Episode 938 · Thursday, 15 June 2017

Humalgo

Political violence in Alexandria and legal showdowns in Washington expose a deepening rift in the American psyche as the media industrial complex faces a structural collapse.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 938

About this episode

The congressional baseball shooting involving James Hodgkinson and Representative Steve Scalise ignites a firestorm over political rhetoric and media responsibility. As Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi offer clashing interpretations of the violence in Alexandria, the New York Times faces scrutiny for publishing detailed security logistics of Capitol Police. The incident serves as a catalyst for a broader analysis of how mainstream media consumption physically alters the human brain, specifically the amygdala.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions defends his recusal from the Russia probe under 28 CFR 45.2 while facing intense interrogation from Senators Kamala Harris and Ron Wyden. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein clarifies the independence of Special Counsel Robert Mueller amidst rumors of a potential firing sparked by Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy. In San Francisco, a UPS warehouse shooting introduces the media-coined term "assault pistol," while Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issues a massive correction regarding daily gun violence statistics. Internationally, the Grenfell Tower fire in London and a China Eastern Airlines engine failure dominate headlines alongside Vladimir Putin’s offer of asylum to James Comey.

Katy Perry issues a public apology for cultural appropriation as the hosts deconstruct the "Hu-Mel-Go" balance of human intuition versus smart home algorithms. Brooke Baldwin’s mixed metaphors on CNN provide a moment of levity before the knighting of Sir Ryan of the Geddes Rebel Faction. The episode concludes with a deep dive into the financial collapse of Cumulus Media and the rise of self-published successes like Gestalt Prime.


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CHAPTER 01 / 61 Discussion

Amygdala Measurements and Mainstream Media Consumption

The discussion opens with a focus on the biological effects of consuming mainstream media, specifically how it reportedly causes the amygdala to enlarge while shrinking the cerebral cortex. This "reptilian brain" expansion is linked to increased hostility and cognitive dissonance. Reference is made to the mental state of the gunman involved in the recent congressional baseball shooting.

amygdala· cerebral cortex· cognitive dissonance· mainstream media· brain anatomy

00:00 What a short! Adam Curry, John C. DeVorah It's Thursday June 15th 2017 This is your award winning Getmonation Media assassination episode 9 or 3 8 This is no agenda Mandatory amygdala measurements and broadcasting live from the darkest coins of the internet here in the capital of the drone star state, Indicludio. In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where i have no such measurement tools... ...and it's obvious. I'm John C. DeVore. That was the first thing I thought-I want to measure that guys amygdala

00:38 What guy you referring to? The, uh... the guy who shot everybody. Oh that guy yeah well he had amygdala was obviously bloated Well think about it we need- It would be great to have an autopsy and they're doing an autopsy and hey just check that thing! It should be on the list all the time This is confirmed, this is confirmed that you've turned me on to something really big with this stuff. I think you're absolutely correct! The amygdala should be exhumed from the brain and weighed. Yeah but just for people who haven't... who missed this it was your topic John give us a quick recap of the amygdala

01:18 Well, it turns out that people who are... they start to read too much of the mainstream media. That creates a lot of cognitive dissonance and hate And we were pointing the finger at CNN and... Oh no wait! Every time... Yeah they've been on so many times lately We have to bring the jingle back WAPO is out of control It tends to, you end up shrinking your cerebral cortex which is the front of the brain that does a lot of reasoning and the amygdala which is like the reptilian brain gets bigger. And you end up like this guy

CHAPTER 02 / 61 Discussion

Congressional Baseball Shooting and Political Rhetoric

Media coverage of the shooting of Representative Steve Scalise by James Hodgkinson is deconstructed, highlighting how outlets blame "incendiary rhetoric" from both political parties. The analysis includes references to Kathy Griffin’s controversial photo and the New York production of Julius Caesar. Politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Chris Collins are shown calling for a reduction in political vitriol.

james hodgkinson· steve scalise· nancy pelosi· kathy griffin· julius caesar

02:02 There was like kill all Republicans blog and all these other things he was involved with. Insane! I do have a couple of backgrounders because it was kind of interesting, and... Oh, I got some stuff too but you know, of course we deconstruct media the response from the media was predictable Well if you want to go there i can almost start with this clip Let's see your backgrounder, your backgrounder first The background is on CBS so let's play the CBS background that gave us a little insight into this thing We don't know about the gunman's mental health, but it appears that his theory may have been fanned by what has become the incendiary rhetoric of American politics. Oh I loved this part the best all the media are saying wow it's a politicians! The politicians are saying it's the media mm-hmm Here's Major Garrett we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who serves

03:02 in our nation's capital is here because, above all they love our country. Republicans and Democrats both called for civility today Democrat Nancy Pelosi And we respect you and your constituents who sent you here But partisan unity has been lacking for years Hillary Clinton is a bigot! During the campaign, then-candidate Trump used incendiary language to describe his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. She in turn called Trump's supporters deplorable

03:38 The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic... The heated rhetoric has continued since President Trump's inauguration. Comedian Kathy Griffin posed for this photo posted on social media depicting a decapitated President Trump and in New York City production of Julius Caesar casted the assassinated Emperor as a Trump look-alike Shortly after the shooting, New York Republican Congressman Chris Collins pointed the finger at Democrats. I can only hope that the Democrats do tone down the rhetoric. The rhetoric has been outrageous and the anger directed at Donald Trump... But later he said the fault lies with both sides And i think all of us can be a little

04:25 introspective now, I will be. I can promise you to just say let's let's just notch it down a couple of decibels as law enforcement tried to learn if there was distinct political motive behind the shooting voices here and in Congress said no political grievance could justify violence in the harrowing aftermath of all this Scott Republicans and Democrats appear inclined to cool the rhetoric and ease the sense division It would be prudent I think at this moment to take us back in time, to just listen to a similar situation. Hold on let me get it... Let's take us back to 2011 remember this? 2011? No

CHAPTER 03 / 61 Discussion

Media Reactions to the 2011 Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

A retrospective look at the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords compares past media narratives to current events. The segment highlights how the media quickly blamed Sarah Palin’s "reload" rhetoric and "crosshairs" imagery at the time. This serves as a contrast to the current framing of the Alexandria shooting.

gabrielle giffords· sarah palin· barack obama· 2011 shooting· crosshairs

05:11 Neither do I but i do remember what was in the news because we were doing this show President Obama has called for a national moment of silence at 11 am eastern time The Supreme Court will begin arguments 10 minutes early so it can observe that moment and Congress has delayed its agenda this week to think that she was shot out trying to meet with her constituents, points out our vulnerability. So instead of the planned vote to repeal health care reform the House will convene this week to pass a resolution honoring Gabrielle Giffords and other victims A show of unity after heated political season last spring Sarah Palin called for defeat in Giffords district and 19 others Don't retreat! Reload! That is not a call for violence

05:59 The way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action. Members of Congress say this is a reminder that words carry real weight I think its a good time for all us to reflect about the tone, the toxicity of the political climate in this country. And on Wednesday there will be a bipartisan security briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they try to balance how to be accessible to constituents while remaining safe themselves How quickly we forget that the media immediately jumped on the Republicans for that shooting

06:36 Yeah. Immediately, immediately! In fact in this last little presentation that CBS did and what you heard when we played it was the second part I just want to play this little mini clip This is the kind of little needling they still persist in doing We have to go back to 2017 first otherwise it won't work All right. This is the this is just a way that there was Trump was even mentioned as the shooter CBS Little Needle on Trump when intro'd and often polarizing president delivered a message of unity in often polarized. What what is the point of saying that? Yeah, he sucks. He sucks

CHAPTER 04 / 61 Discussion

James Hodgkinson Shooting Details and Security Concerns

Details regarding the gunman James Hodgkinson and his inquiry about the political affiliation of the baseball players are examined. The New York Times is criticized for a previous article that detailed the specific security habits and locations of Capitol Police during morning practices. The segment questions the safety implications of publishing such specific logistical information about government officials.

james hodgkinson· alexandria· capitol police· wilbur ross· new york times

07:21 It's like, why don't they just say he delivered a message of unity? But no no. You have to put a little bit in there and often polarizing... Why don't they go an often polarizing guy with a big red head and pumpkin head? I mean why don't they just say that? Yeah, yeah before uh... Orange skin freak. So this took place in the morning but it was still breaking news by the time Brolf got on the air and boy did he protect everybody James Hodgkinson the 66 year old shooter describing some of his political perhaps motivations listen to this I just want to let people know that he wasn't evil. That he was, I guess tired of some of the politics going on." Oh yeah! He wasn't evil or this one, Rolf... "...but you don't know if that individual who asked if they-the team players were Republicans and Democrats..." "...you don't know if they actually turned out to be a shooter?" No. That's right. That's right. Nah. It could have been somebody saying are you Democrats and Republicans?

08:19 Could have just been an innocent question about these members of Congress practicing for a big game tomorrow, right? That was just an innocent question. You don't know what he did! No you don't know...you don't know. It could be anything I'm giving you Clip Of The Day for that. That's how stunning that is Thank you very much. I had to catch the-that was hard to catch because y'know That was a beauty to catch I have to say Because i had not I mean, it was pretty obvious that the congressmen that were leaving there were a couple guys leaving. That's what happened this guy walks up to him and says who is on that field of Democrats or Republicans? The guy says those are the Republicans there he says okay and he goes and shoots them yeah but according to Brolf they was no positive identification it wasn't in a lineup There was no police interrogation We don't know we don't know oh my god And I will say that at The New York Times let me see when did they publish this

09:16 The New York Times had published something about these games and about the details that are, the security detail that protect them. This was April 12th okay not that long ago. In a city obsessed with the trappings of power they are the ultimate status symbol... ...the wire wearing black SUV driving protective crews that come with some high-level government service and they say But when the billionaire Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the Commerce Secretary, goes to dinner at a fancy Georgetown restaurant bodyguards sit in it nearby when members of Congress practice in the early mornings in an Alexandria Virginia public park for their congressional baseball game with a link playing close United States Capitol police are sitting there and they're black SUV." They might have just told him exactly where they're sitting you know not always that good New York Times yeah what is the point of that article

CHAPTER 05 / 61 Discussion

Congressional Baseball Team Managers Blame Media

The managers of the congressional baseball teams appear on PBS to discuss the emotional toll of the shooting. One manager suggests that the news media should reflect on its role in fueling division by only interviewing politicians who are "throwing swords at each other." They argue that the media ignores the many bipartisan friendships that exist within Congress.

pbs· judy woodruff· tom hanks· media hostility· bipartisan unity

10:07 Eh, just about elitists I guess. What was... Well the one clip that I have that I thought was an interesting clip they had the two managers, the congressmen were managing, the managers of the team, so they had a Republican and Democrat there. The Republican guy actually starts crying during their interview with Judy on PBS But the way this ends, this is the end of it. I don't have the whole thing. This is the two team managers lament shooting. This is at the very end of the interview and the Republican starts apologizing for crying and then the other guy kind of jumps in, the Democrat jumps in, and he's the one who brings up a very interesting topic and he's the one who

10:51 blames the media. getting emotional a minute ago. You know Tom Hanks was the manager of a women's baseball team and in that movie he has the famous line, there is no crying in baseball well certainly shouldn't be any crying in congressional baseball and I do apologize for my emotional

11:30 I would say there's lots of members of Congress that get along. We tend to not be the ones the media is interested in interviewing, oftentimes the media is interested in interviewing the two that are throwing swords at each other so maybe the news media too can reflect a little bit on that And and show some of the positive things that take place down here. That's true, and that's something for us to reflect on while we so appreciate the two of you being together right now and no apology needed There was a lot of that by them yes, we need to look in the mirror Yes, we need to reflect We need to reflect on this yeah, but they were done reflecting well. Well get what I couple more I have a couple minutes later

CHAPTER 06 / 61 Discussion

Newt Gingrich on Left-Wing Hostility

Newt Gingrich provides an analysis of the shooting, characterizing it as part of a pattern of increasing intensity and hostility from the political left. He cites reports of college students facing death threats for supporting Donald Trump. Gingrich argues that this climate has been building since election night 2016.

newt gingrich· steve scalise· left-wing hostility· college students· political violence

12:13 The only person who really said what he thought about it was Newt Gingrich, and I do appreciate that he did that. What do you make of what your— Very sobering. First of all we should be very grateful that nobody on the congressional side was killed, nobody working for Congress was killed. Our prayers ought to go out for Steve Scalise and his family and for the police and the other person who is wounded. Second, it certainly was a shock this morning. I don't think any of us expected today to take this turn but it's part of the pattern as you saw the one sign that this guy was holding and we've had an increasing intensity of hostility on the left. Look, I talk to college students regularly who say to me if they openly are for Trump

12:59 they get threatened. I've had college students who are getting beaten up, some of them get death threats the intensity on the left is very real whether it is somebody holding up a so-called comedian holding up you know the president's head in blood or its right here New York City play that shows the President being assassinated for its Democratic leading national politicians who are so angry they have to use vulgarity because they can't find any common language to talk. This intensity has been building, I think since election night." And it didn't take very long before people started turning the conversation towards guns! This by the way this Malcolm Nance he's the guy that tweeted

CHAPTER 07 / 61 Discussion

Malcolm Nance and Gun Proliferation Claims

NBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance is criticized for attributing the Alexandria shooting to the "over-proliferation of guns." The segment also highlights a controversial deleted tweet by Nance that appeared to suggest ISIS should target Trump properties in Istanbul.

malcolm nance· nbc· isis· gun control· trump tower

13:45 that he would not have. I should look up his actual words, but he tweeted a picture of Trump Tower and said, oh yeah this is where we should have an IED or maybe ISIS should attack this guy. Malcolm, i was hearing listening to your analysis during the tail end of the 9am hour before we started the 10 am hour east coast. We now know a lot more about this now deceased gunman uh the weapon he perhaps used And what are you most curious about now? Well, I'm most curious about whether the type of attack that he carried out was whether it was focused on Steve Scalise. Was it a particular methodology that was leading up to an assassination attempt or was it just generically a political attack against people he saw as opponents? The picture is becoming a little clearer as information gets confirmed

14:43 about the individual, but it doesn't matter because this was an attack on our representative democracy. They attacked our representatives whether Republican or Democrat so the most important thing that we need to understand from this is this is what happens when you have a you know over proliferation of guns and its to be expected to a certain extent Yeah, exactly. Here's Nance. NBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance has deleted a tweet that appeared to call for a terrorist attack against Trump towers in Istanbul quote this is my nominee for the first ISIS suicide bombing of a Trump property by the way the way he worded that this is his nominee for the first so another words he's advocating that you bomb Trump buildings

CHAPTER 08 / 61 Discussion

Governor Terry McAuliffe Gun Violence Statistics Error

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is called out for a significant factual error during a press conference regarding the shooting. McAuliffe claimed that 93 million Americans are lost to gun violence every day. He later corrected the figure to 93 individuals per day after being questioned by reporters.

terry mcauliffe· virginia· gun violence· statistics· background checks

15:31 He says... Very nice. How endearing, how endearing. So he's the guy you want? Interestingly there was a house hearing scheduled for this same day to debate the Sportsman Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act which is a lot of words but it was actually loosening some regulations on sportsmen and other things for guns. So that's just a coincidence, I'm sure but that obviously got canceled what was funny was the governor of Virginia who made a huge flub you may have heard it yeah but what i thought was more interesting is how the press

16:11 Seriously, ask instead of saying hey man you probably mean this. No no no I think we need to do more to protect all our citizens. I have long advocated This is not what today is about but there are too many guns on the street We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence A day? I've long talked about this A day Background checks shutting down gun Wait he'll double down on it Show loopholes That's not for today's discussion, but it's not just about politicians. We worry about this every day for all of our citizens. Why are you bringing up people that criticize the gun control at this time? At this point the press hasn't really heard him say 93 million they're not listening they're only listening to themselves What is he what is the ninety three million have to do with any I mean what does that number referring to because it's not ninety three million a year now what is not ninety three million a decade

17:01 It's 40,000 a year. He will answer the question. 93 million, that's a big number. Are you sure about that? 93 million... 93- I love that! Hey are you sure it's 93 million?! That's a big number! That's a really big number! ...people day is just something... 93 million, that's a big number. Are you sure about that? 93 million... 93 individuals a day Oh, 93 a day okay But he so used to exaggerating and lying

CHAPTER 09 / 61 Discussion

Steve Scalise and Human Trafficking Legislation

The segment addresses "Pizzagate" conspiracy theories claiming Steve Scalise was targeted because of his work against human trafficking. A PSA from Scalise regarding the inherent worth of human life and House actions against child predators is played. The hosts express skepticism toward claims that the shooting was a coordinated effort to stop a sex ring investigation.

steve scalise· human trafficking· pizzagate· child predators· house bills

17:46 But, but there's two theories. It took forever for them to notice! Yeah I know because they're not- They don't care. They keep listening No they're not There are two theories Theory one brought to us by Brolf One of his guests Grievance against Steve Scalise The Republican majority whip You didn't see it you don't believe he was deliberately targeting him It would be pure speculation on my part. I think this man is obviously mentally deranged He had no regard for humanity What I was watching was a person, a robot firing a weapon without regard for anything any life nothing But I'm thinking MKUltra Robot Ray was it like a robot? Mm-hmm And of course the pizza gators are out One of America's greatest values is our strong belief in the This is um

18:38 This is the congressman's PSA against child abuse and sex trafficking. One of America's greatest values is our strong belief in the inherent worth of every human life. Human trafficking is a direct assault on this core value, and it affects millions of victims throughout the world while many of us would like to believe that this issue isn't something that affects us. The sad truth is that human trafficking is a real problem plaguing each and every community here in the United States Enough is enough. This week, the House took strong actions to stand up for the victims of human trafficking passing tough bills to provide them protection and target child predators

19:21 Let's work together to get these bills signed into law. So these dickwad pizza gators who have yet to show me a single victim, because I'm all in on the child abuse and political circles big time and if you haven't seen The Keepers...I can't even watch it because i've seen so many of these documentaries but know exactly what's going to happen know exactly what was that was going on every single one of these cases But okay, so we can't find victims but oh yes they had to get rid of him because he's trying to unmask the sex ring. Okay even I won't fall for that one and this is an interesting situation where we have

CHAPTER 10 / 61 Discussion

Julius Caesar Play and Corporate Sponsorship

The controversy surrounding a New York City production of Julius Caesar featuring a Trump-like figure is discussed. Major sponsors like JPMorgan Chase and Delta Airlines pulled their funding following public outcry. The segment analyzes the media's framing of this as a threat to free speech versus a standard corporate branding decision.

julius caesar· jpmorgan chase· delta airlines· eric trump· free speech

20:02 Now, well just listen to the clip and we'll explain. For more than 400 years William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has been a lightning rod This year's adaptation by a New York City theater company is no different It features of President Trump look-alike who is stabbed to death on stage A modern take on Shakespeare's classic play The danger here Is that once you start pulling funding or giving funding... What he's talking about when he says pulling funding Or giving funding I think it's mainly related to JPMorgan Chase who pulled out of sponsoring the event, which is totally their prerogative. And i'm okay with this kind of art...I don't mind! I really don't. It's speech, its art you know? Is it nice? No. Is it dangerous perhaps?

