Episode 918 · Thursday, 6 April 2017

Kim Jong Yum Yum

Global tensions rise as the White House pivots on Syria while domestic media outlets coordinate a massive advertiser exodus from Fox News and Bill O'Reilly.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 918

About this episode

The Trump administration faces a pivotal shift in foreign policy following a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria and a failed North Korean missile launch. President Donald Trump and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley have signaled a departure from the previous administration's red lines, while media outlets like CBS News and The View amplify calls for executive removal under the 25th Amendment. The sudden reversal on Bashar al-Assad’s status in Damascus raises questions about the timing of these atrocities and the influence of the National Security Council following the departure of Steve Bannon.

Domestic intelligence scandals intensify as former National Security Advisor Susan Rice faces allegations of unmasking Trump associates. Analysis of Rice’s PBS NewsHour interview suggests deceptive body language, while her husband’s role as an ABC News executive producer draws scrutiny toward the network's favorable coverage. Meanwhile, Fox News faces a coordinated advertiser boycott targeting Bill O'Reilly, led by Media Matters and Representative Maxine Waters. In the corporate sector, Boeing secures a $3 billion deal with Iran, and Elon Musk unveils Neuralink, a venture aiming to merge human consciousness with artificial intelligence through brain implants.

This episode features the knighting of Sir Lucas of Lost Bits and a deep dive into the "of course" filler word count. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect the aesthetic choices of Jared Kushner’s Macintosh usage and pay tribute to the late Don Rickles. The hosts also explore the bizarre distinction between furries and pet play at a San Marcos university event.


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CHAPTER 01 / 45 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 918 Introduction and Personal Updates

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 918 of the No Agenda show on April 6, 2017. The hosts share personal updates, including a birthday dinner for Dvorak and news regarding his daughter's dog-walking business and upcoming grandchild. They discuss the listening habits of millennials and the suitability of podcasts for dog walkers.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· austin· silicon valley· crackpot· buzzkill

00:00 Just a little wait, or here but Adam Curry John C. Dvorak April 6 2017 This is your award-winning get my nation media assassination episode 9 or 1 8 this is no agenda Rejecting the machine's reality control and broadcasting live from the darkest corners of the internet here in the capital, The Drone Star State downtown Austin Tejas. Eeyoom! Good morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's gonna rain again... ...I'm John C. DeVorek It's Crackpot & Buzzkill In the mornin' You know you Californians always complaining if it's not too dry it's to wet. You're like The Dutch almost

00:43 The Dutch are like that. That's why the Dutch are so comfortable when they move to California. The Dutch are all like, oh it's too cold! Oh now it's too warm! There was a lot of Dutch in California and French Hey man again happy birthday how was it? Did you do anything cool? You had anything fun today? We had a big dinner Who is we who is we who is we I had JC and his wife and pregnant wife Jay and her boyfriend Mimi, myself. JCD's pregnant wife has a name...her name is Jessie. Yes, but she doesn't listen to the show so I can call her the pregnant wife. Jay on the other hand listens assiduously

01:32 That's new she didn't used to be such a big listen. She said no it just one of her jogs as you got it promoted She's now chief dog walker or major dog walking company Millennial thing hey is it but so says she's dog walking she can listen to the show this perfect for dog walkers who knew true? That's true we in fact We could start our own dog walking company because yeah, that was Jesse about ready-to-pop. She must be so done She must be so ready May 8th. May 8th? May...May something. Hmm, nice springtime baby! Beautiful. Yeah, a springtime baby. Beautiful and maybe you'll remember this one's name and age that'd be great. Mmm let's see... Probably not. I'm very disappointed once again like I'm befuddled dumbfounded and cannot believe this is happening to me and in fact in a way to us What?! Well even after we discussed it after we paid attention to it

CHAPTER 02 / 45 Discussion

Filler Word Analysis and the Of Course Count

The hosts review a report from producer JJ Meyer regarding the excessive use of the phrase "of course" in previous episodes. Adam Curry admits to using the filler 37 times in episode 916 and discusses his efforts to eliminate the habit. They compare this to other common verbal tics like "yeah-no" and "uh" frequently heard in media broadcasts.

jj meyer· filler words· linguistics· of course· verbal habits

02:31 Our producer JJ Meyer came in with the of course count from episode 9 or 1 7 I'm glad you did this at the beginning of the show because now i can pay attention to it. I did at the beginning of The Last Show as well! I don't remember that That's what you get for paying attention and now you recall, I used the phrase Of Course 37 times on episode 916 and I want to heal from this John you only used it three so I have improved but you have actually Got a little I think three is acceptable. Okay? Well you had eight on the last show well now You're contaminating me obviously and I had I will pay attention even though. I didn't have my 30 I had 28 still I'm really consciously trying not to say this I'm not even hearing it know that's what I mean, I'm 90 I'm not hearing it either Well, maybe it's not such a bad thing

03:32 I'll start catching. Here's what i'm going to do, when I hear you say it which you'll do and I'm paying careful attention... ...I'm going to first analyze whether or not in context it's a good thing or just a filler because his theory is that just the filler You're using it instead of uh. No, not at all I believe i'm using it to usually to agree with you or two or It's kind of a yeah no prob possibly Will you say something go? Of course but maybe we should look at of course But that may be a bigger problem Uh, I haven't heard that either I do know that, I think we've eliminated or close to eliminate the yeah-no. Which is the most annoying thing people are going to say on television. Hey should we since it's at the beginning of the show We're rested where you know were fit how about a little quick trip in the alternate universe transition machine? Right off the bat

04:27 You're gonna wear us out right away. Come on, don't be a pussy! Are you ready? Let's do it man we can do this. Get to the machine and go! From this day forward... It's not good with just black coffee Where does that dog keep coming from? The alternate universe Obviously

CHAPTER 03 / 45 Discussion

Morning Joe Panel and the Goldwater Rule

The discussion focuses on the Goldwater Rule, which prohibits psychiatrists from diagnosing public figures without a personal examination. Clips from Morning Joe show a panel questioning President Donald Trump's mental stability and suggesting he has a psychological disorder. The hosts critique the panel for demonstrating the same obsessive behavior they attribute to the President.

barry goldwater· morning joe· donald trump· psychiatry· mika brzezinski· joe scarborough

05:07 Two quickies, two clips. The first one is regarding a topic we've discussed many times the so-called Goldwater Rule and the Goldwater rule stems from Barry Goldwater as a presidential candidate when psychiatrists were saying ah he's mentally unstable I'm not exactly sure what they claimed the diagnosis to be. But then later, after he lost he sued them and so in medical circles certainly psychiatric circles there's the Goldwater rule thou shalt not diagnose someone on television or unless you have actually seen them and of course you couldn't do- Ah! There it is. There's one that's my first of course That's my second

05:52 Interesting. It's the alternate reality where I realize it isn't that interesting? Mm-hmm So here is The Morning Joe's they have quite a panel on and they're discussing of course President Trump's you said it again Mental stability never thought though that the guy that we've known for 10 11 12 years would be that much of a petulant brat I also think it's wow there. We go right off the bat instead of saying petulant child We've we've put one little dose on top of its saying pets unlike you're at. Yeah, it's good It's good very good for 10, 11, 12 years would be that much of a petulant brat. I also think it's time and you know in the post-Goldwater era there is an unwritten rule in the psychiatric community that nobody diagnoses from afar? I just don't think he's well guided We talked about this before how well the guy is off right now mentally any sane rational person would know if I keep bringing attention to something

06:51 then I'm going to keep churning up attention on something and it is not going to be in my best interest. There's a disorder, essentially there was an article over the weekend about election night that right even after his triumph he was fixated on three day old negative articles they literally couldn't get him off of And that's what this is. I don't know what the disorder is, and I'm not being glib... That regardless of what else has gone on- if he's been pricked in a certain area there is an inability physiologically for him to move off it." That is not a healthy normal well functioning man! Most people are like that tons almost everybody has something they just can't let go off and hold onto This isn't diagnosis for being a nut job

07:40 I digress. Well-functioning man, there's no rational reason why he should be doing this. Hold on a second! Stop! Here is your irony you just pointed out These are the guys who are obsessed on something. Exactly! That's how the alternate universe functions. Move off of it, that is not a healthy... They can't move off of it. They can't move off of it. Oh nailed it. Him to move off of it that is not a healthy normal well-functioning man there's no rational reason why he should be doing this every day even if you think he's a cynical horrible human being

08:17 This hurts him. Right But everything now points to certain disorders My hair is not on fire, but and I am not a clinician And once again we... nope doctors don't... I'm not a doctor What are those two things having common? My hair is not on fire AND I'm not a doctor Clinician Is it the same? Every day Even if you think he's a cynical horrible... This guy is a psycho Yes he is He should be doing this every day, even if you think he's a cynical horrible human being. This hurts him. Right, but everything now points to certain disorders and my hair is not on fire But I am NOT a clinician and once again we know doctors don't diagnose There's a he's not well in many ways if anybody was behaving this way at the schoolteachers being this way if your friend Was babying this way you'd be concerned yes right Any CEO behave of this way they would have been fired by the board

09:14 Are you kidding me? Let me try a couple fight away. I'm gonna try a couple how about they said that how about Ray Lane let's try him but anybody How about any any guy an executive oracle Homer who likes to scream at people saying nut job or build Gates who says all it has a number of disparaging remarks to make constantly two people Or how about Steve Jobs, you're holding your phone wrong come on Yeah, sure. Okay that's not how it works So these guys are clueless? Yeah almost If a CEO doesn't act that way you go wow How about Jack Welch? How about some of the roughest toughest guys in industry captains of industry Sure they're like that The school teacher is behaving this way if your friend was behaving this way You'd be concerned Right

10:05 If any CEO behaved this way, they would have been fired by the board 60 days ago. Did Hillary Clinton ever apologize for receiving the answers to the debate? Are you kidding me?! Just asking! Swear to God... God, this guy's tweeting right now. Our president, the leader of the free world... He's got his fingers on the button and he's tweeting about Hillary. Are you kidding me? Hillary in the debate nobody cares. Nobody on the planet cares. There goes that hammer again! Hey Miki, you can say it. I can? What do you think he's prompting her to say I have no idea. I don't watch this show Oh, it's one of the- It's like the best start to my day Apparently it is you love this show Wait for it Nobody on the planet cares There goes that hammer again Hey Miki, oh there's one person Miki you can say it

CHAPTER 04 / 45 Discussion

The View and Calls for Trump's Removal

Clips from The View feature hosts discussing the 25th Amendment and calling for President Trump to be dismissed from office. The segment highlights a moment where a host mispronounces Kim Jong-un's name repeatedly. The hosts frame these media reactions as part of an "alternate universe" narrative regarding the administration.

the view· 25th amendment· kim jong-un· whoopi goldberg· impeachment

10:56 I can? The amendment thing. Oh, it's time for article 25. Amendment 25th amendment. Let's do it. No seriously that there are people who need to really think about that how long do they want this to last She is still on the twenty-fifth amendment or article 25 if she calls it which is something different Where did this alternate universe story come from Came from the alternate universe. Now we were talking about North Korea, or at least... The morning shows were? Are we still in the alternate universe? Don't you feel that, have we taken the ride back? We're definitely in the alternate universe. Well I know but I don't know that your changing the subject outside of the universe No I'm keeping it to North Korea Okay I got North Korea Let me start with my alternate universe from The View My other favorite start to the morning He needs to be held Why doesn't everybody face it he needs to be taken out of office He needs to be dismissed Woooo!

11:58 Kim Jong-Un is crazy so is he! No it's Kim Jung Myung-Yong. Hey listen to that again, she said it's Kim Jung Myung-Yong. I love it! Okay, without further ado even though we're in the alternate universe. Yeah i guess you could play this backwards You get clip of the day for that Oh thank you so much That is... you are just too kind Kim Jong Young Young Kim Jong Young Young Kim Jong Young Young Kim Jong Young Young Wooo! Kim Jong Young Young Kim Jong Young Young Uh do you have any? Kim- and I can't get out of my head

CHAPTER 05 / 45 Discussion

North Korea Missile Test and Media Alarmism

A CBS News report details a failed North Korean missile test that "pinwheeled" into the sea shortly after launch. The hosts analyze the timing of the test relative to President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They question the actual threat level posed by North Korea's nuclear program and mock media suggestions that the regime could target cities like Seattle or Austin.

north korea· icbm· david martin· rex tillerson· missile test· pyongyang

12:59 I was clipping that yesterday and uh, and i'm walking around going kim jong-yong young Every time you hear that it's time to donate You won't hear it that much. That's the problem Did you have something for the alternative universe or can we get out of here? Well, I have an actual clip about north korea what they think is going on It's kind of alternate universe Is it kinda tell me why And you have to be careful. It's like crossing the streams. I'm not gonna cross the streams but because this is also like Something screwy about the whole thing and I'll explain why after we play the clip. This is the North Korea clip that was rolled out on CBS. And as if on cue, The North Koreans test fired a missile last night. David Martin has more... The latest test failed nine minutes into flight making it only 40 miles before pinwheeling into the sea but at all Pinwheeling?

13:54 Did you see any videos? I guess it starts flipping, or you know... flipping head over heels. Interesting. Making it only 40 miles before pinwheeling into the sea. But also exposed gas into US coasts. Say that again because you were talking through your phone. It's more than 40 miles to the coast from their launch site so I don't know what they're with the distances are but doesn't sound right but go on. Oh it sounds like a dud is what it sounds like! Well I was a dud obviously. Kim Jong-nyeong-nyeong. Making it only 40 miles before pinwheeling into the sea But it also exposed gaps in US intelligence. Initially thought to be a new two-stage solid fuel missile like this,

14:30 It turned out to be an old, single-stage liquid fuel missile. What I'm concerned about most nights is North Korea... Just yesterday General John Hyten the man in charge of shooting down any incoming missile told Congress he's never sure what's coming next from North Korea Those are very concerning moments to me because we're not sure every time they launch We're not sure if this is a threat missile or not This missile was not a threat but coming just days before President Trump meets with China's president Xi it did seem to carry a message. Nothing the two presidents do will stop North Korea from developing a nuclear arson. The US responded with a cryptic message of its own instead of the usual condemnation of calling it a provocative act in violation of UN resolutions, Secretary of State Tillerson said simply, ''The United States has spoken enough about North Korea we have no further comment.''

15:24 Signal the old rules of dealing with North Korea a policy known as strategic patience are out the window Was that what it was called strategic patience? I thought it was called something else. No, that's what it was called But there was only called that recently okay since it's an old policy That just got named recently strategic patients now It's not over your clip slides 30 seconds if you want to finish it Oh yeah, go ahead.

