Episode 954 · Friday, 11 August 2017

Rasiss

Nuclear tensions escalate in North Korea while Google faces an internal crisis over gender memos and the global financial system braces for a bond market correction.

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The Defense Intelligence Agency reports that North Korea has successfully miniaturized nuclear warheads for its intercontinental ballistic missiles, potentially placing cities like Chicago within strike range. While President Trump issues warnings of fire and fury, former State Department official Steve Pieczenik suggests these threats are a psychological operation aimed at China regarding the Bhutan border standoff. Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Dianne Feinstein remain at odds over the administration's aggressive rhetoric as the Guam missile threat looms.

In the corporate world, Google fired engineer James Damore following his internal memo on biological gender differences, sparking a massive debate on identity politics and censorship. Meanwhile, London Mayor Sadiq Khan is pressuring YouTube to remove videos linked to knife crime, and the Army Corps of Engineers has begun clearing the National Butterfly Center in South Texas for border wall construction. Financial warnings from Alan Greenspan suggest a bond market collapse is imminent, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces scrutiny over currency reforms that critics claim were designed to stifle political opposition. In the tech sector, Uber drivers are reportedly manipulating surge pricing algorithms by logging out of the app in coordinated groups.

This session features a breakdown of the Lazarus party phenomenon where Maryland officials are placing Narcan in elementary schools to combat intentional overdoses. The hosts also dissect the human cost of electric vehicles, citing reports of child labor in Congo cobalt mines used for Tesla batteries. Guest appearances include insights into the InfoWars production environment and a deep dive into the communist lineage of Magnitsky Act architect Bill Browder.


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CHAPTER 01 / 36 Discussion

North Korea Miniaturized Nuclear Warhead Intelligence Assessment

U.S. intelligence officials from the Defense Intelligence Agency report that North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead capable of fitting inside its intercontinental ballistic missiles. Media coverage highlights that these missiles could potentially reach the U.S. mainland, including cities like Chicago. Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Dianne Feinstein offer conflicting views on President Trump's "fire and fury" rhetoric regarding the escalating threat.

north korea· nuclear warhead· icbm· defense intelligence agency· andrea mitchell· john mccain

00:00 We should have a whole bunch of little kids going, Elon save me! Adam Curry. John C. Devorah. And it's Thursday August 10th 2017 this is your award winning Gizmo Nation media assassination episode 9 or 5 for This Is No Agenda Shilling for seeds and coming to you in the darkest corners of the internet from the capital, The Drone Star State here in Austin Tejas. In the Cluedio, in the morning I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley we're here in California We are worried about being nuked! I am John C. DeVore I thought it was only for Hawaii No were worried sick Really?

00:44 Is that, is everyone talking about it? It's on the news over there. Oh it's on the news oh yeah they had all these people coming out and then you see these I don't want to generalize what type of people they are but they tend to be kind of local Democrats And their all shaking in their boots worried sick Oh really Now we gotta worry about We gotta worry about I think have a clip On this In the list I'd have to get that list Yeah I'm thinking its maybe mini nuke nonsense one No, no that's more nonsense. That's completely different Wait a minute! This show you're bringing nonsense to the show Yeah Play mini nuke nonsense one Okay The president painting a dark and ominous image of the same day NBC News has learned that US intelligence now has reason to believe North Korea has managed to create a nuclear warhead small enough To be launched aboard an intercontinental ballistic missile Our Andrea Mitchell begins our coverage

01:45 The alarming warning tonight from a US official briefed on the Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, telling NBC News Kim Jong-un has now constructed a miniature nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside one of its new long range missiles. A missile that could reach the US mainland. A major line crossed. The dictator has before shown off what he claims to be a miniaturized nuclear weapon Now he may have built one It doesn't appear that there's an immediate threat to the homeland, but the problem is he's beginning to perfect all of the elements... ...of the ability to deliver a nuclear device to the homeland. The speed of the regime's nuclear progress is stunning! U.S. intelligence thought it would take years to get this far But just 11 days ago North Korea launched a missile test that could reach all the way to Chicago And now they may have a miniaturized weapon as well

02:35 How did US intelligence miss the timing? The underestimation of the pace of this program, it represents a real blind spot as well as a danger for the United States. Hey I still want to know what the genesis of this report is...I mean this sounds like aluminum tubes yellow cake and where did this come from who had this first and where is it why can't we see a copy of the mini nuke? Yeah, the mini-mini nuke. Play the second half of that and we got it finally so called local report were looking for there are still big hurdles for North Korea crafting a warhead that can survive reentry into the atmosphere and testing its accuracy to hit a target ignition

03:27 Recent West Coast missile defense tests have successfully shot down a missile over the Pacific. But the system cannot be counted on to be 100% accurate. While this is just one intelligence assessment, the fear is North Korea is on track to solve the technical challenges sooner rather than later. The North Koreans if they proceed under nuclear program will figure out how to miniaturize their nuclear device which they have shown that they know how to detonate. Miniturize it and put it on top of an ICBM Tonight North Korea threatened Guam while some lawmakers are slamming the president's comments. Democrat Dianne Feinstein calling them bombastic and recommending diplomacy Republican John McCain saying he can't think of any other president who would have used that kind of rhetoric Why doesn't California just get themselves an Iron Dome like we gave to Israel? By the way all the NBC and CBS reports always with a number of them here always finish with a little John McCain

04:24 Oh really? Yes, all of them. That one you just heard ended with John McCain. I understand that but didn't know they all ended with that. Yeah! Interesting... Yeah, I found that to be very interesting it was just like everyone has this little John McCain kicker at the end so here's our local Our local meeting, Nuke War One. I don't think we're about to go to nuclear war. Um...I would hope even a regime as unstable as the North Koreans would realize the folly of that Good job, John. You left out the good part. That's right. Try the second clip. Some say President Trump's fire and fury comments inflame the situation People don't necessarily believe he will do what he says But you don't know If anybody can control Trump I dunno Hopefully the generals can

05:18 Hmm I have some thoughts on this because i learned some things yesterday. I don't know if you have any other clips You want to play we're gonna have one more clip because of what that guy just said mm-hmm If you listen to it again, he says I hope the generals can control Trump. President Trump's fire and fury comments inflame the situation People don't necessarily believe he will do what he says but...you don't know! If anybody can control Trump? I dunno Hopefully the generals can Now play the Paul Begala clip Right, he used that word deliberately so that although a provocative act he wasn't escalating so much to lead us into war. That kind of nuance is required in the job and this president has got to rise to the occasion and frankly general his generals cannot allow him to go out unscripted on something like this. And Tim I mean today... Unscripted?

CHAPTER 02 / 36 Discussion

Steve Pieczenik, China-India Border Dispute in Bhutan

Former State Department official Steve Pieczenik claims that President Trump's warnings to North Korea are actually a coded message to China regarding its border standoff with India in Bhutan. Pieczenik, a specialist in psychological warfare, suggests the mainstream media is ignoring the hydroelectric interests and military tensions in the Bhutanese waterway. The discussion also touches on Pieczenik's history as a co-author for Tom Clancy and his recent appearances on the Alex Jones show.

steve pieczenik· bhutan· china· india· psychological warfare· alex jones

06:10 His generals cannot allow him to go unscripted. Well, but has anyone noticed that he's actually the boss of the generals? No! The generals are going to save us! The generals are running the country this has been a military coup. Well I'm not so sure...I learned something yesterday that changed my thinking a little bit on this and the genesis of this report which now that i think about it may actually have come from the Trump administration themselves As a bogus as a bogative report you probably didn't see yesterday I was on the Seedman show. A lot of people told me about it You didn't see it? No, I didn't see it. Oh that's too bad because Along with me on the show was Steve Pesnyak I think is how you pronounce it yeah Pesnyak do you know him?

07:03 I've heard of him. Well, I didn't really understand exactly who this guy was other than that he started off by saying hey i know your uncle Don he's a great guy we work together and like all he just kept on going about Uncle Don okay so it's a spook listen to him deputy assistant secretary of state under Henry Kissinger Cyrus Vance and James Baker The expertise includes foreign policy, international crisis management and psychological warfare. Served presidential administrations of Ford, Carter Reagan George HW Bush in capacity of deputy assistant secretary. 74 joined the party... he's 73 now so in 1974 he joined the State Department as the Office for Prevention of Terrorism He then became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Management

07:49 He served as a special on hostage taking for the State Department, dealt with two high-profile hostage situations. TWA Flight 355 also the Iran hostage crisis and this is the guy who co wrote many of the Clancy novels. He was at the Camp David... Did you ask him why they killed Clancy? Well, it doesn't matter. He said he wrote everything anyway He said Clancy was a really intelligent spook that was useless and he said it was much as he was the spook Yeah, he was a spoon but okay from what I understand from because you could have an after-the-show Slits listen after the show he called me And we spoke for an hour last night, and you know what this brings me to right yeah? He sees mind controlling me obviously no no oh

08:44 Did you ask him if you could meet Inman? Oh, no. I forgot about that. That's okay because we're going to talk more often Okay well that's great so what did you find out from him? Okay on the show he deconstructed this entire situation He said this is completely wrong. He says this was very... and i knew the words were important that Trump had chosen these words specifically because it was not a warning to North Korea, it was actually a warning to China who are at war with India as we speak over the Bhutan

09:24 And I didn't know anything about, well, I knew a little bit about it because we've dealt with in the past. Yeah? Well why would you know anything about that if news people don't care they all they want to talk about is Trump and let McCain get his licks in. And when we discussed this specifically he used to write for all kinds of stuff and he said New York Times are stupid. They just take information from sources they don't...they just do whatever they're told to do But, but, but Bhutan right now China is you know, Bhutan is and you really should look at the map. BHUTAN if you're following along at home and this is as little a little country in between it has borders on China and India And what their main industry is hydroelectric power there's one important waterway there that they have all the

10:17 the rights to it and they've been selling that to India. And now China, literally they are now like 40 yards across from each other. Indian troops, Chinese troops there's all kinds of bull crap going on and India is saying well you know we protect Bhutan even though there's no official agreement or anything like that so they're kind of claiming Bhutan and China is moving closer trying to move their border a little bit further not I don't think there's been any firing yet but you know if you look at the see what is the uh what did he say i think the guy from china had a big mouth, the defense minister and it's a problem. And according to Pizniak

11:09 He said this was a warning to China to stop otherwise we're going to start messing with your left flank which is where this would be and that it was not at all meant for North Korea nor did he think anything would happen as you know, as we've already discussed. Yeah um and I just found it to be fascinating We have to look into it now if Bhutan is in the game. Nobody's reporting anything on this. There was a report in The New York Times like two weeks ago about something maybe heating up a little bit, but he was so adamant about it and this guy was telling me stuff

11:48 Unbelievable. I mean, I had to write it all down and then I'll try and process it but I'm pretty sure he was also trying to mind control me Well, he's telling you a lot of stuff just for a guy who is mad Yeah exactly And so this guy who just heard his list of credits He said couple times, I don't care if Alex Jones is really Bill Hicks I really don't care Out of the blue he kept saying that Like mm-hmm okay fine It was very interesting. I don't care if Alex Jones is Bill Hicks. So, I go out to... The point is that was some point he's trying to make there or something. Yeah, yeah, he's trying to tell me something. That's what he does. Or it's mind control, some trick! Could be, could be.

12:35 Anyway, it was fun being on the show. Although... Well yeah if you're a dad guy that had been a kick would you get to interact on the show with him? I didn't get to see this show because they just don't watch the show So Jones was in rare form then and when I came in his producer said so what do you want talk about? I said because Jones like we're gonna die around the brink of nuclear war! I said let's talk about North Korea now tell them what my uncle says cuz it's completely obvious at the opposite of what he's saying And so, but he was very interested and he kept jumping around and doing his Tourette's like crazy stuff. Uh, and that was unfortunate because Steve had a lot of interesting things to say and then you would get interrupted. But check it out next Wednesday I'm going to fill in for Jones and do the whole four hours and I'm just gonna have Ortel on, I'm gonna have Piznik on we're gonna need two other great interviews until then we'll have an uninterrupted conversation. Can you get Inman?

13:33 I don't know if he'll come. That would be a coup, he hasn't shown up for anything! I'd love to get Inman and I'd like to get Uncle Don and Peeznik on the show at the same time Yeah, Uncle Don's not gonna come down for that No but just on Skype or something it would be okay Well you give it a shot Why don't I get you on? Yeah, I can come in What am I going to say? Something profound Well, I'll tell you something profound if you want to hear something profound that i don't see. You're talking about that Bhutan story? I don't see anybody talking about this. Isn't that amazing? Yes but there's another story that to me is amazing because these...I'm watching the networks all of them and they do their first eight ten minutes of every show was about Trump and his fire and fury and people freaking out or these little mini bombs and all the rest of it

CHAPTER 03 / 36 Discussion

Queen Elizabeth Decree, Prince Charles Succession Bypass

Reports suggest Queen Elizabeth II has issued a decree to bypass Prince Charles in the line of succession in favor of Prince William. This move follows renewed public interest in Princess Diana's death and allegations that Charles orchestrated tabloid attacks against his own sons, William and Harry. The lack of mainstream U.S. media coverage on this royal development is contrasted with the saturation of Trump-related news.

queen elizabeth· prince charles· prince william· princess diana· monarchy· mercury news

14:27 Queen Elizabeth has given a decree passing over Charles. Well, you know this had to happen and I know why because my buddy Michelle sent me it a text couple days ago he said you have to watch this channel for documentary that is on right now by about Diana which is called Diana in her own words right and we watched I don't if you saw we watched And it's so obvious. They just needed a virgin, they brought her in, knocked her up... He always was with Camilla and they had her killed! That was- that's the whole story and then he said to me two days ago, he said Charles and Camilla and his what do you say? His slut lover or whatever can never take the throne. So now we have this decree I didn't know about it

15:18 Nobody knows about it because they didn't cover it. Nobody's covered and here's the real, here's the real kicker to me that's Diane I think part one or two parts ran on ABC last night and it's a perfect tie-in when I have never seen them drop the ball on a tie in on something they're actively running on the air. Perfect time to do it Yes, but they didn't do it because I can imagine the argument. Here's the argument you want to do it were two executives arguing Okay, we're gonna run. We're gonna run Trump we're gonna run the Trump story today on the On the network and now you're gonna argue that no wait a minute wait a minute There's something going on in the UK man this like I think That Queen Elizabeth may skip over Charles and go straight to straight I got them wires She actually has done that but it's not that important compared to Trump we got Trump And we get some clips from

16:19 Blasting Trump for being an a-hole. And we got Kim Jong Un, what's the Queen got to do with this? What am I thinking?! I should go shame myself! And so they have the tie-in, it's all right there with a bow on it. The Queen has made this decree and apparently is being covered pretty much only by the monarchy publications in the UK and if you try to find stories on it, you're going to find very little from what I can tell my wife looked into this Charles is so pissed that he won't even talk to his father now You know, the old ninth. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Charles is beside himself to two kids and the way I've seen it saw this thing because of they when they rolled out day The other Diana special about her when she was getting her voice lessons and they made a special out of that Yeah, yes, yeah, miserable That's the one that's that's the one that's the one well there's another one running right now That's different then and that's the one that ABCs running in they still not tying it in

17:22 This whole thing was, because there's a very good article in the Mercury News that ran about three months ago discussing this. Hold on a second! This is not monarchy gossip you assholes. This is about media and what they do and don't do go find a different podcast Yeah, go find a different podcast The Mercury News suggests this but they don't quite say it...the whole thing was a scheme by William & Harry That does not surprise me. And it turns out, according to this Mercury article which was written by a... and this was picked up by nobody

18:06 She said that Prince Charles had screwed the boys over by setting up, but he got busted for it. They outed him... somebody did for setting up a bunch of tabloids to talk about Harry's drug addiction and how William was an A-hole. Well Harry is young Well, I bet William he busted the two of them and they found out about this and then they now in according to So that's how the tapes got out. That's how the documentary is made And that's how they took him down makes nothing but sense Yeah well good that guy apparently They would not for about 2 or 3 years though. They will not let Charles near the baby That's funny

18:50 So the whole thing, but this is like for the networks especially. All three of the networks and Fox included and especially CNN they could be all over this story oh the Queen's done this because they love monarchy stuff! They love monarchy stuff so much that it's sickening to watch how much they love it But because of this Trump- They hate Trump more than they love Monarchy. They hate Trump so much that they can't bring themselves to run this story, which is I think this is the biggest monarchy story of the year or in the last five years And it's interesting because now Tina was very woke but she had never heard any of the until she met me any of the theories regarding Diana being assassinated She'd never heard that

19:43 Yeah, well it's nothing that the media is going to discuss in that manner. Right now but I'm just saying that its surprising to me or actually its not surprising I guess people really just don't know stuff Well there has always been intrigue around the royal families and I say fam-lies over the history of England There has been nothing but intrigue with these people And so none of this is a surprise But the fact that it's not being covered at all is unbelievable to me. So they can run these long, long... The NBC one must have gone 15 minutes. I have the ABC report. Well before you do that can i just play one little clip from the Alex Jones show?

