A coordinated intelligence community sabotage campaign targets the White House while identity politics and border tensions reshape the political landscape from Berkeley to the Netherlands.
The resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has triggered a massive confrontation between the White House and a coordinated Deep State apparatus. Intelligence figures like Andrew Napolitano and Dennis Kucinich describe a military-industrial-intel axis utilizing illegal leaks and surveillance to sabotage the Trump administration's foreign policy. This internal power struggle mirrors historical tensions between the CIA and past presidents like JFK and Nixon.
In the wake of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Adele’s tribute to Beyoncé and Busta Rhymes’s labeling of the President as Agent Orange highlight a deepening cultural divide. Meanwhile, Yvette Felarca of BAMN defends the violent shutdown of Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley, while legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar explores how the Ninth Amendment protects unenumerated rights. Internationally, Geert Wilders leads Dutch polls as Austria tightens border controls at the Spielfeld crossing, threatening the future of the Schengen zone. The Pentagon also admitted to using 5,000 rounds of depleted uranium in Syria, reversing previous denials regarding the long-term health impacts of these munitions.
From the aggressive Tom turkeys of the Bay Area to Al Sharpton’s teleprompter struggles with the phrase resist we much, the human element of the week remains chaotic. Baron Bill of the Verde Valley joins the producer ranks after fleeing California’s taxes, while the hosts perform a rain stick ceremony to combat New Zealand bushfires. The program concludes with a look at the global sand mining industry and the cybersecurity risks of autonomous vehicles as potential tools for terrorism.
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CHAPTER 01 / 61Discussion
Tom Turkey Invasion, Bay Area Wildlife Observations
A large male Tom turkey and a flock of twenty hens obstructed traffic in a Bay Area neighborhood, preventing a UPS driver from completing a delivery. Observations of mockingbirds and turkeys in Northern Silicon Valley lead to a discussion on the aggressive nature of these invasive birds.
00:00 So have fun, be positive and enjoy your amazing job! Everybody I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where we're watching mockingbirds having sex. I'm John C Dvorak That's what happens when you once you're over 60 mocking birds have their birds over there So talk about birds. Oh, I had a flock of turkeys in
00:46 On the street with the Tom it was like if I'm gonna post this sorry with the tom The Tom. What's the Tom? The... Tom is a big old bird with a big furrowed, that big tail that's way at you know- Is that male or female? Yeah, the tom is always a male it's Tom. It's not Toma or Thomasina just might be around here. Just checking in. Could be a butch, you know, you never know so it's a Tom Turkey Don't you assume that turkey's gender? Like a labor gang boss. That's unbelievable. Oh oh whoa!
01:22 It went out of control Sorry, it's your birthday birthday went out of control. I'm sorry birthday birthday messed up So the Tom big time in the middle of the street with 20 hens oh and this is all Pecking away or whatever. I don't know what they eat and this is exciting yeah? It was a dangerous these things are not these are not friendly birds Anyway, there you go. So I have photos output to learn something new every single day It's annoying these birds We have an invasion it's an invasive species. It's all over the Bay Area But in our town is just like really filling up the place They're all over the place and would you like toy? The UPS guy couldn't get through because his birds in the way so I do just talking to him what we have to do is find the cache of eggs hmm turkey eggs or
CHAPTER 02 / 61Discussion
Culinary Comparison, Turkey and Goose Eggs
Turkey eggs are described as being the size of duck eggs but with a superior flavor profile, avoiding the chalky and rubbery texture associated with duck. The discussion briefly mentions the Shan Dong restaurant in Oakland as a notable Chinese dining location.
02:21 They're dynamite, they're about the size of a duck egg but they are tastier. Duck eggs are chalky and they're kind of rubbery, they're not very good. Chicken eggs are good. Goose eggs are fantastic! Well I feel completely set, I'm good to go for the whole week now just looking for turkey egg What did you do for Valentine's Day? Anything? Mimi was there, wasn't she? We went to the restaurant in Oakland. It is a very interesting Chinese restaurant considered as one of the great Chinese restaurants in Oakland even though it was kind of a dive...it's not really a dive but it's very clean but small out-of-the way place called Shan Dong. You're one of those guys like baby I'm gonna take on a romantic little dinner here because this little place is very small
CHAPTER 03 / 61Discussion
Podcast Video Experiment, Audience Feedback and Metrics
A recent video experiment for the podcast resulted in lower audience numbers, leading to the conclusion that a visual broadcast is unnecessary for the listeners. Despite a sophisticated multi-camera mixer setup, the data suggests the audience prefers the traditional audio format.
03:10 Well, the problem was of course is that I wanted to go to dinner but it was DH Unplugged night and the show must go on. Yes yes we know what it is. It went to lunch... And and the show has to be live just so you know oh before we'll get to it later maybe but clearly uh the video experiment never has to be repeated again Why? I saw the spreadsheet today. Doesn't look like everybody was also... Oh, no yeah you did the video experiment and not only that nobody wants you to do it again but we have low numbers. Yeah proof! Proof is in the pudding. Yeah they don't want you to do it at all Well I think we've uh well yeah I think we've uh We figured it out It's unnecessary and people don't really care Yep well we knew that all along
04:03 You just had some rig set up because it was so I was looking at is like what? So fancy had all these things on the screen and cut ins and right who's this? People yard your thing. Oh my in a picture It is fancy the whole show is fancy Yeah, I know but I didn't know you had to video set of so if either you have a six camera shoot there yet At all going through some sort of a mixer Wasn't all that bad well wasn't two Grammys What do you mean it was- oh, I did watch and um... Very- Did you see it? Did you see the Grammys?
CHAPTER 04 / 61Discussion
59th Annual Grammy Awards, Adele and White Privilege
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards production by Ken Ehrlich is criticized for being self-absorbed, though technically well-executed. Adele's acceptance speech, where she claimed Beyoncé deserved the Album of the Year award, is characterized as an expression of white guilt and privilege.
04:38 I watched, I sped-watched. I rushed through it. Of course... I found it to be self absorbed and I don't like Corden he reminds me of the less funny version of Conan's sidekick. I can't remember his name offhand. Yeah Andy. Andy Richter. Andy Richter who is much funnier and they look pretty much like the same guy except that Corden can sing a little Let me tell you what was going on when I saw Another Ken Ehrlich production, which I was surprised by because it was much better. Everything was live everybody It was a very complicated production that I just know this from experience and Ken Erlich who i've worked with... I didn't think he could do- I was surprised when I saw his name on the credits like really? Erlich did all this?! I thought technically it was a great show! I did like that a lot but
05:30 It was so obvious. This is like the deck chairs on a Titanic, this was the music industry giving one last, we can do it guys! We can do it! And I was looking at the red carpet on E and later on The Network And just about everybody, including Katy Perry. What's her name? Demi Lovato all these girls you know but what are you doing I don't know I'm thinking about stu- I'm working on reinventing myself everyone is trying to figure stuff out because there is no more money for these people it was all on the screen someone spent a lot of money to make it look like something really going on The only true artist Is Adele
06:12 And I love that she just, I heard it. I was like whoa she's off man She completely missed one of the even the piano screwed up or whatever It's like now she's completely off key. She's singing a different song. I'm glad she stopped That I liked a lot But then she went and ruined everything by saying I'm not worthy of my album! It should have been you Queen Bee That is the ultimate admission of white guilt and white privilege. That's what she was doing! She was up there saying, oh it should have been you but mmmm you're black. It was outrageous. Before this thing ran I was under the impression Beyonce won nothing. She won a best album award
CHAPTER 05 / 61Discussion
Country Music Nominations, Lack of American Male Artists
The Best Country Solo Performance category at the Grammys featured four women and one Australian male, Keith Urban. This lineup is highlighted as an exclusion of American male artists from the genre's top nominations.
06:51 Or album of the year or something. That by the way, that whole Beyonce performance? That was your Illuminati moment! That was the illuminate-illuminati block in the rundown of this show. Yes definitely Oh my goodness I do have one clip. Oh good. I have the no American men uh in kind oh No, you know i got two clips okay first of all what is this sexist bullcrap on the uh We have solo artists in country and we have no American men at all nominated amongst all the tons of country western singers we have. Playing no American Men in Country, here's what we had for our choices In the next country category there are five talented performers four strong women and one guitarist slinging Aussie I'm proud to be in country music with all five of them These are the nominations for best country solo performance
07:47 Love can go to hell. Brandi Clark Vice, Miranda Lambert High Church, Maren Morris Church bells, Carrie Underwood Blue ain't your color Keith Irvin Where's the Americans? Where is American male? The American male has been cut out. Yeah, there is no American male you're right it was just an Aussie And then the only thing left was the thing that got me was the president agent I have a clip President Agent Orange Yes that was funny I just want to thank President Agent Orange for perpetuating all of their evil That you've been perpetual about in United States
CHAPTER 06 / 61Discussion
Busta Rhymes, President Agent Orange Label
Rapper Busta Rhymes referred to Donald Trump as "President Agent Orange" during a televised performance. This insult is contrasted with the entertainment industry's simultaneous requests for continued government funding for the arts.
08:46 Oh man. Yeah, that was funny. Hey you know what? Let's have no one protest anything but let's build a whole set for the black guys yeah let them do it And so you do this, insulting the center of evil President Agent Orange. You know reference another kind of a visual reference, a slam against somebody's appearance and then couple sets later hey by the way we'd like to get more government support for the arts? I mean are you kidding me?! That was pretty wild Let's go insult the government
09:43 And then beg for money? Are you, and you expect to get some?! You're lucky that everything's pulled. That's what I'd do! You gotta love it What gall these guys have to be begging for money after slamming the president who is, I think this is the guy they are begging for money from Yes President Agent Orange Yeah President Agent Orange I'm not quite sure how I am making thi- oh yeah The American Men thats how im making this link Now, correct me if I'm mistaken. American white men apparently... Is it inappropriate these days in Hollywood to have someone who is not transgendered play a transgendered person? Well this is the blackface issue it seems to me Then stop right there! I personally feel that we're going to be completely fair and equal across the board
CHAPTER 07 / 61Discussion
Melissa McCarthy, Cultural Appropriation and Performance History
The casting of Melissa McCarthy to play male figures is compared to historical performance traditions like Elizabethan theater where men played women. The discussion touches on the evolution of blackface and ethnic roles in cinema, citing examples from Mr. Moto to Tropic Thunder.
10:38 that Melissa McCarthy has no business appropriating white male culture. That should be a white man playing that role, why does it have to be her? She's doing blackface! Yeah she says exactly right and no one sees the hypocrisy in all of that now it's extremely funny but how come she can be funny but if someone else who is not a woman transgender gay whatever it is they play someone else If someone else plays that, then it's all outrage. No good." Well in a comedic situation historically men have played women all the time I mean they used to play women in the Elizabethan times when they weren't allowed on the stage Women were not allowed to be on the stage and so although lot of Shakespeare's plays were played by men
11:34 And then, of course that actresses came along and kind of demanded... Didn't the word originally the word actress wasn't that in Greek language a word for prostitute? Maybe I'm mistaken on this. Maybe it's an urban legend. I don't think that's true but they were always seen as prostitutes. Female actresses have always been looked down upon by their families How little things change John And so, but anyway they got their roles and so it was men and women playing the roles on the stage in screen plays. But in comedic circles it was always okay for a man to play a woman usually in a farcical way. It was also okay only until recently for whites to do blackface because it was actually blacks who did blackface first
12:24 But then that became, now it's exploitation and it became the same way with Chinese. A couple of movie series, Mr. Moto for example with Peter Morgan playing a Japanese character Charlie Chan was played by I can't remember his name but he was the white guy dressed up as Chinese and then they stopped allowing that so then you have your ethic roles We're the last holdout! The last hold out Until that Thunder movie whatever it's called where you had Rob Downey Jr in blackface And nobody complained about that.
CHAPTER 08 / 61Discussion
No Campus for White Men, Identity Politics in Universities
The book "No Campus for White Men" explores how identity politics and victimhood culture have dominated American higher education over the last five years. The text argues that moral status on campus is now assigned based on perceived oppression rather than socioeconomic reality.
13:16 This guy wrote a book called No Campus for White Men. He did, he wrote a book about what's going on in our universities in the United States and I would beg to say that it probably is happening in other places of the world But I wanted to share this with you because, I've ordered the book. I want to read this now. Well what's changed is that over the last five years and it actually extends longer than that but its really gravitated toward in the last five years is identity politics and victim of culture have taken over higher education basically with a two point identity politics stressed that basically all person should care about is their own narrow group interest and the identity they ascribe to themselves such
13:55 If I'm an African American man, that's all my politics and I only care about furthering the interests of my specific group, African Americans. And that has become dominant on campus because they encourage it through affirmative action and other procedures that encourages people to gravitate towards specific identities for more benefit. The second and more important in some ways is victimhood culture where everybody kind of competes to be the biggest victim and a lot of people are like, well why is everybody... Why are all these young people trying to pretend to be victims? Nobody wants to be a victim but the reason why they do that is because we assign moral status in the college moral culture that's being created. To who's the bigger victim Who's more oppressed gets more status in that moral hierarchy created
14:38 And if you're privileged, then that's the worst thing that can happen. Say like in an older moral culture if you're demonically possessed, that's lowest. With this it's like if your privileged, that's the worst thing you could be but being a victim is the best thing you could be. But when your victimhood isn't assigned by based on socioeconomic status You can be the son of poor coal miner from West Virginia and you are privileged and you can be the son of wealthy multi-millionaire but African American and you are oppressed It's called bigotry That's how the system works just bigotry I know. I played the founder of by any means necessary on the previous show, but she also appeared on Tucker and I mean this woman is horrible woman yeah This is the middle school teacher
CHAPTER 09 / 61Discussion
Yvette Felarca, Definition of Fascism and Milo Yiannopoulos
Yvette Felarca, founder of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), defines a fascist as someone organizing mass movements to attack minority groups. She defends the violent shutdown of Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley, while the dictionary definition of fascism focuses on totalitarian one-party states and national mobilization.
15:27 Yes, in the Berkeley school system who is the founder of By Any Means Necessary and I'm not quite sure if she's had any other kind of funding or if she's just a lone wolf. But for sure, she's out there promoting her concepts and I was glad you showed up on Tucker's. So fascist is someone who's organizing a mass movement that's attacking women immigrants black people... Yeah, she's explaining to us what a fascist is John Holy crap, she's redefined the term. Maybe you should give us the term so we'll be ready when we go into it I can read it from Wikipedia but it begins an intellectual movement in colleges as I might add But let her play, sorry No, no, I'd actually want to hear that Okay here we will listen to her definition first So a fascist is someone who organizes a mass movement thats attacking women
16:17 immigrants, black people other minority groups in a movement of genocide. Just so you know that we should change the Wikipedia could someone please go in there use this clip as a source and change the wikipedia entry? That's what a fascist is. That's what a fascist is. So it's someone who's committing violence And it's someone who is committing violence and who is trying to organize other people to commit violence. Okay. And Milo Yiannopoulos, he's a fascist. So he has committed acts of violence against the protected groups you mentioned? Well, what he's doing is he's trying to be the youth face and token that other people who are organizing violence try to hide behind. And so in all of his talks all over the country what Yiannopoulos has done is whip up a whole lynch mob mentality where people who come to see him or his supporters not only agree with his views but also attack other people
17:09 And that was certainly true in Washington State when he, one of his supporters came and actually shot an anti-fascist protester. But in Berkeley we made sure that didn't happen because we were able to shut him down. Shut him down! We shut him down! Definition of fascists Well, let's see. Fascists believe that...the definition of fascist technically in the dictionary is a believer in fascism but let's go with Wikipedia. Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete and they regard the complete mobilization of society under totalitarian one-party state Democrats as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties
17:51 Such a state is led by strong leaders such as the dictator and a martial government composed of members of the governing fascist party to forge natural... To forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views political violence, war and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation. Fascists advocate a mixed economy with the principal goal of achieving autarky through protectionist and interventionist economic policies." I think her explanation is much easier! If you hate women and gays and black people, you're fascists
CHAPTER 10 / 61Discussion
Tucker Carlson, First Amendment and Safe Environments
Tucker Carlson challenged Yvette Felarca on the right of controversial figures to speak in public under the First Amendment. Felarca argued that speech spreading "racist and misogynistic lies" creates an unsafe environment and should be forcibly stopped.
