Episode 932 · Thursday, 25 May 2017

Roundly Debunked

A suspicious Russian memo complicates the Clinton email probe while intelligence leaks and media sensationalism dominate the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 932

About this episode

A potentially fraudulent document planted by Russian intelligence reportedly influenced James Comey and the FBI during the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The memo, which detailed alleged assurances from Attorney General Loretta Lynch to the Clinton campaign, is now being scrutinized as a possible disinformation operation designed to discredit the bureau. This development surfaces as the media narrative shifts toward obstruction of justice claims following the dismissal of the FBI Director.

In the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, UK officials are investigating Salman Abedi and a sophisticated network spanning into Libya. While CNN analysts like Tara Maller suggest the bomb-maker remains at large, tensions have flared between U.S. and UK intelligence agencies over unauthorized leaks to the New York Times. Simultaneously, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz has confronted the Capitol Police Chief over a seized laptop belonging to her former IT staffer, Imran Awan, while Fox News faces advertiser boycotts from Cars.com and Peloton following its retraction of the Seth Rich murder investigation story.

Technical glitches on Tucker Carlson’s program and the viral analysis of Melania Trump swatting the President’s hand highlight a week of media sensationalism. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the technical reality of news production, from IFB ear-pieces to the use of former CIA assets as pundits. The show also explores the legal history of Contempt of Congress and the irony of Maxine Waters’ 1998 defense of Bill Clinton against what she then termed a Republican coup d'etat.


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CHAPTER 01 / 38 Discussion

Introduction, Tina's Surgery, and Hospital Humor

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the show with Curry providing an update on his wife Tina's recovery from a partial thyroidectomy. Curry describes the atmosphere at the hospital and his tendency to make jokes during stressful situations to lighten the mood. Dvorak shares his own history with minor surgical procedures involving cysts on his neck and back.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· tina curry· thyroidectomy· hospital· austin· silicon valley

00:00 He looks like a constipated turtle. Cracking jokes in times of anguish and broadcasting live from the darkest corners of the internet here in the capital of the drone star state I'm in the Cluedio in downtown Austin Tejas. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley and I can say that was a mouthful. I'm John C. Dvorak. Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning! Hey, in the morning to you. Morning to you. Starting a little late for everybody on the stream. Thank you for your patience.

00:43 Yeah, I guess some people would... Well, it might be better for some people. It's interesting when... Australia. I checked in and I started some pre-stream stuff just to keep people entertained. You know, people like, oh wow, 10 minutes late, new record for them. Okay, thanks. Yeah, so the Keeper came back this morning from the hospital. Don't you have ways of blocking these people permanently? Oh, who gives a crap? It's the War Room. They deal with it themselves. Anyway, so Tina's back, everything's well. She's recovering fine from her partial thyroidectomy and it was a... that's a... getting operated on is not fun. No, it's to be avoided. Have you ever... I've never been in the hospital for anything. I was in an outpatient clinic once to have... I had a cyst on my back.

01:38 had to be cut out. Oh, actually, I take it back. I had this, I had a repeat, I had that, this is the period, I don't know what caused these, but I had a cyst on my back had to be cut out. But then I had a, before that, I had a cyst on my neck on the side, which is very unpleasant to look at. Yeah, kind of like a Frankenstein. That had to be cut out and it was cut out and it grew back, they didn't get to the root, you know, whatever it was. So I had that cut out twice. And then I was just fine now and I haven't had one of these things since and it's just like a groovy. So it's like a job. So the so Tina's not in the hospital. No, no, no. But I've been in a lot with other people. I've been in the hospital and you know me whenever whenever times are like, you know, whenever it's weird or anxious, then I make jokes. I'm one of those people. I can't help it. So, you know, so Tina's being brought in. She's completely groggy because, you know, like two and a half hour operation.

02:39 And you know the nurses are there and everyone's hustling and bustling and she's like, you know, what did the doctor say? Because it's very important to know that it was benign and all that stuff. And I said, what did the doctor say? Oh yeah, he also said, you got a rocking body. And everyone cracks up, but Tina just had her throat basically operated on. I stopped oozing out of the drain. I said, don't make me laugh. That's funny. Yeah. She said you had a rocking body? No, the doctor said she had a rocking body. Well, that's kind of... No, he didn't say that! It was a joke, John, obviously. Hello. Oh, I get it now. Hello. Damn. Oh, yoi yoi. So I did, you know, I followed most of the news, but it's been kind of a weird 48 hours. And, you know, prepping in the hospital and everywhere else. So we'll see how we do today.

CHAPTER 02 / 38 Discussion

FBI Investigation, Hillary Clinton Email Memo, and Russian Disinformation

The discussion shifts to a breaking news report regarding a potentially fake document that influenced James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The document allegedly detailed an email where Attorney General Loretta Lynch assured the Clinton campaign she would protect the investigation. Sources suggest the document may have been a product of Russian intelligence planted to discredit Clinton, though the hosts speculate on whether the document was real but made to look fake.

fbi· james comey· hillary clinton· loretta lynch· russian intelligence· washington post· george soros

03:34 We'll do fine. We get if we need to I got have a long report I also have I have a lot of stuff from the alternate universe. This was a great a great You know really a great week for alternate universe stuff. It was pretty insane. What was going on because of Manchester? No, not because of Manchester. Manchester was, yeah, it was it was kind of a big deal the day it happened. But you know, the quicker everyone got back to, you know, Trump's gonna quit, he's horrible, you know, now there's, you know, there's new memos, there's new things, there's new everything. They just don't stop. Well, there's a couple of... Well, weirder than that, it seems as if there's almost like a rewriting of history. Ha ha, okay. I want... Now, whenever you want to get to the alternate universe, you let me know. I'm a little queasy, so I'm not ready for it. Well, this is kind of in the alternate universe. Do we need the machine? Maybe if you want to start going there right off the bat, which is kind of, you know, upsetting to many people, but yeah, sure. Come on, let's do it! Let's do it! We can do it!

04:36 Remember, if you get dizzy, just look at the ground and it'll all go away. Hold hands with your neighbor. We are traveling into the alternate universe, everybody! Stand up! Oh my God. Man, Trump's gonna quit. I gotta get this bet down. Hey, that dog is still here. Yeah, well the dog is, you know, again, the dog is, dogs always are in multiple universes. If they see us flashing, like, uh, uh, uh, and they know what's going on. That's why they bark and we hear them on both sides. Now, uh... The Trump quits thing, I do have a clip if you're interested. Yeah, start with that. But it would require me to play a number of clips, although they're very short. Oh, no, let me get, let's get this one thing out of the way, which is the rewriting of history. I like how you say that. Ah, no, screw that, Curry.

05:41 Well, you said I have one clip and then you say, well, it's going to take 10 clips to get to the one. I never said you misled me. I never said 10. You misled me. Fine. What are we playing? This is, I want you to tell me about this because this to me was like a footnote maybe. I don't even remember the details which and I think we followed as closely as anybody could. The emergence of a fake letter CBS1. We have breaking news tonight. Breaking news! We have learned that the FBI investigated. Whoa, hold on a second. They didn't do that right. What is wrong? Is that Pelly? Yeah. Is this it wrong man? This is how I do it. We got breaking news everybody, breaking news! Breaking news tonight we have learned that the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails may have been influenced by a document that turned out to be a fake. This is great. Possibly from the Russians. Here's Juliana Goldman.

06:32 Sources say the FBI obtained the potentially game-changing document in the spring of 2016. It cited a purported email saying that then Attorney General Loretta Lynch assured Hillary Clinton's campaign that she wouldn't let the investigation into her private email server get too far. The Washington Post reported today that the document was unreliable. possibly a fake product of Russian intelligence and could have been part of what sources tell CBS News was Moscow's efforts to plant fake news into the bloodstream of the election to discredit Clinton. But before it was discredited, the document reached the highest levels of law enforcement. FBI Director James Comey believed that if it got out, it would discredit the investigation. So he made the unusual decision

07:18 to announce himself last July that Clinton would not face charges. Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. And Comey decided not to consult with Lynch or anyone at the Department of Justice before his press conference. Shortly after, the FBI concluded the intelligence was unreliable. Yeah, now I heard this story as I was driving around in the truck. back and forth, hospital, etc. But yeah, this sound how long ago did this happen? Play play part two so we can talk about it again. Again, it doesn't. Nothing is brought to light as far as I'm concerned. Zero. How and when did you first learn of this document? Republican Senator Charles Grassley asked me about the document earlier this month. What steps?

08:12 Did the FBI take to determine whether Attorney General Lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what? Did the FBI interview the person who wrote the email? If not, why not? I have to give you the same answer. I can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. Classified! Associates of Comey say he made the best decision he could with the information he had, but Scott Clinton campaign officials point to that July press conference where he also criticized her handling of classified information as contributing to her loss. Classified! So it wasn't the misuse and scatterbrained approach to classified documents. It wasn't the fact that she screwed Bernie Sanders. Now we're going to pin it on this document. Where did this document come from? It wasn't a WikiLeaks document.

09:04 But the thing that I like about it is, because I unfortunately just didn't get a chance to clip some of this, but you know, this document apparently was passed on to George Soros. Like a whole bunch of people had their hands on it and then Comey got it. Doesn't, apparently doesn't think to call anybody, you know, it's either completely bullcrap, but possibly completely real. It just depends on the universe. But it could be one of those things where you take a real document and then make it, then you redo it. So it looks fake. Oh, well, yes. I mean, I'm reminded of the George Bush situation that got Dan Rather fired. Yeah, yeah. I mean, there's a lot of evidence that that's a genuine document, but it appears that it was redone to look so with the

09:49 with earmarks of it being a fake, which was the small capital T or the small TH. Right, well so that's just, it's really just upside down, just making it look fake even though it's a real document. And this sounds, this sounds completely, no, that's, everything fits together this way. That is truly Occam's razor. It's so easy, you know, Comey's in the tank for Hillary, which I didn't expect, but okay. He sees this letter and like, holy crap, and then the meeting and all this stuff. And notice how there's very little talk about the plane, the tarmac meeting in conjunction with this memo. No, no, heck with the tarmac. Let's put this red herring out there. And since when? It wasn't part of the discussion earlier. Now it's going to be used by the leftists.

CHAPTER 03 / 38 Discussion

Don Lemon on Conan, Trump Resignation Theory, and Media Criticism

CNN host Don Lemon's appearance on Conan is analyzed, specifically his theory that Donald Trump does not enjoy being President and may seek a way out. Lemon mocks the President's appearance, questioning the level of his spray tan and his golfing habits. The hosts criticize Lemon's attempt to be a "serious journalist" while performing comedy bits on late-night television.

don lemon· conan o'brien· cnn· donald trump· spray tan· reality star· media bias

10:35 They need something, John. They need something. Well, this is a good one. This is a life preserver. It's a gem. I'm going to have to bring you a little deeper into the alternate universe. So we'll start with just out of order. Don Lemon was on Conan. And I don't know if you saw that by any chance. Hello? The noise gate is so tight, I could barely hear your phone ringing. Take it off the hook, man. It was off the hook. And it rang anyway? I'll tell you this story later because when we get out of the alternate universe it was off the hook. Yeah, exactly. Well, you're in the alternate universe, phones start ringing for no reason. Even when they're off the hook, dogs bark and phones ring in. So Don Lemon was on Conan and this was, it seemed like this was the week of news hosts going on talk shows and we'll have Rachel Maddow later, sadly, but we have to do it.

11:35 So Lemon's on Conan, and he's, we know he's the overnight sensation, but he comes in on a skateboard. I'm Don Lemon, I'm on a skateboard! Wow. Yeah, actually I'll play that for you. I missed that. So here's a guy who wants to be taken seriously as a news guy.

12:18 He comes out on a skateboard, immediately starts talking about fake news and, oh, Donald Trump, reality star, he's the apprentice. And so they get into an interview just to bring it up a level. Let's try. Here we go. Wondering where you fall in this theory, what you believe. People, some people think that Trump doesn't like the job. He had a great, a better life before. He didn't expect to win. He has won now and that he might be looking for a way out because it's been nothing but headaches. Where do you, what do you think? Is that, is that a possibility? So this is the, this is of course the bet, the wager that you still apparently have not entered into.

12:56 Can't seem to get these guys to bite. Maybe you should send them clips of Don Lemon. I'm sure they'll respect him. I'm thinking that clip that you had, I want to get from you, the one where they said it's going to happen by December, by Christmas. I need that one. That's a good clincher. I'll send that. We'll continue with Don Lemon. I'm sure that he is some sort of hero to them. My theory. That is your theory. You stole that. Yeah, that's my theory. Come on. Don Lemon made, it's his theory, John. Don Lemon is responsible if it happens. You hear this? This is a guy who wants to be taken seriously. No one's ever thought this before Don Lemon.

13:37 Yeah, that's my theory. I come on. Can you imagine you are a billionaire allegedly? We haven't seen the tax billionaire a billionaire you live in a tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City You have a beautiful wife you have a plane you have golf courses and houses you can go wherever you want And you're a free person you can tweet and say whatever you want to criticize everyone call the other president You know not American born in Africa you can do whatever you want with Complete impunity, right? Right. But then now, you are under investigation, your campaign, people may end up going to jail, the people are talking about impeachment, although I think we're, you know, that's a long way off. But imagine that. You can't do that. I don't think he likes the job. I think that he will find a way to get out of it at some point.

14:26 Sure, Don. That makes nothing but sense. I'm sure. I think the one thing we can safely say about Trump is he's not going to quit. You will have to drag him out or kill him or whatever sequence. Um... So here is Don Lemon, serious journalist, man of color, man of color I tell you. Making fun about another man of color. So, so Don, let's say your dream came true and you were able to interview President Trump. That would be a good interview for you. What would your question be for him? I would want to know what level spray tan is it? And listen to the slaves in the background. Morons.

15:13 Is it Cheeto orange or is it like Orangina or the orange crush? Yeah. Are we that certain? Are you chocolate? Are you mocha? Are you poop? What are you, lemon? It's got to be a spray tan. Come on. He's not in the sun. I mean, look. Do you go in the sun? He's kind of a redhead. I'm not allowed in the sun. Well, I don't think he's allowed in the sun either. I'm getting moonburned right now. You have to be jealous of how orange. The guy is a golfing nut. He's in the sun all the time. All the time. Oh, he's never in the sun. He even this guy. So here's our news analyst. This guy doesn't even know that because they've been bitching about it. He's golfing all the time. More than Obama golfed. But somehow Don Lemon's never noticed this meme. Meme? How about fact?

16:03 No, it's a fact. Yeah, but I mean it's a fact that he golfs more than Obama. He's never out in the sun. He's not. It must be fake. He's never in the sun. Yeah. Yeah. Are we that certain that it's it's got to be a spray tan? Come on. He's not in the sun. I mean, look, he's kind of a wreck. I'm not allowed in the sun. Well, he's I don't think he's allowed in the sun either. I'm getting I'm getting moonburned. He Don Lemon jumping on the jokes. Yeah, he's not allowed in the sun either. He's a vampire. You have to be jealous of how old Orange or sort of brown? I had stupid hair. What's that? The problem is like a lot of these guys that come on these shows and they want to exchange barbs with the pro. Yes. So they think they're funny. They go on there and they try to do one-liners. They try to keep up. Yeah, and they suck. I mean, they all do it. The worst of the case scenarios, Brian Williams. He thinks he can do stand-ups, literally. Well, when he's serious, it's the best stand-up with Brian Williams.

16:59 Yeah, well, that's what we got here. So Lemon does realize though that he is, I don't know if he realizes that he's in an alternate universe. What you always want to do is accuse someone else of living in an alternate universe. We are, it's been a hundred and how many, 130 days maybe? Yeah, a hundred and some change. Okay, a hundred and some change. Change. There's seven stories a day that are breaking. How do you keep up with that? I call it, you guys are in comedy, you know what improv is, right? Yeah, sure. It's like news improv. They'll say, okay, today, you know, Donald Trump is at the Western Wall and he's putting something in the rest and what is he doing? Okay, Donald Trump, there's something about, you know, General Michael Flynn or Donald Trump called you a dummy, which he did, the dumbest person on television. And so it's like, it's like- He called you the dumbest person on television, that's right. That offended me because I immediately knew he hasn't seen this show. And I was...

17:49 Well, I mean, Conan, if it's bitter about that. In an alternative universe, that means I am the smartest person on television. Oh, okay. Alright. Oh, no, that's not how the universe works. He's been waiting and waiting to use that line. Yeah. That's why he brought it up. Why would you bring it up? Yeah. And it kind of failed. It was not a good punchline. But he's very proud that the president talks about him, of course, and I said that on purpose. Okay, now what did that do for you when you realized that he is watching your show? Did that affect you in any way? Hold on. He's watching my show! Uh, not really. I just kind of make fun of it. Because, I mean, it's fun at a cocktail party or if you're on the cocktail party. It's fun to tell a story, but it doesn't change anything I do. Every once in a while I'll look in the camera and say, hey Mr. President, how you doing? Yeah, that's a change. Because he claims he doesn't watch. He'll say, I don't watch CNN, I can't watch that Don Lemon, he's so mean, he just says all this bad stuff about me. When did he do this? Huh? When did he, what Lemon is describing, when did he do that? I've never seen him do that.

