Episode 915 · Sunday, 26 March 2017

One Belt One Road

Global power shifts toward China’s New Silk Road while domestic media focuses on climate sequels, intelligence leaks, and the collapse of the Republican health care repeal.

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China’s One Belt One Road initiative takes center stage as Xi Jinping expands a massive global infrastructure and trade strategy that remains largely ignored by Western media. While Canada joins the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr warns of growing Chinese influence over national ports and agricultural land. This economic integration signals a major shift in global power as the United States remains preoccupied with internal political investigations.

Al Gore’s latest climate campaign faces scrutiny as his 100 percent renewable energy claims in Georgetown, Texas, are revealed to be a grid scam involving bankrupt firm SunEdison. Despite media promotion of Gore’s cinema verite sequel, the city reportedly lost $6 million on a deal that relies on the general Texas grid rather than actual green storage. Meanwhile, Senator John McCain and General Curtis Scaparrotti call for increased funding for the Russian Information Group to counter asymmetric warfare and propaganda across Europe.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the media’s alternate universes, from the failure of the Republican health care repeal to the arrest of an Israeli teenager for JCC bomb threats. The show highlights the absurdity of University of California microaggression lists and the return of Brian Williams as a critic of Devin Nunes. The episode concludes with a formal knighthood ceremony for producers Milton Cuevas and Timothy Kiernan under the value-for-value model.


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CHAPTER 01 / 49 Discussion

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak Introduce Episode 915

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 915 of the No Agenda show on March 26, 2017. Curry introduces his new preferred pronouns, Dave D Dozie Becky McIntitch, as a reference to a 1960s one-hit wonder band. Dvorak reports on a traffic accident in Northern Silicon Valley while the pair establishes the theme of "alternative universes" in modern media.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· pronouns· no agenda

00:00 Mmmmmmmm! Yum! Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Sunday March 26th 2017 This is your award winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 9 or 1 5 This is no agenda Requiring respect for my pronouns, Dave D Dozie Bikki Mikkititch and broadcasting live from the darkest corners of the internet here from the capital of drone stars stating in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where there's a wreck on the freeway i'm John C. Dvorak Uh-oh! Wreck on the freeway? Wrecked on the freeway. Wrecked on the freeway yes did you hear my pronouns? I like my new pronouns

00:43 I... you rattled them off so fast, that I couldn't hear any of them. I go by the pronouns Dave D Dozie Becky McIntitch That's my pronouns now Okay That's a big callback for old people It's not even a callback for me You don't remember the band? Dave D Dozie Becky McIntich No, I don't Oh man! I know there are... My credibility has gone to hell Yes! Dave D Dozie Becky... it was just saying it as a disc jockey was important I'll bet it was. You could say that 20 times now. What's their hit? Oh, pfft...I don't even remember something lame. One hit! Yes one lame 60s one-hit wonder exactly oh boy well i tell you Jean the alternative universes are just just so apparent and prevalent today yeah this morning CBS This Morning had a little piece and they brought in Jane Pauly

CHAPTER 02 / 49 Discussion

Ted Koppel and CBS News Report on American Political Divide

Ted Koppel reports for CBS Sunday Morning on the increasing divide in American politics, suggesting that citizens now occupy alternate universes. The report highlights a Pew study finding that 81% of voters cannot agree on basic facts. The hosts analyze the mainstream media's adoption of their "dimension A and B" concept and note the trend of news networks using comedians for political commentary.

ted koppel· cbs news· jane pauley· alternative universes· political divide

01:42 And who's the other? Who's the other in the old hat? Well, there's a reason enough of our own hacks. There's a reason for it and Ted Koppel That's right. Ted Koppel Oh God, maybe this was ABC that must have been ABC can't I can't have been CBS to must've been ABC no see Is it couple ABC? Yeah Right Paulie but Katie was Paulie Jane Polly is Jane Pauli. I mean Jane Pauli was traditionally oh Jane Pauley, what was she on? I think she was... I thought she was NBC. No, she's NBC wasn't she on the Today Show for a long time now? Yeah yeah yeah. That's ABC, NBC. Well, well it fits right in with the whole theme. I'm just gonna play a 10 minute report It's in the show notes. I suggest everyone take a look at it because you'll get a kick out of it As this past week's battle over health care reminds us The great divide and American politics shows no sign of closing No! You got butt-slammed

02:40 A divide in American politics shows no sign of closing or even quieting down. Our cover story is reported by Sunday morning senior contributor Ted Koppel Increasingly we Americans occupy alternate universe Right off the bat, Ted Koppel! We're so early on this game. We are good that's how good we are man I hate to toot my own horn but let us continue Increasingly we Americans occupy alternate universes To be honest...I inherited a mess It's a mess No you inherited a fortune we elected a mess

03:32 Isn't this great? They are now making our point for us. We don't even have to edit this stuff anymore. Taking the single piece of information, showing the two sides Thank you CBS There is very little common ground. What is this, a comedy show? I mean they're doing this on all these shows! Not to interrupt your clip let's your clip play out but I've got another example of what you just exampled there is very little common ground left only battling perceptions of reality neither side seems to have much use for the other and in this age of the internet and cable TV very little is out of bounds.

04:13 America's wealthiest hemorrhoid. Democrats want to dissolve the borders, isn't that what they wanted? Open borders is not what the snake Obama did there are legions driving the country further and further apart President Trump has still done more for this country in the last 40 days than Barack Obama did in eight years. A Pew study finds 81% of voters say they cannot agree with the other side on basic facts, which may owe something to the president's campaign against fake news Came from the alternate universe. There you go This piece was actually pretty serious Except they didn't take it as far as we do where we just, we don't say sides We talk about the actual dimensions of the universe They're so close if they only believed in science

05:05 they would actually present it properly. Well, they don't know they just talk a big game you found some of this too well no it's this idea and there has been going on in the mainstream for awhile until I just thought...I wasn't thinking as a bigger meme but now that you played that and now I am so we have to look out for this this is good and now I think about it We've been seeing a lot of this on the mainstream media and the curious thing is I think it began at Fox This was a number of years ago. I remember Fox doing this, they'll be doing a whole serious piece and then they throw it to one of the monologues of a comedian. Yeah which is of course... Remember? Well that's exactly what you do! And by the way CNN is also bringing back comedians who that Arab guy he's apparently a stand-up comic have never seen his routine but he always comes on does political commentary damn I'll look his name up doesn't matter everyone's bringing comedians in yeah

CHAPTER 03 / 49 Discussion

Charlie Rose and CBS News Mocking Donald Trump

CBS News broadcasts a segment featuring Charlie Rose that mocks Donald Trump's response to a magazine interview regarding his reputation. The segment includes a joke about a two-year-old child telling the President to "grow up," which the hosts deconstruct as a fabricated anecdote. They express frustration with the perceived arrogance of mainstream media lecturing the public.

charlie rose· cbs news· donald trump· mainstream media· fake news

06:04 So let's see, I've got the one here. They do this thing on CBS and of course this would be CBS and it is a companion of all the hot news stories of the week and it was done on that morning show with what's his name? Charlie Rose? Charlie looks like he had been drinking too much And it was, here it is. CBS Rolling News Summaries that this little ditty was dropped right in the middle of Mosul and something else. Magazine published an interview with Donald Trump but when they asked if he thought the false statements that he's made have damaged his reputation Trump replied I can't be doing so badly because I'm president and you're not! I told my two-year old daughter that he said that she was like dude grow up

06:59 Yeah, now what bothered me about that was that was an I mean talking to us You know if you're gonna call somebody a liar don't be one yourself because it's a lie That he told his two-year old daughter this thing and she said, dude grow up. Good point that is not that I think we can dispute that yes that wouldn't be very disputable to your old doesn't care at that level and can talk all it can do is say is I want that one that one I want that one so did you have the same experience with your two year olds? That one

07:39 Never had that we had two things. We did we didn't get was one was that and the other one was why? Why oh no, I didn't lie you know we got out of that one. I want that one that one that one Yeah, never got that anyway so this is bullshit, and it's always just yeah It's a funny joke But you know you could have actually made it somewhat believable for the kid was maybe 10 or 12. But he doesn't have a kid that's 10 or 12, so that's a lie that way too. So you could...that's a no-win situation but it seems to me it just the cheap shot! Hello? Of course of course I have to say that I've been very disappointed getting more than annoyed by this continued arrogant mainstream media telling us what to think how to think and lecturing us constantly It's just ridiculous

08:31 It's never ending and the other side... Well trust me, they're getting very tired of you not following along with the rules. As long as you're not a rule follower they'll continue to be annoying that way Yeah well there is that for sure So what on the agenda for todays NO AGENDA? Well I have an expose of course! An expose? Oh are you going to run it okay Yeah i will get to it before the break and do couple more light hearted things Al Gore expose Worked on it quite a bit over the weekend. Has he been making more passes than Massoussas? You mean humping Massoussas like a poodle in heat, I think that was her actual quote Yes Do we have some hot breaking news that we should be aware of? Oh hold on a second, its like... Hold on Hot breaking news! We go over to John C. Dvorak John what are you learning

CHAPTER 04 / 49 Discussion

US Africa Command Ends Five-Year Hunt for Joseph Kony

The US Africa Command announces the end of the five-year hunt for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The hosts reflect on the viral "Kony 2012" video campaign and its subsequent collapse after the founder's public breakdown. They question why modern surveillance technology and drones were unable to locate Kony if his forces had dwindled to approximately 100 people.

joseph kony· kony 2012· us africa command· warlord· child soldiers

09:21 We're learning that they are giving up on Kony. Play the clip, Kony 2012. Oh no! Kony 2012! The head of the US Africa command says the five year hunt for warlord Joseph Kony is ending Wow. For those of you too young to remember, back in 2012 my friends... come up on my knee I'll tell ya a little story

10:00 There was a video that went viral and we still don't know how it happened. And it was called Kony 2012, the idea was this guy was so horrible he was... killing children, using children as child soldiers and just horrible raping children. Children and everything wrong with children. And there was a 50 million views overnight we think that's what the numbers said it was I mean phony views but it went completely crazy yeah and everyone is like yes! Yes! We have to do this! Everybody was on board everybody was good to go and then the guy who was running the whole campaign

10:36 Freaked out and ran around naked jumping on cars and flipping his Johnson around and just went completely ape shit And that kind of ruined the campaign, but it was great for the show well This particular report concerns me because if they have the intelligence They've gathered the intelligence that he's down to 100 kids. He can't sick give or take a few five-year-olds Yeah, and he's sick Why didn't they grab him? Because I can't they get him. We have a security state around the world is blanketing everything we see this Gorgon stare from the drones, we can see down to 10 centimeters. Yeah, I'm fine. Can't find his joker. I don't think maybe ever existed. Maybe was it was an act maybe the gold mine they were actually looking for would just didn't turn out to be that profitable who knows what they were doing

CHAPTER 05 / 49 Discussion

European Union Leaders Sign Rome Declaration on 60th Anniversary

Leaders of 27 European Union member states gather in Rome to sign the Rome Declaration, marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. British Prime Minister Theresa May is absent as the UK prepares for Brexit. The hosts mock the document's vague language regarding a "social Europe" and "stronger Europe," while noting reports that some leaders signed on the wrong lines of the document.

rome declaration· european union· theresa may· donald tusk· brexit

11:31 Drug running. I don't know it doesn't sound like they were looking for this guy No, not at all that's it was a good story Yeah It was great was a great store and what a campaign of what a campaign it was just fantastic campaign I have a quick little ditty here Just a little update what's happening in the in the European unions of Euro land everybody except for Theresa May of course, all leaders of the Starfleet command headed off to Rome. Wait were they even in Rome? Yes! They need to re-sign the Rome Declaration. She had threatened not to sign it supposing a multi speed Europe but now the Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo who'd feared the East would be consigned to second class status

12:14 has put pen to paper to agree the Rome Declaration. The final document doesn't contain any reference to a multi-speed Europe, instead setting the principle that countries continue all together. This is something we have to be very careful because I think that all countries in the European Union should be ready to continue together because I really cannot imagine this mechanism of some countries will go faster can be the principle of functioning of the European Union As Europe marks its 60th anniversary, Donald Tusk born in Gdansk reflected on his childhood and made a dig at those now ruling in Warsaw. I lived behind the Iron Curtain for more than half of my life where it was forbidden to even dream about those values

13:03 Yes, back then that really was a two-speed Europe. Looking ahead the Rome Declaration concludes we have united for the better! Europe is our common future So I didn't know this was going on... I knew they had to celebrate the... I didn't know this was going on you got caught me by surprise Well i knew they were celebrating the 60th anniversary of getting this ball rolling So they had this full declaration that all 27 member states signed, and it's pretty much a... Hey! Let's jerk each other off. It says nothing. We the leaders of 27 member states of EU institutions take pride in the achievements of the European Union The construction of European unity is a bold far-sighted endeavor. It's really just how good are we? We're so damn good They do make a couple of points here

13:57 You know, this European...I don't know whether people took enough history to realize that this is not the first time even though this is 60 years old. This was a celebration I think of the anniversary. It's not the first time as this was attempted. Napoleon tried it. Hitler tried it. So now we're trying it again. It never works out." Well, if you just listen to the points they made in these times of change and aware of the concerns of our citizens... We commit to the Rome agenda! Hey, we have a no agenda, they got a Rome agenda and they pledged to work towards it. Here's what they pledged. They got together, you know they did a lot drugs drinking whoring and stuff. It's wrong.

14:44 So they got together and they said, let's sign this. Safe and secure Europe is their first point. Okay a prosperous and sustainable Europe which creates jobs and growth yes very good A social Europe the union based on sustainable growth promotes economic and social progress as well as cohesion and convergence in upholding the integrity blah blah blah And a stronger Europe on the global scene Yes we'll continue to support NATO And then they just wind it up. We will pursue these objectives, firm in the belief that Europe's future lies in our own hands and the European Union is the best instrument to achieve our objectives. We pledge to listen and respond to the concerns expressed by our citizens... ...and we'll engage with our national parliaments! Thank you! We will work together at a level that makes a real difference be it the European Union, national regional or local, and in a spirit of trust and loyal cooperation both among member states and between them and EU institutions in line with the principle of subsidiarity

15:40 We will allow for the necessary room for maneuver at the various levels to strengthen Europe's innovation and growth potential. We want the union to be big on big issues, and small on small ones. What does that mean? We want the Union to be big on big issues and small on small ones! We will promote a democratic effective and transparent decision-making process and better delivery We as leaders, to conclude. Working together with the European Council and among our institutions will ensure that today's agenda is implemented so as to become tomorrow's reality we have united for the better Europe is our common future But here's how you know they were all plastered They messed up the signing of the document Joining together in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding treaty of the European Union Oh sorry that was wrong one Is this the right one?

16:38 Is that the same thing I just played? No, it can't be. Ah yeah bro, another build up! This is to show strength amid a time of turbulence Britain absent here as it prepares to exit the bloc The centerpiece of celebrations The Rome Declaration which talks of peace and unity I will sign my dear friends the declaration of Rome with a pen he says...I should say the pen used in 1957 by Luxembourg To sign the treaty of Rome These are the signatures that last. The leaders put pen to paper in the Campidoglio Palace, the very same place where the six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957 launching the European Economic Community, the EU's war runner. The declaration promises to listen to citizens and some have lots to say right now with anti-EU protests having been planned around the anniversary event.

17:31 Brexit has helped fuel Eurosceptic nationalists challenging governments from Stockholm to Sicily. Pope Francis said on Friday the EU... I should probably just go home when this happens. What, your punchline was missing? Yeah the punch line is they all signed on the wrong line Guys were signing next to other guys' names, and then they all wound up taking pictures of it. They're all taking pictures of it going, oh I completely messed it up! I think you may be misinterpreting it... One of the guys signed and then when it said date the guy's date signed. Yes Exactly Would have been a better punchline if I had the right clip Oh well

CHAPTER 06 / 49 Discussion

Maxine Waters and Congressional Junkets to South America

A review of WikiLeaks documents reveals Representative Maxine Waters' frequent participation in international congressional junkets. The records indicate travel to Peru and Paraguay for events described by the hosts as "phony baloney." Waters is characterized as a "junket queen" who travels with a specific group of Democrats and Republicans to attend these organized international trips.

maxine waters· wikileaks· congressional junkets· paraguay· peru

18:21 So that's what they're doing with your valuable EU tax euros. Having a party over there in Rome? They do a good job of spending when you get that much, I guess we've learned that lesson we know how to spend money We even more so we can spend that too. We as in Americans not we the no agenda show No, nothing on the show. That's for sure But if we isn't Americans, we know how to spend money meanwhile John McCain was over in Brussels before something called the Brussels forum which is I believe it is financed by Oh, it's still the old Marshall Plan money I guess or Marshall Plan Germany. Money just wanted to go to Brussels! Yeah! I ran into a bunch of documents...I was going through WikiLeaks and found a couple things and I was just looking up Maxine Waters She is like the junket queen Don't tell me you have a clip

19:17 No, I don't have a good one. Oh that's too bad She is the junket queen she goes to...she is in Peru when you wait for her She is very important And then she is in Paraguay of all places because there are about six or seven of these Democrats and one Republican who do who all on this junket list it's organized by One of the attendees and they keep they create these phony baloney events and they go there Well? And hang out and eat meat I have no idea what Maxine has been a stapler on the scene for years John Yes, even in the 80s the bands were singing about her. Fantastic. So McCain is on a panel He's actually there with what's the guy's name another senator Stanford Sanford I think and And I saw this tweet go out or be upset people saying that he had mentioned this took me a while to find video of it in order To get it. I think probably took me two hours to find a video

CHAPTER 07 / 49 Discussion

John McCain Discusses New World Order at Brussels Forum

Senator John McCain speaks at the Brussels Forum, explicitly referencing the "New World Order" established after World War II. McCain claims this order is under unprecedented strain due to refugees, the rise of China, and the conflict in Syria. The hosts criticize McCain's assessment of the last 70 years as a period of peace, citing the Korean, Vietnam, and Iraq wars.

john mccain· brussels forum· new world order· syria· globalism

20:21 and get a clip. And no one else on any of the alternative medias who tweeted this even could find it, so I'm pretty proud that I have this bit from John McCain and of course we know he is a complete New World Order guy No nations, no borders He wants it all And it was time for us to present some proof that he really is all in with this idea. Senator McCain, the floor is yours On power? Yes well on the future of America and American power Well I think that we can't consider American power without considering the fact that The New World Order that was established following two horrific holocausts and worst conflicts in history if you want