16:08 North Korea's next step would be to conduct an underground nuclear test. U.S. intelligence is watching the site where previous tests have been conducted and is warning a test could come at any time, Scott? Now hold on a second at the very end there he says. The test could come at any time? The next step is the nuclear test, if you back it up He says as though it's already been planned but we don't know what the hells going on over there But somehow we know that the next step is this planned Test of a bomb. Wait let me listen to that again. We need to conduct an underground nuclear test. Right just before that

16:51 North Korea's next step would be to conduct underground. He says next step would be he doesn't say is he says would-be So that's more procedural thing if you listen, okay? Well your point seems pretty predictive It doesn't sound right your point is made obvious course weapon hey I said it again North Korea's next step would be to conduct an underground nuclear test. US intelligence is watching the site where previous tests have been conducted and is warning a test could come at any time. So what? Yeah, exactly. So what

17:32 A test could come out of this. Bullcrap, who cares? They're not gonna... What are they going to do? Put their one ICBM and put the one little... By the way those nukes are very small. I love how that clip started off if you listen again. These things always happen on cue. Yeah, as if! As if on cue... If we're done here in the alternate universe Well first I wanted to say what does everyone expect? Do they expect these guys Kim Jong-Un and his buddies to take an ICBM to London? The one they might or might not have and put a small nuke on it, or the biggest one they can find which is still small. And then send it over and do what? They're gonna blow up Seattle, they're gonna blow up San Francisco, West Coast shot right so it's going to be Portland. Portland would be my choice by the way. Portland! Do Portland but just advice of course

18:30 Anyway, they were lynched yet Seattle Reading there may be blow up reading wasn't you reika wasn't Kim Jong-un going to blow up Austin remember he had that map Yeah But that just seems like a jus too far When you can blow up Los Angeles or San Bernardino, San Berdo or Bakersfield. There's a shot for ya that would be something. Now your talking. No one can shoot down Bakersfield because that is where the high speed rail is going to go to Bakersfield That'll screw em Let's get out of here John The oxygen is a little thin Are You Ready? Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un! From this day on forward It's going to be

CHAPTER 06 / 45 Discussion

Syria Chemical Attack and the Red Line Narrative

The hosts examine the reported chemical weapons attack in Syria and President Trump's subsequent press conference in the Rose Garden. They discuss the historical context of President Obama's "red line" and express skepticism regarding the legitimacy of the current reports. The segment highlights Trump's shift in responsibility and his use of the phrase "many, many lines" to describe the atrocity.

syria· chemical weapons· bashar al-assad· barack obama· sarin gas· rose garden

19:12 All right, we're back well that's nuts always a little harrowing always. Well let's go right into The Syria attack since he had that little bit at the beginning of your clip there About as if on cue and as if on cue, as if on cue we have a horrible atrocity in Syria. Well I have a number of clips. I have the long version. I have a very short version. I have some questionable subclips. Mm-hmm. I have...I have some stuff too. So I will let you start

20:08 Well, I don't want to... Okay. I will start then how about you? You start! I'll start with a little piece from the president now what you saw on television the soundbite was pretty much only him talking about babies little babies tiny babies but the whole question leading up to that clip which is the one that i didn't see the whole question And I went back to C-SPAN to look at, because this was a press conference in the Rose Garden. So and here's one of these... This woman is kind of smug. You know? Not sure where she's from and she's asking the president specifically about this attack and i think his answers are interesting. You've condemned the chemical attacks in Syria but you also appeared in your statement yesterday to pin some of the blame on the Obama administration

20:58 You are the president now. Do you feel like you bear responsibility for responding to the chemical attacks? And does the chemical attack cross a red line for you? Well, I think that Obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand I'm pretty sure that this was a scripted question. No, there's something else about this and I'm gonna just might as well start from the beginning of where we feel about this first of all that everybody Whatever outlet it is has reintroduced the nonsense about the red line and that the Syrians had Used some chemical weapons that they don't even own That have been that has been debunked

21:38 by academics, researchers and everybody in between that that original gas attack back when the red line was in play was not done by Syria. The Syrian government and we know this for fact as President Obama stopped his military. The reason he stopped doing anything went once the red line was crossed is because they sent samples to the north of England, they tested it. The name of the laboratory escapes me at the moment They tested it and there was no way could that have been used by the Syrians It was not... nothing they had ever had Right and then also found missiles that didn't go off that were not of their right origin So thats all been disproved Yet! They keep bringing this up And bring it back into the narrative As though well here it is again

22:28 And that immediately to me puts up red flags about this being a legitimate situation. There is one explanation for it, but I don't like it. Let's not get to deconstruction yet! Okay, we'll go on. Because you haven't heard what I'm thinking! You're only in your own universe! Okay... What's your thinking? Well let's get some clips going and then we'll talk about it! This is how we do the show! You've condemned the chemical attacks in Syria but you also appeared in your statement yesterday to pin some of the blame on the Obama administration You are the president now. Do you feel like you bear responsibility for responding to the chemical attacks? And does the chemical attack cross a red line for you? Well, I think the Obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand and what he didn't cross that line after making the threat. I think that set us back along ways not only in Syria but in many other parts of the world because it was a blank threat

23:27 I think it was something that is not one of our better days as a country. Yeah, blank threat if we go to the blank threat well if we go to the Shays from The Phrase or The Phrase for The Shays and the term would be blank check and maybe he was just thinking about money? I think he's thinking, he's combining maybe blank check with idle threat. Yes and it came out dumb. It came out very dumb! It's a blank threat what? Or empty thread or empty words or idle threat yeah but not to blank threat that's dumb The parts of the world because there was a blank threat...I think it was something that was not one of our better days as a country so I do feel that Julie I feel it very strongly

24:13 And the fact that he says Julia, tells me that this was all set up. He knew she was going to have the first question and what her question was. So what she asked is I tried to enhance it Do you feel like now you have responsibility to respond? That's the question I now have responsibility and I will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly. I will tell you that it is now my responsibility, It was a great opportunity missed as you know I'll be meeting with the president of China very soon in Florida And that's another responsibility we have and that's called The country of North Korea

24:58 Notice he took that question and turned it into North Korea. Which in my mind maybe means we had two ops going, this is where we're going because all of this is bullcrap. All of these... the way it's translated to the cannon fodder in the West Maybe the North Korea thing, maybe that was something Trump was in on and he wanted people to focus on that. And then we had this annoying attack of which I need to point out We have nothing other than video of people coughing

25:34 Very strange that if you have chlorine gas, people go in and grab people and they're just wearing surgical masks. No! Well there's a combination of chlorine gas and sarin... You can't handle these people is what I'm saying No, you can't. Sarah and particularly with Sarah is that it's a contact problem? Yeah so there are a lot of issues with that but we're... And they're hosing them down Exactly We'll continue That's another responsibility we have and that's called the country of North Korea We have a big problem We have somebody who is not doing the right thing and that's going to be my responsibility But I tell you that responsibility could've been made a lot easier

26:19 If it was handled years ago. Before I move on to the King, can i just quickly ask you if the chemical attack crosses a red line for you? Ah there it is It crossed a lot of lines for me When you kill... The five day moving average the ten day By the way, I have an ISO I want you to just play for second goes along with that one You've got with the Kim Jong-un this is the ISO wherever it is many many lines ISO and wait before he played Mr. Trump, have you ever used cocaine? Many many lines. Good one John! Very good very good Innocent children... innocent babies Babies little babies with a chemical gas that is so lethal people were shocked to hear what gas it was That crosses many many lines beyond the red line

CHAPTER 07 / 45 Discussion

Media Logic and the Reversal of Syria Policy

CBS News coverage suggests that the chemical attack occurred just days after the Trump administration signaled that Bashar al-Assad could remain in power. The hosts question the logic of Assad launching a gas attack immediately after receiving a diplomatic reprieve. They also introduce Ambassador Nikki Haley's role at the UN and her stance on the Syrian regime.

scott pelley· cbs news· nikki haley· united nations· foreign policy

27:21 And I'll keep us here and then I want to go to your clips. This is CBS who had an interesting take on what happened or didn't happen even by the horrors of the Syrian civil war, what happened today will stand out as a crime against humanity 58 civilians including women and children were killed in about 300 others wounded by what appears to be nerve gas, a weapon banned by the civilized world The attack came five days after the Trump administration signaled that the Syrian dictator would not be held accountable for the slaughter of his people. The Trump administration said Bashar al-Assad could remain in power, a reversal of Obama era policy that said Assad had to go

28:07 Despite the appeasing change in his policy, Mr. Trump blamed today's attack on President Obama calling it a consequence of the past administration's weakness Which is what I think the intent was of this exercise Seeing as we don't have any video footage We have footage of everything but we don't have any video footage of this Nothing at all Zero Now if i were betting man...I'd say and I think this will be reflected in some of our forthcoming clips, that this was purely intended to say hey. I don't actually love Russia those guys are protecting yeah this is no good so we got a real problem here i'm not a russia lover i'm not you know siding up to Vladimir Putin all the time No! It's crossed lines for me he said nothing He didn't say it was going to do anything In my mind just to balance out You're up Putin's butt

29:04 Don't die. I think that's a valid argument try instead here's another Scott Pelley This is the intro to the huge package they ran, and I think it was yesterday This is the Assad Syria logic one this is Pele again Okay from CBS today The president raged against the murder of children in yesterday's chemical attack in Syria But when pressed he seemed unable to express a policy on Syrian civil war President Trump took several questions today at a Rose Garden news conference alongside the King of Jordan. Facing his first international crisis, when Mr. Trump was asked about Syria he changed the subject blamed the Obama administration and described himself as flexible

29:48 Last week the Trump administration reversed US policy and said that the Syrian dictator could remain in power and not be held accountable for crimes in the six-year old war. The apparent nerve gas attack happened five days later. I'd be looking at John McCain, in this case. Well but first of all let's take a look at the logic of this Right there with Pelly when he's, that's why I call this a logic clip series. Because Pelly says the administration softened on Syria in essence and said Assad could stay and all the rest of it

30:29 But then then five days later. He does a gas attack I mean he hasn't done a gas attack ever Ever it's never been him, but okay and all of us now all of a sudden Oh oh they like me now so i'm going to use gas makes nothing but sense unbelievable So then they turned the whole package over to Major Garrett. So this is what happened at the United Nations and interesting, I found it... That Nikki Haley who I like our new ambassador school mom. I hate her no, I like her No, I like her yeah I think she's just as she's a stooge for the McCain faction And she always seems to be she was very very nasty from the get-go and I don't like her in one bit I don't like her in this whatever this clip is I have a clip of her too This is not a clip of her This is a clip of the Syrian ambassador

CHAPTER 08 / 45 Discussion

Alternative Theories on the Syrian Gas Attack

The hosts explore alternative explanations for the Syrian chemical incident, including claims from the Syrian ambassador that Israel or rebel forces were responsible. They reference a deleted 2013 Daily Mail article alleging a US-backed plan to launch a chemical attack to blame on Assad. The discussion posits that the event may have been a false flag intended to distance Trump from Russia.

israel· russia· false flag· daily mail· qatar· chemical weapons

31:24 who insinuates very clearly where this gas attack might have come from. The Israeli regime introduced terrorism to our region, nuclear terrorism chemical biological and radioactive terrorism international reports have also confirmed beyond any doubt that Israel has used biological and chemical weapons many times against the people in the region, in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. Yeah so they're pointing the finger at Israel and I hope that some of your clips will address this further but... Well I've got a different clip that has a different blame it's a UN clip Hold on let me just get this out of the way then I'll let you roll because if this is from The Archives and its one of your clips actually

32:23 From the PBS NewsHour, January of this year. former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers. The regime, when chemical weapons were used in 2013 Russia was absolutely backing the Syrian regime at that time and we were denouncing of course the gassing more than a thousand innocent civilians and we denounced Russia's support for that regime When President Obama came out said he was going use military force That, as you know was what brought Russia forward to say hey wait maybe not that quite. Why don't we try something else? Maybe we can work together. Maybe we can take advantage of the fact that we are in effect the benefactor or sponsor of this regime where if you do not use military force will work with you to destroy the chemical weapons program." And that was exactly the deal something that is no longer discussed

33:17 all the chemical weapons were destroyed. That was what...that was the deal, Russia helped and we... John Kramer Right and this is because of a John Kerry botch you remember? One of the funniest moments in our State Department's history. And so they ended up with this screwy thing and they did it! We used mostly our ships yeah that all the chemical weapons were wiped or taken out of there But apparently not. Well, and why is it? I think the only thing that makes sense is kind of brought out in this clip This is Syria at the UN didn't expect that one here We go well survivors of the attack recover in hospitals in Syria and here in Turkey world powers are fighting over who was responsible for the atrocity

34:02 The political aftermath playing out at the UN Security Council in New York. Russia, Syria's most powerful ally blames a chemical leak from a rebel weapons depot hit by one of the air strikes but this view is rejected by the United States and other world powers. The US even now seemingly threatening to take on President Bashar al-Assad alone When the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action. For the sake of the victims I hope the rest of the Council is finally willing to do the same The world needs to see the use of chemical weapons and the fact that they will not be tolerated

34:58 So that's Nikki and saber rattling. And it sounds like, also we have satellites that are looking at this area if there was anything we would have had some real intelligence on it I think that the Russians are probably right! It was a cache that was held by the rebels because the government, Syrian government doesn't have these anymore supposedly and I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be true cause they're not gonna make friends with Trump and then five days later do a gas attack. It just makes no sense! What I found interesting is this article from 2013 January 2013 in... what's this? The Daily Mail by Louise Boyle

35:44 This story was US back plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad's regime. 2013 leaked emails from defense contractor refers to chemical weapons saying quote the idea is approved by Washington Obama issued warning to Syrian President Bashar al-assad last month that use of chemical warfare was totally unacceptable Leaked emails have allegedly proven that the White House gave the green light to a chemical weapons attack in Syria That could be blamed on Assad's regime and in turn spur international military action in the devastated country This was an exchange between two senior officials at British-based contractor Britain Defense, where a scheme approved by Washington is outlined and explained that Qatar would fund rebel forces in Syria to use chemical weapons. Now this may be untrue... The article actually disappeared they took it off so I have found a copy at archive.org

36:42 But this is not like this is an old plan or a new plan. I mean, it's a plan has been around forever and we've talked about it And here it is but it seems to me. I don't think the president's gonna do much about it Well, we'll see Hopefully you won't yeah Yeah It'd be very disappointing to me especially after all his blather about let the russians take over this battle and end it And on the same day that he made this announcement to demote Steve Bannon from the National Security Council is being seen by the the ultra fanatical Trump supporters as You know treason caving caving treasonous against them, you know Their base is going to not going to stand for it very worried. Very very worried and

CHAPTER 09 / 45 Discussion

Steve Bannon and the National Security Council

Roger Stone comments on the removal of Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, framing it as a loss for alternative media influence in the White House. The hosts debate Bannon's background, noting his history with Goldman Sachs and mainstream entertainment. They discuss the concerns of Trump's base regarding this shift in the administration's inner circle.

steve bannon· roger stone· nsc· alternative media· goldman sachs

37:34 In fact, I have...what do I have? It's not necessarily all true. If you listen to the extreme right-wingers or the ones that...I don't even know what they're called but the Michael Savages and even Rush Limbaugh are put in this category. They seem never liked Bannon. Well here is Roger Stone who of course at least I'm catching it now. That's a good news. Yeah once you catch it you'll be good. Actually there are couple in there I didn't stop you but you said them more times. Here's Roger Stone. to

38:41 concerns me is because, as you know Google and Facebook and the other internet giants are moving aggressively to choke off alternative viewpoints to the mainstream media declaring InfoWars, Breitbart Daily Caller StoneColdTruth.com where you can read all of my stuff as fake news If there's anyone inside the Trump White House who should understand this issue and understand the anti-trust issues that are triggered by Google's activities.

39:20 It is Steve Bannon, a man who came from alternative media. And therefore any loss... That's not true he came from mainstream media and mainstream movies. Goldman Sachs? He's an investor! Yes, and the Jerry Seinfeld show didn't come from alternatives. ...Steve Bannon, a man who came from alternative media and therefore any loss of power or influence Is a bad sign for the future of the net. Hmm, somehow he takes that to the future. Actually I have a connective tissue to that little clip you just played but I wanted to get some of these Syrian ones out of the way first. Okay But let's try and remember that clip. I'll write it down Let's go back to this CBS report bring Major Garrett in and let him talk a little bit This is Assad's Syria Logic 2

40:12 In the Oval Office with Jordan's King Abdullah, President Trump called the Syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on civilians an affront to humanity. That's as close as the president came to telegraphing what's next, beyond a personal reassessment of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Can I just quickly ask you if the chemical attack crosses a red line for you? It crossed a lot of lines for me. Okay, you can skip the rest of this. Go to clip Serialogic 3 I don't have to have one specific way and if the world changes, uh...I go the same way. I don't change well i do change and I am flexible and I'm proud of that flexibility The president did not rule out a military strike to punish what is likely a war crime One of things you've noticed about me is militarily I don't like to say where I'm going and what I'm doing

CHAPTER 10 / 45 Discussion

CBS News Reporting Accuracy and Geography

The hosts criticize CBS News reporter Holly Williams for claiming to be "on the border with Syria" while reporting from Ankara, Turkey. Using Google Maps, they determine that Ankara is approximately 747 kilometers from the Syrian border. They use this as an example of media fabrication and the lack of boots-on-the-ground reporting in the region.

cbs news· holly williams· ankara· turkey· syria border· journalism

39:20 It is Steve Bannon, a man who came from alternative media. And therefore any loss... That's not true he came from mainstream media and mainstream movies. Goldman Sachs? He's an investor! Yes, and the Jerry Seinfeld show didn't come from alternatives. ...Steve Bannon, a man who came from alternative media and therefore any loss of power or influence Is a bad sign for the future of the net. Hmm, somehow he takes that to the future. Actually I have a connective tissue to that little clip you just played but I wanted to get some of these Syrian ones out of the way first. Okay But let's try and remember that clip. I'll write it down Let's go back to this CBS report bring Major Garrett in and let him talk a little bit This is Assad's Syria Logic 2

40:12 In the Oval Office with Jordan's King Abdullah, President Trump called the Syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on civilians an affront to humanity. That's as close as the president came to telegraphing what's next, beyond a personal reassessment of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Can I just quickly ask you if the chemical attack crosses a red line for you? It crossed a lot of lines for me. Okay, you can skip the rest of this. Go to clip Serialogic 3 I don't have to have one specific way and if the world changes, uh...I go the same way. I don't change well i do change and I am flexible and I'm proud of that flexibility The president did not rule out a military strike to punish what is likely a war crime One of things you've noticed about me is militarily I don't like to say where I'm going and what I'm doing