18:52 No, he's just making this up. He's full of crap. Because, I mean, it's fun at a cocktail party or if you're on the show, right? It's fun. Betty likes cocktail parties. I do every once in a while look in the camera and say, hey, Mr. President, how you doing? Because he claims he doesn't watch. He'll say, I don't watch CNN. I can't watch that Don Lemon. He's so mean. He just says all this. Sounds like the poop journalist, doesn't he? He sounds like a surfer. Bad stuff about me and I don't care, man. I'm done watching. Then he says, did you see what he said last night? It's like, Well, apparently you don't watch. How do you know? Okay, so we've debunked it. The president does watch. It's proof. It's proof he watches. I'm so cool. And then they went into this thing which has been a topic of conversation the past few days. And I want to remind everybody, I'm sure you've seen, I think it's a British comedian who does the best version of it, where he takes, he plays song lyrics for the audience, but he tells them up front

CHAPTER 04 / 38 Discussion

Melania Trump Hand Swat, Misinterpreted Lyrics, and Relationship Speculation

A viral video of Melania Trump appearing to swat away Donald Trump's hand while disembarking Air Force One is discussed. The hosts compare the media's interpretation of this event to the phenomenon of misheard song lyrics, such as Jimmy Hendrix's "Purple Haze." They argue that the media is over-analyzing a brief moment to fit a narrative of marital strife.

melania trump· air force one· jimmy hendrix· lyrics· relationship· media speculation

19:46 This is what the song lyrics are and then he plays the song the actual song and then he mouths What he just told you is the lyric so for instance Jimmy Hendrix If I said excuse me while I kiss this guy you would hear that when while he's saying excuse me while I kiss the sky and And it's and it's quite as a funny bit, and and you just you believe it. He was like oh, man. I believe it We've had what was it did we have an example of? Um, not too long ago on the show of, of other phrases and how people misinterpret what's being said. And then that becomes a whole bit on that. The Jimmy Hendrix thing is kind of interesting. I just want to sit and mention this because, uh, I saw Hendrix quite a few times and the lyric is, excuse me while I kiss the sky. Yeah. Cause he's high. Yeah. And, uh, but when he performed the song and I think he did this every time I've seen him do it,

20:44 He says, excuse me, and then he points at the bass player and says, well, I kissed this guy. Well, that only accentuates the point. But the brain makes that stuff fit. It really makes it fit. Well, many times on the show, I'm like we recently I thought for sure that Fifi Lagarde had said, why tea? But she said white tea. And that was partially my bias. My bias. I wanted her to say why tea? Well, because it's a metaphor for heroin. But I made a mistake on that. So what was going around this week, I think is a classic example of that. And the face bag responses, people should be ashamed of what they're doing with this. Amazing footage came out today of Trump getting off Air Force One and putting his hand out to Melania and she swats it. Well, actually we have, I think we have the footage, but I just want to get your take. He puts his hand out and she's like, get away from me.

21:46 It's so interesting because, huh? Don't you touch me. But it's such a curious thing because you're wondering, I'm wondering, he's gonna get obsessed with the fact that people are talking about that video and he's gonna feel the need to respond, isn't he? And isn't he gonna say, no she didn't swab my hand away. She didn't swab my hand. But I don't know what you say about that moment when it's so clear to all of us who've been in a long relationship what that moment means. Now, I looked at this and you can interpret it any way you want, but for this to be nonstop and it's interesting when near the end of Obama's term, right-wing Republicans, everyone was saying, oh, Michelle's going to divorce him the minute he's done with being the president. And now those people who hated that are saying the same. Melania is going to divorce him right after he's out.

22:40 And I'm thinking, wow, what are you saying? She's a gold digger or that she's doing it for status. I mean, it's rude. It's very rude. It's rude. One last one from this sequence. I'll say it's the fake media and you know, up there goes my skateboard and they always get it wrong. Right. No. Right. I'm just looking forward to a crazy, if he has a convoluted explanation for what happened. Like she was saving my life because just then a knife was thrown and she batted it. The press took the knife out of the picture. They were like, there's gonna be some crazy thing. She saved my life. There was a bug on my hand and she was swatting it away. Oh, John Lennon, oh wow! Woo, punchline king! Oh God, what a dick. So we move away from that. I only have two more clips in the alternate universe, but we need to go first to alternate universe dimension B central, which these days, no doubt is... Uh-oh.

CHAPTER 05 / 38 Discussion

Rachel Maddow on Colbert, Russia Investigation, and Obstruction Claims

Rachel Maddow's interview with Stephen Colbert is reviewed, focusing on her claims regarding the Trump campaign's contacts with Russian officials. Maddow emphasizes the 18-day delay in firing Michael Flynn and suggests that firing James Comey constitutes obstruction of justice. The hosts mock her delivery and the lack of concrete evidence presented in her arguments.

rachel maddow· stephen colbert· msnbc· michael flynn· vladimir putin· russia· obstruction of justice

23:38 Colbert. I thought you'd say The View. No, Colbert is really where they congregate. And this is the intelligentsia of alternate universe B. Yeah, they all come on there to agree. They come on to agree, but just like Lem and Rachel Maddow is also just full of herself, full of crap. What happened to not being a part of the news story if you're a journalist? Do they not see the hypocrisy here of going on news, of going on talk shows? Hey man, gonzo journalism, gonzo journalism's okay.

24:14 Okay, listen, it's just dumb. It's not good journalism at all. But listen to Rachel. Okay, one of the things that the president is saying right now is that this whole Russia thing, total witch hunt. Okay? Do you think there's any chance this is gonna- And she cackles like a witch. That was kind of interesting. Yes, yes, she does. Hunt. Okay? If things have chances, it's gonna turn out to be a witch hunt, that there really is no there there, because... No there there? Yeah, this no there there, I called that a long time ago, it's still in play. Well, there is a whole lot of smoke. Well, we actually haven't actually seen the spark of the fire. We won't know until we know. It's totally... Wow! Now there's a journalist for you.

24:57 And we won't know until we know, because we don't know. Nothing. No where, no how. Everybody is entitled to the presumption of innocence. It's totally possible. It's all just a bizarre series of coincidences. But we now owe it to ourselves as a country to figure out, because there are too many things that weren't explained ahead of time, that were exposed and only belatedly admitted to. Like just last week, Reuters reported on 18 new previously undisclosed contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials. The ones they hadn't talked about before? No! Like, still we're getting 18 new ones now? Like, you guys know there's some interest in this topic, right? If you haven't done anything wrong, you kind of have to tell people what really happened. They still haven't explained why it took them 18 days to fire or get the resignation from Mike Flynn. What? This is ant-fucking to the highest degree.

25:47 Like that's really, that's the number one thing you got? That's the top of mind? We still don't know why it took him 18 days? She should break it down into hours, minutes and seconds. You know, that would make it even more dramatic. I can't believe it took 30 million seconds for them to fire Mike Flynn. After the Justice Department came to the White House and said, he's a Russian agent. Oh yeah, that's what they said. Yeah, yeah. Don't you remember? She said, he's a Russian agent. Unbelievable. I mean that's a that not only is it not true that is propaganda now you are changing the facts you are changing you're trying to be funny perhaps but are you a serious news person or comedian? After the Justice Department came to the White House and said he's a Russian agent which is like you 18 days... With a side of turkey

26:40 Now there's a real comedian actually. That was pretty good. And the ban hits him. And there were so many contacts between the campaign. How many contacts John? How many? How many contacts? Come on, come on, it's a question. Ask John. One? People close to Trump with people in the Kremlin or people who are close to Vladimir Putin and that stuff just We need to know why there were so many contacts. It's possible that it was totally anodyne, that it had nothing to do with the Russian attack on the election that was happening at that same time. The Russian attack on the election? It's attack, attack with tanks and missiles. It's possible that it had, there was nothing nefarious about it at all, but there was a million contacts. A million, John. A million contacts. Wow! Not one.

27:31 million. Let's keep going. And so we need to know about that. We also need to know if the firing of the FBI director and the other contacts that the president had with the FBI about the investigation were something other than obstruction of justice. I mean, what can be the... I mean, he's saying he was thinking about Russia when he fired the FBI director who's leading the Russia investigation. It's interesting how she says, well, obviously you're innocent until proven guilty, but you really have to prove that you're not guilty. It's what I heard. You have to explain to us why these millions of contacts took place because that can only be obstruction of justice. You're horrible. Well, I'm going to give you a clip of the day because I actually went out of my way not to watch that interview. I'll take that. But wait, here's my last one in the universe of alternates.

CHAPTER 06 / 38 Discussion

Representative Blake Farenthold, DNC Servers, and CNN Interview

Texas Representative Blake Farenthold's appearance on CNN is highlighted, where he questioned why the FBI was never allowed to physically examine the DNC servers. The CNN hosts aggressively challenged Farenthold for bringing up "things swirling on the internet," which the hosts interpret as a defense of the established narrative. Farenthold argued that the media should focus on policy issues like healthcare and taxes rather than anonymous allegations.

blake farenthold· cnn· dnc server· fbi· seth rich· anonymous sources· texas

28:26 This is an appearance by Republican Representative Blake Farentold. He's from Texas. I'm not familiar with this guy. He's kind of funny. Kind of roly-poly kind of guy. I might have to look him up, see where he's from. He's on CNN and he brings up the tapes. Not the tapes, the computers that were not... the DNC computers that were not allowed to be touched by FBI. Which I have not really heard anyone talk about that much on. It violates the narrative. Well, he did that. Thank you for saying it. It violates the narrative and the response from the two CNN hosts. They immediately jump on him and just keep hammering him and they tie themselves in knots, you know, unwittingly. But that is exactly what it is.

29:21 It violated the narrative and they called him out. the worst part of it. That is what he said over and over again. Again, he constant questioning. He was unable to point to any specific evidence and I think that's what we're going to continue to see there and my fear is our constant focusing on the Russians is

30:02 deflecting away for some other things that we need to be investigating in. There's still some question as to whether the intrusion at the DNC server was an insider job or whether or not it was the Russians. No evidence, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Violation of the narrative! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, hold on. There's still some question as to whether the intrusion at the DNC server was an insider job or whether or not it was the Russians. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The insider job, what are you referring to here? Because I hope it's not this information that Fox News just refused to be reporting. Now, I'm not quite sure what he said there. It sounds like he said, I hope it's not this information that Fox News refused to be reporting. Is that what he said?

30:52 Yeah, he's referring to Fox News pulling the Seth Rich material. Ah, well this doesn't relate necessarily to the Seth Rich stuff. Oh yeah it does. I hope it's not this information that Fox News just refused to be reported. I guess what I'm saying is, um... They clearly understand how it's related because they've heard the fake news, yet they don't really want to discuss that one fact which we know is true that the DNC didn't allow FBI to touch the computers after the break-in. So they completely just tried to steamroll this guy. Fox News just refused to be reported.

31:27 Well again, there's stuff circulating on the internet. My question is... What's circulating on the internet that you think is worthy of a congressional investigation because the DC police are investigating this and so far they haven't said there's any there. Yet the DC police nor no federal investigator has ever had a look at the DNC computer. We're relying only on the report of somebody that the DNC contracted to examine their computer rather than having federal officials. To me, we need to let feds look at it. Congressman, do you think it's responsible to bring up as a representative of the American people, to bring up things in your words that are swirling on the internet? This is one of my favorite quotes ever.

32:09 As a representative of the American people, do you think it's responsible to bring up things that are swirling on the internet? Holy mackerel. I get- but it's an alternative universe. I call your credibility into question, sir. ...to examine their computer rather than having federal officials. To me, we need to let feds look at it. Congressman, do you think it's responsible to bring up as a representative of the American people to bring up things in your words that are... I think this was fed to her from the control room. That's what happened. I just realized it. That was fed to her. Yeah, she can't do that. No, right. No, you're right. That was fed to her. Let me see if I can time it. I bet you I can. Rather than having federal officials, to me, we need to have feds look at it. Congressman, do you think it's responsible to bring up as a representative of the American people? Nailed it. Nailed it. Would work perfectly.

32:56 of the American people to bring up things in your words that are swirling on the internet and give it justification as you know as if there's a there there when we know nothing? Another there there. I think the same is true with what the media is doing with Trump. We're basing allegations on anonymous sources. Okay so do you mean quoting the former CIA director who said quote I saw evidence worthy of investigation by the bureau to determine whether there was cooperation or collusion that was taking place? Bye. I'm going back to the Comey memo, which is based entirely on anonymous sources. So my overall point is this needs to be fully investigated. Let the professionals investigate it. Let's not try it in the media, which is serving from a distraction for what needs to be done in this country. That's fixing health care. That's getting people back to work. That's fixing taxes. That's securing the border. Instead, we're hearing a constant barrage of

33:54 Yeah, actually, yeah, I think that's my opinion too. I saw the bread, or I heard the bread and stuff. I really believe that this was bad. So I said, the Congressman screwed up this deal. He did. He obviously let them badger him. He didn't call him out for doing it. When they brought up the DC police, he says the DC police have not solved this crime and they considered it a, and that's, that's when she jumped right on it. That's when she was told the given the line. Well, she couldn't, you know, she got in before he, but he never even attempted to, to

CHAPTER 07 / 38 Discussion

Broadcast News Production, Tom Brokaw, and IFB Feeding

A story is shared about the technical side of news broadcasting, specifically how producers feed information to anchors through IFBs (Interruptible Foldback). An anecdote describes watching Tom Brokaw interview Bill Clinton during the launch of MSNBC, where Brokaw seamlessly integrated real-time instructions from the control room into his questioning. The hosts discuss the high level of skill required to manage these inputs while remaining professional on air.

tom brokaw· msnbc· bill clinton· broadcast news· ifb· control room· journalism

34:36 blame the DC police for doing nothing. They did nothing. They have not solved this crime. So how is it all of a sudden you can't speculate about anything, which is the Seth Rich thing. They don't even mention Seth Rich, of course, on CNN because the Democrats have decided and I'm Well, I have a follow-up to this one. To bail on the whole thing. I have a follow-up to this, but we can't... It won't work in the alternate universe. We have to get out. While we're still here, I do want to mention something, which is... Hurry. I'm nauseous, so if you can hurry. Maybe I'll slow down because you're nauseous. This will be interesting. I did a Canadian radio show once from the CBC did, I can't remember the name of it, but it was a pretty well and very slick show. And it was interesting to me because I've never seen a show quite done like this, even though we do that control room bit that you just did, people have to realize that that's very accurate.

35:27 But this show, the whole show was a bunch of researchers on the mics and guys answering questions and interviewing people. And the entire show was stuff being fed to these two guys in their IFBs. It just, I mean, it was constant. It was like, oh, the height of this mountain is such and such, all these details. And so the guys would go on and sound like geniuses. But there was these guys looking stuff up and then feeding it to them instantly. It was so slick, it was frightening. When MSNBC launched, which back in the day was a partnership between NBC News and Microsoft, that's where the MS comes from, my company at the time, which was I think it was still on ramp, Microsoft, and this was kind of interesting story, Microsoft was responsible for the online version of this fabulous project, and they could not keep their chat room software running

36:21 because it was running on Microsoft's internet server and it kept crashing. They could not figure it out. So they hired us and we essentially put a front end on an IRC chat and went, yo, this will be pretty stable and it was good. So for the launch of MSNBC, we were invited out to, I want to say it was Trenton, New Jersey, where they had the studio at the time. And the first big, you know, first big kickoff was an interview with Tom Brokjaw. President Bill Clinton. And I was in the control room and let me tell you man, it's bro call. That guy, what a pro. So he would be asking a question and the producer would be continuing to talk in his ear, in his IFB, follow up questions. While the president was answering, questions were coming through. But what was most impressive, and I wish I had filmed it, but back then I don't think we even had camera phones at the time.

37:19 Um, there's like you got 30 seconds to break and he's talking and as he's talking, the producer mentioned something else. He weaves it in and he's done 30, it's your five, four, three, two, one boom. We're in commercial. We're out. Unbelievable. Like I said, you know, the, the movie broadcast news is very realistic in that regard. Yes, very real. And that's why bro. Call got the big bucks because bro. Call had a speech impediment. You don't say. I'm Tom Brokaw. One of the best at doing... Okay, can we get out of here? He never hid the speech impediment from what I could tell. Can we get out of here? Can we get out of here? Are you ready? I need to go, people. Alright, everybody. Stand by. Here we go. I'm back. I'm the man. I'm first. I'm the man. I'm first.

CHAPTER 08 / 38 Discussion

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Capitol Police, and Missing Laptop

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz is heard grilling the Chief of the Capitol Police regarding a laptop that was seized as part of an investigation into her former IT staffer, Imran Awan. Wasserman Schultz demands the return of the equipment, claiming it was "lost," while the police chief maintains it is evidence in an ongoing criminal case. The hosts highlight the lack of mainstream media coverage regarding the Awan brothers' activities.

debbie wasserman schultz· capitol police· imran awan· laptop· evidence· house of representatives

38:18 Somehow the crickets seem louder here. Yeah, they are I think. Could just be me. Ah, they get bitter. This is a follow-up and we'll play a bit and then when you think you've heard enough I'll fast forward to the end. This was in Florida. This was a hearing with, I'm sorry, it was a DC, it's the representative from Florida, it's Debbie Wasserman Schultz. And she's in DC. Have you heard this bit? You've heard this clip? This is where she's grilling the guy? Yeah, what she wants is she wants her, the computer back that belonged to the now escaped and on the run Anwar gang,

39:08 We've talked about this. These are the guys who are paid double scale, who are stealing everything they had access to. I think it was 30 or 40 different representatives office and computers. They did they jump in there on Syria or someplace or Libya or somewhere they took off. And the DC police apparently has one of their computers and she wants it back. And what she's saying is, and remember that the DNC and Democrats and Debbie Walsh and Schultz, Schultz a big part of that. They didn't want anyone touching any of the DNC computers. She surely doesn't want anyone touching her computers with these, with these bandits who have run off with God knows what.

39:45 completely not reported. And she's saying, hey, well, you know, if it's mine, you should give it back. And the DC police guy is or I don't know if he's if he's the Capitol police or he's not going to give it to her. But he's also kind of dimwitted. So he's very careful. So you can always see him going like, hey, something's up with this. I think she wants this this computer for something. I'd like to know how Capitol Police handle Capitol Police. equipment that belongs to a member or a staffer that's been lost within the Capitol complex and found or recovered by one of your officers. Lost. I love how she frames it. It's been lost. In other words, they picked it up and went, okay, these guys are gone. We're going to take this as maybe evidence. What happens? Well, it's processed on a, on a, on a, on a, what's called a PD81, which is a, which is a, a property record.

40:37 And depending on the property, depending on how it's, if you can legitimately determine ownership, then it's generally turned back over to the owner of the property. If there's, if it's part of an ongoing case, then there are other things that have to occur for that to happen. So if a member says that they have equipment that's been lost and you find it, it would be returned to the member? In the general sense, yes. Not in your sense. You have to identify you have to be able to positively identify the property and be able to establish ownership And if ownership is established if it's part of an ongoing case then there are additional things that need to be done Oh, but if the member owns the equipment this is where she's I think we get the idea you move to the end okay? Let me just fast forward

41:26 Okay, last 30 seconds. I think there's extenuating circumstances in this case and I think that working through my counsel and the necessary personnel, if that in fact is the case and with the permission of, through the investigation, then we'll return the equipment. But until that's accomplished, I can't return the equipment. I think you're violating the rules when you conduct your business that way. And she'll expect that. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me. I yield back. I yield back. I'm done. I yield back. Violating the rules. You're not giving my machine back. So she's a bonehead. She, uh... Why? She's got total cover. No one's going to report on this. She's not a bonehead. She's got cover.