20:45 But you can't say, oh you can't do that. But this guy turns it into something completely different because a commercial bank doesn't want to underwrite it and put their name on it. Pulling funding or giving funding based on the content of a particular piece of art? You're getting into a value judgment On Twitter the president's son Eric Trump thanked the companies for their decision calling it the right thing to do If a play like Julius Caesar can essentially be punished for what some have said is an offensive production, what else could happen here? Oh we have to be so worried about free speech. No you don't and that's about all I got on this guy other than

CHAPTER 11 / 61 Discussion

UPS Shooting and the Term Assault Pistol

A shooting at a UPS warehouse in San Francisco is used to highlight the emergence of the term "assault pistol" in media reports. The hosts deconstruct the technical inaccuracy of the term and suggest it is a new talking point designed to further gun control agendas. They compare the weapons mentioned to "party guns" like the Mac-10.

ups shooting· san francisco· assault pistol· mac-10· tech-9

21:31 You know, I heard a couple dumb things like he also had a 9mm assault pistol. Wow that's a new one hadn't heard that No actually I didn't hear that about this guy but i heard that this is interesting you brought this up because let's talk about the UPS shooting there was an UPS shooting here in San Francisco play UPS shoot-up and here's your new term Back in this country a gunman in san francisco shot three people to death at a ups warehouse before turning the gun on himself Police say the man was a UPS employee armed with an assault pistol. Heavily armed officers searched the sprawling complex after the shooting started as dozens of employees poured out of the building.

22:15 So, what you noticed was something that's obviously been put in play. Yes! That's Judy talking about a completely different incident and I didn't hear it used with that other guy but as soon as I heard of Judy say it... since I've never heard it before either... That's really interesting. Damnit now I'm pissed that I wasn't able to clip it. Pretty sure it was CNN It was like a throwaway line. He had an AK-47, which is pretty sure we didn't have that and a 9mm assault pistol Now you can call a Tech-9 an assault pistol if you want I guess but... The term is new and the term is out there And it's a talking point and it shows that I think PBS is just as corrupt as the rest No, PBS has gotten very corrupt ever since Gwen left

23:04 Or left. She left the planet ever since. But she was, I'm beginning to think more and more that she was the one holding it together in terms of its honesty. I think they're dishonest. I think PBS is really...I'm not going to say jumped a shark but they've definitely turned a corner for being independent and objective It's no evidence of it. If they're using that, and if you heard assault pistol which you must have because you're not going to just dream it up. No I've heard for sure And I have a clip of Judy saying it That means this term has now been put in play by the side of the media that is trying to stop gun usage What is this? You know what would say a Mac-10

23:51 Which has no sights and you can't even, you just shoot it randomly. It's a horrible thing I've shot one once they don't... You can hit the side of a barn with it but it's used as a cop told me that was at the same shooting range he says this is used as a party gun He says you kicked a door in at a party and you just spray everybody nice, and then you run out of there Now that I can see being called an assault pistol. But what is it? What is it with the Mac 10 then? Oh, let me see Mac tennis's boxy looking piece of crap That is In the movies all the time It's like almost like a mini Uzi kind of

24:31 Yeah, it's good. It's good you can't You're right it's a party sprayer hey everybody And that's it, and you're done. Mag-empty leave." Yeah...and uh... I can see being called that but this is not what's going on here they're just using this term to... I do like the idea! And now you too can own The Ultimate Party Gun That's right surprise your friends with The Ultimate Party Gun Walk in spray and pray The Ultimate Party Gun I'm telling ya its great its a perfect yeah

CHAPTER 12 / 61 Discussion

Washington Post Report on Trump Obstruction Investigation

The Washington Post reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation to include whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The report alleges that Trump encouraged DNI Daniel Coats and NSA Director Mike Rogers to deflect the FBI's Russia probe. The hosts analyze the timing of this "breaking news" following James Comey's testimony.

washington post· robert mueller· james comey· dan coats· mike rogers

25:08 Okay. So, but anyway so what we're seeing here is collusion in the media again. Yes yeah well and yes to collusion in the media as I was watching this unfold they made it almost to eight o'clock It was about quarter to eight ten to eight my time so 10-9 East Coast and oh we got breaking news! Hold on I have a new breaking news sound hold on where is that? A new breaking news swooper. Here we go, breaking news everybody! We got breaking news yes we have- Wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo wapo

25:51 You gotta bring in WAPO! And WAPO had a revelation. Comey, the former FBI director he appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee He had explained during his testimony that he had personally assured President Trump that he was not personally under investigation as part of this Russia probe And what we have learned since that appearance is that the FBI and the special counsel have expanded that investigation, that previously, as Comey said, was not targeting Trump but now is looking and investigating Trump for possible obstruction.

26:30 The special counsel is not just looking at what Comey faced when he was in the FBI job, but what other intelligence officials faced. And what you had in the case of the director of national intelligence Daniel Coats and Admiral Mike Rogers, the head of the NSA, they were approached by Trump in March and basically encouraged to to try to go out there and deflect this investigation, to cast doubt on the investigation that the FBI was undertaking. Both Coats, the DNI and Rogers declined to do what the president had asked them to do

27:11 And the deputy national security agency director made a memo to basically document the conversation that his boss, Admiral Rogers had with Trump. So these are the sorts of interviews that you do to lock in testimony, to understand where people stand on these issues and then he can decide how to proceed after that. So the big headline? Trump under investigation! But if you read the article Well, yes. You bring in a special prosecutor and he's going to look at everything and everybody? Is this the surprise is like some big breaking news it is to WAPO when we need to change the messaging. Oh, this guy's amygdala was enlarged Trump under investigation here is Lawrence O'Donnell with the writer of that story. Yeah. Did you notice sorry interrupt

CHAPTER 13 / 61 Discussion

Lawrence O'Donnell and Devlin Barrett on FBI Leaks

MSNBC’s Lawrence O'Donnell interviews Washington Post reporter Devlin Barrett regarding the sources for the Trump investigation story. The discussion focuses on whether the information came from the FBI or legal advisors for the officials involved. The hosts criticize the circular logic used by the media to validate anonymous "official" sources.

lawrence o'donnell· devlin barrett· msnbc· fbi leaks· anonymous sources

28:08 Whenever the WAPO, WAPO, WAPO boys are on their lower third has the Washington Post logo. It's not... I have not noticed it. It's a stylized logo. Yeah CNN is doing it MSNBC is doing it. I didn't see anyone from WAPO on Fox. That must've been a request from the paper? Yeah but they're doin' you know- We'll give ya the Chiron data and you can just plug in and it will work fine. Yeah, they probably have a little file that they can use and it goes right into the Chiron and pops up as a logo. Dynamite! Very smart. Anyway the guy comes on is a real block-headed guy who's just like a very interesting looking character. That's the guy who wrote this story and he has...he's smirking

28:50 He's a smirker. Constantly smirking, but here is the clip that is interesting because it's Lawrence O'Donnell talking and talking and talking... he has got the guy! Talking and talking and talking trying to explain what it means in every which way and then throws the guy and the guys got nothing to say except yeah you know I might.... they don't explain one thing which is that Well, after you play this clip which is unfortunately I think dull because they don't know how to tighten things up at MSNBC. But there's a point that's in there that needs to be made. President Trump said he felt quote total and complete vindication

29:30 After James Comey's testimony revealed that when he was FBI director, he told the president repeatedly that the president was not then under investigation. Some Republican senators and members of Congress suggested that the only important thing about former director Comey's testimony was that he said the president was not under investigation and so tonight is a major turning point for defenders of President Trump because they can no longer claim that the president is not under investigation. In response to the Washington Post story tonight, the president's legal defense team released a statement saying the FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous inexcusable and illegal but The Washington Post story does not indicate that the information that they used in that report comes from the FBI or was obtained from anyone in the special prosecutor's investigation

30:31 Joining us now, Devlin Barrett reporter for the Washington Post. I want to go for the moment and i know you're not going to tell us who the sources are but because the president's defense lawyers tonight responded with a direct attack on the FBI...I just want point out that in your article the only phrase you use for sources are it just says officials said official said uh...the most detailed description of sources is when you say five people briefed on the requests and that is the request for testimony from Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence. From Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency and Richard Ledgett who agreed to be interviewed. That five people who knew about the requests for those people to be interviewed by the special prosecutor

31:26 have spoken to the Washington Post. And it seems that those people could well exist outside the FBI, including as possible legal representatives or people who were legal advisors who were consulted by those people who had those requests. Well right and frankly we're not going to go beyond our language in this story that just says officials precisely because People want to turn this conversation and frankly into a discussion of leaks and sources and those sorts of things Okay, it goes on and although it's door Donald doing most of the talking which has got the guy right there wrote that thing let him talk It seems to me. Is that what you want to do? And said you talk trying to analyze what the guy wrote when he's right there But okay, but here's the thing that McDonald goes He goes into this O'Donnell. He goes into this

32:20 exposition about, well these guys who were given the subpoenas or they're gonna testify so they knew they knew they knew and they could have talked to The Washington Post. Maybe there are the sources." No! His whole argument is bad because the writer uses the word officials. Officials refers to a specific thing it doesn't refer to somebody that might be a witness The whole thing is just... it doesn't even matter. Yeah, of course he's under investigation obviously that's what the prosecutor is for when he's gonna look at everything except the president? Oh stop the news about the shooter! Stop it stop it

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Chris Ruddy and the Mueller Firing Rumor

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy sparked a media firestorm by suggesting on PBS that President Trump was considering terminating Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The White House later clarified that Ruddy had not spoken to the President about the matter. The hosts examine how the media used Ruddy's "friend" status to amplify the rumor.

chris ruddy· newsmax· robert mueller· pbs· white house

33:02 And before this all happened, we had this meme going around. In the White House today President Trump ignoring the question. Thank you very much Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan expressed support today for Robert Mueller the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling and allegations of Trump campaign collusion It was prompted by this comment from Trump confidant and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy yesterday on PBS. Well, I think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think he's weighing that option right? So this was consistently chyroned as Trump friend might want to fire Mueller Trump friend Trump friend except NBC with the only one who had the Trump friend on

33:52 From Newsmax, I don't know if he's his friend or he is a confidant. An operative? The guy is very clear! This suggestion raised by the president's longtime friend Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy. The White House saying Ruddy never spoke directly to the President about Mueller. Ruddy acknowledging that but doubling down If you read the art of the deal He always says keep all your options open Do I think that he will actually fire him fire him? No. But do I think it was an option or has been an option, yes." He doubled down but he said no?! I don't understand maybe i just hear things you know... I have SFS. I've diagnosed myself and I have SFS okay uh let me see let me guess what that might mean

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Rod Rosenstein on Special Counsel Independence

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies before the Senate, confirming that he is the only person with the authority to fire Robert Mueller and that no "good cause" currently exists to do so. The hosts discuss the legal framework of the Special Counsel's independence and the media's fixation on the possibility of Mueller being fired.

rod rosenstein· robert mueller· justice department· sarah huckabee sanders· senate testimony

34:40 Oh, let's see. You take one drink of alcohol so maybe the first is shit face simplicity? No straddle fatigue syndrome. Ah! Also known as just straddle fatigue. I don't know because it seems to me that you're you might but it seems to me that yours your Position so deeply in the dimension a that you're hearing dimension a stuff is if you had straddle fatigue You might actually hear both sides a little better No, I hear both sides. I got this weight. I got this from the last time we discussed This where you kept hearing the word? It's true Yeah when I was referring to Comey's... That is what happens when you have straddle fatigue. Because, I am straddling! No? What are you accusing me of Mr. Dvorak?! I'm accusing you of not straddling enough and your actually... Your... I'm slipping! I'm slipping into A! You're slipping back into dimension a and can't get out! No! I've fallen into dimension a and I can't get up

35:38 Here is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who answers the question, who is the only guy who can fire Mueller? And I just thought it was interesting to play this as the only thing from that testimony that was remotely interesting. At this point have you seen any evidence of good cause for firing a special counsel Mueller? No, I have not and... This is all based on the guy from Newsmax What the hell are we doing? You've given the special counsel full independence from the Justice Department to conduct his investigation. Yes, Senator I appreciate that question at the last hearing I attended I explained it would require a long time to explain exactly why I'm confident that he has full independence The short answer is though that regulation as you may know was

36:24 I know the folks who wrote that. They wrote it to deal with these sort of situations, and I am confident that he will have sufficient independence and it's certainly theoretically possible that the Attorney General could fire him but that is the only person has authority to fire him in fact a chain of command for the special counsel is only directly to the Attorney General, or in this case the acting Attorney General. So nobody else in the department would have authority to do that and you have my assurance that we're going to faithfully follow that regulation and Director Mueller's going to have a full degree of independence that he needs to conduct that investigation appropriately.

37:02 And is there a record that gives him that full independence? Is that done in a letter or an order from you as the deputy attorney? This is well known. It's it's a law how this works. Why are they harping on this so much and how will be... For camera time! Hucklebee, or Huckerbee whatever her name is the press person. Sarah she came out and said that Trump has zero interest in firing bullets. But the friend! The lower third said friend says This is a waste of time. It's outrageous, actually and I thought the hearing...I do have two clips The hearing with Jeff Sessions was a huge waste of time and it was back to the gills Well because he recused himself because he's Russian

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Jeff Sessions Explains Recusal Rationale

Attorney General Jeff Sessions provides a detailed explanation for his recusal from the Russia investigation, citing 28 CFR 45.2. He explains that Department of Justice rules prohibit employees from participating in investigations involving political campaigns where they served as principal advisors. The hosts note that the media often ignores this specific legal requirement in favor of more scandalous narratives.

jeff sessions· recusal· code of federal regulations· ron wyden· department of justice

37:53 And he explained that and what actually his explanation I have to this is what bothered me. His explanation of his recusal, which is very obvious it's a bit just kind of written rule in the Department of Justice that and he explains it over and over again. I do have a clip explaining it. I've never heard this before! Why haven't you not heard this? The media has never discussed his real reason for his recusal. Because it doesn't fit the message... It's outrageous to me! In fact, I'd like to play that clip this is the part of the second clip I have two one and we're just gets irked with this you know Ron Wyden is a dick in these hearings so as Kamala Harris oh she's just a total dick I got a piece of her

38:46 Okay, which one do you want me to play? Wyden versus Sessions 2. So he explains this. General Sessions respectfully you're not answering the question... Well what is the question? The question is Mr. Comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal... Oh wait stop stop stop! That's actually not the clip I wanted. There's a third clip Sessions, here it is. This is the Session's recusal rationale on overseas banning. General Sessions on March 2nd 2017 you formally recused yourself from any involvement in the Russian investigation being conducted by the FBI and the Department of Justice

39:28 What are the specific reasons that you chose to recuse yourself? Well, the specific reason Mr. Chairman is a CFR, Congress Code of Federal Regulations put out by the Department of Justice part of the Department of Justice And it says this, I'll read from it. 28 CFR 45.2 unless authorized no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person involved in the conduct of an investigation. It goes on to say for

40:16 in a political campaign and it says if you have a close identification with an elected official or candidate arising from service as a principal advisor, you should not participate in an investigation of that campaign. So many have suggested that my recusal is because I felt I was a subject of the investigation myself, that I may have done something wrong But this is the reason I recused myself. I felt that was required to under the rules of the Department of Justice and as a leader of the Department of Justice, I should comply with the rules obviously. So did your legal counsel basically know from day one? You don't need the rest of it. What gets me is besides the fact that we're never told this by the media... I'm glad you played this thank you That's good. That's very good but I'm glad you brought it to the party with your Mac 10

41:19 And the thing is, if he had not recused himself they would have dug this up and held it over his head. And they would have tried to get him ousted attorney general for violating this rule. Yes, he's very smart that way He is very smart that way he has been in the business long enough to know better and so he wasn't going get caught that way even though Trump apparently says although I don't even believe that Trump was supposedly upset that he recused himself That could be just a blatant lie like the fact that he recused himself because he was under investigation for being in collusion with the Russians when it's not the case at all

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Kamala Harris Interrogates Jeff Sessions

Senator Kamala Harris grills Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding his memory of meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. Sessions defends his lack of detailed notes, citing the "extraordinary nature" of a fast-moving political campaign. The hosts characterize the exchange as "lawyer bantering" and a waste of time.

kamala harris· jeff sessions· senate intelligence committee· russian ambassador· campaign notes

41:57 It's very disgusting to me that this is we have to sift through this stuff and the only way to actually do it is To listen to these these all of incredibly dull Yeah, we have to listen to this stuff. No wait a minute This is not what were being told and here's the guy explaining it right the Trump isn't the media explaining it because well You're asking Directions to the place you know how to find very well That was a Dutchism that didn't translate, sorry. No it didn't! What is that? What's the Dutch? The Dutch is... Which means asking for directions to the road you already know something like that yeah but it sounds better when you say in a dutch Yeah yeah you should just use the Dutch I will from now on I'll use many of those I think I think have better chances but you already know the answer

42:51 A little bit of Kamala Harris until we're bored of it, is she was grilling the Attorney General. Oh she had a smirk on her face too. Well you know what? Look at it! Everywhere now that you've seen the articles, she's gonna be the next president. This is it. She's beautiful... Luckily- She's a woman, she's smart, she's bright. I don't call her beautiful. No, she's very pretty. She is a corrupt official. They already have the goods on her. She cannot turn the corner on this and she's also in, well she's also from California so you get to California vote but California is a lost cause it says if people that are so Democrat out here that you can't, your not gonna get any attention from anybody

43:38 It's like you're just assumed that the California is going to go all right. So you don't have this give them new roads everybody's blase You don't have to do anything they'll vote for us anyway, yeah Yeah, so screw them. That's the attitude and both parties it's like that Republicans say well screw California because they're not helping us So we're not gonna give him any aid or help or funds for their potholes And the Democrats say the same thing cuz I think in a vote for us anyway who cares let's use the money someplace else Here's a bit of Kamala uh... interrogating jeff sessions attorney general sessions you have several times this afternoon i'd preface your responses by saying and to the best of your recollection comment this is like

44:25 Just on the first page of your three pages written testimony you wrote, nor do I recall. Do not have recollection. Do not remember it so my question is for any of your testimony today did you refresh your memory with any written documents be they your calendar or written correspondence emails notes of any sort? I attempted to refresh my recollection but so much of this is in in a wholesale campaign of extraordinary nature. that you're moving so fast that you don't keep notes, you meet people. I didn't keep notes of my conversation with the Russian ambassador at the Republican convention. Sir, I'd like to just talk about what you did- You know, I'm just saying I didn't keep notes on most of these things and there's nothing for me- Will you provide this committee with the notes that you did maintain? As appropriate, I will supply the committee with- So now we get into lawyer bantering which is if you've ever been in a lawsuit which i have been and you get to this point