CHAPTER 04 / 36 Discussion

Alex Jones Show Appearance, Thin Shaming Backlash

A host describes the experience of guest-hosting for Alex Jones, noting a significant amount of negative feedback and "thin shaming" from Twitter users. The segment details the chaotic production environment at InfoWars and the physical tics developed during the broadcast. Plans are discussed for a future four-hour stint filling in for Jones, potentially featuring guests like Roger Stone and Steve Pieczenik.

alex jones· infowars· thin shaming· social media· austin· roger stone

20:26 Oh yeah. Why don't you wrap it up? Somebody sent me some clips and they were useless so I didn't do anything. The main thing, a couple of things that I wanted to mention one... Tina said this quite rightly she said if you go on Jones Show your going to be pegged as alt-right. Yeah that's probably true but I don't give a shit. You know I am who I am but what was interesting to watch was Twitter the hate that came through. In particular, thin shaming! I've been thin-shamed yes well you look bulimic oh you should eat a sandwich! You? That's it...I was thin shamed because I'm telling this is that big head of yours and let me tell you that thin shaming it hurts isn't

21:16 It's not nice. I can assure anyone out there, the guy is not skinny he just has this big head that he is proud of because it makes him look good on TV and the Tourette shaming was also pretty bad Oh thats unacceptable Yeah you know and im self conscious of it and whatever What twitch were your up to? Just the head bob And when I was listening to Steve Because I can't pronounce his last name. Pizniak Um, my- the right corner of my mouth started to pull down like I was having a stroke or something. It was a really bad tick man! What am i doing? This is stupid Here's a clip uh... My favorite clip from the show Well I'll admit it too when they're talking about New King and The President saying fire and fury I'm gonna come around here stay around there all like ah ha! Like a chicken you know That's what happened We love you for that You guys are worse than I am For 25 years have been building babies in cows

22:16 Yeah. And you were right! It was, I said it- That's the crazy part? It said that...I read it like in the BBC 20 years ago For at least twenty years they've had humans chastating an embryonic form inside bovine and then I'm reading it, I mean... But I wasn't a trailblazer They were doing it! No fog, just caffeine man What are you talking over the clip?! Oh sorry Just chastating an embryonic form inside bovine Hold on stop stop The problem is when you're in the clip, I think you're talking to me. Oh! It's like when you do... People don't know this and we do after the show and we put a show together. That's true. We'll be playing these clips. No no no, yeah, I'm bopping through the show trying to find an opening And I think he's talking to me but it's part of the show or sometimes he plays me and then says what do you mean? I say well i'm not talking to you. It's really like a who's on first bit. It's pretty funny

23:13 But what did you think of my impersonation, my grown babies and cows? I thought it was pretty good. It was pretty close. Yeah! And you were right! That's the crazy part?! It said that...it was like in the BBC 20 years ago. For at least twenty year they've had humans gestating an embryonic form inside bovine. And then I'm reading it, I mean... But I wasn't a trailblazer, they were doing it. You were gay frogs? Yes, gay frogs. The WB frog? Yeah well that's Atrazine. Atrazine is a real issue it's not being discussed at all. He just laughed he was like I can't believe i'm alive! That bit you did yeah uh you're right all along where you said that

23:59 Yeah, yeah. You sounded exactly like Max Keiser Really? Yeah it was pretty funny Huh... I don't know if that's a compliment I'm a little confused about that. Just telling you, but anyway they asked me hey could you actually he asked me personally says my wife was he divorced or what? He kept talking about his wife. I have no idea and he says my wife wants to go away she can't stand the mold in Austin so yeah i know that's when I pitched him No Agenda Quercetin so you got to sell that your shop did

24:41 You can always ask his producers about some of that stuff. They'll tell you. About what stuff? Whether he's married or whatever. Oh, I'm not interested but he asked me personally if i could fill in Wednesday so let me think about it But I thought about it because really don't like doing video television Yeah, but then I thought you know how be interesting to talk to that piece me a guy could get or tell on I could be um shit Maybe Roger Stone just ask him. Oh get stone on you don't need to meet up with Roger Stone Roger Stone yeah We can get him yeah, it'd be interesting and then we could probably use that for evergreens something Probably not well You could probably dream of some

25:24 Well, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Yeah but yeah go for it! So I had a good time i have to say It was just interesting that there was so much more negativity as to the previous time I went on which was before... Was that before Trump was elected? Yeah, I think so No Well you're right The first time I went on was before he was elected The second time was ummm..the inauguration day when I was with those two women Two women that were flirting with you. Yeah, I'll never do that again! That just wasn't fun like...I don't know yeah i got gypped. You did fine he's kind of vacuous but it was here's one from the red book for the red book? Did I...? I don't know if we put this entry in there when uh when we were talking about Narcan and how they're on such an incredible PR blitz did we talk at all about...?

CHAPTER 05 / 36 Discussion

Narcan Parties, Opioid Crisis Public Relations

Emergency workers in Maryland and Ohio report the rise of "Narcan parties" or "Lazarus parties," where drug users intentionally overdose on heroin with the safety net of the overdose-reversal drug. Local officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have passed legislation to place Narcan in all elementary, middle, and high schools. Skepticism is raised regarding whether these news reports serve as a form of native advertising for pharmaceutical companies.

narcan· lazarus party· heroin· opioid crisis· big pharma· maryland

26:24 that I expected to be parties where, hey man let's all OD and die and then one guy will bring us back. I think we talked about it and i don't know if we put in the book or not. I dunno, but we'll assume its there. Alright well im spiking the ball. Drug users are pushing it way too far overdosing to reach the brink of death at whats being called a Narcan or Lazarus party they are intentionally trying to find out what it feels like to be brought back to life What's the story of Lazarus? came back to life. It's happening right here in our area and emergency workers are stunned and outraged inside this ambulance is a miracle drug called Narcan it's a drug that saves lives but emergency workers say it's also driving drug addicts over the edge

27:15 with the Narcan being readily available and over-the-counter now, they're having group gatherings what their slang term is Narcan parties. EMS Battalion Chief Chris Richardson says the parties are at houses even in parking lots partygoers get so high on heroin they overdose or they have someone who will stay clean with Narcan with with the ability to reverse those effects if someone stops breathing. He says recently a couple came to his shopping center to get high enough to pass out knowing an ambulance with Narcan was just a call away they both wanted to use

27:54 and they did it in public place so they would be found. The numbers are staggering in all of 2016 row an EMS responded to 292 calls where they administered Narcan this year only through June, they've already had 284 calls at 94% increase Today, EMS workers said they're concerned that users are treating Narcan like a safety net over and over again. It's something we've gone to multiple times and that's what's scary Yeah I'll say it's scary but what I find incredibly disappointing is the president got no airtime just before the North Korea memo in the fire and fury he had a pretty important speech about the opioid crisis

28:42 But, you know, oh yes we have to have treatment and like come on! Everybody knows what's going on here. We know that most of this is starting with prescription drugs. You know it's the pharmaceutical industry that has to be looked at nothing nothing about that. Well luckily a couple states are suing the big pharmas for one success and its gonna One success and it's going to be domino effect. Well the Narcan is concerning as we witness in this report from Maryland. Yeah I didn't see that coming when that traffic stop was first initiated and they got out but that is not a rare occurrence in Maryland, we have a tremendous heroin addiction problem in some suburban kids

29:26 in Montgomery County, Maryland this week they passed a bill that is going to put Narcan in every school elementary middle school and high school. And Narcan is something I can't is what they give people right over those right? Elementary School This is getting good. I don't know that's terrible Yeah well this is and these assholes who are wasting the Narcans so I don't know what they get out of it It must be something spectacular or they wouldn't be doing it over and over. Well, what was interesting is one of our producers said very clearly that no junkie would ever want to be... In fact when the Narcan is used by EMT people we know they say that the person whose life you just saved is typically outraged angry because they had such a great high and now you ruined it for them

30:19 Which is why I still find it interesting that these reports are being presented this way. It may be bullcrap That's what i'm thinking, could be that its just more Narcan advertising cause these guys they got it They're on a roll Yeah you might right And their private right we looked at that there private company You can't even buy stock in them or anything Yeah, been a good one. And on that note on Big Pharma just briefly a note from Jennifer Chokolachek who is she Dame? I don't know that she is. Well she donated a lot and I'm pretty sure maybe she is well I wanted to revisit Gardasil which we have been talking about since...I want to say

CHAPTER 06 / 36 Discussion

Gardasil HPV Vaccine Commercials, Social Justice Parody

A critique of Gardasil vaccine advertisements focuses on the emotional appeals made by actors portraying children blaming their parents for future cancer diagnoses. The discussion highlights the lack of HPV testing for men and the aggressive marketing tactics used by pharmaceutical companies. A parody advertisement is played that mocks "Social Justice Warrior" culture by substituting "swollen amygdala" for medical conditions.

gardasil· hpv· vaccine· merck· social justice warrior· creative commons

31:03 Man, the beginning of the show almost. The beginning of the show almost. Years! And I have a lot... I do have by the way, I do have the full 60 second commercial. Oh, yeah we'll do that right after this. Which is got both the men and the women begging to mom and dad or saying to mom and dad that you killed me. Good Oh, it's cool. I just want to mention before you say that these ads do say it's an actor which makes it actually worse What? An actor oh the right at the bottom is an actor Jennifer says hey Adam the Gardner's ill ad that John found yes for yesterday show was unbelievable! I wanted to share my knowledge about HPV and confirm confirmed The Ad is complete bullcrap if you decide to mention this on the air please just submit my name oops

31:48 I guess it should stop then. Shit! I'm sorry, what she experienced is exactly what i went through with Christina and other women in my life have gone through this And they call you up and they say, well precancerous cells. Yeah yeah you better come back in and then your on pins and needles for days and they say well you're okay and you come into the office we'll talk about it and that's the windup and pitch is well ya know because you really don't want to have this so uh you probably should take the Gardasil shot but its always with precancerous abnormal cells. Yeah and we've had doctors tell us there is no such thing

32:31 And, well also what the drug... Is it cancerous or is not? It's not pre-cancer. We're all pre-cancer! Pre-dead. Yeah all cells are precancerous. Yeah and we're predead and everything. Interesting I did not know, well probably didn't know but good to point out again there is no test for HPV for men by the way. Hmm yeah how about that? Well thats a shame. You could really be racking up the money Alright lets play that long version of that commercial I have cervical cancer from an infection, human papillomavirus. Who knew HPV could lead to certain cancers? Who knew my risk for HPV would increase as I got older? Who knew that there was something that could've helped protect me from HPV when I was 11 or 12 way before I would even be exposed to it? Did you know mom and dad? I hate you child! Die! I was infected with HPV

33:35 Maybe my parents didn't know how widespread HPV is. While HPV clears up for most, that wasn't the case for me. Maybe they didn't know I would end up with cancer because of HPV. Maybe if they had known there was a vaccine to help protect me when I was 11 or 12 maybe my parents just didn't know." Alright mom? Dad?" What will you say? Don't wait! Talk to your child's doctor today. Learn more at hpv dot com There's another one, a companion ad to this. I had a swollen amygdala Maybe my parents didn't know how widespread swollen amygdala is While swollen amygdala shrinks for most that wasn't the case for me maybe they didn't know i would end up a douchebag SJW because of my swollen Amygdala maybe if they'd known there was a podcast To help protect me when I was 11 or 12 maybe my parents just didnt'know Right mom?

34:29 What will you say? Don't wait. Log on to your child's podcast app today, learn more at... And that YouMindDie.org actually goes to a No Agenda player yeah That's Chris Wilson by the way and the douchebag from The Pino Conley and Kevin MacLeod from New York Creative Commons for their music I thought- I laughed loudly when i heard it the first time And that's what our show is about, people. Nothing but monarchy news. That's my monarchy news. That's right. That's what we're all about. I did have a very interesting chat with two guys one from the Netherlands one from Finland at the same time they're both in the same company regarding the beanie coin

CHAPTER 07 / 36 Discussion

Beanie Coin Cryptocurrency Development, Bitcoin Fork

Progress is reported on "Beanie Coin," a proposed cryptocurrency for the No Agenda listener network intended to create a merchant ecosystem. Meanwhile, mainstream financial reporting on CNBC regarding the Bitcoin "fork" into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash is criticized for being technically shallow. The hosts explore the potential for a "Curry Coin" to target the Indian market following recent currency reforms.

beanie coin· bitcoin· bitcoin cash· cryptocurrency· cnbc· fintech

35:24 Do we have any forward movement on this? We have big, big time forward movement. Good Yes absolutely they explain their system how it would work and what would be kind of important is to have a no agenda merchant network so like the no agenda shop guys you know if they participate then then we can really get it going and again the ultimate goal is just by contributing to the show You all, you not only do support the show but you also create additional value and within you know I'm saying we could probably do it within 24 months then We can all retire with some money in our pocket. You me and the listeners

36:09 And just sounds good to me. Right? And these guys loved it, they said this is a great idea! Money making scheme yet another one but this one might actually pay off I have a good feeling It's the weirdest one so it's possible I do have a Bitcoin report called Nitcoin on this run down and I just want you to listen because this is on CNBC and this is the best they can do for people that kind of don't know tech and they're kind of young, and they're millennials. And they're reporting on something there's a little gotcha in the middle of this evening spot it over to you. Ouch that's one to watch Morgan thank you meantime bitcoin has gone the other way surging above three thousand dollars

36:54 dollars attribute it to a relief rally last week was a big moment for Bitcoin there was this software upgrade known as fork which resulted in a split so they're now two competitive currencies in the bitcoin world. Roll that back for the dude named Ben and the dudettes named Bernadette who want to laugh at the software upgrade known as The Fork. Last week was a big moment for Bitcoin, there is this software upgrade known as Fork which resulted...