41:15 Mr. Trump has blamed President Obama for inaction that kept Assad in power I now have responsibility and I will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly but I'll tell you, that responsibility could've been made a lot easier if it was handled years ago Anyway, I'm not going to play any more of this series because what CBS does is they manage to take these clips and if you take these Trump clips out of context as you know if your listen to one of his hour-long speeches. You can make him sound like a complete idiot easily and CBS does that very well but CBS's pretty

41:53 Pretty questionable. Here we have, this is the very end and report goes on for five minutes six minutes and they have Holly Williams come in at the end because she's a great expert she never even stepped foot in Syria over the last year as far as I can tell but She's always there reporting now. She's got the picture of her Holly Williams. She's in Ankara Turkey Ankara, Turkey. And it says Ankara and you look in the back behind her is Ankara? Yeah. And this is just the end of the report because I want you to just listen to how Scott Pelley attributes her This is Assad Syria logic Holly Williams. It's very difficult for the US to find effective and reliable partners on the ground. Holly Williams on the border with Syria tonight. Holly thanks

42:41 Now do you want to bring up a map of Turkey on the border of Syria? Yeah You want to bring him as anyone out there should bring up a map of Turkey and look at where right now Let's do it right now. Let's do it right now this is very good I don't know you can again Can you give me an estimate of the distance to Syria? Is that 400 miles is that 500 miles, and does that constitute being on the border with Syria let me take a little look here Jean-claude And I will tell you immediately okay. I've got Ankara up on the map and Let's see. It's actually quite funny! What is this distance? Let me see, hey I'll do a Google thing Oh yeah, Google Yeah, I'l give you the exact distance So from Ankara...I'll just take the closest Kilis let's try that so we will direct to you Kilis Turkey Okay

43:42 Let's see how many miles that is. Oh John, it's only 747 kilometers. Oh Yeah, that's right on the border on the border right now I'm on the border with Mexico me too Well, you are. I almost know. So what kind of presentation are we getting from CBS? Bull crap! We get that kind of bull crap. She's nowhere near the border with Syria. Nowhere near! No. She's probably just outside one of those fancy... Ankara is in one of those international capitals that has a lot of nice restaurants and that's where she is. Give me a break. I found it very annoying. Yeah

CHAPTER 11 / 45 Discussion

Media Deception and the White Smoke Theory

Referencing the film Wag the Dog, the hosts discuss how modern warfare can be manufactured for television. They share a report from a military intelligence source suggesting that the "white smoke" seen in Syria may not indicate a chemical agent. They compare the visual evidence to the smoke trails associated with the downing of flight MH17.

wag the dog· mh17· military intelligence· propaganda· white smoke

44:26 All right onward so what have we concluded? We've concluded that it's more than likely a military industrial complex false flag You have some sort red with people dying because they don't care I don't think this could have been file footage for all. I know it could all be bullcrap I mean, it could be bull crap from the get-go But there's so many if you look at any films or I would like to remind everyone to that area is wrecked I would like everyone to go take a look at the movie wag the dog If you haven't seen it yet Yeah, you should definitely see this is a movie. You need to see we need to remember these things as Astounding truly astounding well again It's the it's the logic of it that got into my mind's angst Harris I mean there's no absolutely zero logic to any of this if it was that if its present the way they are government and

45:21 Nikki and all the rest of them present this it's not logical. I mean just that's if you can stop right there But then you start seeing this other kind of embellishments And nonsense and all the rest, and where's our real intelligence? You know they've got satellites looking at all this stuff They would have could be able to name the plane that dropped a chemical weapons Well they're the same guys that see barrel bombs being dropped out helicopters 50 times a day So you gotta question that as well. I have another Nikki Haley clip for you as it relates to the president and Putin and Trump You might change your mind about her I don't care if you don't but she's in an interview with Martha Raddatz who was being a real douche

46:06 She's very quite good at being douchey. President Trump has said... I was just going to say Nikki is a very well honed politician and i think she could easily handle Martha. President Trump has said he respects Putin but you say you don't trust him You've said the US needs to take hacking seriously. President Trump has been dismissive of it Which one of you should our allies and adversaries believe? I think we're both saying the same thing It's just being reported differently if you look at what Russia about Russia and us calling them out President Trump has agreed and this administration agrees that Russia's involvement in Ukraine is wrong And I think that if you listen to what he said about the elections, of course We don't want any country involved in our elections. And so that's gonna happen I think that Russia is very aware that they're on notice when it comes to certain issues They're very aware that we do want to try and defeat Isis together If that's at all possible along with our allies But there's no

47:03 love or anything going on with Russia right now, they get that we're getting our strength back. That we're getting our voice back and that we're starting to lead again and honestly at the United Nations that's the number one comment I'd get is they're just so happy to see the United States lead again." You really think that you and President Trump are saying the same things? Let me tell you one thing President Trump recently said he defended And You see?

48:02 how he's not being mean enough, he's not beating up on Russia. He is not beating up on North Korea. He is not beating up on Assad now they're going to call his courage into question and I believe that may be precarious Well, because the president definitely has you know some issues where if you say, you know, hey your pussy He may not rush. He may not rest Obsess on that yes play this little snippet from Syria This is the a B I did most of my work off at CBS but I was watching a lot of ABC because ABC has been slipping in some

48:41 Kind of counter messaging to the mainstream what we're getting from everybody else as I've been finding it interesting. Once you survive being sprayed off hose down after warplanes dropped would appear to be a toxic gas The White House is responding tonight and ABC's Jonathan Karl leading us off What was that? That was somebody screaming. Let me hear that again, was there a point? Maybe I missed it... No you know so i said snippet There was a point and I lost whatever the point was. Let's hear it again. The ones who survived being sprayed off hose down Oh the hozing down probably After warplanes dropped what appeared to be a toxic gas Appeared to be Yeah appeared to be a toxic gas The whole thing is uh Do you know yeah So I have a um hold on This does kind of confirm the thesis that this

49:31 Is a hoax. I got a hoax, I got a note from our army Intel guy home and just read it to you Okay so he said he sent me a quote from European magazine where an activist Syrian activists in Khan Shikun no yeah concha kun said the smoke spread translating on the fly the smoke spread until finally there was a a layer all over, all above the village which was white thick smoke. White thick smoke that's what he said the chemical looked like and my military intel guy out of the blue says do you remember the white smoke trail that led to MH17? That blew it out of the sky insinuating that perhaps it was just white smoke

50:33 And not necessarily a chemical attack. We don't know, we've seen... I mean this is- we just see people running and people running and not equipped to deal with the medical emergency of this nature because they would die too. Yes especially with sarin. Yeah definitely odd But we'll just see it doesn't matter to me. It never matters It doesn't matter if it's a false flag, it matters what the response is yeah? That's all about the response you want to talk about The twerp well We could talk about the twerp we could talk about we had a little ban and stuff that we started with we already had banned And introduced I want to get him out of the way You got some more Banyan I do have a banya banya sage CBS version This is this is the this isn't there I have two there's two

CHAPTER 12 / 45 Discussion

Kendall Jenner Pepsi Commercial Controversy

The hosts analyze the backlash against a Pepsi commercial featuring Kendall Jenner joining a protest and handing a soda to a police officer. They discuss the concept of "cultural appropriation" and how the ad was perceived as trivializing social justice movements. Despite the outrage, Adam Curry admits to finding the commercial's message of harmony somewhat positive.

pepsi· kendall jenner· advertising· cultural appropriation· protest· social media

51:27 Interesting. Okay, here's the stories for today the way I see it from the mainstream stories there's Banyan, The Twerp and Bill O'Reilly Yes those are the main big mainstream stories And the gas attack of course which we already covered Obviously obviously There's other little things Well hold on let me stop you right there Let me stop you that is not the big story! The big story Barry Manilow is gay yes that actually got a lot of attention Because you know why I got so much attention. You know, why do you know? Why do you know why yes, I did It was a stunner it was a shocker who knew the real story is Here's a celebrity who's been married for 30 years and he still married that's the story Okay, how can you be gay and marry as you're married to a man? Yes. He is okay So what's the big deal?

52:23 I don't know. It seems that when he got married to the man, this story then would be he's gay. Why do we wait 30 years? I'm sorry that wasn't the big story John! I'm nuts no! The big story is the Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial Which, can I say? I like the commercial! That's a true alternate universe commercial right there. They produce this for getting- Why don't you explain to people not everyone has seen this commercial in its entirety. I only saw it on the internet never saw it on TV. Why don't you explain the commercial so people get a clue about what we're talking about. And I look at this very closely and I stopped every frame and looked at it. This is... Geez Yeah It was worth it

53:03 It was worth it. Yeah, Pepsi has a long form commercial two minutes which apparently they've pulled and in it you see there's two scenes going on this Kendall Jenner who is doing a photo shoot to fashion photo shoot as A protesters are walking by and the protester signs and I that's why I did all the stop frame most of them say love although there was a half of a Excuse me Half of a love Trump's hate tight, but mainly it was join the conversation That's what the signs read and this is subliminal stuff your brain catches that so that's why I've stopped framed. Join the conversation

53:43 And everyone's having fun, they're dancing and you know they just really all into it. And then they come up against the blue line of cops who are standing there and at this point Jenner has decided that she wants to be in with everybody and she's dancing along and she grabs a Pepsi and she breaks the front line of the protesters walks up to the cop and hands him the Pepsi he drinks it and everyone is happy! Hey we're all getting along I think that this, there was a huge mistake. It was more than it was a timing mistake and of course this commercial was produced months ago most likely and I said of course again, was produced months ago and they didn't realize that you have to straddle both universes now with advertising. You can't go all in because to me it's like well that's kind of a hopeful message. I didn't have a huge negative reaction

54:41 But oh, people lost their crap over it. Well why don't you explain why? Because I still don't know why! Let me apologize to begin with...I knew about the story, i saw the commercial and didn't think much about it not to the point where im going to a stop frame analysis And I did not know what everyone was making such fuss about I knew it was Dimension B, no doubt about that. But I don't know why they're making... Was Rob Reiner bitching and moaning about it? I didn't notice. Well let me read something here this is from The Hill. I'm just grabbing something. Pepsi's Kendall Jenner ad falls flat what brands must learn from it maybe that's something interesting for us

55:26 The biggest job for any marketer is to make their audience care. This can be done through humor, asking a question... Sometimes it could even be done through anger just not in the way Pepsi evoked outrage this week Pepsi's latest commercial, which features reality star and model Kendall Jenner surveying a friendly protest while cops stand guard finds a way to strike all of the wrong chords. For starters the advertisement shows Jenner 21 year old white supermodel join a crowd of people from all ethnic backgrounds oh okay so it's racists right there who are seemingly having a good time while police officers look on with stern faces upon joining the crowd Kendal grabs a pepsi and hands it to an officer once he pops the tab and takes a picture is taken in the crowd erupts in applause

56:05 To say the ad is tone-deaf would be kind. After the social media backlash, Pepsi executives quickly realized the debacle and made a statement that the company was going to pull the ad." Let me just read some of the tweets... "...could you be any more blatant with the disrespect and appropriation of a movement Pepsi? I'm boycotting all Pepsi products until they apologize for this blasphemy!" Oh, and this is... yeah. Here's a list of their brands Yeah this isn't- This is the other new thing Let's go after their advertisers This shows you how smart we are Ha ha! Ha ha! Do whatever we want You can't go after our advertisers You have to go to thousands of homes and shoot people Good luck Yeah so I guess it's because they appropriated culture protest movement everything And we can't have happy stuff anymore

56:58 I just find it very dimension B disturbing. Extremely! And to me, it was a little bit in the line of Coke you know? I'd like to teach the world to sing at perfect harmony... Perfect Harmony! Yeah that's what I was thinking but no That wouldn't go over today It would be cultural appropriation Yes especially showing black people drinking Coca-Cola Oh that would be so wrong Soda That's a crazy world we live in but at least we're gonna give you the reality check and I would like to read you something which I remembered To get from one of my many books here in the library And you tell me where this is from. You probably know this may explain the situation We're in today, here we go Atlas shrugged No

CHAPTER 13 / 45 Discussion

Reality Control and 1984 Newspeak

Adam Curry reads a passage from George Orwell's 1984 regarding the party's control of history and the concept of "doublethink." The hosts relate these literary themes to the current media environment and the manipulation of public perception. They also acknowledge the show's moderators and the "Judas Goat" artwork submitted by Nick the Rat.

george orwell· 1984· newspeak· doublethink· reality control

57:55 And if all others accepted the lie which the party imposed, if all records told the same tale then the lie passed into history and became truth. Who controls the past ran the party slogan controls the future who controls the present controls the past and yet the past Though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting It was quite simple All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory Reality control they called it In newspeak? Doublethink 1984 Yes you are correct sir We're living it Living the dream

58:39 Or living the dream. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C. USC stands for Clips Out of Context. Dvorak! Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Kerr also in the morning to all ships that see boots on the ground subs and the water All the feet in the air and all the dames and knights out there In the morning everybody in the chatroom noagendastream.com Thank y'all very much for showing up And I'd like to especially thank Spooky R Sir Bemro Silver MS Small Biz and Progo who are our No Agenda Chat Room moderators Also known as brown shirts, so they're in there taking care of everything kicking people out left and right. Really? Yes! You have brown shirts now? Yeah we got brown shirts man and they're badass It's very well you know this is a professional chat room This is not for douchiness it's an actual integrated part of the show yeah People give me info background lots of one-liners I can't take credit for all my fabulous jokes from my comedic stylings

59:45 Douchebag. And in the morning to Nick the Rat? Nick is, uh... Nick brought us the artwork for episode 9 or 1-7 titled that of course was Judas Goat And the artwork he did was great. Take off on Intel inside, no agenda bomb inside with a logo and everything. Great work! So simple... so simple. Simple yet hilarious. Yes, great work. Noagendaartgenerator.com You can go there and submit We always choose the artwork right after the show and you can also just look at some cool art download it print it put it on stuff It's great Thank you to all of our artists

CHAPTER 14 / 45 Discussion

Executive Producer Curtis Sorrells and The Beast

Curtis Sorrells contributes $1,000 to become an Executive Producer, requesting to be identified by the pronoun "Wow" and the title "The Beast." The hosts discuss the humor in his note regarding "snowflakes" and gender identity. They celebrate his contribution with a series of "Wow" sound effects.

curtis sorrells· donation· pronouns· the beast· executive producer

1:00:31 We want to thank three people for being executive and associate executive producers for today's show 618 is that right? 9 18. 9 18, 9 18. 9 and nine is eighteen should be easy to remember uh starting with Curtis Sorrells from parts unknown it looks like USA thousand dollars. And he said which so he's a big kahuna for today send a note in by email Just catching up on the show from last Thursday and something is spot-on. Plural pronoun, he's being very... The note is hard to read because he has a lot of jokes within the note. Screw these snowflakes and their pronouns! From here on out I want to be known as The Beast And my pronoun is Wow

1:01:21 So I don't want to be simply microaggressive, I wanna be full-bore aggressive. Insta night boom! Take that unicorn lovers! Please figure out how to identify me when... insert proper pronoun here... night you and unite me. I am not a sir or a dame, I'm now wow. So that's what i have to say? Yeah Wow he's not a s- wow okay so he's wow Carl Sarls Kurt Sarls Wow Okay so he's not s- hey this is interesting In the words of the late Samuel Johnson, he who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. There! Wow feels better now. Love you man. So he is wow... No home of scruncher He's wow of what? It's just wow That's all but he had your title The Beast He doesn't give himself yeah okay well to be still okay he's wow the beast Okay that's it done consider done we'll do that in your nighting I'm looking forward to it

1:02:21 Always fun seems a bit Convoluted yes, I'm going to complain no of course not God. No $1,000 will tell you it's cornflakes we don't care Wow We can have done we have uh we have a thing for that don't we wow don't we have a There we go Yeah, there you go. That's it we have this one oh wow that's really good now. That's too long Wow not always wow wow just pure on Wow Wow Oh

CHAPTER 15 / 45 Discussion

Birthday Donations and Michael Crichton's State of Fear

Henry Baron and Rodney E. provide significant donations, prompting a discussion on climate change and environmental policy. The hosts recommend Michael Crichton's book State of Fear, which critiques the "global warming" movement. They also touch upon the potential of geoengineering as a future solution for environmental issues.