18:34 There's nothing no mention of that in here. I do love our new jingle though that I like it sign again you sent us Good all right second piece evolve into a whole song it could Now, I've noticed how Tucker Carlson does his show. He always has one thing that he's going to harp on and just gonna drill down on that... And he always has the kind of mouth agape, I can't believe I'm hearing this! Yes well and he's on the screen the whole time so you might as well do something or you can put it ISO on me i'd be like ticking all over the place would be distracting get go fullscreen to the guest please
19:15 But so in this case, he's going very... He is kind of saying two things. One we have a First Amendment he should be able to speak and the second thing is if you say by any means necessary what happens if someone your kid one of your kids in the classroom does this? Do you think that people like Milo who you've decided are fascist shouldn't be allowed to speak in public? You said they weren't allowed to speak at Berkeley He should not be allowed to speak in public to spread his racist and misogynistic and homophobic lies. No, he does not have the right to do that." I think he does actually. How is he homophobic?
19:58 He's gay! And he, by his own admission only has sex with black men. Just makes it a little funnier. Lies no he does not have the right to do that. But still he has the right to say whatever he wants to say you can say that. What about when he's trying when he's using his speech to whip up attacks on people, no he doesn't have the right to do that. I haven't heard that. Spread lies about our humanity? No he doesn't. Okay so you're not allowed to say things that are untrue. Well of course in the case of Berkeley...No that's not what i said! I didn't say your'e not allowed to say things that aren't true but if your trying to spread racism and hostility misogyny rape
20:36 Whip up people to lynch people or to certainly have that mentality I think Milo wanted you know go lynch some black man's are gonna have sex with him. I think that's what he was ever heard this guy no of course not of course great people or to lynch them Absolutely, not and any decent human being whether it was in a classroom at her restaurant If they heard someone doing that would turn around and tell them you need to stop talking You are not welcome here This is not a safe environment if we need to go now That's exactly what I'm gonna do. Excuse me, excuse me You can't talk like that This is a safe environment you need to go and of course I expect the person to go okay. Oh, no, I was so wrong
CHAPTER 11 / 61Discussion
Anti-Fascist Activism, Coretta Scott King Senate Letter
The tactics of anti-fascist activists are debated alongside the Senate's decision to block the reading of a Coretta Scott King letter on the floor. Activists claim they are defending immigrants and Muslims from genocidal propaganda through counter-protests.
21:14 Okay, here's the thing about... She is going to get a lot of air time if she maintains this position of hers. Oh yeah! She is just so annoying you cannot be entertained by her. Exactly! It's perfect TV And it's great for our show of course So I just want to know like the protocol for anti-fascist activists like yourself You're standing on street corner and someone starts saying something that you don't and you think boy that's an act of hostility, that person is a fascist. You are misrepresenting the words I've been saying this isn't about not liking something. This isn't about Ben & Jerrys versus Stone Cold Stone-cold pizza or something. Okay, you need to work on your cultural references lady I thought she was gonna say stone called Steve Austin, but no. That's what i was thinking! I was thinking the exact same thing. Yeah it's probably funny. This is about Ben and Jerry versus stone cold pizza
22:08 pizza or something. This is about the lives of real people, immigrants who are under attack now... I got it! ...Muslims who are being massacred... And i'm asking you how deep your commitment is? So you're the one trivializing this not me. I'm not in any way trivializing and ask you a sincere question to what extent would you go to stop that person from spreading genocidal propaganda? Would you...? I would call for people to counter-protest to stand up and to shut down any attempts at fascism. But what do you mean by shutdown? Like, what if I want to keep talking? I'm saying something that you find appalling but... You know what this is- I've got a first amendment right! I'm an American What would you do?! So much people come say stop that! I say no i'm not going to stop that! I'm an American! What are you gonna do next!?
22:50 You know, the first amendment... you want to talk about the first amendment? Coretta Scott King's letter wasn't allowed to be read on the floor of the Senate last week under the Constitution in the Senate. That's exactly what happened! And yet at the same time, we're the one then who is actually trying to defend someone like a fascist speaking and recruiting at a college campus I'm proud to say that we all stood up for these seven days. Alright thanks for coming on and showing us what you believe Buy that, buy Tucker a beer. He deserves that. You gotta get her on more! She's a classic... although she is not a hummer which would have been better. She is a classic screecher from the Berkeley area and actually the whole Bay Area of San Francisco is loaded with these women too most of them don't live in San Francisco they tend to live in East Bay because they can afford San Francisco and you know like they don't have any way ever finding a mate
CHAPTER 12 / 61Discussion
LARPing, Black Bloc Protester Confrontation
A video circulating on social media shows a pedestrian punching a masked Black Bloc protester who was blocking a sidewalk. The incident is used to describe "LARPing" (Live Action Role Playing) as a term for young protesters who adopt a radical aesthetic without genuine conviction.
23:47 And so they are by themselves. It's cheaper over here finding a mate I was thinking about this though, and I learned a term earlier this week from my buddy Gene called the term is LARPing and now explain this there was a video on the face bag which And I really dislike Facebag for a number of reasons. One of them is it's not easy to get anything out of Facebag, you can't like just save a link or... It's very complicated. Yeah, lot of their videos are specific to Facebook. Oh that's horrible! But there was a video and i think it was in New York or Boston and couple these black block
24:26 by any means necessary protesters with the hoodies and the black mask in front of their face. And they're arms linked, and they're not letting people go through on the sidewalk who need to go to work." And this one guy who was probably about 6'2", I 16 if he was an ounce, and he says hey let me through. And they're like no you don't know me, it's Trump! And the guy hauls out cold cocks this protester which happened to be a girl but you couldn't see that...and immediately they all go And I was like, and I was so happy when I saw this. It's like these are pussies! And that's when I learned the term LARPing and that's what is going on. LARPing it's in the book of knowledge. It kind of started with Dungeons & Dragons. It's role play. There you go there's your source.
25:19 And this is what these kids are doing. They spend the whole weekend at The Gap and Hot Topics picking out their black hoodie and their little scarf to go in front of their face, and then they're all energized like, yeah we're going to do this! But they're not. They're phonies. They're fake little weenie whiney pussy boys and girls. That makes sense. And the term for that is LARPers so the LARPers are LARPing. And I'm just let me just see the, uh, let me give you the definition of it. Uh, LARPing and everything just fit. I was like, Oh, it makes so yeah, of course. LARP live action role playing though that's where it stems from and that's what these kids are doing and they're all jacked up and they're not worried about any repercussions because hey, I mean there on the right side aren't they?
CHAPTER 13 / 61Discussion
Black Bloc Tactics, Starbucks Vandalism and Protests
The presence of masked Black Bloc individuals with crowbars at peaceful demonstrations is described as a threat to legitimate protest movements. Critics argue that smashing windows at Starbucks does not effectively bring about political revolution.
26:14 So on the right side I like this you know they're in the right side of history, and it's about time someone just gets a beating It used to be normal if you did something here advocating violence on the no agenda show yeah a little bit Not really violents. Just hey just is it just punch these guys out. That's done with they're gone. This is sockum Yes Rockham sock em robots everybody actually had David from A little bit about the black block. Let me see what he said here I've never understood this, so these guys with the black masks and crowbars show up There are a lot of them Now i have not seen crowbars but okay But there are hundreds or thousands of people at something like the event
26:59 sit on them, call the cops take off their masks. The crowbar guys are a bigger threat to the people doing the legitimate protest they think they're bringing down the state but they're not bringing down the state you can smash a lot of windows at Starbucks before you bring Lenin into power in United States like a million of them but there are threats and embarrassment to the people whose marches they are hijacking he's kind right there because if you don't sit yeah I'm gonna sit on him He, let me see I don't want to go. Hey another clip from him but i wanted to play it just now It's a whole different topic Anything else on these protesters or any social justice warrior stuff? No I didn't get too much under I'm looking and I don't see anything that I have Its mostly the stuff that I have is just a bunch of some Well there was kind of a social justice thing Nigel Farage has a radio show Yes he does
CHAPTER 14 / 61Discussion
Nigel Farage, Brexit and Online Hatred
Nigel Farage discussed the high levels of intolerance and death threats directed at "Leave" supporters following the Brexit vote. A radio caller from Chesterfield confronted Farage, claiming his existence alone was responsible for a spike in UK hate crimes.
27:58 And he does, and this is kind of the same. You know these LARPers are a reflection of what you have with online media and radio call-in shows and all these other things where you're kinda like...you're safe. Very safe just like the face bag! Yeah, you can say what you want, you can express yourself and be complete dummy, because nobody knows who you are. It's not like you're gonna get in trouble from your boss or anything. Although it has happened because somebody will do something too stupid and end up in trouble at work but he gets this kind of... You play Nigel summary of hatred which is what he has to experience now because of Brexit. Brexit has caused the same divisions
28:45 uh... england that the trump has created here in the united states was almost extraordinary level of intolerance aggression abuse threats and that's just walking down the street let alone the death threats and goodness knows what else but it happened online i'm not allowing at their own tory mps there are labor and pays employees if you are an MP that was on the Leave side and you've seen this, then please do call in and share this. Actually all these organisations who say they're about love and everything else seem to have a total hatred of those with a different opinion so much so they don't think we're even entitled to have the view I mean goodness me they'd even call us racists for daring to discuss controlling immigration
29:31 Yes, you racist. Now an exact yes an example of that is the next clip we would somebody who calls in sorry here We go we've given our best shot there I'm gonna get a Tim in Chesterfield Tim You know did the leave campaign stir up hatred in people did that lead to her lead to a rise in them? A huge spike in hate crime immediately afterwards Yes Okay, go on tell me why because you exist and Alright, well we've really really hit the peaks here haven't we? So we'll move on to Webby in Stockport. Webby! Yeah yeah if we make it look easy... It's not that easy Nigel he's not easy and sometimes is very annoying when that happens I did some research we were talking about the Ninth Amendment there's this movement to abolish the ninth although it hasn't really cropped up that big yet
CHAPTER 15 / 61Discussion
Ninth Amendment, The Constitution Today by Akhil Reed Amar
Legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar explains that the Ninth Amendment protects rights not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution, such as the right to present physical evidence in court. Amar suggests that the Ninth Amendment implicitly covers gun ownership based on the traditions of the era in which it was written.
30:27 It's definitely out there. We were talking about the Ninth Amendment, and I found on Book TV a guy who actually wrote a book about it. And the title of the book is The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar. And although I... Amar is fantastic he writes about the... He's got takes on the constitution that are dynamite. If you want to understand the Ninth Amendment which we were looking at on the previous show, I think this clip explains it. While initially opposing a bill of rights some other framers expressed concern that in enumerating rights some would inevitably be left out and thus the rights of people would
31:03 incomplete. Do you believe there are rights that should have been included in the Constitution but were not and even to this day have not been added? Well, thats where the 9th amendment comes in and says suppose we did leave some stuff out the fact a right isn't mentioned doesn't mean it doesn't exist. So if a right isn't enumerated, but it's maybe implicit in the structure of the Constitution as a whole you should protect it If it's a right that we have by custom and tradition, maybe that's a basis for judges to say this right exists. Because judges personally like it or don't like if they're actually trying to see
31:52 What are the privileges and immunities of citizens? What do citizens understand their own rights to be as a matter of lived practice. How about, for example, to present evidence on your own behalf if you're a criminal defendant It doesn't say that in so many words. It says you have a right to confront witnesses against you and compel the production of witnesses in your favor, but what about a right to introduce physical evidence that shows that actually you didn't do it? Well, it doesn't say that but of course that has to be a right because the whole structure of the rights that are mentioned are basically to give you a chance to show that you're innocent
32:36 So, the Ninth Amendment is a very important reminder that not all the rights are textually specified. And second—these kind of go without saying—is looking at American evolving traditions and customs and cultures... So the Ninth Amendment protects those rights which are not explicitly mentioned? He argues, this guy you're talking about. He argues that the Ninth Amendment actually covers gun ownership He says, you don't really need the Second Amendment. It's just good that it's there but the Ninth Amendment because of those...everyone was armed to the teeth during that era when this was written. It was implicitly... It's implicit. Yes, implicit. And so this is very important, this Ninth Amendment. I also learned from him, the order of the amendments is not necessarily an order of importance turns out. You could put the Ninth Amendment first he said.
33:38 Yeah, he does. He's a good guy to read. He may be involved... I know that he is the one who wrote everything you know about the Constitution is wrong which was brought by one of our producers H. Greeley who also discussed the Ninth Amendment in an email but this little clip was probably easier to deal with. So the abolishment of the ninth would in effect remove all rights not implicitly stated as... You'd have no rights at all! Zero! This is not a good idea people How else are you gonna get your Obama phone? If there was anybody seriously going after the Ninth Amendment, that's not gonna happen anyway. Even the congressmen aren't that dumb. Really? How about the one who calls...who says Putin is in Korea? I mean there are some pretty dumb people up on the hill there John. Pretty dumb people. Pelosi who still thinks George W Bush is president come on! There're some pretty dumb people up there John Well then you might as well go to my clips then
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Amy Klobuchar, Russian Influence and Ally Invasion Claims
Senator Amy Klobuchar called for an independent investigation into Michael Flynn's contacts with Russian intelligence. During her statement, she claimed Russia had invaded "our allies," which was interpreted as a reference to the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
34:34 Is it, does it include- Amy Klobuchar! Does it include dumb people? Yes. Amy Klobuchar I have Amy Goodman...I don't see Klobuchar Yeah its under Flynn Oh well that makes nothing but sense So this is Flynn-Klobuchar Russia. This is her talking about Michael Flynn, of course we haven't discussed yet but he got kicked off of the Trump team... Yeah I think yeah we'll go into it now. He was hounded to death but here's Klobuchar and you gotta remember Klobuchar is like an ally with the gruesome twosome of the Republican Party John McCain and Lindsey Graham and she's like one of their co dummies
35:10 and she uh... she's a useful idiot as you said or representative senator okay much is a senator from minnesota along with the right now franklin The swirl of questions surrounding General Flynn's resignation as national security adviser and the new reports of regular contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials has Democrats on Capitol Hill, as we heard calling for an independent investigation. One of them is Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota I spoke to her a short time ago and started by asking what question she has well
35:47 Well, I believe this is much more than the resignation of one national security adviser. You already had the Trump campaign chairman step aside because of contacts with Russia and now this new report that there were multiple contacts between people in the campaign and Russian intelligence people so that's why i think we have to get to the bottom of it This is about a fundamental And that is a free democracy that should be free from foreign influences. And we already have our 17 intelligence agencies tell us that there's been an attempt to influence our election, and now we're finding out that these contacts were ongoing so we need to know who
36:31 Who did Flynn work with? Who did he talk to, what did he talk about to the Russian ambassador and also why was this happening. I think that's the biggest overriding question for our national security. Why was a Trump administration so eager to placate the Russians and make friends with them when they have done so many horrific things including invading countries that are at our allies? And before countries what allies did they invade? She said this, she said that Russia's invaded our allies. Name an ally? I think she is referring to Ukraine...I don't know what else could be talking about That's exactly it! I'm sure she is talking about how the Russians invaded Crimea
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Michael Flynn Resignation, Potential Successors and CIA Messaging
Following Michael Flynn's resignation as National Security Advisor, reports emerged that Vice Admiral Robert Harward and General David Petraeus were being considered as replacements. The media coverage of these appointments is scrutinized for potential CIA influence.