45:23 This is where it's costing you money and they're just jerking each other off. To before disclosing documents that are held within the Department of Justice Attorney I'm not able to make that opinion today, sir. I am sure you prepared for this hearing today And most of the questions that have been presented to our already presented and known in advance were predictable Oh okay? That's one way of saying it So my question to you is did you then review with the lawyers of your department if you as the top lawyer are unaware? What the law is regarding what you can share with us and what you cannot share with us. What is privileged and what does not privilege? You just tick-tick-tick there goes my money, the lawyers are arguing with each other we discussed a basic parameter

46:16 parameters of testimony, I frankly have not discussed documentary disclosure rules. Will you make a commitment to this committee that you will share any written correspondence be they your calendars records notes emails or anything that has been reduced at any point in time in writing? I will not! This committee where legally um... you actually have an obligation to do so. I'll commit the reviewing the uh... rules of department and as and when that issue is raised to respond appropriately. Did you have any communications with Russian officials for any reason during the campaign that have not been disclosed in public or to this committee? I don't recall it, but i have to tell you uh... I cannot testify to what

47:08 was said as we were standing at the Republican Convention before the podium where I spoke. My question is only... I don't have a detailed memory of that Okay, as it relates to your knowledge did you have any communication with any Russian businessmen or any Russian nationals? I don't believe i had any conversation with Russian businessmen or Russian nationals. Are you aware of your communications? Although a lot of people were at the convention, it's conceivable that somebody came up to me... Sir, sir, I have just a few things... Well let me qualify and if I don't qualify then you'll accuse me of lying so I need to be correct as best I can. And I'm not able to uh... be rushed this fast. It makes me nervous

47:52 Camel Toe Harris, you're making me nervous. Are you aware of any communications with other Trump campaign officials and associates that they had with Russian officials or any Russian nationals? I don't recall that And are you aware... At this moment Are you aware of any communications? I love that little date. At this moment, i'm not aware of it! With any Trump officials or did you have any communications with any officials about Russia or Russian interests in the United States before January 20th? No, I may have had some conversations and I think I did with the general strategic concept

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Ron Wyden Accuses Jeff Sessions of Stonewalling

Senator Ron Wyden clashes with Jeff Sessions over the Attorney General's refusal to discuss confidential communications with the President. Sessions denies "stonewalling," asserting his right to follow long-standing Department of Justice policies regarding executive privilege. The segment also covers Wyden's questions about the firing of James Comey.

ron wyden· jeff sessions· james comey· stonewalling· confidential communications

48:33 of the possibility of whether or not Russia and the United States could get on a more harmonious relationship, and move off to hostility. The Soviet Union did in fact collapse. It's really a tragic strategic event that we're not able to get along better. Yes, return to the harpsichord. Man what a waste of time! It's a total waste of time but at least it gets pretty funny with Wyden who is another douchebag and this is the two clips I have that I wanted to play which is Wyden vs Sessions part one where they go at each other The American people have had it with stonewalling

49:20 Americans don't want to hear that answers to relevant questions are privileged and off-limits or that they can't be provided in public, or that it would be quote inappropriate for witnesses to tell us what they know. We are talking about an attack on our democratic institutions and stonewalling of any kind is unacceptable. And General Sessions has acknowledged that there is no legal basis for this stonewalling, so now to questions. Last Thursday I asked former Director Comey about the FBI's interactions with you, General Session prior to your stepping aside from the Russian investigation

50:03 Mr. Comey said that your continued engagement with the Russian investigation was, quote, problematic And he, Mr. Comey could not discuss it in public Mr. Comey also said that FBI personnel had been calling for you to step aside from the investigation at least two weeks before you finally did so Now in your prepared statement You stated you received only quote limited information necessary to inform your recusal decision But given Director Comey's statement, we need to know what that was. Were you aware of any concerns at the FBI or elsewhere in government about your contacts with the Russians? Or any other matters relevant to whether you should step aside from the Russian investigation? Senator Wyden I am not stonewalling

51:04 I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice. You don't walk into any hearing or committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with a President of United States who's entitled to receive confidential communications in your best judgment about a host of issues and have to be accused of stonewalling for not answering them. So I would push back on that. Secondly, Mr. Comey perhaps he didn't know but I basically recused myself the day

51:40 the first day I got into the office because i never accessed files. I never learned the names of investigators, I never met with them and I never asked for any documentation. The documentation was little I received was mostly on already in the media and was presented by the senior ethics public responsibility, professional responsibility attorney in the department. And I made a honest and proper decision to recuse myself as I told Senator Feinstein and the members of the committee I would do when they confirmed me. So that didn't really keep- That didn't work?

52:21 Well, I mean it did work for everyone listening. But it didn't work for this Wyden guy. And Wyden by the way is the guy... He's talking about this kind of confidentiality. So Wyden if you remember he's the guy from Oregon who came before on the floor of the Senate went on and on, this was during the Snowden era. He went on and on about all these terrible things that are going on and how that he would like to say what they were Which he could have done legally, could have actually exposed a lot of the stuff that Snowden was talking about legally. Because on the floor of Congress you're not liable for anything. You can say whatever you want and you can reveal private conversations, you can reveal closed door testimonies, you can reveal it all and he wouldn't do it but oh excuse me but its really bad because Sessions won't do it I just thought this guy was huge hypocrite

53:15 But here we are, Wyatt in versus Sessions 2 and this will be my last one. General Sessions respectfully you're not answering the question. Well what is the question? The question is Mr. Comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them What are they? Why don't you tell me? There are none, Senator Wyden. There are none! I can tell you that for absolute certainty. You tell... This is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me and i dont appreciate it

53:54 And I've tried to give my best and truthful answers to any committee I have appeared before. People are suggesting through innuendo that I have been not honest about matters, and I've tried to be honest. My time is short you made your point that you think Mr Comey is engaging in innuendo we're going to keep digging. Well Senator Wyden he did not say it. and I asked you what was problematic about it. Some of that leaked out of the committee, that he said in closed sessions. Okay one more question...I asked former FBI director whether your role in firing him violated your recusal given the President Trump said he had fired Comey because of the Russian investigation? Director Comey said this was a reasonable question so I want to ask you just

54:50 Point blank, why did you sign the letter recommending the firing of Director Comey when it violated your recusal? It did not violate my recusal. That would be the answer to that and the letter that I signed represented my views that had been formulated for some time Yeah, that was pretty much the only explosive fun bit that was in that whole thing. I would say and the thing about this is you want to just kind of Reminisce if it wasn't for Trump going on Lester Holt Right and out-of-the-blue saying I fired call me because of his Russian hoax If he'd shut up And go do his job instead of coming on and making stuff up as he goes along

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Donald Trump's Lester Holt Interview Impact

The hosts discuss how President Trump’s interview with Lester Holt, where he mentioned the "Russian thing" in relation to firing James Comey, provided the primary ammunition for his critics. They argue that if Trump had remained silent or stuck to the official DOJ rationale regarding the Hillary Clinton email investigation, the current obstruction narrative would have less traction.

donald trump· lester holt· james comey· russian hoax· nbc news

55:43 I mean, they always call Trump a big liar. The guy's a liar, but he's telling the truth in this instance that we can jump on him now if he's a liar is a lie and this is bullcrap. He didn't be fired because the real reason for getting fire was his handling of the Hillary thing which I think is a stronger point But Trump gets hung up on this Russian stuff because he thinks they're after him and they are. But it doesn't help his cause when he goes on Lester Holt and says this, and they're all throwing it in Sessions face! And the Russian thing... If Trump had never said that if he had never gone on Lester Holt This hearing would not happen Oh I'm no so sure about that Well okay but it would be- The angle would be different They couldn't keep using Trump's words against him Yeah well No one said he was

56:30 Smart that way. You think he'd wise up? Nah, nah That wise guys never wise up you see That's not how it works Well since we have a few minutes We have breached the Comey gap He's a showboat. He's a grandstander The FBI director has no credibility I think Comey acted in an outrageous way and I think it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did stuff You said that he had no credibility. I assume that you support the president's decision then to fire his FBI director No, I do not call me Nice

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The View Discusses James Comey's Veracity

A segment from *The View* features a debate over James Comey’s credibility versus Donald Trump’s. The participants discuss Comey’s "queasy feeling" regarding Loretta Lynch’s request to call the Clinton investigation a "matter." The hosts deconstruct the partisan nature of the discussion and the "Dimension A" perspective of the show's participants.

the view· whoopi goldberg· james comey· loretta lynch· sarah huckabee sanders

57:20 It's pretty funny. We have the best producers in the world, thank you Matt for that Just to whet your appetite because there are so many people appearing on this program That it has become important And the politicians everybody knows that that's where the audience is for the white women yes I'm talking about The View and What's-The-Girls' name? You're at wait what you're asking me and now I'm asking. I'm asking myself in general Jedidiah, I think Jedidiah yes well she committed a big boo-boo

57:59 I don't think, the way i read it was that he was saying if my dad's gonna tell you, if my dad is going to boss you around its gonna be very clear and hes gonna put an end to this based on his experience with his own father. My issue though? My issue though is with Comey once again how many...I watched this testimony and just thought this guy read to me as such a coward that you sat there for so long You heard about how Comey felt Oh this made me uncomfortable People say did you do anything about it Did you say any thing to President Trump Well no if I were stronger maybe I would have. That's an irrelevant point really. You know what, but it is not an irrelevant point. Yes it is because the truth of the matter is who is lying? Yeah okay and according to Politifact Donald Trump has lied 277 times in the past two years okay? Yeah yeah liar pencil file!

58:47 Comey has not. How do you know he hasn't lied? He's been working for... Wait, wait! You were willing to accept what he was saying about all the other stuff now so you're stuck with it. He wasn't lying then and he is not lying now I don't know who is lying but I think you know who is lying Look, I don't know why he doesn't lie But Comey is known for being a truthful person and I will say this after watching testimony again because I did that over the weekend None of the senators on that intelligence committee questioned his veracity. That's right! Not one during that testimony questioned his veracity. It doesn't seem odd to you if he were sitting there and witnessing obstruction of justice, if he were witnessing this guy is a liar let me take some memos, that he wouldn't open up say something to the Senate Intel Committee, say something to Justice Department. He did! He said it to colleagues at the Justice Department. Say something to Jeff Sessions and tell him please don't leave me alone

59:34 that felt differently this time. A lot of that stuff together started to create a picture for me that I was like, oh okay... It also seems weird to me though that he felt the need to take these memos on Trump fine but you didn't take memos on Loretta Lynch and there you have him admitting Loretta Lynch told me that this-I should not call this an investigation into Hillary Clinton! I should call it a matter that you have Loretta Lynch meeting with President Trump on the carpet! Let's not money in the waters as they tried today

1:00:13 I love whoopie-jumpy. You know what? Do you know what and she's raising both hands, you know What let's not muddy the waters with any of that stuff. I should call it a matter then you have Loretta Lynch Let's not muddy the waters as they tried to do No, no, let's not muddy them all as they tried to do but its bottom line is simply this Okay, okay The guy was in charge now Who Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she definitely can say that the president is not a liar. That's a lie! And you think it's weird that I slip into dimension A from time to time, this is what I have to endure This is it and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John Su

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Associate Executive Producer Donations and Poop Map Artwork

The hosts acknowledge the show's producers and discuss the episode's artwork, a "poop map" by Melvin Gipstein. A note from "Sir Onimus of Dogpatch" is read, which critiques the hosts' frequent use of the word "interesting" as a placeholder for "stupid." The segment includes a discussion on the "Dimension B" silence following the Alexandria shooting.

melvin gipstein· sir onimus· poop map· aachen· donations

1:01:01 He stands for, call me as a coward, Dvorak. Well in the morning to you Mr Adam Curry also in the morning all the ships and sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water yeah the dames and knights out there yes in the morning everybody in the morning too specifically Melvin Gipstein today Melvin Gipstein brought us the artwork for episode 9 or 3 8 of this program also known as the best podcast in universe title that stumped the algo This was a poop map and we had a couple of them. We had a couple of poop map entries Comics are blogger did a pretty good one, but we like this because he actually drew the no agenda You know the title and the life from gastro nation was all in poop letters John poop and yeah I mean poop wins

1:01:52 When it comes to humor poop just always seems to win, it's just a fact of life. You can't do much. Well we have a lot of associate executive producers 1 2 3 4 and three executive producers for todays show and after that drops off drastically But at least we got, and one of the carriers of this show over the last couple weeks is Ceronymous. Ceronymous is back! Again? Yeah it's unbelievable This guy he must be a day trader or something He has unlimited amounts I don't know he just seems to get in the mood

1:02:32 And of course I put these notes in here and there they are. So he sends a note in- Now this guy is very anonymous, right? We don't know what that means. He's very anonymous you don't know where he is or...and he doesn't...you can't read his checks and send cash. Nice! He never has a return address so he really trusts the post office so I assume he's deeply embedded into the system knowing the post office is actually pretty good about this But when he writes notes, it's usually to complain about something. And now he is doing it in kind of an off-handed way and see if you can figure out what his gripe is. From Sir Onimus of Dogpatch It is exhausting... It is exhausting! To listen to opinions from... Oh this is the wrong letter This is the last one That's the way I should have read that letter

1:03:33 Here we go, here it is. I'm just gonna get mixed up with that. It's next to the keyboard! Well he you know he sends every show so what am i supposed to do? Okay from Sir Animus of Dogpatch quote interesting after a long day of meetings a colleague from Ghana turned to me and said It's interesting. No, no he says I think and get this straight. I think interesting is a white man's word for stupid since that day when I hear interesting in a meeting. I find stupid is a useful replacement. Huh?

1:04:17 some people wanna send blankets or water just send your cash is what he ends with and that's that so he apparently I'm guessing So I'm guessing that he's been hearing us say interesting, as someone else pointed out. Yes Too often and now he is calling us out on it saying He is going to be hearing stupid The word stupid is a replacement I will readily admit That I have used the word interesting in conversations In meetings when I used to do meetings As a word To throw out there To pause everybody so I could have

1:04:58 You know, it's three syllables. I had some time to think about what I was really going to say." I'm sure of that because I have been called out on this before. But we're talking 1996 or 95 and someone finally said to me... Said, really? You always say interesting you really think it's interesting?" And I was like, oh yeah. This is like my call-out on that's an excellent question! Not a great question. Okay, well that's noted yes Well I think we've we work on these things my have backed off. I thought we'd backed off it Maybe we're not hearing it and well We do want to thank you used I've used it as a stalwart yeah, I do want to thank him for his interesting note Give them a come karma You've got karma no prisoners

1:05:56 Alright, well anyway. May I point out- Thank you, Mr. Animas. Now we get a little clue as to he's meeting with Ghana representatives. Maybe he is in the UN or something? May I point out that you said to me that I was slipping into dimension A but you pretty much meant dimension B didn't ya? No no, I meant dimension A Oh, yes. The B is the other side where whoopie is. The B is completely... you know the face bag after that shooting? That's insane! That's an insane dimension After that shooting the face bag went dead. Silent no one is posting anything Dead Yeah I would have expected something... Something No, this fried some brains

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Comparing Trump and Clinton Campaign Vitriol

The hosts analyze the difference between Donald Trump’s personal attacks on opponents and Hillary Clinton’s "basket of deplorables" comment directed at voters. They argue that attacking a candidate's supporters is a significant strategic flaw compared to attacking the candidate themselves.

donald trump· hillary clinton· basket of deplorables· vitriol· campaign rhetoric

1:06:44 Everyone knows how angry they are. Everyone's heard the hate, everyone's heard it Now the mission is to remind everybody that the president started all that shit That's what this is about. The President, his vitriol, his anger, telling people he'd pay for their court fees and lawyers if they punch someone out. If they punch somebody out... You know by the way in one of the earlier clips I forgot to mention that it was noteworthy- I was almost gonna say interesting. No, I like note worthy, it's very good It was noteworthy that when they compared the vitriol of Trump

1:07:23 to the vitriol of Clinton. Trump pretty much made his attacks personal on the other candidate, Hillary went after the trump supporters yeah I think that was a flaw talk about vitriol basket of deplorables it became like a meme Hillary is a bigot, never became a meme. It's just funny at the moment but still that's an ISO I think we should try to get. Hillary Clinton is a bigot! I don't think we have that one do we? This is like the George Clooney as a spy kind of thing Yeah but we don't have... No we don't have it.

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Palindrome Prime Donations and Net Neutrality

Donor Keith Lawsett is thanked for a "palindrome prime" donation of $345.43. The hosts also acknowledge Ralph DeVito, the "Viscount of Net Neutrality," and play a sinister combination of clips featuring Vladimir Putin and Yoko Ono as requested by donors.

keith lawsett· pop money· palindrome prime· ralph devito· vladimir putin

1:08:06 Well someone should make it and it would sound something like this. George Clooney is a spy. Something along those lines. Onward, Keith Lawsett uh is one of our big donors from Pop Money and so he's got three four 34543 and since he's pop money, you know pop money just shows up in the bank account doesn't tell you anything. That is an interesting palindrome it's Pop no three four five four three Oh three four five for three yes It's a palindrome and pop and palindrome pop pellin blah maybe there's a connection hop-hop

1:08:54 He sent an email in, so I dug it up. Apparently he sent it about eight times worried sick that we weren't going to get to it. My donation via pop money claims to have reached no agenda. Yes, it did. Pop money works very well if you...if it works at all but if you're doing it from a credit union which apparently did or bank that's using it instead of the Swift and all those other things. He is using it from the Redstone Federal Credit Union, which is typical credit unions all use POP money. And it always works that way if you have to check banking numbers and stuff. I am hoping this can be attributed to episode 937. Well...