henry baron· climate change· michael crichton· state of fear· geoengineering

1:03:01 Henry Baron of Outpost West, Rancho Palos Verdes 650 bucks. Related birthday contribution for John 65 times 10 for ten years of no agenda Wow! You could have thought that one yeah you could have thought about one thanks a Henry Baron out post west and we'll give him a karma for that. You've got Karma And associate executive producer will be Rodney E. in Tampa, Florida at 213 13 and he sent a note in with the check and the note says ITM thank you for all your hard effort insightful analysis on the greatest podcast in the universe I've enclosed a donation of 213 13 have been a couple years since my last donation I'm way overdue I've been listening on-and-off for over three years since my friend Nick punched me in the mouth

1:03:55 The only question comment I have is for the dynamic duo about climate change environmental issues. At first it took me a while to understand the angle you were taking with climate change and my MSM programming was strong, of course it was." However, at the end of the day...at the end of the day...at the end of the day, the tools of most climate change believers is clean energy like solar wind hydro nuclear etc. including energy independence What's wrong with that as a goal? We're all for nuclear energy Or anything that works and it's cheap Carbon tax aside I'm for wave energy if they can make that work They can't

1:04:38 I don't think that's, no. I think a polluters tax makes sense in America because it allows people to still own some dirty vehicles toys but help clean up the mess thoughts comments? I'm changing my tune. I think we've had plenty of taxes. I'm changing my tune! I'm now going to be all-in for geoengineering Okay, I think you'd be good. I think it would be a good promoter Yeah He says keep up the tech segments please call out my friend Nick who he complimented a minute ago as a douchebag For being overdue donating and say hi to my smoking hot wife of almost 20 years Teresa and karma for everyone You've got karma yeah, I wanted to do all in geoengineering man that's the future That's how we're gonna save the world

1:05:28 Yeah, and then again but go watch the movie Snowpiercer before you make that so Grand Duke David Foley by happen to speak to him a few days ago. Okay I will quote the grand duke himself verbatim Thanks John for that suggestion What a piece of crap that movie was Well, I'm not saying the movie wasn't a piece of crap. A lot of great movies are pieces of crap It just had the message that we're trying to get across here The globe has frozen over yeah because of climate change nuts no Yeah, I would recommend The book was uh? The guy who's dead now the writer

1:06:15 Dead writer let me think what was the dead writers name I can't remember he wrote the book about the climate change crazies Oh, you're talking about Michael Crichton Crichton. Yeah, what was the name of that book? I'll get it. This is a must read, this is... Yes, it's very good book. State of Fear, State of Fear. State of Fear, I think he was ... We have a clip of him talking to Charlie Rose as a matter effect if you could dig that up that'd be interesting. Sure. Crichton how do you spell that? C-H-R-I or C-R-I-C-H-T-O-N I believe. Probably easier to find under Charlie Rose.

1:06:57 Rose and Crichton, maybe. If you can't find it I'll dig it up. Michael... Michael Crichton? Hmm. Look at Rose. Maybe that's- yeah well there's a lot of Rose clips Oh there's too many You're thinking you may have done that but I'm sure This is annoying Let me see Charlie Rose It may not be so old John! It's pretty old Yeah would you look that one up? It was right after he died. I'l bring it in on Sunday

CHAPTER 16 / 45 Discussion

Michael Crichton on Genetics and Abortion

The hosts play a 2017 archival clip of Michael Crichton discussing his career and his willingness to take controversial stances on genetics and abortion. Crichton reflects on his support for abortion rights in 1967 and his belief that his skepticism regarding climate change will eventually be vindicated.

michael crichton· charlie rose· genetics· roe v. wade· medical ethics

1:07:33 Maybe it's under state of fear. No not unless you renamed it I definitely would not name it that okay well We don't have it. I'm sorry fail. That's okay long all right big fail anyway That's all we got we got three people whoa, okay? Well luckily we have an instant night that does help but please consider us for our Sunday show Yes. And we will be thanking more people that's also not a super long list. Again, I can't milk the birthday any longer. No no that's done We'll be thanking more people $50 and above These are our executive producer and two associate executive producers Actual credits you can use them anywhere Credits are valid Putting them on your LinkedIn other profiles seems to help people get work if you're looking for jobs

1:08:13 I got a lot of other little miscellaneous things like a free book and some other things. Somebody sent me a happy birthday card, and I'd like to know who it was because they don't have their name attached to it but this card is a big giant extremely glossy card that's printed by some high-end printer that has had a big picture of me on the back then the card itself was all printed with some high level The guy printed his picture on his own stamp, which you can legally do. Which is not a bad idea but it's not just the printed stamp that he glued on there it was part of the whole package and printed within the mechanism of them It just this guys got some gear I want to know about

1:08:58 He knows who he is. by myself. I liked it actually, thank you and i'm trying to another one and um... and i'm actually but i mean it sounds perverse to many people but i am proud of having done the book about global warming because if you listen this conversation you have to be thinking everybody was going against me and i thought this is what i believe in and im sorry and i said it and i did it and i've taken just flack for it but you know what? It's what i believe and your proud that you did it because you went into a

1:10:09 Rough seas. Very rough seas, and nasty and personal and brutal and unfair and mean... What was nasty, brutal, unfair and mean? Oh Charlie this is I mean you want to look at what people say for example when i started talking about genetics people said well you know you might get some criticism for this well I haven't gotten any criticism for genetics let me tell ya I know what criticism is but I've had the experience of having had books in print for 40 years. So, I can go back and look at the stand that I took in favor of abortion when I was a medical student in Boston in 1967 six years before Roe v Wade and I can look at that and say was I right or not? And I think damn it! I was right. When I wrote this book, The State Of Fear, I was imagining what's going to look like in forty years

1:11:07 I think i'm gonna come out just fine. Tell me about this sexuality, it's in your DNA Wow! I'm really high That was a little uh- Little uh- A little bit the camera didn't catch there at the end Hey how good is this show? That our control room found a clip from 2017 That control room- Those guys are the best Alright now we can move on to Well, I got a couple of interregnums here little bitty in a regnum another phrase for the Shays wasn't in a regnum Yes, I don't know what it was. I think you just threw that in there didn't you and it's just a historical term when you used it for analysis Analyzing historical movements Indonesia girl marriage this is good interesting stuff hmm

1:11:52 I'm sure it is. Lawmakers in Malaysia today approved a law on sex crimes against children, but balked at banning child marriage during the debate one legislator declared that girls as young as nine are quote physically and spiritually ready to marry mostly Muslim nation allows girls younger than 16 to marry if their parents and Islamic courts permit it lovely There you go. Well used to be the age limit used to be 13 in Vatican City They raised that it was a little uh, they're raising their one parts of the world lowering another that's balance It's a balancing act there just on that tip for a moment. The huge outrage in Sweden Yeah, I wouldn't all those doesn't those northern countries like Russia? They all dad everyone has a car dashcam and

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Global News Snippets and Swedish School Bus Segregation

The hosts cover various international news items, including a new law in Malaysia that failed to ban child marriage. They also discuss a viral dashcam video from Sweden showing a school bus segregating Muslim boys and girls. This leads to a brief discussion on the prevalence of dashcams in Russia and Northern Europe for insurance purposes.

malaysia· child marriage· sweden· segregation· dash cams· islam

1:11:07 I think i'm gonna come out just fine. Tell me about this sexuality, it's in your DNA Wow! I'm really high That was a little uh- Little uh- A little bit the camera didn't catch there at the end Hey how good is this show? That our control room found a clip from 2017 That control room- Those guys are the best Alright now we can move on to Well, I got a couple of interregnums here little bitty in a regnum another phrase for the Shays wasn't in a regnum Yes, I don't know what it was. I think you just threw that in there didn't you and it's just a historical term when you used it for analysis Analyzing historical movements Indonesia girl marriage this is good interesting stuff hmm

1:11:52 I'm sure it is. Lawmakers in Malaysia today approved a law on sex crimes against children, but balked at banning child marriage during the debate one legislator declared that girls as young as nine are quote physically and spiritually ready to marry mostly Muslim nation allows girls younger than 16 to marry if their parents and Islamic courts permit it lovely There you go. Well used to be the age limit used to be 13 in Vatican City They raised that it was a little uh, they're raising their one parts of the world lowering another that's balance It's a balancing act there just on that tip for a moment. The huge outrage in Sweden Yeah, I wouldn't all those doesn't those northern countries like Russia? They all dad everyone has a car dashcam and

1:12:42 There's something cultural about it. Well, I know that the Russians have it because they're...I believe it has to do with their insurance. Yeah, possibly. Because it's crazy but the dash cams if people want to have some fun some Saturday afternoon Or a Sunday night. Here it comes everybody, tip! You go to your YouTube and you look up Russian dash cams or car cams Yeah they're fun to watch And just start watching these There's a lot of compilations that go on for like half an hour Of I would say some of the craziest things you'll ever see in your life

1:13:19 So, a number of people who have these dash cams in Sweden rolled up behind the school bus that was loading kids. And so of course you have to wait until everyone's on the bus and what was captured is that this school was segregating the Muslim boys from them from the Muslim girls. So the Muslim girls had to get in the bus through the back door and the boys in front of the bus through the front door And gee, who knew this was happening? They're all going crazy. Yeah! That's part of the deal and I want to point out that... Go to any temple and you'll see that the women are sitting up above upper deck and the men are down below it's a same idea in essence yeah but okay what evs big shocker big shocker what evs let me ease us into where the twerp

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Billions Season Two and Market Psychology

Adam Curry discusses the Showtime series Billions, specifically a scene where a trader expresses fear over Russian hackers crashing the market. The hosts critique the direction of the second season, noting a decrease in the "kinky" content that they believe contributed to the show's initial success.

billions· showtime· russian hackers· trading· bdsm· psychology

1:14:15 I'll ease us into the twerp with a little clip from my favorite show, Billions. I love this show! Okay and wait and i have the long clip from ABC on the twerp that is the intro clip if you think we need that after your clip? Oh well totally needed this is just showing how art is, you know, recreating life. Life recreates art and it goes both ways. Have you ever seen Billions the show? I like this show...I don't watch it's not one of my watchers. It's not on my list but when I see when it's on or if I happen to be passing by I will watch it as an outstanding product! Thank You But season two they're making a big mistake. I'll tell you after we play the clip so in this trading firm Axe Capital

1:15:04 They have for, I actually understand this reason. They have a psychologist who is one of the main characters, Wendy to deal with the traders psychology because once you are a trader the only thing that can really mess you up is the psychology just dumb things you might do as happens all the time and by trader you mean trade D or trade someone who trades stocks and bonds and stuff So he comes in and he's having issues, having real troubles. Even though his numbers are up, he can't sleep at night! I didn't sleep last night Your numbers have been strong even in a tough market Yeah they have been... so what was it kept you up? Russian hackers They can fuck with us so easily In ways we can't even comprehend

1:15:57 A few keystrokes and they can bring an entire airline to a standstill. Thousands of people stranded." So your fear is... what, these hackers targeting you? The entire market? My portfolio could go up in flames I have a family When did you start losing sleep over it Just last night Anything happen yesterday? I had to go out to Axis house in the Hamptons for special meeting There ya'go Be very afraid Keeping you awake at night They can stop A whole airline with a few keystrokes. That may be a predictive little thing that they threw in there Maybe I just want to say about the show, I loved season one. I still love season two but

1:16:41 They need to put some kinky sex in. This was part of the, I think one of the success formula of this show is they had elitist people with kinky sex habits a lot of BDSM Golden Shower which was fun to watch and now it's like oh you're like well but you don't even see them having sex anymore Something happened and it's ruining the show.

CHAPTER 19 / 45 Discussion

Susan Rice Unmasking Allegations and ABC News

ABC News reports on allegations that former National Security Advisor Susan Rice requested the "unmasking" of Trump associates in intelligence reports. Rice denies any illegal activity or leaking, asserting that unmasking was a necessary part of her job to protect national security. The hosts analyze the conflicting narratives between "doing her job" and "political spying."

susan rice· unmasking· trump transition· rand paul· cecilia vega· surveillance

1:17:21 And you, I guess no one could come up with an argument. It makes me want to watch this. Well there's a guy named Adam Curry who is in Austin and I know for a fact that he thinks it's cool! Well that's just one guy, it doesn't count as one guy, no good All right, what is your- Okay here we go. This is the whole run down on Susan Rice as presented on ABC when I think they've got it and ABC again is one of these weird shows that I think are an outlier on the spectrum of network CIA controlled information operations so you never know what to get from them

1:18:03 We do turn to the other major headline involving the White House tonight after President Trump's claim that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. President Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice now answering questions tonight Did she ask that members of Trump's team be identified, unmasked as they call it after being swept up in surveillance for foreign threats? ABC senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega with what she said It was exactly one month ago that President Trump accused President Obama of wiretapping him in Trump Tower. And tonight, the president's conservative allies say Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice revealed the identities of Trump associates swept up in surveillance from rice today a

1:18:48 firm denial. Sources tell ABC News that as the intelligence community investigated Russia's election meddling, in some cases Trump campaign and transition officials were picked up in surveillance. Rice requesting their identities today rice said she did indeed ask to know names a request known as unmasking done in cases where US security is at risk

1:19:25 American identities that would otherwise be anonymous are revealed to those with security clearance like Rice. In order to understand the importance of the report and assess its significance, it was necessary to find out or request information as to who that U.S. official was. Rice wouldn't say whether any of those names were Trump associates and she vehemently denied that she leaked any names I leaked nothing to nobody and never have, and never would. And says the unmasking was a key part of her job. We can't be passive consumers of this information and not do our jobs effectively to protect the American people. Imagine if we saw something

1:20:05 grave significance that involved Russia or China or anybody else interfering in our political process and we needed to understand the significance of that. For us not to try to understand it would be dereliction of duty." Republicans, not buying it. Senator Rand Paul tweeting smoking gun found saying. So now we know that someone in the Obama administration was eavesdropping and specifically searching a databank looking for the Trump people. Rice maintains there was nothing illegal, no smoking gun and no wiretapping of Trump Tower. There was no such collection surveillance on Trump Tower

1:20:45 or Trump individuals. And it's very important to understand by that I mean directed by the White House, or targeted at Trump individuals. So let's get Cecilia Vega live with the White House as well tonight and Cecilia some Republicans this evening are calling for Rice to testify now where does the White House stand on this? Well the White House was asked directly about this today David they're not weighing in on this one just yet In fact, they do though call these reports about unmasking and Rice troubling. But you said it those calls growing louder by Republicans They just sent a letter to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees demanding that rice be called on to test This is a great alternate universe story this really is a very good example where we have some facts

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Media Defense of Susan Rice and the ABC Connection

The hosts examine how various networks defended Susan Rice using anonymous sources. They highlight a potential conflict of interest, noting that Rice is married to Ian Cameron, an executive producer at ABC News. They suggest this connection explains the favorable coverage she receives from the network.

van jones· cnn· ian cameron· abc news· media bias· leaking

1:21:27 And the facts are she requested unmasking and these unmasked transcripts got out to people. The two universes from where I straddle, one says crime and the other says doing her job. It is really a very good example in fact... If you don't mind, after that excellent intro I have three quick clips kind of a year 3x3 from the three big morning shows. Today's show Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on how they handle the news. And what you'll hear in every single one of them is this rather serious allegation

1:22:30 is countered by anonymous people. So what did we just hear in this particular clip? Let me just go back a second. Rice crossed the line by doing it, now rice hasn't commented publicly but former Obama officials are pushing back... Just some faceless nameless former Obama officials who whoever that would be We don't know who that is Okay let's check out Good Morning America Quite a bit of reaction to this among conservatives definitely so in fact some of the president's conservative allies are plotting this they're calling this the smoking gun why don't they name names that proves his wiretapping claims it is not that Amy a former aide close to rice doesn't deny that she did in fact seek

1:23:10 out these names. Sounds like proper reporting to me. Former aide said that well, that's the end of story enough Let's check out CBS this morning as National Security Advisory was within Rice's authority to request the unmasking of names however The source said rice did not ask that the names be distributed through the intelligence community As members of the Trump White House continue to allege again

1:23:56 anonymous sources. Let's not got anybody on the record now let's hop over to cable news Van Jones took it one step further on his show there on the CNNs she got very disturbing information and she looked into it And as best we can tell, she did her job inside the proper channels. For doing this Donald Trump should give Susan Rice the Presidential Medal of Freedom! Okay? Somebody like Comey would have run to the cameras created a huge fire... I mean you don't need to hear anymore. We know where he's in dimension B Now, one of our theories is that the truth always wants to come out. It always wants to come out So if you did not leak anything The one thing you would definitely never say is I leaked something to somebody

1:24:44 So, you train your brain. I'm not going to say that! I am going to deny anything to anybody and it was in your clip and i'll bring it back Did you seek the names of people involved in...to unmask the names of people involved in the Trump transition? The Trump campaign? In order to spy on them Absolutely not for any political purposes I leaked nothing to nobody is the truth. It is the opposite what she's thinking, I did leak something to somebody it's how it works this a very odd statement from this woman and you know what? I think I know who she leaked too

1:25:36 Susan Rice, 52 years old. Her height often disputed on the No Agenda show for 5'4". I thought she was smaller than five four or eleven But who is she married to? Oh, she's married to the ABC producer isn't she yes Yes Ian Cameron yeah not just any producer ABC News executive producer and that's who she leaked it too but of course I didn't leak nothing to nobody It's the truth that wants to come out and for the first time, I cut it down just a minute or two. I decided to get Bombard's body language on this show Have you ever seen Bombard's body language on YouTube?

