Episode 909 · Sunday, 5 March 2017

Virtue Signalling

A deep dive into allegations of a shadow government war room, the weaponization of FISA warrants, and the media's manufactured urgency surrounding the Trump-Russia investigation.

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Political operative Dick Morris alleges that former President Barack Obama is coordinating a war room in Washington D.C. to orchestrate a coup against Donald Trump. The theory suggests the FBI and NSA utilized FISA warrants to monitor Trump Tower and trap appointees like Michael Flynn and Jeff Sessions during their confirmation hearings. This narrative of political surveillance is bolstered by reports that NSA Director Mike Rogers visited the transition team in November without informing James Clapper.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces intense scrutiny over meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, while former Attorney General Michael Mukasey defends the legality of such diplomatic contacts against claims of treason. In the media, ABC News and anchor David Muir are criticized for using high-paced urgency to frame standard political shifts, such as the GOP platform change regarding Ukraine, as evidence of a Kremlin conspiracy. Meanwhile, the FBI arrest of disgraced journalist Juan Thompson for making bomb threats to Jewish centers reveals a cyberstalking scheme that was initially blamed on Trump supporters.

Actor Patrick Stewart announces his quest for U.S. citizenship to fight the administration, a move labeled by listeners as peak virtue signaling. The program also explores the financial collapse of iHeartMedia under $20 billion in debt and the predatory nature of the Snapchat IPO on the Robinhood app. Sir Ali Buchen of Aberdeen joins the peerage as the value-for-value model continues to challenge traditional corporate media structures.


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CHAPTER 01 / 47 Discussion

South by Southwest Rain, Austin Sanctuary City Protests

Austin, Texas experiences its annual rainfall coinciding with the South by Southwest festival. The city's status as a sanctuary city has sparked local protests and a standoff with the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, who opposes the designation.

austin· south by southwest· sanctuary city· greg abbott· texas

00:00 Look, I'm also with you. Adam Curry, John C. DeVore. And Sunday March 5th 2017 this is your award winning Give Our Nation Media Assassination episode 909er! This is no agenda Tracking bugs of all varieties since 2007 and broadcasting live from the darkest corners of the internet here in downtown Austin, Tejas. Copping with a drone star stayed in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where it rained and rained and rained and rained and filled the reservoirs But the mud flats are still there. I'm John C DeMora It's Crackpot & Buzzkill! In The Morning Yeah yay for the mudflats Was that dramatic enough? No

00:43 It's raining here too, and now you know it's raining here. It always rains this time of year because it is time for South by Southwest Oh, I'd always raised the dogs raised on top by someone who has rains on south by southwest And and I used to feel bad Really? Now you become a local There was actually people in Rio Do not like carnival there was a Well, there was a report I had. Here we go this is local news here from Austin Texas as you know we are a sanctuary city

CHAPTER 02 / 47 Discussion

Musician Boycott of South by Southwest, Immigration Clauses

Over 50 bands, including Told Slant and Downtown Boys, canceled their South by Southwest performances due to a contract clause allowing the festival to notify immigration authorities of violations. Entertainment lawyer Brian Goldstein notes such language is standard for foreign artists, while festival organizers claim the clause has existed since 2013 and they oppose the Trump travel ban.

south by southwest· immigration· told slant· brian goldstein· contract

01:24 Which is now being defended we have protest marches all kinds of stuff going on you know the governor of Texas said no You really shouldn't be doing that. That's not how it's gonna work and Now, We have resist we much at South by Southwest as tens of thousands of people get ready to embark on Austin for south by southwest a long list of scheduled performers Say they won't be here tonight. We learned why the crocodiles are The Styles, Priests and Downtown Boys are just a few of the 50 plus bands opting out of South by Southwest. making the decision after musician told slant set on Twitter. After looking at his contract, he's deciding to cancel his performance that South by Southwest posting this portion that says the conference reserves the right to alert us immigration authorities about international artists if they violate their performance agreement entertainment lawyer Brian Goldstein has been working with international musicians actors and live performers for more

02:22 than 20 years. Regularly looking over performance contracts for his clients, he says the language in Told Slant's contract is normal because... Whether it's an opera company or an orchestra or anybody who's bringing in a foreign artist to put something in the contract that says you're responsible for What's not normal is...

02:59 Especially the arts that you say and we're gonna rat you out It's so rare in the arts because in the arts, we protect ourselves as liberals And we're gonna rat you out. South by Southwest has released a statement saying the conference takes a public stance against President Trump's travel ban and Senate Bill 6, going on to say the conference has never reported anyone to immigration authorities and that clause has been in the contract since 2013. Oh there is your kicker. Yeah. Morons here... You know it it is absolutely true

03:35 that all these musicians and all kinds of people, they come here to work. And they come in on tourist visas and yeah if you're making money and your working I can't do that in Europe! No we cant In fact I have to do all kinds of paperwork with Australia To do the show from there They are very keen on making sure you have the appropriate paperwork You cant' do a show from there without paperwork? That's right I've received multiple Emails of note and warning from our producers saying dude if you're gonna be making money down the door Well Wow big door podcaster Podcast a rogue podcaster. It's a rogue podcaster The best is that it's been in the contracts, and yeah for four or five years okay?

04:36 Everybody's a resistor. Resist! But resist we much. That's right, resist people well Jean-Claude? Well there is alot of stuff you know this is like Is this when is the media I guess it's not gonna happen. They're gonna just have in this guy Well, can I congratulate you first of all congratulate? Yeah me I give you a point a props for being yes a ding For calling the bugging of the White House Six weeks ago Yes six weeks ago and you did in When you were convinced then yeah course well I mean when you got

CHAPTER 03 / 47 Discussion

Dick Morris Coup Theory, Trump Administration Wiretapping

Political operative Dick Morris alleges that former President Barack Obama is leading a "coup d'etat" against Donald Trump to force impeachment via a special prosecutor. The theory suggests the FBI used FISA warrants and expanded NSA sharing rules to "mousetrap" Trump appointees like Michael Flynn and Jeff Sessions during their confirmation hearings regarding Russian contacts.

dick morris· barack obama· fisa· michael flynn· jeff sessions

05:19 A single source of where these leaks are coming from, it doesn't seem to be attached to any individual. It has to be somebody bugged the Oval Office! Yeah with permission apparently Well there was... we did talk about this too We talked about the FISA requests There were two of them and one went through And that was uh well I think they might be using that as an excuse That was also made possible by Obama's executive order just before he left if you recall That's right, where they can start sharing the information. Yes at the lowest common denominator So so they're now streaming the bug taps on the internet? Yeah exactly We should put it on a no agenda stream and be great yeah current bug taps Now I have a number of very I think very interesting clips but the one that maybe we should just start off with this because I think this is kind of sets the for me at least sets the tone of why this happened what happened and what the backstory is

06:16 Dick Morris, who used to be an operative for the Clintons. Yes. He... And who became a anti-Clintonite because they wouldn't rehire him? Yeah he certainly has his own agenda did you see his little podcast about what is going on this coup d'etat as he calls it? You got me on this one! Oh my goodness I'll tell you, well no i won't even tell you. Let's just listen to him He says that he knows the whole point is to get a special prosecutor in and they set the Trump appointees up Well in advance To make this happen And when it comes to theories I love this one What's really going on now Is that Obama is leading an attempt at a coup d'etat Which we can expect to continue for many months Which they hope will result in Trump impeachment

07:09 Here's how the move unfolded. First step was during the election, make Russia radioactive any contact with Russia blame Russia for all the leaks which may have been the case or not but in any case they didn't make up the documents and transform the email scandal and the WikiLeaks scandal into a Russian attempt to hack the election And then on election day and right after, keep up a chorus of accusations that Russia meddled in our election. Yeah I think that's pretty much what happened so that's good. Then again... Yeah the setup is there! The setup is there we're ready to go. Then against that background have the FBI been under Obama's control? And still really because they haven't gotten rid of people and Comey is still in power

07:57 They go ahead and tap everybody's phone, all of Trump's incoming people. And of course the Russians and then mousetrap them booby trap them ambushed them during their confirmation hearings and try to press them into saying things that might not technically be true or are true but can be misinterpreted, to lay the basis for future investigations. The first victim was Flynn who they wanted to get rid of anyway not just because he was Trump's appointee but because he took a hard line on Iran and other issues Obama's people didn't like that much tougher line than Tillerson or Mattis have

08:40 Then, after Flynn they're going after Sessions. And again it's based on an ambush at the confirmation hearing They asked him did you have any contact with the Russian ambassador during the Trump campaign? and the Russians during the Trump campaign, and he said no because he assumed that meant campaign contacts. As a member of the Armed Services Committee—high ranking— he regularly meets with other ambassadors. His staff listed 25 sessions he'd had with them from different ambassadors. And one of his so-called meetings with the Russians was just chatting after he had finished giving his speech with a bunch of other senators around

09:22 Then once you trap him into a lie, expose of lie get him to recuse himself which they've done and then demand the special prosecutor. That is the goal because once you have a special prosecutor it's Katie barred the door can't possibly limit what he's doing because the special prosecutor has staff designed for one purpose to get the president And they can look at anything, any crime or any effort thing that comes before them while they're investigating what was the nominal purpose of the special prosecutor. Remember Clinton's special prosecutor was over Whitewater and he ended up trying to impeach him over Monica Lewinsky which became- Whitewater became Paula Jones, became Lying Under Oath, became Lewinsky and this kind of trail can happen with any special prosecutor

10:17 So that's their goal, get a special prosecutor against Trump and try to get him impeached. I like his theory which is they had all the tapes before the confirmation hearings maybe thats why they delayed it a little bit make sure we got all the right bits that we need and then trap the appointees into saying eh you speak any Russians? I don't talk any Russians, I know what you're talking about. Boom! Ah yes we gotcha we got ya and the whole purpose being get a special prosecutor in who then can go after all kinds of stuff i like it yeah i like it too and i think is maybe one of the schemes going on in fact sense in fact uh that um Flynn's meeting

CHAPTER 04 / 47 Discussion

Jeff Sessions Recusal, Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak

Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced calls for resignation after failing to disclose meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, though reports indicate the Obama State Department arranged the initial meeting. Senator Angus King compared the Trump-Russia connections to Charles Lindbergh’s ties to Nazi Germany, while Republicans highlighted past photos of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi with Russian officials.

jeff sessions· sergey kislyak· angus king· chuck schumer· nancy pelosi

11:01 with the Russian ambassador was set up by the Democrats. Well, Democrats going crazy after the news broke that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with the Russians... I'm sorry, Sessions not Flynn. Ambassador The fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country This is great this is a little montage Fox News put together of all people saying, ah no, Sessions gotta go! It's horrible, man it's no good The fact that the attorney general, the top cop Top cop In our country lied under oath to the American people is grounds for him to resign. Attorney General Sessions should resign. I think he should resign. He certainly should recuse himself, I think he probably should resign. I think he's gotta go! I think resignation could well be on the table here... I think he should resign. I think he should get out. Talking points had been well distributed but it turns out that Obama State Department actually set up the first meeting between Sessions and the Russian diplomat at last year's RNC. Well played

12:02 No kidding. If true, well played really well done and you know just the... Well first of all what are we really even talking about? So you talk to a he talked to an ambassador man yeah we have people talking to people all the time Yeah, most of the time you can't even remember who you talked to. But I mean when it comes to people talking to foreigners in potential violation of the Logan Act... Seriously it really is quite insane that this is even considered a problem

12:47 Well, let's take a look at how she- Let me ask you this. So the Russians tried to ruin our elections? They tried to put their finger on the scale? Did the Mexicans not do that with the actual president of former president meddling in our elections by saying screw this guy he's nuts he shit I think the word shit was actually used Yeah i think so it's always over there Europeans of course yeah how about Trudeau Angela Merkel How about Trudeau I mean and there's a lot of people But no, this seems to be some incredible issue which to me means they know that this is really a non-starter. You can slow the administration down but maybe they're going after something else or just fishing to find something else and if you fish long enough guaranteed you'll find something. Guaranteed! But the way it's all of this is viewed uh who was this? Senator Angus King from Maine

13:40 He views what the Russians did as hacking, he has an analogy here which maybe we should discuss. ...Satter is Nikon Thessory... Any precedent in American history for the density of connections between the president's circle and a hostile foreign power? I certainly never recall anything of this nature. The closest I can think of is the connections between Charles Lindbergh and Nazi Germany in the 30s, during that time but I can never recall anything of this kind and we've never seen anything like it. And here's one way to think about it because

14:21 People say, well it was a cyber attack. They hacked the computers What if a group of Russian paratroopers had dropped into Washington in the middle of night broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters physically taken their computers out put them under their arms and escaped on a submarine down the Potomac River or something I mean that's essentially what happened Oh yeah! That's exactly just like that they had a sub in the Potomac Oh man. This fantastic is so good I got a couple of things here we might want to place like back backdrops yeah

CHAPTER 05 / 47 Discussion

ABC News Coverage, David Muir Urgency Tactics

ABC News and anchor David Muir are criticized for using a high-paced, urgent tone to repackage old news regarding the Trump administration's Russian contacts. The coverage is characterized as an attempt to manufacture a Watergate-style scandal, potentially influenced by parent company Disney's corporate stance.

abc news· david muir· cecilia vega· disney· watergate

15:01 One is a very, I got a six-parter here that kind of breaks down CBS and ABC. And ABC turns out and just kind of caught this by accident, ABC has really turned on Trump so they've changed their whole everything. Any idea why? Any reason? I haven't figured it out but I'm sure it's got something to do with Disney. It must be Disney yeah So they've really turned the tables and they're just going after me with vengeance. And so they're spending like half of the news, they have a you know half hour news report half of that half hour which is only 10 minutes because it's commercials.

15:42 They have the half hours about Trump and they're just slamming him in some and then they're doing a lot of by Association stuff. In fact, it's so razamataz where they say one thing to say and then let no Joe don't throw in a little like a small clip a snippet And then I'll have some sound effects in the background somebody being choked or something It's just the whole snake is like overproduced and it was just you know going right after him as though this is the The funny thing is about the way they do it, and you're going to play part of this and you'll hear it in David Muir's voice. There is a sense of urgency. This is all old news repackaged but they have it as... They're playing with an urgent

16:28 breaking blah, blah, blah. And they're talking so fast that you think that there's all hell is gonna break loose if you're not paying attention to it and let's start with... You can kind of hear it in the way this is presented. This Russians and the Trump administration on ABC This first clip is a long one, we can interrupt it. Part 1. Good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy Friday night and we begin tonight with new questions swirling around President Trump his team and communications with the Russians before the election. Tonight President Trump firing back saying Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the victim of a quote witch hunt It comes after sessions did not reveal while under oath two meetings with the Russian ambassador during the campaign

17:12 The president said his attorney general could have been more clear, but he also lashed out at Democratic leaders tweeting an image of one of them with Vladimir Putin. ABC senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega leading us off Inside the Oval Office today, President Trump huddling with his closest advisors Steve Bannon son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka. The president then heading to his Florida golf club Mar-a-Lago for the weekend but tonight his administration in damage control. The president calls it a witch hunt but there's a growing list of aides and advisors who misrepresented their contacts with Russia

17:48 There's Attorney General Jeff Sessions and that bombshell revelation that he twice met with Russia's ambassador during the campaign. That is not what he told the Senate. I have been called a surrogate at time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with Russians But now... In retrospect, I should have slowed down and said but i did meet one Russian official a couple of times that would be the ambassador. And former campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page first this denial... Did you have any meetings last year with Russian officials in Russia outside Russia anywhere?

18:26 I had no meetings, no meetings. Now an admission he met with the Russian ambassador too during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Did you meet Sergey Kislyak in Cleveland? Did you talk to him? I'm not gonna deny that I talked with them although I will say that I never met him anywhere You know what's really going on here, what I hear continuously and it is being said as well. Every journalist wants to have the Watergate story And that's why the urgency and they're all, you know, they got little gotchas. And Rachel Maddow always has some exclusive piece of paper somewhere. They all want to be Woodward and Bernstein. Yeah. Just say that much. Stop, stop. Hold on a second. Since you stopped it I wanted him throw a couple things in there had been already mentioned one of them was when she goes such as this picture from 2003 2007 of somebody eating a donut with Putin

CHAPTER 06 / 47 Discussion

Targeting of Carter Page, Monica Crowley Plagiarism

The media focus on Carter Page is described as a strategic hit on a minor transition figure to build a narrative of Russian collusion. This follows the earlier removal of Monica Crowley from a potential administration post over plagiarism allegations that were later disputed.

carter page· monica crowley· steve bannon· trump transition· plagiarism

19:27 And I was kind of baffled by that because that is the picture, Chuck Schumer. It's not just any old guy and they did not mention his name and I thought that was peculiar. Well no...and also this guy Carter Page. Yeah yeah. Carter page came up and I mentioned him this was like over a month ago. Carter Page was a target. He got taken down by Pooper! Yeah well he off well if you want to call it that Carter Page was on a hit list. The main three, it was Flynn, Carter Page and some other guy I never heard of and I never heard of Carter Page before either in why anyone cares he was like part-time at the Trump campaign somewhere. Yeah, did you transition or something? Maybe could have been on the transition team

20:19 I just find it peculiar who they've chosen. Sessions, none of them surprises me except these two guys Carter Page and this other character and I'm gonna have to navigate up his name why are they on the list? What's so important about those two guys is that Carter Page it's kind of like this lisping kinda fumbling...I guess I don't know... Well if there's a character If this is true coup d'etat has been premeditated set-up Maybe it's just, you know to the first strike was Flynn successful and they wanted sessions. And then it just, you know, just do a couple of guys. The first strike in my opinion which was the first salvo was Monica Crowley

21:03 Monica Crowley predated everybody else and she was slated to at least be considered for the... Ah yes, you're right. You're right. For the spokesholder position And she would have been good at it She was outed as a so-called plagiarist And they just with some smear pieces that came out. She plagiarized this, she plagiarized that and then since she's been...she quit the whole game. She got out of the campaign or out of the Trump umbrella immediately. It's been re-examined and she didn't plagiarize anything!

