Episode 944 · Thursday, 6 July 2017

Ming the Magnificent

Global tensions rise as North Korea reaches a nuclear threshold while European leaders grapple with demographic shifts and the collapse of traditional labor markets.

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Poland ahead of the G20 summit, securing a strategic partnership through the sale of Patriot missile systems while notably denying the nation entry into the U.S. visa waiver program. The visit precedes a high-stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, where mass protests have already begun. Meanwhile, North Korea successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching Alaska, prompting U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley to warn of potential military force at the UN Security Council.

Demographic shifts in Amsterdam and the UK are fueling debates over cultural integration, as a Dutch publishing firm mandates halal-only meat for its entire workforce and British strawberry farms face severe labor shortages following Brexit. In Italy, officials threaten to close Sicily ports to migrant ships as the EU offers financial aid but no relocation relief. Former DNI James Clapper clarified that only three intelligence agencies, not 17, authored the Russian interference assessment, yet Senator Al Franken and mainstream outlets continue to cite the larger figure. Additionally, climate scientist Michael Mann faces legal pressure in a Canadian libel trial for refusing to release the data behind his famous hockey stick graph.

Professor Noel Sharkey is calling for an international ban on child-like sex robots as AI-enabled dolls like Harmony prepare for market release. Harvard researchers have identified a specific monthly ejaculation frequency required for optimal prostate health, while Stephen Hawking warns that current environmental policies could turn Earth into a sulfuric planet similar to Venus. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate episode 944 from Amsterdam and Silicon Valley, noting the upcoming palindrome milestone of episode 1000.


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CHAPTER 01 / 50 Discussion

Episode 944 Introduction, Palindrome Milestone, Amsterdam Broadcast

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 944 of the No Agenda show, broadcasting from Amsterdam and Northern Silicon Valley respectively. The hosts note the upcoming episode 1000 milestone, which is projected to fall on the palindrome date of January 18, 2018.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· amsterdam· episode 944· palindrome

00:00 Is it like really, like painful death? Adam Curry. John C. DeVorah. It's Thursday July 6th 2017 this is your award-winning Get My Nation Media assassination episode 9 or 4! This is no agenda Tracking the Polish press, because I'm close. And broadcasting live with Darkest Corns of the Internet in the capital Kipfo Nation lowlands in Amsterdam In The Morning! I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley we're gonna have a hot day it's going to be mild tomorrow I'm John C. Dvorak That's right everybody, Traffic and Weather on the 8th with John C. Dvorak On the eighth Yeah We'll have quite a record of uh... Of the weather and traffic in The Mudflats Definitely By the time episode 1000 rolls around which I am reliably informed is on a palindrome January 18th 2018

CHAPTER 02 / 50 Discussion

Child Sex Robots, Professor Noel Sharkey, Ethical Bans

Professor Noel Sharkey of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics has released a report titled "Our Sexual Future with Robots," calling for a ban on sex robots designed to look like children. The discussion highlights companies like Abyss Creations and their upcoming AI-enabled doll, Harmony, while questioning the legal status of such devices in Canada and their potential use in therapy for sex offenders.

noel sharkey· sex robots· abyss creations· realdoll· artificial intelligence

00:56 Wow, yeah, how nice would that be? That's a triple hit. I don't know what the third part is but... Hey, hey! I love it. Yeah, that was pretty good Well... Don't look at me like you're looking at your head and there's a crazy story that I am uh... What crazy...? I don't have any clips or anything but this is a crazy story Call for a ban on child sex robots Oh man, there goes my new venture I think this has got to be a great conundrum. And, I didn't even know there were these sex robots out there but apparently they're making them. Tell me about these sex robots? I'm not talking about real dolls. Oh okay...

01:36 Well, there's some sex robot companies. This is a BBC article and what happened is once they've developed I guess these robots have been sold for awhile. Yeah Let's read a little bit of this. Should be a ban on the import of sex robots designed to look like children The author of a new report into the phenomenon...phenomenon? said Phenomenon. Professor Noel Sharkey said that society as a whole needed to consider the impact of all types of sex robots, his foundation for responsible robotics has conducted a consultation only handful of companies were currently making sex robots. A handful? I didn't know there was anybody making sex robots! It's an industry that has escaped our attention somehow yes

02:24 of all shows. I know! The report, Our Sexual Future with Robots was written to focus attention on an issue barely discussed... noticed? Noted?! The report acknowledged that finding out how many people actually own such robots was difficult because the companies that made them did not release the numbers. Well do they have any names of companies or any brand names? Yes! Okay, well... Companies making sex robots...I'm skipping down This guy's going on and on lamenting the chain a ruination of the world. Yeah, get to the brand name companies making sex road box bots bots include Android love doll Sex spot and true companion I think if you look up sex but find something now these days do look like real dolls John Like real dolls that come with it makes really yeah They do look like that

03:20 Think that's They're under attack Most have previously made realistic silicone skin sex dolls that are now concerning or starting to ship dolls I can move and speak The most advanced of these is that we did get your pencil. Oh, please sandy San Diego again in California San Diego based Abyss AB YSS creations oh this is a this is sex doll Or real doll, I'm sorry. It's what ships a product... See? I told you! But this wait let me finish you don't know this This is new information has come to light The product known as RealDoll is now due to release a sex doll with artificial intelligence later this year called Harmony Oh machine learning Hmm let me see he likes it this way. I think I shall do that again Robot moves his head and eyes and speaks via tablet enabled app

04:14 The company's already assembled the app People who seriously buy this because they they you know, it'll turn them on and they really are grooving on it Yes, I'm pretty sure Okay, I just got two things more. A couple of things. One is let me read this...the report considers a few options on how such robots could be employed as robot prostitutes working in brothels which answers your first question. Sexual companions for the lonely or the elderly

04:52 A new means of sexual healing. You play a little song in the back, yeah? A sexual therapy tool for rapists and pedophiles. Holy shit! The last of these was the most problematic said Professor Sharkey and then he says First, sex dolls is the second part. Sex dolls that resemble children do exist and a court in Canada is currently determining whether owning one is illegal." Wow! That's good legal question. That's interesting. I think that's a conundrum. It's not a child... No it's a robot. What if you marry a woman?

05:34 A 21-year old woman who looks 10 or 14, let's say which is more believable. You can't marry her because she's too young looking." Yeah that's a good question well you're not allowed to have child pornography actually I saw a very interesting it was like a Dutch TED talk almost you know the Dutch they still have their state sponsored broadcast organization It's now called the... I don't know why, but for some reason a Dutch TED talk strikes me as amusing. It was and it was like a low-grade TED talk is called the University of The Netherlands and it's like NPR only... It's NPR only really bad

CHAPTER 04 / 50 Discussion

Prostate Health, Harvard Research, Ejaculation Frequency

Harvard research suggests that men should aim for 21 ejaculations per month to maintain optimal prostate health. This frequency equates to approximately 250 times annually, covering nearly 70% of the days in a year.

prostate health· harvard research· ejaculation· medical study· men's health

07:45 that in order to keep your prostate healthy as a man, you should have 21 ejaculations per month. I thought there was a yearly total that was needed? It's like 251 or something like that... Well that is an extrapolation in the article Uh, the optimum number is 21 ejaculations per month. And then the article goes we've done a quick calculation that's equal to 250 times annually. We're almost 70% of the days in a year. Yeah. Maybe you should just do it. The report, Hey Bill, what number are you up? Well, I can see, you know, almost done. I'm almost done. It's it flows some sorry for the noise and the background. He got ambulances all kinds of stuff going on today. Okay good. Um,

CHAPTER 05 / 50 Discussion

Silicon Valley Sexual Harassment, Venture Capitalists, Bro Culture

Journalist John Swartz reports a surge in sexual harassment allegations against Silicon Valley CEOs and venture capitalists. The discussion touches on the "bro culture" of tech hubs, the nuances of professional flirting, and comedian Eliza Schlesinger's commentary on interpersonal dynamics between men and women.

silicon valley· john swartz· sexual harassment· venture capital· eliza schlesinger

08:35 But you know, there's a story we need to talk about. I don't know if it's appropriate right off the bat but about what's happening in war on men and Silicon Valley you know the bro culture is being... Wow listen to that! Now i can hear that sounds great yeah It's adding certain something You know we've been tracking this kind of in the background just kind of watching what's going on as a couple articles but now its really blown open and this This was posted on the face bag by John Swartz. You know, John Swartz of course? Yeah I used to work with him yeah from USA Today does he still work at USA today i think so yeah He's the bureau chief now that's what he says recall he posts on the face bag over the weekend heard from a half dozen women this weekend about sexual harassment from VCs and CEOs and yeah and as you crack it up me too because The thing is

09:29 Yes, there's absolutely... I mean never would I diminish the amount of harassment that women receive just in general. In professional life it is absolutely but you know we're down to stories where i'm reading the story and I was harassed by him but then it's really not clear you know whether he made sexual advances okay? But it's all kind of written like they jumped him you know It's like not that I'm trying to make it sound good But sometimes it's a little McCarthy, a little McCarthy like that's going on now. You know what I mean? Let's get these men! Yes yes and i know you know we have women listening to this show go ahh don't get triggered right away because we're totally on your side. This is absolutely true but be careful now that you've got the floor now you have the podium I would say be careful how far you push this

10:25 There's a couple of things I've noted. One, first of all... Let me know when we say VC that's venture capitalist. I'm sorry there's confusion about that. Venture capitalist? What else could it possibly mean? Vietcong you know. Oh those damn Vietcong are over here harassing my wife. Damn VC. Yeah venture capitalists and VC always meets up to us There's a book that one of PC magazines etc. She went to work for fortune I don't know she was working at Dell, I don't know where she is now but she wrote a book on office affairs and she advocates them

11:04 And probably a little bit against some of this because it's like how you ever gonna meet anybody if you don't at least make a pass at them, right? But making the pass is not good. You can do that with this group well I'm reminded of the comedian who a lot of women really think it's hilarious and I think she has to Eliza And Eliza is... Yeah, Schlesinger. I like her a lot. Eliza Schlesinger's great. Yeah she's funny. We like her over here. She needs to put better material together because the last thing wasn't as good as it should be but she made it pretty clear and I think that she does talks a lot about this in fact most of what she talks about his interpersonal stuff yeah and mainly about how women talk about men behind their back

11:47 Yes, and she kind of just says that it's horrible that these men are making passes and flirting and doing sexual harassment. But if the guy is cute its okay! She makes it very clear that this is the attitude. If you weren't a creep, if you weren't a slimy greasy slime ball yeah then it would be okay and so the guys had come out in and so you want to look at the pictures well I just wanted say that I would love to hear from some of our female listeners and I think they can be honest with themselves and with us if they feel that's true or not if that does make a difference and really be truthful to yourself

12:35 I would be stunned if any of them said it didn't make a difference, unless they're lesbians. And then still there's the difference between hey you look cute and want to go out... It's not appropriate but there is the difference between that and mashing or whatever. Oh mashing is unacceptable in these circumstances? Of course it is! But by legal standards... Let's explain what mashing is. They call all the guys a mash-er. literally pushing yourself up against somebody and then you know more or less pleasuring yourself.

13:15 I can't say jumping up and down, mashing and mashing. It's like a, I would say best analogy would be forced to lap dance or something like that if you don't know how to put it but it's disgusting! And there are bunch of guys in Silicon Valley that do it. I personally knew three guys one was a masher And one of them was, and I have it on good authority as a masher. And another one was the CEO of a computer manufacturing company back in the 80's and he would just proposition women right there especially if they're asking for a job.

13:57 Oh, really? That's pretty damn wrong. Yes and that way it was very overt and he never got really...he got caught eventually but it was years and years and years and who knows what benefits he received. There are a number of angles to this story and again I'm just saying You know, absolutely go for it. But be very careful I see a lot of kind of callous like yeah what you said let's go get him about time you know Be careful! Seriously and... Let me just tell ya' I've had all kinds of crap going down with me also in Silicon Valley I have never complained though Gay guys do this all the time Oh honey how are you doing? That is harassment

CHAPTER 06 / 50 Discussion

Kleiner Perkins Opium Incident, Ray Lane, Professional Traps

A personal anecdote describes an encounter at a Kleiner Perkins party where a receptionist allegedly offered a guest opium. Months later, venture capitalist Ray Lane investigated the incident, revealing that the employee had a history of attempting to trap male executives into compromising situations for financial settlements.

kleiner perkins· ray lane· opium· venture capital· harassment

14:46 Yeah. By the most liberal standards, I think so. But the best is speaking of VCs when Kleiner Perkins was one of our investors venture capital firm very famous Kleiner Perkins they had a receptionist cute receptionists...I have to say that whole office was filled with good-looking women and they I'm sure they hired based upon that no doubt in my mind And, you know like the receptionist. Yes I think that goes on a lot and in fact you can see it because though it'll be transparent the whole office would be like that you find that at Oracle yeah and bookmarked that cuz there's another company that should not escape persecution here

15:31 So, you know often we'd be early for meetings and being able to chat with her a little bit. You walk in the door and there's the reception right there And then it was a Kleiner Perkins party where those every bow all the founders come and have a party which is the boring most boring parties are gonna imagine I was still smoking at that time. I was actually smoking a cigarette outside She goes hey want smoke some opium? I'm like no What yeah No, no that's okay. This is the receptionist? Yes! And she walked outside and asked you if you wanted to smoke some opium. Yeah, but now to be honest I knew that she was kind of... You know, she was into surfing and yeah, because you chat a little bit. Opium, surfing? Yeah, I get it. To me it wasn't like completely crazy that would come from her But first of all had never been offered that in that way Like smoking opium though Weed even that I wouldn't do that. I mean this dumb founders thing

16:33 Yeah, not at that event. But then months later I got a call from Ray Lane and he says yeah I'm gonna ask you a few questions. What's up Ray? He says well you remember so-and-so? So did you ever asked her to go outside and smoke drugs? No quite the opposite And it turns out she had a history of doing this, of trapping men and I guess getting money out of the corporations. But Kleiner Perkins wasn't having it in this case because they had a strong enough case but she tried this with a couple guys at the same time and then you know they just put a stop to it but wow that was pretty shocking to me

CHAPTER 08 / 50 Discussion

Apple Hiring Practices, Gender Identity, Workplace Aesthetics

The discussion shifts to the perceived hiring trends at Apple, suggesting the company favors a specific aesthetic and gender identity among its staff. The hosts speculate on the influence of social justice warrior culture on the demographics of major tech corporations.

apple· hiring practices· gender identity· rachel maddow· social justice

19:52 These guys who, let's see what is this guy from 500 hats? Is he icky looking? McClure. Yeah is he creepy looking or is he good-looking If you look at a picture of him He has a look of like kind of a little smarmy Okay The company that I never hear anything about but I feel they should be looked at Because they hire a very typical kind of person and with a very The obvious sexual identity is Apple. They really should be looked at that you look at Apple, they hire the same type of people. Well Microsoft does to a lesser extent. Most of these companies tend to hire as certain look I mean when I was...I mentioned this on the show before but I was in an event... Yeah but when it comes to gender identity that's when it becomes a problem in the world of social justice warriors Oh what kind of people are you describing here at Apple?