1:09:38 Almost. Since I anticipate that being a good episode with the Comey influence and all, it was a good episode. However if you are sticking to your reviewing pop money once a month procedure then you're attributing it when you can. Well twice a month. For karma my contribution of 34543 is a palindrome prime. A pal prime. I don't know what that means? What it means, I guess is the first lowest executive producer pal prime is 33533 but that one is not as pretty. I wanted to offer a pretty pal prime

1:10:18 Episode 937 is prime as well. You guys do operate the best podcast in both universes, that's a good one. Oh we need to adjust all of our imaging! Thank you so much for giving me some sanity to hold on too. I'll keep the request simple. Putin's don't worry be happy followed by two to the head. and some karma. Keep up the fabulous work! You've got karma. Thank you Greg Davies. He's someone finally did it hello took you long enough It's a very sinister that combination of clips I love The don't worry be happy though always dynamite we didn't have it with the music and it was so no, I know I Was stunned when you play it he surprised even me Ralph the Viscount of net neutral Morris net in Germany

1:11:35 Morsnet more in Aachen, Aachen. Aachen Deutschland Hi John and Adam Thanks again Please keep on going all the best from Berlin relocation due to holidays Ralph DeVito neutral bar set in Germany PS Yokos cry Followed by charisma by karma yeah should help everyone okay just a little yoko and karma That's a long one. Well, I won't play the whole thing let's just get into it yes Thank you for your donation mr.. Bycount we appreciate You've got karma Nice onward Brian McVicar and What a care what a care wait carry way to carry. I'll betcha 269 69 Auckland New Zealand he sent an email

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New Zealand Politics and Cannabis Legalization

A donor from New Zealand provides an update on the resignation of Prime Minister John Key and the ongoing debate over marijuana legalization. The note discusses the conflict between potential cannabis tax revenue and the existing $1.7 billion collected from tobacco taxes.

brian mcvicar· auckland· john key· marijuana· tobacco tax

1:12:48 Please find in your PayPal donations my exocious blah, I'm tired of being a douchebag and as I've just been laid off. I've now got time to get stuff done like donating to the best podcast in both universes. Everyone's thinking the same thing The $200 for an associate executive producership and it 6969 is because well I could do with getting a little lucky about now Here in New Zealand Prime Minister Teflon John Key finally resigned a few months back and has received the knighthood from the Queen not a real no agenda one It's a phony. It's a mocker knighthood is not the real deal Yeah, you got it for basically selling out selling off and screwing over the country all hail sir Don key punch

1:13:39 Maybe we can get this country back on track now and focus on some real issues rather than this failed change the flag vanity project. Thanks to the lead from the US, we are finally getting into the marijuana debate and it's about time however with a 1.7 billion in tobacco taxes that government received last year, the ass about base nature of the tobacco legal slash pot illegal situation is unlikely ever to be reversed with the tax revenue being worth more than the government, the number of cigarettes related robberies and deaths increasing. I may use my time off to put together a business plan for when cannabis legalization happens over here Will as it won't be hard to find... I got a business plan! It's like buy weed smoke repeat

1:14:24 As it won't be hard to find experienced cultivars here out west who just need some help with the business side of things when it happens. In other words, they're already growing it." Anyway, I could get a de-douching, a little girl yay and some urgently needed jobs karma. And also Adam if you're serious about coming to Auckland he's got a place for ya. Yeah we're just not sure of the timing yet so we are going to work on this. You've been dedouched! Yayyyy! Hold on it was jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma

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Job Karma and Medical Support Requests

The hosts read several requests for "karma" from donors, including support for a post-doc position and a mother starting chemotherapy. They conclude the producer segment by reminding listeners of the value-for-value model and the upcoming Sunday show.

sir chauncey· kaitlin williams· chemo· job karma· executive producers

1:15:06 Sir Chauncey in Worcester, Massachusetts. 23450 from Sir Chauncey in Worcester ITM gents thanks again for the insightful coverage can I get some job karma for my fiancee who's trying to get a post doc position thanks again and thank you for your courage jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs Kaitlin Williams in Seven Springs, North Carolina. 20202 I need a big F cancer for my mom Hilda she starts chemo today not as show listener yet but both of her kids are F that cancer up real good for us nurse Caitlin you've got karma and last on our list of producers and executive producers for show

1:16:02 9 what? 989 or 3a yes 938 Brian in Irvine, California $200. He says keep me anonymous just Brian and Irvine can thank you so much for the show I can't live without it working my way to knighthood I hope I can get there someday Can I get a life sucks but hoping things get better soon karma? Thanks sure is sure we can do that Life sucks get better soon. You've got karma everyone goes through everybody go soon Cycles and waves, cycles and waves. Yeah well we're trying to keep you sane in the process Yes And it's dangerous work Witness me with my straddle fatigue It's bad I don't know what to do about it Take the bucket challenge maybe that'll help Wow thanks Dr. Dvorak

1:16:52 They say they have nothing but modern cures. We'd like to thank everybody who is an executive or associate executive producer for today's program These are real credits is how the system works It's how we've been doing it for 10 years plus and we continue to chug ahead But we do need you to remember to continue to support us, and these credits are real And so are the knighthoods here that we hand out when they're deserved. And you can put those credits anywhere, LinkedIn gets your gigs for sure and please remember our next show will be on Sunday We need as much help as you can get Give us... Dvorak dot org slash N A You know with the weekend coming up pretty soon you might want to consider going out there propagating the formula Our formula is this- we go out, we hit people in the mouth

CHAPTER 26 / 61 Discussion

Ankara Mayor Claims Artificial Earthquake

The Mayor of Ankara, Turkey, suggests that a recent 6.3 magnitude earthquake near Greece and Turkey might have been "artificial." The hosts reference past statements by former Secretary of Defense William Cohen regarding the existence of seismic weaponry and "earthquake machines."

ankara· turkey· earthquake· seismic weaponry· william cohen

1:17:44 Can't get enough of it. It's the best yes, ha well There's a lot of other things going on luckily we have some other things to discuss hey mayor In Turkey which mayor was a mayor of which which town is he I've Ankara oh You know, they had an earthquake there which also affected Greece or Lesbos one of the Greek islands. It was pretty bad you didn't hear much about it because... I didn't hear anything about it! No why would you want to hear? But it was 6.32 magnitude which means that's not the Richter scale that's the momentum. They've given up on that for some reason. Yeah because the numbers weren't high enough and the mayor of Ankara says uh I think that might be an artificial earthquake. I do not say it is certain but as a very serious possibility

1:18:42 I say that it should definitely be investigated. Was there any seismic research? Ships sailing near the epicenter, if so which country does that belong to?" And they say I'm crazy. Who says you're crazy? Everybody Well, the earthquake machine which we have proof that it exists. We have official American... You might as well read it to us again. I don't have it here but it was William Cohen he was a Secretary of Defense and in testimony said other countries have seismic weaponry. We need them, we have to be able to use them There's been tests off the coast of Australia and I'm still not 100% convinced that the very shallow earthquake near Fukushima wasn't something that was perhaps more man-made than we understand. But there no one who would admit it now Well, no. Whoops! No, no Who turned that knob up? Hey and I did want to give you some props

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Sam Houston Statue Hoax and US Advisors in Syria

The hosts discuss a reported hoax regarding the removal of the Sam Houston statue in Texas, which was intended to lure protesters. They also touch upon the presence of US military "advisors" in Syria and Libya who are reportedly engaging in combat roles despite their official titles.

sam houston· houston rally· syria· tripoli· military advisors

1:19:46 You were right and boy, were you right. Yeah? The Houston rally...you know the Sam Houston statue they're all gonna pull that down! And you said I think it's a trick to lure the Republicans into protest and it turns out you are absolutely right And the Sam Houston statue remains. Yeah, you were right it was a total hoax! It was a hoax Good one John See this is why I listen to this show Well here's...I want you to hear..I got a clip here that I want you explain to me where we're heading with this We have been bombing Syria There has been troops over there Can i just say that in...we have troops everywhere that are not being reported on

1:20:42 We have, I have video. I think i put it in the show notes of US, I'm sorry not troops advisors manning machine guns and shooting from near the embassy in Tripoli we've got uh we got troops apparently nobody else can shoot a gun but us Well, we're just showing how it's supposed to be done. That's what advising is all about. There's a trigger here and there's this... Let me show you how it's done. Yeah, this is always temporary deployment of consultants, advisors as saying in the Philippines. You know what's kind of overlooked in all this analysis about are people shooting these guns?

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Dirty Bomb Threat at Wando Terminal

A major security incident at the Wando Terminal in South Carolina involved the Coast Guard scanning the ship *Maersk Memphis* for a "dirty bomb." The threat was eventually cleared. The hosts link the origin of the report to YouTube investigator George Webb and discuss his ongoing "hit list" theories regarding the Clintons.

wando terminal· maersk memphis· dirty bomb· george webb· coast guard

1:21:26 In fact, it's fun to shoot guns. And I think these guys look for the opportunities as you know they got an endless supply of bullets there on some huge machine gun and they get that shoot it. Why if you were over there? You'd want to shoot the gun too. Yeah, It's a little annoying when people shoot back Oh well, you don't want to be like most of these clips we see. There's nobody shooting back. You're just shooting. Just wasting money. Buck a bullet! Boom! Dollar! Boom! Two dollars! Boom! Three dollars! Hold on, hold on... We got breaking news I don't know if you heard about this John breaking news my five news starts now with breaking news And we begin with that breaking news for you right now out of Mount Pleasant the US Coast Guard says there is No threat of a bomb at the Wando terminal and in the last hour We've learned from officials that they have detained the person They believe is responsible for that threat Coast Guard officials swept a vessel at that terminal overnight after getting the report up

1:22:25 the possible dirty bomb. Aaron may have been on the scene now with the latest details, Aaron? Yeah good morning it appears the terminal is open right now after being closed for hours we have seen trucks going in and out already this morning we have just learned from the U.S Coast Guard that overnight four containers were scanned and cleared and we have been in contact with the US Coast Guard all morning long. The Coast Guard tells us at one point a zone was set up around the Maersk Memphis after the report of a dirty bomb aboard the ship, multiple federal and state authorities moved into the terminal and around the container ship Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials say at one point there were 14 agents aboard the vessel with radiation detection technology again we are told right now there is no threat We're told the original source for that report had been detained

1:23:15 for questioning. We do not know his or her identity, or what sparked this threat that's something we will work on all day. We have more coming up in about 30 minutes but for now I'm live Aaron May have been back to you in the studio Now I couldn't find the original genesis of this story although it's everyone is talking about it but the actual video I could not find Apparently, George Webb... Bbbb. Double-B. George Webb. He's the guy that we've played one or two of his YouTube clips he is the guy that was watching the Anwar brothers also what's his face? The Clinton Foundation CEO who just basically disappeared

1:24:02 Remember this guy? Yeah, he cropped back up some more. Well so apparently he was talking about oh they would think there's a dirty bomb on one of these ships and that was the catalyst from what I've heard that was the catalyst for the cops and everyone to freak out about this and i'm thinking This is part of...this guy he's really treading all over The Clintons Bigly I love saying that he's treading. He's treading all over the Clintons He's exposing all kinds of stuff, and you know we have we think there's payback yes part of the hit list It's part of Hillary's hit list this guy is gonna be in trouble And you know who else is gonna be in trouble Van Jones Why would it van jones do oh my goodness? Oh van jones without a doubt has always been liberal he's

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Van Jones Criticizes Clinton Campaign Spending

At the People's Summit in Chicago, Van Jones delivers a scathing critique of the Hillary Clinton campaign, alleging they "set a billion dollars on fire." He criticizes the campaign's over-reliance on data and its failure to organize workers in states like Michigan. The hosts joke about Jones potentially ending up on a "hit list" for turning on the Clintons.

van jones· people's summit· chicago· hillary clinton· campaign data

1:24:54 outrageous, progressive. Progressive thank you. And a Republican hater and now was he really involved in the Clinton campaign at all or did he kind of fall out of favor? I don't think so i think it was outside the campaign but also doing their business But I think he was kept outside Obama bought and he got kicked out because what was the reason he got kicked out? Oh, he got kicked out because the right wing went after him for they had a bunch of citations of him being too progressive and they scared Obama. And Obama got rid of them. Yeah cowardly well Van is moving to the top of the hit list Hillary Clinton campaign this is The People's Summit 2017 did not spend their money

1:25:42 on white workers and they did not spend their money on people of color. They spent it on themselves! They spent it on themselves, let's be honest. They took a billion dollars, a billion dollars, a billion dollars and set it on fire and called it a campaign that wasn't a campaign. It was not a campaign. A billion dollars for A billion dollars for a data operation that was run by data dummies who couldn't figure out that maybe folks in Michigan needed to be organized. It wasn't a campaign!

1:26:32 It was a boondoggle. And now they want us to fight about whether black folks or white workers or Latinos, or any other group should get the money? First of all you need to give the money back to people period! That's where we gotta start. Start with that. Quit getting rich off peoples' struggles There you go a billion dollars on data does that if I think is I think it's 1.5 and it really He under he underplayed it yeah, a billion dollars that they spent on themselves and yeah oh I Think Clinton's calling me right now Oh boy You got another the robo call do we need to take the noise gate off to listen to what you're doing here? Hello heartbreak hotel

1:27:25 You talking to someone Now what is going on with van here in this case does he want to be shot? Okay, a couple things. I have to ask one is Where was this at the people summit 2017? And that wasn't where Where it was that's a good question the people's summit. Sorry I just got this this morning, so they didn't have time to Chicago Chicago Chicago So he's in Chicago saying this yeah does he not know? That you don't do this. I mean you don't turn on the Clintons like that and uh well unless he has some kind of Something up his sleeve may have a dead man switch you think

1:28:23 Hmm. Well, you better have something because that is to say that and then also maybe maybe he's now knowing from his perspective Maybe he's one of these guys You have what the hit couldn't hit let's bullshit There's no such thing Oh, okay There's no such thing as nonsense as right-wing nonsense is crap. Yeah. Yeah, there's a list of dead guys Well, it's right wing crap is bullcrap its bull crap. Well, yes just just stay away from hot tubs man Small aircraft. Yeah, the small aviation... No he doesn't stay away from it. Be very careful don't get any canoes in the DC area or kayaks this is not a good idea don't get in the hot tub with the lid on it you know don't put a gun your left hand and shoot yourself to the head twice now and for the new people we say big league because it's funny yeah we know that Trump said big league jeez

1:29:24 We like Big Lee. I love Big Lee and it's like this is dimension a freaking out Moron yeah go back, and this is one of the examples where maybe okay? Maybe we should go back a few shows and listen in but you don't to go back to show one You go back to show Yeah Well, you know there's a lot of different shows you can go back to Talking about that. I wanted you to get your analysis of this This is Mike Morrell on extra troops in Syria.

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Michael Morrell on Special Operations in Syria

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell discusses the impact of US Special Operations forces on the ground in Syria. He argues that even small numbers of troops can significantly improve the strategic and tactical decisions of Kurdish fighters against ISIS. The hosts provide an update on the Battle of Mosul.

michael morrell· cia· syria· isis· mosul

1:30:03 I'm sorry you want me to play it. So you were gonna lead in game time? So for insight into all of this we'll go to Michael Morrell former number two at the CIA and our CBS News senior security contributor Oh a senior CBS News security contributor is there business card long enough for this guy Michael how much difference does it make to have 50 US Special Operations forces on the ground in Syria Scott, it doesn't sound like much but I think it's going to make a significant difference for two reasons. One is these special forces will be with Syrian Kurdish fighters who are right up against the heart of ISIS geographically they're up against the center of mass of Isis and secondly the the Special Forces will I think just as they have in Iraq

1:30:50 make these fighters better strategically and better tactically, help them make better decisions militarily. Now the Russians have troops on the ground at a military base in Syria does this increase the likelihood of a US-Russia confrontation? Scott, I don't think so. I'm not concerned about that these Syrian forces these Kurdish forces that we're going to be supporting Are focused entirely on Isis? They're not focused on fighting the Assad regime So I think the chances of us butting up against the Russians here is unlikely Michael Morrell former number two at the CIA Michael Thank you Okay question

1:31:29 Oh, never mind. I shouldn't be... This is a clip from 2015. I'm sorry! But it is true if you have a map that are put in the show notes 938.noagendanotes.com archived at no agendas dot com And you'll see there the Battle of Mosul, there is just a very very small piece. I mean the US military advisors have been kicking ISIL's ass all over the place Not that you're gonna hear about that But they have a small small stronghold left You don't need more than...I mean if it were today, you wouldn't need more than 50 guys It's done its over at least in Mosul

CHAPTER 31 / 61 Discussion

Smart Home Technology and Human Algorithms

The hosts discuss the pitfalls of smart home technology and "algorithms" taking over daily life. One host describes his preference for an old-school mercury thermometer over a Nest thermostat, coining the term "Hu-Mel-Go" (Human-Manual-Algorithm). The segment ends with a clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson.

nest· smart home· mercury thermometer· neil degrasse tyson· algorithms

1:32:14 I haven't seen anything about that. What's left of it? Yeah, what's left of Mosul... Well hey It doesn't matter how we do it as long as we rubbleize- Bring in Halliburton! As long as we rubbleize the everything That's okay. It doesn't really matter But yeah but also find interesting that we're fighting in the Philippines How is that been our interest? Uh well you're well Is there oil there? I hadn't looked I'm sure they've got something Sure they got something around. So when I was digging up that old clip, I found some old ISOs that we never used and one in particular which is a Sharpton ISO... Oh! ...that we've never put in the rotation. Oh my goodness well I need it which one is? I see you got three today. I got three what they are the one that's Sharpton is the one in the middle ISO of the day Star Wars

1:33:14 Star Wars everyone's going nuts about it That's a good show ender I like that That's very good. You have more if you want to see one. Yeah, let's play did not more of him But I got a couple isos here this the ISO. This is Google self-driving car I'll go update. The nest is behaving now, to some degree Yeah, yeah. The temperature is the right temperature when I get up in the morning yes? The algo is performing Keep my eye on it remember. I'm doing this for you I am the canary and the coal mine to see what yeah You are I use a old thermometer on my system that has mercury In it yeah And it tips over and hits the switch yeah nice sloshes back and forth and and yeah It's not work better when John we think about it

1:34:13 All of this stuff is really cool. I mean, it's totally cool! I say... you know, I call out the Echo device' name and turn the lights on and the lights go on but eventually people who fall into this trap with a doorbell, they got the lock and everything is in their app You lose your phone or the internet goes out and you can't do anything It'll be over It's terrible. But the thing is with mine, instead of having to screw around with the algos I just move the...I say it's a little too hot in here so I move it down just a little bit to see if the thing rolls back and then oh it was too cold and moved. So I fiddle with it over took me about five days of fiddling with the little mercury thing and now its perfect. Its always exactly at the right temperatures. I nailed it! Ah, you have to balance this?