CHAPTER 09 / 38 Discussion

Seth Rich Medical Report, 4chan Surgery Resident, and Hospital VIPs

An anonymous report from 4chan, purportedly written by a surgery resident at Washington Hospital Center, describes the night Seth Rich was admitted. The report claims Rich's wounds were not fatal and that law enforcement eventually restricted access to his room before he died. A verified cardiologist producer for the show weighs in, stating the medical jargon in the post is consistent and that the level of security described for a low-level DNC staffer is highly unusual.

seth rich· washington hospital center· 4chan· surgery· dnc· cardiologist· medical jargon

42:12 No one's gonna report on this. Nobody's gonna report on it, but she had her machine stolen by the... In fact, nobody reports on these two Syrians or whoever they were. The Anwar gang, the Anwar brothers. The Anwar gang stealing all this stuff, and they could have been responsible for the DNC leaks for all we know. It's unbelievable how this stuff is ignored by the media. Now I got an answer for you regarding your Seth Rich medical report. Do you have that handy by any chance? The medical report? Yeah. It was a clip. Oh, that's right. I'd like to listen to that again. Do you remember what it might be called? Seth Rich something perhaps? Probably has Seth Rich something. Was it a PBS story? No, no, this was, I got this off the internet. This was a sketchy story by one of the podcasters and you've listened to this guy before you said. Yeah.

43:02 Oh, yeah, I think this is it. A person on something called BoardNet and with... Yeah, there we go. This is it. ...and BoardNet... The 4chan text. ...on something called forward slash Paul forward slash... Yeah, this is 4chan exactly. ...posted the following last Wednesday, May 17th. I am a fourth year surgery resident here who rotated from WHC, Washington Hospital Center, last year. It won't be hard to identify me, but I feel that I shouldn't stay silent. Seth Rich was shot twice with three total gunshot wounds. Entry and exit and entry. He was taken to the OR emergency where we performed an X-Lap and found a small injury to segment 3 of the liver which was packed and several small bowel injuries, pretty common for gunshots in the back exiting the abdomen, which we resected 12 centimeters of bowel and left him in discontinuity. Didn't hook everything back up with the intent of performing a washout in the morning.

44:02 He did not have any major vascular injuries or otherwise. I've seen dozens of worse cases than this which survived and nothing about his injury suggested to me that he'd sustained a fatal wound. In the meantime, he was transferred to the ICU and transfused two units of blood when his post-surgery crit came back at minus 20. He was stable and not on any press oars, and it seemed pretty routine. About eight hours after he arrived, we were sworn by LEOs, law enforcement officers, and pretty much everyone except the attending physician and a few nurses was kicked out of the ICU. It was weird as hell. At turnover, change of shift, that morning we were instructed not to make rounds on the VIP that came in last night.

44:52 That's exactly what the attending said, and no one except me and another resident had any idea who he was talking about. No one here was allowed to see Seth except for my attending physician when he died. No code was called. I rounded on patients literally next door but was physically blocked from checking in on him. I've never seen anything like it before and while I can't say 100% that he was allowed to die, I don't understand why he was treated like that on just one low-level doc. Something's fishy though, that's for sure. So we received an email from one of our producers who is a doctor who checks out.

45:35 He has a little blue no agenda checkmark, he's verified. He does want to remain anonymous in this case. ITM Adam and John, holy shit sons! I just listened to the latest NA show, the read of the fourth year surgery resident's account regarding the fishy stuff that went down at Washington Hospital Center involving then inpatient Seth R. I am, I am, oh okay, period. I am a practicing cardiologist of 24 years. I'd say that is, he's got standing, he's got standing there. And this sounds like a genuine report. The jargon is consistent and spot on. Very, very suspect. Major pharma money in this place. All kinds of shady science going on at this hospital apparently. This is also the hospital where a very good friend and graphic designer works and I'm told that the overwhelming majority in this hospital are all in with the Clintons. I know this for a fact.

46:26 This is most intriguing, mind you, this guy was a VIP of sorts, but a very low-level VIP. I've seen VIPs in teaching hospitals and this guy would not have risen to the level justifying all the restriction of entry as was, as I've seen, as was the case with Rich. Just doesn't make sense. At that point he was a DNC employee, not a household name. I had no idea he survived even long enough to get to the hospital. I fully assumed he died in the street. And I tell you, this in strictest NA confidence, it would be so easy to snuff somebody out in an intensive care unit, it isn't even funny. Well, there you have it. Well, let's bring us right to the story that's going around because it was Fox News.

CHAPTER 10 / 38 Discussion

Sean Hannity, Fox News Retraction, and Advertiser Boycotts

Fox News retracted a story linking Seth Rich to WikiLeaks, leading to an advertiser boycott of Sean Hannity's show by companies like Cars.com and Peloton. Hannity blamed liberal watchdog groups like Media Matters for the pressure. The hosts discuss the change in leadership at Fox News and the media's use of the term "debunked" to shut down further investigation into the murder.

sean hannity· fox news· media matters· cars.com· peloton· seth rich· retraction

47:08 It was Sean Hannity, actually let's start from the beginning. We're the first people that noticed that this was an anomaly. Well I think Don Lemon probably, that was his theory. Yeah, Don Lemon. Don Lemon is, all of you on CNN refuse to discuss the story at all or even the suggestion. So Sean Hannity, a couple weeks ago, comes up with this speculation because he has a private detective that comes on the show and he talks about the possibilities and he's heard from this guy and that guy. The private detective eventually pulled back on everything. Somebody got to him, that's the way I see it.

47:44 And then Fox News pulled the Seth Risch stuff completely and said the story is bogus and Sean Hannity can't talk about it anymore. And Sean Hannity, just as a quick one minute interstitial... Some advertisers are pulling out of Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel show. The embattled host is under fire for promoting a debunked theory about the death of a former DNC staffer. On Wednesday, Cars.com and exercise bike maker Peloton both indicated they will no longer advertise on his program. In a statement, Cars.com said they had quote, been watching closely and recently made the decision to pull our advertising. And Peloton states quote, we directed our media agency to stop advertising on Sean Hannity's show. Despite the controversy, Hannity's ratings have seen a spike.

48:27 Hannity has been pursuing this theory that Seth Rich was actually the person who leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks and that he was assassinated. Investigators say there is no indication that Rich's death in 2016 is connected to his employment at the DNC. Fox retracted that story on Tuesday. In an interview, Hannity blamed the controversy on liberal watchdog groups. He's now on vacation from his show for the rest of the week and we'll have more on this later on. Good morning America. Well, the liberal watchdog group is Media Matters, which is run by the Clintons. Finance by the Clintons. We don't know if it's run by them, but it was certainly finance. Let's be realistic. These guys and everybody else keeps reporting the same thing, and they use the word debunked. Yeah. Okay, I would like to know who debunked it because... Don Lemon. Don Lemon. Unless you can... Yeah, okay. Unless they solve the mystery... Then it's not debunked.

49:27 And I don't see that they've eliminated the other possibilities, but they have no idea who killed this guy. So how can it be debunked? Who debunked it? I never saw a debunking. No, it was just all of a sudden, Fox, I guess when Fox says, oh, this can't be true, that's a serious debunking of a crazy Republican conspiracy theory. And you might want to notice that the leadership has changed over there at Fox and, you know, it was already run by Democrats. But when Roger Ailes got... And the ratings have fallen through the floor, I might add, which is it It was just total glee at MSNBC and CNN because they were they hate being lorded over by Fox all the time and of course it was a variety that was Carrying the day and was a guy really him. This is what happens when the universe is flip this and this is normal. It's normal occurrence

50:12 Now, the debunk thing they keep bringing up, and we don't know that it's been debunked, the family apparently somehow has gotten involved now. And since Seth Rich was a DNC worker, he worked at the Democratic National Committee, you have to assume his family and everybody's all a bunch of Democrats. And you know that somebody went to the family and says, you know, this is doing Seth no good. And it's hurting the party. It's hurting the party. And so that happened. We still prove, I can't prove it, but that's the way it would go down. That's the way you do it. And in light of all this, we have to remember a couple of things that kind of lead to us to develop a theory, a speculation, let's put it, as opposed to a conspiracy theory, speculation. One is that I've never heard of WikiLeaks putting up a reward for anybody to be caught

51:04 solve a mystery. They did that for Seth Rich. And I don't recall WikiLeaks paying for a funeral of anybody, but they did that for Seth Rich. I think there's guilty conscience involved here with Assange and and then Seth Rich apparently was a friend of Kim dot-com. Yeah, and that's good. That should be although says yeah, he did it. Yeah, okay, so we have a Circumstantial evidence, but let's ignore that and just say it's all debunked. Well here. We have no evidence of that Here's Fox's statement on the story on May 16th the story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC staff staffer Seth Rich and

51:45 The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article is found not to meet those standards and has since been removed. Now, under normal circumstances... I'm gonna use that paragraph for my ex-wives. Now, under normal circumstances... The mainstream media, MSNBC in particular, and CNN would ridicule that memo because it had that comment in it. But where's the ridicule? I don't see it. And they'd never drop an opportunity to ridicule Fox. Good one. I give you a...

52:26 Plus one for the day. So let's listen to the first intro, the kind of thing that started it up, then we're gonna switch to PBS. This is just a short, the short beginning that was run on Seth Rich CBS. Yesterday, the Fox News Channel retracted a story that said a Democratic National Committee staffer may have leaked sensitive emails before he was murdered last year. Well, there's no evidence of this, but Chip Reid reports that several conservative... There's no evidence he was murdered? ...that several conservative commentators are still peddling this sensational conspiracy theory.

CHAPTER 11 / 38 Discussion

PBS NewsHour Coverage, Seth Rich Conspiracy, and False News

PBS NewsHour's report on the Seth Rich case is analyzed, specifically their use of the term "false news" instead of "fake news." The segment features Newt Gingrich questioning why the 53,000 leaked DNC emails aren't being investigated in relation to Rich. The hosts criticize the PBS analysts for claiming the theory is "roundly debunked" without providing evidence to solve the original murder case.

pbs newshour· john yang· newt gingrich· reddit· false news· wikileaks· seth rich

53:05 I know for sure it is the Russians. Most of official Washington believes that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails. Nice keyboard sound effect. But some supporters of President Trump have been pushing an alternate theory that Seth Rich, a DNC employee, stole the emails and gave them to WikiLeaks and for doing so became the victim of an unsolved murder. Yeah, okay. So they go on with their report. It's not really as... I thought actually PBS, which has turned from being fairly objective, as we point out on and on again, for example, when they have two guests that both take the same side of a topic, PBS is really biting on the litany of the narrative as we put it. Yes, the narrative, which shall not be violated.

53:59 So Seth, I got two clips, part one and part two of this, of a very long story. They gave it, dedicated a lot of time. I actually had to cut it off. Seth Rich, PBS story one. Now how an unsolved murder in the nation's capital turned into a conspiracy theory and then became a case study of how false news spreads. Wait a minute, why false news? Why is she changing the meme? I'm wondered about that too and I'm glad you stopped it. Yeah, they're trying to promote the idea that this is a False news fake news stories, but I think this is a style guideline change I think that they want to be taken more seriously and using fake news is not serious enough for PBS though. They've Good catch movies towards false, and I think we can hear this the only PBS because it's dumb fake news is the meme fake news what you want to use? False news spread oh hold on stop stop. I'm now as you said that I

54:59 I think what they may be doing is not what you suggested, but they can't say fake news. Oh! Fact check, false. Because it's not. But what about false? They're saying that, they're just saying that the story's not true, and so they use false to imply fake news without saying fake news. Hmm. Well, anyway, play it play. Came a case study of how false news spreads. A case study that has not been discussed by anyone. It underscores once again the problem of polarized politics and divided sources of information. John Yang reports.

55:37 To the extent of my ability, I am not going to stop trying to find the truth. The story of Seth Rich's death is a story of how fake news spreads from websites and online forums like Reddit. Now you used fake news there. Yeah, I guess my theory's wrong. Seth Rich's death is a story of how fake news spreads from websites and online forums like Reddit to primetime cable TV. Another massive breaking news story. Like that some kind of big jump, Reddit to primetime cable TV news TV. That's not a big leap.

56:16 explosive developments in the mysterious murder of former DNC staffer Seth Rich. Early one morning last July, 27-year-old Rich was found fatally shot near his Washington, D.C. home. Not according to the report, though. Politics had drawn the Omaha native to the city, and he was working at the Democratic National Committee when he died. The case is still unsolved. D.C. police theorize it was a botched robbery, the latest in a string of attacks in the neighborhood. As Rich's family and friends mourned, he became the subject of a baseless conspiracy theory. The claim was that he was the source of the DNC emails about the Hillary Clinton campaign that WikiLeaks released later that month. A private investigator says there is evidence to show Rich was communicating with WikiLeaks. Last week, Fox's Washington station broadcast an interview with Fox News legal commentator Rod Wheeler.

57:15 there is information that could link Seth Rich to WikiLeaks? Absolutely. Yeah, and that's confirmed. Two days later, Wheeler backtracked, saying his statements were a miscommunication. But not before Trump ally Sean Hannity devoted a portion of his Fox show to the story, giving Wheeler a much bigger platform for his unsubstantiated claims. With the totality of everything else that I've found in this case. It's very consistent for a person with my experience to begin to think, well, perhaps there were some email communications. That's another great line. I need to do that as well. It is very consistent with someone of my intelligence to think this.

58:00 Isn't that basically what he said? It's kind of what he said and what he's then what he's trying to say Yes, it's what he said and but and why would you backtrack on that by the way? How do you backtrack on that I have an opinion. I don't I never saw the backtrack. I've only read the Apologies a no they say backtrack. I've never seen it either the All he said really was, from what I can tell, the guy probably did some emails with WikiLeaks and he didn't really say that much. It was just mostly bravado, the way he's presenting it, like you pointed out. Anyway, onward.

58:36 The person with my experience began to think, well, perhaps there were some email communications between Seth and WikiLeaks. For some conservative commentators, retractions and fact checks have appeared to make little difference. Supporters of President Trump are trying to use the story to discredit the investigation into Russian meddling in the election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. Newt Gingrich on Fox & Friends this past Sunday. We have this very strange story now of this young man who worked for the Democratic National Committee who apparently was assassinated at four in the morning having given WikiLeaks something like 23,000, I'm sorry 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. Nobody's investigating that. There is no evidence for those claims. Yesterday the Fox News website retracted... It doesn't seem to you

59:30 that, you know, let's just assume or presume for a moment that most people in Dimension B and certainly Democratic Party don't think this is true. And they just... All? Well, no, some people know the facts. I'm... Well, at least know that they don't count. They all, they all are like, oh, this is bullcrap. So what do you do? So what you want to do is you want to really ratchet, you know, because right now they have no proof of anything. None of Comey's stuff, Brennan's testimony, it's all speculation, nothing. So the best thing to do is unleash the newt. I think Newt Gingrich is working for the Democrats and you know, he's a douche, he's a turner, it wouldn't surprise me. You know, bring him out to make it as lavish as possible.

1:00:19 You think that could be? This guy? No. I really don't. I think he really detests the Democrats. If he was, I think it would be more interesting because he's the guy, I mentioned it on the other show, that is a candidate for FBI. What I meant to say was he's a candidate to replace Rance Pribis as Chief of Staff. Now that would be more interesting with him in there because he's a blowhard. Thousand attachments, nobody's investigating that. There is no evidence for those claims. Yesterday the Fox News website retracted a story it had published on Rich's death saying it was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require and has since been removed.

1:01:03 Yeah, yeah. Well, it's just beautiful. There's no evidence. But everything else with no evidence is proof. Well, yeah, we've got evidence. Excuse me, I just sneezed. Oh, yes. We have some examples of that coming up, but let's play part two of this. On his radio show yesterday, Hannity initially doubled down. I am not Fox.com or FoxNews.com. I retracted nothing. You're fired. Alexios Menzarlis is at the Poynter Institute, a journalism school. Basic journalistic principles weren't met, right? The story was run without the source being properly read and without the DC police or the rich family being consulted.

1:01:48 Today, Rich's parents wrote in The Washington Post, We have two grieving parents who would like to find out the truth. about their murdered son, and what they're getting instead is an avalanche of conspiracy theories and politically motivated spin. On his Fox show last night, Hannity said he'd had heartfelt talks with the rich family. Out of respect for the family's wishes for now.

1:02:27 I am not discussing this matter at this time. But then he spoke to his fans. Please do not interpret what I'm saying tonight to mean anything. Don't read into this. I promise you I am not doing, going to stop doing my job. Analysts say it... What is his job exactly? I don't know. Is he an investigative reporter now? Stop doing my job. Analysts say it underscores the fragmented media world we live in. The lesson here is that it's easy to find online and

1:03:04 and in this enormous wealth of information that there is around us, all kinds of stuff. All kinds of conspiracies, all kinds of hoaxes. If you are predisposed to think that something sketchy happened with the DNC, or perhaps that Melania wants to divorce the president and she's swatting his hand away, then yeah. then you are more likely to believe stories that aren't and how is this guy a brain professor? He's just it's incredible logic that he's spewing on us. He's a goofy looking guy too, it's funny. And as this one has been roundly debunked. He sounds like the Microsoft CEO.

1:03:43 It sounds a lot like him, but it's roundly debunked. It's not roundly debunked. Where is the roundly debunked? Where is it debunked at all? And by the way, it's not an avalanche of conspiracy theories. There's one theory. Well, that goes along with the millions of contacts. There's one theory. Let's outline it. Seth Rich stole some documents from the DNC servers, and he's probably logged in as such and nobody wants to find that that's for sure Gave him to WikiLeaks and was shot. That's it. There's nothing beyond that there's not 25 theories He's not an alien. He didn't wasn't dropped off under any bull crap I think I think I only debunked you made your point of this coverage. I just like the term roundly debunked I have don't think I've heard it said that way roundly I

CHAPTER 12 / 38 Discussion

Judge Andrew Napolitano, FISA Unmasking, and NSA Violations

Judge Andrew Napolitano discusses recently released documents showing that the NSA routinely violated the Constitution by spying on Americans without warrants. Napolitano explains that the FISA court chastised the NSA for these illegal searches, which included the unmasking of General Michael Flynn. He argues that the "six degrees of separation" rule allows the government to effectively spy on the entire U.S. population.

andrew napolitano· fisa court· nsa· fourth amendment· unmasking· michael flynn· spying

1:04:30 Roundly debunked now there was one other story that kind of slipped in here That Fox News covered it which was interesting they did it all with the new management and the new men on campus They brought in judge Andrew Napolitano who I'm pretty sure he won't be brought on again either. I mean it's gonna be so boring and He's so boring. It's already boring. And this was about the illegal FISA unmaskings that were admitted by in closed session by the Obama administration, I guess, was it two weeks before everyone was out? They needed to come clean on this because there were, I would say it was like one and like 20%

1:05:14 of all of these, let's just call it the wiretapping, was done illegally and people were exposed and unmasked illegally. Ordinary release of once top secret documents showing the extent to which the National Security Administration under President Barack Obama routinely violated standards, commitments, and the Constitution itself to spy on Americans without a warrant, something our next guest has been warning us all about for years. Here now Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst. I could ask you how did you know but specifically what this these top secret documents say is that five out of every 20 NSA internet searches actually violated safeguards the government was supposed to keep. So the reason this is extraordinary is because this is one of the rare federal courts in the United States that meets in secret.

