition of racism is analyzed, with the observation that it has shifted from a focus on biological race to including ethnic groups and general "ethnocentrism." The 1988 firing of Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder is cited as an example of "complimentary racism" regarding the genetic superiority of black athletes. The discussion concludes that the word "racist" is being overused as a random epithet, causing it to lose its original power.

racism· ethnocentrism· jimmy the greek· cal berkeley· sociology

48:49 Racism used to refer only to race, specific race like Negro, Caucasian, Asian. maybe American Indians, but they were Native Americans. They were Asians really boil it down and unless it was actual race not ethnic group what's changed is that ethnic groups have become racist somehow and the funny thing is when I was a kid and going to Cal Berkeley The idea that an ethnic group was a race was really frowned upon by the same class that calls everybody racist at the drop of a hat. It was completely frowned upon and there was a book which I had a copy called The Races Of Man, and it included Irish and Scots

49:44 and the Swedes, and all these different Caucasians that were considered different races. That was verboten! The litany at the time of the era was no, that is not a race it's not a race racism is black and white what whites being racist against blacks period that's about it And then they started making everything racism and that I don't know when that happened to happen within the last 20 years. Where a Mexican, if you don't like a Mexican, you're racist? Well this is not right so if you don't like... No well but isn't racism something that is so the definition of course as you believe

50:28 A class is lesser than another class. Not necessarily, different if you believe they're different. The definition I think is... Well the definition is out! What we're talking about 90% of the time here's ethnocentricism and you can't use that it has no punch oh you're an ethnocentric ape And that's a good term to use because it condemns you. It's like using demagogue, which still cracks me up when I hear it. Because the demagogue is just the guy who appeals to popular taste! Here is the basic definition... The belief that all members of each race possesses characteristics or abilities specific to that race especially as so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races

51:19 I think that yeah, I think that's probably right. But it could be also superior in fact if anybody remembers back far enough Jimmy the weasel the guy used to be a famous Jimmy the Greek Jimmy the Greek Jimmy the Greek hello Jimmy the Greek used to be this television personality who also did all the odds. Oh, I think it's three-to-one that they're gonna do this and that. And he was a big... They caught him on somebody took up his hidden camera and caught him talking about how black athletes because of slavery were trained to have longer endurance there would actually be better football players and he went on and on with what I consider to be outrageous complimentary racism

52:05 And he got fired. He wasn't saying that blacks were stupid or they were anything, but they were...he said they were superior! He was saying they were genetically superior in sports. Yeah Well that is racism That's total racism but Is it the kind of racism you'd fire somebody over? Yes because all racism is bad You can't think that way You can't think that blacks are superior Right You can't do that It's not right And so you now have a screwball situation that is completely out of control and it's befuddling, and it just uses an epithet. Just anything you do... You can just call somebody racist. Just call them racists randomly on the old late night show with that Scottish guy whose name is eluding me at the moment

52:52 He used to do, he had a robot on and he had this producer who wouldn't let him do a lot of skits. And he started yelling at him telling him he's a racist because you wouldn't let them do stuff. It says, You're a racist! There is no race involved at all so you can just call somebody a racist whether they are or not and it does have an impact on the feeble-minded It does and there's feeble-minded you have to be an idiot to fall for this Exactly Feebleminded well, that's your old bud buddies. Yeah well it is definitely The the word is losing all its power That's for sure no I don't think so I don't think it has yet Its got me eventually it has to how much they just can't continue? I think they did since this played So well, I've never seen anything like as beautiful hmm

CHAPTER 16 / 39 Discussion

Bill Clinton's Welfare Reform and DNC Lockdown

A protester from Queens, New York, shares a story on Democracy Now! about how Bill Clinton's welfare reform in the 1990s forced her mother into sex work to support six children. The segment also references reports that delegates were physically locked inside the arena during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to prevent walkouts.

bill clinton· welfare reform· queens· dnc· philadelphia· sex work

53:48 Let's see. I don't think it had much... Again, it's just all Trumps a dick, Trumps horrible. Trumps a dick? We got no time! Yeah actually they said Trumps a dick on one of the shows and they ran with it! Yeah The Loud Mouth Dick we played on the last show. They keep repeating it. You still have that clip? Play that clip again. Sure I do let me see. I'm pretty sure I have it here. That shouldn't be asked when you're on the road. No that's okay I can find it It was uh well that's odd Was it Loudmouth? Hold on, yeah I got it. I have this, Liz Mare that's her name. Here we go, I have the ISO. This message is being a loud mouthed dick basically Yeah there you go, loud mouthed dick Now...I wanna play just another old clip of a clip I lost and found

54:39 This is the clip from the Bernie, this one Democracy Now!, I believe it was. And that reason why i want to play this because its got a moment in here thats kind of interesting to discuss but this is the Bernie protesters at the convention outside and its got a lot of good information in it but the story of this poor girl who was She's a political now, but she was I guess she was poor and she had her welfare taken away during the welfare reform of Bill Clinton and built with the result of this. I just some irony here The result of the welfare being taken away by Bill Clinton Was her mom had to become a hooker And it just it's actually a sad story my play which is this This is last old Bernie Convention clip. Thank you

55:31 I'm 35 years old, and from Queens New York. And i've been in Philadelphia since Sunday. Here as a Bernie supporter and protesting. Can you describe this sign that you're carrying? It is a big poster board that is carved out with Bernie's name on one side and never Hillary on the other side When I was younger my family was on welfare and Bill Clinton was in office and they passed welfare reform We weren't qualified for food stamps any longer The monthly money that we got was cut and then the subsidized housing was also cut. And my mother was required to go out and apply for a certain number of jobs, but she's a single mother of six children and wasn't able to meet their requirements. We struggled tremendously

56:23 My mother actually became a sex worker. I just got a message from inside that the DSE is locked down, the arena to prevent the delegates from walking out. The delegates are locked inside right now! We will wait for them! We will wait for them! We will wait for them! Hold on, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check Unbelievable. I think this was on C-SPAN, to take it back. But yes they locked everybody in by the way which is a fire hazard of course it is you couldn't get out if there was a fire and everyone died that would be something

CHAPTER 17 / 39 Discussion

Mike Pence and the Eleven-Year-Old "Matthew" Setup

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence is seen interacting with an 11-year-old boy named Matthew who asked a sophisticated question about Pence "softening" Trump's policies. The interaction is criticized as a scripted "setup" designed to brand Pence as a stabilizing force. Pence's response, praising the boy's future, is viewed as a calculated campaign maneuver.

mike pence· matthew· campaign trail· branding· scripted questions

57:02 It was a death... that convention was a fiasco and I just can't get over it. Samantha Bee could find no humor in it! You really like watching her show, don't you? I haven't watched it, I'm telling ya. Oh okay. I like her as a comic Like I said before But I have not-I can't get through her show No Anyway, oh they're doing some work with Mike Pence. This was interesting so that you know Mike Pence now has to be positioned and they have to brand him So they bring in what's the best way to brand someone? You just bring in a kid And this is whoever this kid is, he's the next co-host of The No Agenda Show podcast. This kid can talk 11 years old and a script which has memorized and Pence even asked to follow up question the kid just throws it I mean for an eleven year old kid this was great! And it is obviously meant to position Pence. Good morning Governor Pence my name is Matthew and I'm eleven years old and I've been watching news lately

58:00 And I've been noticing that you've been kind of softening up on Mr. Trump's policies and words, is this your role in the... Is this going to be your role in the administration? So how about that question? Yeah it's a goodie! But this kid is great! What's your name son Matthew? Matthew what did you say that I've been doing? This kid is dynamite, where is this kid from I'd like to know this is one of these we look it up. Yeah, we have to Number one this boy's got a future yeah There it is did you hear

58:49 No. Nicely done! He compliments the fucking kid. Oh yeah, okay. It was a setup. What a moron here listen to this... Let me tell you what I couldn't be more proud to stand with Donald Trump Wait I have to go back a little bit more I want to hear that That's okay. I just want to hear him say that one word This boy has got a future Um nicely done Nahhh Scam Scam Nicely done Nicely done You know, I might have just had him a couple of hundreds. Yeah! Just had my Hyundai here kid here's the Hyundai I promise you perfect The controversy continues about the Gold Star family the cons and of course more Gold Star families are coming out Can i ask you something? Sure Have you ever heard of Gold Star Families before this incident? I think once...I don't remember ever hearing it It was not unfamiliar but is certainly not something instead of saying the parents

CHAPTER 18 / 39 Discussion

Presidential Salutes and the Meaning of "Gold Star Families"

The term "Gold Star Families" is discussed as a relatively new addition to the common political lexicon used to describe parents of fallen soldiers. The history of presidents saluting military personnel is traced back to Ronald Reagan, noting that prior presidents like Eisenhower and Kennedy did not follow this practice. A clip features a father criticizing President Obama for using a dignified transfer at Dover Air Base as a media photo opportunity.

gold star families· ronald reagan· barack obama· military protocol· saluting

59:50 someone who died, who was killed. Killed in action you know it's kind of like instead cops don't get murdered they fall you know but also... Even when there were they used to there's a lot of parents who had lost their children to these unnecessary wars just put it bluntly And I don't remember ever them. They're just called the parents of the victims or something that never remembered. Well, it's news such a big deal out of this now they get veterans coming out of the woodwork which are Hillary supporters and but it's it's distressing its new speak you know The more you dumb stuff that George Carlin has this great bit where he talks about

1:00:31 war veterans coming back from the first world war and they were shell-shocked. And you played that clip? Yeah, of course that winds up ultimately we're now it's now PTSD We don't even say post traumatic stress disorder anymore just PTSD So yeah so in fact I was one the but saw the train go by and it was a huge wrap on the train as huge sticker New Jersey Transit salutes our troops What does that mean?! Hey, I'm saluting you. It's another one of those... it just it's completely meaningless You know is meant to make you feel good Saluting our troops hey how that leg blown off doing and who started what? I'm sorry missed him What'd you say oh I said I wanted to talk about this just for a second Ronald when did the president start saluting everybody in uniform ah let me play this let me play this clip Let me play this clip

1:01:27 from this fits in perfectly and then you can pick it up. thing is, let me just tell you my perspective. Words don't mean as much to me as actions that's just me. You know when my son was killed he was killed in the largest loss of life in the history of naval special warfare and we had 30 families at Dover Air Base waiting for our sons to be returned from Afghanistan and what we experienced there