21:43 So that was just bull crap. And so that seemed to me to be the opening salvo, let's see what we can do. Let's just take this woman out of no problem it was easy and then they went after Flynn who they genuinely hated but they had to do a dry run on Crowley to make sure that the media was all in. You didn't have anybody in the media saying hey wait a minute. The media was all in and when they went after Flynn who is you know a guy people don't like Because he's a hard-ass. He's probably pretty good at what he does. Yeah, no, but I really him well You also have to get you got you have to get rid of the little the pawns and lieutenants because I'm sure they're going after Banyan oh yeah, I think banny is a huge target and I've decided we're gonna have here's the joke that I think they're gonna Have trouble doing anything with banyan The only thing they have on him is that he supposedly punched his wife out one day? You know ten years ago honest she deserved it. I mean come on

22:40 And that's not even... Well, to clarify this. Maybe I'm just... Is it not? Are we talking about the same Russian ambassador who recently died? No, no that's a different guy. That has something to do with the UN This is the fat guy! This is the guy where there's no chin this guy they I think they use him as debate because when you look at him he reminds you of that old CEO of Exxon Mobil who testified before Congress and he has only a resemblance of a chin and then this huge

23:17 pile of fat that completely covers his neck and it's almost like it's something glandular. It doesn't look like any normal kind of big, fat head. And this Russian guy who is then This Russian guy who I got a clip of this too. And by the way, I have decided that we're just going to call Steve Bannon Banyan it's just much easier Did i say Banyan again? No, I set you up and said Banyon and then you fall in suit. I'm keeping it that way Okay, Banyans good Anyway, this Russian guy they and I got a clip in the in the setup here somewhere Which am I gonna play now where they describe him as? Well spoken a great public speaker You know get two words out and so he's a great public So he came there so he's also been described as the top recruiter for spies yes. Yes of course yeah

24:19 Yeah, and it seems to me that he couldn't recruit much of anything except. He looks like a schmoozer I really like probably good guy to have a vodka with him alright will continue with the important one outside of Cleveland. Let's just say that much." The only time you met him was in Cleveland? That I may have met him, possibly might have been in Cleveland. It comes after President Trump himself insisted nobody on his team met with the Russians during the campaign. Did you or anyone in your campaign had any contact with Russia leading up to or during the campaign? Nothing at all Not at all, he said. There was also National Security Advisor Michael Flynn fired for lying about the nature of his conversations with that same Russian ambassador and Jared Kushner joining a meeting between Flynn and the ambassador at Trump Tower in December top Democrats calling for a full independent investigation. The administration clearly cannot be trusted to investigate itself but today the president firing back saying investigate them

CHAPTER 07 / 47 Discussion

Valerie Jarrett War Room, Special Prosecutor Demands

Speculation arises regarding Valerie Jarrett and Barack Obama operating a "war room" in Washington D.C. to coordinate opposition to the Trump administration. Critics argue that the push for a special prosecutor is a tactic to stall the administration's agenda, despite a lack of evidence for impeachable offenses.

valerie jarrett· barack obama· department of justice· fisa· impeachment

23:17 pile of fat that completely covers his neck and it's almost like it's something glandular. It doesn't look like any normal kind of big, fat head. And this Russian guy who is then This Russian guy who I got a clip of this too. And by the way, I have decided that we're just going to call Steve Bannon Banyan it's just much easier Did i say Banyan again? No, I set you up and said Banyon and then you fall in suit. I'm keeping it that way Okay, Banyans good Anyway, this Russian guy they and I got a clip in the in the setup here somewhere Which am I gonna play now where they describe him as? Well spoken a great public speaker You know get two words out and so he's a great public So he came there so he's also been described as the top recruiter for spies yes. Yes of course yeah

24:19 Yeah, and it seems to me that he couldn't recruit much of anything except. He looks like a schmoozer I really like probably good guy to have a vodka with him alright will continue with the important one outside of Cleveland. Let's just say that much." The only time you met him was in Cleveland? That I may have met him, possibly might have been in Cleveland. It comes after President Trump himself insisted nobody on his team met with the Russians during the campaign. Did you or anyone in your campaign had any contact with Russia leading up to or during the campaign? Nothing at all Not at all, he said. There was also National Security Advisor Michael Flynn fired for lying about the nature of his conversations with that same Russian ambassador and Jared Kushner joining a meeting between Flynn and the ambassador at Trump Tower in December top Democrats calling for a full independent investigation. The administration clearly cannot be trusted to investigate itself but today the president firing back saying investigate them

25:18 calling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer a hypocrite, tweeting this 2003 photo of Schumer and Vladimir Putin eating donuts together in New York. Schumer says that meeting took place in full view of the press And this 2010 photo of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a table with the Russian ambassador and others. Earlier today she claimed she never met him, her spokesman now says she meant she never had a private meeting. Pelosi tweeting Donald Trump doesn't know the difference between an official meeting photographed by the press and a closed secret meeting his attorney general lied about under oath

25:55 Now, John. That was good! Yeah but the whole thing is if this indeed is set up this way and as Dick Morris claims Valerie Jarrett and Barack Obama Michelle Obama are all sitting there in DC in their... In the uh... Cackling! In the war room If that is true then surely they have something else up their sleeve They know that this really won't go anywhere They know it that there's just really nothing I mean, I haven't even seen transcripts that talk about... you know that show that Flynn discussed sanctions. None of this exists as far as i'm concerned it's just not there but they're doing it- You don't need it! If you got the media making these claims No, no, I understand but to actually have so first of all you can't have an independent prosecutor those don't exist anymore you can have one that is still under the auspices of the DOJ Department Of Justice

26:49 And so, okay. So he's going to go out and he's going to find what? This will not be... this is not impeachable what happened here or didn't happen here. So why are they doing it just just to slow him down or do they have something I think they might have something else up their sleeve something big. I think this is a good theory of yours. It's nothing that I thought of. I think they're just trying to keep him from ever getting traction because everything he does is ruining his... He's tearing down the old establishment but they went through FISA court, first an executive order to make sure everything could be shared. Then they got a rejection on the FISA court warrant They got an approval in October and here's the thing The media doesn't care It's like crickets Well Donald Trump said with no evidence Yes it was almost like from the Muslim majority country With no evidence Hmmmm Yeah that with no evidence thing In fact I have Let me see where is he

CHAPTER 08 / 47 Discussion

Michael Mukasey Interview, Erin Burnett Treason Claims

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey defended the legality of diplomatic contacts during a CNN interview with Erin Burnett. Mukasey dismissed Burnett's suggestions of "treason," noting that the Logan Act has not been prosecuted since 1793 and that routine diplomatic communication does not constitute a crime.

michael mukasey· erin burnett· cnn· logan act· treason

27:48 Former Attorney General for Bush. Let's see where I have this... Yeah, we've had this guy's clips on twice. I know who you're talking about the old guy? Yeah yeah whereas uh let me just see where i have this clip. I have so many different uh- Every time he's been on well so well let's play part two while you're digging that clip up Well I haven't! You want to hear it now? Okay yeah sure So what is his name? I like this guy. Yeah and this is Michael McKasey former attorney general for bush I presume bush won The first time we played his clip, which was about a month ago. He said that the Flynn thing does nothing to it. Wrong! The second time you had another clip of him two or three weeks ago... Was he wrong again? Well, he was right if you listened to him and changed it. But what happened is something else so he's wrong. I do like what he did here because he has Aaron Burnett on from CNN

28:40 And and Bernard is she's coming on hinged with some of the terms. She's throwing out there, OK? I thought you already played this one. I don't think so. OK, I don't think so. Is it going to play at all? The FBI and the DOJ have to remain independent, but not every contact is... But every contact is not improper. I have not examined these in detail It sounded from reading that like he's trying to give himself cover In case something improper did happen This isn't a full-throated defense this is every contact may not be improper but I haven't looked at these That's what any person would say in his position He hasn't looked at them nor should he waste his time looking at

29:18 So should he recuse himself into a special prosecutor as Daryl Issa is asking for? Special prosecutor of what?! Where's the crime! We haven't even named the crime let alone suggested that charges are going to be brought. So you're saying until Congress comes out and says here is proof, that we now see there was connections between Trump campaign and Russians known to US intelligence if then only then than you would say because it would possibly criminal act right? No wouldn't Even if they had regular contact talking about working together. The only statute I know that conceivably violates is the Logan Act which hasn't been prosecuted since 1793 and when they get to Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson... Which prevents you from talking about future policy but I'm talking about collusion or it would be great if you could find things on Hillary Clinton those sorts of conversations That would be treason right? No?

30:08 Yeah, no you played this clip I can assure you. I can assure you that i have not Okay people out there know what to do But I like where he goes What? yeah I know This is a very funny clip He's what Again though it's not uh... He's not right He's ummm I mean he is right but It's not the way things are going They're just I think they I think Trump Is being railroaded And I think the whole administration is and i think Sessions recusing himself. Here's what you really have to do right now because of him recusing himself. Why would he even do that?

30:48 Because they were hounding him. I think he knuckled under yeah, well is there a there? You know what kind of a gentleman okay Well at least I can recuse our accuse myself and then apparently Trump got irked by don't know that That's even true that could be a lie whatever the case I think that sessions should resign Just like Flynn did and they should put in the second guy another guy all right I hate to say that he should resign because he screwed up in his testimony. I think it was in some, how many hours he was testifying and then they did Franken when I started badgering him. Oh yeah, I remember that. And so uh...I think I hate to say it because I think you'd be a good Attorney General but- You know what the worst part is? Especially of that clip Man Erin Burnett used to be so cute when she was on CNBC What happened

31:38 She's working at CNN. Oh man, that's what happens where women go to die it's sad. That clip is interesting in that she just sounds dumb and well she says well that's treasonous how do you come up with treason? Yeah treasonous I mean, don't start talking trees until you know what it really means. And that ain't it! That's the problem. All right onward with the ABC takedown Yes clip two So let's go live to Cecilia Vega at the White House tonight and Cecilia reporters have also been asking about something else Where is the new executive order? To replace that travel ban the White House had indicated What was that?! Now lets stop right there because they just added an element

CHAPTER 09 / 47 Discussion

Media Psychology, Executive Order Delay Tactics

Analysis of an ABC News segment suggests a psychological "trick" where reporters insert an agreeable, factual element—such as the delay of a new executive order—to make the audience more receptive to biased reporting on the Russia investigation. Correspondent Cecilia Vega is noted for her confusing phrasing regarding the vetting of terrorists.

abc news· cecilia vega· executive order· travel ban· mindset

32:21 Now, this is a very interesting trick. This whole thing has arisen so long as they for one thing I said it was like half the show but this is deconstruction of something that you know exactly how works well this trick is something I've never used although I might have used subconsciously they are there what they're doing is their it's like getting you in a mindset to agree with them And so right now you're at the point after hearing the first part of this clip that, I don't know. This could be go either way So you just and now do an immediate association as something you have to agree with? So you're now in a agreeable mood and then you kick it back into the main storyline. And this is something you believe is done purposely Yes because there's no reason for this element They dropped his element in out of the blend You talking about Disney though, these people do movies

33:14 They dropped this element in which now will change your mindset because it's a genuine, it's true what they're gonna tell you that Trump promised to do the new executive order hasn't done it. Hasn't got it done and didn't get it done said he would didn't get a doubt. Okay, boom bang Yes, you're right that's true. So let's play this I like it. I like it So let's go live to Cecilia Vega at the White House tonight and Cecilia reporters have also been asking about something else Where is the new executive order? To replace that travel ban The White House had indicated it was coming several times before what did you learn tonight David a lot of stops and starts on that so now You're already in agreeable mood. I like that John That's very that's very interesting how that works

33:58 I'm gonna have to try that myself when i'm being before congress. David a lot of stops and starts on that front and we are hearing that it could come next week but this report out today from the department of homeland security pushing back on a key component of that travel ban basically saying it may be difficult find and vet the so-called radical Islamic terrorists. But David, the White House is pushing back on this one tonight. Cecilia Vega leading us off tonight. Cecilia thank you and all of this amid the firestorm over contact with the Russians. Yeah wow! So they throw this extra thing in here that they've got them... They made a mistake in it which I thought was kind of interesting although it may not have been a mistake but I don't know what the mechanism is for doing this

34:42 Cecilia Vega, who's a hit man. She says they're finding it difficult to find and vet the terrorists. Yeah that's very... What does that mean? Hey are you a terrorist I want to vet you for a moment That is exactly what she said she says they're trying to get difficult to find and vet the terrorists Thus we can't do anything, I guess. I don't even know what the implication of that is but that's a confusing element that is introduced...I don't know if it was done on purpose? If it was, I'm not absolutely sure with the mechanism. I think it's just a botch but maybe not. It may actually means-it may have been done for a purpose. No one needs to keep an eye on it. I need to keep our eye on it

CHAPTER 10 / 47 Discussion

Brian Ross Report, GOP Platform Ukraine Change

ABC correspondent Brian Ross reported on the 2016 Republican National Convention, suggesting that a change in the party platform regarding Ukraine was a victory for the Kremlin. The report is criticized for framing standard political shifts as evidence of a coordinated Russian conspiracy.

brian ross· abc news· republican national convention· ukraine· kremlin

35:26 But that's what she said. All right, onward. Here's ABC's chief investigative correspondent, Brian Ross. Let me guess. Okay stop! Stop the presses. He brought in the guy Is he a top spy? Is he a top recruiter? No, Brian Ross was actually called out on that show on PBS On The Media which is a very liberal show no matter what anyone likes to believe and it's not a competitor with us

36:10 But he was called out on that show for being just lying through his teeth on and off for whatever purposes. He is the number one hit guy that they have, and he comes on and he's serious and he talks about these things and he has got the perfect voice very good broadcasting voice and authoritative. As a career Russian diplomat, Sergey Kislyak the ambassador to the United States is skilled at public speaking delivering what the FBI calls utter falsehoods. The government of Russian Federation is not

36:46 involved in any hacking of the type you are discussing. And now the ambassador claims, the meetings he had with key members of the Trump campaign before and after the election were nothing unusual not connected to the hacking We do not interfere into internal affairs of the United States. But they have, and now the contacts between the Kremlin and some of Trump's closest advisors are at the center of FBI and congressional investigations We need to know is anyone compromised? Are there risks in this country because someone has compromised? Especially because some of the Americans involved are accused of not telling the truth about their meetings with the ambassador

37:28 You know, it's really just about time for the new series of The Americans to be released. I mean time is perfect. Yes it is coming out Yeah they have to do it now though Now a couple things he mentioned in here which I thought was just beautiful He says, he makes it a matter of fact. Yes. The way he presents it that the hacking took place by the Russians and then uses the word they weren't... he claims they weren't involved and he said he uses this term which is almost worth playing that little end again just now they have But there's no evidence of any of this. So they're a risk to the country because someone is compromised? I think it was before that, we'll run it back a little bit... That's Adam Schiff. Now the contacts between the Kremlin and some of Trumps closest advisors are at the center of FBI and congressional investigations We need to know

38:17 Maybe it's for that. Anyways, it's in there somewhere but then he also brings up the FBI and congressional investigations Yes Okay what what what in congressional investigation are we talking about? It's the same ones from the majority Muslim countries where Where what s FBI investigation are we talking about the FBI doesn't comment on investigation? How's he knows an investigation at all is there an investigation. I don't know there is is that Well, he says there is a matter of fact He makes it a matter of fact that the Russians back to make sure the matter of fact that there's these investigations going on and I think he kind of clarifies These investigations in his next little segment means with the ambassador

38:59 One aspect of the investigation involves a tight focus on the week of the Republican convention in July of last year. July 18th, the party's official platform gives a big victory to Russia by downgrading US support for Ukraine. The champagne corks were going off when that happened Let's go over this little... In the Kremlin, no doubt. In the Kremlin. Champagne court. They downgrade nothing! It's the convention Trump hasn't won and wasn't expected to win How is this somehow a capitulation to Russia when the guy isn't even president yet? Yeah I heard a whole bunch of pontificating spokesholes talking about well you know Trump said he didn't had nothing to do with the platform but then he did and ugh I'm so tired of it all

CHAPTER 11 / 47 Discussion

Media Timelines, FBI Collusion Investigation

ABC News presented a timeline linking the Republican convention to WikiLeaks releases, questioning if the events were "coincidence or collusion." The reporting is characterized as dramatizing a lack of concrete evidence from ongoing FBI and congressional inquiries.

brian ross· fbi· carter page· collusion· coincidence

39:48 So then with this report is very, this is one of the most slanted things I've heard ever. Yes it's good there are well Disney they make fantasies come true! They're doing this one that's for sure okay yeah Part 5 I guess yes. When did all that happen? July 20th Ambassador Kislyak meets Senator Sessions and Trump advisor Carter Page at the convention something... Oh that's why they wanted him John he was there He's just collateral damage probably. I think you know that might be right, but they gave their whole scheme away when they put him on the hit list early on. I agree. I didn't know that it's just he's a collateral damage.