1:06:03 No press is allowed, no adversary is there. We don't even know what their rulings are. But they released a ruling last night that they issued last month, which chastised the NSA for spying without warrants. The NSA acknowledged that it violated federal law, but the problem is far worse than the court has acknowledged. Let's go back to the book itself. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifically says no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. The FISA court, which you just mentioned, was supposed to be the instrument of that amendment. Instead it's the enabler of the NSA. It doesn't issue warrants that particularly describe the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized. It issues warrants for groups like everybody in zip code 10036, which is where we are now.

1:06:57 All customers of Verizon, which is 113 million people. And its warrants are not based on probable cause, it's based on governmental need. And we got a taste of what this means by the unmasking of General Flynn because that was not a wiretap that was focused on General Flynn, it was a secondary or a tertiary. You're exactly right. It was the use of NSA generated data without a Pfizer, without a Pfizer warrant. under the guise of being for national security purposes, used for blatant political purposes, a serious threat to the freedom of the republic. And it's not only the second or third person, they could go out to the sixth person. Go out six degrees of separation. Six degrees of separation, if you do the math, covers about 330 million people, the population of the United States. That's what NSA claims it can legally spy upon. I love the little 333 million reference. Thank you.

CHAPTER 13 / 38 Discussion

New York Times Leak, Trump-Duterte Transcript, and Nuclear Submarines

The New York Times published a leaked transcript of a private phone call between President Trump and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. In the call, Trump reportedly revealed the location of two U.S. nuclear submarines near North Korea and praised Duterte's aggressive anti-drug campaign. The hosts criticize the media for reporting on confidential transcripts without questioning the source or the legality of the leak.

donald trump· rodrigo duterte· new york times· north korea· nuclear submarines· philippines· leaks

1:07:49 Thank you. Always good to receive your... Code received! Judge Knapp, code received. Yeah, so they did wiretap! Yeah, of course. But it's... well. In fact, a good example of that was on the PBS NewsHour, and I want you to play this clip. This is the NYT reveals Trump chat. Now, I have the transcript of this even. Why, how does anybody have the transcript of this? This was a wiretap. of a private conversation with Trump and Duarte, assuming everything that, here's another little thing you gotta, Trump likes to brag, and he said that the fleet was on its way, you know, the fleet was on its way. So now all of a sudden, because Trump in private conversation tells Duarte something, we assume that it's not only is he telling the truth, which he apparently never does, at least from one perspective,

1:08:46 He's not only telling the truth, but he's revealing some sort of state secret that now the New York Times decides to reveal to the entire public. Play this. Word has leaked that President Trump disclosed that the U.S. had been- Just the start of it, John. That is not how you start as a journalist. I can tell- I won't even play my journalist card. Listen to how this story starts. Word has leaked. That's not the start to a story. Am I nuts? Well, not only that, but when we listen to that other guy go on about journalistic standards and how you're supposed to do things, it seems to be completely violated by this story. This is PBS.

1:09:28 Yes, word has leaked. Oh, well, must be true. Word has leaked that President Trump disclosed that the U.S. had positioned two nuclear submarines off of North Korea. The New York Times is reporting that Mr. Trump revealed the information in an April 29th phone call with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. According to confidential transcripts, he also praised Duterte for doing quote, an unbelievable job fighting drugs. Thousands of drug suspects have been killed since Duterte took office. Implication? Yeah, Trump's coming to kill you, you weed smoker.

1:10:07 This is in a confidential transcript, which you have a copy of. That's how confidential it is. This whole thing and there's no, do they go to Trump and ask him if he said this or they do any of the follow-up questions? They just take the New York Times piece, which doesn't do it either, and just read it, parrot it, you know, like a stooge. I mean, this is unbelievable. At this point, it's hard to reckon with. I do have a theory. I have a grandiose theory, which I will outline with more detail in an upcoming newsletter in the form of an essay.

CHAPTER 14 / 38 Discussion

Democratic Strategy, 2018 Midterms, and Mike Pence

A theory is proposed that the Democratic Party is intentionally keeping the Russia investigation and impeachment talk alive to mobilize voters for the 2018 and 2020 elections. The hosts suggest that Democrats actually fear a Trump resignation because Vice President Mike Pence could consolidate the evangelical vote and be harder to defeat in 2020. They argue the strategy is to keep Trump "wounded" but in office for maximum political leverage.

democratic party· 2018 elections· 2020 elections· mike pence· impeachment· george soros· strategy

1:10:50 Wow, that's value for value. You're not even going to do it on the show? You're going to do it in the newsletter? That's interesting. Well, I can give you a preview of it on the show. The idea is that what I'm seeing and what I'm witnessing, I believe, and I think it's all the Democrats and the liberals and the liberals in the media that know all the stuff that we always bitch and moan about, really have the... We bitch and moan about Republicans too. Oh yeah. Not just liberals. But they're not as... I don't think the Republicans are quite as good at things as these guys. Soros funded. Most Democrats are professional liars. First of all, there is no real

1:11:33 desire to get Trump to quit, especially before Christmas. And especially before the big short that is, you know, there's a big short in the market right now. No, I don't know about the big short. Who's shorting what? All the funds are short, they're shorting their own stocks. The theory is they want to get everything down to soften the blow because it's coming. And John, everything, it's like the market is one big short. I can't believe I gotta tell Horowitz if he didn't bring it up on the show Tuesday. Well, we didn't bring it up on the show. We'll talk about the shorts on the next show. Anyway, the point is is that you want to keep the idea is the following. The Democrats have this scheme and it's part of the narrative that we talk about. And the idea is you keep Trump

1:12:25 Under pressure. Russia, Russia, Russia. He's gonna quit, he's gonna quit. He should be impeached, he should be impeached. And especially that last thing, even though they're backing off on that, but that'll be back because Maxine Waters and the other guy and these other people are gonna keep bringing it up on the floor of Congress and impeach him, impeach him. Because what you wanna do is you wanna take it, and you wanna keep this in the news, the same stupid stories in the news for the next year until the 2018 elections. then you change your narrative. Well, we can't impeach him with all these Republicans in Congress and Senate and House because they'll never let it happen even though he's a horrible person. Vote for me! He should be impeached. Vote for me!

1:13:08 So then they try to switch things around and get the votes in. Now let's assume they take over both houses with this plan. Now can they impeach him? No, no, no, no. You don't want to impeach him now because you just talk a lot about it. You keep talking about it, you keep it in the conversation, you still bitch about the Russians and you do that because now it's going to go to the 2020 elections and you're going to say the following. We tried to impeach him, we tried to do this, we tried to do that, we can't do it. The best way is to vote him out. We need you people. And the fear is of course is that if he does quit or if he does get impeached or anything like that, you get Pence. And Pence can, Pence and the big fear, the Democrats all know this, we talk about it, but I came to the conclusion that the Democrats aren't that stupid, they know it too. Pence is the kind of guy that like George Bush, they could never get out of office.

1:14:01 could bring out the evangelical vote, which is huge. And many times they don't vote. They just, there was kind of a lazy. He could totally activate them. So he'd activate them and he'd win in 2020. And that's a big fear. The only wild card in this theory is Trump actually Well, he's not gonna quit. He can't quit. But he can say that he's not gonna run for a second term. And then the Democrats are screwed because all it looks like was they were whining and whining and whining and whining for four years about the same stupid stuff with no proof. And now they want, now, we're gonna vote for him? I don't think so. And I think that is a very good strategy. And if he can get beyond his

1:14:51 presumably enlarged ego to say, you know what, country over party, I'm going to let Pence run the show because he'll win and he can activate them. That would be interesting to see if he would do that. If he would say, you know what, it's better for me to step aside, boom, let Pence run, he'll win, and it's better for everybody. I don't know if you can do it. Especially if Pence is going to run against an aged Hillary. Yeah, aged. Aged. Now, the only fly in the ointment for the Democrats with this scheme, which I believe is in action because we just witnessed it every time we do this show, that's all we see is the same stuff, is that the public

1:15:41 Buck, you know kind of bucks it and and decides to vote more Republicans in Oh Completely screwing up their whole idea happen to sure that could happen And that's why I think you're seeing a lot of you know You see more special elections being watched more closely and like the one in Montana that's taking place today Yeah, where they're using Trump as the as the talking point. Well the same this the same playbook same play, or as Maxine Waters would say, the same play out of the playbook. Trump of course is a horrible, horrible man. He's horrible towards journalists. And this is the Guardian reporter Greg Jacobs, who I guess he went into Pastor Greg Gianforte, is that his name? Gianforte?

CHAPTER 15 / 38 Discussion

Greg Gianforte, Guardian Reporter Body Slam, and Media Sensationalism

During a special election in Montana, candidate Greg Gianforte was accused of "body slamming" Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs after being asked about the CBO score for the healthcare bill. The hosts discuss the lack of video evidence and suggest the term "body slam" is a sensationalized description of a physical altercation. They compare the incident to previous claims of violence against journalists by the Trump campaign.

greg gianforte· ben jacobs· the guardian· montana· body slam· special election· healthcare

1:16:29 Yeah, I think that's how you pronounce it. So he went in to ask him something and this guy who looks like he's 10 feet tall, he was pissed off. If you hadn't heard this, this is what this journalist then uploaded. The CBO score, because you know you were waiting to make your decision about healthcare until you saw the bill and it just came out. And we'll talk to you about that later. Yeah, but there's not going to be time. I'm just curious if you can speak with Shane, please. I'm sick and tired of you guys. The last guy that came here, you did the same thing. The thing I like is you body slam me. Now there is no video, there's only witnesses who say, yeah, I partially saw it.

1:17:28 This is exactly what happened with the girl in the Trump campaign. Oh, he bruised my arm. They're violent. Yeah. And this guy was on every station. Yes, this was played big. He body slammed me. What is body slamming? Did he really body slam you? The real body slam is you pick the guy up and you flip him over and you throw him down as hard as you can so he hits flat. Thank you. That's a body slam. This sounds like... He's got to push the guy. He says, get out of here and he pushed him. Yeah, and he tripped and he fell on his glasses. Yeah, you know, it's a contact sport. And before we take a break, I have two terms I want to discuss. Not phrases from the Shays, but I decided to look up contempt of Congress because there was a lot of, well, if Mike Flynn doesn't hand over his records, then we're going to hold him in contempt of Congress. You know, this is nefarious at best.

CHAPTER 16 / 38 Discussion

Contempt of Congress, Lois Lerner, and Legislative Brig

The legal definition and history of "Contempt of Congress" are explored in the context of the Michael Flynn investigation. The hosts note that the power was originally intended to punish those who bribed representatives and is distinct from judicial contempt. They point out that figures like Lois Lerner were held in contempt without serving jail time, as the power is generally tied to legislative rather than criminal matters.

contempt of congress· lois lerner· michael flynn· subpoenas· irs· constitution· law

1:18:25 If you really look into how contempt of Congress works, which initially, the history of it goes back to the late 1790s, it was about bribing representatives. So if you bribed a representative, then you could be held in contempt of Congress and they could have you thrown in the brig. I don't know if they actually send you to jail. The brig. But this has changed over time. And one thing is very sure, it stands above everything, that you can be held in contempt of Congress. And the most recent person to be held in contempt of Congress, I think was Lerner, Lois Lerner, for her refusal to testify over the IRS. No, no, no. No one has really spent any massive time in jail in all of history.

1:19:19 Let's see, most people would come up with whatever was necessary. They all complied eventually, but Lowe's Lerner is definitely not in jail. The thing with contempt of Congress, this is the legislative branch, not the judicial branch. And anything they do, if they want to hold someone in contempt of Congress, it has to be related to legislation, not criminal activity. I'm not sure exactly how they want to make that fit, which I think is why they're caging a little bit. Yeah, we'll use subpoenas. I don't think you can actually hold someone in contempt of Congress for not wanting to testify about something criminal. I mean, it has to be something about legislation.

CHAPTER 17 / 38 Discussion

James Comey, Contemporaneous Notes, and Adam Schiff

The media's frequent use of the term "contemporaneous notes" regarding James Comey's memos is challenged. The hosts argue that notes taken after a meeting are "journaling" or "blogging" rather than truly contemporaneous, which would require taking notes during the conversation. Representative Adam Schiff is mocked for his appearance, with the hosts likening him to a "constipated turtle."

james comey· adam schiff· contemporaneous notes· fbi· turtle· memos· journaling

1:20:11 So that's just something, you know, I'm not a lawyer. We got plenty of constitutional lawyers out there who can check that for us. The second is the term contemporaneous. This is bullshit. If I hear one more time that Comey took contemporaneous notes, it's not true. I've never heard this. I don't know what you're hearing. Oh, my goodness. Well, it was sadly it was Wednesday, but all day Wednesday, all I heard was, well, we know Comey took contemporaneous notes, contemporaneous notes. It's a great word. But he did not he was not taking notes in front of Trump's face No at the time which is what contemporaneous note. It's like that. It's like journaling. Yeah It would have been better if he said he journaled it or he blogged it later I don't care what you want to say, but it was not contemporaneous CIA and intelligence guys take contemporaneous notes and

1:21:06 They're trained. My uncle Don does this to this day. He's talking about what to... This is my story with the guy at the refinery. Talk to me. I'm talking to him. He's taking notes as I talked to him when I was an inspector. And he's taking the notes and we talk back and forth and he writes something down that he said, and I write something down... Or he writes something down that I said, and then at the end, he's rubber stamping with a date stamp and put it in his folder. And that's contemporaneous notes. Yeah. Dad is, yeah. But so Comey didn't do that, but yet I hear it. Well, I'll have to find some clips now. I thought you would have noticed this too. I didn't notice it. Hmm. A lot of it. Certainly Schiff. Schiff likes to say that a lot. Doosh. Schiff is, you know, Schiff, somebody described him on a radio talk show and I, now I can't not look at Adam Schiff. I cannot look at him without thinking this. He looks like a constipated turtle.

1:22:05 I like that. He should wear turtleneck sweaters. It would really complete the picture. He looks like a turtle and he does look constipated. Constipated turtle. Alright, artist. On your mark, get set, go. Alright, boom. And with that, I'd like to say in the morning to you, John C, that C stands for Copacetic Dvorak. I think he, no, maybe not. In the morning to you, Adam Curtis, Curry. What? In the morning to you Adam Curtis Curry In the morning to all ships and sea boots on the ground feeding the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights Out there indeed II in the morning to everybody in the war room no agenda stream calm Thank you all for showing up and helping out, but that is to your job there if you want to go toodle around then you need to go to No agenda social comm during the show go there. That's little around. Whoa

CHAPTER 18 / 38 Discussion

No Agenda Love Potion, Oxytocin, and Art Credits

The hosts discuss the latest show artwork by Melvin Gipstein, titled "No Agenda Love Potion Number 33," which features oxytocin. This artwork inspired a new jingle based on the classic "Love Potion No. 9." They encourage listeners to visit the No Agenda Art Generator to view and contribute artwork for the show.

love potion· oxytocin· melvin gipstein· jingle· no agenda art· tap water

1:22:59 You haven't add that to the list phrase from the Shays toodle Toodle around roll. Yeah, I'm working it. Hey. Thank you Seneca and toodle. Thank you. Thank you very much to Melvin Gibstein who brought us the artwork for episode 9 or 3 1 now this really kicked off quite a Quite a lot of interesting conversation. It was no agenda love potion number 33 oxytocin ingredients tap water not for mixed race use and it of course that immediately resulted in a jingle. I took my troubles down to Adam and John. I knew that something had gone terribly wrong. A little love potion

1:23:54 And we have a longer version, end of show. I like the HUUUH! Well I did that. That was me. I got my orders in, I haven't tried them yet. But this seems like we need to repackage this. Oxytocin! Oh, all right. Yeah. Oh man, there's tons of stories about this. We'll talk about it later. Anyway, I do want to thank Melvin Gipstein for bringing us that artwork. Noagenderartgenerator.com is where you can upload everything. Where you pick a piece of art after the show. It's often used for newsletters and we love to give our artists credit because it's due to them. Noagenderartgenerator.com. All right. So we have, we start off right away with a problem. Uh oh.

CHAPTER 19 / 38 Discussion

Donation Segment, Executive Producers, and Identity Theft Advice

The first donation segment features contributions from several "Executive Producers" supporting the value-for-value model. A listener named Hans Furberger provides advice on avoiding identity theft by using pseudonyms and vague locations when donating. The hosts debate the risk of sharing names and birthdays on a podcast versus other methods used by criminals.

donations· value for value· identity theft· knighthood· executive producers· karma

1:24:38 Because I got a note from Eric and everybody, Charles Couch in Broomfield, Colorado, who sends us money and he has the accounting for his knighthood. He says it's $525.25. He says, notes sent to jayatdavarck.org. Well, the last note I have from Charles, and I have a few, or it's usually, unless he's got a different email address or something, it was in October. I don't have anything from him. So if I look up Couch, I won't find it. If I look up Charles Couch, I don't find it. So there may be something. I'll look later and maybe in the second part of our donation segment I'll find it. But I don't have it. I want to thank Sir Chris Wilson for that jingle by the way. Yeah, Chris. Chris is the best. Okay, let's see. Said with such sincerity. Chris, you're great. You rock.

1:25:28 Susan Stevens sent a card. She also sent $337. Let's give him some karma at least. Oh yeah, well we're going to get back to him. That's the thing. Okay, but yeah, give him some karma. Karma? Oh please, hello? You've got karma. He's on a nice waiting list until I get that note and we can follow up, probably in the next show. Susan Stevens, 33749 in Buffalo, New York. Love the show, love the artwork, love the newsletter. Instead of paying for fake news, I'm supporting the best podcast in the universe. And she has a subscription to, I guess, USA Today or something, and she has it canceled. She sent that back to us. Set up. Good. Thank you both. She's a beautiful buffalo. Nice. Thank you so much. You've got karma. Duncan Martin, Canyon County, Country Canyon, Country, California.

