Episode 853 · Sunday, 21 August 2016

ISO Day

A historic thousand-year flood ravages Louisiana while the State Department finally admits that a massive cash delivery to Iran served as leverage for prisoner releases.

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About this episode

Louisiana faces a catastrophic thousand-year flood event as President Barack Obama remains on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, drawing sharp comparisons to the federal response during Hurricane Katrina. While Department of Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson defends the administration's expedited disaster declarations, Donald Trump arrived in the region with an 18-wheeler of relief supplies. The devastation has reached a macabre peak in New Orleans, where high water tables have caused coffins to dislodge from crypts and float through flooded streets.

The State Department now admits a $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on the release of American prisoners, a reversal from previous denials by spokesperson John Kirby and Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Simultaneously, the U.S. began withdrawing ground troops from Yemen while approving a $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. In Syria, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs accuses the CIA of a five-year secret war to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, as China and Russia formalize a military coalition to support the Syrian government. Further complicating regional security, reports indicate the U.S. is transferring nuclear assets from Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base to Romania following the failed coup.

In a bizarre turn of events, an Omaha man called emergency services after accidentally consuming his children's marijuana brownies while eating leftover pizza. The Rio Olympics see a decline in fencing etiquette with excessive fist-pumping, while the Justice Department’s move to phase out private prisons causes CCA and GEO Group stocks to plummet. Sir Peter of the Inner West and Sir Angelic Knight join the No Agenda Roundtable as the show analyzes the intersection of defense industry profits and global instability.


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CHAPTER 01 / 47 Discussion

Louisiana Flood Devastation, Media Coverage Limitations

Louisiana is experiencing a thousand-year flood event that has caused massive devastation across the region. Television and photography fail to capture the true scale of the disaster, as the vastness of the water and the atmosphere of the destruction do not translate well to a screen. Comparisons are drawn to the 9th Ward in New Orleans and previous hurricanes where visual media struggled to convey the reality on the ground.

louisiana· flood· television· photography· 9th ward· new orleans· hurricane

00:00 People today are not educated. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where I'm stunned by that gag. I'm John C Devorak At least I try I did when you're shouting a gag like that. Yes, it's pretty hard to even track it That's why sure what you said it doesn't really matter is better than five times the dog or something yeah Exactly what it was 1ky The thousand-year flood oh Referring to ky jelly ah I don't know where your mind is today

01:02 But I'm... KY means Kentucky or Jelly, one of the two. I'm with the poor people of Louisiana This is a, you know... It's out of control. I really and well of course it i don't enjoy the cart I should probably put in the next newsletter if I remember what's that? The cartoon somebody photoshopped like the floods and this again his car with Obama on top of the car with the golf club. No, haven't seen that one. So he hitting off the top of a car but this very funny so what's really interesting about about this and we talked about on the last show A flood, this type of epic disaster doesn't translate to television. It just doesn't so the TV has to resort to these little human interest stories but the larger view it doesn't even fit on the screen you just wouldn't be able to see the devastation but of course we have lots of producers in the area and is very very bad. Oh that's kind of... now that you mention

02:01 So I went and visited Florida. It was like 10 years ago, there's this massive hurricane that hit the East Coast in Florida it was one of the Whoppers and i went to Florida to visit to look at this mess And it is true. Television, you cannot catch the mess. I've noticed this on a number of... Even when we take a lot of photos, as a photographer sometimes, you can not capture certain things. It's too big and too vast and if you don't have wind or anything… I went to the 9th Ward also in New Orleans and you can't

CHAPTER 02 / 47 Discussion

Obama Vacation, Louisiana Flood Response Criticism

President Barack Obama faced criticism for remaining on vacation in Martha's Vineyard and playing golf while Louisiana suffered from historic flooding. Department of Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson defended the administration, stating the President was closely monitoring the situation and had expedited federal declarations. Reporters challenged Johnson on the optics of the President being on a golf course while citizens were dying, drawing parallels to George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina.

barack obama· martha's vineyard· jeh johnson· homeland security· louisiana· golf· hurricane katrina

02:42 It's more of an atmosphere that you just can't get. You can capture it, right? I think the overhead shots though from the choppers are I think quite appealing but then you don't have to feeling now from a television perspective. You need to see heartbreak and tragedy and that's what they want to show now Of course if you've been watching American news not everybody who listens to this show has You know, there is a comparison being brought between Hurricane Katrina when George Bush didn't show up. He did a flyby and then there's this version which is very similar area of similar type of devastation. Remember it wasn't really the wind that...the hurricane Katrina itself which caused so much devastation was the breaking of the levees

03:34 And President Obama is on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, and he's playing golf. And he decided that he wasn't going to go there... I thought he was in Hawaii? Nooo, I think he was at Martha's Vineyard, I think. Oh, I know! He went off somewhere. Okay. So you know, he didn't feel- and also, I'm pretty sure that uh...he didn't understand the uh..you know if it's not on TV then is it really real doesn't matter apparently not It's the way I see it so he sends down- he sends down Jeh Johnson Juh. Juh He's the director of Department of Homeland Security. Andrew Johnson is there to make excuses for the president! Now remember, he's playing golf...

04:12 Which is that's not even fair to say he's on vacation. Let's just put it that cuz you can also say he's out there riding his bike Yeah, it does like that see sound like a Republican when you say that the fucker playing golf I'm telling you the Democrats are saying making this same commentary Here's Joe Johnson making up excuses the press corps having none of it But he continues just to push ahead and explain why the president is not there well Of course the president can't be everywhere I can tell you that the president... He can't be on the ninth hole and down here. ...has been closely monitoring the situation here in Louisiana, he made the federal declaration in a matter of hours it was expedited. Oh that's bullcrap! When they told him it was a matter of hours It was two or three days before that came We're up to 20 parishes now. I will be briefing him on

05:03 what I see here and what the status of our recovery and response efforts are. Administrator Fugate did the same thing after his visit here two days ago, so the president is closely monitoring this situation through his cabinet through his FEMA administrator and it's very much on top of it. Will you recommend that he come in? as I say the president can't be everywhere. I know he has a very busy schedule this fall and in the coming days. What? Very busy schedule, John. He has no schedule! He's on vacation that's a lie As i say the president can't be everywhere. I know he has a very busy schedule this fall and then the coming days

05:44 And he is closely monitoring the situation. When you're the chief executive of the entire U.S government, You can't be everywhere including places you would like to be But through me and through Craig Fugate I know that he is very much on top of this situation Our president resigned yesterday from the White House. Now listen to this, this is the reporter just getting in his face now. The situation... Our president resigned yesterday from the White House press pool began with the President playing around a golf with three people and you sit there and say twice that the President can't be everywhere but people in Louisiana are dying So the journalist is saying well hold on second The president was on TV yesterday playing around a golf with three people and you're saying the president can't be anywhere but people in Louisiana are dying. People in Louisiana are dying? How hard is it for you as the Homeland Security Director to know that your updates are going to the President on the golf course?

06:31 Well, as I said he is very much on top of the situation and uh i know that he's aware of the level of federal assistance that can be provided and is being provided. And I'll be briefing him myself right after this visit. Just stop for a second good work. Stop it for a second yeah stop it stopped his end you think I mean, how unwise is it to use this pat answer? He never released himself. Jeff Johnson never released himself from the president can't be everywhere just as robotic like answer to everything including the last guy Well you know he's out at the end of the month. He doesn't give a shit. He's like I'll go down Even more so! Why can't he be a little conversational You must be good to the Führer

CHAPTER 03 / 47 Discussion

Donald Trump Louisiana Visit, Media Bias Claims

Donald Trump visited the flooded regions of Louisiana, bringing an 18-wheeler filled with relief supplies and toys for children. While some media outlets like CNN reported the visit, Democratic apologists criticized the move as a disruption that interfered with recovery efforts. Skepticism remains regarding the accuracy of the reporting, with questions raised about whether the footage of the relief efforts was authentic or staged b-roll.

donald trump· louisiana· cnn· relief supplies· media bias· hillary clinton

07:18 You must not bring into question the game of golf. I don't know man, but of course you know and it's just that i would sound like a broken record even though i didn't put the record on... The comparison between George W Bush and President Obama is obvious but yet we're not really going to yell about that. No, but I did get a kick out of the democratic apologists for Hillary Because Trump shows up down there and so what do they say? Well, you know the guy's just getting in the way. So this is part of the excuse is to say well when the president comes down I mean it really disrupts everything. You know what if you and I were President here's what we'd do...I don't give a shit! A parachute out doesn't care. We'll do without all the massive...just put The Beast in the back of the plane and yeah will be fine

08:15 You know, have the other plane show up later. Have it circle... There's a million ways you could do that and I don't think that Trump's appearance was not- It was discovered um..I'm gonna say somewhat accidentally by CNN They were the first to report it and they said, oh my God look this 18-wheeler showed up with stuff in it that Trump put in it. Which looked like toys for kids... Sometimes I wonder who needs a fire truck? The reporting is always going to be bad so you don't know what it was really. No, no! I saw them unloading. How many kids want a fire truck right now?!

08:54 Yeah, well you don't... again you don't know if that's b-roll. You have no idea Well I saw Trump handling the packages from the truck That's what i saw Okay okay they're sending out toys I have no idea why it was stupid He was an idiot, but the point is that he was down there bitching about it. He's getting in the way and then they ridiculed what he had to say. You know I have a lot of friends in Louisiana or something like that again though I mean I don't know what he really said because these... he's not a guy who says like One thing he goes on for 45 minutes, so he's a long talker yeah And it's so the long because he's a long talk He likes to yak forever they PBS decided to do our NPR decided to do a thing on people who speak too long And who is top of the list? Oh and number two was Trump oh

CHAPTER 04 / 47 Discussion

New Orleans Graveyards, Floating Coffins During Floods

Floodwaters in Louisiana caused coffins to float down streets, a recurring issue in New Orleans due to the high water table and above-ground burials. Historical research into Civil War veteran John Bell Hood revealed that most interments in the area are in crypts rather than traditional graves. The structural integrity of these crypts is often compromised during major flood events, leading to the macabre sight of displaced remains.

new orleans· coffins· crypts· john bell hood· civil war· cemeteries

09:44 And so they used it on that Wait, Don't Tell Me show. They had the Speak Too Long anecdote about Stalin who produced one of his longest speeches which I guess was two and a half three hours and it was recorded and put on I guess three records and side six or side eight may have been side eight of the records The whole side was just applause Perfect. I think, I want to get a hold of this record now! Yeah yeah... You can have an applause track Anyway so yeah it's hilarious But this is bad This is really bad No no this flood is ridiculous It's outrageous I think the coffins floating down the street was my favorite image That was pretty good You know I have to wonder about the coffin image not being staged

10:38 Well, it's very possible but these things do float away. I mean they're buried above ground. If you go to the graveyard...I was researching a Civil War veteran that i was going to do a biography of another one of my projects and John Bell Hood who was buried in the New Orleans, one of the major cemeteries there. And it took me forever to find because I wanted to get a scrape... One of those things where you put the paper on and scratch across it. It's called a rubbing? A rubbing yes that is exactly what its called Women do that in churches on brass if I have a rubbing of this church. I think they do that other ways too Why don't you go give some dead guy a rubbing Jon You have

11:21 So when I contacted the local Civil War club or enthusiast, they didn't even know Bell was buried there. Which I thought it was a personal victory to inform them. So I went into this place and most of...there's very few I mean most of the stuff's above ground because of the water table. And so it's possible that if some of these crypts... They would have to break open or the slab would have to move, yeah. It has to break open for anything to come out and it's not just from-I don't think-I saw very few graves, almost all crypts is like a whole graveyard full of them and

11:57 And there's lots of, you have to supposedly be careful in these New Orleans graveyards because some of these are these little things with a locked door and then they have to get in there and find them. Then there's a bunch of dead people inside. It'd be weird if they were alive. They'd throw you in there and lock you in and you can never get out. Well it's sad that it takes dead people floating down the street to get peoples' attention versus live people Who are screaming for help because that doesn't work, but when you because I retweeted the picture of the people like oh this is horrible okay? Yeah People drowning is not apparently not important. We are conditioned to be blathering Nimcom poops floating coffins yeah with a dog on top would be

CHAPTER 05 / 47 Discussion

Iran Ransom Payment, State Department Media Blame

The State Department admitted that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent upon the release of American prisoners, despite previous denials. Administration officials and media outlets like MSNBC have attempted to blame the press for "missing" the story when it was originally announced in January. Critics argue the timing of the exchange makes it a clear ransom payment, rewarding Iranian aggression and terrorism.

iran· state department· ransom· hostages· msnbc· josh earnest· cash payment

12:48 A lot of action, a lot of movement around reporting the ministry of truth. Some things came out in the past few days and it deserves some deconstruction because I don't believe these things just happen by mistake or there's you know there's a reason for this and what i'm referring to here of course is the State Department now copying to, admitting that this Iran deal were two separate deals but they happened to flow at the same time and therefore coincidentally. And therefore we could have known that we were going to wait to transfer this money which we didn't know was going to be in cash on pallets

13:35 until we had our prisoners, and this of course seems to be a ransom payment. And the way the State Department and the President... The way they're trying to get out of this is pretty amazing! Blaming the media rate really? Let me see This is I'll start with... Well first of all I honestly believe at this point that they never saw it as a ransom That's very possible Because you can think of it if you're completely dumbed down to a kind of an idiot state, You couldn't see it for what they think it is. It was like we owe them the money whether or not there are hostages involved This is their money

14:23 Well, the point is... The point of course is it was not disclosed. If anything, it was said no because we knew about the hostages. No that's not a part as part- We have a big deal over here this is not paying ransom for anything and you media guys you're stupid. You messed all up. You hyped all this. This is why this happened so it's more about not being the most transparent administration history but The but the blaming of media saying oh you guys knew this we told you this and well We kind of didn't so here's the morning Joe show With their opinion. We announced these payments in January many months ago There wasn't a secret. We we announced them to all of you Josh did a briefing on them that this wasn't some

15:14 Nefarious deal. And this was consistent across the board, you guys reported on it! It's your fault for missing it how come you didn't see that? That is what it is and this is a coordinated blame. We were completely open with everybody about it and it's interesting to me how suddenly this became a story again. That's point number one, point number two we do not pay ransom for hostages. Not telling the truth. It's called a ransom payment where you're actually rewarding the Iranians for being the thugs that they are, the thugs that have always been, for being at the epicenter of terrorism since 1979 and yes You are rewarding them for taking hostages I think the president... And then lying about it

16:26 I think the president said it best himself about another issue once regarding some catching Republicans saying something that was out of source and he said if it sounds like a duck, walks like a duck. This is the duck right here and they got caught in the lie. And that is MSNBC, remember? So this very pro-Obama administration so they are at least admitting it's a lie Now what happened I think again this was because they felt insulted The press. Obama's insulting them! Oh yeah, exactly not just... Well you and MSNBC can only take so much But how this came to light is interesting to me because we have a lot of moves right now between Iran Saudi Arabia where we fit in all of that um and well let's listen to uh to Kirby

CHAPTER 06 / 47 Discussion

John Kirby Press Briefing, Iran Leverage Admission

State Department spokesperson John Kirby faced intense questioning regarding the factual disclosure that the Iran payment was used as leverage for prisoner release. Kirby acknowledged that while the specific contingency had not been discussed previously, the administration took advantage of the opportunity to bring Americans home. The exchange highlighted a shift in the administration's narrative from two separate tracks to a synchronized transaction.

john kirby· state department· wall street journal· leverage· iran· press corps

17:24 trying to explain this away. But when you know that the sourcing of this news came from The Wall Street Journal and there were two State Department sources, who of course are unnamed, who gave this to The Wall Street Journal... You know this is not unexpected! This is I will say it's a leak. It was done on purpose. You don't just get unnamed sources in the State Department to blow something like this wide open. There would be blood on the friggin' moon inside the State Department if, if this was a true surprise so I'm pretty sure that this was leaked for reason why? I am not sure exactly here is Kirby under the gun.