37:13 Even though that was a voting thing, even though it could have been somebody else's. Before we go on...before the news breaks I'll just tell you what's going on. First of all Flynn resigned from his National Security Council post but he's not gone. He is staying on and he is gonna be working as an advisor. No one is talking about this. Two, his replacement has already been asked P4 to be his replacement. What? P4? Oh no, I'm sorry. Military speak John! P4 is Petraeus, four-star general. So Petraeus has been asked." That's not my understanding! This came in this morning... Well I mean yeah you have newer news but i'm just saying this other guy supposedly said yes according to Garrett on CBS. I don't know if Petraeus has said yes or what? Back up one second anything CBS says is gonna be CIA messaging John
38:14 Yeah, duh. So and CIA broadcasting system I know that when you're pointing it out But because they don't want betray us to take it so they would be pushing it That's okay we'll find out we'll find out well I want to get play the other clip yes And I want to jump from from Klobuchar who just continues on with idiocies by the way It's very entertaining. I thought let's see we got Conway CBS Which, you know she's done. Yeah I have a... You know what? Let's play the Conway CBS and then i want to play the reaction. Oh here it is! Here wait no let's start with this one The Conway one is a different topic really. Vague CBS uh this was Major Garrett So my question to my Republican colleagues is if you're not willing to take the first step to look into this what are you afraid of some Republicans like Tennessee's Bob Corker in South Carolina Hey stop stop
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Rand Paul, Political Investigations and CBS Grammar
Senator Rand Paul argued against further political investigations into the Trump administration, suggesting the Justice Department should handle law enforcement matters. The segment also critiques the specific grammatical choices used by CBS News reporter Major Garrett.
39:10 Hey Adam, can you come over for dinner tonight? Sure. You have to be here at 6. Okay Can you make it yeah really no oh What are you afraid of I'm afraid of not making it because of the airline schedule Really? Yeah. Can't you just release a plane, what are you afraid of? Your point is well made sir What are you afraid of some Republicans like Tennessee's Bob Corker and South Carolina's Lindsey Graham Are calling for thorough inquiries But Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky wants to defer to the Justice Department If law enforcement thinks there needs to be an investigation based on law enforcement type effects They make that decision but we don't need more political investigation up here
39:55 The president has been at odds with the intelligence community since it said the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election. Scott, Mr Trump eventually accepted that conclusion but has accused US intelligence agencies first of Nazi and now Russian tactics one other point Scott Vice Admiral Robert Harward has been offered the job of National Security Advisor to replace General Flynn he is negotiating with the White House but is expected to accept that offer Now, before we go any further... And before you go any further I want to discuss the grammar he used. Ah! CBS does this all the time and it's always bothersome to me and I point it out in the show a lot using the word but when and is the right word because if you have a line of thought that is going in one direction and you make your conclusion
40:50 is different than, through line of thought it's going in the exact same direction but you make your conclusion. It makes it sound as this sketchy, puts a weird thing in your brain that bothers him and Garrett does this constantly so the guy has been discussing taking over but he looks like he's gonna accept it. It's not what the word is, its and! It looks like he's gonna accept. But there's just little side note that way they do business there Uh, so what we're going to get into is what actually happened. And as far as I can tell, what has actually happened is nothing other than there was spying, spying a deep state operation which we've been talking about for years here that literally yes that the agencies are at war with each other. There's camps, there's divisions and clearly the CIA and the CIA ran their own candidate if you remember. Remember that guy from
41:45 from Utah. They ran their own candidate, that's how desperate they are to keep in charge of things and so they are hell-bent the deep state which is not just as CIA they want him out and by any means necessary you might almost say and the mainstream media who based this on no evidence, no transcripts although came in this morning. Let me see I got here... from NPR, intelligence official. Again all these sources are unnamed. Transcripts of Flynn's calls do not show criminal wrongdoing." So there was no criminal wrongdoing at least according to sources the same sources I guess but it was a total and you have to almost think coordinated attack
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Deep State Coup, Michael Flynn Media Reaction
The resignation of Michael Flynn is characterized as a coordinated attack by the "Deep State" and intelligence agencies. Media figures like Chuck Todd and Jeannie Moos are criticized for using hyperbole and jokes to frame the event as a major scandal.
40:50 is different than, through line of thought it's going in the exact same direction but you make your conclusion. It makes it sound as this sketchy, puts a weird thing in your brain that bothers him and Garrett does this constantly so the guy has been discussing taking over but he looks like he's gonna accept it. It's not what the word is, its and! It looks like he's gonna accept. But there's just little side note that way they do business there Uh, so what we're going to get into is what actually happened. And as far as I can tell, what has actually happened is nothing other than there was spying, spying a deep state operation which we've been talking about for years here that literally yes that the agencies are at war with each other. There's camps, there's divisions and clearly the CIA and the CIA ran their own candidate if you remember. Remember that guy from
41:45 from Utah. They ran their own candidate, that's how desperate they are to keep in charge of things and so they are hell-bent the deep state which is not just as CIA they want him out and by any means necessary you might almost say and the mainstream media who based this on no evidence, no transcripts although came in this morning. Let me see I got here... from NPR, intelligence official. Again all these sources are unnamed. Transcripts of Flynn's calls do not show criminal wrongdoing." So there was no criminal wrongdoing at least according to sources the same sources I guess but it was a total and you have to almost think coordinated attack
42:37 to bring this guy down and if you listen to some of the heads in the mainstream media, they were just losing their crap. They love it so much! Here's a chip talk with Chuck Todd. Good evening I'm Chuck Todd here in Washington welcome to MTP Daily and welcome to day one of what is arguably the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government since Iran-Contra. Take a breath Hyperbole aside, folks. Hunker down because this is a class 5 political hurricane. Oh please! Oh man... That's what they wanted to be? That's what he said?! Yes! Here's uh- You get a borderline for that I had no idea that- Now we go to Jeannie Most who does most of the entertainment fun stuff on CNN
43:26 General Michael Flynn went from being sworn in to being forced out so fast. After less than a month in office, this is the shortest tenure of any national security advisor in modern history So naturally the internet decided to document things that last longer than Flynn For instance I have food and my fridge that lasted longer than Michael Flynn Someone else said my diet lasted longer so does Amazon's retirement policy which happens to be 30 days, Flynn lasted only 23. Even dragonflies with a lifespan of a mere four months outlast the general! The roll of paper towels in my kitchen lasted longer than Mike Flynn. Sure everyone is making this same joke... Hold on a second yeah we've documented this woman before This is supposed to be funny or? Yeah
44:21 It's stupid. This is what they do on CNN, this is what you know... Sanctimoniously smug I think it the term. All of paper towels in my kitchen lasted longer than Mike Flynn Sure everyone is making the same joke but it does put things into perspective This lasted longer than Michael Flynn tenure Kim Kardashian's marriage to Chris Humphrey survived 72 days. Oh, luckily we got Kardashians in there. As long as the general did tweeted someone I once had a fungal infection that lasted longer than Flynn. All right now not everybody was just making fun and games The deep state at work A lot of people figured this out quickly Senator Johnson is very angry Who has access to this information?
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Andrew Napolitano, Intelligence Community Sabotage and Leaks
Judge Andrew Napolitano asserts that the leaks targeting Michael Flynn constitute illegal sabotage from within the intelligence community. He argues that spies are using their surveillance capabilities to embarrass the President and influence government judgment.
45:10 In terms of exactly what happened, well first of all... The conversation that was conducted. Who has access to that Senator? That would be somebody in the nebulous intelligence community. Nebulous! I think those are the questions have to be asked who tapped the phones who is listening to it who leaked it. I think those are legitimate questions to ask but better asked in a classified setting to really get to the facts Okay so were laws broken then Again, I'm not a lawyer. I really do not know but let's face it leaks of this nature are incredibly damaging to America to our national security and we need to look into it Yes And I have been looking into it and if you want to know anything about the legal status of what is going on We usually turn to the judge who we like so much
45:55 Napolitano who has quite a lot to say about this. That looks to me notwithstanding the denial that looks to be like sabotage from within it's very fair assessment and there is no director of national intelligence because he hasn't been confirmed yet ah and the prior director of national intelligence general clapper, the one that lied under oath, he's in retirement so the DNI is being run by whoever is the senior most person they're sort of like the justice department was before Jeff Sessions was there, but this is a really really serious problem and it comes from something that I've been complaining about for years which is spying on everybody all the time because the spies now who spy on generals in the Pentagon and justices in the Supreme Court and the president in the White House
46:37 have the ability with legal immunity, because they know how to do this without getting caught. To leak what they have in order to embarrass who they want to embarrass whether it's President Donald Trump because they say that don't trust him or whether it is General Flynn because he's an ex-spy who knows too much about them. Judge this is outrageous It is and I can tell you from sources with whom I've spoken that Wall Street Journal headline is absolutely true there are people in the intelligence community who will withhold information from the President of the United States of America be in order to influence his exercise of judgment. Is it illegal? It absolutely is illegal! They work for him, he is their boss if they don't like him or they do not trust them then should quit and go public and let the American public decide
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Obama Executive Order, NSA Raw Data Sharing
Before leaving office, President Obama signed an executive order allowing the NSA to share raw signals intelligence with all 16 other US intelligence agencies. This change is cited as a primary reason for the recent increase in anonymous leaks to the press.
47:25 All right. Now, how is it possible that the intelligence agencies know how to do this legally? Because they're clearly eavesdropping on senators and intelligence people and Americans I thought this was not possible It turns out and we discussed this on the program Was a little executive order that the president signed before he left Obama that is. He already left office President Obama signed an executive order authorizing the NSA to share its raw data with all 16 intelligence agencies for the first time in American history. So we don't know who the leaker was prior to that extraordinary executive order, which President Trump can undo this morning with a stroke of a pen."
48:09 We would have known who the leaker was. See, the NSA does the spying for everybody else because it has access to everybody's computer chip I'm holding up my iPhone so they used to distribute the raw data for foreigners to CIA and to their own 60 Uh-oh. It's a good one. Well, you know what we say? Ah! Thanks Obama. We'll play this clip then which is the leaks overview because there's a couple pieces of information here I didn't really know about and the mainstream media is definitely not playing it up Among government officials It's commonly understood that loose lips sink ships But apparently this hasn't stopped certain anonymous figures within the Trump administration from handing non-public information over to the press
49:19 After the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, following anonymous tips about Flynn's phone call to the Russian ambassador Trump spoke up on Twitter. The real story here is why there are so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal or North Korea etc.? There is certainly room for concern. The leaks to date include transcripts of President Trump's conversations with world leaders, the press is certainly eager to eat up whatever the leakers offer them and even almost treat them as heroes of a spy film. So that's where you're bugged White House John they have access to everything no need to bug it yeah everything's all tapped into the NSA
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White House Leak Investigation, Shadow Warriors
The Trump administration announced an investigation into "shadow warriors" within the executive branch who leaked transcripts of the President's calls with world leaders. Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that these leaks breach legal protocols and aim to cripple the administration's foreign policy.
50:02 Yeah, it's beautiful. Washington DC newspaper The Hill has referred to the people behind all of this not as leakers or even whistleblowers but rather as shadow warriors White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the administration intends to investigate exactly who is blabbing inside information Some of the leaks are done in a way that the release of that information is clearly a breach of a lot of protocols and laws Not everyone working in the executive branch is completely new, and Trump suspects that the unnamed sources may be holdovers from for giving those transcripts to the media. There's a vested interest by the press and by others, to see Trump fail or at least stumble I think it really is about crippling him when he has to go to the American people and ask them for things that will be hard to do in order to write the foreign policy of this nation And they want to steal his ability to do that in the future but with certain actions now
51:06 In the context of an already contentious relationship with many mainstream media outlets, the flow of non-public less than beneficial information from within the closed halls of the Trump White House has got the administration rather fired up. They are anxious to get to the bottom of it." Now what I found interesting in that clip was that they apparently have the leaked transcripts of the entire conversation between Trump and the Australian guy, and Trump and the Mexican guy. Yeah, but we... first of all they cannot really show that because that would be breaking the law. These are unnamed sources and it turns out that it really may not be true at all! The things that they say are in the transcript but you see the mainstream media just diving onto this pile jumping They're loving it and I'm so disappointed one of our guys Tim Weiner he wrote Legacy Of Ashes which was THE CIA book
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Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes and FBI Investigation
Author Tim Weiner, known for "Legacy of Ashes," discussed the current counterintelligence investigation into the Trump administration. The investigation is described as a joint effort between the FBI, CIA, and NSA, moving significantly faster than the Watergate probe.
52:00 Great book. And then if you recall, John, he wrote the book about FBI and it sucked! It was horrible which led me to believe that he's all in CIA is...you know they've co-opted him and of course CIA is mainly behind this deep state coup or whatever they're trying to do. I was gonna say they co-opted him because the way it would work it seems to me as a writer like that Is that he had to get all the permissions and everything from us. He got to get pre-approval, okay we're gonna do this We're gonna let you write this huge book that nobody's gonna read of course they didn't say that part But they're gonna write this huge book about us. We're going to give you all the stuff You need clean it up as we can but you gotta you know there's a little you gotta do something for us Well, he's out there doing it. He's out promoting a new book called Empire I believe here is on
52:52 with, sorry, with Rachel. We are now three and a half weeks into this administration under Nixon and I remember this, I lived through this it took them three and a half years to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate we are three-and-a-half weeks into this administration The Russians broke into the DNC for them! That's done okay? Okay Mike Flynn has fallen farther faster than any powerful official in any government in the 20th century. Oh really? America. Oh, really! We are watching in real time very quickly
53:31 A powerful counterintelligence investigation run by the FBI with the assistance of the CIA and NSA that is targeting the top of this government. And I'm reminded when I was talking to Uncle Don about Flynn, he hates him! I want nothing to do with Flynn was kind of his word so there's something about Flynn and CIA that we're not privy too But here is your it has something to do during his years with the DIA where they finally had to get him out of there Yes, and here is Tim Weiner with more the American people are sorry I was gonna say before you go that next clip
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Klaus Fuchs, Atomic Spies and Venona Project
The current intelligence climate is compared to the 1950 conviction of Klaus Fuchs, a physicist who supplied Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviet Union. The discussion references the Venona project, which intercepted communications between Moscow and the United States during World War II.
54:11 I think it was interesting that he put the FBI with Comey, whose name has not come up at all. If you haven't noticed...I have! At the top as a lead on this is kind of the thing you do when you're like behind-the-scenes really doing all the work and you put somebody else in front of you go to it we are behind ya Very suspect. Well, it's clear again interagency rift we've been tracking this for literally four years The American people are getting a look in real time at the most politically charged counterintelligence investigation since the Soviets stoled the secret of the atomic bomb in the end of World War II
54:55 So Klaus Fuchs involved here that kind of thing right? I didn't understand this reference. I wanted to bring it up Klaus Fuchs who was Klaus fucs and Klaus fuchs I should know well you there's only one thing to do I Heard that and went mmm John will know no, I mean I should know but I don't know Wow does ring a bell Some reference some old Cold War reference if you see H s I'm sure Klaus Fuchs. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He was the guy who stole the nuclear the secrets for the bomb No, no, I don't think so Klaus Fuchs
55:37 German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who in 1950 was convicted of supplying information from the American, British and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War. Okay he was a spy his colleagues at the Atomic Weapons Laboratory... He was one of the guys working it at Los Alamos right? The atomic bomb in the end of World War II So, Klaus Fuchs involved here. That kind of thing right? Yeah that was a case that took almost 10 years from beginning to end This is moving a lot faster because technology has improved in terms of intelligence gathering
56:17 We're in a case now, you were harking back to Watergate Chris. This is the case where it's the crime not the government. I'm going back to the Venona, I'm going back to the way we got all that communication between Moscow and America during and before the Second World War. So it's like that. It's just like that, in fact... That's what Tom Friedman thinks as well! I don't care what he told Pence we only care what he told Pence because Pence went out and basically misled the public on Face The Nation Yeah going on Face The Nation is where you mislead the public yeah and the whole show was meant to mislead the public. The issue is what did he tell Trump?