37:45 I want to finish it again. ...attributed to a relief rally last week was a big moment for Bitcoin there was this software upgrade known as fork which resulted in a split so they're now two competitive currencies in the bitcoin world, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Hopefully, at least for those bulls out there Bitcoin held on to its value. There were no technical difficulties and that's why this has been seen as a relief rallying one of the reasons we've seen bitcoin recently move higher in fact it gained about $600 Shut up boy what a ditz! Oh there is two coins man there are about 60 of them

38:32 And they're all trading I think more than a few hundred Okay, the ones on the exchanges that like that. I've found this just yeah, and and well and beanie coin is just the working title I have some other ideas. I just don't want to give them out on the air Okay, but you know someone's ideas the one will use we know what someone said is why don't you call a curry coin and have India go crazy? Oh by the way. Let me I had a story I was when we were and I forgot to tell you when we were in New York not a bad idea well when we're in New York in New Jersey We had a driver from India

CHAPTER 08 / 36 Discussion

India Currency Reform, Sri Lanka Dengue Outbreak

Reports from travelers indicate that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's removal of high-value cash from circulation was a tactic to thwart political opposition. In Sri Lanka, a severe outbreak of dengue fever is reportedly overwhelming hospitals, though it receives little international aid or media attention. A medical warning is issued against taking aspirin for dengue fever due to the risk of hemorrhaging.

narendra modi· india· sri lanka· dengue fever· world health organization· aspirin

39:12 And I said, you know so what was the deal with Modi taking all the cash out of circulation? And I said but yeah. I heard that that was to thwart his competition because they all have cash donations and he has... You know the elites have everything with bank transfers etc. He said yep absolutely and he says it's even crazier They came back and they're now issuing a new 500 rupee bill, and instead of 1000 they're going to a 2000 rupee bill. So they're bringing it back he took it out for the election and now he's putting it back in not reported on probably you think yeah along with just some on a quick uber report um A rare Uber driver from Sri Lanka

40:06 Hey man, how's Sri Lanka? I don't know crap about Sri Lanka. My go-to is usually how are the Chinese there? I don't know it says oh Very very problematic people dying. It said what yep dengue fever has struck Sri Lanka That's a bit less a ripe area for it but he says it's really really bad this time And he says no one is doing anything. He said the UN's not helping, World Health Organization not having... No country wants to deal with them and old people are dying almost immediately and even some you know babies and all the hospitals are full and it's a mess! It's just an absolute mess and we're not hearing anything about that

40:51 Yeah, we can find out but you know when it comes to Zika which is also transferred through a mosquito wall Then we have to be all over it. Well money to be made hmm Where's the money? He's easy easy easy easy guy where's the money I should have had that one ready Oh Oh, Zika. Zika zika zika zika! Little baby with a little bitty head With a baby with a small head They're gonna have to make a little head You watch Zika zika zika zika zika yeah Where's the money? 1.9 billion dollars There you go Alright Yeah no money for uh Shreela No money for dengue fever which is a real problem Yeah it's a problem on all the islands of the Caribbean

41:39 I have a friend who had it once. The main thing you gotta know is if you get dengue, do not take aspirin under any circumstances it'll kill you! Really? Yeah, It's a hemorrhagic fever And the aspirin does what? It promotes it. It promotes hemorrhaging You bleed to death. You have to take Tylenol Well good That's one for the... for the first aid kit. Whatever you do, don't take that! Don't take it... exactly I just got in this morning did you hear about this? The Cuban embassy that the employees there may have suffered permanent hearing loss from an acoustic attack What?! Yeah but i should have gotten a clip of them saying this Heather

CHAPTER 09 / 36 Discussion

Havana Syndrome Acoustic Attacks, State Department Spokespeople

U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba, have reportedly suffered permanent hearing loss following suspected acoustic attacks. The discussion shifts to the career trajectories of State Department spokespeople Heather Nauert and Marie Harf, who have both transitioned into roles at Fox News. The hosts critique the deteriorating quality of political analysis on cable news programs like "The Five."

havana· cuba· acoustic attack· heather nauert· marie harf· fox news

42:45 said that some US government personnel working in the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba on official duty reported some incidents that were causing physical symptoms. Because there are a variety of symptoms it could be a variety of sources but everything that I've read and been able to find about is... There was an acoustic... I have a clip hold on I mean, we're seem to be the ones that do that sort of research. I know but one of them is...I don't think so One of our producers got the actual audio that was used during the attack and slowed it down That's the devil Yeah Who knows? But that's weird who's doing that who's doing that stuff well as funny as you mentioned Heather because Utah State Department Heather yes

43:48 She's apparently, I didn't know this that she's apparently friends with Marie Harf. Oh brother! That goes right way back so you can see why Henry... Well wait but it could be a threesome with Matt now? I think there is some thinking along those lines because i'm watching the five of all things cause im bored and i am noticing that the five has deteriorated its not really much about politics anymore its just about random gossip cheetos things like that And so there's this blonde there and as soon as she speaks up, I know that voice.

44:24 And Marie Harf is now a regular on Fox. Even though she worked for Obama and she's got her hair, I don't know who's doing her hair but her hair is absolutely beautiful. Oh okay hold on a second let me see... She's made up a little better so she's not quite recognizable as the Prissy Marie Harf we're all familiar with And so they throw it to her, and I have a clip. They throw it to her to have her explain the situation with her and Heather never mentioning Matt. I see the hair but its kind of feathered, its wavy down at the bottom flat on top very nice style. And it totally softens her entire look but she also has new glasses

45:10 These are better. It's a little different these glasses anyway I didn't recognize her first by good recognized her by the voice and we play or lose see what she has to say Welcome back to Friday Sorry. Okay, so in my previous life before I got the Fox I was the State Department spokesperson who briefed at the podium every day and the person who does that now is Heather Nowart Who we all know from our as a former Fox colleague what was Kennedy on the show too? It sounds like they were all really having a good time There she is she that was from her briefing today where much of it was on North Korea And my one more thing is this is a really tough job

45:47 It's a very demanding one and that she is by far I think the best spokesperson this administration has and they're not using her enough. I agree. And she spent all today talking about, I watched the briefing on the train up here talking about North Korea trying to make sense of a really complicated issue for an administration quite frankly that hasn't always made sense on foreign policy so we all talk here about... You were doing so well! We all talk here about how this administration needs some comms help and needs people out there making the case for them. They have a gem down the street at the State Department, in my old job they should use her more. Do you know what else she had in common with hers? Both on The Five! Oh and this one time I ban camped, I stuck a flute in my pussy. It's so her.

46:32 Well that is interesting I think she's a welcome addition to the Fox family Get worse by this show well, you know it can't be much worse than CNN that crap has just been on ocean in his terror unwatchable Unwatchable and I'm just flipping around. I caught one of this CEO again all they're talking about I'm thinking about this oh I know I know what they're talking about So they're talking about Trump. Oh, but I thought you were gonna talk about the memo The memo the Google memo oh did they talk okay? There's a three stories this week wait I just want to play a compilation

CHAPTER 10 / 36 Discussion

Google Diversity Memo, James Damore Firing

Google engineer James Damore was fired after authoring a ten-page internal memo titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," which discussed biological differences between men and women in tech. Media coverage of the memo is criticized for misrepresenting Damore's arguments as claims of female inferiority. The incident is compared to the premise of the movie "Jerry Maguire," where a memo leads to immediate termination.

google· james damore· diversity memo· biology· silicon valley· rebecca jarvis

47:16 The networks about the Google memo go ahead three stories this week. Go ahead three stories There's the memo there is Trump and there and then there's my favorite story is the Paul Manafort break-in guy Which I have one clip of each of these but play that play the compilation first okay? And as it turns out, it's primarily women who are doing these little announcements. A Google employee's anti-diversity screed. Kind of an anti diversity memo? That controversial anti diversity memo. Controversial anti diversity memo We're not trying to cherry pick from it but he essentially is saying Rails against diversity and gender equality Alleging that men are better at tech jobs than women Why? Biology, seriously Slamming his female co workers in the process They can't handle high stress work

48:27 Yes, he did say that. There shouldn't be this big effort underway to make sure that the workplace is diverse because women and men just don't have the same set of skills Google employees saying that women are inferior and that's why there are not as many women software engineers He writes that the gender wage gap is a myth I disagree with what you wrote profoundly Heck yeah! You say women are inferior in the blight. No, no let me just say almost every single word that came out of these newscasters mouths was not in the memo! This is because as we've noticed for I don't know 10 years almost or up to coming up to ten years

49:08 Nobody reads the memos. They just read somebody writes a little script for them and they read the script in fact I thought it was quite thoughtful written Really from the perspective of what is good for Google? But, you know they kept saying that this is not good for Google. We need to be better and it was pretty thoughtful there were lots of triggers in there you know for instance... It was all triggers it was thoughtful from the perspective of a freshman that just took his first sociology class and he thinks knows at all I found it was very shallow I didn't think it was destructive as they made it out to be. And you're right, the one thing was that it was about Google and what we could do to improve what were doing but it wasn't... What it turned into is that it was tied into the

50:08 culture and the sexual abuse. And I just have to play this clip of some retarded woman I don't know who it was, on with Brooke from CNN. And it was just a head shaker! So do you agree? You know Mary Catherine, I think it was essentially saying America is great for all these various opinions diversification of thought that maybe wrong for Google despite the fact that we may not all agree with what this guy said he's allowed to say it Do you think he was allowed to say that where he's essentially saying well I don't really like women anywhere near a computer And he should have been fired for it. Liz? I find it interesting that he felt comfortable sharing this with people at the company in the way that I felt, that it was interesting when stuff came out of

50:57 the culture at Uber that was, you know, enabled systemic sexual harassment and the sort of things that I think a lot of men felt like they could say and do were not appropriate. I do wonder what kind of culture exists at Google that made a white man who is in a senior position engineer at one of the most—one of the biggest tech companies in the world feel threatened by a few diversity programs and then if you want to share that with, write ten pages about it and fear it. It had leaked in the way that it had and think there would be no consequences. But isn't piece of this Mary Catherine directed to where this software engineer he had hiring power I mean he could impact the empowerment women again go back paraphrasing this is basically saying I don't like women around computers

51:49 I don't like women around computers. Yeah, that really wasn't in the memo My goodness Let's make it just as create our own memo and talk about that yeah That's what they're doing i mean this is ridiculous And by the way the guy himself It was supposed to be a private memo just got out somehow which you know You can't really write a private memo But you could have done it I got it written memos that never got out but It got out and so now they're all making a big stink about it. Supposed to be, you know, some management...to certain management people and that's kind of some people brought that up but some others haven't but what I always think about is assuming this character never saw the Jerry Maguire movie. And yeah apparently you haven't either. I've seen the Jerry Maguire movie, of course I have! But what- Well the Jerry Maguire movies premise begins with a memo

52:43 I don't remember that part. It's been a while. Yes, he goes out in front of the group and reads from his new ideas and he has got a memo or it is just a big statement but he makes this statement how we have to change and what we have to do to improve things and he goes on and on and on and he is fired like the next day for making any suggestions whatsoever. That was how he got kicked out of this company if you remember that? And so apparently this, I mean that can happen to anyone who wants to make some sort of arrogant suggestion.

53:19 Which I think this is what this guy was. It was an arrogant suggestion, but let's listen to the best and listen all the networks do all the discussions of this And I decided ABC had the absolute best rundown because of what you'll hear in part two of these two Google memo ABC rundown clips We turn next year tonight to that controversy sparked by a former Google engineer who wrote a 10-page memo Criticizing the company's diversity program saying women lag behind in the tech world Because of their biology Tonight he's out of a job, but he standing by his words as we hear from him for the first time. Here is ABC's chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis.

54:05 the female engineers at Google are in any way worse than the average male engineer. In an interview on YouTube, James Damore standing by his intern- Even that? Even him saying the average male engineer is already a microaggression. The female engineers at Google are in any way worse than the average male engineer. In an interview on YouTube, James Damore standing by his internal memo in which he argues that women on average have more neuroticism and higher anxiety lower stress tolerance than men and that the abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and that these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership.

54:46 says he values diversity but insists that by recognizing differences we can improve the workplace. For example cooperativeness which is higher in women than men, we should make the workplace a place where you can actually thrive if your cooperative Google firing DeMoor after his post went viral saying his words violated their code of conduct by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace And let me go on record to say right now, the next war will be the men fighting back. It's happening and it's going to be very ugly because when they lose their minds they lose their minds My wife thinks that the Democrat party is gonna be all women Black women

CHAPTER 11 / 36 Discussion

Identity Politics, Censorship of Classic Literature

The discussion explores the rise of identity politics and its influence on the Democratic Party, specifically regarding "fat millennials" and gender activists. Concerns are raised about "digital book burning" as classic works like Huckleberry Finn and the Hardy Boys are removed from reading lists due to modern sensitivities. The CEO of YouTube is criticized for her public comments about explaining the Google memo to her daughter.

identity politics· huckleberry finn· mark twain· book burning· millennials· free speech

55:33 No, no. Yeah yeah it's whoopie and Oprah. She's been up in Port Angeles she goes to a meeting where there is Democrats meet and it's these women that are dominating aren't black women just those noisy black womens in the Black Lives Matter group and they're very dominating I agree with that but there's not that many of them to really make a difference it's these she describes him as fat millennials who are proud of being fat, who want to be fat and their arms are crossed all the time. And everything you do is a microaggression or it's wrong. And they hate the MRAs which is men's rights activists. Oh yeah I don't... Men's Rights Activists Well that was the triggering thing with this guy's memo because he had all the triggers in there that the men's rights activist talk about

56:28 But you watch, just put it in the book. Just put it there and just put a little entry. It'll be men are going to start fighting back and it's gonna be ugly." Well we'll see now the thing that got me most about this report is contained in the second half of it and I found this to be what...there's a comment that's gonna be made that I found to be extremely concerning Advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace. Today, the CEO of YouTube owned by Google's parent company sharing how hard it was to explain the memo to her daughter I thought about how tragic it was that this unfounded bias was now being exposed to a new generation David, The Labor Department is already investigating allegations of wage discrimination Google denies those allegations David? Okay

57:23 She had her daughter who I this is the head of YouTube Yeah, her daughter who I don't know that she looks like she's 30. Her daughters probably 10 or 15 May But can't I don't think she's an older girl? Uh-huh. I had to explain To her This is like taking helicopter parenting to a new level. Let me just play that quote again. Part it was to explain the memo, to her daughter I thought about how tragic it was that this unfounded bias was now being exposed to a new generation. Exposed to a new...this unfounded bias. Exposed! And exposed and this goes back to our commentary on freedom of speech

58:08 You can't, you exposing the children to this information or bias. What if it's true? But what if it's not? What difference does that make? The kid can seem to do...you don't want to expose it at all! So you don't want them to read this. You don't want them to read that. It's improper thinking. This is the end of of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, I can assure you. Oh yeah that book has to go. It's been taken off a lot of book lists Not just that but how about the entire Tom Swift series?

58:46 Tom Swift, anything like that. Yes the Hardy Boys for that matter. Yeah yeah Hardy Boys the early Hardy Boys too they talk about Negroes he was our Negro all of these books all these works have been written over the centuries we're talking about stuff you cannot this is book burning yes it's digital virtual book burning yep and this is what happened because she had to explain to her I guess your daughter was upset I don't know, the dog...I can't imagine a kid caring at all about a Google memo. I could barely get through the memo let alone the kid. The kid apparently is very upset by this which i believe that's bogus but assume it not bogus she had to explain how now its exposed to another generation oh my god what are we going to do just stop this and generation after generation keeps hearing this crap We have to stop it!

CHAPTER 12 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Producer Credits, Canadian Currency Parity

The hosts acknowledge top donors and executive producers, including Teagan Murray and Sir John of South London. A special promotion is mentioned where Canadian donations are accepted at parity with the U.S. dollar despite the exchange rate. The segment also credits NickTheRat for the episode's artwork and explains the "value-for-value" funding model of the podcast.

value-for-value· executive producer· canada· artwork· donation· associate executive producer

59:45 Very, very disconcerting. And with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John Sui, who as he stands for can't expose the truth! Dvorak In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry, in the morning all citizens should be seated on their knees and get boots on the ground so they shudder under water and all the dames and knights out there Yes in the morning to The Chatroom, NoahJennerStream.com good to see y'all here Thank you very much for showing up for the live show. In the morning too NickTheRat Who brought us the artwork for episode 9 or 5 3 his name is Nimrod, the title of that episode. You can find it at archive dot noagendanotes dot com Then this was the uh... The two hairy legs with a ball hanging in the middle Which only works if you listen to the show But it was the one that made us laugh right off the bat

1:00:33 It was very funny. Could not help ourselves, yeah so we had to choose it and of course there was a lot of good artists. Yeah and we thank all our artist who are always checking in and uploading some great artwork for the album art but probably the only podcast that really consistently has fresh artwork every single time and then we believe it's a big part of our success so that's why we want to thank our artists and send everybody to knowagendaartgenerator.com Yeah, the word's not consistent. It's always always have we only had but we have always having a lot of art But we don't always have a lot of donors yeah like today was one of those days We got three people that get that came up to the associate executive producer So I go on The Jones Show and the donations go down hmm food for thought Well, we'll see what happens after you do your four hours We'll be broke

1:01:31 Be broke Plug the show. Teagan Murray is our top donor, he'll actually get bumped up to executive producer $253 and 25 cents because if you are the top associate... Well actually to be honest about it he gets bumped up anyway cause he's a Canadian He gave 250-325 which becomes 333 in this scheme of things Because we promised the Canadians that their dollar is equivalent to our dollars On par yes on par Parity So we gave him so that's so that's perfect. He says I've listened for years and not donated from us, but not quite as long I'm sending you the overdue equivalent of 333 Canadian pesos for an executive producer role It's dollar rats dollar rat says hope you are still running this promotion four US dollars poor

1:02:24 For us dollar poor Canadians. Oh, US dollars? That's funny. Us dollar poor Canadians that's the problem with cold reading that would be something you'd have trouble with please deduce me if possible. You've been deduced. He wants to seamlessly plug a project at www canadianvalueinvestors.com Okay, it's easy enough to figure out. Keep up the great work as a side note I sincerely appreciate the work you two put into the show. I realize that I've been listening since university somewhere between around 2010 and really appreciated your outside perspective throughout all these years. Thank you for your executive producership with your dollar ruts welcome

1:03:10 The former Orange Slayer, 22222. I've been listening for the last three years since i graduated and got my first real engineering job. I regret that I haven't donated sooner take it from a millennial you guys are awesome! Thank you. The former orange slayer... So he was going to school that was competitive with Syracuse? I'm guessing? I don't know. That would be my guess. Oh yeah could be Sir John of South London is our last associate executive producer came in with $200 and he says I was in the US recently when meeting my extended relatives they all seemed to ask the same question.