20:52 Kind of male lesbians, male looking lesbians. Male lesbians? Yeah. Masculine lesbians. Yep So the Rachel Maddow types? Uh yeah in a way...in a way. Yeah well that would be..that wouldn't surprise me But you don't think it's not By the way it's adam at curry dot com Adam at curry dot com I think the Apple people will agree with me and you just gotta wonder You just got to wonder what is going on there It doesn't matter It's fine. I really don't care, I agree with the author you should totally be able to compliment each other and just have normal relations And the more restrictions there are The tougher it becomes and the more everyone is on edge and it creates tension...it's all so unnecessary Just being nice to each other

21:45 Yeah, I don't think she's not in California anymore. And when you see her and go to the office and there is a woman there that is all dressed up, she looks beautiful... Go up to her! Go up to her and say, why are you all dressed up? Is that your opening line Dvorak?! That's the way it goes yeah Why are you all dressed up who are trying to impress? Are you trying to get somebody into trouble? Yeah, then stomp off Alright So we're really sick We're kind of yeah, but ever since the last show Tina came down with a massive like flu And then I caught a little bit of it. You've been in bed for three days has been horrible Yeah, what are you laughing about? I can't even did this was gonna happen why remember well no I don't remember Why yeah, you were talking about the back of the throat oh yeah? Yeah? Yeah, you did But that was after the show we talked about it

CHAPTER 09 / 50 Discussion

Host Illness, Amsterdam Flu, Vocal Quality

One of the hosts describes suffering from a severe flu while in Amsterdam, noting that being sick often provides a better vocal "edge" for broadcasting. The illness reportedly affected several people following a recent event opening.

amsterdam· flu· vocal tone· illness· podcasting

22:40 Yeah, not during the show. You're exactly right and then it was I knew it was a little you were doomed yeah well I didn't have but she had whatever she had I got I'm sure I got from her But it may be something going around at the opening because I know someone else who got really sick But I've heard in bed man for three days been crap That doesn't make for a fun trip. No, no this is our vacation You know the funny thing is about you and I think that the public doesn't appreciate as much as I do You can be sick as a dog and sound great on here Yeah yeah I think always sounds better when I'm sick Just have a little more edge A little more tone in my voice Yeah I got a bit of EU report if your interested We're still here in Amsterdam in The Netherlands

CHAPTER 10 / 50 Discussion

Donald Trump Poland Visit, Visa Waiver Program, Melania Trump

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Poland ahead of the G20 summit in Germany. While the visit was visually successful, critics expressed disappointment that Trump did not grant Poland entry into the U.S. visa waiver program, despite the country's strategic partnership and purchase of Patriot missile systems.

donald trump· poland· melania trump· visa waiver program· g20

23:26 And then also I watched the president, the first lady in Poland this morning as they're now on their way to Germany for the G20 summit. It was very interesting! You should look at the pictures. Ivanka is also there and I presume Jared is also along for the ride So, you know, Melania Trump first lady. The first lady is she's kind of from the region so it was like hey this is one of ours with the Eastern European type vibe and they gave her a beautiful big bouquet of flowers and then you see what they gave Melania? It looks like they gave her weeds! Like here ya wicked stepdaughter some weeds for you

24:11 Melania got a beautiful flowers, but Yvonne said Malania. I'm sorry Melania got beautiful because they gave her the weeds Bush bushel of weeds That was very funny. So, right off the bat I'll say that I'm incredibly disappointed with the president. I was waiting and thought it was a perfect moment and had no idea why he didn't do it He promised the Polish people...He promised them that they would be allowed to participate in the visa waiver program This is bullcrap! Everything he said to me was empty bullcrap

24:51 No, you know with partnership with the though we stand by each other. Why don't you just let him get on the visa waiver program? What is the problem well You know what the problem is no way I don't it's about the problem and what's the problem The problem is to Israelis right yeah because they hate the the Polacks They saw the Polish is selling out to the Nazis even though they didn't sell out, they got taken over. So the Israelis have so much power that he can't put them on the visa waiver program? And what is the big deal with that I don't understand it's no big... Yeah get over it! Who me?!

25:30 No, I'm talking about the blame for stuff that is not necessarily that well documented. And it's the new generation! If you're going to blame anybody, blame the Germans or why don't you take them off of the visa waiver program? Try doing that. Exactly. Exactly. Nah, I don't like it at all. Anyway... I think behind-the-scenes there's something else going on we might not know about. Well, I mean, we did just put down a whole bunch of patriots whatever missile system we've installed. Hey everybody, no visa! The system that never worked until a dozen probably? Yeah no visa for you but here's some duds... Here are some dud rockets we had to get rid of so hey you know and this kind of I did a little bit of research on this and i'm just looking at the immigration picture certainly here in Amsterdam and i've just been talking to a lot of people certainly had a little bit more chance since you know since

CHAPTER 11 / 50 Discussion

Amsterdam Immigration, Cultural Appropriation, European Border Security

Observations from Amsterdam suggest a significant demographic shift, with second-generation Moroccans and Turks influencing local culture and language. Meanwhile, Sweden has canceled music festivals due to reports of sexual assault, and Austria has deployed 15,000 troops to its border with Italy to manage the migrant influx.

amsterdam· immigration· sweden· austria· migrants

26:31 And people are starting to slowly open up and tell me a little bit about how they feel. And I will say right off the bat, my perception of what I'm seeing on the streets of Amsterdam is Amsterdam is brown. The white people are tourists. You can almost pick them out tourist, tourist, tourist, tourist, tourist... And we're talking, you know second generation Moroccans and Turks. These are kids born here and I will say already there's interesting changes the way they speak. They don't speak with a typical Dutch accent or not an Amsterdam accent so they have different vocabulary which white kids have adopted very quickly in their lives

27:16 You hear white kids speaking like brown kids. Cultural appropriation! It's okay here, they don't mind it. Yet! Yeah good point but since I have been trying to get people's vibe on Trump and how you're feeling about stuff They all are saying, well you know... You guys do have the right idea with the immigration because we're not very happy with this. And I don't know how much has been on in the news in the US about The Swedish music festival cancelled after multiple rapes which is now being presumed to be migrants Austria? Austria has 15 thousand troops at the border with Italy just to block the migrants Nope! You're not coming in

28:01 I mean, there's... No they really stuck it to the Italians. Oh yeah! I have a bunch of Italian clips since you're on your way to Italy. Well, do you want me to finish my report or do you want to go straight into something else? I want you to finish your report and when I say that...I'm not saying that I wanna interrupt you because sometimes I do that too. What I am saying is what you have the tendency to do is end whatever you are saying and then jump to something else leaving my clip out so what I do is pre-introduce them Okay well I'm glad after nine years I know how it works. Every time you keep misinterpreting it Okay So ummm....I will remember this now Thank you for the notes. Let me write it down to remind myself. Well, thank you for getting ready put my phone off the hook Do you want to go through checklist real quick and make sure you've done everything? I don't want to go through the checklist at all finish your little whatever you're talking about so we had dinner with my sister and my brother-in-law who is He is believe or not he is now the editor in chief of a gossip magazine And we're in it again

CHAPTER 12 / 50 Discussion

Halal Meat Mandates, Dutch Corporate Culture, Dietary Restrictions

A Dutch publishing company with 1,000 employees reportedly mandated that its commissary serve only halal meat to accommodate three Muslim staff members. This policy effectively bans traditional Dutch items like breakfast bacon and pork sausages for the entire workforce.

halal· netherlands· corporate culture· pork· islam

29:02 Yay! You're in the Italian gossip magazine? No, other brother-in-law. I have a sister in the Netherlands Okay and she's the one... okay you're in that gossip Yeah yeah Tina and I are on the cover Exclusive exclusive yeah it was beautiful So he says, and this is a part of the big publishing company. There are 1,000 employees in this company now when you have 1000 employees you have a big restaurant You got a commissary, you got a mess hall, you get places for people to eat It's also very Dutch everyone eats in the building they... you can buy your little sandwiches and stuff And typically no brown bagging Everyone just eats with each other

29:47 in the commissary. They have of the 1,000 employees three are Muslim and thus all thousand people must eat only halal meat there's no choice Why? That's the rule that's how far that I don't know if it is a law but is certainly how things are being done here oh we don't want to upset the Muslims so everyone will have halal then And it may be great, I don't know if it makes any difference. Well tends not to make much of a difference although there are some specialty well one difference that makes which may annoy a lot of people

30:37 What would annoy me is you can't have pork, which means you can't have sausages. You can't have salamis and pork. I didn't ask him about that. Well, I can tell you that if he's going to go along with the halal program... He would think not! They're not gonna have any pork whatsoever. And you know the Dutch have something called breakfast bacon? Which they eat on bread raw uncooked. It's called breakfast bacon. I know it's hardcore huh?! Yeah, it's rough. So it's just bacon and looks like bacon is very thin but not carpaccio thin just bacon strips and they put butter on their bread and they put the bacon on it and they eat it And I'm thinking... Trypnosis death? No, I guess not. Oh my goodness there was a fantastic thing that happened

CHAPTER 13 / 50 Discussion

Universal Basic Income Experiment, Dutch Welfare, Entrepreneurship

Four Dutch municipalities have launched an experiment allowing welfare recipients to start businesses while keeping their profits alongside their social security payments. This initiative is viewed as a transitional step toward a universal basic income model, a concept recently promoted by Mark Zuckerberg.

basic income· netherlands· welfare· entrepreneurship· mark zuckerberg

31:29 The Minister of Social Affairs, I believe she is has started an experiment in four municipalities or four provinces. I should say in the Netherlands and this it's a beautiful transition that so I want to keep our eye on because this makes a lot of sense for something we're expecting to happen soon anyway then I'm seeing Zuckerberg posting about it again on the face back If you have a social security payment, so you're on welfare which I think is 986 euros a month. It's not like your living large but still... So you're on welfare for whatever reason and can't find the job or that's pretty much why people are on welfare. I can't find the job fine or whatever. They are now going to allow these people to start a business

32:20 As an entrepreneur, start a business next to receiving this wage is income and they can keep all profits from their side business. Which is a beautiful transition towards basic income! Yes. And it's, you know... That is kind of what it is? Oh well that's exactly what it is but now it's being called an experiment and yeah there are some limitations on how much they can earn etc., but thats moot as far as I'm concerned. Obviously if you get a job, a well paying job, then you wouldn't be able to take advantage in this situation for starting your own little business Right Well then there are, I think there is real job problems here

CHAPTER 14 / 50 Discussion

Brexit Economic Impact, Strawberry Labor Shortage, UK Fishing Rights

Brexit has led to a labor shortage in the UK, notably affecting strawberry production for Wimbledon as migrant workers leave the country. Additionally, EU regulations have severely restricted the British fishing industry, leading to the closure of traditional fish and chip shops and increased food dependency on Europe.

brexit· wimbledon· strawberries· fishing· european union

33:03 for sure. There's job problems everywhere, no thanks to sex robots! Well you know who's to blame right? You know what the problem is with these jobs is Brexit Brexit has screwed it up. This week's Wimbledon is being launched and the people who normally produce the strawberries can't produce them because the labour force has disappeared because of anxiety about their future status in Britain, and that's one of hundreds and hundreds of practical examples of the way in which this extreme form of Brexit is going to harm Britain and we've got to stop it How about some other British people? Are they interested in picking strawberries or just it's beneath you all. What is going on there? No strawberries, no one wants to pick them! That is very odd. Very very odd. Dad should mention that let us play this PBS anti-Brexit summary so we can understand and see what is going on this side.

33:57 In what was perhaps the most consequential decision in Britain this century, voters are now having second thoughts about their choice to leave the European Union. A new opinion poll shows a majority of British people now want to stay and business leaders are warning their once flourishing economy will flounder unless the right compromise is reached with the EU during exit negotiations. Added that a deeply divided government after the recent election has left a hung parliament and it has become harder for many to keep calm and carry on. You know, the funny thing is they bring up this... The polls by the way said they weren't going to Brexit in the first place so the polls are crap let's start with that premise. Let's believe them now yeah let's believe him now The other thing is the economy is gonna founder as she said

34:50 Which is what they said if the vote went toward Brexit and it didn't happen. In fact, everything went up except for the pound It went down which is a plus for tourists Yeah So this is all nonsense but they made a big report of it But the one thing that always crops up in these reports is the fishing in England Yeah Because EU has made us so you can't be a fisherman I don't know who gets to fish there but nobody gets to fish there They go to these fishing villages and nobody's fishing because you can't it's illegal And I was thinking of that, so what if you were needed...you know because this is all an extension of World War II and the Brits are tough cookies. What happens if we

35:28 Let's try that for a new trick. So they can't feed themselves, and so they're completely dependent on the EU for their own food. I mean in England fish and chips was always a mainstay from all reports I get only you know consistent basis there's efficient chip shops many of them were once great have all been kind of either shuttered or there's very few left And if it's not because of the lack of fish that they can catch themselves and take to the fish and chip shops, it's because people have been talked out of fish and chips because it's unhealthy. Really? And all the rest of it. Fish and chips is absolutely fantastic dish! Yeah I don't see how it's unhealth... well cause it's fried maybe but it's fish. It's grease. Grease potatoes. Grease potatoes in Poisson?

CHAPTER 15 / 50 Discussion

UN Replacement Migration, European Demographics, Population Engineering

A 1990s United Nations Population Division report on "replacement migration" suggests that Europe requires millions of immigrants annually to maintain its GDP and support ratio for an aging population. The hosts discuss whether the current migrant crisis is a pre-planned effort by leaders like Angela Merkel to engineer a new European demographic.

united nations· replacement migration· demographics· angela merkel· population

36:19 And it's fish, fish. Hashtag fish I did want to share this because this is the research i did Because why are you guys letting these migrants in? It's a lot of people coming in It's really insane numbers and the United Nations...I think this was 99 or maybe 92 They came out with These are the United Nations Population Division, replacement migration. Specifically about the European Union they had two scenarios and scenario one is in order to just keep the population going at its current rate so I guess in order to be able to have the same average GDP because the population is growing older

37:10 Right, and it's a known fact that a lot of especially the Italians were notorious for having a negative population. Correct. They weren't reproducing Yes an average of 949 thousand migrants per year is necessary but to really achieve the potential support ratio...and there's a whole calculation I have this it's a PDF I have in the show notes no immigrants will be needed until 2015 But, as of 2015 between 2015 and 2040 153.6 million immigrants will be needed that's an average of 6.1 million per year during that period And it seems that is the ratchet we're on Starting in 2015 That's about right Now is it possible again

38:04 Harkening back to my thesis about starving the British by restricting their fishing. Yeah Is it possible that this entire thing that we're witnessing was all pre-planned? Yes, yes. This is where I'm moving towards and I know it sounds very conspiratorial but I just read you this from... It's completely nuts! But why is it happening? Why is Merkel pushing it so much? And the way I see it is here's an idea let's create a mass of 400 million people who are all kind of the same color They kind of don't care about government, are happy to be pushed around and told what to do and just be happy little grass eaters. What else could it be? Well that sounds kinda interesting and that falls in line...I'm never gonna get to these Italian folks. That falls in line with the...there was a...they did this thing on...it was I think it was on PBS

CHAPTER 16 / 50 Discussion

Muslim Integration in UK, Media Censorship, Press Freedom

A CitizensUK report highlights failures in integrating Muslim populations in Britain, while man-on-the-street interviews reveal public support for regulating how journalists report on Islam. Some respondents suggest that "provocative" reporting should be restricted to maintain community harmony, raising concerns about the erosion of press freedom.

integration· islam· uk media· censorship· press freedom

39:05 about Muslims not integrating in the UK. So to start with this, this is the premise is Muslims not integrating in the UK it's a big deal people moaning and groaning British people don't believe Muslims living in the country have integrated properly that's according to a new independent report by CitizensUK It highlights government failures to combat prejudices among society towards Muslims The document is 76 pages long but we've condensed the main findings into 30 seconds And then they flash a bunch of crap on the screen. How annoying! It's very annoying So in other words, don't pay attention it's not important but we have to report it to be credible? What is that about

39:45 I don't know. I couldn't quite figure it out, but they...I think this is if we're going to go with this thesis and let's do that because it's more interesting than anything else that this was all done on purpose. These kinds of reports where they're not integrating, they definitely want them to integrate otherwise you won't bitch about it so much. If you didn't want him to integrate, you would have just let him ghettoize and who cares? But again, going overboard and making everything halal. I mean it's like...I don't think that's the way to go but here is the thing To your point this is a you're gonna have difficulty hearing a lot of this but this was a man on the street report where they had reports saying that one in three Muslims sympathizes with jihadis and then everyone says oh I don't know if that's true or not right? And then they asked the question Do you think that press should be

40:34 censored and not write about crazy stuff like one in three Muslims are for jihadi or jihadists. And this is from what news organization? I believe this is RT, it's either RT or PBS, it's pretty hard to tell but uh... i think is our tickets and was about the street all the time and they asking one act guy after another and this i think it's a pretty common way of st things if you have a middle eastern structure as a social structure because all the newspapers in the middle east are bogus i wanted to show you go ahead search for it i wanted to show you some of these headlines and asking what you make

41:18 One in five Brit Muslims sympathy for jihadis. What do I think of that? The baloney! That's what I think. It is hard to say because I don't know how accurate this fact is Do you think Muslims are reported fairly in the media, in the UK? No not really You don't have to say Muslims this or Islam this...you just have to report that event as it happens They won't help British people to understand what's happening in the world. And you think the newspapers sometimes make it sound? People on the streets believe that all Muslims are terrorists, this is fake! This is not true! Which is a bit of danger for everybody because once they start stereotyping people It can become reality. Makes me feel sad but yeah... Do you think there should be more

42:16 regulation that journalists should be given more rules about how to report on Muslims specifically? Obviously. I'm not really sure... I don't think you can deal with that by regulation. I believe so, yes. I agree completely with that. That not threaten press freedom? Press freedoms threatened anyway so... I don't see the problem. I think it's just... What did he say? Press freedom what? threatened anyway so I don't see a problem. Press freedom is threatened anyway, so I don't see the problem. It's just common sense not to be provocative when you're dealing with something like this When journalists go too far and report something that's not accurate for the facts of selling paper or whatever...I personally think that

43:06 That journalist should be struck off. I can't tell the people what they have to write, but people they have to look for the truth because it is a responsibility These issues affect community where we live in Did that guy say you don't have to be a terrorist to take over a country? I didn't hear that but he could have because i couldn't understand him at all. Listen to that again, I think that's what he said you don't have to be a terrorist take over the country. Freedom is threatened anyway so I don't see the problem. But I think it's just common sense not to... You know? Be provocative when you're dealing with something like this When journalists go too far and do and like report something that's not accurate for the facts of selling paper or whatever I personally think

43:54 that journalist should be struck off. I can't tell the people what they have to write, but people they have to look for the truth because it is a responsibility These issues affect community where we live. I'm on drugs and I've no idea how I got here Yeah you couldn't get it out of there It's a good one though! Yes...I liked it Would've been ideal if he had said it But these are of course chosen men on the street Well yeah its always trumped up Yeah, bogus. Bogative But I don't...I think to your point it would be very easy to regulate the news and all these things with a group of immigrants that have come over from areas where that's expected Yes they're used to it

44:43 Yeah, they're used to it. It's okay when it doesn't bother me I don't see any benefit to what we're looking at here there is no benefit to the other side of it if you get free press who cares? It has nothing to do with me! I can see people getting into that logic very easily Even the definition of what free press is a lot of this going on You are hampering freedom of the press Yeah, well you know this is what struck me. It struck me as maybe this is all part of the idea that no one seems to be stopping it and I'll tell ya... Poland and Hungary People who

CHAPTER 17 / 50 Discussion

Geert Wilders, Dutch Coalition Politics, Niqabs in Amsterdam

Despite Geert Wilders' party becoming the second-largest in the Netherlands, other parties have refused to form a coalition with him. The discussion also covers the increasing visibility of the niqab in Amsterdam, with the hosts noting that the garment is a traditional badge rather than a religious requirement mandated by the Quran.

geert wilders· netherlands· niqab· burka· quran

45:23 You know, if you asked them on camera did you vote for Geert Wilders who did pretty... they'll never put him in the coalition even though he's number two party. They won't put him in there trying to still try and form a coalition they have no government really to speak of yet because that also crazed about having the Dutch Donald Trump possibly running a part of the country They just can't stand it, so they're trying to put together a coalition that no one wants to be together with anything but with that guy. But you know people did vote for him and people are tired of it and they talk about Eric, do you remember Eric? Eric's not racist... I guess he is. The taxi Eric says, yeah I'm tired of seeing penguins in the street! That's what he says. What's penguin? Well that's Nicobbs

46:15 Oh, right. The black things those women wear? Yeah but there's these particular... In Holland have you seen any of the whole ones topped up? I have not seen burkas but these the niqabs that they wear they do have a like a white piece on it it almost looks like they're you know their nuns no no that's what I thought first but now But I have to tell you, very similar. You know, I'd probably be hard-pressed if you flashed a couple of penguins in front of me if I could say non-Muslim? I don't know...I'm not sure. That's interesting. Yeah but there is no reason to wear this middle eastern garb in Amsterdam it seems to me. Well yeah, its their religion!