18:19 I'm sorry. I need to play next here. I'm just trying to get you to say what it is, which is very simple. Listen this happened in January and this is the first time you've ever said flat out that they wouldn't get the money until the prisoners were released. That took, let's count it what seven months? Why all the beating around the bush if it was such a great and noble decision? The only reason we're having this discussion is because of press coverage. Brad, who he said all along... So evil reporters have made you dredge this up? No I've never called you guys evil. You can't blame press coverage because you didn't say what this was seven months ago. See, he's blaming the press! We did describe it seven months ago. You did not say that this was contingent on that now your saying

19:16 flatly out that this was, this payment was contingent on the release of the prisoners. You did not say that in general? I said it was...I said this was as i said before we have course wanted to seek maximum leverage in this case and these two things came together at the same time. John you said everyone all along has been completely above board about this but you would agree that what you're telling us today represents a new factual disclosure from the administration does it not? I certainly would agree. This particular fact is not something that we've talked about in the past, but if you go back and look at the press coverage, your own coverage of this when it happened. You knew! Your own coverage? Nobody made any bones about the fact that these two processes were coming together at the same time and we took advantage of the opportunity we had with the closure of the nuke deal with uh... The Hague Tribunal and with talks to get our Americans back. We took full advantage of that and I don't think anybody in administration is going make any apology for having taken advantage of those opportunities to get these americans home And would you agree that reasonable observer

20:19 could look upon a situation in which cash is withheld until prisoners are released as something akin to ransom? Well, yes. An observer whoever he or she may be can look at this however they want. I've described now over the last 10 or 15 years what happened and what our thought process was going through that and i'll let others decide for themselves. I think akin is the way it goes. Why doesn't he just say yes! He says yes you can misinterpreted this as an akin to a ransom It wasn't a ransom. Technically, it was and I agree with them. Technically it wasn't a ransom." No because the ransom works the other way around however we don't know the exact terms of these exchanges. It appears to me that there were two airplanes at the same time so you can say then...I think that is really what..that is the sneaky part of this saying no-no we waited for the hostages to be released then we gave him the money

CHAPTER 07 / 47 Discussion

Josh Earnest January Briefing, Iran Sanctions Relief

A review of White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest's statements from January 2016 shows he characterized Iran's access to funds as the return of their own money rather than a taxpayer-funded payment. Earnest claimed the $150 billion figure cited by critics was an exaggeration and that Iran would use the funds to pay off existing debts. No mention was made at that time of the $400 million cash delivery on pallets.

josh earnest· treasury department· iran· sanctions· international finance

21:11 in a traditional, having done this many times. In a traditional kidnapping case you either show the money put it in the middle between the two parties or you hand it over first and there's other ways but its rarely... You wait for the prisoner and then you get the cash so even that I think is not reported properly But really getting back to it why was this leaked? And why is the press getting the blame? In fact I wanted to go back to January 16th of 2016 when Josh Earnest This is what the president referred to. Well, Josh told you guys he told you and you knew exactly what's going on so I figured why don't we go back and listen to exactly what he said? This would make it more understandable why the press is maybe angry. He said that the amount of sanctions relief that they're gonna get is often exaggerated What-what is... What is the accurate

22:01 amount or how would you describe what they are getting? Well, my colleagues at the Treasury Department can give you a little bit more detail on this. And I went to the Treasury Department website and scoured all over it and could not find anything there was nothing not even a news report maybe it was there in January but certainly isn't there now The number that is often cited by critics of the deal is $150 billion And our experts have indicated that is, like I said an exaggeration. The number that i have heard is closer to 50 or 100 not 150. See there was all of that. There was this much and that much but never a mention of 400 million in cash. And the reason for that is in part

22:48 Iran has a lot of bills that have come due. And so- Hey man, the water bill's got to be paid. Much of the sanctions relief that they will receive will immediately be devoted to paying off debts that they have incurred. The second thing that is important for people to understand is that the sanctions relief that they receive will merely allow them to get access to their own money that is currently in an international financial system So it's not as if there is an impact on the taxpayers of the United States here. These are essentially sanctions that were designed by the United States, enforced by the world to essentially limit or outright prevent

23:31 Iran's access to their own money that was you know in the international system. All right Let's take a look at this now, and that's the way we understood it at the time yes however but now Now it seems like if you take a whole bunch of things into account I'm about to play something from Russ Baker From family of secrets and who what why dot-com very famous journalist who we hold in high regard So we have this deal that you know, we've this money. This Iranian money has been in well now It's always in the in the international money system mm-hmm Okay That's right fine it was just hanging out there and cyberspace I guess We did a deal because what? We would never allow The Hague Tribunal we don't even recognize the Hague tribunals since when do we recognize the shit even oh

CHAPTER 08 / 47 Discussion

Saudi Arabia Relationship, 9/11 Report Declassification

Journalist Russ Baker discussed the potential shift in the United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia following the declassification of the "28 pages" from the 9/11 Commission report. While the alliance remains strong, the release of these documents under a Democratic administration suggests a volatile political environment. The FBI's role in managing what information comes to light continues to be a point of contention for investigators.

saudi arabia· russ baker· 9/11 commission· declassification· barack obama· fbi

24:26 All of a sudden it's like, oh well you know the international court in The Hague they deserve this money and interest. And we made a deal and we said you know what? We're gonna make a deal but just give them the money but very little interest why are we doing that? Why after 30 plus years why all of a sudden aren't we doing this It appears that, and this fits right into all the Hillary Clinton issues with Saudi Arabia and Iran putting this deal together. The Saudis are really not our... I don't think they've ever been our friends but they're really on the outs since we're choosing sides

25:02 A different side now. Russ Baker talks about Saudi Arabia and of course in connection with the 28 pages of the 9-11 Commission report which have been released, which is not discussed anywhere anymore in mainstream media Why would Obama declassify or allow this to be declassified at this point when previously he had said he wouldn't allow it to be classified? There's obviously still a very strong alliance between United States and Saudi Arabia Could we be seeing a potential shift in our relationship to Saudi Arabia We see some Republican members of Congress who would have fought something like this when Bush was president. They were only too happy to see it come out under a Democratic presidency because sadly the public is not so well informed about these things and if something comes out

26:02 during the another, the watch of it. The opposing party they don't necessarily understand that that's not the administration that is responsible for this thing so I think there is some sense to that Also, a lot of the reporting that we and some other organizations have been doing about the FBI's role in this asking questions. Again it's where in a Democratic administration and they've got to and their Justice Department have to work with the FBI so they have to cooperate with whatever efforts there may be to try to prevent some of this from coming to light So it's a very volatile and very complicated situation

CHAPTER 09 / 47 Discussion

Yemen Conflict, US Military Support Withdrawal

The United States has reportedly begun withdrawing ground troops from Yemen, potentially impacting Saudi Arabia's ability to conduct precision airstrikes against Houthi rebels. Despite this withdrawal, the Obama administration recently approved over $1 billion in new weapon sales to the Saudis, bringing the total to $110 billion. Massive protests in Sana'a have highlighted the civilian toll of the conflict, which critics label as criminal.

yemen· saudi arabia· airstrikes· sana'a· drones· military industrial complex

26:40 Two more clips before we analyze this. We have also announced we are withdrawing our ground troops from Yemen as a part of helping the Saudis bomb the crap out of the Yemenis And something that, I mean this... you want to talk about something that does fit on television but was not reported except of course I think on RT is hundreds of thousands of people protesting in Yemen. Bombs are reported to have been dropped near a massive demonstration in the Yemeni capital Sana'a Hundreds of thousands of people are gathered to protest against airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition. But bombing raids on a mountain nearby sparked panic in the crowd, no injuries have been reported. Saudi Arabia has been leading a campaign to oust rebel Houthis since March last year

27:31 Well, the rebels took over parts of the country including the capital in 2014 and they forced the government into exile. Neighbouring Saudi Arabia has been criticised for retaliating with airstrikes which have caused civilian casualties. So we've withdrawn and this is the time when everyone should just take a moment to go check out a map if you look at where Yemen is in relation to Saudi Arabia it's right down there on the bottom near the straits which of course on the other side of the strait has Djibouti, where we have our drone air base. So we were effectively protecting this straight from the Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden at where the Stargate is

28:16 And we're not doing that anymore. So, we are now allowing the rebels or whoever is in control of Yemen—it seems like the population likes whoever's in control—we're just going to let that be so I think we are effectively blocking Saudi Arabia from access there…or we're going to effectively block them from access. This is a shift of ethnic proportions I'm not convinced. No? How about if you take into account that the covering up of the edited video at the State Department, which seemed pretty innocuous but we for sure didn't want to have any information out there that maybe there was some secret deal plane crash with Clinton or not, but there were some secret deal and we really didn't want people to know about

29:05 with Iran, and particularly because it was Hillary Clinton doing the deal. I think there's a seismic shift underway against Saudi Arabia? Yeah yeah cutting them off been doing this bombing and we've sold him $100 billion worth of arms. Well just recently nothing should stop the sale hello no i'm thinking and then we're supporting this bombing the crap out of poor Yemen which is pathetic and just criminal to be honest about it. You think we do is maybe not do that? We stopped with this one, I'm saying yeah, we pulled a few troops out. We haven't like told them to stop it

29:48 No, but pulling our troops out and pulling our ground support out is a pretty big deal. How much ground support did we have? In order to paint targets you need ground support that's why we have them so if you don't have ground support the paint the targets for The drones that's effectively over So were painting the targets for the blow up schools Yes! Well You probably Probably, yeah. We know that we'll take risk into account. We heard the State Department say it themselves well you know it's a calculus whether we kill 50 civilians or not. We gotta get one guy now no coincidence

CHAPTER 10 / 47 Discussion

State Department Video Editing, Iran Briefing Cover-up

An internal State Department investigation confirmed that a press briefing video regarding secret meetings with Iran was deliberately edited to remove specific questions. Spokesman John Kirby attributed the edit to a technician following a phone request, though the department claims there was no nefarious intent to conceal information. Skeptics dismiss the "technical glitch" explanation, noting that the full transcript remained available while the video was altered.

state department· video editing· josh earnest· iran· white flash· glitch

30:28 But this also happened during all of this about the ransom or not ransom, about the withdrawing of the troops from our coalition. Our floating flying whatever-the-hell we call a coalition. Then this little ditty came in... Here's the bottom line We are confident that... I'm sorry should probably set it up This is the internal report from State Department about the editing of the videotape where there was a blatant lie being told another person saying that something had started earlier and maybe there was a secret meeting with Iran. So they tried to cover it up. Well, we know... Okay

31:07 We know there was a secret meeting with Iran because if we're going to buy in, at least I would assume there was. Because i'm buying into the Hillary plane crash and that's when augmented junk is running the place. Let's just step back for one second The lie was that there was a meeting earlier than we admitted to having a meeting That was the cover up Right, which was the one they had. Unfortunately now that they're so entrenched in that cover-up no one can talk about Hillary being in a plane crash. Now they did an internal investigation about the editing of the video

31:44 Because this was clearly done to cover something up and Josh has the results which are indisputable, and there were no follow-up questions allowed about it. Here's the bottom line We're confident the video of that press briefing was deliberately edited The white flash that many of you have noticed yourselves in that portion of the video is evidence enough of human involvement You remember how we discussed how they probably went? Yeah yeah Hey man throw a flash in there Indeed, the technician came forward recalled making the edit and inserting that flash What we were not able to determine was why the edit was made in the first place There's no evidence to suggest it was made with the intent to conceal information from the public Oh And while the technician recalls receiving a phone call requesting the edit there is no evidence to indicate who might have placed that call or why

32:33 In fact, throughout this process we learned additional information that could call into question any suggestion of nefarious activity. In addition to the fact that the full video was always available on Divots and that the full transcript was always on our website The video was edited in a choppy manner which made it obvious that footage was missing. We also found that the video likely was shortened very early in the process, only minutes after the briefing concluded and well before the technician who recalled making the edit believes the request was made to make the edit and in any event before the technician would have been involved in the video production process." Alright let's just stop here so

33:11 This edit was it was called in and with the an editor was called, and said hey can you pull that piece out okay? Boom boom didn't really give an explanation which is possibly why an uninfo- I will believe that an uninformed video editor will be like oh That looks like shit. I can't just leave that in there Let me make a little cross or I know I'll put in a flash That's what we learned to do from MTV so means as a young editor too And, you know I'm not quite sure why i'm doing that. However it seems that there is... There's a theory about it. It is possible the white flash was inserted because the video had lost footage due to technical or electrical problems that were affecting our control room servers around that time. Oh! You mean a glitch? A GLITCH! Shut up about the glitch! A glitch?! No. I went back and checked the Divids video which he just said was available in its full form and there was no

34:01 problem with electricity. I presume it seems like exactly the same recording, so how does video get from State Department to Divides? They give it to them and there was no...I looked in there we even played the removed part! There was no glitch! There's nothing going on. Okay well get to the point. Oh geez I'm sorry Well this is half an hour waiting for you hear some conclusion here Conclusion?! Now you threw me off. That's fine I don't know what to say well No, you the guy even grousing about this segment from the minute. I started it What's the fucking problem? Well? I'm one they're lying They're covering up because we're fucking the Saudis and we're going with Iran that's the conclusion all right You just don't buy into it that's fine But I don't buy into it what why is this all happening then oh

CHAPTER 11 / 47 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Saudi and Iran Geopolitics

Speculation exists regarding Hillary Clinton's true geopolitical allegiances, with conflicting theories on whether she favors Saudi Arabia or Iran. While the Clinton Foundation has received significant funding from Saudi sources, recent diplomatic moves suggest a pivot toward Iran for its oil resources. The leak to the Wall Street Journal about the Iran money transfer is viewed by some as an internal State Department power play.

hillary clinton· saudi arabia· iran· clinton foundation· wall street journal· oil

34:59 Just magical, just magical. The Wall Street Journal gets this... I think they're trying to walk in a tightrope! No magic moment the Wall Street Journal gets two insiders telling about this transfer at the same time they're releasing reports saying oh there was nothing with the glitch had nothing to do with covering anything up Come on. I think you're onto something insofar as that there's some double dealing going on within the State Department itself and somebody decided to leak this out to get everybody all worked up because maybe they're like Hillary, kind of pro-Saudi...I mean Hillary is not gonna finish off this thing she's gonna walk a tightrope as long as she can but Clinton Foundation gets tons of money! They get more money from the Saudis than anybody else and all their kinds

35:44 phony baloney outlets so that the Saudis are just in tight with Hillary. They always have been, they have been in fact they were accused of this way before Hillary even started running for president the Saudis are gonna be she's going to be working for the Saudis for all practical purposes I don't think that's where you're wrong she wanted her Cheryl Mills person but her announcement covered up let's just presume because y'all in with the plane crash theory She wanted that covered up because she doesn't want the Saudis to know until I guess she's pregnant. That's what I said, she's walking a tightrope but at the end of the day using that phrase She's a Saudi operative. I disagree, i think she's turned into an Iran operative Why? Shes gotten all their money from the Saudis It's dry! Yeah that why she doesn't want them to know that she was involved in the early deal Why wouldn't she it seems like we set up this whole deal with Iran They're now our guys they got oil They haven't got Saudi Oil I don't believe for a minute everything you said is great fantastic wrong

36:53 I think the whole thing with the Iranians is bullcrap. We're not going to do anything with them, it's just gonna be... That's why we're inching out their money, we're not paying them anything! There's something else going on there. Slow down their nuke deal? Hold on, hold on let's go back to the genesis of the Iran sanctions The sanctions We're really only about one thing who gets to have how much Iranian oil That was that's where you looked at him. We looked at all the sanction was only well You can have this much or you can have that much or you can't buy any oil? You can it was us directing the Iranian Oil now we've opened that up under the cover of Be nukes whatever I which I don't believe is whatever fine under the covering I think is a red herring This all really dates back to the Carter administration All right

37:42 Because you know they took our guys and they kept them for 400 plus days, and it was like embarrassing It ended up with the Republicans getting in office and Ronald Reagan than the rest of it because that incident Was was the genesis of Ronald Reagan? The Democrats aren't liking any of this. They don't like a Ronald Reagan. They're all I could thrown into their faces They don't like any of this stuff they don't like the Iranians the Iranians just This whole Iranian thing is a smoke screen for something else and at the end of this whole cycle it's all going to be back to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, despite the like you said they're not even talking about missing pages there's the missing pages in the document let's look at from the other way around maybe we are putting maximum pressure on the Saudis maybe were saying hey your not paying your fair share or I want more i wanna be president or whatever it is

38:40 Law, I'm not going to argue against that possibility because that makes more sense than what we're doing with Iran. Well no but you use Iran as a leverage as a wedge to say oh we're kind of friends with them right now and look at Syria and which pipeline is gonna go and not yours and hey by the way we're not gonna help you out in Yemen maybe again it comes down for me the key trigger is The Wall Street Journal getting anonymous sources inside the State Department who told them that we withheld the hostages before the money was transferred. That is a purposeful leak and that is for a reason." Well, I agree it's a purposeful leak but I'm not sure your interpretation is correct play my Yemen clip. And by the way, I'm open to discussing it just you know...you're little rude about it

CHAPTER 12 / 47 Discussion

New York Times, Saudi Arms Sales Criticism

The New York Times and The Guardian editorial boards have called for an end to U.S. and British support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The editorials argue that the U.S. is complicit in the carnage and that Congress should halt arms sales until the targeting of civilians stops. This pressure comes despite the Obama administration's continued approval of massive defense contracts with Riyadh.

new york times· the guardian· saudi arabia· yemen· arms sales

39:29 In international news, The New York Times and the Guardian editorial boards are calling for the U.S. and British governments to end their support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. In an editorial entitled America is complicit in the carnage in Yemen, The Times wrote on Wednesday, quote, Congress should put the arms sales on hold And President Obama should quietly inform Riyadh that the United States will withdraw crucial assistance if the Saudis do not stop targeting civilians and agree to negotiate peace," unquote. With U.S. and British support, Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen for 17 months, causing the majority of the conflict's civilian casualties. Last week, the U.S. approved the sale of more than a billion dollars of new weapons to the Saudis. Since taking office, the Obama administration has approved more than $110 billion in weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. It doesn't sound to me like we're having a rift with these guys anytime soon.