1:03:56 What does the outside world think of us now that we have Donald Trump as president? There are hardcore Democrats and Obama supporters he has in Paris. In other words, they seem to care what other people thought of them or how the election of Donald Trump reflected on them! It's all about me! It's all about ME! Wow... In other words, they seem to care what other people thought. Okay similarly over here in GNE A lot of Ramoners, other people who voted to remain in the EU but can't seem to accept that we are leaving. Seem plagued by the thoughts on how our decision to leave the EU will be perceived by continental Europeans as well as by the wider world It's similar my experience in the US where international perception is more important than anything else even at the cost of making decisions and one's own interests

1:04:55 I find that interesting, that he would make this. It's a very good observation. Good observation yeah. However do not notice any consternation on the part of Donald Trump or Brexit supporters who seem rather chuffed with their choices. Just an interesting phenomenon I wanted to share with you in case you had any similar observations or thoughts keep up the great work and deconstructing the M5M, and in letting sanity prevail could I please request a general karma and a dealer's choice of three clips? Alright I got three...I just grabbed three I'm gonna do it better myself. Thank you

1:05:59 That's a great selection. Yes, yes that was it! And that is it...that was our boys and we'll thank them for helping us produce show 954 I believe. Indeed this is our value-for-value model you know how it works executive producers associate executive producers get credits right up front in the show which is how it works in Hollywood and when we get to our Beanie Coin extravaganza you'll see that they'll also be getting some extra benefit out of that so The value for- the value just keeps whipping around, John. Big value coming! Yeah! Ah! Knight me over! Oh the values so big thank you and remember we do have a show coming up on Sunday and we definitely need your support. I mean seriously we can do it little bit better than this Why don't you go out formula? Our formula is this We hit people in the mouth Shut Up Slave Just shut up slave

CHAPTER 13 / 36 Discussion

The View, Electoral College Abolition Debate

Clips from "The View" feature Michael Moore and Whoopi Goldberg arguing for the abolition of the Electoral College, citing that Democrats have won the popular vote in six of the last seven elections. The hosts mock the suggestion of celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, or Michelle Obama running for president in 2020. The discussion highlights the shift toward identity politics as a primary strategy for the Democratic Party.

the view· michael moore· whoopi goldberg· electoral college· popular vote· al franken

1:07:09 Yeah, let me see. I have some... Did you see Michael Moore on The View? No that's not my beat. Why would ya? It was just so unhinged and so nutty and of course it was about the reason why i picked these clips up is this incessant We have to get rid of the electoral college because it's unfair and we won. And I just need to keep playing these clips, just so you know when this comes up... Yeah that's not why you play these clips from The View You're right on why I'm a liar Because they're crazy clips Last time you were here you actually predicted the horror that we are facing now That he would win Last summer at this time yeah I mean THE HORROR JOHN

1:07:54 The horror! She's talking about the president. I don't care who you are or who the president is, that's a little out there. The horror! Last time you were here, you actually predicted the horror of that we're facing now-that he would win. Last summer at this time? Yeah. Help us out here. We can't cope with the disaster. I can't cope with the disaster! Except I have a book about it Oh yeah okay Oh, that was just shameless. Well if you remember last year at this time it looked like she was gonna win she was ahead in the polls yeah the convention was great She won all of the debates and actually she won! Dude there it is This Is Not Good

1:08:37 Yeah, and this is almost like exposing your children. If this just keeps on going kids are gonna grow up thinking yeah that's unfair! And not have any background on why the electoral college is actually in place for votes! in your show last night, the electoral college has been something we have the Democrats have not been able to get. It's the second time in 16 years first with Gore now that we win and then we lose how does this happen? You know they steal it. And you know the Democrats the Democrats have won the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections yeah the Republicans have only won the popular vote once

1:09:20 since 1988. So the country we live in actually agrees with the Democrats on the issues, women should be paid the same as men... It should be a minimum wage, you know basic things. That's the good news of the country we live in but we have this archaic thing that has got to go with the electoral college. They're never going to let it go because it helps them? Well... So the fact that they've been here means they should be changing their strategy because if that is the case and the numbers speak to that then that should have been obvious Yes, that where he outsmarted us I mean its hard to say this but he did outsmart us in this way. Smart not enough words appropriate

1:10:00 Um, I... Listen. Well he was smart enough to go to Detroit and say that if you build those cars in Mexico i'm going to put a 35% tariff on those cars He was smart enough to figure out how to convince 53 percent of white women to vote for him after the Billy B- But he didn't get to sisters No That's right Didn't get the sisters Don't forget that you had a whole bunch of folks that you don't generally speak to. We came out

1:10:38 Interesting. Interesting whoopie saying that you don't generally speak to the black people, so black women maybe I guess? Well this was part of the during the discussion debate between to choose a new DNC chairman... I have the clip oh the chairman but i have who they want as president We'll play it here well now you said it's all women Wrong. If you want to win, you gotta get someone that people want to vote for Yes we need a beloved American in 2020 No I won't! You would win! Whoopi, she's like no I won't Why wouldn't she? Un-American! You might win! You'd run and Michelle Obama as your running mate Listen to that John

1:11:34 an unhinged group of people. But that's not it, that's no the suggestion. The suggestion is funnier! that note though, you've talked about celebrities and you said suggested that perhaps on the left they should run some big-name celebrities. Now my question for you is though if they do that those celebrities once they get an office they have to govern? They have to lead? Haven't we now seen that experience Whether it's serious business experience or serious governmental experience, experience matters. Do you still feel the same way now that you've seen Trump? Yes because the celebrities on our side first of all are smart if we ran Al Franken Who wouldn't vote for Tom Hanks for president of United States

1:12:33 Man, Tom Hanks. Oprah! Jeez... They're just lost. These guys have lost their way. Yeah they're out of control. In fact instead of ever- they don't even argue principles they don't argue policies they just bitch and moan about Trump and then suggest kind of Trump mirrors as some sort of solution. We'll do it the way he did it. Right, right but celebrity? It was a celebrity, which you know okay. Now the thing though that's going to happen in the Democratic Party is they're so into identity politics which I think is still what really killed them. And would you please explain that because it's thrown around so easily? The term identity politics... In fact we should probably look up a dictionary definition of it but what it tends to refer to

CHAPTER 14 / 36 Discussion

Definition of Identity Politics, Fringe Group Influence

A formal definition of identity politics is examined, describing it as a tendency for people of specific religions or races to form exclusive political alliances. The hosts argue that this focus allows extreme members of fringe groups to dominate party discourse. Observations are shared regarding the state of the Democratic Party and its perceived disarray following the 2016 election.

identity politics· sociology· dnc· fringe groups· millennials· piercings

1:13:35 I will look it up. Okay, look it up. It tends to promote the idea of identity in other words sexual identity gender identity racial identity all these things are more important than pretty much anything else and they have to be highly respected and you're gonna get a lot of votes, they believe. The party believes you're going to get a lot of votes and support because everybody at this point... There's some sociological belief that identity politics at the individual level is what's driving everything. I don't know where they got this idea it's not driving anything i'm doing but... Identity politics noun A tendency for people of a particular religion race social background

1:14:21 etc. to form exclusive political alliances moving away from traditional broad-based party politics." Okay, well I don't know if that's quite the definition I expressed but it does have to do with these identities and what you end up with is that the movement gets taken over by most I wouldn't say perverse, but i would say the most extreme members because they feel that there's inclusiveness and so they think this is about them. It's like the fat women and im going to use the term because it's what my wife described them as. Well I would probably more fat millennials

1:15:02 Did the fat Millennials right? The fat millennial female millennials FFM email millennials who are proud of it and they usually have a couple of piercings in their face and awkward places is like your eyebrow. I don't like that eyebrows a good spot. I don't like tongue cheeks a good one Tongue's always risky No, we're not fat shaming. We're just saying what oh, I'm sorry um Weight was fat according to something would be that shame, but we're gonna use that word anyway. Yeah yours yours We're not saying these women need to lose weight. We're saying it's fat female Millennials That's all yeah there. We don't need to lose weight. It's gonna be the new f-word the new f-word The new effort do watch at ya just shut up

1:15:54 Shut up. Plump, is plump better? I don't think so No because plump is Rubenesque and Rubenesque is hot Well these people are plump Okay we can say plump Oh wait no I got a better way They're plump to say the least That's one way to say it Size 16 if they're an ounce Oh my goodness whatever. Well, there's a situation that is not healthy for the Democrats she says that she goes to these meetings and uh they're... She sees the Democrat party as in disarray They're beside themselves they don't know what to do they're all it's ripe to be taken over by some fringe group no doubt about it It's not going to help their cause but they seem to be I think when

CHAPTER 15 / 36 Discussion

Transgender Youth, Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp

A report on the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, California, details programs for transgender and "gender creative" children aged 4 to 12. Psychologists from UCSF provide guidelines for parents on identifying gender dysphoria in toddlers, such as preferences for certain clothing or toys. The hosts express concern over the "demasculinization" of young males and characterize the early medicalization of gender as child abuse.

transgender· rainbow day camp· el cerrito· child psychology· gender dysphoria· ucsf

1:16:50 Went with Hillary to begin with thinking it was a slam dunk. It was a huge error Yes, well it's still not her fault now the meme is but there are 100 million dollars of bad advice Bad advice you got bad advice But let's say stick with identity politics for a moment Because this comes from your neck of the woods El Cerrito. That's near you is it not? It's the next town over as a matter of fact is the town that butts up against these Yeah, it's right next to me Well there was an Associated Press article written about some parents and kids at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp And yeah oh yeah Wondering if your child is transgender Here are some tips

1:17:40 What age are we talking about here? The child aged 4 to 12. Four to twelve, let me repeat. Okay so they don't know... yeah right they aren't even thinking clearly until they're 13 but the kids are at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp okay this is child abuse go on my son likes to wear dresses is this a phase or something more Would you like to know the answer? I have, I have the questions and the answers. Uh... Got his dick cut off immediately! We really can't use that as an opener i'm not even gonna write down the time code funny as it was Diane Aaron Zoft a developmental and clinical psychologist director of mental health at University of California San Francisco's Child and Adolescent Gender Center and author of The Gender Creative Child says

1:18:32 We don't know, but what we know is you have a son who likes princess dresses. I would say get him the dresses! Have your child feel free to choose Maybe they'll stop wearing dresses maybe they grow up to be gay Transgender children will be insistent consistent and persistent about their gender dysphoria She says it's not something that child says one time and it goes away Okay distress versus happiness If I'm a kid who occasionally wants to put on my mom's high-heeled shoes or wear my mom's princess dress, I am not the kid who wants live as girl. I'm the boy who occasionally wants to wear girls' clothes." This is what Joanna Olsen Kennedy Medical Director of the Center for Trans Youth Health and Development says The important thing to ask is whether your child is in distress So the questions you asked your child are Are you having daily battles about clothing before school?

1:19:24 Go away for the weekend, parents. It can help you and their child if you allow the child to call shots in terms of gender such as letting them use a different pronoun or wear a dress or other clothing of their choice How can you tell? Finally! There are no set rules but here are early signals that provide information whether your child is transgender including Certain actions at a very young age, such as toddlers pulling barrettes from their hair, grabbing for their sister's dress and dolls or throwing away their trucks. Two The use of verbs regarding gender instead of I wish I was a girl A transgender child will say I am a girl

1:20:07 Three frustration over their genitals by around age three children understand penis equals boy Vagina equals girl often those are kids who cry out. Why did God get it wrong mommy? Can you put me back inside so I can come out like my sister for Taking gender expansion plays seriously. Many young boys like to play dress up in their sister's princess costumes, twirling around and then moving on to other toys A transgender child who wants to get into his sister's closet but not going for the princess dress He is going for her school uniform he is going put on everyday clothes because he wants to be a regular girl not a pretend princess And notice this all about men boy-girl transgenderism

1:20:53 Yeah, and I remember when I was a kid there's mostly you had the tomboy phenomenon. Yep! Which was not unusual but this isn't even addressed No? No it's because they're trying...this is like a concerted effort But here's what's over here... To demasculinize the American male Here's what's overlooked yes but here's what's overlooked and i don't understand how this can be overlooked In many cases I would wager that the role model the young boys have around them is their mom And you know, you want to be like your parents. So yeah I'm gonna go...I wanna cook! You know? I wanna pretend stove. I wanna wear what mommy wears That's not that crazy. That's not addressed anywhere and oh, I'm sure there are some who are transgender and feel they're in the wrong body but we gotta be very careful at this age Child abuse. I agree. I think it's people have to be very very careful these ages

CHAPTER 16 / 36 Discussion

Vegan Activism, Sexism in Dairy Production

Vegan activists are promoting the idea that consuming cheese and dairy is an act of sexism because female cows are "forcibly impregnated" on what they term "rape racks." The segment mocks the extreme rhetoric used by animal rights groups to discourage the consumption of yogurt and milk.

veganism· dairy industry· peta· sexism· animal rights· milk

1:21:52 That's a disgusting thing you read. I know El Cerrito one town away Yeah, not quite as just not quite as disgusting is the reason why we should end sexism by stopping eating cheese Yes, cheese is the most soul bite. She's is the most sexist thing you can eat that's right Because, contrary to popular belief female cows produce milk only when they're pregnant or nursing. They make milk for the same reason that human women do... To feed their babies! Cows who are imprisoned on dairy farms and forcibly impregnated through artificial insemination again and again on rape racks! Rape racks for your milk your cheese and your yogurt How about that?

1:22:42 The vegans attack again. Rape rats! Anything they can do I mean that's pretty... now i feel bad, but i love cheese but i cant eat it because its a product of rape No you should stop eating it you horrible rapist! Its a product of rape! Doning rape OK, yeah. Well as a little break before I get back to my clips that we've kind of said it was going to play about Manafort and others... Oh yes! Yeah, I want to hear it. ...I do have a segue clip I'll play. This is the thing I'm gonna try to find more of and what I'm gonna play here this is the awkward segway clip this is actually not edited

CHAPTER 17 / 36 Discussion

Awkward Commercial Segues, Audio Editing Techniques

The hosts discuss a humorous and awkward transition between a Domino's Pizza commercial and a gynecological health ad. This leads to a technical discussion on audio editing, where the hosts share tips on using transition words like "and" to seamlessly cut long lectures or interviews.

advertising· radio production· audio editing· domino's pizza· podcasting

1:23:24 This is the end of one commercial segueing into another commercial in such a way that when I actually had to stop when I heard this and i'm going to start listening to commercials more, to see if I can find more of these. Never tell! Choose any two of Domino's new bread twists or medium two topping pizzas for $5.99. I'm so glad my gynecologist recommended it You mean the unfortunate artificial intelligence of the scheduling software? Yeah, the scheduling software That's funny. Yes quite awkward Awkward and on it sounded like a sounded like a local cut in though it might have been it might have been yeah

1:24:05 Yeah, it might have been. It's possible. Still works for me. I actually once in a while...I used to you know when i was a kid and the radio station at the college station there were..i would do stuff like for something like an assignment to put these long they give lectures that were recorded then did I still listen these lectures but this is lectures are recorded hour-and-a-half lecture and they want you to cut down to an hour And the way that, you know if you were doing your job correctly what you would do is you'd go through oh this doesn't need to be here let me take out that two minutes and then listen some more. You pull it down now what you do and I believe that you can do this with pretty much any lecture is you find a transition word like AND and you cut it right there and then you pull out half an hour

1:25:04 Yeah, yes. I edit almost every single clip I play. I edited out pauses. I edited out irrelevant information. Yeah of course! But if you're editing an hour and a half to an hour so you take...you find a nice transition point and you just chop it right there and pull out at half an hour and then jigger that about a minute window you can find another word that will fit in there and it will make no sense but it flows Yeah, always works anyway. So that's an editing tip for you blooming You're blooming podcasters who are listening to us right? That's fools so let's listen to Well I want to get this thing about man at Manafort where's my Manafort clip oh

CHAPTER 18 / 36 Discussion

Paul Manafort FBI Raid, Media Timing Manipulation

Media outlets are criticized for reporting a July 26 FBI raid on Paul Manafort's home as if it were breaking news two weeks after the event occurred. The hosts analyze how news organizations "slip in" the actual date of the raid while using dramatic language to make it feel immediate. The timing is linked to the ongoing special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller.

paul manafort· fbi· search warrant· robert mueller· roger stone· russia investigation

1:25:57 This is the Manafort report on ABC. Everybody's running this story, first they talk about Trump and Korea then they run this story. Before the sun came up a dozen armed FBI agents were knocking at Paul Manafort bedroom door waking up Trump's former campaign chairman with a warrant to search his Virginia home All without warning, the morning of July 26th. The agents seizing documents and other materials part of the ongoing special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the election including possible collusion with the Trump campaign Now, they had every one of these things slips in the fact that this raid... This is all on Fridays and Thursday show. Of course all the good stuff happens on show days. Yeah, they run this and they slip it in. They try to do... This isn't the most subtle. Some are so subtle you don't even notice it. This was a raid that took place two weeks ago! Oh really? Yeah, they sent it in there. You just didn't know I didn't notice it. No well

1:27:00 Well, the other guys were even more subtle. And that's where I actually heard it first of all what? Wait a minute this isn't news this is two weeks old but they slip it in and play like its news oh my god! This has just happened let me hear it again. Let me just hear how they present that before the sun came up a dozen armed FBI agents were knocking at Paul Manafort bedroom door waking up Trump's former campaign chairman with a warrant to search his Virginia home All without warning, the morning of July 26th. The agent seizing documents and other materials part of the ongoing special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the election including possible collusion with the Trump campaign And it is even more interesting since yesterday after I was off the show Roger Stone came on bitching and moaning about this thing as if it had just happened So there is something weird there too Yeah

1:27:57 I'd find the whole thing to be peculiar. They always, I was trying to catch one of them not mentioning the date or saying when it was right but they all did they all slipped it in but It was very subtle as like in the middle of the thing is right end up doing a boring part Also also the setup you know before the Sun came up early morning and like I'm like yeah that was this morning That's what my brain thought immediately Yeah Every presentation does it the same way. And they do this, they make it very exciting and then they never... They kind of... They tell you that was two weeks ago but they do in such a way that you don't notice if they just told you. Very slick!

