Episode 895 · Sunday, 15 January 2017

Yes Wee Can

A passport expiration trap strands the Morning Show of the Netherlands while Washington elites revive 18th-century laws to target the incoming National Security Advisor.

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About this episode

Adam Curry faces a travel crisis after being denied boarding on a Delta flight from Austin to Amsterdam due to strict Schengen Area passport regulations. The incident, involving high-level inquiries with the Royal Dutch Marines and the Department of Homeland Security, highlights a sudden shift in European Union border enforcement. This technocratic crackdown serves as a backdrop for a broader analysis of global power shifts as the Trump administration prepares for inauguration.

General James Mattis and Mike Pompeo faced intense Senate confirmation hearings this week, signaling a return to military lethality and traditional intelligence gathering. Meanwhile, the Logan Act of 1799 has emerged as a central tool in the investigation into General Michael Flynn and his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. In Europe, the EU StratCom task force is under fire for blacklisting journalists, while Viktor Orban claims mass immigration is a calculated political strategy to undermine Christian Democratic parties. Additional reports examine the debunked Washington Post story regarding the DC National Guard and the deployment of 4,000 US troops to Poland.

John C. Dvorak details the meticulous 14-hour process of cooking ten pounds of pulled pork in Silicon Valley while Adam Curry navigates the logistical hurdles of the upcoming Make Australia Great Again tour. The duo deconstructs ABC News' use of pornographic background music in segments about the Christopher Steele dossier and mocks Senator Lindsey Graham for his theatrical rhetoric regarding Russia. Sir Matt Eskridge is knighted following a generous contribution to the show's value-for-value model.


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CHAPTER 01 / 48 Discussion

Pulled Pork Cooking, Adam Curry Travel Plans

John C. Dvorak describes his 14-hour process for cooking ten pounds of pulled pork in Northern Silicon Valley. Adam Curry reveals he is unexpectedly still in Texas despite plans to fly to the Netherlands for his sister's 50th birthday.

adam curry· john c dvorak· pulled pork· silicon valley· austin· netherlands

00:00 Why do you even torment yourself with this stuff? Coming to you from a place I should not be right now and broadcasting live in the darkest corners on the internet. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where i'm finishing off 10 pounds cooking as we speak of pulled pork. I'm John C DeVore. It's crackpot and buzzkill! In the morning! Yo-ho! No... Pulled pork. Nice

00:40 Hey, guess where I am. Guess where? I am gonna talk about the pulled pork. All right Go ahead and talk about the pulled pork start cooking at six o'clock yesterday Now for people have no idea And there are lot European Europeans go pulled what pull what old pork by the way this effort just went by great For those of their people who send me emails about this like any I'm mentioning it They're monitoring the zephyr. Hey, wait a minute! It's true. All right get to your pulled pork Okay, pulled pork is a long cooked pork It's a methodology is perfected in the south as far as I'm concerned especially in Georgia Florida Alabama

01:25 Georgia has, I think the most definitive pulled pork. Yeah well you cook this shoulder or butt depending on what you know it's generally shoulder it's the same thing is just an inedible piece of pork meat that is very edible if you cook for about 12 to 14 hours or more because reactions take place in the... The pork, the toughness of the pork finally gives up. So the genesis of this is really poverty? Yeah! Okay. This is poverty-depression food. Yeah people you know what we're gonna do with this thing I don't know you can't chew it what are we gonna do just cook it for two days and see what happens and It's a delicacy Wow okay so you're making your pulled pork

02:16 as we speak. Very good. It's down there cooking right now in the, I finish in the oven at 220 degrees for a number of...I don't know. I give up on the timing so it falls apart and falls apart. All right. So guess where I am? But second thing is fogged in here. Yeah, it's fogged in here too. Guess where I am? Uh, you're not in Texas. Let me guess let me guess... You're not in Texas and probably wouldn't be asking to guess because we all think your in the Netherlands but could be in Belgium Close? No I'm in Texas What?! I never got out Friday What!? I go a story to tell

CHAPTER 02 / 48 Discussion

Schengen Area Passport Regulations, Airline Boarding Refusal

Adam Curry was denied boarding on a Delta flight from Austin to Amsterdam due to a strictly enforced Schengen law requiring three months of passport validity beyond the departure date. Airlines face $25,000 fines for transporting passengers who do not meet these European Union entry requirements.

schengen area· delta airlines· passport validity· european union· brussels· jfk airport

03:02 Brother, this sounds... okay you got me off guard. Guys? Yeah! That's why I'm like get through the park already! Okay, I can tell you were anxious to tell your tale. Okay go. Alright so the idea was that I was going to fly to Amsterdam on Friday from Austin which goes through in this case it was gonna go through JFK and then onto Amsterdam It was for my sister's 50th birthday, so I'd arrive Saturday morning. The party is Saturday evening. I do the show Sunday. I hang out with some buddies Monday and fly back Tuesday. Simple quick trip! So I arrive at the airport and as you know of course I'm luckily able to upgrade to a economy comfort seat

03:49 But of course, when I fly and the first trip is on Delta, I always go straight to the first class line. This is a no agenda tip which we've told everybody multiple times do not stand with the sheep just goes straight through that line say hey how you doing? Just act like your nose is bleeding and so it was very nice guy because I don't like doing the machines but I don't just go in there someone else would make sure everything's good And of course I wanted to see if I could schmooze an upgrade So, the guy at the counter is a seven foot tall... he looks like Shaq. Seven foot tall guy and very soft-spoken, very nice Steven and I see him was like this is strange I can't print out your ticket. He says what's going on here? And he's trying it gets on the phone and he's talking to people okay yeah and then there's something wrong with your passport

04:39 This immediately doesn't sound good. Well, I'd be honest thing stuff happens you know but I'm always very calm about this. I don't get anxious at all and we'll figure it out. Of course not why would you? Yeah something wrong with your passport okay he says it's not valid said yeah it is this is a then I knew this it says it expires March 14th that's in 61 days from now so and I'm coming back on Tuesday so should not be a problem So, more and more calling trying to figure stuff out. And then the manager comes up and then we're like oh you know what? Apparently the European Union has started to enforce a recently installed Schengen law

05:23 Now we know the Schengen area is a fundamental part of the European Union along with the Euro. It is so that people have the quote freedom of movement, so they can go across countries within the Schengen area which by the way does not include the United Kingdom And you can go without showing your passport. Now, we've been following on the show of course that things are getting a little heated in the Schengen zone where they are checking passports and passengers on trains and so it's kind of falling apart. They decided apparently—and no one who I was dealing with knew this—that they were going to implement the new Schengen directive which Brussels put together

06:06 And I shall read this to you, because of course I didn't believe it was true and we had to start figuring this out. Well here it is... Traveled European countries in the Schengen area Check the expiration date on your passport carefully before traveling to Europe Of course I've never read this because I've been traveling to The Netherlands for years Entry into any of the 26 European countries in the Schengen Area for short-term tourism, a business trip or in transit to a non-Schengen destination requires that your passport be valid for at least three months beyond your intended date of departure. If your passport does not meet the Schengen requirements you may be refused boarding by the airline at your point of origin or while transferring planes You could also be denied entry when you arrive at the Schengen area

06:51 For this reason, we recommend your passport have at least six months validity remaining whenever you travel abroad. So I'm like well hold on a second... Hold on a second! Exactly that's what i said now let me just explain the airline's viewpoint that we can talk about it the reason the airline will not print out the ticket is as a part of this regulation if they allow a passenger to fly to the Schengen region and that passenger is rejected then the airline gets an automatic $25,000 fine for that person being sent back. So this is why the airline won't do it question. Well I don't blame them! But of course as a passenger i didn't realize this now This is where I'm like okay gotcha uh clearly here hold okay well yeah you know go ahead go ahead go ahead This is putting a huge burden on our state department

CHAPTER 03 / 48 Discussion

Dutch Border Patrol, US State Department Intervention

Efforts to secure a travel waiver involved contacts with the Royal Dutch Marines in Mali and Iraq, as well as the Department of Homeland Security at the US embassy in the Netherlands. Officials ultimately refused to sign off on an exception to avoid violating European Union law regarding passport expiration and 90-day tourist visas.

royal dutch marines· department of homeland security· mali· embassy· passport renewal· visa

07:52 Because now everybody who might have a useful passport, because it's not expired. It's still good but everyone who has one of the passports that he now has to go in and get their passport renewed in advance of the normal period. Yeah and so I did get to the bottom of why they do this because I'm like well...I don't understand! And before I give you the wrap-up of that I needed to get to the Netherlands, but I gotta go." And this... The guy at the Delta is fine. Everyone is trying to help out him. Everybody's like okay what can we do? What is the exception how can we override this? He said the airline basically needs someone from the Dutch

08:41 Border Patrol, which is actually part of the Royal Dutch Marines in a strange way. To send a note it could be an email as long as that the person who sent it is identifiable saying no worries when he gets here we'll let him in so that's all I had to find and I know that it's part of the Dutch Marines So I'm like stop everything don't worry about it! I'm getting on the phone...so I call Agent Orange who is in Mali. So he's at the base in Mali, like dude here's his problem so okay let me see what I could do now it's 8 or 9 p.m. in the Netherlands so getting someone on the phone is gonna be very difficult and so I get a call back yes this is Patrick Ott I am chief of

09:27 Customs, Border Patrol Department of Homeland Security here at the embassy in the Netherlands. I came into the office Mr. Curry as a taxpayer this is what you pay for we're gonna work and to do anything we can Mr. Curry." I'm like well this is nice my tax dollars are work? Yes Mr. Curry! So that guy goes off calling and he gets a no and the reason why is even though every single person they've spoken to said oh yeah when Adam shows up no problem let him in of course But we can't put our name to it because by signing my name to that permission, I would be breaking European Union rules. Actually, I would say it's probably law and I can't do that because then I'll be liable and you know...I can't have that coming back to me." So we can't find anyone who wants to sign off on that so now meanwhile Agent Orens in Mali he's calling-he's trying to get guys from the Royal Dutch Marines in Erbil

10:23 in Iraq to get on their military email, to send this email. And so he's calling Satphones and he texts me back saying alright I just tried to get the guy but he said that had a really lame excuse... He was up at the front line and he said he couldn't get through his emails. So i'm sorry no bad excuse for being on the front lines. Eventually word comes back that even the ambassador in The Netherlands is now involved And to make a very long story short, no. I was not able to fly and... but I do understand why this rule exists and it took me a little bit because that's the number one question. Why is this? I understand it's the rule but why what is the point? The point is really two laws that are in conflict with each other

11:18 So if I come to the Schengen area and they say, here's a stamp in your passport. They really only have one stamp for tourism is you have a three month visa to be in the Schengen area boom here's your stamp but while I'm in the Schengen area I have to be there legally with legal documentation so my passport were to expire during that 90 day period then I'm breaking a different rule So they cannot hand out a 15, uh three month visa if they know that I could possibly despite having a return ticket that i could possibly be there illegally. If my passport expired so I kind of get it but crikey! Crikey yeah if I have a passport let's say with the six months on it yeah

12:09 And I stay a year. Yeah, you would be overstaying because you can only get a visa for three months? Yeah yeah but let's say i stayed a year. Then if they caught you or probably as you were leaving they would probably say okay thank you you're not coming in again cause you overstayed cause in the shengen and you have to show your passport leaving too. So you'd be in trouble there. What if I never left Well, that's pretty much how it works in America. You come in on your tourist visa don't leave Yeah, yeah exactly but that would of course be illegal. Yeah So anyway word to the wise this this is now being enforced This isn't one of the no agenda tips. Yeah that people expect from the show yes so now I can't go to Europe and

CHAPTER 04 / 48 Discussion

ESTA Waiver Enforcement, European Union Bureaucracy

The enforcement of the 90-day passport validity rule is compared to the US ESTA waiver system, noting that while the law has existed for years, it was rarely enforced until recently. The incident is cited as an example of technocratic overreach by Brussels, reinforcing arguments in favor of Brexit.

esta waiver· brexit· nazi germany· brussels· passport control· travel restrictions

13:06 to spend my valuable dollars, which is a good deal right now. If I, my passport doesn't have the right dates on it? Correct. Glad you told me! Now I believe that it's the same in reverse. You're not going to get an ESTA waiver If you want to come to United States and your passport is going to expire in less than 90 days. I think it's the same thing, only this has never occurred really even though this law has been on the books in the EU for a couple of years, it wasn't being enforced and of course how often does that happen that someone shows up at the airport

13:44 you know, to fly has less than 90 days and is refused. So this was it's I'm like the first one that this happened to at a well Austin's not a great big airport but they'd never seen it before and I was not just surprised but obviously stunned, and very saddened that I couldn't be there for my sister's 50th. That sucked big ass balls. FaceTime! Of course we did that you know we did of course now the only thing that really made everything great... Adam comes up with the craziest reasons not to come As a big brother, I feel pretty bad about this. I really do not so sure. You should have known yeah. Who? Yes well ultimately it's my responsibility then and then I'm like I've had it and like all right so but now I've been here for almost three hours at the airport but they've been rebooking me on flights in case I get the permission. The ambassador or the embassy in the Netherlands actually tried to get me on a flight to Switzerland and then on a train into the Netherlands through a checkpoint that they controlled so they could let me

14:46 That's a good idea. Yeah, well... But you wouldn't have made the time? Nah yeah I probably would have just no and no one wanted to take the risk because they're all afraid of Brussels it's like Dutch don't care okay yeah Curry come on in we know you i mean i have 1 000 entry and exit stamps for The Netherlands they don't care but no one wanted to tell the airline yeah we guarantee hello Nazi Germany pretty much. Ausweisbieter, your papers! Your papers are not in order!" So then I have... The EU's been all along that the EU is potentially our real enemy that's why the Brexit had to happen Yes yes yes. It's got a clue here people so i did mess up one more thing because I forgot-I did not record the trip from the airport back to the skyscraper. I just grabbed a cab

CHAPTER 05 / 48 Discussion

Djibouti Drone Operations, Seychelles Sand Sales

A taxi driver from Djibouti discusses US drone operations in Yemen and the impact of the Chinese presence in East Africa. The conversation shifts to the Seychelles, where claims are made regarding the theft of regional fish stocks and the environmental impact of selling island sand.

djibouti· seychelles· drones· fishing rights· yemen· merchant marines

15:39 And I'm pretty, you know... I'm scowling somewhat. And this guy says something and I say hey where are you from man? He said Djibouti! I said DJIBOUTI?! That's where we have our drones and killing people in Yeven!! His head goes WHOOSH! Whips around You know about that?? Yes Yeah We all know about it Well he came straight from Djibouti to Austin A year-and-a-half ago And he said, I couldn't deal with it anymore. He said the government and...it's all messed up and the whole situation and we just got into the Chinese but the thing that he told me that was new news is he said that the big problem now with Djibouti and the whole coast of Eastern Africa is the Seychelles are stealing everybody's fish

16:36 And I was like Seychelles, but you have to look at the map to see where the Seychelles are. Seychelle Islands. So they basically just... They go out, they just sail a little bit towards the coast and what he's describing to me is that they throw huge nets and take everything! No one does anything about it Well, I can see that's possible. And then I got into... Have you ever been in the Seychelles? No, I haven't. I haven't either but just as an aside just a little bit off track when i was working at Union Oil there was this one guy that worked in the adjacent laboratory we shared the lunchroom facilities and he had been everywhere. You know, I think both of us are extremely well traveled

17:18 But this guy had been everywhere, literally. And because he was in the merchant marines and then he was in something else and then I don't know what he did but uh... He's-I asked him where is one place in the world that you think would be the absolute best place to live? And he called out the Seychelles. Huh! Interesting Even though they're selling all their sand and therefore the island is eroding Well This was some years ago Probably before the sand sail went into effect. Everything must go! selling all their sand. And look, Global, you gotta give us money because it's the tide rising! Yeah yeah we're drowning here don't look at our sand sales. Fabulous Well I'm sorry to hear that I was hoping to get some good stories and that was a good story that's true but... But its not the kind of story we want. ...and its a warning for everybody out there. It think is interesting it's hard-coded into the machine at the airport level

CHAPTER 06 / 48 Discussion

Airline Code Sharing, Shaq Bear Hug Anecdote

A critique of airline code-sharing between KLM and Delta highlights the failure of booking systems to flag passport issues during the ticket purchase process. An anecdote follows involving an interview with Shaquille O'Neal and a request for a bear hug to demonstrate the physical scale of the athlete.

klm· shaquille o'neal· air france· passport office· houston· gossip magazines

18:19 Again, and of course this is always my joke with everybody. I'm like you know oh yes Delta and KLM and Air France you're all one big happy airline bite me no! I booked through KLM. KLM of course knows how to code share with Delta for the trip to JFK before i get on the KLM flight they asked you to put in your passport they asked you to put in your passport number It doesn't reject me. Didn't say, oh you can travel that would have been handy to know dude I even had we tried to put it together so they would have the passport should give you a free ticket for that Oh no not only that they're not even refunding my money as a whole another story What? Yeah, its my fault this thing is your fault You didn't your paperwork was not in order

19:09 Oh my God. But our military intel guys even tried to get the passport office in Houston at the airport to set up a temporary passport, because if you can make it to Houston in two hours before they leave... And I looked down and said, It's three o'clock now. They said, It's at least two hours to Houston in the middle of the night. No way! Man, yeah. Well, that's what we call a fiasco. That was quite the fiasco. Fiasco...that's your definition right there. Gosh darn it! But I made a good friend this guy actually used to play with Shaq back in school. A tall guy? Yeah big black guy

19:57 And I said, Oh, I used to play with... because I told him my Shaq story where I interviewed Shaq and they're all trying to figure out how they can authenticate me as a good guy. So we're at the desk, I'm showing them gossip magazines on my phone look at this see? This is my ex-wife this is my first wife here's my girlfriend and just going don't you see? Don't you say yeah. Yeah. And then also hey but wait a minute here's a picture with you in a gun because they're looking One of those styled pictures with me and the judge or something. I said, take that down! Close that window! What are you doing? Don't show me pictures of guns while we're trying to get me on a plane. Guns are crazy... Yeah, I would say that's probably right anyway. So there ya go. Oh, the Shaq story.