47:08 Yes, but it's got little to do with religion. It is a traditional garment. There is no mention of a nijab in the Quran. Well there you go! And now you are at the center of the argument But it's a way of showing, like people wear big giant cross. It's carrying it around as a badge. It is more of a badge than really a garment. Yes according to you and according to a lot of people here as well. And according to your buddy Eric who I believe is from Lebanon or some place? No he's Dutch as they come. Is he? Eric? Taxi Eric?!

CHAPTER 18 / 50 Discussion

Italy Migrant Crisis, Sicily Ports, EU Inaction

Italy is struggling under the volume of African migrants arriving in Sicily, leading to threats of closing its ports. While the EU has offered financial aid, Italian officials and citizens feel abandoned by neighboring countries like France and Spain, who refuse to open their own Mediterranean ports to migrant ships.

italy· sicily· migrants· european union· marseille

47:48 Yeah, well I know he almost got me killed. Well that's his job He got you where you needed to be on time Yes he did Alright give me the Italy clip so i want to know what you've got Alright so Italy of course is like it's getting out of control there they get inside the whole country and there's been some movies made showing you know in Milan this a bunch of guys wearing the dish dash walking around its like its out of control At least from the perspective of some Italians and some commentators. What do you mean out of control? Economically, they can't get them out. You just remind yourself that there's a border Austria has got a bunch of armed guards to keep me in there So Italy is getting filled up with with migrants here and refugees And did you see did you see the

48:40 the European Minister of, maybe it was immigration or something like that. He said if Italy is willing to go along we are willing to give them a substantial financial support he really was telegraphing big money yeah selling out your own country for big money great idea correct so alright Italy crisis and hot air from EU Our correspondent Charlotte Dubinsky travelled to the Italian island of Sicily which has been one of the main points of arrival for African migrants and she talked to locals who say they are fed up with the inaction of Europe's authorities.

49:19 This is one of the many boats that brings rescued migrants from the Mediterranean Sea to ports like this one here in Sicily. And for many of those migrants, this will be the first time they're setting foot on European soil but the Italian authorities say there's so many migrants coming here to Italy that they might have to close the port to migrant ships like this. Italy says it's overwhelmed by the sheer volume of migrants that have landed here and that is now having to look after, particularly here on the isle of Sicily. And people on this island say they feel abandoned

50:03 It is not just the responsibility of Italy, it's the responsibility of Europe. There is far too much immigration. Italy cannot support all the arriving migrants. They do nothing because their policies don't work they just talk. They have to help Italy we're bearing the financial burden I want other states, France Spain and others to do their part in helping the migrants because as Prime Minister Gentiloni said everyone turns away and pretends not to see. To do nothing is wrong Europe needs to help out. While the European Union has provided financial aid Italy it says it's not enough and now EU lawmakers have said that they back calls by Italy

50:52 Open up other ports along the Mediterranean coast, such as in Marseille in France and in Barcelona in Spain. But that is likely to be met with great resistance in both those countries and some people suggest that what the European Commission is saying is little more than hot air. This is incredible! Yeah Hey France open up a couple more ports Let's let it roll. So, let's go to part two. And you know that people are aware here of the difference between economic migrants and

CHAPTER 19 / 50 Discussion

Muammar Gaddafi Prophecy, Libyan Stability, Globalist Borders

The destabilization of Libya is cited as the "cork in the bottle" that allowed unrestricted migration from Africa into Europe, fulfilling a prophecy made by Muammar Gaddafi before his death. The hosts link this to a broader globalist agenda, referencing Hillary Clinton's alleged desire for a borderless Western Hemisphere.

muammar gaddafi· libya· hillary clinton· globalism· borders

51:30 Refugees, we're not talking about refugees. Remember this is a tricky language. It's very tricky language. Yes just people it's people that in this case Italy it's mostly northern Africans and you know a lot of Sudanese and even further down a little ways... And you know what Gaddafi said before they killed him? He said, if you get rid of Libya, if you destabilize Libya, you'll have all of Africa flowing right out into Europe. Yes and that's exactly what they did so this brings us back to our original thesis... The plan! This was a plan It sure seems that way man Because it was like Libya was a cork in the bottle Yeah And they took the cork out on purpose

52:18 What difference does it make? These are the same assholes. No borders, no this and that. The same thing. Same globalists that are in this country. You know, we're wanting the Hillary Clinton comment which she made when she was Secretary of State when she was giving a speech somewhere in South America She said she would like to see no borders from the tip of South America through into Canada to Alaska. Really? Do we have a clip of that? No, I wish. That's too bad we know you may have a but i don't think you can find it now maybe too old i don't know well that's it's pretty old clip but she is notorious for having said that but she was appealing to the globalists and there's they're all over the place i mean it's like the republicans are all for the cheap labor coming up from mexico so they can get their yards cleaned up right use that right now myself yeah and just go to home depot

53:17 And everybody else wants, you know one world government and no more war. But the way they're going about it is like I think it's just sloppy and I think this is very sloppy what's going on in Italy and this is not gonna...I don't know, could be wrong but if there was a grand scheme it might work out but doesn't seem like it. Well if everyone's lethargic the way the Italians are we'll find out how far can push the Italians maybe you can only push them so far they get tired of it it's possible But it is an economic model. We heard this from my nephew, he's like yeah you know this isn't economic model now do you open up a little hotel or open up some other thing for migrants and you get paid for it? So its an economic model and that actually not to be underestimated in importance in the country like Italy which pretty much the economy they had is now being purchased by the Chinese. Well we're screwing up

CHAPTER 20 / 50 Discussion

Visegrad Group Resistance, EU Sanctions, Polish Visa Frustration

Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic continue to refuse EU-mandated migrant quotas, facing potential sanctions from Brussels. The tension is exacerbated in Poland by the U.S. refusal to grant visa-free travel, leading to a sense of betrayal among the Polish public despite their support for Western security initiatives.

poland· hungary· czech republic· migrants· visa waiver

54:14 Let's go to part two. Some countries need to do more, to do their share in distributing refugees. Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic have not accepted a single refugee from Italy. Unfortunately we have no progress on the question of distribution of migrants within the European Union. We stand in solidarity with the Italian government and the Italian people, and we will make available all possible assistance and support." It seems there's a lot of talk but very little action from the powers that be in Europe, and then meanwhile Italy is continuing to sink under strain of the migrant crisis

54:57 Yeah, well again this follows in the thesis they're not doing anything for a reason. And they don't give a crap let the Italians suffer that doesn't make any... there's never really been a consolidated country it is just these regions and it's a perfect area to have you know to let North Africans take over the whole country. Why not? I think your point about or hearing which didn't get in say Which is you don't need to be a terrorist to take over a country. Yeah, maybe that was just my mind Already thinking that way in your mind yeah But it's also true know some says the Russians that this was their plan with the United States what's happening in Europe and I finally get people to talk about Trump and They all are like oh man

55:44 It's completely insane, completely nuts. And what's interesting is that every... and now they're friends of mine but still every single one of them I said well you know maybe we should look at it this way and i just give a few examples of media bias and how the news works and how that's communicated in the local press. Then they all go yeah okay yeah I guess it makes sense. Yeah couldn't make some sense. Then all you have to do is just say and We've had less terrorist attacks than you, so we're ahead of the game there. And I always say well how come nothing's happened here? Isn't it time for something to happen in the Netherlands?" and shhshhhshhhh The reason why is because the Dutch authorities know that it's a transit country They know they're around and they come through but we don't want to do anything This is safe haven you see this is this is the thinking

56:41 safe haven so they can travel to Belgium or France or Germany, wherever they want to go. You'd have a terrorist attack in Holland and they shut everything down? Exactly! It would be an inconvenience... Kind of a bit of collusion in a way. Kind of?! Honestly I think it's totally a wink. Let me say this up front Adam at curry dot com This is old school Dutch culture You know, collaborators. Not all I'm generalizing but in the war there were issues here in the Netherlands a lot of people flipped and we're working for the Germans again adam at curry dot com despite despite the bikes anyway let's play the last of this and the reason I put these Italian clips together is because you're going to Italy and you can give us a direct report very interesting better believe him gonna well

57:40 While Italy says it's tired of bearing the brunt of migrants, French police have been using drones and dogs to hunt down those trying to slip over the border from Italy into France. In Subria University history professor Paolo Bernardini says it is time for Italy's European partners do more to deal with this crisis. But that's not politicians! That's professors and other people who just shut up... They put a cork on it. They got they can't get into France the country's Austria has got the armed Border I mean we've got armored tanks, they've got all kinds of Swiss aren't taking anybody but let me tell you Let me tell you get it You get if you get a couple hundred thousand migrants there at the border 15,000 guys not gonna stop and don't care what you got well He starts shooting the migrants aren't getting yeah, this is bad optics by the way

58:30 Shooting unarmed migrants. You start shooting and those guys aren't going to stick around. Well, yeah it's bad optics you can rig it so that sounds like the migrants started the shooting I mean there are some ways of doing it but The countries that aren't taking anybody, it's going to be interesting to see how this resolves because at some point Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic... They're gonna have they're gonna have to or they get kicked out. No I don't think so apparently they don't have to well and they're not going to right but the pressure is going to be pretty big sanctions are coming maybe? Well it's not going to do what is the Polish people going to say after there were promised to get these visas they didn't even get that

CHAPTER 21 / 50 Discussion

European Parliament Conflict, Jean-Claude Juncker, Technocracy

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sparked a confrontation in the European Parliament by calling the body "ridiculous" after only 30 members attended a session. The incident highlights the power struggle between unelected technocrats and the largely advisory Parliament, echoing themes from Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society."

jean-claude juncker· european parliament· technocracy· jacques ellul· maltese presidency

59:14 So, what do we have to take migrants to get the visas? No. We're not going... You're not giving us the visas anyway you're just a bunch of liars if they didn't if Trump didn't goes over there and gives us speech and doesn't get them then the visa clearance waiver it would only country in the Schengen area that doesn't have it then their there's just gonna get more adamant about things I find this to be a big mistake is a big mistake I mean, this is visa waiver. Bringing all the migrants in at once you think it's a big mistake? All of it's a mistake! This whole European Union is a mistake and oh yeah did you...I got..you gotta hear this this is uh now we have a rift between the completely powerless European Parliament and they truly are powerless

1:00:01 They have... Yes, they're designed to be powerless. Yeah, they can't make laws, they can't really pass the laws, they can only hand out yellow cards you know hey I disagree with it so maybe you could change it please pretty please? And the Starfleet's command... It's a giant advisory board. Exactly, advisory board. Not even the Board of Directors just advisory board. Yeah no, no board power just advisory. The lowest of the low So the European Commission you know Starfleet Command they have the power and Juncker the drunker comes down and talks to everybody at the Parliament but you know, only like a handful of people showed up and it really pissed him off. I would like to welcome those that have actually taken the trouble to turn out this morning but the fact that there's about 30 members of parliament president in this debate only really illustrates the fact that Parliament is not serious in this. And I'm putting that to you today if Mr Muscat and Mrs Merkel

1:01:02 difficult to imagine that. Oh, Mr Macron perhaps if had been here they would have been full. I want to pay your president could you please have a more respectful attitude? You may criticize the parliament Yes but the commission does not control the parliament is the parliament that should be controlling Commission. Thank you now this is very important what this guy just said he says would you please be a little more respectful towards the European Parliament because You don't control us we control you and this guy is going to be he knows the facade Juncker, but he's gonna let him know that he doesn't believe it commission. Thank you only few members

1:01:46 In the plan of way to control the commission, you are ridiculous. I wanted to pay tribute... Wow! Wait! ...to the Maltese... Mr President, I would ask you please to change your language we are not ridiculous please We're not ridiculous! We're not? I will never again attend a meeting of this kind This i'm taking my sand buckets and i'm going home There you go. That is exactly how it works. You have to give yourself a clip of the day for that, I can't believe that clip! Yeah thank you. Unbelievable

1:02:26 This is the kind of nerve that you end up getting when a system is established where bureaucrats, technocrats in this case. In fact these are the same technocrats that are predicted in the book The Technological Society by Jacques Eluel. Oh! This is the kinda thing that happens and they get... And what happens? Is they...and this happens by the way in government agencies that all kangaroo courts for all practical purposes I've had work for one They get arrogant as hell. And that is unbelievable, that Juncker would do that. Nobody wanted to listen to him, nobody showed up and so he condemns them and then somebody says you should condemn us and then he says we are the bosses and they're not which is a joke and Junker just tells him no if you're not the bosses it's ridiculous yeah your ridiculous little man as what I should have said

1:03:25 Yeah, yeah there you go. Europe... There's your future globalists right there summarized and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C what a C stands for can we starve them? Dvorak! And well in the morning too You Adam Curry also in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feeding the air subs of water David's out there. Man, in the morning everybody in the chat room no agenda stream calm in the morning to all of our artists who always faithfully check-in at Noagendaartgenerator.com And we want to thank our let me see it was just go their episode 9 or 4 3 Ed Mubarak

CHAPTER 22 / 50 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, Damehoods, Fiverr Jingles

The hosts acknowledge high-value donations, including a $1,000 contribution from Benjamin Howard for a Damehood for his wife, Karen. Grand Duke Duane Melancon submitted new show jingles produced via Fiverr, and Oliver Cole in Berlin donated to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday and avoid a "douchebag callout."

benjamin howard· duane melancon· oliver cole· fiverr· damehood

1:04:07 And oh yes, this was good art. This was brought to us by Conan Salada and it was the dangerous magazines stack of magazines explosive on top because you know magazines now need to be looked at by TSA yeah By the way, I've noticed since we used Ed Mubarak we have never heard again back from... A dude named Muhammad? Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-Sir-

1:04:47 And now I don't think he's insulted. He's... let him know, I'm just kidding! I'm just joking! I am also trying to open the spreadsheet so you can see what we have here. Oh okay, covering is what you're doing? Well we have an instant night number. Is there an instant night that we have here or do we not have one yet? Yes we do in fact when I mention this and I have a note from him which I printed out I keep, this is an organizational thing you have to just excuse. Benjamin Howard came in from Surrey Hills for $1,000 and he wrote a note in it. You got your pencil? Uh, I do This donation is for a Damehood so he's not gonna be knighted Oh! Okay Let me read this, this is good He's from New Zealand I think No, New South Wales Australia

1:05:41 This donation is for a damehood for my freeloading wife, Karen Howard. Okay hold on a second... Free loading wife Karen Howard? Nice! Does she have a dame night- a dame name? No he doesn't give her a name. Dame Freeloading? No, just don't do that. She probably resents this comment I'm sure it will be good to know she's paid her way after all these years of listening So she's a big fan of the show apparently well You know she is very smart and she lets him donate and she's protecting the the purse for the household you know She likes to go on vacation or something. That's a very healthy attitude between the two of them