40:33 Yeah, he's collateral damage. But in this case they kind of... Why is okay that why is this guy on the news hours being interviewed? He's on all these shows because a lot of publicity I think they've made him into a straw man. He's not even a real personality Well what's better and I didn't clip anything but when he was on Pooper Show he was defending himself against all the you know, he has lawsuits running he's got all kinds of stuff in his own Of his own that are running And so, you know he's just mincemeat. It's just easy it's like... Well yeah well he's dumb! It's like orcas playing with little penguins, baby seals tossing him around that's a visual for ya huh? Yeah I don't know anyway

41:19 Is that the end of 5G? No, no. And Trump advisor Carter Page at the convention something page later tried to deny I had no meetings July 21st Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination for president Thank you very much and the very next day July 22nd WikiLeaks posts the first of the hacked Democratic Party emails well there's proof There's proof. They met at the convention, hey, hey comrade release the documents." Yeah there is a lot of people doing timelines. Yeah timelines are cool because you can create scenarios that don't exist and I wonder about some of it... You know no one has really...I haven't done this either carefully examine the timeline because it's possible that the time line is big. I happen to have a time line here actually

42:16 that we're publishing in the show notes. Well, let's finish your last clip. Let's finish the last clip. And Brian Ross with us here tonight. Brian we know both Congress and FBI are investigating that very timeline you just reported on where does it stand? Well right now the congressional investigations have barely begun but the FBI has been at for months now trying to determine David if all of this is coincidence or collusion. Yeah revealing very little if anything about what they found Yeah, there's very little if anything. There is no congressional investigation going on and that's what he said But you know meanwhile he dramatized it during his report This is the worst and you know You know where this comes from though what I've tracked back they are the initial hey wait a minute There's you know there's there's intelligence on phone calls and meetings being made comes from Louise Mensch

CHAPTER 12 / 47 Discussion

Surveillance Timeline, Mike Rogers Trump Tower Visit

A detailed timeline of 2016 surveillance reveals that NSA Director Mike Rogers visited Trump Tower in November without informing James Clapper, shortly after a second FISA request was approved. This sequence suggests Rogers may have alerted the Trump team to the fact that their communications were being monitored by the outgoing administration.

mike rogers· nsa· fisa· james clapper· donald trump

43:09 Who we've discussed as a possible, you know British intelligence asset and probably when she was working at Heath Street Which tells you something about those guys? Huh do you want it here's the timeline I have June June 2016 First FISA court request to spy on Donald Trump. In October, they... I was denied October 2nd request and that was approved around the same time as a second request. It wasn't for Trump it wasn't for Trump the second requests my understanding is was from Manafort and Roger Stone. Okay i don't have a copy obviously I understood it was for trump specifically no

43:55 At least that's my understanding. You could be right, but the way I was told the story it was from they couldn't get Trump on this on the thing so they decided to find somebody that's always talking to him and They got Manafort and stone for some reason because a man if we're doing a lot of business in Ukraine I don't know why they put stone on there But no who knows? Well at the same time apparently Ron in October As the second FISA request was going in, Ash Carter and James Clapper tell President Obama to get rid of NSA Director Mike Rogers. And this is just... Oh yeah I didn't know this! Yes Was this after that report came out?

44:36 where Rogers wouldn't sign off on it, he says I'm not that confident in it. October so yes all the intelligence agencies... Yes October it had to be after October yes because we got to get the date of that report so you can put it in the timeline okay I'll get that because if this is right after that timeline that's when did the report came out with all 17 agencies right? When there was only two agencies and rest of them just signed off on it cause they had nothing better to do but wait here comes! A week after the election Mike Rogers goes to Trump Tower without telling Clapper, which then results I guess in... It's either. Yeah let me see then we have the rule changes which Clapper signed off on December 15th now this is the you know you can share this intelligence broadly with any other agency you want right Michael Flynn spoke to the Russian ambassador on December 29 2016

45:37 And on December 29, 2016 is the very same day Obama announced sanctions to Russia. So did that come first or second? I don't know that but in January... No i'm sorry! In January's when Obama expanded the NSA sharing there you go That happened in January The new powers... That was the last thing he did. Yes, the new powers and reduced protections make it easier for intelligence on private citizens to be circulated improperly or to be leaked of course Then January 3rd Loretta Lynch signs off on the rule changes for phone taps There's our little twerp January 12th Woppa woppa woppa woppa reports on phone calls from anonymous Intel sources January 15th Pence is on Face the Nation which of course you know we know he screws that up

46:25 Then we have the inauguration on the 20th. January 23rd, FBI reports nothing unlawful in the content of the Flynn call 26 Sally Yates you remember she was the acting attorney general informs President Trump there might be a conflict between VP Pence's stated TV version and what the Intel community communicated to Yeats that Flynn actually did express To Russia then on January 27th The White House Counsel begins investigation And then we get The New York Times report So I think what happened here is Mike Rogers didn't want to participate in the spying. This is the guy that, I think we need needs to come to the forefront. No he'll never do that probably not probably but he's still has a job I think yeah I would presume if you tried to protect the president before it was President. But again... Mike Rogers may be the guy who said that the place is bugged

47:30 Yes, that would be that would be the guy who would know obviously yes although Honestly you're the guy that knew it first so that I why didn't you go to Trump Tower? It should have gone in there moved around by some of those expensive little bugs. You find one of those bugs They always recreate reclaim them Hey, that's ours. Yeah exactly I have a clip here from Guilfoyle on guilfoyle this news broke or Trump tweeted about Obama wiretapping him tapping my wires and i am again you know it seems like uh trump is off the rocker and unhinged I think everything he does is very calculated Unhinged is my favorite word yes

CHAPTER 13 / 47 Discussion

Kimberly Guilfoyle Report, Susan Rice Surveillance Role

Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle discussed reports that the Obama administration conducted wiretapping of Trump surrogates based on alleged Russian collusion. Speculation points to Susan Rice or Valerie Jarrett as the potential officials who secured the FISA warrants for political surveillance.

kimberly guilfoyle· susan rice· valerie jarrett· fisa· mark levin

48:14 But I'm pretty sure that whatever he's tweeting is thought about and it always comes back like, oh man it was kind of smart he did that. Well after watching him go through the entire primaries making what everyone said, Oh! He's done! Oh! He's done! And he's never done... There may be something to that theory Although he could be an idiot savant with Twitter Don't think so. I don't think so a Here's Guilfoyle who was doing the weekend shift when when this news broke So she kind of took over it was nice to see her in an inner role of you know Anchoring really anchoring not just that five stuff Here she is on the wiretapping Kathy Avery was that insider She's a liberal journalist who served as a senior advisor in the Bush administration and she joins me now, so Cathy What do you know? All right well my sources this morning My source from the White House told me she thinks it's all

49:12 All true. She said, there were concerns that Trump—and this is from the White House and the administration, so inside the White House—there were concerns that Trump and his surrogates may have been colluding with the Russians as a possible bargaining chip to influence the election. Therefore, wiretap was was conducted. Okay, so the idea is in fact that they went ahead and believed that this information was correct went to the FISA court then based on probable cause put the evidence forward to say we have this information and belief and therefore we want this granted it just seems highly suspicious because that seems to be being used for improper means in fact to say well we wanna see what they're doing during this election process

49:57 process, which is this tight race between at the time candidate Trump and Hillary Clinton. Right! And my source believes it after seven and a half years with the Obama administration had heard that there were concerns and she said that she is not sure who secured the warrant? That's her one question who secured the warrant but the White House and the administration they were concerned and they did discuss the wiretapping I wonder do you think that's the twerp you think that's Lynch Well, that's a... you know that guy who came on the Great Ones show? Mark Levin. MARK LEVIN!

50:34 He also appears to be ground zero of this whole thing somehow. Yeah, yes well his buddy is the reason I think because his pal that came on the show who's a somehow connected to them community yeah is the one in for I first heard about this from and I pointed out on the show a couple like two or three weeks ago before it was busted out And even though Levin was, I think he even testified about this but using this guy's information. The guy I believe mentioned who it was that made the request and I forgot. It was a guy though? I don't remember that either

51:19 It came from the president's office. I think I bet you ten bucks it was the real tour puts her name Valerie No, I bet it was valid on a Valery other one now You think it was Condoleezza? no, no Susan Yeah, kinda Lisa's sister Susan Rice yes that one yeah I think so, yeah. Yeah that's possible But it doesn't mean she wasn't directed by Valerie Valerie would be the one who'd come up with this Now do you...I have to say knowing that she is holed up in Obama's house You gotta think that there's definitely That way they can work on these schemes 24-7 They really are doing that! I think thats probably true I was skeptical to hear, ohhh they're gonna make a war room but then hearing that Valerie Jarrett is going live there mmmmmkay mmmkay

CHAPTER 14 / 47 Discussion

Robert Wasinger CNN Interview, Chinese Fundraising Comparison

Former Trump transition member Robert Wasinger argued on CNN that the focus should be on the illegal leaking of Michael Flynn's private conversations rather than the conversations themselves. He compared the current "amorphous" allegations to the concrete evidence of Chinese illegal fundraising during the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign.

robert wasinger· cnn· michael flynn· 1996 election· bill clinton

52:07 Two more positioning clips I just want to get out of the way regarding this. This is Robert Wasinger, former Trump transition team member not a great appearance on CNN Well, I mean i'll spell it out for you By the way... CNN will spell it out for you Let me just tell you what's going on douche I'll spell it out for you The allegation is that there were repeated contacts between high-level Trump AIDS, and Russia. And that this was before Mr Trump was in the White House which of course as we know there's only one president at a time so that would run afoul of rules and tradition that you don't start negotiating with Russia. Tradition? You don't start negotiating with Russia First of all I mean aren't thousands of companies negotiating with Russia isn't MasterCard Visa negotiating with Russia right now

53:00 Yeah, so did our Secretary of State when he was at Exxon. They were negotiating with Russia all the time! Maybe he's the next to go? I don't know if they're going to be able get him... Well, I'm just saying that the premise what they're talking about is who gives a crap?! Who gives a crap? I just don't understand. You don't start negotiating with Russia beforehand as well as because of Mr Trump's conciliatory tone perhaps the relationship was cozy What we have is the national intelligence community with illegal tapping letting out that information to The Washington Post in an effort to take out former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn

53:38 And I think if you take a step back at some of the other elections where allegations like this have been made, particularly in 96 with Clinton Gore and the Chinese fundraising. We had actual evidence of the Chinese trying to influence the election through financial contributions uh... the vice president was making fundraising calls out of his official office those are real illegal activities what we're talking about here again is just very amorphous imprecise allegations and again the only real fact that we have is that the national intelligence community illegally tapped

CHAPTER 15 / 47 Discussion

Noah Rothman Analysis, Obama Foreign Policy Legacy

Columnist Noah Rothman observed that the Obama administration left a "trail of breadcrumbs" for investigators by reducing the classification of sensitive information before leaving office. He characterized the leaks to the press as a political effort to rehabilitate the former administration's foreign policy establishment.

noah rothman· obama administration· leaks· foreign policy· media

54:15 Michael Flynn, a private citizen having conversations. Yeah which of course had been legalized by the sitting president at the time Well they also... Oh that was legalized was the sharing The tap itself because their argument it was a tap of the ambassador It just got caught up in it! Yeah Flynn called all of sudden We were listening on the Ruskies and then Flynn called Go figures crazy What are we supposed to do? One more Noah Rothman And he is, I think he's a columnist but i thought you had some interesting things to say. Well Wednesday night was particularly frenzied because we had three stories that came out with quick succession one after the other all of them having the quote-unquote former official for administration official the ubiquitous presence

55:01 And they're, just about all of them are alleging that this administration is doing something that we didn't do. That this particular aspect of how the administration functions is certainly not how we functioned I'm not entirely sure it's destabilizing so much as an effort to rehabilitate the Obama White House particularly the foreign policy establishment which left with a cloud hanging over it The context is the Obama Administration left a trail of breadcrumbs for investigators to discover related to this Russia scandal. If anybody wanted to look into this information, a lot of it was... the classification was reduced or some of it was you know they just allowed people to see information that they didn't want to see and what you're referring to is transcripts that were apparently taken of calls that were intercepted to Russian officials which is apparently standard but the fact that those were transcribed and related to reporters as far from it

55:50 uh... this is the kind of thing that we're talking about and it's being presented as noble and virtuous and it's valuable information don't get me wrong I'm not making a judgment there but at the same time, its not normal. This is very unique And thats what disturbing about this sort of thing What we know about the Flynn situation is that this information came from likely foreign administration or former administration officials and that it was very sensitive. And how did they get their hands on it, and why did they relate to the press? We can only know that its political in nature I mean It's presented as such that this administration is very deeply concerned The last administration is very deeply concerned about the allegiances of members of this current administration and thats fine but we're also not investigating the fact that this administ-the last administration was criticized very heavily by members of the press By people on Capitol Hill

56:39 by the Hillary Clinton campaign for not responding as forcefully as they should have to the Russian attacks, or the Russian hacks rather. So... Jesus I can't take this guy! I know. He's done. ...deserves a little more scrutiny than it has received. Nah he is done Yeah, the last of the first minute. The last administration about Obama I mean Clinton, I mean the tax, I mean there are retreats that they cheese. This guy should take a pill and so on. That's those are the guys out there defending Trump as well. Not really great. Great. He should reevaluate what he first alive. No one in Trump? I mean, I mean Obama. I mean Clinton. I mean Trump. I mean Obama. I mean, the attacks or the attraction of the taps or the you know, she's a lot of people have problems with

57:22 I've the first the previous administration this administration a lot of people have that. I've been noticing that it's a big issue now Ultimately John, I guess what we're seeing here is because there's really doesn't seem like there's any huge any huge foul anything illegal from where I stand who knows what's gonna be uncovered but if The media can now play this because that's what happening to the extent that we actually see an unseating of a president. That's a much bigger problem Well, it's a bigger problem for the country because what will happen now to just go back and forth Yeah, I'll never get a president. No, no, it'll be it'll be insane

CHAPTER 16 / 47 Discussion

Donald Trump Wiretapping Tweets, No Evidence Meme

President Trump accused Barack Obama of ordering a "Watergate style" wiretap on Trump Tower via Twitter. Media outlets like CBS emphasized that Trump offered "no evidence" for the claim, while the Obama camp issued a formal denial of any such surveillance.

donald trump· barack obama· twitter· watergate· mar-a-lago

57:59 But and that's what they're trying to do the media is they're just naive about this I do have two two clips of The story that broke on Saturday yesterday about the taps this ran on CBS weekend edition And it has the CBS slant on the whole thing, and I think it's worth listening to before we take a little interview And is this Trump tap one? Yeah, Trump Tap One. Before most Americans awoke Saturday President Trump was on Twitter posting explosive wiretapping accusations against President Obama Mr. Trump claims he recently learned Mr. Obama ordered what Trump describes as a Watergate style wiretap on Trump Tower in New York

58:41 He says it was just before the election. Mr Trump offered no evidence and an Obama spokesman issued a quick denial It comes amid growing controversy over the Trump administration's possible Russian ties The president is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach Errol Barnett is there President Trump is back on familiar ground here at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and he's back to one of his favorite activities, stirring up conversations with his tweets. After a week of speeches and addresses widely regarded as presidential Mr. Trump made an explosive allegation that the Obama administration listened in on him during the election from the winter White House

59:26 the winter white house. As though, you know he's not traveling with his mother-in-law to Europe on the 747. He's just going back and forth to Florida which you can take a train too if you wanted What I like the best is that far? I like the comparison photos of The Oval Office in the president's desk with Obama behind it And then with Trump behind it and the difference is just mountains of papers Just mountains of papers that Trump has everywhere You got a very unique filing system Oh, he's well that's probably yeah. Somewhat of an archivist in a way Yeah It sounds like it He's like me he's a piler you know You put stuff on the pile and you know exactly where it is in the in the hierarchy Anyone should go watch The Bank Dick with WC Fields And see how that really works Guy comes in the fields has got these piles of paper they're mile high

1:00:19 on the desk and the guy says, I need this thing from...I need a report from March of last year. And he says here it is! He looks at it and goes oh my god you're never going to find any. So Fields says ah yes and puts his hand on there like then he makes like then he puts his hand in a flat hand and flips it over as he goes down the pile and moves down a little bit digs in and pulls right out. Yeah that's how I file stuff too Piles it works a bit until somebody comes in and cleans up your mess man, and that's the worst don't mess with the piles

1:00:55 Yeah, I thought it just tidied up for you. Oh no All right, let's play this is the this is the uh, I thought he had a third one yeah You have a second one now you have a second? Yeah The second one This is this is just as a standalone clip This would be called the nut an old-fashioned journalistic term for that number One thing where everything is summarized in one little paragraph one like the nugget than not the this is it the news accue This is it.