20:45 is, I interviewed Shaq and who's... Shaq is what? 7'6 or something. He's even taller than this guy. No no no! Yeah he's over seven feet tall yes sir! Yeah it's like seven one. But he's bigger than this guy and I said to Shaq, Shaq It's very hard as a tall person to get a really good bear hug would you do one for me? Come over here son I'll dig area. Yeah no Shaq likes to give people hugs still. Oh yeah? Yeah yeah he's on the couple shows all the time Anyway, he's filled out. Right? So so I'm still here and we have to get my face time thing and you know whatever sorry yeah thank you for your sympathy at least everybody probably appreciate all the effort you went through trying to bypass this is the problem this is the future

21:42 Oh yeah, oh no you are so right. This is completely the future that technocrats make up rules everyone's afraid to go against them even though you're supposed to be doing anything you want in your own country You have the right to do that That's what we've been told over and over again But you see now the bureaucrats are worried about it Look I know if i show... They're part of the Dutch Marines These guys they'd do anything for me Almost anything They might actually take someone out If I ask them too But, you know they don't want to sign off on it. No nuts yeah and the technology aspect is also something that you need to consider because this is technology that clearly did not work in my favor. Yeah it figured out I shouldn't be traveling under the law but it didn't tell me when it should have or could have. Right early on earlier in the process

CHAPTER 07 / 48 Discussion

David Brooks, New World Order Strategic Alignment

New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses Vladimir Putin's efforts to undermine the established world order and the internal divisions within the Trump administration regarding Russia. Charlie Rose is also noted for discussing a "different world order" involving a strategic alignment between the US, China, and Russia.

david brooks· vladimir putin· donald trump· nato· charlie rose· global institutions

22:36 Should have been hard-coded in the ticket buying process. Yeah, that's where you should stop it Not at the airport when you've got to take it You bought that take it now you just want to print it out exactly This is too far down the line for it all of a sudden reject things I agree No hey, I got a lot though We got a lot to do today What are you gonna? Do we gotta let's say she talked about guy I'm gonna start then cuz you started talking about New World Order So I think we can do new world order G. I have a new world order myself Let me see where do you have New World Order oh I got Brooks New World Order 1 and New World Order 2. Holy moly, here we go! Now wait... Wait, wait, wait. I do have to do a setup. Okay. David Brooks is who were talking about who's the guy who was always wrong Yeah

23:23 And so I guess you can take this whatever he says in these two clips is wrong because he's always right. He has been wrong for over a year now about Trump, about everything. So every interpretation that you have to assume is wrong but all I hear from this and maybe you can tell me what I'm just imagining of this... This is just the guy irked at Trump and vouching for the new world order. Is Donald Trump, what do we make of all this? Yeah I was first struck by David Ignatius's comment earlier in the program that they just could be trying to destabilize the United States across the board and that was a time heard that thought before it's alive possibility Putin is someone who has been undermining norms of what we consider the World Order since he got into power and increasing success

24:06 What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin. Steve Bannon and General Flynn have warm feelings, Putin has been—and with a lot of the groups or conservative groups, more extreme conservative groups that underlie Trump he's a bit of hero because he speaks for traditional values He's against global institutions They see him as someone who has been on the defensive from an aggressive EU, an aggressive NATO And there is a lot of sympathy there actually And then if you look at the more establishment Republicans, they see him as what I just described subversive of the world order. And so to me, the question will be will Trump and Bannon control policy towards foreign policy or will everyone else basically? My money's on everyone else. Reptile wins! Wow John a whole edit good job. Empire wins. Reptile. Rep-pile reptiles sorry reptile yes

25:03 So he's vouching for the New World Order. It is clear, if you couldn't pick up on this and you know he's a New York Times elitist and they're all vouching for the new world order and your of course has just been victimized by the new world order yes? You've been victimized! I have Just that simple... Good luck. He finishes off with this more dumb, stupid commentary because I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy and at the end of the day and i think there's a major story in the trump administration... he's going to want the affirmation of the establishment as he always has. The reason he had Clinton at his wedding because he wants that affirmation when he gets the chance to have it I think you will bend gradually in that direction

25:52 Well, this has been a week of New World Order talk. I caught Charlie Rose doing exactly the same thing! You know, I think we're at a point where there is a strategic alignment around the world now in which there is a United States that's still the dominant superpower but there's a rising China and Russia that are trying to reassert itself to have their seat at the table with the other two big guys And that's the alignment around that table that is being worked out right now. So there is a new world order of a kind? A different world order, yeah. Oh it's a different world order... There's a new world order! It's just a different world order. It's a NEW WORLD ORDER! What's different about it?! It's unbelievable people are just using this term now whereas you used that ten even five years ago. Uh, conspiracy theories, protocols of elders of Zion

CHAPTER 08 / 48 Discussion

Judge Jeanine Pirro, Coco Soodek Election Dispute

A heated exchange on Fox News between Judge Jeanine Pirro and liberal host Coco Soodek illustrates the deep political divide in the US. Soodek claims the 2016 election was a "Putin coup" involving fake news and DNC hacking, while Pirro challenges the legitimacy of these assertions.

jeanine pirro· coco soodek· fox news· putin· dnc hacking· fake news

26:48 Bankers, shapeshifters. Yeah! And now it's just commonplace. You know... Because it is! I've been looking for the perfect parallel universe split clip for a while now Yes, you have. Yeah and I did find...I actually have a couple of them that... Well you sound reluctant already so it's not that good I guess? No, I think it's actually very good. I just don't know if it's too early in the show to do it but I think we should at least roll out this one that I have which I caught last night as I was back home...last night was it last night?... No, Friday night. But I caught it last night yes and at first i was just watching because It's just...it was so insane to watch! I'm just gonna say two old hags yelling at each other

27:35 And I want to say it respectfully, but it was Judge Jeanine who I like. I think she's very funny and she makes for great end of show clips She seems nice But she's you know an old yelling loudmouth hag in a way now No comment. Adam at curry dot com It's alright You send everything to me anyway no matter who does it She has on, actually I think it's a regular on her show Coco Sudeik and Coco Sudeik is a talk show host. A liberal talk-show host which is kind of like a white elephant there's not a lot of liberal talk-show hosts certainly not who would go on the Fox Network and have a conversation

28:22 So these two get into it and, um... Ooh. Yeah, ooh is right. Catfights! And it's really even better if you can see it because there was a split screen, Judge Jeanine on the left this Coco Sudek on the right and at one point she even throws in a kicker there that just blew me away so what is happening now and I think that's why I was apprehensive but I have at least four or three more clips that show this complete split, this rift, this complete divide between the universes where one person sees the same information and says oh this is what's going on. And the other person sees this and it has gotten so bad that now of course particularly Democrats are bringing back everything that was has been debunked...everything! And just stating it as fact

29:17 They can only do this because they believe it 100%. I have, when you're done with this. I don't know how long you want to take this but i have one of those clips where they... Okay go ahead. So I'll play this one first And then I want to hear yours and then we can determine what we want to do. Congressman Lewis says he is not a legitimate... So, I'm sorry this started all with Joe Lewis saying he does not recognize Trump as the legitimate president We can talk about that later too, I got some clips. Congressman Lewis says he is not a legitimate president Agree or disagree? I don't think he's a legitimate president. Okay, why? Hang on! And I do think he is going to become the President and I am not in favor of martial law we are the United States of America. Okay.

30:04 a Putin coup, an invasion of our country through fake news. Through hacking the DNC and he got his victory from cheating. The other thing is— How did he cheat? Stop! I know this is a surprise. No wait a minute we're not going on how did Donald Trump cheat? How? Putin cheated on his behalf and there are countless reports about how Donald Trump's emissaries communicated with Putin throughout the campaign. About what? Took intelligence, and Donald Trump himself requested Putin- You don't know about what do you? All right let's back up for a second. You know that Barack Obama himself said the election could not possibly be rigged because we do not have a centralized system.

30:48 Barack Obama said that himself. He said that himself and everyone, let me finish, let me finish and everyone has said that if the emails were hacked by Russia okay? And I don't care if it's from- This is the hag part this yelling that she does is in its unbelievable how she I don't know. By the way, just... Yeah go ahead It's John Lewis not Joe Louis that's the boxer Oh i'm sorry John Lewis yes you're right And what I envision right now is this argument taking place across America and with the same type of people

CHAPTER 09 / 48 Discussion

Matrix Split, Limousine Liberal Self-Identification

An analysis of a verbal slip during a televised debate suggests a "split in the matrix" when a guest repeats the word "about" multiple times. The segment also highlights a moment where a guest seemingly identifies herself as a "limousine liberal" while attempting to criticize the term.

john lewis· hillary clinton· wikileaks· limousine liberal· parallel universe· stuttering

30:04 a Putin coup, an invasion of our country through fake news. Through hacking the DNC and he got his victory from cheating. The other thing is— How did he cheat? Stop! I know this is a surprise. No wait a minute we're not going on how did Donald Trump cheat? How? Putin cheated on his behalf and there are countless reports about how Donald Trump's emissaries communicated with Putin throughout the campaign. About what? Took intelligence, and Donald Trump himself requested Putin- You don't know about what do you? All right let's back up for a second. You know that Barack Obama himself said the election could not possibly be rigged because we do not have a centralized system.

30:48 Barack Obama said that himself. He said that himself and everyone, let me finish, let me finish and everyone has said that if the emails were hacked by Russia okay? And I don't care if it's from- This is the hag part this yelling that she does is in its unbelievable how she I don't know. By the way, just... Yeah go ahead It's John Lewis not Joe Louis that's the boxer Oh i'm sorry John Lewis yes you're right And what I envision right now is this argument taking place across America and with the same type of people

31:27 by older, and in this case women. And I think that these are the arguments they will be making. Both insane by the way. I don't really care. Come on, you got to admit that's a pretty good rant. That's a good one. Yeah. I don't know if she had that written or not, but that was Julian Assange Hillary's hairdresser or Osama bin Laden rose from the ocean and hacked them? I don't really care. Nobody has said we're about to hit the split in the universe is about to happen and you can hear it happening this clip standby that Hillary's emails are the DNC emails were not accurate

32:08 So, how was the election? They weren't accurate. No no they were selectively edited and disclosed by WikiLeaks I mean we know this is not true This is total fabrication Total lie But she believes it She has heard this and she believes it Who says that? There was an avalanche of fake news And harassment and trolling By paid operatives from the Russian government What's the fake news You know that the CIA and the FBI have said they've proven to install Trump. What's the fake news? All kinds of insults, aspersions and lies spread about Hillary Clinton! Look she was... Well let's put this aside okay I want to talk for a second about what you- There it is did you hear it?!

32:57 That's where it happened. That is where the matrix split She goes, about-about-about you could this is where to happen John I'm telling you listen for a second that is the damnest thing I've ever heard It's crazy listen listen to it about what use element roll back a little bit more? It's insane! I want to talk for a second about about about about what you said about there it is That's the split in the two universes I've zoomed in and enhanced that for us About about but about about but about but about about, about, about, about, about, about, well in the real one how many times did she say it? It sounds like four. Three I think let me see do it again say the real one well let's put this aside okay I want to talk for a second about

33:40 Four times. Yeah, it has to be four. It couldn't be three and from this moment on the split is apparent what you said about limousine liberals and how awful we are This is really an interesting clip I mean you're getting clipped of the day so you might as well just play at the end okay Because this is so revealing, but she said when she says you're discussing limousine liberals and how awful we are. Thus admitting that she herself is a limousin liberal? Yes of course! Well the universe just split So I think the rules of multi-dimensional universes Is that you have to identify yourself in that parallel universe or else you might get kicked out

34:34 She doesn't realize that limousine liberals an insult. It's a huge insult, yeah But for some reason I don't know this is this is what happens when very strange when it starts to fizzle Hillary Clinton look she was well Let's put this aside Okay? I want to talk for a second about about about about what you said about limousine liberals and how awful we are And I'm going before you get to that no wait a minute What is the fake wait a minute? I have some questions. What's the fake one news.

35:22 intelligence on Putin. Samantha Bee's a comedian! I'm saying that she did a report and she... Look, look, let's- I want to back this up. That's fake news! I want to back this up. That goes with the golden showers! You are- you are- This is an alternative universe And there it is! And there it is She recognizes it It comes out of the blue She says this is an alternative universe A couple of things Because this was very thoughtful clip When you're a stutterer or stammerer, you would not say about. About, about, about That's not a mechanism that shows up usually It'd be the-the-the-the-the I think it's always a consonant Is it not? Usually the consonants are the ones... It tends to be hard consonant. Right. C-c-c-c-c-c You know buh buh buh buh buh Something like that Not about! About! About! About!!

CHAPTER 10 / 48 Discussion

Samantha Bee, Russian Election Intervention Claims

The use of Samantha Bee comedy segments as political proof is criticized as a product of highly selective editing. The discussion covers claims of Russian intervention in the US election and the concept of "invading digital borders" as a justification for political resistance.

samantha bee· cia· fbi· golden showers· digital borders· resistance

34:34 She doesn't realize that limousine liberals an insult. It's a huge insult, yeah But for some reason I don't know this is this is what happens when very strange when it starts to fizzle Hillary Clinton look she was well Let's put this aside Okay? I want to talk for a second about about about about what you said about limousine liberals and how awful we are And I'm going before you get to that no wait a minute What is the fake wait a minute? I have some questions. What's the fake one news.

35:22 intelligence on Putin. Samantha Bee's a comedian! I'm saying that she did a report and she... Look, look, let's- I want to back this up. That's fake news! I want to back this up. That goes with the golden showers! You are- you are- This is an alternative universe And there it is! And there it is She recognizes it It comes out of the blue She says this is an alternative universe A couple of things Because this was very thoughtful clip When you're a stutterer or stammerer, you would not say about. About, about, about That's not a mechanism that shows up usually It'd be the-the-the-the-the I think it's always a consonant Is it not? Usually the consonants are the ones... It tends to be hard consonant. Right. C-c-c-c-c-c You know buh buh buh buh buh Something like that Not about! About! About! About!!

36:17 That doesn't even make any sense that you would say that. Under any circumstances of stammering or stuttering, it just doesn't make any sense. If we fall for... Yeah yeah, it's a thing man! Now um Samantha Bee and the whole Jon Stewart approach to these little snippets that they do. They bring somebody on, and they make fun of them. Those are highly edited! Yes. They're edited for the pauses or the guy looking like a deer in headlights... It just doesn't mean anything when you have one of those segments. And she does them. She used to do the best ones. She's one of the best at editing things that make it look like an idiot

37:02 So, I'm stunned that anyone would bring a Samantha Bee bit up as some sort of proof. But this is...she's in that other universe and this woman says this isn't an alternative universe! I'm not sure if she's saying that Judge Jeanine's universe is alternative or hers but she's recognized it and it comes out of her mouth. She didn't think about this. This is subconscious reaction. That goes with the golden showers! You are, you are... this is an alternative universe and you can hide from the reports around the country around the world that Putin inter- And now gets now what's going on in the alternative universe? In her universe what's going on there it's pretty frightening From the reports around the country around the world

37:49 world that Putin intervened in our election. But the thing is, Donald Trump is going to be inaugurated but he's also going to come to trial at some point. I am a liberal and I love my country and I'm part of the resistance. And I believe this man will be president but I also believe it is a liberal's job to oppose him." I mean, it's actually sounding like Alex Jones. You know what? You got a first amendment right but let me tell you something yeah we hack them they hack us are you do you agree with that i do not believe think that when a foreign government invades our country oh my god is a serious and the fact that you and the republicans and mozilla are not taking this seriously he's horrifying

38:39 Coco, you know what? You're dreaming. Nobody invaded. The CIA... Do you disagree that the CIA and the FBI said to do something to influence the election? Putin did not invade the country and neither did the Russians! And when they do I'll let ya know because we'll call the military. Then what is the difference between walking into our borders and invading our digital borders?! Coco thank you for being with us. Always a pleasure. Okay, I'll take it now if you don't mind Wow. Glad you're on the lookout for these sorts of things. Well, I actually got this one off the TV because last night everyone was doing hagiographies of Obama except for Fox News

CHAPTER 11 / 48 Discussion

Syria Chemical Weapons, Seymour Hersh Reporting

Reports from Reuters and PBS regarding Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons in 2014 and 2015 are challenged. Evidence from the Porton Down testing facility in the UK is cited to suggest the chemical signatures did not match Syrian government supplies, supporting prior reporting by Seymour Hersh.

bashar al-assad· syria· chemical weapons· porton down· seymour hersh· obama

39:25 And I just caught it and so, you know...and then it just rewind the DVR and I plug in the recorder. It's baffling! No not baffling but stunning! Stunning!! I want to hear your parallel universe clip. Well I have a...it's not a parallel universe thing is your point that you made earlier in this in there deconstruction of that clip which was this let's because this bothers me more than anything Let's take these memes that have been disproven. Yes, this is your one of your favorite pet peeves? Yes This has been disproven in this case is just disproven by Seymour Hirsch and disproven by universities dis proven by studies Disproven and disproved and disproving reported on that it's disproven But let's keep it in the in the old you know the pocket the lexicon

40:17 Let's use it anyway because we don't care and here it is this one. Here's the PBS Margaret Warner doing her hagiography I just I only took a piece of it she's talking about the situation She's in New York Times Go-to girl on PBS NewsHour Always been the one that was a cohost for awhile then Gwen to write around And then she killed Gwenn just out of spite And this is her, you'll hear it and as soon as I heard it I just said stop. I'm not going to play any...I'm not gonna listen anymore of this crap." He said that it was time for Assad to step aside but he resisted giving mainstream rebels the weapons they needed Derek Chalet said the chaos that followed the limited US intervention in Libya's uprising affected the president's approach to Syria The initial questions were about who was the Syrian opposition

41:10 How can we be sure that the capabilities we provide them don't end up in the wrong hands? That gave the upper hand to Assad's forces and Islamist fighters. In 2012, asked what could prompt US action in Syria, The president issued a now infamous warning A red line for us is... We start saying a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. One year later, Assad's forces killed 1400 people in a chemical weapons attack on the Damascus suburb You know, okay. Thank you for doing that I'm gonna...I want to follow it up with a quick report I got from Reuters which like this came in on Reuters this morning like how can they say this? The decision to use chemical weapons in Syria came from the very top That's according to a document seen by Reuters news agency A list produced by international investigators indicates that Bashar al-Assad and his brother