1:35:02 Yeah, you got it. Nice! Well that's a good algo That's an old school algo Human human human It's like Hu-Mint to Hu-Algo Human Algo and your last one? Hu-Mel-Go Hu-Mel-Go Hu-Mel-Go I'm gonna write that down Yeah, Hu-Mel-Go That's a good show title Hu-Mel-Go Yes like Hu-Mint Human Intelligence Yeah, Hu-Mel-Go And I think the H is silent U-Mel-Go It could be. What's this last ISO? And the last one is just somebody that can't seem to get started with what they want to say, they start with so and they can't go anywhere with it. So...so it's-it's... I got one for you! You know who that is?! No

1:35:51 It's that scientist guy, the black physicist that runs the... What is his name? Neil deGrasse Tyson. Oh yeah! I believe that is Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Play it again. So.... I got one of those for you. And there's a gulp in there! This is from TNT. From someone with a very strong, um... You know, um... You know, uh... East Asian... Uh... You know, east- like Indian accent basically That's a good one. I love laughing at people

CHAPTER 32 / 61 Discussion

Fentanyl Substituted for Xanax on Black Market

A firefighter and paramedic reports that illicitly made fentanyl is being substituted for Xanax on the black market, leading to a surge in overdoses. The report notes that the potency of fentanyl requires significantly more Narcan than standard responding units typically carry.

fentanyl· xanax· narcan· overdose· black market

1:36:30 Hello guardians of reality. I would prefer to remain anonymous if you this information on the show, I don't know if this will be beneficial for you It is I just received this at work my email and I read it and he sent me a document I thought it might be of interest help you with any more deconstruction Let me note this He says the illicit illicitly made fentanyl are being substituted This is big problem in America people are dying illicit made fentanyl are being substituted on the black market for forms of Xanax Yikes. Yeah, so people think they're popping a Xanax but it's fentanyl now he is a Sounds like this sounds terrible He has been a firefighter and paramedic for 17 years

1:37:11 He says, I personally have run calls on people who have overdosed on black market prescription drugs. Now this is an interesting point mainly due to our healthcare system or not really the healthcare system but the insurance part of it and how you're covered. People are choosing to go for black market stuff which could just be from Canada for all I know but they're probably getting it on the street I personally run calls on people who have overdosed on black market prescription drugs. I would imagine this is part of the problem What's interesting is the amount needed to kill a person? I'm referencing your typical penny pincher and due to the potency you need it tonne of Narcan in fact most responding units won't have enough Narcan on their units to save a person who was overdose on fentanyl

1:38:07 And we this was on the last show or the show before where we had the guy talking about using Narcan twice, three times four times on some poor guy and then you got yeah. This is what we should be talking about! This is what this is this is what should be going on in Congress how do we stop this crazy shit? But no well I got a few more Comey things if you want sure okay and Guy CBS, shockingly. Shockingly! But not really if you take into consideration that CIA and FBI are fighting have always been fighting and now I'm not sure how the new what's his name Dr. Doolittle who's the new CIA chief we have a new guy. I can't remember his name he's a hard-ass though

CHAPTER 33 / 61 Discussion

James Comey's Memo Leak and Loretta Lynch

The legality of James Comey leaking his personal memos to a Columbia University professor is debated. Senator Dianne Feinstein expresses a "queasy feeling" regarding Loretta Lynch’s past interference in the Clinton email investigation. The hosts question why an FBI director would use emotional language like "queasy" in a professional context.

james comey· loretta lynch· columbia university· classified information· dianne feinstein

1:38:59 Right, but is he running the show or is it this is what I don't know. You don't even know anymore who's running the show used to be a figurehead The CIA broadcasting system had this to say about Comey FBI fact that James Pompeo That's his name. I'm sorry The fact that James Comey acknowledged freely that he leaked his personal memos, that he wrote to himself about his meetings with President Trump to the media and there's been a lot of discussion about whether that was legal or not. Right and I'm sure people will bring that up and whether or not the Attorney General believes that his former FBI director broke the law when he took notes

1:39:37 that meeting and then turn them over to a law professor at Columbia University with the intent that he would then disperse them to the media. I mean, is that lawful? I mean arguably that's a government document. He wrote it on a government computer in a government vehicle there's an open legal question about whether or not pure information is considered property but but there is an argument that that memo is government property any he had no business giving it to a law professor to leak to the press uh... certainly it raises questions of whether was appropriate but there's no question about whether there was classified information in those documents their words and on and well or selling this former fbi director says it was not classified and that's another question did he ask for to be reviewed unfair classification review before you turn over to a lot faster

1:40:24 So, yeah. The CIA is trying to push a little bit harder on Comey and I saw more of this. Diane Feinstein. Comey said that Lynch the request gave him a queasy feeling he felt it clearly that Loretta Lynch was giving cover to the Clinton campaign Was she? I can't answer that. I would have a queasy feeling too though To be candid with you I think we need to- Since when do we? This is a very good point. And, I think we discussed it and then we called him a pussy for it. You know since when does the FBI that is true When does the FBI director go oh I felt queasy about that uh you know just didn't feel good or was very uncomfortable. Queasy feeling too though To be candid with you Um... I think we need to know more about that and there's only one way to know about it and thats to have the judiciary committee take a look at that

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James Woolsey and Fareed Zakaria on Leaks

Former CIA Director James Woolsey appears on CNN to discuss James Comey’s actions. While Fareed Zakaria defends Comey as a "private citizen" sharing notes, Woolsey argues that disclosing sensitive conversations with the President is a stunning breach of protocol, regardless of classification status.

james woolsey· fareed zakaria· cnn· leaks· private citizen

1:41:19 So you think it's worth investigating if in a way this was semantic cover given to the Clinton campaign? It was clearly an investigation being described as that. Yeah, but this is a separate investigation we're talking about and I don't think we should mix the two No let's not mix them But she also felt kind of queasy And then another CIA guy once again former director James Woolsey who keeps coming on CNN He's always there You're paying him Well, yeah they're paying him. Fareed Zakaria the anti-constitutionalist douchebag tries to defend Comey and Wolseley's having none of it He insists that I think by implication the word leak is not appropriate he was a private citizen these were let me present his argument if he was a private citizen these were notes recollecting his conversation with the president They were not classified A private citizen is allowed to share

1:42:14 his notes, you know in a conversation with any government official with the friend with the press. That's leaking involves disclosing classified government information in an unauthorized way as you well know having been the director of the CIA? Not all leaks have to be classified there are number things that are extremely sensitive without meeting the technical requirements for classification and I just found it stunning that he would I think give up the secrecy of a conversation with the president United States. More CIA anti-FBI? A little bit. What do you think they will ever... I mean it is rather interesting that one of them, not if it was really a campaign promise but lock her up we're gonna go after the Clintons you know we should totally go after Comey for being just for being inappropriate

1:43:12 Well, I think the Ben Jones thing is a kicker here that really needs to be thought about more because if this guy goes off the rails in that way he did... Then something's going down. Somethings gonna happen and in fact it may be possible now that I think about it That the only reason you have the guts to do what he did And I think it took some nerve Yeah It's because he knows something's going down and he doesn't worry He's not gonna get killed, he fine, he good Well then what could it be? I don't know. He's one of those guys that floats around DC circles and somebody might have said, you know they're gonna go after the maybe the Clintons are really under investigation the whole thing could be You know a miss you know They have to do it very carefully because if all the hillbots out there in the whole face bags would go nuts If all of a sudden Hillary was indicted for anything can you imagine? That would be fun

CHAPTER 35 / 61 Discussion

Combating Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency Regulation

The "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017" is analyzed. The bill seeks to expand the $10,000 reporting requirement to include cryptocurrencies, prepaid cards, and gift cards. The hosts warn that the bill would allow for increased surveillance and FISA warrants based on suspected cryptocurrency usage.

money laundering· cryptocurrency· bitcoin· fisa warrants· cash limits

1:44:05 It would be great fun for us. Yeah, well what else matters? Who cares about anything else? Great fun for us and you'd be reading from Facebook forever! The title of the bill, Combating Money Laundering Terrorist Financing and Counterfeiting Act of 2017. This is a good one! John you and I are both staunch defenders of the right to just have cash Yeah But they're stepping it up in many different ways

1:44:52 in this bill. It's a long game they're playing by the way, it's very long game and they probably won't get everything passed in this but we already have this law where you cannot transport more than $10,000 in cash or other monetary instruments that has now been added to this new bill The $10,000 limit was installed initially to combat terrorist financing. So you have to make a report. This has been around for a long time. There's always been a $10,000 limit on carrying cash outside the country? Yeah right but now if you have any monetary instruments including cryptocurrency prepaid credit cards prepaid cell phones prepaid retail gift cards or prepaid coupons

1:45:40 If you have any type of instrument forbearer, which means whoever presents it can cash it and there's no amount filled in. You cannot go to jail... It used to be five years now will be ten years just add that to it but there is a lot really dumb stuff on this if you If you issue, they actually say in the bill if you issue cryptocurrency over $10,000 that shows a real lack of understanding how this system works. And no one issues cryptocurrency but they're coming for your Bitcoin They're coming for it one way or another

1:46:23 Yeah, they'll fix that. They'll fix the language and yeah But anyway if you're suspected this is the part That's really dangerous If you're suspected of being involved in too much Bitcoin if you're suspected being involved in too much prepaid cell phones Whatever the suspicion is immediately Pfizer warrants are Are issued surveillance wiretapping is engaged phone email etc it's all in there hmm So yeah, you shouldn't have money slave and how many the amount of people who are calling me including my sister Hey should I invest in Bitcoin? Yeah. Why don't you invest in snapchat while you're at it Now I'm pretty sure that this this pop that we got was mainly because of the ransomware Yeah That's what a lot of people think. You're not the only guy who thinks that I don't know whether it is or not but

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Grenfell Tower Fire and Building Safety

The devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in London is discussed, with a focus on the "council flats" and the reported failure of building refurbishments. A clip from Lionel on RT compares the building's structural failure to World War II-era "rubbleizing" and makes a cryptic reference to WTC7.

grenfell tower· london· council flats· lionel· wtc7

1:47:23 Ransomware could have easily run the Bitcoin price up. Just the idea of it, it could run the price up? Yeah I mean... It ran way up and then just kind of starting to dawdle back down to normal But it's also... ransomwares are also bad. It is a very poorly regulated market You know don't trade in bitcoin Man you do not get it! You will get it man! It's future money man! We had that big fire In London. Yeah, yeah that thing was unbelievable I've never seen a building it just like the entire building is like a like a alcohol soaked torch poof Anything quite like it? I'm sure you've seen by now there was a group local activist group who for years were saying look they did this They refurbished but it's very dangerous they didn't do it right and

1:48:22 And they've documented all of this and lo and behold... This goes to Lionel. The British government or even the local government Londoners and all the rest of where they have people monitoring your, you know, have cameras on people's garbage bins so they don't put a bottle in the wrong bin and they have all these really... But here is the thing but these are council flats. You know what the council flats are? I think there for low income. Yeah yeah for the poor. And that the Brits don't care about the poor. Let them fry, I say! I have said this a million times. Lionel from RT... Yeah let them fry. Hey great! Lionel from RT had a quick comment at the beginning of his podcast. To anybody with two neurons and working synapses, The Greenfell Tower story has to absolutely grab you by the collar and make you say hmm

1:49:22 That's it. Nothing more, nothing less I'm not suggesting anything... I'm not bringing up any date in American history Any dare i say 11th day of September reference No no! I am just doing this Hmmmm Maybe there is an emoji for that kind of a hmmm Interesting WTC7 won't go away!

1:50:05 I don't know what it was made of, but whatever it was made out of still didn't pancake. It just sat there and became a burning Hulk and his skeleton of itself unlike WTC7 which you didn't have some fire guy standing nearby saying pull that! Pull that! So strange Well that'll never end we're dead is a meme forever Okay, we have a... I do have a global warming report if you don't have to open the gate. Oh come on! Let's open it up! Ladies and gentlemen the climate gate has been opened and we are ready. That is our global warming report. Yes

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Global Warming Study Cancelled Due to Ice

A major climate change study in the Hudson Bay system involving 40 scientists was cancelled because their icebreaker could not penetrate the unprecedented ice conditions. The hosts highlight the irony of a global warming study being thwarted by excessive ice.

global warming· hudson bay· icebreaker· climate change· manitoba

1:50:57 This should be it. The snow had many in Tahoe today saying so much for summer the National Weather Service said up to five inches is expected in the higher elevations of the northern Sierra here's a view from our KPIX 5 Sierra camp these conditions forced the weather service to issue an advisory through tomorrow warning drivers to be ready for winter driving conditions in June Well, while the gate is open. The major research survey study in Candanavia has been cancelled This involved 40 scientists from Candanavian universities They were going out into the bay That would be Manitoba

1:51:46 the Hudson Bay system, I guess. Yes! The study was to study contributions of climate change and regulation on the Hudson Bay System however sadly it had to be cancelled because a scientist icebreaker could not get through the ice Unprecedented ice conditions for the global warming study, I tell ya It's so annoying for these people...I feel bad for them You know? Because you're a mockery when that happens Well, they get mocked a lot. Yeah I don't know what to say And now we're just NASA shooting rockets up that we're gonna test some stuff We're gonna yeah, we're gonna make some clouds

CHAPTER 38 / 61 Discussion

Brooke Baldwin's Mixed Metaphors on CNN

CNN’s Brooke Baldwin is caught using a mixed metaphor while discussing the Trump administration's travel ban. She tells viewers that the White House "punted that ball down the road," combining the phrases "punted the ball" and "kicked the can down the road."

brooke baldwin· cnn· mixed metaphor· travel ban· ninth circuit

1:52:28 Glowing artificial clouds we're gonna make for you. I like the glowing, glowing. We're all going to be glowing in the dark Well that's what is going happen if they keep doing this kind of studies. I do have a clip A little mini-clip Of your pal Brooke Baldwin Ah from CNN's Brooke You know i think she has just kinda lost interest In the job She mumbles Shes not clear anymore shes doesn't enunciate by any means And in this, I caught this example of a mixed metaphor. Just throws it out. This is an example of her mumbling and then the mixed metaphor saving to spot it. You want this new additional loss for the Trump administration when it comes to their revised version of the travel ban? That's coming from the Ninth Circuit today talked about that again questions continue about are there tapes or as The White House recording conversations punted that ball down the road again reiterating what the president said Friday essentially that answer will come in time

1:53:28 Okay, you either punted the ball or kick the can down the road. Yeah, you don't punt the ball down the road Sorry Getting this stupid mix metaphor yeah Pretty good one yeah a catch I like that one there's not much else she has to say Brooke doesn't have Brooke does have much to say I had watched the Tonys. Oh, you know then we missed it. I'm pissed about that. The Chonies... Who was hosting? Was it Neil Patrick Harris? No he stopped hosting. It was actually... If I could get my throat to stop congesting. The Chonies!

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Kevin Spacey Hosts the Tony Awards

The hosts review Kevin Spacey’s performance as host of the Tony Awards, noting his impressions of Johnny Carson and Bill Clinton. They also critique Stephen Colbert’s appearance at the awards, where he performed a lengthy anti-Trump segment for a cheering audience.

kevin spacey· tony awards· bill clinton· johnny carson· stephen colbert

1:54:12 The Tonys were hosted by the actor who everybody loves and adores, who does House of Cards. Bing? What's his name? Kevin Spacey. Yes, Spacey did it and he's a couple of things he took did a couple of bits He did a Johnny Carson bit. He came out as Johnny Carson for one Bit and wow Did that really go well with the? Has been gone for so long Yeah that I don't think he can maintain it And he didn't he kind of fell out of it he couldn't keep it It was like you couldn't hold the imitation down together. So that should have been good, but then he did come out later as Bill Clinton and nailed it

1:54:55 Oh, cool. He does a great Bill Clinton. Yeah But anyway generally speaking I would say the Tony's were better who won what was the big? What is the Hamilton again or because over there yeah they just keep giving Hamilton the award that's what they'd like to do No that I think this show was better but the Broadway shows that they were highlighting and then once nominee it seemed like at just a bad season did anyone make any jokes about Julius Caesar play No, were there any political? That's the only reason to watch was that Doing this bit. Ah is that there was me one person Cynthia Nixon said something Nixon yeah she from from Saxon City Yeah And she said a little did a one-liner but then one of the presenters comes out Colbert

1:55:47 Well, this is his gig now. This was his... He's so happy that he was probably on the way to getting fired before this happened. But now he is the official Trump hater which I think is wearing on him because you know, he's kind of a moralistic character but he just does it. He got this smirk on his face and he does material so he comes out And he does a bit, I just have the clip of him and his Trump bit. Nobody else was given this much time but they gave him the time to do it because he's going to slam Trump and that's what we need. The audience goes nuts! They've got their hands over their heads and they're clapping and whooping. They're making a big fuss as every joke goes through. And i'm thinking to myself one of the segments of the Tonys was well you know we need more government money because of this and then...

1:56:36 But you know performing arts and performing arts and needs some more support now if you want support from the government You don't let something like this take place That's all I have on your clip what? You didn't Adam Curry yeah, you gave me the throwaway I gave you the... okay, I will have this clip ready for the next show. Oh my god! Well, I should've said it. You should've said there's only 44k here John that can't be much of an act. I saw two seconds and sometimes it's really funny he says one thing. That was one of my gags. Yeah, I'm ready for a gag, ya know? Good fade though And I did a good job setting it up. He set it up beautifully.