1:02:05 I'm just trying to draw a contrast. What we experienced there is the families unanimously asked Barack Obama to not bring any media, to not make this a media event that he was welcome to be with us but no media and you know he showed up with cameras and the next day our pictures or his picture saluting the caskets of our boys was plastered over every outlet in America again Well this has been tracked down, yeah well photo ops are photo ops. This has been tracked back to Ronald Reagan and I did a little research on this i went back and looked at every photo I could find

1:02:43 And there was no... and this includes Eisenhower when he was president. Although, he did salute once in a while but it was under some circumstance Generally speaking when there's a guy standing at a helicopter and you're running out of the White House to jump into chopper Ever since Ronald Reagan You as the President SALUTE THE GUARD that is standing there by the steps to the chopper Right! You see it all the time, we've been seeing it. Yeah, yeah. Obama did it once with a Starbucks coffee cup Remember that? Yeah, it's funny. So he went on his vacation there, he is saluting whoever greeted him. You know some guy and he does a snappy salute as if he's in the military looks like somebody had said well no you got to keep your arm at this 45 degree angle we gotta do it this way and so it's actually not a... Reagan was like kind of sloppy and I think I can't remember the other ones I looked them all up and I found everybody did it ever since Reagan because Reagan set the standard now they're all saluting when they're

1:03:42 required to salute at all. There's no protocol for the president, even though he was commander in chief to salute anybody now. In fact, he is above it all. He doesn't need a salute anybody is above it always not. He's not a soldier right? And but he keeps doing it and I just getting on my nerves because this would because Harry Truman didn't do it Eisenhower didn't do it Kennedy didn't do and I tried to find Kennedy cause I can kind of remember him saluting. I couldn't find a picture of it. Lyndon Johnson Coolidge didn't do it, Franklin Roosevelt didn't do it. Nobody did except Reagan. Did they acknowledge them? Like a hat tip or like a nod? Well in many cases no

1:04:26 Well, there'd be a guy guard there. You walk right by him you know he's protecting you He's not you know saluting him. He's not work. You know it's not like an underling camp You could I guess boss them around but well as they salute to Secret Service when he's right Right well It's just as meaningless is what the New Jersey Transit has on their trains and we salute you this I don't know yeah, these guys are saluting all time And I get some I know we have some veterans in some I think if you haven't been in the military, if you haven't served. I think it's odd It just is an odd thing to do. When did we switch over from the rule that American flag can't be used as clothing? There was no such thing You didn't have American flag ties and American flag jackets. It was all considered disrespectful until just recently

CHAPTER 19 / 39 Discussion

Obamacare Failures, Aetna Exit, and Cash Payment Restrictions

Aetna's CEO announced the company will exit 20 states after losing $200 million on Obamacare exchanges, joining United Health and Humana in scaling back participation. The discussion highlights that Blue Cross Blue Shield is requesting rate hikes of up to 60%. Furthermore, it is noted that under the Affordable Care Act, doctors can be fined for accepting cash payments from patients already enrolled in the system.

obamacare· aetna· affordable care act· health insurance· blue cross blue shield

1:05:18 Yeah, I remember Abbie Hoffman from Steal This Book. He made a... he had his shirt out of an American flag and that was really radical It wasn't radical it was rude! Yeah, rude It was considered an insult to the flag in the country Now they're wearing flags or wearing flag underwear? I mean give me a break make up your minds That's funny. Kinda a pet peeve i guess But not of the day. Obama, a couple things on our Obama nation before we take our first break here. First of all this just came out let me see where is this? This is about the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare and let's see... We have Aetna, that's what it is?

1:06:08 I'm sorry, what was it again? Aetna is the... Etna. Oh, etna. It's spelled a-e-t-n-a The CEO came out and said well we were supposed to break even this year with our Obamacare business but we've already lost 200 million and we expect that to be 320 million dollars before the year is out so they are planning on leaving 20 states. Yeah, they're all going to leave eventually. And this of course comes on the heels of United Health Group saying they have to leave. Humana has also decided drop out and of course we have Blue Cross Blue Shield who are saying yeah we're going to put in a request to raise our rates up to 60%. This is a massive, massive failure and I to this day having read The Affordable Care Act in its entirety

1:07:01 I don't understand how it was possible, and maybe it's just there was so much detail that you couldn't see the big picture. We're not allowed to pull out as an individual you can get penalized. You have to pay a tax if you don't have health insurance and the taxes are very aggressive in more years you're not covered but I didn't realize that the insurance companies can pull out just yeah it's not working for us and they can pull out this...that makes no sense Yeah, I know. It's disturbing! The whole thing is a mess and the thing about the doctors you can't even pay cash and go to a doctor if you're signed up for Obamacare it's illegal Really? And the doctor will get fined Why?!

1:07:49 If I have cat because they think it'll hurt that the overall system needs to work with everybody in it. And you can't do this stuff on the side, so even in Great Britain as far as I know you can be part of the medical system and healthcare system and if you want to go to a private doctor for some specialty thing and you have cash you can do that am I not right about that or my wrong? I would think I think it's true. People can correct me if i'm wrong here no, no you if you're signed up for Obamacare and you want to go to some Some specialist somebody who might be like a dermatologist And I know this for a fact because I tried to get my daughter into this Oh No! We can't take her she signed up She we can't take it will get fined oh man...we will be fined If we take her business well even paying cash

1:08:37 No, we can't take her. And they look it up and they make sure she's in the system. You cannot go to a doctor with cash money with this stupid system in place. And the thing is that none, and the problem is of course they've wrecked the drug companies have just tripled the prices of everything and they keep raising the prices and raising the prices so things that used to cost a dollar pill now costs 10 or 20 or $30 a pill because the insurance companies pick it up. So the insurance company's got to raise their rates. It's a huge scam there's nothing they can do about it. It's ridiculous this is...and people say well you just hate Obama

CHAPTER 20 / 39 Discussion

Barack Obama Refusing Selfies with Young Africans

President Obama is criticized for his behavior during a Q&A with young African leaders where he explicitly refused to take selfies, claiming it would take too long. He also corrected himself after saying he would shake "everybody's" hand, clarifying that he could not literally shake thousands of hands. The hosts compare this to his "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor" rhetoric.

barack obama· selfies· young african leaders· handshakes· photo ops

1:09:13 Well, you do. Come on face it I don't hate Obama. I think he's a sweet guy but this is bull crap this thing and he keeps bragging about it That's what's weird Obama spoke in front of A group of young Africans and there was a question-and-answer session not quite sure what the whole setting was But he took a minute to explain why he couldn't take a selfie. And the second one favor, the second favor I need is really a special picture with you Thanks very much president Now at this point what he used to do and what i would have done is okay here's the one guy everyone's cheering ah special pictures sure ill come over and do a selfie right now Everyone will go wild it'll be fantastic that's what you would do correct?

1:10:00 Not if you think everyone else is going to want one. Yeah, but you could say well I'm just gonna do this one okay because I gotta run. You know what? Here's what you'd do...I've seen this situation and was at an event with Shatner and they get everybody that's at the event a line up Shatner comes in stands in the middle of one photo y'all get a copy right it could have done that yeah you see that you've done it But I think what the president did is not a very good way to do it So so as good of time as any to let you know that after i'm done. I'm gonna shake everybody's hand oh Wait

1:10:55 Whoa, whoa. Wait wait wait! When I say everybody, I don't mean literally everybody. What a dick! Because there are thousands of you and I can't shake everyone's hand. He said he was going to shake everybody's hand but then he went, I don't mean EVERYBODY! Wow... That's almost like... I'm sorry? You were going to say something very important? Yeah, your borderline clip of the day. Ohhhh....I do like the borderliners. Borderlines! Clip of the Day! So, you know he said oh well I'm gonna just... You know like everyone can keep their doctor. Everyone can keep their doctor? There are a thousand of ya! I can't shake everybody's... I can't shake them. But... Yes you can! Is that what they're yelling? They're saying yes you can, yes you can. Yes you can.

1:11:47 You know, I've got another job. I've gotta do. Oh, going vacation? But here's what I can't do is take selfies so because then i'll be here for the next four hours it won't work oh yeah So no you can't get your picture I'm sorry No! You can't get your picture shut up slave sit down How long does it take to play a round of golf? Exactly Shut Up That was unbelievable Really really that's like okay Thanks Obama Thanks Obama. Anyway, with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to John C where the c stands for consciousness Dvorak

CHAPTER 21 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Value-for-Value, Donor Thank-Yous, and Knighting

The hosts acknowledge the "value-for-value" support from the No Agenda community, thanking artists like Jay Young for the episode artwork. Major donors are recognized, including Sir John and Dame Big Ass Blonde, who requested mangoes and filet mignon for the "Round Table." The segment also mentions a recent listener meetup at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

value-for-value· zika· jay young· big ass blonde· knighting· meetups

1:12:27 In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry also in the morning those ships at sea boots on the ground feet in there Subs and the water and all that dames and knights out Yes in the morning to the chat room who are very diligent today We have a lot of disconnects of the stream So they're hearing a beep and it's a and they're very annoyed by but I'm sorry nothing we could do void zero mountain vortex doing The best they can no agenda stream calm Thank You Jay young artists for the artwork of episode 848 That was the palette of cash And this was... which one was it, John? I'm afraid to open up my browser actually. I don't want to crunch the connection Oh, it was the picture? Yeah. Do you remember what it was? Yeah! It was a can...it was the spray can of Zika. Oh yeah! See ya! The NA Zika Spray Can exactly. Beautiful piece and Jay has done stuff before. Jay Young I think he's had artwork. Yeah we used to look him up He does done about five or six covers. And uh..we appreciate the work that all our artists do NoAgendaArtGenerator.com is where we'd love to see you submit your work if you feel like it and anyone go check out there's tons good stuff there

1:13:32 Now, I want to have me have to look this guy up the for our John Johnson. See if he sent something in because you got no I think he may have. He's the top donor today? Yeah. Okay well like john johnson the second here it is yes john johnson the second Oh That's right now I remember. Yeah, I see it. I don't need any jingles or karma just giving value for value keep up the great work Sir John order of the one one one one one nice and And that was a donation from him. He's in Sedalia, Colorado for $34567. I want to thank him profusely. Big Ass Blonde is back! $333.33. She's in San Antonio Texas where from my understanding the big ass part is pretty common