21:11 gauged by numbers of killed, size dimensions that New World Order was established and functioned largely in the cause of peace and prosperity for more than 70 years. We now see that New World Order under a type of strain that is never seen before." I count three new world orders there do you think he's on board with the New World Order? Oh yeah But what he said was, that little comment he said at the end is kind of bullshitty. Let's get to that thing again. There's more if you want to hear about it. The New World Order under a type of strain that has never been seen before... A type of strain? What I guess he has to be referring to then is the strain on THE current New World Order because the strain on especially within Europe over the past 150 years

22:05 is, or longer has been pretty intense. And I guess it backed it off a little bit but...I've said this before and I've said in tweets and people always ridicule me for it, what really created the calmness and the lack of big wars are the nukes! The giant bombs! The H-bombs That's what stopped everything in its tracks because no one has been able to figure a workaround. Well, he says 70 years the new world order He says was created 70 years ago So is he saying World War two? Is he saying that this is when it started Yeah Okay so when we became and Truman came in with the security state which he did In his deathbed he regretted setting up the CIA Which I thought was interesting yeah because they just don't you can't control them as we are witnessing yes and

22:57 Yeah, but I trace it all to the H-bomb or the original bomb they dropped on... you know the A-bombs became an H-bomb. Should we listen to that? To the rest of his spiel here? Whether it be refugees whether it be the breakdown of the rule of law whether repression and freedom of the press governments becoming more and more dictatorial even in Europe, the rise of China, the six million refugees and 400 thousand killed in Syria. I do like the 6 million meme this is new I've not heard this number specifically I do like it because its an obvious call back to six million Jews Exactly! Keep your eye on it Four hundred thousand killed in Syria And all of the old standards that we observed for 70 years which made the last seventy year one of the greatest periods of peace

23:49 Hold on a second, stop! Stop. You can't go on about I don't know 100 thousand dead here and 100 thousand dead...I don't know how many were killed in Iraq He says 400 thousand in Syria alone which is the number from the Syrian observatory And then there's over 1 million killed Yeah it's small potatoes compared to World War One and World War Two especially combined But its not peace It's New World Order. Years which made the last 70 years one of the greatest periods of peace in history of the world Yeah, he conveniently forgets Korea Vietnam there is a lot things that he is forgetting Is now under strains that... Bosnia I believe we have not fully appreciated the dimensions nor are we right now adequately addressing Okay thank you very much John McCain Appreciate your commentary NEW WORLD ORDER

CHAPTER 08 / 49 Discussion

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Europe Over Turkish Rallies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issues a warning to European states after they barred Turkish officials from holding political rallies for emigres. Erdogan suggests that Europeans will not be able to walk safely on the streets if they continue to block his influence. He also encourages Turkish citizens in Europe to have five children to shift the continent's demographics.

recep tayyip erdogan· turkey· europe· referendum· demographics

24:49 Well, yeah. He's a New World Order guy. The New World Order... I'm almost now getting more and more convinced there was-I didn't get this clip but if you don't have it on the Bill Maher show Yeah i do have a Bill Maher show clip may not be what you're talking about Is it Mensch? Yes Mench and Chris Hayes about Islamic tolerance Yeah! I have that. I am thinking uh this is kind of far out but with the influx of Muslims into Europe and then Erdogan, and by the way this clip needs to be played. Let's play this Erdogan going nuts clip as kind of a prelude to what I'm gonna say. Turkey's president issued a stark warning to European states today Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that they stop barring Turkish government officials from rallies of Turkish emigres They are meant to drum up support for expanding Erdogan

25:42 powers. In Ankara today the Turkish leader said that Europe has to change its ways or face the consequences. These incidents are closely followed if you continue this way no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets, if you stay on this dangerous path you will sustain the biggest damage Turkey holds a referendum on expanding Erdogan's power next month. Wait a minute them fighting words right there I think. Dang, he said you won't be safe you Europeans? Yes Europeans. What a douche...I'm gonna douche that guy. DOUCHEBAG! I got some more about him but let's stay with the New World Order Well then he goes on and says that

26:29 Muslims, Turks in particular I guess should all breed five...three to five kids and then they can just push the Europeans and the Westerners out of the picture. Which was a conspiracy theory 10 years ago You were crazy if you said this. Are you insane? You're telling me they're gonna take over by breeding in our country, are you nuts?" Nah, that's not gonna happen." So he's advocating that and it seems to me that guys like McCain who don't really care...I mean if you're one of the...and I've said it before again, I'm not repeating myself but I was just saying it differently is that these rich guys and McCain would be part of the elites, they just don't want their stuff taken

27:09 Yes, they want their stuff. As far as they're concerned they don't care but the public this populace has to be controlled and his latest thing when Trump wins because of a bunch of uncontrollable working class people who are scum cannon fodder They should be dead there no good these people What are we going to do about this? Well let's You know, long-term strategy even though we're gonna be dead but our stuff will be intact. And our children, our offspring... They'll have the stuff and they'll keep it. We can just let the Muslims take over because they run a stricter ship than we can. We can't run! If we don't not—we have too much freedom I mean the Chinese know how to run big operations but we don't No no now we were crazy with the freedom stuff is dumb Yeah its dumb

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Bill Maher and Chris Hayes Debate Islamic Tolerance

Bill Maher hosts a panel featuring Louise Mensch and Chris Hayes to discuss the impact of Islam on European values. Hayes and Mensch argue that a Muslim majority would not fundamentally change a country's laws, while Maher expresses skepticism. The discussion includes a specific debate over the government structure and social laws of Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.

bill maher· chris hayes· louise mensch· indonesia· islam

27:59 Chinese know how to, they've got the workaround. They know what they're doing as far as we can tell that's best. So I guess what you want to lead into here is Bill Maher had Louise Mensch on and she is as far as we know British intelligence or was she's one of the people who claims that all this Trump dossier is true and she's on with Chris Hayes the other lesbian from MSNBC and I say that with love And they're talking about tolerance. Of course, this is where people in dimension B their brains start to fry because Bill Maher is supposed to be a dimension-B guy. And we have to realize that Maher is a religion hater and he particularly dislikes Muslims and it's like...by the way I think it's gonna get him killed

28:48 It could yeah in fact he ends this and walks off the set in a huff He's so pissed off about what's taking place because these are his people who are against him Yeah, well he walks on to set that was on the after show But that's the piece I have. Maybe you're looking for something else The piece on the show itself is actually quite good but Chris Hayes Is such a weenie that he just kind of defers to Mensch even though he tries to get into conversation Yeah here I'll play this let's see if this is what you were talking about I clipped it because i thought It was interesting. Let me ask this, I've asked this question before If a European country sometime in the future became 51% muslim would It be the same country? Would have the same values The same laws Would laws change you think? Would You ask that question about jews? I will but... Would you ask that question about catholics This is the thinking This Is the thinking This is the thinking Asked That Question and the answer is it wouldn't change Because they were already the fucking majority But

29:42 Muslims are not. You're telling me that if a European country became 51% Muslim, it would basically be the same country you grew up in? The problem would not be Islam, it would be homogeneity, it'd be homogeneous. But you're talking about every single... everybody is one faith group. Britain is diverse! What I'm talking about are fundamental principles like equality of women, separation of religion and state Respect for minorities rule of law as opposed to religious rule. Do you know about Westboro Baptist Church? There are a whole bunch of fundamentalist... Again, this false equivalency! Matt please I'm gonna hurt your reputation by helping you. Look we have to call things as they are. So Matt will you tell me this? Can you explain the structure of the government in Indonesia

30:32 I can't. Okay, do you know that Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world? Yes we do. Yeah so right but then if you tell me you don't know anything about the way that the largest Muslim country in the world... Oh no I didn't say anything! I could give you statistics about Indonesia. I could tell you that in Indonesia if you want to be a woman policeman or a woman military person you have to undergo the two-finger test where they tell if you're a virgin That's Indonesia's problem. Is that true? That's pretty cool, that's badass those guys are doing that. Hey, hey Sergeant! Future sergeant come over here! Damn... They also have blasphemy laws in Indonesia. Had you heard of that? I have not heard of that but Mar would probably have that fact correct but i think it was kind of oddly pretentious that Chris Hayes out-of-the blue asked the other guy who is supporting Mar even though the other guys are Republican

31:25 He asked him, do you know how the government of Indonesia works? What does that have to do with anything except just to prove that somebody doesn't know something. That is the kind of weird odd style of arguing that is very difficult- You have to understand though people like Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow as well but also Ezra Klein are held up on such a pedestal by dimension B people and I know this because I see it all over the face bag As if Ezra Klein knows anything. It's disheartening kind of, it's... Now of course what happens and this went viral over the weekend you get the real Brits out there on the street talking to the media Of course this is labeled as this guy is obviously a nationalist white supremacist Nazis are horrible hating hate hater hate hate

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British Citizen Criticizes Government Response to Islamic Terrorism

A viral video features a British citizen confronting a reporter on the streets of London following a terrorist attack. The man argues that the attack is part of an "Islamic jihad" and claims that 50,000 British Muslims have downloaded Al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine. He criticizes political leaders for "pandering" and failing to acknowledge the religious motivations behind the violence.

london attack· islamic jihad· radicalization· inspire magazine· terrorism

32:18 guy. He's very quick to label this as a foreign terrorist. Because my head is not up my arse, yeah? My head is not on my arse! This is an Islamic jihad attack

32:56 The man that done this would have either been radicalised in a prison or he would have been radicalised on the streets of the UK with full knowledge of our government and our security services. They will know who is. Do you have information that no one else seems to? Yeah, mate I have information that shows there was four terrorist attacks last week in France Four in France There were twelve planned last year Driving your car like this man has done Is exactly what the Inspire magazine which is Al Qaeda's magazine Which was downloaded by 50 thousand British Muslims last year 50,000 British Muslims downloaded a terrorist manual in our country. 50,000! Not 10, not 20... 50,000 people who want to see exactly what you see there that's what they want. They want war

33:34 They want war, they want death. They want destruction and we keep on pandering like you just come up to me saying it's got nothing to do with Islam! It's got everything to do with Islam! I'm simply asking how you're so sure of the political reality? Okay well...I'm on the reality this is the reality The reality is this a war These people are waging war on us for time This has gone on for 1400 years this is nothing new And the whole time while this goes on police leaders or political leaders wanna invite more They want to invite more my god for 25 years. They've been growing babies and cows I don't know why it just seemed to fit It sounded the same kind of tone so it's actually you're like mixing records today at this stage now, uh Let's uh, I just want to go back and mention the mar thing that was on this show which was bad enough Yeah where she goes off in? And again, uh haze is they're kind of trying to support this crazy woman

34:28 She comes off and says this event in London had nothing to do with Islam. Yeah, well there you go! And that was her position and she maintained it no matter what march... Really? Yes! Oh jeez I should have better clipped that. I have to get this clip. I can't watch the show its hard for me to watch anything anymore Well these..you don't really have to watch any more because people are dogging it so we can get these clips anywhere but she goes on You can get this clip right now within five seconds But the, she goes on about it. It had nothing to do and what Mar was red in the face and they're going back and forth and she's just maintained her position. She says no you're full of crap. This has nothing to do with, you know, that thing did do nothing to do. And Hayes was like bobbing his head yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! And it was really funny because this is...Mar has got to be beside himself as a kind of progressive liberal. Religion hater

CHAPTER 11 / 49 Discussion

DHS Laptop and Tablet Ban on Middle Eastern Flights

The United States and United Kingdom implement a ban on large electronic devices in aircraft cabins for flights originating from ten specific airports in the Middle East and North Africa. The hosts deconstruct the ban as a protectionist move to benefit US carriers against competitors like Emirates and Qatar Airways. They also suggest the ban allows intelligence agencies to legally seize and search travelers' devices.

laptop ban· dhs· electronics ban· turkish airlines· emirates

35:25 and a religion hater combined, which if you think about it mostly the progressives generally speaking are atheists. Marr being a great example of that And so how, so he would see this as a religious situation because all these bad things are from religion. And she is also...although she was actually a member of the Tory party when she was an MP. She would go on with this, no it's got nothing to do with it! Then what did it have to do with? We don't know but the guy's dead. Well amongst this Something else cropped up which was pretty easy for me to deconstruct into what was going on and it just kind of slipped in there But luckily a report from I think this is the report from BBC That it's right in the report. What's going on? And then I was able to kind of you know, deconstruct what was happening This is about the laptop and tablet ban Which I had to really go back as they look at DHS had to look at all the rules where this come from What are they talking about? What are the rules well, I do have an intro clip for that

36:29 Well, I'm going to play this because this is intro clip and it has all the clues right in it. So if it doesn't suffice we'll pick up yours. Saturday was the deadline for Middle East Airlines to implement new rules regarding certain electronic devices in aircraft cabins 10 airports across eight countries are covered in a ban on large electronic devices like laptops and tablet computers The UK announced similar restrictions, naming entire countries. On the first day of this electronics ban being officially implemented here in Turkey at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport one of the busiest airports in the world things seem to be running smoothly we spoke to passengers there some expressed some frustration with this but they did seem for the most part to accept this as a new reality

37:15 Now, I just want to make sure you heard in the beginning there that it's not just the US but also the UK has this same ban in place. A lot of people missed that In fact, I know they missed it because now seeing the Trump laptop ban No no no It is a unified ban The U.S and the UK both are banning And I'm pretty sure...I'm gonna give you... I wanna make wager Take wages for buck We're gonna see France and the Netherlands join this laptop tablet ban very shortly, and I'll tell you why in a minute. New reality of travel these days Turkish Airlines one of the airlines that is impacted by the ban that is enforcing it right now was also coming up with innovative ideas to try and make this less stressful for their passengers tried to keep them happy and also To make sure that they don't

38:08 lose business because of this electronic ban. Right now they're also giving passengers the option rather than checking in these devices that they can keep them on them until the last possible minute and when they are about to board, that is when they can hand them over to airline staff who will put them in bubble wrap Now,

38:55 So I'm guessing where you're going. Let me just say, I'm no weapons expert but i'm pretty sure that if you're afraid of laptops and tablets and passengers...and they have video this hand them off while walking onto the plane and they put in bubble wrap and then stored down below effectively creating a nuclear-sized bomb If let's say there are three laptops that are explosive Oh yeah They'll all blow up together which sounds like a really good idea Yeah, makes no sense. Makes nothing but sense But the clue is in that obviously and I think this is a total Trump move And it's coordinated and it boils down to this This is not a country ban This is an airport ban specifically flights that originate at these airports and the airlines that originate at these airports are Emirates Etihad Airways Qatar

39:51 I think those are the main ones. There are... Oh, and these airlines all of them have recently expanded their service into US cities Chicago Washington DC Of course Etihad Airlines is a major advertiser at the Verizon Center there for the Washington Wizards And this is nothing more than making air travel shit on these airline so everyone will choose the U.S carriers now The US carriers don't actually fly. They share codes with Air France and KLM, which is why I predict that France...and British Airways That France and the Netherlands will soon join up with this This is nothing but squelching competition making it crappy for travelers because you can only take your phone You can't take your Kindle You can't take your laptop You can't take a tablet In fact anything bigger than the iPhone 7 Plus

40:47 Is and I guess the the gal is new the explosive galaxy is still allowed or the new version of it This is just purely to squeeze these guys out of the market. I hope you're right because my thinking is different And I agree with you 100%. This is not anything about safety because putting these things in the hole, it's kind of... Bundled. Bundled! Yeah even worse bundled. I think this is a uh-uh..I don't know how they're going to implement or how they're gonna do it but I think it would be doable. This is a way to target people get a hold of their laptops legally and go through them, look for stuff find stuff whatever you can download the whole laptop I don't know how many they could do on a flight but once you check it in and check luggage as happened to me the other day i got open my luggage there's little piece of paper in there. Thanks thanks for telling me that they've been going through my stuff uh-huh And I think you can go grab any especially if you know who the people are that are checking in oh this guy always wanted to see what's on his laptop now this is true

41:48 I'm sure that is being seen as a nascent benefit. That would be the way to go, it seems to me and now you can grab the laptops and the phones... they didn't do the phones but they should have They should have done the phones too, because that's even better. And since we already know from the WikiLeaks that they have all the back doors to all these things so you can't really block anyone from really... and if they did have some really great encryption then you get even more suspicious and demand to see the laptop on entry into the country. Or you could plant some kiddie porn one of them? That's another great thing to do? Oh yeah definitely have to plant a kiddy porn. It is one their favorites actually.

CHAPTER 12 / 49 Discussion

Toronto School Board Cancels US Trips Over Border Concerns

Canada's largest school system in Toronto halts all future student trips to the United States due to uncertainty surrounding travel bans and border questioning. School officials express concern that students from diverse backgrounds might be singled out or denied entry at the border. The hosts discuss the "anecdotal evidence" of aggressive border agents causing these practical cancellations.

toronto school board· canada· border security· travel ban· immigration

42:28 It's a great thing, yeah. Meanwhile we have troubles with our friends up there north in Candanavia... This is very, very sad because I'm just saddened by this news about the border. I thought we were pretty cool with our northern neighbors turns out we're not. In the meantime uncertainty over travel ban has Canada's largest school system in Toronto taking measures until further notice all future trips to the US are halted for students and staff. Paul is this a political decision or practical one? I mean the school board's very clear that look, this is a practical decision. You're talking about you know quarter million students possibly affected and as you know all too well Jonathan this is a big tradition for a lot of school groups... I didn't know this! This seems to be a big tradition that yeah when you're in high school in Candinavia then you come to the US and go shopping or something That's what you do by the way They go to the United States Not with your dollar

43:29 Sorry, Canada. Traditions that have been going on for decades the school board saying look we cannot take the risk that a student or staff member will be left behind and the reason this is happening is anecdotal evidence from the border that at certain times people are held behind questioned and then not allowed to enter you can imagine Jonathan the kind of situation that people believe may happen where you have Here in Canada, as you know very diverse population. You may have a child who perhaps was not born in Canada and they just don't want that feeling that one child was singled out and left behind would have to then be picked up at the border by their parents They've decided for this moment in time until everything is clear with or without a travel ban in place they are canceling all trips to United States How about that?