40:30 Well, you also should not confuse the military-industrial complex with the leadership of the country. It's not the same thing. Well... seems to be with her relationship with Russia! Alright. Okay well I don't think we've come to any conclusion here it wasn't a breakthrough for me I mean, I appreciate you taking the Wall Street Journal item and extrapolating it to some degree. But I don't know that it went anywhere now. It's another issue than the issue was this you'd hate it when I take a long time to discuss something and play clips if you said it to me before. But I believe that that is a disservice to the people listening to the program who are newer need background. We sometimes need to explain things. You're very smart with one of your bet. You do this well

41:23 Yeah, except you don't like it. Except you don't like it! But it takes too long... It's too long for you? I didn't see it going anywhere. Well yeah okay well.. I mean I was waiting and waiting but it was going nowhere and I was thinking well what the hell is- What's the point?! You've already made that particular point earlier. I liked giving background. And then I didn't think you were beating me up with something that was valid. If I'm gonna be beat up it better be something that's valid. I didn't beat you up!! I didn't. Clip after clip of the same, just this one little item is just no no if you were making it i don't believe what your thesis that the whole thesis and that's okay that's okay. I mean you could be right and you can say i told you so at some point but i just don't

CHAPTER 13 / 47 Discussion

Julian Assange Lawyer Death, WikiLeaks Pressure

John Jones, a high-profile lawyer for Julian Assange, died after being hit by a train in London, an event recently ruled a suicide. The death has sparked conspiracy theories given Jones's connection to WikiLeaks and the recent "suicide" of an author who wrote extensively about the Clintons. Assange remains in the Ecuadorian embassy, with some speculating these events may prompt him to release new documents sooner.

julian assange· wikileaks· john jones· suicide· hillary clinton· london

42:06 You know, I'm thinking a lot of this is just... And I think this whole thing about the fact that it started at the beginning. I think the whole taking this-this thing about the hostage for ransom or ransom not ransom. I think that's blown completely out of proportion! I don't think it's that big of a deal! I think it was damn near nothing to see here kind of thing there's all kinds of shit going on we have two more murders of Hillary people Well hold on one second then alright since we're talking about that Um, your newsletter was incorrect. I know it was! Right? It was. It was incorrect and that's what we'll be talking about. I wasn't gonna...I could have sent out a second correction but I said no, we'll talk about it on the show Yeah, I get all the grief by the way. Awwww. Ewww. I get all the grief. I couldn't find John's email address so I'm going to bitch at you about this That's number one thing here. No my email address is such a secret

43:04 By the way, the email address on that newsletter that's sent out on Sunday or Saturday is my email address. So how can somebody say that to you? Because that's how it works. You get away with murder and I get all the grief! This is a common theme of yours. You always accuse me of this...I gotta know- I'm not accusing YOU! I'm accusing the producers who are bitching at ME! Well... They see you as the alms budsman Now that's a business card I need. Ombudsman or ombudsmen? Which one do you choose? Well, I always pronounce it wrong so it's probably the other way around. It's ombudsman.

43:48 Okay, so let's talk about that for a second because we both found the information that... The reason why this is news now is that it was deemed to suicide this past week. This is the lawyer- It took place on Monday? Yeah. So this is the lawyer who works for WikiLeaks Julian Assange he also was in the same firm as Clooney's wife which makes it just that much more interesting and He was hit by train and killed and this was deemed a suicide at 707 in the morning right Now, this reporting gets more interesting because apparently he checked himself into the hospital the night before saying he was under... And this was only reported. This was harder to get this information. Yeah well it's the only article I could find about it The one from The Camden? Yeah that's the only one and there are apparently... He checked into a nuthouse yeah and then wandered off Well no he signed himself out at 5 in the morning so he looks fine

44:44 Apparently there's CCTV footage of him jumping in front of the train. So that part, that I'd like to see. And we know for a fact that can never be phonied up! Don't get me started on editing your videotape please... don't get me started. So your conclusion was hmm? Well that maybe this will a spawn a spur Assange to releases his new stuff sooner I'm not sure that was my conclusion. I would say there's a lot of details here the people bitch said you were right It was a lot of mistakes made it could have been better and The conclusion was I think still valid That is signs looks at this stuff, and then assajj must also looked at the death of the writer

45:33 Which is just more recent. One of Hillary Clinton's, I'll have to look him up... I had it on the other machine and forgot to transfer it A guy who wrote something like 50 books about the Clintons 54 years old Suicided And that happened just recently and so now you gotta wonder what, well you can start googling for it. You have to wonder what Assange is thinking because he's a sitting duck in that place! Yeah which is why he's in there That's the only protection he has, I think. It's barely yeah and it's not what i would call great protection. I realize my mistake now... Here's my mistake! I was trying to mesh two things into one. I was trying to mesh media lies and manipulation into the Iranian Saudi story that's where went wrong because then the lies and the manipulation by itself are already funny enough

CHAPTER 14 / 47 Discussion

Aleppo Boy Image, Media Manipulation Allegations

The image of Omran Daqneesh, known as the "Aleppo Boy," became a global symbol of the Syrian conflict, though some claim the scene was staged for Western media. Russia has disputed responsibility for the strike, suggesting the damage was caused by ground-based mines rather than an airstrike. Critics argue such powerful images are used primarily to drive clicks and advertising revenue while serving specific political agendas against the Russian government.

aleppo· syria· omran daqneesh· russia· rt· media propaganda

46:34 Yeah, well. But that's an ongoing theme. Have you seen... I'm sorry? Have i seen what? Did you see the latest, the Aleppo boy? Hashtag Aleppo boy Well, I was commenting on that on Twitter. The Aleppo boys... the guy who they... Five-year old kid or whatever. Little kid cute little kid They place him in a chair and an ambulance and let him stay there nobody washed him or anything So he's dirty and he's bleeding and he's like shell shocked And everyone took the same two or three pictures of him from different angles and this became an international incident. Very similar to the poor dead kid, which is really a pathetic picture. Oh in Greece? Yeah the kid washed up face down dead in the sand little boy must have been four There's even a meme I already saw of the drawing of that kid and then the kid Dead on the shore and then under the Aleppo boy it says

47:32 This is what happens if we stay, and then under the dead kid on the Greek beach this is what happens if we leave. I mean, holy shit. That's what a choice what a choice this is fantastic good one But the things seemed a little staged to me Yes, I just yeah It was a little more than staged and there's you know There's there's enough tear-jerking little kids that are shot kind of nice shot I mean it's shot by photographers all over the place And you see if you watch any of these outlets especially European ones they're just its endless

48:10 And they... this one, the concentration on this one kid kind of bothers me. Well the reason why is Russia is being blamed for it That's what I'm hearing. Oh this kid is because of Russia, that's what no okay? Well. I didn't pick that up yeah personally Yeah, I can see how that would be a good idea well I have a clip from RT who understood it very well of course because they're on the receiving end of this and Here's the dispute but that that is really if it hasn't shown up before big time now and if this meme goes, which I think it will the Aleppo boy is a good one. We change our Facebook avatar actually to the Aleppo boy that would be good

48:52 Those are very powerful pictures. Really, I would say they epitomize the suffering that civilians in Syria have to go through—in government-held territory, in ISIS-held territory and rebel-held territory. And the thing with powerful pictures is that they sell. The media loves them. They want to get them out there as soon as possible. You know, it's clicks, its views, its ad revenue and the story, the circumstances often become... That right there is a fantastic little bit here. Take the ISO. It's clips it's views it's advertising revenue. Dynamite! You want me to do the ISO right now? Yeah sure. Hold on one second. We can do it pretty quickly that's always nice. Well yeah thats always fun to do that okay let me see here we have

49:44 Aleppo boy, open it up into the edits. Those are very powerful pictures in ISIS held territory and rebel-held territory have to go through when government is suffering that civilians in Syria have to go through when government held territory in ISIS held territory and rebel held territory And the thing with powerful pictures Is that they sell The media loves them They want to get them out there as soon as possible. You know it's clicks, its views, its ad revenue... Okay? Alright you got that let me just save it and this will be... Let me see Aleppo boy. Yeah sounds good. Aleppo boy clicks and add revenue beautiful

50:39 Alright. See if that compares to mine, I have a this-I'm gonna iso this down a little more but play the angry black woman. People are used to seeing me! Women whose names you don't women who've been picked on women whose husbands put them down women at work or girls in school i have one thing to say to you kiss my ass Did you already ISO that? No, no I have come on well now. Now. I have to iso that one are you insane this? I don't know why I didn't I so kiss my fat ass I so nice we are on a roll here Okay, I did want to finish up that

51:34 I did want to finish up the Aleppo boy clip for a second. The Russians have dispute why it couldn't have been them. Clicks, its views, its ad revenue...the story these circumstances often become secondary they say an alleged papoatai Western media shows the unbroken windows of the house nearby. This means that the location was hit by a mine or gas canister, which are often used by terrorists

CHAPTER 15 / 47 Discussion

Jeffrey Sachs, US Secret War in Syria

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs appeared on "Morning Joe" and accused the United States of launching a secret war to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad five years ago. Sachs argued that the CIA, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia escalated the conflict, and that the U.S. should cooperate with Russia to fight ISIS instead of funding rebellions. He criticized the New York Times for failing to report the truth about American involvement in the region.

jeffrey sachs· syria· cia· bashar al-assad· morning joe· vladimir putin

52:18 and not by an airstrike. And the Russians are saying it's also very close to two humanitarian corridors that they've established in Aleppo for civilians to be able to leave, to receive medical treatment, leave the rebel-held part of Aleppo They're saying you know this story that we carried out this air strike really doesn't mesh Yeah I believe that Not all in for the Russian but... This is nonsense Oh yeah Well, on the Back to the Morning Joe show they had a guest on Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute? Oh yeah we've had clips from him He laid it out and even irked Scarborough this guy just said it I don't think I've ever heard this on mainstream ever about the Syria situation Five years ago we discussed on the show when

53:09 The president of the United States launched a secret war to overthrow Assad, assigned the CIA to work with Saudi Arabia and Turkey to overthrow Assad. We escalated a war we don't have the truth told to the American people till this day this newspaper The New York Times refuses to cover the truth in the most basic way about what the United States is doing. And when you use... And by the way, The New York Times had Aleppo boy on the front page half of it all the way down to the fold almost. Oh a huge picture! Yeah that was clear manipulation You say or others say the US isn't doing its job It's just not doing it publicly We have been pumping in weapons we have been funded

53:52 by Saudi Arabia, CIA working together to keep this war going. This little boy has known only war because the United States five years ago launched a war that we have not ended and it's not the Russians' fault. It is so easy for an American to say its the Russians fault. Where did this start? It started with Hillary Clinton and President Obama saying Assad must go. Jeffrey you've said that I know that's why it's why preface my question. No, no sorry. It's five years ago So my question is we find ourselves here? Yeah, it is the Russians dropping bombs It is the Syrian government dropping bombs it is Isis spreading terror right so you exactly in your life Trying to alleviate suffering yeah trying to alleviate poverty what do we do now

54:39 is an international... Why are they dropping bombs because there's a rebellion that the US and Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been supporting. They're fighting a rebellion that we are funding and arming, We should stop funding and arming a rebellion against the government. We should go to the UN work together with Russia to fight ISIS because that's a real enemy and overthrowing other governments whether it's Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein or Assad has just been disaster for the American people over and over again. Not to mention the Russians suggested is defeat ISIS, not to mention the people who are dead. The hundreds of thousands of dead people. It was a disaster for us! Yeah oh it's horrible I'm so hurt Oh my coffee! Let me try something let me try something here Kiss My

55:35 Get out of my vagina! Yeah, it works. I like that. That'll work. So...that was refreshing to hear him say that. He'll never get back on. Probably not. Probably not but you can almost predict the anti-Russia hate is so big right now and we know that State Department CIA they're all in on it we know this from from my own environment and that the belief Like my cousin, you know. The belief that Vladimir Putin is a bad bad bad actor is really rampant and they really really believe it so you can almost put in the red book before the election takes place there will be a major terrorist event and Russia somehow will get blamed

CHAPTER 16 / 47 Discussion

CIA Media Influence, Nuclear Testing History

The CIA is alleged to have significant influence over major news organizations like the New York Times and Washington Post. Separately, concerns are raised that modern world leaders have never witnessed an atmospheric nuclear test, leading to a lack of fear regarding the use of atomic weapons. The push for "precision" nuclear bombs is criticized as a dangerous misunderstanding of the weapons' inherent destructiveness.

cia· langley· nuclear weapons· atmospheric testing· world leaders

56:27 Something will happen Russia. We're blamed I that's gonna be very hard to orchestrate III think also the any terrorist event if they if somehow yeah, I'm not saying you make a mistake And you don't get it blamed on Russia and it turns out to be something else Trump wins the election Right so they don't want to do that mmm A lot of forces at work Well, yeah. And then they're all working against each other is what we try to do on this show for people who don't listen to the show. We try to map it so who's with you know? Who's on whose side and what are they doing? So the CIA, we know is all in

57:08 Hillary, to an extreme. Well yes and we... which makes me wonder about a couple of things that we said earlier like or what that guy said just now on the Scarborough show which is if the CIA was behind this event in The New York Times wasn't doing what they wanted the CIA is really there are stories I've had no two very good examples of things that happened at the New York Times that indicated that somebody was calling him from Langley and telling him to do something. And it's pretty well established that the CIA has got its fingers in, and probably The Washington Post and The New York Times too I mean, and The Wall Street Journal

57:57 To what extent I don't know. I just you know, I've done work for the New York Times Did you get a call? They wouldn't hire me for man, I think we should change a couple things in your article here Well, I okay. I don't care if the pay is the same. Well Russia is getting blamed for a lot now though that's obvious because putting Russia in about and maybe it's short sightedness on the Clinton convinced all comes down to the election that is the most important thing right now well if people want to get all worked up they should maybe do some more atmospheric testing of atomic bombs and maybe straighten some of these people out

58:38 show what these I there was somebody it was on one of the think tank talk shows and it was like There's very few living leaders that have seen an atomic bomb blast in any sense of the matter. They don't know how nasty they are and creepy, apparently when you witness one even from like 50 miles away it does something. It creates a low note or something very creepy and you get creeped out by it then to see the size of that thing is ridiculous. And they haven't done an atmospheric test since I don't know the fifties

59:16 So most of the people, world leaders back then all witnessed them at some level and which kept anyone from wanting to use one. But that...all those people are dying and so there's this sense now that well you know there's this...that's like this new bomb they want to modify So it's more accurate, which is like ludicrous. I don't know what happened to precision strikes? I thought we were like precision laser-like precision now We're gonna have precision a bombs. I mean which makes zero sense So you can determine exactly where it's going to drop screw the 150 miles around so

CHAPTER 17 / 47 Discussion

US Nuclear Transfer, Turkey to Romania

The United States has reportedly begun transferring nuclear weapons from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to Romania due to security concerns following the failed coup. Simultaneously, rumors suggest that Turkey may grant Russia authority to use the Incirlik base as cooperation between Ankara and Moscow increases. This shift represents a significant change in the regional military landscape and NATO's presence in the Middle East.

turkey· incirlik air base· romania· nuclear weapons· russia· ankara

59:55 Well, that's a problem. I think it's a problem to get gun hit. I mean, I think that Hillary is the one who is the most dangerous you said so too. Yeah she seems like trigger happy Hilary. We now have moves taking place of course Turkey is to me kind of the question in the equation what are these guys going to do? And apparently the US has now started transferring our nukes from Incirlik Air Base to Romania. because we don't feel it's safe anymore at the airbase, at the same time this rumor is floating around. I wonder if you're picking up on it reporting that the Russians are also beginning to be given the authority to use the Incirlik Air Base by the Turks? Not be surprised by that although I have not heard of course that where the US air bases

1:00:50 The center of the US military operations in Syria is located. There have been signs of increasing cooperation between Moscow and Ankara, the Ankara government in Turkey so I would not be surprised if that happens in the future but it would be unusual especially because to be co-located with U.S forces And I do have confirmation of the transfer of the nukes. That is happening, should be done by Wednesday or something in Romania. Good idea! Hello Romania how do you feel now? Well they'll put up with it for a while... It's only gonna be temporary okay yeah

1:01:30 Yeah, you got to get those things out of Turkey. Those guys are just gravel. So that's another couple other pieces on the chessboard we have... And they're swapping to Russia? Right! We'll move out and Russians will move in. Hey nice buildings! It's really insane. Take over the place and then I don't know this is ridiculous However there is one other nice little data point. I got this from the 250 million dollar WordPress blog The Intercept Um, let's see there was a think tank. What was this think tank? Oh of course retired Army General Richard Cody vice president L3 communications We know them L3 isn't that the all the ex DHS guys are in that

CHAPTER 18 / 47 Discussion

Defense Industry Profits, Russia as Historic Opportunity

Retired Army General Richard Cody of L3 Communications reportedly told shareholders that the perceived threat from Russia represents a "historic opportunity" for the defense industry. After defense budgets declined following the Cold War, the current geopolitical tension is driving a bonanza in weapons sales. While European citizens pay the price through subsidies and sanctions, the military-industrial complex is seeing record profits.

l3 communications· richard cody· defense budget· russia· nato· weapons sales

1:02:13 L3 does all the naked body scanners, etc. Explained to shareholders the industry was faced with a historic opportunity following the end of the Cold War Cody said peace had pretty much broken out all over the world with Russia in decline and NATO nations celebrating The wall came down he said all defense budgets went south Oh no we can't have that! Nooo He says it's a bonanza with this Russia stuff This is fantastic! Weapons sales are going through the roof. It would be great to get a clip of that. I wish, now...I'd look for one. I wish. Yes! So obvious. I wonder if the Russians are in on it? I'm still not completely convinced they're not

1:02:53 Well, it's possible. It is also good for them! Putin has never been more popular and a lot of the products they are now selling, they have discussed this on various shows in the Russian grocery stores and supermarkets are Russian based They're doing a lot local The big thing with local is that it is now popular in Russia so they have Russian cheeses instead of French cheese because they can't get them And then there are only people who really suffering between Russia and United States who were making out in some ways, because Russia's supposed to be their economy is supposed to be in the tank but may or may not be. The rubles down it sounds like an investment opportunity but the people who are really suffering are like the apple growers and Poland and people that they can't sell all these apples... Well not even that because they're getting subsidized by the European Union and they still said they'll sell them through the back door

1:03:41 So it's really the population who is...the EU citizens who are paying the price. And we know that, the tomatoes are getting through, the apples are getting through and they just put a different stamp on it to send it to Turkey and Turkey sells it. That loophole was well known. It's not quite as fresh. Comrade these tomatoes are soft! Let's throw a little wax on those fuckers will be fine don't worry no one will know the difference No one will know Beautiful But this is a scam Yeah, it is but the players are the players are all on the field and where this one you're not just selling these weapons They're using them. Yeah. Yeah well we're gonna use these weapons Blow up a bunch of Yemenis Some brown people by the way Yemen has been there used to be two countries Yemen in South Yemen yeah But these were the poorest countries in all of the Middle East poorest and South Yemen in particular

CHAPTER 19 / 47 Discussion

Christina Curry, African Tribe Reality Show Anecdote

A personal anecdote describes Christina Curry's experience on a Dutch reality show where she believed she was living with an authentic African tribe. It was later revealed that the tribe members were actors and the rituals were fabricated for the program, leaving her devastated. The story is shared as she prepares for a new project in Jordan, prompting humor regarding the nature of celebrity reality television.

christina curry· africa· reality television· jordan· celebrity big brother

1:04:41 So let's bomb them, who cares? You know Christina is on her way to Jordan right now. Why?! She signed up for this show... Oh no! Yeah I know reality show They have to go rescue her And the way it works is they tell you on the day your going to leave where your going She's been doing this before. Yeah, that was not a good experience This is uh... No! The other one was where she went to Africa and it was all actors? Yeah it was all- She thought she was living with the tribe That is the funniest most humiliating story So the idea was you- She's not listening to the show so tell her Nah nah nah, she'll be fine

1:05:18 It was like a celebrity Big Brother type, you know get out of the jungle type thing. Except the idea was these celebrities would go to Africa and live with an African tribe for a week or 10 days. And Christina called me about it I felt really bad... The most bad she said what do you think does it look? I've traveled the world on someone else's dime grab the opportunity go-go-go! How great is that?! So she's in there for a week, you know and she's you know She's completely into it because this is my daughter. It's like if this is so stupid But I'll just get into it no matter what And yeah She even had her boobs out like all the all the other women in the camp and his hauling firewood and then Like near the end all of a sudden they say hey surprise we speak Dutch and it was all a big joke and she was devastated

1:06:05 Yeah, it wasn't a real try of anything. It was a bunch of actors with a bunch of bullcrap customs and rituals that they made him go through. That's so sad... I think that's a great idea for his show! I think it should have been done in the United States No no no, it failed miserably The audience did not like it Because it was too big. It was over the top well you can't make fun of poor African slaves you see this something like that yeah, something like that Yeah, something like that if that would never do it you take it out of Africa move it into the ghetto Yeah, that would work the deep south Appalachia because then I might be offensive to so it's hard to make it not offensive But it is funny. Yeah, so the Jordan trip. Oh, he's nice a well oh

1:06:46 Let me know, you know Please let me know where your heart because you guys have to send in the no agenda SWAT You know the seal team agenda seal team. No agenda go in and seal Team 33 there we go took me a moment Seal Team 33 anyway Why did I bring that up? I don't know. Well, let's jump to a clip then. Okay. Since we're trying to keep up with this and we're still talking about Turkey... Let's do this China India and Syria clip number intro. Intro? Hold on. Oh here it is. Yeah yeah I see it.