42:09 were linked to the decision to use toxic weapons in 2014 and 2015. The Assads are yet to comment but a government spokesperson said the accusations had no basis in truth. The news came as the Turkish president said, a united and peaceful Syria was impossible with Assad still in power. Turkish forces are fighting to drive ISIL militants out of a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border Now, not only are they resurrecting something. They're resurrecting something that was never in question but now instead of saying he used them all he was behind it it was his idea but the whole reason I think this has been discussed on the show... The entire reason why Obama did not.. Why he stopped while you said hold on a second let me go to Congress everyone's geared up everyone is ready to go strike and bomb the crap out of Syria and Assad

42:57 But the results from the chemical weapons testing came back from Porton Down, that's in the UK where they have a testing facility. You can look it up Porton Down P-O-R-T-O-N down that's in Wiltshire And it said the chemical weapons that we tested have the wrong signature. It could not have been from Syrian supplies." Right, and people looked at the rockets as they couldn't be hit that area from where they would send them from. Exactly! It had to be the rebels themselves that set off those attacks yet here We are. That's what Dempsey probably knew from real reports and he's the one supposedly who put the kibosh on the idea of bombing the crap out of Damascus

43:36 It's just the whole thing is and this has been and then Seymour Hirsch I believe wrote a bunch of about this Saying that this was book bogus got excoriated for it And so we would it's like all evidence points to being a bogus, but no no No Let's just keep it as a mean because it works to our benefit to just keep it going So in they just don't they lie. This isn't what this is a blatant lie you want to hear some lying Yeah Here's a guy who lives firmly in his own universe By the way, I thought it was interesting in that clip. Going back to my clip someone made that comment The woman said its our job as liberals to oppose Trump What is that? Your job? Are they getting paid for it? Maybe she is Al Franken Senator Al Franken

CHAPTER 12 / 48 Discussion

Al Franken, Marco Rubio Russia Commentary

Senator Al Franken is criticized for his comments regarding Donald Trump's relationship with Russia and the appointment of Rex Tillerson. Senator Marco Rubio is described as being in the same "dimension" for acting as a parrot for State Department talking points regarding NATO and Crimea.

al franken· marco rubio· crimea· nato· aleppo· state department

44:24 I forget what he was on, but this guy...I mean it's as if he has never read any other report than something that MSNBC would put on the air. It is just incredible what comes out of his mouth. the president-elect's relationship with Russia, that's sort of an understatement. Right And disappointment of Tillerson and his views on Russia also I mean you know not saying that there are war crimes in Aleppo That's disturbing The President elect during the campaign said that Russia hadn't invaded Crimea

45:10 He threatened NATO, he praised Putin. I mean do you hear all this stuff? He's just as if no one ever gave him any other information. Ah, he threatened NATO! Rubio is exactly the same way on the other side of the aisle. Oh yeah, oh yeah. It was just a parrot for the State Department Do you think Rubio is in the same dimension as Franken? Yes, absolutely. Fabulous! That is amazing. All the time. So it's not a... Thank goodness actually so it's not a left-right Republican Democrat rift It's split in the universe. It's just a split in the universe. What if they find all that?

CHAPTER 13 / 48 Discussion

Logan Act, General Michael Flynn Investigation

The Logan Act of 1799 is defined as a federal law prohibiting unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. The potential application of this law to General Michael Flynn's communications with the Russian ambassador is discussed, alongside claims that the Clinton Foundation frequently violates the same statute.

logan act· michael flynn· john adams· clinton foundation· george logan· felony

45:49 Gee, I wonder. I don't know. You know... There has to be an investigation into these charges that his campaign coordinated with Russia Now the reason why he's saying this for the Logan Act then be on the lookout for this. Well I have three clips... On the Logan Act? Let's go, let's do it right now we get the idea of these people living in other universes beyond look out for these clips people send them to us all right here this is the three-parter and there and it's actually not done in the order chronological order issue as I'll explain but this

46:31 The CNN saga, there has been a desire by the liberals that you gotta go after. They got to do something about the fact that Flynn and by the way one of the guys said that Flynn is sympathetic to the race. Flynn was never really a pro-Russian guy if that ever happens it's gonna be new but Flynn talked to the ambassador of Russia like a few weeks back And this is like some sort of major, possibly a violation of the Logan Act which is American citizens because he's not yet the security advisor. He's just an American citizen. Would it be okay if just for a moment I gave a quick definition of the Logan Act? Yes, give us definition. Yeah, I think that's kind of important to have here. It's also in The Show Notes, of course at 895.noagendanotes.com.

47:27 stems from 1799. Yes, federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the US I think this is what Mark Rich was indicted under It was intended to prevent the undermining of the government's position. The act was passed following George Logan's unauthorized negotiations with France in 1798 and was signed into law by President John Adams on January 30th, 1790 and uh...the last act was amended in 94' in violation of the Logan Act so now it's a felony however what's interesting about the Logan Act is that it applies to everybody

48:09 Except the president of course because the president is, according to the Constitution, is the only government official in United States who has the implicit right To negotiate with other countries whether they're hostile or not. But if this happened before So I guess you know what? In general we violate the Logan Act all the time This is a bogus situation. The Clinton Foundation violates the Logan Act. Oh, yeah! Hello Morocco? Yeah... Yes I mean if anybody violates the Logan Act they should be talking about it's the Clinton Foundation but no they got to go out there just do is a liberal job to go after Trump so here we are on CNN this is this CNN saga

CHAPTER 14 / 48 Discussion

CNN Reporting, Michael Flynn Christmas Texts

CNN coverage by Brooke Baldwin focuses on Michael Flynn's contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak prior to the Obama administration's sanctions. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer clarified that the communications included Christmas greetings and arrangements for a future call between Trump and Putin.

cnn· brooke baldwin· don lemon· sean spicer· sergei kislyak· sanctions

48:55 of one might have a lot of broke baldwin did you with you on this friday this is cnn let's start with the outside stop start started over it within my memory that could buy had a girl talks to the last word is extended and i was just showing x she's showing a little bit of that especially as a and brooke baldwin Listen to this. It's weird. Is it stretch talking maybe? Oh, I like stretch talk. Let's just go with that. Yeah, I think stretch talking CNN by the way she also sounds a little clogged up That's because Don Lemon is sick and he's infecting everyone over there It's CNN music that saw him last night. Oh don't come too close to me I don't want to give you any flu virus But you know I had the show has to go on such an overnight legend in that guy

50:00 I'm so in awe of Don Lemon. The spy novel atmosphere that is continuing to descend upon Capitol Hill because we now know the president-elect's choice for national security advisor contacted the Russian ambassador to the United States multiple times late last month apparently it happened actually just right before the Obama administration announced that it was imposing new sanctions against the Kremlin for its election interference We step back. The backdrop of this news, you have Vice President Joe Biden now confirming CNN's reporting that the intelligence community briefed both president-elect Trump and President Obama on those unsubstantiated claims that Russia may have compromising information on Mr Trump which is exactly what CNN has reported

50:47 all along. They never apologized for this bad reporting. No, okay So let's go on to number two Jim I want you to tell me exactly what you're hearing about whatever the communications were You know between Flynn and the Russians Right Brooke Let's run through it The Trump transition team confirms as you said the incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn did speak by phone with a Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak

51:34 late last month. The transition says that conversation, which was first reported by the Washington Post we should point out happened on December 28th just one day before the Obama administration announced those new sanctions against Russia for its hacking operation in the 2016 election now incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the conversation came after two men texted back and forth wishing each other a Merry Christmas here's what Spicer told reporters this morning on the call With respect to General Flynn, just to give everyone a tick-tock on this. On Christmas Day, General Flynn reached out to the ambassador and sent him a text and it said you know I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward to touching base with you and working with you uh...and i wish you all the best. The ambassador texted him back wishing him a Merry Christmas as well

52:26 Well you violated the Logan Act clearly Now he uses the obnoxious term tick-tock. I heard it Yeah, that I'll give me give you the tick tock on this guy's gonna be a jerk Yes Yaaas Back wishing him a Merry Christmas as well Now, Spicer went on to say that Flynn and Kislyak—and this is really important, Brooke—only spoke about…on December 28th. They later had this phone conversation after those texts went back and forth on Christmas. They only spoke about setting up a phone conversation between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that would take place after Inauguration Day of course next week, next Friday.

53:09 All they're doing is trying to finagle the story into a violation of the Logan Act. That's all that this is about, am I missing something? No and it's so silly because what difference does it make that this guy's going to be the guy talking to the ambassador all the time in nine days or so. It's just another piece of driftwood floating by that people who are angry at Trump grab onto oh maybe maybe this will work! You know what's obviously coming next after everyone sworn in? The assassination attempt. It's obvious! And these guys are encouraging it. Yes! Alright, so let's go to... Now here is the interesting part about this. This clip 3 actually came on the show before

CHAPTER 15 / 48 Discussion

John Negroponte, CNN Logan Act Rebuttal

Former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte appeared on CNN to dismiss claims that Michael Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador was illegal. Negroponte characterized the communication as natural for a national security advisor designate and labeled the Logan Act violation theories as "patent nonsense."

john negroponte· wolf blitzer· cnn· michael flynn· national security· intelligence

53:56 This was the guy Schudo who took over Wolf Blitzer temporarily, he took his show over. It's the Wolf Blitzer Show that came before... What's her name? The Dawn or whatever it is. Brooke Baldwin. This shit was on and he had John Negroponte a former DNI Director of National Intelligence on as a guest who he expected I guess to play ball and he decided not to And he just kind of told everything like it was a very good interview even though this Schutte guy who is part of the that little clique guys who roll out this bogus Trump story about the Golden showers right now obviously the second show that comes up nobody listens to the show before. It's so obvious when you hear this what you're going to hear because

54:46 Because Negroponte just takes this whole thing and pushes aside this entire exact same thing that this guy's trying to get out of him. The same, oh he's the Logan Act has been violated! And so listen to how this is handled by Negroponte Okay, fair point. Other story the Trump transition team confirmed today that Lieutenant General Michael Flandy is of course President-elect Trump's pick for National Security Advisor That he was in touch with Russia's ambassador to the United States just three days after Christmas December 28th The timing of this interesting because it happened happened around the same time that President Obama was announcing he was expelling Russian diplomats and some other steps in reaction to Russian meddling in the election. Do you find that timing, that communication at all inappropriate or troubling?

55:34 Well, I don't know what the content of the conversation was but it doesn't strike me as unnatural for a national security advisor designate to reach out to the Russian ambassador. After all that's one of the most important relationships we have where by then we would have been less than one month to the inauguration and those are two people who are going to have a relationship going forward. So no, I didn't find it particularly unusual and I was very troubled to see somebody suggested that it might even be illegal. I think that's patent nonsense. Ha ha oops! Oops! Hey man! Meanwhile then the next show comes on they could readdress it with not paying any attention because they don't-I guess they don't listen to their own shows

CHAPTER 16 / 48 Discussion

Trump Cabinet Nominees, Reagan Administration Parallels

The perceived lack of alignment between Donald Trump and his cabinet nominees is analyzed as a standard part of the transition process. John Negroponte compares the current situation to the early Reagan administration, suggesting that harmonizing different policy perspectives often takes several years.

rex tillerson· jeff sessions· ronald reagan· harmonization· discord· cabinet

56:21 Big picture here, you have both Republicans and Democrats. I'm just assuming I'm playing Negroponte on Divergent Views? This is different but yeah you can play this. Do you want me to play something else a different one? No no no, this is the Negroponte continuing because this was that this is a different topic let's explain what this is...this is another thing that came up and Because Trump told these guys that would go going to the hearings their Secretary of State nominee and the Attorney general all the rest of them just be yourself He says yeah, if you got it If you had a problem with my just say what you mean Say what do you think to get you know? You want to get into this thing and so this got everybody upset The Democrats the liberals. Oh they're not on the same page there on the same page. They're going against their leader

57:12 And so meanwhile, so they bring this up and this guy brings, Schudo brings us up with again with Negroponte who says the reasonable thing which is that what's the big deal? These guys are just getting together now. They're not gonna agree on anything and The only other guy that kind of fell in line with that was again David Brooks I don't have a clip of this I don't think but Brooks goes on it says he thinks it's great that they're all in Canada did have different perspectives. I think he was right on that, but listen to this big picture here you have both Republicans and Democrats i just had two two on the air just now speaking really in unison uniformly that Russia is a major threat that the meddling in the election while no indication that affected the results but still was a serious attack on American democracy

58:01 Do you believe, are you troubled by President-elect Trump in his public comments playing down the importance of this election meddling? Well I think the team and the president and his elect and his team are now in the waiting room if you will and soon another week from now they'll be in the situation room. And I think those are two very different sets of circumstances, and they're going to have to come to grips with the issue of developing coordinated synchronized policies towards each and every one of these issues right now you can see some divergences between them you can see some public statements by

58:36 cabinet members designate to the effect that Russia is a threat, the president-elect Trump kind of dismissing that. There's going to have to be a real harmonization of those points of view if not then I think there could be some discord and trouble ahead. I recall at the beginning of the Reagan administration there were quite a few divergences and it took them a number of years to sort that out The sooner the President and his team can develop harmonized, coordinated policies towards these different issues the better it is for them and for the country. I have a new deconstruction of the Golden Shower video and ties it into Brexit interestingly enough

CHAPTER 17 / 48 Discussion

General James Mattis, Military Lethality Focus

During his confirmation hearing, General James "Mad Dog" Mattis emphasized "military lethality" and "readiness" over social issues. Responding to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Mattis stated he is not looking to roll back existing policies regarding women in combat or LGBT service members unless they are proven to impact the force's ability to fight.

james mattis· kirsten gillibrand· lgbt· combat roles· military readiness· marines

59:27 But I was thinking we'll move that to the B block and I wouldn't mind playing one or two confirmation hearing clips so you can kind of get an understanding about what, you know...about the differences. And I don't think there's any difference in how Trump's nominees are thinking and he's thinking, but of course you know we all know Trump is a xenophobe homophobe misogynist etc. So it was very funny to see to see all of these nominees just be completely the opposite of what everyone thought they would be so if you'd if you would indulge

1:00:06 Yeah, sure. Let us grab... well let's go to Mad Dog Mattis. Mad Dog Mattis? Man the guy has got an eye job for sure! Holy moly! Those bags look like a couple of Samsonites. That is really not necessary. Is this just saying that I'm unaware of? What? Those bags look like a couple of Samsonites?! I've heard it Okay, here is Senator Gillibrand from New York. Yeah he's a Democrat grilling Mathis on well of course women and LGBT rights

1:00:49 These are hot buttons for the military and this guy will be leading the military And he was just not biting in previous speeches one from the Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco on April 16th 2015 you were asked specifically about whether we should open infantry positions and special forces combat jobs to women? And you said You did not think it was a good idea. Um, you said when you mixed, you know that when you mix arrows, when you mix affection for one another that could be manifested sexually. I don't care if you go anywhere in history and will not find where this has worked never has it worked You said the idea of putting women in there is not setting them up for success Could we find a woman who could run fast enough? Of course we could! Could we find a few who can do the pull-ups? Of course we could That's not the point That's not the point at all It's whether or not you want to mix arrows

1:01:42 And so in both of these question and answer sessions, you said you do not think you could do it. Have you changed your view on this issue? Now she thinks she's got the smoking gun on Mad Dog here! I've got you, I'm trapping you with your own words let's see you get out of this I was not in a position to go back into government when i made those statements. There are many policies that have been enacted over many years, including the year since I've been on active duty I'm coming in with the understanding that I lead the Department of Defense and if someone brings me a problem, then I'll look at it. But i'm not coming in looking for problems. I'm looking for ways to get the department so its at the most lethal stance and in that way... I like that! Hey! Im just going to make sure these boys and girls are lethal!

1:02:34 I never knew that was kind of the mission of the military make sure they're in the most lethal stance possible Problems, i'm looking for ways to get the department so it's at the most lethal Stance and in that regard. It's all about military readiness Uh, i'm looking for military readiness and what we can do in that regard Do you believe that uh? openly serving homosexuals along with women in combat units is undermining our force. Senator, my belief is that we have to stay focused on a military that's so lethal that on the battlefield it will be the enemy's longest day and their worst day when they run into that force I believe that military service as a touchstone for patriots

1:03:20 of whatever strike. I mean, it's simply the way that they demonstrate their commitment and I believe that right now the policies that are in effect unless a service chief brings something to me where there is a problem that has been proven then I'm not going in with the idea that i'm going to review these and right away start rolling something back. So you better try one more time Do you believe that allowing LGBT Americans to serve in the military or women in combat is undermining our lethality? Frankly, Senator, I've never cared much about two consenting adults and who they go to bed with so the answer's no? Senator my concern is on the readiness of the force to fight

1:04:04 and to make certain that it's at the top of its game so when we go up against an enemy, the criteria for everything we do in the military up until that point when we put our young men and women across the line of departure is they will be at their most lethal stance. That's my obligation. NYSA labeling there by the senator from New York LGBT Americans It's a label. That's interesting, that's a new one. It's a horrible label and the Ls the Gs the Bs and the Ts well the bees are all over the place but they don't agree with each other they don't want to have a common label I'll play one more of these this is a little shorter Kamala Harris who of course was on fast track to become...I guess she was being thought of as possibly Supreme Court judge she's now a senator from California i have to say she is beautiful

CHAPTER 18 / 48 Discussion

Kamala Harris, Mike Pompeo CIA Hearing

Senator Kamala Harris questioned CIA Director nominee Mike Pompeo on his personal views regarding LGBT rights and climate change. Pompeo committed to treating all employees with dignity and stated the agency's role is to collect intelligence on threats arising from regional instability and climatic activity.

kamala harris· mike pompeo· cia· climate change· lgbt rights· san francisco

1:04:54 She really is a beautiful woman. You looked at her... She began as a district attorney in LA, I think? L.A., she went to...she became something. She was also doing something in San Francisco. I think she was the DA in San Francisco. Could be. Because she was terrible! Everybody knew it. She wouldn't do all kinds of cases. She's very politically correct about everything And nobody liked her. And then she ran for lieutenant governor, she's a good-looking woman... She's very good at public speaking is good. So maybe she wasn't not the DA in LA, she was in San Francisco all the time because she ran for lieutenant governor against the DA of LA

1:05:36 So I think that's really what the process was. And she's on the fast track to become governor, but then they opened up the Senate job and she took that so we still don't know what we're gonna do about Governor. What Democrats going to get that job? But does she is...I've been listening to her as a senator. She's an idiot! Your voting record and stated position on gay marriage and the importance of having a question California's, of course We got to go back to LGBT unquote traditional family structure for raising children is pretty clear I disagree with your position. But of course you're entitled to your opinion

1:06:14 I don't want to that however change your opinion on that matter the recruitment or retention of patriotic LGBT women and men in the CIA some of whom have yeah, this is she's talking to The CIA guy what's his name? He's funny. What's his name again? He's a monster something like no No, that's Treasury This is What's the guy's name? I don't know it'll come taking great risks to their lives for our country Can you commit to me that your personal view Pompeii is his name pompeii there. I want to mention something here That this was an analysis done after the election, which was that the Democratic Party has gotten so out

1:06:56 I mean, there's a certain percentage of the population that qualifies as LGBT. There is more that qualify in the longer thing that you always like to write about. LGBTQQIAAP But it is still minority of the population and it is... The Democrats are appealing to such an extreme they believe because they appealed to that group small minority as opposed to working class of entire country which includes the LGBT people Because they emphasized it so much, that's really why they lost the election. I concur. Because there was no concern about people out of work... I concur! And especially if- So we're seeing evidence of it in these questions? It's the same preoccupation. There is a point. By the way, doesn't matter if men go into military and get blown up, limbs removed coming back to nothing. That doesn't matter

1:07:56 Can you commit to me that your personal views on this issue will remain your personal views and will not impact internal policies that you put in place at the CIA? Senator Harris, if you have my full commitment to that I would only add In my life as a private businessman, I had the same set of issues. It was out there that I had my views at that time as well and I treated each and every member of the workforce that I was responsible for at those times with dignity and respect and demanded of them the same things that I demanded from every other person who was working on part of my team

1:08:32 And do I have your assurance that this equal treatment will include policies related to child care services, family benefits and a company post for dependents? Do you hear this like you want him to guarantee that right now. OK Without knowing the full set of policies and benefits out at the Central Intelligence Agency haven't had chance to find find that out just yet You have my assurance every employee will be treated in a way That is appropriate and equal And that you will not put in place any policies that would discriminate against any members because of their sexual orientation. The point of these questions, is she just trying to trip him up where somewhere he says something just a little bit so we can get a wedge in there? See! Gay hater! Because of their sexual orientation. I cant imagine putting in place any policy that was discriminatory with respect to any employee What?!