56:55 Did he and Trump actually cook up this whole thing? After the Russians did not respond harshly to the eviction of their spies and diplomats, Trump actually tweeted out some positive encouragement of this. Did the two of them cook this all along? And it gets Joe to other issues. The first is we have never taken seriously from the very beginning Russia hacked our election. That was a 9-11 scale event, they attacked the core of our very democracy that was a Pearl Harbor scale event. I don't think so! You know you have to remember Friedman is for all practical purposes he might as well work out at Langley
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Thomas Friedman, Pearl Harbor Comparison and Deep State
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman described the Russian hacking of the 2016 election as an event on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. This rhetoric is viewed as an attempt by establishment figures to escalate tensions with Russia.
56:17 We're in a case now, you were harking back to Watergate Chris. This is the case where it's the crime not the government. I'm going back to the Venona, I'm going back to the way we got all that communication between Moscow and America during and before the Second World War. So it's like that. It's just like that, in fact... That's what Tom Friedman thinks as well! I don't care what he told Pence we only care what he told Pence because Pence went out and basically misled the public on Face The Nation Yeah going on Face The Nation is where you mislead the public yeah and the whole show was meant to mislead the public. The issue is what did he tell Trump?
56:55 Did he and Trump actually cook up this whole thing? After the Russians did not respond harshly to the eviction of their spies and diplomats, Trump actually tweeted out some positive encouragement of this. Did the two of them cook this all along? And it gets Joe to other issues. The first is we have never taken seriously from the very beginning Russia hacked our election. That was a 9-11 scale event, they attacked the core of our very democracy that was a Pearl Harbor scale event. I don't think so! You know you have to remember Friedman is for all practical purposes he might as well work out at Langley
57:36 So, this is what they're going for. They're swinging it for the fences. They're crazy! It's like these guys would back it off a little bit, swinging down and not sound like maniacs... Swinging for the fences is exactly right now. Luckily on the other side from a Democrat we get not just a big pushback, we get and I have four clips reasonably short. The first one was a little long intro minute-and-a-half Four clips from a guy who is coming to defense of what is happening who recognizes the deep state shadow government What is our term for it John? The shadow states. Is that what we call it I don't like shadows. I don't like it either Deep step like deep states. I like deep State deep States kind of kind of a cool term, okay
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Dennis Kucinich, Military Industrial Intel Axis
Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich warned that elements within the intelligence community are attempting to sabotage US-Russia relations to reignite the Cold War. He described a "military-industrial-intel axis" that profits from international tension and operates as a shadow government.
58:20 It's all representative of the New World Order, the way I see it. It is representative one...of no borders, no nations. Let's just let them both play. No borders, no nations is what it really represents. That's what they're pushing for or then again we could be misinterpreting the whole thing and idea is just to rubbleize the world and then hell with it. Throughout the years we've said look people really in charge and not the ones you see in the White House Not the ones you see on TV. I mean who's really in charge of killing people with drones? It's CIA Yeah, the president has to sign off on it But CIA runs at who who's running all the ops all the black ops everywhere a lot of it is CIA Who comes to tell us this?
59:07 Who should avoid small aviation hot tubs canoes on rivers in DC and What else do you need to avoid now? Just don't have any firearms Dennis Kucinich It's because it is just showing up again here. He has always been the enemy of the deep state Yeah in his own way, but he's more of a leftist Democrat he's a democrat. Yes a democrat, but he's born today reason for very progressive Democrat There's been eschewed by the party well. He is pissed. Let me stop I should mention this why isn't Dennis Kucinich you've seen from anymore and They, the Democrats themselves could not put up with his complaining about the deep state all along. And they gerrymandered him out of a job! Great isn't it? They specifically created a district that he had to run in that he couldn't win
59:59 I don't understand why they didn't just kill him like they do with everybody else. They really did some work, like you'll never speak again Here he is! Well General Flynn has admitted misleading the Vice President But i think we have to look at this a little bit deeper A phone call from the incoming Director of National Security was intercepted and the contents given to the media. And you have to... so obviously shared by intelligence officials, now what's at the core of this? is an effort by some in the intelligence community to upend any positive relationship between the US and Russia. And I tell you, there's a marching band of chowder society out there. There's gold in them their heels. There are people trying to separate the U.S. and Russia so that this military industrial intel
1:00:52 access can... What is it? Military, industrial, intel. Access! Nice. But the American people have to know that there's a game going on inside the intelligence community where there are those who want to separate the US from Russia in a way that would reignite the Cold War. That's what's at the bottom of all this is like it's early in the morning, it's valentine's day but wake up america this is what's going on in the intelligence community with his new president is unprecedented they're making every effort to offend him who knows what the truth is anymore. It's like... This is like mad magazine, the electronic version of Mad Magazine spy versus spy and so the bottom line is we should not start a cold war again with russia. The american people
1:01:43 Forked over billions of dollars for the last one and changed the quality of life in this country There's something wrong going on here in the intelligence community. I love the spy versus spy reference That's pretty funny. I use that all the time So what there you go? I think he nailed it oh, he's not done He's not done here is some advice or did my advice Here's what Trump should do well What what should Donald Trump do then Well, first of all he has to get a hold of his own intelligence apparatus. You know this isn't a joke this is a serious matter if he doesn't get control where the information's coming from he'll never know the truth The American people won't know the truth and we could be set at war with almost any country Be very careful is my warning this morning
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Syria Sabotage, Intelligence Apparatus Control
Kucinich cited a 2016 military strike in Syria that killed 100 soldiers as a deliberate act by the Pentagon to sabotage a peace deal brokered by the Obama White House. He urged President Trump to gain control over his own intelligence apparatus to prevent further internal power plays.
1:00:52 access can... What is it? Military, industrial, intel. Access! Nice. But the American people have to know that there's a game going on inside the intelligence community where there are those who want to separate the US from Russia in a way that would reignite the Cold War. That's what's at the bottom of all this is like it's early in the morning, it's valentine's day but wake up america this is what's going on in the intelligence community with his new president is unprecedented they're making every effort to offend him who knows what the truth is anymore. It's like... This is like mad magazine, the electronic version of Mad Magazine spy versus spy and so the bottom line is we should not start a cold war again with russia. The american people
1:01:43 Forked over billions of dollars for the last one and changed the quality of life in this country There's something wrong going on here in the intelligence community. I love the spy versus spy reference That's pretty funny. I use that all the time So what there you go? I think he nailed it oh, he's not done He's not done here is some advice or did my advice Here's what Trump should do well What what should Donald Trump do then Well, first of all he has to get a hold of his own intelligence apparatus. You know this isn't a joke this is a serious matter if he doesn't get control where the information's coming from he'll never know the truth The American people won't know the truth and we could be set at war with almost any country Be very careful is my warning this morning
1:02:36 Yeah, he really understands what's going on and he's warning everybody. And here is some backup about what I said regarding CIA being the people who have a lot of power. It's not just this administration, I want to remind the viewers and all those who are on the panel that in the closing months of the Obama Administration they put together a deal with Russia to create peace in Syria A few days later a military strike in Syria killed 100 uh... syrian soldiers and that ended the agreement what happened is inside the intelligence and the pentagon there was a deliberate effort to sabotage in agreement the white house made this is like deep state this is like some kind of a spy novel and but it's real, and the american people have to understand a game is being played with the security of our country
1:03:32 I love him. He's so right. He's nailing it! Totally nailing it, totally. He's gonna wrap it up here. This isn't about whether you're for or against Donald Trump. Hello? This is about whether or not the American people are bystanders in a power play inside the intelligence community, the outcome of which could determine our relationships with Russia and whether or not billions of dollars are going to be spent in a new Cold War. Yeah exactly you know what I give him two months before he's on The Alex Jones Show He's got to be on InfoWars Wake up people!
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Anita Dunn, White House Validators and Media Coordination
Former Obama communications director Anita Dunn explained the use of "validators"—outside experts and lawmakers—to support White House policies in the media. She noted that the Trump administration's lack of internal coordination and use of unfiltered tweets presents a unique challenge for traditional communications staff.
1:04:15 Astounding. Absolutely astounding, and I like that he's doing that! Not that he'll get any real airtime...I don't even know where I picked that up No, he's not gonna get any. No no they have to have the same old same old douchebags on these shows to shake their fist at Trump. Well interestingly and then I want to go to our B block...I caught someone sent me a link Anita Dunn she is the former communications manager for the Obama administration and you know so this was kind of inside baseball
1:04:51 I don't know if this is a podcast or if it was an actual show, Inside Baseball about how it works. And what I've always said is Obama was so good you could never catch the guy saying anything wrong. Everything was corroborated. It made sense, all the pieces fit together. He said something three years ago he reiterates that later and it's all the same...it was very the whole system was good at it now. Now, it was crippling for a number of reasons and of course we now have a president who doesn't follow that protocol this is obviously going to be somewhat of a challenge but in explaining why this is a challenge she explains A lot about how news works.
1:05:40 You know, was a textbook example of what happens to new administrations. They didn't do their homework on Capitol Hill to prepare their people there first. They didn't have a chorus of validators ready to go out in public to explain what it was and most importantly they didn't appear to have their own internal act together so that they were contradicting themselves It's all part of what is usually a shakedown at the beginning of an administration. This one was extreme So you say validators? I mean, I'm thinking about whenever we see a new White House policy come You might see op-eds and in newspapers and magazines is that oh, it's not all stuff that's coordinated Yes, it is totally coordinated And do want to do that because you want to show people that your policies have support you want to have
1:06:25 experts in their field out there supporting the policies. You want to have people out there to help explain exactly what those policies are, so you want to have a chorus of voices out there beyond just the White House itself. want to have your supporters on capitol hill fully briefed and ready to explain both to their constituents and also to the broader public why they supported and again what the policies are when something works for you in the campaign it's really hard to say well doesn't work for me any longer but it presents a unique challenge for his communication staff because it is communication that doesn't go through any of the white house filters
1:07:05 in the past have been applied to whatever the president was going to pay some people could make sure what the president was going to pay with actually accurate they could make sure that it would consistant with the policy and from a white house communications perspective that it would consistent with what the white house is actually trying to communicate that day so it's a matter of coordination making sure that the tweets are actually coordinating with message that there is no challenge that's true but this is a precedent who got elected by by doing it his way, and clearly right now he's gonna keep doing that David. I really like the validators. Validators is what they call them this is all the shills you see on television their validators well let me explain how that works in the high-tech realm and then bring in Amy Goodman if you don't mind I mean not Amy Goodman Kellyanne Conway In the world of public relations for
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Public Relations, Product Rollouts and Analyst Briefings
The process of rolling out high-tech products involves orchestrating positive publicity through embargoed press releases and pre-briefed analysts. This system ensures that journalists have a list of approved quotes to create a "perfect storm" of favorable coverage.
1:07:58 And people should know this, even though half the people that discuss this don't know how it works. But the idea is if you're rolling out a new product everything has to be... A lot of ducks in a row Apple is really good at this one of the things you'd send to the journalist would be a packet press release package and for you to put your story together you get an advance on the rollout and it would be embargoed until that day In the packet would be a list of people that you could contact that would have the quotes that you needed to make the story complete. In other words, you have somebody who said something to say about the product usually always positive and even a negative quote would be kind of positive
1:08:38 in some way. You couldn't really get it, the whole thing was orchestrated so the product would come across as some great new thing and that'd be like whatever it was at Apple laptop and the thing that always cracked me up is the people that were briefed before the media who are the analysts right And so you'd find these analysts, the guys who stock analyst or the guys who just do analyst at market research and all that. They're the ones that would be sold on the products in the ones who responded positively would be the people on the list that you'd contact So it creates like a perfect storm of positive publicity. And that's the way most products are rolled out in the United States and it is very high level how its done, and the way I see it, it's onerous because you're not thinking for yourself if your'e the writer but thats fastest and easiest way to get the job done so your just getting helped all along anyway. So one of these validators is Kellyanne Conway what does this clip?
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Kellyanne Conway, Ethics Office and Alternative Facts
The Office of Government Ethics recommended disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway for promoting Ivanka Trump's clothing line during a television interview. Conway is criticized by media figures for her use of the phrase "alternative facts" and her reference to the non-existent "Bowling Green massacre."
1:09:35 This is the clip that piggybacks on what I said in the newsletter, what I've been saying on Twitter. She's a target, she's one of the next targets to be ousted by The Deep State because they don't like her! Because for one thing she uses as smoke screen and comes out and yaks yaks yaks, chews up a lot of time but doesn't really help anybody in the media at all. She just is great at spinning everything and they're sick of her, and they're bitching and moaning and complaining and here's a good example of that.
1:10:14 In a notice to the White House yesterday, the office said that Conway pitching Ivanka Trump's clothing line during an interview left quote strong reason to believe disciplinary action is warranted. Conway has proven to be a fearless fabulist. Yesterday she said the National Security Advisor had the full confidence of the president Hours before he was fired. She created the bogus Bowling Green massacre and coined the phrase alternative facts that would be bogative Mika and Mika Brzezinski daughter of New World Order architect and Chuck Scarborough had a very different take on this
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Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Kellyanne Conway Feud
Mika Brzezinski announced she would no longer host Kellyanne Conway on "Morning Joe," citing a lack of credibility. Joe Scarborough claimed that Conway is often out of the loop regarding key White House meetings and books her own TV appearances to maintain personal relevance.
1:10:58 Scarborough, of course deconstructs a little bit about what's going on and Mika is just emotional. At times in recent days, Kellyanne Conway has struggled to be on the same page to say the least as the rest of the staff in The White House. So Rick Joe was just saying that she books herself on these shows we know for fact she tries to book herself on this show. That's fantastic I didn't know this! She tries to book herself hey I'm available can I come by? Is it okay for us can I be on now you think that's true Well, she is you can do that and I think that's what she does and I think she does it because the way this White House has run they're not gonna They don't have anybody going out to talk to anybody except her and Miller they other guy that guy was Steven Miller Stephen Miller is mean-spirited. He's very kind of funny he looked like an evil scientist and they want to get rid of him too because he And there are doing all kinds of character assassination stuff in the background on him Yeah
1:11:53 So they're going to do character assassination because it's the only way they can get rid of these two. And you just slam them and slam them until they can't take it anymore. Well, let's continue with Mika and then Joe will explain what he knows about Kellyanne Conway and her involvement in the entire administration. If she tries to book herself on this show I won't do it because I don't believe in fake news or information that is not true. Every time I've ever seen her on television some things askew off or incorrect Well, you know it's actually the same thing I've heard since Donald Trump was elected by his top aides and again confirmed it last night. She is out of the loop she's in none of the key meetings she goes out and books herself often And this morning I saw some headlines yesterday and felt badly because the language that I used was so harsh and I'm going to take it back
1:12:49 about her quote, lying. I think Rick Tyler it is equally as bad that a spokesperson in the White House actually goes out and makes things up she doesn't know she doesn't have the information she's not in any of the key meetings she's not briefed and so she'll go out like she did yesterday She'll hear me say something about her as apparently, this is what I heard from inside the White House. And then she'll immediately start calling and she'll call people that go on TV and defend herself. And so then she goes on the Today Show, gives misinformation as she does on all of these shows and again I don't even think she's saying something that she knows to be untrue She is just saying things just to get in front of the tv set prove her relevance because behind the scenes... Behind the scenes! Shes not in these meetings and any reporter can
1:13:45 Okay, that's... pretty emotional. It is brutal I think Mika feels screwed somehow, i'm not quite sure but it sounds like she's she feels screwed by Kellyanne and I don't know what's going on with her something very weird there? I don't know the whole Kellyanne Conway thing is going to probably boil over and end within the next... give us maybe five or six more shows before she's done. Now I don't even know if we can give her that and she's looking pretty
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Media Lighting, Character Assassination of Political Figures
The media is accused of using unflattering lighting and edited photos to make Kellyanne Conway appear older and less professional. This is described as a deliberate tactic of character assassination used against figures who have defected from the journalistic establishment.