1:01:43 and Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false." I'm really liking the no evidence meme Yeah, the no evidence meme is classic To which he offered no evidence He said this offering no evidence

CHAPTER 17 / 47 Discussion

Show Jingle, Podcast Art Appreciation

The program introduces a new jingle by Secret Agent Paul and discusses the importance of podcast cover art. A reference is made to the Netflix documentary "Abstract," which highlights the illustrative style of The New Yorker magazine covers.

secret agent paul· podcast art· netflix· abstract· the new yorker

1:02:24 Ann Coulter had a mean-spirited tweet. She says, yeah just like the New York Times and there's evidence of the Russians hacking the election No evidence Well whenever this kind of thing happens we're always very pleased to close out The A Block with a new jingle Thank You secret agent Paul I think this could go. This could be a new club hit, John. It might be a good interstitial. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you, John C stands for covert conversations in the oval.

1:03:16 In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry Also in the morning to all ships that see boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water All the dames and knights out there day in the morning everybody in the chat room no agenda stream calm They liked it they said today we're laughing about that one They always liked his songs Thanks for being there for helping out with the one-liners and all the info that you always do And thank you two comic strip blogger who made the artwork for episode 9 or 0, 8 Microbeads. The title of that one and it's very simple It was no agenda in kind of like a Academy Awards type logo if you recall the colors Yeah, yeah it was nice. It looks like the Academy Awards thing. He could go work for Hollywood Ah he should I can just hear him now That is not possible! I get no visa! I love the guy and thats just how he talks

1:04:07 Uh, so thank you again. Thank you, Commissioner Blogger NoahGenera-ArtGenerator.com and I was watching all that kind of fell asleep and was drifting in and out there's this uh it's a documentary called Abstract i think it's on Netflix or on Amazon And, you know there's a lot of... it's like the New Yorker magazine is highlighted in this and how the New Yorker magazine I don't think they ever really have words on their front cover. They're possibly famous for this they just have an illustration No they have plenty of words on the front cover Maybe i'm wrong about that but the illustration is a big deal

CHAPTER 18 / 47 Discussion

Donor Segment, Sir Ali Buchen of Aberdeen

Ali Buchen of Aberdeen, Scotland, is knighted following a significant donation. The segment includes a discussion of the "Grimerica" podcast and the "value for value" model inspired by the show.

aberdeen· scotland· grimerica· value for value· knighthood

1:04:43 And think about it, you know album covers magazine covers all...covers are important and it is such a bastard child of podcasting except on the best podcast in the universe. Of course! And for those who making art it makes a big difference and we really appreciate that's why I get credit up front then you get the credit on the homepage Exactly! And now we're going to thank some people who helped us out for episode niner zero-niner the palindrome donation segment. Yes, and let's start with Ali Buchan I think it's Buchan or Buchan yes in Aberdeen Aberdeen City Great Britain 403 and We have a note from said Ali

1:05:30 If I click on the right button. Okay, uh with a donation to take me to knighthood status with your good selves Wait a minute counting is attached as a screenshot and a wee bit extra added on To account for PayPal's take please accept an additional 403 to tip the balance And when I saw other boy he's turning how old when did you have a date 47 or 27 soon? He's also gonna be in night cuz he's not on my night list

1:06:13 No, well he... yes. It's because it wasn't in the spreadsheet and that's on his note. Alright yeah you should be on the night list okay as for other bits and bobs for karma for all donators to this show and the title shout of Sir Buchan of Aberdeen City sir Buchan of Aberdeen city that's his title would be most appreciated pronounced buckin Buchen, okay. Put it at the beginning! Alright... Okay, buchen b-u-k-k-a-n It's Scottish so it's a bit of throaty Dutch German... Buchen! Buchen! Buchen? Oh that sounds Scottish! Buchen! Buchen?! Not Booshen as my English cousins tend to say.

1:07:01 I got it. No, you're saying Bakken? No, I'm saying Buken. B-U-K-E-N. Sir Buken to you! Okay good. It's gonna be fun. I'd like to ask a favor John and Adam would you consider being guests on a fantastic podcast called Grimerica Yeah, we've been asked a lot. I've heard that yes we've already decided to do this eventually not together. I heard Adam mention out on the show good while ago and now they have been a listener ever since and had been value for value model which was inspired by Noah Jenna and I have a very guest list that everyone can find in episode or few that hit this mark for them. Also I heard a rumor that they have a new venture in the making again inspired by the work you guys are doing were very inspirational still waiting for further details on it at present

1:07:52 I do know, it's a bit of an ask but if you could seriously consider it okay. We already did and we will thank you for the effort that you both put on the show It's a poor world without it no mistake love and light Ali rip-rip-rip loving like so just to Delhi once apparently is just some karma You've got Buchen, Buchen. Sir Eric Halbritter in South Ogden Utah much easier to pronounce 333 33 ITM gentlemen it's been a while since I donated my apologies thank you for continued work delivering the best podcast in the universe karma for all! All right thank you short and sweet You've got karma. Curiously Jason Lane 330-333 in Golden Colorado

CHAPTER 19 / 47 Discussion

De-douching Ritual, Sir Michael of Fountain

Listener Michael from Fountain, Colorado, receives a "de-douching" and requests specific jingles, including "Jobs Karma" and "Fear is Freedom." The hosts discuss the "alternative universe" of Trump voters.

colorado· de-douching· jingle· jobs karma· fear is freedom

1:08:48 Forgive me, Podfathers for I have sinned. It has been one year since my last donation can a brother get a de-douching? Yeah right away You've been de-douched Now i want to call out Dirtus Curtis as a douchebag Douchebag! I also want to say to my boy Wolf thanks for listening and keep it up Good to be here Brolf Brols As for you guys, keep up the hard work and thanks for twice a week dose of sanity. Can I get a resist we much karma shot? Of course. But resist we much! We must and will much about that be committed. You've got karma. Oh Al... Never good enough of Al So now we have the enigmatic

1:09:42 David Killian no David Killian who comes in every so often with 333 from Clinton, Illinois And he it comes in as one of those bank checks From the bank and the pile of bank checks yes, and yeah He never sends me any email. It just sends the money I think it away Did you get that email from the producer who says his checks aren't being cashed to seven dollar checks? Yeah Well, yeah. In fact I got it as a written note with the check which went into the bank. Maybe it's a different one? No no! It's the same one but he wrote this... Yeah because he says on here... We'll read it later. I've got a bunch of stuff to read on the show later so we'll do that then. Fabulous But now it's going in and maybe there are two lost checks ever

1:10:37 And one of them... You know what happened is Mimi came in and tidied up your piles, and then the check was lost forever. She comes to charge for ever she does a great job on the checks She used to work at a bank. She's a check chick! Whenever she worked at a bank when she was younger and her whole job was to do you know to do accounts That's interesting. For eight hours. Do you know that Tina The Keeper also worked at a bank? Oh, there you go. She was marketing and marketed credit cards to young children no doubt! Well she was actually in credit card enforcement for a while too which is funny because of some great stories. Anyway Lee Oliveras

1:11:18 Lee Oliver is 303 33 1 3rd of 909 I could have put that in there Aka the 909 BFE or the island empire here in SoCal spinning a lot of jargon in here Spanning from Claremont to the Nevada border This purpose of the donation is to memorialize physical science and art, an astronomy teacher Rudy Rodriguez who unexpectedly passed away recently while retiring with an impressive perfect attendance record spanning three decades. So wait a minute... so this poor guy Rudy has it perfect attendance for 30 years going into teach I guess? And then he retires and dies

1:12:04 Don't retire people. I'm not going to retire. Well, you can afford it so long and thanks for turning our eyes to the sky loving and light. Yeah, you really love my personal issues on the show Love and Light Speed. Karma for everybody. Microaggression Exactly. You've got karma. It's microaggressing against me, man I'm microagressing Let's see what we got here Okay muggler Sir Michael in Fountain Colorado 283 and i have a note he sent it in with the check Please de-douche me as this is an overdue donation Yeah here we go De-douche You've been de-douched

1:12:57 To show support for the alternate universe, I send in $283 don't eat me donation. Speaking of which do you think the citizens in the alternative universe that voted for Trump now have to wear disposable armbands? Jingle request! Jingle request! Job karma! Fear is freedom and he wants it at the end of this show The fear is freedom or we can do it right here Well, he says here's what he wrote. Jingle requests jobs karma and fears freedom at the end of this show Okay I'll do it at the end of this show no problem. Nice guy yeah Adam can do that Thanks again for all these years of deconstruction Michael call me sir

CHAPTER 20 / 47 Discussion

Milton Cuevas, Corporate Influence on EPA

Donor Milton Cuevas, a 13-year veteran of the chemical industry, describes how major corporations like Honeywell and DuPont influence government agencies like the EPA to create barriers to entry. He suggests that reporters should wear sponsor logos similar to NASCAR drivers to show their corporate affiliations.

honeywell· dupont· epa· chemical industry· oligarchs

1:13:44 Mugler pronounced mugler muggles out in Colorado jobs car jobs Jobs and jobs And I've got it lined up for the March of the pigs That's how it's called. Yeah, that's much of the big march of the pigs Milton Cuevas in Noblesville Indiana $250 Please accept my second donation to the NOAJend show. I've been a regular listener for two months, two plus months this... Okay now there's a guy just got on board recently and he's already given two good donations The show has become and there's plenty of people have been listening for eight years

1:14:28 And have never coughed up anything. They don't care, they're just listening to go off the air and you stop doing the show because it's gonna be fine no sport It'll be fine to be fine so yeah, they're gone yeah, okay with a minute The show has become my salvation as I try to stay connected to the news of the world I love the addition of corporate affiliations for all news reporters That was a bit you if he wanted to do I believe all reporters should wear racing jumpsuits with display. This is a great idea! Well, they've said this for politicians too. You should do that. Yeah it's like NASCAR yeah you have to wear the little logos on your jacket

1:15:07 I believe, and when you talk you have to say well we had a good day in Congress today. I know the Ford Motor Company appreciated the fact that everything was running right and of course mobile oil is one of the really great companies even though they had nothing to do with this legislation. I think what they should do is in Congress on Capitol Hill there, they should have a wall like at Hollywood events And the wall sponsor wall. Yeah, you got the sponsor wall behind you and you can just either make a digital so it changes with the sponsors for the appropriate politician. Yeah yeah why hide it people? If you can't cover it up turn it up

1:15:46 Love the addition of corporate affiliations for all news reporters. I believe all reporters should wear racing jumpsuits which display all the ownership and advertising affiliations of the network they're working for." I spent 13 years in the chemical industry where I witnessed firsthand how companies such as Honeywell and DuPont control industries by working directly with government agencies, in my case, the EPA. Aha! Insider. We have oligarchs in every major industry which work with the government directly which were the government creating barriers to entry, I'm sorry. Dictating products and attempting to steer public relations in opinion. This structure undermines business development and more importantly it hampers product evolution and creation thus having the public with fewer and less satisfying product choices also this creates a hidden tax on the American citizen and consumer." Yes you are correct sir

1:16:40 Yes, he is correct and I thought that was an important note to read. Please provide me with the following jingles. Thanks. Did we deduce him already? No, no, yeah. Deducing thanks Obama. Thanks Obama. Jobs karma and please create a new jingle government is not the solution to our problems it is the problem that's what well that's thrown into the ether for any of you secret agent Paul maybe he'll get on that okay here we go You've been deduced You've got karma. Sorry? Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma A rare double-karma with a job squeezed in the middle There you go Wow People should hope they got a recording of that

CHAPTER 21 / 47 Discussion

Baron of Murfreesboro, Progressive Cruise Anecdote

A donor from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is elevated to Baron status. Another listener, Sir Ellen Bowes, recounts a week spent on a boat filled with "Hillary bots" and progressive musicians, describing it as a "Social Justice Warrior Convention" where dissent was met with ridicule.

murfreesboro· yoko ono· hillary bots· steve earle· social justice warrior

1:17:35 It's a blooper really. So John Knowles in Murfreesboro, Tennessee part of the clique down there in Murphysboro area to 2072 just said we don't have to read on the air but he's this donation brings him to Baron level nice and she likes some house buying karma and Yoko Ono with two shots today had He says it always cracks him up. Okay, Baron of Murfreesboro We're very happy to do that Happy to shoot Yoko off of the donation segment when she gets started which is just about now You've got karma Bada-bing bada-bing bada-bing bada-bing-a-bing Sir Billoftherock200 Jan since has been a while since my last AEP

1:18:33 I have a big week ahead. What's ATP? I don't know Oh associate executive producer hello Hello, I have a big week ahead getting married Saturday woo and honeymooning in Paris and London you live it up This guy. Geez, this guy the Sir Bill of the Rock. Yeah, rock and bill of the rock diamond rock out looking for Carmen good wishes from no agenda community thanks sir Bill of the Rock got it man you've got karma congratulations on the pending nuptials yeah that's for sure uh and last but not least uh Sir Ellen Bowes Baron of BC

1:19:15 And if I can find my cursor, which seems to have disappeared completely. It's on the other pile! I would like to thank you and Adam for preparing this Canadian for traveling to the alternative universe... Oh there is a good... I read this This is a little long but not that long That's worth it I would like to thank you and Adam for preparing this Canadian for traveling to the alternate universe. I spent a week on a boat that was filled with probably 70% Hillary bots, and no way to escape! The musicians in that universe were people like Steve Earle, Chuck Cannon, and other American-style artists. Many of them thought it was a good time to educate the non-progressives

1:19:58 and those of us from outside the USA. prepared me for that. I heard 60s protest songs reused against Trump, the theoretical pro-war president as opposed to the peace loving Obama who was the only president ever to be at war every day of his terms which is true. I learned that even though the progressives say we are all supposed to be equal all white people were racists

1:20:39 and that they have no choice about it. Excuse me, it's racist! Racist. I learned that all men are inferior to any woman. I learned that immigrants and refugees should be allowed into the U.S with no questions asked... And asking questions was racist! Racist? I learned that all immigration has been stopped and nobody will be allowed in the US in the foreseeable future. I learned that globalization was good, but somehow corporations were bad. I learned that memory should not be required- Money? Money! I'm sorry oh yes... I learned that money should not be required, that communism is great but please buy my new CD

1:21:22 I learned that the people that voted for a black president for two terms have now somehow become racist. Racist, racist! I have heard what...I've heard was...oh sorry all i heard was media talking points with no actual knowledge or information to back them up To be in a theater with more than 1,000 people clapping and shouting approval at any disparaging remark about non-progressives was discouraging. It was like the Social Justice Warrior Convention I'm not happy that...I am not happy in that universe where all I saw is misunderstanding distrust and true hate

1:22:02 How could the people that were divided and propagandized politicians in the media for the sole purpose of electioneering not wake up to the fact, and just learn to accept that we are not all the same? And then most people are fair and respectful. I think the only salvation for that universe would be for them to listen to No Agenda instead of the musicians, politicians in the media- And actors! And actors... ugh. I must have distributed hundreds of my No Agenda cards hopefully some to the shell-shocked non progressives in that crowd who had no choice but to sit in silence for fear of retribution and ridicule. He's lucky they didn't make him walk the plank

CHAPTER 22 / 47 Discussion

Canadian Motion M103, Islamophobia Legislation

The Canadian House of Commons introduced Motion M103, brought forward by MP Iqra Khalid, which aims to condemn Islamophobia and systemic racism. Critics argue the motion could be used as a blasphemy law to curtail free speech in Canada.

canada· m103· iqra khalid· islamophobia· free speech

1:22:43 They are kind of like get out the alternative universe free, get out of the alternative universe free cards. Thanks again for keeping me through this insanity and I'm now safely back in Canada although we seem to be getting infected with this nonsense here as well and that's true which is... Yes indeed Again no agenda works in Canada too Well, you know just on that for one moment in Candanavia. That was a good note! Yeah it's great note there is this bill which has been bumping around back in the news which those parts of it were secret M103 and this is a motion in the House of Commons introduced by Iraq Khalid Muslim member of the house

1:23:33 And here is the text of the motion for Canadian law. That, in the opinion of the House, the government should recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear, condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination, take note of House of Commons Petition E411 and the issues raised by it, request that the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage undertake a study on how the government could develop a whole-of-government approach to reducing or eliminating systemic racism and religious discrimination, including Islamophobia in Canada while ensuring a community-centered focus with the holistic response through evidence based policy making. And two collect data to contextualize hate crime reports and to conduct needs assessments for impacted communities and that the committee should present its findings and recommendations to the house no later than 240 calendars blah blah." So this is... The way I read it

1:24:36 going to be used to outlaw free speech in Candidavia because you will not be allowed to say anything hateful about Islam or Of course, and the blast is a blasphemy. It's a blasphemy Law is what it amounts to? Is that do we have those in the United States of Gitmo I believe there was a couple of states that may have implemented but it's not about Islam they go back to Christian blasphemy laws. Well, we'll talk about that in a moment But we don't have any no we have I don't not I don't believe they do it England I think and much of Europe Did you want anything to wind up here? No, I think I'm good. I think that's our last guy You've got karma safely Langley Okay, okay. I have two PR mentions one is a Michigan meetup scheduled on