1:09:21 Thank you. One of the causes those CIA analysts see as the impact of climate change, do you have any reason to doubt the assessment of these CIA analysts? I haven't had a chance to read those materials with respect to climate change. I do know the agency's role there, its role is to collect foreign intelligence and understand threats from the world that would certainly include threats from poor governance, regional instability, threats from all sources and deliver that information to policy makers To the extent that changes in climactic activity are part of that foreign intelligence collection task We will deliver that information to you all and to the president. All right, take that stick it in your hat Unbelievable just keep bad climate change badgering badgering badger I've got information man new shit has come to light

CHAPTER 19 / 48 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations, Keith Lossett Requests

Executive and Associate Executive Producers are thanked for their financial support, including Matthew Eskridge and Keith Lossett. Lossett requested specific audio stingers, including "Karma" and "Bugs," while discussing his use of the Pop Money payment system to bypass PayPal.

executive producer· matthew eskridge· keith lossett· pop money· chichi con· karma

1:10:16 And that's the tease. So it's LGBT Americans and climate change are the two things that... Women, women, women and women well yeah all we care about Yeah that's it okay in the B block I have a new deconstruction of The Golden Shower tape but first I'd like to thank you for your courage to say in the morning to you John Cena Where the C stands for Clips that Prove the Universe is Split. Dvorak! In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry, in the morning all ships at sea, boats on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. In the morning do everybody in the chat room always there for the live shows on Thursdays and Sundays noagendastream.com thank you all very much for showing up it's highly appreciated. In the morning to Patrick Bauss

1:10:59 who brought us the artwork for episode 8, 9 or 4. The title of that of course Ash For Cash and a very interesting piece it was the Yellow Brick Road CNN logo with the air quote hands. I just thought that was funny. It was nice it was higher concept there was like that a lot thank you very much for your service to the program and thank you uh to all of our artists who often Submit artwork, noagendaartgenerator.com and of course this is our value for value proposition we have some people who we want to thank as our executive and associate executive producers I had when i was down with the family in Disneyland You know because everyone's about somebody will buy these It's not that I'm soliciting somebody to buy a pair of these for me But there's something funny about those big giant Mickey Mouse hands that you can put on Okay

1:11:59 And you, especially because you just look silly with these big giant Mickey Mouse hands. And that's the same hands of style wise as the quote ones that were on that art which kind of reminded me of those hands. Yeah yeah exactly yes they were. I can't say it was whatever. That's right let's see Matthew Eskridge $580 comes in top of the list from uh the U.S Hi, John and Adam just donation moves me over the top to knighthood. I'd like to be hope he's on the list Yeah, I think so is like to be knighted sir Matt Eskridge Eskridge spelled with an ee like in The Game of Thrones yeah, man I also request that whiskey and bacon be served at the roundtable Oh let me add that to the list on whiskey and bacon bacon Can I get it?

1:12:48 Oh, Elon and an amen fist bump. Thank you for your courage! And knighthood counting has been sent okay I think we can do that. Amen fist bump. Oops. You've got karma. There we go thank you i'll see you later at the ceremony Keith Lossett came in with $333.42, I've actually gone back and forth to him because he had a lost donation but it wasn't really lost. It was that he says my donation goes on. He says I'm honored to help produce show 893 who is off too

1:13:28 My auto equity he's got audio request so actually do these first and I'll explain what's going on here, okay? my audio requests are Karma of course and bugs bugs bugs as an expression of disdain for the endless anti-trump pestilence And make an optional request for this Chichi con Jingle although. I'd prefer to hear gay in herself And she explained the Russian hack yet. Actually, she did but it wasn't really that interesting that we're going to put on the show. But he played those and I'll explain why his donation was kind of lost. Tastes like poo.

CHAPTER 20 / 48 Discussion

Pop Money Payment System, PayPal Alternatives

The podcast explores Pop Money as a viable alternative to PayPal for listener donations, noting that many users avoid PayPal due to its past actions against WikiLeaks. The system functions similarly to a direct deposit or ACH transfer, allowing for lower fees on large transactions.

pop money· paypal· ach· wikileaks· wire transfer· newsletter

1:14:19 Chachacon, chachacon, chachacon, gal you need a chachacon. Chachacon, let me rock you, let me rock you, that's all I wanna do. Chachacon, let me rock you, let me rock you, let me feel for you. Chachacon, won't ya tell whatcha wanna do? Let me feel for me the way I feel for you! Chachacon, let me tell you what I'mma do. I wanna love you, want to hug you, wanna squeeze you too. Alright there you go now tell me whats going on So he sent his donation in through pop money and uh He found a mechanism and I had him explain it in another email, which I won't read because it's pretty long. I'm going to put it in the next newsletter for people who hate PayPal because there are a lot of people that just don't like PayPal for whatever reason. I think it works very well for the show. People hate PayPal because PayPal shut off donations to WikiLeaks. That's where it all stems from. Okay. And yeah, they had a gun to their head let's face it

1:15:13 Well, yeah I was still Pierre Omniar driving my car who was a part of that. So the point is he's gotten to the... He can use Popmail and go straight into the... It's like a direct deposit it's like a wire transfer without the wire transfer fee Yeah and it goes straight in and then I couldn't figure out how Oh! I know I'd say its an ACH No it's not an ACH that I know of. It's just their system, they got some system built in and i don't think it's ACH because I've been working with ACH myself and it's complex but once you got it set up its great because there is no fee

1:15:52 Yes, but it costs money to set it up. It's not free you can't just put ACH capability without having to pay something Beside the point he's got the mechanism I'm gonna be outline for people that want to try something different There's a way of doing there's other people that do this we have a donation later in the segment from Dame Kirsten Gelb she's been doing this it comes in as looks like a wire transfer But it says pop money And it goes just so I didn't guess as I never check on this. I don't because we don't get that many wire transfers people usually more than you found a whole whole little pocket of Money that has come in that way probably no to well, that's a pocket In our world hits in our world. That's a that salute

1:16:38 So I've mentioned this in the newsletter, the last newsletter that it's possible to do this and I'm gonna have them outline mechanism in the next newsletter. But anyway so that's how it got mixed up because he was like where were you? I didn't see any checks or anything and then I check with the bank. He was off a couple of shows because of this mess. All right. Wait, karma or something? Did it need anything? Oh yeah he needed karma. Well that was not a request so here we go. You've got karma. Here we go. David Poole comes in from Fairbanks I think is right. Fairbanks Alaska. 3333 I don't have a note. Let me see if there's one in the email. Let me see if I've got something here on the emails hold on pool

CHAPTER 21 / 48 Discussion

Bulgarian NATO Contributions, Australian Meetup Plans

A Bulgarian producer donated $356, framing it as a "NATO contribution" at a discounted rate. Plans for an upcoming Australian tour are discussed, including a potential meetup in Sydney featuring local mead and a "douchebag" call-out for a non-donating listener.

bulgaria· nato· australia· mead· sydney· fake news

1:17:30 Okay, pool. Uh... Nope! I have nothing from it. Well oddly sorry. I should have something i think let me know well i'm going to give him a karma and we can always fix that you've got karma i am going to look him up yeah oh are you gonna do that now okay all right good uh nothing there you go okay back to the spreadsheet Nicholas Nikoloff.

1:18:08 Nikola Nikolov. Nikola? Oh, Nikola! Okay that's different I do not read my current address so i'm not sure but you know You can read the Bulgarian thing I saw the whole list She's in Bulgaria she's 256 she is associate executive producer of the show Is it a she or he? I think its a he. Is it not a he? Nikolo could be...it usually has a she isn't it? I think it's a he Could be a guy That name in Eastern Europe could either be a man In fact I know it's a man Okay It's a guy As a Bulgarian citizen, I want to pay my yearly NATO contribution at a discounted rate before Donald becomes president. I asked the best podcast in the universe to be the recipient of the payment based on official NATO documents. This is $89 per person, $356 for a family of four. I take one hundred dollar rebate for JCD recommendation to buy OS2 in the 1993-94 period

1:19:08 Yeah, I was reading his column in the Bulgarian edition of PC Magazine. I want to congratulate myself with my birthday which is today January 15th So if I understand correctly you John C Dvorak are the reason that Rex is still taught in Bulgarian schools Could be and it also ended up with a discount of 100 bucks, which is you know You lost 50 dollars. I give this guy some karma Thank you sir, sir Gavin of st George in Carleton New South Wales $250 in one cent

1:19:45 the 2050-01 at the time of donating $333.33 in Australian dollars, I'm looking forward to Adam and The Keeper's visit to Australia and was wondering if a meetup page will be started? Yes this will all take place we're slowly getting it started as i have not had my phone conference with Dame Angela yet but she's super patient so uh... And later in the program we do have some news on our Australian tour another reason to stay tuned As I have found a great supplier of mead and would like to know the numbers attending so i might supply some great Aussie Mead for the Sydney meetup. Can I please have a douchebag call out for David? Yeah, of course you can. DOUCHEBAG! I hit him in the mouth awhile ago and he has yet to donate.

1:20:37 There's a frog in my throat. Can I please have a douchebag card? Baba, I hit him in the mouth He's yet to donate can I also get some house hunting and moving karma Please ask as for jingles can you randomize some please or any new ones cheers? Yeah, so I got play few things for them do all right here we go You are fake news If you're blue and you don't know where there's fake news why don't you get your kid both big food and on the reds Dressed up like a million dollar trooper Trying not to look like Anderson Cooper Super pooper Come let's mix where John Podesta walks with kids Oh, I mean pizzas in his mitts Putin on the Ritz You've got Carmen Beautiful

CHAPTER 22 / 48 Discussion

Birthday Shoutouts, Primal Scream Request

Associate Executive Producers Laura Ziadzio and Sir Craig Kuttner are recognized for their contributions. The segment includes birthday wishes for listeners' children and a "primal scream" audio request from Kuttner, who also references his ham radio call sign.

virginia· human resources· mac and cheese· baronet· ham radio· primal scream

1:21:31 Love that jingle. Okay, onward to Daleville Virginia where resides Laura Zia-Dee-Zio I think. Ziadzio. Ziadzio! 235-04, another associate executive producer. I team you John and Adam you gilted me into another donation with your newsletter today thank you very much uh huh your recent programming has been especially insightful and i truly appreciate your biweekly media deconstruction this donations for my human resources both of whom have birthdays in january erin and nickael hajra 112 and 123 are 14 and 16 this month. You got both on there, I think? Yes they are. God i'm old in honor of their birth can you please play whoopies get out of my vagina and we as well as the mac-and-cheese life for Nick who makes a mean Mac and cheese from scratch great

1:22:27 Great. Thanks for all you do it's Laura J Joe J that's where that sounds Jay Joe Jay Joe DCIO is Jojo Jojo You've got karma Great we got a lot of associate executives we had none the last year I mean exactly exactly Sir Craig Kuttner in USA somewhere, 23457. Sir Craig here know actually just found that I became a baronet and was slacking off accounting via email the best podcast in the universe has been amazing of late and January 20 shows no sign of slowing down the constant flow of material into your analysis and deconstruction machine keep up with good work

1:23:19 We're all counting on you. 73 is some KB1 YYE. Oh yeah, 7-3's kilo 5 alpha Charlie! And he also threw in the extra penny for you. Ooh we love having him. Primal scream karma. So he wants to scream...the scream with a calm down or just do the scream and no calm down? I think that we had a couple good screams here. Yeah I got a good one here and what else did he want? Karma okay Here we go. Yeah, that one. Karma. There you go. Boom! Thank you sir. All right Todd and Kate Gilbert in Nanaimo, it's up north of Victoria on the island 23131

CHAPTER 23 / 48 Discussion

Canadian Media Perspective, Nutrition vs Climate Change

Todd and Kate Gilbert from British Columbia provide a Canadian perspective on US news, comparing the current political climate to the film "Idiocracy." They also reference Nina Teichholz's book "The Big Fat Surprise" to draw parallels between the history of nutritional science and modern climate change data.

canada· idiocracy· nina teichholz· co2· climate change· pollution

1:24:11 And we got, let's see... I can't read the beginning. It's too long. My wife and I have been listening to your show for over a year and this is our first donation. D-Douching then? Get that right off the bat. You've been d-douched! Please dedicate this donation to my beautiful wife Kate who could somehow put up with a douchebag husband. I think we followed the path of many of your listeners where you wondered who are these blowhards for the first couple shows. But for some reason kept on listening. Some reason... Ah, that's the magic sauce! After a few shows and beginning to understand the sarcasm in no agenda vocabulary we realized you were actually doing some intelligent analysis as I think is common for many Canadians we can't stand watching US news oh join the party

1:25:01 We've become our, you have become our source for keeping current on what is going down south. We thought we had a ridiculous election cycle in Canada but you guys have completely blown us out of the water! Every time I hear more of your analysis I can't help but think about the movie Idiocracy and wonder if in the near future it will be considered a documentary? The anti-Trump media in Canada has been so bad that we've had to change our on hold music at work away from local radio stations as there's so much slamming BUTTSLAMMING of your future president that we are worried we would be pissing off half our American customers. More than half, you know more than... That's the majority it is more than half If you haven't already I suggest you read The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teichholz

1:25:46 It's interesting to read about what appears to be parallels in the history of nutrition and diet scientific data, to what is happening now with climate change. That said this is one topic where I think you guys are leaning too far into your analysis. Ah! I agree that media is blowing global warming out of proportion but from what I've read and understand it is hard to believe humans aren't impacting the environment and to some degree causing some amount of climate change." Uh yeah...I don't think there's an argument While it may not be imminent doom, as the media makes it out to be blaming every tropical storm on carbon emissions there are also some serious health impacts of pollution. Yeah hold on a second you're buying into the carbon pollution meme okay? CO2 is not pollution. It's needed for plant growth! No carbon dioxide, no plants we all die so when you exhale you are a polluter...no it's okay um We can agree to disagree for a little bit

1:26:40 Keep up the great research, show quality and banter for Todd and Kate. I'm going to give them a little karma here thank you very much both of you. You've got karma! Welcome to the Noah Jindal family Larry T in Leesburg, Virginia $200 I was called out as a douchebag by Baron von Richthofen of the Shenandoah back in episode 868. So here's my donation Apologize for the delay and donating but better late than never could I please get a de-douching karma? Get out of my vagina Fletcher screaming fat bitch and we thanks for the great show Larry T Wow Okay

1:27:23 Trying to find the original. Okay, we got it here we go which may not be in the right order but here we go You've got karma you've been D do Boom, boom, boom. And that concludes our laundry list of great executive and associate executive producers for show 895. We got five shows away from the masterful show 900. Wow! It's been quite a journey. Yeah

CHAPTER 24 / 48 Discussion

KGB Blackmail Tactics, ABC News Porn Music

ABC News is criticized for using "porn music" in a segment about alleged Russian blackmail tactics involving hidden cameras and prostitutes. The report incorrectly references the KGB, which was disbanded in 1991, rather than the modern FSB.

kgb· fsb· blackmail· abc news· moscow· honey trap

1:27:59 We're only halfway there. I have a lot more to talk about how our model works and how Value for Value works, and what you can do to participate in the program. Do that in the second donation segment where we thank people who come with donations of $50 and over but for now these executive producers and associate executive producers thank you very much! You've got your credits they will be on the show notes page And of course you can always find the entire archive of show notes at archive.noagendanotes.com and we have another show coming up on Thursday, remember us? And you still have the weekend to go out there see some friends and propagate the fun! Alright here we go

1:29:03 The deconstruction came to me of the Golden Shower video, which I thought was worthy of... Have you seen the video? No. I have not seen the video. I don't know if anyone has SEEN the video. There's no video! But there is some interesting deconstruction from one of our producers that I wanted to share However we need to set it up just a little bit Let me see first This is actually kind of as a holdover from before the break to show you how this is being presented by the media to the citizens of Gitmo Nation proper here. This is ABC who, of course are going well...you know we don't really have any