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China and Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization

China is reportedly increasing its military assistance and training for the Syrian army, signaling a pivot toward the East. Both China and Russia are key members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which has evolved from an economic group into a counterterrorism alliance. This shift is seen as filling a political void left by the United States' diminishing influence in the Middle East.

china· russia· syria· shanghai cooperation organization· iran· counterterrorism

1:07:30 Here we go. Well, currently the largest international force fighting in Syria is the US led coalition which also includes the UK France Saudi Arabia and many other countries all backing the rebels but recent developments point to the possible rise of a new coalition in support of the government forces heard this Russia and Iran are already on board it could also now include China We spoke to Michael Mulu for a former Pentagon official. He thinks new players in the region are tipping the balance of influence China has always had a presence throughout the Middle East. You see it in Lebanon, a great deal but they're very quiet about it they're very subtle They have been providing military assistance and training to the Syrian army They are going to increase that now I think what this represents is something more subtle that you aren't hearing much about

1:08:25 and that is China and Russia are permanent members of what's called the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Iran wants to become a member, and the SCO has really become while it was economic in nature originally it has become more of a counterterrorism. All these countries are looking, are pivoting more eastward and that appears to be where they're heading and to assert that influence in the Middle East it has basically filled the vacuum left by the political void of the United States' lessening influence." I wouldn't say is actually political void...I'd say it was completely messed up policy

CHAPTER 21 / 47 Discussion

Global Coalition, Support for Syrian Government

A new coalition involving Russia, Iran, China, and potentially India is forming to support the Syrian government against terrorist groups. U.S. State Department officials labeled Russia's use of Iranian airbases as "unfortunate," while critics point out that the U.S. defense industry remains focused on manufacturing weapons like the troubled F-35. The involvement of China is viewed as a strategic move to secure regional resources.

syria· iran· china· india· bashar al-assad· mark turner· f-35

1:09:08 So it's a moral void, the way I see it. But here is the part two which some guy makes this other assertion that India is going to get involved. Okay... This has been 9am here in the Russian capital There are increased hopes for greater international cooperation in Syria. It follows Iran allowing Russia to use one of its air bases to conduct anti-ISIL strikes and China now saying it will offer military assistance to the Syrian government. RT's Guyane Chichukan got a reaction from the US State Department. Oh, hold on a second! You didn't warn me it was a Guyane clip! Do we have a jingle now? Guyane... Chi chi chi chichuchkan

1:09:51 Chachacan, chachacan, chachacan, gal you need a chachacan? Chachacan, chachacan, chachacan Iran and Russia say they have a strategic cooperation in Syria. For the first time, Russian jets flew out of an Iranian airbase to target ISIL and al-Nusra in Syria. U.S. State Department's Mark Turner called it unfortunate It's unfortunate but not surprising or unexpected. Russia continuing to carry out airstrikes and now it appears with Iran's direct assistance. You said it was unfortunate that Russia flew out of the Iranian airbase Russian authorities said that the strikes eliminated five major terrorist weapons depots and training compounds in the area do you have information to refute

1:10:50 If no, do you think it is unfortunate that they're targeting terrorist depots and weapons repos and training facilities? Sure. What we continually find is indeed there are among the airstrikes what we would consider legitimate strikes against Nusrah, against Daesh, ISIL but we also continue to see strikes that target moderate Syrian opposition forces The U.S may think Russia's cooperation with Iran in Syria is unfortunate, but we're now learning that China is seeking closer military ties with Syria A senior Chinese military official just visited Damascus where he met with the Syrian defense minister sought to strengthen military ties and according to Chinese news agency Xinhua pledged assistance in training Syrian forces

1:11:40 What are your thoughts about China's support for the Syrian government? I can't speak to what their intentions may or may not be in terms of working cooperatively with us. I had a question about the Indian minister visiting Syria and the minister is meeting the president and is also supporting, like you know... And now you have reports from China supporting Now Russia, now Iran. So there is a coalition that is supporting the Syrian regime so do we still stand on that point that Assad has to go?

1:12:21 Do you have any kind of credence to your question saying that there's some kind of pro-Assad coalition forming? They may not be pro Assad, but to go after terrorists in Syria Russia Iran and China support the Syrian army. And these guys are so smart. You know Russia China they're smart like look at this void look at the idiots in America You know, let's go in and let's just take care of this once and for all. And then India tags along... Yeah well why wouldn't they? That's very pathetic just as a knowing our true business of war because that's really what we do We have tons of manufacturing in America unfortunately it's only to build stuff that kills brown people in sandy areas. Yeah we're great at making weapons! Yeah but we messed it up so maybe now would just become the house supplier you know hey you guys go out there whatever you want over there will sell your weapons

1:13:21 Guess. I don't know, it's very very troubling and the Chiners man... Well they want to get in the weapons business too I mean they were working on their jet and they're working on their bombs, and they still make...I think you still make the majority of... They're weaseling in on our turf man. Yeah! Screw that! I mean the Russians have been traditionally our competitor, and then the Europeans there's been some European, you know those good Mirage jets and some of these things. The Russians got the SUs and all this. Wild planes. I mean, well you have the F-35 that still doesn't fly straight Oh the f-35 is a huge mistake We're trying to try to get out of it That's never gonna... No that's a dogma I was still living in Europe when they started that deal like wow How long is it now 20 years on this dumb thing? It's a pathetic piece of gear too everyone at least says what everyone says

1:14:14 So we have these three, but it's been always traditionally the United States making all kinds of bombs and jets. And then the Europeans making lots of bombs and jets not as many bombs that I know of. And then the Russians have been huge suppliers to everybody that's fighting against our... They take their jets and put them against our jets. And the Chinese what are they kind of horning in on this? This is no good! Why not?! They're already in deals with Russia It's obviously purely a resource deal. It's about the resources of the area, and now watch when those two team up in Africa? That's kind of interesting." Yeah well that has yet to be resolved... But of course the good news is it doesn't matter who becomes president either one of the leading candidates will fight one way or

CHAPTER 22 / 47 Discussion

Third Party Candidates, Rigged Political System

Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson are both challenging the Commission on Presidential Debates, alleging a rigged system that excludes third parties. Stein recounted being arrested and "chained to a metal chair" at a 2012 debate site, while Johnson is pursuing a lawsuit based on the Sherman Act. Both candidates argue that the 15% polling threshold is an intentional barrier to democratic choice.

jill stein· gary johnson· green party· libertarian· presidential debates· rigged system

1:15:07 Yeah, yes Just as a finite little finish to that since you had the candidate thing. Let's just at least mention Jill Yes and So I didn't realize this but I got three little clips And I want you to tell me if you if you notice a theme to the clip then we can take a break Okay okay If you could tell me a theme to the clips into that sounds like one of the other two Candidates is always harping on But let's start with Jill in 2012. Jill Stein, by the way we're talking about is a Green Party candidate who was bitching and moaning because she can't get into the debates. So in 2012 she went to the debates just go to them I guess and they arrested her for showing up! And this clip is Jill in the Debates 2012.

1:15:59 Thank you. More to come you said so you're taking away dr. Jill Stein from the Hofstra campus Where did you and Sherry Honkala? Where were you taken we were taken to a dark site where nobody knew where we were an unmarked Facility that was basically being run by I think Homeland Security And the Secret Service and local police, we were surrounded by according to Sherri who counted them some 16

1:16:45 police and colleagues, and handcuffed tightly to these metal chairs for about seven hours. Seven hours? Seven hours until the debates were long over and everyone had gone home. You're chained! What is the American political system? It's a two-party system. Okay, come on there's something I listened to this and I was actually...I hate to be sick about it but

1:17:22 But I was almost in stitches. It was, I think an incredible testimony to how fearful the political establishment was and is that people should learn that they actually have another choice in that race and all the more so in this race because we know that the current candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties are the most unpopular, the most disliked and untrusted presidential candidates in history. So people are clamoring for another choice and we you know we're building a campaign to get into the debates and will keep people posted as to what our actions will be coming up

1:18:06 But we will not leave this just to the establishment to shut down political opposition, which is what this commission is doing. Do you plan to head to Hofstra on September 26? Absolutely Okay, I can't detect a theme yet because i need to hear the other two. The theme starts with the next two clips We're going to be there with with the american people who are demanding that we open up The debate and make it a real service to our democracy you've sued We have two cases, one of which has been dismissed. The other one is still technically in effect. We are not holding our breath that this is going to be favorably decided in a court of law but there's every reason for this to be decided in the court of public opinion where public opinion is very clear

1:18:58 that people have had it, not only with the rigged economy but the rigged political system and with the dialogue which is rigged by the Democratic and Republican parties. OK, I have a couple of themes here. I'm going to listen to the third clip and you will have it. I'm sure let me guess lawsuits would that be no guessing? No guessing. I spoke to Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in his home state of New Mexico. He talked about the unfair nature of the presidential debate system as well Right now, running for President of the United States as a libertarian there is no way that a third party wins. There's no way that I have a chance at winning unless i'm in the presidential debates. There is the possibility of being at 15% in the polls though if im IN THE POLLS!

1:19:47 that I could be in the presidential debate. You're part of a lawsuit going after the Presidential Debate Commission? Yes, on the basis that—on the basis of the Sherman Act, so that politics is a business, that Democrats and Republicans collude with one another to exclude everybody else. We think that the discovery phase of this lawsuit is going to provide national insight into just how rigged the system is. back to the fact that 50% of Americans right now declare themselves as independent. Where is that representation? Uh huh, rigged. Yeah, rigged. Rigged keep saying rigged, rigged, rigged and who says rigged, rigged all the time is it Clinton or Trump? Well you know that's okay we can't take a break just yet because I have to play something. I think there's insurance taken out that this insurance policy possibly by Clinton

CHAPTER 23 / 47 Discussion

Shadow Brokers Hack, NSA Malware Auction

A group known as the "Shadow Brokers" claimed to have hacked the NSA, stealing sophisticated malware and auctioning it off for a reported $550 million. Edward Snowden confirmed the legitimacy of the hack, which some speculate could be an "insurance policy" for the CIA or Clinton campaign. Media coverage of the event on CNN was criticized for running targeted advertisements for Microsoft's cyber security solutions alongside the news report.

shadow brokers· nsa· malware· edward snowden· cnn· microsoft

1:20:39 When it comes to the rigged election, the rigged system and it involves this story. A group calling themselves the shadow brokers claim that they've hacked the NSA according to foreignpolicy.com They say they stole malware and their auctioning off of files Security researchers say the claims appear to be legitimate a former NSA scientist says it could be hugely damaging blowing some operations up They are auctioning off what they call the best files for at least 550 million dollars. The agency didn't respond to questions about the alleged breach. So you can know, oh well you know they stole all the best tools and they manipulated the machines and I think it's insurance this story

1:21:22 Explain. OK, so if by the way we do have listener producer listeners especially the Archduke up in Oregon who wants us to discuss this story? Yes. OK here's the way I see it Snowden confirms that these tools were stolen Snowden has always worked for CIA There's no disputing that. He was a contractor for NSA later, but he still working for the CIA. Yes. So he confirms this by tweeting out this tweet Encryption hash, I guess. ACE02468BDF13579 Whatever that is... That apparently will unlock the tools or something We're not sure But it doesn't matter because it's out there He confirms that this hack is real He's with CIA CIA's with Hillary Should she start to lose? Should she lose? Well hold on a second Trump you said yourself It's rigged Let's see what's going on here

1:22:23 And you have to take into account, this Manafort guy who he just got rid of is connected to... Oh, I forgot his name. He's the guy who helped Romney with what we concluded to be some odd behavior voting machines It's all coming back the idea that it's rigged, but I think this is an insurance policy from CIA for Hillary to say well you know and i'm not sure exactly what the logical conclusion would be. I mean do you recount? I don't know how you'd do it but this doesn't seem just like a like some off-the-cuff thing that happened

1:23:09 Yeah, I'm not ready to discuss it in any detail because I haven't read...I have this sense that there's something else that's gonna pop out of this. Could be. Uhh..I just haven't seen anything yet that has excited me. I mean i think the hack is interesting. Well the fact that Snowden confirmed it means something. Yeah, the Snowden was good-that was a plus! That thing could've been just bullcrap but This is a crazy situation that we I don't think we're prepared to fully deconstruct. Well, here's what happened when I went to CNN.com because you know this is one of your favorites when you get a video that is about the story but it's not just words and its background or big titles produced

1:24:00 sometimes not even a voiceover, although in this case they did have a voice over. So there's this big story and I was expecting the video to be about the hack itself instead here's what...and i record it..I was lucky that I was recording ummm....the entire experience so I click on the video remember? This is a story about a hack! This is what I get. Microsoft created the digital crimes unit to fight cybercrime. So you get the idea, they are selling ads against this story This is not some magical algorithm targeting And then they go into a whole story about how your business could be under duress and under threat from cyber attacks after they roll out the Microsoft Cyber Cloud solution here. Coding and decoding messages has fueled wars... ...and I just keep on going and going about that It's disgusting

1:24:53 It is disgusting. It's funny though, it's good sales whoever's doing the sales is on target That's actually in the generally speaking considered a corrupt practice Oh yeah, since when? Or when did the... No. That's normal these days. Yes it used to be- well, when I was a kid that if you have a story about problem B and you put an ad against it that addresses problem B which is in the story If you put an ad across them then that is considered a corrupt practice There ya go The Corrupt News Network CNN It Is Everybody Of course we don't have to worry about that because we live on a value for value model And with that

CHAPTER 24 / 47 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 853, Executive Producer Credits

The show acknowledges its executive producers for episode 853, including the Archduke of the Pacific Northwest and Dwayne Melancon. A "three-boob" donation from an anonymous producer in Westport, Connecticut, was highlighted, along with a request for an "Angelic Knighthood." John Johnson Jr., also known as "Triple J," donated to support the value-for-value model and requested more "pet peeves" segments.

archduke· dwayne melancon· al sharpton· angelic knight· triple j· westport

1:25:33 I would like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C with a c stands for Chachachachan Dvorak. And good morning to you Mr Adam Curry, in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feeding the air subs in the water all the damaging nights out there In the morning to the chat room noagendastream.com Good to have y'all on board today Uh...in the morning too um let's see Bohemian Grove That's the artist who brought us the artwork No no no Are you sure? Bohemian Groove. Oh, grove I'm sorry you're right. Bohemian groove he brought us or she bought us the artwork for episode 852 Sorocracy and that was the it was a nice little concept piece yeah well we had to dig that one yeah did we dig that one up? That was... Yeah we did because we had never even seen this one for some reason right it was an evergreen that cropped up in the Evergreen

1:26:29 box. Yes, and yeah I don't remember seeing it before so... It was nice little news and State Department and then Facebook their interrelationship was nice nice high concept piece no agenda artgenerator.com is where you can find all of the submissions and where you can submit yourself we appreciate that appreciate the work So we start off with today's executive producers and associate executive executive producers for show 853 We have one, two three four executive producers starting with Archduke up there in Pacific Northwest or Dwayne Melancon and Tigard Oregon. 821-16 I always want to say TIGARD that's the reason i paused there