1:26:29 Uh, 334. Hi guys, I'm donating the requisite amount to make you read my spiel on the show. Spiel? You're over. You don't need to send that much if you just want us to read your spiel. Uh, just messing with you. He says, I won't be a lecturer. This won't be a lecture. I used to listen to the show a few years back, but stopped because I didn't agree with everything you guys said. No, no, you gotta rewrite it. Because I didn't agree with everything you guys say, in air quotes. You can call me out after a while. I decided I missed the show and I've been listening again for some while now. The show is better than ever. Now I agree with everything you guys say. That's not good. How do you know from one to the other is what I'd like to know.

1:27:15 It's called I decided I better get off my ass and donate it's time for It's it's time to go from donor to boner from slacker to backer. No, he's a donor Yeah, get it backwards. I like from slacker to backer. I like slacker to backer. Don't be a slacker be a backer. Yep from malefactor to benefactor. Don't be a malefactor, be a benefactor. From liver to giver. From spoiled to sponsor. From crack daddy to sugar daddy. Keep up the good work. I like a triple helping of science, your choice. Oh, alrighty. The science is in! Science!

1:27:55 The science is in! You've got karma. There you go. Triple. And you should get a dedouching too, actually. You've been dedouched. Deserves that one. Yes, he does. Says he's gone from slacker to backer. Yo yo. Chris Daly sent you a note, $333.77. He did, did he? So it says... And let's see, Chris Daly. Here we go, Executive Producer Note. Hey Adam! You two have been doing brilliant work lately. I just made a $333.77 donation for this Thursday show, which brings me about two-thirds of the way to knighthood. Congratulations. I have a jingle request for Debugging Karma. He would like Bugs Bugs Bugs, the shortest version without the taste like Poop Chaser, D-Douching, and Karma.

1:28:47 I think they all have it taste like poop. Nah, we just have a short one. I also have a short of complicated value for value request. Okay, I don't have to read on the show. I got to look through that. This just came in and it was been a weird week for me, so I apologize. So he wants bugs? What, bugs, bugs, bugs? I love bugs. I guess. Yeah, he wants I love bugs. And then what else does he want? You got the note. Hold on. Yeah, this is difficult. I can't read and so deducing and karma. I should be able to do that You've been deduced

1:29:44 You've got karma. Alright. Worth it, cataloging these things? You got a lot of these... random clips in there. You're a hoarder. I'm a digital hoarder of the highest order. Woo! Made another rhyme. You're on a roll sleepy doc meanwhile gave us two hundred forty six dollars and eighty cents I enjoy and appreciate both your efforts and insights arising from being on the edge of both universes Mm-hmm keep it up because you can remember if you're not on the edge. You're taking up too much room Thank you sleepy dog Hans Furburger I don't like fur on my burger

1:30:28 He's Hans Furberger, $200.02, which is a palindrome. And he wrote a handwritten note from Hans. He's also known as Wolf Minnesota. I heard about your show from my loyal friend Jason Lane, who is a long-time listener and executive producer. He's told me about the show several times over the last few years, but every time I tried an episode, I didn't like it. I thought you guys are just liberal bashers, rich white guys. I gave it another shot early this year and slowly got into it. We're a couple of rich white guys. If we were rich, we would be liberals. Give me a break. Yeah, exactly. Liberal bashing white guys. I gave your show another shot this year and slowly got into it. Now I'm a big fan now. And I can say you two have shifted my political perspective. I can attest that it can be hard to get into the show.

1:31:23 I guess, for new listeners, but I'm glad Jason kept encouraging me. What's of new listeners of a certain mentality. There are people that are kind of like Alex Jones listeners or people like that and they fall into the show rather quickly. They do. So it depends on you. It depends on the individual. If you're woke or not. If you're woke, yeah, you'll never get into the show if you're woke. He says he also started this is the this is what happens with the fanatic. There's like a guy who quit smoking Mmm. Okay. Yeah. Oh, I hate the smell of cigarettes here. He goes I've also in this is the quit smoking part at least to me. I've also started on episode one Why why pain yourself in such a man to get more show history and give more of your guys perspectives I like the old shows as much as the new ones really

1:32:21 I'm a big proponent of the value for value model. I'm happy to donate for the first time. I also appreciate the feeling of community with the war room, meetups, birthday list, but as a victim of identity theft, now here we go. I was thinking whether I should read this or not because I disagree with him. My son, by the way, Buzzkill Jr. was a victim of identity theft. He says he cringes every time I hear a donor give their first and last name, city, state. Ah, and birthday, which often includes an age. Well, we should stop doing that. This is plenty of personal info for a criminal to make your life in pain in the S for months. I recommend using a fun pseudonym like Hans Furberger, a vague location and never giving your real date of birth ever.

1:33:11 Anyway, just lost a friend. I just lost some friendly, oh, just some friendly advice from someone who has had to deal with ID theft. Take it or leave it. Thanks for your, I don't think name and location is really a problem. it. Even though you know where you were born, I don't think that's if I'm a criminal, I'm just going to turn it around. If I'm a criminal, there are easier ways. Yes. Go to the sit through that crappy no agenda show to pick targets. I don't think so. It's the podcast bandit. I tell you, I listened to podcasts and they go rob people. Yeah, that sounds about right. Get your pencil out. I do. My pencil is out.

1:33:54 Well, I mean you're writing the instrument? Yes. Please play, New Shit Has Come to Light, whoop him with the Constitution, resist we much and you will obey. Okay, whoop him. New Shit Has Come to Light. No, New Shit Has Come to Light first, correct? Yeah, yeah. Okay, damn it. It's lack, it's lack. Alright, okay. So, new Manning and then what else? What was the third one? Resist we much and you will obey. Resist we much. Okay. And then we obey. I've got information, man! New shit has come to light! Get out there! Whooping, whooping, whooping, whooping for Constitution! But resist we much. We must and we will much about that

CHAPTER 20 / 38 Discussion

Podcaster Pro Crowdfunding, Native Ads, and Newsletter Metrics

Adam Curry announces the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for his "Podcaster Pro" hardware. The hosts discuss the definition of "native advertising" and clarify that promoting their own projects is not the same as being paid by a third party to insert a story. They also note a recent dip in newsletter engagement and discuss the importance of the lower-tier donor base.

podcaster pro· crowdfunding· native advertising· newsletter· value for value· marketing

1:34:56 Be committed. You will obey. You will obey. You will obey. You've got karma. Alright. Not too bad. Got through it. Got through it. That concludes our list of executive and associate executive producers for show. What is it? 9 or 3, 2, 9 or 3, 2. Can I do a self-serving native ad here for a moment? I don't do it often. In fact, I don't think I've ever done that. But I would say it's no different than talking about your column or whatever. That's probably yeah, I talk about my column. That's a native ad yeah, but it's not that the native ad isn't me promoting myself a native ad isn't you promoting something you like your native ad isn't something saying that we'd like to buy hamburgers from someplace and native as when somebody gives you money Oh, okay, the phony up a story about them to make them look good. That's native ad tomorrow

1:35:51 I kick off the crowdfunding campaign for my Podcaster Pro. Oh good for the box. Yeah, so I just wanted to mention that all right. I'm very excited And it is so it is something that I won't get made if we don't reach our goal Let's put it that way so is it only a native ad of successful. It's not a native ad okay. It's not a native ad Thank you to our executive producers and Associate executive producers that was nice everyone showed up here Although again, it's kind of top heavy, isn't it? If I, if I, I wait, I didn't really get that much. Another top heavy. Uh, it was a terrible newsletter. No, it was a good newsletter. It wasn't too bad. I don't know. It didn't, something happened. It didn't, here's how bad it was after the newsletter was shipped of all the responses that took grand total responses from the newsletter and shipped in the morning to midnight when it's clear, everything's closed 10 people.

1:36:51 My yeah, that's bad. That's really bad. Yeah, well, I mean that's worse I'd rather have a lot of people or more people with lesser amounts. Yeah Well, you know only two of them only two of those ten took out a subscription that was being promoted in the newsletter Now I think they didn't get the newsletter. I think a lot of people that's also possible. That's possible. I don't know why I Alright, doesn't matter. We'll still bring you the best podcast in the universe and you can take these titles from our show and use them anywhere where titles are accepted. Usually LinkedIn works really well for getting some interest from jobs. Jobs and jobs. And remember us. It's good for jobs! Our next show is on Sunday. Dvorak.org slash N-A. That's right. While you're out there looking for jobs, jobs, jobs, why don't you propagate the formula? Our formula is this. We go out,

CHAPTER 21 / 38 Discussion

Manchester Arena Bombing, Salman Abedi, and Network Investigation

The show covers the Manchester Arena bombing following an Ariana Grande concert, which left 22 dead. Police identified 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the suicide bomber and are investigating a wider network involving his family in Libya. The hosts question how Abedi was identified so quickly and discuss reports of a sophisticated device that he likely did not build himself.

manchester· salman abedi· isis· suicide bomb· libya· syria· terrorism

1:37:41 We hit people in the mouth. We got a bunch of Manchester clips, but I have a couple. Yeah, I think yeah, oh wait before you play it You got to play the opening which is Manchester one Scott Pelly must be groovy evening news with Scott Kelly Reporting tonight from Manchester, England. Oh, he just popped on the jet and flew over. Yeah, why? What's he need to be there for well? I will say I doubt that he was a part of that but the big soccer game

1:38:37 Oh wait, that wasn't a man's decision. No, no, no. That was in Stockholm. I don't know. I don't know. False flag. False flag! Okay, well here's the rundown. This is the, it says, where is it? Yeah, it's the old rundown. The death toll stands at 22. At last report, 64 of the 119 wounded were still in the hospital, 20 of them in critical condition. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack carried out by a 22-year-old suicide bomber, a British citizen of Libyan descent. He had traveled recently to Libya and investigators believe Syria as well.

1:39:19 When police raided the man's apartment, they found no evidence there that the bomb was made in his apartment and that led to a dragnet and multiple arrests today. Mark Phillips begins our coverage. Two days of raids and at least six arres- Hey, if Pelly is there, that's Pelly. Yeah, if he's there, why does some other douchebag have to do the coverage? Oh, he just sits there and reads the prompter? Yeah. Okay.

1:40:00 Manchester Police Chief Ian Hocken. I think it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating and as I said it continues at a pace. Security sources have indicated they no longer think the suicide bombing suspect Salman Abedi seen here in security camera footage late last week possibly buying a backpack in which to carry the bomb made the device himself. He may have been just the mule, to use the security parlance, who carried it. Details of the bomb, collected at the scene by British investigators, reveal a sophisticated device with a detonator held in the bomber's left hand and a powerful battery to make sure the device went off when triggered. Another indication Abidi was acting as part of a terror group comes from the security chaos of Libya, where ISIS and other militants operate, and from which Abidi returned shortly before the bombing.

1:40:58 Abedi's brother Hashim was detained in Libya today by a self-proclaimed counter-terror militia that operates there. The group says his father, Ramadan, was arrested as well. At a building in central Manchester, police used an explosive device to break into an apartment, fearing it was booby-trapped. We heard a really loud bang. The smell inside as well is a bit weird. Yusuf Akmal is a student who lives in the building. Something explosive weird or something bad? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Explosive weird. You know, one of our daughter's producers was at the concert with her friend. They're both okay. But it really did happen.

1:41:43 Yeah, yeah, there's a lot of evidence that it really did happen. I have some information, I want to make sure you get your clips in first before I... I want to get a couple more in, for example, I just want to point out... Here's the thing that we want to listen for. So it started off, ah, lone wolf, you know, not part of a network, I don't know, you know, oh, and I love the... You know, the conspiracy 222222 dead on the 22nd. Yeah, that's how it was planned. And and he left his ID at the scene. And how were they able to identify him so quickly? So I have answers to that. OK, well, there's also a lot of reporting. It was pretty sketchy, too. I mean, we had, for example, this is my worst case scenarios. This is the Manchester bombing B.S. story.

CHAPTER 22 / 38 Discussion

Media Coverage of Manchester, Hero Stories, and Military Deployment

The hosts critique CBS News coverage of the Manchester bombing, specifically the "hero stories" that they claim are physically impossible given the nature of explosions. They also examine the deployment of British soldiers to the streets of London and Manchester. A segment from CBS is highlighted where a resident's quote about "carrying on" is used to imply she was reassured by the military presence, which the hosts call a manipulation of the narrative.

cbs news· mark phillips· seth doan· buckingham palace· military· propaganda· heroism

1:42:30 We learn a little more of the innocent children who were killed and the adults who accompanied them. Michelle Kiss, a mother of three, taken, her family said, in the most traumatic way. And Kelly Brewster, a friend said she died saving a young life, throwing her body on her niece as the bomb exploded. Oh bullshit. Oh please. You noticed it too. It's not possible. No. Has anyone ever seen one of these explosions? You're dead instantly. You don't look around. It's like watching too many movies and you see the explosion in slow motion. And then you jump out of the way. I mean, come on, this is not even possible. But let's play this thing because this brings up a problem that I've always had with CBS. I bring it up a lot. I'm going to bring it up again. This is the Manchester bombing Army Everywhere story, which is talking about the police state.

1:43:25 It stops at a point where I will interject and then I will play the rest of it and you'll see what my complaint is. The investigation is now centered not just on the extent of the terror network here, but on its ties to militants based outside of Britain and that someone with sophisticated bomb making skills made the device that was used and Scott, that that person is still at large. Mark Phillips, thanks. Also today, thousands of British soldiers fanned out in major cities. Seth Doan reports from London. It was a show of force on Britain's streets today. Soldiers joined police on patrols to protect potential targets, including Buckingham Palace and Parliament, the site of a terrorist attack in March. Up to 3,800 troops can be mobilized. About 1,000 were deployed today. Londoner Peter Athelton says relying on the military makes sense. We have a limited number of armed policemen.

1:44:20 So they need to be now doing other things rather than just guarding government buildings. This is a scene that has not been seen on the streets here in the UK for more than 14 years. The military deployed along with police. The last time was in 2003 when tanks and troops were sent around London and to Heathrow Airport following a plot to bring down an airliner with a surface-to-air missile. Today, to free up police, Parliament was closed to the public and the ceremonial changing of the guards was cancelled at Buckingham Palace. The extra security reassured Michelle Calvert from Manchester.

1:44:57 Alright. The extra security reassured Ms. Calvert. Reassured Michelle... what's her name? I have it. Calvert. Michelle Calvert. Calvert. So they're gonna cut to her and you'd think she'd say something like, it's good to see all these police around here because this extra security reassures me. It's good to be around here with extra security from the army in place. Something like that, right? Yeah. I'm ready for it. Is that what's gonna happen? What do you think? No. The extra security reassured Michelle Calvert from Manchester. That's the British way, isn't it? We just get on with things really. Carry on. Good one. Stiff upper lip and all you know, yeah, gov. So here we go again. This is the same old, same old from CBS. You make an assertion.

1:45:52 Yep, and then you and then you cite somebody who is who's backing this up And then you throw it to him, and they don't back it up at all and and you as the oblivious You know user of CBS News You must think that maybe that's what she said no no say anything of the sort no she wasn't comforted She said this is the British way. We just put up with shit, so how do you think this is done purposely or yes? I do I don't know why but I'm convinced of it well, and that was CBS and Yes, and they do it all the time. I have pointed this out on the show numerous times. This is interesting because what happened is right after this event took place, CIA shills were showing up on CNN one after the other. Voila. Just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Now a lot of this, a lot of the narrative has shifted somewhat. So when I tell you what I've learned about this attack, it'll probably

CHAPTER 23 / 38 Discussion

CIA Analysts on CNN, Bomb Signatures, and Intelligence Leaks

CNN's use of former CIA analysts to explain the Manchester bombing is scrutinized. Analyst Tara Maller suggests the bomb-maker is likely still at large because skilled bomb-makers rarely act as suicide bombers. The hosts discuss the "signatures" of IEDs and the frustration of UK officials over U.S. intelligence leaks to the New York Times regarding the investigation.

tara maller· cnn· cia· forensics· suicide vest· intelligence· leaks

1:46:49 Yeah, some of it falls in line with what is now being suggested. But the CIA bots who are out there, this is Tara Moller, who sounds like a robot. And she was on, I think, CNN. Troubling things about all of this is the idea that it was a relatively sophisticated bomb, although it looks to be homemade. It makes you think a lot of people... Relatively sophisticated bomb, but it looks to be homemade. Yeah, the bomb is in pieces. Yeah, I want to go. Yeah. Hello. Is this the terrorist story? I'd like to have a sophisticated bomb because I can't make it at home. It makes you think a lot of people suspect that the person who built it wasn't necessarily the person who blew himself up because if you attain that level of bomb making in general, you know, you're not going to be the one that's going to get blown up by the bomb. You're going to be around to buy to make another bomb. Do you think that that's a realistic assumption? What do you think? What?

1:47:47 She said bye. Listen to this. Sure. What's she saying sure to? Because she's CIA. How are we talking as CIA? Sure, that's absolutely a reasonable theory. It could have been that he was involved somewhat in the purchasing and or somewhat for building. It could have been that somebody with more expertise in bomb building helped make the bomb and secure the materials for the bomb and then he was tasked with wearing it that day and detonating as a suicide bomber. We've seen that before in plots. They're going to be looking at the

1:48:33 Where's the CIA recruiting? Northridge High in Reseda? I mean, where is this? It's insane. I know they're just sending anybody out. And I'm not sure why. I don't think they had anything to do with it, but they are trying to cage the story. And I was like, well, you know, maybe somebody doesn't sound like a valley girl. It's just got out of the gallery. They're out of people. They're busy talking about Trump on the other channels. Could have been that somebody with more expertise in bomb building helped make the bomb and secure the materials for the bomb. And then he was tasked with wearing it that day.