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Body Language Analysis of Susan Rice

Using analysis from "Bombard's Body Language" on YouTube, the hosts break down Susan Rice's interview on the PBS NewsHour. The analysis points to specific "tells," such as double-blinking and holding her breath, as evidence of extreme stress and deception. They focus on her slip-of-the-tongue regarding a "presidential request" for intelligence.

bombard's body language· susan rice· deception· pbs newshour· blinking

1:26:20 No, I maybe once in a while. Yeah you might have seen this woman who does analysis. Was she the blonde that used to get on O'Reilly's show? No no it was someone else only on YouTube i think and voice-only and she went through the PBS News Hour If you saw, even if you didn't see it go back and take a look. Because of course it's in the show notes at 918.noagendanotes.com or you can find that search dot NA shownotes.com which is back up and running listen to this analysis I know nothing about this I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes

1:27:00 Okay, now what you're seeing is a body that is going still. Not exactly actually she's doing it in a lot of lean forward movement Anyways, she's actually leaning forward as she talks She's doing the pendulum forward which means she's in portrayal mode and her body is not singing So on that count today I mean let's back up and recall where we have been the president of the United States accused his predecessor President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower during the campaign Nothing of the sort occurred and we've heard that confirmed. And she does that double blink thing when she's doing that. Yeah, this is a really good one. Her tell is blink-blink because her eyes are completely open and when she goes into a lie the tell is this blink-blink She does it right on the word in rhythm with the words blink-blink. And she does that double blink thing which you're doing that. I was tapping Trump Tower during the campaign

1:27:55 Nothing of the sort occurred and we've heard that. So, we're portraying... We're having an anomaly in her blinking And she's being very still in her neck movements is extreme stress that were seen from her Confirmed by the director of the FBI who also pointed out that no president No White House can order the surveillance of another American citizen. Now we can see she's saying for just like a split second, the director of the FBI said... And that can only come from the Justice Department with the approval of a FISA court So today I really don't know to what Chairman Nunes was referring but he said that whatever he... and we were in betrayal in that one basically a whole lot of betrayal and she actually says nothing

1:28:40 That would give us a peek into anything other than the fact that she is being extremely deceptive the entire time of this interview. ...that, uh... and the president did request back in December that the intelligence community compile all of the information about the presidential request Can't hide from that sweetheart Yeah, that's it! That was a big one. That was a flub she made there She said the presidential request. That is in fact saying the president requested this! About the presidential request, can't hide from that sweetheart can't hide and another long blink remains the thrust of our strategy as it should be The last thing I want to

1:29:24 She's using your keyboard, by the way. I love that old IBM with those long travel keys That move right there...I do this a lot and it's how i know it so well she took in that deep breath now she has been really still the whole time she is in portrayal mode she is a deceptive person and at the very end of this little spiel that she goes through she takes in a deep breath And she holds it in. Now, she can't hide bringing in the deep breath because you need it but for it to not come out and give away what's really going on in her mind like I said you try and cover up one tell you create another one She holds it in and does a controlled release. I don't know if this woman is a professional or not but I liked it and I thought there was a lot to it because you can tell a lot from people

1:30:11 Well, she is the one. She is a great deceiver. She's the one who went on Meet The Press when the Benghazi thing... All five morning shows she had though? Yeah all five morning shows all at the same time giving the same bullcrap about the movie. I never liked this woman and didn't like it when she was in the UN. Officer with all the other females, was loaded with them. Jarrett and all the rest. Well Dimension B certainly the corporate media in Dimension B like her a lot and this was it was very interesting when this story broke by that Cernovich guy who... Right, who Cernovich is a uh an interesting character We didn't know who he was but we just saw him pop on the radar all of a sudden I think he's

1:31:04 a huge promoter. He's got a book to sell and he sells it, and he's a promoter of himself in the book! And I think he is one of the best I've ever seen even though it's not my style the way he does it." No, I had a different take on him... MKUltra You think maybe he sure is beefed up. Yeah, yeah muscle-bound and I thought it could be in MK ultra so this broke and See Wall Street Journal had the story The Business Insider had the story and it took CNN a long time a long time to do anything And I think that you know because they'd you know It comes a little bit too close to the original allegation. I think they were shell shocked or caught in the headlights or

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Don Lemon and the Fake Scandal Narrative

CNN's Don Lemon dismisses the Susan Rice story as a "fake scandal" ginned up by right-wing media. Meanwhile, David Corn of Mother Jones suggests that the criticism of Rice is rooted in racism and sexism. The hosts mock these defenses, characterizing them as a standard tactic to deflect from substantive allegations.

don lemon· cnn· david corn· mother jones· racism· sexism

1:31:47 Any variation of that phrase from the Shays? And they just decided to do nothing until they figured it out. Of course, to find out what CNN is really thinking we go to the overnight legend Don Lemon. Last week there was a debunked talking point that former Obama administration official Evelyn Farkas admitted spying on the Trump team she did no such thing The week before that it was representative Devin Nunes' clumsy effort to give the president cover for wiretapping claims. The President said he was vindicated by Nunes, He was not The Washington Post today calls the latest claims about Susan Rice anatomy of a fake scandal ginned up by right-wing media and Trump. So let us be very clear about this, there is no evidence whatsoever that the Trump team surveilled or spied on illegally. There is no evidence that backed up the president's original claim

1:32:37 And on this program tonight, we will not insult your intelligence by pretending otherwise. Nor will we aid and abet the people who are trying to misinform you, the American people, by creating a diversion." Don Lemon man... He really is like The Honey Badger. Don Lemon just really doesn't care. He does not care. He'll say whatever he has to but the best response to this was on MSNBC Hardball Douchebag Matthews. And he had our favorite Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief on, the man who claims he...

1:33:15 He got the dossier of the golden shower in Russia. Yeah corn That's right everybody David Korn and boy does he have a different take on this? We need some element of decency when Rand Paul gets out there and says she's abused this, right There is not an iota of evidence that she's abused anything calling her typhoid Mary She all we know now is that she did her job Did she do something wrong? There is no information indicating that. So they are making her, you know basically they're defaming her without any reason to do so because she's a woman maybe because she's a black woman. Maybe cause they didn't like her during Benghazi

1:33:51 Yeah, because she's not just a woman. She's a black woman! It's racist that's what going on. That...that is the obvious answer. That's David Corn. Someone is getting cornholed today. Sounds like a recipe for success to me. From now on we'll just call it that he's corn holing Racist sexist unreal Unreal Well its fun Oh its totally fun Now let go too uh do have anything more on her? I don't think so Well, we got to follow this up. But I think it's somewhat related to Bill O'Reilly and I think we can roll the Bill O'Reilly stuff out. Yeah okay. You're a backgrounder or are you just gonna... Let me just talk about it. O'Reilly is a ... This has been going on for years. O'Reilly seems to be a masher of some sort or maybe a bipolar flirt. A masher? He might be a masher! Oh that's disgusting

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Bill O'Reilly Sexual Harassment Allegations and Advertiser Boycott

The hosts discuss the mounting sexual harassment allegations against Bill O'Reilly and the subsequent exodus of over 44 advertisers from his show. They analyze President Trump's defense of O'Reilly and speculate that the controversy is being orchestrated to replace O'Reilly with Tucker Carlson. They define the term "masher" in the context of aggressive sexual behavior.

bill o'reilly· fox news· sexual harassment· advertiser boycott· donald trump

1:34:53 You know what a masher is? Yes, you might want to tell our producers. Well you actually knew...you have the best story! We maybe could bring your story up. I will tell the best one. My wife ran...there's a guy that was very famous within the tech community who is a masher and I didn't really know her. A masher throws himself at women but a masher is the guy who is in a bus sometimes or as who sees you at a party and he pushes himself up against you, and starts rubbing himself against you. He's still wearing your clothes and pants but he's kind of like...

1:35:30 pushing against you and rubbing to get some, you know, get aroused. And he's a masher! He smashes you and do you have the absolute best story about this because of one of the I guess one of them royalty in... Let me tell it let me tell the story okay my first wife was famous in The Netherlands and still is yeah she's still famous yeah I think she's gone too infamous at this point She was taking a picture with members of the... I don't think it was member. There were one member of the Dutch royal family, Peter van Vullehove who is married. He's a prince by marriage and he was behind her during this photo and he was mashing her during the photoshoot! Yeah. And?

1:36:26 Is there a punchline I forgot? Yeah, I thought there was. No, I don't think so. There's like-like a spot of moisture on her or something. No! Never mind... You're making it up now you just make it up now you just now you're just out of control stop that all right So let's go to O'Reilly who is not necessarily this type of person but he's apparently a very aggressive um Very aggressive this all we can get from this report is very aggressive. There was some stuff about him being on the phone It's a couple years back and he's yelling at somebody it's always he has does a lot of sexual advances Supposedly allegedly whatever so there's two reports as one on CBS, which is the official? Spokes thing for the government and he and CBS I think play plays it very key

1:37:11 It's pretty straight. This is all very big risk, by the way from all these networks going after somebody on another network. You got to be careful because you now are you give you they you're now allowing them to go after you CBS They're the most coy with their report. Let's listen to it. Now, it's at least 44 sponsors that have dropped Bill O'Reilly show on the Fox News channel. Advertisers have been leaving since The New York Times reported O'Reilly and Fox paid $13 million to settle various sexual harassment claims all denied by O'Reilly today President Trump said those claims were all wrong

1:37:50 all wrong. He told the New York Times O'Reilly is a good person and should not have settled with his accusers because he hasn't done anything wrong." So all CBS manages to do is put in a douchebag quote from the president to get kind of embarrassed? But now back up for second, why did this even enter the fray? Why is this part of the conversation? What, the President's thing or the O'Reilly thing? I think it's just to make good, Fox has been hounding the fake news on CBS, fake news on ABC. New York Times in particular they're always bitching and moaning about The New York Times...I think it's just like okay we're sick of listening to you guys grouse about us hey check this out! We got a story and that's all I think it is because I don't think the general public really cares that much what I understood where'd be on mainstream media now what I understood is there was investigation

1:38:49 an SEC investigation about Fox News's handling or accounting for the payments. They might have booked that in the wrong place or something, that's... That's a possibility! That would be more newsy than this. Well what's interesting is you're hearing everywhere, when you pay attention to it, you'll hear oh well Fox News is being investigated over this Yeah, it's a little different. You know it's not like the Department of Justice is investigating you know to see if your Trump promoters God knows what you're thinking But it's an actual accounting possible fraud not a big deal They got good bookkeepers and they can do this stuff, but that's how that's how it came up as far as I well

1:39:37 All I know is that this is one of the best examples that we've seen on this show, of using... Of going after advertisers to get your message squashed. Absolutely! They're 44...I mean they're gonna end up... It wouldn't surprise me if they fired him Could be this could be the it's about time Tucker can move into that slot That's what I was thinking Tucker is taking over the place. I'll go on Tucker maybe behind this whole thing He looks like the kind of guy that orchestrates Yeah, he did totally That's an interesting idea yeah well We know for sure media managed to orchestrate getting Megan out of the way you know Media Matters is doing it for sure

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Media Matters and the War on Fox News

The discussion shifts to how organizations like Media Matters are targeting Fox News by pressuring advertisers. They also mention a Wall Street Journal report that caused advertisers to flee YouTube due to ads appearing on "hate videos." The hosts argue that this is a new form of corporate warfare between competing media giants.

media matters· google· youtube· wall street journal· advertising

1:40:18 Media matters is telling people here, the advertisers go call them bypass the agencies. You know, go call them directly tell him that you hate it and this is kind of dovetails with what's happening with wall street. I don't if you followed that. It's not we have to get too deep into it. The Wall Street Journal reported to Pepsi your commercials are running on a hate videos on YouTube And if you just, there's a lot of deconstruction of that report in the Wall Street Journal. In particular it appears that maybe some images they screen shots they took may have been photoshopped but again going after a competitor in this case Wall Street Journal competitor Google is a competitor, big competitor! You know? In every sense of the word Going after their advertisers

1:41:08 And this is how the game is going to be played. You're gonna see this everywhere, it's very effective It's something that people a lot of people if you can organize you can get things done Go after the advertisers I'm all for it! I'm all in go forward well hilarious our model Of course Is recognized this problem, and it's a serious problem if you're trying to do the kind of work we do which is deconstruct news, do analysis and talk about anything we feel like even though sometimes it can be off color. It can be off little weird. It could be conspiratorial. We don't have the issue with the advertisers bailing out where we have the issue with as if all listeners bail out or some of them bailout like they had during the last election because there were Hillary bots

1:41:54 that couldn't take any sort of, you know...they didn't want to hear it. They don't wanna hear any of what we have to say but that's different! That's fine I mean if you lose a listener that's because you did-you lost the listeners not the same as losing an advertiser which means your loss your support and you have to appeal to them instead of appeal to the listeners were doing this show for listeners and that's why we ask them to pay for it It's a crazy concept. Who would have thunk? Yeah, who would have thunk... So let's go now to ABC who has more of the Disney... They decided they're more in on this. The CBS guys just said this was just a cheap way to take a pot shot at Trump.

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Maxine Waters and the Sexual Harassment Enterprise

Representative Maxine Waters calls Fox News a "sexual harassment enterprise" and suggests that Bill O'Reilly should go to jail. She also criticizes Ivanka Trump for failing to advise her father against defending O'Reilly. The hosts play a musical remix of Waters' comments and discuss the broader effort to dismantle the Fox News network.

maxine waters· bill o'reilly· fox news· justice department· ivanka trump

1:42:35 I'm sorry, that was the cue. Sorry Next tonight new trouble for Fox News a new lawsuit this time claiming racial discrimination and it comes after allegations of sexual harassment Tonight there's new follow-up on that front as well growing number of advertisers now fleeing Bill O'Reilly show Here's ABC's Lindsay Davis these guys got to be careful man This is very dangerous what they're doing with this reporting Well not only that but if you listen at this report and it is very dangerous They made an accusation of racism right at the beginning, on top of the sexual harassment. Yeah what was that about? That's the point! They never talk about it they just say it

1:43:16 What was the racism? I'd never heard of it. I don't know, I have no idea! I'm listening to this waiting for them to tell me they never say shit about it Next tonight new trouble for Fox News a new lawsuit this time claiming racial discrimination and it comes after allegations of sexual harassment Tonight there's new fallout on that front as well A growing number of advertisers now fleeing Bill O'Reilly show Here's ABC's Lindsay Davis A burgeoning boycott of Fox News tonight as more than 15 companies plan to pull ads from the network's top rated show, The O- Oh I know what it is about. Bill O'Reilly being racist Racist towards Maxine Waters That was what that was referring to About her hair Who sued him then?