1:27:12 Yeah, I see him from the Archduke of the Pacific Northwest. Great analysis lately looking forward to any NSA hacking insights you may have spent a while so he decided to donate the date. Ah excellent day which is actually makes him an 820 no it doesn't make them anything It just makes him a great donator. 821-16 and he would request a Sharpton We Much, and a karma for all producers please hope all is well. But resist we much! We must and will much about that be committed. You know that is still good ol' Al

1:27:54 a remarkable clip because that's actually what he said. Yeah, this is anonymous in Westport Connecticut 808 cents which is he calls it the double boob or no because of three boob donation cause and that these using the zeros as potential boobs Which is a different look at the way we did it. Because it started off as Haxor, the 8 being a B. But this is a big boob! It's a boob! Big boob donation. Anonymous 3-boob donation both reflecting the error of my ways plus to raise the boob bar toward Tolarik calls three-boobed prostitute

1:28:34 You are the red pill of reality. I always mix up those pills, I don't know which is which. I always want to use this to move my brother toward knighthood or I wanna use this to move my brother toward knighthood as a self-proclaimed angelic knight who in 60 years has never been on a computer because he knows they control minds! This is why I think some people don't go see 3D movies So, Angelic Knighthood please. Next 199.92 to follow He asks his real name not be given so he doesn't exist. So that's not today then? That's... It's not today it's Angelic Knight and he'll be the anonymous brother of the Brother Of The Night Well we liked the three boob donation thats appreciated big time That is a great one John Johnson Jr

1:29:28 JJ, Bolton Connecticut 55520. Thank you for the best podcast in the universe and I'd like to thank my business partner Mike Lambert for calling me out as a douchebag last week. Been a boner way too long and been listening since way before you started doing three shows twice a week so he doesn't listen once a week this seemed like a perfect time to donate. I believe I've heard two other John Johnson juniors have donated in the last two weeks yes? It's not an uncommon name. Call me Ray J, you can call me JJ and I needed to lay claim to the nickname of Triple Jay in the No Agenda universe please do not de-douche me as it sounds like a very painful process let's face it! I should do more to support The Value for Value Mile so I can call myself out is a continued douche bag as triple nickels on the double dime isn't enough. Nice

1:30:20 One request if you please, we need more JCD pet peeve of the day. My all-time favorite segment that happens far fewer times than it should I agree. You're way too happy. It's a moody thing, it's like I get irked and...I mean I still have a number of pet peeves of the day about people shopping and bringing their own bags. Anyway, all-time favorite John Johnson aka Triple J Bolton and he has got no requests. I'm going to give him a karma since he didn't want dedouching. Dame Kathy and Sir Greg in West Chicago, $500. And they sent a note in, very short note. Nice. Please accept this donation of $500 from Dame Kathy and Sir Greg for outstanding services I have nothing pithy or witty to say so instead of watching waiting for an inspired letter I'm sending the donation. Fantastic. They bought Baronette & Baroness. I am going to give them karma!

CHAPTER 25 / 47 Discussion

Producer Donations, Job Karma Requests

Donations were received from various producers, including an anonymous listener in Moscow who was introduced to the show by software developer Joel Spolsky. Colton Robinson in Fresno and Schuyler in Nebraska also contributed, with several producers requesting "job karma" to assist with their professional endeavors. The segment included a "de-douching" ceremony for long-time listeners who finally transitioned from "boners" to producers.

moscow· joel spolsky· fresno· wtc7· de-douching· ontario

1:31:23 Thank you so much, Kathy and Greg. You've got karma. Dane, Kathy, sir and Greg. Stepping up thank you. $200. As always, thanks for the review and this is our...we're out to the associate executive producer segment. As always thanks for revealing such a revealing show you've done an amazing job showing the importance of context in what we say it and what the media reports. It amazes me how sound bites are twisted and cut together to influence public opinion your vigilance is appreciated by us all

1:32:07 I'd appreciate some job karma so we can close the deal. As always, go podcasting! Did you hear that? No...I hit the reverb on you just in time Oh oh no it doesn't feed back to me You don't get that part So you could be doing that all day I'll try, i'll try Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma This is anonymous in Moscow, $200. I own a small archival storage companies in Russia and I've been your avid listener since Joel Spolsky put me onto it back in 2010. Wow interesting yeah he's a famous software developer isn't he?

1:32:58 Well, we'll look him up. Imagine my surprise when I opened John's email message this morning and saw a photo made inside my warehouse several years ago with the no agenda sign over it! Really? John's message has a sign from above. Oh, it was assigned from above as far as he's concerned here by wish to undergo a de-douching ceremony and And you give him now give me the deduction deduce You've been D douched and yeah, if he spent listens since 2010 He sees overdue here long overdue donation in my previous contribution was a couple of years ago Thanks for all your hard work and please keep me anonymous Thank you

1:33:37 We will. Spolsky founded Stack Exchange, that's what it was. Oh! Yeah, that's pretty cool. Now here is one another this is anonymous which is from Schuyler in Nebraska $200 I really appreciate what you guys are doing and thank you so much take care That all he has to say. Give him a karma. You've got karma. I love this next note Yeah, and I have to scroll down to it. Sorry. Colton Robinson in Fresno now these are all 200 is funny that did another random number phenomenon so all of the social executive producers are exactly the same but they're all 200 per night personally find that

1:34:27 Weird I'm a longtime listener since I was 30 13. I'm now 20 Wow, it's like growing up with the show that's great He's definitely on board when you're 20 year just in college now right? Yeah yeah You'd be in college to be a freshman or sophomore probably soft snow or see could be a junior I have had to live with with being a boner because I didn't have a job well you were 13 Well, no more. This is my first producer donation and I would like to get good de-douching. Yeah. You've been de-douched. Is it Fresno? Interesting little town in the middle of this state. I would also like to call out my coworker David as a douchebag for not listening even though he agrees with me when i use my patented No Agenda talking points

1:35:22 I'll make this case for jingles. The tried and true jobs karma for my finances, Tamara... What? What do you think here? What do you think we're dealing with here? Tamara? Tamara and a WTC7 will never go away. What's Tamra? We have to think about this. And will never go away. And the song about John and his ants at the end of the show. The ants thing again? Yeah people love that for some reason. Ants! Johnny wants a job at Karma for his fiancé. That's what it says, it's all garbled I might add. Well I have the WTTC7 but I don't have... Oh no! For his fiancee Tamara. Ohhhhhh....I got you okay. Fine. WTC 7 won't go away. Jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

CHAPTER 26 / 47 Discussion

Robert Mondavi Wine Report, Dilution Technique

A review of the 2012 Robert Mondavi Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon describes it as a heavy, high-quality wine priced at approximately $35. An unconventional tasting technique was shared, involving diluting the wine 50/50 with cold water, which reportedly enhanced the flavor profile. This method is also suggested as a way to appear to be drinking more at cocktail parties while remaining sober.

robert mondavi· oakville· cabernet sauvignon· wine tasting· dilution

1:36:21 You've got karma. Alrighty then, figured it out. Figured it out good yeah good okay now we have Jennifer Tench and she's in Oakville and curiously I just had the 2012 Robert Mondavi Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon and I have to report on it because people say, oh you know we need some more wine reports once in a while. And I believe this is the correct answer. And that's and that is the exact voice they use? They might! I don't have them any voices but I will report this. It's very good better than...it's a little expensive at 35 bucks but it's very tasty

1:37:09 It's got a good cabernet flavor, but astonishingly and I mean astonishingly when i was finishing up the some of the clips clippage last night. I had some of this and I had half glass left And I didn't, it's kind of a heavy wine. It's a big Cabernet and I decided well you know this is kind of too much for me to just down because it's too heavy. I put, filled half 50-50 water cold water from my village. Sacrilege! I tell ya. No It was unbelievable. Huh, so you had to dilute it? That's interesting! A lot of wines actually do benefit from some dilution in fact many of them like this one I'm sure if it if you use 1 tenth of a glass and fill with water look like a full glass of wine doesn't...it gots so much color So you can do that such trick to go around cocktail parties and looks like your drinking when your not

1:38:02 This is what you do all the time. At cocktail parties, this is a known fact You watch everyone get hang- you're bringing drinks to everybody Hey! Want another drink? And you're drinking like a thimble with water I've seen you do this. Yeah, I do this and also deal with that with the soda and a college in a tonic so I'm drinking GNT man Great So it's not a bad technique if your if you're working as a journalist now which cab was this again? So I know this was the Oakville Robert Mondavi oakville 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon And I'm telling you 50% water and this wine is

1:38:40 on, but not it doesn't taste like you know there's a great cab. It is just delicious I don't know what how to describe it other than holy crap this is dynamite and what is the average price of this bottle? 35 bucks is high yeah that's a little on the high side but for but it's really only $1750 because you're getting two bottles out of the deal if you looked at it from that perspective yeah that would be what it is good Okay, I can't get the beginning of this. No way maybe I can't see Jennifer tench When they get to the word instincts I can read

CHAPTER 27 / 47 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Baby Brother Andrew

Jennifer Tench from Oakville, Ontario, donated to honor her brother Andrew's 25th birthday and his success in finding a "desk job" after university. The segment featured a "donate to No Agenda" chant and a "de-douching" for Andrew, celebrating his transition into the workforce. The hosts reminded listeners to propagate the "value for value" formula and visit the show's website for further support.

oakville· ontario· millennials· chemtrails· knighthood· value for value

1:39:16 First-time donor here, so I hope this note makes it to the right place. It did. I've scraped together Canadian dollarettes for this donation Please counter towards the eventual knighthood of my baby brother Andrew who fights his inner millennial instincts on a daily basis with a steady Nearly religious diet of no agenda Yeah He's she goes on he celebrating his 25th birthday on Monday think we have him down for the birthday call out and all he wants For his birthday is to be relieved of his douchebag status This has been the case for so many millennials. He struggled to find a job after university, she's in Ontario okay she can say it that way working in a warehouse... She is in Oakville Ontario I was talking about Oakville obviously for millennials he started to find a job working at our warehouse to make ends meet your patent did no agenda

1:40:07 Everything's patented today. Our patented No Agenda Karma gave him the boost he needed and he finally landed his first desk job this spring, he is working hard and staying humble And as his big sister I couldn't be more proud to bestow upon him His moral self-license for the year If you don't mind... What a great sister! This is a great sister Fabulous, yes Canadian sisters are all great If you don't mind, please give him a chemtrails and a donate to no agenda chant. I know he'll turn the volume up knowing they're coming Thank you so much for your sanity saving show You're more than welcome and thank you for inspiring your baby brother This is very good And he gets a de-douching at the front of that You've been D douched

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CHAPTER 28 / 47 Discussion

Private Prison Phase-Out, Justice Department Memo

The U.S. Justice Department announced it will end the use of private prisons, citing concerns over safety, security, and lack of cost savings. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued the memo, which affects 13 federal facilities but excludes immigration detention centers. While Bill Clinton recently called for prison reform, critics noted that his 1990s policies were largely responsible for the massive increase in the federal inmate population.

sally yates· justice department· private prisons· bill clinton· cca· geo group

1:43:12 Shut up, slave! Um... I saw your clip list and I would like to uh- um- uh push one of them to the foreground because i have a followup. And I'd like that you have the prison private prison overview You mind if I play this clip of yours? I have two clips actually. Okay, you might want to play them both one after the other one is private prisons overview and then the report on the CCA by the reporter from Mother Jones who actually took a job there as a prison guard Oh fantastic okay We'll play those too And then in an historic announcement The Justice Department has told the Bureau of Prisons to end the use of private

1:43:53 In a memo released yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates wrote that private prisons, quote, simply do not provide the same level of correctional services programs and resources, do not save substantially on costs and do not maintain the same level of safety and security—unquote—as facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons. This is former President Bill Clinton speaking earlier this year about the need for prison reform. We need prison reform. He will tell you. We overdid it and put in too many young non-violent offenders in jail for too long.

1:44:32 Ninety plus percent of them are in state and local facilities, but the federal government can set an example. And this is something a lot of Republicans agree with. Let these people out of jail or give them education training." That was Bill Clinton laws enacted during Clinton's presidency increased the national prison population by more than 60%. The Justice Department's directive will affect 13 federal prisons but does not mean all federal agencies will necessarily stop using private companies for detention The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement also uses the private corrections industry, and it is not included in the order. I love how Bill Clinton says we overdid it! You know what? What I like about that clip... We dialed the knob too far. Yeah. What I liked about that clip was Amy didn't let it go by without bringing up that it was Clinton largely responsible for this. I don't think network news would have done that. She kind of swallowed it but yeah

1:45:25 Yes, well it's one of those. It's like one of those thematic progressive issues yes if you're on the progressive side of Analysis you're always this is a thorn in the side of the of the Democrat Party So there's two there's two companies that provide the main commercial prison right it's correctional What is it? Corporation. Correctional Corporation of America and the other one is like W what is it? There's something like GEO, some or other... GEO or something. Yeah, GEO exactly. And I think this guy discusses that a little bit but he actually worked

1:46:01 at CCA and he has some observations. The one, the only reason I just took part of his long spiel but...I took this part because he talks about what are these guards? You know, ask him! Just ask Adam What do you think a guard-a prison guard guarding these horrible people makes an hour at CCA? An hour?! I can tell you what i think they make annually No no no, I want an hourly wage rate $13. Okay, there is a need for them at one point and their argument now is consistently been that they're saving money and this is questionable as the Department of Justice Inspector General pointed out

1:46:42 But what's important is that though, you know to look at how they're saving money. It's the main way that they save money is through staffing costs the prison that I worked at guards were paid nine dollars an hour this was Three dollars and fifty cents less than the starting pay of guards at state-run facilities medical costs You know the company at the present i worked they had to be if a sent a prisoner out for medical care they had to bear that cost so there's been no resistance is sending prisoners out of the hospital uh... they had less less mental health staff um... their word there were days that i came into work and where there were twenty four guards for fifteen hundred prisoners this is far below what their contract requires and this this problem has been found

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Prison Stock Market Volatility, Insider Trading Suspicions

Following the Justice Department's announcement, stocks for private prison companies CCA and GEO Group plummeted by over 35% in a single trading day. The timing of the announcement during active trading hours raised suspicions of insider trading or "setting up buddies" to profit from the volatility. Major investors like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Warren Buffett have historically held stakes in these corporations.

cnbc· cca· geo group· stock market· bill gates· warren buffett

1:47:29 throughout CCA's state and federal prisons. The inspector general has made reports on their audits showing that in one prison where there were riots, the riot was caused by understaffing and poor medical care." It is interesting how this story tracks beautifully alongside Orange Is The New Black Yes, that's what a lot of people have noticed. Interesting. So I of course...I read the memo and I was watching this happen because the timing of this is what really I found interesting. You know memorandum for the acting director and the bottom line on this is it really is only a reduction

1:48:16 federal prison system, the federal prisons. And the numbers boil down to changing 10,800 beds to a maximum of 3600 so it's a very slight reduction really because and I looked this up... The federal business is about for For CCA I think it's 11% and for the other guys, the GEO guys, somewhere in the same region 14 or 15%. All of their real money comes from from state prisons, which of course the Obama administration cannot change that. They are trying to lead the way and in general I'm for it but the timing of this is what bothered me a shitload if you...I went back and looked at these two stocks this Geo company and CCA

1:49:07 And they, you know this was a net well here's CNBC listen to what they said. These private prison stocks as you saw yesterday absolutely eviscerated down 35% and that was not the low of the day on 28 times average daily volume conference call I think is going to be happening companies disappointed in justices recommendation somebody said on Twitter it's rare that you see in business model adjudicated, I mean litigated, legislated out of existence in the middle of a trade. Yeah kind of one executive action really and it gets although you did have people coming in and defending the business model

1:49:45 on some level and basically saying this isn't like the revenue goes away instantly. It's not all of the federal state, federal state. This doesn't require the state contracts to break maybe it could be the start of a trend but this is specifically the federal contract with these private prisons so what the heads there on CNBC are saying is this is very interesting that you make this announcement in the middle of a trading day. And if you look at the charts for both of these stocks, they dropped down and they lost 40 50% of their value even though the rage is even though the revenue is only a small percentage I think and I've, I will be looking at the trades this week. You're not going to get anywhere? Maybe someone can help. I'd think you have to go into those bowels. Well let me finalize the thought

1:50:33 Seeing as we know the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were investors in CCA, I think Buffett is an investor in CCA. Wouldn't surprise me. This reeks of... because what happened here was people got screwed when the stock just dropped like a heartbeat and I'm pretty sure The insiders were aware of it. You're the guy who knows insider stuff the best I'm pretty sure that there must have been some covering or something must have been set up by people because this is a very, very poor form to do this in the middle of a trading day unless its some kind of emergency or unless you are setting up your buddies to make a killing

1:51:13 Well, you wouldn't make a killing on a day trade. No, I think the stock's going to recover and i think you can make a killing on the upside once people run the numbers right but there...I'm sure a signal went out saying hey this is gonna happen and these were big...i haven't looked at it, i haven't been able to find out well need to find this i bet they were big chunks of stock that flew out when this came out for some reason i was thinking to myself there was a pre-warning of this in the last few weeks, I just remember it. I never made a clip or anything but I do remember somebody saying something about this is going to happen. Oh really? Yes and i don't know why I didn't do something We should find that we should find that well okay maybe not one of those little things that you catch somewhere go oh that's interesting well that's about time those douchebags deserve what they get but then all of a sudden this happens like oh my god what did...you know I feel like flat-footed

1:52:13 I don't know. It would be interesting to see if Gates was out of it, because if that's the case this needs to be investigated. No big pieces of shares were sent out or were sold before this news But it's odd. It's really odd. With any big shorts, that's where the real giveaway is or somebody may have bought some puts. Ask Horowitz. Horowitz will probably know some of it. Yeah I'm sure he'll come up on the next show because we... He's always looking at scans and sort of crazy stuff Because it's really you know The drop-off had to have been huge