1:49:14 and detonating as a suicide bomber. We've seen that before in plots. They're going to be looking at the forensics of the bomb itself here. A lot of times, there are signatures related to the materials that were used, the type of bomb that it was, that can be tracked to specific types of training, can be tracked to where he purchased these materials, and that's going to all be part of the investigation, as well as not just talking to individuals, but looking at his emails, his phone communications, his computers, and anything else that they apprehend in the investigation. And apparently the UK officials are upset that the New York Times and, you know, everyone who receives leaks from the intelligence community were popping all this information off. And they're like, oh, you know who the guy is, we know his name, you know, we have got pictures of the bombs, and they didn't want that. There's some intelligence thing going on, I'm not sure why. The conspiracy theory would be, ha ha, Theresa May needed this for Brexit, yeah, and maybe there's

CHAPTER 24 / 38 Discussion

Suicide Vest Forensics, German Connection, and Media Bots

A theory is presented that the Manchester bomb may have been constructed in Germany and transported to the UK. The hosts discuss the gruesome forensic reality of suicide bombings, noting that the bomber's head often remains intact, allowing for rapid identification via facial recognition. They speculate on a rift between U.S. and UK intelligence agencies regarding the control of information.

suicide vest· germany· mi6· gchq· forensics· facial recognition· intelligence

1:50:11 The only thing I can think of is, oh man, we can't let people in the UK think that there's a network. We have to kind of soft pedal that and talk about it a lot but not really be clear while the information is clear on the scene, which I'll get to in a moment. No, wait a minute. You got to re-explain what you said. Are you thinking that British intelligence wanted to roll this out a little more slowly and we're the ones who blew the lid off the network? No. I think that we got a request or I don't know, I'm not quite sure how it went down but this is the slow, I believe what I heard was first of all, no, no, no, can't be anyone, lone wolf, but the information was known from on the scene, I'll tell you.

1:51:01 You know, maybe, you know, look at Obama and all these guys, they don't want Brexit to happen. You know, so unfortunate. I don't think, I think this was real, but then, you know, it's like, oh, we got to slow this down. We can't have all of Britain thing. You know, that's why, oh, we just, oh, we just carry on. Oh, stiff up a lip and all that. We just carry on. That's another CIA report. So don't worry about it. Carry on. Nothing to see here. That's what, that's, I think that's what's happening. Well, let's listen to the next CIA guy. Wait, wait, wait, stop. What would be the point of that? Because of the upcoming elections? You think they... No, no, this is... No, it's to help Soros, I don't know, to stop Brexit from... to stop unrest in the UK over this event which clearly makes Theresa May more desirable as Prime Minister. Okay, okay, okay, good. That's the only thing I can think of. I can think of a lot of things, you know, oh CIA, they did it. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. And by the way, you mean desirable as a candidate.

1:51:58 For sure I mean that. Here's Michael Weiss, another CIA guy. But also the clues about the bomb, Michael. What do you make nuts and bolts of shrapnel? The loud banging noise, the fact that it was seemingly carried. What does that mean to investigators? Well, I think as Klersha was pointing out, this wasn't, you know, a guy with a knife or an AK-47 even shooting up a bunch of people in a kind of amateurish manner. This was somebody who knew how to construct an IED. It's not easy to do that. I mean, a lot of people, you know, whether they're in Afghanistan or, you know, in Germany, let's say, trying to build one of these bombs, more often than not, it blows up in your face, right? So... Why did he say Germany? Just hearing that now. Let's just say, I don't know, Germany.

1:52:41 Something about that. Whether they're in Afghanistan or, you know, in Germany, let's say, trying to build one of these bombs, more often than not it blows up in your face, right? So the success rate is low for constructing a device like this. Now that's not to say this can't have been somebody who just really studied manuals for these kinds of things on the internet. I mean, the Zanaya brothers, for instance, the Boston Marathon made a pressure cooker bomb by themselves and there was no indication that they had any form of training. But I would be very surprised if this was a lone wolf in the sort of classic sense. This might have been somebody who's not gone over to Syria and Iraq, but I don't think this was a... this is somebody acting alone. There was probably a network or other parties that were coordinated. You see, he's so soft on it. So soft. And you heard the previous show talking about he was wearing it.

1:53:28 I should have pointed that one out as well. So here is what my sources tell me. This was a suicide vest and that means this guy was a part of an actual very real network. And I'm thinking now that the bomb was built in Germany. That slip is just way too... I don't know what's going on there. Well, that would explain a couple of things. One, because these guys are connected to Libya. And there's no way you're gonna get those components, any of that stuff over. I mean, you're not gonna necessarily buy a good suicide bomb, all the gear you need in London, because they're pretty suspicious about you. You know, could I buy this? I need a stick of dynamite or whatever you're gonna use. You know, black powder, I'm not sure.

1:54:13 But you can imagine something being constructed in Germany and then shipped over because of the, you know, you just move stuff. You don't have to... That's much easier. Much easier. Yeah. So you can just drive it over, put it on the train at the channel and go right into England and you got your German documents. Just wear it. Just wear it. Wear it on the train. Wear it. Yeah. Just in case. Yeah. So we know this, we know that he was wearing a vest and the clue is in that we had his identity. This is a gruesome story, but I do love it. It's so no agenda. Here's why we, because you know, how do you identify this guy? He blew himself up. Now they're being real, oh he had a backpack, he was holding a bag, no, it was a vest.

1:55:00 And you know why? Because when a suicide bomber is wearing a vest and he detonates, and just to go back to the vest, very valuable guys in the organization who can create these vests. These are valuable assets. This is... people are just... the idiots on the news are like, well, you know, homemade, blah blah blah. No. No. It's a skill and the guys who can do that are kept safe in Germany. The reason why we have his identity is when these vests go off, the head pops off into the air completely intact and lands, you know, pretty much right near the blast zone. They had his head. Yeah. So they could ID him immediately and that meant... Yeah, they run facial recognition on his head. Yeah. They had his head like... And her head is gone. Pops off.

1:55:53 Boom boom boom boom boom like a ping-pong ball comes back to earth so they had those two pieces of information and everyone was yeah It's a I don't know But the fact that they had his identity so quickly and the New York Times and other outfits who got that from their intelligence sources started leaking it That caused the problem somehow Do you think they have to log of the head? It's evidence. They put it in a plastic bag for starters. I'm wondering whether or not they take a picture of the head. Hell yes! So they can run it through the... and I wonder, because this has happened a number of times. Put it on a stick. If there is a... stick. If there is a some sort of a collection of these head shots. Oh my gosh. What a great art project.

1:56:47 Anyway, and then well, okay now we know something happened that caught you think there's a rift because you want to control the news at MI6 and let's say the globalists are involved. How about this? How about CIA who, you know, they're talking to journalists all the time. Oh my God, that thing in Manchester, his head popped off. He's a 22 year old being a douchebag. He had a great vest and this everyone go, Oh, I'm going to report this. And then GCHQ goes, Oh, you douches. So CIA's, Oh man, we'll take care of it. We got you covered. We'll send out our A team, which we witnessed Tara Moller.

1:57:32 They send it, well send out the A-team to go soft pedal this a little bit. Something like that? Well, do you think, I mean I'm reminded again of that segment of the book, Family of Secrets, where Baker discusses the distinct possibility that the entire Watergate thing was done by the CIA as a, as a, to cover up, botch, as a botch on purpose. To cover up JFK's assassination. Well, maybe I remember that it being in there, but okay, but whatever the reason they did the botched thing to get the reason was to get Nixon out of office because Nixon was an anti-CIA guy. He thought they were had too much power. Right. And there's a lot of clips. It was that indication for more than one source. No kidding. And, and when I hear that girl, I'm thinking this is not their A team. Of course.

1:58:25 Of course it's not. She's a permanent, she's a botcher. She's one of you put out, maybe she's just her whole job is to go out there and sound, she's a fast talking dingbat. You know, it sounds like she's from the Valley. Fast talking dingbat. I would have to say that I'm not, something's up. Cause I've never heard of this woman before that she'd be a spokesperson and representing the CIA. I mean, come on. That is exactly what I thought. Why is this happening? Yeah, so well now this event was used to be a spy. Is she pretty is she pretty maybe yes, okay? Okay, well, that's a plus this The news media, you know there's no way to show you Exactly how they turned this into Trump, but Hillary Clinton did a pretty good job. She was talking about Manchester again doing some kind of speech my heart as I know

CHAPTER 25 / 38 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Speech, Tucker Carlson Glitch, and Jake Wallace-Simons

Hillary Clinton's reaction to the Manchester bombing is played, followed by a strange technical glitch on Tucker Carlson's show where a voice called a reporter a "jerk." The reporter in question, Jake Wallace-Simons of the Daily Mail, is profiled. The hosts find his self-aggrandizing bio and history of reporting from every major terror site to be suspicious, suggesting he may have intelligence ties.

hillary clinton· tucker carlson· jake wallace-simons· daily mail· mi6· jeremy corbyn· journalism

1:59:17 you feel the same goes out to the families of victims and all who were injured and traumatized. Oh, she sounds so sincere. Oh, it gets better. And all who were injured and traumatized and to that city which reached for love not hate in such a dark hour. And I have to say that I hope our country will always choose resolve over fear, never backing down from our commitment to resist, to work with those who stand against terrorism, but also to exemplify the same kind of compassion and caring that we've seen over the last 24 hours. Now, this yes, yes, Queen. Yes.

2:00:13 Please that's so misplaced and then something odd happened on Tucker Which one of my producers caught one of my one of our producers caught what your produce? I'm sorry I don't know why I said that I'm so tired Tourette's the whole thing I'm ticking like a mofo here Tucker is gonna get someone on the phone and then he's waiting for this guy to come on the phone who's live in Manchester But then some woman comes on and says something and he just continues, but I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but it was certainly odd. This is a Fox News alert. Police have confirmed multiple fatalities, perhaps many, in the British city of Manchester after an Ariana Grande concert reportedly was rocked by an explosion, at least one, Monday night. Jake Wallace-Symons is an associate editor at DailyMail.com. He's on the scene there in Manchester and he joins us now. Jake, can you hear me? Jake, can you hear me? You said jerk.

2:01:10 Alright, we're gonna get back to Jake's wall Simpson. So someone this woman also comes on says he's a jerk And I know she was referring to Tucker or to the or to the reporter But it was really odd on the scene there in Manchester listening and he joins us now Jake. Can you hear me? Jake, can you hear me? You're good. Jerk So some Valley girl Jake she's referring to Jake it's the same as the same CIA woman She's referring to Jake who is a jerk now? Who's this guy give me his name again Jake who who's he? Look him up. There may be something to listen to him again. Hold on he joins us Who? Commies on the scene there in Manchester

2:01:53 We go right to the beginning explosion least one Monday night Jake Wallace Simon's is a daily mail duck. I think it was I think Jake Wallace after an R&B concert reportedly was rocked by an explosion least one Monday night Jake Wallace Simon's is a wall Jake wall is Simon's Oh Jake Wallace Simon's Jerk jerk wall his name is jerk not Jake. It's jerk. I think that was you sir. His name is jerk. Oh I don't know. I don't know Jake Wallace Simons I can even find here. He's from uh, British Daily Mail she said he said Wall of Wall of Simons? What was his name? Jake Daily Mail reporter. I'll try this. I got it. I know it's I think I got it It is Jake Wallace Simons. Jake Wallace Simons. He is the editor? Let me see

2:02:54 Jake Wallace, okay. I am the award- heh, his bio. About me. I am an award-winning British journalist and novelist. That's my- that's how I'd start my bio. I am an award-winning British journalist and novelist. I also podcast on the side. Currently associate editor at Daily Mail Online, which is a little- one rung above a blogger. I cover UK and European politics and major foreign stories. Hmm. Jake, well, okay. He probably is a jerk with that kind of intro. So, apparently he was... I have had a... Listen to this. What were the circumstances of this woman doing this? Listen to this. This guy is interesting, John.

2:03:44 I gotta read this to you. This is a great... Okay, read it. In addition to breaking political exclusives, I've reported extensively from overseas. Recently, I've covered the collapse of Venezuela, the migrant crisis in Greece, Macedonia and Sicily, the rise of the far right in Finland and Germany, and the conflict in Syria. I've also been on the ground for all, all recent major terror attacks, including those in Stockholm, Istanbul, Berlin, Brussels, Nice and Paris. This guy sounds like... It sounds like MI6. Thank you. I have had... and no self-respecting journalist would say this about himself. I have had a particular impact covering anti-Semitism in British politics. Who says that? I don't even say we do good stuff on our own show. In 2015, I published a series of articles exposing Jeremy Corbyn's links with the anti-Semitic figures, and this led to what is now known as the Labour anti-Semitism scandal.

2:04:40 I have presented numerous radio documentaries for BBC. I'm a regular on Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent. I review the newspapers for Sky News and have presented TV for BBC Breakfast and others. Before I joined the Mail in 2015, I was a features writer at the Sunday Telegraph for about three years, which means it was fired. It was there that I wrote my biggest piece of journalism, Meet the Settlers, a smorgasbord of digital wizardry that won the European Newspapers Award, was shortlisted for the British Press Award, and honored at the Webbys. Why? Honored at the Webbys? Honored at the Webbys title. Honored at the Webbys.

2:05:23 That's insane. Who writes that? I, I, I. You always, isn't it the third person, Mr. Curry, is known as the podfather. You know, something like that. But I! In addition, I'm a novelist. I've written four books, count them all, you fools, four, including the best-selling The English German Girl, which I completed while gaining a PhD in creative writing at UEA, where I studied after gaining a first in English at St. Peter's College, Oxford. I'm a visiting fellow at Bournemouth University and I've lectured at Oxford and elsewhere. I am rockin'! These are unusual for British to be this braggart. I think you nailed it. It's very un-English. You nailed it. MI6, and to say, I've been on the ground at all of the recent major terror attacks. No piddly small ones, only the big ones. Stockholm, Istanbul, Berlin, Brussels, Nice, Paris. And now he's reporting from Manchester. He's a jerk apparently, or his girlfriend.

2:06:24 I mean, I'm looking at a picture of it and it's about me thing. He he's got that that fret if like there's always one guy in a frat Returned as the most is always completely plastered. He's just drunk all the time That's what this guy looks does look that way. You're right one song You know but up a brew ski man moving into our Another segment here. I just want to bench in this headline. I caught the other day and

CHAPTER 26 / 38 Discussion

Facebook Fake Accounts, FBI Investigation, and Advertiser Metrics

Facebook has reportedly asked the FBI to investigate millions of fake accounts that were purged in April, which caused a 38% drop in "likes" for some pages. Advertisers are increasingly concerned about the validity of Facebook's metrics. The hosts note the close relationship between Facebook and the FBI, including Robert Mueller's former office space in a Facebook building.

facebook· fbi· fake accounts· click farms· advertising· robert mueller· metrics

2:07:13 Facebook is I think they're in trouble. They're not really I mean trouble may be relative in Facebook terms But their their likes which is a key metric they use for advertisers yeah decreased by 38% when they purged fake accounts in April, but the problem is Advertisers are still saying, well, you know, these are... you got to talk to us about these fake likes. There's uncertainty in the marketplace with this. And they have now asked, a serious request, they have asked the FBI to investigate millions of fake Facebook accounts.

2:08:01 And I think the FBI is going to, because they need, just like everyone else, if you can get the FBI, you can hire the FBI to lie for you. They're tight with the FBI anyway, we know that. Mueller had an office in Facebook, in the Facebook building. The FBI apparently uses Facebook as probably part of his investigative toolkit. A spokeswoman for FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation, citing the Bureau's standard practice. Yeah, except Comey was probably supposed to say, yeah, yeah, we're investigating that so that the advertisers would feel good. And you just need to roll up one guy, oh, look at this click farm, we got him. We got him. It's all good. Advertise on. Well, advertisers are stupid.

CHAPTER 27 / 38 Discussion

Second Donation Segment, Economic Reset, and 1857 Fractal

The second donation segment includes a discussion on the current state of the economy. John Dvorak predicts a massive market correction, using the crash of 1857 as a "fractal" model. He argues that the current era of "free money" through quantitative easing mirrors the gold-driven inflation of the mid-19th century. The hosts observe that lower-tier donations are falling off, which they see as a "canary in the coal mine" for a broader economic reset.

donations· economic crash· 1857· quantitative easing· gold· fractal· value for value

2:08:52 Oh, once again, you would have been fired. Not quite spikable, but worth listening to. Sir Kevin Deals, we have a lot of people to thank, starting with him. Baron of the Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, North Carolina, came in at $128.64. He says, thanks for the travel karma. He's back in the good US of A. I'm halfway between Baron and Viscount. Wee! So we'll just wait for him to hit the mark. Sir Joseph Castine, $100, parts unknown. He does have a second knighthood in accounting. He sent some email in.

2:09:40 You didn't catch that and so I You want me well see if you can find Casteen? Casteen let's see And no nothing no wait wait misspelling here. We go. Yeah, I any do I have no that's a no sorry I don't have anything I have the last thing I got from Joseph Castillo. I looked up Castine I I don't have anything since October 9th, 19th, 2016. I don't have an email either, sorry. I think that relates to the other lookup that we did of him earlier in the show. Ah, okay. Not helping. You're gonna have to, we're gonna have to resolve this later. Yeah. Thomas Haney in Dublin, Ohio. $100. Aaron Held, 99. Gerald Preston. Boob. Boob. Chelsea Sheldon.

2:10:39 Boom and she has a birthday call out for her. Yeah, she says my boyfriend donated a boob for my birthday. Oh My boyfriend donated a boob for my birthday. I thought I should make it a pair a full rack All right. Yes, we'll say Thank you Chelsea Hank. I saw the picture Chelsea. What's her name? Manning that you're talking about and she looks good. She's all very good. I'll just kind of hot is you gotta have a kind of a Taylor Swift like makeup job. Yeah, that's what you nailed it. Yeah, I nailed it Taytay got a Taytay Hank Von Eldrick Eldick Hank Von Eldick 808 is Lithuania is he I think so no that's Luxembourg isn't it no that I think so I'm not sure could be lu war room let us know something

2:11:40 Something out of the country. He needs a deducing give him a deducing and we'll give him You've been D douched Sir Luke the Baron of London 5899 in London England sir Kevin Payne In Richmond, Virginia his normal donation. We're already dropping down to this. Yeah, it's going fast By four dot three two Then we have Zachary Staley, parts unknown, he said to celebrate his donation anniversary, parents wedding, I think he's on the list if I'm not mistaken. And his birthday, and his younger brother Jason's birthday, holy moly. Lots of stuff going on for $52.25. Scott Nelson in Melbourne, Florida, $50.01.

2:12:29 And, finally, Andrew Beard, these are all $50 donors, name and location. We got to that quickly. Andrew Beard in Belmont, North Carolina. Jason Daniels. Patrick Maycomb, Sir Patrick Maycomb to you, in New York City. Brendan Menk, Sir Brendan, if I'm not mistaken, in Tempe, Florida. Sandy Geisler in Watkinsville, Georgia. James Butcher in Florissant, Missouri. Mitchell Kaufman in Hillsboro, Oregon, wine country. And last already, but not least is Sir Bogdan Lehendro in Roanoke, Virginia, $50. And I want to thank all these folks for helping us produce show. Nine, nine, nine or three, two, nine, three, two, nine, three, two. And I would like to particularly thank all the producers who knew that I was having a crazy week and cut clips and send stuff in and highly appreciated.