1:06:27 Right, well it would be good to know she's paid her way after all these years of listening even if it has been through my birthday present to her. It's a birthday present so she should be put on the birthday list. Okay... So that is I got it Benjamin Howard and he says happy birthday to his wife. Do we have a Date an age no. No, we got nothing all right, and he just says Please make sure tonight her not me thanks for all the excellent I had to actually write him To get this note okay? Cuz he just sent us $1,000 and here's that kind of an issue This came into the old The old account the older yeah the old PayPal account it is its kind of a

1:07:16 Problematic and I gotta find out where he yeah, what do you get the link from? Yeah. Well, you know PayPal has that, you know Send this again in your activity Maybe I think that may be what's going on. He said I don't remember him doing this before but it's possible Anyway, so that's all on and we're gonna thank him and give them some karma. He didn't ask for much of anything Of course You've got Karma Sir Dame, Dwayne Melencon, Grand Duke of the Pacific Northwest and Tiger at Oregon 7-11-17 to up in the ante on the whole thing. ITM gentlemen have been off the grid for a bit. Oh he has a clip, he has an introduction we have to introduce him as a grand duke. Ladies and gentlemen I present the Grand Duke of the Pacific Northwest, Sir Duane Melencon. That's right everybody! The only podcast that's

1:08:16 Has producers bring their own jingles? His own jingle. Fantastic! He says unless somebody does something better because he was disappointed in the one that's doing it. I like this, this is a good one, I like it. It has two of them but have a closer Yeah, he has a...it's good! Now is that him? Is he doing that? Don't think so whoever that's my who is that's a great voice. I like that voice yeah, it's a good voice It's a very punchy very punchy voice. I like it a lot punchy voice punchy punchy voice ITM gentlemen I've been off the grid for a while So here's my value to four value to catch me up and help out a bit in the doldrums of summer Due to the lack of interest from our producer community. I have turned to fiverr and

1:08:58 Oh, he went to Fiverr. That's one of the Fiverr guys. We've done a couple videos using Fiverr. Yes. F-I-V-E-R-R dot com I've attached a couple of options which either will be acceptable or will irritate someone enough to create a better one for me. I like that guy! That should be the voice of the show. Yeah, let's find out who it is. I've been enjoying the exposés of late on the Bigdala Syndrome It makes me think of the aliens in the Star Trek episode with Captain Pike from The Olden Days Keep up the great work and please give karma to all producers and a stay woke My millennials! Stay woke

1:09:46 You've got karma. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Grand Duke of the Pacific Northwest, Sir Dwayne Melanson! This guy he's...I mean he is British but it's yeah you said it's got that slight yeah which is really cool like yes very cool I agree Keep him. He's a keeper. So we have three executive producers and three associate executive producers for one of our balanced shows, and their last executive producer is Oliver Cole in Berlin Deutschland 33338, speak of the devil. Thanks for all the years of entertainment and media deconstruction and from keeping my amygdala from getting out of shape

1:10:33 I've been a huge boner for years. Adam introduced me to podcasting with his daily source code back in the older and crunchier days, and i have been an avid listener to No Agenda from the very beginning it needed a strong and beautiful woman to finally make me donate to your show huh after hitting my smoking hot girl in the mouth over a year ago she threatened me on a continuous base with a douchebag call out. I'm gonna call you out as a douche bag if you don't give those guys some money Finally I had to lean in also because tomorrow, oh tomorrow's her birthday. Please add her to the birthday list! I don't know if that's on there or not... Let me see.... She doesn't have a name? Well i don't see it on here And what is his name?

1:11:21 Oliver Cole. Yeah, he's smoking hot girlfriend yeah it's on the list oh it's under yeah on the note On that note I should mention that she is working for Deutsche Welle She knows Helen Oh no she knows Helena Humphrey oh boy Helena Humphrey has she blocked us? Has she blocked us yet Helena Humphrey No, no. I think she follows us so it's very much our fault that Helena got at least last time i looked i was being followed by her or follow her too That Helena got back on you for on Twitter after you mentioned her mea culpa but we enjoyed it very much big smiley face yeah like yes there's issues there somehow in some way could you please play the following jingles for us

CHAPTER 23 / 50 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, War on Cash, Media Analysis

Associate Executive Producers Simon Palawada and others are thanked for their support. The segment features classic show elements including the "War on Cash" jingle and the "3x3" media analysis experiment comparing ABC, CBS, and NBC news coverage.

brian of northern connecticut· simon palawada· war on cash· mac and cheese· 3x3

1:12:11 We're all gonna die. Mm-hmm Yeah, yeah, yeah guy mm-hmm two to the head and a de douching right now throwing an extra karma just for good measure You've been D douche you've got karma Associate Executive Producers coming up, Simon Palawada I guess in the US somewhere. $208. I'd like to give a huge thanks to Sir Brian of Northern Connecticut for hitting me in the mouth right before the election.

1:12:54 I only wish he did it sooner. I feel shameful for listing without donating, so here's $208 for the timestamp of my well-deserved douchebag callout from a few episodes ago." More importantly thank you Adam and JCD for a wonderful analysis of the media. If only if only the M5M provided the valuable insight you do then maybe brains wouldn't explode when presented with facts Keep up the good work with a perfect mix of outright laughter in each episode. Can I get JCD 3x3? Yet to hear this and cannot find it, and JCD mac n' cheese and a punk... and punk? Oh pink sorry Pink Floyd's Money War on Cash Okay i think i have them do i what was it uh mac and cheese i think this is And now its time for three by three experiment by jcd

1:13:50 Comparing stories from ABC, CBS and NBC! The never-ending 3x3! You slaves can get used to mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheese. Cheddar melted together. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. You better hide your stash because there's a war... You've got karma. Nice combo

CHAPTER 24 / 50 Discussion

Robert Marsh, Podcast Apprenticeship, James Buchanan History

College student Robert Marsh donated to the show to add "Executive Producer" to his resume, suggesting it as a legitimate professional credit. He also proposed a podcast apprenticeship program and shared historical trivia regarding James Buchanan, often cited as the first gay U.S. president.

robert marsh· james buchanan· podcasting· resume· accounting

1:14:28 Yeah, actually it was pretty good. It's flowing Robert Marsh $202 and two cents he's in Hartsell Alabama Hello my name is Robert I'm a you know the only higher office holder from Alabama ever was Franklin Pierce's vice president who curiously it's believed by Was an early podcaster He was one of the early lovers of James Buchanan, our first gay president. Wait a minute... Obama wasn't the first gay president? No not by the long shot. Oh I didn't know that. You can go down some- I think he may be the first Muslim president but not- James Buchanan Wow okay John at Dvorak dot org Hey what are you gonna do? Nothing Robert Marsh

1:15:27 in Hartz, uh, Hartz, Hartzel, Alabama. Hello my name is Robert I'm a 21 year old college student getting an accounting degree and i've been listening to y'all for about six months now and have finally decided to donate it to the best podcast in the he says world but he knows its universe so please de-douche me you've been dedouched I wish I would have found this podcast years ago. I saved up to get the producer credit because my mom complains, I don't have enough crap on my resume." Wait a minute! Let that sink in for a second. This is great. His resume is too thin so as a smart young man he's getting an executive and associate executive producer credit for his resume? Yeah. I never even thought considered this is a great idea

1:16:19 It's a great idea. And it's a fact! True story, hashtag. No it's the fact that will give you ill help and its the fact that you're an executive producer. Yeah. So it's real credit. Anyway he goes on... I gave up smoking grass to donate Wow wow that dedication man so I hope Adam especially appreciates my sacrifice for this show thank you for your courage And by the way, I rolled joints very well. Contrary to the info both of you have given about my generation and Americans' and I prefer the short fat joints because they smoke more like cigarettes. I'm not sure what i'm gonna do or how i'm gonna cope when your podcast ends... Wait is he Nostradamus now?

1:17:06 But I think I came up with a solution. It's just solution for this problem that would make our president proud, okay? You both should consider getting podcast apprentices and I would be the first to throw in my hat into the ring for that position if you're interested in hiring me I graduate next May and I'd be more than willing to relocate either to Austin or Silicon Valley to study under one of you anyway Or as he puts it anyways Keep up the good work and please play Putin's...Pewtons. Don't worry, be happy! Some Russian cyber attack pew-pews and some karma for school because I have two 18 hour semesters in the fall

1:17:48 and spring to graduate. Thank you both for all you do." Now he had, he wanted Putin, the pew-pews and there was something else there? Yeah, Putin singing in the pew... And no just a term of school. And I'll give him some cards. Don't worry You know on Reddit they would give me crap about, he doesn't even know that's not the CrowdStrike map. That's about to never met. Yeah man, that reddit it's so sad to see what's happening to people's heads

CHAPTER 25 / 50 Discussion

Online Community Implosions, CompuServe History, PARTI System

A discussion on the inevitable collapse of online communities references the early days of CompuServe and the "PARTI" (Participate) system. A specific instance is recalled where a major community dissolved after a prominent member was arrested for drug dealing, shattering the group's trust.

compuserve· parti· online communities· drug dealing· internet history

1:18:39 Yeah, it's in large. I'm sad about it sad yeah It's I know you know if you look at this and you analyze and you go back to the days of comp You serve yeah And all the rest of it in the late 70s and early 80s CB Navigator difference I don't see a difference now and online communities always implode always Always doesn't matter what the topic is it always implodes Yes, always. In fact I remember a really massive one that was in party when party was around which was I believe CompuServe and maybe the source again. I think it's CompuServe

1:19:21 They've been the source. Anyway, PARTI, which it was short for participate would develop these huge communities and everybody was just out of control because people actually thought that these people were being not lying and one person got arrested for drug dealing and the whole community fell apart because she had been putting everybody on about who she really was and they started defending her when she Was a criminal and it was it and then the whole thing dissolved. It was the damndest thing I've ever witnessed anyway, Mike Harrington is our last exo-associate executive producer $200 and he's from parts unknown and He wrote in a note. He sent a check wrote in a note okay in uh

CHAPTER 26 / 50 Discussion

Grand Canyon Ranger, Michael Harrington, Syrian Girl Meme

Park Service Ranger Michael Harrington donated to the show, offering his South Rim apartment to fellow listeners visiting the Grand Canyon. The segment also revisits the "Bana Alabed" Syrian girl media phenomenon, questioning the authenticity of the child's promoted social media presence.

grand canyon· park service· michael harrington· syrian girl· bana alabed

1:20:03 Block letters. Mm-hmm I've been a regular listener since last summer and this is my first donation so i need, a serious de douching yes here it comes You've been D douched This next little phrase is interesting. I first heard your show in 2014, but it made no sense to me because I was firmly entrenched in dimension B is what he meant to say but he wrote Dimension A, but he meant B. He meant B yeah. I had yet to woke please accept my donation. Yeah there you go Oh my God! I actually read on the Reddit they used to be woke but not anymore like okay

1:20:45 Whatever that means. Stop using the word! Please accept my donation and sincere apology for waiting so long to reciprocate the tremendous value I receive twice weekly, you guys help keep me sane. We try. Common theme? We try. I would like to give a friendly shout out to your tuber... To the YouTuber Conspiracy Scope which faithfully uploads your shows on a regular basis I convert C-scopes, uploads to audio files and then transfer them to my iPod shuffle before a hike down into the Grand Canyon for my nine day work tour. Yes! I worked for the Park Service... Yeah we got a couple of pictures here. Yeah this is great because then we can go visit and get some special attention.

1:21:39 Stay tuned Benny's better Benny's okay Yes, I work for the park service and gleefully listen to your show as I hike around the inner Canyon to clean and service the composting toilets excellent What, and quit show business? And in addition to my monetary donation I would like to open my apartment to you guys and any No Agenda listeners who would like a free place to stay on the South Rim while visiting the Grand Canyon. I bet that's fantastic! Please read my email address on the air so folks can contact me. Only folks though, only folks. Folks, that's the folks

1:22:23 Now I'm hoping that this is not a scam to just kill somebody. We're not doxing the Ranger. Doxxing some guy! Michael, M-I-C-H-A-L dot J dot Harrington one number one nothing in other words the character one michaeljherrington1 at gmail.com Okay And he would like to hear the jingles fish And pewpew again, again the random number at work. Pewpewpewpew thanks your friend Mike Harrington! Wow... Let me see if I just do it just have a plain old fish? Do we have that or is it Bonna Fish or something like that? I don't remember

1:23:10 I don't know what he's talking about to be honest. Well, I think he is talking about the Syrian girl He's like you know do you like Lebanon and she says fish? Does your friend remember that? I vaguely remember yes i do remember that What's her name Banna? I think it's Banna isn't it let me see Oh right its that uh... Right the girl thats always being promoted Yeah I can't remember Is Sanaa? That was Sanaa No I got it It's Bana But we dont have that ISOed Well, I can listen to the clip. Now, but of course sometimes I speak fast and have a South African accent my name is Imran. Have a South African accent so sometimes you won't understand me and that's okay

1:23:50 Your mom Fatima will help out. Okay, you can speak in Arabic or you can speak in English and of course we have Nusaybah on the side... And of course Noah Jenner listeners know that she doesn't speak any English at all Oh, she doesn't understand any English whatsoever So if you really don't understand me You can ask Nusaibah and she can help This is child abuse Ok? It is Now I have one question for you before we talk to everybody else Before everybody else's questions come in Do you like the food in Istanbul? Yes. What do you like? Save... save the children of Syria. Yeah, I want- do you like Istanbul? Istanbul should have a big economy. Fish! It's a classic, I gotta ISO it though that's for sure thanks for bringing that back. You've got karma.

CHAPTER 27 / 50 Discussion

AM Radio Broadcasts, Radio Mi Amigo, Shortwave Radio

A listener reported hearing No Agenda on an AM radio station in Vermont, prompting a discussion about distributing "bleeped" versions of the show to small stations with airtime to fill. The hosts also mention the return of Radio Mi Amigo on shortwave, which could potentially broadcast the show across Europe and the U.S.

am radio· shortwave· radio mi amigo· vermont· broadcasting

1:24:52 Child abuse. That concludes our balanced executive associate executive producer show for show 944. 944, that's right and thank you very much these are real credits you heard it right here we have this is being used to juice up a resume very smart young man Remember, we will be thanking more people. $50 or more in the second segment and of course we have another show coming up on Thursday... No! On Sunday I'm sorry And that will be from Italy and hopefully i'll be able to bring a report so remember us for then! Devorak dot org slash N A And like you hear people writing it I'll be over here as well propagating the formula Our formula is this We go out We hit people in the mouth Squirrels Shut Up

1:25:53 Shut up, slave! I just want to play... Actually. I'm sorry had two PR mentions. I'm sorry. PR mention number one from Wes Funny anecdote my mom was helping clean out My grandfather's house last week up in Vermont found this old handheld Panasonic radio as she's flipping around on the AM band She hears your voices Takes her a minute to figure out what she's listening to then recognizes who it is. She's listened once or twice in my car So I guess someone's blasting NA and either Northeastern New York or Western Vermont somewhere on the AM bands Keep up the good work! How about that? Yes, I wrote him back

1:26:36 Saying it would be nice to know where this was coming from because if they're actually putting it out Censored bleeped. Yeah, that's the word I used yes I'd like to get a hold of these copies we need a copy If we can get bleep versions of the show Consistently done yeah We can probably distribute you a lot of small stations that be played like at 3 in the morning and places Like you know that don't have any other programming yeah But they'll play it we can get a lot of plays on the regular airwaves for free yeah And it says that spins airplane and they and is our pitches embedded in Which is a donation based show? So it doesn't we don't care. Hey, I just had an idea. I'll bet you I know the guy that has started up radio me amigo It's back on the air again did not all not every day But they do shortwave broadcasts and they reach the US but mainly Europe I'm sure he'd love to put our show on

1:27:36 Yeah, yeah. Blast it out with 100 kilowatts! We had one of our producers once before that was bleeping the show for us and then they went away and it was being broadcast in parts of Illinois South Chicago. And then, I don't know it was something happened and he stopped doing it and I stopped pushing in. It was my screw up actually, I believe but I would like to get that started again. It'd be great because I know a lot of stations have time to fill you know? They're not getting anyone buying small stations usually right now they don't have to go off the air they can put something on them. Yeah well the next piece of PR is very interesting

CHAPTER 28 / 50 Discussion

CNN vs 4chan War, Don Lemon Doxing, Sally Kohn Reaction

A digital conflict between 4chan and CNN escalated after users doxed staff members, including Don Lemon. On-air, CNN's Sally Kohn had a visceral emotional reaction to a meme tweeted by Donald Trump showing him "wrestling" the CNN logo, which she characterized as an incitement to violence.

cnn· 4chan· don lemon· sally kohn· jake tapper

1:28:19 I'm sure you have followed the 4chan CNN war that is now apparently just blasted off. Yes, I know about it but i've not followed it. Well they dox'ed a number of members of the on-air staff including the overnight legend Don Lemon And so, you know with cell phone numbers and stuff. And that's now all out there and one of our producers sent me a screenshot from his Android phone I think to Don Lemon, a text message. Don, you should listen to the No Agenda Show they love to talk about you! They call you the overnight sensation very flattering noagendashow.com That's a good use of doxing information but i think that is outstanding

1:29:11 Doing someone a favor. Yes now I do have a couple of cool clips from CNN of just people coming unhinged over the well, I guess it's now a twofer we have the Mika tweet but you know that The slamming CNN this is oh my goodness You were so right? I had no idea how off though off-the-hook it is Here's a bunch of CNNers all talking about this tweet. Okay, so Sally the right to fight back he's beat up by... Oh yeah, Sally Cohn oh my goodness I wish this is one of the rare occasions where i wish we could show video along with us She her she is so her amygdala is humongous she is so mad and so just fuming and who's little blonde girl that does the token Republican on CNN

1:30:03 Yeah, you know who is a lawyer and a lawyer and really smart. I don't want to put her down But anyway, she has a you know she's like this is just a joke. You know the unadvisable but just to joke and there's Brian Seltzer water and Sally Cohn ended it and she's just fuming okay so Sally the right to fight back he's beat up on so you know this is This is the cue for him to respond I mean how do you see this in from the president states? Let me make point then ask a question So I actually can't believe this is happening. Um, she can't breathe. She can't breathe John. I mean this is physical with the hyperventilating and she's going um to kind of get your breath. She's a television professional but she so

1:30:54 It's probably shaking too. Yeah, I think so! She can't breathe? This is an emotion that... this is a very severe reaction she's having and it's not healthy. So... Just say! I actually can't believe this is happening. Um.. uh... It was Donald Trump who said that Barack Obama wasn't a citizen of this country. It was Republicans who said he had- Uh... I just want to correct you Sally because this another thing I keep hearing No, he said maybe not a natural born citizen. It's different than a citizen of this country just want to point that out and he was obviously it was not the first person to do that by any means. The Clinton campaign started she started it we know who started it. It was Donald Trump who said that Barack Obama wasn't a citizen of this country. It was Republicans who said he had a Kenyan colonialist mindset That by the way I've never heard but I like it a lot

1:31:50 Kenyan colonialist mindset. I don't believe it came from the Republicans. I've never heard it, but I like it because alliteration you know Kenyan colonial mindset perfect. Kenyan colonialist mindset that literally questioned his legitimacy to even be in the White House had... And not we're likely haven't heard that the past year Yeah, unfit. Unfit. Unfit. Literally questioning the legitimacy of this president. In the White House had President Obama gone to a veterans event Kayleigh? A veterans event and used that event to attack the media you'd be all over with anger about that.