1:52:55 Huge amounts of stock being thrown out into the pool and maybe some short squeeze or something I don't know there's some sort of squeezes when the stock goes up Okay, and it wasn't that was it no. No maybe that'll still come People well a little that seems to me that the shorts sales are probably covered So probably won't be just a lot of short interest so I don't think so anyway that that to mean was interesting That happened in the middle of a trading day Yeah, yeah I felt the same way. I'm glad you got that CNBC clip well They were surprised by two and that's really what turned me on to it I have a kind of an off-the-wall It's kind of a standalone clip that might be interesting because it's talking about the About the it's a little it's like it's like a new intro. It's like reintroducing the WikiLeaks story on the DNC Mm-hmm fun on Russia today mm-hmm except To do the kicker

CHAPTER 30 / 47 Discussion

Ray McGovern, DNC Leak Diversion Tactics

Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern discussed the Democratic National Committee's efforts to blame Russia for the WikiLeaks email releases. McGovern characterized the strategy as a diversion to shift focus away from the fact that the nomination was stolen from Bernie Sanders. He coined terms like the "Putin Bashing Team" (PBT) and "Assange Bashing Team" (ABT) to describe the coordinated propaganda efforts by the Clinton campaign.

ray mcgovern· cia· wikileaks· julian assange· vladimir putin· bernie sanders

1:53:56 because they're blaming the Russians and everything to do the kicker. They brought in one of my favorite guys who likes to talk forever, the ex CIA guy Ray McGovern Oh yeah, we've played him before. Yeah Ray McGovern is this cynical ex-CIA guy who thinks everything's hilarious and is like wow you expected this from these guys he's very...and he's always on the money and this is his as a CIA analyst and you can kind of see his analyzing According to WikiLeaks I'm sorry, no. You can kind of see him analyzing and coming to conclusions that are just pretty obvious to us and most of our listeners but he puts it in a very more humorous way According to WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange there is absolutely no proof of Russian involvement in the leaks Well there's no proof whatsoever

1:54:47 We have not disclosed our source. And, of course, this is a diversion that's being pushed by the Hillary Clinton campaign." Now next there were calls for new sanctions against Russia to punish Russia for the leaks even though there is no real proof of Russian involvement and the contents were 100% true. U.S officials are discussing whether to respond to computer breaches of Democratic Party organizations with economic sanctions against Russia but they haven't reached a decision about how to proceed. Levying sanctions would require the White House to publicly accuse Russia." And now, the icing on the cake... Writing in Forbes magazine an expert from NATO's Strategic Defense Journal is calling for Obama to strike back hard and hack the Russians in retaliation. Joining us here in the newsroom is Raymond Governe. Perhaps he can help us understand how exactly we got here.

1:55:38 candidate who was just about to be nominated stole the nomination from Bernie Sanders. What is Hillary Clinton, what are the Democratic people on that national committee going to do? Well first thing they did was fire their top four people and then they said we're gonna blame this on them! We got a divert attention from this because it shows that Hillary is the illegitimate candidate now. They convened their little propaganda team and the PBT, which is the Putin bashing team said... Wait a minute what did he call that?

1:56:17 The PBT, the Putin bashing team. Their little propaganda team and the PBT which is the Putin bashing team said we got an idea let's blame it on Putin! And they said well yeah but it wasn't Putin it was Julian Assange and then the ABT the Assange bashing team spoke up as if we can say that Putin gave it to Assange and we get a twofer that way. Okay, hey there three-fer! We distract attention, we bash Putin and we bash Assange let's go with it! Elections are being rigged emails show all kinds of foul play in corruption

1:57:00 That's great. I'm gonna give you a borderline for that, that was pretty good. If only because he said poutine the whole time! That was good. Which is a French fry dish up in Canada, I believe... I like the poutine! Oh hey have you been watching the Olympics at all? Yes and i do have an Olympic report Okay, I'd love to hear your Olympic report and then I have some comments where are your Well, my Olympic... do I have it written down? I think it may be. Oh wait! My Olympic report is not in clips It's only in comments. Let's talk about this what I wanted to talk about it. I have it under the red book first of all There's a couple things I noticed and I know you want to talk about the swimmer. I'm sure no No, good. We don't need to talk about that. No, no, let's talk about this take that back I'm sorry. I watched fencing

CHAPTER 31 / 47 Discussion

Olympic Fencing Etiquette, Women's Field Hockey

Observations from the Rio Olympics highlighted a perceived decline in fencing etiquette, with athletes engaging in excessive "fist-pumping" and celebration. A former Dutch youth fencing champion noted that such behavior was traditionally frowned upon in the "gentleman's sport." Additionally, women's field hockey was praised as an underrated spectator sport, specifically noting the final match between Great Britain and the Netherlands.

olympics· fencing· sportsmanship· field hockey· netherlands· rio 2016

1:57:52 You know I was a champion in fencing. Yeah, I know you were yeah And so i'm watching fencing that I want to just make a commentary here I'm watching fence fences the Americans versus somebody and So the American this guy's just kicking the American guys kick an ass and he gets it gets like why not how many points supposed? To get but he gets a point and then his fist pumping whoa and he's jumping up and down He's friend making a big he got a fucking point okay, so he's back again pops the guy oh Oh, oh yeah! He gets off the thing. He does a dance he wiggles his knees. He's jumping up and down." I'm saying wow this is unbelievable these Americans are like douchebags Yes Then i watched the Russians go off against somebody same thing it's like all these fencers are douchebags I had no idea Well let me tell you something um...I was quite good as uh in the youth brigade In The Netherlands uh Maeter van Oeveren is the one who

1:58:48 who mastered me in fencing, and I won a Dutch championship when I was 12 or 13. It was good because you can be kind of an unreasonably uncoordinated person with lanky long arms but you have some advantage so you can do pretty well. frowned upon and not done. If you made a point or one, you did not do that. There's a gentleman's code in fancy where there was I don't know what happened to have him follow the Ukrainians versus the Russians. I have not followed as this same thing it was considered bad form it is you know there's a lot of official stuff but you know that it's all in French the way they start fist pump

1:59:29 screaming. This was not done down dropping down like lowering get into a squat position putting both hands and fists and like low and not done I'm very disappointed in my sport well that's the whole sports that was doing this and i know it's the Americans, I'm sure of it. I don't like started I don't like at all Well, too bad. Of course I watched my favorite sport which is the most underrated spectator sport in the world which if i had my druthers would be in prime time and that of course is women's field hockey because man is that sexy! That is a sexy ass game to watch and it was the Brits versus the Dutch so my two favorite teams

2:00:12 I think the Dutch got robbed in the final shootout, but man. I just love seeing those little... with the little skirts that pop up when they're running around. Oh! It's-I'm telling you this is a great sport and it needs to be promoted more. It really does. It would be great. Yeah by Herbert the pervert. Hey! The number one spectator sport is NASCAR, but people want to watch crashes. I mean what's worse? Yes they do! That's the only reason they go. Now as a follow-on to this... As i saw began many of our Olympians not

CHAPTER 32 / 47 Discussion

US Flag Code, History of the Bellamy Salute

The U.S. Flag Code was formally adopted in 1942 to change the way Americans saluted the flag during the National Anthem. Previously, the "Bellamy Salute" involved an outstretched arm with the palm down, which was abandoned after it was adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany. Historical photos from the Library of Congress show American schoolchildren using the salute prior to the legislative change.

flag code· pledge of allegiance· adolf hitler· bellamy salute· 1942· library of congress

2:00:48 adhering to the US code of the flag and holding their hand over their heart. I was gonna say this, yep! I noticed that in fact a guy who won shot put big giant guy yeah and his buddy who came in third they were both standing on the podium looking at the flag neither one of them putting their hand into proper position that I didn't even know about until you actually looked it up well I have this legal code I have follow-up to this Why did this code come into play? Why was this code put in the law books when did this happen? I'm guessing because of those characters in the 60's, those Black Panther guys who stuck their fist up in the air during them During the thing. No no The US flag code dates back a little further than that to 1942 and here's why

2:01:39 It was in all schools in the United States and apparently also, I don't know if they were doing it... Oh right! I saw this photo. This- The way you were supposed to address the flag was when the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem You would turn towards the flag Hold your hand out straight with your palm down. Yeah, Hitler! It's the Hitler salute and when Hitler started to use this salute in the US he went... let's change this and then in 1942 the code of the flag was put into law I think we got jobbed so now they stole our salute

2:02:25 Because that was apparently the salute in the 20s and 30s. And the Hitler groups, they started doing this to an extreme yelling at Heil Hitler. Instead of saying wait a minute... Hey you can't steal our heil! So we just, we caved. I thought that was fantastic! If you do that to the flag today somebody would hit you in the back of the head Yeah there's a great picture in The Show Notes Of children saluting the flag in 1915 It comes from the Library of Congress It's like a bunch of little Hitlerjugend. Yeah, that's funny! It's fantastic how these... you know this is great history that no one ever drags up No one talks about anything. The people today are not educated in any real sense. Speaking of that

CHAPTER 33 / 47 Discussion

Michio Kaku, H-1B Visa Shilling Allegations

Physicist Michio Kaku claimed that the American scientific establishment would collapse without the H-1B visa program, calling it a "secret weapon." Critics, including Professor Norm Matloff, argue that Kaku is shilling for Silicon Valley tech companies that use the program to depress wages for American coders. While Donald Trump has vowed to end the H-1B program, the tech industry continues to lobby for its expansion despite claims of a domestic talent shortage.

michio kaku· h-1b visa· silicon valley· education system· donald trump· norm matloff

2:03:15 I think you might have seen this video. Not that we knew this, but go on... Well there was a question and answer thing somewhere with the Michio Kaku? You know this is the scientist... Oh that white haired guy? Yeah who always shows up and says climate change is real! And he's a character He's more interesting to me than Neil deGrasse Tyson for sure And he was on a panel and he just went off, talk about pet peeve of the day. He went off on the American education system in something I believe is pertinent and important to this current election depending on how things will go and what the policies will be. Science is the engine of prosperity

2:03:55 from steam power to electricity, to the laser, to the transistor, to the computer. However, the information revolution has a weakness and that weakness is precisely the educational system The United States has the worst educational system known to science Our graduates compete regularly at the level of third world countries. So how come the scientific establishment of United States doesn't collapse? If we're producing a generation of dummies, if this stupid index of America keeps rising every year just watch network television and reality shows right? How come the scientific establishment of United States doesn't collapse? Let me tell you something some of you may not know this America has a secret weapon That secret weapon is the H1B.

2:04:40 Without the h1b the scientific establishment of this country would collapse Forget about Google forget about Silicon Valley There would be no Silicon Valley without without the H 1B and you know what the H 1 B is it's the genius visa Okay, huh? You realize that I had a stage 50% of all PhD candidates are foreign-born at my system one of the biggest in the United States 100 percent of the Phd candidates are foreign born The United States is a magnet. What? Duh! An H-1B is for foreign born people so 100% of them would be foreign born, what do they get to give one to you?!

2:05:22 Okay? You realize that in the United States, 50% of all PhD candidates are foreign-born. He says PhD candidates not H1Z1. No no keep listening he says it! 50 percent of all PhD candidates are foreign born at my system one of the biggest in the United States 100 percent Of the PhD candidates are foreign born Oh nice H1Z1 No, no I said something different there Foreign born The United States is a magnet sucking up all the brains of the world but now their brains are going back They're going back to China. They're going back to India and people are saying, oh my God! There's a Silicon Valley in India now Oh My God there is a Silicon Valley in China Duh! Where did it come from?

2:06:03 It came from the United States. So don't tell me that science isn't the engine of prosperity, you remove the H-1B visa and you collapse the economy! In Wall Street Journal editorialized against a congressman who wanted to ban the H-1B saying they'll take jobs away from American people The Wall Street Journal said look there are no Americans Who can take these jobs? These are at the highest level of high technology. They don't take away jobs from Americans, they create entire industries! And so that's why we have an Achilles heel and that is the educational system I think we should trade this guy out no matter what This is the litany you hear in Silicon Valley constantly There was a professor up at UC Davis who has debunked this bull crap for years decades I used to have him on The Silicon Spin show

2:06:54 I can't remember his name. Good, good! It's okay you tell us, i'm looking forward to the definition. Yeah yeah he is H-1B UC Davis He's up at UC Davis professor and he's always been bitching and moaning about this it's a way to save money on labor An h-1b guy coming in from India will work for half the price of an American coder who can do the exact same job And there are plenty of people unemployed coders especially as they get older Because of the ages I prefer software developer to coder. I think that's a little nicer. I don't care And the point is, is that these guys come in and they take these jobs. They get paid a lot less and that's the reason for the H-1B now there's yes it's true There's a lot of guys coming into get PhDs and maybe in some places like a dominant number of them Cal Berkeley perhaps most more Chinese and they go back because a lot...there's not a lot of jobs here for PhDs because we're in a depression so they go back to China Maybe they'll come back

2:07:53 I don't know. I think a lot of these generalities are not valid now the idea that these guys are coming over here, he doesn't bring this up that is that these guys are coming over here to exploit the system and then go back to their home countries He never mentions that as a possibility That does happen there are people who might do that but no just don't mention that And how about encouraging more Americans or maybe lowering the fees to universities you know, the poverty addressing poverty getting kids ready to go to these universes and then some kids have got the brains and they haven't got the money. It costs $70 000 a year generally speaking to go to one of these schools any of them right? And I mean this is nuts! I'm just annoyed by this sort of... it's very it's almost like reverse

2:08:45 xenophobia. Well, what he's doing I'm looking now to find the guy's name, find him? But I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for now. Looking at Michu Kaku's Wikipedia page. He must be consulting or working for some Silicon Valley companies for him to be on this. Oh yeah of course he is a Harvard alumnus. He is in San Jose. This guy IS Silicon Valley! So he's shilling on behalf of the tech companies to keep the... because I think, was it Trump who said that he wants to do away with H1Bs? I don't think he has ever said that. I think he is bitched about it and I think he bitches about everything but I don't think that he has ever said he wants to do away with them. I mean there are legitimate reasons to have a... March 10th

2:09:34 Trump vows to end H-1B visa program. I was in the debate, that's right he mentioned it in the debates. Okay you're right, I missed it somehow thought I'd noticed that So this guy is a shill of course Of course he's a shill Surprise surprise There's so much money to be made exploiting the worldwide talent Children! It's children face it The children...I have another depression era signal one that we missed Oh, so what do we have now? We had caught another one just the other day. What was that I can't remember it was something to do went back and forth on the tweeters about it Norm Matloff is the guy you want to look up everyone out there professor norm matloff M A T L O F F and he's got an h1b web page dedicated to these things I'll put in the show notes yeah good

CHAPTER 35 / 47 Discussion

Crimea Referendum, State Department Narrative Dispute

State Department spokesman John Kirby reiterated that the U.S. does not recognize the "occupation" of Crimea, claiming Russia invaded the territory. However, historical context shows that the transition occurred following a public referendum where the majority-Russian population voted to join the Russian Federation. The narrative of a "barrel of a gun" invasion is disputed by those who point to the lack of shots fired during the transition.

crimea· ukraine· john kirby· vladimir putin· referendum· minsk agreement

2:12:29 I don't know about that. There anyway, it's right there it says subject Ukraine We know that the Russians have been beefing up their military presence along the border We know that President Putin is in Crimea today which Russia invaded two years ago What does the US think President Putin is up to? And what is the US prepared to do if the Russians do go into Ukraine? Obviously, increased military activity along the border. Let's just stop there! They didn't invade Crimea... Keep going, because that's the point I'm gonna make. Yeah okay iIm sorry. No it's okay. Do go into Ukraine! Obviously increased military activity along the border is not going to be helpful to creating a secure future here and getting us past the tensions and towards a full implementation of Minsk now the Russians have committed to Minsk implementation we obviously want to see all sides contribute to that in a meaningful way

2:13:29 It means pulling back the forces. It means allowing for monitors to go in, allowing for local elections and we aren't there yet and the secretary routinely discusses this with Foreign Minister Lavrov that's the outcome that we want to see on Crimea We do not recognize The occupation of Crimea is part of Ukraine And we have said long ago you can't redraw the borders on a map of Europe through the barrel of a gun Well, you nailed it right away. And I think this was scripted! I don't think she wrote that. Invaded Crimea? You can't do it by a barrel of gun? How is Crimea hooked to Russia? Were they invaded? Was there a barrel of a gun involved? No. It was an election

2:14:18 It was a referendum. A referendum, they had a huge referendum during this... well all hell is breaking loose there that we had instigated and the Crimean people said which were mostly Russians anyway they just signed on to Russia said screw it we're not gonna be involved in this and they did it by vote! Was a gun fired? Well this fits into slamming Donald Trump about Russia going to Crimea. Somehow everyone's laughing at him saying that, saying oh I'll never let the Russians go into Crimea but they already invaded Ukraine! No they didn't there was no invasion now that brings me to another point if you're gonna bring up Trump

CHAPTER 37 / 47 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Global Producer Contributions

The show concludes its knighting ceremony for Sir Peter of the Inner West and Sir Angelic Knight, acknowledging their $1,000 contributions. Producers from Australia, Switzerland, and across the U.S. were thanked for their donations, with many requesting "job karma" or "building karma." The hosts highlighted the story of a producer in Lake County who donated despite losing his home in a wildfire, using it to encourage other "freeloaders" to support the show.

angelic knight· peter of the inner west· australia· lake county· switzerland· karma