1:14:29 I have met the big-ass blonde if you recall. Yes, but have you been to San Antonio? Yes, I've been to San Antone. I think she is slim compared to the median derriere in San Antone. We need more donations from San Antonio or we continue to insult the city Hi, this is BS Blonde. I woke up last night at 333 dot 33 a.m With the song donate to no agenda you're playing in my head your brainwashing NLP programming is hold on freaking me out Here's your money get out of get out of my dreams Your show has been awesome the last few weeks. I think this donation makes me a dame yes since I live on

1:15:19 a radiated island in the middle of the Pacific where nothing can grow. Please add mango and filet mignon... I thought she was always a dame? No, no wait! I think she's uh... Let me see what do i have in the notes here yeah maybe she wasn't maybe she wasn't okay well you put her on the list so I don't think she's on the list oh she's on the knight and dame list yeah what is it what did she want as at the round table? She just had a birthday today so is she on that list too? Yeah, she's on the birthday. Since I live on a radio...I'm getting there. Please add mangoes and filet mignon to the round table Okay, mangoes and filet mignon added done

1:16:06 Okay, give her a karma. She didn't ask for anything. I would love to give her a car money. How long he deserves that? You've got Karma. Let me see does she have a cool Dame name what's your Dame name gonna know she has a dame yeah dame big-ass blonde okay dames Jerry Gallagher in Aragon Oregon I never knew there was an Eragon. 23456, one of my favorite donations. Ah Mr and Mrs Funny Farm want you to let you know that your deconstruction of this historic election cycle is spot on! Yay yay yay! And a note all you boners out there, you're douchebags! You should donate to help these fine gentlemen on their quest for PR. Got cut off again? Yeah cut-off

1:16:55 Heather Erickson also, 3456. And she's in Austin. She's right down there. You know got the cute name of Heather. She's there in town. Can I get a Pelosi Trumps job karma for my new job and all those listeners out there? Job searching thank you for the best podcast in universe are happy to oblige jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for job. Marvin Britton comes in from Bellevue, uh...Bellevue, Nebraska? Huh. $200. He's an associate executive producer along with Terry and Heather. This is the husband of Dame Yano in Bellevue, Nebraska!

1:17:42 I don't know what's going to happen when people dig this up a thousand years from now. I would like to go, uh...I would like to thank you both for some of the great shows in the past few weeks it's always entertaining but the recent rough material must be making Adam weary I know it's hard to ignore them, but i don't let the chat room terrorist assholes get to you. If you don't want someone to get your goat, don't let them know where you hide it! I feel the need to remind producers to keep clip requests to a maximum of three plus karma. Hey, the Clip Police! Adam please hit me in the mouth with the Reverend Manning triple combo of whoop-em with The Constitution we gotta talk about that and the Boom Shaka Laka remix and a health karma for Dame Yeah No. Thank you Marvin Lee Britton All right happy to oblige once again Get out there Whooping whooping whooping

1:18:40 You've got karma. Yo, yo. Wow that was I'll give you a 10 for that one because i don't even remember we gotta talk about that yeah I do uh finally last but not least in the executive and kidneys kidneys man you're eating kidneys ah no it's as a generational joke Last but not least in the associate executive producer and executive producer rundown Trevor mudge ah Sir Trev, I think it's sir. Trevor is it not yeah? I think it is to sir Trevor mudge Yes Just a great name you should just be a sir whether he Yeah 200 bucks And he says I continue to enjoy your work Thanks, and thank you be our group or happy well wishes give him a give him a karma I will give everyone a big fat car right here

1:19:37 You've got karma. I do want to thank sir Ramsey Kane last night at the party he FaceTimed me from Las Vegas, Nevada Where he had there was a meetup it was that the conference with the black hat conference? Yeah And as nice group there and it was very hard They couldn't hear me because a lot of noise and of course a lot of noise in my end But we all waved and it was nice nice they had a little meat up there Yes, it was great. Yeah and whenever you have a meetup please let us know about it if it's all set and good to go happy to promote it And we appreciate everybody's courage who showed up in Vegas for that Another show coming up on Thursday We'll talk about that in the minute We also have another thank-you segment coming up But please remember us because we only can do this with your value for value support Dvorak dot org slash N A

CHAPTER 22 / 39 Discussion

Libyan Driver's Perspective and Trump Quitting Satire

Adam Curry recounts a conversation with a Libyan driver in Austin named Tawfiq, who expressed that life was better under Muammar Gaddafi despite his dictatorship. The discussion then shifts to a satirical article from the Charlotte Observer claiming Donald Trump quit the race to reveal the gullibility of Republican voters. This satire is linked to actual efforts by neocons like Bill Kristol to push for a third-party candidate.

libya· gaddafi· tawfiq· bill kristol· satire· charlotte observer

1:20:28 And whether you're in Vegas or New Jersey, or wherever you are! Propagate the formula. Our formula is this... We go out we hit people in the mouth. Hey citizens. Shut up! Shut Up Snake! Okay. Good group? Very good group. What do we got? Well a number of things going on. On the way to the airport when I was in Bin Austin

1:21:06 I took another ride, Austin. That's our non-profit Uber system since Uber no longer exists there and it was the same Libyan driver have had before Tawfiq. He is the only guy working there? He is the only guy right Austin! There's one guy who works there and so of course the last time we spoke we hadn't started bombing some like Tawfiq how you feeling And he says, well Adam. Sir, Mr Adam. He always said Mr Adam let me tell you um but he was he said I'm very happy this is happening. He basically said these a-hole ISIS guys they're ruining everything but the biggest problem is Libya

1:21:46 You know, the Libyans don't want to stand on their own. They don't want to stand up." He says it's never gonna work out unless Libyans do something themselves and we have this general... What is it? The government of national accord he said yeah that's all a bunch of American shills and you know so nothing's working but he's very happy with the bombing but he.. The thing that he told me that because I said well which is better before Gaddafi or after Gaddafi He said, well let me tell you a story. You know about the boy who's a shepherd for the sheep? I said are you telling me the story about the boy cries wolf he says yeah that's the one because Gaddafi kept saying oh you got to be careful they're going to come in they're gonna ruin anything everything and people got all afraid and worried and he kept repeating this throughout decades

1:22:30 And then, you know after three or four times of him saying this then it really happened and everyone is really sad. They feel it was so much better under Gaddafi you know the horrible dictator who we had who was killing his own people. Of course it was! It's better under Saddam too Yeah I just thought it was good to hear that from someone who has had boots on the ground Yeah, well it's a shame that this is going on. You know you blame the US government or some... I don't know who was responsible for this rubble-ized policy but obviously the Kagan's have something to do with it and then I get to watch them watching one of these shows and there's Bill Kristol who's another one of these guys same group of neocons and he's moaning about Trump being the guy they should go

1:23:17 All bail out on all the Republicans should quit on Trump and do a third party. Yeah, it's like that's gonna do yeah Crazy sure that sounds good and then he's also he's also one of the promoters that Trump's gonna quit Vegas odds so I'm at the dinner table with everybody in this is done Friday And as they bring this up oh you think Trump's gonna quit? That's what Where did you get this yeah? Yeah, actually there was a fake article in the... I think it was the Philadelphia Observer? Let me see if i have it here. And it was exactly one of these types of theories but it was written as if it had already happened. Here, The Charlotte Observer. You people really believe me is the title?! In a turn of events that shocked the political world and threw the presidential race into... what??

1:24:10 I can see this coming. This sounds funny. Yeah, in a turn of events that shocked the political world and threw the presidential race into unprecedented turmoil Donald J Trump announced yesterday that he is quitting the race and endorsing Hillary Clinton. Trump said the only point of his campaign was to show how stupid and gullible many Republican voters are quote I've been a Democrat all my adult life Trump told a packed and boisterous news conference but i knew if I ran as a Republican and said increasingly ridiculous idiotic racist and sexist things I would get a lot of votes But he said he had no idea who'd be able to win the Republican nomination and poll 40% or better in a national race against Clinton. Quote, did people really believe I could build a wall between the US and Mexico and get Mexicans to pay for it? And that we could deport 11 million illegal aliens? That's ridiculous! How can we possibly do that?" Then it goes on and on and on... Yeah, so these jokes are satire. Satire is what it is exactly.

CHAPTER 23 / 39 Discussion

Ash Carter on Additional Authorities for Iraq Mission

Defense Secretary Ash Carter stated at the Pentagon that the U.S. is prepared to do more to accelerate the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, anticipating the need for "additional authorities." This is interpreted as a push for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to replace the 2001 version. Carter indicated that President Obama is ready to approve expanded capabilities as commanders identify opportunities.

ash carter· pentagon· iraq· military authorization· amuf· isis

1:25:09 So, we...let me see. There was a actually the president was at the Department of Defense, the Pentagon he participated in a bit of a news conference and then we had Ash Carter there because now you know it seems like we need to be are sending more well they're not boots on the ground of course were sending more advisors to Iraq And this has to be justified and that's what they're doing. And it's quite stunning to listen to Ashton Carter saying how this is all justified and legal, and we can move ahead as planned." How many more troops can Americans at home expect to be going to Iraq?