1:28:33 Because I don't know why, why didn't they give us a story like you know the end of July and this is July 26 when this happened. Yeah there's 2026 was a Wednesday well it apparently either wasn't known wasn't important or i don't know doesn't matter they're all trolling for Trump just went anything just anything and you know at this pace then i don't know if it's true that Mueller has uh If he has a grand jury and paneled or I don't know. He's got two yeah, maybe five? I don't know They'll get Trump they'll get Trump And you know what Pence is in on the deal Pence has been raising money for him himself to run for president in 2020 I mean yes it well done just saying now that I

CHAPTER 19 / 36 Discussion

Guam Missile Threat, Rex Tillerson Diplomacy

North Korea has threatened to launch missiles toward the U.S. territory of Guam by mid-August in response to President Trump's "fire and fury" comments. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attempted to de-escalate the situation by telling Americans to "sleep well at night," while international leaders in Germany and New Zealand criticized the saber-rattling. Senator John McCain is noted for his consistent presence in these news cycles.

guam· north korea· rex tillerson· john mccain· fire and fury· pyongyang

1:29:23 Think about it. I don't see those two together anymore He's not like the Trump is not talking him up and they don't appear in you know And whenever Pence is there he's trying to do we always try to look presidential But the fact that he's raising money for his presidential campaign is pretty rude at this point in the game Yeah, it's a rude for sure So let's play one of the clips about the North Korea situation All right And this is the one I would have liked to play, the NBC one but the show's too short. Or three hours short shows are too short. So let's play this lengthy one here that's by the way while The Queen and all of this other stuff is going on This is the ABC Trump Korean rundown and again at the very end you have the same old like all the rest of them a McCain kicker

1:30:13 Good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a Wednesday night. And we do begin with breaking news that headlined North Korea just a short time ago, issuing its newest threat the AP now reporting that the North Korean regime is calling President Trump's words A load of nonsense saying they will complete their plan to quote attack waters near Guam by mid August Another thing I'm sorry to interrupt this obviously long one No you shouldn't interrupt So we have no backup, no information on the genesis of the report. Then it's always like well he said this, he said that... He had dogs eat his uncle! You know? It's like you're just saying it to me- No one is- At least give me the HUMDA DAKADA lady Give me something that shows someone actually said this Yeah That and why don't they show it

1:31:01 I don't know. Because they don't have it! They don't have it because this is probably not happening And they usually say, according to the Pyongyang Gazette... No none of that It comes after President Trump warned North Korea against making any more threats or the US would unleash fire and fury unlike anything the world has ever seen ABC senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega leading us off Tonight, a new threat from North Korea coming in saying they will be ready to attack the U.S. territory of Guam by mid-August This comes as President Trump's warning shot fired directly at Pyongyang tonight is sending shockwaves around the world But ABC News has learned that threat caught some in the president's own inner circle By surprise The president in that statement using language not vetted or pre approved by his national security team

1:31:53 best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. Sources close to the president say behind closed doors with top aides including new chief of staff General John Kelly, President Trump had discussed taking a tougher tone on Pyongyang but even members of his own national security team had no idea that president would go so far He has been very threatening beyond a normal statement And as I said, they will be met with fire fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before Within a few hours North Korea responding with its own warning saying it is seriously considering a plan to target Guam with missiles The US stop right there

1:32:51 I love this part of the story by the way. Yeah, before we get into that part of it We're gonna bomb Guam. I mean remember they were he was gonna bomb Austin what happened to that? I'm still waiting But What I was hearing everywhere, because of this fire and fury and power. Everyone's like oh we're gonna nuke North Korea! Like had these people ever looked at a map in their lives? They mean Seoul, South Korea is 30 miles away You know, you people are stupid. Of course you can't... but because they had this whole nuke thing now it's all the President Trump is gonna nuke North Korea! Nooo... None of that's going to happen and of course in light of what uh Piesnik said

1:33:43 It's not about North Korea at all. Planned to target Guam with missiles, the U.S. territory home to crucial military bases and 160 thousand Americans is just 2,000 miles away then today Rex Tillerson sending a message of his own landing in Guam offering very different words I think Americans should sleep well at night The Secretary of State striking a much softer tone What the President was doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong-un would understand because he doesn't seem to understand diplomatic language. Then the president himself weighed in tweeting, our nuclear arsenal is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before hopefully we will never have to use this power but his initial words have sparked international reaction from New Zealand

1:34:32 I think the comments are not helpful in an environment that's very tense. To Germany's foreign office, saying saber-rattling won't help even some in the president's own party calling his words dangerous. All it's gonna do is bring us closer to Some kind of serious confrontation. I think this is very, very, very serious. The great leaders that i've seen they don't threaten unless they are ready to act and I'm not sure that President Trump is ready to act Meanwhile, McCain is busy helping the Blackwater guys. What's it? What is it now Z Academy whatever the hell the guy's company is called. Setting a setting up a private Air Force to contract in Afghanistan.

CHAPTER 20 / 36 Discussion

North Korea Military Reality, Drought and Old Technology

A retired Colonel on Fox News provides a reality check on North Korean military capabilities, describing their missiles as 1970s-era liquid fuel rockets. He notes that the country is currently suffering from a severe drought and cannot adequately feed its own troops. The assessment suggests that the threat is being overestimated by the media and the Trump administration.

north korea· colin powell· south korea· military technology· drought· fox news

1:35:23 Yeah, it must be sim coming down the pike course there is of course there and McCain knows that McCain loves this He loves this stuff. He loves the whole Oh time to sell some stuff We already flipped Park he was all anti and now I go okay Whatever side it's all about him, but I do have one clip I want to play This is a colonel that came on I don't didn't get his name But he's He's like one of these guys who is a realist. And he came on Fox and it was one of the Fox guys who is just nuts, he says oh yeah we're good... He's just completely hysterical about this and this guy lays out a reality

1:36:03 that to me was just really refreshing and it's the kind of stuff we do on our show but this is the Colonel on Fox. Some of these ridiculous claims, first President Trump is absolutely right in the early 1990s when this issue was boiling over once again in North Korea and they had begun trying to develop nuclear weapons General Colin Powell former chairman of the Joint Chiefs stated quite clearly publicly if a nuclear weapon is ever launched by North Korea we will turn the country into a parking lot. The North Koreans know that to be the case, they are frightened so let's get that off the table secondly these missiles that they're talking about before them are liquid fuel rockets from the 1970s this is old technology it's not precise they couldn't hit Guam they couldn't hit anything with any reliability and as far

1:36:54 as But we need to dismiss a lot of this. Finally, North Korea is in a lot of trouble right now. They're in the midst of a very severe drought. Not only are they having trouble feeding their own population—they can't feed their own troops! The equipment in North Korea goes back to the 60s and 70s. They have very few modern weapons. So the bottom line is that we need to stop imputing to North Korea capability that isn't there. We need to stop underestimating South Korea and talk to the South Korean president.

1:37:41 Yeah, this is old junk. But yet they have miniaturized a nuke to fit on that little rocket. According to NBC they miniaturized the nuke somehow. They didn't do anything. I don't think so but again I remain that it was Trump who came up with this. And there's another one...I don't know if some other report I've got well there's a small little short end of a report in North Korea a little NBC commentary showing Which I think is part of this whole thing that we have. Apparently they have a new weapon that's kind of interesting and they promoted on this particular clip.

CHAPTER 21 / 36 Discussion

JASM-ER Missile Sales, Military-Industrial Marketing

NBC News reports on the potential use of the JASM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) against North Korea, which the hosts interpret as a marketing push for defense contractors. Sales of these $1.4 million missiles are currently being finalized for Poland and South Korea. The segment highlights the historical connection between news organizations like NBC and industrial giants like General Electric.

jasm-er· lockheed martin· poland· south korea· nbc news· general electric

1:38:24 The targets, multiple sources say approximately two dozen North Korean missile launch sites and support facilities which intelligence officials tell NBC News they feel confident they have accurately identified. The B1s can carry a mix of weapons as many as 168 bombs or more likely the new JASM-ER a highly accurate... Whoa whoa whoa the JASM ER? What?! Jasm er I think is jsm er j sm e jsm. I think jazz um jazz Yes Jazz um, oh, I never heard of this I haven't either and carry a mix of weapons as many as 168 bombs or more likely the new Jazm er a highly accurate missile that can be fired hundreds of miles outside North Korean airspace

1:39:19 All the military options you could consider, this would be one of the two or three that would at least have a possibility of not escalating this situation. A single long-range strike against the nuclear program, a cyber offensive would be the second. Those are the only two military options that ought to be in serious consideration. Ah, interesting sales are up for the JASM which stands for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile this is the new model R and it looks like we sold a whole bunch to be set up in Poland

1:40:08 Poland. Oh yeah! What are they gonna do, attack Russia? Here we go... Poland requests a sale of JASM-ER from the US Air Force That's only two JASMs Aw man I had great JASM Yeah You listen to the end of that report by the way they also say the other good way we can go after North Korea is with cyber. Let me just hear it again, and I'm thinking what? At least have a possibility Of not escalating this situation A single long-range strike against the nuclear program A cyber offensive would be the second Those are the only two military options That ought to be in serious consideration Here we go US deploys 10 JASMs

1:40:53 Wait, wait. Stop! This cyber thing... They haven't got any computers there. They don't have internet So what's the cyber? What are they talking about? It's a talking because they believe still that they hacked Sony Remember? Remember that bonanza It's unbelievable this misinformation. U.S. deploys 10 long-range JASMs in South Korea, South Korea to buy JASMs! Sales baby! Yayyyy! South Korea makes first move to acquire JASM. Uh huh... What do these little babies cost each? About a hundred mil. Noooo Yes

1:41:36 No, okay. Hold on a second jasm er best price The Chinese best price let's see here we go defense 24 calm See if they mention it here chat room should probably be helping me with this Sorry, it's not really giving. This is Google is worthless I'm bad give me give me a dollar or Okay, let me just say cost. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made fun of the Googles Oh my goodness. Oh it's not that much you're right about a million and a half Why does I want to come up with that number? Yeah one point about 1.4 million dollars per That was right or jasmine. That's a pretty expensive jazz them yeah, they're expensive mm-hmm

1:42:33 But it's sales. So for us, $10 million in sales is not bad for the commission on that's a million so... But it still it's just sales that's all there is and NBC is complicit yeah I wonder if there must be some kind of let me see Aeros Space and well, NBC used to be hooked up with General Electric. I think there's still some connection there and so they yeah, I'm just looking to see what the most recent if there's a new conference defense military aerospace let me see what's going on until September and in Poland actually the MSPO then we have in September in London a lot coming up at September So they are on track for the pre-marketing

CHAPTER 22 / 36 Discussion

Tucker Carlson, Climate Change Consensus Debate

Tucker Carlson interviews a blogger from Climate Progress regarding Bill Nye's comments about waiting for older climate deniers to die. During the segment, Carlson appears to concede that humans burning fossil fuels are a primary cause of global warming, which the hosts find surprising. The discussion critiques the use of the word "denier" as a political tool to delegitimize scientific debate.

tucker carson· bill nye· climate change· fossil fuels· global warming· center for american progress

1:43:23 Yeah, well that's what they're up to then. Yeah it's clear as a bell. Clear as a bell... Let me see. So let's listen to Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson I believe is a climate change proponent You think he's into it? Alright It's very subtle. It's hard to pull it out but I began to notice this awhile ago and here's the segment where he goes after a guy And I'm gonna play, I got two clips. This is he goes against the, this is Tucker against the climate change blogger. Bill Nye who was called the science guy despite being mostly a television entertainer recently said there was only one path to fixing the climate and saving the environment. Kill old people! Waiting for old people who disagree with his views to die

1:44:19 He gets away with everything, doesn't he? Bill Nye. That's incredible. Get out of the way! Joe Rom is founding editor of Climate Progress It's a blog run by the Center for American Progress. He says Nye may be on to something. Joe thanks for coming on. Now Center For American Progress is a huge Democratic DNC funded I think even. I think it's Soros money too. Thanks for having me So this seems...I mean look there are lots of disagreements in science This seems like a pretty nasty way to frame it. People who disagree with me should just go die? Well, I think that's not exactly what he said He just said that climate change deniers

1:44:56 tend to be older and it's generational. And in science, it is not unusual for scientists to point out that it is the older generation of scientists who are sort of stuck in a paradigm and they're not going to change their views." What is unusual is for scientists to use political language loaded political language like denier to frame the conversation in a way that pushes their views without having to prove that their views are right. That's not really a scientific way of approaching the conversation, is it? Likening people who disagree with you to Holocaust deniers? Well I don't think he's likening them to Holocaust- But that word is designed to delegitimize people who disagree with you and in real science what you do is you marshal your data and present them in open forum against other guys' data and may the best day win! Right but then what happens after that we've been doing for 25 years Shut up already

1:45:43 It's science. Now there is a spot that could have jumped, they've been doing that for 25 years when I heard that I said to myself yeah they've been doing it for 25 years and still haven't been able to win. They haven't won! But Tucker makes the point that you know this should be... The way he handles it is funny because I don't think that he's a pro. He thinks climate change is real and man-made, but you can catch little mistakes he makes if he was on the other side. You wouldn't make and this next clip has got one of them in it and it's just like what? How do you let this happen

1:46:24 No, I'm not mixing you up. The politics the solution... You are doing so! ...with the science. No, you are doing so. 97% of scientists agree that humans through burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees are the primary cause of global warming Yeah, I would say that is not even the lie The lie is not even that No, this is beyond the lie. So the lie is 97% of climate scientists agree that Global warming is man-made. Global warming is man made, yeah but this is to an extreme! No I'm not mixing up the politics and the solution with the science. 97% of scientists agree that humans through burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees are the primary cause of global warming But my point is only... And I am not contesting that So you accept THAT?

1:47:24 Let's hear that again. Are the primary cause of global warming, but my point is only and I'm not contesting that though so you accept that? I am not contesting that for purposes of this conversation. I'm merely saying contest that. Hmm, I don't know. I'm telling ya yeah well that's fine i don't care i like him either way it's okay No I like him too but I think you know he might as well he should fess up Because now I think disingenuous is what it means. You know, if you're going to be...I don't care if you're one way or the other on this topic but don't be a jerk about it! Yeah true, I agree. Well I do have some other climate change related stuff actually two bits first is from producer John Adam I'm a realtor I was a realtor here in Sunset Beach North Carolina for 10 years

CHAPTER 23 / 36 Discussion

Sea Level Data, Paris Accord Reporting Flaws

A listener from North Carolina reports that local sea level measurements have remained unchanged for 20 years, contradicting global warming narratives. Simultaneously, a BBC investigation reveals that countries like Italy, India, and China are submitting fraudulent or highly uncertain greenhouse gas data to the UN. These reporting flaws are cited as a greater threat to the Paris Climate Agreement than the U.S. withdrawal.

sea level· north carolina· bbc· paris accord· greenhouse gas· carbon emissions

1:48:25 There's one particular high-end residential lot on the island that has been on the market for at least 20 years. The seller is an idiot, but I digress In 99 2000 elevations were shot by a fellow realtor of mine the same realtor had the lost shot had the lot shot again in 2004 i had clients in 2010 who i had shots produced for and they made a rich offer and it was rejected In 2015, my buddy at the bank refinanced a lot and of course shot elevations. Friday my banker friend called me and said that he shot the lot yet again! In 1999, the dead center mark was 2 feet 6 inches above mean high tide sea level The reading has been the same every time since So either the surveyors are lying or Al Gore is full of crap Have a great show!" Yes indeed What um...