CHAPTER 23 / 47 Discussion

Michigan Meetup, FactCheckFalse.com Launch

A listener meetup is scheduled for March 12, 2017, in Michigan at Smokehouse 52. Additionally, a new domain, FactCheckFalse.com, has been set up to forward directly to the podcast's website.

michigan· detroit· fact check· steve bostador· domain

1:25:33 for March 12th, 2017 1.30pm 13.30pm for military personnel at Smokehouse 52 John you may want to... I'll email this to you This is from Sir Mark the small wandering knight Maybe you can send out something on the mailing list to the Detroit people, Michigan people? Well, Michigan has a local number one. They have a pretty big list that they use internally I don't need to do any more for them, I don't think... I have no website or anything? I'll correspond with them and find what they want. Okay good sir Mark The Small Wandering Knight And second and finally Steve Bostador set up a new domain name for us which i like very much FactCheckFalse.com

1:26:20 Yeah, factcheckedfalse.com now forwards to the NOA Agenda Show! And we have our... Factcheckedfalse.com See? Works perfectly. Outstanding and of course I want to thank everybody who came in as an executive producer or associate executive producer for the program today That is highly appreciated. Lots of people contribute to our value for value model, you're doing it this way and man does that make a difference? Thank you so much! Remember another show coming up on Thursday... Do you recall

CHAPTER 24 / 47 Discussion

Goldwater Rule, Trump Mental Health Petition

Psychiatrists are reportedly breaking the "Goldwater Rule," which prohibits diagnosing public figures without an examination, by signing a petition declaring Donald Trump mentally ill. Dr. John Gardner argues that mental health professionals have a "duty to warn" the public, citing the 25th Amendment as a mechanism for removal.

goldwater rule· barry goldwater· donald trump· psychiatry· 25th amendment

1:27:21 Man, this must have been half a year ago when everybody was talking about Trump being mentally insane. And I brought up the Goldwater rule remember this? Yeah okay yes this is the rule where you're not sure if you're a professional psychiatrist I don't think it's a gentleman's agreement. I hate to use that word because now that's going to be banned, is that true? Yes no if has to be an agreement between people you can say there's agreement between people...I have that whole list of crap for you to listen too so we're dueling lists. Well let me give a little background on the

1:28:04 the Goldwater rule, which has been broken according to Larry O'Donnell. 1,189 psychiatrists co-signed an article saying that Barry Goldwater was psychologically unfit to be president. And after that the American Psychiatric Association decided to institute a rule calling it unethical to offer professional opinions about someone without the professional examination of that person That rule has been broken this year by a number of psychologists and psychiatrists who have decided that the more important rule to observe

1:28:53 In the case of President Trump, is the duty to warn. Mental health professionals have a duty to warn others when they see a danger presented to other people They have a duty to violate patient confidentiality in cases like that There are now more than 26,000 signatures on an online petition entitled Mental Health Professionals Declare Trump is Mentally Ill and Must Be Removed. The petition cites the 25th Amendment as the proper procedure for removing a mentally ill president Okay, so it was a gentleman's agreement. Although we can't use that anymore. And by the way these same guys when they get a patient in who seems like he might be a serial killer go immediately to the police because you need to warn them? That is well now I have now I have a clip from John Gardner PhD

1:29:50 And he is defending this stance. This guy himself needs to be checked out, I think. If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster... ...we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump. I mean this is from a psychologist so you have to take note Psychologist or psychiatrist? Psychiatrist, I'm sorry You have to take note! This is a Frankenstein monster the most dangerous man you can imagine as president. You have my attention. He's a paranoid, psychopathic narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies and this is someone as you mentioned who is handling the nuclear codes. This Goldwater rule is frankly absurd from three different vantage points First the debacle that took place during Goldwater's era was in the Freudian time before we had the diagnostic and statistical manual

1:30:47 advance of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is that you can declare anybody sick in the head for anything, thank you. Especially children. It gave us clear behavioral diagnostic criteria for every disorder so as these psychiatrists were saying he had potty training issues and blatant homosexuality issues there were unproved concepts Wait was- I presume they were saying that about Goldwater? Did you ever hear that? Yeah, I don't remember that at all he had potty training issues And I was a Democrat at the time and I would have remembered that is great area for every disorder So as these psychiatrists were saying he had potty training issues and latent homosexuality issues there were unproved concepts We now know if we can observe someone's behavior and their words. We know that we can diagnose them And actually this whole idea of the psychiatric interview is the gold standard

1:31:37 standard for making an assessment, it's just frankly not true. No! Just go to a speech! What's that? Go to a speech and then oh where is my diagnosis?! Why does anyone even go into one of these offices they get psychoanalyzed? Just have the guy you know read something he wrote or note to your mom or give a speech or don't give a talker put something on it on a tape recording Exactly. Oh, that we can diagnose them? Yes! And actually this whole idea that the psychiatric interview is the gold standard for making an assessment is just frankly not true. Empirical research shows that a psychiatric interview is one of the least reliable ways of forming a diagnosis. People out there stop going to see The Shrinks! What?!

1:32:21 Stop saying you're shrink, stop immediately. Take a copy of this recording to your psychologist, psychiatrist whatever you do if you go to one and bring it in and say look listen to this I'm outta here Yeah i can't do this I might incriminate myself and you'll turn me off and turn me in But according to these guys doesn't work anyways bull crap The psychiatric interview is one the least reliable ways of forming a diagnosis that behavior and informants, and obviously we have thousands of hours of behavior. And informants are much more accurate. And finally as far as ethics go... Wait a minute! I would argue to my colleague... What? He said informants?! In other words you say can you bring your wife in now I'm gonna talk to her instead? Let's listen again. Behavior and informants are much more accurate. Oh informants are accurate

1:33:15 This is some stooge coming. Hey, hey! Hey do you know this guy? He's crazy he's crazy. You know him? Tell me about him so I can give a psychological analysis of him by you telling because it's much more reliable than just ramble on and on The guy is unhinged man. He's unhinged. He's off the hook. He's crazy. Informants are much more accurate and finally as far as ethics go I would argue to my colleagues that those who don't speak out are being unethical. That if we have some knowledge and understanding about the unique danger that Donald Trump presents through our psychiatric training, and we don't say something about it? History is not going to judge us kindly." And there's what 26 thousand psychiatrists who were signed on this petition

1:33:59 And you know what that means. You know what the next thing is, the majority 98% 97 percent of all a psychiatrist say Donald Trump is insane nuts. Yes exactly I would die do have we got it Do we have a copy of it to read? What does it say of what of that document that 90 20 thousand people signed and No, well it's online somewhere. I haven't looked at it yet. Okay next show we got to discuss because I'm sure is pretty funny Yeah someone will start looking in that. We'll send it to us in a minute Hold on that's a good one. That's a good clip guys that guy is nuts yes Well, we have another guy who's interesting

CHAPTER 25 / 47 Discussion

Patrick Stewart Citizenship, Virtue Signaling

Actor Patrick Stewart announced his intention to apply for U.S. citizenship to "fight" the Trump administration. This action is identified by a listener as "virtue signaling," a term describing actions taken to demonstrate one's moral character to others without necessarily solving a problem.

patrick stewart· brexit· virtue signaling· moral self-licensing· aaron kramer

1:34:49 Of course the people who really count when it comes to politics in the United States are actors. Will even... By the way, on that last clip you played did somebody come in with a white coat on and big butterfly net at the end? That's exactly what you envision isn't it? Yeah I do actually! Patrick Stewart, of course is a Brit. Oh this is great! Yeah I wish...I don't have a clip of this but this is fantastic. Patrick Stewart Jean-Luc Picard you know when it comes to how the alternate universes work I'm sure that there are a lot of people who subconsciously probably think oh I'm so happy Jean Luc Picard's coming to save us

1:35:30 Jean-Luc Picard, engage make it so number one. My wife and I Sonny had we had gone to Washington to see good friends of ours three different friends who are kind of Washington insiders because we wanted to ask them what do we do? What do we do? So, we had three separate dinners with our friends. And the first night that we were in Washington I have...I had the worst night's sleep for years and years and years. It was only in the morning when I got up and drew the curtain. And I realized what it might be so..it was a fairly innocent tweet! I did not directly insult your president

1:36:15 I don't know why the clapping. I didn't insult your president directly oh good well done you insulted him without doing it directly Would you like would you like them we're gonna You know, we've got our own problems. Yeah he actually said no we have our own problems. I heard because... Would you like them? We'll give them to ya! You know, we have our own problems. We have Brexit but i'm not a citizen however there is maybe it's the only good thing as a result of this election I am now applying for citizenship

1:37:06 Because I want to be an American too, because all of my friends in Washington said there is one thing you can do. Fight! Fight! Oppose! Oppose! But i can't do it because i'm not a citizen. Well knowing a little bit about the immigration system uh... You're gonna fail the interview Jean-Luc if you say why do you wanna become an american? To fight Yeah, I guess who against you with the president no we don't think so. Thank you now I have a new term for this yeah What an idiot? I have a new term for this coming to one of our coming to us from one of our producers Aaron Kramer Yeah, says Adam John. I'm a mental health professional master's degree in clinical psychology. I love our producers

1:37:56 We have outrageous producers. She says, so I have standing in this area. I love it when you do that. Yes you have standing. I just wanted to add a term to your moral self licensing vocabulary. It's related but distinct the term is virtue signaling Yes, I've heard of this term. This term gets props up every once in a while Well it's a good one It is very good term This is an action taken to show others that you are virtuous person A la Jean-Luc Picard Exactly That was exactly what he was doing virtue signaling To his audience of whatever they are And I think this better than moral self licensing

1:38:35 personally, as Aaron goes on to say it usually applies to an action that doesn't help the problem or cause for which it is signaling. For example changing a Twitter icon so a Twitter icon change would be more virtue signalling than moral self-licensing but the two are intertwined. Yes, I agree. Virtue signaling is done with the object of changing the way others see you for the better by contrast moral self licensing doesn't refer to the way an action looks to others but rather the way the action makes you feel about yourself yes dynamite thanks for all you do because you may have no moral self-licensing by changing your icon because all you're really interested in doing is saying look I'm also with you

CHAPTER 26 / 47 Discussion

Hillary Rosen, History of MP3 Technology

Hillary Rosen, former head of the RIAA, is credited with inadvertently popularizing MP3 technology through aggressive lawsuits against college students and manufacturers like Rio. The segment traces the evolution of digital music from early compression to the rise of Napster and Winamp.

hillary rosen· riaa· mp3· napster· winamp

1:39:20 I'm sorry. You said yeah, look look I'm here. I put a green icon Thanks for all you do I much calmer since my husband hit me in the mouth says Aaron Kramer Well he hit you good didn't he? Very good very good one other resist a client show those two guys suck their violence One more clip here from the resist category Hillary Rosen. Now she's now a commentator, wasn't she a political operative for the Clintons? No, Hillary Rosen started off as the chief hatchet man for the RIAA. Ah yes that what she was! She is the one who popularized by her stupidity, she is the one who popularized MP3s. Yes, yes...she's the one

1:40:07 She's the one. How did she popularize MP3s? I haven't written about this recently, but used to write about it all the time because it was like my favorite rehashed topic Go for it When the first mp3 player came out which wasn't the Apple iPod It was the Rio Yeah, probably was the Rio. But there's a few of them that came out to Rio is one of them definitely they were just you know items they weren't selling like I river the eye River. I still have an eye. Oh, I think there's something before I river. I really do but anyways beside the point these guys came out with an mp3 player and i think it was One of the soundboard companies And it wasn't I river? I think that came later

1:40:49 they, and actually even before that MP3s were being freely traded amongst college kids. And this is in I think in like 92 93 a little later than that. Hmm. I think the early days before the MP3 players came out, these things were being traded and I would say 93 for sure because I was involved with one of the groups and it was a long time ago. It was way before anyone knew what an MP three was And it was an underground thing, it was a way of compressing files so the kids could trade these songs because you couldn't trade the WAV files or the direct files from DVD's. So they developed this... It was stolen technology and so nothing happened to them. Somebody started suing the kids

1:41:36 These are all college kids. And so then it just got a little attention and they got the attention of a couple these manufacturers, and one of them, the sound card company built the MP3 player and they got sued immediately by the RIAA. Oh yes! Yes I remember now... And then the lawsuit brought attention to the entire mp3 underground that nobody knew about This probably started with Winamp I believe when AMP came before the mp3 player it did but When amp was one of the early yes One of the first players you could buy and once you had that then you were understood You could play these things and then you find out where to get them. So there's no reason why don't it was 96 then? 96, I'm winning came out in 96 they say 97 but I think it was 96. I'm looking at the Wikipedia

1:42:24 for Winamp. Okay, could be I'm off three years but i know it was early though in the scene and maybe there's more compressed than i thought it was because it happened really fast cause all of a sudden there was mp3s...I have to go look at my old columns and get some dates yeah there were MP3s then there was popularity of MP3s subtly in the underground and then all of a sudden MP3s are mentioned everywhere people started looking into it they saw well MP3 these are great! Boom, NAMSTER And then Napster and then it was all over. It was all because of these early lawsuits! Yeah Otherwise, it would have died on the vine I remember they were suing kids in dorm rooms for $10,000 a pop Yes Crazy yeah, I do remember that And he got a lot of attention And that was Hillary Rosen Yeah Good work Hilt

CHAPTER 27 / 47 Discussion

Don Lemon CNN Segment, Walmart Racism Video

CNN's Don Lemon and commentator Hillary Rosen discussed a viral video of an elderly man making racist remarks in a Walmart. Rosen attributed the "coarsening" of public discourse directly to President Trump, labeling him the "divider-in-chief."

don lemon· cnn· hillary rosen· racism· walmart

1:43:10 Good work. Then she went to some political action committees or something, I don't know what happened we can look her up. Here she is with the you look her up and i'll play her here with the overnight legend known as Don Lemon on CNN. Look at that who do you think pays for hospital bills? I'm sorry this is a so this is piece of video that she's going to respond to of a white old guy in Walmart saying, hey you know look at this loser over here. You know she comes here illegally I pay for her health care i gotta work the guys not happy and racist. She is a foreigner if come over here she gets sick and fat no beast and she can't do anything she can't work but I have to pay for bills. You see what I mean? Am I fat and obese? I go to work every day

1:44:02 I pay taxes. Okay, me too! I pay my own taxes too. All these foreigners are living off of us good working wives. Yeah this is Archie Bunker to the max right here. Yeah you can find these guys so what? It's alright... Now but the interesting thing is he doesn't say anything about Trump but that's what the conversation gonna be about. I know your leaving and now your here to stay ya'll should go to your own countries and fix up your own country and try to get your own country to be a better place. Okay, okay sir I don't want to hear that anymore that's it? Okay and she is going to help you okay? So Hillary CNN has reached out to the person we think is the man in the video and have not heard back yet what's your reaction? Honestly my reaction is...you know

1:44:49 Finally, this guy has a president who understands him. You know that there's a coarsening today that we have seen time and time again across this country where more people are feeling engaged and privileged enough to speak out in that way. And I find it nauseating. I think the constant incidents, whether it's anti-Semitism or racism or you know with the high school principal this week who had to apologize for his basketball team screaming Trump! Trump! Trump at an opposing school filled with African American kids on their team. It just

1:45:33 It's enough. We have a divider-in-chief as president here. In fairness, the man never in the part of the video that we saw... Never said the President's name. No he never said his name. I understand that. of That's what CNN is all day long. Yes, it's getting really painful to listen to and the thing here some little background now she came in a 98 need to become the CEO of the RIAA yeah the MPEG-1 audio layer 3 was mp3 I was developed way before that which 1993 and then it became popular 95

CHAPTER 28 / 47 Discussion

John Dvorak MP3 Claims, Skype Origins

John Dvorak claims to have written the first public article on MP3 technology. The discussion also covers the transition of the file-sharing service Kazaa into Skype and the failure of the video platform Joost.

john dvorak· mp3· kazaa· skype· kleiner perkins

1:46:39 Even before the player and then the player came out it was it was actually remained fairly underground Yeah Except for the one, uh...the little physical player until she showed up in 98. And started making a big deal of it. The Streisand effect basically Then it came yeah then it was right and then it became a very compressed lawsuit lawsuit lawsuit bust these kids bang-bang-bang Napster and then that was the end Yeah oh yeah wasn't there? And what Napster would have never been popular if people didn't know what mp3's were in the first place

1:47:16 I will take credit for writing the first public article on the MP3 technology. A friend of mine was a DJ who had me... Well, this is important did you say that this was the future? Yeah! Then that should be touted No! I'm going to touted it The man who first identified mp3's as the future John mp3 Dvorak I when I saw it as just a you know new way to move music around and share of course and Not that. I was doing it, but I just saw what's going on especially with the kids No You or you didn't have any lime wire open at anytime? I'd actually never had a lime wire opened at any time ever or cuz ah or anything

1:48:02 Cuz I get on those things and they started that's what happened to the old grandma somehow the kid next thing you know she boots her computer, and she's running song's all over the place Here some trivia for you. What became of Kazaa? I have no idea cuz I became Skype oh Remember those guys had Kazaa and that's right. It's the same guys they were in Amsterdam I hung out there also the guy should then they did other thing jume or jume Juice juice juice juice oh yeah, do you I remember sitting in meetings with Kleiner Perkins when they invested in pod show?