1:44:00 Well, I mean you might be right but this is never discussed in this report. I'm gonna listen again. Next tonight new trouble for Fox News a new lawsuit this time claiming racial discrimination and it comes after allegations of sexual harassment Tonight there's new fallout on that front as well a growing number of advertisers Wow that's very strange So there's new allegations of racism, a lawsuit. But there is racial discrimination so that can't have anything to do with that. No you're right we'll find out. A burgeoning boycott of Fox News tonight as more than 15 companies plan to pull ads from the network's top-rated show, The O'Reilly Factor. In the wake of reports Bill O'Reilly and Fox News paid five women a total of almost $13 million in settlements dating back fifteen years Just yesterday radio host Dr. Wendy Walsh said she too was sexually harassed by O'Reilly He told me I was a beautiful woman he asked me to go his hotel room

1:44:57 And then he became hostile to me when I said no, and I was soon after discontinued from his show. Walsh says she's not asking for money but money is what O'Reilly says is what makes him a target in a statement posted on his website over the weekend O'Reilly says he has to put to rest any controversies to spare his children Fox News' Executive Vice President of Sales is responding saying, we value our partners and are working with them to address their current concerns about the O'Reilly factor. David? Oh that's very... Think of the children! Yeah would you please think of me- I asked for the chat room to go figure that out they didn't. I think we need a different name for the chat room. It shouldn't be Chat Room it should be like Research Room or something don't have it snap your name Warroom. Warroom now you're talking thank you

1:45:49 It is no longer the chat room. It is now the war room, okay? No agenda war room Do you have any more because I got a Maxine Waters um? No, no, I had that just so I just found this whole thing to be phenomenal And I think they're gonna get this guy off the air And Tucker will take his place. It's very possible. And Josh Tucker Carlson, the guy behind the whole thing will take his place. Here is Maxine Waters The president saying this of Mr Riley I think he is a person that I know well He is a good person and I think you shouldn't have settled personally because you should have taken it all away I don't think Bill did anything wrong What do you make out of that? Well its coming out of the mouth Of a man who has said some horrible things about

1:46:30 women. Don't forget he talked about grabbing women in their private parts and because he was important, you could get away with it and so they are two of a kind And I'm not surprised that he stood up to try defend Bill O'Reilly but it's all catching up with Bill O'Reilly and that sexual harassment enterprise that they created over there Sexual Harassment Enterprise! Defend Bill O'Reilly Starship Sexual Harassment Enterprise O'Reilly, but it's all catching up with Bill O'Reilly and that sexual harassment enterprise that they created over there at Fox. And is catching up with them and you have over 30 advertisers who have taken away their advertising. They're not wanting to do this with them anymore because of the way that they have created this record of sexual harassment. They had treated women very badly and so I

1:47:25 I understand the Justice Department has opened a case. They're taking a look at them because this really is a sexual harassment enterprise it shouldn't be in America that you can sexually harass women and then buy your way out of it, because you rich if they continue to do this in the way that they have done they need to go to jail You know the president's over there talking today about about Susie Rice going to jail. They need to go the jail, Bill O'Reilly needs to go to jail and so I just want you to know that the president didn't do himself any good standing up for Bill O'Reilly and where was Ivanka? She's supposed to be his advisor she's supposed to be the one that's standing up for women! I think she either advised him wrong or she's absent and she's not in it

1:48:13 Man, I love me some Maxine Waters. She's the best you got to give yourself a borderline clip of the eggs And I'll do a new maxine song in conjunction with just to make us feel good Those days are over they called you tonight Oh I love that. That is really, really good. That is Chris Wilson who did that for us. And thanks to the war room Mary in the war room she got it immediately sexual harassment enterprise an acronym for she nice

1:49:14 Well done. It's very cute Let's see if that pops up as a sticker or a t-shirt or something like that well This is the this is the mainstream media Ganging up trying Fox is a thorn in their side And I think yes good point this is not about Bill O'Reilly They're going after the whole Fox News Network the whole yes, the whole sexual harassment enterprise Yeah, that's going after they're going after it. Yeah because they are the ones that are you know did They're getting actually bigger because as the schism we have between the two dimensions and all of dimension A people are starting to can't take it anymore. And they're going to, many of them are listening to Fox and alternative media and talkers on the radio. It's not good! It's making things worse let's just get rid of these guys and put Carl Reiner in charge or Rob Reiner. Well whatever we do let's not put Chris Matthews in charge

CHAPTER 26 / 45 Discussion

Chris Matthews and the Uday and Qusay Comparison

MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay. The hosts find the comparison "pathetic" and indicative of the extreme rhetoric currently prevalent in mainstream political commentary.

chris matthews· msnbc· jared kushner· ivanka trump· saddam hussein

1:50:15 Because it's spreading. This guy is a virus, he's an evil virus He's doing it again! And its also a sign of how powerful Jared Kushner is The portfolio he has is extraordinary I can't think of a non-chief of staff or a non national security advisor with the breadth of a portfolio that anyone has had Uday and Kusay In the old days of Saddam Hussein in an American administration Ok good There it is once again Uday and Khushe calling Ivanka and Jared and Eric, anyone who's a family member calling them murdered dead sons of murderers. Dead murderers of Saddam Hussein And this crap is spreading In the past we've had like you know a first lady who worked on health policy Once we had a president who hired his brother as Attorney General But we have come to think even those things are exceptions to the rule

1:51:10 We thought of ourselves as a country where like Uday and Kuse get to be ministers of whatever they want. It was so funny that Uday and Kuse gag is so... it's a callback that nobody knows It's, you know for us we get it and we see what they're up to. But yeah a lot of this material these guys are developing is just... It's pathetic. It doesn't work for them. It works for them! They're giggling but here listen to this little clip here listen there's another guy I don't even know who this guy is I've seen him interviewed I don't care but for some reason they keep bringing him into the... Here's a teaser from I believe CBS and play this clip Carter

CHAPTER 27 / 45 Discussion

Carter Page and the Russian Recruitment Story

ABC News investigates whether Russian spies tried to recruit former Trump advisor Carter Page. The hosts describe Page as a "goofball" and dismiss the story as insignificant, noting that the "intelligence" he allegedly provided was simply information downloaded from the internet. They suggest keeping an eye on Gary Cohn as a more influential figure in the administration.

carter page· fsb· kgb· trump campaign· gary cohn· moscow

1:51:50 Page oh yeah, we've been waiting for this guy to pop up. Thank you Cecilia We turn now to an ABC News investigation and it involves former Trump campaign advisor Carter page And this question did Russian spies try to recruit him to work for them tonight That's the tease I'll give me the rundown of their report The guy's a goofball, this Carter Page character. I don't even know what he ever did for Trump ever and but his name keeps cropping up as always cropped up as the target is guys they got to target this guy because he hangs he apparently goes as one Russian said he goes to Moscow more than anybody in Russia ever does He's back and forth. He's a businessman And apparently I've said it three times in a row

1:52:38 it appears as if some Russian, you know they do this when they got a guy like this. They tried to recruit him into the KGB but the new thing and he was too... FSB? FSB and he was not interested but he was interested in free dinners I guess It's just bullcrap! Who cares if they recruited him?! Apparently there was one, and I said that geez. I gotta stop that There was one moment where he had been asked for some financial information about something And he went to the internet downloaded some stuff from off of Google and gave it to him And this is handing over information to the Russians That's all they have I think We do have a new guy to look out for Carter Page isn't isn't not going to be doesn't do anything The guy to look out for is Gary Cohn COHN

1:53:34 This is the guy. And I think this is the new, the guy who has the president's ear also former Goldman Sachs in fact he was chief operating officer at Goldman. He's a Democrat so investment banker and currently he's the director of the National Economic Council and it would make sense because I'm sure there's a split universe within Goldman Sachs as well and if Banyon was a Goldman Sachs guy yeah this is the guy we need to...I'm just putting it out there Keep our eye on Gary Cohn. See if that comes up, just making sure I'm ready for him. Okay all right what else we got? Well i gotta get that out of the way we got stuff to get out of the way We're getting out here this is the screwiest story I've seen there's a throwing on PBS News Hour just nobody else discussed it. I don't know why this happened how it happened what's going on but it happened This is the Iran-Boeing deal have you heard about this

CHAPTER 28 / 45 Discussion

Iran-Boeing Deal and the Leviathan Gas Field

Boeing announces a $3 billion deal to sell passenger jets to Iran, which the hosts speculate may have been a quid pro quo for lowering the cost of Air Force One. They also revisit a long-term prediction regarding the European Union's shift from Russian gas to Israeli gas from the Leviathan field.

boeing· iran· leviathan field· israel· natural gas· european union

1:54:36 I think this is not new news. It was yesterday's News Hour. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced a $3 billion deal with Iran, it is the first major sale to Iran by an American company since President Trump took office. Boeing says the agreement covers 30 of its 737 MAX passenger jets. Sounds like the following happened... Hey! That Air Force One is too expensive. Make me look good, knock off half a billion of the four and I'll let you sell some crap to the Iranians." How about that? Maybe. That's what I would say. I find the whole thing as a quick item...a quick hit like that on any other networks to be something somewhat suspicious Of note! Yes, of note. There was no analysis they didn't bring two or three people in to talk about it

1:55:30 It just made a statement and went to the next news story, which is always... Oh that's unusual. Interesting! Well I'll just give you a quick little headline here that just continues on something that i've been following for about five years now The European Union has decided to cut its dependency on natural gas with Russia And what have they decided? We told you this was going to happen five six years ago They're now going to get their gas from Israel, from the Leviathan field. Remember that? Leviathan which has been operated by Nobel Energy which includes Bill Clinton as one of his special advisors and they are going to build the longest undersea pipeline from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea there off the coast of Israel Cyprus it'll go up to Cyprus in Greece and then maybe into Italy

1:56:22 And so, again, hey Russia we don't need you. We told you this was gonna happen and we saw it happening! You just wait long enough on the show...we're right. Yeah Russia's kind of focusing eastward with some of its stuff. You mean like China? China can suck up all the petroleum and oil and gas that Russia can provide It's just, it's not the problem with you know the Russians like anybody else who is in business selling something. You don't want to have a single market and sell only to one customer because that customer can then tell you what to do and how to price things. So that's what they're reluctant or they're doing I mean there's that pipeline can always be sabotaged. Is this well? They all can be sabotaged That's for sure but as an aside

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China's Economic Instability and Market Manipulation

The hosts discuss the fragility of the Chinese economy, claiming that the stock market is propped up by "click farms" of people acting as manual algorithms. They describe the high volatility of Chinese stocks listed on the NASDAQ and warn of the risks associated with the manipulated Chinese market.

china· stock market· margin trading· algorithms· click farms

1:57:21 one of my, not the former New York banker but another Wall Street guy I was talking to. He was trying to explain to me how messed up China is he says it is just an empty shell so the economy is below flatline do you and Horowitz talk about this? Yes well Horowitz has this thesis that we've never gotten good numbers from China they're always ginned up as a term which used earlier right I heard it in this context, what i thought was interesting. That the Chinese stock market or how they handle companies with stock is everything's in the toilet there and the whole economy is completely broken but

1:58:05 For some reason unknown to me, you can go into a stock trading house. I guess you sign up online and as a Chinese citizen you can get a trading account with margin for no money so you don't have any money in your account you get margin which sounds like a really good idea if you're trading. And then they take their, they trade their own stock and we have high frequency trading and all that kind of stuff and these are run by algorithms in China they have rooms full of people just like the web click farms and these rooms full of people function as an algorithm to manipulate their own stock

1:58:56 But of course it's very inefficient and they don't understand what they're doing. They just going, oh let's just click buy. So they help prop this, yo its going to a dollar its going to $1.05 And then the American algorithms kick in and these stocks are... If you look at any Chinese company and there is number of them listed on mainly NASDAQ or the bulletin board They have the wildest volatility swings from 60 cents to 4 dollars back down again in two days It's crazy Yeah, that seems like a very risky market to invest in unless you're an insider. Well my point being is that everything is manipulated! Everything! China is a mess and so for Russia to be siding up with them we want to be very careful about that. Well that's why the Russians don't prefer selling to Europe

CHAPTER 30 / 45 Discussion

Jared Kushner's Aesthetic Use of Macintosh

An anecdote from the New York Observer describes Jared Kushner using a Macintosh computer solely for its aesthetic appeal while running Windows software on it. The hosts find this behavior "weird" and symbolic of Kushner's focus on optics over functionality.

jared kushner· macintosh· windows· aesthetics· new york observer

1:59:46 They still got those pipelines going over the top through, over by Poland and into Germany? Yeah of course. And not through Poland mind you! No no don't give Poland anything that's why we had to kill half the Polish government the Russians they didn't want that pipeline run in front of Poland so I know when we kill them all just one more before we take a break here oh this was very good The New Yorker uh New York Observer um did a piece on Jared Kushner We don't know much about this guy Other than he's young and he has the presidency here. And his dad was partially... Yeah, was thrown in jail wasn't he? Thrown in jail by Giuliani Correct So this is Elizabeth Spears I believe she wrote the article cover page and she's talking about how weird Jared Kushner is This guy is weird! He does... Is he the publisher of The Observer

2:00:50 Which makes it somewhat ironic. Elizabeth Spears? No, Kushner! I have no idea Yeah Well that's even better So this article points out that he is very very strange He has strange habits Now of all the strange things what would be something really weird that would creep you out Eats his boogers. Okay, that's a good one eats his boogers no that's not it. Eats his earwax. Oh boy No, that's not it. Drinks is own pee? No, no, no, not even close Let's have a listen. Inside the New York Observer, in this piece you tell a story about a Macintosh computer that was running Windows software what did that represent to you? Well it was uh yeah it was a bit of a metaphor he wasn't literally using the computer as a monitor but he looked at it as an aesthetic object You know he liked the way that the casing looked and that was the only point having the Macintosh And so... It was a metaphor about how Derrick views optics really

2:01:54 And I think it speaks to the way that he goes about deciding what he's going to tackle and when he isn't. What a weirdo! He uses the Macintosh because it's good looking. And, but he runs Windows inside of it so he is all about aesthetics I've never heard such a thing How is that even possible? You can run windows on a Macintosh That you would go through the trouble to do it...you must be a weirdo! You have to be a weirdo Just completely odd and weird

CHAPTER 31 / 45 Discussion

Don Rickles Passing and the Pizza Stone Gift

The hosts acknowledge the death of comedian Don Rickles at age 90. John C. Dvorak describes receiving a massive, 50-pound pizza stone as a birthday gift from Adam Curry. They joke about the logistics of shipping such a heavy item via Amazon Prime and the "workout" required to retrieve it from the post office.

don rickles· pizza stone· amazon prime· birthday· post office

2:02:29 If anyone's a weirdo, it's that woman. Quick programming note. You stepped on me I said that the woman is the weirdo not him That's a weirdo report Let's put it that way Yeah, I don't need to hear from the control room Don Rickles died? Oh, you don't want to hear from the control room. I'm sorry dead at 90 oh You know he still was booked for the whole year He was really that's just a who's gonna work even have to count come on with it with a wheelchair? He's working um no less too bad now and we do have some people to thank Alan Cavito the third in the USA $123 and 45 cents says he's one of the guys who does the annual donation. Oh yes

2:03:38 Miss AJ Bolan, I think in Burnsville Minnesota nuts $100 and 33 cents He she's she has gratitude for the straddling. We do so well It's hard in a balancing act myself my roommate however is lost to the snowflake universe listening to podcast makes me feel less isolated She could use a de-douching. You've been de-douched! Miss AJ Bolton. John Robinet, $100. Jeffrey Stackroth, 808boob. Sir Joel Battle Born Baronet

2:04:22 Which should be with not with an E at the end there. Reno, Nevada 8008 we had the two boobs I had it in the boob thing attached to one of the pictures in a newsletter. I believe it was Suzanne Rice and this is got to Chris biggio Beggio in Albuquerque New Mexico 7373 John Hamilton Kilo 9 Charlie Alpha Bravo 73 kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie oh yeah seven three seven three John Hamilton, 69-61 in Carlsbad California. Sir Gregory Worley in Evington Virginia 6552 happy birthday these are all the happy birthday donors one after another I get my hey did you get my gift ah okay so I go to the post office knowing there's a gift there for me and

2:05:18 And there's something in your box. This post office is depending on who you talk to, I've gone there and they find stuff a year later oh yeah we didn't notice so then I said no there has got to be something big or something these were just somebody sent me a book and this I don't think so and she goes back there finally drags out this huge box and the thing weighs like 35, 50 pounds. I don't know it was like a sack of cement so i had to drag...I parked my car over in the parking lot away from the post office Was Lexus able to handle the additional weight? Oh! I put it back into trunk the whole car went down Poppin' wheelies It said what is the deal? Is this some..this must be gift from Adam Is it a gold bar?