1:49:15 What I got from the BBC was very interesting. No one really picked up on this because it's BBC and there is science, you know, you expect the BBC to be on the up end. Science! Yes...science! Science! Dodgy greenhouse gas data threatens Paris Accord from the BBC. Potent climate warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not being recorded in official inventories, a BBC investigation has found. Air monitors in Switzerland have detected large quantities of one gas coming from a location in Italy however the Italian submission to the UN records just a tiny amount of the substance being emitted

1:50:00 Levels of some emissions from India and China are so uncertain that experts say their records are plus or minus 100% These flaws pose a bigger threat to the Paris climate agreement than US President Donald Trump's intention to withdraw, researchers told BBC Radio 4's Counting Carbon program. And it goes on... I know i've subscribed to it, I want to listen to Counting Carbon What a great name for a show Hey everybody! Welcome to Counting Carbon How we doing? Eh, 350 parts per million. Okay we'll talk to you next week on Counting Carbon! So there's lies...lies No one wants to be responsible for the actual emissions from their country so they're lying about it Oh because he'd have to cut it back Yes or maybe get less money How about that? Yeah there's something yeah There makes sense that they wouldn't lie

CHAPTER 24 / 36 Discussion

Cobalt Mining, Human Cost of Electric Vehicles

The "Big Oil" lobby is reportedly highlighting the human cost of electric vehicle production, specifically the use of child labor in Congo's cobalt mines. Reports from the Daily Mail show children as young as four working in squalid conditions to extract minerals for lithium-ion batteries. The hosts discuss this as a counter-meme against the clean energy movement.

cobalt· congo· electric cars· child labor· daily mail· clean energy

1:50:58 And I know the whole thing's a pack of lies. Well, I did pick up on the The big oil that they're launching their own meme against really against Electric vehicles more than anything I would say and you see it everywhere You see it indeed On the face bag the algos are getting a little sloppy because I see it flowing by in different versions like okay And so this shows up of course in the daily mail, but this is something that's been going around and it is 100% bought and paid for by the

1:51:35 Big oil. Child miners aged four living a hell on earth so you can drive an electric car! Awful human cost in squalid Congo cobalt mine that Michael Grove didn't consider in his clean energy crusade and there's pictures of six-year old kids being beaten as they work in the mine, it's fantastic. When I wake up every morning, I feel terrible knowing that I have to come back here again says the beautiful little brown baby. This is... these guys have no shame. And they're showing how these kids come out of their mind completely dripping in crap. Yeah. Yeah, I guess cobalt is really important. Cobalt IS important! Well while we're on this how about

CHAPTER 25 / 36 Discussion

Elon Musk, Tesla Model 3 Launch Criticism

Tech investor Jason Calacanis is criticized for his "elitist" shilling of the new Tesla Model 3 on CNBC, comparing it to the iPhone. The hosts discuss the practical limitations of electric cars, such as "white-knuckle" range anxiety and the lack of charging infrastructure. A comparison is made to the Chevy Volt, which the hosts prefer due to its backup gasoline engine.

elon musk· tesla· jason calacanis· model 3· chevy volt· autonomous driving

1:52:23 I just, I just had to play this for you. This is Jason Calacanis who...I like We've known each other for a long time but I don't mind making fun of him because he does the CNBC segment and I usually listen to CNBC in the morning because it has they give you all the news but its not presented in the hypey crazy way It's still headlines so there's no background But at least I can follow the headlines and then branch off if I have too And Jason Calacanis, or J-Cal as he calls himself is shilling for the new Tesla. I think there may be some issues... Oh yeah he's a huge Tesla shill! And he's friends with Elon! He's such a huge Tesla shill! Like absolute one of zero number two So i just wanted to make fun of Jason's expense. I do that voice because he thinks he imitates me so... Oh is that really? Yeah oh yeah yeah That's right he always does it. When I was a kid

1:53:23 Yeah, that's pretty close. That was the tech grouch. So here is the elitist J-Cal shilling for the Tesla. But Jason before we let you go We did hear that You've got your hands on the new tesla model 3 I guess because you have all the other Teslas Is that how you got one of the early models? Yeah, yeah jcow's pretty connected. I'll speak about myself in the third person but oh man How about that? Jcows jcows pretty connected dude jcows connected he says jcows pretty connected I'll talk about myself in the third person how you got one of the early models Yeah, yeah J. Cal's pretty connected I'll speak about myself in the third person but you know I get access to a lot of things and Let me just say yum-yum Oh my god it's a yum-yum-yum-yum-yum It literally there it is There's the you know one of the founder series and I've been driving it And it drives like a Porsche and it costs the same price as a Prius and all the

1:54:25 all the people who have been criticizing Elon for the last decade and saying that he's not going to get it done, they well... The model I have of course has all the features. It's twice a Prius but the model that you know will be available in the next year will cost $35 maybe Prius level but if Elon calls this like you know he's got a big long line of hamburgers this is a Wagyu hamburger at a you know Shake Shack price It is an achievement unlike anything in the history of technology. It literally is up there with the iPhone, it drives like a Porsche... It literally is up there with the iPhone John! Literally! Because we've never had electric vehicles ever before in our history except in the 1900's when they were really popular until people figured out that you get more power per pound from a combustion engine Price

1:55:15 It is an achievement unlike anything in the history of technology. It literally is up there with the iPhone, it drives like a Porsche, it's incredibly fast, the technology is amazing... If you can make a product this good, you can solve the service problems and listen I own all four cars every car has been a couple weeks or months late every car they've had to tweak it a little bit here or there Elon is a complete perfectionist he wants to really- He cares about customer service in a very deep way so things are always always a couple of weeks late and then he always over delivers. And we were sitting here five, six years ago when he was producing one or two roadsters a week saying he'll never be able to produce 100. Then he hit 100 now he can't produce ten thousand betting against Elon Musk is betting against the future of humanity. Wow. How much did you need? A check in the mail for that one? Betting against Elon Musk is like betting against all of humanity

1:56:13 And of course it kills brown children in the cobalt mines. Way to go! Oh Elon, we should have a whole bunch of those little kids going, Elon save me! Save me Elon save me I don't want to go in that dirty place again You know the thing about the Prius is that if the battery goes dead and these apparently only go about 200 miles which reintroduces the white knuckle problem with electric cars. At least a Prius has a motor in it, you know if he put a little motor in this thing... I'm sorry didn't mean to dude you I'm so sorry. You said dude? I apologize! The one that..he is smart about one thing because these electric vehicles I guarantee you before we're dead though it'll be the biggest joke It'll be like someone bought an Edsel and you watch

1:57:06 But the technology of the autonomous technology is really impressive. And that I think is a good bet, he has that and you can make a hell of a lot more money off licensing that because it's really really good It's just the battery part... Who wants to lose control over your fuel source? You leave it up to your electric company You leave it up to, I see Teslas in the parking garage here. There's a number of charging spots but not enough of course because all the douchebags in Austin are like, oh! They got me a Tesla So then they have to plug into a regular outlet so there is extension cords everywhere criss-crossing each other It's stupid! I'm so inclined just pull it out

1:57:58 Oops, you should know that's incredibly horrible. Oh, that's what's gonna happen someday people start doing that because it's annoying to have these extension cords I mean I Test drove a whole bunch of these things yeah You wrote about and I found the couple of things I mean for one thing at the charge them every night And that means yet there on a electric cable out into your driveway and which is like sketchy And these are the smaller ones, this is the one that Detroit competitors do 40-50 miles and maybe go 100. Say they go 120 miles something like that not like the Tesla which goes 200 plus but

1:58:38 Even 200 I don't care what it is whatever when you get halfway done because they can't measure that charge cuz the way you're driving You could really burn these thing. You could just punch it all the whole time He won't can't go more, you know 50 miles of the dead right so you drive around white knuckled Yeah, he's sick to the things gonna drop deck as if a drop debt If it drops dead on their freeway and people if you don't notice this People run out of gas and gasoline will take you 300-400 miles depending on your car. And it's easy to fill up, but people run out of gas all the time! I ran out of gas remember? Yes, you ran out of gas when you were driving through Texas. It was a nightmare. But its very inconvenient for everybody. You run out of gas with one these electric cars somebody can't come out with a gallon

1:59:26 You know, a gallon of gas and put it in there and then you drive off. No, you're dead! You have to plug in and stay overnight Yeah, in the middle of the freeway that's like... But I find it nerve-wracking The only car I enjoyed because of lack of this problem was... What about Chevy Volt? This Chevy Volt And the new Volt is beautiful little car Is it Volt or the Bolt? Volt or the Bolt? No they have a Bolt too That's a new one but the Chevy Volt It's a very nice car. It feels like a Cadillac for some reason, I don't know why it has all the... Really? Yes! It is really nice car If i was going to buy an electric car of any sort But why would you? I'd rather buy a gas guzzler but if I was going to buy an electric car for some reason

2:00:15 Maybe to get free bridge tolls or something. I would buy a Volt, I think the Volts are outstanding cars and the newer models are very pretty every time i see one it is always striking yeah well And its got a little motor in it that's the key I could drive up to Washington Yes yes I like my truck um My truck does just fine by me Thank you very much I want you to be queen My love for you is almost obscene. I really hope you know what i mean Maxine, Maxine, Maxine That's right ladies and gentlemen time for your daily dose of Maxine Waters she will soon be running for the Democratic Party best president...I predict. She can still do it. I hope so! Yeah me too

CHAPTER 26 / 36 Discussion

Maxine Waters, Alan Dershowitz Racism Allegations

Congresswoman Maxine Waters labeled Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz a racist after he questioned the ethnic and racial makeup of the Washington D.C. grand jury impaneled for the Russia investigation. Dershowitz responded by citing his lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and arguing that being black does not grant a license to level false accusations of racism.

maxine waters· alan dershowitz· racism· grand jury· washington dc· civil rights

2:01:04 She was on Chris Hayes... I hope she wins. Oh my goodness, she was on the Chris Hayes show and then she was talking about Alan Dershowitz and Dershowitz who is a Democrat who gives money to the Democratic Party Long liberal liberal progressive Democrat that goes back forever Yes And I always thought because he's a Jew He gets extra license when you're talking about stuff that is difficult to talk about Such as the idea that there would be a grand jury impaneled in Washington, D.C., which would be a very disadvantageous venue for the president considering the racial makeup of the area There I've said it in very correct terms Maxine took great offense to this

2:01:54 But she used the word that I'm not allowed to use anymore. Alan Dershowitz, a prominent law professor at Harvard Law School, he's emerged as a real defender of the president recently and he had something to say about the sighting of the grand jury in Washington DC today that i wanted you take a listen to this is how Alan Dershowitz was talking about where the grand jury is located. Take a listen The second one is important because it gives the prosecutor the power In the District of Columbia, which is a district that is heavily Democratic and would have a jury feeling very unfavorable to Trump in the Trump administration. So it gives the prosecutor a tremendous tactical advantage

2:02:34 advantage. He went on to talk about the ethnic and racial makeup of the district as stacking the deck against Donald Trump, do you think it's unfair? Oh it is absolutely unfair! You know all those black people are there and they don't like Trump so he's not going to get a fair trial and so they should take him out of that jurisdiction, he shouldn't be there to begin with I don't like that And I'm surprised that Alan Dershowitz is talking like that. And we will not stand for it, and we will push back against that because Ted is absolutely racist. Racist! Racist Because Ted is absolutely racist. Racist It's racist I'm sorry someone has to say excuse me its racist not racists Racist Is that who you want as your leader?

2:03:28 Yeah. I mean, if i just wonder... If I went on any show as a white man and said that's racist people go what the hell is wrong with you? Racist! That's racist! That's racist! The post-edit is absolutely racist. Maybe I'm just overly sensitive but I expect better from our congressmen and women I really do. We'll have Dershowitz's response to that if you don't have it Oh yeah, let's boogie and then we can thank some people Where is it? It would be number two of the clip that says Waters won Dershowitz number two

2:04:03 If she's a racist, if I'm a racist then what is she gonna call real real racists? I mean I marched in the South. I was involved in the civil rights movement all of my life and if she can call me a racist... And as I said uh in my interview being black does not give you a license to call somebody a racist just like being Jewish doesn't give you a license to call people anti-semites unless they actually are racists or anti-semites because that is absolutely racist I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that! Oh yeah, that'd be fab! On No Agenda... Morning! Alright well we have a few people to thank for Show 954. Starting with Sir Pete. P-Pate. Sir Pates. Baron of Northern Holland and Friland. Frisland. Frieslaan. Freeslaan.

CHAPTER 27 / 36 Discussion

No Agenda Meetup, Sacramento Train Trip

Details are finalized for a No Agenda listener meetup in Sacramento, California, featuring a visit to the California State Railroad Museum and a gathering at the Fat City Bar. One host plans to travel via the Amtrak California Zephyr and encourages listeners to document their journeys on social media. The segment includes birthday wishes and "karma" requests for various producers.

sacramento· meetup· california state railroad museum· fat city bar· amtrak· zephyr

2:05:05 He's in Amsterdam, Sir Pete here. Thank you both for your courage and value that you bring to the table twice every week Here is my birthday donation Is he on the list? I will check 11th of August celebrating my third prime birthday In No Agenda history Yes he is Oh by the way Karma Works please renew my Get Well Soon karma And extend it all producers in trouble Can I get a, if you wake up with the blues jingle? It's always puts a smile on my face. Yeah about that well i'm gonna do that now he's come on he's the baron of northern holland and freeze line! If you wake up with the blues trying to fill your day with news there's one thing you must remember No agenda in the morning For a healthy balanced news diet try noagendashow.com You've got karma

2:06:02 Oscar Zamora in San Francisco, California. Hey we have a meetup Oscar over at the train museum and take this effort up there. Yeah you didn't put your page up yet your MeetUp dot HTM. Yeah oh it is up? It's been up all for days people weren't able to find it well I don't know who what they're going to check it out Dvorek.org slash meetup dot htm It's there okay. Yeah, it actually is me, but you should have done the htM all in caps You keep saying that but I don't I didn't do that no I know you didn't well I thought that would have been better yeah But I did the pages kind of nice HTML you think oh

2:06:49 This is the I close thinking here's what you did You did print to web from Microsoft Office didn't you? I know that's what you did print to Web No, you don't do that anymore. That's better ways of doing it What should do here's what I did first. I booted it doesn't even put in a title tag man What is wrong with you putting the title tag I put I opened up a dream Weaver for dreams And so I'm going to put up a nice page and I said, Dreamweaver. Why do I need this? And so I just went to Word drew it put together the pager with all this flowery writing. I changed the fonts a little bit. So at least fancy fancy fonts and then threw some pictures in there and then save as HTM. There you go! It still does that same HTML fantastic. What about front page couldn't use that

2:07:45 That's doesn't work anymore. Let's stop working a little dream Weaver did people still seriously use Dreamweaver I think a lot of people do Would you recommend? What are you recommending? What are you using for cranking up your pages VI? VI what's vi vi visual? The visual editor vi on Unix every machine has it vi Vim I don't have a unix machine. You don't need to use the works on a Mac I Don't care that's what all these all the cool developers use vi and of course the emacs guys will hate it, but there you go Oscars the more on San Francisco anyway so Saturday this Saturday meet at the fat city bar in Old Town Sacramento plump City Bar

2:08:32 No, it's plump. Plump? No, it's fat city is referring to New Orleans. Ah gotcha. Nickname anyway devorak.org slash meetup one word dot h t m We are the only show that makes our URLs as complicated as possible witness devorak org slash na Yeah I know we've been condemned by some of the back office about this yeah well I'm liking Uh, this is Nick Foro. I'm using the six point type so i can't read it very well. 9333 in Wolcott New York and that is the reference to his accepted bid on his new house and a follow through yeah oh he's getting divorced karma yeah i'll send some at the end Evan Black in Olatha Kansas 8008 the boob donation of the day