1:48:46 And, um... Yeah it was difficult because we were changing media but not the advertising. And uh it was Trey what's her name? I can't remember her last name. One of the part- you know limited partners there Well You guys should be more like Juiced Like no I don't think so Yes! Juiced is the future No I don't think so I could see them believing that They told oh they were all in on juiced Juiced That thing was a dead on arrival The way I saw it Uh Oh That's right, we got a big Jew problem in America. And the problem is they're hated here and of course it can only be one man responsible for the hate and that could be only Donald Trump He hates him. Antisemite Banyans and antisemite everything is bad bad news I have little segment here

CHAPTER 29 / 47 Discussion

Joel Pollack on The View, Breitbart Anti-Semitism Defense

Breitbart editor Joel Pollack appeared on "The View" to defend the website against allegations of white supremacy and anti-Semitism. Pollack, an Orthodox Jew, argued that the media has ignored rising anti-Semitism on college campuses while unfairly targeting Steve Bannon.

joel pollack· the view· breitbart· steve bannon· anti-semitism

1:49:46 Sorry good cuz when you're done. I got two clips okay well Let's start where I left off with the view and the view brings on Joel Pollack yeah from the Is he from The Anti-Defamation? No no, he's a Jew He's a Jew who worked for Trump right far as new scene. He's a Jew who worked for Breitbart there You go editor at large that was the title we have then you bit with Breitbart Breitbart, the website has been described as a platform for the alt-right or some people say white supremacists. How would you describe it? Breitbart News is a conservative website and we have a very diverse group of editors and writers I'm the orthodox Jewish former editor in chief senior editor at large so not exactly an accurate description...we call that fake news, a fake news description but what's a fake news description? What did i said? That its white supremacist

1:50:38 No, no. But many of the articles... That's not fake news! It is absolutely. How do you explain this headline? Bill Kristol Republican Spoiler Renegade Jew You're Jewish! Why? Right it was written by David Horowitz who is one of the most prominent Jewish conservatives and he was criticizing Bill Kristol for not being Jewish enough so it was the opposite of what people described and we have more than a dozen Jewish people working at Breitbart including the CEO, the COO. We have black writers Hispanic Asian whatever gay whatever you can imagine So what do think is the rise of anti-semitism about in this country? You know I'm really glad that media finally woke up to this phenomenon because it started quite a long time ago hung before Donald Trump ran for president particularly in California where I live on college campuses there's been a rising tide of anti-semitism linked to

1:51:25 criticism of Israel and it's very tough to be a Jewish student on some of these campuses nowadays. Yeah but mostly that seems to me that there is a flurry of them since Trump is in I think the media just woke up and noticed that this is a problem, and I think that...I feel very proud that Donald Trump not only as one of most pro-Israel presidents we've ever had But that his daughter Ivanka tonight will light the Sabbath candles just like my wife will Bring in the Sabbath and to me. That's something extraordinary in American history I don't know why that's extraordinary in American history, and it was not extraordinary at all but listening to her

1:52:02 It's unbelievable. She is a bigot, she is a bigot. A huge bigot oh yeah it gets better. Ordinary in American history to have that phrase some of my best friends are Jewish and it's meaningless really you can still be an anti-semi didn't have Jewish relatives. Different what? Yeah you can still be you could still be a Jew and antisemitic Yeah. Makes sense! Or you can have a daughter who's a Jew and be anti-Semitic. Some of my best friends are Jewish, it's meaningless really you can still be an anti-semi... Oh if one of your best friends is... ...and have Jewish relatives. It's different. Jewish relatives yes Yes, clap clap clap. I agree with you when people say my friends are Jewish it doesn't really cut a black friend But when your in-laws are Jewish You got a little more credibility if your in laws are Jewish okay well let's continue of course the real Jew hater we know inside the administration is Banyan

1:52:56 Those of you wondering who that is, that is Steve Bannon. His name is Banyon now. Yeah but absolutely a fair-minded person brought... So we can't believe when he makes these bigoted statements? Is he just being provocative? Which statement exactly are you referring to? There's like a laundry list I'm sure I could get you a car. I mean I've been saying... I have a headline from Breitbart birth control makes women unattractive and crazy do I look crazy to you? Stop! Whoa! Is she on birth control?! The lo- yeah, why? Joy Behar. I don't think that's possible after all... And talking about a loaded question Well he- Do i look crazy to you? Yeah! He looked well he actually answered this very skillfully Right Bart birth control makes women unattractive and crazy do I look crazy to you No just the unattractive part That's not bigoted, that's a bigoted statement

1:53:49 But you see how you shifted the goalposts now so it's gone from Steve Bannon says things to headline. Well, Steve Bannon has not said bigoted things. He's behind these though what are talking about? No I've often argued I mean I submitted content a long time ago too Breitbart and I know Steve and I've often argued that you know you can disagree with him and it's tough to disagree with him because he's a very strong-headed guy but and said that I don't believe him to be an anti-Semite or racist or any of those things just to back that up. Okay, back that up. Behar is not getting the traction she wants she tries it one more time um...and she sets the guy up

CHAPTER 30 / 47 Discussion

Trump Media Strategy, Juan Thompson Arrest

Analysis of Donald Trump's media strategy highlights how he uses Twitter and rallies to bypass traditional news outlets. Meanwhile, the FBI arrested Juan Thompson for making bomb threats to Jewish centers, with reports indicating he was a disgraced journalist attempting to frame an ex-girlfriend.

donald trump· twitter· juan thompson· anti-semitism· fbi

1:54:25 For a good answer. You co-wrote a book called How Trump Won, the inside story of a revolution and you say that the biggest reason he won the election was because He defied the media. He received more free air time than any other candidate in American history Did he defy them or did he con them? The answer is yes! He certainly pulled a few tricks on the media The most notorious of which was when he called the press conference and everyone came there, and they were going to hear him talk about Obama. His birthplace. And he spent half-an-hour rolling out one military leader after another talking about what a great commander in chief is gonna be. In the last ten seconds he says oh by the way Obama was born in Hawaii. Everyone said we got fooled again

1:55:14 conned or whatever but he got all that free air time for half an hour it was like a free TV commercial across the country. He was very clever, he knew how to reel them in and do that but the bigger part of it was going over the heads of the media speaking directly to the American people through Twitter through rallies... Yeah, he did do that! And I think the most important thing is.. But he's a liar you do admit that? Admit it! He lies about everything! He said he was gonna protect the LGBTQ community and he just rescinded it. He's a politician, they all lie! Now you know why my Tourette's has gotten worse after watching this stuff It is horrible like my tics are out of control But the funniest thing which will of course not be covered in great detail is that one of the alleged attackers

1:56:08 a disturbing Twitter feed that Thompson hated President Trump and professed to be a progressive. While bigots on the right have been getting a lot of attention lately, there certainly is no shortage of anti-Semites on the left Does the FBI consider his political views a motive in any way for these threats? Well, it appears that the motive at least stated in the criminal complaint Jake was to get back at that ex-lover But the Anti-Defamation League said today Thompson planned on running for mayor in st. Louis to quote fight back against Trump Ian fascism He even tweeted sort of bullet points and what he'd run his campaign on He also tweeted a number of times and joined panels even the video you're seeing here on race bias issues Yeah

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Paula Reed CBS Report, Jewish Center Bomb Threats

CBS Justice reporter Paula Reed detailed the arrest of Juan Thompson in St. Louis for making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish community centers. The threats were allegedly part of a complex cyberstalking scheme against a former romantic partner.

paula reed· cbs news· juan thompson· st. louis· cyberstalking

1:57:07 Yeah, that guy. Juan Thompson. I followed this from its outset when he finally busted him and i have a couple reports Good! And the first one is...and I read through his entire twitter feed and the first report which I believe is on ABC, but this is black liberal attack Jews. A former journalist in now in federal custody for allegedly sending bomb threats to at least eight Jewish institutions. Juan Thompson was arrested in St Louis. Authorities say he made the threats and then blamed an ex-girlfriend. Federal investigators cleared evidence from Thompson's home today

1:57:49 He is also being questioned about vandalism at a Jewish cemetery outside St. Louis in all more than 120 Jewish sites nationwide received threats in recent weeks Now this guy is a real racist white man hater with just if you look yeah, I recommend anyone go to his Twitter feed as one and M Thompson and he you could just scroll down as far as you can start listening to him. It's just the F view Whitey it's just unbelievable how bad this guy is but but a more Report actually came from this reporter who I'm not a big fan of because she's an ex-lawyer named Paula Reed Who is now working on? She's at CBS, I think And she

1:58:40 is she did a more complete report on this guy. And I don't like the way she talks and she didn't report on something that had to do with the Trump administration, which I may have on my list that and she's just a little too, you know still lawyer. You know she's not in broadcasting enough to be on the networks but she's on the networks but this report is quite funny but it's got bad information in which just brings me back to the real problem with the media We've learned an arrest has been made in a series of bomb threats targeting Jewish centers A suspect has been captured and charged in St Louis Missouri He's believed to be linked to several threats made against these Jewish schools and facilities CBS News Justice reporter Paula Reed is in Washington

1:59:21 What is the latest? Well, Vlad you couldn't make this up if you tried. 31 year old Juan Thompson has been arrested and charged with making at least eight of the threats against Jewish centers across the country but he was doing it in the course of stalking a former romantic partner here's how it worked for six months He had been stalking a former romantic interest sending her threatening emails sending letters to his employer her employer and then more recently in the past two months He decided to shift his cyber stalking, allegedly to making threats against Jewish community centers. It's not clear whether or not he saw other people doing this or whether he came up with it on his own but Vlad had two different types of threats

2:00:02 He made threats in her name, so he would call it a bomb threat and then send in a tip saying she was the one who had called him the threat. Then he also made threats in his own name but then called in tips saying she was framing him and even created a Twitter account to bolster. She sounds a bit like... Kennedy, you know. She doesn't...does not have the flow. No she's not as smooth as Kennedy. She's a quirky jerk. She really is not handling this job. Vlad very unusual set of circumstances Absolutely unbelievably unusual Paula Do authorities believe he was acting alone or is there a sense that there may be others involved?

2:00:42 Based on the criminal complaint that we just got, it appears these particular threats this was just him in the course of his 6-8 months of stalking this former romantic interest. But Vlad as you've seen there have been dozens and dozens of threats made over several months across the country he is only charged with making about 8 of them so he is not clearly to blame for all of the threats that we have seen and I said its unclear whether or not He just came up with this idea. He wanted to make threats or if it was a copycat because he saw this happening across the country and wanted her to take the fall for this that is not clear from the criminal complaint but what it is, is he's only being charged with a tiny portion of the threats that we've seen over the past few weeks. Oh, Trump always says he's the least racist person which means he's racist but he's just not that racist

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Juan Thompson Twitter History, False Flag Allegations

Examination of Juan Thompson's Twitter history reveals a long-standing pattern of racial animosity and political extremism. The segment suggests that the threats, initially blamed on Trump supporters, may have been a "false flag" operation by a left-wing activist.

juan thompson· twitter· false flag· keith olbermann· anti-semitism

2:01:29 And this guy is in the same level. Just, you know only eight accusations. Well this whole story is pretty sketchy now This guy for one thing the bad information in there was he created a Twitter account to back himself up Really? The Twitter account is from 2010 So he had to have a big foresight here to back himself up in 2010 is when the Twitter account was created. She made it sound like it was created in 2016, right? Right so that's bull crap now and The other thing is there's two sides of this story I'm thinking It's one of those instances where the two people shouldn't have ever gotten together in the first place You can't see who's he blames He says she stalking him Yeah

2:02:12 And, you know, and she claims he's stalking her. So somebody is stalking somebody. But the point is that this guy if you read all his tweets, you got to say this guy is insane! He's a real hater. The White started to go after Jewish community centers as an issue. Well I read this a little differently in a bizarre way what we're seeing here possibly not necessarily with this guy Is actually directly from Hitler's playbook when the Kristallnacht, or when the Reichstag fire took place. This is whe- oh you know this is when the whole Jew problem started in Nazi Germany and that's when they really took power and they immediately curtailed personal freedoms which usually starts with what you can and cannot say So in a very odd and twisted way this story which is trying to be pinned on Trump personally and Banyan

2:03:09 It could actually be directly out of Hitler's playbook from the Democrats, just to use their term. I would not be surprised We could have an event. This whole thing is so much misdirection and we have this story with this black guy who's a racist, yeah? And this black guy and his girlfriend who she was I did she didn't figure out who she is I mean sure if you look up the guy on Google with the Go one Thompson Twitter they have a little excerpt here, and he's got she's a secret sir She's of

2:03:47 He calls her, Francesca's her name. A disgusting nasty racist white woman who filed a false claim against me, a lie and she threatened to kill Trump he says which seems unlikely She is the social worker for the New York housing department and she goes in there are clips of her you know she comes in and helps remove old women Anyway, here's a tweet from him. The Secret Service visited me and looked at my tweets Questioned my politics because some awful white woman I date reported me! I won't be silenced He said he actually reminds me a little bit if you look at his tweets of Keith Olbermann in his reaction to it Really? Interesting Yeah, he has got a Keith Olbermann kind-of voice It is the only way that I can describe it

CHAPTER 34 / 47 Discussion

iHeartMedia Debt, Future of Terrestrial Radio

iHeartMedia, formerly Clear Channel, is facing a financial crisis with over $20 billion in debt and a massive $8.3 billion note due in 2019. The company, led by Bob Pittman and backed by Bain Capital, may be forced into receivership as terrestrial radio struggles to remain profitable.

iheartmedia· clear channel· bob pittman· bain capital· debt

2:12:14 You don't have to get all mad at me. I'm just telling you, you're the messenger. You're shooting me exactly well then let me give you a different message The Future of Radio i like to track it a lot particularly the big networks future radio yeah the big networks uh because i know bob pittman bob is credited as being one of the founders of mtv i'll give him that for sure and a number of articles in this past week about iHeartMedia, I did not realize how bad their debt had become. Now, iHeartMedia now has 846 stations they had 1100 they had to get rid of the number for them because they have financing issues huge and I'll tell you how huge 20.5 billion dollars in debt. What? Yes

2:13:04 But here's the problem. I didn't know iHeartRadio owned radio stations? Yeah, it was Clear Channel. It was Clear Channel. Oh okay so Clear Channel... Okay I'm not keeping up obviously. Yeah it was Clear Channel and then they had the you know the huge leverage buyout and Pittman at The Helm who is his pay is linked into performance of the company and their debt. But now every story I read is like, this is not going to happen mainly because in 2019 they have a $8.3 billion note coming due of the 20 and a half billion dollars. And here's actually here's here's the history of it in 2006

2:13:52 The Mays family, who started Clear Channel agreed to sell the company to two private equity firms. That was Thomas H Lee Partners and you'll remember Bain Capital Mitt Romney's stomping ground and that was for 19 billion And so under that deal of course You start to rip it apart they sold off 400 stations So now they still have 860 stations but the 20 billion dollars in debt They can't get over it this is not gonna happen and I don't know what they're going to do But I don't see a future. They have to go into receivership at some point. We have to buy one of these stations. I hear deals are coming up! There better be! Good deals... Now, instead just keep listening to the best podcast in the universe. I think we have a future.