1:32:32 No, no. You got the wrong applause for that by the way Now it's my turn so I- It's my turn! I love it when they do that... It's MY TURN! You be quiet, it's MY TURN! I ain't listen to you, it's MY TURN So I can't believe you can defend this Really? Is there is there no- So my question is, is there no line Like if that had been a picture not of the CNN logo or video not of the CNN logo But it had been Jake Tapper's head he was punching Oh that would have been an improvement This would've been a great video Wow, I love your ideas Sally. Come you should drop them in the suggestion box of the CNN logo But it had been Jake Tapper's head he was punching would that cross a line for you? What if what if there was a picture of Donald Trump holding up bloody CNN logo up with that across the line when does When does it crossed the line this is this is her issue is she feels that a line was crossed

1:33:23 With this stupid, by the way low grade man really poor quality video. You appear to have a listening problem Sally because I said it was not advisable for him to send that out and you defended it! And you defended it! It was just a joke! I said it was not advisable yes it was just a joke and by the way you should take an N-word look because the Hollywood liberal... Now what is she saying? An n-word look Oh, in-word. In-word. Jeez I'm contaminated. Hollywood liberal elite are the ones calling for the assassination of the president Johnny Depp and you know what? There's a difference! and

CHAPTER 29 / 50 Discussion

Media Unpopularity, Brian Stelter, Soul Searching

Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer argues that the media has made itself unpopular, allowing President Trump to win public confrontations. CNN's Brian Stelter acknowledges the need for "soul-searching" within the industry to address self-inflicted wounds and the erosion of public trust.

brian stelter· cnn· media trust· fake news· ari fleischer

1:34:20 on the condition that dot, dot, dot or fill in the blanks. But really the question here is this is the President of The United States and when the president speaks whether it be via tweet or in any other fashion you know it has to be taken very seriously but now we're also hearing from people who are saying no take it as a joke Yes, we're so confused. There's a lot of this there's a lot of this confusion like you know But if it's from the ad podis account then yeah, we have to take it seriously We don't know what to do here seltzer water our Fletcher former White House press secretary Had some tweets that I just want to get your impression of he said I can

1:34:59 I never minded a good fight with the press. It's part of our democracy to disagree, but this goes too far. Number two some will think it's funny i find it in poor taste number three The reason the president does it is because the press has made themselves so unpopular It's a fight that President actually wins with much of the country So thats the part that I want to ask you about Brian very quickly Again, is there any soul-searching to be done? So the press about what does he mean that we've made ourselves so unpopular What what are we doing that is making us have such low? Well, what could it be? What I don't know. What is what are we doing? What I mean

1:35:35 What are we doing that makes us unpopular? I don't understand. Approval ratings with the public There has been soul searching, there should be more soul searching partly these are self-inflicted wounds over the course of decades but a lot of reasons for distrust in media has to do with politicians like President Trump telling people not to trust the media We could do a better job telling our own story and explaining how this is real news not fake news Ah, fantastic. But nothing quite beats the monologue, the diatribe, the rant from Anna Navarro of CNN. She truly- Oh she's the worst! No, the best. Best ever. Best ever I am incredibly bothered

CHAPTER 30 / 50 Discussion

Anna Navarro Rant, Presidential Standards, Incitement Allegations

CNN analyst Anna Navarro delivered a passionate critique of Donald Trump's character, labeling him a "man-baby" and accusing him of lowering presidential standards. The hosts contrast her claims of Trump inciting violence with the actual shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise by a Democratic supporter.

anna navarro· cnn· donald trump· steve scalise· incitement

1:36:19 that we are lowering the standards and the requisites of what it takes to be president in the United States, in terms of character. In terms of behavior is very difficult to focus on policy when you've got somebody that is so diminishing and damaging and making such harm to the office at the presidency no weekend like July 4th should remind us just how hard it was to establish this country. Just how hard it was to establish this country Just imagine. It was to establish this country, just what this democracy represents men like Washington and Lincoln have held that office This is not modern day presidential it is modern day crass, it's modern day coarseness it is modern-day one flew over the cuckoo nest I think a lot of people are in distress at seeing a president that is a man baby A thin skinned like an onion That can't take criticism

1:37:17 I'm distressed at seeing the inconsistent standards that people apply according to party. If this was Barack Obama tweeting these things out, Republicans would have their hair on fire. They'd be calling for impeachment by now. Yeah! Isn't that exactly—isn't it completely bipartisan then? You're doing the same thing. Am I missing something here? Hmm, this is very odd like with it's looking at the of course What I'm hearing from her and she is the political. She's like one of the top political analysts supposedly There I am hearing nothing but hate oh It's total hate it's not that you can't see this being a valuable Person that would they can objectively look at any of this stuff and again? I'll point this out That all these opinion makers

1:38:03 that are on these shows, and I was point specifically at Shields and Brooks. Yeah They're all on the same side of the argument there has to be somebody besides you know they'll bring out some blondie or somebody's got a lot of green... No no no yeah well they bring out the old guy Jeffrey Lord Bring out well bring out somebody that consistently without getting bent out of shape consistently explain what might be going on from the other's perspective. Yeah, but that would ruin the ratings! Well, CNN's ratings are ruined already. They're no good It's MSNBC that has picked up the pace Fox is falling off We'll see how this shakes out People are getting sick of this stuff I think I can hear more of Navarro Republicans would have their hair on fire They'd be calling for impeachment by now And it happens on the other side too There has got to be consistency On the character that we require So whether the changes or not

1:39:05 Now, Obama is a funny guy. He can do stand-up, he can deliver lines... Yep! Delivers lines very well. He's got good timing. Trump's doing I'm, I would argue if i was on this panel. Oh you want to be asking for impeachment They'd just be putting up with these tweets because they're all a bunch of one These are all one-liners these guys trying to be funny most of the time right and Obama would be fine They shine it out okay? Well you know there's another crazy tweet by obama. I don't think they would go as ballistic I don't think that is not not I don't think the republicans will give a crap about

1:39:49 Oh, interesting. You don't think the Republicans would go nuts about it? Not the way the Democrats are going nuts and they're hysterical because for one thing when Obama was in office there was not this Hillary situation where everybody was like so all-in for Hillary that they had hysterical fits and publicly cried over her losing. And that's what triggering all this continued activity. The Republicans never had that and I think they just tolerate it, they wouldn't be calling for his impeachment. I think that's bull crap. Interesting. You could be right you could be right maybe one day we'll find out. That we require so whether it changes or not whether Donald Trump changes are not and believe me I know changing a 70 year old man is not easy. Ages ages say seventy or seven? Seventy

1:40:42 But why do we have to believe her? Because she knows it. What, is she married to a 70 year old guy? Seems unlikely Oh, she says uh... Believe me Something like that She's an expert I think she's an expert That's what it is A seven-year-old man isn't easy That does not mean you stop calling for the change because the moment we get numb to this The moment we get complacent and accept this Then we have agreed To lower the standards of what the person representing the United States Of America to our children to our allies, to our foreign foes represents that. Foreign foes? Is that kind of odd? I don't know what a foreign foe... Do we have foreign foes? Those maybe. Who's your foreign foes and why do we give a crap what they think if they're foes Yeah i think she's making it up Maybe she means Russia Allies To our foreign foes represents

1:41:37 That is not acceptable and we cannot do it. I think the foreign foes are probably like, that guy's crazy let's stay away from America! That's what the foreign foes are probably thinking. For an American you have got to defend the standards of the presidency of the United States. Here is an incitement to violence... Where are the standards written down? Wait wait wait this is the best part her Her, uh... this is her wrap-up. You have got to defend the standards of the presidency of the United States I want to get that whole bit in there because it's your duty as a citizen Children To our allies To our foreign foes Represent That is not acceptable and we cannot do it If you are an American You have got to defend the standards Of the presidency of the United States It is an incitement to violence He is going to get somebody killed In the media Maybe that will stop him Mmm

1:42:26 Meanwhile, of course the guy who was shot by a Democrat is dying. He had to go back into the hospital because he's dying and so who's inciting violence? I think this kind of talk especially from people like her she's the one who's inciting violence yes these guys have to get their act together they're inciting violence Trump is just a goofball as far as I'm concerned when it comes to these tweets Well, he's distracting everybody. Well he is definitely doing a great job at that. The one thing from my EU report, from my Dutch Lowlands report bar none every single person wow are you worried about North Korea?

CHAPTER 31 / 50 Discussion

North Korea ICBM Test, Nikki Haley, UN Sanctions

Following North Korea's July 4th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned of potential military force at the UN Security Council. Russia and China have opposed further sanctions that would "strangle" the North Korean economy, fearing a regime collapse on their borders.

north korea· icbm· nikki haley· united nations· vladimir putin

1:43:16 Oh my god! Yes, and you happen to write that in the newsletter. Sorry we were sick so I didn't get to proof. Um...I'm like are you kidding me? Yeah that guy's crazy and his rockets could be intercontinental ballistic missile they're gonna hit us or he you or what just completely terrorized And i have to say it is incessantly in the news here. I'm sure its same in the US but do people not realize this is just theater clearly they don't Clearly they don't. Let's play some, I got some North Korea stuff here let's play some PBS stuff this starts to start with this Korea and the UN is CBS report Well the US raised the possibility of military force at the United Nations today more now on America's options from Ben Tracy

1:44:09 One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them if we must." At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Ambassador Nikki Haley said the U.S. will propose tougher sanctions against North Korea including restricting oil imports and cutting off sources of hard currency. Today is a dark day It is a dark day because yesterday's actions by North Korea made the world a more dangerous place. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow and announced that they oppose any use of force against North Korea or sanctions that would strangle its economy China is North Korea's main ally, and accounts for more than 80% of it's trade

1:44:55 To pressure the North into ending its missile tests, China has stopped buying North Korean coal. But it has not cut off oil shipments to North Korea fearing that could cause Kim Jong-un's regime to collapse destabilizing the Korean Peninsula. The Russians and Chinese just don't care Jeffrey Lewis is an expert on nuclear policy. He says without a coordinated international response, tough talk and sanctions are the only realistic weapons the U.S has to fight North Korea So I would expect that cycle to repeat They'll be condemned they'll be angry about it They'll do a nuclear test and then we'll get back to square one again lather rinse repeat

1:45:36 Now this guy who came in at the end starts off, although they voiced over him. He says I don't think China and Russia cares he's like the big expert. Rinse repeat does all this stuff yeah This guy obviously didn't hear this report because he was part of the package but the point was clear in this report, China and Russia do care. They just don't want to destabilize them and what they care about is the destabilization of this area because it's going to cause a catastrophe and millions of people could get killed so they do care So this guy is full of crap and he's one of the advisors that are telling people what to do? Sure I find him very distressing And he's from the UN You'd have to back up to see where... He has Korea, the U.N., CBS

CHAPTER 32 / 50 Discussion

David Martin Pentagon Report, ICBM Capabilities, Leon Panetta

CBS correspondent David Martin reports that North Korea's new ICBM flew for 37 minutes, demonstrating the range to reach Alaska. Former CIA Director Leon Panetta describes this as a "threshold" moment for national security, while experts estimate it may take several more years for the regime to successfully miniaturize a nuclear warhead for the missile.

david martin· pentagon· icbm· alaska· leon panetta

1:46:28 The crew yeah, well this whole report was a kind of centered around Nikki Haley. Yeah who's just in there? She's a nice guy so I saw her I saw her speech now Let's go to Korea We got Korea part 3 Korean credit here's the Korea missile rundown I think it does have lots of sound effects or should I bring my own I think there's enough The United States warned today it will use military force if necessary against the growing nuclear threat from North Korea. This follows the Communist Nation's 4th of July test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching this continent. We begin our coverage tonight with National Security Correspondent David Martin at the Pentagon.

1:47:17 This is the guy, the only guy I really trust. He seems like a spook that is... Yeah, he's gonna tell you what's going on. Okay? And who does he work for a character? He's a CBS and he is always so chorus CBS yeah, and I've always I think he's the best field reporter they have he's an older guy very I Think he's well established as a straight shooter Yeah, and and I want you know I want to point out I put the only cruise missile effect You heard was mine Yeah, I was gonna ask. There's nothing in there so far. You know it was to fit in! I know, I'm timing the way what they should have done. I'll do another one. ...of reaching this continent We begin our coverage tonight with national security correspondent David Martin at the Pentagon

1:48:04 Kim Jong-un had kept his country's first intercontinental ballistic missile hidden from spy satellites until just before it was rolled into launch position and aimed into space. Powered by a two stage rocket engine, it flew for 37 minutes long enough to reach Alaska had it been aimed in that direction There is no question we've crossed the threshold here in the North Koreans' ability to develop an ICBM. Leon Panetta was CIA director and defense secretary during the Obama administration It represents a very serious national security threat to the United States U.S. intelligence first identified it as just an intermediate range missile which perhaps explained President Trump's initial rather flip reaction A tweet asking, does this guy have anything better to do with his life?