2:09:30 Sir, Brian Green of hams in New York City 73 73 is Casey 9 why? 73's kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie JM Glenn Is that course Yanni course Yanni War course eonni I guess 6666 and cedar rapids he sent a note in saying that we're doing a great job on the show Thank you much not much more than that And he likes to show and he's one of his early donations Jay, and I appreciate that. He sent a note at all

2:10:06 James Green the second in Mesquite, Texas 62 62 Robin Morley 5555 parts unknown John Tucker in Omaha Nebraska devil that goes on the dime Dan Brendan In a you know is it burnt would it be Brendan? He's an Oslo Norway Oslo Oslo Norway Brittany Vandermer in Bombachtel, Deutschland. I don't know where that is and it's 50-50 and now already to the $50 donors is such a bad day. It's ridiculous. Low. I'd say it was actually embarrassingly low. Don't know why

2:10:53 Let's start with the top one, which is Courtney Vandenberg. I'm sorry that's a Rall just playing Rollin Tennessee Floyd Tallahassee Florida drew ralph like pal Ralph not roll round He's coming to the meetup so remember Rao Rouse coming from Tallahassee Florida and this what it says here on my sheet We just got a lot of people coming in from out of town. Yeah, people I guess says he's one guy who went back and forth on email He says that I'm coming up from From I don't know some town in Southern California said you can take the train It's not my drive But I don't know how many people are gonna be on the train That'll be kind of interesting because we're taking to 910 Zephyr that is yeah I want I would like to suggest that people blog or tweet their

2:11:40 their journeys and I'll be happy to sit around and retweet, kind of follow along. I think it's going to be very fun if people are coming in on the train there must be tons of good pictures...I think it will be cool! I'm very happy you're doing this do you have my head? Oh I don't have your head! Oh damn could somebody please bring me my head on a stick So that you can bring pictures. Yeah, Adam's head on a stick. So he can take pictures with me there? I mean we're talking about the photo. The later...the real head on the stick will come later Yes after after the initial coin offering of Beanie Coin With the guys who are starting to hang out with this Pachewski guy or whatever his name is

2:12:18 You'll find his head on a stick someday. David Pete in Aubrey, Texas. Hey Texas! Jessica Young in Yuba City California. Kaleeb Kniffin Hold on hold on hold on birthday donation and de-douching she wants to de-douching for Kellyanne so that's a de-douching. You've been de-douched Yeah a birthday list is good but needed a de-douching Okay Tim Abel in Berkfield Berkshire UK He must be a knight by now. David Schlesinger in Rosemont, Illinois. Gene Ablin in Sonora California. Edward Mazurek and Memphis Tennessee. Steven Cozumane in parts unknown. Jonathan Meyer in Zinnia Ohio Mary Krensel in Ipswich Massachusetts Larry Haye

2:13:08 Mooresville, North Carolina. And finally our last to reach them is Kyle Meyer in Atlanta Georgia Frank Molinari in Bollvard Texas and last is Jason Deluzio in Chatsford Pennsylvania want to thank all these people for producing show 954 yes and helping us out Thank you indeed I would make it like to make another suggestion for the meetup I think it would be pretty funny if everybody brought a selfie stick. Yeah, I have a suggestion for the meetup Nobody bring a selfie stick Hey how was your anniversary and happy anniversary by the way 29 years And they never had a fight right we've never had a fight It's unbelievable what did you guys do? Did you watch the elephant video

CHAPTER 28 / 36 Discussion

Wine Investment, 29th Anniversary Celebration

A host shares details of a 29th wedding anniversary dinner featuring a 1988 bottle of Lynch-Bages Bordeaux. The discussion covers the financial benefits of buying and holding high-end wines, such as Chateau Margaux, and provides recommendations for the 2015 and 2016 vintages. The segment concludes with the announcement of a new baronet, Sir Robert Clayson.

bordeaux· lynch-bages· chateau margaux· wine investment· anniversary· double magnum

2:14:03 No, we went to the elephant videos. I don't keep these things see we went to Get in there to get in the mood Yeah I'm sorry you went to dinner where who entered dinner at? The Baywolf cafe was bought and sold by a guy that owns The wood tavern and Oakland for famous restauranteur and it's called the wolf So he went to dinner at the Wolf and had a bottle of 1988 uh... lynch barge lynch barge yes and the eighty-eight which i bought cases of because it's a way to go here you brought your own? yeah oh that's right this stuff is like five hundred bucks a pop nowadays when you got married, did you buy a case of them was that what you did? who? You.

2:14:51 Yeah, I bought two cases. When you got married? Yeah! How cool... Well no not- No no no You can't buy it when you get married, you buy it when it comes out which is about two years later But I bought it Yes, I bought in 1990 Oh okay so It's an 88 but of course it came out a couple years later Wow how many in the case? Twelve Well until you haven't had one every year then You've skipped a year This must be the last one No, it's not. And the fact is that we have other 88s that occasionally we drink instead but not that many of them I just haven't had all those Lynch Bars. No, I have one bottle left for the 30th

2:15:33 And I have to say this, but wines these good Bordeaux is from good years and 88 was a decent year. Say the least they just hold up like there's no tomorrow. I mean this wine could go another 30 years it's you just stunning well when I marry Tina I'm going to buy two cases of fusel oil Okay, well that'll do it for you. You get a headache every time you have an anniversary No now this is actually a good service you could provide before People who want to know what case they have to buy Yeah for their for their work or their wedding I think it's a good idea I even have I bought double magnets for the kids Their birthdays

2:16:14 I had a double magnum of 85 Chateau Margaux for JC, Buzzkill Jr. It was relatively inexpensive at the time by the time he became 21 that's when you drank the wine. The one was 20 years old and still young but it was probably...I think I paid a lot for it at the time. I thought it was 350 bucks for a double magnum of Chateau Margaux people wine guys who rolled their eyes on that. I think the wines probably worth about when we drank it, three, four grand. Something like that? Yeah you can make money just buying and holding certain wines not every wine people have to know what wines if they're going to do that how to do it nowadays is harder because back then wines were cheaper and since 1996 I believe here comes a question i'm going to ask you annually on the program what is the wine people need to buy

2:17:16 Well, the wines aren't released yet. So I can't say which ones you should buy but I could recommend wines for 2015 and 2016. Okay. Just one for each please? I would say if you can afford it it's going to cost you some money. MD 2020? I would say for 2015 and 2016 both years I would get one case of Ducru Boucailloux. Okay. Nice. Lynch, Bosch, Dowdy Crew, Bucayou I would be very...I think you'd do well by buying a case of that. Unfortunately it's really expensive but it's good as...but it's not as expensive as Lafite or Mouton which would be great if you got lots of money rich and you don't care you would just buy a case of Latour and forget about it. Yeah, Latour.

2:18:14 Yeah, well. It's been a while since I've had it. It's overpriced now! Remember? You used to be able to get it especially in off years at reasonable prices and now that's not possible Well, I think we can make a combo deal here so we can have your recommendations and then people can pay for it with the Wino coin Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma And we say congratulations to the Baron of the Lowlands and Friesland, Sir Paige. He will be celebrating tomorrow James Green says happy birthday to his son Atticus James Thompson he turned six today and Jessica Young says happy birthday to Kellyanne who celebrated yesterday Happy Birthday everybody here at The Best Podcast in the Universe

2:19:13 And we do have a title change today John, but I didn't actually do a title change Title changes you want that one or you wanted Dylan? Is You can practice on this Not bad not bad, let's do that from now on a bit work on your on your skills

CHAPTER 29 / 36 Discussion

Border Wall Construction, National Butterfly Center

The Army Corps of Engineers has begun clearing land in South Texas for the border wall, starting with the National Butterfly Center. Environmentalists and scientists are protesting the destruction of habitat vital to the monarch butterfly and other endangered species like the ocelot. Lawsuits are expected as the construction moves through nature preserves rather than private ranchland.

border wall· national butterfly center· south texas· monarch butterfly· endangered species· eminent domain

2:19:59 Sir Robert Clayson becomes a baronet today and we congratulate him and thank him very much for his contribution to the best podcast in the universe. I want to mention a little protest that's going on because this is in my neck of the woods, South Texas We need to find a way to stop the building of The Wall And it's already starting Yes The Army Corps of Engineers invades South Texas. They've begun clearing areas for the border wall, rather than steal land legally through eminent domain they have arrived without permission or notification instead of cutting through ranchland and begun where it will hurt the most nature preserves The first location to fall beneath the saw machete and blade is a strip through the National Butterfly Center Oh no!

2:20:54 Scientists have purchased the area from farmers and restored it with plant species vital to the survival of the threatened monarch butterfly. Now only brown stubble remains." It is true that butterflies migrate actually through Austin And I forget what the plant is that they like this. It's like a shrub They really liked yeah, when I lived up in the hill it was just tons of butterflies But this is what they're going to do They're going to try and stop this because we still have tropical cats like ocelot oscillates jaguar undies

2:21:33 feruginous pygmy owl, the green jay, the elf owl, the Texas tortoise, the indigo snake and the Mexican burrowing toad. Uh... so watch the lawsuits fly! This is how they're going to go up and try and stop The Border Wall It's killing the Mex- it's actually funny that it's killing the uh.. the Mexico- what was it? The Mexican Burrowing Toad. Heh heh Oh, okay. Well there's always something like that I got a letter that's kind of interesting i need to read you know we talked about Browder uh you know this Earl Browder guy was on and he would

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Bill Browder, Magnitsky Act Family History

The family history of Bill Browder, the financier behind the Magnitsky Act, is examined, revealing that his grandfather Earl Browder was a personal representative for Joseph Stalin in the U.S. for 20 years. The hosts discuss the potential influence of this communist lineage on Browder's business dealings and subsequent expulsion from Russia.

bill browder· earl browder· joseph stalin· russia· magnitsky act· vladimir putin

2:22:15 Mark Levin did a whole special on it. He's the guy who gave the testimony. The Russia guy, he was rousted from Russia and all the rest of it. I always was suspicious about his testimony and I was also suspicious about how he got into Russia in the first place that did all these deals and they just kicked him out. They don't kick out everybody right? So here is a letter from one of our producers Bill Browder Magnitsky and the Russian lawyer, I see nobody's picked up on this he says. Not the news not the blogs not to comment in discussion forums but do you know who Bill Browders grandfather was? Earl Browder

2:22:55 It's Bill Browder, right? Earl Browder is his grandfather. Earl Browder was Joseph Stalin's personal representative in the US for over 20 years! No way! Browder worked directly for Stalin and did a lot of his dirty work in the U.S.. His son Felix Browder, Bill Browders father was born in Moscow in 1927 Start with the Wikipedia article on Bill Browder or I'm sorry, Earl Browder and see if that stimulates your interest there are plenty more available Anyway, that I thought was kind of coincidence. I think not no probably not There's also the Russian ladies whose name I can never recall was oh Sitting directly behind bill during the congressional testimony even though she does not understand a word of English supposedly I've seen that I have seen yeah It was reminding me of this scene from The Godfather 2 with Frank F

2:23:46 Penton jellies brother who also did not speaking the showing up to sit behind there. You know that was a very funny scene Anyway, what's interesting? Yeah? I did not know that one Nobody mentioned it I think would be pertinent and I've very pertinent to how he feels in general about Russia very interesting you know been following the knife crime an in Gitmo Nation GMT over there in the UK's. And, you know this is a... Oh we have to confiscate knives and now it's the big problem is knives because you know people don't kill people, knives kill people This isn't and I'm glad this is coming to ahead because my British friends, the few I still have left are always they're always like yeah you crazy Americans with your guns but how many guns no one getting shot here

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London Knife Crime, YouTube Censorship Demands

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on Google and YouTube to toughen their guidelines and immediately remove videos that the police claim incite violence, specifically related to the city's knife crime epidemic. The hosts view this as a sign of impending internet censorship and the end of the "golden age" of free speech. The segment also explores the etymology of the phrase "currying favor."

sadiq khan· london· knife crime· youtube· censorship· free speech

2:24:38 No, but they're getting stabbed everywhere and it's always been bad. But whether it has actually gotten worse or I don't know just more media to report on it? I don't know It seems like a lot more and the con! The London mayor is now bitching at YouTube And just listen to the words he uses. He is very clear that censorship is on the horizon. All of us have a role to play, my message to Google and YouTube though is that you've got a role to play as well it's not good enough That when the police tell you about video that's inciting violence You're taking it down so if there's the case That they stop breaching your guidelines you gotta toughen up your guidelines But when the police tell you something's causing a problem inside violence you gotta take it down immediately. You gotta take down immediately

2:25:28 This is where it's going. Taking it down immediately, blibbly- I said before and I'll say again we're in the golden age of the internet and free speech Yeah yeah Before certain types of traffic became illegal for sure For sure And then... I think we may have discussed this but The Independent published it The Independent's a reasonable publication It's not the Daily Mail for sure. But they found a study and they understand why Brexit happened is because of dumb people. Britain would have likely voted... Same reason Trump got elected! Yes, Britain would have likely voted to remain in the European Union were its population educated to a slightly higher level, a new study has found. There you go. You dumb, dumb, dumb people. Yeah, do an IQ test before your vote. It's coming. It's coming, you're right

2:26:25 Yeah, just you just have to answer these few questions before you can vote. I'm sorry Just to make sure that you're not too stupid The arrogance is just amazing and could could I ask you? Ask everybody I'm a little tired of always talking about Trump currying favor with Putin and what does that really mean What is this? Where's this from, this curry... because of course I hear my name and like... Yeah. Currying favor. Yeah But what does it mean? Let's look it up! We got the book of knowledge right in front of you It's on a screen let's do it! Let's see

2:27:09 Currying, currying. I have it here. Adding curry to the food is adding curry to your food. I've curried my food. Yeah but here's the origin in August 2007 The BBC ran a series of programs to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of India Given the popularity of Indian food in the UK, they included several cookery programs and heard the curry flavor not favor but flavor pun three times. On looking into the source of curry favour it appears it isn't original but itself a mis-hearing of another phrase so used to be currying flavour and then it became currying favour." Was was the date on that? That's bullcrap I've heard this phrase long before 2007 or whatever you said

2:27:55 No, but it goes back to 1598. Oh 1598 okay that one yeah I can see that. Yeah curry flavor. It's a devolving... But why is it used in this? Currying flavor! But it's one thing to say you know he helped him out or you know he was blowing him. I don't know about currying favors just find it interesting that phrase comes back over and over again It must be code. It's like the Narcan just yeah, it might be code currying favor oh Check the New York Times crossword puzzle Yeah and just five up and six down today We got that we got the bat signal okay? We are now at the Armageddon portion of the show Okay well I've got a couple of clips. I'll kick us off with Alan Greenspan

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Alan Greenspan, Global Bond Market Collapse Warning

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns that abnormally low interest rates are unsustainable and that a rapid correction is inevitable. He compares the current economic climate to the market crashes of 1857 and 1937. The hosts predict a significant market downturn before 2018, potentially leading to widespread social unrest and "riots in the street."

alan greenspan· federal reserve· bond market· interest rates· economic crash· 1857

2:28:50 The former chairman of the Federal Reserve Open Market System. Andrea Mitchell's husband. Hottie, or Hottie Boe, yes? And well you've been talking about the bond market... Well if you go back to the time of Alexander Hamilton long-term interest rates government bond interest rates have never been as low as they are today And interest rates have no long-term trend. We go back into ancient times, and when we could get interest rates it looks very much like what we have today. So the current level of interest rates is abnormally low and there's only one direction in which they can go, and when they start it will be rather rapid. I have no time frame on the forecast.