2:19:53 It's a real problem. It's actually the people scamming scammers, of course people take advantage of it But yeah The intent is pretty good anonymous again 199 92 in Westport Connecticut and he's completing Completing the angelic knighthood for the anonymous brother Oh hold on a second so Okay well So there should it should be a thing there for anonymous or the angelic knighthood No There's not but I'll put it on here now For his anonymous brother has no electronic fingerprints but knows all your analysis reflects his own experience. What does that tell us? He works in an interesting place Yeah, he works in an interesting place Sir Angelic Knight I guess Okay Well it wasn't on the list so I'll put it on now That makes sense All right Good good good

2:20:46 Okay, well as long as he keeps... make sure if you by the way I want to tell this other anonymous brother that when giving us the money yeah that if he finds out we're horribly wrong about something let him know. See if you can pass it along please and then will reanalyze. Please please Peter Hawk or Hauk in Highland Hill, Australia at 12345. He has something here he's also going to be a knight it looks like yes he's been a listener since episode one so the show still makes him think and smile I'm proud really i mean i don't even recommend anyone listening to that do you guys will you think

2:21:30 I am proud to take part in contributing as a producer. I have the title of it, like to be known as Peter Of The Inner West. Okay? And he wants a shout out to Sir Snorkel. Hey! Sir Snorkel! Alright, the ceremony coming up thank you Michael Schumacher Baron of Lake County in Kelseyville And he actually has a note too. Yeah, it says I'm a dude named Ben. I was a couple of episodes behind due to a major server upgrade project. I'm caught up with no agenda again on show 851 one of your producers and a brewing buddy in my protectorate of Lake County Scott Serena donated $100. You know this is not an astronomical amount but this dude lost his home and all of his possessions last fall in Lake County's Valley Fire if a man with the home that hasn't been rebuilt yet can donate 100 bucks

2:22:16 You douchebags, you know who you are. I can fork over a few bucks to help support the best podcast in the universe like Scott. He inspired me to throw a few bucks this week as well. Carmen and my buddy Scott and to you gentlemen F all your freeloaders." Okay comes from the baron of Lake County. Not our words. Yeah he knows what he's talking about. Von Glitschke in Salem Oregon $100. Also sir I believe? Yes sir von yes it is sir I corrected a friend who misused the term bigot and he said i was wrong. I pulled up the definition and it stunned him! I know, words matter people yeah people don't know what anything means you just say it

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2:23:49 And then that's our only boob people. Bill Cameron in Charlotte, North Carolina 69-69 along with Sir Kevin McLaughlin in Locusts, North Carolina People trying to bring it back is not going to happen Nah this is a lost cause That's because we lost our girl The original! Yeah the original She used to have no agenda on her butt When she was running marathons We remember everything. A Black Knight Searched Inside Jobs there in Seattle, Washington 6666 Scott McKenzie and Wilmslow Cheshire Great Britain 5670 This is Scott who said this is your share of the royalties for sales of The Boy with Involuntary Social Network Disorder available as a giblet on Amazon. That's nice. It's good. Very fun book

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2:26:18 This is from Scott. Hi Adam, a very special karmic favorite ask I've donated five dollars here and there in the past. I'm legally blind barely getting by on social insecurity my eight-year old cat George Kudos if you know why his sister's name is Gracie Yeah We had old people like us know that had some pieces of ribbon in his stomach It seems he's doing better after vomiting them up a bit but some magical no agenda karma could help. I've already budgeted $10 for a September donation, thank you very much Scott Maxwell." Of course! Of course we do care about cats here and from Joe great show Thursday as always John's clip about the mass cremations in Germany was in fact hysterical. I hit several co-workers in the mouth after finding your show deep in the comments section on Reddit years back. You sincerely keep me sane there are four additional listeners

2:27:04 There are four additional listeners thanks to yours truly and while two are douchebags to date, I know that you have uh...that you two have recurring donations year-to-date of given just about a hundred dollars. Unfortunately shortly after setting up my renewing $4 donation i was removed from my position forcefully? I wonder Worry not the donation will remain however I need any jobs karma you can send my way either live or in the back of your mind as you hit the jingle. Hunting for a new sales gig at the moment, please send love light and everything else you can You remain a bastion freedom and consistency in a world of corruption and greed Thank you for everything you do Just wanted to bring those highlight those two because we don't usually talk about anything under $50 typically for reasons of anonymity But a nice list today thank y'all very much it's highly appreciated

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Birthday Call-outs, No Agenda Roundtable

Birthday wishes were extended to Andrew Tench and Cory Cotton as they celebrated their 25th and 45th birthdays, respectively. The newly dubbed knights were welcomed to the "No Agenda Roundtable," a symbolic club for high-level donors. The hosts provided a humorous list of "benefits" for the new knights and encouraged them to submit their information to the show's database.

jennifer tench· cory cotton· knighthood· hookers and blow· chardonnay

2:27:50 That's what you say. Yeah, it is we really appreciate it and we'll have another opportunity for to support the show on Thursday. Dvorak dot org slash n a jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs You've got karma. All righty, and karma everyone else needed it's there for you Just a quickie list today we got Jennifer Tent saying happy birthday to her baby brother Andrew He turns 25 on the 22nd and Cory Cotton turns 45 on the 22nd as well We say happy birthday to you from all your buddies here at The Best Podcast in the Universe I Got mine

2:28:41 And I got yours, good. Peter Hawk step on up please along with the anonymous brother if you don't mind both of you have now entered into the exclusive club known as The Roundtable Of The Knights and The Dames it is indeed the Noah Jenner round table because of your contribution to the amount of $1,000 or more and i'm hereby proud to pronounce to Kate thee Sir Peter of the Inner West and Sir Angelic Knight. Both of you, Knights of the Noah Jenna Round Table that means you can benefit from our hookers and blow rent boys in Chardonnay mangoes and filet mignon cookies and vodka tacos at the Kia kilts and kilter lift ale mess sluts a moonshine Legos and leg warmers breast milk and pablum ginger ale and gerbils bong hits and bourbon or mutton and mead for you at no agenda nation comm slash rings

2:29:30 Give Eric the show all of your information and he'll get it right off to you. I wonder what level, what do you do when you have no like the agent who has no digital fingerprint? That's not an analyst! No that's a spook Yeah big time Yes it's been awhile Second half of show. It should be interesting, but I have two stories first rule yeah the first one is this? But I don't know if you saw this video from CERN

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CERN Satanic Ritual, Chinese Quantum Satellite

A viral video appearing to show a satanic human sacrifice at CERN headquarters was dismissed by the organization as a "prank" by researchers with security clearance. Meanwhile, China successfully launched a quantum communication satellite, with state media suggesting future applications could include the physical teleportation of objects. These stories highlight the intersection of high-level science and public perception or "spooky" speculation.

cern· hadron collider· satanic ritual· china· quantum satellite· teleportation

2:30:15 The large Hadron Collider. This is about the weasel? This is about the human sacrifice, the... Oh yeah right! Yes I did see this so that you have some stunned that you actually brought this into the show but okay well what I like about it Is that it was filmed at CERN headquarters they get this real spooky kind of satanic ritual Right And they really sacrifice anybody we don't think well, you know not that we know of but CERN says well You know this this was filmed on our in our facilities and these are people with security clearance But it was just a prank. Just the joke Oh, so your take your thing and more you're thinking there's is just the cover-up

2:30:58 For the satanic cult that runs CERN. Something happened, yeah why would you do this? If the number one thing about criticism of the Large Hadron Collider is it's going to suck us into a black hole... We're all gonna die. ...we're all gonna die, satanic stuff and then you make that spoof video? Nah I don't know. A little too much for me. Well there may be somebody there with an Tense sense of humor. Well, maybe we should bring up this one then this is a true report It's real it's real everybody Chinese this week launched something called the quantum communication satellite and basically it's It's the ability to conduct communications without the physical transfer of electrons

2:31:45 and I'm not too clear on all the physics involved but it involves the use of subatomic particles. They were said to be ready to use this for communications, and then Xinhua, the official state-run Chinese news agency said that future applications could include some type of physical teleportation of physical objects as we saw in Star Trek. Nice! Ha ha! Those Chinas, man. I can't wait to see that thing in action. They have a transporter satellite. You know it's another story heard kind of parts of this one and i just thought...I think there's a lot of missing information here It's a communication satellite all right? To spy on something Always always always. Maybe it's to promote the new Star Trek movie That wouldn't surprise me either Is there is a new one coming up or not

2:32:41 It just came and went. There's a new Star Wars coming out, sooner than you'd expect if it was George Lucas' whole operation but the Disney guys know how to milk it. They're going to get these things out of the way as fast as they can. Well I've got a story that is not nuts but its interesting. Apparently Sky News reported that there are a bunch of Russian soldiers who came into Ukraine to cause trouble And so they had this guy, they brought a soldier on and he talked about it. It was big story didn't get any traction in any place but Sky News. RT was irked about this so they investigated and found the actor! A Russian actor! An actual actor not a good actor, an actual theatrical actor! Yes

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Sky News Actor, Russian Mercenary Report

RT exposed a Sky News report about Russian mercenaries in Syria as a fabrication involving a professional actor named Alexander Agapov. Agapov secretly recorded his interview process, revealing he was coached to pretend he had served in a private military company. The incident is cited as an example of Western media outlets using theatrical techniques to create anti-Russian propaganda.

sky news· rt· alexander agapov· syria· mercenaries· propaganda

2:33:32 All right, bless you. Excuse me? We play this one so play the yeah This is just a clip from it because there's very long report and then the RT got so carried away because the actor got suspicious and decided to tape his job interview and so the Russia Today guys were so into this, well they did take it to voice analysis to make sure he wasn't a phony on the second level but I didn't care. This is just basically the story. We decided to dig deeper into the whole story first we contacted Sky ourselves to ask if they'd really used actors in their piece on Russian mercenaries but we received no reply specifically commenting on the allegation

2:34:17 I even asked for clarification on social media, both from Sky and correspondent John Sparks and received no answer. We then got in touch with the star of the NTV report Alexander Agapov to check his side of the story. They said we have this information you simply need to prepare yourself based on this information and make out that you were in the military in Syria in service a private company Well, Alexander said he'd been told the script was for a film. He may even land a role in Hollywood for example but once he became suspicious he decided to record the whole conversation secretly toward any misunderstandings. He was definitely a hired actor not a hired gun returning from Syria let's take a listen. Hundreds of Wagner fighters have died in Syria where are

2:35:11 the grieving families. Where are other people who have lost their loved ones? This I don't understand." Of course, all this exists! We just see one or two people at a time... The rest can't even reach their families… Who will let them? My son died in Syria. Wow! That was just him rehearsing. Yeah So that's yeah, okay. Well now we understand sky news Like we didn't understand them already no We always understood him so I've got a clip that apparently well. I think a big news story that Maybe not discussed But we will now as I guess the UN came out and said that they did cause cholera Yeah, yeah in Haiti. Yeah here's the Haiti cholera from Deutsche Vella oh

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UN Cholera Admission, South Sudan Abuse

The United Nations finally acknowledged its role in the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti, which killed over 9,000 people and infected 800,000. Despite the admission, the UN maintains legal immunity from billions of dollars in damages sought in federal court. Simultaneously, UN peacekeepers in South Sudan are under investigation for failing to prevent the gang-rape of civilians and the execution of a journalist during a hotel raid.

united nations· haiti· cholera· ban ki-moon· south sudan· peacekeepers

2:36:01 Is that the first one the U.N. admits or follow-up? The U.N. admits, I guess. Yeah. The office of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that the U.N. played a role in a cholera epidemic that killed more than 9000 people. The UN said it would issue a new set of responses to the outbreak in next two months. UN peacekeepers are accused of negligently bringing cholera to Haiti during their deployment following the 2010 Haitian earthquake A lawsuit in U.S. federal court seeks billions in damages for the victims. Banking man's admission does not change the UN's stance it has legal immunity under a 1946 convention." Yeah, notice this comes right at the moment when there is a lot of pressure on The Clinton Foundation and their dealings with Haiti

2:36:47 It almost seems like someone dude. Will you please please do something can't do something That's what I feel follow-up Meanwhile, in South Sudan the UN is launching an investigation into allegations that UN peacekeepers did not attempt to prevent multiple cases of abuse and sexual violence against civilians. Last month troops fighting on behalf of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir went on a nearly hour rampage through a hotel compound frequented by foreign aid workers. Witnesses say civilians were gang-raped and a journalist was executed in the attack. Several witnesses told The Associated Press that U.N. peacekeepers stationed nearby did nothing to stop the violence, despite pleas for assistance from those inside the compound.

2:37:38 Yeah, there you go. There's your U-end at work now I just have a had the same thing about Haiti This is Haiti cholera DW this is another clip because I think they there's a little fact in here that I think you'd think That democracy now would have at least mentioned The United Nations has admitted for the first time that it played a role in Haiti's cholera outbreak in 2010. Researchers say that poorly treated sewage from a base used by UN peacekeepers was the source of the disease. Haiti's government says around 800,000 people have been infected almost 10,000 have died. I think ten thousand dead might be an interesting factoid

2:38:22 Yeah, I'll say. Also 800 thousand infected and the source was not the cesspool the source was their guys yeah what their guy's came in and that gets it that's the source yeah but to say is a true source that's the source yeah there's ground zero now now i have a UN ISO here and i don't know what it is okay are you ready three two one The U.N said it would issue a new set of responses to the outbreak in the next 2 months Okay, now I know why I clipped that. What did she say? There will be some report in the next two months. What she said was they're going to reject a report in two months. The UN said it would issue a new set of responses to the outbreak in the next 2 months. Yeah you think she said issue where I think she said issue

2:39:15 I thought it was issue, but I listened to her. This is over and over as she said a shoe the UN said it would issue a new set now is you. It's just her talking here. Here if you it's her time. Yeah well you're probably right in the context of the thing but she said a shoe sounded like a shoe don't throw that show me a shoe well let's just stick with politics for moment I do have a few shorty clips that are worth playing, I believe. Hillary Clinton once again pushing Blaine for her email usage the way she used the server and email etc saying well you know Colin Powell

2:39:56 I love this. NBC jumped on that one. To politics now, sources tell NBC News that Hillary Clinton told the FBI that former Secretary of State Colin Powell recommended that she use a private email account for unclassified communication. Clinton says Powell made this suggestion both at a dinner party shortly after Clinton took over at the State Department in 2009 and also in an email exchange around the same time. Sources say that Clinton gave that account to investigators last month." Now, it was interesting the way that was worded at the end when sources say Clinton gave that account to FBI investigators last month... That account of that happening or did she turn over some email account? You know, that-that was a tad confusing I believe is just the story that she told

CHAPTER 42 / 47 Discussion

Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell Email Defense

Hillary Clinton reportedly told the FBI that former Secretary of State Colin Powell advised her to use a private email account, a claim Powell says he has no recollection of. In a separate political gaffe, Vice President Joe Biden publicly stated that the U.S. wrote Japan's constitution to prevent them from becoming a nuclear power. Biden's comments caused diplomatic friction, as such historical details are rarely acknowledged so bluntly by high-ranking officials.

hillary clinton· colin powell· fbi· joe biden· japan· constitution

2:39:15 I thought it was issue, but I listened to her. This is over and over as she said a shoe the UN said it would issue a new set now is you. It's just her talking here. Here if you it's her time. Yeah well you're probably right in the context of the thing but she said a shoe sounded like a shoe don't throw that show me a shoe well let's just stick with politics for moment I do have a few shorty clips that are worth playing, I believe. Hillary Clinton once again pushing Blaine for her email usage the way she used the server and email etc saying well you know Colin Powell

2:39:56 I love this. NBC jumped on that one. To politics now, sources tell NBC News that Hillary Clinton told the FBI that former Secretary of State Colin Powell recommended that she use a private email account for unclassified communication. Clinton says Powell made this suggestion both at a dinner party shortly after Clinton took over at the State Department in 2009 and also in an email exchange around the same time. Sources say that Clinton gave that account to investigators last month." Now, it was interesting the way that was worded at the end when sources say Clinton gave that account to FBI investigators last month... That account of that happening or did she turn over some email account? You know, that-that was a tad confusing I believe is just the story that she told

2:40:42 Sadly, Colin Powell doesn't quite agree. All this as new details are emerging on Mrs Clinton's controversial email server The New York Times reporting that she told the FBI it was Colin Powell her predecessor at the State Department who advised her to use personal email The Times cites an excerpt from Joe Connison's new book about Bill Clinton saying that at a 2009 dinner party hosted by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Powell recommended Clinton use her own email as he had done except for classified communications which he had sent and received via a state department computer. Today, Powell's office responding in a statement that he had no recollection of such a conversation but did write Clinton a memo regarding his use of personal AOL account saying at the time there was no equivalent system within the department. He used a secure state computer on his desk to manage classified information." Yeah okay now

2:41:37 You got to be careful with saying that stuff to the FBI. Maybe that's why it was put in there, that she had given out account that she told that information to FBI investigators. You can't lie to the FBI under oath and if Colin Powell was saying no I didn't tell her to do that could be problematic. Well you know what bothers me about this report in that particular example? Colin Powell is not her predecessor per se true It was kind of Lisa Rice. The twerp yeah No, she's not the twerp. She's a twerp? No she is not a twerp. She is not that short. Oh! Okay. Connalisa Rice you think is short? I think she's short yeah. I don't think so. Okay... And she's not who we call the twerp. No but- Thirty degrees. Oops wrong one. I'm looking, I'm looking, I'm looking. They'd- she's 61 is all I get there's no height Let me see what I can find

2:42:37 5'8". Oh, you're right. She's not a twerp. Yeah she's not a twerp at all. Madeline Albright! Wow 4'10"! Oh there she... yeah You can get a parking pass with that. You're technically invalid Beautiful So I find that annoying that they put Colin Powell out there as her predecessor and they just throw that out so he came right before her Yeah it's good point Uncle Joe made a boo-boo which has Japan up in arms And I didn't catch it. Actually, I heard this speech in the car when he was shilling for Hillary. How'd you catch it if you didn't catch it? Well, I didn't catch it when I was listening but then someone said did you catch this and I said no I didn't catch it