2:06:09 And so I get it home and cut everything open, and it is something that I needed. I mentioned on the show nobody in the family seems to get me these. I had one before and broke it a long time ago. It's a pizza stone! There you go... And so you had a little note saying, I don't know anything about pizza stones. So I just got you this one. Yeah the best part of it looks like...I think it's a good one now did you? I don't know how the pizza stone probably could these things are expensive Probably cost 50 bucks no more and for this but It costs more Okay well then what would it cost? Well that's not nice to give Anyway so the point is whatever it costs it had to cost $1000 dollars to ship

2:06:53 That was part of the gag. Was it? Yes, well is very funny was this a it was his Amazon Prime I did research I looked for best pizza stone Okay And I looked and looked and looked and looked and then that looked at all the reviews. I mean Yeah, I've never sent you a gift for your birthday so if we can spend eight minutes on your guess is stolen Was it Amazon Prime and then I ordered through Amazon prime? Yes. Yeah, so that's the ship it for free good deal This is breaking Amazon so everyone should do this buy a pizza stone and ship it to yourself There's the safe that you can get on Amazon prime that must be way a thousand

2:07:36 So I'm the only one who sent you a pizza stone. That's interesting Yeah, that was very nice. I mean I was very pleased it was I considered to be a very thoughtful gift It's 50 mm thick I believe it's the thickness is very thick so you really would take some heating to get it going yeah Happy birthday John thank you very much and it's appreciated I know David Wilson in spring Springshire, Queensland Australia. 65 these are names and locations for the $65 well-wish I like to thank you a rock for your birthday. It's kind of big boulder ever Rock through Amazon Prime Robert What is it? Vendor burr vendor burr something like that vertebrae vertebrate is 65 Roger Esty in Tampa Florida Rob Teason enlightened

CHAPTER 32 / 45 Discussion

Donor Acknowledgments and Job Karma

The hosts read a long list of donors who contributed $50 or more to the show. They provide "Jobs Karma" for listeners seeking employment and note that the upcoming episode 919 will be a palindrome. They express gratitude for the global support from listeners in the UK, Canada, and Germany.

donations· producers· jobs· karma· palindrome

2:08:25 Mark Hackett in... It's Tyson. You gotta get this right one of these days. I said Tyson! You said T-Son Oh, T-Son. It's Tyson Rob Tyson Yeah. Tyson, T-H-I, okay Mark Hackett in Downington, Pennsylvania. Arthur Gobertz, and he's a sir. And Zandam! Day Monica Lansing in Drayton Valley, Alberta. Craig Porter in Council Bluffs, Iowa. John Adams, parts unknown. Alejandra Chapa in Houston Texas. Thomas Key in Kansas City. Sir Jim Zukal.

2:09:04 Eric Hoff in Edmonton, Alberta. Tyler Arp in Des Moines, Iowa. Kaylin Nistore, parts unknown. Julian Barstow in Farnsworth, Great Britain UK. Olaf Wolfe in Munich, Deutschland, München which is, he may be a knight too. Ralph Mazzaro and Chris Bolton in New York. and Newcastle in UK. We have a lot of overseas well-wishers, I like that. And then we move back to the normals April Beerg in Amboy Mississippi she is the one who has the Tweety Bird on her checks as a mail-in. I just find it very funny. And the name April you know with Tweety Birds is perfect

2:09:56 Sir Luke the Baron of London, 5777. James Williams 55 double nickels on the dimes Gregory Traub double nickels on the dime Joshua Seth Seton OKC 5333 Michael Gates 5280 Anthony Ponomarenko 5265 he's in Hollywood Florida yeah Harry Klan in Long Beach, California are 50. These are $50 donors is not a lot of them. Harry Klan's the first Ken Price the second one can't write Ken Price says I finally been deduced by sir. I guess he means hitting the mouth by Sir Kevin of Carroll Carlton would love some jobs karma for my daughter

2:10:40 MTGA, make the truth great again. We'll do a Jobs Carmen in a moment for everybody. Thank you. Okay Adam Beck in Lost Wages Matthew Januszewski in Chicago Robert Bruckner and Gilbert Arizona Sir Brett Farrell and OKC we think where his bank is Susan Evans an Iron Station North Carolina And last but not least Jason Deluzio in Chatsford, Pennsylvania. $50. I want to thank all these folks for helping us out on show 918. We've got another show coming up, 919. 919 is a palindrome but coming up on Sunday. Yes and thank you everyone who came in under 50 dollars that of course are people who subscribe on Night Layaway Plans, Damon Night Layaway Plans...

2:11:24 People who just want to give us what they can and we appreciate all of that for brevity, of course in the program. We only mentioned $50 and above And another show coming up on Sunday. We'd appreciate it if you remember us. Devorak dot org slash N A And for everybody who needs it Jobs jobs jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs! Mishka Parma It's your birthday, birthday. Oh no I'll change my mind. Uh oh stand back here comes the list Sir Hank Scorpio says happy birthday to his younger brother Dwight he turns 29 on March 28 Happy Birthday from your buddies here at The Best Podcast in the Universe!

CHAPTER 33 / 45 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony for Sir Lucas of Lost Bits

Lucas Lundy is knighted as "Sir Lucas of Lost Bits" after years of listening and finally securing a software engineering position. The hosts perform the traditional knighting ceremony, granting him a seat at the No Agenda roundtable and reciting the list of "perks" associated with the title.

knighting· sir lucas· lost bits· software engineering· producer

2:12:12 The jingle's longer than the birthday greeting. Alright, let's see we have two nightings today this is very good Was there any note that went along with Lucas Lundy? I have a feeling there was he did not show up in the donation did he No it may...I think it was just like accumulative thing lets take a look Yeah this is stuff we gotta look out for here we go I've been listening to Noah Jendison since college through minimum wage jobs, unemployment and jobs that paid just enough to get by. I finally got a software engineering position about a year ago and can finally provide some value back to you Thank you for the years of media deconstruction! I'd like to be known as Sir Lucas of Lost Bits And he has been doing this since November 2012 Good Very good, thank you so much That is really highly appreciated So we need our blades out here Got my blade here

2:13:09 Hello. I'm getting this. Okay, let's go guys. Curtis Sorrells and Lucas Lundy step on up to the podium here next election gentlemen thank you for contributing and supporting the work here at the best podcasting universe as super producers that you are You have deserved your spot at the roundtable of the Noah Jen the Knights and dames therefore i proudly pronounce Kate these sir Lucas of The Last Bits Wow! The Beast. That's right, gentlemen for you we have Hookers and Blow, Rent Boys and Chardonnay, Briskin & Brown Ale, Malt Vinegar and Manual Transmission Sake and Sushi with Sabi and Soy Sauce on the side Strong Black Coffee and Chocolate Chip Cookies Cuban Cigars and Single Malt Scotch Sparkling Cider Nesquik Ginger Ale and Gerbils Pressed Milk and Pavlov Gishes and Sake Wenches and Beer Hot Pants and Booze And of course Mutton and Me

2:13:57 That's right, head on over to noageneration.com slash rings Let Eric the show know exactly what size you have where we can send it off and we'll get it off To you and remember tweet that Love seeing it love seeing the Knights and dames with their rings And thank you for supporting the show just a little wait or ear but Since we were talking about Mark that one We're talking about

CHAPTER 34 / 45 Discussion

Washington Post on Trump and Unemployment Rates

The Washington Post criticizes President Trump's comments regarding the calculation of unemployment rates. The hosts argue that the Post itself fails to acknowledge how the Bureau of Labor Statistics excludes discouraged workers from the labor force, effectively making the official numbers "bogus."

washington post· unemployment rate· bls· labor force· donald trump

2:14:37 We're just talking about it in the in the donation segment. It was something I was gonna mention Oh jobs right the job's report and let me see if I can find this here on one second Well, that's odd. I thought I'd clipped this oh I say actually I'm sorry. It wasn't a clip there was an article That's what it was The article reads is from The Washington Post of course if you want anything anti-

2:15:13 President. Anti-anything? Please, can someone... I'm at the point where i'm not even reading the post anymore! I find their stuff to be just so off. Please can someone brief the president on the unemployment rate and this was very interesting they call it a false claim that the president made and i will read you this article uh the president said in april 4th When you look for a job, you can't find it and give up. You are now considered statistically employed but I don't consider those people employed." The president made these comments as he described the method of calculating the unemployment rate as quote ridiculous since no one at the White House apparently has explained to the President how the unemployment rate is calculated Here's quick and easy briefing Spoiler alert! It is exactly opposite what Trump said

2:16:07 I think you've got the guy's voice down to a T. Yeah, so here are the basic concepts used by BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics. People with jobs are employed people who are jobless looking for a job and available for work are unemployed the labor force is made up of the unemployed and the unemployed people who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force so it's...the thing is The Washington Post doesn't understand how bogus the jobs number is not the jobs number but the unemployment rate They have it completely wrong. And President Trump could have said, you're considered statistically dead because that's what it is. If you are if you've given up looking for work, you're a bum. You don't count. You're not counted anywhere which is the same as saying your employed. If they were considered unemployed then the unemployment number would be incredibly large

2:17:11 Right, except the mistake that he's trying to point out poorly is that if you're not part of the labor force You're not in either those numbers So it's not that you're employed But you might as well be yeah, but yeah, he did a way day. Of course. He's very bad at speaking He does not do a good job of communicating No, well he gives a good hour-long speech. I'll give him that yeah, especially when the ad libs the whole thing Well, let's see. I got a couple of things here Let's go to the little series I have a series on expertise we can play that or I can play a couple these screwy stories play this one IRS to use collection agencies oh this is bad

CHAPTER 35 / 45 Discussion

IRS Use of Private Debt Collection Agencies

A new federal law mandates that the IRS use private debt collection agencies to recover back taxes. The hosts express concern that this will lead to an increase in phone scams, as the IRS previously told taxpayers they would never be called for collections. They mock the inefficiency of the program's payment structure.

irs· debt collection· scams· treasury· consumer protection

2:18:05 The Internal Revenue Service is hiring private debt collectors to go after people who haven't paid their taxes. Jerika Duncan has that. Two years ago, 79-year old Mary Van Essendelft was scammed out of her retirement savings nearly $100,000. They said I shouldn't call anybody or do anything because the house was bugged and the phone was bugged. Essendelph thought she was talking to the IRS He said he was a representative and sounded like the real McCoy Since 2013 nearly 2 million Americans have been called by people posing as government agents To date more than 10,000 of them were duped into paying 55 million dollars to criminals Just hang up

2:18:53 Over the years, the IRS has created several public service announcements warning taxpayers that they do not call to collect money. But now that's changed federal law mandates the IRS allow private debt collectors to call people who owe back taxes and Here's how the new program works. The IRS will notify taxpayers by letter first when their account is being turned over The agency assigned to your case will then also send you a letter After that, they could call you to discuss payment options the agency gets a 25% Commission on the money it collects I think unfortunately the IRS is creating a system where more people who are vulnerable

2:19:36 will be taken advantage of. Ira Rheingold is executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. It makes absolutely no sense on policy grounds, on budgetary grounds it really is a rule that's only going to cause havoc for consumers The IRS says payments should never be sent to a private agency or person Scott payment should only be made directly to the IRS or the US Treasury Huh... That's not how collection agencies work typically Nope, they call and call and call. And then you pay them? Generally you do. How are they going to get their piece of the action if you send money over to IRS? I was paying my old bill wasn't paying that one through the collection agency. Do they just get a piece of the action all around or...I don't know. I don't see how you can do this program it sounds like very sketchy and stupid. Especially after they had those public service announcements just hang up!

2:20:31 Hmm. Well, they probably thought to themselves crap is this people are paying money to morons We should we should try that that idea I'm in fact I'm thinking maybe this is something for the curry Dvorak consulting group That's a funny idea of the IRS would decide just become a bunch of scammers Totally got your house is bugged have everything we were watching you now you calling I'm calling I'm calling I'm calling I'm calling Hello? Yeah, hi. This is John Holden. Hello! Can you... I have a little trouble with my headset. Alright this is John Holden and I'm calling on behalf of the IRS we're calling about your back taxes sir. I don't have any back taxes that I know of Let me see if I can convince you are you sure you don't have any back taxes sir? What was that

2:21:24 You may want to reconsider, sir. Are you using a stapler? It's my shitty shotgun. I don't have the bigger one. Oh! It's only a 410. I can't do much about it. Well... maybe This is dumb. This is so very dumb Hey, you had a bit in the newsletter which I of course read. Yes, yes the newsletter where i believe and I might as well roll it out...I believe that at some point we haven't seen it yet but they and because I know that they're bringing their hands over the possibility of doing this but and we brought this up a long time ago because our economic hit man was met with Trump and he says he's the fattest guy he's ever seen he's just big you're just tall so you don't notice it so much

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Fat Shaming the President and Chelsea Handler

The hosts discuss a potential media trend of "fat shaming" President Trump, comparing him to William Howard Taft. They play a clip of Chelsea Handler calling Sean Spicer a "baked potato" as evidence that the social justice rules against body shaming are being suspended for members of the Trump administration.

donald trump· william howard taft· chelsea handler· fat shaming· sean spicer

2:22:10 And we've talked about the way he sits, he kind of bends over so it doesn't look as fat as he is. But he's a big guy, he's a big giant guy who probably weighs over 300 pounds because he's five or five, six like six or six-five. Oh no when you're that tall you can easily hit three hundred, no problem. Yeah! Easily and so the question is do you want to start running stories? The big mainstream media and this would be in The New York Times with the Washington Post, two douchebag companies that are just bragging on the president, making everybody's life miserable. Is President Trump the fattest president ever to occupy the White House? And then they would do a whole series comparing Trump to William Howard Taft who was a little shorter but very round. Apparently Trump is only 6'2", according to The War Room

2:22:57 I thought he was taller than 6'2". I thought he was a little taller. I think he's taller than 6'2", they're maybe trying to make...they make him sound thinner, but I'm noticing this in the New Yorker magazine when they portray Trump, they always portray him as a big fat guy and then cover of the latest issue where he is golfing on the lawn and he has got a big giant butt and huge waistline very much like William Howard Taft. But the problem that this group has is that you can't fat shame because that is against all rules of the social justice warriors. But it has already started, John I commend you! A trial balloon went up let's see if we can get away with the fat shaming first and then we could fat shame the president The person letting the trial balloon loose Chelsea Handler she was on

2:23:55 What's his name Seth Meyers show the White House briefings are obviously really really fun every day Spicer's show it's like having a playdate. Yeah, yeah Every single day for that press briefing they're like we don't know what's keeping because he has diarrhea every single day. You know, every single day he's like okay wait I gotta get this straight what am i saying how am I it's pretty incredible do you think he's good at his job because I have to some degree no! I'm impressed with because there does require some stamina to go out there everyday and know that you're not holding a single truthful card in your hand well yeah I think you have to be pretty soulless you know and spineless and luckily he shaped like a baked potato doesn't need a spine

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Harvard Resistance School and Progressive Strategy

A group of graduate students at Harvard has launched the "Resistance School," a four-week program designed to train activists to fight the Trump agenda. The hosts analyze the school's mission statement and its ties to former staffers from the Obama, Bernie, and Hillary campaigns.

harvard· resistance school· progressive· activism· community organizing

2:24:40 Fat shaming yeah, it's fat shaming that but it's funny and it's okay. I guess well if you get a laugh Yeah But see let's just stick with the social justice warriors for a moment couple of thing couple of stories that we should Touch on the resistance school at Harvard. I'm sure you saw this apparently you do might as well brief people okay? This is from what's called the Resistance School, resistanceschool.com It is not sanctioned by Harvard but it is being... this class, this course is being held at Harvard I will read from their website about us On November 8th we lost more than just the presidency

2:25:21 Oh man, I'm so depressed already. We lost yet more ground in the decades-long campaign against progressive values Republicans now control the Senate House and more state legislators than they have in almost 200 years What does that tell you? Those losses have emboldened the right to launch an all out attack against our nation's creed That all are created equal Ah! Racists Like so many Americans, the election moved us a group of progressive graduate students at Harvard to ask ourselves how can we most effectively fight Trump's agenda? What we came up with... Resistance School. We should probably do some processing on that man. Oh yeah! Do you want some echo with it? I think we should do some echo with it too. I think big echo and a big voice, a booming voice. Resistance School join now! You nailed it

2:26:15 Join the Resistance School. Class is starting this fall." Okay, got it... They go on to say though that the Resistance School is a four-week practical training program that will sharpen the tools we need to fight back at federal state and local levels Our goal is to keep the embers of the resistance alive through concrete learning community engagement and forward looking action We believe both long time activists and new additions to the movement need to forge effective offensive strategies to secure progressive victories And there was something else. Is it talking anything about them running for office maybe and getting involved actually doing some real work? Well, our team includes former staffers from the Obama-Bernie and Hillary presidential election campaign. They want you to be a staffer! It includes community organizers advocates for human rights campaign finance reform and veterans affairs and journalists and journalists for publications in the US and abroad of note

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Furries vs. Pet Play and Gender Neutral Passports

The hosts cover a variety of "Dimension B" stories, including a university event in San Marcos clarifying the difference between "furries" and "pet play." They also discuss Lindsay Lohan's "burkini" and the UK's consideration of gender-neutral passports.