1:29:50 facts or whatever, but let's talk about how the KGB blackmails people anyway. Okay? The Russians and Trump have angrily denounced the allegations as completely false including the unverified claim that Trump was secretly recorded when he visited Moscow. Trump says he knows better than to let that happen In those rooms you have cameras in the strangest places Cameras that are so small with modern technology You can't see them and you won't know But spies for the former KGB are famous for just that kind of blackmail tactic against foreign visitors. U.S officials say the Russians posted this video... Stop, stop! You gotta stop it Can you back it up a little bit? Did he say KGB? Yep

1:30:38 The KGB? Yeah, which has been disbanded for how long in 1991 it was disband. Yeah and they're showing a video which I guess would be from the FSB and it's a real grainy video in a hotel on some guys with a hooker like okay yeah that's what happens! And that ruins everything because oh gosh you know...yeah okay I think- I love the music they added this- I like the music. The porn music is pretty funny. Won't know But spies for the former KGB are famous for just that kind of blackmail tactic against foreign visitors. U.S. officials say the Russians posted this video of an American diplomat with an alleged prostitute, complete with background music after the diplomat refused to become a double agent. So not only are we going out you as a philanderer, were gonna put porn music to it? Oh no! Please don't do that. Let those be. Former KGB

CHAPTER 25 / 48 Discussion

Christopher Steele, Donald Trump Germophobia

The background of former MI6 agent Christopher Steele is examined, noting his ties to the FBI and political opposition research funded by Jeb Bush and the Democrats. A 2000 interview with Ruby Wax is used to document Donald Trump's long-standing germophobia, which critics argue makes the "golden shower" allegations unlikely.

christopher steele· mi6· jeb bush· moscow· ruby wax· germophobia

1:31:35 All right, just as a data point... I'm sorry? That's cute that they put music to it. Yeah, I like it! This is Ted Malek M-A-L-E-K O-C-H he's a Trump insider He was on the BBC and he was quite clear in who paid the former so called you know the former MI6 guy where all that came from and who was setting it up of course that guy's name is Christopher Steele Just there's a background or so we recall kind of Is this damaging Donald Trump I think quite the opposite, actually. See? Why's that? He seems to do his advantage. Yesterday it was an incredible news conference, press conference and he comes out the winner! He looks confident, robust, defends himself and proves that some part of the news media is trying to delegitimize

1:32:26 presidency, his election and it's doing it by the use of fake news. If its not fake news and we don't know... Let me tell you what the British intelligence told me this morning Okay This person who they know who was in MIS... This is Mr Steele It is Christopher Steele Was also a FBI asset at one point time so he has intelligence background but he was paid by the people that you mentioned who were working for Jeb Bush In order to discredit him, the Democrats took over the contract as you said. He kept adding to the dossier and using information given to him by the FSB in Russia, most of it fabricated. The more he put into the dossier the more he got paid so he made a sensationalist dossier as bad as possible just like your lawyer charges you more billable hours in order to get paid more You said most of it fabricated what bit wasn't fabricated? I don't know what's fabricated and what's not obviously So you don't know if most of its fabricate well

1:33:27 the stuff that we've read, this salacious stuff that we've read. Some of it might be true? It is true that Mr Trump was in Moscow or something. These kinds of things are true as well. Okay nice so just a little background on Steele and how all that went So I received quite a beautiful deconstruction from Jeremy Young one of our producers who is in the United Kingdom, one nation east he actually does pretty good YouTube videos very low viewership so I put him in the show notes You can take a look at it and I just want to read this verbatim, John. I really thought it was an interesting take. Adam & John about the Trump dossier have you considered that Trump is not actually the target? It is well known that Trump has a thing about urine." And I'm like really?! And he points... He references The Ruby Wax Show do you recall The Ruby Wax Show

1:34:22 It was big in Europe and the UK at the time. Ruby Waxman... Never heard of it? She's an American comedian, she's one of these Americans who were famous in the UK, and she had a show, Ruby Wax, and would go all over the world to interview people kind of like a reality-show type idea. So this is from 2000 where she went with Donald Trump. This was when there was first news about him perhaps running for office And so she did this profile about him and he really was not liking much of what she was doing. But when you listen, and I encourage people to watch that whole piece that's also in the show notes... He is so incredibly consistent between what he's saying today and in 2000 and even before that. Really about everything he said now even the same cadence nothing has changed including germophobia! And yes he has some issues with urine

1:35:17 Back at the Taj, the Trumpmeister is giving away money for a change to some of the biggest losers in his casino. They've apparently lost much money at these tables These are some of the happiest losers money can buy No wonder they cheer for him to be their next El Presidente Would you vote for Donald for president? I sure would. Why not? He's just as good as the rest of the germ. In case you didn't know, Donald is supposed to be a bit of a germ freak so the word is he doesn't like to touch the masses but God bless him! He's trying You know they all say gee whiz you don't like chicken heads if your eating dinner

CHAPTER 26 / 48 Discussion

Tony Blair, Brexit Sabotage Theory

A theory from producer Jeremy Young suggests the Trump dossier was actually intended to sabotage Brexit by undermining trade negotiations between Theresa May and the US. The theory links Tony Blair, the Rothschilds, and the Orbis intelligence firm to a broader effort to keep Britain in the European Union.

tony blair· brexit· theresa may· fifa· mi6· official secrets act

1:36:03 And a guy comes out of the bathroom and his hand is soaking wet. And you have no idea where the hell it's been, and he comes up to me says Mr Trump I'm a huge fan. Hello Paul congratulations wow terrific. So there's Trump germaphobe and uh he has another story about...and i agree with him of course i dislike that too people come up to you and your just came out of the bathroom hey let me shake your hand So, Jeremy's analysis and thinking is maybe the idea is to wind him up. He suggests the real target is Brexit. Here we go! I'm going to take it point by point stop whenever you want John. Tony Blair has declared he's campaigning to block Brexit The obvious political comparison is Winston Churchill and The Focus... I don't recall what The Focus was about Do you know Dan? No, I don't know never heard of it Okay that I didn't look up

1:37:03 Okay, well you talk I'll look. Yeah the focus Winston Churchill and there are currently two by-elections pending in the UK one in Copeland Cumbria and another in Stoke on Trent both of the Labour MPs standing down our moderate left a moderate centre-left remainers That's the people who want to remain in the EU. In leave constituencies both are considered Blairites, both are going into well-paid jobs into the public sector and both seats are about to disappear under boundary changes so this is stuff that we could never know about the UK So thus we get to Orbis. This is your favorite, John Orbis the guys who you know Michael Steele and his little company there. His buddy yeah Thus we get to Orbis who all reports state made their name breaking open in the FIFA case didn't know that That's the guys who broke open FIFA John interesting huh? Okay Yet what did they actually do all of the allegations have been that have been swirling around the world of football for years And then suddenly the Department of Justice decides it is going to press corruption charges

1:38:06 Here's an odd thing, Tony Blair's son Nicky happens to start up as a football agent in Central and South America at roughly the same time Loretta Lynch starts her indictments. And before you call this tenuous, remember that Blair introduced the human rights legislation into British law. His wife being a human rights lawyer! So yes it shouldn't be overlooked Tony Blair already has a grudge against FIFA because of the 2006 World Cup going to Germany when it was supposed to be his triumph and oddly people criticize for betraying Britain or particularly Jack Warner and if you look at the WikiLeaks emails between Hillary and The Rothschilds who are on record as opposing Brexit the name Tony Blair keeps cropping up

1:38:44 In 2008, when John McCain is running out of money who does he turn to? The Rothschilds. And before you leap to conclusions my having mentioned Irving and the Rothschilds no I'm not suggesting this is a vast Zionist conspiracy! The story of the dossier is rather murky as to when it was produced in what form it took and when it started to be touted but on July 2016 its date which certainly exists which is the month after the Brexit vote yet no one touches it for obvious reasons that it's nonsense Now, if you watch the Ruby Wax film I would suggest that the problem for the Democrats or indeed anyone trying to blackmail Trump is that he might be obsessional and slightly mad but he's clearly honest to the point of anal retentiveness.

1:39:22 If you read it, the document is a typical Clinton style. A direct encounter to what they're accused of i.e., you've been messing around with semen and blood and pimping out kids oh well while you hire hookers to pee on beds in hotels hey you sold uranium to Russians Oh well...well you know..well your doing something with the Russians too The thing of beauty of hiring Orbis is that rather like the story of the Trump campaign and the Russian server, is because they are ex-MI6 they have to ping the British government. Because as an ex MI6 they have to check out and they have to talk to the FBI as they're covered by the Official Secrets Act in various protocols...and so do Brexit! Theresa May is due in Washington this month she needs a trade deal with the US in order to go into negotiations in March when supposedly she's going to trigger Article 50

CHAPTER 27 / 48 Discussion

John McCain, The Focus Slush Fund

Sir Andrew Wood, an advisor to Tony Blair, reportedly encouraged Senator John McCain to take the Trump dossier seriously. The segment draws a historical parallel to "The Focus," a secret slush fund that financed Winston Churchill's efforts to warn the world about Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

john mccain· andrew wood· winston churchill· the focus· germany· buzzfeed

1:40:07 We know from the Brexit campaign that Britain will be at the back of the queue for TTP under Obama. These people aren't that bright and the statement alone lost the remain side votes, but apparently now we are at the front of the queue under Trump because his election is a blow for liberty just like Brexit and Nigel Farage." So who apparently told McCain that he should take another look at this dossier that had been rejected by every news organization as bogus? Sir Andrew Wood has gone on record as saying that he did speak to McCain at a security conference in Canada and urged him of its importance. That would be the same Sir Andrew Wood who was an advisor to Tony Blair!

1:40:47 So suddenly McCain as a concerned citizen gives the documents to the FBI so that report can be laundered and fed out through the heavily Amazon subsidized site BuzzFeed under the top 10 sex toys of 2017, and all available at the click of a mouse from Amazon. And of course, this perfectly fits because it plays into the latent hostility of Americans for the British which you also kind of heard. You know there's a lot of that in the Ruby Wax thing at the words Russia they duck and cover and the word British they immediately get arrogant to say fuck those guys we beat their ass in 1776! Again watch the Ruby Wax film when Trump perfectly displays this with his comment about how she's big in Britain but she's nothing over here

1:41:26 So winding Trump up, especially on top of Theresa May being the Home Secretary that allowed the debate on whether Trump should be banned from the country seems the perfect way of scuppering Brexit or at least undermining any negotiations on Britain's exit. What do you think? I think it's an interesting theory. I'm not saying that i'm all in on it, but isn't it...I like the fact that somebody is thinking like this Me too! I love the thinking which is why I wanted to do it verbatim because a lot of stuff we just don't know about Here is the focus thing Irving went on to...I'm just taking this in the middle. Irving went on to describe several sources of secret financing support enjoyed by Churchill, in addition to the money supplied by the Czech government, Churchill was financed during the wilderness years between 1930 and 1939 via slush fund emanating from a secret pressure group known as The Focus."

1:42:27 Irving, on the Focus. The Focus was financed by a slush fund set up by some of London's wealthiest businessmen principally businessmen organized by the Board of Jewish Deputies in England whose chairman was a man called Sir Bernard Wesley Cohen Sir Bernard held a private dinner party at his apartment on July 29, 1936. And this is in Whaley's...it is mentioned in this guy's memoirs, set up a slush fund for 50,000 pounds for the Focus, the Churchill pressure group now 50,000 pounds in 1936 multiply that by 10 it minimally blah-blah-blah

1:43:03 So, the purpose was... Interesting. The tune that Churchill had to play was Fight Germany! Start warming the world, warning the world about Germany, about Nazis. Churchill of course is one our most brilliant orators and magnificent writer and did precisely that. Hmm. Hmm. So it was Jewish... The Jews saw what's going on over there and they were getting no attention They were getting no attention. So they said, step back everybody! Watch this trick! I just can't get enough of it. Alright...

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Lawrence O'Donnell, Kremlin Hacking Denials

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell claims Donald Trump is an "ignoramus" who will be forced to delegate power to smarter cabinet members. Meanwhile, NBC News interviewed Vladimir Putin's spokesman, who categorically denied that Russia hacked the DNC or influenced the US election.

lawrence o'donnell· msnbc· vladimir putin· nbc news· dnc· hacking

1:43:49 Well, I like the thinking for sure. I like the thinking too. It's also we have these guys David Brooks is a good example trying to figure out what Trumps like they all think he's an idiot the best example of this is Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC which he has a whole thesis season I guess he's never met Trump he hasn't had a meeting I find it interesting that people will make Makes these assertions about someone's mentality. Yeah without actually being their pal or anything well That's kind of but to be honest that's what we do too We make all kinds of assertions people's personality without knowing him, but I guess it shouldn't play this clip At least my theory of Trump is that no one no one

1:44:39 No one understands better than Donald Trump what a complete ignoramus he is. And so when he is speaking to his defense secretary, when he's speaking to any of the people who we just showed, they all know more than he does even Rex Tillerson knows less than any other Secretary of State in history but way more than Donald Trump and I suspect that these people may be heavily invested with policymaking powers in a presidency where the president just sits there and nods when the guy who knows something is speaking. Yeah, of course! That's why he brought- He filled up the swamp? Sure isn't that kind of what you wanted from this guy from Trump anyone who voted for him they wanted him to be a delegator of people that were smarter than him Yes yes that's what all CEOs are

1:45:27 Yeah. The biggest CEOs will say, what is your secret? You said the CEO's the CEO you saw Pence was the COO. Mm-hmm. Yep Which is which your description of this it's gonna be run like a business So you have a bunch of these smart guys around and he still the guy who makes the final decision exactly It's not too far from the truth but still I have a couple fun little Clips to show more of this Russian thing people are freaking out about Russia. It's really working It's really, really working. People are very afraid and... Then I have a pre-clip because I know where you're going with this but i want to play this pre clip This is NBC goading Russia! I believe that these big networks they're goading They're trying to make trouble They're trying to get us into war or something Yes They're playing that clip where Trump comes out and finally says as you know Oh, I think Russia kind of did it He gave up

1:46:24 Essentially knuckled under, he couldn't take it anymore. And they kept showing him documents and whatever the Russians did to hack of the DNC. They did the hack even though the NSA doesn't necessarily think so but... So you just casually throw that out maybe the Russians did it or other Russians didn't. Now we have an example here NBC goading You, Trump said this about you. What are you going to say? It's like a little kid who says one thing to one side of the party and then...You know what he said about you when he said this about me?" More like a teenage girl is what your saying. Yeah, teenage girl. ...at the Kremlin for cyber attacks after weeks of him questioning US intelligence inside Russia's presidential offices our Bill Neely sat down exclusively with Vladimir Putin spokesman who rejects those hacking conclusions

1:47:14 Tonight there's no doubt how Donald Trump is viewed in the Kremlin. Does President Putin like what he sees so far? I have no doubt that yes But Putin spokesman tells us Trump is wrong that Russia hacked the US. I think it was Russia Donald Trump said, I think it was Russia Was it? No It wasn't President Putin didn't order any hacking. No, definitely not! Did he know about any hacking? No. President Trump is wrong when he says Russia did it. Definitely wrong. Okay well the protests are starting in DC

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Al Sharpton Rally, Russian President Claim

Reverend Al Sharpton organized a protest rally in Washington D.C. where speakers criticized the lack of diversity in Donald Trump's cabinet. One speaker referred to Trump as the "first Russian president of the United States of America" during the event.

al sharpton· washington dc· billionaires· cabinet· russia· protest

1:47:57 And the first one already took place, completely organized by the Reverend Al Sharpton. So you know that's a money making deal right there and he brought in DC Reverend Richards I believe and this is what he had to say at the rally Welcome to Poland Oops sorry Yeah It's actually funny There we go Reverend W Franklin Riches We certainly want to celebrate the leadership of Reverend Sharpton, the founder of National Action Network and president. Let's give him some love as he has provided leadership for this. I'm glad to be here to join all of us as we've come across the country to be a part of this important statement of our rejection of what appears to be policies that are designed to hold us back

1:48:52 This is the first time in the last 30 years where the cabinet will not look like America. All billionaires and millionaires, all white men with exception of one white woman and one colored man. And this is the first time in the history of America where we have the first Russian president of United States of America. That's right! I think that's pretty funny. Now to fuel all of this, to fuel all this Russia fear and hacking fear... Oh my goodness! What happened? The C-SPAN is just crazy! The C-SPAN was all of a sudden started airing Russia Today it was insane so what happened is C-SPAN was showing something from MSNBC

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C-SPAN RT Glitch, George Galloway Interview

C-SPAN's broadcast was briefly interrupted by a feed from Russia Today (RT) during a speech by Maxine Waters. RT host George Galloway mocked the incident, attributing it to an internal routing issue at C-SPAN rather than a Russian hack, while comparing the reaction to 1950s McCarthyism.

c-span· rt· george galloway· maxine waters· mccarthyism· internal routing

1:49:54 Where a guy was, I don't even know who it was, talking about Russia. All of the sudden the signal freezes and the reason why I'm going to play this is... No that's not the C-SPAN one! Is this the MSNBC one? Yeah it just froze on MSNBC. The C-SPAN one was Maxine Waters. Ah you're right, I'm sorry. She got cut off. Here's the MSNBC glitch I actually think this whole flap, whatever the Russians may have intended with their hacking has made it much more difficult to get to where they want. There's now a big impediment when you hear General Mattis today Mike Pompeo the CIA director almost swearing that there are going to be hardliners on right-on right-on That was great!

1:50:45 Right on Russia. Yeah, then C-SPAN all of a sudden cut to RT and RT had to respond to this obviously the Russians are now hacking in RT into C-SPAN who do we talk too? Well let's get George Galloway on the phone he is always funny Social media platforms have been flooded with conspiracy theories after the US TV network C-SPAN was suddenly interrupted by a broadcast of this very channel for 10 minutes. However, C-SPAN has released a statement saying the network doesn't believe it was hacked. An initial investigation into the incident has shown it was caused by an internal routing issue as RT is one of the networks C-SPAN regularly monitors

1:51:29 Well, let's discuss this live with former British MP and host of RT Sputnik show George Galloway. Mr Galloway good to see you! Now it was quite a peculiar thing to happen wasn't it? Especially for the viewers of C-SPAN Do you share the suspicions of some members of the public over the incident Well, there's no end to the genius. To the reach of President Putin he was obviously sitting there in the Kremlin deciding to invade the time of C-SPAN which not very many people in the United States watch What's next? The Disney Channel? The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse will suddenly look like the Kremlin and instead

1:52:10 Mickey, President Putin or Mr. Lavrov or someone will give a speech to the nation. It is becoming surreal this whole anti-Russian witch hunt in the United States much of it generated here in London In fact in a building just a couple hundred yards from me here in central London What it really probably means is that the staff at C-SPAN, like all sensible people are watching RT much of the day and somehow that which they were watching ended up on their own network.