1:14:35 Harsh well, that's another time. I was making pretty tight is there well? I'm wondering about some of these shots They're lit make it early yeah, then making and I think they're shopped and I'm gonna animate in the next newsletter I'm gonna take some regular photos of her nice And I'm gonna shop them a little bit, and it's not going to take much It doesn't take much when you with Photoshop controls now to make anyone look like crap oh And those are the only shots that they're using. And you can find bad lighting situations, you shoot those pictures and shoot a lot of them and then those are the ones that go to Getty and get distributed. That's what we're seeing mostly now is pictures of her that makes her look like an old woman
1:15:16 Yeah, it's not very flattering. This is being done on purpose this is part of the scheme to get rid or they just can't take it anymore and I don't think there's got anything to do with the intelligence community or the deep state or anything else It's just the media that just can't take it anymore Also she was one of them and she defected and now they have to get rid of her She was one of them! She was never really one of them...she was always a pundit She never wrote art. She was not one of them, unless you can show me differently. I never knew that she was one of them. No they considered her to be one of them certainly on CNN and like oh our...one of our own these go all young and there were... Well she was a...she was working for CNN for awhile if that's what they mean yeah she doesn't come from the journalistic side of the world no like anyone else on CNN does please well there you go And with that i'd like to thank you for your courage and say in
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Baron Bill of the Verde Valley, Arizona Retirement
William Bachman, a retiree from California, contributed $250 to the show and was granted the title "Baron Bill of the Verde Valley." He cited high taxes and restrictive policies under Governor Jerry Brown as his primary reasons for relocating to Cornville, Arizona.
1:16:12 He stands for Central Intelligence Broadcast Network, Dvorak. In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry also in the morning all boots on the ground feet in the air subs and water all the dames and knights out there. Yes! In the morning everybody in chat room knowagentostream.com thanks for being there thanks for helping us out as usual is very important as producers that's what you do also thank you Nick The Rack and rack? Nick The Rack with his big boobs Nick The Rat who brought us the artwork for episode 903, Eat Lipstick. And I think you and I like this more than it came across the way we saw it is this you know the typical bathroom symbols and we've got a woman red with the skirt standing on top of the man he's flat on his back or face you can't even tell yeah I showed this to Tina she's like hmm
1:17:02 But this is the war on men. She didn't see it that way Well, some people did and some people didn't I don't know what she was thinking well That's how good art works Yeah, that was a good piece yeah And noagendaartgenerator.com is where you can upload your art we appreciate all the work our artists do of course and That's why we give you credit on every single show when we give our executive producer credits and associate executive producer credit To the people who came in at those levels today to support the program John Yeah, a lot of people. We got two people. And neither one of them really executive producers, so we bump up the lowest one which is $250 from Sir William Bauman and now in Cornville Arizona. And he sent a long note in which you might as well read in its entirety. You gotta take your pen out because it's gonna be upgraded to Barron. Now is the time for me, William Bauman pronounced Bachmann
1:18:01 William Bachman to ascend to barony and he's got his notes in the back with the numbers since I've retired. I've opted for We're never gonna remember Bachmann, by the way well maybe we will I'll try I have opted for a monthly under the radar contribution instead of the random donations. I made earlier, encourage my fellow listeners to contribute anything they can afford to the best podcast in the universe we need no agenda now more than ever on episode 902 your excellent analysis of why many of these politicians want Syrian immigration so badly let me led me to make a higher contribution than usual, which is 250. In these puzzling times such analysis is necessary to understand what's really going on behind the fake news, the hype and outright lies we endure from media.
1:18:52 As for my new realm, I chose the Verde Valley of Arizona where I now live. Being a refugee from Jerry Brown's Democratic People's Republic, I suffered the effects of leftist ideological politics in a one-party state California." Oh it's Baron of Verde Valley? I come to it... Well I'm just writing it down Yes, Baron Bill of the Verde Valley. That was what its gonna be. Baron Bill Of The Verde Valley Got It. Of THE Verde Valley Yeah got it got it okay Back to California complaining. Lack of freedom, ridiculous taxes, inability to conceal carry PC crap everywhere you turn and a lack of native English speakers that's for sure led to conclude five years ago I had to get out took me a couple of years to make it clean break but I did leave without any regrets since I gained my freedom other friends who are still suffering under the Brown regime or making noises about leaving too
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Ham Radio, Birthday Shout-outs and Donations
A listener provided his ham radio call sign, K6DWP, and requested a birthday shout-out for March 6th. The segment includes various listener-requested sound effects and acknowledgments of smaller donations.
1:19:51 I moved from a town Dvorak cannot pronounce. Port Hueneme, whatever I think. It's something nominating you. It's like... it's a name from the Harry Potter. Like that girl. Hermenemy. Whatever her name is. To one he should be able to pronounce Cornville! I considered Texas but it couldn't hack to humidity plus. I knew people in Arizona, and had no one in Central Texas as for my title... I would like to be called Baron Bill of the Verde Valley and my new capacity I'm looking forward to serving Sir David Foley our beloved Grand Duke yes he's ready for that last thing my birthday is March 6th
1:20:32 So there's another note. He just sent out a... Yeah, send another note. It'll be 66. Please put me down for a birthday shout-out and my call sign is K6DWP. 73s kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie. No request for Jim. Thanks to both of you again for an excellently done job. Oh he's got some requests! I was waiting for him LGY, Lil Goyer, Clippity-Clop and give everyone a big de-douching on me. I'll do the douching first. You've been de-douched!
1:21:10 Okay, he wants a clippity-clop and LG. Yeah you got it. You've got karma. The game we saw... Someone's getting cornholed today! Sounds like a recipe for success to me I did that for Cornville yeah was yeah He lives in the town of Cornball and is William Bachman. Cornville, not corn ball. Corn ball? Corn ball. Okay Sir Nick Dragon of The Four Domains is our other contributor he's a now being associate executive producer with $214.17 which is belated the one and only belated Valentine's Day donation no one
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Nick the Knight, Detroit Meetups and Pronunciation
A 22-year-old listener from Detroit expressed interest in local meetups and commented on the pronunciation of the letter "H." The hosts also recommend Hindenburg Journalist as a cost-effective editing software for Mac users.
1:22:05 It says no one. No one, I guess no one all i have is a duke named nick that brown monstrosity on 13 mile and woodward thus I guess Thus imma no agenda knight looking for a 20 something No agenda dame in the metro Detroit area there's a lot of meetups in Detroit well he's looking He's looking for a dame Is looking for a name. Can I get it? John's gonna read the Sunday Times. Oh, forgot about that Yeah and what else and some karma one He's got two notes one. I'm 22 out of college whoa too. I loved the behind-the-scenes footage The donation is there it is
1:22:49 There's our one donation for the... The one donation, yeah. The one donation is part of that. Ah! Oh it's nice. P.S., my dad has noticed that people have begun to over-pronounce the letter H. Yes Is this time the same as under pronunciation? Give me an example Well I've heard Brits don't say H they say H which I've always found very odd. I'll remember when i was learning how to fly helicopter, I had a British instructor in the beginning and he'd always say Adam just take it to the H like where do you want me to go? To the h! I don't know what...I'm at the airport there's a lot of...what am I doing?! TO THE H! He meant the H that says on the helipad oh the heliport I didn't know what the hell he was talking about
1:23:35 I think more Hitler maybe like that next time. Send us another note with some examples of words that we can pronounce with it. You've got karma, beautiful good one. I like that thanks for bringing it back And that will be the it for our show on 909, 904. Yeah. That's the way it goes sometimes we just get... A lot of it has to do with when I call a newsletter with actual information in it and nobody... You silly man you! Why do you bother? Well thank you to our two execs
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TrumpSingles.com, Political Dating Dealbreakers
NPR reported on the rise of politically segregated dating, featuring TrumpSingles.com as a "safe space" for supporters of the President. Many singles now list political affiliation as a primary dealbreaker, with some users seeking to move to Canada to find partners with similar values.
1:24:18 One exec, one associate executive producer we really appreciate it. We'll be thanking more people later on who came in at $50 or more and of course another show coming up on Sunday remember us at devorak.org slash N-A. Oh yes! We need you to do more! Our formula is this...we go out, we hit people in the mouth. Since we were just talking about it
1:24:57 About him looking for a dame from the alternate universe now do I have a clip for alternate universe? I think we have alternate universe jingle or something They say opposites attract. This is from NPR, but these days not so much singles are putting it right out there on their dating profiles Trump haters or Trump supporters need not apply this was like a deal breaker for me if you're a trump supporter I'm not even going to consider meeting you for coffee 250 year old Elizabeth J guess it's more than just party politics It's about core values She says love cannot conquer all if you don't care about
1:25:48 a person who says you can grab women by the and that's okay. I don't want to date you if you think that behavior is okay, if that's not a deal breaker for you then you and I have nothing to talk about." As another single put it in her profile red hats need not apply but those red hats you know the ones stamped with make america great again they've been feeling it too yeah it's both ways you know like uh liberal doesn't want to date a Nazi and a Republican doesn't want to date a whiny snowflake. I can imagine why you wouldn't want to date a Nazi, sounds like fun! And that's what they're viewing each other as It all prompted David Goss to launch Trumpsingles.com A safe space for Trump supporters who say they're sick of lefties refusing to even give him a shot. I love it how you have NPR giving Republicans a safe space
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Austin Demographics, Google Employees and Corporate Culture
The changing demographics of Austin, Texas, are noted, specifically the influx of Google employees and a trend toward couples owning dogs instead of having children. An anecdote from an awards ceremony in Brazil highlights how corporate employees globally tend to mirror the aesthetics of their parent companies, such as Microsoft.
1:26:39 I find that peculiar. And of course, the accusation is that Match.com is literally throwing people off the site. Oh yes, oh yes stay tuned. of liberals and conservatives are moving away from center, and are likelier now to shun each other. The liberals a little more so. David Goss says his Trump singles site is up to 35 thousand members there nearly 50 thousand on liberalhearts dot com Joe Goldman became his own first client on maplematch dot com A dating site that helps Americans find Canadians as Goldman puts it to save them from Trump I can't tell you the sinking feeling i felt
1:27:39 That's not the country I want to live in. So why... Memo, dude, I hope there are gay guys in Candinavia because that is what you're looking for I can't tell you the sinking feeling. I felt that's not the country I want to live in So why not consider places that might be more in line with my values like Canada better than the alternative Goldman says according to the new match comm survey a growing number of liberals today are simply choosing to Not date at all go there. You got done good don't propagate That's what I was implying with the women that live in the East Bay. Yes, you're right and that's what i'm seeing here in Austin where we have tons of young couples this building which is of course smoke-free the way it should be filled with pets! It's all dogs everybody has a dog and they got cute and they like their children oh he likes his child They're not making kids anymore They are taking dogs everyone has a dog
1:28:39 They live in condos with dogs. Yeah, it's odd to see that and we got a lot of Google people moving here as well We're gonna big Google building going up and you can spot them. You can start to hear that you can spot him It's like Indian guy with Asian girl This is oh you work at Google so obvious huh? Yeah, you know I went two years ago aside. I'm in Brazil And for every story that's good starts out like that. That's a good or you could say when I was in Doha That would also be a good opener That would be a good opener, but so I'm in bridge But the reason this important that I was in Brazil for this story Because it was at some awards ceremony where they were giving these of you know It's just like any of these awards where they give to Microsoft gets it for this and he's kind big
1:29:30 So they had these awards and then they would bring up man the winner is the compact computer so-and-so guys And the winner is the Microsoft guy's and the winner is IBM. Yeah, so that as I watch this The stereotypes of what these guys look like he's a spot on It is exactly the same in Brazil Oh really? Yeah, I'm looking at some holy shit This guy looks like he works for Microsoft and Redmond That's funny Yeah, it doesn't surprise me at all. No after I saw that didn't surprise me after I realized this just as the corporate culture just so you look the way you look because you fit right in yes
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Geert Wilders, Netherlands Election and Ukraine Agreement
Geert Wilders is leading in Dutch opinion polls ahead of the national election, though a coalition government remains the most likely outcome. The segment also notes the European Union's disregard for the Dutch referendum vote against the Ukraine Association Agreement.
1:30:09 A little bit of Euro news as we have lots of elections coming up, one in the Netherlands which I'm watching closely. that has swept the UK out of the EU and Donald Trump into the US presidency. I love how they're just pulling all this together don't you see that this is a worldwide movement against the New World Order no nations, no borders? Obviously not! and Donald Trump into the US presidency. I find it difficult, she says, I have to think it over but I would like to vote left as I always have done but I'm afraid of Al Qaeda and many people who are going to vote right wing. Herb Wilders has led in opinion polls for most of the past two years
1:31:05 However, the fragmented political landscape in the Netherlands means a coalition government of four or more parties is all but inevitable. All but one party's ruled out sharing power with Wilders, whose policies are seen as offensive and sometimes unconstitutional. He is expected to get 20% of the popular vote compared to 16% for his main rival Conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte The latest poll suggests 37% of likely voters in the Netherlands remain undecided I have a feeling it will be pretty big win for him The Dutch are very sneaky about things. They don't talk about it, but they go out and they do vote. Not that their vote ever counts! We're still waiting for the Ukraine Association Agreement to be officially turned down by Brussels since you have to have all member states ratify it. The Netherlands voted no in a referendum. Thanks for your vote... who gives a crap about you? And the Schengen area
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Schengen Zone, Austrian Border Quotas and Migrant Smuggling
Austria announced new quotas and tightened controls at twelve border points, including the Spielfeld crossing with Slovenia, threatening the open-border Schengen zone. Meanwhile, Frontex reports that migrant smuggling from Libya to Italy has reached record levels, with smugglers packing more people onto unsafe vessels.
1:32:07 continues to be more problematic. These are the countries that initially decided to have open borders, no nations, no borders and they're clamping down now because of the well they call them migrants you can call them refugees but it's really immigration it's the same thing we have over here and the EU is clamping down, we're idiots because we want to do the same. Austria has announced it will introduce quotas to limit the incoming flow of migrants The news comes days after the foreign ministry said that country was already close to reaching the maximum number it said it would accept this year Fears are growing about potential end to open border Schengen zone and subsequent threats
1:32:47 to free travel. This road haulier says, for us in the Austrian transport business the worst case scenario would be that if the Schengen borders around Austria close it would cost us up to 8.2 million euros each day." Vienna says it will tighten border controls at 12 further points. Increased checks are already in place at the busiest crossing, Spielfeld on the border with Slovenia. Government officials claim other countries along the Balkan route are also increasingly tightening checks The Austrian interior minister said border authorities would stop letting people through once the quotas are reached although she did not specify their size
1:33:27 And they are doing this for a very good reason. We don't hear about it much more, but the migrant...the flow of migrants into the EU particularly through Italy is only increasing Europe and that of course as we learned is because migrants are business model All of Italy runs on money for migrants. Europe has been sending more rescue vessels to prevent migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean, yet the number of people dying en route from Libya to Italy has hit a record high as smugglers pack evermore people onto unsafe boats it's a sad paradox and the trend is unlikely to change this year says the EU border and Coast Guard agency Frontex The number of migrants now
1:34:10 It is just way too much. We have too many migrants, I don't know what we're going to do with this crazy shit man it's crazy. The number of migrants now on very small dinghies or fisher boats has increased On average, there are 160 migrants this year while in 2015 there was approximately 100 migrants per boat. He expects as many migrants will cross from Libya this year as last when more than 180 thousand reached Italian shores More than 4500 people drowned along the way So these boats are now overfilled
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European Account Preservation Order, Cross-Border Debt Recovery
EU Regulation 655, the European Account Preservation Order (EAPO), went into effect to facilitate cross-border debt recovery. This regulation allows creditors in one member state to block funds in a debtor's bank account in another member state without a prior court hearing in the debtor's country.