1:57:30 for straddle fatigue Mm-hmm. It's happening. Well, I have made this mistake before I know I know exactly how it happened. I know how it happens Yeah, that's because you don't yeah Too much weed no speak No I'll tell ya to happen cuz I've actually produced this clip what I did was I had I did a fade out and That by highlighting the fade out that's all when I say That's all he got saved Hey, do you want just stop the show? And then go get it and then we'll just pick it up and play it I mean I can do that now Now I want you to suffer a little longer. We can play some other time. I want you to suffer. Let me play a little, just an entremont to get us back on track. My point is well taken if these guys want money from the government don't start doing Trump gags and that is the wrap-up of our Tony coverage here on The Best Podcast in The Universe now onto aviation news everybody we had uh what airline was this? I think this wasn't... Was it Malaysian Airlines

CHAPTER 40 / 61 Discussion

China Eastern Airlines Engine Failure

A China Eastern Airlines flight (MU736) experienced a major engine failure after taking off from Sydney. The hosts play a clip of the pilot's communication with air traffic control, jokingly interpreting the pilot's accent during the emergency.

china eastern· sydney· engine failure· mu736· aviation news

1:58:32 What is MU? MU-736. What is the MU... That's not, no MH is Malaysia. Uh, MU I don't know, I don't recognize this indicator. Mu 736. Monkey Union! I'll look it up. MU 736 Let me just see Oh Chinese, Chinese China Eastern that what it is. China Eastern. Oh China Eastern. I flew on them once Well you're happy you didn't fly on this one Yeah I am The guys took off from Sydney had an engine failure I'm just gonna make fun of the Chiners, that's the point of this whole segment. Because he-I think he is trying to say the engine failed. It's fuked! I think it's fuked. Engine number one, fuked

1:59:28 I don't know what he was trying to say. That's what it sounds like. Yeah, I think he was trying to say... Fuck brother! Let me land again! We're fuked! I think that would- you're- That's the extent of this bit? Yeah your Colbert joke would have been better. I'm just piling bad on top but yeah i think It's time to actually play To Play It. Alright good we're back on track Don't do it that often because it's actually bad form. I know it's bad form but I'm just trying to Yeah, I would say this way. I think say about once every few months yes It's reasonable I have this little updates on something like that stupid congressman they Republican gal beat the crap out of the reporter yeah Got him down and punched him out Body slam body slammed there was witnesses on Fox that came on who were there And they said yes he did bodyslam got on top of them start punching him in the face That's when he broke his glasses we have that rumor We have

CHAPTER 41 / 61 Discussion

Greg Gianforte Misdemeanor Plea for Reporter Assault

Newly elected Congressman Greg Gianforte is reported to be pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge for assaulting a reporter from *The Guardian*. The hosts debate whether a "body slam" and punching should be classified as a misdemeanor or a felony.

greg gianforte· montana· misdemeanor· battery· guardian reporter

2:00:28 We had a clip from the Fox News. Yeah, but here's the follow-up. This is Congressman Gets Misdemeanor. Listen to this. Newly elected congressman Greg Gianforte will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter. A Montana prosecutor says that The Republican will make the plea deal Monday to a misdemeanor charge. Gianforte allegedly knocked down a reporter for The Guardian newspaper the day before last month special election. Misdemeanor? Think of this as in battery! I have no idea what constitutes a misdemeanor. Well, that misdemeanor means they dropped it down to some... It's just minor! It's like getting a parking ticket In other words it's bullcrap Yeah, bull crap Huh I think you should... yeah, I think is bull crap Let me just check out this... But locals are... What am I gonna say? I find it annoying Let me just see another off-the-wall clip Hold on, let me see Misdemeanor Minor wrongdoing A non indictable offense

2:01:27 Yeah. Hmm. So, so getting the crap out of some guy is a psycho. Yeah. So then but it didn't happen that way then I was prepared to believe that he did that? That's what the Fox reporter said and what would they wouldn't be lying It sounds to me like he got the guy down threw him to the ground and started punching him if he did that that's not a misdemeanor What is it? It's a felony! It's a hobby. It's a hobby with that guy its a hobby You ought to see his wife. I got some more crazy if you want to do that, but it sounded like you were getting ramped up for something. Well, I've got another one here. This one here where I wanna get due the Gitmo lawsuit in Poland

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CIA Torture Program Lawsuit in Poland

Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay inmate are suing the creators of the CIA’s torture program in relation to "black sites" in Poland. The discussion shifts to why Poland is excluded from the US visa waiver program despite being a staunch military ally.

guantanamo bay· poland· cia black sites· abu zaybadeh· visa waiver program

2:02:13 Next, the story about an inmate incarcerated in America's infamous Guantanamo Bay military prison. His lawyers are suing the creators of the CIA's torture program over all this as part of an inquiry into US-led torture in Poland. It is a complicated story The lawsuit was announced by human rights group Reprieve on Wednesday it seeks to gain information from two military psychologists about the torture of Abu Zaybadeh a so-called CIA black sites in Poland where it's alleged to have happened and the Polish government's complicity in those activities. He was initially detained in Pakistan in 2002 on suspicion of being an Al Qaeda operative, then sent to Poland since then he has been held at several other sites as never been charged. He has been in Guantanamo now for the past 11 years. Damn! Now here is... Here is the thing

2:03:04 Poland has cooperated with the CIA. Poland was like mentioned by George Bush as being one of the few countries that helped us in Iraq, Poland, Poland, Poland... Why does the government of the United States not allow Polish citizens unlike all the rest of Europe to come into the United States without a visa? Well you know this has been one of my main points and this was like campaign promise that the president made he said I think even said within two weeks of becoming president because they're not in the visa waiver program That's and we should be and we've discussed this at great length. We thought maybe it had something to do with Polanski there's a number of different reasons why perhaps you know, uh You know the wrong Jews I mean There's all this crazy stuff But I personally feel that this is we look really shitty towards Poland he put the president promised

2:03:55 He said, I will get you on the visa waiver program. To my knowledge that hasn't happened and I don't understand what is Poland? We got our gear in there! Everybody in Poland thinks it's the Israeli lobbyists. Yeah so they got the wrong Jews or the Jews were... What was the... A couple of Polish, yeah we're getting rid of the Jews. I guess they said that in 1940 And as the Nazis took over. This is not well documented, this is nonsense! This is ridiculous and it's an embarrassment give Poland to get them in the visa waiver program Yeah I really don't understand that they also cracked the code before the Enigma machine Yes there's the other thing Not that we shouldn't be thankful for that maybe the Jews should be thankful for that just saying

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Opioid Addiction and the Fifth Vital Pain Law

The origins of the opioid epidemic are traced back to a 1980 letter in the New England Journal of Medicine and a subsequent federal law that established pain as the "fifth vital sign." A listener shares an anecdote about nurses aggressively pushing opioids after a C-section due to hospital incentives tied to federal funding.

opioid epidemic· herschel jick· fifth vital pain· federal funding· c-section

2:04:48 Well, there's a lot of stuff from... Anyway I just found this clip but heard it's not in these guys. There is a lot of stuff that happened years ago that we still feel repercussions today has been kind of a theme 40 years ago is when and this is still referenced today and forty years ago sounds like a long time but it was a short letter published on January 10th 1980 the New England Journal of Medicine that is often referred to you in medical literature And it's titled, Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics by Dr. Herschel Jick Yes! That is a good one No one has disputed this or done anything about it since He wrote... 1980 letter was cited It's been cited over 600 times It's called Allied Prescribers Is the main term here But

2:05:48 The medical profession, apparently I'm just learning this continuously refers back to this research study etc. Which you know i think we probably still thought cigarettes were okay in 1980 and this is leading to or it has led to just this incredible epidemic that we have and I got a note from one of our listeners Average Random Joe He says, listening to last Thursday's show where you were discussing drug addiction just had another human resource and my wife had a c-section. My wife had several vaginal births before this but this was our first C section the nurses started asking my wife every time they saw her if she needed the opioid that was prescribed to her. My wife started freaking out thinking that maybe something must be coming like some kind of late pain or something wearing off and the pain setting in She asked her OB

2:06:38 when he came by if she should get the, if she should use the opioid and asked why the nurses kept pushing the drugs. He is actually part of a group that goes to DC to talk about drug use. He points out in early 2000s there was a federal law that created the fifth vital pain I didn't know this. If the hospital doesn't manage your pain well enough, they can have their federal funding restricted so they're incentivized to drug you up and he points out that opioid addiction blew up shortly after this happened and this doctor goes to Congress to testify it how about that?

2:07:20 That's interesting. It's the same thing happened you know Jesse got a bunch of opioids pushed on her when she had the baby Really adorable what kind anything good? Did you say I can't remember it was a good one? I can't remember the exact one, but I said don't take it I told her Don't take it whatever you don't take those things are worth a lot of money on this street Do not take them give me that baggie And did she It's like, no she didn't shut it down. I don't know if she was selling them on the street or not but... We all know the answer to that! The question is if she took them or not? This is like the wine deal. I got wines in my cellar that I can't afford to drink Right You can take that opioid stuff But on the street this is not worth very much This is contradictory It's all cheap at least the fake stuff No, this is a real deal. Not the fake stuff Well on the drug tip and I'm very worried about this

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Jeff Sessions and Federal Cannabis Enforcement

The hosts criticize Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his stance on federal marijuana enforcement, arguing it violates the Tenth Amendment and state rights. They suggest that Republicans who claim to be constitutionalists should support the right of states to legalize cannabis. A tabloid story about Tiffany Trump is briefly mentioned.

jeff sessions· cannabis· tenth amendment· state rights· tiffany trump

2:08:16 The Justice Department really is ratcheting up their idea of cannabis enforcement. Yeah, this is to me the real flaw with Jeff Sessions who seems like a... And Trump! What are you talking about? And Trump. Both of them yeah. Screw this. This is really pissing me off. They're completely out of touch with reality. Luckily I think the kids if you look at especially Eric. Eric and Donnie. Hey Daddy-O! There are couple of...I mean these guys aren't smoking dope but I don't know who is And probably Kimberly, I'm guessing. Party girl. No Tiffany! Or Tiffany what am i thinking? Kimberly, Tiffany, geez... But Trump himself doesn't seem to have a clue and he doesn't even drink anything so um... But he should know better

2:09:10 If that continues, that is going to be a real tipping point just to use an M5M term. I mean Scott Adams who's a notorious weed smoker he's like if they start to go after marijuana He says I will turn around and be so anti-Trump it'll happen And I believe in it! And I would be very anti Trump for that very reason that specific reason. Well, here's the thing somebody bitch and moan at me in some email about this and they had some complaint about it I said what people need to do if you're Republican or Democrat either one then you want the trend to continue which is delegalization because it was stupid in the first place to make it illegal is throw the 10th Amendment at them

2:10:00 Where's the you know, all the great Republican all that the boot sessions in particular? He's like a you know real classic Republican. Where is the Tenth Amendment? The Tenth Amendment doesn't allow that law to exist if it goes into Supreme Court It should get thrown out I think this is a state rights issue If you want to make marijuana illegal You have to do it the way you did alcohol when they made daddy illegal They had to pass a constitutional amendment Where's the constitutional amendment that makes pot illegal? So why are they doing this I'm trying to understand it makes no sense to me. I think it should, I think is either the religious right who are oh you know he shouldn't do anything you shouldn't take any intoxicant or their argument you hear all the time which oh there's already enough of toxicants out there so you don't need another one

2:10:49 And all the rest of it, but again I'm gonna say it again. If you're Republican and you're a constitutionalist and you really think all this is so important then why aren't you obeying the 10th Amendment? Why are you pushing this federal law down to throats of states that are passing these legalization acts? This is nonsense! This is crazy! That's what you go after them for. That's what you talked about Sessions. Well I thought you were a Republican. You don't believe in the 10th Amendment?! It's actually in the Constitution, the 10th Amendment. This is the thing I heard from the guy who wrote a book on the 10th Amendment He says The Constitution makes it very clear that states have these rights to make these laws like that Absolutely The 10th Amendment came up They put the 10th amendment in just to double down on the exact same thing Here we go You don't believe it? here it is again

2:11:42 It's very important, the 10th Amendment. Dateline December 8 2016 President-elect Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany Trump 23 was found in a sticky situation when she was caught at a nightclub smoking marijuana with her friends hashtag twisted tiff. Twisted tiff? Outstanding! And when you use hash tag it's another meaning But you know if we could just get everybody who is on opioids onto weed That's a reverse gateway drug or gateway to sanity. And some of this weed today, you know it's good. Oh it was a little too good I wouldn't even smoke in it if I had to. I'll take an edible. An edible? Yeah the edibles are fine You know the edibles are they can be pretty heavy. You don't yeah anything could be pretty heavy used too much But can you just take an edible once before the show that would kind of cool

CHAPTER 45 / 61 Discussion

Personal Anecdotes on Marijuana Edibles

One of the hosts recounts a story about accidentally eating a marijuana brownie at a Super Bowl game, thinking it was a normal snack. He describes the delayed effect and how it altered his perception of the game's highlights.

edibles· brownies· super bowl· washington state· running back

2:12:39 Just once. I think i could bluff my way through yeah well, I'll do it! I'll do one of these days and take an edible before the show then after that because then every show from now on you're just stoned no no no no let's just do an experiment You take the edible, I'll smoke my edible Didn't you eat, what was your last edible experience? Did you eat a brownie before football game or something that went... No and I've had to edible since then because in Washington State they're legal. But my worst experience it wasn't a bad experience but i was at the Super Bowl some years ago yeah and my brother-in-law had brought brownies and he was get tickets too Mimi's brother? And I just thought they were brownies

2:13:23 And you thought it was normal people someone brought brownies to the game John really I don't know what I was thinking So Brownie's oh, that's nice and I ate one and then I didn't said just eating one night by five And so in the second half when the thing finally takes all it takes about it Took about an hour and a half by hour and a half. I guess yeah, we you like I'm starting new immediately what was going on What's in those brownies? And everyone everybody looks at me like what do you think is in him you idiot oh Man so to this day So this day there was I forgot they're running back at the time I was watching intently and they're running back

2:14:13 was coming down one of the, they had this really outstanding guy two way running back. He was a good receiver and he's a good runner, but he's coming down there and where these are end zone seats obviously. And so about you can get a good view as a good stadium to watch this thing that he took out. He did it little thing in a little bitty move very subtle to get them the cornerback or safety to just step in one direction and just enough for they got to go around him So I said, wow that was outrageous. I went back to watch the thing on television later which had recorded it It wasn't there! I would love to get high with you That's one thing we've never done Yeah probably never will I am really high Another news flash We've been tracking this We've been tracking the broadcast industry We've been tracking broadcast radio cable Just watching the slow demise of the M5M

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Decline of Cumulus Media and IHeartRadio

The financial collapse of major radio conglomerates is examined, specifically Cumulus Media. The hosts track the company's stock price from $64.04 in 2014 to just 52 cents, citing it as evidence of the slow demise of traditional mainstream media.

cumulus media· iheartradio· stock price· westwood one· broadcast radio

2:15:14 And, uh, well we already know that I heart is a deep, deep trouble now. Cumulus media which used to be a fantastic company cumulus media was, I mean that was a great radio company and I think they Did they merge with Westwood One? It was a big bonanza. Everyone's getting rich, everyone's getting out and left the radio with what you hear today. You get rich, you get out and let the thing languish. So here... So long suckers! Just to give you an idea of how they're doing in 2015 September, the stock price well lets go back to 2014. 2014 Cumulus Stock was trading at $64.04

2:16:01 In 2015, it was $5.45 and close of market yesterday... a whopping 52 cents. What a short! Exactly! I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah that'd be fab On No Agenda Well, we do have a few people to thank and whether they short the market or not is beyond our control. Yes. Ignacio Salome came in with 100 bucks but he's one of our regulars and I want to read a note from him because he just finished a book that he self-published. I mean guy got it right here hold on ah okay now

CHAPTER 47 / 61 Discussion

Self-Publishing Success and Gestalt Prime Novel

Listener Ignacio Salome is highlighted for self-publishing his novel, *Gestalt Prime*, through Amazon’s CreateSpace. The hosts discuss the professional quality of modern self-publishing tools and the challenges of marketing in a saturated book market.

ignacio salome· gestalt prime· amazon· createspace· self-publishing

2:16:55 It's all this is on Amazon or yeah, he's an Amazon guy. You can find it on Amazon The book is called just and he needs reviews so people go look at the book and help him Okay, what's it stall? Gestalt prime okay, and I'm looking at this thing in its like let's see Its wells type set This has done to create space or some mechanism Yeah, I think so 349 page novel well-written, he has... It's got a beautiful cover. And so because I talked to him on the phone about this because he wanted to do this and that and I said here is the way you self publish, go to CreateSpace, there are all kinds of mechanisms out there and he discovered it. He is taking it to the next level and makes me want to read his note but first I'll say since his last donation was outstanding quality in the last few episodes he couldn't help but send us some money

2:17:51 He wants some screaming women at the end of the donations. I mean, hope you enjoy this paperback copy of my novel Gestalt Prime isn't it great? The quality of the publishing job by Amazon since that phone call we had to discover the entire industry built around self-publishing. I used this company called Demanza for the amazing cover design and I have to say Top-notch professional looking cover hmm, which is a real problem with a lot of self published books. Yeah That's really where I'm one of them by the way you know I Know how to use Photoshop? kind of ends there And I do I know he's photoshop

2:18:40 He says, amazing cover design in e-book formatting. They did the e-book formatting and I didn't know that. Unfortunately since it's so easy to self publish with these platforms it just means the market is saturated with books. Yes! I have spent the last few weeks researching marketing and other strategies to get it out there while I work on a follow up book It says you don't have to mention the book on the show, but yeah we did. Yeah we do! I know they do that's actually and he says he wants to send you a copy but hasn't got any addresses so... I'll send it back i don't have an existing address my address is not real. Actually what his actual words were I would like to send Adam a copy but couldn't find his mailing address plus who knows if he'd receive it given the headaches he's having with the address of his new place which is right anyway

2:19:28 It contributed to IndieGoGo. Oh, thank you. And if you could play a couple of sound effects he'd like the pew-pew Sound it cracks him up plus some writing karma if there's that some of it for the end Screams didn't he want screams? Yeah way He wants a crazy feminist screaming woman and those other screaming clips and the threat map pew pew with the karma I You've got karma. I forget how funny that woman is Which one? Well, you get a lot of them but there's a couple in there that are just gems in terms of screaming My favorite is not a woman

CHAPTER 48 / 61 Discussion

New Age Analysis and Trump's Self-Esteem

John Dvorak discusses his recent newsletter essay regarding Donald Trump as a "poster child" for the New Age movement. He links Trump’s philosophy to Norman Vincent Peale’s "Power of Positive Thinking" and argues that the intense hatred directed at Trump is often a reflection of people's own self-dissatisfaction.

new age· donald trump· norman vincent peale· self-esteem· positive thinking

2:20:20 That's the goat Yes, the go and by the way every time I hear that is this thing no. That's puke yeah Yeah, that was a goat yeah every time you hear it every time I hear it. I don't think I don't really remember It's ago Sir Slot... Sir, it's amazing sound from a goat. Sir Slot Car in Loomis California 99-99-90 90s says John's new analysis New Age Analysis was terrific! Yes your newsletter which included an essay now this is an essay you could have you could have easily sent this to any publication well no that's not true a lot wouldn't take it but

2:20:59 It was really good. I mean, people were posting about this and they're like it's so good they didn't even want to post the whole thing and doing little excerpts from your...I mean that was a very valuable newsletter and I appreciate it if you wanna give us synopsis for people who don't subscribe then we always have on the homepage of The Show Notes? Well, I'm gonna get there. I might put the newsletter out there in some other mechanism but I do wanna mention somebody went on and I like long-form news because I've done essays before. I do them about once every few months And I said to the guy who sent a note, a complimentary note in it. He says well the great thing about the essays is they're very interesting but they always send donations off a cliff. We never get good donations when I do those essays ever! It truly is remarkable that if you just say hey we need money

2:21:54 And that just be the subject line. It works better than giving real value often, but I'm not quite sure why that is? I've always wondered but this essay was in...I was thinking about it I realized because i made a kind of a premature version of it in the twitter. I said something about this new age thing, and said I better write this up because you know somebody's gonna It's gonna dawn on somebody else too and what did they really amounts to is that Trump? Is a yeah somebody came back and said Which is not in the essay would I claim in the essay is that Donald Trump as a kind of? Poster child for the New Age movement because he's a positive thinker

2:22:38 He's like, you know what? I'm okay. You're okay What color is your parachute was that another one that yeah, it was mostly about getting work Oh That was a little different, but I think it might be. It's in the same vein of these cornball books that came out during the 60s and 70s and it led to the self-esteem movement. And if anybody likes his self esteem you got Donald Trump who has so much self esteem is ludicrous. So much self esteem we're tired of self esteem! And so they essay discusses how Trump go this way and somebody pointed out did you also know which adds to my theory that he was a huge maven and his minister was Norman Vincent Peale. And Norman Vincent Peale was the think positive guy who wrote lots of material, and he was the real up-tempo you're okay I'm okay we're all great! Yeah yeah yeah...and he was uh and he was an influence on Trump too so i'm concluded at the end of this essay I conclude that