1:48:56 But David Wright of the Union of Concerned Scientists did his own calculations and got it right. The missile could have flown over 4,000 miles. I've been watching North Korea for a long time and i'm surprised at how fast they've been able to pull out new missile designs launch them and despite having some failures do relatively well Wright estimates it would take North Korea another couple years to develop an ICBM that could send a 1,000 pound nuclear warhead hurtling toward the US but unless something happens The day when North Korea will have that capability is coming. We're going to see them reach that point and it may be sooner rather than later. Nice! US and South Korea responded to the latest test with some missile launches of their own, but Panetta says it will take more than just shows of force to change Kim Jong-un's mind You can't out bully a bully in North Korea so... It doesn't make a lot of sense Wait a minute

1:49:58 You can't out bully a bully. Isn't the whole point of a bully is you go up and punch him in the nose? Yeah, it's not bullying him It's just I got you can't out bully a bully in North Korea so it doesn't make a lot of sense simply to sit back and threaten this leader or The Pentagon could of course make good on its threats, but nobody from the Secretary of Defense on down favors military action which they say could lead to catastrophic loss of life. James? David Martin at the Pentagon thank you David You know what this report is it's terrorism It is kind of and definitely having an effect overseas apparently Yes From your report

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Hawaii Missile Defense, Psychological Operations, July 4th Threats

The Pentagon has previously deployed missile interceptors and radar to Hawaii in response to North Korean threats timed around the July 4th holiday. The hosts suggest these recurring threats are part of a larger psychological operation designed to maintain a state of public fear.

hawaii· missile defense· robert gates· psyop· north korea

1:50:44 A couple of things I want to mention. One, do you remember...I think it was like last year? I think it was either the year before or three years ago when and we have clips of it where we repositioned a bunch of ships around Hawaii because it was expected on the 4th of July same thing they were going to launch a missile and hit Hawaii with it And so we put all our ships around Hawaii and then we I know. I remember they had a map and they were going to hit Austin that's what i remember no,no that was just that was a different story this was a real fourth of july situation it was the 4th of July and move these ships over by because hawaii was gonna be attacked

1:51:25 And if you look up, do a search for Hawaii. I'm looking now but i don't see anything... I can still find it, I'll find it but for the future show. It's awhile ago We played actually recently that clip Well then its not called Hawaii Oh here something says Clip Could be that, let's see. Also tonight American warships are tracking a North Korean vessel off the coast of China that may be carrying illegal weapons meantime the Pentagon is beefing up our missile defense system to protect Hawaii from a North Korean missile attack A Japanese newspaper reports the north may be planning to test fire another missile this one aimed at Hawaii on the 4th of July

1:52:09 Most analysts doubt that it could reach the islands, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn't taking any chances deploying a giant radar and missile interceptors to the Hawaiian Islands. Passengers aboard a transit Atlantic flight from Brussels had no idea... How good are we? Sorry to spike the ball. Yeah, we're great. But this was like two years ago or three years ago I mean this is just story and always floats around the fourth. It's always around the fourth. Let's do it again! Try it again everybody loved it last time And you know you want to do that around the fourth when you got rockets and bombs bursting in air so it all works together its a great giant psychological operation Now I've go some other clips let me play this one This is The Crux clip from CBS Korea part 3

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Military Exercises, Quid Pro Quo, Korean Armistice

China and Russia have proposed a "double freeze" where North Korea stops missile tests in exchange for the U.S. and South Korea ending joint military exercises. The U.S. has rejected this deal, maintaining a state of "long ceasefire" that has persisted since the 1953 armistice.

military exercises· south korea· armistice· ceasefire· peace

1:52:56 Okay. China and Russia have called on North Korea to end its missile and nuclear tests, but in exchange they want the US and South Korea to end their joint military exercises James that is not something the U S is likely to agree to Ben Tracy and Beijing. What exactly? All right now this was an interesting clip to me because North Korea has said this publicly, we're sick of these saber-rattling exercises they're doing right off the North Korean coast with the US and South Korea.

1:53:32 Doing these joint exercises military exercises right there And and so they launched a missile on them, and we said whether you got to stop launching these missiles well in the North Koreans say well We'll stop launching these missiles. You know if you stop which is exercising But no no we're not even saying that no we're not gonna do anything So what this amounts to is? We're telling you what to do, and we're not going to do any quid pro quo another words. We're not giving you anything Yeah, what kind of a what is this? That's not a good deal rulers. We're not like that We're not we're not Ming the Magnificent you know ruling in the world we can tell these guys What to do and they're supposed to just obey Ming the magnificent from Flash Gordon

1:54:18 Yeah, Ming the Magnificent. Fantastic! No you're absolutely right and I have to remind people here as well You know the war never ended in Korea There's no truce there's no like hey it's over...No We drew a line we drew a line And we gave-we said it's armistice we're not going to kill each other right now For all practical purposes this is ceasefire Yes cease fire A very long cease fire That's it? That's it It's so there are some It doesn't behoove our system or our economy or our intelligence agencies to stop the theater because then we don't get to put rockets in even though President Moon doesn't want it. There's no money, there is no money to be made with peace. No money can be made with peace? Seriously! What are you thinking? Clapper was in the bench back testifying

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Intelligence Community Assessment, James Clapper, Al Franken

Former DNI James Clapper clarified in testimony that the assessment of Russian election interference was produced by three agencies (CIA, NSA, FBI), not all 17 intelligence agencies as commonly reported. Despite this, Senator Al Franken and various media outlets continued to cite the "17 agencies" figure as a established fact.

james clapper· al franken· russia· intelligence· fbi

1:55:09 And something that I finally saw corrected in the New York Times, whereas we read the documentation. We read that it was only...I think it was four but turns out actually three intelligence agencies who signed off on the assessment about Russia Yet, everywhere in the news it was one of those things. No! It's 17. All 17. Here is Clapper. Additionally I'll briefly address four related topics that have emerged since the ICA was produced Because of both classification and some executive privilege strictures requested by the White House, there are limits to what I can discuss. And of course my direct official knowledge of any of this stopped on 20 January when my term of office was happily over."

1:55:58 As you know, the IC was... How about that? When my term of office was happily over. Oh gee man! I found that to be interesting Yeah it's like did you hate your job that much? Well i didn't realize sorry. ...of any of this stopped on 20 January when my term of office was happily over as you know The IC was a coordinated product from three agencies CIA NSA and the FBI not all 17 components the intelligence community those three Okay we can leave it at that But here's what you catch on CNN, same day. The other thing that was fake news coming from President Trump is when he said well I keep hearing it 17 intelligence agencies that say Russia meddled in the election and i think its only three or four where does that number come from? Where has this 3 or 4 number come from my suspicion Chris and Poppy if we go to the administration and ask them for this question im not so sure were going to get answer and if we do get answer it will probably be off camera

1:56:53 Well, you should go eat some crow. Yeah! Wow! But then the sickness has spread everywhere Here's Senator Al Franken who just heard Clapper say this by the way in his opening statement We have, the intelligence communities have concluded all 17 of them that Russia interfered with this election and we all know how. That's right. Senator as I pointed out in my statement uh senator Franken there were only three agencies that directly involved in this assessment plus my office But all seventeen signed on to that?

1:57:34 We didn't go through that process. This was a special situation because of the time limits and my... What I knew to be who could really contribute to this, and the sensitivity information we decided it was a conscious judgment to restrict it to those three. I'm not aware of anyone who dissented or disagreed when it came out. Okay. That's what happens. That's exactly how it works the News media gets in play yeah, and just in the middle of a meme Yeah Media meme gets in play and it just goes over no end them before you know it is truth I Love this I Can't get enough of it

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PBS Native Advertising, Crayola Blue, Commercial Length

A PBS NewsHour segment asking viewers to name a new Crayola blue shade is identified as a potential native advertisement. The hosts also note that commercial breaks in European radio and television are significantly longer than those in the United States, sometimes reaching a 50/50 ratio with content.

pbs· crayola· native advertising· judy woodruff· commercials

1:58:35 I have a little entremont here. Alrighty We talked about this, we didn't put it on the last show but I'm gonna put it on and looking for more of these. As you know when we were analyzing ABC's doing the three by three era. Yes? And they called in an era. ABC always had a couple of native ads embedded in their newscasts usually in block. Sure that what they did. It was in the D block. Yeah thats what they do. Well I am now thinking because of the cutbacks and all the rest of it that the news are PBS is I'm totally convinced that this... Well, PBS does carry commercials. Yes but now I believe this is a native ad because it came in out of the blue right in the middle of it. In fact they have the end of what they're talking about and they go right into this little news item which seems to me

1:59:27 I don't know for a fact, but i'm just telling you because it's so offbeat It has nothing to do with what they usually do seems like a native ad as far as i'm concerned teen The nasdaq rose 14 percent its best since 2009 And on a lighter note crayola is asking for help naming a new shade of blue Out of 90,000 submissions the top five contenders are Dreams Come Blue Star Spangled Blue Blue Moon Bliss Reach for the Stars My Favorite and Blutiful. You can vote on Crayola's website starting tomorrow through August 31st What happened to blue me? I thought that was a favorite color

2:00:08 I thought that they actually had this little picture of the Crayolas on the screen and it said new blue underneath. I thought that would be a good name for a blue. Now, now...I would say typically you know i've seen these throwaway pieces and it seems sad that PBS NewsHour has to do a Crayola mention in lieu of content But from the native ad perspective, because of what Judy says my favorite color. Was she in on the deal? Did she have a side deal if you wanted to see... did she announce the winning color or something of this ilk

2:00:44 I'll bet you she does. You know what i mean? If she does, then we know for sure that we know for sure reach for the stars. Well, I'm keeping an eye out on News Hour looking for more of these. There's some sketchy stuff that they've been putting on the air late yeah and again...I'll say it again is the operation was much better in terms of its coverage of everything when Eiffel was alive. When Gwen was still alive, sad Which is, okay. Somebody's gotta do it Speaking of commercials Both Tina the Keeper and I have both noticed that on radio and television The commercial pods here are long Twice as long as what we have in the US Are you timing them? I will-I will do an exact timing sure

2:01:34 It's just a certain point like damn is this still come because she doesn't understand everything. Is it still commercials? Yes, so commercial you neither one of you have obviously ever watched ESPN Well gee no not recently Yeah, well that's unbelievable. Horrible yeah well not so on the best 50-50 almost like one minute of commercial for every minute of content yeah well not so on the best podcast in universe I'm gonna show my salute by donating to No Agenda imagine all the people who could do with us oh yeah that'd be fab and indeed we have some people to thank uh beginning with

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Producer Donations, Mecklenburg County, Boob Job Donation

A list of producers is thanked for their donations, including Rebecca Foster, Baron Kevin Dills, and Nurse Caitlin. One producer, Eric Van Martyr, donated $80.80, jokingly referred to as a "boob job" donation in reference to the numerical appearance of the digits.

rebecca foster· kevin dills· nurse caitlin· boob job· saskatoon

2:02:20 Rebecca Foster, $177. The show has been great and it's been a while since I last donated and figured today would be a good day to chip in." She has a couple of suggestions for sounds. Gerald Preston, $161.60. Pat Deary in Sarnia, Ontario Canada 150. He needs some travel karma. We'll give him some at the end of this list Sir, Kevin Dills the Baron of Mecklenburg County Charlotte North Carolina one two eight six four He said I have to read this note because he says and he's a knight great essay in The Last Newsletter Okay, there you go Thank You Okay we got John Robin a $100 no note nurse Caitlin

2:03:11 Dame nurse Caitlin I believe since Silver Spring Seven Springs, North Carolina hundred dollars. Yeah, let me get my keyboard She's going to be a dame she sees your keyboard where is your keyboard? Oh yes? I thought she already was it no. I don't think that she was a dame No, no this is it read the note okay good Oh, she will have to do a request. She needs another F cancer for her mom who'll be starting her second round of chemo. Ah jeez okay but is that the whole note? What else does she have here? You know what she said at the round table can I please re- oh yes if she's gonna be damed Yeah She wants runny eggs and grapefruit juice Runny eggs and grapefruit juice Okay... uh I'll put that on the list and here's a-

2:04:00 You've got karma. Runny eggs and grapefruit juice, nice. Frank Molinari in Boulvard or Bouleverdi or I don't know how you pronounce it in Texas some Texas town a hundred bucks Eric Van Martyr 8080 which is he's donating a boob job. A boob job? Get it? Yeah I get it. Nice! A boob job, so we have the boobs, the booblets and the boob job very good very creative people. Andrew German in Carleton Georgia 71 17 Ryan Marks Canton Georgia what'd i say Carlton oh Canton Georgia Ryan marks in Toronto Ontario

2:04:50 He says, please don't stop at a thousand. What possibly could he be referring to? I have no idea. Kathleen Meyer and 70... Okay now we got our seven laggers in these happy Halloween for the July. Conversation for 7417 which is 7 4 17 Kathleen Meyer a breeze shoo me Nathan Goldsmith in Tucson John Hawley and Blaine, Minnesota nuts Scott Webster and Gilbert Arizona Robert vertebra verderber berger burr in Palmetto Florida home of the pal metal cockroach Steve Bottoms

2:05:37 And that would conclude our group. Now we have still some left over 717... 1717, Michael Moss, Chason Rzdilski in Saskatoon. I think it's Sir Chason. Sir Rzdilski. Stephen Hightower, Serturialta-dis something. Slonoma. Serturialta-Slonoma and he says happy 4th dogs! Dogs? Okay, Sherry Laurie and see home Victoria Australia 60 baronet sir Ander ball and doorball indoor ball. You need selling a home-selling car We'll get that to him and you get it does he got a birthday call out for Michael no That's uh that's sherry about us align higher than that. Oh sure I'm sorry But does she have it for Michael yes?

2:06:35 Oh, Sabrina Hansel $55. Michael Gates 5280 Eric Hockel in Berlin Deutschland another Berliner 52 Sir Craig Jones and he's a sir I believe by now I'm not mistaken. Yeah pretty sure Sir Craig Jones baronet $50 and these are all the following or $50 dollars Sir Craig Jones says can i get emergency jobs karma I'm up for a job and need the fates to get it pushed in the right direction. Yes, coming up in just a moment. Robert Bruckner in Gilbert Arizona Matthew Januszewski in Chicago Tim God knows what his name is based on all these characters around here. Thanks PayPal! Apparently his name includes a semicolon. Thanks Obama Copenhagen Denmark Tim something Lange

2:07:28 Ron Aldridge in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Jason Deluzio, Sir Jason I believe is Chatsford, Pennsylvania. Sir Brett Farrell in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and finally Sir Brian Watson in Raleigh North Carolina and Robert Funk in Bakersfield California. I don't know if we have anybody in Bakersfield. Want to thank all these folks for producing this show. Yes and we have a couple of notes here first of all I wanted to say thank you to David Orman from Sydney whose mother is from Perth And I know this because we were at a restaurant having dinner the other night and we were pretty, you know... We're still coughing up lungs and stuff. So it's late it's like 9pm. Here is the interesting thing so these two guys sit down like 2 tables over and I'm like oh man hipsters that's a plague look at them cause they had their beards and everything

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Sydney Hipster Encounter, Gothenburg Job Search, Parkinson's Disease

Adam Curry recounts a chance meeting with a listener from Sydney in an Amsterdam restaurant. Additionally, a listener moving to Gothenburg, Sweden, requested community help for housing, and a "make good" was issued for a previous snide remark regarding a donor's father suffering from Parkinson's disease.

sydney· perth· gothenburg· sweden· parkinson's

2:08:20 And wouldn't you know it, hipster number two turns around and says in the morning! I'm like oh hey. He didn't have a man bun so he was like half-hipster In the morning I'm like hello? Says I'm David Orman from Sydney Australia... David Orman from Australia and I'm just visiting here I can't believe it He was really blown away Yeah He said what I knew you might be here but thought you'd be gone And I said, let me guess you're from Perth. No, my mom is! My mom's in Perth and I'm from Sydney and gave us a 50 euros on the spot which was highly appreciated. So yeah, I did want to thank him personally that was really nice it always Tina always like man look at my man famous podcaster Famous Podcaster I am so proud

2:09:07 Quick note from Adam Blinsler. Adam, I need- I hope your European travels are going well looking forward to hearing about them on the show we have actually met a long time ago at the Hot Pockets Tour my wife accepted a university professor of engineering job in Gothenburg Sweden We pack up the family and move from sunny California this fall I was wondering if you could put me in touch with anyone in the community with connections out there so I can network for the... network with for cultural and potentially job help They tell us there's a housing shortage. So any help we could get is appreciated, but I know we have Swedish listeners and we need to still need some reporting and we desperately need some uh some reporting

2:09:45 Yeah, definitely. But I'm sure I can connect you with someone now that we've read this then we have a couple of make goods Jared Zeifman Contrary to the Father's Day show I do love my dad and hope you can give him some karma To have a few good days He'd been suffering from Parkins disease for 12 years now And why don't you just put the knife in my eye man? I'm sorry Contrary to popular belief, it is not just a shaking disease but it has its own form of dementia which my dad has and it's pretty tough watching him slowly fade. Ending on a positive note though happy Canada Day." I'm sorry about that Of course you love your dad It was such a snide remark we make from time to time. I think John made it Yeah AdamMcCree.com You said it! And I remember you said it

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Atrazine Study, Master Gardener, Knighting Ceremony

A listener's wife, a certified Master Gardener, was reportedly impressed by the show's analysis of the Atrazine study. The segment concludes with a formal knighting ceremony for Sir Null Pointer, the "Knight of the Context Switching Wilderness," correcting a previous naming error.

atrazine· zika· knighting· null pointer· context switching

2:10:34 And by the way, if anybody has any objection to anything I say write Adam. He loves it Andrew Goodman, another make good from show 943. You guys doing great work shows been dynamite over the past few years only gets better The following story is a shining example of your analysis My wife does not share my affinity for the show But on occasion she humors me when I share with her parts of the show that if I'm particularly intriguing most recently I replayed for her your analysis of the atrazine study from shows 891 bug juice and it blew her away Your coverage of that study was especially enlightening for her because she is a certified Master Gardener and the hazards of Atrazine were never discussed in our certification courses. Now she approaches me with questions such as, Hey! What do those no agenda guys think about Zika?