1:34:53 It was 100, now it's 160 on average per vote. All of that may just be a distraction for some very disturbing news those of you living in the Euroland zone January 18th 2017 A brand new European Union regulation went into effect is number 655 and stems from May 15 2014 You're gonna love this! This regulation circumvents independent legal rights by doing the following The European Commission It says they have this new, actually it has a name. The European Account Preservation Order, EAPO, meant to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters. So the European Commission described EPO as a simple and cost effective way to block funds that are owed by a creditor in another member state
1:35:49 Now this can even happen in ex parte, so if you're not even there and let's just say someone has a claim that says yeah I'm in Germany you're in Italy and you owe me money. And they can take that money out of your bank account in Italy. They can do this, so you used to have to then go to a court in the other country or as they call it member state and file a lawsuit now you can do it in your own country and the banking system which we warned for is now completely integrated and your money will be blocked and taken away from you. Can you imagine that happening? That's a very good question! You'll be blocked no matter what
1:36:35 Your money will be blocked. Yeah, this is not good I can't believe how did the European nations let this happen? Didn't you see this was going on Germany to do center out if you ever notice of course it is This is their version for the Third Reich. This is the Fourth Reich yeah fourth right a good done a great job I mean in terms of everybody hey why don't we call it reik 4.0 Yeah, Reich 4.0. And that would be the show title for this show! It's possible... Just came up with it I don't know, it just happened all of a sudden Alright let's go to uh... First of all they've changed on RT itself they've changed the pronunciation of Gae-en Chichikan We may have the same clip Oh well I have the ISO
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Gayane Chichakyan, RT Pronunciation and Michael Flynn
RT reporter Gayane Chichakyan's name pronunciation is corrected, and her report on Michael Flynn's resignation is featured. The segment includes a new listener-submitted jingle regarding the KGB and FSB.
1:37:35 Chichican, chichican, chichican, guy-nay, chichican. Now that's how we pronounce it Guy and Chichicon I'm sure it's incorrect but it fits much better with the song what do you have John? We have a Chichicon here this is the ISO ah wait I don't see it yeah yeah I got it I gotta get guy and a surprise to some already being called of victory What did he say? Let me listen again. Guy-anay! Guy-anay a surprise to some and already being called a victory. Huh... And at the end, he pronounced it guy-anay. Yeah, the E is pronounced as an A. So it's Guy-anay and I think that this way because he made a big point of this...I think that she was sick of people mispronouncing her first name as Gay-ann Those damn No Agenda guys with your damn jingle! It's all wrong Well no, I think they were mispronouncing it on RT too I know but we have one of our producers has been tweeting her And saying hey you should listen to The No Agenda Show They have jingles for ya' And she responded
1:38:40 You know, it's always possible because normally the guy rips off... he doesn't like his one word. Can't really pull out the Guyanae part. Yeah, there are too many syllables. So now he's pronouncing it Guyanae and she does a report on Flynn if you want to listen to it. The media and Trumps opposition have been after the president, former national security advisor for four months now way before these phone calls happened they condemned Flynn's appearance on our channel at the contempt his trip to Moscow a little over a year ago, where he was invited to RT's anniversary gala, where the Russian president was also a guest and other things. Take
1:39:28 information that President-elect Trump's National Security Advisor, General Michael Flynn was in contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.. U.S. investigators are scrutinizing late December phone calls between Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security advisor and Russia's ambassador to the US... Trump's national security advisor could be in trouble over a phone call he made before he was on the White House payroll. Anonymous sources telling the paper that U.S. counterintelligence agents are looking into communications Flynn is said to have had with Russian officials— Many of Trump's opponents have presented Russia as the main reason Trump won the presidency, and they've been struggling for months to somehow connect the administration with—to Russia.
1:40:15 They are now celebrating Flynn's resignation as a victory. Guy N.A., Chichican, I got to jingle for all of those news prostitutes who were confused whether it is KGB or FSB or what did Putin work for? This will help you. KGB, FSB, 123, You and me Easy to remember. That's cute, isn't that great? Yeah well this was Simon Lee and it was kind of cool because he sent me a jingle said oh this is great and I was wrong! I said no you pull this out give me an intro put this in don't do that at the end and he nailed it on the second try. You should be a record producer let's start our own label yeah we'll make just as much money as we do now
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John Hickenlooper, Marijuana Legalization Tips for California
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper advised California lawmakers on the challenges of legalized recreational marijuana, specifically regarding driving under the influence and edible regulations. Hickenlooper remains a critic of the legalization movement despite his state's five-year history with the industry.
1:41:19 Or less. We're lucky. Let's not do that, but it was a great job and great job. Okay well let's do this little off topic swing around I want to just play this clip so i could grouse and I like to use that word obviously um This is the Hickenlooper clip now I want to preface this before you listen any of it uh Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado Was all against the legalization of marijuana in his state, still hates the idea. He is a retrograde kind of reactionary when it comes to this-the legalization of pot and so now he's the big expert
1:42:01 The governor of Colorado is giving state lawmakers here in California some tips about legalized marijuana. Governor John Hickenlooper says Colorado made some big mistakes when it legalized recreational marijuana five years ago He's now urging California lawmakers to set some clear standards, especially when it comes to driving under the influence of marijuana He also believes that California lawmakers need to create specific rules involving edible marijuana goods. California voters legalized recreational marijuana back in November, legal pot sales are set to begin next year." What is going to become of this? I'm kind of tired of it. Of the guys who resist it? The Resist We Much people? Yeah, I brought out a good old Al Ender show clip for Resist We Much
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Al Sharpton, Resist We Much Teleprompter Error
A classic clip of Al Sharpton on MSNBC shows him struggling with a teleprompter, resulting in the phrase "resist we much." The segment highlights various other mispronunciations by Sharpton, including "Environmental Projection Agency" and "Rush Lombard."
1:42:53 There was a big deal in the Bay Area. They had a giant resist on the beach, on the San Francisco beach. Which isn't really just the coldest beach in the world but it was a tide was out so they with people that you I wish someone would do this at no agenda show who using people they spelled out the word resist on the beach and somebody took a picture of it with a drone and has gone all over the nets on Twitter and every place else but I was hoping somebody would put we much Just a couple of dudes standing there with the scraggly spelled we much. If you're wondering what that is about, maybe I should just play that because not everybody has listened to the program that long. Oops! That's for end of show and what I want is this one here. But resist We Much. We must and we will much about that
1:43:49 be committed. This was for anyone doesn't know this was taken from the Al Sharpton show on MSNBC where he got fouled up with the prompter and just plowed ahead with whatever he thought it was saying and he tried to catch up but he just made a botch of it well here's an example of some of his boches as he fights the teleprompters resist we much, we must they're all Jitty about a shutdown the tortise in the race then co-author of who breaks you to lead singer Bono friends Russia siganoi weaver suspect Johanna's and I am rush limbaugh Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh the show rush lombard hosts Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is Michael is Mike
1:44:39 of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan to college students in Beijing. He's getting lunch at Chipotle in Iowa. Bane is appropriate. The GOP's tax day giveaway to millionaires! Why was traffic problems email sent? Environmental Projection Agency and what sequestration has done
1:45:21 I had forgotten an environmental projection agency. That's a good one. Oh wow, that's really good! That's so funny... This guy was one of the top guys on MSNBC, giving his own show and he had big viewership. He had 600 thousand which is a lot for MSNBC so you can imagine 600 thousand people watching this guy fumble his way through the show believing these pronunciations. I mean if you would give me crap for not being able to pronounce Xuanyi or whatever it is The ship ship play she plays well the skillet, so here's my favorite. There's a last one up party has been remember this re-invigorated based on a number of these things I think it's imperative that we know what the truth is know what the facts are and Have our presence back as he has hours to push through this like he has soon has had two almost every single year He's been in office
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Turkey Earthquakes, Amy Goodman Impression
Turkey has experienced nearly 750 earthquakes since February 6th, leading to speculation about seismic activity in the region. Additionally, a host's wife provides a vocal impression of Amy Goodman from "Democracy Now," comparing her voice to a duck.
1:46:17 Well, there's no doubt about the fact that they want to put... I heard someone say, I think it was Matthews that they want to put an asterisk next his name like they have... An asterisk. Instead of asterix? An Asterisk! Yeah let's put that next to his name. Asterisk. I like it. Oh man, oh man. Hey it's heating up in Turkey I told you that the guy came out and said earthquake machine they're gonna turn it on us since February 6 there have been 749 earthquakes to hit Turkey they're shaking it up John they're shaking it up
1:46:57 Well, they can't get it to take the... Turkey is earthquake prone. Yes which is why all you have to do is shake it up a little and then the big one will happen by itself that's the way I see it. Maybe maybe It could happen Yeah yeah That's what I see my story My wife uh is listening to we're watching I'm trying to get clips last night so she sits down I got Amy Goodman on and she can't watch Amy Goodman She just complains bitterly She doesn't like her look and she starts making this noise, my wife. Which is her imitation of Amy Goodman talking and she sounds a lot like the ducks we used to have And so I decided to record this. So I gotta record this for the show
1:47:41 Okay, is my wife doing Amy Goodman all right here we go Ten years first time you know at first time she's participated in the show and she sounds a lot like Amy Goodman That's sad to say well. She can do little spoofs for us then That's going in the end of show
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Depleted Uranium, US Airstrikes in Syria
The Pentagon admitted to using over 5,000 rounds of depleted uranium (DU) during airstrikes against ISIL oil convoys in Syria in November 2015. This contradicts previous US claims that DU would not be used in the conflict, raising concerns about long-term health effects and birth defects.
1:48:23 I'm sure so. I'm sure someone's gonna make a whole song about it Yeah, you can make a song out of that one and Mimi will be horrified Here's another little story that doesn't get much play in the mainstream media But if RT doesn't mind playing it up this is the depleted uranium story? I didn't know yeah, I got this from guy on Guyana as well Hello, welcome to RT Russia Today! Helikon has confirmed to us here at RT that despite previously vowing it would never use depleted uranium in Syria it's in fact fired thousands of rounds containing the radioactive substance. This during the US-led anti-ISIL operation Let's take a closer look at what depleted uranium really is and why it so dangerous So DU was known as toxic and radioactive compound used in armor piercing munitions
1:49:11 Many scientists say it can actually affect and damage people's DNA. Also affecting the nervous system, the heart, the liver, the kidneys. Birth defects over generations include babies born with no heads and missing limbs as well. Tourettes? Now the Pentagon has admitted to using at least five... Hey man! The Pentagon gave me tourettes I want my money back. DU. Birth defects over generations include... That's what it'll say instead of I have tourettes it will say depleted uranium. Babies born with no heads and missing limbs as well Now, the Pentagon has admitted to using at least 5,000 rounds of depleted uranium in at least two incidents. This is an official video we can show you over a raid showing the bombing of an Islamic State oil convoy. These coalition strikes are part of Operation Inherent Resolve aimed at crippling the infrastructure used by ISIL to fund itself through oil production. Our teaser Gayane Chichikane now with a closer look at this story.
1:50:11 U.S. Central Command wrote us that the military had used depleted uranium to destroy over 330 trucks which ISIL was using to transport its illicit oil. These airstrikes took place in November of 2015 in Syria. CENTCOM said that the US military had fired over 5,200 rounds containing depleted uranium and can cause cancer and birth defects. The US military's use of this toxic material contradicts what the US officials had said earlier, which was that they would not use depleted uranium in March 2015 coalition spokesman John Moore
1:51:05 was quoted as saying, Yeah, that's nasty stuff. It goes on suggesting war crimes. Well it's used as a cup It's used for armor piercing all right That's why yes And that makes you wonder and there was use and by the way when they say 5,000 rounds these are these are shells or talking about not like a nine millimeter yeah exactly and so So why would you use it against trucks?
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Presidential Security, Nixon and JFK CIA Reorganization
The historical risks faced by presidents who attempt to reorganize the CIA are discussed, citing the fates of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Vice President Mike Pence is described as having a traditional "Langley" aesthetic, leading to speculation about his relationship with the intelligence community.
1:51:51 You don't need to use armor-piercing material against... Have you seen these old pieces of crap oil tankers that ISIS guys were running down the road? They didn't need to use armor piercing material. I'm not sure, we have a lot of people who are listening who will tell us why if there's legitimate reason but for sure it's not good stuff It's also not good if you're sitting in the truck and no matter what hits it. Those videos are pretty bad. Yeah, it's pretty bad now I'm thinking of did Trump people wanted to stir up some stuff they should indict Obama for war crimes This would be an example, I think killing the Americans at the cafe would be an example. There's all kinds of possibilities that would take a little pressure off the Trump administration go after Hillary! Nah there is no way that is going to happen this it's obvious unless something happens with the deep state
1:52:45 He's a dead man, I'm sorry to say it. JFK... you know guys who come in and want to fix something or do something right—and that is his intent, I believe—you know they wind up dead." Well he hasn't threatened the agency with RE-ORG which is what happened with both Nixon and Kennedy. And Nixon wasn't killed because he'd be right on the heels of Kennedy. He was just rousted by, you know the... according to Russ Baker which I mentioned in the newsletter. Yes yes. Family of secrets. Russ Baker's book Family of Secrets discusses how Nixon uh this set up for Watergate seems have been done by CIA all the guys are CIA guys and they botched it on purpose To get Nixon in a bind and get him out And they got him out Right They got rid of him Yeah
1:53:37 And that was the last guy who threatened to reorg the CIA. Trump's tried to warm up, he gave a little speech the other day and you know everyone seemed to be there clapping but it's somebody else... those clerks and guys sitting at their desk. The pencil pushers aren't the ones that are doing this? So, anyway... It's good for the show. It's great for the show but I am worried and I'm just worried. First of all if anything happens to Trump again Mike Pence and that will be bad for the show is very boring. He's not very boring he looks like a CIA guy though yeah it makes me even more worried. I mean it looks like he's been working for the agency for his whole life that so that if you look at Mike Pence from at least my perspective running into these kinds of guys
1:54:26 He looks like he works at the CIA, or it looks like he works at Langley. He's got the white hair... Yeah, yeah, he does, he does. ...button-down collar, they've got this...the color of this monochrome tie, George, some minor tie is no big deal. Very conservative Brooks Brothers look. Yes. And even the haircut is right out of the book. So I'm not sure what he's going to do about it, but I've witnessed this in my own life. JFK of course I didn't witness, but Pim Fortuynen in the Netherlands you know? He was a guy who was saying hey we got to stop this immigration and this is nuts and he said this in 2000 and everyone's like yeah this is nuts screw it! And a lot of people voted and he won posthumously because he was assassinated a little over a week before the election
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Mar-a-Lago Security, Shinzo Abe and Wedding Crashing
During a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received news of a North Korean missile test. Critics like David Frum characterized the event as a security breach, while other reports focused on the duo crashing a wedding held at the club.
1:55:14 Yeah. So these things... Same group. Do, yeah. The New World Order! We can finally say it. None of the- you know Deep State is no longer a crackpot theory for years. I didn't know they were all saying it now. No agenda show at ConspiracyTV. Ehh, yeah. Oh just to show you how fake news works Trump and Mar-a-Lago with the Japanese Prime Minister. Oh, man! Everyone lost their crap over that. Yeah my wife did too she doesn't listen to the show. How could he do that? I said what are you watching where you get this information?!