44:19 Well, a couple things to note. Well first of all we all know that you know Canadians disguise their terrorists as children we all know that the point is is that the border guys are generally speaking on the Canadian border specific dicks going and by the way that's going both ways they're two-way dicks there dicks going in and they can't have the Canadians or just so weird dicks And so I think they're legitimate fear. Let's hold this one kid back, this will piss him off. Hey okay Abdul you have to stay in the closet over here just stay put ok you kids can go through. I mean i can almost see it having been a government worker of doing that as a joke

CHAPTER 13 / 49 Discussion

Al Gore and the Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power

Adam Curry recounts a personal anecdote about attending a Kleiner Perkins CEO weekend at Pebble Beach where Al Gore's first film was screened. Gore is currently promoting his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." The hosts discuss Gore's role as a partner at Kleiner Perkins and his financial interest in the solar and wind companies he promotes through his climate activism.

al gore· kleiner perkins· pebble beach· renewable energy· climate change

45:19 It's sad is what it is, man. Sad but true! So sad... Alright here we go! To the gate to the gate to the key That's right everybody We are going to the climate gate We're going to ground zero of the climate gate that could only be on an only Easter Former Vice President Albert Gore Who was back on the scene He's back on the scene he's got a new movie The movie is uh An inconvenience sequel Truth to Power That's right. 10 years after the original. Is the name Truth to Power or Inconvenient Sequel? It is the pre-title, as he says it... The pre title is an inconvenient sequel, Truth To Power. That's very creative! I like that. I liked it too. Now, but I need to give a little background my own personal background in 1990 and 2005 we had started Podshow this was with Venture Capital Money something I'll never do again but it was fun with Kleiner Perkins and Kleiner Perkins they had a CEO weekend

46:15 And we all went to Pebble Beach, which was really a horrible weekend for me. Because of course what everyone does at Pebble Beach is let's go golfing! Of course. Yeah well guess what? I don't golf and Ray Lane one of the general partners said hey i got you some shoes you're coming with us and that evening during the final dinner... By the way you don't really need spiked shoes to golf Well, I still have them though. I have golfing shoes." Yeah okay. So they were wrapping this all up and this is CEOs from every big Kleiner Perkins company you can imagine right up to the Google boys and then all of a sudden... And we have a special award for Adam Curry! Getting out of my seat like wow, I got an award for the most strokes ever at this golf course

47:08 It was the meanest thing anyone had ever done to me. Oh, that's cute! Every- all of Silicon Valley was laughing at me. Thanks. Thanks douchebag But at this get together... You got humiliated Yes yes I did Yeah you were the butt of a joke Where all I did is I got super butt slammed Whoa! You got butt slammed! Ho ho ho ho! But it was fun make fun of the MTV guy Make fun of the guy with Tourette's okay? Thanks I can't play golf because i have Tourette's. Alright, the cat is out of the bag! I should've had my T-shirt on...I have a new T-shirt that im working on. Tourettes it's what makes us tick

47:50 That's very cute. I think it was great somebody else wrote that line of course how you think i wrote that no But at that three-day weekend they showed us an inconvenient truth from Albert Gore and who came on via satellite He couldn't be there, of course unfortunately why couldn't he be there? I know he worked for I don't know if he still died Oh, oh, he is still a general partner to Kleiner Perkins We'll get to that in a moment because that is his game broke the company They've lost all their mojos cuz of him right but if you look at the regeneration I call it degeneration, but regeneration partners. You look at all the portfolio of Kleiner Perkins which Gore oversees all of the solar and wind so whenever he's talking about renewable energy he is promoting businesses he has invested in that's just a fact yeah fact base um and and so this so he went to Adweek Europe

CHAPTER 14 / 49 Discussion

Miami Beach Flooding and Porous Limestone Geography

The hosts examine media reports and statements from Barack Obama and Al Gore regarding fish swimming in the streets of Miami Beach. They clarify that the flooding is often caused by water seeping up through porous limestone rather than sea-level rise alone. Curry highlights Gore's careful phrasing about "sea level predictions" rather than actual measured rises in sea level.

miami beach· flooding· limestone· al gore· barack obama

48:43 in the UK. Then he had a nice little sit down with, uh... cute little girly there who you know had pre-written questions written by Gore or Gore's people no doubt But before we do that we need to revisit the reason why this is coming up at all because I was brought to my attention He said something in here that I wanted to bring into the show and then I decided to watch this whole hour long thing And wow! I got a couple clips for us to have fun with So we're gonna go back to Our report from, this was from Thursday. The BBC about the fish swimming on the streets of Miami. Rising sea waters and recurring flooding is turning Miami Beach into a modern day Atlantis A city being submerged by water And even on sunny days it can get inundated because it's built on porous limestone and water seeps up through the ground Now that was important

49:37 important is it's built on porous limestone and that's why water seeps up to the ground. It's not like it's overflowing from the beach, overflowing the roads onto the streets... Yeah and I believe the way works in Miami as a capillary effect So, it's not as if you need to have the water table at that level like you do in some places. We have an issue in Albany with a water table issue. The water table rises and falls, and sometimes it rises and floods basements even though it hasn't rained for months... Right? It just comes up from the bottom. Just comes up from the bottom but I believe with...I could be wrong and somebody can correct me but I believe there's a capillary effect that literally sucks it up. Oh! Okay. That could...that's even better.

50:21 But this has been a meme, and we were looking for the clip. Many people sent it to me. Thank you for that. This is President Obama. As people start realizing that even today you can put a price on the damage that climate change is doing... You go down to Miami and when its flooding at high tide on a sunny day fish are swimming through the middle of the streets There they are John We have video The fish flopping around But you hear the insinuation. At high tide, the water's flowing into the streets Not entirely true A bit disingenuous I would say So let me find... here we go Here is Albert Gore

51:10 And I might as well just start off with this one. People are noticing the largest downpour in the history of the UK was just a year ago last fall and there have been wave after wave of these downpours, the sea level predictions in low-lying coastal areas not least on the banks of The Thames are ones that people are now taking into account. I was in Amsterdam earlier this week smoking it up Believe me, they're looking very... Do you see? By the way let's just go back to the beginning of that. You have- you didn't catch it I was hoping you would listen again what he says People are noticing the largest downpour in the history Of the UK was just a year ago Last fall and there have been wave after wave of these downpours sea level Predictions and low lying coastal areas not He didn't say the sea level. He said the sea level predictions

52:05 The predictions are what's making everybody worried. Not the actual sea level, this guy is so good you'll hear this throughout these clips. Believe me. They're looking very I believe this money in making this movie, I went to Miami Beach I saw fish from the ocean Swimming in the streets of Miami Beach During the highest of high tides that's happening on a regular basis Yeah, all right well so you've set the stage for us Albert Thank you very much Let's listen to a couple things

CHAPTER 15 / 49 Discussion

Al Gore Training Climate Activists via Cinema Verite

Al Gore describes his new film as using a "cinema verite" approach, which the hosts define as a style involving provocation and stylized setups. Gore states that profits from his films fund the Climate Reality Project, which has trained thousands of climate activists globally. The hosts compare this filmmaking style to the undercover tactics used by Project Veritas.

al gore· cinema verite· climate reality project· documentary· activism

52:50 What he's up to specifically and what this movie is going to do and what he's going to do with his portion of the proceeds because, of course This is not a not-for-profit outfit skull. He might say that but they'd like to make documentaries So they have to take some profit but Gore now he's doing something special with it when they introduced me to John Chenk and Bonnie Cohen who are the co directors of this movie I knew that it was going to be in good hands and so for the last couple of years they traveled with me all around the world. It's a somewhat different approach to a movie than the last time, it has elements of continuity as those who see will find but its more of a cinema verite approach What is Cinema Verite?

53:38 Is that cinema truth or does it mean variety? No, it's a style. It's the style of movie. It's like film noir and has certain quality to it that is... I'll look it up. Cinema verite approach and the reaction in this screening has been extremely positive. I'm happy to say I am looking for wood to knock on But I hope that it will have the same kind of impact. The first movie, let me just say this 100% of all the profits that I would've otherwise gotten went to the the climate reality project I trained thousands of climate activists around the world really the same will be true for this movie as well. Just want to make sure you know what he's doing, he is training climate activists. He has a huge operation training people Cinema Verite it funny that you kind nailed it truthful cinema is a style documentary film making invented by John Rauch and goes on about other people who do this combines improvisation

54:40 improv, with the use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind crude reality. I would suggest based on that definition that those characters and I can never remember their names who go into the Planned Parenthood... Yeah, Veritas Project Veritas. Yeah well that's veritas probably refers to the concept of cinema verite And it says here, cinema verite can involve stylized setups. Oh yes! Stylize. Interaction between the filmmaker and the subject even to the point of provocation. Beautiful I'm glad we caught that so that's what he's doing he's doing the same thing those characters yeah deceptive editing is what he's doing just deceptive filmmaking but okay i'm a little sad

CHAPTER 16 / 49 Discussion

University of California Microaggression List and Campus Victimhood

A segment from the Stephen Colbert show discusses the rise of "microaggressions" on college campuses. The University of California system has officially listed phrases like "America is a melting pot" and "the most qualified person should get the job" as microaggressions. The hosts note that schools like Ithaca College are implementing reporting mechanisms for students to log these perceived slights.

microaggressions· university of california· stephen colbert· affirmative action· ithaca college

55:29 Said it was funny that I had actually gotten it right which is clearly a microaggression Well, you want to take a little break and play the microaggressions clip? Sure. Well the latest thing in campus victimhood is the micro aggression because you are not aware of your own sexism or racism. You don't realize that some of your comments are aggressive acts, micro aggressions. Stephen Colbert asked one of his guests about it So what's a microaggression? It's some of the faux pas. It's sort of like being shocked that a black person is articulate. So, microaggressions are not the same thing as racism? It's covert racism. It's sort of racism that's hidden under the surface. I get that saying to a black person you're so articulate is obnoxious but

56:16 But what I don't get is, like some of the other ones. Give me some examples. America's a melting pot for example that was listed as microaggression. Yeah what's wrong with that? I guess it's because people...the implication is that people should become part of the melting pot. I'm not even really understand now what I got to say. I think the one that uh..that person who has the most merit got the job which was these are all listed by the University of California system by the way its actual microaggressions you should not say that the person But the best skills got the job. Exactly, because that's insulting to the person who didn't get the job That's a microaggression law They also say you should not criticize race-based affirmative action Right And they extended it to political opinions and they didn't seem to see anything wrong with taking things that are flat out political opinions and saying that's actually by the way a tiny form of violence against victims

57:07 And yet it's confusing to me. There is an inconsistency, some college students are so sensitive that these microaggressions hurt them but others embrace very honest edgy talk about things like racial differences they go to movies like this one Dear white people, please stop touching my hair. Does this look like a petting zoo to you? Show is racist! Black people can't be racists You've got a thing for Taylor Swift I know because my Mac picks up your Mac's library We're so careful... You don't understand girls like me have to pick a side When I was in college, that would have just been taboo. Well, microaggressions are interesting things to study but the problem is schools like Ithaca College for example are starting to police them They're trying to set up reporting mechanisms so you can actually say oh there was a microaggression committed against me You could post it on the internet Exactly And what's so funny is they seem to think this will increase dialogue along lines of difference

58:03 If you have to walk on eggshells, if anything unconscious you can say can be a tiny form of violence then people just aren't going to bother talking to each other. At The Real Dvorak just committed a microaggression against me. Perfect. Just tweeted it out. Now the funny thing about that little piece, which is kind of way behind the curve because we've talked about this over years ago actually...

58:41 I didn't know that the University of California has a list of these things, including melting pot. Which...I went to Cal Berkeley and we talked about the melting pot idea. It was the whole America! That was the whole point. Yeah but now you can't because it's a microaggression? All right can i move back to Al Gore? This is really bad yes Okay, back to Gore's microaggression. Hold on... Now where the hell was I? Oh yes here I am! Okay here we go listen to the words very carefully and listen to the analogy he is making here between Moore's Law which we know is broken and by the way Moore's law specific- this is why it's broken currently specifically states

CHAPTER 17 / 49 Discussion

Al Gore Compares Renewable Energy Costs to Moore's Law

Al Gore argues that the cost of solar and wind energy is dropping in a manner similar to computer chips under Moore's Law. He claims that "man-made heat-trapping pollution" is causing extreme weather and that renewable energy is now cheaper than "dirty coal." The hosts dispute the math behind these claims, citing the high upfront costs and intermittency of wind and solar power.

al gore· moore's law· renewable energy· solar panels· dirty coal

58:03 If you have to walk on eggshells, if anything unconscious you can say can be a tiny form of violence then people just aren't going to bother talking to each other. At The Real Dvorak just committed a microaggression against me. Perfect. Just tweeted it out. Now the funny thing about that little piece, which is kind of way behind the curve because we've talked about this over years ago actually...

58:41 I didn't know that the University of California has a list of these things, including melting pot. Which...I went to Cal Berkeley and we talked about the melting pot idea. It was the whole America! That was the whole point. Yeah but now you can't because it's a microaggression? All right can i move back to Al Gore? This is really bad yes Okay, back to Gore's microaggression. Hold on... Now where the hell was I? Oh yes here I am! Okay here we go listen to the words very carefully and listen to the analogy he is making here between Moore's Law which we know is broken and by the way Moore's law specific- this is why it's broken currently specifically states

59:32 Twice the transistors, same space half the price every was it 18 months? Every two years. 18 months! So that's been broken because of the cost So this way it's been broke. It was I did a calculation wrote a column on this has never really been true That's okay because if it was true the amount of transistors we'd have on a on a circuit that certain size is just astronomical by now Just take just kind let's take the analogy for a moment tech boy, just take the analogy Listen you know the atmosphere is a very thin shell around the planet work This isn't you watch this mean Watch this meme. The atmosphere is a very thin shell, it's very thin and fragile. Watch this. You know the atmosphere is a very thin shell around the planet we're putting 110 million tons a day of man-made heat trapping pollution. Whoa! Man made heat trapping pollution new one I like it And it doesn't mean CO2 by the way It can mean a lot of stuff Yeah So we are moving away from CO2 to man made

1:00:36 heat trapping pollution. And it's raising temperatures quite dramatically, melting all the ice, raising sea level... Except for Antarctica but okay. Evaporating much more water... Same with my mud flats this hasn't raised one inch! Exactly. ...temperatures quite dramatically melting all the ice raising sea level evaporate much more water off the oceans causing these incredible downpours such as the ones that UK has been experiencing in the last few years These climate related extreme weather events have gotten much more frequent and much more severe just in the last, just since the first movie came out. Oh! Convenient! And the spread of tropical diseases into higher latitudes and deeper droughts as well political disruptions but for all of the shocking consequences of the climate crisis this movie is extremely hopeful because

1:01:34 There are also pleasantly shocking developments in the field of technology where businesses have now found that just as with computer chips came down so dramatically in price even as the computers got faster and better, mobile phones, flat-screen TVs. Turns out solar panels and windmills and battery storage the same way! And now it's getting cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from burning dirty coal or gas or oil. Dirty coal? So we have the solutions available to us

1:02:13 Now, this is very interesting to me because he will come around to this again in a bit. He's saying- I'm glad I didn't listen to this! ...he is saying that renewable energy sources are now cheaper than dirty coal. Dirty, dirty nasty whore coal. Love the see the math on that one. Well there is math and he's... Not really being untruthful, although of course it's complete bullcrap and I'm going to show that to you. But first let's take a connect the dots voyage with the former vice president because this global warming stuff is ruining the whole world... No! The whole New World Order

CHAPTER 19 / 49 Discussion

Georgetown Texas and the 100 Percent Renewable Energy Claim

Al Gore and various media outlets highlight Georgetown, Texas, as a conservative city that has successfully switched to 100% renewable energy. Gore uses the city as an example of the "inflection point" where green energy becomes cheaper than fossil fuels. He claims the city saves money by shifting to non-polluting sources with zero marginal fuel costs.

georgetown texas· renewable energy· al gore· solar power· electricity markets

1:06:01 I'm like, okay let's listen to this last little bit he has got to say. But he mentioned something right up the road from me which i had to go and investigate The state of California, the state of New York quite a few other State Governments now have the bit in their teeth and they are moving much faster than former President Obama's clean power plan would have them move anyway There is a growing list of cities in the U.S that have decided to go to 100% renewable energy. Another one just achieved renewable energy two weeks ago in Georgetown, Texas – a fair-sized city in Texas

1:06:40 And more and more cities are doing that. Students are now demonstrating for universities to go to 100% renewable power, and many of them are doing it. So they're...and businesses, of course. You mentioned Apple. It's one of the consumer-facing businesses that is at 100% renewable power in the U.S., and soon will be a hundred percent renewable globally. Others are making that commitment. When the economics of making the right decision Rewards you instead of penalize you that makes all that all the difference and in the business world

1:07:22 When there is a new product like renewable energy, when there's a new product competing with an old legacy product it turns out to make a difference if the new product is more expensive than the incumbent or cheaper than the incumbent. That difference is a bit like the difference between zero degrees and one degree That's a difference of more than one degree. It's the difference between ice and water And in markets, it's the difference notice he doesn't have an example that is warm related He doesn't have the example this oh that's the difference between Hot and boiling no its ice and water just to point water

1:08:01 And in markets, it's the difference between capital that is frozen up and liquid flows of new investments chasing new opportunities. That is the inflection point we are poised on right now with renewable energy that is cheaper than the old dirty polluting energy. Once these solar panels are installed by the way there is no fuel cost for the next kilowatt hour. It has zero marginal cost There's no pollution involved. There are no moving parts and adopting a slightly longer time frame for the decision making, you say well wait a minute it's not just the cost this year or for the next year or two It's the lifetime cost we make a lot of...a lot more money We save a lot more money by shifting to the non-polluting sources Okay

CHAPTER 20 / 49 Discussion

Deconstructing the Georgetown Texas Renewable Energy Scam

Adam Curry deconstructs the claim that Georgetown, Texas, is powered by 100% renewable energy, revealing it as a "grid scam." The city actually buys energy from the general Texas grid, which is only 10% renewable, while paying a bankrupt company called SunEdison through a "yieldco" derivative structure. Georgetown reportedly lost $6 million on the deal last year because it could not sell excess energy back to the grid during peak production.