2:13:24 It is your show after all so that that's the way it works Regarding donations. Yeah, I would rather we had more people at the lower end I mean I'd love that it's balanced out But this I don't think it's this is two three weeks in a row that the you know the lower end is just falling falling away top Yeah, I'm telling you Johnny. You told me well you've been talking about for a while 2017 but I think it's coming I think the big you know the let's just call it a reset which will survive hopefully and They're, you know, will survive. Oh yeah, no, there's a reset and that may be reflected in this because people who give the larger amounts of money are more, you know, they have, they're in good shape. They give us, you know, they'd like to have, they have messages they want to relay. So they give 200 up and so we don't want that to go away for sure. No, but then the lower guys, you know, there's 50 bucks is a lot to some people and uh,

2:14:15 It's a lot to a lot of people. Yeah, it's a lot to a lot of people. No kidding. Even though we do need it and they're going to go out and buy something anywhere, they're going to get a parking ticket that's more than $50, at least around here. But when they're starting to think twice about stuff like that, that means the whole thing is ready. It's ready, it's like a rubber band. What is the fractal of the 2008 Crash is it would that be something that's coming up now. Is there a fractal of that? No, no, no the fractal the 2008 crash was 1929 1969 it was a major so what what will this one be just a massive correction the fractal will be of 1937 is a one examples 1977 is another right the best one the one I'm using as my model is 1857 and it is a practice practical of a crash that happened during a moment when

2:15:11 Free money was being, in the case of currently free money meaning quantitative easing, printing of extra money, buying a lot of bonds. In 1857 it was gold. Gold is still all over the place. Yeah, you see yeah, you're walking down the you know you're on a stream in Sutter Creek and you know Gold it's money. You're just like you're printing your own money. It's a little more people's money instead of what they did with Quantitative easing which became the bank's money anyway? I think we are seeing some kind of effect and I'm telling you I'm seeing stuff. I'm seeing stuff happen. Could be a precursor. Could be. Little things happen when you start seeing stuff then it's like, well this isn't good. No agenda producers. Often the canary in the coal mine. It does happen.

CHAPTER 28 / 38 Discussion

Job Karma, Birthdays, and Title Changes

The hosts grant "job karma" to a long-time listener and announce several birthdays within the No Agenda community. Two listeners receive title upgrades: Sir Jason Daniels becomes the Duke of the South, and Sir Joseph Castine is named a Baronet.

karma· birthdays· dukes· knights· value for value· community

2:16:02 Before we do our birthdays and we have a couple title changes, a special karma request, night karma request from episode one listener, Sir Rory Stone. Adam broke as a joke, unable to donate, would be possible for job karma on the house. I interviewed last week, I'm awaiting the call. I think some job karma can be the tipping point. Absolutely. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. That goes for all the rest of the people that need that. Everybody who needs jobs, karma. And remember we have another show coming up on Sunday. We do need your support. Dvorak.org slash N-A. It's your birthday, birthday. On so much anger. Janice Berenice of the Mutton and Me belated happy birthday. We're so sorry we screwed up not once but twice. It was May 17th.

2:16:59 That was on episode 9 or 3-0. Happy birthday from all of us here. Sorry about that. Chelsea Sheldon, happy birthday to her boyfriend, celebrated on the 24th. Zachary Stanley celebrated... Wait a minute, he celebrates on the 28th. He also says happy birthday to his youngest brother Jason, who will be celebrating on June 1st. Chris Wilson, who brought that great jingle to you today, Sir Chris, 52 on Sunday. Happy birthday to my buddy and friend of the show sir gene celebrating today. Happy birthday for everybody here at the best podcast in the universe Yes, two changes today. We have Sir Jason Daniels who becomes Sir Jason Daniels, Duke of the South. That's right. Another Duke on the radar. And Sir Joseph Castine becomes Baronet. Congratulations to both of you. And thank you for supporting the work here at the best podcast in the universe. No nightings. But that was kind of to be expected. But what was not expected, perhaps... We do have a knight in abeyance. A knight in abeyance? Yeah, the guy who we can't find the email from.

CHAPTER 29 / 38 Discussion

Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Gleason, and Alien Secrets

A segment from a new documentary titled "Unacknowledged" claims Marilyn Monroe was murdered because she threatened to reveal secrets about JFK's visit to a secret airbase to inspect extraterrestrial objects. This is followed by the famous story of Richard Nixon taking comedian Jackie Gleason to Homestead Air Force Base to see dead alien bodies in a warehouse. The hosts discuss the credibility of these long-standing rumors and the suspicious death of reporter Dorothy Kilgallen.

marilyn monroe· jackie gleason· richard nixon· aliens· roswell· dorothy kilgallen· bobby kennedy

2:18:11 Oh. But there's no knighting, I'm just saying. Okay. Well, we're gonna fix it. Right? Right? Uh-oh. Uh-oh. That's right. Second half of show, everybody. Second half of show. I'm bringing this one up to reel you in, because you actually got me started on this one. Uh-oh. Mm-hmm. There's a new documentary out, and I don't know if you told me about the documentary, but you told me about...

2:18:47 Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Gleason, and the aliens. And this was separate after the show and I thought it was interesting that you brought that up because usually I think you do these things to make me go and look for stuff. No, no, I just do it just to inform you. Oh, thank you for informing me. So you're well informed. Thank you for informing me. Especially the Jackie Gleason story. That's very good. I like that. Well, this is called... Never been debunked. It's never been roundly debunked. It needs to be roundly debunked. Oh, it's gonna get even better. This is a new documentary coming out, um... I think the 28th and it'll be on video on demand so I'll be sure to watch. It's called Unacknowledged and Jackie Gleason doesn't come up but some other people do. Interestingly there was a man on my executive committee who was a very well-known actor and singer named Burl Ives and Burl Ives he was a 33rd degree mason so all of you people who think that all these secret societies everyone in it knows everything they don't know anything.

2:19:46 And he said to me, he says, we all know that Marilyn Monroe didn't die of an overdose. He said, do you know why they killed Marilyn? This person, the late Marilyn Monroe. And I said, well, I didn't until I got this document. It's a virtual death warrant because she was found a couple days later. 3 August 1962, wiretap of telephone conversations between reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who was looking into Roswell and other UFO issues, and her close friend Howard Rothberg from wiretap of telephone conversation of Marilyn Monroe and Attorney General Bobby Kennedy.

2:20:28 Rothberg discussed the apparent comeback of the subject with Kilgallen and the breakup with the Kennedys. This is referring to the fact that Marilyn Monroe had been having an affair with not one but both Kennedy brothers and it was becoming conspicuous so they broke it off. Rothberg indicated in so many words that she had secrets to tell, no doubt arising from her trysts with the President and the Attorney General. One such secret mentions the visit of the president at a secret air base for the purpose of inspecting things from outer space. Now, this is 1962. Kip Gollin said if the story is true, it would be a terrible embarrassment for Jack and his plans to have NASA put men on the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

2:21:16 The subject repeatedly called the Attorney General and complained about the way she was being ignored by the President and his brother. The subject threatened to hold a press conference and would tell all. It's a tragic situation because she was an actress. She didn't understand the national security state and the viciousness of those who want to keep these sort of secrets. I can't wait for this one. This is going to be great. Now you have to tell your... Well, the Kill Gallon thing is kind of interesting too. Kilgallen was murdered after she was part of the, apparently because she knew who killed Kennedy. Yeah, Dorothy Kilgallen is worth looking into. Tell the Jackie Gleason story. Jackie Gleason, here's the Jackie Gleason story. And this was relayed, and where did this story come from? I can't remember the exact origin of the story, but the story has been floating around and it's never been roundly debunked. And apparently Jackie's wife, one of the Meadows sisters,

2:22:15 When Jackie came back from this experience, she remembers him being incredibly shook up. Jackie Gleason was a good pal of Richard Nixon, and they would hang out once in a while. And Nixon, under some circumstances, was down in Florida, and he would occasionally, and a lot of presidents used to do this, less so nowadays. ditch the Secret Service and jump into a car and go driving around because they like to drive. And there's been discussions about this. We may have even had some show clips where a lot of presidents get antsy

2:22:50 after a couple of years in office because they like to drive, especially people from the West Coast or places where you drive a lot. You just get, I can't, I gotta drive. I gotta just get in the car and drive around or something. So Nixon would do this. So Nixon shows up at Gleason's house in Florida. Gleason had this variety show and he ran it out of Florida instead of New York, which everyone was skeptical about, but it worked out fine. It gave a lot of people work. He shows up at his house and knocks on the door and just, there's Nixon. And he invites him in, he says, you know, there's something I know you're kind of like into certain, some, you kind of avoid talking with the wife around. He said, you gotta come, I gotta show you something. Nixon apparently knew that Gleason was a flying saucer nut.

2:23:37 And so Nixon puts him in the, it's a Lincoln Continental, the way the story goes, and drives into one of the local Air Force bases where he's, where the guy at the guard gate apparently just flags him through. Sees Nixon and here he comes with Jaggy Gleeson. It's a funny scene if you think about it. And so Nixon drives him around and they find there's an old, there's a warehouse, a big warehouse of some sort in the way ditched somewhere and there's some guards around it. And Nixon just I guess gives the guy the high sign and they move over and Nixon and Gleeson go in and find a repository of dead aliens. Keep going.

2:24:19 So then, you know, and then explains where they came from and because they were part of the Roswell 47 thing, maybe. I'm not sure of those details, but... And Nixon said, I know you've always been interested in flying saucers, so here you go. Gleason after, so then he drives Gleason back, who was all shook up after this apparently. And Gleason, in a memoir or something, he says he never knew for sure that this wasn't just a gag, you know, some joke. It was a bunch of phony aliens and they were all in water. They're all submerged in some goo. And, or if it was true, he didn't know, but he, at the time he believed it was actual,

2:24:57 like an alien mausoleum of some sort. And that's the way the story is. Hmm. Well, I like it. It's a good story. I. Yeah, that woman you mentioned. If people want to get, would like to like these sorts of things without having to become a nut, you can read, read the Corso book on the day after Roswell. A fantastic book. This guy was an army guy. There is no, this book has been ignored, but never roundly debunked. It's not been roundly debunked. Speaking of such.

CHAPTER 30 / 38 Discussion

Cultural Appropriation, Portland Restaurants, and Ben & Jerry's

The hosts discuss a list of 40 restaurants in Portland being targeted for "cultural appropriation" because they are owned by white people. They also mention a Ben & Jerry's ban on two scoops of the same flavor in Australia until marriage equality is passed. They argue these trends represent "over-socialization" and the absurdity of modern social justice movements.

cultural appropriation· portland· ben & jerry's· australia· social justice· restaurants

2:25:40 But maybe you or Mimi perhaps can help debunk this one. I was shocked when I heard in Portland, which I know is not exactly next door, but there is a list. There's a list of over 40 restaurants that are being called out as appropriating other cultures as white people. And so here's the story. If you are a white person and you have a Mexican restaurant, you're appropriating the culture and you should be boycotted. If you're a white person and you own a sushi restaurant, appropriating culture, you will be boycotted. Where does this end? Well, somebody was sent an email and one of our producers discussing

2:26:34 that he overheard a couple of blonde bimbos discussing, who are obviously into this, appropriate Democrats, saying is it okay to have a black baby? No, that's appropriating black culture. That's what they were literally talking about. Oh my God. Interracial sex was appropriating culture. Oh my God. And this is how your brain will fry eventually. This is what is happening because there's too many rules. And I just to say, industrial society and its future. Go read it. This is exactly what professor Ted said because of over socialization. And he used that word before there was even social networks.

2:27:20 There are so many things that you can't say because you'll offend someone or there are rules that you will break that when you get totally contradictory like absolutely you should have a black baby. You should have a black baby by adoption. You should have a black, any brown baby, whatever baby you want. It's appropriating the other race's color or baby. It's baby appropriation. Yeah. No wonder people's heads are popping off. Just frying, man. Frying. It's very, very bad. And then Ben and Jerry in Australia. Can't wait. Can't wait to go to Australia. They're banning two scoops of the same flavor ice cream until marriage equality comes to Australia. Come on. Way to go. Way to appropriate culture for your own financial gain.

CHAPTER 31 / 38 Discussion

Australia Trip Planning, Florida Drought, and Climate Change

Plans for a No Agenda trip to Australia and New Zealand are discussed, with the hosts asking for airline mile donations. They then pivot to a news report from Cape Coral, Florida, where residents are experiencing a historic drought and low canal levels. The hosts contrast this with claims of rising sea levels in nearby Miami, questioning the consistency of climate change narratives.

australia· new zealand· cape coral· florida· drought· global warming· canals

2:28:15 Social justice warriors Ben and Jerry, please. That's... I had a thought, you know, we're still working on the Australia trip. The most expensive part is that is the flight, well we're gonna go to Auckland and Ben I apologize if I keep saying Australia, it's Australia and New Zealand. You know, if you say hey we're going to Australia and you and you imply you're going to New Zealand then you could get shot when you land in Auckland. Here's a thought. The current plan is to fly on New Zealand air. Do any of our producers have miles they can share? Oh, that's a thought. That would be a really cool way to get us at least

2:28:59 You know, economy comfort. You can completely lose your ass on this trip. Yes, thank you. We're the two no agenda listeners down here. Hey, where'd my money go? We got two in Perth, we got two in Brisbane, we've got two in Sydney. Where'd my money go? Oh, oh, oh, we have to open it up. To the gate, to the gate, to the gate. Great report from Florida. This is Cape Coral. Now Cape Coral is about the same height as Miami, only it's on the other side. Now what we've heard continuously is the ocean... It's in the Gulf? It's on the Gulf side? It's on the campus side? Yeah, but that's still the same water, correct?

2:29:50 I would think so. If I look on my map, there's water here and water there. So we know that in Miami, fish are flopping around on the street. Yeah, fish. Hashtag fish. Fish are flopping around on the streets. Everyone's seen it. The president himself has said it. Oh yeah. The former president. Fish. Oh yeah, Obama. And this is solely because of global warming, climate change, man-made poison, that the oceans are rising, Miami is flooding. Yeah. Just on the other side, same longitude. Longitude? Latitude. I should know. Latitude. Latitude as a pilot I should know.

2:30:31 Longitude would be the up and down. Same latitude, same water. No. It's very frustrating. Very frustrating. I don't know why it's a mono. Sorry about that. Ron Brandich has been landlocked on his canal. We've lived here five years. This is the lowest I've ever seen it. He and thousands of others in Cape Coral are dealing with a historic drought. For Ron, he sees it firsthand living on a canal near Nelson Road. You can't move that boat at all. It's, I mean, it's actually in the sand. For the past few weeks, running 24 hours a day, water has been pumping from Charlotte County into Cape Coral's canals. The city has the capability of pumping 17 million gallons of water a day, not only to help folks enjoy the canals, but also for the community's safety. That safety concern falls with the fire department's ability to battle fires. They rely on canal water. The utility director says the city is on the right path.

2:31:37 Now this is, sorry about it, a little distracting that weird stereo they had there. But this is just a stone's throw from the Gulf. And now they have a drought. They should not have to move the boat, just fish right off of the boat. It should be just popping right into their boat. Yeah. Yeah. Well, welcome to the world of scammer news. I believe the Trump administration is presenting a budget this week.

CHAPTER 32 / 38 Discussion

Obamacare Rate Hikes, Trump Blame, and Healthcare Subsidies

The media and Democratic politicians are criticized for blaming President Trump for rising Obamacare premiums. A clip from a New Hampshire senator claims Trump is "undermining" the law by refusing to fund cost-sharing subsidies. The hosts argue that the system was already failing and that the "risk corridors" were a fundamental flaw in the original legislation.

obamacare· donald trump· healthcare· subsidies· premiums· insurance· new hampshire

2:32:29 Yes, being presented. There's a bunch of debates is all bad. I got it's gonna kill people. It's gonna kill people Everyone's gonna die. Yeah, they've been Some of the new twisted stuff going on in Congress is like this like this clip. This is blaming Trump now It's Obamacare, which is you know getting expensive It's still in play. It's the law of the land Obamacare Trump for its being a piece of crap and may I just point out that that Tina has outstanding health insurance and I think we're just a little over five months until the common law says I can have her be on her plan. Yeah. And, you know, she doesn't see it as she pays for it because she doesn't see it, but of course she's paying for it. I believe it's five or six hundred a month. But I went through this whole process with her. Now she's got it's part of the Ronald McDonald House, part of the health care system, you know, is part of it's you know, they have really good health care.

2:33:25 Yet, only 20% is covered. And she had her deductible, which is over $1,000. And then she's in the pre-op, and the administration nurse comes by with a little mobile station. Yeah, that'll be $1,437. Right there on the spot. Yeah, give it the money, or get out. Yeah. Anyway, Obamacare. Yeah, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt. This is the clip. First, blaming Trump. We see health insurers and state officials say Trump is undermining Obamacare and pushing up rates. Health insurers plan big Obamacare rate hikes and they blame Trump. Perhaps the greatest damage has been done by the administration's refusal to commit to funding cost-sharing subsidies. Bullcrap! Bullcrap!

2:34:26 Bull crap! That's a lie! That was the only concession that had to be made otherwise the Republicans would- You're just a senator from New Hampshire. What a liar! That's a lie! Oh my gosh. Here's a better big lie that's going on. This is my- Well can I just- I want to hear the rest of this now. Commit to funding cost sharing subsidies. The federal subsidy- That's the corridor, what they call the risk corridor. That help millions of people pay for coverage. To protect themselves, many insurance companies are preparing two sets of premiums for next year. Oh, please. One premium level... Alright, I'm done. Yeah, I'm done. Liar. Liar! I can read, lady. Okay, what's the other one?

CHAPTER 33 / 38 Discussion

Deutsche Bank, Russian Loans, and Media Voices

A report from Deutsche Welle suggests that House Democrats are investigating whether Donald Trump's loans from Deutsche Bank were guaranteed by the Russian government. The hosts mock the reporter's use of the phrase "voices are saying" as a substitute for actual evidence. They discuss the $340 million Trump reportedly owes the bank and the lack of transparency regarding his financial guarantees.

deutsche bank· russia· donald trump· loans· house democrats· journalism· deutsche welle

2:35:10 Well, this is another story they're trying to get some traction on because they got it. Like I said, the theory is you got to keep this in the news. You got to keep the Russian thing bubbling until the elections in 2018. And so here's one of the latest ploys. And if anyone, this is out of Deutsche Welle. I think this is where they're testing it. They're test marketing the idea. in I heard this. I love, and you know, I have a contact so we'll get more info. The German bank could be key to clarifying those ties or alleged ties between Russia and Donald Trump. It's a story that is just starting to develop, Brent, as we know, and we have to keep an eye on that because despite the efforts by the White House, voices saying that Donald Trump is hiding something regarding his ties to Russia are... Wait a minute. Did he just say voices say? Is he hearing voices now?