1:52:51 RT is growing and growing and growing. If you Googled it, you'd find it's the most referred to, the most mentioned broadcaster in the whole world. And you should be proud of that – I certainly am! So what do you think we saw as a reaction that we did to what happened? Well, clearly if you build up an atmosphere as they did in the 1950s during the McCarthy period of mass hysteria of people literally looking under their beds at night for Russians with snow on their boots. Do you remember that? That sounds like a line I've heard before. Russians with snow on their boots. I know there were people who looked under the bed thing was a very common meme. Oh man!

1:53:37 were really afraid. I mean, you know, I've spoken to Uncle Don about this." Did people really thought? About the C-spin? No no about the fear of the Russians Back in the day, in the 50s. You know? In the fifties people...it was real! Yeah well back then but that's a Soviet Union it's a different operation now I know but remember he's just a former KGB guy He is all the same It's the same people Or as I had a clip I don't have on me But again and again you hear from commentators on CNBC Not CNBC

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Nicole Kidman, Support for Democracy Controversy

Actress Nicole Kidman faced social media backlash after telling the BBC that Americans should support the elected president. She later clarified to Access Hollywood that her comments were a simple endorsement of the US Constitution and the democratic process.

nicole kidman· bbc· hugh laurie· keith urban· democracy· social media

1:54:13 MSNBC and CNN where they keep calling him the former head of the KG. Former head of the KG. And now back to Real News I'm always tracking the celebrities that got a big problem with our new president, of course. And oh-oh Nicole Kidman what are you thinking? Big controversy in entertainment land about Nicole Kidman and her comments on the President elect Donald Trump Before we get to the controversy, I would like to play for you the actual thing she said. I think this was on maybe Canadian TV or BBC? You have joined US-Australia into citizenship and... ...you voted in the U.S elections last month what do you think of President Elect Trump

1:54:57 I mean, i'm always reticent to start sort of commenting politically. I've never done it in... By the way notice how heavy her Australian accent is when she's not doing an American interview She's really much heavier than uh then in the US There's a lot of celebrities that vary their style of speaking depending on where they are Who was who was the actor that I saw on The Golden Globes who won? Like wait a minute! The guy's British?! Who was that?? Well, Hugh Laurie. Hugh Laurie! Yeah, Hugh Laurie like... Ow! You never knew he was British? No I never knew! No. All of a sudden this Brit- What's this accent for what are you doing?! I thought it was like a mark

1:55:36 Politically, I've never done it in terms of America or Australia. I'm issue-based. So... I just say he's now elected and we as a country need to support whosoever the president because that is what the country is based on and however that happened, he's there and lets go. For me I'm very committed to women's issues in terms of fundraising for UN Women and a lot of travelling for them. I also do enormous amounts of fundraising for breast and ovarian cancer because that is something

1:56:27 that's affected my family deeply. So they're my issues that I'm very attached to." Okay, so what she said was hey look you know this is how it works in America the pick the president and then we yeah okay we accept him we support him let's go let's go let's go let's move ahead more American than most Americans i would say Here's how it played out in the United States, the big controversy because she is a celebrity. How can any celebrity ever talk well about Trump? Does Nicole Kidman support Donald Trump fact or fake news? Welcome to Access Hollywood. In an interview with the BBC, Nicole said America needs to support Trump now that he's been elected president but Liz the reaction on social media particularly from the left it was immediate yes but is that exactly what she meant well Nicole came directly to us to set the record straight let's talk headlines for a little bit

1:57:20 Because there has been the big headline, Nicole Kidman supports Donald Trump. I mean i was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution and it was that simple Major backlash on social media after the BBC interview spawned headlines You think it kind of got played out of hand? That people were Misconstruing what you were saying. I'm just, i'm out of it now. That's what I said and It's that simple She'd rather focus on her film Lion which just got two DGA nominations Wow As long as we get the film promotion in there good work Nicole So poor Nicole her movie is gonna bomb done over she didn't say anything No! The whole point but the headlines are oh she supports Trump

1:58:08 She's a goner. And I think her man, what is his name? Keith? That is absolutely pathetic. Yeah, I think Keith... Her husband Keith Urban, I think he's performing at the inauguration. I don't think so. Okay, alright. What would I know? What'd you know? Oh dude! Did you see the Vice President Biden giving President Obama the Medal of Honor. Surprise! No, no the other way around I'm sorry yes... I'm sorry yeah Yes, Obama surprised Joe that's what it is And now you gave it with distinction and it was like

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Joe Biden, Medal of Freedom Gaffe

During a surprise ceremony where President Obama awarded him the Medal of Freedom, Vice President Joe Biden made a verbal slip. Biden stated he "never once doubted that your judgment was flawed" regarding life-and-death decisions, which the podcast interprets as an accidental moment of truth.

joe biden· barack obama· medal of freedom· drones· judgment· gaffe

1:58:58 I guess, apparently the Defense Department also gave Obama an award. They ended the whole deal there giving each other awards. Yeah it's very much like the European Union. Hey have an award! Oh chop how about you have an award? Eh...I'll take an award from you but did Joe said something very interesting and this of course comes from our files The Truth Always Wants to Come Out So Joe had a very heartfelt thank you for the president and listened carefully to what he said. And I've never, never, never, never, never, never once doubted on these life and death decisions. I never once doubted that your judgment was flawed. Not once. What? I saw this thing but i didn't catch that! I never once doubted that your judgment was flawed... On life-and-death decisions

1:59:55 We saw about drone the drone list. Yeah, I never doubted that your decisions were flawed That's what he's saying and it would tell you yes It's what he said which meant if you take it from our perspective in mint He never doubted that there was vicious or flawed. That's what he says Yes is what? He said listen one more time And I've never never never never never never once Doubted on these life-and-death decisions. I'd never want Doubt it, that your judgment was flawed. That once. Borderline. Poor Joe. What's funny? Poor Joe. Get a borderline and give yourself one. Oh I'll get a borderline! Thank you thank you. So the big controversy now is this Comey thing

2:00:51 Yeah, it's interesting. I was just about to think of moving towards that. I got a couple things too Well have a couple...I have three things actually nice. I have the Comey Intrigue which is the NBC kind of as I think it's a slight backgrounder But I have a very funny clip list. I have two clips. Why don't we do the backgrounder for us? first. Multiple high-level intelligence sources tell us that in addition to what we have already reported, there is this. After Mr Trump's briefing on Friday the head of the FBI James Comey told Mr Trump about the existence of unverified allegations against him and also told him that a summary of those claims was included in the addendum to The Top Secret Report. Did you ever hear this? No!

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James Comey, Clinton Foundation Shutdown

The Justice Department's Inspector General is launching a probe into the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Simultaneously, reports indicate the Clinton Foundation is laying off staff and shutting down operations, while questions remain regarding the whereabouts of former CEO Eric Braverman.

james comey· fbi· hillary clinton· clinton foundation· eric braverman· justice department

1:59:55 We saw about drone the drone list. Yeah, I never doubted that your decisions were flawed That's what he's saying and it would tell you yes It's what he said which meant if you take it from our perspective in mint He never doubted that there was vicious or flawed. That's what he says Yes is what? He said listen one more time And I've never never never never never never once Doubted on these life-and-death decisions. I'd never want Doubt it, that your judgment was flawed. That once. Borderline. Poor Joe. What's funny? Poor Joe. Get a borderline and give yourself one. Oh I'll get a borderline! Thank you thank you. So the big controversy now is this Comey thing

2:00:51 Yeah, it's interesting. I was just about to think of moving towards that. I got a couple things too Well have a couple...I have three things actually nice. I have the Comey Intrigue which is the NBC kind of as I think it's a slight backgrounder But I have a very funny clip list. I have two clips. Why don't we do the backgrounder for us? first. Multiple high-level intelligence sources tell us that in addition to what we have already reported, there is this. After Mr Trump's briefing on Friday the head of the FBI James Comey told Mr Trump about the existence of unverified allegations against him and also told him that a summary of those claims was included in the addendum to The Top Secret Report. Did you ever hear this? No!

2:01:58 Like Comey's the guy who tipped Trump off? Well, we're hearing a lot of this now. Now Comey is coming under investigation Do you want to play your funny clip and then we well? Yeah This is the this is actually Erin Burnett and somebody put this package together for she's got some stooge I don't have his name but just some random stooged Democrat congressman And she's kind of grilling him about because he's all in with the John Lewis and the whole thing about comeys A bad actor He's a horrible person and he should be he should quit He should quit and I thought that she did a pretty good job of kind of like trapping him. It does shake our confidence so I understand that but then when you say it was handled differently, I have to ask you this because it does seem from some people's perspective to depend on which foot the shoe is on back in July 18 days before the DNC Democrats were defending Jim Comey right because he said

2:02:55 No charges should happen in the case against Hillary Clinton and her private email server. He was very clear, he said... And everyone was really happy that was- Everyone was great it was oh I'm so glad you said that! Said a prosecutor wouldn't press charges? Well he's not even a prosecutor he went ahead and said that here is what some of your colleagues said about James Comey at that time This is a great man. We are very privileged in our country to have him be the director of the FBI No one can question the integrity, the competence A wonderful and tough career public servant Jim Comey I don't know whether your family's watching this but i hope that they are as proud of you as I am because you are the epitome of what a public servant is all about

2:03:47 So, why are they all now totally wrong? Well I can't speak for them but i can tell you that's part of what shakes me on this. That I think that's what I'm asking for that we're seeing now is...I did not know about this investigation into Russian hacking because we were not told. We were not notified the director of the DNC was not notified so I had no idea and none of us did on how this was happening. We didn't know on Hillary Clinton because it was all very public so I think its..that's whats troubling. But do you hear When you hear them say this, and I understand. I'm not asking you to speak for them but when you hear them say it, Democrats were thrilled James Comey was the best guy in the world. This is a great man Nancy Pelosi says then all of a sudden he's not looking into the Russian hacking or right before the election He says oh i'm checking some more emails from Hillary Clinton And he's the worst guy in the world It does make it seem very political Yes well Aaron actually recounted that pretty well

2:04:37 I thought so. Here is NBC regarding the new investigation. Good evening, hoping for a measure of vindication the Hillary Clinton campaign is welcoming the surprise news out of Washington today that the Justice Department's inspector general will take a deep look into how the FBI handled its investigation into Clinton's email server during the height of the presidential campaign. The probe to include the public disclosures made by FBI Director Comey himself and his letter to members of Congress that threatened to shake up the race just days before the election. Okay, here's ABCs take on it. Comey says he made tough decisions based on bad options while wrestling with a need for transparency but the Clinton team says Comey's move 11 days before the election was devastating

2:05:24 This election had been held 10 days earlier prior to the sending of Jim Comey's letter. Hillary Clinton would be the 45th president of United States." See, this is what they believe! They totally, totally, totally believe it. Yes they do. And Comey... he's not clean I think he may have actually been blackmailed. You never know. Yeah that's possible by the way- That was one your basic thesis? Over the transom today came a warn alert, W-A-R-N from the New York State Department of Labor. The shutdown of the Clinton Foundation is in effect 22 employees will be fired and they're shutting it down just as we predicted. What about that missing guy? Oh Eric Braverman? Yeah, Braverman Still missing

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Journalist Blacklists, EU StratCom Task Force

The European Union's StratCom task force is criticized for compiling lists of journalists and activists deemed to be "pro-Russian propagandists." In the Danish Parliament, debates erupted over the inclusion of critics of Islam and immigration on these lists, with opponents calling it a tool to silence legitimate dissent.

stratcom· denmark· russia insider· propaganda· immigration· free speech

2:06:16 That's a very peculiar thing that is not getting any play on the network news. I saw nothing, and i've seen nothing about this. Oh no! No... I have a good fearful journalism clip too. I'll start off with my beat, The View. And i think what journalists need to do is if that ever when that happens again and Jim Acosta doesn't get his question that very next reporter must ask Jim's question yeah and that way we are united Donald Trump then knows that we are united as journalists and journalists We are now and I said on the front lines, and we must be jealous guardians of our democracy The view is on the front lines John proves that women are perfect in warfare. They're great at the front lines very good ladies

2:07:09 Well, I think a better story. That's good story But that's just a show of idiocy every time you pull one of those eyes you play this when this is the journalists on a list A debate has erupted in the Danish Parliament over the decision of an EU watchdog to compile a list of activists and journalists deemed to be pro-russian propagandist This was from the resolution. This is what they agreed to, which we read the whole resolution on the show. Put together by the EU's STRATCOM task force which was set up in 2015 for the express purpose of countering Russia's alleged disinformation campaigns There was a heated exchange in the Dalish Parliament about just who was accused of doing the Kremlin's work. The government is very concerned with the Russian controlled systematic use of disinformation in the form of lies and deliberate manipulation of facts.

2:08:00 I think it is appropriate that a prominent Danish critic of Islam has been put on the list of sources of Russian disinformation. I agree with the task force assessment that is constitutes a typical example of the Kremlin's narrative about the West moral collapse I am once again shocked by the minister. It is just a position that is entirely legitimate to have, and as many parties including my own have had for a long time namely that we are skeptical about Muslim immigration in Europe One Danish journalist claims she's also been put on the list. Eben Kranholm was accused of pushing the Kremlin narrative after her statements on European migrant policy were featured on RT and the website Russia Insider

2:08:43 She told us why she thinks she's been put on the list. I mean today it is me who is on the list, tomorrow it could be... A different journalist, another journalist who has similar views. They claim that I'm damaging—I am doing harm to the EU just by criticizing them. I criticize them for their immigration policy. That is a narrative that people in the EU disagree with. The new political tool to undermine your opponent is to link the person with Russia or claim there are close ties between this person and Russia and then then this person is just not trustworthy anymore. I love that we are seeing this history unfolding before our very eyes and we are documenting it along the way and deconstructing it in real time at a certain point, children will learn in school that the Russians were ruling all politics in this era. You know what's true? It's already here

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Viktor Orban, Muslim Immigration Theory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suggests that large-scale Muslim immigration is a political strategy to weaken Christian Democratic parties in Europe. The podcast links this to Hillary Clinton's proposal to increase Syrian refugee intake, characterizing it as a "cheap labor play" for the Clinton Foundation.

viktor orban· hungary· christian democrats· syrian refugees· detroit· cheap labor

2:09:50 I want to mention something here that kind of fits into this. This, again if we go back to our show even four or five years ago and we talked about these hate speech laws that were implemented in the EU which is the great crucible of experimentation for this sort of thing it was always aimed at the Muslims they wanted to get these Muslims under some protection which means you can't talk about them And so it brings to mind Viktor Orban, who brought up a very interesting theory. He's the prime minister of Hungary I think... Yes yes yes A troublemaker Oh he is a total trouble maker but he brought this interesting theory. He believes that you wanted huge influx of Muslims to counteract the Christian Democrats because once they get anywhere near citizenship and they get their right to vote

2:10:41 They will not vote for anything that has the word Christian attached to it, whether it's the government or the party or anything else in between. It has to be anything but Christian, because they're just...we're talking about poor Muslims. We're not talking about, you know, a bunch of intelligentsia. We're not talking about the well-heeled Muslims. We're not talking about the oil sheiks. We're talking about poor Muslims that just don't have any...you know, their education is minor and they have these hatreds toward Christians in many cases as you can witness in the situation with certain kinds of Coptic Christians and others that had been annihilated more or less by some of these types of people.

2:11:18 Which brings to mind, to me why Hillary wanted to increase a very minimal amount of Syrian refugees. She wanted to increase it something like tenfold or like half a million or more... Well part of that just from the way I've seen that is the Clinton Foundation itself was very instrumental in placing the refugees. So they would ensure that we got all these refugees and then remember the Detroit story? Oh, yeah go to Detroit fill up some of those houses be cheap labor It's a cheap labor play in a way coordinated with the Clinton Foundation Well I think that cheap labor play is still in play Which has always been with any sort of immigrant you can do it You can make the same argument about two Mexicans But I think this anti-christian bias

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John Lewis, DC National Guard Fake News

Representative John Lewis declared he does not view Donald Trump as a "legitimate president" due to Russian interference. Additionally, a Washington Post story claiming Trump fired the head of the DC National Guard mid-inauguration was debunked, as General Errol Schwartz had actually submitted his own resignation per protocol.

john lewis· washington post· national guard· errol schwartz· inauguration· fake news

2:12:06 It plays exactly what the Democrats want. Because if you associate Christians with one of the two parties in this country, Republicans and Democrats, you'd never associate them with Democrats. They're just not associated. It's always associated with Republicans and this is I think just a half-a-million more votes for Hillary. Since we've been talking about him referencing several times...I have a clip here from John Lewis stating that Donald Trump is not a legitimate president. I think it's important that we just kind of call back to that so you can hear why, since he seems to be ground zero for this latest round of the Russians did it. You have forged relationships with many presidents do you plan on trying to forge a relationship with Donald Trump? No, I believe in forgiveness. I believe in trying to work with people It was going to be hard. It's gonna be very difficult. I don't see there

2:13:05 president-elect as a legitimate president. You do not consider him a legitimate president? Why is that? I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Uh, I don't plan to attend inauguration it would be the first one that i miss Wow, that guy's all in.