2:43:24 And here it is. In the meantime, he talks cavalierly about encouraging other nations as Hillary pointed out to develop nuclear weapons as if a nuclear war is some trivial affair Does he not understand we wrote Japan's constitution to say they could not be a nuclear power? Where was he when in school? Uh, Ruh-roh! This this is one of those things that we don't really talk about too much that after the Second World War, it's long been rumored that we pretty much wrote Japan's constitution. And here is Uncle Joe not just confirming it but saying that apparently it's taught in school if you attend school

2:44:05 that, you know... because they did have a constitutional ruling in there says no nuclear weapons. Which of course was because we were going to provide and we have, we're gonna provide the protection and all nukes and anything else you need and the Prime Minister recently changed this so that they can have those weapons but for Joe to say that on public forum has it's like hmmm.... You don't really not supposed to do that! The Japanese don't like this face losing stuff That's a good one. I thought that was pretty funny and but then to say like this is taught in schools, uh No, I don't think so. I'd never heard this because I've never heard anyone talk about it publicly It certainly wasn't taught in school. No definitely not taught the school The campaign manager for Hillary Clinton What does it Benenson? I think his name he got grilled drilled

CHAPTER 43 / 47 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Health, Media Coverage Bias

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Joel Benenson, dismissed questions about the candidate's health as "ludicrous" during an interview with Andrea Mitchell. Despite viral videos of Clinton slipping or appearing to need assistance, the campaign maintains she is medically fit. Comparisons are drawn to the media's historical treatment of Republican figures like Gerald Ford and Dan Quayle, who were often portrayed as physically or mentally inept.

hillary clinton· andrea mitchell· dr. drew· secret service· gerald ford· dan quayle

2:45:03 By Andrea Mitchell of all people. You didn't get slammed? No, drilled! Grilled! by Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC regarding Hillary Clinton's health. Now we have a lot of things that are going on and also particularly the choice of medication that was slammed by Dr Drew, a lot of producers wrote in and said no this is actually exactly the right prescription for her because you can reverse the collaguation issue if you stop taking the old school stuff but not with the new stuff if So there's clearly stuff wrong with her, medically. And this is how the campaign responds to these and I think Andrea went pretty deep actually in a certain point you hear this long pause where she just like... They've also been showing on social media and on Fox TV and elsewhere images of her shaking her head vigorously of slipping they say being helped up by a Secret Service agent

2:46:06 And then there's an incident that they keep showing of her supposedly being injected with some sort of medication. What is the rebuttal to- That's not true, you don't see that, you see the guy holding it. We've never seen that! No, that's bullcrap. What is the rebuttal to those allegations? Particularly the injection Those things do not even rise to a level of rebuttal They're ludicrous, they're ridiculous, they trumped up allegations This was ICE on them Oh man, you caught me. Those things don't even rise to a level of rebuttal! Well let's do it now while we have it hold on a second That was great one Just throw in any time those things Let me see where is he? Sajan um those those things Alright lets take out the da da da I'll just get the those things Hold on lemme zoom in Those things do not even rise to a level of rebuttal

2:47:06 Those things do not even rise to a level of rebuttal. Perfect, just stand alone funny Rebuttal ISO okay kick an ass man this is yeah today's the day for ISOs Because they've got a desperate candidate who since his convention has had his net favorable rating declined by 15 points The man is now 32 points underwater In fairness, these are... Andrew in fairness every one of these are unsubstantiated bombs being thrown by a notorious bomb thrower. That's what he's been doing and it's why he's alienating the American public. And you have your Secret Service personnel giving you an explanation for this imagery that

2:47:55 Has gone viral. I don't talk to Secret Service personnel, that's not my belly look. Hey this is not a smart tactic these guys got to admit something they can't just say this is dumb crazy conspiracy theory shit they've gotta come out and say something they gotta give us something of substance we everyone knows she had trauma Yeah, and they got the pictures of her slipping coming walking up two steps. Unbelievable! And then they get the picture of falling down in the airplane Well that's old but yeah That's old but it's there. But you know honestly that can happen to anybody It can but I'm just...but if you're starting to look for things You see every one of these things it's like when Gerald Ford fell down this stairway out of an airplane once

2:48:41 Next thing you know, they're looking for all this stumbles. And now you think he's like a spastic or something because that's exactly what that's what they turn I remember that I was young when I remember Oh Ford He's the stumbling guy falls everywhere. Yeah And if you really look at his background, he's like a borderline professional football player. Very graceful and some of... Like Dan... What is his face? The VP. Dan Quayle. Yeah. Oh loser moron! He runs the biggest financial firm in the world. What is it Siberius? I was told by a friend of mine in DC that who knew Quayle said, You know, It's too bad that they made him out to be such a boob because he was extremely smart

CHAPTER 44 / 47 Discussion

Trump Naked Statues, Progressive Body Shaming

An activist group called "InDecline" installed naked statues of Donald Trump in several major U.S. cities, sparking a debate over "body shaming" within progressive circles. While some activists initially condemned the tactic, others argued that "fighting fire with fire" is necessary against the Trump campaign. In Seattle, a man was filmed taking one of the statues and driving off with it in his truck, presumably to keep it as a valuable art piece.

donald trump· indecline· statues· body shaming· facebag· swift boat

2:49:24 Yeah, that's all because of his potato thing. The potato thing was the topper. But again... And by the way if you looked into it that was a legitimate spelling that he misspelled historically it used to be spelled with an E. Oh really? Really! Yes. I didn't know this. As a research person yeah. He was just old-fashioned but again you see is the media loves to pick apart Republican candidates and doesn't do it that much with Democrats No, well that's just the way it has always been. I have this next story as well but i want to play your clip because its from Deutsche Welle This is about the Trump naked statues? This is a short piece of it yeah and then I sent you an article that was pretty good Yeah That was done by the progressives because there are Trump naked statues showing up all over the place And the progressive are saying hey

2:50:13 We're the ones that are supposed to be condemning people calling people names or body shaming. Yes, body shaming micro phallus Shaming even though he doesn't have one necessarily we did maybe I don't think so I don't know and all this kind of this is almost This is this is disgusting And my clip I think is as disgusting as it gets. I like that you call it a short piece, I think you really need to check your privilege. A familiar face has popped up in cities across the United States Statues like these are a project by the anti-Trump activist group InDecline

2:50:50 They've been drawing crowds and getting a warm welcome from some in San Francisco. I think it's brilliant, he needs to be brought down a peg He thinks he is the greatest thing on earth and this is a very accurate depiction of who he really is Yeah they should definitely keep him Why should they keep him? The biggest guy with the biggest ego Yeah, just a complete idiot. Yeah the hypocrisy of it is very interesting. Absolutely fantastic! And this is who he really is and big fat guy... By the way I would just as an aside so there was one of these in New York and they're New York people were gonna take it down get rid of it because it wasn't approved yeah So a guy grabbed him put it in his shop

2:51:39 Now, I'm thinking as someone who does...as an archivist who collects art this is a valuable piece. And I am an expert for two different reasons but i'll bring up my expertise based on the fact that I have watched Antiques Roadshow for 10 years. I'm very good at it! I'm good at pricing things too when it comes to antiques roadshows. I think this thing's worth ten grand if its' worth a nickel but here's what I would do The one in San Francisco is ripe for this. The thing has been abandoned I think it cost ten grand just to make one of them really No, no, that's pretty good You can look at if you get a good look at they did a really good job showing this This he's got creases and it is cheap It probably costs didn't cry. I thought yeah, I would guess under a thousand anyway whatever

2:52:23 I'd grab the thing off the street, put it in my store. Call the police and say, I have acquired this piece abandoned piece. I would like to see if anybody wants it. Anyone wants to claim it can have it otherwise? I'm keeping it all you have to do is put an ad in The Wall Street Journal or like The International Financial Times on page 34 at the bottom. Well, you can do a dude. You do with the police in most cities And the police then, so if anybody comes forward to claim the piece then you can at least know who they are. But I think you can abscond with these things and I think you should if he have one nearby it. I think that's what happened in New York guys got a clue. Looked into his shop and you want to see it? You gotta go into shop

2:53:08 Here's a US report. Tonight, a life-sized statue of a naked Donald Trump has been removed from Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Viewer Casey Burner sent this video to us you can see a man grab the statue and then put it in the bed of his truck. See that's the smart guy he's taking your advice like fuck I'm getting this in my truck! A man grabbed the statue and then put it in the bed of his truck as he drove off Bystanders tried to take it out of the truck. They failed the same statue appeared in four other major cities today activist group in decline took credit for the installation they said It was inspired by the fairy tale The Emperor has no clothes

2:53:45 Now, I do like that. I do like the Emperor Has No Clothes meme but on the facebags this was problematic. I saw post after post two days later mind you saying, Mom this is wrong we should not be shaming like this body shaming is wrong and then... Get something better. That's that was made for us. That is a bad, bad, bad. Well I do have the ISO of it which is a little better because the ISO is better No no it's not now you're right it's not but it's not better. I have a face bag reading for you from Dave Weiner! Okay

2:54:37 On Thursday, I wrote a quick post that said body shaming was wrong unconditionally. But then... I read how Repubs are creating their 2016 Swift Boat campaign against Hillary Clinton about her health. So, I changed my mind! This stuff works! Kerry's mistake was not responding immediately—not just with denials but with attacks in kind! Trump's body is very much at issue and the naked statues of Trump were not lies!! So I say go for it!!! Fight fire with fire...I'm sorry but we have to get in the mud Wow, well it doesn't take much. No

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Omaha Man, Accidental Marijuana Brownie High

An Omaha man called the police after accidentally consuming "magical brownies" left in a relative's car by his adult children. The man reported feeling "really high" while trying to enjoy leftover pizza and a cigarette on his front porch. His 19 and 20-year-old children reportedly remained silent when he attempted to ask them how high he was going to get.

omaha· nebraska· marijuana· brownies· police report

2:55:19 How about that, huh? Idealism. Oh we're all idealists! Oh you can't do this, you can't do that... You have to be politically correct one moment and then I know you got a world in you gotta love it yeah good work yeah final clip for me final report just because i thought was kind of funny home from the grocery store this Omaha man was unpacking Tuesday's dinner when an added course made for quite the detour my brought some groceries in from the car and I cooked some heated some leftover pizza and I thought, oh cool. This guy's a real winner isn't it? Heating the leftover pizza. Yeah but I got groceries but i heated the leftover pizza. I heated some leftover pizza and I thought, Oh cool! I got brownies

2:56:00 to go for dessert with my pizza. You see, the police report helps explain it's a relatives car The man's kids drove it earlier that day before dad unpacked the food Well not long after dinner feeling pretty rough on the front porch The man knew something was up And I thought, ah, maybe we oughta have another cigarette and went out and I was having a cigarette and I was like wow! I am really high I love this guy Dude I'm really hot. Oh no! I'm really- They should label these things But how? We put two and two together, and I thought oh great magical brownies Magical brownies?! We put 2 & 2 together hmm okay High but how we put two into together And i thought oh great magical brownies you know I said call the kids Tell them I had two brownies Ask him How high im gonna get 19 and 20 year old children were radio silent Yeah No shit

2:57:00 I gotta ISO that, hold on a second. This is ISO day! That's an obvious one, obvious one. What is... Anyway so that-I just thought that was a funny clip let me just- Here he is. I am really high. No wait this is good, that's a good one But I'm gonna clip them together though. No I thought you clipped it already? no no no and I'm putting it together so I want like I am really high. See, now that's a beautiful... That is a great clip! I'm really high. Well, I have my last clip which you want to get out of the way? Okay It's not funny clip or anything this is the This is a report that Democracy Now did and there was a detail in here that I think the mainstream media just didn't want to talk about And it was Aetna

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Aetna ACA Withdrawal, Healthcare Merger Quid Pro Quo

Aetna announced it would cut its participation in the Affordable Care Act exchanges by two-thirds after the Justice Department blocked its merger with Humana. CEO Mark Bertolini had previously threatened to reduce the company's exchange footprint if the merger was enjoined, leading to accusations of a "quid pro quo" scam. The situation has renewed calls for a single-payer healthcare system as insurance premiums continue to rise for individual citizens.

aetna· affordable care act· humana· justice department· mark bertolini· single-payer

2:57:56 Aetna's dropped their coverage for all this and that, but I didn't realize that this was some sort of a quid pro quo scam that Aetna propagated while actually making money. Yes! Yeah yes yes yes. Let's just play this. Aetna the US' third largest health insurance company says it'll cut its participation in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces next year by At least two-thirds, after the Department of Justice blocked its move to merge with another health care company. Aetna claimed it faces more than $300 million in losses this year as a result of the public exchanges but in a letter sent to the Justice Department in July

2:58:33 Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini threatened that Aetna would reduce its participation in the exchange if the Justice Department blocked its merger with health insurance company Humana. Bertolini wrote, quote, "'If the DOJ sues to enjoin the transaction we'll immediately take action to reduce our 2017 exchange footprint,' unquote." and a reported 38% increase in its overall profits last year, despite the lawsuit reported on the public exchanges. Last month the Justice Department also sued to block a merger between healthcare giant Cigna and Anthem which would be the largest health insurance merger in US history. Yeah this is pretty unbelievable! This is douchebaggery! This is douchebaggery! Total douchebaggery How'd they get away with it? You want let us merge you okay we're gonna screw you

2:59:22 on something that the American citizens cannot get out of because it's a tax. Regardless of the next president, what do we do John? This is a real problem this isn't this is not just a campaign. You gotta go to single-payer it's the only solution right single-payer than you could do I don't think it's overseeing everything is they have to deal that then hire a bunch of people to look out for scams because there'd be millions of them lots of scams but you get the oversight of the pricing of drugs or pricing of services the pricing of everything and all comes out at one pot and it's all taxpayer supported, and you can't

2:59:59 Polish crap that what they're doing is just it's gouging the public as much as they can because they know These guys know we're going to single-payer eventually, right? That's the only thing that works. You have to go do it I know there's a bunch of people Oh Tell us what we can do no No It's all that's left you get that if you want yeah Yeah, well, I'm screwed What happened? Well, I have Blue Cross. It's going to... Oh yeah you are screwed! It's going up 60%. For just me if they can do something for me if I have an accident because that is kind of...I'd never go the doctor otherwise it's gonna be over $1000 a month! Just me! Pay the tax

3:00:54 You know, well I also but I don't want to be caught you know holding the bag so to speak. I think there's ways look for find people that know how to do this right which is avoid the whole system and pay directly and pay the government tax because you don't have insurance and then find a way that you can get insurance at spur of the moment on the back end yeah okay There's tricks to it. Well if someone has tricks I'd love to report on them and like to act on them that would be very handy there we go That's a lot of money the no agenda listeners. That's right producers. That's right hell yeah alright everybody That concludes our broadcast moment for this day the 21st day of our Lord 2016

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Show Sign-off, Ant Invasion Anecdote

The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, teasing potential "problematic dates" in late August. A final anecdote describes a household ant invasion and a "burning trick" used to deter the insects. The episode concludes with a reminder of the "clicks and ad revenue" ISO and a final "Adios mofo" to the audience.

austin· silicon valley· ants· burning trick· ad revenue· sign-off

3:01:40 And of course there will be more coming up this week the 24th of August still marked in the book as a possible problematic date Oh, yeah all hell's gonna break loose according to whatever According to the circles I travel in. Yeah well so another words nothings happening Okay Maybe Listen, well you know I wouldn't be in New York on the 24th. Well that's just safe than sorry And coming to you from the crackpot condo here in the skyscraper downtown Austin Tejas We are the capital of the drone star and state in morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where

3:02:18 Today's Sunday, I believe. Why is the traffic to San Francisco backed up all the way to here? Makes no sense but...I don't know. I'm John C. Dvorak We'll return on Thursday Remember us at dvorak dot org slash NA right here on NO Agenda Okay you know what? No no no no no no no no no no no no What? Listen You're in my house Drinking the booze! No no no No, no. Shame on you! I am really high Hi everybody You can either stay and be quiet or we'll have to take you out I have two words for ya Predator drones Nope nope

3:03:20 Hey! No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. No, nope. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Nope. Come on. Nope. Nope. Shame on ya! You shouldn't be doing this. Hey! Yeah... listen No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Come on guys! Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! No, come on! No, nope! You're in my house. Can we escort this person out?

3:04:23 Can we have this person removed, please? Come on guys. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no come on! That's how we roll. And that's the story. I got ants

3:05:13 I got ants. ANTS! I don't know if we had ants. We had ant invasion, uh... I was thinking if you desiccated a big pile of ants and then ground them to powder like fine-grind black pepper? If we were having dinner and yeah! I got an ant somehow in the meal And I ate it These things are peppery. I got ants I got ants. These ants, they don't need a lot and then you see when you find all the ones that are roaming around... I'm going to back them off by doing the burning trick. You just torch them. And leave him there. The only ant, there are occasional moments where there's an ant that you do not torch and that's an ant that is carrying one of the dead ants back.

3:06:18 I got ants. I got ants. I got ants, ants, ants? Ants! A local toilet... She then had small child guillotine for the local toilet. She then suggested that a small local toilet is good thing for Miss Small Toilet. She's from a spa masslet A local toilet, a lo toilet, a co toilet This triggered her ass She doesn't look on toilets Small child figure jumping jibble jibble A small child guilty in the balls A local toilet, a small child just attacking any balls A small child local twerp Responding to things is untowel Triggered her toilet

3:07:19 a local toilet The thing with powerful pictures is that they sell. The media loves them, they want to get them out there as soon as possible you know it's clicks its views its ad revenue Hey man fist bump Adios mofo