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Numerology Donations, Executive Producer Credits

A series of donations celebrating episode 909 are read, featuring various numerological patterns. The hosts thank the executive producers and associate executive producers for supporting the "value for value" model.

numerology· 909· executive producer· value for value· donations

2:14:51 And we do have a few people to thank for show 90909090909. 9er or 0-9er? Starting with Adrian Carlson, he even sent in a note and see if it's this note is it this note no I said just know I don't find the note here it is No, it's not it. Anyway Adrian we'll read the note later 1 2 3 4 5 from Lincoln Nebraska William Carter $120 from Broomfield Colorado Gary Friar in Bloondeston Suffolk UK 101 John Robinet which I think is a sir

2:15:38 100 bucks parts unknown. Lance Forrest in Newport, North Carolina 9999. Sir Gregory Worley in Evington Virginia 9099 he thought to get a little fancy there Melissa Hodges 990, which this is the celebration for our show 909. This 909 dimes Aaron Huber in Tel Aviv 990 John Foley in Chicago Heights 992 Thomas Harhaney parts unknown 1990 Sean O'Brien Dublin Ireland

2:16:25 Dave Clevenger, Sterling Virginia. We got a few that came in not a lot but a few these are all 1990s Henry Baron of Outpost West and Rancho Palos Verde California Greg Dial parts unknown Daniel Langman in Victoria BC we have a pot with a lot of people up there Joe Reynoso Richard Hufford in Tempe, Arizona. Sir Kevin McLaughlin in Locust North Carolina

2:17:02 And then we drop to Sir Riley Wordsmith in McDonnell, Georgia who came in with 90-09. He wanted to make it a palindrome. Eric Slier in Chicago Illinois 75. Sir Gott Nate in Sebastopol California up here 69-69 Black Knight Sir Inside Jobs in Seattle Washington 66-66 April Bierig in Amboy Minnesota 6222, she's a cute. She writes a check out herself. It's cute. It's got a tweety pie on it Ah does just do little hearts over the eyes I can't remember but it wouldn't surprise me as Steven Hutto in Broomfield Colorado 6060 Marilyn Marcus Forstrom in Finland that's interesting sir Alan Asaf

2:17:55 5510, parts unknown USA. Sir Tom Derry in the forest of Wisconsin 5510 sir Alan Bean over here oh no it's a different wait a minute sir Alan Beans in Oakland I don't think there's another one. Well, no way that wouldn't be okay this sir Alan beans in Richmond Virginia because we do have an Oakland one my they were coming at the same time Michael Gates 5280 Susan Evans in Iron Station North Carolina 5033 and these are all $50 donors name and location Adam Beck in Lust Wages Nevada Matthew Januszewski once again from Chicago Robert Bruckner in Gilbert Arizona Henry

2:18:37 Clan in Long Beach, California Brian Matthews and Brigid Ribber again Dublin Ireland and Richard Warfield jr. In Charlotte North Carolina so there so somehow Alan B know the Alan Bean donation that's something got screwed up if this was cut-and-paste I had a lot of checks And so being came in at 50 he did not come out at 54 32 somebody has been left out So, I will find out who that is and we'll put them on a list on whatever Thursday. Thursday show? Thursday show absolutely well thank you everybody thank you for celebrating our 90909 with us. I'm always blown away by the creativity people come up with in numerology that's an undervalued

2:19:30 What do I call that? It's undervalued. People come up with great, you come up with great numbers! I like numerology we celebrate numerology here and you're always coming up with something special i like it thanks everyone who came in under $50 that is typically for reasons of anonymity. Okay, I found the-I found it by looking at this forwarding note sir yeah I can see how this got transposed they were on top of each other Sir Alan Beans 50 dollars it's Sir Kevin Payne I layaway plans, night way of your plans or any of the subscriptions. We really appreciate it is your show you produce it and of course another show coming up on Thursday. Dvorak dot org slash n everybody can use some jobs karma jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs karma

CHAPTER 36 / 47 Discussion

Peerage Appointments, Sir Buchen of Aberdeen

The program concludes its peerage segment by knighting Ali Buchen as Sir Buchen of Aberdeen City. Birthday wishes are also extended to producer Marty Higgins.

peerage· knighthood· aberdeen· scotland· marty higgins

2:20:34 And here's your list for today. Ali Buckin 47 soon Rick Gibbs is happy birthday to his brother Jeff Gibbs celebrating tomorrow Dave, uh, celebrated yesterday actually March 4th Dave Clevenger 66 today Sean Acres has happy birthday to his beautiful wife Tara acres turning 38 tomorrow and I say happy 48 birthday to my sister in Italy willow congratulations Happy Birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe Hold on a second I forgot to mention that it's also Marty Higgins, the guy who wrote all of our Confucius. No not Confucius

2:21:11 Oh, of Plato and Socrates. Yes. Yeah. So Marty happy birthday to you. Happy Birthday. Pretend that you just heard the jingle. That's my error. Mimi told me last night at dinner it's Marty's birthday make sure you tell him he'll be so thrilled. He's probably bummed that he got fired from the show Because of you know, there's still there's still stuff to report. All right go on I'm sorry. We have That's right we got one title change today and that is from Scotland Ali Buchen

2:21:54 Become Sir Buchan of Aberdeen City. No, no I'm sorry. I did this completely wrong. Sir John Knowles there we go he becomes Baron that's the title change oops sorry about that it's a different order today for some reason on the sheet yes sir John Knowles Baron of Murfreesboro Tennessee there we go congratulations good sir and that will be reflected on our peerage map at ITM dot IM slash peerage and now we get to our Scottish knight you better bring out a big sword for this Okay, good enough. All right Scotsman come on up here alley book him who couldn't thank you very much for supporting the best podcast at the university might have $1,000 or more You know that earns you a coveted spot at the Noah Jenner roundtable here of the Knights and dames And I hear by proudly pronounce KD sir Vulcan of Aberdeen City feet my friend We have hookers and blow rent boys in Chardonnay we've got labia and lasagna kilts and kilter lifter ale crickets and cream raspberry pies and breakfast burritos

CHAPTER 37 / 47 Discussion

Snapchat IPO, Robinhood App Criticism

The Snapchat (SNAP) IPO is criticized for targeting teenage investors through apps like Robinhood. The hosts argue that encouraging inexperienced young people and low-income workers to invest in volatile IPOs is predatory.

snapchat· snap· robinhood· ipo· elizabeth warren

2:22:53 Not really a Tech News Segment, I do want to just mention something that i noticed. Kind of would like to know where Elizabeth Warren is in all of this? Snap went public... Snapchat. When did it go up Thursday does that uh

2:23:35 No. When did they go public? Yeah, I don't know Thursday, Thursday or Friday recently and last few days. Yes. And I'm listening to CNBC and I hear people talking about all the teenagers, you know, they're investing in this and like, yeah right. And, you know, and in fact they were promoting this idea by saying, yeah kids, you should invest in what you know and no terms like this. And then I go over to a number one trading app amongst the teenagers which is Robinhood. And Robinhood is interesting because they charge no fees, it's completely free every trade... Now you can't do more than five trades in a week that are so-called round trip without being an official day trader and there's all kinds of rules and money I have to have on account but these people..and I think this is...I don't know if Elizabeth Warren is still involved in scams

2:24:30 But now Robinhood, who encouraged children to invest and there were people... There's multiple stories. Yeah Uber driver is how sad is it? Uber drivers scraping together a hundred bucks to buy four shares of Snap and their money is going to be taken away from them And now they have this oh thanks for checking out IPOs on Robinhood They have a pre-IPO trading place They are ripping kids off who had no idea what they're doing Really? It's really disgusting. No, it's just story Robin Hood you say yeah I know that is the worst part of it. That's the worst part. I totally agree place called Robin hood is ripping off the kids what's the symbol and the symbols SNAP snap no for Robin Hood Oh Robyn I don't know what that I don't think there's two ex apple guys I don't think they're public

2:25:27 Oh, no. But they're going to go IPO eventually? I'm sure they will. Keep an eye on them! I'm sure they will. Holy crap man... Tell your kids not to do that. Losing their... Let me be selling skateboards. Sell anything. We just had our knighting ceremony and did want to play a little knighting ceremony that took place on RT Russia Today You think they don't have any power tonight anybody but they did And uh.. They knighted Nigel Farage as a joke Yeah, he set the scene. Okay the scene is in the studio and ha-ha we're gonna knight you as the ambassador to the UK

CHAPTER 38 / 47 Discussion

Nigel Farage RT Mock Knighting, Pence Scandal

Russia Today (RT) aired a satirical knighting of Nigel Farage, which included a child telling Farage her mother thinks he "hates foreigners." The segment transitions to the emerging "scandal" regarding Vice President Mike Pence's use of a private AOL email account.

nigel farage· russia today· mike pence· email· foreigners

2:26:08 or some joke like that and they bring out this little kid who's dressed poorly as a queen with, you know, with the blow-up sword and fake crown on her head. And she does this whole business but you really needed to wait until the end to hear what she said to Nigel Farage after he did this. Mr. Farage if you would like to nail that... Come on then! And by the way, I think our nighting ceremonies are a little bit better than this. This is sad! But it was good sport It was very good sport until he had to kick that kid You are now Sir Nigel Farage We're also making you honorary British Ambassador to America and Honorary MP for South Dannet because they didn't elect you for real So arise Sir Nigel Thank-you very much

2:26:53 My mommy says you hate foreigners. No, no little girl! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're not supposed to say that! Get the kid off! Yes that was very funny in fact I'm surprised i didn't get that clip oh my god i loved it It was very funny. My mommy says you hate foreigners yeah all right who gets central casting on the line and fire him So, so there was a Pence scandal. They're trying to be you know, Pence is another target but they can't really get much on him and I will reiterate if you people all want to get Donald Trump impeached... Be careful what you wish for Hans, be careful what you wish for! So let's play Pence. Pence comes out of these things smelling pretty well but they're trying to make it sound as though Pence was doing the same thing as Hillary even though he's the governor

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Mike Pence AOL Email, Hillary Clinton Comparison

Media reports compared Mike Pence's use of a private AOL email account while Governor of Indiana to Hillary Clinton's private server. Pence defended his actions, stating he complied with Indiana law and did not handle classified information or destroy records, unlike Clinton.

mike pence· aol· hillary clinton· indiana· classified information

2:27:45 But here's Pence email ABC. Thank you next tonight Vice President Mike Pence and new headlines after his use of private email Yeah, that was really tight I have to say So that was good of us. Thank you next tonight Vice President Mike Pence and new headlines after his use of private email for official business while governor of Indiana Mr.. Pence using his AOL address in addition to a government account the Indianapolis Star reporting as private account was hacked last year Critics point out the vice president was among the many who criticized Hillary Clinton for her use of private email Tonight the vice president saying the circumstances are very different No, there's no comparison whatsoever

2:28:24 between Hillary Clinton's practice of having a private server, mishandling classified information destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress and by officials. The FBI said no reasonable prosecutor would charge Clinton and found no evidence Mrs. Clinton's email was ever hacked, and this photo making headlines late today Secretary Clinton seen on a plane today reading newspaper headlines if you look closely the headlines about Vice President Pence and his private email Oh my god she is reading a lot of that Okay so that is the way they ended it I want to play Can I just make one response? Yeah

2:29:03 If you are vice president of the United States, and you have an AOL account that you should be impeached He wasn't vice president at the time then he's good to go Everyone had an AOL account at one point in their life early on now The very beginning where it says thank you. I think could be used as an ISO Hold on a second yeah, that was possible Thank You Where was it said the beginning? Yeah? I just got to get there What was the name of the clip again hold up Pence email at ABC. Okay, we can do this we can do it thank you hold on since you asked for it okay run maxis boom boom boom I just have to set a few things up good here we go and we're rolling Thank You okay let's just roll that back a little bit beautiful I think you're right John I think that's a great ISO thank you mm-hmm

2:29:59 Thank you, Obama. We can put them together hold on a second save selection this will be thank you ISO and this is in real time people we don't have any other production staff. If we do this we can do it! This is what we do here we go thank you ISO and then we want to combine that with thanks Obama so we do this... Thank You! Thanks Obama okay not bad yeah Maybe the other way around might be better. So just remember the beginning of that clip and let's move on to the second part, which is this is how PBS instead of taking a giving a gratuitous plug to Hillary Oh look at Hillary in the plane staged photo she's in first class on some plane right? And she's got this he sitting by hold it by herself

2:30:47 On her right, on the other seat is the newspaper opened up and she's looking at it. And somebody took this picture and then sent it to ABC come on! So in this case- It's right from Hitler's playbook I tell you In this case Pence says the same kind of thing except that he adds a little extra stuff that they cut out of the ABC thing and then they follow it up with like with kind of a more balanced approach to the story mishandling classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress and by officials. We have fully complied with all Indiana's laws." A White House spokeswoman said Mr Pence did everything quote to the letter of the law as governor. Boom! Yeah big difference yeah see how it's only 17 seconds

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Albuquerque Carjacking, 911 Operator Advice

A carjacking in Albuquerque involving suspect Alex Deaton was highlighted by ABC News. The segment focuses on a 911 call where the operator advised a victim not to touch a gun left by the suspect, sparking a discussion on liability and self-defense.

albuquerque· carjacking· 911· self-defense· liability

2:31:37 That's all that, that was a front. So now here's another one I've got to get this one out of the way because it's pretty funny. This is the there's a card jacking that took place, that ABC decided to make a whole story out of because they had the clips from the 911 calls. And there's a little gotcha in here that I wanted to talk to you about. This is Carjack 1, ABC. There was a carjack victim making a terrifying 911 call for help shot and wounded fearing for his missing girlfriend's life The murder suspect had been leading police on a multi-state manhunt from Mississippi to New Mexico to Kansas. ABC's Clayton Sandell on how authorities tracked him down

2:32:18 Police say it's right out of a horror movie. A man just shot me and I think he killed my girlfriend. 19-year old Devon Filo and 18 year old Sarah Reeves had just finished a hike near Albuquerque Tuesday when a man with a gun forced them into the trunk of their car they pull the emergency release to bail out but get separated as Filo escapes, the suspect shoots him. What they don't know is suspect Alex Deaton is a fugitive on the run, suspected of murdering his girlfriend and another woman hundreds of miles away in Mississippi. Also wounding a jogger. Okay...

2:33:02 He's left a gun on the passenger seat. Should I pick it up right now? The 911 operator says, I wouldn't touch it. What would you do in this situation? Grab that gun and put a cap on that guy's butt! Yeah! You grab the gun and fire at him if you can. What what's the...you know what it is? I think 9-1-1 gives bad advice because they have liability issues Oh, I'm sure they do So you call 911, and you ask for advice. Should I grab the gun? If you can grab the gun it seems to me... unless you don't know how to shoot a gun Has it come to this that we now in America have to ask permission for these things from some random person That's kind of what I'm thinking This guy is on the phone he's 19 year old so right into that perfect age group for being submissive to government Yeah yeah Don't touch it! I wouldn't touch if I were you kid

2:34:00 Yeah, I wouldn't touch it. We don't have a lot of carjackings in Texas It's okay if the kid gets shot because no liability thing after that Well you know we could... We don't have a lot of carjackings in Texas Right! Because everyone is possibly armed to the teeth Thank you. We also do not have road rage in Texas for the same reason. It'd be a big shootout. Hey, after you man go ahead and you don't know how strapped somebody is I mean go ahead okay fine enjoy your day have a nice day we're very laid back here it works hate to say it. Okay we can skip the second part of this that's not important all right well then now...I have a few things oh okay uh first of all

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John McCain Saudi Donations, Campaign Fund Scams

Senator John McCain faced scrutiny over a $1 million donation from Saudi Arabia to the McCain Institute. McCain dismissed comparisons to the Clinton Foundation, while critics noted that he seeded the institute with $8 million in leftover funds from his 2008 presidential campaign.

john mccain· saudi arabia· mccain institute· clinton foundation· campaign finance

2:34:37 Just a little call back to Russia. I have this nice interview with John McCain, who has his own issues with donations not necessarily from Russia but from Saudi Arabia to the McCain Institute This is kind of been bubbling under if i think the Russians refuse to give any money to his institute But here he is trying to weasel his way out of the fact that he's no better or worse than Hillary Actually he's worse than the Clintons Because he only got a million bucks and they did much better Senator John McCain is one of the capital's most important voices on matters of war and peace Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar. We're starting to see a little bit of reversal there

2:35:20 We're now learning the government of Saudi Arabia donated $1 million to the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a non-profit that bears the senator's name. I'm proud that the institute is named after me but i have nothing to do with it except they use my name which I am honored just as the Goldwater Institute uses Goldwater's name. Democratic presidential candidate... Bring up Trump University while you're at it! Say that again? Bring up Trump University while you're doing all these kind of explanations. Donald Trump wasn't a professor there, he just lent his name to this operation I think he had some piece of it

2:35:58 Institute uses go waters name Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's been pummeled over foreign contributions to the nonprofit Clinton Foundation McCain laughed off any comparison look my friend What he always does that my friend I like no it's better when you look at my friend. Look my friend looking to my friend You are seeing death what? Clinton Institute is raised in the form of money. I mean, come on! There's no connection there. So because the Clintons have raised more than him, there's no connection for him. I got it. Come on! There is no connection there. But government ethics watchdogs say that there is a reason The McCain Institute is getting Saudi money And anyone who is going to give Chippin $1 million or more to The McCain Institute Is going to get John McCain zero. McCain positions in the Middle East largely square with Saudi Arabia

2:36:55 this is in Saudi Arabia's interest to try to influence John McCain. touch of impropriety that could come along with that. But McCain drew the line on questions about the Saudi donation one more question but they've McCain Institute they were kind of I've answered all the questions I have answered all the questions I'm going to answer on it McCain established the institute four years ago at Arizona State University with an $8 million gift of cash left over from his 2008 presidential campaign. Now you know what happens to that money too, you just put it in... Wow! What a scam! You just put into your little institute. Oh I got 8 million dollars? How did our budget come out after the whole election? Oh you got eight million leftover uh what are we gonna do with it well you have to return it or you gotta use it for more campaigning for the next campaign maybe how about let's donate it to me

2:37:52 It's one of the best scams I've ever heard. And we've always wondered what happens with that money, now you know. Now you know. I can't imagine Hillary had a lot of money left over from her campaign too to just push it somewhere. This is great this kind of...I should have done this right after this. Keane is such a douchebag. Aw man, if we're going to give him a douchebag he needs to be a douchebag. He is what a douche. Vets hate him too Oh, this was great. This kind of harkens back to the whole Jew issue but with a different take on it because this is more about undocumented immigrants I believe this isn't Los Angeles or certainly in California so your neck of the woods

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Underground Immigrant Network, Los Angeles Safe Houses

Pastors in Los Angeles are establishing an underground network of safe houses to hide undocumented immigrants from federal authorities. The organizers cite the Fourth Amendment's protection of private homes and compare their efforts to safeguarding Jews during the Holocaust.