2:11:22 Or have the no agenda guys talked about all this Trump hate? It amuses me to no end. As an aside, I'd like to request some newlywed karma from my best friend Morgan and his wife Cynthia May their union mark the beginning of a long and blessed life together Also this donation makes- takes me to knighthood! I like to be known as Sol- Sir Null... Oh, this is uh.. This is where it came from. Null Pointer Remember when it was PTR we said Peter Oh, so that I got it right. It's a code dog PTR all caps not like the tech trick guy would know this is like Nolan Kevland you kept yelling night of the context switching wilderness thank you very much OK great and for where's our where's our sir go to our Sir Go to yeah we're going to use you know coding old coding for terms never mind oh yeah it took me a second I'm sorry yes

2:12:19 10, print. Hello? 20 go to 10 Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma And Oliver Cole says happy birthday to his smoking hot girlfriend she celebrates today Nurse Caitlin Soon-to-be dating nurse Caitlin has said happy birthday to her brother Trey Williams celebrating tomorrow 59 on the 7th of July as well. Benjamin Howard says happy birthday to his wife, Sherry Laurie! Happy Birthday to Michael DeVoren, July 9 for him and happy birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcast in the Universe! Alright 1 2 3 now did we not knight him Sir Noel Pointer? Yes so we knighted incorrectly okay but now he becomes a black knight

2:13:18 No, I think that. I don't think he becomes a black knight says it here on the Did he request this other thing and we ignored it? Is that what happened? No, I think we just called him Sir Peter. So we did an improper nighting. Well...I don't think that's... Typically a black night is someone that we miss completely. And then it goes on sometimes can go on for months Yes! We've been known to do that. Once you get out of the queue its just like a nightmare. Out of the queue yes exactly Exactly Well, this is Eric just being very callous with our blackness. Did he say Black Knight on there? It says it on Eric's thing yeah but I didn't see it in his notes so I think Eric made a note

2:14:08 Well now already gave it. I can't be an Indian giver let me be really as appropriate as possible Yeah, look Indian giver there you go all right Here's my sword which I'm sure is cultural and cultural appropriation of Arabs or something. I'm sure we're doing something wrong with this storage yes, sir All right nurse Caitlin step on up to the podium Benjamin Howard would like his freeloading wife Karen Howard to join us on the podium and Andrew Goodman. Alright gentlemen, and one dame I am very very proud well actually we have two dames and one gentleman very proud to bring you into the roundtable of the no agenda knights and dames and pronounce the date the Dame Caitlin Dame with a flat earth We have Dame Howard and Andrew Goodman sir and real pleasure

CHAPTER 40 / 50 Discussion

25th Amendment Bill, Dennis Kucinich, Corporate Democrats

Former Representative Dennis Kucinich criticized a House bill aimed at using the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump, calling it a "political statement" that harms the Democratic Party. Kucinich argued that the party must disconnect from corporate interests, such as banks and insurance companies, to effectively represent the working class.

dennis kucinich· 25th amendment· nancy pelosi· corporations· yuppies

2:14:58 Black Night of the Context, Switching Wilderness. For you we have Hookers and Blow, Red Boys and Chardonnay, Running Eggs and Grapefruit Juice, WWE and Dabs We got DMT and Astral Travel And we got Mutton & Mead Head on over to noahjennation.com slash rings Eric will hook you up Short list today Of your call about your mutton & mead stuff I know! I ran out of time You ran out of time? I don't know what happened...I'm off..I'm sick This is where you can tell Yeah. In case you're keeping track at home of can we, can we catch... Keep score. Yeah keep in score exactly. Remember no wagering and the 25th amendment I need to bring this up because we've been tracking this for a long time but it's always good to hear a democrat's view on now we have a bill in the house I believe which is intended to get the process rolling so this bill uh this is Dennis Kucinich

2:15:51 Democrat we speak. It would propose that the president could be removed from office for being mentally unfit, the vice-president would have to sign off it's not going to happen but Democrats are trying to make a statement is it helping them or hurting them? Well, it's a political statement not a medical statement. And I think it is destroying the party as an effective opposition. People want political parties to be focused on America's economic needs and jobs wages health care education retirement security in peace and they want the american politicians to be constructive not destructive and i think that you know what's happening here is not uh... it's not good for the country i think there are some people in a party or still having a great difficulty being able to

2:16:38 reconcile the results of the November 2016 elections with their own politics. And we have to realize, the American people were the ones who judged President Trump. They decided he should be president in November 2016 and that's the way the process works and so we must find common ground and you can't establish common ground if you're slinging mud. Does a gotcha come in here? oftentimes the tone gets set at the top as well. We've seen a couple of frankly rambling press conferences from Nancy Pelosi, do you believe she should still be leading House Democrats? Well, Nancy Pelosi is a friend of mine. I think that the Democrats if they want new leadership they first have to disconnect from the corporations who are funding the party so that they can be truly independent of those forces and then represent the American people but as long as their tied to various corporate interests it really doesn't matter... Of course you'd hope this fine journalist at Fox

2:17:39 would say, hey you mentioned corporate interest twice as if the party's being driven by corporate interest. Could you please expand on that? The leader is because it's the interests who are calling the shots. But doesn't a leader set the tone? You've lost so many elections I understand she's afraid... Thanks dickhead! That sucks. That's interesting to me Yes, and it would have been a great question. A great question! But what corporations could it be? I mean this seems very obvious that certainly the Fox journalists knew it. You don't have to ask about that everybody knows that...I didn't. What can they say? I thought maybe you had an idea you also don't know

2:18:23 No, I don't know why you would. To me it's the insurance companies and the banks. This has been discussed in many essays during when Clinton was first running they said the weakness of the Democrat Party was there...don't care about their working man, they don't care about the middle class, they care about insurance companies and banks and yuppies. Hipsters. Hipsters. Yuppies. Are there any more yuppies? Yuppie are still there! Yup, these are still there. They're not gone no well isn't young upcoming professional I mean the yuppies can't be young anymore. Well. I guess the young part is out Yeah, that'd be uh what would you come muppets middle-aged upper? Yeah fine fine fine oh This is a dynamite clip. I don't know if she meant to say this but ace This was just so beautiful this will haunt her for the rest of her career when with her I mean Mika Brzezinski

CHAPTER 41 / 50 Discussion

Mika Brzezinski Messaging, Media Control, Trump Supporters

Mika Brzezinski expressed concern that Donald Trump is undermining the media's ability to "control exactly what people think." The hosts argue this admission confirms the media's role as a messaging tool, which Trump has bypassed by communicating directly with his supporters.

mika brzezinski· cnn· messaging· trump supporters· unemployment

2:19:23 who is unhinged, amygdalitis to the max. Listen to what she says about how... and the fear I think this is a great example of it The fear that M5M have now is, you know it used to be you do the press conference we'll write it down record it whatever edit what's important and tell the people. We will tell the people what the score is if your funny well tell the people that told a funny joke maybe we'll edit it and just show a little bit Or not, because we are doing that. That's our job and Trump has clearly showed them that they're not in control of messaging to the people so this is a real problem for the press Exactly! And that is exactly what I hear, what Yamiche just said Is what I hear from all the Trump supporters who were Trump voters

2:20:17 and are still Trump supporters, they go yeah you guys are going crazy. He's doing what he is so surprised about? He is doing exactly what he said he was going to do Well I think that the dangerous edges here are that he is trying undermine the media trying make up his own facts And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. That is our job to control what people think. We control what people think dammit! Well I got a gotcha clip too... Yeah the truth always wants to come out doesn't it John?

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Elizabeth Warren Lecture, Glass-Steagall, Credit Card Debt

Senator Elizabeth Warren is criticized for a lecture that blamed Ronald Reagan for economic decline while allegedly ignoring Bill Clinton's role in repealing Glass-Steagall. The hosts point out that Clinton-era policies also made it significantly harder for individuals to discharge credit card debt through bankruptcy.

elizabeth warren· ronald reagan· bill clinton· glass-steagall· bankruptcy

2:21:03 It's apparently a function of human beings. Do I have, where is my clip on Dr. Goes Nuts? New research. What you looking for? I had an Elizabeth Warren clip. Elephant Sex Part 1? No! Good guess! I guess i don't have it. I'm gonna have to get it. Yeah, war in 1916 there you go Where is he? where where the bottom on w small W no Elizabeth play okay or you guys set up No, no setup this is going to be a story that goes from 1935 To the present that's going to be the timeline 1935 to 1916 what

2:21:57 She says it's going to be from 1935 to the present, 1935-1916. She's on her...she's high! I do these things. She gave this lecture, this crazy lecture which i wanted to deconstruct and do a little bit more on but it was just like moron is the key word here she takes everything from 1935 to the present and she just makes up stuff It's as if everything was hunky-dory in the Depression from 1935 to 1940 and then the depression from 1971 to 1980. And then she starts excoriating everybody from 1980 on because Reagan has ruined it for everybody when he deregulated everything, including all of banks when in fact it was Clinton who did most of that bank stuff that is ruined their economy. Glass-Steagall repeal of Glass-Steagall

2:22:51 Yeah, Glass-Steagall among other things. He's also I think during his administration was responsible where you can't take a bankruptcy out and your credit cards are... That's right that's right that's right You can't yeah the worst thing imaginable so you get in debt mostly through credit cards anyway And you try to go bankrupt no no no no you still have to pay us There you go there's the corporate interest running the Democratic Party there it is Now i guess i've always been taught to respect Stephen Hawking. I've actually, I had a dinner in the restaurant once and he was there. He had like that thing we talked about on the show again hot women around him. A number of babes. He is what you'd call and there's other guys like him He's probably the most extreme example. A masher? And I hate to, I'm gonna hate to have ever even close your kids ears but he is one of the people out there that you would have to define as a novelty fuck

CHAPTER 43 / 50 Discussion

Stephen Hawking Climate Warning, Venus Comparison, Voice Synthesis

Stephen Hawking warned that Donald Trump's climate policies could push Earth toward a "tipping point," turning it into a planet like Venus with sulfuric acid rain. The hosts question the alarmism of the statement and discuss the specific synthesized voice software Hawking uses.

stephen hawking· global warming· venus· sulfuric acid· voice synthesis

2:23:52 Wow, yeah I think you're right. You nailed it on that one That's a big novelty Hell, I'd do it just to be able to say it Hawking guy? Yeah, I did him Sorry, just got horrible visuals. Here he is! Or at least here's his synthesized voice. We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible Trump's action could push the earth over the brink To become like Venus with a temperature of 250 degrees and raining sulfuric acid Now is he just making- Is he just making a joke?

2:24:32 You should go talk to Freeman Dyson who feels the opposite. Yeah, I know it's just as Just as respected that sounds not he's not a novelty fuck let's be honest Not that I know now Here's another question why does Stephen Hawking still have that lame-ass like Mac? Why doesn't he get a better voice you mean yeah upgrade oh Yeah, what's the name of that voice he has? It's one of the originals. Oh yeah they had like Sam... Was it Sam? No it's got-it's called I can't remember you know I think I remember but I had a copy of the software that produced that voice though You know I think the Apple still does that hold on second let me check this out

2:25:17 I think if i open up... You're checking that it brings to mind another issue which is, I was thinking about this myself and then noticed somebody commenting on the YouTubes. These news sites or news sites Sorry, jock. There's new sites that have these robot voices that read the news like you used to have like on our show five Yeah, Doug what I love his name is Doug Oh Doug don't you remember? His name is Doug That's how the whole dog was done yeah But it's actually the voice is dug on Apple yeah, I think it's Doug yeah Doug here we go Stephen Hawking again ladies and gentlemen

2:26:03 Trump is going to kill us. We are all going die say John C. Dvorak what? That's no wrong here, this is what he should shut up trump is going to kill us we are all gonna Die yeah there you go I guess that summarizes it It does but I mean maybe this is a hoax Maybe it's not really him could be a hoax it sounds like a hoax I mean for him to say that I do have some Since you're talking about climate, I do have a couple of clips because the guys who are soaking up the cash doing all these research...

CHAPTER 44 / 50 Discussion

Climate Economic Study, Inequality Research, Health Care Impacts

A new study from Berkeley scientist Solomon Chung claims that climate change will increase economic inequality in the U.S., with the South losing up to 20% of its income. The research suggests that for every degree of warming, the U.S. GDP will drop by 0.7%, primarily due to agricultural losses and increased healthcare costs for heat-related illnesses.

climate change· gdp· berkeley· solomon chung· heat stroke

2:26:40 grants, you know they did something research all for climate change in a certain direction. Yeah They're trying to get the money why they can yeah And so we have a report of their so here's what they're doing again come with some new ideas Because the same old same old is not working All the oceans are gonna rise and this and that it's gonna rain the acid rains right in there didn't The climate woman from the EU also say that we needed something like $35 trillion in order to not die. Yeah, soak the taxpayer! So I've got three clips here 1 2 & 3 but one is the original it's the start of it

2:27:19 What kind of new ideas would you have to scare people even more? It's not just it now. It just can't be global Okay, okay hold on this is a good one so the idea is we have to have are we doing research into this thing That's very scary Is that the idea yes because we got again and we gotta have a new angle okay? I'm a new ang we need a new angle So we can you know frighten people more okay let me think Is it like really painful death or is it... Painful death, yes. We're going to all be an invasion of flesh-eating crickets. Okay No there's none of that I give up So let's try it and you'll get it right away Totally different category of climate science There was a big study this week And usually when climate studies come out we're looking at environmental impacts What was interesting about this one It was looking at economic impact Tell us a little bit about that

2:28:07 Well, this one is a very impressive study on climate change. Scientists in the climate realm teamed up with economists – the dismal science meeting climate science if you will – and they looked at the economic impacts of climate change as you project out to the future and perhaps the most interesting finding was that climate change will hit different socioeconomic classes differently. Berkeley scientist and lead author of the study, Solomon Chung. In the south where it's hot and along the coast we might see populations losing equivalent to 20% of their income whereas in the cooler northern and western regions we actually see that populations might benefit a little because the north tends to be wealthier in the south tends to be poorer what we see is that in the future climate change is going to increase economic inequality within United States

2:28:58 Wait a minute, am I in the getting richer part? Now you're not going to die. You're going to go broke! This is very good. This is a very good angle. I consider this some of the most creative stuff ever. That's really really good. But they are gonna pile on so let's listen to more. So how does the US fare overall? Well, the team estimates that for each degree Fahrenheit increase in global temperatures the US economy overall loses about 0.7% of gross domestic product with each degree of warming costing more than the last as you go up so The U.S., as a whole is not a winner economically Wow Okay well if that makes sense why don't we start a new ice age because if it's gonna go down with heat It should go up with cold

2:29:49 So, does it break down by industry? Say for example agriculture might be hit harder or real estate. Well agriculture especially in the Midwest will likely suffer immensely that seems obvious but it could be comparable to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s according to these researchers. Of course real estate on the coastline thats another obvious one but here's a surprise The team found the biggest economic impact of climate change was in health care. They expect people living in the South especially will be hit more with heat related complications like heat stroke, managing that and dealing with the victims is of course very expensive." And this is happening to a population that's already poorer than the general average in the United States? "...and there's the vicious cycle..."