1:25:53 Well, right now there are about 3500 US forces there and they're about 3500 coalition force. And their role is to enable tens of thousands of Iraqi army units because that's the number we train and equip to take back there country. So I can't predict that, the only thing i can say is we are prepared to do more wherever we see an opportunity to accelerate this defeat so if more is required and im sure there will be additional authorities and additional capabilities that will be required ill let our commanders see opportunities to do that. I will go to the president with the chairman of joint chiefs staff as I have and if he's done like hes done so far he'll say go for it because we need to get this done quickly

1:26:39 Oh yeah. So he anticipates additional authorities and additional capabilities will be required, but the president will just say go for it? Since when does the president determine that? Never. No, Congress has to determine that so there would need to be when he says additional authorities I presume He means authorization for use of military force and after you know What is now 15 years of using the one from 2001 which is only meant for bin Laden al-qaeda and affiliated groups? It's time for a new one and yes, no problem

CHAPTER 24 / 39 Discussion

Rio Olympics Budget, Infrastructure Failures, and Local Crime

The Rio 2016 Olympics are reported to be 50% over budget, leading the city to declare a financial emergency. A "sub in the water" report from a technician in Rio describes poor construction, overcrowded housing, and broken plumbing in the media center. Additional stories highlight the dangers of local crime, including bodies left on Copacabana Beach and the notorious reputation of the Brazilian police.

rio olympics· brazil· budget· infrastructure· copacabana· police brutality

1:27:15 Where is the analysis of this stuff? This basic constitutional stuff that is not being covered. No, no too much good stuff on the other side Have you been watching the Olympics? I missed the whole opening ceremony. Okay well let's talk about the Olympics Yes I have! I was on a plane so I missed all of it Well, it's pretty nice. It's a nice stadium and all this stuff but I do have a report. Thank you! What do we got? I've got two reports actually. Here is one. Cost of the Olympics. This is kind of interesting. Daniel Winter. That's right Christopher, did you know that no games has come in under budget since 1960? Cost is always a matter of controversy with the Olympics wherever they're held although the Rio Games have come in around 50% over budget it's been less costly so far than other recent Olympics but the question still remains when it comes to economic gains does Brazil stand to win or lose

1:28:19 Rio de Janeiro, seven years ago. Jubilation at the decision to give the 2016 Olympic Games to Brazil Many cheering here were hoping for more work and a better future 120 thousand temporary jobs were created After all, Rio needed stadiums roads and a new metro line Its dilapidated harbor was in desperate need of an upgrade And the city would need dozens of new hotels Rio de Janeiro would not be where it is today without the Olympic Games as a catalyst. History will talk about the Rio de Janeiro before the Olympic Games and a much better Rio de Janeiro after the Olympic Games

1:29:10 The country has modestly poured both money and concrete into new construction projects, trying to avoid the spiraling costs of previous games. Until now the gold medal for cost went to the Winter Olympics in Sochi two years ago at 22 billion dollars. Silver went to 2012 Summer Games in London at 15 billion Rio doesn't even make it to the podium at 4.6 billion dollars outlay. But the Olympics have still pushed the city to its limits, Rio de Janeiro had to declare a state of financial emergency It was only able to continue hosting the games after the federal government issued a special loan

1:29:56 Ha. Okey-doke? Yeah, so they spent nothing They didn't do much they didn't clean up the harbor or they added a couple of new hotels to the area And we have boots on the ground in Rio and I have a note from... All years ago Yes this is from our subs in the water guy Was he still in the water? No He uh remember I met him in Fayetteville Fade in on as the guy who taught us the phrase. It's not gay if you're underway now You remember who I'm talking about? That's my favorite It's a bumper sticker So he writes anchor to this sailors cap, yeah hey sailor

1:30:43 I'm working in Rio until the 24th. Been here two days, he's now a... you know he's retired from the sub business and of course a lot of guys who retire they're young enough to continue working so he's now dude named Ben but that's not his name He is the subs on the water guy from Fayetteville been here 2 days in Rio I have very little interaction outside of the bus ride to work and back as a dude named Ben I am stuck in the media center making sure the bits turn into bytes and make it to their destination we could use some of that help ourself The IOC oversold housing. We were supposed to have two bedroom apartments for two people, we have been placed in three-bedroom apartments with three beds for four people! After much complaining we all have our own bedroom now. Construction of the buildings is poor unfinished and rushed. The seats are loose and slide on this to the side on 80% of all toilets i've used

1:31:36 A third of the toilets have leaking water fixtures. The most depressing thing here is the unspoken cast system The service cast, and that's C-A-S-T-E is very friendly apologetic and surprised when you speak to them. I'm from a small town in Missouri i'm used to smiling and greeting everyone these people are shocked to be acknowledged one of the photographers was robbed attempting to get more information real rob real rob same thing and then he says just some other notes the body of the motorcyclist that attempted to rob the Russian laid in the street for five hours before it was removed And when a body washed up on Copacabana Beach, they put a tarp over it and left it there until the end of the day. That's some service huh?

1:32:18 You know, I've been to Brazil a lot and so...I do remember this one time. And I've always had good times there but maybe just lucky. But also have a lot of Brazilian friends but one time I'm at the airport leaving at Rio Airport is sketchy and you go there you always had to know where it goes. So you don't go into the corner on your phone. So I run into some American he says oh god! This Brazil's the worst place I've ever been He says I was robbed four times. Oh man! And he was robbed on the street twice, the Copacabana Beach once and then he was robbed in the airport. Oh no! Yeah? My goodness... Yeah i'm thinking whoa that's not you're not lucky

1:33:07 Yeah, it's a very and then the funny thing is the joke in Rio amongst people locals Is that as dangerous as it is to go there and get robbed all the time? Is that the police are more dangerous The police are notorious for just beating the crap out of you for no good reason I guess. I'm gonna never talk to one but yeah rough town hmm so they've They've done anything from what I can tell. And there's riots, it's being covered only like RT covered a huge segment is like half an hour Brazilian riots and they're taking place in Rio and Sao Paulo So that's kind of interesting but i think this story that kind of Is the background story to all this? Is the scandal going on In American gymnastics community with

CHAPTER 25 / 39 Discussion

USA Gymnastics Sexual Misconduct Scandal

The Indianapolis Star broke a major story detailing how USA Gymnastics failed to act on sexual misconduct complaints involving over 50 coaches between 1996 and 2006. Reporter Marissa Kwiatkowski explains that the organization, which governs the Olympic team, kept these files private rather than notifying parents or authorities. The organization is criticized for being a "money-grubbing" entity that prioritized its image over athlete safety.

usa gymnastics· sexual misconduct· indianapolis star· marissa kwiatkowski· pedophilia

1:34:01 apparently 52 or 53 coaches out of I don't know how many that are being called out for being pedophiles. For the record we invited USA Gymnastics to appear but no one was available and we want to thank both of you for joining us Marissa Kwiatkowski do you first help our audience audience. Who are these people she has on? Who are these people? She has the writer who broke the story from the Indiana Indianapolis star and then they have a woman, I didn't really clip much of her but or anything who was a lawyer for little girls that get caught up in this stuff. Kowalski do you first help our audience understand the role that USA Gymnastics plays what is it to the sport of gymnastics

1:34:45 USA Gymnastics is the sport's national governing body, so they set the rules and policies that govern the sport of gymnastics in the United States. They also are the ones who select the Olympic team – the team that will represent the United States in the Olympics. Now, the report today suggested something like 50 coaches may have been involved over a period of how many years? We know that USA Gymnastics compiled sexual misconduct complaint files on at least 54 coaches between 1996 and 2006. And so we're talking about something that allegedly went on for a long time

1:35:28 Well, the issue of sexual misconduct has been a problem in all different kinds of sports. All different sort of disciplines over a long time. So Marissa Kwikowski USA as we just heard USA Gymnastics is saying We feel the star left out significant facts that would have painted a more accurate picture What do you think they're referring to? I'm not sure what they're referring to. all of the questions that we asked them along with all of their responses so the public can see for themselves specifically what we asked and what they responded. We've also posted their statement that you're referring to in its entirety on our website. So, what is their best explanation for why these files sat there and why people parents weren't notified

1:36:25 Why this wasn't more public why something wasn't done sooner because it's a giant evil aggressive money-grubbing A-hole organization Yep Now, I don't know if that specifically has anything to do with the trainers because are they paid by IOC these trainers? Are they individual trainers? It's clubs. They're called clubs it's not like a university or anything so... Right. ...I dunno what the structure is probably in the article but what I got a kick out of was when the reporter says oh you guys are unfair! I think its absolutely fantastic that Indianapolis Star

1:37:02 Printed on even online source material. They had everything they have the questions and the answers all you know all OCR and print and on the site, you can just read whatever they asked And what they answered how can it be unfair under those circumstances? I would say do you know if they interviewed them in person or is it through email Or because I feel if you have audio or video recording audio would be more than sufficient probably better even That's what you should make available because everything is within context. If I heard, if I got a dollar for every time I heard MSNBC say well If you look at the transcript of Hillary, she said we aren't going to raise taxes. They probably did not print the... or not printed, don't print it. They probably didn't post the audio file which I agree with 100% but there is still thought that's better than nothing. Yeah it was better than nothing, I agree yeah The IOC has been reading a report here they have forbidden all television licensees

CHAPTER 26 / 39 Discussion

IOC Licensing Restrictions and NBC's "Housewife" Strategy

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has strictly forbidden the use of Olympic footage in interactive formats like GIFs, WebMs, and Vines to protect licensing deals. In the Olympic Village, athletes are reportedly denied coffee because Coca-Cola holds the exclusive beverage license. Meanwhile, NBC is criticized for editing the opening ceremony to target a "housewife" demographic, removing segments deemed irrelevant to U.S. audiences.

ioc· nbc· licensing· gifs· vines· olympic village

1:38:02 from broadcasting anything on quote interactive, actually I have the quote here. This is- these guys are dicks. Well they're total dicks! Olympic material must not be broadcast on interactive services Meaning, and they say specifically, additionally the use of Olympic material transformed into graphic animated formats such as GIFs, GIF-V, GFY or WebM or short video format such as Vines and others is expressly prohibited. Yeah why? Because they want to clamp everything down

1:38:40 They want to clamp everything down. And they've gone, you know... It's all about licensing this is the on the back end and how it works with these cities paying money and going bankrupt and whatever agendas are being played out there we can only speculate but it doesn't work out well typically for the cities that may work out well for a lot of elites and it works out great for brands one of the people at the party last night His daughter, he plays with Def Leppard now. And his daughter... She's a pole vaulter and so she's not in the Olympics but she has a lot of contact and so we hear that in the Olympic Village there is no coffee available only Coca-Cola

1:39:27 So you get up in the morning, you're an athlete. You know a lot of athletes I think they like stimulus. By the time we go to bed your teeth are rotten! Yeah there's no coffee it is they cannot have coffee for sale or available in The Olympic Village for the athletes because Coca-Cola has the entire beverage license. That's scandalous I'll say. How come that's not covered on the nightly news? Dude, we're no agenda! Dude! Dude, dude we're no agenda! We're no agenda! Dude what are you talking about?! Well i'd like to see you in your clothes! Where is that from? That's Herbert the pervert. Every once and a while their voices hits me and it just gets... You know what would be funny if Herbert the pervert met Freddy the Firefly

1:40:20 Yeah, you can do that. Okay? Thanks for participating now I'm sorry I could voice for a moment okay. Oh, I could get it again if you want Did you see the opening at all of the yeah? I saw the whole thing people were tweeting like oh It's all about bugs and then it said you know climate change No, that's what I saw tons of tweets. Well there was a bunch of stuff... Oh yeah! I've been talking about the athletes walking in What i watched was the athletes walking and then I watched the fireworks and then I watched the samba dancing and the party thing And then I turned it off so I didn't see some of this stuff Then you don't have to report

1:41:07 It's my report. It wasn't that interesting Oh, okay I'd have to say it from the air. It was very pretty it was a nice. It was very nicely lit It looked like a pretty good presentation. I guess they were freaked out because there's two or three drones Flying around oh, I thought that was no drone zone yes, and no drones on but you know these are Quad copters everyone's always freaked out about everything right Oh no, they're taking illegal movies. It doesn't look like it... I don't know that it's going to be a... a great event, that's all I can say.