los angeles· undocumented immigrants· safe houses· fourth amendment· sanctuary

2:38:31 Sanding, laying the groundwork at this secret home in Los Angeles. How many families would be... It will be about three families that we can host here. This is the living room. Pastor Ada Valiente walks us through one safe house for the undocumented running from immigration officers an underground network. Essentially what you're doing is you're trying to hide people, is that right? That's what we need to do as a community On the other side of LA another safe house in this man's home We're not naming him or telling you where he lives because of what's at stake It's hard as a Jew not to think about all the people who dig up on their doors

2:39:09 I love that, there's nothing like that. It's really hard to tell exactly how many undocumented immigrants we can house here but it's kind of like an underground network you know? Like the Jews! It's like hiding the Jews from the Nazis because that's what Trump is right out of a Hitler playbook. Not to think about both all people who did open their doors and their homes in Tigris to safeguard Jews in moments where they were really vulnerable, as well as those that didn't. We'd like to be the people who did." This is beyond sanctuary churches what we've already seen at this Colorado church offering refuge for an undocumented woman federal agents don't enter religious houses without approval under a policy put in place during Obama's presidency

2:39:48 But faith leaders believe that will change under President Trump. Private homes fall under Fourth Amendment protection and need a warrant before authorities can enter. Reverend Zach Hoover says faith groups across Los Angeles County could hide 100 undocumented immigrants today, and that number could soon be in the thousands. People will be moving into a place so that I just can't find them, so that they can stay with their family. So that they can be with their husbands. So they can avoid being detained and deported." People who may not agree with you would look at what you're doing and saying... You're simply aiding and abetting the violation of federal laws. Look, I'll speak for myself. I feel really convicted that my answer to God? At the end of the day like that's who i'm going to see when I die And I hope we can live up to our- Hope we can live up to who we are

2:40:40 Oh my God. You know, one of the things that Juan Thompson guy who sent this stuff to the Jewish community centers and about half of his tweets say have the hashtag no border. No border? Yeah yeah just like that yeah no border. Hashtag no border Sometimes I just come in the studio by myself and just play with this. I can imagine you doing that Now on the migration front, um, I am the Canary in the coal mine ladies and gentlemen You saw that I ran into trouble with new but not really new but now newly implemented regulations. I could not fly to Europe

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EU Visa Reciprocity, Canada Border Crossings

The European Parliament voted for a resolution to require visas for Americans in response to a lack of reciprocity. Meanwhile, Canada is reporting a surge in illegal border crossings from the U.S. into Manitoba, with officials emphasizing humanitarian values for asylum seekers.

european union· visa· canada· manitoba· illegal immigration

2:41:21 Yeah, you could not fly because of I would call it a technicality. A technicality and although the technicality was not that I didn't have proper paperwork they decided to start enforcing the your paperwork has to be valid your papers must be valid for at least six months uh... The European Parliament Friday? Thursday? Either way I think that's illegal. If you have a passport that expires, part of the passport itself shouldn't be dependent on the expiration date You have a passport! Yes You should legally be able to go wherever you want Yeah and I said this many times And guess what? They did not give two shits about me Yeah I noticed Shut up and sit down

2:42:11 European Union very angry of course about President Trump's travel ban from majority Muslim countries. I think actually they say Muslim-majority countries now, that's now the sentence and I have to say that I will give Poland all the props they need not only did President Trump promise to put them in the visa waiver program within two weeks i think of being president he hasn't done that they've been...the polls have been shunned So the Europeans went, you know what? We're gonna require all Americans to have visas. Neener neener neener! And we take note of the resolution voted yesterday by the European Parliament as You know Commissioner Aramopoulos was in the United States recently on the 8th of February To relaunch our efforts to push for full visa reciprocity with a new US administration

2:43:02 As you know, our approach of continued engagement and patient diplomatic contacts brought tangible results on this issue with Canada. And our assessment of the situation with the United States has not changed and we will continue constructively with our discussions. At the same time, of course, The Commission will continue to work closely with both the European Parliament and the Council... ...and will report on further progress before the end of June." Now what I like about this is first of all it shows you how- How the European Parliament has zero power Hey! Thanks for your resolution

2:43:44 We'll just continue to talk about it. So if they are true representatives of the people which I don't think they are because they're typically not elected Well, they know they are elected but they have no power so there's nothing going to change but the resolution is their require Yanks to have visas to enter the European Union. And since they was talking about Canada, and apparently they had some difficulties putting the Canadian deal together we also have immigration news from our neighbors up north. being enforced in that country as it deals with a growing number of illegal border crossings from the US into Canada. Ralph Goodale says more resources will be made available when they're needed today he visited Emerson Manitoba which has intercepted 183 people illegally crossing the border this year He said Manitoba officials represent the quote very best instincts and values of Canadians for their response to asylum seekers

2:44:40 We're all in this together. We want the very best possible human result for everyone and we'll all collaborate and cooperate with that human result. CTV reports more than 430 people have illegally crossed the border from the US to Canada this year, it also reports more than 1700 people went to border crossings to ask for refuge protection Tom are these These what kind of people are these? They're Hollywood trying to escape Trump. That's fantastic, man. You American illegals coming in here dammit can't have that. I discovered with my Tourette's comes some superpowers

CHAPTER 44 / 47 Discussion

IMF Ukraine Bailout, Privatization Requirements

The IMF approved a $1 billion tranche for Ukraine as part of a $17.5 billion bailout package. The agreement requires Ukraine to privatize $17 billion in state assets, which is characterized as a "quid pro quo" for Western investors.

imf· ukraine· privatization· joe biden· infrastructure

2:45:21 And it hit me, something hit me last night. With the falling jar? That's one of my superpowers yes I can catch things in midair quickly Yeah oh yeah that makes sense Now also i can see things in big documents this is why im a legislation analyst It could be The IMF approved the next tranche Of their bailout was this now third or fourth for Ukraine now should be second probably and it's an additional billion dollars. And I started to look, you know because of course this always comes with well you know if you guys...if you really want this money yeah we got a work on your banking sector and so i went back and looked at the IMF EFF which stands for um I think is extended funds uh extended fund something or other EFF

2:46:15 not Electronic Frontier Foundation. So I went to look at some of the stipulations of the agreement and there's a lot about the banking sector, of course, about recapitalizing and all that...I'm sure that's all on the up-and-up no doubt about that but here's what i noticed The total amount of the IMF loans is $17.5 billion As part of the agreement, they have to privatize all of the state endorsed organizations. I think it's what they call SEOs which are basically corporations that the state pays for. They are private corporations but they pretty much are not profitable and you have to think about electric companies and all kinds of infrastructure

2:47:06 So as a part of the agreement, it says in black and white they have to sell up to $17 billion worth of assets and privatize that. So I'm thinking there you go 17 billion for the sale, you give your 17 billion back but they got 17.5 billion so it's 500 million coasting around somewhere probably in somebody's pocket But this just shows how, this is true economic hitman work that's going on right now. And I'm looking at you Biden and your kids over there if he's not stooping his sister-in-law... This is a pure quid pro quo sell it off to us, sell it off to our Western investors we'll take all of that. It's gonna be the exact amount you owe and you're good to go! Sounds right Yeah, it's disgusting as what it is

2:48:02 Meanwhile, Putin, Putin Ukraine. The real rape is taking place right under our noses." Well while we're on the subject of lies although I think we only have 10 minutes... Yeah yeah yeah We might have the warning if that's what you're asking for So there was two reports kind of each ran parallel on two different news outlets One seemed gratuitous, the other one kind of related to a news story on the white helmets. Ah yes okay now the two... I wanted so people can contrast

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White Helmets Oscar, RT Counter-Report

While CBS News praised the "White Helmets" following their Oscar win for Best Documentary Short, Russia Today (RT) highlighted protests against the group. The RT report reminded viewers of allegations that the group has staged rescues and has ties to extremist organizations in Syria.

white helmets· syria· oscars· russia today· propaganda

2:48:40 American promotion for the white helmets, this is the CBS report. The American promotions for the white helmets and all of you know this again the CIA there's a White House we already looked into them they're supported by the USAID probably some intelligence agency there's an American bullcrap operation... 90% percent of their money $100 million dollars is from USAID the rest is from the Brits yeah And so the thing is something of a scam, but we don't know what kind of scam. Although CBS doesn't see it that way they say this is some great operation let's listen to what they have to say. Some last week's Oscar winners did not attend the ceremony they were saving lives in Syria This week Holly Williams met one of the white helmets showing the best of humanity and the worst places

2:49:28 The white helmets did what they always do on Monday, racing to the aftermath of a deadly air strike to pull civilians and bodies from the rubble. Business as usual in the hellish chaos of Syria's civil war. where Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes destroy neighborhoods. In Hollywood on Sunday, the producer and director of the film The White Helmet accepted the award for best documentary short. Three of the films' cameramen are Syrians who risked their lives to capture images like these

2:50:08 21-year old Khaled Hatib is one of them. He planned to attend the Academy Awards but was stopped from boarding the plane at the last minute he says, he still doesn't know why I was disappointed he told us but the most important thing is that the film won the Oscar maybe it'll encourage their international community to give us more help It seems in every rescue... 60 Minutes reported on the heroism and humanity of the White Helmets last December. The group says it's rescued more than 80,000 people and that over 160 of its emergency workers have been killed. Radhi Saad joined the White Helmets two years ago There is a 50% chance in every operation that I'll live and a 50% chance that I'll die You've seen people dying? Hmm

2:51:02 As an aside, I had my hair cut yesterday and then go to a women's salon of course. And the topic came up with the Oscars we're talking about is oh in the white helmets is the white helmets? Of course you know I couldn't stop myself. I launched into it. These women they were dumbfounded like but they were able to... They weren't stuck in one universe It was really interesting like wow! I'd never heard of this that oddly makes kind of sense I said, yeah. Yeah that's because it makes sense that's why. Yeah! The other thing doesn't make sense and they recycle the children now so meanwhile there was actually a story this is the same day they didn't report on this on CBS there was actually kind of

2:51:50 I guess it was a brouhaha. A fracas, in New York regarding the white helmets and it was reported on they apparently were giving up playing the band asking for money I'm not sure something like that there is an anti-white helmet protest from antiwar people so this was reported on by RT, this clip called White Helmets Report What's interesting about it, RT just doesn't give us the news report but they also give us a reminder of the background of these phony balonies. So we all remember that this is not really a legitimate group. A spontaneous music concert in New York's Grand Central Station promoting the work of alleged Syrian humanitarian group White Helmets was disrupted by anti-war protesters.

2:52:44 Standing among the orchestra, anti-war activists held signs reading white helmets are US propaganda and no US bases in Syria. The White Helmets have been glorified in the Western establishment and media with a documentary on their activities even winning an Academy Award And all this comes despite the group's rather questionable reputation. That is due to members of the White Helmets being spotted at executions carried out by jihadists The group was also caught producing fake reports like the following one in which it claimed that Russian jets had killed civilians Turns out, the photograph was taken well before Russian warplanes even started flying in Syria

2:53:24 The White Helmet's credibility was more heavily scrutinized after they staged a so-called mannequin challenge for social media, faking this rescue of a person from rubble. Yes, you start we just remind people if bogus You got the one news media that just wants to whatever the government tells them to say CBS in particular And they say it's to keep everybody. Oh yeah white helmets great and then you run into this situation where your you know some of the truth You don't know the exact truth obviously but you know enough to know it's bullcrap and you told these women and they all bought it because It makes more sense because it is. It's more logical yes this operation come on guys running around the white helmets It was designed by a public relations firm its fantastic idea Yeah, and the whole idea was to get in no-fly zone And they've kind of failed so far

CHAPTER 46 / 47 Discussion

Sweden Military Draft, Yemen Air Strikes

Sweden has reinstated the military draft for both men and women in response to Russian military assertiveness in the Baltic region. Separately, the U.S. military has intensified air strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen following a controversial raid in January.

sweden· military draft· russia· yemen· al-qaeda

2:54:20 Well, yeah. Well there may be one if Hillary won the presidency we'd have it We'd be shooting down Russian jets right now would be shooting him down I only have two more clips. I do think it's important to get them out today The first one is something very interesting happening in Sweden because of the Russians. Bringing back the draft to keep potential enemies at bay with an increasingly assertive Russia just across the Baltic Sea Sweden has decided to strengthen its army and that means finding more troops to fill the ranks seven years after abandoning it, Sweden has made military service mandatory again This is a signal that Sweden is prepared to increase its military capability It's part of the strategy we have very clearly put in place

2:55:06 Like neighboring Norway, both men and women will be part of the draft. Following a questionnaire the names of Swedes born in 1999 and after will be added to a lottery 4,000 of them will be called up starting next year The decision to reactivate conscription has received support from both the socio-democrat government and the opposition. But the news of 11 months of military service came with mixed reviews from Swedish teens. It won't feel great if you have to spend time doing something that you really don't want or something you're against Personally, I don't support general warfare and fighting. I think it's great! I simply think it is a good thing that so many young people will be able to get some experience of what defense is about." For decades Sweden had been decreasing its military budget

2:55:56 Two years ago, it was just 1% of its GDP. But now it's earmarked more than $5 billion for this year alone a shift that began after Russia annexed Crimea red flags from Moscow that Stockholm says they want to be ready for just in case. How about that? Huh yeah that'll change your life as a team. Yeah, that will make you fearful of Russia as a teen Yeah, that's the idea. I got some pretty mixed messaging there Well, you want to play my last thing which would be the Yemen update? Yes. This is a little gotcha in here this ABC overseas tonight the US military intensifying air strikes against Al Qaeda targets in Yemen more than 30 in the last 48 hours us warplanes and drones pounding away at fighters weapons and strategic targets all of this coming one month after that first and controversial mission ordered by the Trump administration The Pentagon again today emphasizing the value of intelligence materials

CHAPTER 47 / 47 Discussion

Maxine Waters Millennial Comment, Planet Earth II

Representative Maxine Waters is mocked for claiming she was "once a millennial" during a meeting with young activists. The show concludes with a recommendation for "Planet Earth II" and its use of advanced drone photography.

maxine waters· millennial· planet earth ii· david attenborough· drones

2:56:56 grabbed during that raid. ABCL Ryan Owens was killed in the raid, his father calling for an investigation His widow Karen was honored during President Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday You know that is so impossible This had to be going at least a month before Trump came in At least Yes, the week after Trump gets in and they have this raid And now it says he ordered it Yeah...and you know what the hell are we doing anyway? Exactly. Sick and tired of it, all right I just have one quickie just to make us happy Maxine Waters Oh yeah that'll liven things up All right Maxine Waters she's talking to some millennials And i want you know please let them know That im not aunt maxine She now is a little hard to hear she's now Aunt Maxine she's very happy she's reading all these tweets the youngins are liking her And the tweets that i'm doing and teaching me all kinds

2:57:51 I recognize it and I was the millennial once. No longer, of course but I love what you're doing thank you so very much. Yeah that's for those who couldn't hear her She says i'm a millennial no I was a millennial The room goes dead silent And the guy behind her who is laughing and he was like a little cheerleader He just like his smile is frozen on his face uh what? I was a millennial once. Maxine Waters, vote her out! Yeah she is an idiot. Vote her out. You're like saying well i was a world war one veteran once? What?! It's exactly like that oh i have a tip everybody if you got your full load of media deconstruction today here's something you can watch planet earth 2 that's right sir david attenborough is back

2:58:45 It's- have you seen it? Oh my god, there are two episodes out already. And of course they did the previous one with big lenses and helicopters This is all drone footage Remote cameras...it's spectacular! Spectacular Especially if you like seeing bugs eating each other How about kimono dragons? Woah man! Fabulous Alright everybody I'm making another attempt at watching La-La Land. Oh god! Taking three runs at it and yet to uh... Alright, I expect a full report if you're alive. You'll get nothing Coming to you from downtown Austin Tejas in the skyscraper crackpot condo here of course Reminding you we have another program coming up on Thursday remember us at Dvorak dot org slash NA until then in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where

2:59:45 I remain. I'm John C. DuBois. We'll be back on Thursday right here on No Agenda, and I say adios mofos! These are his tweets, meme tweets. Oh, meme tweets... My chief of staff, the old meme tweet. I gotta teach this guy how to block! In the morning, there's a mess

3:01:10 The world is a total mess. The world is as angry as you are. The world was an angry place, an angry place. Angry place. Angry place. We shouldn't have run into a rat. We shouldn't have got a shot at her. This is evil! It's time... it's time right now to end

3:03:49 And you will all enter through them! You pigs in here! We lost an expensive piece of equipment. But first and foremost, we had a diner with some neighbors. Zoom in television, zoom into the President's address

3:04:56 But first and foremost, I'm a proud Republican. That's sad, I know you do not have expensive, uh, piece of equipment. But first and foremost through presumable television proves that dumb white people and Democrats all the way under with no air speech will perhaps get on television. Republican Ed O'Donner with some neighbors at the Dumbrica. Ed O'Donner, Edwardson. I'm proudly corrupting this country

3:05:38 I don't know where she's going. Hey! Hey! Where you goin'? Where you goin'?! Oh, there he is. Where are we? What the hell is this place? Thanks Obama