georgetown texas· sunedison· energy grid· yieldco· npr

1:08:55 Also, by the way...I know why they never mention it. These panels aren't made for free. No! Let me deconstruct it for you John because there was some very specific claims made here that were contrary to what I understand about renewable energy and of course I consider nuclear to be the true renewable energy but thats scary He's saying, and thank you by the way for the lesson in business economics Mr. Gore, you're telling me that it makes a lot more sense if you can buy energy cheaper why wouldn't you do it? Of course! That is the difference between water and ice Mr. Gore between loss and profit I think is what he meant to say

1:09:37 So, this claim is odd to me because every single study I've looked at, every piece of research and just doing the numbers myself is not that hard. The cost and the ongoing maintenance but particularly the cost of setting up solar and wind is prohibitively high compared to other sources of energy And then there's another little annoying point is that there is a time in Texas not necessarily because we do have a lot of wind here and a lot of this wind that were talking about as generated in West Texas. It is quite remarkable, that's T-Boone there, T-Boone Pickens

1:10:13 But, you know, there are times when there's just no sun at night particularly and times when there is no wind. And then there's times where there is none of both. So to say that an entire city...Georgetown now we have Georgetown up until this report which you're about to hear from NPR I consider it to be part of Austin. Now it's like, yeah but we all could say hey Georgetown is part of Austin. We're big here. We're inclusive. It's all fine. So I wanted to understand how they could switch to 100% renewable and still keep the lights on. Do they have huge battery storage? The claim is really out there, and the reason they did it is because of money. Here's a recent NPR report about

1:10:53 Georgetown, Texas. Today we're going to visit one of the first cities in the country to be entirely powered by renewable Remember this is the claim and this is NPR's Al Gore NPR claiming 100% renewable energies I don't think they're ever gonna accuse Georgetown would be on the next Berkeley Georgetown Texas population 50,000 The mayor is Dale Ross We're about 30 miles north of Austin Austin's phrase is you know keep Austin weird now what we say is Austin keep your weird Oh, hey. Hey, Mayor? Suck my dick! Alright?! You're no longer a part of Austin. Mayor Ross wears a lapel pin from Trump's inauguration He is sitting on the park bench in Georgetown's historic town square It is a great city on planet Earth So I think people all over the country wonder how it that such a red city like Georgetown such a conservative place

1:11:41 was one of the first cities in the country to be powered 100% by renewable energy. Because it's our love of green, green rectangles and green energy. Green rectangles meaning dollar bills? Yeah so if you've got Andrew Jackson or Benjamin Franklin on them I prefer...Benjamin Franklin is my favorite but really with the first and foremost it was a business decision When the old power contract was up in 2012 Georgetown City managers sat down to look at their options they realized that wind and solar power are more predictable The prices don't swing up and down like oil and gas. So the city can sign a contract today, and know what the bill is going to be for the next 25 years

1:12:16 That's especially appealing in a place like Georgetown where a lot of retirees live on fixed incomes. We're driving up to this municipal building in Georgetown, Texas and the roof is covered in solar panels Hey there! Howdy! Chris Foster By the way this-this has put in there in this report just as a little bit of color because it has nothing to do with what we're talking about but the reporter says oh Look at it, the rooftop is covered in solar panels. Has nothing to do with how they're getting their energy but just all for color and for lying this is a lie this whole report is covered in solar panels. Hey there! Howdy Chris Foster manages the city's energy usage he presented a bunch of options to city managers and when they picked 100% renewable foster realized this could be a big deal only one other American city has done this in liberal Vermont

1:13:05 The wind energy that Georgetown buys is produced hundreds of miles away in West Texas. The city can only get that energy because of changes to the electrical grid that former governor Rick Perry put in place. The mayor says Perry deserves credit I truly believe he was a visionary because under his leadership, those transmission lines which run from West Texas and the Pan Am, if the state hadn't put those on the ground to transmit that energy we wouldn't be having this conversation today. Now Rick Perry is the Energy Secretary And Rick Perry is part of this scam even though I'd love to have beer with him seems like fun guy This is a scam and I'm going to break it down for you

1:13:45 So first of all, it is true that they purchased renewable energy from a company known as SunEdison and they started this deal in 2015. When SunEdison's stock was up around $20 if you look at them today they've been delisted from NASDAQ they are a bulletin board stock for nine cents so on the brink of bankruptcy So the first lie is this 100% renewable energy. You just heard him talk about the grid, what happened is the windmill parks farms in West Texas were connected to THE Texas grid so because there are no direct transmission lines from any solar farm or any wind farm run by SunEdison or anyone else directly to Georgetown it is a lie that they're 100 percent on renewable energy

1:14:40 It could be that way if they had about, you know $9 billion worth of batteries because 155 kilowatts is being delivered. It's not a big town but I hadn't heard nothing about this investment in batteries what is happening is this is the grid scam and this is all over Europe uh you know you can buy your energy the energy markets we deregulated you have a company that has windmills They feed their windmill energy into the grid and... Yeah, it gets mixed up with all the others. It gets mixed up with everything else exactly so to start off with it's a complete lie because they do not have power at certain times but you're buying from them with a consistent price You could be getting coal energy gas energy nuclear energy and if you look at the overall statistics which I did for Texas only 10% of the entire energy supply that is from renewables is in the grid

1:15:32 So all energy in the Texas grid, the percentage that is renewables is 10%. So it's a lie. A boldface lie that they have 100% renewable energy. They buy from a company that provides that but it provides renewable energy but let's see how does SunEdison do this because that's the part of the freak me out? How can it be cheaper? How can they provide this cheaper? SunEdison used to be a Monsanto company just to show you where their corporate leadership comes from They are in the business of creating something new called a yield co. And the yield co, they have two of them currently even though they're a nine penny delisted stock, they have to yield cos currently at about one at 12 and one about $18. The yield co is where the energy properties are stored and when...and they go public with these with this yield cos or called yield cos it's basically a derivative with huge tax advantages because of the way it's structured as an investment

1:16:29 And the Yieldco buys up bankrupt solar and wind farms that are operating, but they're bankrupt. So they buy them pennies on the dollar therefore they have almost zero of the investment cost and yes every kilowatt hour after that is of course at a hugely reduced cost because you didn't pay for the initial upfront costs, which by the way the American taxpayer did most of. We paid for Solyndra and all these companies that are now bankrupt and these companies are putting into yieldcos therefore able to provide this energy very cheap but unless we have a complete supply line of bankrupted companies to pull into the yieldcos this is not going to end very well look at their stock price! And then just add insult to injury

1:17:17 They were promised the city of Georgetown, they would be able to sell their excess energy back into the grid. Well it's amazing with this great deal they did it turns out that Georgetown lost six million dollars on this deal last year! Why? Turns out that the energy they purchased is the most available. They have excess at peak times when there's just tons of energy, so when the wind is really blowing or the sun is really shining but guess what? Everybody connected to the grid... Do I have to guess? No! Everybody on the grid has excess energy There's no place to sell it. There are no buyers So they lost six million dollars on this stupid deal A complete scam and lie Okay And that will be that for today show

CHAPTER 21 / 49 Discussion

Media Promotion of Global Warming Memes

The hosts conclude their analysis of the Georgetown energy story by criticizing NPR for providing "bogus reports" that support Al Gore's climate agenda. They argue that the media is ratcheting up memes about renewable energy being cheaper than coal to prepare for Gore's upcoming movie release. They emphasize that 100% renewable energy is impossible without massive battery storage, which Georgetown lacks.

npr· al gore· global warming· renewable energy· propaganda

1:18:16 I think there's some money to be made in this deal, sounds like to me. Yes what we need is set up a yield code that's what we need That's what i'm thinking The yield it's a new kind of derivative people are very excited about them I've never heard of that. Well, I thought that was a good presentation. I think it was probably five minutes too long but it's still worth it and I think because you let too much of the Al Gore... Well he had all these different points to make that I thought were useful. Yeah, well it wasn't beside the point mostly but the fact that you did this digging and then you got this information and then you're not like... I'm not like NPR

1:18:58 Yeah, you don't have the resources of NPR who go in and give us a bogus report just to back up more of this global warming bullcrap. With the lie that is now 100% renewable energy and it's cheaper! Well I think the big scam is that They're buying from the grid, but they're doing allocation. In other words... Yes of course. ...the farms are saying yeah well we all... somehow magically through the grid our energy which is mixed with the rest of the energy... It's better than dirty energy. Somehow goes straight through the pipe and then comes out in Georgetown. Exactly it's dirty energy! Dirty! Don't keep that dirty whore energy away from me so anyway So all you've done was

1:19:46 prove to us something that I think everyone knows in their gut. Yes, but it's going to be...it's going to increase is gonna get ratcheted up the movies coming out there's gonna be a lot of promotion you will hear the two memes cheaper than dirty dirty coal and It actually runs, you can do 100% renewable without direct transmission lines or without batteries. It's amazing just amazing how that works. Yeah You can't do a lot with batteries. Yeah yeah you can and that's not cheap but with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C where this E stands for covert racism Dvorak

1:20:29 Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry also in the morning to all the ships on the ground and boots in the air and subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there while I go get this spreadsheet Good! In the morning everybody in the chat room knowagendastream.com You guys are doing good one-liners rolling off your tongue good good good appreciate that well it was well they're doing good in my book any more than two The man in the sewer, Nick the Rat for the artwork for episode 914. FAKBASE! This was a very intricate piece We had a Barbie wearing the happy hijab drinking a glass of racist milk sitting inside an orb It was a beautiful piece A G-Ode Yeah that's what it was

CHAPTER 22 / 49 Discussion

No Agenda Executive Producer Donations and Peerage

The hosts begin the donation segment by thanking Nick the Rat for the episode artwork. They acknowledge a $911.00 donation from Milton Cuevas, who becomes Sir Zacchaeus, Enforcer of the Taxable Actions. Another anonymous donor contributes $620.01 to reach the rank of Baronet of the ADF, requesting a "de-douching" and "karma" jingle.

donations· peerage· knighthood· value for value· sir zacchaeus

1:19:46 prove to us something that I think everyone knows in their gut. Yes, but it's going to be...it's going to increase is gonna get ratcheted up the movies coming out there's gonna be a lot of promotion you will hear the two memes cheaper than dirty dirty coal and It actually runs, you can do 100% renewable without direct transmission lines or without batteries. It's amazing just amazing how that works. Yeah You can't do a lot with batteries. Yeah yeah you can and that's not cheap but with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C where this E stands for covert racism Dvorak

1:20:29 Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry also in the morning to all the ships on the ground and boots in the air and subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there while I go get this spreadsheet Good! In the morning everybody in the chat room knowagendastream.com You guys are doing good one-liners rolling off your tongue good good good appreciate that well it was well they're doing good in my book any more than two The man in the sewer, Nick the Rat for the artwork for episode 914. FAKBASE! This was a very intricate piece We had a Barbie wearing the happy hijab drinking a glass of racist milk sitting inside an orb It was a beautiful piece A G-Ode Yeah that's what it was

1:21:17 Dynamite well done no agenda art generator commas. It was a very close call because there's a lot of good art that came in Combines so many elements subtly yeah, and it was just and then now Nick the rats all jacked up because I listened to his show oh Yeah, he's off though. He's off the rails now. Oh, he's I Met two guys, and I see like a normal item too. He is very much a lot of weed Yeah makes him a friend of mine guess he does All right, well let's thank a few people for today's producing show 9... what is it? 914 I think so. 915 John Is it 915? 9 or 15 yes 915 okay well lets thank a few people and we have a couple of big donors right off the top including Milton Cuevas came in with 911 but that does the show number that means he's the show he's a member one man member of the club Yes Very interesting that we've had so many those recently

1:22:19 After reading your plea for donations my Catholic guilt kicked in and I figured I better help the poor. This donation takes me over the threshold necessary to achieve knighthood from this day forward, I'd like to be known as Sir Zacchaeus? Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus Enforcer of the Taxable Actions He must be a tax collector or something. Keep reminding everyone that the world hates truth tellers and President Trump is doing more of it than anyone else in our nation's capital." Unfortunately, sometimes he... What? I don't know why they just can read this part off the side. Unfortunately he tells it the way your drunk uncle does unvarnished and laced with insults about your mom

1:23:04 Yes, nice keep the gum. Keep up the good work Can you give me he wants to formula is the form right? What is the formula our formulas this play that I'm not gonna play that twice in a row doesn't make some sense No, no he knows what you're gonna play it anyway oh, I gotcha okay all right God got it got it got it So what does your bush cash yeah? Thanks Obama. Yeah Nancy's jobs karma, uh-huh and then Carla sit all right It's alright he's worth it formula is this we go out or hit people in the mouth I know a lot of people want to send blankets serve water Just send your cash Thanks Obama jobs Jobs jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs

1:23:59 Karma You got it sir Zacchaeus look forward to your ceremony later on sir now we have a normal night who's now decided to become anonymous and I just Got lucky noticing on his inapparent and parents. Yeah, you gotta put this on up front of your notes people What it's actually upfront But it's like over on the side didn't kind of not the first thing that said that he says or she yes Or she Donation amount puts me in at baronet level. That's $620 and one cent, which is nice He sent another letter via email for an additional info I'd like to request a de-douching boom shakalaka and karma new peerage level Baronette And he wants to be the Baronette of the ADF. I'll see if I can find his note Okay

CHAPTER 23 / 49 Discussion

Michigan Meetups and Producer Jingle Requests

Producers Timothy Kiernan and Brandon Toy contribute toward a knighthood, with Kiernan becoming Sir Timothy of No Fixed Title. The hosts discuss upcoming No Agenda meetups in Lansing, Michigan. They play several requested jingles, including a "fake news" parody of Bob Seger and "Ebola Number Five" for Dame Tanya, the Viscountess of New York.

michigan· meetups· bob seger· ebola· karma

1:24:50 You can play those jingles. Okay, what was it? It was de-douching Boomshakalaka and what? And Karma. You got it. You've been de-douched! Dingo Boomshakalaka! You've got karma. Alright almost there. Oops his name doesn't... Timothy Kiernan His name hold on uh here we go Whoops, no. There's no note here from him. From whom? The guy that says there was an email note. The anonymous guy who I know his name because it's on the check. Okay well we'll just have to go move on and move forward. Move advance. Forward motion is good. Timothy Kierman 34412 was another executive producer

1:25:47 Fellow Michigan producer Brandon toys $50 gift toward my knighthood in episode 912 inspired me to pay off the balance Thank you. Noah, Jennifer years of media deconstruction Again what do I have this and thank you Brandon? Please give him some karma and we will of course also can We send some karma to producer Jeff Lundberg whose Michigan email list enables us that meetup such as the one producer Phil is hosting in the Lansing area after Easter weekend Perhaps our list link could be included in today's show notes Yep, I'll put that in if it's not already taken. It would like to be known as Sir Timothy of no fixed title pretty sure That's available this allows flexibility and how we introduce myself and various social situations Which is useful when hitting people in the mouth at the roundtable? I would like to partake of

1:26:33 malt vinegar and manual transmissions. Finally, I'd like to hear our very own Sir Kevin's jingle fake news based on Bob Seger's night moves followed by John's gonna hurt gonna hum the Sunday Times The ultimate would be for Adam to visit Michigan in the airstream of consciousness John lit the fire here Adam can pour on the gasoline Nice All right onward well No now i gotta find the jingles which normally You know, when you're reading it I've been looking them up so now i gotta do that. What did he want here? He wanted the fake news and John's gonna hum the Sunday Times... That's it! Yeah well if I could find it yeah this is not so easy you know The Sunday Times thing has been out of play for a long time. Riding up some fake news Time to get cheap clicks and cop pay news Riding up some fake

1:27:34 Good work. Now I re-jiggered this thing. You reestablished the connection to your Libra office? It's Office Libra! I'm sorry, Office Libra... Dame Tanya, the Viscountess of New York I'm all in on the dead man's income tax refund donation and I figured it was, I was overdue for another producership. I also ordered the special edition asserting silver night ring can't wait to get it Can I get a war on chicken crazy preacher? I am pointing out the problem Ebola number five and karma What?! What!? What! I don't know what the crazy preacher I'm pointing out the problem is

1:28:36 Or Ebola number five. I wore on chicken. Yeah, dad got that crazy preacher I think she means Manning but I think Mmm pointing out the problem well let me see pointing out the problem Pointing you see if I don't have something here yes, I have something pointing out the problem okay and then all a number 5 Ebola number five Number four. Oh, we do have that. People know the jingles better than we do. Okay Ebola number five and then what? Ninja Karma. Anakarma. Let's try this here we go. The War on Chicken. I'm pointing out Ebola!