2:14:00 He's totally all in. He's in with another 19 Democrats have also decided not to attend the inauguration and we have Another piece of fake news that popped up around the inauguration Which I had which was real fake news from The Washington Post who said oh, it's unbelievable Trump is firing the DC National Guard the guy who was responsible for the inauguration horrible Along the law enforcement teams keeping the city safe will be DC's National Guard. But their leader is going to be out of a job, The moment that President-elect Donald Trump raises his right hand! Well the story blew up on social media this... This by the way is quite the trend you'll hear this more and more News reports in the lead saying THE STORY BLEW UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Social Media exploded! Social Media was all over it

2:14:53 Pay attention to that. Raises his right hand, well the story blew up on social media this afternoon we asked Garrett Haake to look into the story behind this story and he's live on The National Mall so what's going on here Garrett? With eight years under his belt as the commanding officer of DC's National Guard Major General Errol Schwartz brought experience and gravitas to the task of planning a successful inauguration If something goes bad it's up to the law enforcement agency to make the first move, if you will. But unlike in the years since George W Bush first appointed him General Schwartz will watch this inauguration conclude from home stepping down as Donald Trump steps up to take the oath of office at noon The timing is extremely unusual general Schwartz told The Washington Post today adding he would never plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle

2:15:45 But interviews with Trump transition and Defense Department sources show that the timing was the general's decision, not the Trump team. As a presidential appointee just like an ambassador Schwartz followed protocol and submitted his resignation before the Trump team could act on it The military drew up plans to replace Schwartz A senior transition official said Two transition sources say the Trump team asked the general to stay on a few more days just to get through the inauguration. But with his successor already chosen, Schwartz declined. He wants to ensure that there is a secure transition between two commanding generals guard spokesman Major Byron Coward said

2:16:24 That means at 12 o'clock on Friday, Brigadier General William Walker will take over the Guard as acting commanding general. He too has been heavily involved in inauguration planning and spoke presciently about the ceremony to us last month There is a sense that you're actually witnessing history I mean you are You are witnessing history You're witnessing the transfer of power You read the fake news There you go. Washington Post, fake news at very best poorly researched news. Washington Post is the worst Some real news which I think is just egregious Is what's happening right now in the EU's Welcome to Poland US soldiers side by side with Polish troops At a ceremony Thursday No challenge is too large to overcome no distance is too far across when the need arises

CHAPTER 37 / 48 Discussion

US Troops in Poland, Planned Parenthood Defunding

The US has deployed 4,000 troops and tanks to Poland in one of the largest military movements in Europe since the Cold War. Domestically, Nancy Pelosi criticized Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal the Affordable Care Act, labeling the moves as an "ideological manhood thing."

poland· cold war· tanks· nancy pelosi· planned parenthood· affordable care act

2:17:26 These are just the first of approximately 4,000 US forces to arrive. Troops and tanks that began streaming into Poland this week in one of the largest deployments of American military forces in Europe since the Cold War. That's unbelievable! Four thousand troops, big parades tanks running everywhere. Oh we're just defensive in nature and poor Poland They can't get an ESTA visa waiver to come into the United States But here you go. Here's our tanks! Here's our troops We're assholes I can't believe that well definitely something's wrong It's not it's not cool man

2:18:09 Well, we're documenting it. Yeah, you know you talked about earlier about hagiographies that were going on and they're probably gonna continue until next Friday Yeah I have a couple of cool funny clips yeah Let's play that We're so sad that Obama is leaving block Here is the Lester Holt with Obama. Oh he was on the plane with him all right? Yeah set it up This is him talking, he's got Obama and he plays him a clip. And then he asks them... He plays some sort of reminiscent clip and then he asks Obama something. His reaction to Obama's answer maybe wasn't meant to sound like this but this is what it sounded like I want to show you something You have seen it, it was Grant Park The Victory Night Watch this The road ahead will be long

2:19:03 Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there! I promise you as a people we'll get there! Yes we can. Did ya? Yes we did. You did?! You know every time when I hear yes, you can. Yes we can. I always think of the reversal of yes we can. Thank you Saint! Good one!

2:19:54 So this continues, it's not as funny but I think he got a little annoyed with Holt because when Obama is annoyed he does use look Oh yes, yes. More than he normally does. Yes, yes, yes. Play it part Jim. unemployment in half from its peak that the stock market would have recovered if you told me that we had provided 20 million people health insurance that didn't have it before I would've said all right, we did okay. Did you see some idealism in that young man though? I did and that idealism hasn't left look at me, I'm grayer Look! Here's Matt Lauer

2:21:06 talking about how sad he is that the president is leaving office. Oops, here's Matt. It's a bond like we've never seen before. The best vice president America has ever had Mr Joe Biden at times more like a White House buddy movie than a political partnership their friendship often reaching a fever pitch on social media. Oh it's a new one fever pitch on social media yeah we got to keep track of all these it's all the different descriptions of how social media was blowing up they'd be blowing up my phone. Their friendship often reaching a fever pitch on social media Biden tweeting a photo of a friendship bracelet on the president's birthday happy 55th Barack, a brother to me a best friend forever so I'm glad there were no cameras in my apartment yesterday because i was sitting there just crying right just i just burst out crying when i saw that moment it was incredible

2:21:59 I just burst out crying at that moment. It was so incredible. BFF! BFF forever, and Nancy Pelosi... What a man-hater. A man-hater. I was insulted by that even though i completely disagree with making legal abortions difficult she's a man hater let me end on this note of all the things they could be doing in a reconciliation bill. Job creation, deficit reduction... Forget that! What are they doing this bill? Overturning Affordable Care Act undermining health security and financial stability of America's working families and defunding Planned Parenthood That's their manhood thing Defunding Planned Parenthood It's a manhood thing

CHAPTER 38 / 48 Discussion

Australia Tour Naming, Facebook Group Suggestions

Adam Curry solicited names for the upcoming Australia and New Zealand tour from the No Agenda Facebook group. Suggestions included the "Vegemitey Tour," "The Piece of Piss Tour," and "Crocodile Curry," while Curry noted the lack of self-organization among the social media producers.

facebook· australia· new zealand· vegemite· crocodile dundee· drop bear

2:22:53 How could they establish that as a priority unless they were coming at all of this from the very ideological standpoint? Okay, so now being a man is an ideological standpoint as well. It's a man thing...manhood thing. Hey Pelosi! Douchebag! I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it. Sick of what? I am! I'm sick-I'm sick of being oppressed. Being oppressed dammit White privilege. Check it, man! Check it! Hey okay so over the weekend I went into the no agenda face bag group and you know we... You went in there with your normal account and you announced yourself? I announced myself for sure for Shores for shizzle

2:23:43 In fact, well here's what I was thinking. We have this face-back group and people always posting and doing stuff...I pick up good stories sometimes it's marginally interesting but if you look at the entire model that we've put down as this value for value and the listening audience are producers You know, there's all...and for the past my goodness three months only two guys have been providing us with end of show songs. UK PMX and Danny Luce that's about it and I know what you know the shows rolling along people think yeah people are helping is great but we need more participation We really do so i said producers be slacking! I'd need names for the Australia and New Zealand tour

2:24:30 I don't want to insult our New Zealand and Australian producers with typical crap like the Down Under tour or Kiwi this or Kiwi that. Please, let's get some value out of this group." And I think our producers are some of the best in the business once you kick them in the ass! I'd like to read for you some of these names and if you think anything is good then we'll stop and consider it. Oh okay You're talking about for the tour? Yeah, for the Australian tour. So you went to the No Agenda Face Bag group just get some ideas because they weren't providing anything. They were not... The disappointing thing is they're not self-organizing so it's just I don't see the self organizing which is okay maybe that doesn't work or it doesn't matter but I like that I came in and was kind of rude. Local number one up in Michigan has a lot of meetups now

2:25:29 So let me go down this list. Some of them are completely stupid, some of them are very funny and I learned something...I did learn a couple new things First of all ANZUS ANZUS A-N-A-N-Z-U-S the acronym ANZUS I'd never heard of this but it's Australia New Zealand United States ANZUS I'm gonna have sound effects for this. Okay, that's good there are references to Ansys in here and also what else did i learn? There is another word that I learned oh yes here it is Drop bear never heard of it a drop bear is a hoax in contemporary Australian folklore featuring a predatory carnivorous version of the koala

2:26:20 It's kind of like the Jackalope in Texas. Oh, the jackalope? Well it is also in Arizona and California Right but so that does pop up Okay here we go some names Vegemitey Tour The Search for Elle McPherson The Keeper and Her Man Curry and Don't do the sound effects they're not good Curry And The Keeper Crocodile Dundee Part 3 Gitmo Nation South Pacific Tour No agenda going down under, under in the Down Under. The Piece of Piss Tour which apparently is a thing in Australia A phrase used often as example Jack Hey I'm about to take my driving test Is it hard? John Nah! Piece of piss bro Yeah that's out That's out yeah Fact check this The Blunder Down Under Yeno What was the first one? The first one was the Vegemitey tour

CHAPTER 39 / 48 Discussion

Tour Title Brainstorming, Meryl Streep Reference

The hosts review a long list of potential tour titles, ranging from "The Koality Tour" to "Triggering You Bigly." A reference to Meryl Streep and the "dingo took my baby" meme is discussed, alongside various Australian slang terms and show-specific memes like "Hot Pockets."

meryl streep· dingo· hot pockets· fake news· boomerang· midnight oil

2:27:17 This is the one only one I've warmed up to. Okay, well there's a lot of them John i'm just going to go down the list. Crikey look at this crackpot tour and then someone came in and said that please realize that this is culturally insensitive for some areas of Gitmo nation Australians love the word cunt I think cunts should be included Which I don't, but it was interesting to see that actually Mimi came in with an idea for that. You got to get her off the face bag man! I'm not even going to read what she said... The Keeper keeps Curry down under tour thanks Obama 2017 tour. I thought that was interesting. I liked it. Thanks Obama 2017 Tour we got all of the imaging and jingles

2:28:04 Donald Trump took my baby tour featuring Meryl Streep. I thought that was funny of course That's a throwback to Meryl Street as a reference did the dingo yeah? Let's see no agenda Ostravaganza Dingo and the Dame Tour Here's Mimi. Curry's Ugly Numbat Tour, that's how she got the acronym in there. The Fake News Tour. The Koality Tour. Adam Curry's The Road Warrior Tour. Curry and the Keeper's Bonzer Tour. Cranky Curry... Triggering You Bigly 2017 All Hot Pockets Matter, Skin Cancer and Safe Spaces. The Marsupial Dream Tour, the Boomerang Tour, Bludger & Dunny Rat Tour, the Midnight Oil Tour, Tourie McTourface I thought was funny because that goes back to Bodie McBoatface? Yeah, yeah, got it. Perthless tour... That's one of our Perth listeners who knows we're not showing up there. The Meat Pie Tour, the Tour Of The South, The Marsupial Express, G'day Slaves

2:29:11 The I Can Hear John Complaining From the Southern Hemisphere Tour. Bugs on the Barbie, Thank You Satan! Bondi Blues Voyage Kangaroo Dundee Magical Mystery Tour Ozzie's of Tours Throw Another Egg On the Barbie Tour Keep It Crackpotty Tour Face Bag Freedom Tour Where's Dvorak 2017 Tour? The Great White Privilege Tour The Great Reefer Tour Make Australia Great Again Tour. Ha ha! Make Australia Great Again... Now we can use the existing logo. Mainstream Media on The Barbie, The Fact Check Mate Tour Triggered by the South Hit Em Down Under Deconstruction Down Under The Fostering Tour The uh... let's see... The Slaves of Anzac Which would be Australia New Zealand Adam Curry I guess The Over-The-Hill Clapped Out Trump'd Up Tour Trumpageddon The Great Escape Hot Tubs and Cessnas

2:30:11 The Finders Keeper's extravaganza tour, Shrimp on the Barbie Crocodile Curry, Vegemite Tour, Pinot Colony Parlay 2008, Qantas Nation media assassination, The Great Barrier Reef Suck It Up Buttercup Tour. What time are we going to record the show tour? That's kind of that's a good one it's gonna be crazy! The Fakesplaining Tour nothing else but so you still like the first one huh No, I've changed my opinion. Mm-hmm Hold on. Oh, I have a couple that you got another hundred to read a couple the bifocals and chains tour Let's see yeah no tour 2017 the Airstream couldn't float tour not bad the Transpacific Rim job The thong of truth Vegemite Marmite

2:31:04 Operation Aussie Freedom, hit him in the mouth cross the Tasmania Sea and back. Operation Big Mac Tour no no no the McNugget monologues that's I think those are the best of them yeah what's the problem with half of these is that they're not related to what you're actually doing right just using some meme that we do over and over again the ones that the one i like the best besides the Vegemitey tour uh I liked I think make Australia great again. I think that's very funny, that's fine is the best of the group personally. I like dingo and the Dame well dingo in the Dame what's that got to do with no agenda? The same as Hot Pockets i guess

CHAPTER 40 / 48 Discussion

Make Australia Great Again, Tour Branding

The hosts settle on "Make Australia Great Again" as the favorite title for the upcoming tour. They discuss potential merchandise, such as green and gold hats, and how the slogan could be used to provocatively engage with Australian media regarding local issues like gun control.

maga· brisbane· green and gold· hat· social media· branding

2:31:47 Well hot pockets was a we had the dang we've been using it as a meme hot pockets is being used over and over again we use the hot pockets we had a bunch of jingles so hot pockets made some sense that we've never read until now i would never discussed the dingo. And so I made a mistake. ANZAC is Australia New Zealand Army Corps, made a mistake anyway doesn't matter So you like the make Australia great again? That would work for me You could have a hat Well yeah there's existing logos and everything it's good to go just take it from Trump MAGA

2:32:26 The Vegemite thing is I like less after hearing they make Australia great again because, I think it connects to the show and it's got all this background. And its funny! Yeah? And I think the Australians could catch on Yes There also the Safe Space Tour Love & Light Down Under My God they're growing babies in kangaroos Crazy people Grab him by the platypus. Okey-dokey That's out yeah, I Think that's just about all we've had okay So maga make America great again so far make Australia great again is so far the favorite? I don't have any other ones. It's slightly insulting to well I like it The reason I like it is because you know go on the on the TV show The Morning Show in Brisbane with our Dame and

2:33:25 And, you know and I can say... It's Sarah Harris. Yes and then i can say well you know I was here in 1990 and you guys gave your guns voluntarily to the government so we're here to help you! We're here to make Australia great again. You could be very annoying and before you go then you have to have somebody make a hat Like to make podcasting great again, hat that we... Yeah. Make Australia great again. ...or that we got made no agenda great again? Now the decision has to be made what color would the hat be? Green? Blue? Red? I think green is one way to go with it. Green with gold letters

2:34:15 It would definitely be catchy and it wouldn't look like... It would be green and gold, then everyone can argue if the hat is green or white. Think about it! Social media will be blowing up! It'll be... what's the other one? Vegemite? Vegemitey? No no I'm talking about the social media reference. Oh, uh... Oh, it'd be at a fever pitch! Fever pitch! Alright let's agree to not make a definite choice just yet I don't care. We can agree or not agree, we can make a definite choice and change it. Yeah! I don't think you should formalize it so much... Well because with this people will start to make hats and stuff and I want to make sure that they're... No they should anyway! Oh yeah that's right do it anyway um anyway at least people were engaged that was nice to see unlike Reddit

CHAPTER 41 / 48 Discussion

Reddit Criticism, Oath of Office Debate

Adam Curry responds to criticism on Reddit regarding his interpretation of the presidential oath of office. The segment also includes a donation from "Sir Anonymous" in North Carolina, who jokingly referenced "golden shower head douche kits" available on Amazon.

reddit· oath of office· constitution· hate speech· north carolina· golden shower

2:35:04 Oh, I don't even go to that reddit thing. Just a bunch of no agenda haters Yeah you want to hear the latest? They hate No Agenda. No they hate me! Okay Yeah, they hate me. All right so they hate you so what? So okay then what's the latest? The latest is this about the first duty of the president Adam loves to harp on anyone that says the President's primary duty is to protect the country he loves to quote the oath of office and insist the President sworn duty is only to preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States Adam please shut the fuck up! Anyone with a brain can interpret that oath demeaned to protect the country it's people laws us have to grow up and find a new shtick

2:35:51 He used the word schtick? Schtick, yeah. Except he misspelled it s-h-t-i-c-k didn't even put the S in there. Well, sh how do you spell it? I think it's s-c-h-t-s Yeah, it is a sch. You say if we got to put the S in there... Grow up finding your schtick! Why do you even torment yourself with this stuff? Because sometimes there's good links on so it shows up in my feed as first duty of the president So I click on the link that might be something good in there What do I get Hate. Hate speech. Don't want to- His hate speech is totally hate speech! Stop with the hate speech! Oops, not that I meant this one. Geez! Yes now you may speak You've been shook up by Reddit. I know and obviously it happened before the show

2:36:58 Yes, happened last night. We're shook up by Reddit and then you try to go to the airport and then you get It's lock it's very discouraging it's okay if people have opinions Well, you know, you don't discourage ng if you don't go on reddit Yeah But I look I don't want to watch the view either Believe me your feet All right Let's thank some people John well let's start with Sarah Sharon Sharon has a hassle or hassle that so really Yeah, Sharon Hassel in Saxapah- I don't know. Saxa-paha. Saxapaha? Saxapaha North Carolina 131 94 and then she has some... Well he says she says this amount will buy three luxury golden shower head douche kits on Amazon to be used for future de-douchings it's Sir Anonymous by the way who sent this in

CHAPTER 42 / 48 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, Boob Donation Tier

A list of donors contributing $50 or more is read, including Baroness Janice King and several "Boob" tier donors ($80.08). Listeners from San Diego and Mountain View are thanked for their support and their comments on media manipulation.

milpitas· victoria bc· reno· boob· san diego· miami

2:38:03 So I guess that is a triple times the luxury golden showerhead douche kit price. Well, she probably didn't want to have her name mentioned. Well it says right here Sir Hononymous Knight of the Hall River Basin on the note. Yeah well maybe we're...I don't know! It could be anything. Okay uh stop stop! That little thing got a little pop-up came up Plano Texas brings us Jamie Scott Arnhem first Walter Elfrink Walter Elfrink in Arnhem, Netherlands 12566. Jamie Scott in Plano Texas 111.11. Jack Kenyon in Morayfield Queensland 100. Jeff Baker Birmingham Alabama 100. Sid Vazquez reports unknown. Sir Vasquez to you.