1:55:50 She has no idea. Well, listen to David Frum who maybe she's been reading from too much. Astonishing security breach that happened at Mar-a-Lago just yesterday when he was meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister and they got word of the North Korean missile test and the president... I mean it's hard to call him that but he is the president This guy is from Candanavia? Is he not? From yeah, he from Canada where he's fine. I work on his from well shut up from You're in America you call any of it was Obama you calling the president if it's Trump you call him the present Don't be a douche or even Hillary the president I mean It's hard to call him back But he is the president of the United States was on the terrace at Mar-a-Lago reading top secret documents in front of the other paying customers and illuminating those top secret documents with flashlights for people's iPhones now we don't even know if that's true
1:56:44 There's no there's no proof whatsoever news account that he totally Totally as the New York Times report actually said an iPhone is a mobile device satellite TV broadcast unit a Mobile satellite TV broadcast unit that's what I'm like my mobile phone satellite TV No, no, no more. Yes universe this get work who is he guys from Neptune? He's from Canada mobile satellite Broadcasting units as it says in your times report aptly said an iPhone is a mobile satellite TV broadcast unit and if there's any kind of Russian or anybody else Chinese or anybody's device on that iPhone that what if the devices on that I've And a Russian where anybody our Chinese or anybody's? Device on that iPhone that
1:57:40 that as the top-secret documents are illuminated, they could also be being in effect faxed to... Faxed! Oh John he's gonna fax them. Because we have a mobile satellite TV broadcast unit and we use it to fax. Your documents are illuminated They could also be being in effect faxed to some foreign intelligence operation on the air gotta fill the air time, baby He's an idiot I got some audio by this video in the show notes of course 904 dot no agenda notes comm Trump and Mar-a-Lago and Shin Abe And so this audio is there was a wedding going on does Trump still own Mar-a-Lago I thought he sold it to a Russian
1:58:31 No, he still owns it as far as I know. Maybe you sold the other place to a Russian? Well, he's had a bunch of places...I know some have been sold but he still has New York and this place for sure. Now Mar-a-Lago is a club and you pay to be member and there was a wedding there and they crashed the wedding This is the stuff that makes me chuckle about this president. ...love and success and everything good... And I stood in front of him on today and said to the Prime Minister of Japan I don't know if you can understand that. He said, let's come over Shinzei. Let's go crash that wedding. Yeah! And so Abe did yeah and they had a good time taking pictures Can you imagine what this guy would be like if he actually did drink? Hilarious Oh man party what a party town
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CBS News, Muslim Travel Ban Propaganda
A CBS News report featured two Canadian Muslim women who were denied entry to the US while traveling for a child's chemotherapy celebration. The segment is criticized for using "heart-grab" human interest angles to promote a specific political narrative against the Trump administration.
1:59:26 So, I guess for me it's just all so tiring John. So tiring! Because of course my beat is CNN and MSNBC and Fox... It's all the same. It just over and makes me so...it just tires me out. Yeah is pretty fatiguing. I have to agree here. Let's go back to CBS. And now we have some poor Muslim woman that's being highlighted as And part of the...you know, so we all of a sudden it's Trump hates Muslims and everything is about Muslims, Muslims, Muslims. And so there's this woman trying to say I thought this was finally kind of good story. I got it down as three-parter with that Part 2.5 ISO.
2:00:12 Because I thought they produced this thing and put this little ditty in there, but we'll play that after at some point. Let's start Muslims in Canada CBS 1 Amounts to discrimination against Muslims Canadians who are Muslim say they're finding evidence of that already at the US border Jerrica Duncan has that story I thought that like, I was arrested for something that I didn't do. Canadian citizens Fadwa Allawi and her cousin Fidela Butaleb were recently on one of their quick shopping trips across the border. This time they were celebrating Allawi's five-year old son's last chemo treatment
2:00:53 Okay, now I had to stop it there Because is that what you do after your chemo treatment is used you go across the border to another country to celebrate the chemo Treatment by shopping so they slip this in. This is a little propagandistic thing. Oh I'm celebrating the chemo Yes, this little boy a little boy little kid is like a normal kid and he's getting chemo for something and he was cancer I suppose And so they threw this in as kind of the heart the little heart grab little heart. Ah the human interest part Yeah Let's put all these these women would just have to have them one of them by we only speaks Arabic
2:01:33 in Canada, but there's these two women. The woman that was doing the talking she is wearing a head thing and all... A head thing? A hijab? And could be a chador I don't know Anyway, she's yacking. But it's the person doing the report that throws in the little part about they're celebrating their chemo a little angle in there and I just thought that was cheesy and when I get to my little ISO you'll see what another little cheesy thing these guys are this is CBS. Both sons last chemo treatment both But when they arrived at the U.S. border in Highgate Springs, Vermont, the women say they were asked repeatedly about their religion. He told me are you Muslim? Right? I said yes. Had you ever been asked before if you were Muslim? No never no that was the first time that I was asked that unexpected questions Did the agent ask you about your political views he asked me what do you think about Donald Trump
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Border Interrogations, Cell Phone Searches and Hindenburg Software
US Customs and Border Protection agents reportedly questioned travelers about their political views on Donald Trump and searched their cell phones for "concerning" videos. The segment concludes with a recommendation for Hindenburg Journalist editing software.
2:02:32 I told him it's not my business. Allawi says they were told to hand over their cell phones and passwords. She says officers would have seen several inspirational speeches and prayer videos. Fidela Boutalev says she was asked, do Moroccans like Americans? After nearly five hours of waiting they were denied entry the border officer explained why. They found videos concerning us. Videos that were concerning against the United States yeah
2:03:12 Allawi says she's now too afraid to even visit her parents who live in Chicago. I think the message that he wants to tell me is that you are not welcome in our country A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said they could not discuss the case, but they say they do not discriminate on the basis of religion and its top priority Scott is preventing terrorists from entering the country. Jerika Duncan for us tonight. Jerika thank you Hold on a second hold on a second How can this be a balanced report when we have sound clips, bytes from this woman who was denied entry and just the little toss away. The agent said that where's the report? Where is the official denial? I mean, where some real audio what's going on with that? That's bull crap! That's not a report
2:04:01 No, this is just one of these things to stir up the left that watches CBS. Everybody on the other side, Trump's side because Trump mentioned in the report are all haters. Now that little gotcha in here was this little crazy clip they... And by the way, the clips that they did show on the phone because they had a camera and it looked like some radical guy but it's beside the point This is the Muslims in Canada CBS 2-5 ISO and what they did was they had, they make an assertion. And then they play from one of the clips somebody saying oh as though it's like a gag or something against the United States. Yeah. Allow we say she's watching that was in the report against the United States.
2:04:50 allow me say she's... Why? I don't understand. That is odd Yeah, if you went back and listened to it you'd hear that mean i didn't do any sweetening at all i just clipped it out of there but its like they put..it was like this little Little oh-oh thing for some reason. I don't know exactly what it was supposed to do or how is this supposed to affect you? It was very subtle huh even though does in ISO, it's not subtle no it's very clear very subtle. It's a non sequitur ISO is what it is yeah against the United States Now when you heard the whole report, you didn't notice no I didn't at all No, no. Yeah, in fact, I didn't notice it the first time I clipped it It was only have a when I was editing the clip by hurt it and what is that? Oh I wanted to mention people if you're looking for editing software and you have a Mac There's a fantastic deal on this thing called Hindenburg journalist, I think $1 98
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UK Radio Memos, Presenter Guidelines and Music Logs
A leaked memo from a UK radio network reveals strict guidelines for presenters, including 15-second limits on "links" and instructions to pretend they hand-picked the music logs. The memo emphasizes maintaining a positive mood and never warning listeners about upcoming artists to prevent them from switching stations.
2:05:47 And I've switched now. This thing is phenomenal and it includes a journalist license, it does, it does. It's an outstanding product $1.98 crazy all right just mentioning. All right you have a third clip no that was the... No we already know that was somehow I guess the second clip has the third clip in it um well before we take a break I wanted to share something uh about radio And although this comes from the UK, it was a leaked memo to presenters of this radio network which I think includes stations Manchester, Newcastle London Liverpool Glasgow
2:06:35 It's more of a music station than anything. Just to give you an idea, because these memos are legendary I've received them but this is for the presenters as they call them Of this radio set would you like to hear? I mean these guys...I'm amazed that they even let These people into the studio anymore why don't just have a robot do it check it out So what they when when a disc jockey or a presenter speaks in the UK They call that a link We call it a segment, they call it a link. And the link is I guess linking one thing to the next Every link you will say all the biggest hits all day long in every link Say station name in every link New music links speed links crunch and roll Always say All The Biggest Hits all day long at the top of the link Never the end! Say the station name into the new song
2:07:25 These links should be 10 to 15 seconds max and only focus on selling the song coming up. Nothing else underlined! Every time you play a B or C list song, it is new to somebody listening to your show Sell it to that person each time if you think you've heard it a lot The audience are just getting to know it I love this memo Links into breaks or junctions...I know what a junction is But into a break is a commercial break. Always say, oh the biggest hits all day long at the top of the link never the end we don't want people associating our position with commercials tease into every break that's good advice your teases need to be signed off by your content controller or content director so what you say has to be signed off by the content controller. So in other words there's a bureaucracy for doing teases? Yes
2:08:22 Tease me, don't warn me. Never tell me the song and artist The thought of that particular song may prompt me to switch out However once it starts playing I'm likely to stick with it Listening... Right well hold on there's a illogic there! I'll read again tease me Don't warn me never tell me the song and the artist The thought of that particular song may prompt me to switch out however Once it starts playing I'm likely to stick with it Yeah that's a little contradictory Very contradictory, unless they've done some study that shows that once the song is going you want to listen to it through to the end. Oh, you're not gonna get that! Listing songs or artists is not enough sell the upcoming sequence of three songs which one stands out to you what's great about it share those thoughts with the listeners do you do that in 10-15 seconds be passionate about what you're playing or talking about next
2:09:17 Every presenter, this is for every presenter. Talk about your log as though you've hand-picked it yourself! This is my favorite. There's a program called Selector, which is used in pretty much every single music radio station in the universe and it picks the songs but please talk about your log as though you've hand-picked it yourself play every single song as though you've chosen especially for the listener love the music every song we play is a winner be proud of each one and share your passion The audience will love you for it and listen longer And finally
2:09:54 People, this is for the mood. People listen to the radio to lift their mood playing music for a living Wow I want to go shoot myself Definitely something that makes you wanna gag That's what has become of the fine art of being a disco jockey or radio presenter What a career! I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah, that'd be fab Well, we have a few people to thank for show 904 starting with Sir Dirtbag Dave over here in Concord California one two three four five you'll probably be on the trip to the train museum He says excellent newsletter and thanks for refilling my sanity bucket Dr. T 111 dollars eleven cents parts unknown
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Producer Credits, Global Donations and Boobsie Call-outs
The hosts acknowledge a wide range of international donations from Seattle, Singapore, Montreal, and Vancouver. Specific contributors like Sir Lynn Fogwell and Sir Kevin Dills are thanked for their financial support of the value-for-value model.
2:11:00 He did send an email to somebody, we'll take a look at it. Nick Johannes I guess $100 again we don't know where he's from Bill Hudak that came in as a check from Timonium Maryland $100 Sir Lynn Fogwell $85 Melissa Hodges 8008 Boobs Mike from Singapore who says he's here from Seattle, but he's from Singapore. He also came in with boobs also
2:11:36 Eric Grunewald in Bluthergottrand. In what? Bla bla bla bla, he's a boobsie came in from South Africa let me do boobs for people who just oh Groeneveld there you go it's Dutch yeah it's a Dutch town in South Africa. Yeah Groeneweld. William Anderson Boobs
2:12:18 Nick LaBlanca 7373 Paul St. Rick has a call-out called as the general douchebag call out for douche baggers listening to this For free during your huge workload of late That went out there everyone that didn't help which is a lot all st Laurent in Renton Washington 6969 Jonathan, what is it? Jobin. Jobbin. Jobbin. 6666 in Vancouver BC. Sir Kevin Dills, a baron of Mecklenburg County came in from Charlotte North Carolina 6432. Huberto Caligrosso in Montreal Quebec 6333.
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Baron of the Rest of Colorado, Birthday Honors
Michael Gates is elevated to the rank of "Baron of the Rest of Colorado" on his 50th birthday. Other producers from Montana, Alberta, and Queensland are recognized for their contributions to the program.
2:13:07 Ecuador, Eric. I don't know why it's funny. And he sends us kittens and courage which is also new. It is 5555 Sir Paul Webb in Twickenham UK 5555 Matthew Dropko from Delaware Ohio 5555 I have no idea why there are that many of those today Sir Michael Gates, $52.80 from Parts Unknown and the following people are $50 donors name and location if we have a location Amitav Hajra in Daleville Virginia 50 John Camp in Antlers Oklahoma Oh by the way did you see the guy that was on Twitter I should've put it in the newsletter I'll put it in the next newsletter The guy has a car
2:13:58 with license plate NA333. No! He's got a 33 sticker, like Highway 33 bumper sticker on the back and he had no agenda thing somewhere else on the car. I love that. And then he stopped at the sign for the city of Naubone Indiana. Oh fabulous yeah i need that picture Yeah, I'll get it to you. And I will make one recommendation he could have washed the car but... Oh well can't have it all Anyway that was very interesting Mike Westerfield did I miss or Mike? If it's also Brandon Savoie Parts unknown Brian Ronnie and I'm sorry Michael is in Missilock Missilock Missilocking yeah, I just want to go back to Sir Michael Gates if you don't mind
2:14:52 Two things for him, first of all I honor his 50th birthday which was yesterday and he's on the list. This mile high donation 5280 completes my journey to Baron since my fellow Colorado Springs... Oh I forgot about you old 5280 club! That's right. Since my fellow Colorado Springs Baron Andrew Lemeson beat me to Pikes Peak as a protectorate can i please be known henceforth as Sir Michael Gates Barron of the rest of Colorado? Thanks to Adam for showing us how the sausage is made and to John for turning me on, to Dick Gregory and the two Trumps. It's Gregory... Yeah, yeah, the two Trumps. All right. Michael Misalek in Lincoln Park I think we named it. Brian Ronan or Roney in Smyrna Georgia. Patricia Sir Dame Patricia Worthington, Dame Patricia she's in Miami and she's actually... She's a Biscayne Baker? I'm not sure no.
2:15:46 Holler in Hallor, in Missoula Montana 50. Chris Lewinsky in Sherwood Park Alberta. Simon Horne in Manly Queensland. Sheila Demardaran, yeah. Andrew Johnson, don't call me Johnson. Trevor Hoagland in Portland Oregon and last but not least Sir Jeffrey Wingenroth in Saugus California that came as a check I want to thank him for that That concludes our little group there of producers for show in 904 And I got a note here from... Yeah I got a note from Sir Chris Wilson
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New Zealand Bushfires, Rain Stick Ceremony
In response to severe bushfires near Christchurch, New Zealand, the hosts perform a rain stick ceremony. They reiterate their commitment to the value-for-value model, which avoids traditional advertising in favor of direct listener support.
2:16:33 I thought he was always in New Zealand. I don't know if he's in Sydney right now Could you please, please, please rattle the rain sticks for the people in Port Hills around Christchurch and New Zealand? Have you seen this fire? No Oh man! A thousand people evacuated It's a bushfire but it's bad. Really, it's outrageous They get some bad fires in those areas. Yeah, so last time I did this it snowed everywhere! Well i'm not gonna do it... just do a half that way you can do yours because we're getting a little too much rain around here is causing damage. No no, you guys are going to die where first we thought you were going to die in the desert now you're gonna drown and your dead over there. Now a reminder these are made by the excellent rain stick maker Sherry Osborne in Utah they are real they work and we are licensed professionals
2:17:24 Let me see. So New Zealand would be south, I'm going to point it south John. Ready? Here we go! One and two...I think that'll be enough. Yeah let's hope. Typically after the rain—it takes like three days but i worked on two for today for Christchurch And thank you to everyone who did come in today supporting our program and our value for value model. We don't take any advertising, we also have memos that tell us what to say if we like a product will tell you because we like the products and I have a nice little clip about that in a moment
2:18:11 Of course, thank you to everybody who came in under $50 usually for reasons of anonymity and I am working on all the podcast license if you have a 3333 subscription drop me an email. And when you do send me what name you want associated with the podcast license and what URL you'd like pointed it too if any. And of course we'll have another show coming up on Sunday. We hope you will contribute and help us out! Very short list today. Sir Michael Gates celebrated yesterday, we congratulate him and my friend Jack Ponte listen to Jack Ponte he celebrates his 59th birthday today happy birthday from all your buddies here's the best podcast in the universe
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Tucker Carlson, Washington Post Native Advertising
Tucker Carlson interviewed Eric Wemple of The Washington Post regarding the paper's inclusion of paid propaganda inserts from the Russian and Chinese governments. Wemple defended the practice as "native advertising," suggesting that readers can easily distinguish it from standard journalism.