CHAPTER 24 / 49 Discussion

Value for Value Model and Reverend Manning Clips

The hosts recognize associate executive producers Matt Mariotti and Chad Seeker for their contributions. Seeker challenges the community to set up weekly subscriptions to ensure the show's longevity. The segment concludes with a clip from Reverend Manning discussing Kellyanne Conway and "jungle fever," which the hosts use to illustrate their "money shot" ISO.

value for value· reverend manning· kellyanne conway· gitmo nation· donations

1:29:29 You've got karma. I don't know what that was said Ebola number five maybe that was Ebola clip number five I Need more preparation for stuff like that, that was a lot Matt Mariotti and McKnight Pennsylvania 263 33 being associate executive producer for show 915 Celebrating 33rd birthday with no agenda show. Show on 33rd birthday, coincidence? I think not! Thanks for the amazing... thanks for being amazing can i get a 33 magic number and Obama you might die and karma from my upcoming trip to Gitmo Nation East and he wants to know if there's any good places to eat well you'll have to take care of that separately yes

1:30:23 You've got karma Thanks, thanks for the word to Chad I guess it's psyker, seeker? Psyker, seeker. Seeker, seeker, seeker, seeker, seeker. 200, that'll be our last associate executive producer for today's show 915. Gentlemen you were above and beyond. You went above and beyond to help me out on Thursdays show and you made my son Caleb's day with a birthday shout-out. It is yet one more reminder that Noah Jenna really is the best podcast in the universe. So I'd like to add my oldest son

1:31:06 Isaiah to the birthday list as he turns 15 on Tuesday, the 28th. Ah yeah you gotta be uh gotta keep it fair and square papa see if it's a on there I'll check in Isaiah is another fantastic young man In fact he is homeschooled and uses the show as part of his current events curriculum Nice Now ya goin' now ya goin' nice He is also responsible for hitting his mother in the mouth And she has become unconscious. Oh no, now she's become a regular listener as well. Your show is now a frequent topic of family conversation and the family that listens to No Agenda together stays together." I think that's probably true. Now with all this value... This reminds me those meetups they have in Michigan. Those people didn't know each other before The No Agenda Show or it's like Adam Kay down in Los Angeles says he can go to dinner with people

1:31:57 Not having to worry about arguing about Obamacare or arguing about Hillary or whatever. Or perhaps worrying that you aren't completely dimension B and yet gay at the same time? And that's your microaggressing. I am, I'm totally microaggressing! Now with all this value, I cannot figure out how the support can be down because it fluctuates. It does. It's time to write the Value for Value scales and ensure that no agenda is around for the next generation so in addition to today's $200 donation, I'll be setting up a four dollar per week 75 cents an hour Value for Value subscription and I challenge the entire No Agenda community to do the same let's do this for the children! No more excuses

1:32:37 Yes, hell yeah. He wants some homeschooling karma for his son and his smoking hot wife who is his teacher Sonia. Play something quick from Reverend Manning dealer's choice Well it just so happens I have a new clip from the good reverend There you go. I was looking for a way to bring it in today and here we go! I meant to make this announcement, please forgive me for being so tardy and bringing forth this announcement remember Kellyanne Conway on the sofa there in the Oval Office with 100 black men standing around her? And she got in her money-making position! Make shake your money maker

1:33:22 She got that money. That's a show no money shot Jesus Look at that. That's some money shot Kenny Conway in the money shot, you know Oh, I forgot to inform you that the reason why she got into that money shot without being asked is that Kellyanne Conway has got jungle fever. She couldn't stand herself! Jungle fever! Jungle fever! Jungle Fever! You've got karma I love that guy. That's a good as explanation as I've heard I Also, I sewed it for us. I thought it might be a good idea. Yes. I've shown up money shot

1:34:24 Jesus, that's a money shot. Kenny Conway in the money shot! He had about three ISOs in there. Oh my goodness that guy is the best thank you Reverend Manning for keeping our show real and thank you Chad and did you got a lot of explaining to do their Sonia your lesson to Isaiah yeah well let me explain the money shot to your son all right was that it Yeah, that's all we got. That's a good group. I want to thank each and every one of them. We have more to come with more producers. Yes, we do. We'll do that everyone who came in $50 or above and thank you to our executive producers and associate executive producers. And of course, we have a special show donation with at 915 really appreciate that. This is our value for value model this is the only way we survive and I think we've made it very evident it's the best way to do it

CHAPTER 25 / 49 Discussion

China's One Belt One Road Global Infrastructure Initiative

The hosts discuss China's "One Belt One Road" initiative, a massive global infrastructure and trade strategy proposed by Xi Jinping. They note that while the "New Silk Road" is a major theme in Chinese media, it receives little coverage in the West. The initiative is described as a framework for China to take a larger role in global affairs through economic integration.

china· one belt one road· xi jinping· globalization· silk road

1:35:24 It's a seesaw, it's a yo-yo. It's a roller coaster ride but it is still the best way to do what we stand by. It's a value for value proposition and another show coming up on Thursday remember us at... So you have basically four days to go out there and propagate our formula! Our formula is this We go out, we hit people in the mouth That's a shoulder money shot Shut Up Steve My cheeks hurt from that one. That guy makes me laugh All right, well let's take a look at some Chinese stuff no no No, come on. Let's not look at some Chinese stuff Okay, let's look at some Chinese stuff I'll do it later what you got you got cheap China This is this is not being played in the Western media whatsoever at all surprise

1:36:27 And that is the preoccupation that's gone to an extreme about One Belt, One Road. One belt one road? Major major major major major meme on all the Chinese news shows never discussed, never discussed one belt one road nobody knows what you're talking about China's plan known as the Belt and Road Initiative is expected to be a major driving force of globalization I think the One Belt One Road initiative is extremely important for not just China but also the rest of the world. I think from that point of view very beneficial that China is trying

1:37:10 expand its global footprint in a measured manner and I think that's very important because if it's done in a measured way there won't be overheated markets and that's really what the world wants to see. Zhang also said reforms an animation are urgently needed he added that countries in the region should jointly maintain peaceful and stable development strategies for the environment. In the wake of a growing criticism on globalization, China has given its answer by raising the One Belt One Road initiative The delegates here at the forum believe that this mechanism will help to promote economic integration among Asian countries and also help achieve more inclusive globalization worldwide Is this like one belt one road? is it like two girls one cup or something else

1:37:55 Definitely not that. You're on a roll today. This was introduced in 2013 by Xi, and he New Silk Road is what it is. Yeah, but whatever the one belt... I don't know what the one belt this is something I believe is kind of a like a It means probably more in Chinese idiom than it does when you say it in English But it's still referring to their trade policy that is the I think it's with the one belt is that Beltway That said train that they run all the way from China Well here here is the book of knowledge entry

1:38:34 The, okay I see how they're doing it. The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road also known as the belt and road one belt one road and belt and road initiative is development strategy and framework proposed by Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping And uh...the strategy underlines China's push to take a bigger role in global affairs It doesn't say anything about the train, although I'm sure that's what it's about. Well, that's part of it. Yeah, it's gotta be. But yeah, bigger role because of all things China really needs a bigger role seems to me. So let's listen to the Chinese...one of their TV shows with some guy who has always been, to me, a stooge for the Chinese government interviewing the former

CHAPTER 26 / 49 Discussion

Australia and Chinese Investment in National Infrastructure

Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr discusses Australia's relationship with China and the rejection of certain infrastructure alignments with the Belt and Road Initiative. Carr notes that Chinese investment in Australia is growing, including the purchase of ports and agricultural land. He advises China to show restraint in the South China Sea to maintain diplomatic ties with regional neighbors.

australia· china· bob carr· south china sea· infrastructure

1:39:19 former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and this would be China Australia, China buy-in one. Some of the uncertainties concerning our bilateral relationship Australia rejected aligning a $5 billion state infrastructure fund with China's Belt and Road Initiative during Premier Li Keqiang's Canberra trip this time, the Financial Times reported. Why has Australia rejected the development of infrastructure cooperation with China? Is it a zero-sum mentality that is ideologically driven

1:39:57 No, I don't think so. I think the Australian government has got to explain the reasons for the rejection. Um...I think- I think the way of approaching it is to forget the branding One Belt One Road and to talk about it in a different way To give it a different branding I think Australia- Australian business and Australian government still need to be persuaded that doing something on Australian soil requires being branded as being part of One Belt, One Road. But I think there are other ways of doing it and don't forget there is now a lot of Chinese investment in Australia still only about 3% of the total but it's growing markedly

1:40:46 And there's a lot of room, a lot of room for more and we expect more. We expect more. I think the Chinese have found a way of addressing Australian concerns about the loss of sovereignty through the purchase of Australian assets including prime agricultural land and that is for Chinese investors to form a consortium with Australian partners and settle for 50% of the Melbourne ports or 49% of Australia's biggest rural property. Wow man, the Aussies are selling out? The Aussies are selling out and here is another example from this play clip zero that says Zero Bobcar And that to me is a standout fact so three American admirals have said to Australia it would be good if you joined us or ran your own patrols and Australia has not done

1:41:40 And that is because the government in Canberra is giving a weighting to its relationship with China. It's not prepared to damage or immolate that relationship at the request of the US Now, I think there's an opportunity for China here...I'd strongly advise China not to do anything preemptive in the South China Sea, for example not to build up Scarborough Shoal which is so close to the territory of the Philippines and which both China... But China says over and over that we will not endanger freedom of navigation or flight. I know understand that but if China would have dredged at Scarborough Shoal and then to well dredging would be enough. I think China would lose the diplomatic coup it scored

1:42:34 with the new Philippines president and the relationship it enjoys with him. I think China's now got the nations of Southeast Asia negotiating one-on-one with it over disputes in maritime territory, I think China would be ill advised were to do anything at Scarborough Shoal that threatened that new approach, that equilibrium in the South China Sea. If I were the Australian Foreign Minister again, I'd be speaking to the Chinese off-the record in private conversations saying you've gained strategically in the South China Sea

1:43:26 You've got the states of the region talking to you one-on-one directly. America runs freedom navigation patrols, but they don't alter any of these diplomatic realities But if one thing would change the situation it would be China dredging at Scarborough Shoal So a bit of restraint from China Would be in everyone's interest Now the guy, the other guy comes on and he says they went to a break and then comes back. He says that well you know China's gonna do what it's gonna do so I don't think anyone is going to listen at this point now where the Chinese have stopped listening to advice

1:44:07 And they're moving in on Australia the same way they did in Africa. They're building roads, they bought one of their ports completely bought a port up and they tell them to Americans that get lost which is a switcheroo and then they are saying well look if Americans tell us what to do but the Chinese give us money People generally like the Chinese deal better They still think it's a better deal although long term It doesn't turn out to work that great. Yeah, but you know the Chinese say hey do you know what we're gonna give you money? We're gonna build hospitals roads schools They do that and then they put their own people in there And it's all I mean then you get cheap Chinese crap everywhere the u.s.. We come in we say bad will do all this for you We don't and then we kill you that's kind of the difference yeah, so slightly different

CHAPTER 27 / 49 Discussion

Canada Joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Canada becomes the first North American country to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a Chinese-led institution competing with the World Bank. The bank, capitalized at $100 billion, funds energy and transportation projects along the "One Belt One Road" route. The hosts suggest that China is aggressively expanding its global footprint while the US media remains focused on Russia.

aiib· canada· china· infrastructure· world bank

1:44:59 You know overthrow the government drone you yeah, I do get back off meanwhile drone Meanwhile Canada's gotten in on this and there's one other Chinese report which is the AIIB report Which is the we don't talk about that in the mainstream media at all. Is it information that's useful? We shouldn't be giving that to this place of course, the Asian infrastructure investment bank which is competing with the World Bank and the That other one and it could very well be the vehicle that President Trump will use to rebuild our infrastructure

1:45:35 It might be, but we haven't joined. Although I'm curious that of all the countries that have joined and it's a spotty group it's like Ireland and there's a bunch of countries... For the AIIB? Yeah you should look it up but one that join recently is Canada they're all in with the Chinese so that's interesting. Turncoats? That's what I was thinking but here's a little report on what they're up to. The bank expects to welcome more prospective members through the year This is the first time that AIIB has welcomed new applications including five regional and eight non-regional prospective members. Unsurprisingly, Hong Kong SAR is in as are Afghanistan, Armenia, Fiji and Timor Leste Canada is now the first North American country to get on board In Europe, Belgium Hungary and Ireland have chosen to join

1:46:27 as have Peru, Sudan, Venezuela and Ethiopia. Some of them could be joining because they want to be part of the conversation that's happening over here in Asia you know this is a growth region it's an exciting region so some of those countries they want to be part of the development discussion for other ones they see trade opportunities it is within our articles of agreement and it's not going to happen in immediate future but we could approve loans in countries outside the region if there is an immediate economic or obvious economic benefit to Asia. And so some of those countries could be looking at it for those reasons." These 13 countries and regions will officially join the AIIB once they complete the required domestic processes, and deposit their first installment with a bank. Their shares will come from the bank's existing pool

1:47:15 unallocated shares. In 2016, in its first year of operations the bank approved 1.73 billion US dollars in loans to finance nine projects covering energy transportation and urban development many of which are along the Belt and Road if there are projects that are part of one belt one road that makes sense that meet our standards for financial viability, environmental sensitivity and our mandate to improve social and economic development in Asia. We'll absolutely be considering those for funding." The AIFB is a new multilateral financial institution which was founded to bring countries together to address infrastructure needs across Asia the capital of the bank is 100 billion US dollars

1:47:57 equivalent to two-thirds of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and about half that of the World Bank. Wang Dongxuan, CDTN Beijing Do you think we could get some funding for our podcast from this outfit? Not unless we're one belt one road I'll wear the belt We can wear... I'll wear the road We'll be here all week. Now, the thing is, of course this is not being reported as all part of a globalization... Well also John you kind of see that Trump has been harping carping on China and China for such a long time He's gonna turn out to be right of course in the end that these guys are the ones you got to watch not Russia And he said the guys we gotta watch they're doing something my I mean yeah, they're very aggressive They're doing a lot of good work from their perspective. Of course. They're expanding there moving now into Australia. They've taken over Africa Everything is Italy taking over Italy

1:48:58 Yes, they're taking over Italy. I mean think about that it's like you imagine a report already I believe this is under reported because as part of the global yes the globalism this dead And the media and the progressive liberals want us to just fall prey, to just give up being a country. No borders. John McCain's on board with all of this. That's why he's fighting Trump because Trump is flying in the ointment for all this stuff and it's annoying that he comes into office and now all of a sudden when we had all these schemes and everything since World War 70 years as McCain would put it, now it's like you know this guy's mucking it up!

1:49:38 And of course, there's two other elements that should be mentioned. One is that we think we can run... We think as Americans, we can run the global government and we'd been charged so what difference does it make whether we have borders or not? Because we're in charge although we couldn't even maintain the internet as being in charge for that longs. So that's bull crap, you can't do it and the Chinese think the same thing they figured that they've got to the balls take over the whole world Yeah, they're all in on globalism. Yeah, but they're actually doing it very slightly you are doing it very very slightly Hmm how's Mimi doing is she having withdrawals? Is she okay?

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Facebook Boycott and Virtue Signaling Against Systemic Racism

A viral "Day Without Facebook" campaign encourages users to boycott the platform to protest alleged systemic racism and the banning of activists. The organizers claim Facebook's algorithms are abused by white supremacists to silence minority voices. The hosts mock the boycott, arguing that businesses relying on Facebook are inherently vulnerable and that the protest is ineffective virtue signaling.

facebook· boycott· systemic racism· community standards· algorithms

1:50:17 Why? She's trying to get off Facebook. Is that what you're referring to? Oh, well I think today is the day without face bag but i was wondering if she was having withdrawals this was a... She kind of weaned herself so I don't think she's having withdrawal yet but you can be sure that everyone who gets addicted to facebook is doomed I think to miserable life So here's the latest copy paste that going around virtue signaling instructions Of course, it shows up on everybody's timeline. It does go viral pretty quickly I'll read it to you A day without Facebook Facebook upholds systemic racism by banning those who are fighting for equality The Facebook community standards and algorithms have been abused by white supremacists To silence us by banning those who are calling out problematic people in their behavior And Facebook refuses to acknowledge this

1:51:08 People who are banned use Facebook not only to connect with community, friends and family but also to run their businesses. I'll stop right there if your business needs Facebook you're an idiot it's just not a way to build the business in the meantime Facebook makes money from us using their system and we are part of the problem because we continue to use Facebook even as its supports and promotes the behaviors that silence us without any punishment to the oppressors For 24 hours, let us show solidarity to our friends and family members who have been banned or are currently banned during this time. Turn off commenting in the groups you administrate and cease from posting any pictures or comments! Don't answer any private messages! If you've been banned in the past feel free to post a screenshot if you have one. If you've reported content that is racist sexist homophobic or along all those lines and Facebook said it doesn't go against community standards feel free to post that as well

1:52:02 So I'm sure it's shut down. It must be a ghost town right now." Sounds like it! No, of course not and also how stupid are people? Do they really think this is like a government resource or something that you could do... Oh, they're oppressing us. Oh, they're jacking the algos dude. Jackin' the algos. Stop jacking the algos! Well there's a lot of jack in the algo going on play this clip About bots on seat that came off of CBS. It's actually a promotion for the 60-minute show, but it's still interesting news articles outrageous and salacious bedeviled both presidential campaigns Now in an investigation for 60 minutes we have looked into how nonsense on one website breaks out to become a trending article on Facebook or Twitter

CHAPTER 29 / 49 Discussion

60 Minutes Investigation into Social Media Bots

A 60 Minutes investigation demonstrates how "bots" are used to manipulate social media trends and make fake news appear popular. Reporter Bill Whitaker purchases 5,000 Russian bots to inflate his own tweet's engagement from 300 to 44,000 retweets. The hosts note that mainstream news organizations likely use similar tactics to boost their own numbers and earnings reports.

60 minutes· bots· twitter· fake news· jim vidmar

1:52:54 We discovered that some fake news publishers use fraudulent computer software called bots to make the articles appear to be wildly popular. Bots are fake social media accounts. Jim Vidmar knows all about bots, he's a consultant who helps products or people... Is this is a bot master they're interviewing? You know, this guy's some promotional guy. He's like a PR guy who illegally uses bots. People get noticed on the internet So when we're talking about these bots These are Twitter accounts masquerading as real people That's right By the thousands? Millions

1:53:36 We did an experiment with Vidmar's help. We bought 5,000 bots from a Russian website They cost us just a few hundred bucks and I'm gonna tweet from my account what happens when 60 minutes investigates fake news So, tweet that out. There it is. Normally I would expect real people to retweet my message a few dozen times. Vidmar programmed our bots to retweet my message and then he turned them loose. Hit it with everything you got. Let's hit it with every thing we got then. Hey Cotton, hey you've 3.2 thousand re-tweets right there Wait a minute...I went from 300 to 38000? Uh huh

1:54:18 3,400 now it's 4.4 thousand yeah and that matters because Facebook and Twitter base their ranking of trending subjects on their popularity the retweet of a bot looks just like the retweets of a person Sunday on 60 minutes we'll show you how fake news publishers turn fake boosts from bots into real money Well, I can't wait for the expose when it turns out every single one of the news organizations does the exact same thing around earnings time. So if they could... It's true! This is a known fact everyone does it to boost your numbers Oh we're trending up? It's looking great for next quarter Great quarter guys good yeah great

1:55:05 It won't bring that into the conversation, I can assure you. No, no you're right on that but... You know we have a nut guy named Ben and I've got some- Yeah I know what's coming where is our bots? Where are our bots? Where is our algo? We need some algo guys who knows how to do this stuff. Tina still stuck in her egg algos really bad What do you mean? Well, she has an issue with ovumphobia. She does have a issue with eggs Yeah and she's seeing eggs everywhere yeah because on Instagram that she'll see because she likes cooking shows and baking shows they'll see something about video about someone putting an egg on a pizza which he hates but then she'll stay there going oh look at this it's horrible! And the algo goes... You want more so they give her more

1:55:50 But it's a thing, we already identified this and the most recent issue of Bon Appetit magazine. Do you receive this? No Right there, cover photo. How do you like yours? Put an egg on it." And we know that this is the Egg Council of America. This is their new slogan and there it is! Yes they've done a wonderful job. But not as good as that English operation that's popularized kale They did a great kale was it but you know that's they ran its course kale is out But they have a piece of burnt toast here with radishes and then some green paste and on top of that a fried runny egg Mmmmmmmm! Yum! That sounds great

CHAPTER 30 / 49 Discussion

Devin Nunes and the House Intelligence Committee Fiasco

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes faces criticism for briefing President Trump on intelligence reports before sharing them with his committee. ABC News reports on the "political firestorm" and the fuming of Democrats like Adam Schiff. The hosts deconstruct the media's "switchback" editing, which conflates the lack of direct wiretapping at Trump Tower with the discovery of incidental surveillance.

devin nunes· adam schiff· house intelligence committee· wiretapping· abc news

1:56:45 Well, we can do the odd report on the Intel Committee switchback presentation. This is an interesting one I'll do a little deconstruction here this is you know? I have in the leaner report there's always as mixed feelings about ABC Yes And that's leaner leanor reports calm for those of you want yes It hasn't been updated so it's you're not gonna get to latest ideas but But ABC's always been kind of problematic. It's like, do they like Trump? Do they not like Trump because they're on board with all the Trump hate that goes on. They're Disney so they have their own agenda and they got some other agenda than them other guys and there's a bit in here this is a report on the fiasco you know that was the bill

1:57:27 The health care bill. Yeah, that's good I want to talk about this. Which now everyone is just like oh my god Trump! They're blaming Trump for everything when it was really a house bill? Well actually actually it has shifted they're blaming Ryan and there's a reason for that. Well I say they are still blaming Trump more than Ryan Sure of course he's incompetent we all knew that This is a gut this has got a little gotcha in it. This is a very interesting report This is not about the health care this is about the about the Intel that the scandal because The one guy Nunes went over to the White House and told Trump about something before he told that dead that creep Adam Schiff Yeah, who by the way you know what Tina said yesterday?