1:42:06 were things that were irrelevant to the U.S. audience, I have the article somewhere here and specifically it was said well... These were victims of...I forget what it was there it was like a memoriam segment victims of some something. So they took that out but NBC said well you know housewives in I mean seriously they said this like oh well you know women in the morning, they have to watch what is relevant we don't want to put that on for the kids and it's like but they targeted housewives yeah

CHAPTER 27 / 39 Discussion

Obama's Panicked Plea for Zika Funding

President Obama made a public plea for the American people to call their members of Congress to demand funding for the Zika virus, calling it a "serious threat to babies." The hosts describe the President's tone as "completely panicked." The discussion suggests that the urgency is tied to a failure in the previous Ebola funding rollout rather than a new health crisis.

zika· barack obama· congress· funding· ebola· public health

1:42:47 That's interesting. Don't know quite what to make of that, but they probably know what they're doing you think? Yeah well... They supposed to make money on these Olympics every time they run them NBC spends a lot of money on this Oh I'm sure that-I'm sure NBC makes money There's a couple stories that weren't covered by the mainstream media in the United States The corporate media Stooge Media The Hillary Media But there was here Well heres one that was covered This is the way the news opened Zika, Zika, Zika. Oh wait should we do our own little Zika, Zika, Zika jingle first? Actually let me ask you I pulled the clip at your request of the explanation of the Zika funding and where it's going and i have that clips about five minutes yeah and hold on first before we do anything for you anything we need to play a zika jingle

1:43:43 I wasn't ready for you to do this just that. Okay, here we go. I wasn't either. Okay, little Zika clip. Okay then what I will do is while you're listening and people on the stream can participate in this as well... Actually one of our producers, Ryan put together a beautiful chart you can find it at let me see here It is zikafunding.grumpyradio.com

1:44:36 You got that? Yeah. Zika funding at Grumpy... and dot grumpyradio dot com, and he put together a really cool chart! where you can see the money flowing in and where it's flowing out, which is visually very nice. And is a nice companion for our breakdown of the Zika funding, which I'll preface this by saying this was all Ebola money. This income, the inflows and outflows were set for Ebola. And then Ebola got solved somehow magically, then we got Zika which apparently is really horrible. We're not quite sure of that either really and so now that money has to be shuttled over because of where it's going to cause these people were promised money they with these organizations, these countries

1:45:24 And we have welchers on the other side who are saying, well hold on a second. We're the middlemen Yes On this deal and we made stupidly I blame the Obama administration. We stupidly made these promises We're the one that's responsible. Yes, yes! If we would have collected the money and said we'll figure this out later, we'll figure this out later, we'll figure this out later and then the Ebola thing blows over now you know that you not in a bind with they are in a bind right now but you might as well just play my clip because this is what's going on in the media President Obama warned Congress today money is rapidly running out for the battle against Zika even as more Americans become infected The situation he said is critical

1:46:07 A lot of folks talk about protecting Americans from threats. Well, Zika is a serious threat to Americans especially babies right now So once again I want to urge the American people to call their members of Congress and tell them to do their job Deal with this threat help protect the American people from Zika Okay, I feel Unbelievable I feel in context I should give you clip of the day for that That is the president that is a president in trouble right there Panicked. Completely panicked, completely. I don't know how many times I've ever heard Obama say call your congressman! I don't think i've ever heard him not certainly not like that ever and so

1:46:55 What we need to figure out is somewhere something went wrong with Ebola. And it's a little fuzzy for me because it was so long and broad and crazy. 10,000 a week are gonna die! Yeah and it didn't happen but did the media fail or did the plan fail that the media usually fall? Because you know the media I don't believe they're actually complicit. No one calls up and says, okay we're going to do this man you gotta hear what you gotta do it doesn't happen that way it's just milieu and it does come from a lot of milieu yeah they get a press release from the White House and it's golden it's proof it's the truth so they don't question it

CHAPTER 28 / 39 Discussion

Zika and Ebola Funding, NGO Money Laundering Analysis

An analysis of the $1.9 billion Zika funding request reveals it is largely intended to cover unpaid pledges from the 2014 Ebola crisis. Data from the UN Special Envoy on Ebola shows that major entities like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google are short on their promised donations. The funds are often diverted to NGOs and government agencies, including $631 million for the U.S. Department of Defense and $800 million for the CDC.

zika· ebola· united nations· ngo· bill & melinda gates foundation· department of defense

1:47:32 But somewhere, something went wrong with the plan or how it was being rolled out and they just didn't have enough time to get the money in. So here it is we are going to go back to episode 817! Hello Adam and John from the history... And it turns out that this 1.9 billion dollars that the president is asking for is exactly the amount of money that has not been received from pledges to the Ebola rescue fund So how it works is, everybody sends out a press release. Oh! We're gonna help with Ebola. Put us up for $25 million dollars. Okay good so they have all this money and then it's supposed to be 5.2 billion but they're 1.9 billion shy because people have not paid yet and the president is now saying I want that money I need it because people are dying Zika virus baby small heads

1:48:28 Now, I have the entire rundown here from the United Nations. The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy on Ebola and I can tell you who has donated what and who is still outstanding on their money... ...who are essentially being called out by the President to pony up because this money needs to go to fight Zika But I also found where the money goes so that will kind of help us And the numbers are weird if you look at whose put in what kinda money So Australia They have pledged 30 million dollars Austria 3 million dollars. I'm gonna play a game with you John How much money think Belgium? You know considering Austria put in three Australia put in thirty how much is Belgian little tiny country of Belgium put in for For Ebola now for Zika 40 million 5656 and they're there pretty much current

1:49:23 Canada had pledged 96. They are still 13 million short, they're in arrears China 125 million, they're paid up good to go France hmmm... they pledged 189 million have only delivered 96 Hello Frenchies step it up Now here's a tough one Germany had pledge 391 million dollars has only delivered 134 I think that's problematic And we look at Ireland put in 73 million, all these amounts. You've got to question why so much money and why are some people not paying? The United Kingdom is a big problem this they promised $1 billion have only delivered on 516 million. Oh bastards! Now the USA... We pledged 2 billion 364 million. We have paid two billion three hundred sixty four billion. The European Union itself

1:50:22 pledged $939 billion, a million have only delivered 715. Who set up this scam? The United Nations! Now here's some individual corporations who have pledged yet not donated again They were brought in to pledge for Ebola. They said, yep we're gonna get this money and that is now being transferred to Zika which I'm pretty sure most of the people who pledged the money are saying wow what kind of bullshit is this? Here's a couple other organizations which have not yet ponied up Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation promised 58 million dollars they're six million short and check this out The Google Larry Page Family Foundation pledge 25 million

1:51:09 They have so far delivered 0.0 million. No? What, that's an outrage! It's a total outrage And how about the Silicon... Just don't pledge anything if you're not going to give anything and keep your name out of it But the president should call these fuckers out You know who else pledged 25 million? And didn't-and delivered zero The Silicon Valley Community Foundation I didn't even know that existed. Oh, and it's a bunch of VCs and a bunch of A-holes now where does this money go? Okay This is this is why I think it's easy to see why we have to get this 1.9 billion dollars because it's going to everything except the Ebola or Zika And the companies that are receiving the most are Liberia

1:51:55 They will get $668 million, Guinea gets 835 but the countries don't get this money. No NGOs within the country get the money John This is all NGO money Why we don't start an NGO and just go for it? UN women get a million dollars of this How does that have anything to do with Ebola or Zika how does that have anything to do with it This is just pots of money. It's a giveaway! Yeah? Well, this is like the Haiti thing with Bush and Clinton. Yeah let me give you- They're all that money. Let me give you some- Some of it got distributed to UN women... Well let's run down these NGOs. ACDI VOCA I have no idea what that is The American Refugee Committee 7 mil Catholic Relief Services 14 million I'm sure these people are doing real work

1:52:44 Samaritan's Purse, Save the Children, World Vision. Other is pretty big other is bigger than everything all put together other is half a million to half a billion dollars but check this out The Netherlands has pledged $82 million and yeah, $82 million. They're about 2 million short so they've got another payment to go probably whatever but what's returning to the Netherlands as from this fund because countries also get money back hold on lost my place in the PDF here it is The Netherlands Ministry of Defense receives 7 million dollars from the fund that their own country just put out there

1:53:28 The US Department of Defense receives $631 million dollars of the Zika fund. Or Ebola. Who? The Department of Defense What are they getting the money for?! Because this is... They haven't got enough money!? This is laundering money! Here, the U.S Centers for Disease Control CDC 800 million dollars and they've already received a lot of this money Then we have, oh who else? The African Union receives money. The World Bank receives 50 million dollars. This is a... What?! Because they were promised the money! This is the way I see it

1:54:07 This has got to be, we've always questioned the Ebola crisis. So this is payoffs. This is payoffs to countries as payoffs to NGOs that are controlled by other operations I don't see huge medical... you know, I see a lot of research You know there's a billion and half of research they're looking at which part of this money will go too But this is bullshit! What does the Dutch Ministry of Defense have to get 10% of their country paid in the first place? And we're back! Yeah. Outrageous It really is and I'm also putting the PDF in again so people can look at that and again you have the ZikaFunding.GrumpyRadio.com yeah, i see it there, its good So this is...yeah go ahead I was gonna say do have an anecdote