2:36:06 Let me hear that again. Between Russia and Donald Trump? It's a story that is just starting to develop, Brent, as we know, and we have to keep an eye on that because despite the efforts by the White House, voices saying that Donald Trump is hiding something regarding his ties to Russia. Am I mishearing this? I think you might be, but I don't know what he said. I don't know what word that was. Sounds like he's saying, voices say. Voices, oh I'm hearing voices. What does it sound like? I'm hearing voices. And as we know and we have to keep an eye on that because despite the efforts by the White House, voices saying that Donald Trump is hiding something regarding his ties to Russia are still very loud. Now House Democrats are now asking. Yeah, yeah, he's saying it. Oh, the voices in my head are so loud they're saying maybe they're using the ray gun on these people. Oh, the voices, I can't stop it. Donald Trump is hiding something regarding his ties to Russia are still very loud.

2:36:56 Now, House Democrats are now asking Germany's Deutsche Bank to provide information on credits given to Donald Trump. Deutsche lent millions to Trump, even in difficult times. But who guaranteed them? Could it be Russia? That's what US Democrats now want to find out. If you want to know who really owns buildings like this, it pays to look at the small print. A string of Trump resorts and hotels were financed with loans from Deutsche Bank. bank. US politicians say Trump still owes Germany's number one bank $340 million. What bothers them is that Deutsche was still being generous to the then-presidential candidate, while other banks were turning their noses up at him because of his numerous bankruptcy filings. One of the loans came to $170 million to redevelop Washington's old post office. So who is giving Deutsche the guarantees for these hundreds of millions?

2:37:51 House Democrats suspect Russia and want clarification. Congress remains in the dark on whether loans Deutsche Bank made to President Trump were guaranteed by the Russian government or were in any way connected to Russia. That's the pivotal sentence in a letter to Deutsche from Democrat members of the House Financial Services Committee. The suspicion is that Russia may have hoped to curry favour with a potential Trump administration. A stunning thought. For its part, Deutsche is still holding its internal reviews of the Trump loans under lock and key, and isn't obliged to publish them either.

2:38:36 You know, was secured by other property or, you know, all kinds of stuff. Yeah, no, you secure it with other property, you secure it with the property itself. What government says, hey, that guy over there, sure, no problem. It's these guys are naive and they have a bit or they're just conniving. Well, you know the theater they have all theory about how they were washing Deutsche was white washing rubles line episode on the issues but for example if they're guaranteeing the loans which is do what they imply then why does Trump still 341 million the Deutsche Bank is in the report why didn't they call Russian get the money because

2:39:17 Voices, man. What kind of- I'm sorry, I can't get past this. We had the first thing, I don't even remember what that stupid woman said. But now it's, voices are very loud. Oh, well, must be true. No self-respecting journalist starts a report like that. That's maybe for the end. You know, voices are loud and you know, The New York Times reports like that. Well, it could be shit, could be great, you never know. That's The New York Times. They're always hedging. But to start with it? I don't know. I'm not a journalist, so you tell me. I don't think it's okay. It's sloppy. Everything we're seeing is bullcrap. I mean, these anonymous reports and you want some news. You want some news about the budget and about Obamacare and about health care in America and money and where the money's going. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro

CHAPTER 34 / 38 Discussion

Federal Improper Payments, Medicare Fraud, and GAO Report

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testifies that the federal government made over $144 billion in "improper payments" in 2016 alone, with a cumulative total of $1.2 trillion since 2003. The majority of these errors occur in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit. The hosts express outrage at the scale of the waste and the government's inability to audit the Pentagon or track these funds properly.

gao· gene dodaro· medicare· medicaid· improper payments· fraud· federal budget

2:40:17 had a little hearing and he just talked about 2016. First is the area of improper payments in the federal government. These are payments that should not have been made or made in the wrong amounts. Since the Congress has required the executive departments and agencies to estimate the amount of improper payments every year since 2003, the cumulative number of improper payments have been reported in excess of $1.2 trillion. So it's a significant amount of money. The annual figures that have been reported have grown over the last three years from $125 billion

2:40:53 to $137 billion to the most recent estimate in 2016 to $144 billion. This includes estimates for 112 programs at 22 federal agencies. So it is a pervasive problem. As you pointed out, Mr. Chairman, in your opening remarks, Three large federal programs constitute the large amount of improper payments, Medicare, Medicaid, and earned income tax credit, but there are a number of programs across government where this problem is an issue. There are 14 federal programs where there's over a billion dollars reported in improper payments. Eleven programs report estimates of over

2:41:37 10 percent error rates across federal government. Now, as significant as these numbers are, they're understated. There are 18 risk-susceptible programs, large programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and for 2016, the SNAP program, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program, that did not report estimates at all. And there are some federal agencies that do not report that they are susceptible to improper payment estimates. For a number of years now, we've identified a material weakness in our audits of the federal government's financial statements on improper payments that the federal government really is not able to determine the extent of this problem across the government or have a reasonable prospect that it's managing it properly to reduce these improper payments. There was a time when I was a kid that the pitchforks would come out over something like this. Are you kidding me?

2:42:34 That's the tip of the iceberg too. The entire Pentagon has not been audited for what, a decade? No, longer. Ever, ever, ever. And they're just throwing money at it? But this is Medicare, Medicaid. Yeah. This is exactly the problem. This is exactly the problem. And maybe, you know, all these people running around saying, oh, people are going to die, is taken away from Medicare. Maybe they're just going to go solve the fraud. Maybe that's the plan. If you solve the fraud, you solve the problem. Because your clips, your clips are on the list These are your last time discs If you forget to play these clips

CHAPTER 35 / 38 Discussion

Campus Rape Documentary, Occidental College, and Due Process

A teaser for an upcoming segment on campus rape culture focuses on a case at Occidental College. The hosts describe how a male student was expelled based on a "rape profile" despite evidence of consensual sex in text messages. They cite Stuart Taylor's book "The Campus Rape Fantasy" and criticize the lack of due process in university sexual assault tribunals.

occidental college· campus rape· stuart taylor· due process· sexual assault· feminism

2:43:17 Since we only have about 10 minutes left, I figure we just do a little clip-off. Maybe you have a few you want to get rid of before we say adieu, before we bid adieu. Well, I actually put together a long piece which I'll have to push off. You sure? If you want to take all the clip time for that, it's okay with me. No, it would take forever. This is a long piece. This is something I developed because you said, oh, get some extra clips, so I worked up an entire piece. Oh, what, can you just lift the veil a little for us? Yeah, it's about campus rape. Nice! And it's about... Finally, your education package. Yes, what part of it? But I do have a teaser for the whole piece. So if you want to just play the teaser and people get an idea that what it's going to maybe be about. This is the campus rape teaser.

2:44:04 Okay, this will be a teaser for Sunday people, pay attention. Occidental University, imagine yourself being judged by people under the influence of Professor Danielle Dirks, that's a real person. She's an anti-male ideologue who calls herself a feminist and who has told New York Magazine, for example, that most male college students, quote, are calculated predators. who seem like nice guys, but they're not nice guys." End quote. Most. That's like the definition of an anti-male ideologue, I'd say. Danielle Dirks persuaded a first-year Occidental student to complain to the college's sex bureaucrats that she had been raped because she had been somewhat drunk and because the guy with whom she had drunken sex fit the profile of other campus rapists.

2:44:55 The guy fit the profile, Dirks explained to the first-year woman, because of certain traits. He had a high GPA in high school, strike one. He was his class valedictorian, strike two. He was on a sports team, strike three. And he was from a good family, you're out. That was the definition of a rape profile subject by this professor. The evidence showed clearly that the sex was consensual. The young woman had expressed eagerness for sex in text messages, the details of which we have, including one message making sure that the guy had a condom before she went to join him in his room for sex. She made no allegation that he'd used force, no allegation that she said no, no allegation that she said stop or tried to get away. Nonetheless, an accidental panel found the guy guilty and he was expelled.

2:45:52 The sole basis for the guilty finding was that the accuser had been drunk, which of course did not make the accused male a criminal. His drunkenness was deemed irrelevant. Wow, I can't wait for this. This is gonna be great. The guy's life was ruined, by the way. He also was in possession of one other important thing, a penis. You never hear about any other kind of rape. And he could also, he could not get into another school. Oh no, he's done. You're done. But there's example after example. This guy's book, for people who want to read it instead of listening to the little presentation which he did on C-SPAN, of course, is Stuart Taylor and the book is The Campus Rape Fantasy. And he discusses everything. And very, very educational. I got two clips here. I got one, another one of my favorites, a podcast clip with a journalist.

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Jeremy Scahill, The Angry Arab, and Saudi Wahhabism

Journalist Jeremy Scahill interviews Professor Abu Khalil regarding President Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia and the "glowing orb" incident. Khalil argues that the U.S. is hypocritical for partnering with the Wahhabi regime to fight extremism, as Wahhabism is itself a fanatical schism. The hosts discuss the optics of the Saudi trip and the complexities of Islamic sects.

jeremy scahill· abu khalil· saudi arabia· wahhabism· donald trump· the orb· extremism

2:46:44 Yes, there's nothing like it. There's nothing, nothing like it. Podcasts are better than anything. Especially when people are oblivious that they sound like crazy nut jobs. This is Jeremy Scahill with the guy, the professor, Abu Khali, who runs the Angry Arab News blog. Which I read you, I think you read that don't you? I've seen it. Yeah. I look at it. You had that bizarre scene where they were all touching that glowing... This is about the president in Rome with the Pope. No, no, no, this was in Saudi Arabia. I'm sorry, what am I talking about? Yes, with the orb. The orb. The orb. Everyone wants to know what the orb is. You had that bizarre scene where they were all touching that glowing orb. What the hell was that about by the way?

2:47:34 Well, I thought it was some pagan rituals, the secret of which we still do not know. I know. I couldn't help myself. Oh, I thought it was some pagan ritual. Mmm, and my dot started to glow. That's right. You're better at racing scurries. Stop doing that. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Absurd. I mean, this was the inauguration of a center for the combat of extremism. We have basically assigned the Saudi Wahhabi regime the important mission of delivering moderation to the Islamic world. And, of course, we have discovered that, aside from the rhetoric of Trump and his company throughout the campaign, his association with famous bigoted anti-Islam advocates on the ultra-right,

2:48:14 They have a problem with Islam, but they have no problem with the most extremist, fanatical, anti-Semitic, misogynistic schism within Islam, and that's Wahhabia. So they are at peace with Wahhabia and at war with Islam. That's Trump's policies towards the Islamic world. I think there's something to it. Yeah. Yeah, well, I don't think Trump knows Wahhabism from Salafism, from Sufism, from anything else. Soup from the Wahhabism, the Soup Nazi. I mean he has no... Soup Nazi. No soup for you. He has no idea what he's talking about. No service for you! The last one I have is a trip back in time to 1998, Maxine Waters. Now she's calling for the connecting the dots and impeaching Donald Trump. We got to impeach him.

CHAPTER 37 / 38 Discussion

Maxine Waters 1998 Impeachment Speech, Bill Clinton, and Coup D'etat

A recording of Maxine Waters' 1998 speech defending Bill Clinton during his impeachment is played. In the speech, she calls the impeachment a "Republican coup d'etat" and an "abuse of power" driven by "unbridled hatred." The hosts point out the irony of her current stance on Donald Trump, noting that her 1998 arguments against impeachment could be applied almost verbatim to the current political climate.

maxine waters· bill clinton· impeachment· 1998· ken starr· republican party· coup d'etat

2:49:16 Now she was around when Bill Clinton got impeached. Are you interested in hearing what she said? We all want to hear it. I thought you'd want to. Why would you even ask? How must our American soldiers feel to have their commander-in-chief under attack while they are engaged in battle? They have the right to feel betrayed and undermined. Today, we are here in the People's House debating the partisan impeachment of the President of the United States of America, while the Commander-in-Chief is managing a crisis and asking world leaders for support. This is indeed a Republican coup d'etat.

2:49:56 Mr. Speaker and members of Americans All, the Republicans will couch this extremist, radical anarchy in pious language which distorts the Constitution and the rule of law. Bill and Hillary Clinton are the real targets and the Republicans are the vehicles being used by the right-wing Christian coalition extremists to direct and control our culture. The rule of law has been violated in denying denying the president notice of charges by the abuse of power in the collecting of so-called evidence and the denial of the presumption of innocence.

2:50:35 that The president is guilty of being a populist leader who opened up government and access to the poor, to minorities, to women, and to the working class. President Clinton is guilty of not being owned by the good old Southern boys or the good old Eastern establishment. President Clinton is guilty of being smart enough to

2:51:16 maneuver the Republicans in the budget negotiations, electoral politics, and the development and implementation of the people's agenda. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an African-American woman. I'm accustomed to having to fight and struggle for fairness and justice. Ken Starr, I know and recognize abuse of power when I see it. You are guilty. However, I am greatly disappointed in the raw, unmasked, unbridled hatred and meanness that drives this impeachment coup d'etat. The unapologetic disregard for the voice of the people.

2:51:54 My Republican friends, what you do here today will long be remembered and recorded in history as one of the most despicable actions ever taken by the Congress of the United States of America. I dare the Republicans of this House to allow themselves to move just one inch. and give me and my colleagues the opportunity to vote for an alternative. I dare you to be fair. I dare you to allow us to vote for censure. I yield back the balance. I thought that was just beautiful. Just beautiful. Everything she said could be applied to today's situation. Every single thing, right down to populist president. Outsmarted in electoral politics. Whoa! Yeah, it's a gem. What happened to the Hillary won the general election? Yeah, this will be in the show notes. 9er32.noagendanotes.com It's a beauty. I'm glad you liked it.

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Outro, Mastodon Trademark, and End of Show Mix

The show concludes with a discussion on the Mastodon social network project and the recent addition of a trademark to its name, which the hosts see as a sign of impending commercialization. They thank the "War Room" and the producers for their support. The episode ends with a long musical mix featuring show clips, Maxine Waters, and the "Love Potion" jingle.

mastodon· open source· adam curry· john c. dvorak· oxytocin· james comey· podcasting

2:53:07 Anything else from you, sir? No, I'm good. I think that's a great way to end the show. There's nothing better than ending my day with a little Maxine. The best part of waking up is Maxine in your cup. All right, bye. We'll be back on Sunday with John's collard rape expose. Very excited about that. Very excited. And depressing. So we do it early in the show. OK, well, Thank you War Room, thank you Void Zeroes, Sir Bemrose, everybody doing everything. And all of our end of show tune creators, they're also listed in the credits of the show notes.

2:53:50 You can find all the show notes at archive.noagenlanotes.com. Coming to you from downtown Austin, Texas in the common law condo, specifically in the Cluedio. Good morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley, where it's windy and miserable, I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll return on Sunday. Please remember us at dvorak.org slash NA. We know all the support we can get, especially in the lower regions. Bring it to us down there, will you please? Until then... A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-

2:55:19 It smelled like herb continent, looked like Indy I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink I deconstructed everything, came up on my teeth, broke my little bottle of potion I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink To know if it was day or I deconstructed everything When Maxine Waters came up on my teeth

2:56:13 He broke my little bottle of love potion love potion love potion love potion 30 love potion 30. Blah blah blah. You've been drinking again? Damn it. Oh, you never drink on this show. You never drink on the show. Oh, okay. I didn't know about the huge. Who keeps stuff running.

2:56:51 Holy crap. Yeah, I'm running our noagendasocial.com server. Oh, right. Yes. Did you get a fix so I could actually upload gifs? It's interesting. Hey, this is broken. Fix it. Oh, yeah. And then I perform an upgrade and then the number of people who put in two-factor authentication on noagendasocial.com Why? I know! I set up a little bot, you know, when the show prep thing goes through, then, you know, I'd post that and be like, THE BOT IS SPAMMED! I JUST TURNED IT! You can mute or block the bot. But now, now they gotta email me. I don't know how those guys do it. Do you know how guys do it? I think they're all criminally insane by this point. Something cool happened with this great open source project. I'm being very, uh, what is it?

2:57:54 Cynical. Cynical, thank you. It's a great project. All of a sudden, a little trademark shows up. Yes, we're now placing trademark next to the Mastodon name of... Well, there you go. That's the end of it. That's the beginning of the end. Yeah, VC money coming in soon. It's gonna ruin... Well, it won't ruin us. www.marriageinthesocial.com It's a fun experiment. A lot. Our people are beautiful. Our producers, they're pretty fanatical. Yes, it's a good thing. do what you want now what they did was they gave the person they were pushing onto the track a name that the press in our country's history has a major role in is this month of people's noses where it's where it's swarms about people's noses out there some people can understand those can be basically a copy of jerkinfrick's noses it's about people's it's about it's all about it it's all about it

2:59:18 Let's talk about how cellulose offloads during political events, which are the main ingredients in barley. Oxytocin act through the ceremony. You're established with your belief in xenophobic hateless country. What then did you imagine? I'm working from the trunk. That would do the economy and oxytocin through the bumps in like. I'm

3:00:44 Brain under stress. Your amygdala will have grown larger. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, how do you know your frontal cortex is in great shape? Oxytocin. Come on, come on. It's spray oxytocin through the vents and oxytocin through the... Your frontal cortex will have become more sluggish. It's spray oxytocin through the vents and like Costco all over this country. Oxy-Costco all over this country. What that would- Brain under stress. And this has now entered the realm of neuroplasticity, the fact that the brain can change in response to experience.

3:01:27 And for example, if you've now just spent these last few months mired in trauma and stress, your amygdala will have grown larger. It will have formed new connections. The circuits there will be more... Oxytocin. Your amygdala will have grown... Oh my god, this is fantastic, John! Oh my The tipping point came yesterday when it was revealed that former FBI Director James Comey had taken notes about his February meeting with President Trump. Does this guy have to take an unbelievable dump or what? Comey wrote that President Trump said, I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy.

3:02:21 That raised the specter of obstruction of justice. And today, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided that the Justice Department could no longer run the investigation. He authorized... Does this guy have to take care of me? Last, last, last, last night the House Oversight Committee asked the FBI to produce all the notes of former Director Comey's conversations with the President. But what, but what can be done? Everybody, everybody, the Kushner Bill is all... Does this guy have to take an unb... Comey wrote that President Trump said... Does this guy have to take an unb...

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