1:58:08 He's a reptile. I can see it now." I think so too. She says, "'I can recognize him now,' she says," this girl Armand." Yeah she got a big giant head he's got a funny face and he's got no shoulders. And I agree look at his eyes the guy is a reptile Yeah, I think he is. Because I thought it was from the shift... Only on the No Agenda show where you get this kind of conversation. Well originally I thought it was from the shift banking family which is one of the three, you know, Lube, Khan and whatever that's the shifts own that. I can't find a connection between him and the original shift banking family not through Wikipedia at least but I have a feeling he may still be related somehow. Or they're hatched from an egg

1:58:45 President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort volunteering to meet with the committee investigating Russia's interference in the election. ABC senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas outside FBI headquarters. Hey, Pierre! The Republican Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee appearing to back down from his claim that started a political firestorm Why were the Trump Associated Report monitored or just mentioned in these intelligence reports? We don't know until, we won't know that until we actually receive all of the documentation. Chairman Devin Nunes had gone to the White House Wednesday to brief President Trump before talking to his own committee The president needs to know that this and these intelligence reports are out there and I have a duty to tell him that

1:59:29 The investigation started after the president's infamous assertion that Obama tapped his phones during the election. Nunes saying there is no merit to that claim. There was no wiretapping of Trump Tower, that didn't happen Tonight Democrats are fuming That effort to defend the indefensible has led us down this terrible rabbit hole Committee members further raised that Nunes Did you notice this? The rabbit hole. No, did you notice the switch back? Oh yeah of course! It didn't happen now all of a sudden how does that work? No no I'm talking about the way they presented it. The way ABC presented it. It's very interesting and I'm always very interested in ABC presenting stuff like this what they did and I stopped right after they did it which is

2:00:22 They put together two different threads. They started with, oh he didn't the Trump Tower was never tapped and then it goes to and the Democrats are fuming over this that it wasn't that they're implying that there's there irked about It wasn't tapped It should have been or something very confusing transition from it wasn't it wasn't tapped too all in The Democrats are bent out of shape now Why are they bent out of shape? Let's listen to it again. I want to hear it again, I rolled back a bit for us. The investigation started after the president's infamous assertion that Obama tapped his phones during the election. Nunes saying there is no merit to that claim. There was no wiretapping at Trump Tower, that didn't happen. Tonight Democrats are fuming

2:01:12 That effort to defend the indefensible has led us down this terrible road. That's very interesting, do you think that was... yeah it must have been purposeful? That's strange It doesn't make any sense otherwise You can't put unless you're drunk in the avid room where you're doing the editing Which may, I don't know if Diane Sawyer editing and you never know It's a possibility but they go from a desertion that Trump didn't do, it wasn't...didn't happen to Trump. Did the Democrats are now mad? Yeah I don't get that Do they want it to be tapped? It just creates a point of confusion in your brain Yes and that could be purposeful but man you give them a lot of credit Well I do give them credit! I give all these guys credit This is the top this is the high end this is the peak

2:02:02 these three networks and Fox to a lesser extent, are the peak of propaganda issuance in this country. And they're controlled by intelligence agencies at least one of them we know pretty much and then the other ones just a bigoted bunch of people, the NBC crowd. Yeah well CNN is also complete... Well yeah but CNN who nobody listens to CNN it's like now worth deconstructing because they influence zero I mean these broadcasts have 10-20 million people listening. That's true. 300,000. So what? And they're all wonks you know. What are you learning Brolf? I'm learning no one's watching! To me that stood out like a sore thumb. I call it switchback because it confuses you doesn't make any sense in context

2:02:52 It's unbelievable. I want to hear the rest, I want to hear the rest. Effort to defend the indefensible has led us down this terrible rabbit hole. Committee members further enraged that Nunes is postponing a Tuesday hearing with three former top intelligence officials He it seems continues to be more loyal to the president than our duty to have a search for the truth that is independent and collaborative And now former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has volunteered to testify Sources tell ABC News former Trump associate Roger Stone may appear as well. And Pierre joins us live now from FBI headquarters, Pierre director Comey went to the White House to meet with President Trump today do we know anything about that meeting? Comey was at the White House for a scheduled meeting of national security officials but were told he did not meet with the president Tom. Here Thomas Perez Pierre thanks so much Yeah thanks so much I have a couple clips that fit into this and i'd like to share with group

CHAPTER 31 / 49 Discussion

Lindsey Graham Expresses Concern Over Surveillance Procedures

Senator Lindsey Graham questions the procedures used to monitor transition team communications with foreign leaders. While Graham acknowledges that foreign agents are routinely surveilled, he expresses concern about the confidentiality of policy discussions. The hosts argue that Graham is worried because he knows that "everything is recorded" in modern data centers regardless of specific warrants.

lindsey graham· surveillance· nsa· transition team· wiretapping

2:03:47 Yes, share. Regarding this first one is Lindsey Graham who he is a little confused He's worried it seems and I wonder why well...I don't wonder why because he's in cahoots with McCain and these guys are just evil scum But he's worried about this wiretapping. Here's the question for me Does this fall into the category that Trump campaign was surveilled? I don't think so does it fall into the category of being unlawful? I don't believe so Is it disturbing? In this regard, it is. I meet with foreign leaders all the time as a senator I wonder if my meetings are being surveilled by our intelligence community. If so, when i'm involved that would be inappropriate because I may be talking about things of policy that I want... Talking about things of sexual nature? ...I want the executive branch to know about The FBI director and the National Security Agency director they were testifying up on Capitol Hill before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday and said none of this what does that tell you

2:04:51 tells me that there's no evidence of surveilling of the Trump campaign where a warrant was issued or requested by the FBI, that the NSA was never involved in surveilling the Trump campaign ordered by the Obama administration. Now we survey foreign agents all the time, foreign leaders. We surveil people as part of intelligence gathering. The one thing that is a bit disturbing is at a transition team you expect to be talking to other countries What I want to know is when a transition team member talks to representative of another country, what are the procedures that make sure that is confidential in terms of the interaction between our government and foreign nation. So Lindsey Graham is worried about wiretapping because now he's at war. About something specifically? Yes it's probably Ukraine but

2:05:44 The reason why he's worried is because he knows the truth. He knows that this wire tapping thing is all just a... it's just a big smokescreen And I had to remind myself of this, that wiretapping is not necessary in the United States of Gitmo Nation. Everything is recorded everything is on a disk it's you know in the big data centers This is what we have come to realize The information is there all that needs to be done and I think this why Trump only felt partially vindicated because there probably was no FISA court warrant against him but everything, EVERYTHING is tracked, everything is stored All you have to do is go up, enter your selector saying okay I want X Y and Z. So you can even select I want Trump. You'll come up with a call or an email or whatever it is that is connected between him in the foreign national and then that name gets masked but it's all there. There is no...You don't have to go in and plant bugs anymore It's just all there as explained once again by our friend Binnie

CHAPTER 32 / 49 Discussion

Bill Binney on NSA Bulk Acquisition and Political Targeting

Former NSA technical director Bill Binney appears on Tucker Carlson's show to discuss the agency's ability to track all domestic communications. Binney claims a small group within the NSA targets the Supreme Court, Congress, and the White House to gain leverage over political leaders. He argues that bulk data acquisition actually inhibits the agency's ability to detect specific terrorist threats.

bill binney· nsa· stellar wind· surveillance· whistleblower

2:06:43 Bill Binney, who you and I both feel is very credible. He was the first whistleblower... He's the one who designed the system! The stellar wind, I think it was he designed there in 2nd Street in AT&T building in San Francisco they had the fiber tapped and was just sucking in soot all of it Now here's Benny from two nights ago on Tucker show considering what you said is that the NSA has all the information So presumably they can prove or disprove the claims about Russian tampering in this election They could prove or disprove Trump's tweet about being spied upon Why wouldn't think that would get into the extent of which they've penetrated the network inside the United States? There's another program going on

2:07:22 here. This is, I think he's correct they can't actually admit to what's going on and what's happening because that would show that everybody and everything is tracked and recorded. There aren't too many people are talking about they're not even addressing it. I think you were trying to get at it inside NSA there's a set of people who are...and we got this from another NSA whistleblower who witnessed some of this, they're inside there. They're targeting and looking at all the members of the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congress, both House and Senate as well as the White House. And all of this data is there inside NSA in a small group where they are looking at it. The idea is to see what people have power over you or going to—what

2:08:03 what they think you should be doing or what they're planning to do to you, your budget or whatever so that you can try and counteract it before it actually happens. This bulk acquisition by the way is inhibiting their ability to detect terrorist threats in advance so they can't stop them. So people get killed as a result which means that they pick up the pieces and clean up the blood after the attack That's what has been going on. I mean, they've consistently failed." So if the President of the United States for whom they work to whom they report says look i want everything you have on X aren't they required to give it to him? Yes, but again he'll never know if they do because they don't necessarily have to do that internally. You see you had Nunes and others saying that they never really got to see the raw data so it's a question of whether or not they pull out the raw data and give him that data or anything any reports generated off that. They don't have to

2:08:55 And they've been lying to them consistently for a very long time. It's like the Praetorian Guard, you know? They're going to determine what the emperor does and who the emperor is." Well, I think that would be spot on. Absolutely! I think he would be right Mr Binney very disturbing. I'm surprised they let Binney live. You know as I was clipping that I asked myself the same question you always have to wonder why? Why did they let him live? I think i know why. There's nobody but this NO Agenda show and maybe a few other people give a crap about him. A final clip I have is something Trey Gowdy said when he was interviewed on Fox. I thought it was an interesting point. So what did we learn from yesterday? What did Trey Gowdy, the prosecutor learned from yesterday? Um...I learned it's really tough to run serious quasi-criminal or criminal investigations in a public setting which is why its never done except in Washington. Uh..I think the most troubling part for me uh...was when Director Comey would not

CHAPTER 33 / 49 Discussion

Eric Swalwell Calls for Independent Russia Investigation

Representative Eric Swalwell argues that Chairman Devin Nunes has a conflict of interest and has betrayed his duty to conduct an independent investigation. Swalwell characterizes the Russian interference in the 2016 election as the "largest attack" on US elections in history. He calls for a credible, collaborative investigation that includes Democrats to get to the bottom of alleged Trump-Moscow ties.

eric swalwell· devin nunes· russia· election interference· conflict of interest

2:09:56 Would not assure us that there's a leak investigation. He was he was more than happy to assure us that there's an investigation into the Potential ties between the Trump campaign in Russia, which may or may not be a crime leaking classified information is a crime But it would not confirm that investigation Interesting yes I noted that when I was listening to the hearings do she of him yeah something's very suspicious meanwhile we have the The other side of that group, the Democrats are all lockstep against Nunes. And they're trying to get him out and get that independent thing going which is never gonna happen the way I see it unless- Independent investigation. Counsel and prosecutor. So let's listen to this. This is a new meme, I believe. They're ramping it up.

2:10:46 still butthurt over Hillary, are ramping this particular meme up to an extreme. I mean first when it was like the Russians hacked the Russians hacked the Russians hacked and now we got Russians attacked! And this is their second in command on that intelligence committee. This is some other stooge who comes out he's been on a number of clips And he's, this is the new litany. It's investigating Russian meddling in last year's election and alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow now the very direction of the probe itself seems in question here for some more on this as one of committees Democratic members representative Eric Swalwell with California Congress you've said before that you feel the chairman Devin Nunes has a conflict of interest do you think he's taking orders from the White House?

2:11:32 I think he betrayed the duty to conduct an independent, collaborative investigation. We were attacked by Russia this past election and our constituents are counting on us to get to the bottom of what happened He is going off on his own and receiving classified information not sharing it with members of the committee taking it to the White House where the president's campaign is currently under criminal and counterintelligence investigations. I think what we need to do is...He needs to find an on-ramp because this investigation must continue to go forward and he must work with Democrats otherwise our constituents are going to ask how can you conduct a credible investigation into the largest attack that our elections have ever seen. Yeah, that fits in perfectly with McCain clip here

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John McCain and General Scaparrotti on Russian Warfare

Senator John McCain and General Curtis Scaparrotti discuss the threat of Russian "asymmetric warfare" and propaganda in Europe. Scaparrotti calls for a "whole-of-government" information campaign to counter Russian influence. McCain emphasizes the need for increased financing for the State Department and the Russian Information Group (RIG) to lead this counter-messaging effort.

john mccain· curtis scaparrotti· russia· propaganda· state department

2:12:17 And by the way, the Russian attack also fits in perfectly with the Jackie Speier commentary and some others that we've heard. The Russians attacked... Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi... Let's have war with Russia! Let's nuke them! Let's listen to John McCain who was questioning General Curtis Capirotti commander of US European command. What's your ideas is how to counter what has emerged as one of the greatest threats to stability in Europe? One of the greatest threats, John! Is it nukes?! What is the greatest threat? Chairman I think first of all we have to confront this threat as it is be sober minded about it We have to do it as an alliance and with our partners It's a huge threat

2:13:01 and we have to be, we have to call it out. We have to confront it. There seems to be a reluctance in many of the nations that actually confronted when we see it publicly take it on uh... and I think we as partners have to form together begin to do this. As you said its prolific and um... and I believe we've got to confront it. No we countered Russian propaganda during the Cold War with Radio Free Europe and Voice for America What do you think we need to do there, to have our own counter—effective counter message to be sent? And I know that's not exactly in your area of responsibility. But I think it's a kind of warfare

2:13:43 Sure is. Sure is! They see the... Sure is, says the army guy. Sure is as warfare What do we need when we have this kind of new warfare? What could John McCain need if only I could remember what does he's always looking for to do there to have our own counter effective counter message to be sent Yeah, well that's not exactly in your area of responsibility But I think it's a kind of warfare Yes Sure it is. It is, they see the Russians see this as a part of that spectrum of warfare. That's their asymmetric approach I'll start here you know we have information operations that are military and I have those that are countering malign influence in Europe but what we really need is we need a whole-of-government approach A whole-of-government information campaign which I'm a small part of

2:14:34 We need somebody in the lead of that. Isn't that called propaganda? If it's a whole-of-government information campaign, isn't that propaganda or is that just fact base I'm confused and then we need to finance it and form our government strategy Finance! As you said in the Cold War we had one. Get to the money! There was a start on that. We have what's called the RIG, Russian Information Group which are beginnings of that but Uh, reinforced it has to be financed. They have the authorities that they need to lead that forward. Money! And the lead on that would probably be the State Department right? It is the rig as co-chaired with UCOM and the State Department's lead yes sir So it wouldn't help you any if we slashed the spending for the state department Ohhhh No sir Damn man It's always about the money It's always about the Benjamins John...John Benjamin McCain right there ladies and gentlemen What a douche

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Protests in Belarus and Potential Russian Intervention

Mass rallies in Minsk, Belarus, lead to hundreds of arrests as citizens protest a new tax on the unemployed. President Alexander Lukashenko's security forces are seen forcibly removing elderly protesters and journalists. The hosts predict that Russia will eventually be blamed for the unrest or use it as a pretext for intervention, given Belarus's strategic location near Ukraine.

belarus· minsk· alexander lukashenko· protests· russia

2:15:33 That's very funny. That's a good clip. Yeah, and before we take a break I just play this just to let you know where the next Russian problem is coming from police in Minsk have arrested hundreds of people during a mass rally organized to mark the 99th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic It always starts with something it always starts with something else but you watch within seconds We'll see that Russia is going to be invading Belarus. Many used the occasion to denounce an unpopular new tax on those not in full-time employment at times special forces deployed to the streets of the capital forcibly removed protesters and they were removing old people John, they were pulling down you know people in their 70s and hitting them with clubs! You can even hear it here... Passers by and at least 10 journalists were reportedly also detained

2:16:23 Oh, there's your journalist meme. Public anger has been steadily rising amid falling living standards and a two-year long recession in Belarus Yeah, they're hitting an old guy with billy clubs. Nice sound effect. Ah nice! The demonstration is the latest in a series held since February that posed the biggest threat in years to long-running president Alexander Lukashenko He's been seeking to improve ties with the West and the EU as relations cool with former Soviet ruler Russia Oh yeah you watch You can put your money on it Russia is gonna be responsible for this