2:19:16 Two title changes today. We have Sir Michael Gates, who becomes Baron of the rest of Colorado And we have Sir William Bachman who becomes Baron Bill of the Verde Valley and sadly we have no nightings today So that's all we have yeah it's been a slow day slow day So let me play this one second where was it? Yes This was a great, great interview. I hate to say it but again Tucker Carlson makes me...I know why people go on his show are you stupid? Don't you understand yet if you get an invitation from Tucker Carlson to be on the show decline! It's not the show although the show comes on here at i think nine
2:20:04 So it's just 10, is it 10 East Coast? I don't know what time it's on West Coast. It's a good show but no one really watches it when you're on that then you get ripped apart on YouTube with clips everywhere that's why he should never go on this show! You're not gonna go on the show and he's not going to be nice to you or if you are and he's not gonna be nice to you He did bring on oh this is great...he brought on what was his name Eric Wells from The Washington Post Also known as the Woppo Man. I'm in the media, I read The Washington Post or Reddit most of my life and in the past couple months I've seen a lot of stories including some from you accusing people of basically carrying water for the Russian government and that's... the Russian goverment is in the news today so I thought I would ask about something I have wondered about for a long time
2:21:02 which is that the Washington Post for years, many years has literally carried paid propaganda from the Russian government. A section called Russia behind the headlines it looks like newsprint designed to fool readers into thinking it's real and its pure propaganda paid for distributed by the Russian government with stories like you know we're doing a great job in Crimea Why have you never written about that? How can you attack others when you don't know that your own paper makes money from taking propaganda from the Russian government. See this is why, you always got to be careful because he's always got an angle This is a very good one! This guy I think... He's supposed to report on the media That's his beat
2:21:42 this columnist, Eric Walsh. Oh he's the media guy! Yeah all these papers that have a media guy... yeah The full interview was great but here is just a minute of it. ...back others when you don't know that your own paper makes money from taking propaganda from the Russian government? Humana humana You know I think that is really good question and uh..I wish you told me want to talk about this but no those inserts are interesting ummm I mean they are part of... Why didn't you write about them That's a good question. I think, you know...I got a lot to write about but i am interested in that topic and appreciate you bringing it up But its your own paper! You cover the media Of course yeah im just interested I do cover the media And I believe there are several newspapers that run these inserts I think China has one as well They are what is known as native advertising
2:22:33 No, no. Oh well listen well he's confused but the way he explains a guy He should know the difference it's even better than that instead of explaining what they are he actually let me just say boy It's called an insert yeah, he's calling it native advertising and his explanation is of native advertising is worse than if he had just said, it's an insert. He is such a moron but it shows you how divorced he is from the reality of what his own organization is doing. I think China has one as well. Right that's right they are
2:23:15 what's known as native advertising where there are signs to the reader that this is not your, you know, your approved journalism. And I think do think that people subscribers to The Washington Post and New York Times and other places that run these things can differentiate between the news that is in the paper proper and the news that is in Russia China so on and so forth insert So I love, what I really love even though he's talking about the wrong thing. They clearly have native advertising at The Washington Post and he saying well you know I'm pretty sure people can tell the difference between something that's not tried and true to improve journalism how can any of...the sales department must be livided this guy! Shut up shut up crazy native advertising
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Sand Mining, Climate Change and Coastal Erosion
Reports from Deutsche Welle indicate that coastal erosion in Ghana, Kenya, and the Maldives is largely driven by the massive global sand mining industry rather than climate change. These nations are accused of selling their sand for profit while simultaneously requesting international climate aid for rising sea levels.
2:24:15 Yeah, well they have real native advertising. The difference as far as I'm concerned and I don't think I get too much argument from people on this because those inserts have been around forever. I've written one... But it is notable that they're for Russia and China. Yeah it's funny And they're taking money Yeah, well sure the Russian money is as good as anyone's. As long it isn't in rubles. A little follow up on the claim of many third world countries that because of climate change they're drowning and you know sea is taking over, sea levels are rising we're all going to die
2:24:52 And you'll recall that we had a pretty interesting report about the sand business. And this was in particular for the Maldives, and the Maldives were saying oh, you know, we're dying here! We're under water! But it's because they've been selling their sand to everybody and when you dig sand out two or three miles off of the coast guess what happens? It erodes, sand slips from the sandy place which is what you're living on it slips down into fill that spot And this report from Deutsche Welle, sadly not an audio report now reports the coasts of Ghana and Kenya as well those as Cape Verde and Zanzibar are all in trouble because they've been selling sand like crazy.
2:25:38 40 billion tons of sand are processed worldwide every year. Forty billion tons, yeah that would make it... And here comes your water! Yeah of course and yes here comes your water and then these African nations in particular the African nations turn around saying well it's climate change you need to pay us for it. Yeah give us money They're making money both ways selling the sand. They're smart We're dumb. While you're on the topic of that, you might as well play this has been going on they've been doing these things trying to get some attention and I just am stunned. This is borderline
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Data Rescue Events, Environmental Records and Peer Review
Volunteers at New York University held a "Data Rescue" event to archive federal environmental data they fear may be deleted by the Trump administration. Critics argue that government data is rarely lost in this manner and call for more focus on peer-reviewed science over consensus.
2:26:18 No, tech news but it's not really. Well you want to do a little? I mean have one... Unless you got something other than what i've got We have two stories let's just say let's not play the jingle we're not worth the jingle. No it's not worth it. Saving the data this is this kills me every time I hear this story Almost since the day President Trump was sworn in members of a loosely aligned grassroots movement composed of academics programmers researchers and scientists archiving government data they fear could disappear. Miles O'Brien looks in on one of those efforts for our weekly science series. The amazing, the only time data actually was not saved somewhere by some douchebag organization! Are you kidding me? Data didn't go away like that. You can't even get rid of it when you try to erase it. Hello IRS. Leading edge
2:27:08 I'm psyched to see everybody in the room. I am really excited. I am excited! It's early, cold and Saturday and yet this room at New York University is standing-room only A few hundred volunteers are here to download and save scientific data created and curated by the federal government Without the data, you don't have environmental change. Anthropology professor Jerome Whittington is one of the organizers of this Data Rescue event—the eighth in an ongoing open-ended series which began after the election
2:27:45 Now one of the things we're going to accomplish at this event is we're gonna do a lot of work to get hard-to-access datasets. Things that previous events have struggled to get." They are focused primarily on the essential science used to create environmental regulations. They worry that Trump administration's anti regulatory bent and outright denial of peer reviewed climate science might put the data in jeopardy Show me some peer-reviewed science instead of consensus and I'll talk to you. This is jeopardy! Speaking of that then, so this rain in California...this flood or just this...where are we? Is it gonna be a flood? Is the dam going to break what's going on now? The dam looks like it's gonna hold up
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California Floods, Oroville Dam and Historic Storms
The current flooding in California and the crisis at the Oroville Dam are compared to the Great Flood of 1862, which put much of the state underwater for months. This historical context is used to challenge the narrative that modern weather events are unprecedented results of climate change.
2:28:34 But they've had to release like, I don't know how much water to get the thing down so it wasn't putting so much pressure on the alternative or on...I think it's a normal spillway and emergency spillway. Which has been dumping shit all over the place. It's just a mess because oh we didn't think it was ever going to rain so much that would fill this dam up to the top! Why don't Californians look at history? Are you guys stupid? Yeah 1861 is not that long ago for some of us A 43-day storm that started December 1861 put Central and Southern California underwater for six months. The difference was, I'm glad you looked that one up... the difference was the carbon dioxide emissions were well below 300 parts per million
2:29:21 And of course you didn't have Jerry Brown as a governor, but yeah. Or maybe he did I mean guys could've been him 66 inches of rain fell in Los Angeles that year more than four times the normal annual amount causing rivers to surge over their banks spreading muddy waters for miles across the arid landscape large brown lakes formed on the normally dry between Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean even covering vast areas of the Mojave Desert In and around Anaheim, flooding of the Santa Ana River created an inland sea four feet deep stretching up to four miles from the river lasting for four weeks. So how is this new on climate change? It is man! Hey man... Alright here's my little tech news. You like that huh there was a hey Howard the mud flats anything going on no let me look hold on a second
2:30:18 Hold on, there's only one way to do this. Here we go. Because of what is happening in Greenland right now the maps of the world will have to be redrawn. This is what would happen to San Francisco Bay That's right, time for a Mudflats report with the one and only John Cervuorak. And this mud flat I might add since it has been here since 1880 according to at least an 1880 map somebody sent me to show that the mud flat was there then is part of San Francisco Bay so thus whatever Al Gore had to say refers to the exact mud flats that I'm going to look at right now. Yep! They're still there and there is mud to be seen
2:31:01 That's right. Consensus, 97% of No Agenda hosts agree that climate change is not happening right now but it certainly did happen 150 years ago just a little bit of history, historic tip on your no agenda show I was watching...I didn't watch a lot of C-SPAN because so horrible to watch anything else and that now you know it's bad when C-SPAN is enjoyable to me and there was a hearing and autonomous vehicles came up and one of the experts. who was grilled by Representative Pallone from New Jersey, was Nidhi Kalra from the Rand Corporation. And we don't talk about the Rand Corporation a lot but they are definitely a very important part of the military industrial intel com... What did he say? The... Military Industrial Intel Axis That's it. Military Industrial Intel Axis and well we should be very worried about these autonomous vehicles
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Autonomous Vehicles, Hacking and Terrorism Risks
Nidhi Kalra of the Rand Corporation testified before Congress regarding the cybersecurity risks of autonomous vehicles. She warned that self-driving cars could be exploited for terrorism, as they provide a way to deliver explosives without the need for suicide bombers.
2:32:03 We're all gonna die. Oh, yeah So I just wanted to ask how real is the threat of vehicle hacking especially in the autonomous context and do you expect that nature of the threat to evolve as a technology It is a very real threat. Transportation is one of the areas that receives a lot of attention from hacking because it's a way to disrupt our transportation system, so there's a great concern there and cyber security isn't something that can be shrink wrapped on top of the vehicle because there are so many parts that contribute to the ultimate vehicle but it has to be baked in from the ground up
2:32:40 And it's not only hacking for fun and profit, but autonomous vehicles provide an avenue for terrorism as well because there is a way to use these vehicles to... you know the threat is no longer sort of suicide bombers that blow themselves up. But now we have vehicles that can drive around so I don't want to overstate the risk at this time but we need to think very broadly about cyber security not only as a hacking opportunity but also as a terrorism opportunity We're all gonna die. That's actually I thought was kind of interesting it's true You should be honest, of course load one of these babies up with all the bombing making stuff you can't get on your Little give a tell to go someplace and then when it gets there to report back and then you blow it out It's the same way these darn drones everywhere. It's the same thing Yeah yeah those things could be bloated over some but they did C4 would probably be on some of the bigger drones so you can handle that
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Sacramento Train Derailment, Flooded Tracks
Twenty-two Union Pacific train cars derailed into the flooded Cosumnes River in Sacramento County after a track collapsed. The media coverage of the event is noted for awkwardly transitioning from the train crash to general warnings about driving through flooded roadways.
2:33:40 Got a kick out of I got a kick out of talking about crappy news reporting. Our local station, this is the story about the floods and the rain has caused this derailment? And so they... This is train derail story. So they go on and get in interview with somebody and then they change that subject in such as an awkward way I had to clip it. In Sacramento County up 22 train cars derailed and plunged into a flooded river Allen Martin tells us tonight that investigators think they have pinpointed the cause of the crash.
2:34:16 The mangled mess is sticking out of the Cosumnes River. The accident happened near Highway 99 and Dillard Road, south of Elk Grove at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Office of Emergency Services said the river started flooding this morning. Investigators believe the Union Pacific train derailed after one of the tracks collapsed in all this water. When there's ever moving water, one to two inches of water can cause your car to drift so we precaution people not trains good, planes bad. So you're talking about one thing and then the conclusion is be careful when you drive through flooded roadways it's got nothing to do with it what was this a public television or was it no no this was of the CBS network that goes of course of course there was the CBS network of course
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Russian Missile Deployment, Black Sea Flybys
US officials report that Russia has deployed a land-based cruise missile in violation of Cold War-era treaties. Additionally, Russian jets performed "unsafe" flybys of the USS Porter in the Black Sea, and a Russian intelligence ship was spotted off the US East Coast.
2:35:11 Let me see I think pretty much of everything do we have the one of the Academy Awards coming up John is I'm not a couple weeks. I thought it was now coming out coming fast, but maybe it's let me see when it was 20 When is this thing just just for clips really? Just need to know doesn't even how come it doesn't just say this is when its gonna be on their own website What morons that's the way they do business nowadays. I guess oh See, I have Mattis now. I can hold that you got one more just a fun thing to get it Yeah do a couple of fun ones and well let's do the Russia. I think this would be good when this is the Russian flybys Russian big deal out of this crap more Russia flybys Thank You The president has said many times that he would prefer better relations with Russia But now Moscow is putting that to the test as David Martin reports from the Pentagon
2:36:12 Cruise missiles are a staple of the Russian military arsenal. But one particular type, a land-based cruise missile with a range greater than 300 miles is specifically banned by a treaty signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in the final years of the Cold War Now, U.S. officials say Russia has deployed just such a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead It happened secretly in December during the Obama administration but it is now up to President Trump to respond to a deployment which US officials say... But Obama! Right? ...is such a blatant violation that it calls into question the value of future arms control treaties with Russia
2:36:51 And just four days ago, an incident similar to last year's buzzing by Russian jets of a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea happened again this time in the Black Sea First, a Russian patrol plane made a low pass close to the USS Porter Then two Russian jet fighters followed a short time later by a third US officials called the flybys unsafe and unprofessional And one more sign that Cold War is back A Russian intelligence ship bristling with antennas to intercept communications is making its way up the east coast of the United States after leaving port in Cuba. I love that story! President Trump has said he hopes to have better relations with Russia, but Scott, that hope is being rapidly overtaken by events. Yeah sure... Thanks David.
2:37:39 I was reading about this spy ship. I didn't have a chance to get a little deeper into it Do you have any details, any background? No just look at your typical junker heading back for home Sounds like bull crap to me The whole thing the guy says in the report that cold war is back which hearkens back to your great clip from Yes. Who says, hey pay attention to this these guys are just trying to bilk you and they are and they're pulling it off in that CBS and so that's the number one that's the kind of spearheaded the whole thing well wait until you hear what Rachel Maddow says when it comes to Russia and in a way also alternate universes I know it increasingly feels like we're living in an actual episode of The Americans
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Outro, Final Jingles and Sign-off
The show concludes with a series of jingles featuring Bill Kristol, Al Sharpton, and Donald Trump. The hosts sign off from Austin, Texas, and Northern Silicon Valley, reminding listeners of the upcoming Sunday broadcast.
2:38:21 There you go. Yeah, she's just pushing it. Just pushing it. Just want to be that way. Remember the good old days of press John when we had the Russians? Rrrr. We hated him for being Russian. February 26th is the Oscars. Are we done? One more and are we done? You got anything else to take us out or are we good? Yeah, I do have one to take us out which i thought was kind of a dead this is the CBS clip too But it's kind of funny. This is the Trump McCain and Eisenhower clip which is kind of light mr.. Trump's next challenge may be with Republicans in Congress yesterday He called senator John McCain a loser But McCain, as chairman of armed services will largely decide how much of Mr. Trump's military expansion goes through Presidents always struggle against their restraints the last president with no political experience was Dwight Eisenhower Of him Harry Truman said he'll say do this Do that and nothing will happen Poor Ike it won't be a bit like the army
2:39:24 That's for sure. Alrighty, a couple of fun little jingles here for the end of show. There you go. Alrighty So whatever you have send it to us and we always look forward to bringing you the best deconstruction possible That's why we are the best podcast in the universe Yes, walk away feeling sane if not Rinse repeat it'll work don't worry
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