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Silicon Valley Charities and KQED Censorship Anecdote

John C. Dvorak shares an anecdote from the 1990s regarding an article he wrote for KQED's Focus Magazine about Silicon Valley "top five" lists. The magazine paid for the article but refused to run it, likely because Dvorak left the "top five charities" list blank to highlight the lack of local philanthropy. This experience is cited as an early example of corporate interests influencing media content.

silicon valley· kqed· focus magazine· charities· censorship· dvorak

1:54:59 Because you mentioned the Silicon Valley Community Fund or whatever that is and page and cough up a nickel, that kind of thing. Some years ago I had a contract to write an article for Focus Magazine which was KQED's our local public radio broadcasting public TV And I forget, it was a good amount of money. I don't know what they paid but the thing was they wanted me to do Silicon Valley top five lists of everything like top five restaurants, top five places to go have a beer, top five bar. So I went and got all the top five, put this thing together. They did pay me for this article but they never ran it And i've always wondered why that... oh! I immediately saw what would happen and they wouldn't say anything Oh because you just.. It wasn't their friends restaurants No Uhh it was like

1:55:53 they wouldn't even have the nerve to tell me why they couldn't run it or why didn't just tell me to change it. I'm very amenable when, you know, not like an asshole. It may seem so but I'm not and so it was because I had the top five charities of Silicon Valley one blank two blank three four blank and five blank What year was this? This was, I think it was like in the 90's. That's funny Yeah, that Dvorak, let me just see, put a little X next to his name he is a troublemaker Yeah, never heard back I didn't get paid though which is fine And what do you think of the idea of some of these topics playing the clip from The Older Show? Does that work for you

CHAPTER 30 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Producer Credits and Anniversary Donations

The hosts read a long list of producers and donors who contributed to Episode 849, including several "douchebag call-outs" and "jobs karma" requests. A special mention is made of John and Mimi Dvorak's wedding anniversary on August 8th, prompting listeners to send donations in increments of $88.88. The segment reinforces the show's reliance on listener support during the "lower months" of summer.

value-for-value· donations· producers· anniversary· mimi dvorak· jobs karma

1:56:47 I liked it. It's a good thing to do, it saves us from having to talk and I like the little intro outro thing he did. I loved that! It saves us from having to talk yeah thats gotta be my favorite. Its a stretch. As long as it's used with the judicial, judiciously. That's the word. Okay. So as is used judiciously but that was a good one. That's an outstanding clip we want to thank a few people for helping us on this show 8498 498 four nine starting with just which means eight 50 is around in the corner Jesse Lawrence and Oakland California $133 and 33 cents

1:57:39 Thank you for the show. A blind date of the SF Bay, Jeffrey that was Jesse this is Jeffrey Jackson in Wakefield Massachusetts and that's one two three four five quickly dropped down to a hundred dollars we have a bunch of hundred dollar guys. Ivan Glitchka in Salem Oregon $100 Tim Dow San Jose California $100 Raleigh Hawk by the way he wants to thank Tim wants to thank Kenny for punching him in the mouth. That's Raleigh Hawkins, Anna Illinois 100 now we go to 8888 and sir Wayne Larkin 8888 in the Sunnybank Queensland Sir Richard Moffett just came in with 8888 in Milwaukee Wisconsin wrote that was a check Roger Etsy Tampa Bay Florida 8852 sir Matt

1:58:33 Froskura in Winter Garden, Florida 87 82 we got three Floridas in a row man. Yeah there you go That's a tough one a baronet ding-a-ling and Claremont, Florida 84 90 Spooky are in spooksville Virginia has no spooksville Spooky says this is a babe donation 8483. Okay, well be of course it's BABA donation a new one oh wait then I understand no yes then David

1:59:12 Arellens, arella- how would you pronounce it? David Arrelle- Arellen? Arellenes? Arellens... Erra. Arellens. Arellens. So that's the boss donation! He's got the boss donation. We gotta put these in a list and make them real. This is good I like it yeah but no boob Yes, one boob. There's one boob He says no agenda is so boss and then he's linked to the Urban Dictionary Jeffrey Anderson is boob from Stewart Florida single did I have a boob? But I think it did have one boob link not sure I didn't click on the boobs Frank Pugh in Tallahassee Florida $75

1:59:54 Andrew Schering in Chesterfield, Missouri. We need a boob jingle is what we need. A short one. Boobs boobs boobs boobs boobs boobs boobs boobs boobs Okay I'll write that down the time on that was $75 Anonymous in Westlake Ohio 7373 Sir John DeBruer oh it's sir John DeBruer in Waterville I'm sorry, Water Valley Mississippi 69 93 sent a note in which has said go great shows. He's got, I guess there's beer coming Richard Hedenburg in Solomon Sweden 6969

2:00:36 John Hamill in Carlsbad, California 69-61. Steve Johnson in Carmela Indiana 6666 and Sir Inside Jobs is also back with 6666 in Seattle Eric Von Marder in Van Nuys California 5556 Owen Media Group LLC Round Rock Texas What? No nothing I said yeah 5555 Steven Whalen Or Stephen Whalen, Stephen probably. Milford Michigan 5510 Sir Ryan- Wait wait wait he has a douchebag call out or not? Oh it does I'm sorry. He's a douche bag what did he say? A douche bag let me click on it so I can get to pop. Unbelievably great product the last 20 shows that's about right

2:01:29 It's been good more than 20 shows, but it has been really good. Keep up the excellent work! Oh and call out Jeff as a douchebag for playing Pokemon Go and not know agenda. Wow. I don't know about that Sir Brian Navarro, Double Nickels on the Dime Los Angeles California. Adrian Drencon... Adrian Drenk... Drencon? Yeah. In Lyndhurst New York I'll send you a copy of the note it's a very long note and it just praising us profusely she's she's the best Michael Gates in 5280 parts unknown

2:02:15 Jack Bennett, $51 from San Jose California. Casval Louis Tinoco in Irvine California, $50 and 1 cent he's got a douche bag call it of some sort let me click on it and see what it says I've been sorry for being a douchebag so long and not donating recently I'm buried in debt and have been trying to dig myself out. 30 minutes into the show, 848 was my wake-up call to donate." Okay? So people should note that. Uh...I am digging myself deeper in debt for this. If you see something say something double your douchebag callout for all the chatroom listeners who bashed you. Where's the douchebag call out?! Oh well uh..you kind of read through it here it is!

2:03:01 All right, well at least that's out of the way. Vicky Briden in Monmouth Michigan I'm sorry not Michigan Maine $50 and she says that she's sending the money in to celebrate John and Mimi's anniversary which is on the 8th tomorrow so if anybody wants to donate 88 dot eight eight I'll be I'm all-in oh That's right. It's it's a super number Yeah, 88. Maybe the 88 earlier ones I didn't see it on there but it's possible so I'm looking forward to any... Yes sir Wayne Larkholm says happy wedding anniversary and Sir Richard Moffat has a note but I don't have another spreadsheet So yeah people remember man how nice is that? Yeah thats very nice I appreciate that so look forward to any other 88s The last one was 25 years old something worth writing about in the newsletter But I appreciate that

2:03:50 And these are all $50 donors from name and location starting with Adam Weissner in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ben Dover... Please! Ben Dover is in Glendale someplace. Glendale Heights Illinois. Jeffrey Montagna in Phoenix Arizona Tim Abel in Bergfield Berkshire UK Jonathan Meyer in Zinnia, Ohio. Edward Mazurek or Mazurek in Memphis. They can call him anything they want down in Memphis. Corey McDonald Richmond Richfield Minnesota Dean Olson Lakeside California Sir Brett Farrell our buddy in Oklahoma City or somewhere around there's banks and Oklahoma City doesn't really say where he's from

2:04:39 Amy Hebert in South Windsor, Connecticut $50. Jared Soos in Chicago Illinois Bill Hughes and Timonium Maryland Jason Deluzio in Shadsford Pennsylvania James Chu in Andover, Massachusetts. And that's going to conclude our group of well-wishers and producers for show 849. I want to remind people we do another show coming up on Thursday and go to dvork.org slash n8 if you can. Yes yes and thank you everyone who came in under $50 typically for reasons of anonymity but also lots of people on the subscriptions please pick one of those up if you feel like an ongoing value for value support for the show

2:05:21 It really helps in the lower months like in the summer. And again, on Thursday another program for you. Devorak dot org slash N-A If I request a little bit of jobs karma? Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! Yaaaaayyyy You've got karma. And then all of sudden my screen went blank for some reason? Terrific terrific Thank you Okay, let me take a look at the list here. Hold on one second I'm working everything with one hand tied behind my back. First of all is... Yes, make good birthday Sir Bernie Adema and happy birthday to his son Black Knight Sir John Adema

CHAPTER 31 / 39 Discussion

Dame Big Ass Blonde Damning Ceremony

The show conducts a formal "damning" ceremony for the Big Ass Blonde, elevating her to the No Agenda Round Table. As part of the ritual, the hosts virtually present her with a variety of requested items, including mangoes, filet mignon, and "kilt-lifter ale." She is instructed to visit the No Agenda Nation website to claim her official ring from "Eric the Shill."

knighting· damning· big ass blonde· peerage· south pacific· rings

2:06:14 He turned 34 on August 5th, and we missed that so we apologize. Happy birthday to you Richard Hedenberg! 34 tomorrow Sir Matt Frascura Celebrates his birthday today as does Roger Etsy and our soon-to-be dame'd Big Ass Blonde Happy Birthday from all your buddies here at the best podcast innnn the universe! Okay a lot of switching a lot of a lot of alt tabbing there okay So we have one title change, I believe. Sir Haggis becomes a baronet today and we congratulate him and that shall be updated on the peerage map at itm.im slash peerage And we have not a knighting but we have a damning today so it'd be nice if... I brought- That thing works no matter where I am Yeah well I get my regular one here you go Okay that'll do it perfect Alright!