2:17:03 Specifically. That's a good one, you're right. And Belarus is on the list! Look at the map people just look at where Belarus is it makes nothing but sense It's right above Ukraine connects to Russia Perfect Kagan The Kagans are back indeed and we like to stay back I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah that'd be fab On no agenda Midmorning Let's start off with Phil from Minnesota. Came in with $133 and 33 cents, he has a couple of call outs here I'm not sure we got him in there maybe...I think we did! I wanted to donate 333.33 for my wife's thirty-third birthday but I threw in another hundred to make sure you had read my note. Not necessarily on the air

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No Agenda Producer Credits and Birthday Wishes

The hosts read a list of producers who contributed $50 or more to the show, including Adam Barrett, Eric Mak, and Candice Blaney. They acknowledge various birthday wishes for listeners' family members, such as Melissa in Minnesota and Isaiah Seeker. The segment highlights the "clarity of thought" listeners gain from the show's media deconstruction.

donations· producers· birthdays· value for value· gitmo nation

2:17:55 Can I get a birthday wish for Melissa on 4-1-17? That is on the list, I'm pretty sure. Yes, yes, I'm pretty sure He wants to de-douching and I think we should give him one for that and... And karma de-douching You've been de-douched! He says thanks for giving me a window into the world without any bias Well you're welcome More than welcome $100 comes from Adam Barrett in London UK Eric Mac M-A-K-J, 8008 Boobs. William Smith, Boob from Sarasota Florida. This list is very short so we'll get right to it. William Smith in Sarasota Florida. Ryan Quick in Oceanside California 7733 Michael Gonela 69

2:18:49 Candice Blaney in Toronto, Ontario. 6666. That's kind of cool. Anonymous 6666 it says anonymous should be a dame by the end of the show. How about that? Okay Patrick Lebon in Pennania New South Wales is that right? Well hold on a second hold on a second let me just double check this dame thing I think it's on there. I was mentioning something about an anonymous dame and an anonymous baronet or something else. Patrick Lubbon, 66. Brian Sidoitz, 66. Thanks for the shout out for something. Oops what happened? Why did this thing jump? Hold on let me just... We got Richard Capels from San Jose California 5678 wonder if he was at the party maybe don't remember

2:19:44 Might be Josh McDonald 55 double nickels on the dime Ben in High Point, North Carolina It's actually sir. Baba the dude is named Ben. Yes 55 10 Eric McCarrick McCarroll wits I believe 5510 Scott Shelburne in Omaha 55 10 Charles Crouch couch couch 52 80 Eric Hochel in Berlin, Deutschland 52. Just one thing about Scott Shelburne he says I was hit in the mouth eight months ago by the recently knighted Sir Moser the Mosarian and I've listened to every episode since. I was cynical before in regard to the media but through your show I have gained a new clarity of thought and he has a better say. It makes him more cynical that's right correct you are now officially at least it is consistent enough it gives some clarity which is what we do yeah we like that

2:20:36 A dude named Mohammed's back with a 5150. Mitchell Kaufman, the following people are all $50 donors name and location if it's available. Mitchell Kaufman in Hillsborough Oregon Joe Schwartzbauer in Florissant Missouri James Butcher in Dulwini Washington really? No, Dulwini. Dull Wallen, Walling something in Washington. Yeah he's in Washington. Jeffrey Walso in... What's SK? Sweden? No no no that would be... Switzerland? No no no no Switzerland is definitely not. Switzerland is CH Right it's not Switzerland. What's SK? Maybe Saskatchewan Canada! Maybe yeah maybe

2:21:32 But maybe Slovakia, Slovakia. Oh, so cool. Thank you chat room Slovakia which is great to visit Ryan What is this Curie in a Reading Berkshire? I think it's curly. How was the curling looks like? No, you're right increase the font size and my Libra Matthew Derny do you have do you have fonts Libra that go with a Libra office office Libra do they have fun sleeper oh If I go to Big Fonts Libra, that might be big fonts the anonymous in Raleigh North Carolina continues with $50 Louis Pastore in Miami Florida probably pastora. I love that name like Al Pastor but he's Louie Pistori Yeah, Britain alpha store People get a kick out of that area had a good taco Anonymous in Raleigh North Carolina. Oh, I'm sorry are there bit Brynn Evans parts unknown Tim

2:22:34 What is this? Britain isn't Australia actually. Oh, it doesn't say that on here. Oh AU Australia. No, come but then sit on my spreadsheet. All right anyway Tim Pierce Brynn Evans 50 Tim Pierce in Austin Texas your buddy. Yep Okay, you got some comment there about something Nils oh man Bonacher thing is bonnet from Hamburg Deutschland and last but not least Stephen or Stefan as you don't know anymore powers and he has a very long no, but he actually says he has a birthday here which He calls himself Steve. I guess so yeah, you're on the list Steve good. Yeah, he's done the list good Thank You and that is our well wishers and contributors everyone over the price of 50 for them

2:23:25 for helping produce the show. I want to thank you. Yeah, and I think... didn't we have a knight today who was on the layaway plan for 20 months? Yeah, I think so. Trying to think who that was. We do have a make good from Sir Dennis Cruz aka Da Den Man. Thank You PayPal! So i thought it would say hello I appreciate the work you both put into the show especially with such exhaustive efforts to locate those wondrous photos of Trump actually touching Merkel Sarcastic tone implied. This is why I support the show and have since the very start, old fogey here please give a mention to The Denman Show featured at hotcoffee.org that's hot coffee dot org! And Carmen All and i have to agree that the nyet nyet nyet grated on my last nerve you know people really get horribly triggered by some of our jingles I know You know the Yoko thing? I have to announce it or people go into epileptic fits

CHAPTER 37 / 49 Discussion

No Agenda Knighting Ceremony and Peerage Updates

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conduct a formal knighthood ceremony for Milton Cuevas, Timothy Kiernan, Niels Bonneker, and Jeroen Sloot. The new knights and dames are welcomed to the "Round Table" for their cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more. The hosts reiterate that their "value for value" model is the only way the show survives without traditional advertising.

knighthood· peerage· round table· value for value· ceremony

2:22:34 What is this? Britain isn't Australia actually. Oh, it doesn't say that on here. Oh AU Australia. No, come but then sit on my spreadsheet. All right anyway Tim Pierce Brynn Evans 50 Tim Pierce in Austin Texas your buddy. Yep Okay, you got some comment there about something Nils oh man Bonacher thing is bonnet from Hamburg Deutschland and last but not least Stephen or Stefan as you don't know anymore powers and he has a very long no, but he actually says he has a birthday here which He calls himself Steve. I guess so yeah, you're on the list Steve good. Yeah, he's done the list good Thank You and that is our well wishers and contributors everyone over the price of 50 for them

2:23:25 for helping produce the show. I want to thank you. Yeah, and I think... didn't we have a knight today who was on the layaway plan for 20 months? Yeah, I think so. Trying to think who that was. We do have a make good from Sir Dennis Cruz aka Da Den Man. Thank You PayPal! So i thought it would say hello I appreciate the work you both put into the show especially with such exhaustive efforts to locate those wondrous photos of Trump actually touching Merkel Sarcastic tone implied. This is why I support the show and have since the very start, old fogey here please give a mention to The Denman Show featured at hotcoffee.org that's hot coffee dot org! And Carmen All and i have to agree that the nyet nyet nyet grated on my last nerve you know people really get horribly triggered by some of our jingles I know You know the Yoko thing? I have to announce it or people go into epileptic fits

2:24:24 And then they get all pissed off about it, which is... Why would anybody get pissed off about the Yoko thing? It honestly makes me want to play all that more. Yeah, that's just the way you are I'm not a rule follower my friend I'm getting that. All right, thank you all very much for continuing to support the program as producers this is your show this is the big secret that we're not making a big secret why does everything else fail? Why will all these podcast networks go nowhere? A because we've done it before John and I have lived through it You can't monetize the network but when you have the community and you're all responsible for the program It turns out reasonably well

2:25:03 for all involved and we appreciate, actually no we thank you for your courage. And please remember us for our show coming up on Thursday. Devorac.org slash NA. I'm sure somebody needs some jobs Karma. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma. And we start off with some belated ones. Sir Mark Tanner says happy birthday to his granddaughter Georgia Quinn Negrete or Negret April 22nd, oh that's a pre-announcement actually Ned Jeffrey is first born human resource Arlo turned one on March 25th William Smiths happy birthday to his brother Gene Smith Phil in Minnesota Happy Birthday to Melissa turns 33 on April 1st Steve Powers celebrates today Chad Seekers is happy birthday to his other son Isaiah

2:25:53 Fifteen on March 28th, Matt Mariotti 33 today and Scott Shelborn celebrates on March 29th. Happy birthday from all your friends here in the back office of The Best Podcast in the universe! Alrighty... We have- oh we do have one title change here today so let's pull out uh- NINTH TITLE CHANGE Anonymous becomes baronet of the ADF, and that will be reflected on the peerage map. Itm.im slash peerage now we have one two three four five... One to five... Four one two three four five six We have four knights and two dames John's big day here at the show Yeah I want to see you get through this one

2:26:40 Taking a deep breath, show me your blade. Show me your weapon soon. Come on! Mil McCuevas, Timothy Cairnan Anonymous Niels Bonneker and Jeroen Sloot join me here on the podium please. All of you have supported the best podcast in the university, amounting to $1,000 or more and therefore you have a spot, coveted spot at the round table of the Knights & Dames and therefore I'm very proud to pronounce K.D., Sir Zacchaeus Enforcer of the Taxable Actions! Sir Timothy of No Fix Title Dame Nation from the Cascadia Subduction Zone! Sir Niels of The Hinterlands Dame Cara Sif, Jeroen Sloat, Knight from the Cybergate to Eindhoven. And for you we've got Hookers and Blow Rimp Boys in Chardonnay We've got Malt Vinegar and Manual Transmission Saké, Sushi & Wasabi in Soy Sauce on the side Breastmarked to Pilblum Ginger Ale and Gerbils in Mutton to Mead. Whoo I ran out of music! The fanfare...the band wanted to be paid more That's what I was thinking Well we made it right kind of somehow Go to NoahGeneration.com slash rings and please let

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Transgender Producer Discusses Medical Transition Costs

A transgender producer named Allie sends a note describing the high costs associated with medical transition. She details a "scam" involving mandatory $200 doctor's notes and $160 appointments required to maintain prescriptions for hormone therapy. Allie expresses agreement with the hosts' skeptical views on modern gender ideology while sharing her personal experience within the medical system.

transgender· medical transition· endocrinology· therapy· healthcare costs

2:27:41 Eric DeShill know where we can send off and what size. Two notes today that I'd like to share with the group, one from Allie. Hello John and Adam from the best transgender producer in the universe calling out here for the best podcast in the universe! We have the best producers Here she goes. Always have to tell you guys, they're absolutely right on the transgender views you guys have They them see all bullshit! They screw things up for us normal trannies lol yeah normal with a little giggle She has an awesome mini by the way I think she has a 33 on this side like a racing number Oh that's cool Yeah blue and white But as a person that both went through it is still going through the transmedical world i gotta tell ya there is a lot of dollars

2:28:30 in therapy, which is usually set by the therapist how much you need until they feel they can offer you the doctor's note. We discussed this on a previous show... How in order to receive any kind of transitionary therapy medication etc., You have to have notes from doctors all the time and apparently They charge 200 bucks when you get the note $160 appointments, a $200 letter. Then you get an endocrinologist and give them money for your first appointment... ...your new scripts." And now for the rest of my life every six months I have to go back to the doctor ask questions check my refill pay for the note scam! There ya have it. Scam from a quote normal transgender. This one was fantastic this is in regard to Hidden Figures the movie we're talking about

CHAPTER 39 / 49 Discussion

NASA Whistleblower Thomas Baines Jones Jr. and the Challenger

Producer John Calvin Jones shares the story of his father, Thomas Baines Jones Jr., a rocket specialist at JPL who investigated the Challenger explosion. Jones Jr. concluded that a faulty design would cause shuttles to explode regularly, but he was fired after presenting his findings to NASA leadership. The story highlights how the agency allegedly prioritized funding over engineering safety and merit.

nasa· jpl· challenger explosion· thomas baines jones jr· whistleblower

2:29:22 And this comes to us from one of our longtime producers, John Calvin Jones PhD JD. He's currently in Mexico. In terms of NASA my father worked in the aerospace industry at JPL Jet Propulsion Labs and with NASA After the Challenger explosion, my dad Thomas Baines Jones Jr., who specialized in rockets and fuel cells was put on the job. My father concluded that due to a faulty design wherein the fuel would leak from the tank on takeoff, the shuttles would explode regularly! After presenting his findings to his bosses and NASA military reps, my dad was fired... he never worked again!"

2:30:02 As a senior black man in the aerospace industry at the time, putting in 25 years of service. My father was well known he was not fired for being black but dismissed for putting NASA funding at risk so I can vouch that NASA was a great place to work that gave people of merit a chance but would crush anyone who used their engineering knowledge to challenge their pet program Now you show me any news outfit that has that kind of people participating. That's a great story! It is a good story, it sounds like a story that needs to be told in detail And I would like to know how come only the women are highlighted in the movie? How about the black men? Are they no good? This John Jones professor sounds like an interesting story who would fit right in with the whole thing

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Donald Trump's Produced NASA Transition Act Podcast

President Trump releases a highly produced podcast-style video to mark the signing of the NASA Transition Authorization Act. Unlike the "boring" desk-readings of previous presidents, this production features music, space imagery, and rocket launch footage. The hosts praise the increased production values and suggest the administration is finally making presidential communications entertaining.

donald trump· nasa· podcast· production values· space exploration

2:30:56 Hmm, that's an interesting point. And I'm sure there were black guys there that were marginalized just like those white women or black women. Yeah who gives a crap? Men! Who gives a crap about the black men? Now the Trump cast this weekend... mind-boggling John! I was hoping it would happen and you got to leave it up to this guy as president to do it I mean, these—I call them the presidential podcast. They're usually quite boring. It's the president he's sitting in the same room you know they cut up the little spiel there reading from prompter blah-di-blah-di-blah it's always been boring well incomes are consummate television professional and this is how the podcast started today with imagery of space

2:31:49 I was honored to sign the NASA Transition Authorization Act right into law. Are you feeling this, John? Imagine you're seeing the president fade in and fade out as we're seeing rockets launch We're seeing ticker tape parade while they make it a production. Yes finally with the music going on we renew our national commitment to NASA's mission of Exploration and discovery, and we continue a tradition that is as old as mankind It's completely like you know he's in the right stuff You know it was like look at what America

2:32:40 More than two decades ago, one scientist followed... Now they got a lot of work to do. And I'm not going to play the whole thing goes on for five minutes and they have work to do but it's a good start! I mean that-I've been waiting for stuff like this change it up shake it up do some production work on this thing get the guy can the Jeff Smith do a little jingle? You know thats.. I think you're nailing it. I never even thought about this but that Obama did it and Bush did it They're stupid. They're just sitting at a desk reading from a prompter poorly and sometimes there's some edits in there, it looks like doesn't look good. Yeah put a little effort into it you've got plenty of talented people out there and if you know just puts the production values in it make it

2:33:23 Make it entertaining. I mean, this was purely done on iMovie. I mean just like slap that under and fade in and out. It can be done so well currydvorak.com we could do such a great job on these podcasts get the Jeff Smith, Sir Jeff Smith's little jingle you know? It's the Trumpcast! I don't know...we'll do something. The trump cast. Trump cast. Trump cast. Some callin' the president. We'll come up with something I want to get this one thing out of the way, the healthcare thing. Yeah, I have something to say about that too. Okay well let's start with Boehner's comment on health care because i thought this was a good introduction what I'm going to present Last month former Republican speaker John Boehner said this in the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress Republicans never ever one time agreed on what a healthcare proposal should look like not

CHAPTER 41 / 49 Discussion

Failure of the Republican Health Care Repeal Bill

House Speaker Paul Ryan cancels the vote on the Republican health care bill after failing to secure enough support from the House Freedom Caucus. Ryan admits that Obamacare will remain the "law of the land" for the foreseeable future. Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, celebrate the bill's defeat while expressing concern that the Trump administration might still attempt to sabotage the existing law.

paul ryan· obamacare· house freedom caucus· health care· nancy pelosi

2:34:17 once. Scott, it appears that record is still standing. Is that just a slam because this is CBS? Of course! But let's listen to the healthcare defeat rundown and this get us up to speed quickly What's next? That's the big question following President Trump stinging defeat this week on health care Mr. Trump who spending the weekend in Washington wants to move on to the next item on his to-do list tax reform but as failure to rally Republicans behind a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has raised questions about his ability to clear legislative hurdles. We have two reports tonight on what's next for health care and the president, beginning with Chip Reid

2:34:57 On Twitter today, President Trump tried to rally his deeply disappointed supporters. Obamacare will explode he wrote and we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people do not worry but an explosion of Obamacare is far from guaranteed after canceling the vote on the Republican bill Friday House Speaker Paul Ryan said this Obama cares the law of the land it's gonna remain in the law of the land until it's replaced We're going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future He suggested that the House will return to health care, but gave no hint as to when that might be. It is not the end of a story

2:35:34 Because I know that every man and woman in this conference is now motivated more than ever to step up our game, to deliver on our promises. But that will take cooperation from the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus which gave President Trump a standing ovation Thursday... Do you have the votes? ...then on Friday played the leading role in the president's humiliating defeat They oppose the bill because they say it doesn't go far enough to repeal Obamacare In my judgment, this was the killing of bad legislation. In which case it would be considered a good day for America." Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks is a Freedom Caucus member. I'm optimistic that we'll do better in the future having learned from this experience. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi literally jumped for joy after the Republican bill died

2:36:19 She says it's time for the Republicans to allow Democrats to have a role. So far, they've been almost entirely excluded from the process. We stand open and we have a responsibility to find common ground. Democrats are now worried that the Trump administration will use its control of the federal health care bureaucracy to try to make sure that Obamacare does fail an eventuality that they say would be devastating for millions of Americans, Democrats and Republicans. Reena? All right, all right. A little bit a little dig at the end but it wasn't as bad course Yeah, little dig but this is better This is he blamed the Democrats This is Scott Pelly who comes on the air and he just says throws this little gem out there Just to give him a real the real punch in punching The gut the capital of the president who fancies himself a master of the art of the deal Is still an apprentice in the science

CHAPTER 42 / 49 Discussion

Media Analysis of Trump's Health Care Defeat

The hosts analyze media reactions to the health care bill's failure, noting that corporate media has shifted from calling Trump "Hitler" to calling him "incompetent." They critique Mark Shields' illogical rant on PBS where he called the bill an "abomination" while simultaneously claiming "nobody knew what was in it." The hosts suggest Trump may have "trolled" the GOP to expose their inability to govern.

scott pelly· mark shields· david brooks· donald trump· health care

2:37:13 But he didn't blame himself for the defeat today, he blamed the Democrats. Margaret Brennan is at The White House. We call that a mainstream pun John, corporate media pun. That's so funny! Now the last short clips I've got on this is that... So we go to the PBS News Hour they bring pretty much the same report but they do their Shields and Brooks bit and Shields rants about this whole thing and just let it completely illogical. I want you to play just a logical shields rant, this is the first one which is just...I stop at midway through because I'm going to ask you a question. We have a protest president we have a protest party It's not a governing party that showed itself unable to accept the responsibility in accountability of governing

2:38:04 This bill was not a bad bill, this bill was just an abomination. There was no public case that could be made for the bill there's no public argument that could be made for the bill because nobody knew what was in it. Wait a minute... Let's back that up wait a minute wait wait wait let me hear that again hold on a second play There was no public case to be made for the bill there is no public argument that can be made for the bill because nobody knew what was in it If nobody knew what was in it, and by the way that's the way Nancy Pelosi presented their bill. Yes we have to pass it so he can see what is in it if you remember. Everyone should remember that but they don't bring dad up again! But he says nobody knows whats in it yet its an abomination how does he know? It's magic

2:39:00 with a K. Is that your best answer? Well, I have a whole different answer no of course okay well let's play part two of this and then you give me the the answer there was no public argument that could be made for the bill because nobody knew what was in it There was no public campaign for the bill because no organizations, every organization that cares or is involved in medical care whether it's American Medical Association of the American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. They were all against the bill It was a terrible bill there was nothing organized The only organizing principle was it was against Barack Obama Did those guys all know what was in the bill? That's what he said. Well, for me it is only one very simple

2:39:45 answer and this was intended to never pass or never come to a vote. It was intended that way it was I think Trump trolled everybody. I think so too, I have no problem going along with this idea because i was watching Trump's reaction let me just give you little side piece of information Scott Adams had a take on this which is thought was very interesting he said Trump just gave himself an upgrade and I was like what? So I read on Trump now upgraded himself from Hitler to incompetent. That is indeed quite an upgrade, because the meme of Hitler and kill everybody and white nationalists and everything is gone!