furries· pet play· bdsm· lindsay lohan· gender neutral· san marcos

2:27:17 Resistance School is an independently organized project developed by students at Harvard University. It is not an official course or offering of Harvard University, or any of its schools." Lindsay Lohan full-on burkini once again in the Daily Mail Yeah well she's been studying we've had this before on the show she's been studying to become a Muslim yeah She's looking good in the burkini Well probably United Kingdom now considering gender neutral option for UK passports Tina had, she sent me a... let me read this to you. She sent me a thing- she had an application for some doctor's office and she sent me a screenshot of it phone unlock Damn you NSA Okay lemme see So she has to put in You know have you ever had heart attack? Stroke? High blood pressure? Cholesterol Are you single divorced widow partner? Hey

2:28:25 What is this? She circled single instead of partner. Oh no! Oh, what is their Facebook status did you check that too maybe something's up and then the question affirmed gender if different than legal gender how about that for a question on her form affirmed gender if different from the if different than legal gender Wow Yeah, that should be like the trap door right under you. As soon as you check that box down and go... I think Tina probably clarified and it meant if you were at a legal partner status. I would hope otherwise its quite the microaggression Yes! And then finally from your neck of the woods John California State University San Marcos is that near you? No. No Southern California Okay well remember April is Gapril

2:29:29 You do what April is gay pro it's gay parole. It's not just a program for all his gay parole Yes, you didn't know that April is April is gay parole yes? Yes, yes And the school is this official government no no no it's officially some official gay It's officially game from the gay government From the gay government there will be a on April 25th There will be a big to-do there on the campus. And this is, the event is called Furries vs Pet Play. Furries vs pet play it is among... I don't know what pet play is! I know what furries are. Right well apparently this was necessary because there is a confusion about the definition of furries and pet play and if they are the same thing or not. Oh there's been a schism? Yes! A rift so

2:30:27 Furries vary, but basically that's a group of people who enjoy dressing up in human- I'm paraphrasing. In human size animal costumes they call themselves a community they get together at conventions Not all furries turn their fascination to a sex thing and they don't always have sex in their costumes. By the way, I got called out on this number of times. Yeah, I know The furries do not have sex with their costumes on Correct Although they have sex in the form of the animal that they like to be Well hold on now you're now you're in trouble at play

2:31:04 is a subculture of BDSM, the bondage domination cytomimic message in the world. I have never seen a beaver bondage scene that would be interesting With pet play a person pretends to be an animal and engages in submissive and other animal like behaviors in part to enjoy and achieve sexual pleasure Have you ever seen an animal have sex? Yes Where's the B&D come in? I've never seen a beaver with a whip Wow, that was such a multi-dimensional statement. Beaver with a whip! Likewise the other person becomes aroused when their partner role plays as a pet

2:31:46 Sometimes people use animal tail butt plugs in this capacity to heighten their sexual enjoyment. That's also known as a pony girl Oh, pony girl! I hadn't heard of a pony girl Oh look it up It's discussed That's the pony girl I mean...I'm thinking show title is what i'm thinking Great SEO I don't know that might actually get banned I'll put on the list Anyway, just want everybody to remember April is I don't know what's gaze got to do with any of those anecdotes, but okay now nothing. I Do have a euro story want to get out of the way and we'll get this other way because this would go into tech news Oh, not long. We're not gonna do tech news. Who's gonna do the story? All right? I don't know why this isn't getting more play in the mainstream media But it's not this is DW. This is the DWC entering the web that listen to this oh

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German Hate Speech Law and Social Media Fines

The German cabinet approves a draft law that would fine social media companies up to 50 million euros for failing to remove "hate speech" and "fake news." The hosts discuss the implications for free speech and the potential for "unnecessary censorship" as companies seek to avoid draconian punishments.

germany· hate speech· fake news· facebook· twitter· censorship

2:32:40 Here in Germany, the cabinet has approved a draft law that would impose big fines on social media companies if they fail to delete hate speech from their websites. Fines could go as high as 50 million euros and with the big majority in the German parliament, the government looks likely to get the proposed law passed Insults, hate speech, fake news. The internet is full of these things but the sources are hard to uncover social media groups such as Facebook or Twitter may have agreed to remove this kind of content but Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas wants to force them to take more responsibility At the moment our problem is with unlawful contents not being removed Twitter removes only 1% of illegal posts and with Facebook it's far less than 50%.

2:33:32 YouTube, however shows that it does work. They delete 90% of illegal content The freedom of expression finds its limits at criminal law Companies failing to delete repeatedly reported posts that are illegal under German law could soon face fines of up to 50 million euros. The German justice minister knows the legal fight against online hate speech and fake news is complicated, but he still wants to go ahead with his controversial plan. Right now we have the problem that too much illegal content is spread via the internet and there's a mentality that the internet is a realm where laws don't apply We can't accept this in a country under the rule of law

2:34:11 The courts will have the final say on companies' offenses, such as... What the heck is this sound effect they're using? Like woo-woo-woo-woo. I have no idea and the rationale for it is beyond me. We should just do that all the time. We should just do that too with a theremin man, its crazy. Legal content is spread via the internet and there's a mentality that the internet is a realm where laws don't apply we can't accept this in a country under the rule of law The courts will have the final say on companies' offenses, such as in the case of a Syrian refugee whose selfie with the German chancellor led to his being falsely accused of terrorism. Facebook may have deleted the defamatory posts but a German court ruled that the company itself would not have to seek out such content. Critics of the ruling fear that in the face of such draconian punishments too much content may be deleted

2:35:02 effectively leading to unnecessary censorship on the world wide web. I like how she's on the world wide web. Yes, it was a complete piece of crap report but it's very interesting people should be up in arms about this well remember this all stems from the European Union's directive on tolerance yeah I agree is all a part of it and I have a Euro land clip This took place yesterday in the European Parliament starship Starfleet command there of course Farage And here's what happened. The word came out that in order to even start the Brexit process, the United Kingdoms of Gitmo Nation GMT would have to pay the European Union 52 billion euros

CHAPTER 40 / 45 Discussion

Nigel Farage and the Brexit Ransom Note

Nigel Farage addresses the European Parliament, accusing the EU of acting like the "mafia" by demanding a 60 billion euro "ransom" for the UK to leave. The hosts highlight the tension over Gibraltar and Farage's defiant stance against the EU's demands.

nigel farage· brexit· european parliament· gibraltar· mafia

2:35:57 Yeah, I heard it was 60. Oh, I'm sorry, it's 52 billion pounds 60 billion euros correct? Okay. 60 billion euros Nigel Farage reacted to this yesterday in the European Parliament. Gibraltar is clearly a deal breaker on current terms you've shown yourselves with these demands to be vindictive To be nasty all I can say is thank goodness we're leaving You're behaving like the mafia. You think we're a hostage? We're not, we're free to go! We're free to go and 85... And this no this now I know I know i do understand Now I don't know how this is going to come across on the Skype because the way The European Union recorded this they have This is the Italian minister by the European Minister Parliamentary member

2:36:47 They have his voice right and the translator left. I don't know if that's gonna work for you on Skype, so it may be a little tough but you'll get the idea. You understand? I do understand I do understand, sir. Mr President... ...I do understand national sensitivities. I'll change it to gangsters! Alright? And that is how we're being treated We've been given a ransom note Fabulous! I had another different clip of Farage and then put it in the show but- Mafia! I didn't know the mafia- The Italians are so culturally sensitive to the word Apparently It was to me

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Sanctuary Cities and Federal Funding Threats

The Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, appears on Al Sharpton's show to discuss the Trump administration's threat to cut federal funding for sanctuary cities. The mayor compares the policy to "fugitive slave catchers" and claims that the funds were slated for cuts regardless of sanctuary status.

sanctuary cities· jeff sessions· newark· al sharpton· federal funding

2:37:47 Well, you know what else people are sensitive about is about these sanctuary cities and the current administration's promise to cut back on federal funding. Good conversation about this with the mayor of Newark, New Jersey on The Al Sharpton Show and this is of great interest to me because Austin and Travis County specifically is pretty much ground zero of this controversy And this is why we all need to get concealed carry licenses. Because we have who knows what's roaming around Austin?

2:38:26 wearing man buns. You never know. The president, let me start with sanctuary cities and I want to get into his budget and how it affects in the cities but the President has gone out of his way Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying they actually threatened mayors like you of sanctuary cities that are going to cut off certain funding. Right? I mean why are they targeting him how do you respond Well, I think that them targeting sanctuary cities is a way for them to tell mayors and other folks around the country. One, that they're sticking to what I think is very unconstitutional and un-American policy, trying to intimidate us into being what I've called fugitive slave catchers who run around and do their bidding in our cities if we refuse it. Wow! I love that. Fugitive slave catchers.

2:39:19 Ratcheting up the rhetoric a little bit there, I'd say. Intimidate us into being what I've called fugitive slave catchers that run around and do their bidding in our cities. Catch the slaves! I'm white, catch the slaves black man. If they choose to do that then it makes it difficult for them to continue their policy because they don't have the resources to kind of run down all the undocumented residents locally What happens if they start cutting your federal funds because you won't break rank and and do what you said a fugitive slave kind of Well, there's some entitlement funds that most cities get. CDBG dollars, home funds, dollars for federally qualified health care centers, you know opportunities for us to fix neighborhoods that have been run down for a very long time. This is going to probably hurt the most vulnerable in our community. And listen to this ending... Which I think is terrible but we have to find creative ways

2:40:16 to adjust. The irony of it is his budget says he's going to cut the money anyway." I didn't know that and i have not been able to find confirmation, that's interesting there was planned to be cut anyway? Well that doesn't make sense then what's the point in a federal then nobody might as well all become sanctuary cities they're not gonna cut any money because all gonna be cut anyway I don't think so you got to find out somebody's gotta do some work for that yeah war room get on War room. I got a couple of last-minute stories Wait, let me do one. I got one this was the Egyptian president visited the White House Oh yeah Yeah CC CC it was a couple of things and this is you're gonna hear the translator and again my god White House staff stop the camera clicking It is

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Egyptian President Sisi Visits the White House

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt visits the White House, marking the first such visit by an Egyptian leader in eight years. The hosts note that this gap coincides exactly with the Obama presidency and play clips of Sisi praising Trump's "unique personality."

abdel fattah el-sisi· egypt· white house· barack obama· diplomacy

2:41:15 It's 2017. I do not understand why this goes... it's impossible! It almost seems as if it was miked Yes, well for sure the translator wasn't miked properly of another beef of mine gripe I should say so I learned two things the first thing is that how long it's been since a president of Egypt came to the United States, to the White House. And then secondary thing which I thought was pretty cool. Your Excellency allow me to extend my thanks and appreciation for your kind invitation for me to visit the United States actually this is my first state visit to the United States since my integration in office and as matter fact this is our first visit in eight years from a different President to the United State

2:42:09 Interesting the first time in eight years an Egyptian president has been to the White House. The exact eight years of the Obama presidency Yeah, and now I don't know if you can hear this next bit but that was fun Your Excellency since we met last September A deep appreciation and admiration of your unique personality. A deep appreciation for your unique personality, well said CC. You're excellent saying it well said CC. Excellent. Excellent display this clip which is from the last show. This is says sight seeing about these China news about Russia with war game stories got a kicker

CHAPTER 43 / 45 Discussion

NATO War Games and Russian Speaking Extras

The hosts revisit a story about NATO seeking Russian-speaking extras for military drills. They discuss Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's comments on Russian aggression in Ukraine and the ongoing buildup of forces along the eastern borders of the alliance.

nato· russia· war games· rex tillerson· baltics

2:42:59 Speaking at the NATO's foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denounced Russia's aggression against Ukraine. He reiterated that sanctions imposed on Moscow will remain in place until it returns the peninsula to Kiev – something Russia has long insisted will never happen NATO's European members have previously voiced concerns over Russia's military build-up along the alliance's eastern borders and its regular military drills held on NATO's doorstep in the Black Sea region and in the Baltics. Moscow, for it part opposes what it calls NATO's eastward expansion and says that is alarmed by drills held near its western borders One Russian senator Alexey Pushkov on Friday accused NATO of

2:43:42 preparing for a possible full-scale war with Russia after the media reports revealed... Oh, that's right. We did this clip. What? We did this clip. I didn't recognize it. This is the whole thing you'll recognize the kicker. ...that NATO posted an job ad for Russian speaking extras needed to participate in... Yeah we did do that clip. Less than 10 minutes ago! Okay?! Alright wrap it up John Well, let's get this one out of the way. This is Musk and the implant as in oh Entrepreneur Elon Musk the man behind Tesla cars and SpaceX is now pursuing an idea to merge the human brain with machines When musk announced his neural links project on Twitter it got plenty of attention both for and against that

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Show Outro and Final Credits

The hosts conclude the show with a final "gripe" about the rebranding of Sleep Train to Mattress Firm. They thank the "War Room" and the show's technical experts before signing off with the Gitmo Nation national anthem. The episode ends with a series of musical montages and a "Thanks Obama" soundbite.

sleep train· mattress firm· don rickles· war room· gitmo nation

2:48:24 and listen to the name of the new name they come up with. Sleep Train is now mattress firm, and making history by celebrating with a once in a lifetime opportunity... Mattress Firm! Alright everybody that's how we roll here I'll be diving into the Don Rickles conspiracy things always happen on show day you know how that works was he just 90 or was he murdered? Alright everybody, thank you so- Oh! And John I wanted to say how about them tar heels huh? Ha ha. Alright everybody thank you very much for your support of the show Thank You War Room appreciate that thank you to our tech experts Void Zero of course Spooky Arser Bemrose Silver MS Small Biz Progo The Brown Shirts Of Course and our end of show montagists Tom Starkweather Danny Luce Chris Wilson

2:49:24 Ottawa Valley Douchebag and UK PMX. We will return on Sunday with another episode of the best podcast in the universe, until then coming to you from downtown Austin Texas, Crackpot Condo here in the skyscraper, FEMA Region 6 on the map! In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry... And from Northern Silicon Valley where it was threatening to rain. Threatening I tell ya. It hasn't rained yet I'm John C. Dvorak and we will be back on Thursday right here remember us at dvorak.org slash na another episode then of no agenda till then adios mofos I have no agenda. I know that there's demonic forces... I have no agenda. Hold yourself to accountability! Oh my god, you've been bad don't know ya haven't? I have no agenda. Right right right right right right

2:50:47 I have no agenda. Kim Jong-Un, Kim Jong-Un! Vaccine, stamp away from the crackpot Those days are over They called you Pause on Fox tonight Vaccine You won't give up

2:51:29 Call for Trump's impeachment You don't care if it's wrong or if its right Vaccine, step away from there's always rights Vaccine, step away from harm Step away from the black lives Many many lies Mr. Watt did a good job of laying out us The effects were by discount Mr. Watt, he did a really good job

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2:53:05 Mr. Watts, you are new in the sector. So we know this from the epidemic source. Hold on a second! Mr. Watts, it's you!

2:53:47 and bragging about Russian fake news. It's more than just from the evidence that is available, not all of it. Mr. Watts, there are these messages laying out for us. You dropped in! Mr. Watts, you... Mr. Watts, you... Mr. Watts, this is fake. Mr. Watts, thank God. I'll bet you a million dollars that we're now poor. Academic sources on it? Pundit News, but that's gonna fail. Media? Yeah, if not then the European Union. Keep is gonna fail! Dean thinks it's for non-perpetuating news. Wow, my bank is really high... Can we take a break from Trump please? Let's talk about someone who has no power in Washington Mike Pence. Someone who has no power in Washington

2:54:40 break Force 5 Bona came. Bona, Force 5, be monitored by Karen Pence at all times Out of control force 5, be monitored by Karen Pence at all- By-by-be forced by Karen Pence at all times He is so naughty if you left him alone with a bottle of whiskey he might try to have sex with it Might try to have sex with it Have sex Alright? He has to pray away the Mount Gaye Yay gay Pray away the Mount Gaye

2:55:38 Naughty gay, I'm sick with trauma Mike Pence might try to help me Naughty gay, I'm sick with trauma Fake... fake... fake... fake news Fake fake news Fake... fake... fake... fake... fake news Fake fake news Fake... fake news... fake fake news Fake fake news

2:56:32 Fake, fake, fake, fake news. The best podcast in the universe! Adios mofo. Gentlemen please rise for your Gimmo Nation national anthem In the morning Gimmo nation We are all charged up to be Human resources and servants in all lands and all ships have seen from the east to west down under to the lowlands and began distracted slave. Hear our declonation song! Devorak dot org slash N A

2:57:46 Thanks Obama.