CHAPTER 45 / 50 Discussion

Michael Mann Libel Trial, Tim Ball, Climate Data Fraud

Climate scientist Michael Mann is reportedly facing legal sanctions in a Canadian libel trial against Dr. Tim Ball for refusing to disclose his "hockey stick" graph data. The hosts note the lack of mainstream media coverage regarding the court case in British Columbia.

michael mann· tim ball· libel· british columbia· climate science

2:30:36 Yeah, so we got the health care thrown in for good measure. We've got the economic downturn that's grown into this economic inequality all the buzzwords that the left likes the Republicans don't care nice and I just was shaking my head listening to this. It's like, well how hard up are these climate guys now that they have to try and bring in everything? There is going to be some Trump angle soon it's gonna all you know if it wasn't for the global warming we wouldn't have Trump. Yeah exactly and they'll have some research to prove it. Yeah, I have a... this is from July 4th and it's from principiascientific.org. I don't know what that is may look official. I've not snope fact checked this but says Penn State climate scientist Michael Hockeystick Mann commits contempt of court in the Climate Science Trial of the Century prominent alarmist shockingly defies judge and refuses discerned data for open court examination

2:31:41 Let's see, the defendant in the libel trial of 79-year old Canadian climatologist Dr. Tim Ball is expected to instruct his British Columbia attorneys to trigger mandatory punitive court sanctions including a ruling that man did act with criminal intent when using public funds to commit climate data fraud I don't know if this is true? I had not heard about this court case Well put it on the list of stuff to research for the next show Yeah, I don't know anything about this trial! I wonder why?! I don't know, I've never heard of this trial. I wonder why? Can't figure it out." Let's see... They first reported on it February 1st in a week when mainstream fake news outlets try to sell him as the world-leading climate change scientist Professor Michael Mann concedes legal ground in major court case about his alleged climate data fraud. I gotta look into this! I got to find out what's going on. I had not heard about this. Of course not

CHAPTER 46 / 50 Discussion

Idlib Sarin Gas Report, White Helmets, State Department

A UN report on the chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria, was conducted without investigators visiting the site, relying instead on samples from the White Helmets. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert maintains there is "no debate" that the Assad regime was responsible, despite Russian objections to the investigation's methodology.

sarin gas· idlib· syria· white helmets· heather nauert

2:32:38 I mean, it's your point is well made. Stuff like that is absolutely unbelievable you'd think this would be headline news but no. It's very interesting for sure Well, I do have a little uh... I got a sarin gas report which is good. Oh! Sarin gas always good Well, let's play the sarin gas report from all the investigators never actually visited the site of the chemical weapons attack in question. The Idlib province where the attack took place is not in an area under the control of the government so it wasn't safe to go there and that raises another question UN officials said the report was carried out in full compliance with the guidelines

2:33:34 But the guidelines clearly state that they must visit the site where it happened. So their conclusions were based on interviews they did with people claiming to be victims, as well as samples they received from NGOs like The White Helmets a group with a dubious reputation Now the report doesn't even give a hint as to how the chemical agent was dispersed This lack of information prompted a strong response from Russia's foreign minister. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been acting unintelligibly, it refused to go to the scene of the incident and did not provide any information. Yesterday they issued a report that says they're not convinced that sarin gas which was apparently found there was dropped by bomb from the air

2:34:19 They don't know where the siren came from and yet throughout these months tensions have been inflamed Now the report was never intended to establish who carried out the attack that's being left to another group of investigators But this hasn't stopped Western leaders from reeling in their old mantra. I've got absolutely no doubt that the finger points at the People who drop chemical weapons on innocent people should be held to account. We know that Assad has used chemical weapons on his own people and he's done that repeatedly, including the United States against the world, including women and children. And we have all seen that. We've all seen the video. And there is no debate about that. The last person was Heather, our new girl at the State Department

2:35:23 Wow, she's a pretty resolute. Yeah, pretty resolute yep my good she might sound the way She speaks sounds like she's been there for awhile you know I mean and brought up from the, that's possible. She could be one of the people that were there was I mean you know the State Department got something like thousands of public relations people. Wasn't it CIA who had 5,000 people? And then the Pentagon has got something some huge number so you can probably you know is probably a big pool to choose from

CHAPTER 47 / 50 Discussion

Nicole Wallace Advice, Republican Misogyny, Germany Comparison

MSNBC's Nicole Wallace urged women in the White House to condemn Donald Trump's comments about Mika Brzezinski, warning that the GOP will be permanently associated with misogyny. A viral Facebook post from an Austin resident is also read, suggesting America needs to "own its darkness" and make spiritual reparations similar to post-war Germany.

nicole wallace· msnbc· misogyny· germany· reparations

2:36:00 No kidding. You do a little sexual harassment to figure out who you really want. Yeah, speaking of that here's Nicole Wallace What is she on? MSNBC Urgent advice to women of the White House this I saw that a lot of face bag A lot of face bag work while we're in lying in bed look at this Oh Feeling worse now urgent advice women were sharing this everywhere before I open Before I open this up to my table, a couple thoughts. One is as former communications director there's a single press strategy for this White House it's called an apology Two as a woman who was fortunate enough to work in the White House as a public servant all the women collecting paychecks from US taxpayers Dina Powell Kellyanne Conway Elaine Chao Betsy DeVos you should all go on record and condemn your boss' comments And you should work behind-the scenes to educate him about just how offensive they are

2:36:54 Three, as someone who once proudly called myself a Republican the party will be permanently associated with misogyny if leaders don't stand up and demand a retraction. And finally most importantly as the mother of his son I ask any woman who's defending these comments how they plan to raise good men if the most powerful man in the world gets away with this? That was all regarding the Mika stuff Oh the Mika... Really? Yeah Does anybody Not think the Mika stuff was just a toss away, you know Dumb as a rock. I mean no one's ever said that about anybody apparently not so somehow it's massively offensive to all women Yeah, yeah, give me reverse to do things and say they didn't

2:37:41 Scarborough was dumb as a rock and Mika was an idiot. I mean, that would be okay? I just do not see people getting so worked up about this. I do say that Dimension B people super get worked up about this is if it was a big deal. Yeah, I think I need to read this one. This is just random. This was not a response to anything. Is this a Facebooker? This is a facebagger definitely. Oh good age around 60 female Austin Texas

2:38:21 Face? Married or single. Kids, no kids. No kids... maybe never married I don't know Maybe husband died Facebook asks, what's on your mind? I have to say this because it is the elephant in our national living room. No matter how many ways we deconstruct this election and what happened in Georgia and where the Dems fail and the GOP succeeds, what I see is that many don't want to say or own or name. The GOP unites around fear racism misogyny inequality and willingness to lie and call it alternate facts This country has a long history of discrimination, so embedded that too many of our own citizens will sell their own best interests for the opportunity to feel superior to anyone different from the white man. Anyone who feels that Democrats do not fight for rights of middle class and those who are not 1% have not been paying attention!

2:39:15 Could our party use a shot of new energy? You bet! And Bernie Sanders ain't it. He's too old, he's a white misogynist worse he has no ability to build consensus Extremes do not succeed on either side. We can only do the greatest good with the most realistic expediency when we find commonality My question is, when your opponent embraces the devil because they are willing to sell their souls then what does it take to serve decency honesty fairness common sense integrity and the greatest good? The devil has no problem with backbone. The devil does not care, but when you do care how to fight this evil? It's NOT a fair fight! So what we need in the face of country which never owned our own slave history? A country that spawned KKK? A country that answers black

2:40:03 Black lives matter with all lives matter when so clearly our criminal justice system shows us over and over this just is not so. Why has Germany rebuilt from the deepest, darkest hatred with such success? Because they named and owned their own evil it is literally embedded in the cobblestones until this country owns our darkness and makes its spiritual and physical reparations with sincerity and conviction that darkness will dominate the light When hatred is emboldened by our very leaders and institutions, how are we to truly be a democracy? So what is it that she's saying? We suck. America sucks. Oh, we suck! America sucks. We need to be like Germany. That's what I read Yeah, we need to feel like Germany. Yeah and then right underneath it...

CHAPTER 48 / 50 Discussion

Electoral College Debate, Media Ad Revenue, Constitutional Amendments

The debate over abolishing the Electoral College is framed as an economic issue for the media, as a popular vote system would force candidates to spend advertising dollars in safe states like California. However, the hosts argue that a constitutional amendment is unlikely to pass as it would require the consent of 75% of state legislatures, many of which benefit from the current system.

electoral college· california· constitutional amendment· ad revenue· mark zuckerberg

2:40:56 They write underneath it in the comments. She says, oh yes and let's abolish the electoral college one person is one vote! Ah there it is of course yeah there it is I've been saying that's been going to be under attack for a long time yep and I think it's gonna be picked up eventually and I think the Electoral College does have a limited life ahead of it Yeah, possibly. But it would require a constitutional amendment. Here's the problem I'm having with the current thinking on the Electoral College and I wrote an essay about this. I'll repeat...I'll send this essay out. It's old. Good. I'll send this out in upcoming newsletter but it's discussing that fact that the electoral college hurts the media

2:41:38 Right, because there's no money for media in California because it's a shoo-in for Democrats anyway. So there is no ad buys... Yeah so then no one is going to spend a dime here and so the California Media, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and all of these radio TV stations they don't get the kind of money you get in Ohio or any state that has something going on So there's billions of dollars being lost because of this. With the electoral college being eliminated, now the money has to be spread evenly around the country and there's a lot of money to be made. People have mocked me for this opinion by the way. Not me! With it coming up with this other...this new angle which I think again might be instigated by the media

2:42:22 I think the problem that's going to occur is because of this last election when Trump lost bad. He could be attributed to fake votes, which is always a possibility but I'm not gonna do that But since he lost so badly the popular vote only because of the four million votes in California that went to Hillary, above and beyond. And when you look at the ratios I mean in my little area around here it's like 80% Democrats to 20% Republicans. It makes it seem as if you get rid of the Electoral College, you might as well just turn the country over to California. Which is exactly what my friend from Canada

2:43:06 said should happen because it's only fair. California has the largest economy, they got the most people, they should run the place." If you want to think that way... I don't but you do! No if anybody does just spin California off as its own country and see how far you get Now your talking But the problem is we have no military or there are a lot of problems with doing that You dont need that, you've go weed Well, there's that. You can take the whole West Coast and of course they lose all the West Coast ports and that becomes an issue with the country as a whole but it's a very narrow-minded situation when California would just rule the whole nation make it a kingdom you'd rule the whole nation and I think that's going to prevent the Electoral College from getting... And make Mark Zuckerberg king! Yeah there ya go

2:44:01 The other thing is it has to be a constitutional amendment to get rid of the electoral college. That's gonna be tough because that means 75%... I believe this is the way it works, 75% of the state legislatures have to vote yes on the amendment maybe 65%, but as I think at 75%. And that's not going to happen with all these Midwestern stated legislatures they're just all run by Republicans. It's not gonna happen. Not gonna happen at all It'll be bad. It'll be in the it'll be discussed for the next number of decades Yes, and I'm sure at least until show 1000 here yeah

CHAPTER 49 / 50 Discussion

TSA Security Failure, Minneapolis Airport, Security Theater

Undercover federal tests at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport resulted in a 95% failure rate for detecting explosives and weapons. The hosts characterize the TSA as "security theater" that is ineffective at stopping threats but successful at creating longer lines and inconveniencing travelers.

tsa· minneapolis· security theater· undercover tests· melvin carraway

2:44:46 Just one last little travel report for me. Oops, okay this is actually from Minneapolis It's the sort of failing grade MSPTSA has received before 17 out of 18 tries undercover federal agents posing as passengers able to sneak explosive materials fake weapons or drugs past screening Two separate sources telling Fox 9 the tests carried out on Thursday were eventually stopped after the astounding 95% failure rate. And it all comes as Americans are expected to set travel records this holiday weekend

2:45:24 with AAA estimating nearly 3.5 million will fly, but at MSP persisting doubts about security in April of 2016 sources telling Fox 9 the airport failed nine out of 12 tests nationwide TSA struggles leading to the 2015 resignation a then chief Melvin Carway and two years later under new leadership lingering questions about how to fix it When asked about Thursday's failing grade and what comes next, the TSA telling Fox 9 quote, TSA cannot confirm or deny the results of internal tests and condemns the release of any information that could compromise our nation security. All right Roe. You know I condemn it too we know when we've talked about this is theater its security theater

2:46:20 It's not effective. But they keep bringing these reports in as if they can actually stop any of this to embarrass the government and every time they do it, it says to me what it results in is not a positive thing because they can't fix this problem The result is always longer lines because now they have to take the theater and show that they're doing more than they did before. And so now you have to wait longer, and it's all bullcrap. Yeah. Anyone who brings these reports out should be condemned because they're not doing anybody any favors and they're not fixing anything. They can't fix anything without never being able to get to the damn plane.

CHAPTER 50 / 50 Discussion

G20 Summit Hamburg, Trump-Putin Meeting, Travel Outro

The show concludes with a preview of the G20 summit in Hamburg, where Donald Trump will meet Vladimir Putin for the first time amidst mass "zombie" protests. Adam Curry prepares for a trip to Rome, while John C. Dvorak announces a potential train museum meetup in Sacramento on July 29th.

g20· hamburg· vladimir putin· rome· train museum

2:46:59 We don't have a problem. If it's so filled with holes, it's so easy to get this everything through... Why do we have planes blowing up left and right? Of course not because nobody wants to go on a plane and blow it up. Because it's a day wrecker! Well man you've got some good rants today and I totally agree with them Yes You want to wind it up here? I got a catalyst around us, so we know this is going on the g20 is gonna Hamburg surely we get I got two. I got a CBS version of the same report that PBS says you can take a pick pick one of them

2:47:40 Let's see, this is Trump G20 Putin CBS? Yeah I want to do Trump-Putin. Margaret President Trump will be meeting for the first time with Russian president Vladimir Putin does a North Korea issue raise the stakes in that one Well it adds pressure to an already high-stakes meeting on Friday. Now Mr Trump has no diplomatic experience and he's going to be squaring off with Russia's Vladimir Putin, a highly experienced operator so this is new territory the White House says there is no agenda but it comes in multiple investigations into Russian election metal

2:48:15 And James, it's not clear if the White House will confront him about that. Margaret Brennan in Warsaw thank you very much. You have to play the other clip now because it is actually better wouldn't you always know it. In the days of Germany, brace for mass demonstrations involving up to 100 000 people at this weekend's summit of the leaders of 20 top industrialized nations last night police used water cannons to disperse crowds today saw hundreds of people dressed as zombies Staging a peaceful march. Tomorrow, activists plan what they call a welcome to hell march to greet President Trump and the leaders of Russia China and Turkey Mr. Trump arrived in Warsaw Poland this evening to begin his European trip Oh man... Those Europeans

2:49:09 I like to dress the zombies. I think that's fantastic and there's like the March of Death or whatever for our president nice Thanks guys welcome to hell exactly All right everybody thank you very much tuning into the best podcast in the universe, I well we're off tomorrow morning early to Rome, and then I shall report in on Sunday. And that should be interesting. The Wi-Fi thing? That's working again? They switched me back on. I have not had any problems so hopefully that'll work in Rome and if we need to we can use that... To get the show on the air! Always exciting never a boring moment. Ann coming to you from the capital of the Lowlands Gipmo Nation lowlands Amsterdam Netherlands

2:50:05 Soon to be in Rome. Good morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where I am soon to be in Sacramento! It looks like we may have the train museum meet up on July 29th...I'll be sending out an email and here I remain. I'm John C. Dvorak. Until Sunday everybody remember us at dvorak dot org slash n-a until next time adios mojos Come on, you're gonna love this.

2:50:46 Do you want a little travel report? So we had some travel issues getting to the Netherlands. Oh cool It is no longer possible to buy a roll of Lifesavers I don't have pre-checked Tina does have pre check who has never been Approved by the author Titan has never paid $400 and they take the microphone out of the studio bag put in a bin separately so they don't have To go through my whole bag saying, you know We hope this guy as a vibrator lets embarrass him They don't touch the microphone. It's your bag and he takes out every piece, every wires swabs Swipes tests gets a new swab swab swipe test A third swab then puts the whole thing through the machine again The flight is delayed by 30 minutes We're there you see the planes hitting there and the door closes And the gate attendant says sorry doors closed aircraft secure now You can't go and I see the pilots. I'm actually standing in front of the window like dude. I'm Adam Curry

2:51:39 MTV! Do you know who I am? And look at the pilots, I'm trying to get the pilot's attention. Open the door! The Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel got a voucher They owe me the food vou- I got gypped on the food vouchers and we got little handy overnight bags Isn't traveling wonderful? On road again Well I want her dimension be like upon reprieve

2:52:17 I know every meme from the gout of the TV and whispin' is the name of the deed And reality's washed away in a smug So here is my donation for the sake of Gitmo Nation Cause I wanna be where the truth will set me free On no agenda

2:52:59 Like a knight at the high round table game on No Agenda Sending hundreds of dollars to people out for a podcast coming over my phone You can see from this tweet that the world has gone to hell. President Trump tweeted a little video, my cat died a week ago I think this is related because i'm not seeing that as a coincidence right? My cat dies a week ago and then he does this, this tweet How's that a coincidence right

2:53:42 This will lead to riots in the street because it's validating violence against logos. If we imagine that it is okay for somebody to beat up a logo for CNN, well what's next? I mean my cat already died last week and pretty sure there's a connection. A couple more tweets like this and there goes your cat too! Yeah she was very open and she wasn't very sick but I think this tweet really her okay. Anticipation is what got her, she knew this was coming Trump punched down to my cat What was my cat doing? To anybody Nothing And then suddenly BAM! President of the United States punches down on my cat That doesn't seem right Hitler like behavior It's tweeting might even destroy civilization as we know it His tweets are the end of civilization as we know it His tweets are the end of civilization as we know it His tweets are the end of civilization as we know it Hitler like behavior

2:54:36 Russia, Russia don't worry. Russia, Russia be happy. Boom, boom, boom, boom. 8-0-0-8 boom 6-0-0-6 the mini boom. Booblet, the booblet of booblet Can you imagine somebody just tuning in? Yeah it's six oh oh six! BOOBLET It's the booblet What?! What are these guys talking about? Ha ha! Boom Do ya like boobs a lot? Yes I like boobs a lot Boobs a lot, boobs a lot You gotta like boobs a lot Really like boobs a lot Gotta like boobs a lot Boobs a lot, boobs a lot Gotta like boobs a lot 8-0-0-8

2:55:29 Ooh. Damn, my man. Damn, the man! This guy got ripped. I'll talk to anybody, I don't care homeless person, police officer, pop star, talk to anybody. It's a nothing book.

2:56:05 I talk to everybody, just listen to his examples. Oh even the poor schlumps who await beneath my class It's a nothing burger Hi Popstar! I'm Van Jones Surely you've heard of me from The Homeless Guy? It's a nothing burger This guy is a huckster He's a shuckster he's a hookster He's all jive and all that It's a nothing brother. He is hoaxster and fraudster, when it's stirrer you can add stirrer to anything if he is good podcaster. He is podcast caster. He is a hoaxster, he is a fraudster... He is a podcaster for crying out loud! It's a nothing brother. Man oh man, man oh man. It's a nothing brother. You're an idiot. It's a nothing brother This guy got whipped. It's a nothing brother

2:57:10 The best podcast in the universe! Adios, mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A. Suck it up buttercup and deal with it!