2:07:04 Even though she typically is on a an island in the South Pacific She still is able to Contribute some value for value to the best podcast in the universe We'd like to invite the big-ass blonde up here onto the podium next to the lectern. Yes, please kneel for the entire Roundtable of Knights and dames I'm very proud to pronounce the gate the Dame Big Ass Blonde of the NOAGENDER Roundtable. For you we have, ah such a bevy of lovely things by your special request! We bring you mangoes and filet mignon cookies and vodka kilts and kilt-lifter ale legos and leg warmers hookahs and blow rent poison chardonnay mutton and mead ginger ale and gerbils sparkling cider and escorts maybe some bong hits in bourbon And uh...we will gladly send your ring to the South Pacific So go to noagenderNation dot com slash rings and enter your information and Eric The Shill will get right on the stick for ya

CHAPTER 32 / 39 Discussion

Big Alcohol Lobbying Against Marijuana Industry

WikiLeaks released emails revealing that the alcohol industry is lobbying Congress to crack down on the marijuana industry to protect its market share. In Colorado, the Department of Transportation created a public service announcement featuring a crashed car shaped like a giant joint. The campaign, titled "Hits Lead to Hits," is viewed as part of a broader effort to discourage marijuana use in favor of alcohol.

marijuana· big alcohol· wikileaks· colorado· dnc emails· advertising

2:08:01 Doesn't mean she's gonna get it. He'll get on the stick Yeah, we sometimes we do have problems with them not coming back that's true Yes, he said these alien post offices so what do you think's in here bill? Oh let's open and find out Hey, that's a cool ring So we know there's a bunch of them out there like that wikiLeaks released a couple of emails an email chain That it um you see was this a part of It might have been part of the DNC emails because it also revealed that big alcohol or what Big Booze, maybe we should call it is really trying to get Congress to apply pressure

2:08:50 on the marijuana industry, which makes total sense. Of course! Obviously it makes total sense and so they would like people to get inebriated instead of stoned. Stay alcohol... live your life as an alcoholic Yes, it's so much better than weed. It really is and they're taking it one step further with some new outdoor advertising although of course it is not directly attributed to big booze but you know where its coming from. Colorado's Department of Transportation got a little artsy helping deliver a message about the dangers of driving high. They created a giant marijuana joint out of a crashed car and then hung it onto a building downtown The message hits lead to hits don't drive high

2:09:36 We used to say that the music business hits lead to his man. It's true I Have a story that's not covered much but RT Loves covering these sorts of stories anything has new Saudi Arabia is kind of blacked out Oh, yeah in the United States Yeah because especially God was like this Because stories like this one about the Saudi girl, which I don't didn't play though. They don't have the whole thing clip I am a good part of it clip leads me to a story that I picked up when I was in Dubai from one Of the British expats that was living there about Saudi Arabia. I'm sorry. I'm sorry go okay

CHAPTER 33 / 39 Discussion

Saudi Arabia Human Rights and the "Naive American Woman"

A report from RT International details the case of Amina Al Jafari, a British-Saudi woman allegedly locked in a cage by her father in Riyadh. The discussion covers the lack of protection for Western women who marry Saudi men and move to the kingdom, noting that the U.S. Embassy often refuses to intervene. Travelers are also warned that having an Israeli stamp in their passport will result in being barred from entering Saudi Arabia.

saudi arabia· riyadh· human rights· amina al jafari· dual citizenship· embassy

2:08:50 on the marijuana industry, which makes total sense. Of course! Obviously it makes total sense and so they would like people to get inebriated instead of stoned. Stay alcohol... live your life as an alcoholic Yes, it's so much better than weed. It really is and they're taking it one step further with some new outdoor advertising although of course it is not directly attributed to big booze but you know where its coming from. Colorado's Department of Transportation got a little artsy helping deliver a message about the dangers of driving high. They created a giant marijuana joint out of a crashed car and then hung it onto a building downtown The message hits lead to hits don't drive high

2:09:36 We used to say that the music business hits lead to his man. It's true I Have a story that's not covered much but RT Loves covering these sorts of stories anything has new Saudi Arabia is kind of blacked out Oh, yeah in the United States Yeah because especially God was like this Because stories like this one about the Saudi girl, which I don't didn't play though. They don't have the whole thing clip I am a good part of it clip leads me to a story that I picked up when I was in Dubai from one Of the British expats that was living there about Saudi Arabia. I'm sorry. I'm sorry go okay

2:10:16 It is RT International. The most inhumane conditions imaginable, that's how some human rights activists describe the life of a British girl who claims she has been locked up in a cage in Saudi Arabia by her own dad They're calling on the UK Foreign Office to put every possible pressure on Riyadh to return her to the UK. 21-year old Amina Al Jafari was born and raised in Wales, she left the UK to live in Saudi Arabia when she was 16 She has dual British and Saudi nationalities and was allegedly caged by her father in Saudi Arabia after she was seen kissing a boy in public She claims that her father beats and starves her and keeps her locked up in their flat

2:10:57 Amina does have lawyers who took legal action to protect her in the UK. He's a British national adult who is in trouble overseas, in peril as the judge put it. The arm of the English law should stretch that far So this brings me to the story about Saudi Arabia. And I should mention to people that if you want to visit Saudi Arabia, I have not had the opportunity and been around Saudi Arabia but not in... Make sure you don't have an Israeli stamp in your passport because they just won't let you in Oh my goodness! I didn't know that Yeah so you have to go to your consulate and ask them for another passport or a temporary passport If you want to go there if you visit Israel

2:11:42 And the guy says you always want to, you want to definitely go past the American embassy in Saudi Arabia if I think it's in Riyadh. Because you'll see lined up a bunch of American women pretty much like a line for The Star Wars movie and they won't let him in but they're trying to get out of the country because he says that the classic Naive American woman, you know falls in love with some Saudi guy who's in the United States. He's rich She's got expensive watches. He's got a Ferrari they get married and they move back this they moved to Saudi Arabia where it turns out she's like one of many and

2:12:21 and she's pretty much beaten, and they do all this. There is no protection for a woman there." And then they immediately try to get out of the country... The American embassy because we have a relationship with Saudi Arabia refused to even listen to him. We just said fuck you! You made this decision, you dummy! Wow. You can live with it Which is why I thought that story about the British was interesting because they're not going to do anything for her either. This whole thing in Saudi Arabia, it's just a nightmare. Well that brings up a story that Christina told me when she flew in but don't think I shared with you. Now she has an American passport and a Dutch passport because her mom is Dutch so she has dual citizenship which is allowed in that case

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Dual Citizenship and Passport Renewal Complications

Adam Curry shares a story about his daughter Christina's difficulties traveling with dual U.S. and Dutch citizenship. After her American passport expired and she attempted to enter the U.S. on a Dutch visa waiver (ESTA), she was detained and "traumatized" by a Customs and Border Protection agent. The incident highlights the increasing difficulty of navigating international travel as government databases become more integrated.

dual citizenship· passport· esta· customs and border protection· netherlands· bureaucracy

2:13:09 But her American passport, you recall she had all those issues and they keep issuing her a one-year passport as some kind of punishment because she... One passport was lost. One was stolen. Ah! Two strikes. You're gonna get one. So every year she's renewing three years now so she decides to come over and she says I'm going to renew my American passport And it's all messed up and we know the passport system in the visa system is messed up that she can't get a, you know it's like eight weeks. So she can't get a date before she has to leave. She said okay I'll just get an ESTA which is the visa waiver program and fly in as a Dutch citizen so she arrives... And the agent, the customs border patrol agent says well what is this? You have dual citizenship! Yeah yeah then am I American? She had her American passport with her. Says expired so well you can do that! Up to secondary into the little room

2:14:08 Yeah, this is the kid. And he's like... So what is this? And she's explaining and she said well you know um This is what's happening and I'm going to see my dad and he goes oh really why how old are You're 26! You don't need to bring your dad into this! You know I could fine you $600! He was traumatizing the child and they say but I have bigger fish to fry right now so go ahead I mean, what a dick! So this dual citizenship has problems everywhere. It's certainly in the United States. Yeah, certainly that's funny. Well, the database is caught up to us so lot of stuff you could do and get away with it used to be able yeah used to be able now the databases caught up to it. This is big Big Brother. This is the real deal for sure. You can't pull this stuff off for sure have

CHAPTER 35 / 39 Discussion

Obama Linking Gun Laws to ISIS Strategy

During a press conference at the Department of Defense, President Obama cited a New York Times article about an ISIS defector to argue that U.S. "open gun laws" make the country a target for homegrown extremists. He used this claim to justify the necessity of military operations in Syria and Iraq. Critics argue this logic is flawed, as terrorists have successfully used bombs, trucks, and axes in countries with strict gun control.

barack obama· gun laws· isis· syria· iraq· terrorism

2:15:03 Another clip here from the president. I remember, I was talking about him speaking at the Department of Defense It's really brazen what he is doing. I mean, it's so clear he wants to be hero of the gays when—that's his legacy—hero of the gays and something with guns but that's not really working out very well So he is using every opportunity to bring it up And this one again we just sit there How come no journalist raises their hand and says What? Some of you may have read The article in The New York Times today

2:15:39 Guess came out last night online. Yeah, which means he didn't see it and someone handed to him right I guess it came out of some online way He didn't read the article okay today. I guess came out last night online about this individual in Germany who had Confessed and given himself up and then explained his His knowledge of how isis networks worked there was a paragraph in there that some may have caught which We don't know for a fact that this is true. Oh, okay we don't know if it's actually true but I'm gonna use it anyway This is true but according to this reporting the individual indicated that ISIL recognizes its harder to get its operatives into The United States But...the fact that we have what he referred to as open gun laws

2:16:39 meant that anybody, as long as they didn't have a criminal record that barred them from purchase could go in and buy weapons. That made sort of homegrown extremist strategy more attractive to them and those are the hardest to stop because by definition if somebody doesn't have a record if it's not triggering something it means that anticipating their actions becomes that much more difficult And this is why The military strategy that we have in Syria and Iraq is necessary, but it is not sufficient. Okay so we have to kill people in the sand so those people don't come in and get our easy-to-get guns? Really Mr President I have a question sir yes mr. Curry um... So that is definitely the stupidest thing he's ever said yeah they don't use trucks they didn't use bombs we haven't had airplanes

CHAPTER 36 / 39 Discussion

Migrant Crisis and "Muslim Patrols" in Nuremberg

A former German hockey player from Nuremberg reports that the city is experiencing significant tension due to the migrant crisis. He claims that "Muslim patrols" are active on the streets, harassing women for their clothing and demanding that locals convert to Islam. The hosts note that these stories are often suppressed in mainstream media under the guise of avoiding "racism."