2:39:00 Not Sid, Sir. Baroness Janice King in Milpitas California 8950 Charles McPherson 8888 in Victoria BC which is near Nanaimo the airports in Nanaimo In case you're gonna fly in Beautiful island I think it's one of the great just one of the greatest places in West Coast period and Sir William the Red Knight in Marion, Indiana. Sir Joel Boobs Boob Yeah! Sir Joel in Reno Nevada 8008 David Dolson, boob from parts unknown He'll kick it up a notch he says when he gets a job or better job sir Roger boots and Mechanicsville Iowa boob those are your three boobs of the day oops

2:39:55 Stephen McConnell in Cortland, Ohio 7117. Elliot Rothman 6969 John Tirada in Pasadena California Sir M B Khan in Chicago 6666 Andrew Walker Walker Walker in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 6333 James Williams 5510 William Brannick in Calgary, 50-50. The following people are $50 donors name and place. Brandon Savoie or it's unknown? Mike Westerfield we don't know where he is from anymore. We used to. Dame Patricia Worthington in Miami. Sir Craig... Craig. Sir Craig C-R-A-I-C? I believe so. Crack. Crack. It's crack. Yes sir. Irish. In Balbrigan. Trevor Hoagland in Portland Oregon.

2:40:54 Rab, R-A-B-E. In Nyland Finland I think John Haller in Missoula Montana Michael Reardon in San Diego California 50 he says this was his first presidential election cycle and the no agenda show is a great education on the obvious media manipulation You guys should be required listening for the next generation so they can save the country. We love this show, thank you. Sean Zinsmeister in Mountain View California, just jumped the street from me. Andrew McPeak, parts unknown but he does have a douchebag call out. He wants to de-douching but also wants a douche bag call out to Jim.

2:41:47 Hold on. And Kyle. And here's his, oops! Here's his deduced. No worries you're all good man. Simon Horn in Manly Queensland 50 Kent O'Rourke a 50 parts unknown Chris Sluinski Sir Chris I believe? Yes In Sherwood Park Alberta And there's Kirsten Gelb, $50. And she's a dame, Dame Kirsten Gelb. She's also doing the Pop Mail thing you have to keep an eye out for her. Sir Jerry Wingenroth in Saugus California I think he sent a note and I'll read it some other time

CHAPTER 43 / 48 Discussion

PayPal Subscription Errors, Royal Blue Grocer

The hosts discuss technical issues with PayPal subscriptions and the benefits of sending physical checks for anonymity. Adam Curry gives a shout-out to the staff at Royal Blue Grocer in downtown Austin, noting that younger generations are increasingly listening to the podcast.

paypal· austin· royal blue grocer· anonymity· check· subscription

2:42:33 Sir Mark Tanner's in again, yet again from Whittier California. $50 and last but not least Dame Melody Mann in Ringgold Louisiana 51 to thank all these folks for helping us produce this show your help is necessary and appreciated and also people that donated lesser amounts we have thank you for that end subscribers yes very much yeah speaking of people with with lesser amounts Let me see, I got a note here from one of our producers who was changing his PayPal. Let me see if i... Oh now I don't have his name Here's this note. Just want to let you know that I was finally able to resubscribe to a monthly PayPal donation in No Agenda When I first wrote you back in November I had cancelled my $1 a month subscription but could not re-subscribe at a higher rate due an error message about incomplete final $1 payment

2:43:26 As of today, this quote standard $5 a month subscription link on Dvorak.org slash NA finally worked I was curious if you did anything in your end to clear up the PayPal error? Nope! Nope so just happened by itself It was just a PayPal error We had one guy One of our producers who... I'll have to see it go back and up here's one of the 8080 guys that's the newest I think its Sir William Yeah Sir William was the guy that this last month he sent it through used PayPal. He sent a check, but he used PayPal to send the 8888 and it was blocked by PayPal really and they had to investigate And then they sent him his money back so we're we're bogative?

2:44:10 No, it was just that one instance. I mean this happens every so often just randomly they randomly pick somebody and they say this isn't right and then they send him his money back. That's what happened he said screw it I'm sending a check which is better. All right that was Mike Newman by the way and I just wanted to give you a little shout out to the boys at Royal Blue Grocer here in downtown Austin These young kids, you know I walk in. I always get pick up my uh... You know do my small groceries there It's a little local grocer and like hey start listening to the show like wow these kids are 20 good Yeah that's what i say so

2:44:47 Okay, thank you all very much. I'm just looking at the spreadsheet and the first one $49 says anonymous please so that's why we have made the rule that we don't mention anyone under fifty dollars usually for that reason of anonymity but want to thank everyone who does that as well as people who are on the subscriptions like our buddy Mike there yes? I will mention though I did get a chip from one of the producers sent in two checks 49 bucks each But that's because it definitely assures anonymity. Yes, a higher amount with anonymity is how it can be done exactly. Just add a bunch of $49 checks and put three or four of them in there I don't care All right so we thank everyone I'm gonna give everybody at Jobs Karma just in case you need it And of course a reminder that we have another show coming up on Thursday We need as much help as we can get to vorac.org slash NA Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

CHAPTER 44 / 48 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Sir Matt Eskridge

Matthew Eskridge is knighted as "Sir Matt Eskridge" for his contribution of $1,000 or more. The ceremony includes the traditional reading of the roundtable menu, which was customized at the donor's request to include whiskey and bacon.

knighting· whiskey· bacon· roundtable· signet ring· matthew eskridge

2:45:43 Well, here we go. Nicola! Nikolov celebrates today actually. Laura Jajo says happy birthday to Aaron, turned 14 on January 12th and Nikhil Harjah 16 on January 23rd Andrew Walker says happy birthday to Francine McCandless celebrating on the 18th and Michael Riordan is a happy birthday with son Mikey who turns 15 today we say Happy Birthday from all the staff in management here at The Best Podcast in the Universe

2:46:27 Okay, we have a title change today. This is good and we at least have that this is the title change for Sir Craig Kuttner he becomes a baronet today and we congratulate him on his title change and soon he'll be able to get her protected as he continues his support of the No Agenda show. One knighting today, I'll say Matt get ready to come on up here. I got my blade Jean-Claude your blade please. Nice! Alright Mack Esrich come on off sir You have supported the best podcast in universe of amount of $1,000 or more. And you know that that gets you a seat, a coveted seat at the Noah Jenner Roundtable it's where all of our knights and dames take place they're all wearing their signet rings they got the sealing wax they're ready to go but first I have to pronounce the KV Sir Matt X Ridge Knight of the Jenner Roundtable for you sir by special request we have whiskey and bacon

2:47:26 Along with the hookers and blow, the rent boys in Chardonnay. Meat and water! Cheap wine and chili dogs, progressive rock and Russian imperial style porn stars in pot We got rent boys in Chardonnay, bong hits in bourbon sparkling sign escort ginger ale and gerbils and mutton and mead head on over to noagenomination.com slash rings Eric The Shill will make sure it gets out to you as soon as possible And thank you Thank You Thank You Thank You again Well I mentioned it on the last show...I said something's up with Cyprus And, oh yeah. Victoria Kagan-Noodleman. These guys are taking it right down to the white! Yes in fact the headline in the European press is... Victoria Newland's last coup So she is there I told you something was going on so here's what the plan is The plan this is this is so smart they want to have

CHAPTER 45 / 48 Discussion

Victoria Nuland, Cyprus Pipeline Geopolitics

Victoria Nuland is reportedly involved in a diplomatic push regarding Cyprus that could benefit Turkey's standing in the EU and NATO. Meanwhile, the Turkish Lira has dropped 10% against the dollar, leading President Erdogan to label currency speculators as "terrorists."

victoria nuland· cyprus· turkey· nato· lira· erdogan

2:48:28 Turkey have a... that's what they want instead of 28% say, they want 29%, and I said there is something up with that. The idea is if Turkey gets that extra percentage point then they will own a piece of Cyprus which of course will mean that they effectively now by extension are part of the EU and NATO I mean, of course Turkey's already part of NATO. But it brings everyone together and she really wants Turkey to have all this power in Cyprus to thwart anything else that would run through their IE pipelines. And um...I don't know how it's going to be done but it's usually bloody when she shows up! Yeah huh? Apparently they're trying to implement the Kofi Annan plan which I'm not too familiar with

2:49:29 Or the Kofi Annan type plan. Some form of corruption? Yeah, pretty much! Pretty much... And of course this also explains that Obama was there recently. You're right, they're running it right down to the wire as much trouble as they can make before they're out so that's where she is she's in Cyprus and well I don't know if she has enough time but usually things don't end well after she's been anywhere. Well she won't be there after Friday unless she's gonna start doing her own thing and violating the Logan Act here...well she has some

2:50:10 as ambassador, is she deputy secretary of state? Yeah, something like that. She's the new ambassador to anything since we're on Turkey here is the latest news coming out of Turkey and what? President Erdogan wants signs of national pride adorn much of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar But many Turks here don't display the same feelings about the lira dropping as much as 10% against the dollar since the start of 2017 making it the worst performing major currency of the new year. Retailers have lost a lot of money since the beginning this year, all goods are devalued because of the lira's fall. There has been a decline about 60 to 70 percent in business compared 2015 Shoppers instead have been spending with stronger currencies

2:50:59 A trend the country's leader has not taken lightly. There is no difference in terms of goals between a terrorist with a gun in his hand and a terrorist with dollars and euros in his hands. President Erdogan says currency speculation is an attempt to topple the state, and has urged the central bank to resist raising rates But pressure is building for some change when they meet later this month. The economy contracted for the first time in seven years in the third quarter, far from the levels the leader built his reputation on when he was prime minister I always find it so interesting that the mainstream media has and our entire government apparatus Is all against Russia but the crazy guy sitting in Turkey? That guy's insane!

CHAPTER 46 / 48 Discussion

Rex Tillerson, Environmental Attack Ads

An environmental group released a political attack ad against Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson, highlighting his past business dealings with Vladimir Putin and Exxon Mobil. The podcast critiques the ad's production quality, specifically its use of outdated camera sound effects.

rex tillerson· exxon mobil· putin· environmentalists· sanctions· state department

2:51:49 Well, he didn't hack the DNC. That's the deal. Anyway... He is not harboring Snowden. So I read you said talking about this, you know, Tillerson of course will be the new Secretary of State we'll see if he's not gonna rehire Newland but there's a very interesting-I don't know it was going to do any good because i think he's already going to be shooing to be confirmed if he's not already but somebody ran a political ad against him Oh! Against Tillerson? Yeah, as if he was running for office. Do you know who it was paid for? Yes an environmental group called the Neo Climate something. You gotta be careful the environmental... they know how to find whack jobs who shoot people I'm telling you gotta be careful CEO of Exxon Mobil Rex Tillerson put Exxons interests before America's I am not here to represent United States government interest Instead Tillerson sided with Putin

2:52:48 With billions in Russian oil deals, he opposed US sanctions on Russia for war crimes. Forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution putting profits ahead of our kids' health Tell your senators to reject Rex Tillerson and protect American interests not corporate interests Wow! The sound effect of the old cameras that had a motor drive Exxon will be running the State Department. It's for your children." So they have this sound effect of a camera, you know these cameras clicking? Yeah yeah click click click click click. But these are like the sound effects from a camera with a motor drive which... You can't even buy these anymore! Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

CHAPTER 47 / 48 Discussion

Hearing Protection Act, Gun Suppressor Myths

The Hearing Protection Act aims to legalize gun suppressors by reclassifying them as health tools to prevent tinnitus. The hosts deconstruct a news report attempting to demonstrate suppressor noise levels, concluding that the audio was poorly produced or manipulated to make the suppressed shots sound louder than they are.

hearing protection act· suppressors· silencers· tinnitus· fake news· audio analysis

2:53:38 I don't know why they chose that. Yeah, just grab some clips. Less than 10 minutes to go! Okay? Good. Ten minute warning. I only have one clip left. Good. You want to hear it? So there's a... There is a... This is Bruce. I cut this way down because it but it is even though it's still a little long uh there's a new they're trying to pass a new law to legalize in all 50 states for the they um I think they said in this report all 51 states. It should be 57, we all know this. 57 legalized silencers

2:54:17 Ah, suppressors. You can buy them in many states anyway but you have to pay a $200 tax and it's a very long process of background check. And these guys have got a new bill they want to pass which is called the Hearing Benefit Law or something like that. This is hilarious I love how they're doing this they're trying to enable people to buy suppressor legally by saying its better for your health because it doesn't blow your ears out Yeah, which is a great argument and it reminds me by the way if you remember we went over the details of that poor reporter who was shot. Oh had PTSD That guy you mean?

2:54:58 Remember the reporter that was shot? She was doing an interview and this guy comes along with a gun. Oh, I'm sorry no it's something different yes yeah in the morning shot And they gunned this woman down Yeah He comes up behind the cameraman and I just saw this video again and I realized that the mistake we overlooked This guy pulls out a .45 and this is one where they shoot her a few times she doesn't fall down or anything Right Yes he runs away He's got a 45, he's up behind the camera guy. He pulls up the .45 to his facial distance so you could target it and shoots the gun two or three times next to the cameraman In other words what he should have done was blown out of the cameraman's ear drums

2:55:43 Because if you want to blow somebody's eardrums out, you take a gun and just fire it next to the person's head. And they're deaf! Yes. And it also makes you jump None of that happened. Just thought that was kind of an interesting observation. Did the cameraman have headphones on? That often happens. It doesn't seem likely, I mean maybe that was explaining it. So here's a part of the suppressor story that I kinda got a kick out of because they just...it just poorly produced and you'll figure out why its poorly produced when you actually hear the report. Representatives Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and John Carter of Texas have introduced what they call the Hearing Protection Act. The goal is to lift the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934 placed on the suppressor, a $200 tax and a background check that gun shop owners say could last a year.

2:56:36 Gun control advocates say the bill is about militarizing weapons, not about hearing. It's a complete misunderstanding of the noise levels that unsuppressed firearms have...the risk that both recreational shooters and hunters have to things like tinnitus which is ringing in your ears and noise-induced hearing loss as a result of exposure to loud noises. Opponents say suppressors will allow mass shooters to kill stealthily To demonstrate the noise reduction, Williams fired rounds from several guns with and without a suppressor. First up, a 9mm without the suppressor. You know this never works when you're trying to broadcast it...you never get the impact And now with the suppressor The AR-15 without the suppressor and now with it

2:57:31 That's bullcrap a noticeable difference, but nothing as dramatic as Leonardo DiCaprio muted rounds in inception That's total bullcrap in both instances that it's louder I'll bet you if I'm you know. I'm taking this clip hold on I'm gonna set to do right now hold on I'm taking this clip. I am going to analyze the audio, the waveform. I'll actually analyze the wave forms to see if it's not just exactly the same thing." That was bogus! Totally bogus. I said it was poorly produced because i'm watching this they're showing the gun is louder It's like it's exactly it's like what? It's not doing anything, I mean What point are they trying to make? I didn't understand what point they were trying to make that doesn't work If then i've shot with a suppressor it doesn't sound like that That's crazy. That's bull. It's just fake news there you go fake news okay done

CHAPTER 48 / 48 Discussion

NFL Playoffs, Lindsey Graham Rock Throwing

The show concludes with a discussion of the NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. A final clip features Senator Lindsey Graham using a metaphor about "throwing rocks" at Russia, which the hosts mock as a "sissy" performance.

nfl· dallas cowboys· green bay packers· aaron rodgers· lindsey graham· meryl streep

2:58:29 I watched a little bit of Houston versus the New England Patriots last night. Is there anything I should watch tonight? Today. Yeah, you wanna watch the... Because it's local You want to watch the Dallas game It's in Dallas Texas team play against the visiting Green Bay Packers Ooh that'll be a good game That'd be good game It'll be a good game because Aaron Rodgers is on a roll He's very healthy which is unusual and he's got this pinpoint accuracy thing going on And the fear is that the Dallas team will choke Because the two top players, the quarterback and the running back are both rookies. And haven't been put to this kind of test yet I think Dallas should win this game because it's just...I'm not a big fan of the Packers defense. I love watching Aaron Rodgers he is one of the greatest throwers that I've ever seen. And he is with the Cowboys?

2:59:28 No, he's Aaron Rodgers with the Green Bay Packers. I was just testing... Just testing. Anyway he used to be at Cal Berkeley so he is a local boy. Oh okay remind me to talk about Meryl Streep on Thursday then I also have some tech news we'll be busy We got a big show coming up on Thursday Alright everybody keep everything coming remember it is your responsibility as producer of the best podcast in universe To help us out any way you can And with that Thank everybody for their courage. Coming to you from the Crackpot Condo here in the skyscraper in downtown Austin, Tejas. FEMA Region 6 on the map of the government's in case you're looking to see it In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I am still cooking pulled pork Uh...I'm gonna have to go check-in a few minutes. I'm John C. Dvorak We will return on Thursday with another episode of The Best Podcast in the Universe You'll find it right here

3:00:28 on another episode of No Agenda. Until then, adios mofos! You are fake news. Hey, hey, hey! You read the fake news I'm also very much of a germaphobe by the way Is it dangerous even to call them a leaked memo? Because maybe the intelligence agency is released...by...released....by

3:01:39 Maybe the intelligence agencies released by maybe the intelligence agent He's gonna crack that 1% barrier one day what talking about the Russians doing what they themselves Just did well, maybe the intelligence agencies released By techniques available in their country getting their kid back. And again, maybe the intelligence agency... Does RT get any of its broadcast into the United States? Yes it does some. It's very prevalent in Europe and lesser so I think there is an RT channel here. ...agencies who knows released by maybe the intelligence agencies shows what it tells I think it uses the word pee let's take that word pee out

3:02:27 Who knows? All of these intelligence people work for... Keep in mind that this reeks of Clinton politics. This is the Collegiance Agencies, who knows? An American he's a... He's a... part of them. I'm also very much of a germaphobe. Amen, fist bump!

3:03:33 about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about horrible voice of hers it's like scraping your fingernails on a chalkboard I got the biggest sissy clip in the world. Lindsey Graham, here we go When it comes to interfering in our election We better be ready to throw rocks Do you agree with that? That's your choice sir So when it comes to espionage We better be careful about throwing rocks I'm ready to throw a rock I think what my mama did was throw a pillow I'm ready to throw a rock

3:04:16 He just wants to throw rocks. That's a good metaphor. Really? That's a good metaphor, throwing rocks? Yeah that is a great metaphor. So for those of you who want to throw rocks... You're going to get a chance here soon I'm ready to throw a rock and if we don't throw rocks then were gonna make a huge mistake. That's your choice, Senator. Adios, mofo.