2:23:38 When people get all bent out of shape and hate Trump so much, they're actually hating themselves. Ooh yes! Hating themselves for being who they have become Onward with the donations And thanks for the compliment Sir Slutcar 9999 Mark Hudson in Otley West Yorkshire Great Britain 808 Yup boob And we need some health karma for his dad at the end of this list. Yes, there's another... The list is short believe me Sir Hank because of the essay sir Hank Scorpio and Gatineau get back Thanks bro thanks for your essay Thanks Obama! Thanks broseph

CHAPTER 49 / 61 Discussion

Father's Day and Final Donor Acknowledgments

The hosts wrap up the donation segment by acknowledging various contributors and discussing the origins of Father's Day as a reaction to Mother's Day. They note a lack of birthday announcements for the episode and reiterate the show's value-for-value model.

father's day· pop money· canada· hallmark card· donations

2:24:23 Sir Hank Scorpio on Gatineau, North Carolina 7770 April Beering in Amboy Minnesota nuts 6222 she sends a card. This is thanks for the show and she's the one I always try to remember her Check has a lot of little hearts on it, but she has that you know You get when you get your checks made. You can get different little icons and stuff put on the check Yes, she's a she's a Tweety bird ah This is something that is not well known outside of America is the concept of checks We don't have this in Europe. You don't give someone to check they look what is that? Yeah there is no instrument really I

2:25:03 Well, they do. Yeah but yeah there is a mechanism but it's not like it is here. Sir Herb Lamb 6006. It's flipped hacks or poop? Yeah he says its poop! Flipped hacks or poop? He says thank God I don't live in San Francisco no need to consult a map Tim Heasle in Hanford, California 5510. That's his quarterly donation thank you very much. Chris Kincaid at 5510. I'm sorry to interrupt but he says keep captioning the picture of those two guys in the newsletter

2:25:45 I don't know if people notice this in the newsletter, but you keep captioning Neil deGrasse Tyson doing something to Bill Nye. Yeah. Yeah. I've actually removed that picture and I've substituted it with a picture of Theresa May walking down the street making this weirdest face and I think I could get just a bunch of captions out of that. It's great product for this newsletter. I enjoy it. A lot of people help you. Chris Kincaid, 5510 in the morning. Oh! Happy Father's Day. Father's Day is to his dad who is... Happy Father's Day to my dad and all the NA fathers out there in the Gitmo Nation Collective John Davis and Brentwood uh 55 Brent Dombrowski 5292 this came through POP money which What is the reason for this amount? I don't know he doesn't say Hey you know what I'm missing? I'm missing the Candianavian dollarettes

2:26:45 You're still thinking about it. Following donations are $50 name and location Mark Little in La Jolla, California, Brendan Savoy Patricia Worthington Dame Patrician Miami Florida thank you Sir Mike Westerfield parts unknown Edgar Alma gear in watch a Hachi Texas John Holler in Missoula, Montana. Chris Lewinsky, Sir Chris in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Sheila Demodaran, Demodoran, I think that'd be kind of an Armenian pronunciation. Sheila... We've gone through this before! Thomas Wilkinson in Ottawa Ontario and last but not least

2:27:34 Kirsten Gleb, who comes in once a month on Pop Money. And let's go down the list to see if there are any dads listed? Yes here is one. Andrea Otto says happy Father's Day too! Andy Otto And the rest of the Father's Day, one more maybe? No. No there is nothing. That said we got two! But Father's Day... You hate your fathers Yes you do. The Father's day is that truly a Hallmark card moment because Mother's day is real Well, Mother's Day I think triggered...I have to look it up. We shouldn't have a special day for women anymore! Come on this is crazy. I'll put in the newsletter that Father's Day was a reaction to Mother's Day. No kidding? It came after Mother's Day because we wanted presents and socks. Yeah, we don't get anything. Socks is what we wanted. We need more socks and ties

2:28:35 Well, I do want to thank everyone who contributed to today's program. Also those who came in under $50 that is typically for reasons of anonymity so we do not mention that Thank you It's a value-for-value model No one can go and talk to our advertisers or make them go away None of that The only people could make us go away is YOU Yes, by reading another essay and never donating. That could be me as my fault! Please remember us for Sunday's show! Devorak dot org slash N A Karma where needed Jobs jobs jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs! You thought karma And we have a very peculiar situation We have zero birthdays I don't think that has happened in a long time

CHAPTER 50 / 61 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony for Sir Ryan

A formal knighthood is bestowed upon Ryan Clare, who is named "Sir Ryan, Knight of the Geddes Rebel Faction." The ceremony includes the traditional list of "hookers and blow" and other humorous provisions for the new knight.

sir ryan· knighthood· geddes rebel faction· mutton· mead

2:29:27 And I was looking through here, you know. I find it hard to believe let me can i do one little check? Yeah on the emails and maybe somebody sent me an email why don't you look on the emails we have one nighting I just need you to help me with that I know exactly how to do this should type in the word birthday into the search engine and just get your subject line get your blade while you're at it I can't do two things at once. Just hang on a second... I got mine, i'm ready! Let's hit the button here and then we'll see what happens. Button? Yes ladies and gentlemen it is the illustrious... I have a button to hit. Well somebody wants to send my oh democrats dot org sent to have you know happy 16th of stand with us The last one no I got a birthday wishes for May 12 from Laura Wilson which I don't know if

2:30:21 Push that we did we push it through yeah, so No nothing well there you go now. Could I please have your blade? Yeah here let me get finally Ryan Clare, you've done it! You are the sole recipient of a knighthood today and the only person in the entire segment which usually also contains birthdays and anniversaries. And if you'd step up here sir kneel down I'm very proud to pronounce Kate the Sir Ryan Knight of the Geddes Rebel Faction for you Of course we got plenty of hookers on blow rent boys in Chardonnay and Ambien. We got Led Slinger's whiskey and gunpowder, we got White Widow and brownies the special kind, sake and skanks, mangoes and filet mignon cookies and vodka, kilts and kilterlifter ale, we've got Drams and DMT, we've got root beer and Legos, we've got fresh milk and pavlon, vodka vanilla, ginger ale and gerbils, Rubin has woman and rosé, and always mutton and mead

2:31:16 Congratulations Ryan head on over to know what you the nation dot-com slash rings and Eric the show will help you out with your ring That's very odd. We didn't don't think that's ever happened we didn't have a birthday segment at all It's happened hey should we take a little trip? Where do you want to go in the alternate universe? Okay, are you sitting down you didn't have any edibles today did ya I No, no. I don't...I very rarely partake in anything except uh... It could make you pretty nauseous, you know dimension... Cognac! Dimensional... But I don't do cognac for the show so i'm good to go just water Yeah dimensional travel can be kind of uh...can be kind of complicated If everyone's ready let's do it Let's Go Are You Ready? We're ready! We're ready! We're ready! We're ready! Let's Go! It's going to be only... America First

CHAPTER 51 / 61 Discussion

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's Profane Public Comments

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is criticized for using profanity during a public forum at New York University. The hosts analyze the audience's applause for her use of the "F-word" and link it to a broader trend of "Dimension B" politicians using vulgarity to appear "hip" or "authentic."

kirsten gillibrand· profanity· new york university· dimension b· profanity

2:32:17 We choose the view! Yeah, woo! Ugh. Ooh, Sparky got to it. Ah, well Sparky's always there he just sees us flicker and he's like what's going on? Because we're in the same spot it's just a different universe all right back to The View They should do a version of Romeo and Juliet with Trump and Putin. Put it like that I don't know man, that kind of humor in Dimension A is little...

2:33:17 It's dimension B. B is what I meant see, I'm confused you always get these confuse it's very interesting to me You do that consistently just call me stupid Oh, I did. Senator Gillibrand was speaking at a forum at New York University. She's the worst! Yes she is. She fell... These are one of the women in Congress who made the claim that 1 in 5 females and all the colleges are rape victims. Ah well this is yeah she made that claim?

2:33:52 She's one of them. Well, she has sex on the mind Has he kept any of these promises? No. Fuck no Instead... That's what she said Oh yeah but it gets better She said fuck no So has Trump come through- She is a congressperson This is who she represents She's a senator She's a senator or congressperson Senator I'm pretty sure she's a senator Fuck no Instead Didn't somebody else bring this up that they can't do anything but be profane because they got... Yes, that was Newt Gingrich and he's referring... Newt Gingrich nailed it. Okay And he's referring to this which and she does another one so Instead Sorry By the way why does that get a round of applause? Thank you This is Dimension B

2:34:48 where you can just go on stage with... This was not like millennials, young people. This was kind of a classy forum There's a sit-down interview which I think there is little pieces in the clip and she...I think she even explained well You know this is the young hip thing everyone says fuck now Madonna says it didn't you hear when we moved into dimension? We choose love fuck you that exactly what this is If anyone is off the rails its these people I mean, it is also...it is weak. You and I talk about this all the time outside of the show my cursing which of course a lot of it comes because my Tourette's I have-I should have a handicap parking pass really But it's not okay you can use these words if you're in that kind of setting you can use them for great effect sometimes but This I don't think was a good one and she doubled down on it No Fuck no Instead

2:35:47 and yeah, why are they applauding? Oh! She said the F word. That's insane I understand this is a younger audience it's okay And even though we as Democrats are on the right side of almost all issues many hard-working families just haven't felt that we've been fighting for them fundamentally if we are not helping people we should go to fuck home We should go the fuck home. Fuck this, fuck that and here's this guy- the moderator asking her about it. Did he tell you that was how its pronounced? I think it was coverage and you just mistyped it. And he was bitching about the media and he just forgot to finish You know I wish...I wish I could bleep some words too but my 90 year old mom is sitting in front right now Oh god bless you! I'm sorry!

2:36:54 I asked anyway. What is that about? You're right, that's the only correct question what are they thinking and why is the audience clapping for it this dimension B is odd man crazy stuff You know what really would have gotten a huge rise out of the audience? Is his 90-year old grandmother standing up and yelling some expletive. It would have brought the house down, it's the ol' Betty White moment. Yeah you're right! Hey Trump can blow me! That would've been fantastic. Well there is a lot hate out there in Dimension B here's Mika B

CHAPTER 52 / 61 Discussion

Mika Brzezinski on Trump's White House Circle

Mika Brzezinski claims that no one in the White House tells President Trump the truth about his "calamitous" executive orders or his claims regarding illegal voting. The hosts deconstruct her assertion that there are "no real men" in the President's inner circle.

mika brzezinski· morning joe· white house· executive orders· illegal voting

2:37:30 Do you know the daughter of the elitist, Brzezinski? Well and if the president seems delusional about his accomplishments You can point to no further than that room That is helping confirm this sort of sense of totally exaggerated self that he has. And Mika I think it's very true Which is exactly to your point John About his upbringing by being a child of the I'm okay you're okay era She's nailing it But she's going to go off the rails. Totally exaggerated self that he has. Well, and Anika I think it is very telling the first week we went in there we went in 9-10 days into it and it was very obvious when he asked how I thought the first week went and I said not well And he kept repeating that for an hour and a half to anybody who would listen how shocked he was

2:38:22 It was very obvious at that time, we've said it on the air. That nobody in the White House had told him that the first executive order had been a calamity. That no one had told him about the missteps about crowd size and nobody had told him that lying about three million votes... What did he? Did he lie about 3 million votes what was the lie I must have missed out on there was no lie about 3 million votes There wasn't any lies either Oh i know what it was That's when he said he believed that three million people voted illegally. Oh, okay I remember that yeah i do i remember there's no way of documenting that it was no in fact the probably high but then again you never know i mean it's possible especially in california where

2:39:05 There's got to be some explanation for the fact that everyone in California 85% of everybody votes Democrat, but I believe Joe's is confusing the that statement with the 3 million votes In the general day a surplus to Hillary Clinton in the in the general election. It just it's weird That nobody Inside that White House tells him the truth. Yeah, we talk about lack of diversity in the White House Let me just say there are no real men in the inner circle as a white house No real man What does that mean? What is it real man according to her isn't a real man these days a guy who wears a pink hat? What is the realm but does she want real men I thought that but real men was up passe you can't you have to be a Renaissance man

CHAPTER 53 / 61 Discussion

The View Claims Trump Received Positive Media Coverage

Participants on *The View* claim that Donald Trump received "98% positive" media coverage during the campaign. The hosts debunk this by citing a Harvard study showing 93% negative coverage and referencing the media's tendency to treat Trump as a "clown" or entertainment foil.

the view· whoopi goldberg· media bias· les moonves· ann coulter

2:39:53 I don't know how you can manage to watch this stuff without just pulling your hair out. Oh, well here it comes! This is the one... heads will explode on this one What we do specifically is we track media We track it for a whole bunch of reasons We deconstructed that I'm pretty sure that the coverage that a candidate Trump got during this election cycle was pretty much negative And we've heard this meme in Dimension B about it being overwhelmingly positive. This confuses me, I...

2:40:32 Maybe we weren't straddling properly, but to me there was a lot of coverage. There's no objective person in the world that would thought the media was all-in for Trump. Oh well... Okay well that's too bad because there's a whole show of them I think it's amazing if you look at Newt Gingrich on The View no less! On The View! For example, CNN's 93% negative coverage according to Harvard. 93% negative? I think it is a miracle that Trump has any approval. Oh my god! You have this constant unending barrage. Whoopi is now waving her hands She's waving them like... I can hear her go... 93% negative coverage according to Harvard. 93% negative? I think its a miracle that Trump has any approval. Oh my god! You have this constant unending barrage.

2:41:27 I He won. He was 24-7 on every television, on every network forcing... making one of the head of the networks saying yeah it wasn't good for America but it was great for us I like that Making one of the heads of the networks say it wasn't great for America but it was great for us That was a shareholder meeting that was recorded where what's the douchebags name CBS douchebag moonves Moonves said this is great he was actually one of yours whoopie making one of the head of the network saying yeah it wasn't good for America but it was great for us. It was all positive until people started asking questions now now wasn't all positive

2:42:28 I'm sorry. It was you live coverage of what it was all noisy, but it wasn't all positive. It was 98% of it was positive. 98% positive. Okay. Wow. Talk about diluted that's now we witnessed the whole thing of course and what I think they're annoyed by and the media really is partly responsible for the rise of Trump Because they used him as a foil for their entertainment purposes by ridiculing him and having them on all the time. By reporting on him in the Huffington Post under the Entertainment section, remember that? Yes! Gambit. We saw there's a clip we play where Ann Coulter is on the GMA show with

2:43:20 Stephanopoulos. Yeah, and she says oh yeah Trump's gonna be the nominee and they all laughed at her Oh, you're nuts. And they kept putting him on the air so this was it really was negative coverage because it was done as look at this clown and Look at the New York Daily News effect They did a newsletter I think with about 40 of their well not that many maybe 20 of their cover pages all within him dressed in a clown outfit With a big red nose How is that positive coverage? They're starting to equate coverage with positive coverage Wow So they're diluted

CHAPTER 54 / 61 Discussion

Vladimir Putin Offers Asylum to James Comey

Russian President Vladimir Putin jokes during a Q&A session that Russia is ready to grant asylum to James Comey, comparing him to Edward Snowden. The hosts also discuss leaked Republican talking points regarding the obstruction of justice charges.

vladimir putin· james comey· edward snowden· russia today· asylum

2:43:57 Yes, they're diluted 98% was positive really let's get out of here John I can't Sparky Newsflash just came in. President Vladimir Putin, according to Russia Today says Russia is ready to grant James Comey asylum and that the former FBI director quote should be aware of that. Oh then he went on to say... To question the difference between Comey and Edward Snowden

2:44:57 Ah, that's great. During his annual Q&A which I guess just aired Putin said Comey suddenly said he recorded a conversation with Trump and then he handed the tape over to the media which is strange. I don't know what Putin smoking lay off the edibles Vladimir What's the difference between him and Mr Snowden? He's a human rights activist not an intelligence chief Man, we used to be the funny people on the world stage. We that was we used to make the joke our comics are so bent out of shape about the Hillary not winning that they're not funny I mean I follow a bunch of them on Twitter and it's just like they're just and then like Joss Whedon The guy who does you know who used to listen to the show? I'm sure it doesn't listen anymore Oh, I don't now we lost a lot of listeners when we started deconstructing

2:45:49 to kind of the media bias. And a lot of people accuse me, oh are you guys just Trump? No we're not! We deconstruct media bias and it happens to be right now very biased against Trump. And all were doing is pointing out the bias. Were not... don't care what they say. Stop defending yourself doesn't make any difference The guys on Reddit won't care They're not listening anyway they already left They left their building So did you get the Somebody sent a snarky note on Twitter saying And they sent me the photocopies of this talking points on The Washington Post story. Yeah, and the guy snarky thing was here's the talking points that we were going around I guess I don't know where he got them from but they look like the real deal unfortunately there are so many of them and it's all the talking points that you'd use if you were a Republican and the guy says let's count how many Adam uses which is again in that same vein somehow

2:46:48 But there's these talking points, and I don't want to read through them because there's like too many of us two full pages But I'm I do want to put them in the next newsletter These actual talking points and did I repeat them properly that do I deserve a check or what's going on you didn't? I don't see well. There's a couple things You might have what baffles me is that somehow people think that you know that we're getting paid Is that what they're thinking or would just like we were so we're all in and we can wish if What about the oil companies? They're the ones with the big checkbooks. Let's get some money out of them." Well, they're not so big anymore. Here is a conclusion of all the talking points I'll just read these there are only five or four of them. Conclusion The illegal leaks are the only crime here. The investigative committees have clearly struck out on a collusion charge and are now shifting to baseless obstruction-of justice charges

2:47:47 Three, there is absolutely no case for obstruction of justice. And four when is this fishing expedition going to end so we can get back to the real issues that matter to Americans? Yeah, I don't think I said any of that. I don't think you said any of those and i would like to put this in the next newsletter as an attachment or actually maybe they came out as JPEG images so... But seriously John, I've had some stress personal stress recently just nothing super just stuff But, uh... I'm very very tired. I really am! I'm very tired but the other night I caught myself-I was- I went on a Twitter hate rampage

CHAPTER 55 / 61 Discussion

Twitter Hostility and Social Media Management

The hosts discuss the mental toll of managing a Twitter presence and dealing with rude feedback. One host admits to a "Twitter hate rampage" and explains his strategy for blocking trolls who offer non-constructive criticism.

twitter· blocking· social media· feedback· trolls

2:48:32 Oh, I see. Here's what I've done. I've taken completely taken with rare exceptions only that if there's a funny cartoon or something maybe i'll retweet it but generally speaking if it's a biased tweet whether I like it or not I will not retweet it and I will not get involved. I refuse to get involved because I look at my numbers and you can see it people don't like Certain people myself included to be political on Twitter. Oh, but this wasn't about this wasn't being political It's just the people who are rude an example of block an example block What block blog yeah? Yeah, but I want to give you an example Okay Stoke homie it so boring give it up already no one wants to listen to it and then and I'm just like

2:49:25 It's you know if you have some feedback send me an email and we can maybe I'll engage But why do you want to go on my Twitter feed? And say um, I suck at my job. Yeah, and then when I say hey fuck you No! You're so rude this is not the same guy on the show yeah it kind of is But no, but I'm telling you. I'm cracking. I don't think... Oh, well you got to find some other things to talk about besides this idiotic politics. Like you said at the beginning of the show, you found two or three items there that nobody's even covering this other stuff!