nuremberg· germany· migrants· islam· muslim patrol· racism

2:17:35 Car bombs, we haven't had... Axes. Axes! Machetes Wow just wow wow I tell you Wow and he mentioned Germany last night one of the guests at the party was a former hockey player from Germany and He did really well And then of course he had an injury and he was playing for I guess the German like a minor league team or something. So his career didn't work out, but he moved to America and he probably do some stuff here anyways. He's in real estate now I guess and so what's going on in the home country? And his family is from Nuremberg. I don't think we've heard Nuremberg in any terrorism related news have we? No not that I can remember...I don't think so

2:18:26 And so he goes on to explain how Nuremberg was built. Of course, you know Hitler had it with like eight spokes of a road coming in so it's a place where you can come in and go out through these multiple like this spoke system, it's very accessible. And he says so the migrants...he says unbelievable what's going on in Nuremberg! He said on the street you have people saying and they come into clubs too uh you can't dress like that that's slutty you know? Like we call it the Muslim patrol in London that we've seen video of, but of course were told it doesn't exist. And then there's people on the streets saying you must convert to Islam out in the open! He says everyone is really worried and all these attacks going on and they see no way this is ever going to stop and people are frozen with fear according to him in Nuremberg which he heard nothing about I have not hear any of these stories

2:19:26 So, yeah good stuff. Well I have his number and he's got my email he's gonna give me a lowdown on this because apparently nobody wants to report stuff like that why bother? It's racist! This is completely racist I tell you. Racists! You're a racist for saying this the Syrians race are the Syrians or they're racist Syria is racism I don't care let's play an ad I used the DNA in your stool to find colon cancer. Okay, good. Just want to make sure we had that ad. Little isoph- little isophoria. That's an iso all right! Now Thursday... We're both on a brief break and I'll be back on Saturday so we have regular Sunday show. We did something we didn't expect to do it this way. We promised not to do what we did. Okay you break it to him

CHAPTER 37 / 39 Discussion

The No Agenda "Onion" Show and Episode 200.8

The hosts announce a special "onion" show for the upcoming Thursday, designated as Episode 200.8. This episode will feature multiple layers of audio from previous historical episodes (200.5, 200.6, and 200.7) to explain the origins and inside jokes of the No Agenda program. The show is intended as a resource for "slow-witted" new listeners who struggle to understand the podcast's unique format and jingles.

episode 200.8· podcast history· jingles· archives· adam curry· john c dvorak

2:20:20 Okay, what we're gonna do on Thursday now this the show is now I had that. I just produced it the other night It was like oh my god. I'm always bitching about the length of these shows and This is three hours in 33 minutes. Oh No that can't be a coincidence get out. Nah nah nah nailed it nice So, this is a onion show where we go back to... We have the show called 200.5 which was done that show 200 long time ago as years ago and it was the explanation of the origins of The No Agenda Show

2:20:57 And then we reprised the show with 200.6 and then we reprised it a third time at 200.7, and that was little over a year ago. Yeah it was July 2015. July of last year. So we've decided to update the 200.5 by just doing another overlay of 200.7 overlaid on 200.5. It's an onion and the core sounds really crap! Yeah, to get to the bottom. Because we didn't sound that good at show 200 and the mics and everything were different And so we have a show coming up on Thursday which is going to be...and it's actually a lot of extra material I mean i think we talked 26-27 minutes

2:21:40 on both ends of the... The second end wasn't as bad. The first part was really long, yak-yak-yak-yak so we talk about show 200.7 and you're really selling it to him John! He keeps going, yak-yak-yak-yak If you want to get big laughs and have the time in your life, you know, this show You want this show So it's gonna be 200 point..show 200.7 And there will be a overlay I mean 200.8 and it'll be an overlay of 200.7 to 205, 200.5 And then we come out of it with another ending that's the way... We talk about this show if you... This is then the reason for this show is..and I don't know how

2:22:22 Rational it is to have a show that's three hours and 33 minutes. But the explanation of the show is longer than the show itself This yes, a lot longer now if you have somebody that you've introduced to the show And say they said then they say these as they come back with and by the way this isn't happening As much as it used to but in the early days you like I don't know I don't get all these jingles yeah, so They always That's what you put down So, that's when you say oh okay well then apparently you're slow-witted so let's give you this show. Play this show, this 200.7 and then listen to that and it'll explain all the details of the show and then you'll understand it better. And it works best if you lock that person in one of those Saudi cages. Yes, lock him into a cage and tie him up to a chair and they will listen to the show

CHAPTER 38 / 39 Discussion

Pornography's Impact on Sexual Behavior and "Enough.org"

Adam Curry discusses his ongoing research into how online pornography has altered the sexual behavior of the younger generation. He critiques the organization "Enough.org" for attempting to link anti-pornography efforts to cybersecurity and government intervention. The discussion emphasizes that while pornography may have negative effects, the solution lies in parental education and awareness rather than government censorship.

pornography· sexual behavior· enough.org· donald trump· first amendment· education

2:23:14 So we're running. We just did it yesterday and we produced it overnight, and bingo you got it! I'm not going to be sitting still entirely. I am going to work on and will hopefully have this when I come back on Sunday, we do our show again. I'm going to continue with our porn segment which you know, I've done just collecting emails people talking about how pornography has or has not changed sexual behavior in a younger...in the new generation that is just coming into their sexual crime. And it's really been eye-opening, it's very interesting there is

2:23:58 In my mind, no doubt there's definitely a correlation but I think we can also show causation of pornography and there is certainly a lot of self-admittance in this. Interestingly enough this clip came up... According to relevant magazine if elected Trump said he will back efforts against the widespread problem of pornography Christian conservatives are still concerned that Trump appeared on the cover of Playboy Magazine a copy of which He keeps framed in his office Which is ridiculous because that was not online. It was it was like porn as with porn is a big word and

2:24:43 They're like naked. Playboy doesn't, it's not porn per se there's no penetration. But they're throwing that in there because that means oh religious people Republicans morons Yeah, yeah. Oh only missionary style don't do it any other way nothing like that Do it at all if you can if he you know if you're not married? Yeah abstinence so enough org is the outfit that Is and I'm not gonna open the page because it can mess up the connection But have a look everybody at enough org Not a great organization in my mind yeah there against online porn but they're immediately tying that to

2:25:26 you know, cyber security and their statement is very clear. Like the First Amendment is the First Amendment nothing we can do about it. We certainly should rid as much as possible of illegal acts that are depicted such as child pornography but I don't have a good feeling about this group. What I think is awareness and education is what needs to take place here and parents have a role parents not the government parents Parents. So send in your stories people, I'm very interested it's going to be a fun report Sounds good Alright You got one to throw us out with? Well let's see...I don't think we need to be thrown out Well you've got a plane to catch and i've got a plane to catch Yeah we both have planes to catch which means we gotta get our act together Ah there is the bomb report, Gitmo update The Gitmo update is kind of interesting Let me see

CHAPTER 39 / 39 Discussion

Chinese Investors Buying AC Milan and Show Outro

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has approved the sale of the AC Milan football club to a group of Chinese investors for 740 million euros. The show concludes with a series of "short-circuit" and "robot" clips mocking Hillary Clinton, alongside a reminder of the upcoming special Thursday episode. The hosts sign off from New Jersey and Silicon Valley with their traditional "Adios Mofo."

ac milan· silvio berlusconi· china· football· nuclear weapons· taxes

2:26:24 Do we need to... Here's one, let's just play this. This is a little lighter story that I didn't know this was going on but play AC Milan you didn't know this. If it's sports probably right Chinese investors could be about to score a major acquisition in the world of football. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has approved a preliminary contract to sell his AC Milan football team to a group of Chinese investors The club is currently owned by Fininvest, the holding company of the Berlusconi family The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2016

2:27:02 People familiar with the negotiations say the Chinese consortium's offer values the club at up to 750 million euros. Holy crap! The Chiners? Yeah, the Chiners are buying AC Milan which is a very famous club. Who is playing in AC Milan right now? I don't know yet. Does Ronaldo play for them? I doubt it. Why would you know? Why would I know? Wow, China's getting into the game! That's interesting. Yep, there are going to be big changes. Well... Alright, that's good enough. The only thing for certain is change. So hopefully we'll have a report from Europe if anything crops up

2:27:45 So be you can travel freely on Thursday. It is a show day, but not a show day where we're live live So there will be no terrorist attacks that only happens on show days as you know so everything yeah safety safe day to go Very safe hey okay? Thank You chat room for hanging in there. Thank you to avoid zero one vortex For keeping it all running as best as possible. Thank you, Mr.. Mr.. Dvorak. Thank you. Thank you sir Thank you and have thank you happy anniversary to you. Thank you. Yes sure tell her I said hey

2:28:25 Okay, I will. I'll make sure to do that Coming to you from the armpit of the nation known as The Garden State here in New Jersey FEMA Region 3 In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain I am John C. Dvorak We will be back on Thursday with a special show That will be 850-200.8 Make sure you get it to everybody you know Until then, remember us at Dvorak.org slash NA and we'll talk to you on Thursday right here on No Agenda Adios Mofo! So I may have short-circuited and for that... You never sweat like physically I don't mean like sweat because you're nervous Like physically Hillary's a robot Short circuited The weirdest thing about me is that I do not sweat Hillary's a robot Zero sweats Is that i'm really nutty but I do it anyway I was constructed in a garage In Palo Alto

2:29:22 I've seen more people that don't sweat and other things. Maybe they are part of a new race he has created. We know, we know, we know, we know. We think we know. This is the mode of a bullshit artist. May not fully recall everything that was or wasn't said When you hear Hillary Clinton saying what she just said

2:30:16 what goes through your mind? basically we know, we know, we know... this is the mode of a bullshit artist. no, no, no... basically this is the mode of a bullshit artist I think we know We are going to raise taxes on the middle class! The peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Production of the new weapon is set to begin in 2020, the upgrade will turn the old B61 bomb into a modern high precision weapon. Imagine that something in Washington not actually doing it today. The peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons

2:31:14 I'm telling you right now we are going to raise taxes on the middle class adios mofo amen fist bump