2:40:29 Now, it's still Russia stuff but now it's incompetent, rookie loser apprentice. That's exactly what Scott Pelley said. Yeah! Exactly He says he pretty fancies himself as a negotiator and he is just an apprentice And then he blames somebody else But think about the upgrade from Hitler to incompetent is quite an upgrade Yeah, I think it's an interesting theory. I like the theory a lot! I think it makes a lot of sense. Upgrade to incompetent? Yeah and then what now what Scott Adams is predicting he says at the end of the year it'll be...it'll go from incompetent to competent but I still don't like him

2:41:13 And that it could be possible, I'm for sure. But there's a lot of time...I mean he is not as if he...I would like to watch some of the left-wing shows because they're going, oh this is another failure. He fails at this, he failed and then they have these little lists that they have couldn't get the Muslim ban done twice, couldn't do this and one other thing but they don't talk about him lifting the coal restrictions and putting workers back to work. They won't talk about dumping the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was a total victory and a bunch of other little things. So there's just this very, very skewed dimension B stuff it's like very difficult variance I don't know why I'm sorry? I'm saying vary you are saying throughout quite a while and i'm trying not to say yes but so when you're working on Of course! Of course...of course you are yeah i'm trying to not say of course a lot Yeah so i'll try to minimize the very

CHAPTER 43 / 49 Discussion

Study on Same-Sex Relationships Among New York Girls

A study from New York University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine finds that 46.6% of 4,600 girls surveyed in New York reported having same-sex relationships. The hosts discuss whether this is a new trend or simply a reflection of long-standing social behaviors. They briefly speculate on environmental factors like the chemical Atrazine before dismissing the data as potentially unremarkable.

same-sex relationships· new york university· atrazine· demographics· sociology

2:42:09 The point is, and I shouldn't say anything. I'm stopping talking. I've beat him finally! I've beaten him down. Hey what was the chemical you think could partially be responsible for all the transgenderism? Atrazine. Atrazine. I ask you... well this may not it could be totally unrelated to atrazine but a study shows Let me see, who did this study? Researchers from New York University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have concluded that in New York they studied 4600 girls. 46.6% reported having same-sex relationships! That's high

2:43:01 Well, we don't do we know that that's high because I remember when even when I was in high school and you can put That back a while ways. Yeah They're used to all we never thought much about it We just like yeah there they are and girls always dancing with each other at the sock hop Girls always kissing in the back of the bus Constantly good point There's always a bunch of girls back there kissing each other And then the guys were talking high school going oh yeah, there you go what are you gonna? Do uh didn't pay much attention to it. The girls always claimed that they were practicing." Okay, so maybe that's nothing I'll take that as a good point now there are couple other things we need to mention in regard to the Clintons. The first one and this is very surprising to me and this comes to us from the New York Post Bastion of Truth but they have photos to prove that Huma Abedin is now working very hard on her marriage with Anthony Weiner

CHAPTER 44 / 49 Discussion

Robert Mercer and the Clinton Body Count Meme

Billionaire Trump donor Robert Mercer is profiled by Jane Mayer on Democracy Now, where she discusses his belief in the "Clinton Body Count." The hosts discuss the unsolved murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich and the long-standing list of suspicious deaths associated with the Clintons. They mock the media's characterization of these beliefs as "ignorant" while noting Mercer's significant influence.

robert mercer· clinton body count· seth rich· democracy now· jane mayer

2:43:59 So she is, it's been four times now that this douchebag has humiliated her with his behavior and she's saying we're gonna try it again. Wow! Well you know why? Uh oh... They can't divorce because if you're married you can't testify against each other or you can't be made to testify against each other Oh you think that's it? Hell yes! Come on! It could be She's gay he's creepy but it gets better It gets better. This guy, his name is Robert Mercer. You know Robert Mercer? Have you heard of this guy? Yes I have heard of this guy he's a sketchy What's up with him? I don't know it just the first word that comes to mind Okay let me see what he is He is well...he's a Trump guy of course but he is the CEO of Renaissance Technologies an investment management firm major donor to Breitbart News

2:44:55 Donated to super PACs affiliated with Freedom Partners, Club for Growth Action. All right Mercer's that okay is not sketchy he's but he's kind of sketchy He says rich this guy's name has just come up I think it's a meme This guy's name started cropping up and it's all over the places. He's the real money behind Trump Yes, yes Billionaire Robert Mercer no one's ever heard of him before that's why I think this is sketchy well It's not democracy now takes him seriously They take everything seriously if they, because they have no sense of humor. Judy from Democracy Now and had Jane Meyer on from The New Yorker discussing Robert Mercer and his belief in

2:45:40 The Clinton Body Count. OK, so they're big players. There are players on—in the Democratic Party who put in tons of money too. They're not the only people who put money into politics, but they may be the most mysterious people who put money into politics. Like nobody really knew what do they believe? What's driving them?

2:46:17 And so, I was trying to figure that out. And what I finally was able to do was talk to partners and people they work with in business and people who've known them a long time who paint this picture of them as having these really peculiar beliefs based on kind of strange far-right media. Among their beliefs are that Bob Mercer has spoken to at least three people who I interviewed about how he is convinced that the Clintons are murderers, literally have murdered people. Now you hear that out on the fringes sometimes when you interview people who are ignorant but these are powerful... That's funny! That is so funny when you interview people she could have said anything racist what do you know this you hear this a lot from people who were homophobic and hate Islam they hit you here there's a lot but no she chooses ignorant

2:47:07 I was convinced that the Clintons are murderers, literally have murdered people. Now you hear that out on the fringes sometimes when you interview people who are ignorant, but these are people who were powerful, well-educated and huge influences in the country and Bob Mercer was convinced that the Clintons are murderers. Was? Was? Convinced he's dead? He might be! You've got to watch out Oh man, just Google if you have not. I've never done it. Clinton body count go ahead the list is up to about 170 now and many of those murders including that guy that poor bastard who was shot dead outside of the Seth Rich? Yes, Seth rich who is the one who probably provided the inside stuff from the Democrat committee whatever

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Hall and Oates Gag and Steve Banyan Meme

The hosts share a listener joke about being so poor they only listened to "Oats" instead of Hall and Oates. They also play a clip of a caller on a mainstream news show referring to Steve Bannon as "Steve Banyan," a mispronunciation previously popularized on No Agenda. Dvorak celebrates this as further evidence of the show's influence on the broader media landscape.

hall and oates· steve bannon· steve banyan· media influence· humor

2:48:06 was shot in the head, execution style. Right after that file was published by WikiLeaks It's just a weird coincidence it has not been solved and it is not going to be solved. It's not a weird coincidence John. Coincidence? I think NOT! Less than 10 minutes to go... Okay? Alright, John were rebranding the end of this show. Okay what are we calling it now Lovely to have Hall and Oates as listeners of the show. I didn't know when i was a kid, I was so poor only listened to oats Hey now

2:49:03 That's all the material somebody else came over that gag William William Thrall did that one of our producers. That is dynamite It's very good I mean, it's spot-on the money that is like hauling oats so let me start with a clip on my list I have falsely tried to claim previously although it was not fake news It was a mistake that we influenced Futurama into Using the face bag meme, I was wrong. I have no problem admitting that I was wrong However once again you my friend You are influencing media. You! John C Dvorak has the knack. I don't have the knack. I come up with stuff it never goes anywhere

2:49:42 You have the neck one more great, Tennessee Barbara. You're on the air Thank you for calling hi Tom thank you for taking my call yep I feel that suppression of the press is leading us down a dangerous path in America One of the hallmarks of a dictator if suppression of information That's exactly what Trump is doing and I feel that Steve Bannon is Steve Banyan John you've done it again. You truly are I've met my goals for the month Steve Banyan And of course not corrected obviously why bother oh

CHAPTER 46 / 49 Discussion

Israeli Teenager Arrested for Jewish Community Center Bomb Threats

Israeli police arrest a dual US-Israeli teenager for making over 100 bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers in America. The arrest undermines the media narrative that Trump supporters were responsible for a wave of anti-Semitic hatred. The hosts highlight other instances of "faked" hate crimes on college campuses and criticize the left for using these hoaxes to label Trump as Hitler.

bomb threats· jcc· israel· false flags· hate crimes

2:50:25 Yeah, why bother? What's on your list baby? Let's try hate bullshit RT. Oh this is one of those favorite things from RT. It has passed the hour here in Moscow Israeli police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in America The suspect was identified as a dual US-Israeli citizen turns out he's Jewish himself His lawyer claims a brain tumor could affect his behavior Police say his motives remain unclear The 100 or so anti-Semitic threats he had sent since January had sparked panic in various Jewish communities. In fact, some even criticized President Trump for an inadequate response and falsely blamed Trump supporters for spreading hatred. RT's Caleb Mopang investigates

2:51:11 America has been gripped by a wave of bomb threats that have targeted the Jewish community. Bomb threats across the country at a number of Jewish centers, The number of bomb threats to these Jewish community centers just keeps going up! A Jewish community center in Birmingham Alabama phoned in bomb threat and evacuation This story fits nicely into a certain narrative No Trump no KKK no fascist USA I feel Hitler In these streets A mustache traded for Do you think you're being unfavorably compared to Donald Trump? Don't get me wrong, Conan. I agree with a lot he says A LOT Like 90% of what he says! I'm like this guy gets it Their mantra is that Donald Trump is the new Hitler He's the odious cock

2:51:57 of an odious effect, that he is the reason that hatred is flourishing. While the latest headlines seem to confirm this a closer look actually shows they weaken it. A teenager who's believed to be behind the majority of threats hoax threats as it transpires was arrested halfway around the world in Israel The 18 year old holds dual American and Israeli citizenship has no obvious connection with Donald Trump another bomb threat suspect was arrested on US soil. He turns out not to support Donald Trump, but Bernie Sanders. Seems to me that the left is showing more signs of fascism with their violence against free speech and now actual hatred against Jews I mean this is awful and it's disgusting and it's amazing that they're the ones calling Trump Hitler nothing from Trump supporters nothing has been proven from Trump supporters at all

2:52:45 All across America, people are faking hate crimes. The diversity council at Gustavus Adolphus College admitted to posting racist flyers around the campus supposedly to raise awareness in Texas a young white woman reported that three black men had abducted and raped her In upstate New York, a Jewish man spray-painted swastikas on his own house and then called the police to report it Fabulous. Yeah, this will get zero play I've been reading all these reports yeah it's all from people it's false flags! Yeah so it's hilarious False flags okay on my clip list Brian Williams

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Brian Williams Critiques Devin Nunes' White House Briefing

MSNBC's Brian Williams reports on Devin Nunes' decision to brief the White House on incidental intelligence gathering. Williams questions the appropriateness of the Chairman's actions and the "suspicion" injected into the investigation. The hosts mock Williams' own lack of credibility following his past reporting scandals, calling him the "Mel Gibson of news."

brian williams· devin nunes· msnbc· credibility· surveillance

2:53:23 skeptical of someone else's reliability. Hmm... Then we were in our last hour of coverage when suddenly the Republican who chairs the intelligence community in the House, this-the focus of our attention all day Monday as the head of the FBI and NSA came to testify before that committee He says he is now in receipt of information. It's intelligence information that he found alarming enough to go down the White House and brief the president, not traditionally the role of the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He has a lot of other people he reports to Republican members ranking members, the Democrats Mr Schiff from California, the congressman we've come to see a lot of

2:54:11 He's got an FBI director and NSA director who are going to be real interested in exactly what he came to tell the president about. What the President or the President's people were caught up in that is part of some incidental intelligence gathering, central question is what he has discovered at all confirmation of the president's tweets. Is there wiretap evidence? And we use that word as the president did, wiretap evidence. He was asked that question and answered no but he could not have injected more suspicion into what he's discovered in a few minutes he strolled outside the Northwest Portico and addressed

2:54:56 the White House press corps outdoors. Brian Williams really is the Mel Gibson of news, I mean it's amazing he lies he gets busted he gets demoted he gets thrown out and he's back like no one questions it but you can question everybody else there's no credibility nowhere. Which brings us to this clip And I could leave it at the end as my last clip.

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Donna Brazile Admits Leaking Town Hall Questions to Clinton

Former interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile admits in a Time magazine essay that she shared potential town hall topics and questions with the Hillary Clinton campaign. Brazile describes the move as a "mistake" she regrets but defends her role in making Democratic candidates look good. The hosts note the lack of mainstream media outrage regarding this confirmed breach of journalistic ethics.

donna brazile· hillary clinton· cnn· dnc· town hall

2:56:25 Final clip for me, just to wrap this up neatly. We all know that Don and Brazil took questions verbatim questions that were meant for some of the campaign debates in town halls and gave them to Hillary Clinton. She is now apparently admitted to this. Well, we begin with some breaking news a stunning confession from former DNC chair Donna Brazile Donna is finally admitting to what we all knew all along that she leaked CNN Town Hall questions To Hillary Clinton during the campaign while she Donna Brazil was a contributor to the network Brazil confessed in an essay published in Time magazine saying quote

2:57:00 Among the many things I did in my role as a Democratic operative and DNC vice chair prior to assuming the interim DNC chair position was to share potential town hall topics with the Clinton campaign. My job was to make all our Democratic candidates look good, and I worked closely with both campaigns to make that happen but spending those sending those emails was a mistake i will forever regret. Where's the outrage? There isn't. And I don't think anyone knew about this, that she is copped to it. This has been pretty well publicized at least in Dimension A Oh well in A yes but B nope nope nope Well I don't know what I'm gonna do with the rest of my day John seeing as his face bag is pretty much shut down Ah basketball!

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NCAA March Madness and Episode 915 Sign-Off

The hosts conclude the episode with a brief discussion of the NCAA March Madness tournament and the upcoming Final Four games. They mention the Golden State Warriors' schedule before signing off from Austin and Silicon Valley. The episode ends with a montage of show ISOs, jingles, and the signature "Adios, mofos!" catchphrase.

ncaa· march madness· final four· golden state warriors· adios mofos

2:57:50 We're right at the end of the NCAA March Madness Tournament. When's the final? The big final is coming up in a few... well actually we have the Final Four that last, there are two more that need to be entered into the Final Four which is the big deal and that'll run throughout the week The big turn, the big Final Four is four or two more games before the finals which I think is next weekend. Okay so next week- No these are good games! These games right now from Elite 8 on are all good. Is my brother from another- Breaking, these guys putting out everything they can They're crying at the end of the game. It's unbelievable. Is my brother from another mother playing today? Steph

2:58:30 No, tonight yes the Warriors are playing tonight. They're playing one of the teams that beat him a couple times I'll be rooting for it so that'll be a good game Coming to you from downtown Austin Texas in the crackpot condo here in The Skyscraper Looking forward to seeing you 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 the car crash that happened earlier has been cleared I'm John C. Dvorak We will back on Thursday right here on NO Agenda until then Adios, mofos! Call me. Call me. Know you're still there. Gonna be my despise. Won't let you escape. What can we do to get through you? Okay, let's go. What are you doing?! What are you doing!? Hey, Daphne... Doing what? What are you doing? Daphne, hey! Okay, let's go. Daphne, we gotta get to the rubber cell.

2:59:52 What are you doing? What are you doing? Stop it! We gotta get to the renter's cell. What are you doing, what are you doing? A decadent elitist All again a decadent elitist again. We must get to the sex action, Trump now. Trump sex now. The drilling down must be done. Everybody wants to drill down, drill down, drill down. They're going to do the Trump sex.

3:01:20 Why are we talking about all this? You're a female, but you don't... The current conception of transition to father-daughter. Why are we talking about all this? I use the singular they and then their. because you don't

3:02:12 Because your clips, your clips are on the list These are the last typed discs You had to play these clips you'll be a douchebag Swingin' Johnson bro, and bro, and bro, and bro, and bro The big swingin' Johnson bro! The best podcast in the universe

3:03:32 Adios, mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A. Thanks Obama!