2:50:04 I'm surprised they covered that burning down building and when they covered it, by the way...I think it was a piss poor coverage from everybody. They had lots of nice pictures if you like a burning building. Well thats all we care about! They did not talk about the ethnics who lived there. They didn't talk anything like that. Nope And what did someone tell me? That these buildings are covered in poly-utherine or poly something or other for insulation is highly flammable Yeah They just want to kill these people it seems to me. I mean if we look at it from the British perspective of the upper classes, then they won't... But it's a societal thing that happens and it started with the chat room which I think we valiantly tried to elevate them to the war room to be something very specific to be very helpful during the show and I'm giving them props for that and I've stopped doing that because

2:51:02 You know, I don't know what it's something just people have no awareness of anything No, this is the new world we live in. Yeah yeah and because of Twitter because everyone can you know? Post their one-line joke which I would say let me just use a number 98% are just not funny But it ruins everything. You know, you can't...it becomes unusable and people come up with well we can have more moderators or we could have a separate room. Do you understand? All of you do it! Everybody does this I'm-a comedian bit and they do it just you know It's not funny most if its not some of its funny And I appreciate that That's the problem What you just said is absolutely the problem

2:51:52 Some of it is funny, right? If none of it was funny that we'd be good to go The problem is some of its funny and it gets a lot of attention. So people all want to be funny This is the you know, this is the nature of People that are out there that oh that guy was funny and I can be funny too. I'm funny I know I know something that's funny Well if I may say You just said it yourself. I am NOT like this at all But you said, oh I can see it in my numbers. You are actually concerned how many followers you have? Yes! I don't give a shit. I don't care one iota. That's never happened. I don't care about ratings... No but your not using Twitter the way I'm using it How are you using it? How different are you using it? I'm using if mostly for crowdsourcing information that's what its supposed to be for. I'm using it for feedback. Yeah. What you get is comedians and people are rude. They're just rude

2:52:47 That's why I do more blocking than you do, I'm sure. No no no! I do a lot of blocking and this is my favorite email Why did you block me? And then but don't give me their Twitter handle Okay... okay Anyway, like I'm just identifying that I'm cracking a little bit I don't know what's happening. where Adam has exploded about something in the chat room. So these chat room guys, there's a couple of them... Now I hate to be saying this because it'll get like oh that's interesting maybe I can get... Interesting? That's stupid?! It's stupid! This is stupid but you have a guy who says and every time i say interesting I do expect to hear that okay um yeah I'm helping ya

2:53:46 You are, and it is stupid. Some guy goes oh that's interesting, he thinks it's stupid and maybe I can get him to blow up at me and then hohoho I made my day! It's true. I win, but here's the most interesting thing. Ah stupid! I know i did it on purpose. The most stupid thing? The most stupid thing...I'm reading the chat room as we're discussing and do you know what universally what the advice is? Get off the air suckers! No! Hey man use to smoke some weed. Peck a bull

2:54:26 I like Adam better on weed. See there you go, like how do- How am i supposed to take that comment? Oh, I'm sorry you hate me well watch this let's see tech exams dot net kick Tech exams so you're actually going out of your way to kick somebody out the chat room yeah Take exams whoever that is it's tech examzies. I scrolled up ice a little glove when you do these here we go here We go here. We go. I'm gonna kick him watch this boom You feel better? No, no. I'm trying to tell you that if I have psychological issues and it's and you're just making light of it. I am your right. I'm callous well luck but he knows that luckily there are people with With more psychological issues than I have because then we can mock them

CHAPTER 56 / 61 Discussion

Mark Ruffalo Demands MSNBC Stop Hiring Conservatives

Actor Mark Ruffalo is criticized for promoting a petition demanding that MSNBC stop hiring "white conservative" voices like George Will and Greta Van Susteren. The hosts argue that this is an attempt to eliminate the diversity of ideas in media.

mark ruffalo· msnbc· george will· nicole wallace· diversity of ideas

2:55:18 Mark Ruffalo, Mark Ruffalo the fine Hollywood actor a fine Hollywood actor potato-faced actor You know as I was recording clipping this bit This is the guy from Fox who always he thinks. He's a great joke writer What's his name Greg Gutfeld? Gutfeld whatever his name is good. Great. Good. Yeah, yeah, he thinks it's a great writer Yeah, he has all these notes written down on the five dude no one's looking at you We're all looking at Guilfoyle And we're not, we're looking at her legs. No I think that I'm not the big on it. I'm not a big on her at all she's just fascinating to watch she reminds me a lot of my first wife completely stuck together like Mr Potato Head so there I think so I think that we're getting to a point

2:56:08 that may be analogous to the pirate ships in the North Sea back in the 70s. The news organizations are now yelling at each other, but really yelling and you hear this gut-felt like calling people names about their appearance... We may run into... Do you know what happened with Radio Caroline and Radio North Sea? I don't remember the history. You were involved in that so yeah they bombed them They blew up the ship because they wanted to remember this. Yeah, oh my god There's so many documents I'll send you a link to watch some of this stuff is very funny Anyway here's Mark Ruffalo. Mark Ruffalo is demanding MSNBC stop hiring white people He actually tweeted a petition saying tell MSNBC NBC News To stop the white conservative hiring spree The petition implores quote don't promote right-wing hate

2:57:03 How cowardly to cast divergent opinion as hateful. I guess they know their lefty drivel can't compete, so they smear other voices as evil to eliminate actual diversity of ideas." So who are these hateful people that this network is hiring? George Will, Nicole Wallace, Greta. Yeah real outright goons. If only Mark had the guts to focus on the violent fascists on his side, the scum who throw urine at young women in protests who stab police forces. Who demand days to celebrate racism? That's your people Marco! It could have easily been in The Alternate Universe this clip Yeah I want to continue to call out racism

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Gay Republicans Denied Float in Pride Parade

A group of gay Republicans for Trump was reportedly denied a float in the Charlotte Pride Parade. The organizers cited the group's past comments as the reason for the denial. The hosts discuss the irony of "inclusion" excluding those with differing political views.

gay republicans· pride month· charlotte pride· bank of america· inclusion

2:57:57 Real racism, which this is. This is racism Yeah, totally. And if we just accept it? If we just keep... don't say anything about it? We don't. Things have been redefined by the dimension B That's true! First of all is racist not racist and it goes to anything what you didn't vote for Hillary? Racists. If you're a black person who was a Republican? Racists You're a racist Oh how about if your gay? Haaaahhh! If your gay republican Oh, big. I got two gay Republicans here. In the house? In the house everybody! This is about Pride Month... Are we in Gay Pride Month? I believe we are actually. Yes, Gay Pride Month

2:58:44 And they are being shunned from the Pride March because they're bad gays. They're the wrong kind of gays. Oh yeah, bad gays! Bad, bad, bad gays. You know if you can't include the gay Republicans then we're gonna withdraw our money from your institutions because you do not stand for inclusion. Van Cleve say they're calling for Bank of America, Wells Fargo and PNC among others to withdraw their sponsorship of the Charlotte Pride Parade. This after they say their group representing gay Republicans for Trump was denied a float for the August events. We are members of the gay community but we have the elite gays who want to stand up and say that they speak for us all

2:59:24 We're here living proof that we are part of the state community and we're not going anywhere. A Charlotte Pride spokesperson says the group's application was initially denied because of the gaze for Trump history of public comments against groups including transgender individuals, people of color and immigrants There you go bad gaze I like the elite gaze that sounds kind of cool That sounds like a real thing they are talking about there The elite gaze Well of course this is a publicity stunt But it's accurate, I'm sure that they would you know the gay. You know if you're gonna be gay you have to be a Democrat and you have to follow these certain rules. You had to have a checklist just like the conservatives are the same way years ago when oh he's not a conservative or he's a rhino They had all these things your checklists you didn't check this box in that box Or you have to be against them as we totally against abortion Check that box or your no good

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Katy Perry Apologizes for Cultural Appropriation

Pop star Katy Perry issues a public apology for "cultural appropriation" regarding her past hairstyles and performances. She credits her "empowered angels" for educating her on the history of black women's hair and Japanese culture. The hosts suggest her behavior is indicative of "reprogramming."

katy perry· cultural appropriation· mkultra· empowered angels· japanese culture

3:00:22 Yeah. And all these groups are that way? You're not a good gay, it used to be you know certainly with men like...you like penis okay you're gay but now your not a good gay and then my wife...bad gay I like bad gay. Katy Perry oh man this poor girl was lost i don't know what happened to her A lot of people claim she's total MK ultra and there was some weird, she does weird stuff at con. We've seen weird behavior from her Yes And now she is very very sorry She did an interview with... this may have been a YouTube or podcast I'm not quite sure She had to apologize for cultural appropriation of her hair

3:01:10 And more. I've made several mistakes even in like the this is how we do video about how i wore my hair and having a hard conversation with one of my empowered angels Cleo about what does it mean why can't I wear my hair that way or what is the history behind wearing the hair that way? She told me about the power in black women's hair and how beautiful it is, and the struggle...and I listened I will never understand some of those things because of who I am. But, I can educate myself and that's what I'm trying to do along the way and even in my intention to appreciate Japanese culture...I did it wrong with a performance! And I didn't know that I did it wrong until I heard people saying I did it wrong. Sometimes that is what it takes someone

3:02:08 out of compassion, out of love. Hey dude this is where the origin is you know and do understand and not just like a clap back because it's hard to hear those clap backs sometimes and your ego just wants to turn from them I've been so grateful to have great teachers and great friends that will really hold me accountable Man, you poor girl. Boy she's pathetic! My millennials stay woke I love the empowered- my empowered angels alerted me to this i wonder what that means is she does she speak to angels? Does she have like like my little monster? I think she's referring to her it's like monsters yeah hmm my empowered angels okay man but that's sad It is sad because she's under defensive about everything

3:03:01 Every which is yeah Oh, you can't do this. You can say oh your culture appropriately all that and but yes, they got to see this video She's as a doodle in front of her It's a completely white room with the black guys interviewing her and she of course And she has a doodle over the all-seeing eye that she just did in front of her and this girl isn't right Yeah, yeah like the CBS I the all-seeing eye a hold of her and reprogrammer I don't know if it's possible. It may be too late It's never too late. For MKUltra? I don't think there is any way back from that, it's usually pretty permanent Yeah but you can get back... well there have been a few who escaped But the idea is to get her back into the program so she's doing what she supposed to be doing Which is entertaining If I'm not mistaken is having sex with high end politicians And then my final bit for today as predicted

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Website Accessibility Lawsuits and JavaScript

A federal judge ruled that the Winn-Dixie grocery chain must make its website accessible to the blind. The hosts discuss the potential costs for small businesses and non-profits to comply with these regulations, specifically regarding video captions and JavaScript compatibility with screen readers.

winn-diexie· accessibility law· blind· javascript· screen readers

3:04:01 A federal judge in Florida ruled Tuesday that the grocery chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. must make its website accessible to the blind following an unprecedented trial over a gray area of accessibility law That's right The decision adds momentum to push by plaintiffs, lawyers and disability rights groups to make all consumer websites accessible to the blind AND hearing impaired This is... Yeah that should be done at the meta level With the tools? I don't think it's a responsibility of the individual people putting up the websites, personally. Well here is what... well here is what I know you will get sued if you have any but now its grocery stores uh but yeah I know first hand knowledge some non-profits and they have videos and now they all have to do two things They have to create closed captions for the videos

3:04:54 And they have to create, um... Oh what is this? A word's a term for it. So when the video starts saying you see five people sitting in the room in a circle they are all talking and then dialogue. You have to add that in! Do you know what that costs? The extra cost is oh and of course there's all kinds of consultants out there who will help you. Well as a cheap solution What's that keep videos off your website. Well, that's what gonna happen! That is exactly... everyone is going to start paring it down and I'm not against in fact I've been very pro-accessibility in everything I've done online our show notes are all structured data they work great with screen readers we do think about that yeah and I think we have a you know a very good great product

3:05:45 for a group of people. But, you know this is going a little far I mean...I'm on the fence about it because i understand that we do have the American with Disabilities Act but maybe we should make it a little more clear what has to be done. Maybe rain in just a little bit yeah Yeah but it would dissolve one thing man if this really became and they should do it for everything then anything that any consumer can read twice How interesting Just pointing it out. I lost my train of thought, thanks

3:06:25 Well, you were telling me that what they should do because what they could do and what they might doing What might change the situation might help things man? What hey man what it would help is it would get rid of that damn JavaScript everywhere That's the problem. That's if you want something It's really bad for screen readers and for people with disabilities is Javascript on web pages Get off taking over the place Oh get it off get it off. It's not gonna happen man It's not gonna happen. JavaScript has taken over the programming universe, in fact all these schools and all these other things are all JavaScript. Wait it's not Node? It's not Node man! Node...man. Alright wrap us up bro. Uh let's see I've got you know what i'd like to play is not on this playlist it's on a playlist that I've been sending over and over and I never play it which is the CBD clip.

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CBD Research and Pharmaceutical Interests

A new study from NYU Langone confirms the effectiveness of CBD in treating rare forms of epilepsy. The hosts argue that this "scientific rigor" is being used to pave the way for pharmaceutical companies to patent CBD products while the government continues to crack down on "illegal" street versions.

cbd· epilepsy· nyu langone· jeff sessions· pharmaceutical industry

3:07:24 Oh, okay. You've sent it to me four times! Yes and I never get around to playing it so now that they didn't send it to you boom we can play it one after another anti-seizure medications failed in 2014 doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center put Desmond on cannabidiol or CBD one of the compounds in the marijuana plant CBD does not induce a high. This week's study of 120 children with a rare form of epilepsy found those who were given CBD along with their standard medications had nearly 40% reduction in the frequency of seizures We just didn't know what the placebo response was Dr. Oren Davinsky directs the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone and led the trial After so much time, literally 4,000 years of anecdote and belief

3:08:14 We now have scientific rigor. We have evidence. We've always had evidence! The guys in Israel have provided evidence, there's nothing but evidence But now suddenly we have evidence-we've always had evidence that this is what this was This is nonsense I'm sick of listening to these reports and hearing people like Hillary Clinton Well we need more research The research has been done on this Well, you know what I'm thinking now? A twofer. We... so finally we have some research the pharmaceutical industry can come in with their patented CBD and we'll get rid of all the illegal stuff for ya! My name's Jeff Sessions i'l take care that. Yeah well now see well we'll see it's not gonna happen just saying maybe that's what they're thinking this is so much

3:09:08 The healing properties of CBD, marijuana, chews are well proven. And these guys know that! I know they do. They all know it. Everybody knows it. They just want to get the illegal stuff off the street. I can't see any other way because no one makes... It's easier to grow and extract. Uh, I think the pharmaceutical companies know that And I think everybody knows it and that's what's gonna have to happen. Sure, maybe you can get it grow and extract it and then sell it as some sort of a brand name. That's a possibility but whatever the case is we should stop lying about this. Stop saying we need more researches. We don't need more researchers and stop saying that has no benefit. The guys are still saying it these medical guys there's new known benefit

3:10:00 This is nonsense and it keeps going on and on, and nobody ever calls these people out. There's plenty of known benefits It's been studied to death in Israel by that one guy who was leading all these studies And it has been studied elsewhere So why they can continue with this nonsense? This bull crap! It really is irksome Not quite a pet peeve of the day but getting there Yeah I could have gone for longer Getting there Alright Is there any chance of me missing any important game that's rigged? Games are over, the Warriors won their thing and now they turn out to be a bunch of douchebags who refuse to go see the president. Oh, they're not going to see the president! Yeah, according to them... And then they just dropped like $200,000 on champagne over this local club and who knew but you know yeah Who cares

3:10:51 It's over. That's over so you got to wait another season that will go through this again Baseball it's time for the baseball alright everybody That is our program for today remember that we do have another show coming up on Sunday And we need your support Dvorak org slash na please remember that and remember that I'm suffering from straddle fatigue straddle disease straddle Coming to you from downtown Austin, Texas. Capital of the drone star state in the common law condo in the Cluedio In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where there's nothing exciting around here that's for sure Except traffic Plenty of traffic I'm John C. Duvorak We'll be back on Sunday right here on No Agenda Until then Adios mofos

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Show Outro and Comey Remix

The episode concludes with a series of audio remixes featuring James Comey, Hillary Clinton, and Vladimir Putin. The hosts sign off with their traditional "In the morning" greeting and a final reference to the "best podcast in the universe."

james comey· lada· star wars· data· facts

3:11:43 Hi, it's Adam Curry. Hey how you doing? Let me tell you what I think about Komi My goodness! Komi is a pussy covering his own ass because he's a whiny little bitch Intimately involved with the Clinton Foundation douchebag Little bitch my goodness! Komi is a pussy lying douche bag I hope I never have another opportunity to make a video again of him better And one man says lordy Lordy Whinny little bitch It's cultural appropriation. He has no backbone, no spine. And what man says lordy? Lordy! Get the word out into public square for pussy boy. Lordy lordy So as an American citizen I'm very happy this man is no longer a director of FBI. What? Comey is a pussy?! Well with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John Suuuhhh where the C stands for Comey Is A Pussy Devorah

3:12:49 He's a pussy, he's weak little bitch. My goodness! Comey is a pussy? He's a showboat, he's a grandstander The FBI director has no credibility He's the wrong man for that position Comey I always say to my colleagues in the Congress and my constituents and people across the country what i said before anything you do has to be based on data evidence facts so that you can speculate but it's going to be the law and the facts. But Trump already admitted on television that he said this to call me to please stop

3:13:33 It's a Michael Flynn. He said it! What more proof do we need? Well, I think the American people need solid evidence. That's solid! Data Evidence Facts Facts Evidence Data facts, evidence, data. We always say to my colleagues in the Congress and my constituents and people across the country what I said before anything you do has to be based on data, evidence, facts. That is truly delusional.

3:14:28 data, evidence, facts. Don't worry, be happy. He's driving his car, sits in the passenger seat and drills it.

3:15:31 He's driving his car. I drive you around in my lot. Who is driving? It's a very good car. He's driving his car. He's driving his car. Hey look! I drive you around in my Lada, it is a very good car. Of course today... The best podcast in the universe! Audio MoFo Dvorak dot org slash N A

3:16:46 Star Wars! Everyone's going nuts about it.