2:29:46 I have a chart which goes back to 1800. I like this, I have a chart that goes back to 1800! If you google bond prices 1800 the charts everywhere. I have a chart that goes back to 1800. Which goes back to 1800 And I can tell you that this particular period sticks out. But you have no way of knowing in advance when it actually will trigger, because remember in a bull market which is about to break two weeks before the price levels are below the ultimate peak meaning there were more bids than offers so it looks stronger just before it isn't stronger

2:30:32 And so that anybody who thinks they're going to make forecasts which work all the time are in for a disastrous... I agree with that. ...heading, if I might put it that way. We all get into high! This was first discussed about three years ago and forecasts have been made in the meantime what's gonna be now is gonna be then. I mean Tom Hartman came out with a book kind of predicting a crash in 2016. You missed? And I Well, I will say 2017. I looked at the chart it is ugly III agree It's ugly but it could bounce you know It's kind of been just in a just a almost a stair step all the way down well when it goes as source to go it's gonna be Just gonna take the whole market with it so right but short right only only yes sure sure sure about a year oh yeah

2:31:34 I've seen maybe not even me. The bottom will be even sooner than that, I mean if this is a an analog of 1857 or 1937 not 77 so much but especially the 1857 which is the one I'm looking at it'll be like it's it'll seem like And this happened in 77 too. If you read anything during that era about the market, they were predicting the most doom and gloom of never going to recover ever ever ever again! What year was that? That was in 77. There's a guy named Ruff. Are you FFing his name? 1877

2:32:11 No, 1857 is the one I'm looking at. But I'm saying right now and more recent literature in 1977. Yeah, 1977. In 1977 there was all this writing going on and they the way they saw the economy in 1977 was this is it get used to it This is gonna be the way you're gonna be living the rest of your life forever And then it just bounced Well, it could bounce up after a little crazy It kind of started bouncing up in 1980 when Reagan got in It actually started almost it was almost near the peak. I'm sorry it was almost near the peak 1980 looks like 83 was the peak

2:32:51 Oh, that's for interest rates. This is the government bond? Are you talking interest rates? Okay. Well interest rates were skyrocketing during the 70s but I'm talking about just a general economy and how people were perceiving future and it was that this is the way it's going to be forever we're never gonna get out of this this is the worst thing ever! I believe this exact same scenario is gonna happen you're gonna be told that...and when it crashes which will be between now in July 19 the 18, 2018. What am I thinking? Between now and 2018 it's gonna be over and you're gonna hear the same nonsense that we're screwed this is gonna be forever there's going to be no work because there are going to be riots in the street and people are burning down cities and this it! And thats nonsense because thats not it its just the absolute bottom of the... Well if you haven't noticed San Francisco is pretty much there

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Homelessness Crisis, Tent Cities in San Francisco

The homelessness crisis in San Francisco and Berkeley has escalated, with large tent cities appearing under freeway overpasses. The hosts criticize "do-gooder" organizations for providing tents and Narcan rather than addressing the root causes of the problem. The situation is described as a "band-aid" approach to a systemic societal failure.

homelessness· san francisco· berkeley· austin· tent cities· band-aid

2:33:49 The homelessness situation, I'm sorry people who are experiencing homelessness is out of control. Well that's not just San Francisco right now in Berkeley there's any under any overpass on any freeway there's and what's interesting to me is that the homelessness situation changed pretty much about a year and a half ago everybody has a tent And so there are tent cities all over the place. In San Francisco, it's outrageous! You drive along and then all of a sudden there is a tent city. And the tents by the way are beat. They're horrible tents but they're just tents. If you want to do that homeless person a favor get them a tent

2:34:32 Well, that's they're all in there all intense. Yeah I think the problem because all these do-gooders like oh let's get tense for the homeless wonder where the tents came from we have not discussed this on The show but these tents came from somewhere. I'm telling you didn't have a couple years ago They're just you know living now You have to understand and this is a very liberal city and Austin has the same And also has a lot of nonprofits doing a lot for the homeless But man we we have shelter here and it's, you know, it really congregates all around that. It is really bad but instead of really looking at a real solution they buy them tents! That's typical we're not gonna go after the problem. No, you can buy them a tent! We're going to put Narcan in elementary schools instead of going after the actual problem yeah it's kind of the American way I guess put a band-aid... didn't we invent the Band Aid?

2:35:28 Yeah, I think so. I think Band-Aid which Johnson & Johnson's brand name is invented here. Well how come there is no Band-Aid for black people? We are racist! They do have them. For all colors of black people?! No But we're gonna have this downturn and bond collapse and it's going to take the market with us So Apple stock and everybody else Amazon all these companies that are way overpriced Oh how about Tesla? They will be overpriced They'll all collapse nice, so this is gonna be fun. So I should just find Fun from we'll see how the donations go But there's a lot of people that won't be affected and I think our donations will probably remain pretty much the same except You know where if people know how important to show isn't so they donate they didn't do that today but generally speaking they do right and I think we can get through it with the show intact

CHAPTER 34 / 36 Discussion

CIA Recruitment, Alexei Navalny Russian Campaign

CBS News coverage of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is scrutinized after the reporting crew was photographed and labeled as foreign agents by Russian bloggers. The discussion delves into the "Catholics In Action" nickname for the CIA and claims that former CIA Director John Brennan served as a "handler" for Barack Obama before his presidency.

alexei navalny· russia· cia· cbs news· john brennan· barack obama

2:36:27 I hope so. And it's a worldwide audience, so we can probably pick up some and we're getting more and now that you're going to go on the Seed Man show... You will be uh.. I don't know but well we gotta track it yeah So what we know is Maybe its gonna kill the show maybe your agenda screwed because you got on The Seed Man Show Tell me! Who knows? It could be Killing this show Dude you killing the show man That's not good Because the Seedman get people, the people who listen to Seedman that might start listening to our show aren't used to the donation model. Yeah they are! He... he can still donate to his show No but does it get anything? No. He says he did 40 million last year Well you didn't do that in donations Oh no that was uh I told ya i was gonna get the Noah Jindal Quercetin against mold and get it in the store In the shop InfoWars shop InfoWars Health

2:37:24 Anyway, so back to the deconstructions. I got the biggest kids CBS has a news show it's during the week It's called CBS and reports or something like that And it says 60 minutes killer that is so much better than sixty minutes It's not even it's like by the way did we miss the fact that Megyn Kelly? Got fired or show was dropped. I don't know that we reported it But I knew about it yeah Yeah, she can't carry the show. She's annoying! No, no...she never found her footing. Yeah she didn't find her footing. Here is what I saw when I watched those shows Those shows were absolutely excellent They had good reporting they had good stories The problem was Megyn Kelly You couldn't have done the show any better than you did it

2:38:13 Now CBSN has a much better approach and it's almost like a modern version of what 60 Minutes should be like. But there was this little side thing, they do side bars, interesting little snippets about the report that they did so they were doing this report on this guy Valvani who is the number one guy who wants to run against Putin in Russia very famous guy and they're following him around So there's this report, this is the Velvani report. The journalist... well just play this and I'll explain what happened. I'm not a very paranoid person but it is true that since Russian-American relations started going downhill people have taken a lot more interest in American journalists so we're getting off of plane in Penza What we didn't realize was that were being photographed

2:39:04 I found the picture on Twitter and there you see our crew of five were actually numbered, getting off this plane next to Navalny. I saw this blog post that was all about how Navalny had come to this city with American journalists. We were part of the story. The suggestion was that we were government agents somehow working with Navalny on his campaign I wanted to show you this picture. So, you weren't surprised by that picture? Yeah it kind of weirded me out How long are you here in Russia? You shouldn't be used to it! I've never been numbered. So, so Navalny is who he is not Vavolni. Uh, Navalny um

2:39:51 They all these CBS guys coming out of the plane to report on this guy. They had a camera crew and everything, and they were all numbered in reported as government agents. And I'm thinking to myself, hey it's CBS! Of course they're government agents! Which I have a new acronym is for Catholics In Action but didn't know that. Well i've heard the acronym is Christians In Action No no Catholics In fact, the CIA is run by Catholics. Oh I didn't know that! Well, Prasenik was telling me last night he says the only good people in the CIA are the ones who are like the WASP-y guys like your uncle said we were the smart ones He said all the Catholics their whole background doesn't jive with the work of The CIA which he constantly said Catholics in action

2:40:44 Night he said something I didn't want to be like it just said he kept talking about the g2 How the G 2 is the G should be a baby a private plane. No, it was something about intelligence Agencies I said are they at war with each other? He said oh yeah Absolutely not my different agencies that were with each other Yes, you said and the FBI is completely stupid. It says the CIA has never been dumber And he said that Brennan, because what's Brennans deal with this? Oh you should ask him about Brennan being a Muslim. That's what I asked! He says...I'm not sure about that but he was in Saudi Arabia and this guy was an F up. He was just horrible and I guess he was station chief there or something. I don't know for sure what he was. But it was so horrible and he didn't really answer the Muslim thing but he said he was the guy who worked the Obamas before he was president

2:41:40 He was the handler. Brennan was Obama's handler. That's what I said. Huh? Yes, that is what i just said too! Yeah this is a good contact now. I think you've got it we've got material for the next five years if you can stay in touch with this guy. I think so too but he's 73 yeah these guys like to chat with me. 73 is not that bad no these guys like to chat with me is what I'm saying oh well I'm sure they do you're very easy to chat with and so and you have some chops so it's not like you're an idiot he's chatting with here's the thing Now remember, he co-wrote the Tom Clancy novels. He says that he acted... I said all that shit came true? Yeah of course because it was fiction therefore i could make it whatever wanted to be and I actually ran Tom Clancy. He said that he was in a way was a handler of Clancy but what he said to me is you know you got an interesting life It's probably good book! I'd be interested in talking about that

2:42:48 That's interesting. Yeah, are you kidding me? Of course this guy written enough books get this guy co-written by Oh my God instant bestseller and can put it on the front with a little gold star. It's a seller. But I just wanted to bring that up that we need to talk about it as the Catholics in action. I thought that was an interesting way of expanding the acronym I just have one... No, I knew a guy who was one of these characters you know and he says that when in your emails and everything you're supposed to use Christians in action and no such agency. And they won't get picked up right? Yeah yeah he said CIA guys they drink because they just drink because he's also a psychiatrist He's treated a lot of agents since they drink and they philander yeah and the saying at the Catholics In Action is

2:43:51 You can't seduce a woman you'll never be able to seduce the country. Yeah, I guess that's right of passage there or something But yeah, I agree if I rushed I'm sure the Russians have got a lot of women and make it easy to seduce I have one dimension B clip It's so dimension b that I'm actually kind of breaking a rule because it is from twit And we'd normally don't play stuff like that But I thought it was important in light of the true rift in our entire culture, the split in the universes. True split of universes and also what that means for your tech news, I guess. Sure. You're such a fatalist! I am a fatalist but look at... Sometimes I feel like certainly our government is in a different dimension, a different world from the world that we're living in

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AI Limitations, Uber Driver Surge Pricing Hack

The limitations of current AI and LIDAR systems are highlighted by their inability to reliably distinguish stop signs from speed limit signs. In a separate tech story, Uber drivers are reportedly "hacking" the company's algorithm by logging out simultaneously to trigger surge pricing. The segment also mentions Dunkin' Donuts' plan to rebrand simply as "Dunkin'."

artificial intelligence· lidar· autonomous vehicles· uber· surge pricing· dunkin donuts

2:44:48 And anything that they plan to do about anything is irrelevant because it's an impedance mismatch. They're operating at a different time scale than we are, just go to the DMV! Just go to the DMV! It's like snails! There's a terrible branding event for government every time a citizen walks into the DMV is this catastrophic branding event If you can't get that right how are we going to solve AI? We don't have enough people who have any kind of science or technology background that go into politics. Yeah, we at some point years ago had an office called the Office of Technology Assessment and it was staffed with... I know! Staff of the exam. Right who were non- My goodness. Well he makes a good point you can't get

2:45:34 It's a funny point. You can't get the DMV right, how can you do AI? Funny idea! And that term AI is thrown around so easily... Show me some real AI and machine learning please This happened in the 80s Do you know what someone showed me a picture it was posted on their face bag Look they've Gizmodo has trained a computer to recognize aircraft in these pictures I'm like that's technology from the 60s They were using that on air photography to find out, you know what the enemy was doing with camouflaged runways and stuff. Come on!

2:46:11 Well, the latest thing going on which you I'm surprised you didn't bring up which is the inability to read stop signs by LIDAR systems. Yeah if it was autonomous cars yeah so they blow through the stop sign? Yeah they either blow through a stop sign or see it as something else and there's this one... If I remember I'll put in the next newsletter. There's this sign that says something Don't stop, you know. I just had some words on the top and the bottom of the stop sign and apparently 100% of all the cars tested saw this stops sign as speed limit 45. I looked at it couldn't figure out where they got that from but faster faster well in in the Theodore K way of thinking about technology by love with the Uber drivers have figured out

2:47:04 I think they're also doing it in New York. You know how you have surge pricing with there's not enough cars available, then you get up? You got 1.8 times your ride fare so jacked it up. So what they figured out is and they are tricking the algo their their Jack in the Algo by all logging out of the app at the same time that Algo thinks crap as a shortage of cars boom surge pricing. They all log back in to get extra money Course in that great. That's fantastic hack yeah, I love stuff like that And it's only gonna get worse the way the world works It's only going to get worse all right give us one clip to play us out Johnny boy. Let's see what we got here They have a couple of things they got The Dunkin Donuts which I believe is an or native ad as we say in Holland Dunkin Donut

2:47:58 Dunkin Donuts. Hey, get me a nice Dunkin' Donut coffee! It's so good. But it is kind of an item because it's so stupid... We'll run it Time to make the donuts. Dunkin' Donuts considering changing its name to just Duncan, the new name getting a test run in Pasadena, the company citing competition from competitors with just one word in their name namely Starbucks tweet me is it dunking donuts without the doughnuts? Well of course it's a native ad hello The native add is why would they think that Starbucks, oh they only have one name and they're doing really well so let's put I guess Oh Amazon only has one name. They're doing really well Apple we should only have one name They shouldn't pick donuts but that's okay Dunkin Donuts mom Just Duncan All right i think im good Youre good thats it? you done? Well I could do the head

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Cultural Rot, No Agenda Outro

The show concludes with a critique of PBS analysts David Brooks and Mark Shields for their "cultural rot" commentary regarding the Trump administration. The hosts sign off from Austin and Northern Silicon Valley, teasing a future "No Agenda Tents" project for the predicted economic Armageddon. The episode ends with a musical montage featuring "Fish in the Street."

david brooks· mark shields· pbs· cultural rot· austin· silicon valley

2:48:58 Okay, we got one more. Now this is Shields and Brooks because it's always goals me so I'll be mad after the show Oh well Thanks Obama This is thanks Obama this again is my biggest complaint my biggest pet peeve is this is Brooks and Shields on this PBS where they're both arguing the same thing on the same side of the argument. They're both a couple of Democrats, one pretending to be a Republican and bitching about the Republicans not giving us any explanation... You know it wouldn't bother me if you're gonna have pro and con. There's plenty people that could probably figure out how to be apologetic for Trump and explain what he's up to

2:49:35 valuable information. I'd be interested, but no no we got to have this clown just go and now he's really slobbering on it. He's just falling all over himself to condemn everybody. Let's listen. The handling of health care among American voters...I mean it's just they're beyond the basement so I think there is some courage but at the same time I think there's a large dose of self-preservation involved. David, I talked to Jeff Flake this week and It was interesting, he said at one point there's so many things to criticize about this president we hardly know where to begin. But it does look as if the President doesn't have the clout or that Republicans on The Hill don't seem quite as afraid of him maybe as they once did? Yeah I think Jeff Flake is still going to be relatively lonely in direct opposition There are a few Ben Sasse from Nebraska Lindsey Graham I think Susan Collins and maybe Mike Lee

2:50:32 who are pretty much against Donald Trump. But the rest are just sort of going along, but the going along used to be going on close and now going along let's do it without this guy one during the health care thing they saw not only how what a loser he was, but how destructive his presence was to try to get anything done. Second nothing offends members of the Senate Republicans Nothing would offend them more than being attacked by the president their own party because it does feel like an act of disloyalty and so incompetence and disloyalty that suggests let's just go do our own thing this guy is hopeless And I do think that mentality has begun to slip in

2:51:12 to a lot of the Senate Republicans. But it doesn't mean they're going to try and counter what I think is the cultural rot, and the political rot, and institutional rot that is happening in Trump administration They are not going to be standing up for that degree. In meantime Markie Cultural Rot! Political Rot! Hopeless Loser! What kind of analysis this? This is no helpful! That's unbelievable Well I'm glad we were around to call it out And we're gonna change our name to No. Yeah, because one name is better. It's better! One name is better...No! The No Podcast. What? No podcast?! You gotta do a podcast- No it's called the no podcast that's the name of the podcast Why does it call NO? Can't you tell me!? You can tell me! No! Do a whole skit around That's right I'm also calling for noagendatents.com for the coming Armageddon so that you can donate and give us a tent

2:52:12 I think a tent with the big logo on it, that would be the way to go. Give the tent away and it says no agenda listen to No Agenda podcast. Perfect! It would be great on this side of a tent you could silk screen it on yeah give those tents as a homeless it always be like a billboard for the show Coming to you from downtown Austin, Texas here in the common law condo in the Cluedio. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where we're still fearing the bomb hitting us at any minute. I am John C Dvorak We will be back on Sunday remember us at dvorak dot org slash NA until then as always Adios Mofos!

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