Episode 967 · Sunday, 24 September 2017

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Global tensions rise as North Korea issues new insults while Facebook attempts to salvage its reputation through unprecedented transparency and collaboration with federal investigators.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 967

About this episode

Kim Jong-un escalated international tensions by labeling President Donald Trump a mentally deranged dotard following the United States leader's address to the United Nations. The North Korean state media response coincided with reports of fake evacuation orders circulating among military families in South Korea and technical clarifications regarding the twenty-mile effective range of howitzer artillery systems positioned near the DMZ.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the platform will surrender 3,000 Russian-linked political ads to Congress as Special Counsel Robert Mueller seeks the handwritten notebooks of former Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Meanwhile, the Trump administration moved to dismantle restrictions on CIA drone strikes while the United Kingdom deployed SAS units with shoot-to-kill orders in the London Underground. In the corporate sector, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon dismissed Bitcoin as a fraud and London authorities revoked Uber's operating license over safety concerns.

Jedidiah Bila reportedly lost her position on The View after deviating from a scripted interview with Hillary Clinton, who recently credited alternate nostril breathing for her stress management. The episode also explores the unique classification of platinum gays and the musical translation of grackles perched on Austin power lines.


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CHAPTER 01 / 45 Discussion

iOS 11 Release, Streaming Protocol Issues

Apple released iOS 11, prompting a warning to wait for secondary stability releases before upgrading to avoid bricked devices. Technical difficulties with a new streaming protocol affected the live broadcast link, requiring a manual URL workaround for listeners.

apple· ios 11· iphone· streaming protocol· software update

00:00 That's too many points. And coming to you from the darkest corners of the in downtown Austin Tejas capital the drone star state in the Cluedio in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where we're gluten-free. I'm John C Dvorak Always felt that's kind of synonymous for fun free, yeah, it's like I'm gluten free all you have no fun. Oh so sorry

00:42 Well, they had this picture that I retweeted on the Twitters. It said gluten-free marijuana was a shop in Oregon What? That's what it said! Was the name of the shop. Like one hour cleaners, I guess Okay, I got it. I got it. Well we may not have as many live listeners today You know Apple came out with iOS 11 everyone's like WHOA LET ME UPGRADE RIGHT AWAY I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEW STUFF FROM APPLE This, here's a no agenda tip everybody. This is not a good idea it's never a good idea but always wait for you know release at least this the second to fix release which is usually... comes out shortly thereafter yeah usually when people's phones are bricked for about three days and

01:35 So anyway, so somehow our stream link doesn't work and it's something with the streaming protocol that implemented. I don't know so we do have a URL that works that has been passed around just one of those things man jeez. I know you think after 30 years of this how about eight versions? Of the iPhone, you'd know but don't you remember those times when it wasn't working is astonishing to me yeah hmm well see yes Excellent. I didn't find there was a lot to watch over the weekend really- Oh, uh... The um...

CHAPTER 02 / 45 Discussion

Global Citizen Festival, Justin Trudeau Award

The Global Citizen Festival in Central Park featured performances by Green Day and an appearance by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau received a Global Citizen Award and delivered a speech condemning racism, sexism, and various forms of bigotry.

global citizen festival· united nations· central park· justin trudeau· green day

02:18 They had those stupid global citizen awards again every year when the UN comes together. I missed that! Somebody clued me into it and then I just... Yeah, we caught it late as well and its really great to watch because in Central Park they've got- your favorite boys were there Green Day! Those young guys you know? Yeah yeah those guys. Those young kids you think are going somewhere Billy Joe and the gang. Billy Joe and Jack Daniel's And, uh... Which is great to see them completely sell out to the New World Order because the only people who are in this... It sold out a long time ago. The only people who were in the front row, you know over the first 20 rows are the spouses and mistresses You know children friends of the elites who are as we discussed in New York City with their diplomatic license plates and everyone's you know it's for them they're rattling their pearls. Whoo! Yeah go Billy Joe

03:17 and they had associated awards which I think was also New York. Then they bring out these great people like Queen Rania of Jordan, you know beautiful people who are not threatening it used to include Bashar al-Assad and his wife but You know, they messed up so they're off the list. They're not on the...they're not backstage anymore. Justin Trudeau received a Global Citizen Award 30 seconds of his acceptance speech We need to be every bit as strong Every bit as vigilant in opposing the scourges Of racism Sexism Homophobia Transphobia Ethnic and religious bigotry Neo-fascism Neo-nazism And the violent extremism of Daesh That confront us in 2017

04:05 You know, just like LGBTQQIAAP that needs an acronym. Yeah I'd say and i think he forgot to be forgot to say Christianity we got a fight against them at least it seems like that's what's going on yeah It just sounds like a douchebag event yes it's a total douchebag event that's what makes it so great to watch fantastic yeah I probably should have watched it if I want to it's probably gonna replayed and I'm sure be passed around like crazy on the Internet. Yeah, Matt now the performances are good. That's that's fantastic but geez alright so what else did you do? Watch a couple of things that I wanted to catch up on it caught up on the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary which is yeah mind blowing pieces of it looks pretty good have you seen any of it? Yeah, I've seen pieces of it looks pretty good as he digs into a lot

CHAPTER 03 / 45 Discussion

Ken Burns Vietnam Documentary, Domino Theory

The Ken Burns Vietnam documentary explores the origins of the conflict, including early diplomatic interactions between Ho Chi Minh and Western powers at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The production examines the "domino theory" geopolitical strategy used by U.S. officials to justify military intervention against communism in Southeast Asia.

ken burns· vietnam war· robert mcnamara· ho chi minh· domino theory

05:08 The story that actually did come out after once McNamara released his autobiography or whatever it was you want to call it. And he admitted that, you know, it was a screw up and we shouldn't have been in the war in the first place because didn't know how to get out of it and I guess Burns takes a little further with some additional research into the beginnings of it how we were buddies with Ho Chi Minh right at the beginning. Here's what I didn't know, you turned us on years ago to the Paris 1919 film which i would recommend again everybody needs to watch this

05:45 Paris 1919 and it's about the negotiations where after the First World War, everyone pretty much sat down and said okay let's divvy this up. And they looked at that big desert and said alright Iraq here draw a line there Iran yeah we'll throw Syria hey Jordan let's come with some new country here just threw all kinds of countries together but that's when Ho Chi Minh was at that meeting and passed the letter to... Was it Roosevelt? I don't remember. passed a letter saying, please I would like... Well if it was in 1919 it would have to be Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt yeah But why was he there? Because Woodrow Wilson was the president Then it was okay thank you Woodrow Wilson To the President He had a note passed and said that I really want independence for my country And he really started that far back That's why of course he kind of became the spiritual unelected leader Of Vietnam and has Ho Chi Minh City named after him

06:43 But what I, well first of all Uncle Don's in it at least in the first three. I've seen him a couple times and I believe this was The interviews were taped eight years ago seven or eight years ago So it's not like you know fresh and they probably worked on it for eight years but what does become clear from the documentary And that's why I want you to see it so we can get it from your perspective just from a different generation is how, you know what we were doing there and of course Korea before that was to stop this scourge of communism. And yeah he had everybody showing maps on TV like oh look all this red here because you had China and Russia and Russia had all the now Eastern European states and how dangerous it was...and when you just interview people

07:36 which are done in this documentary, you see the fear. It was and that's why all we have to we have to stop communism. Communism can't come below the whatever the parallel is there for South Vietnam and ultimately it was very very tragic number of decisions but I think it's really good Yeah, well at the time there was a thing that was very popular. There's all these things you have to be every time we turn around or something new that comes along it becomes very popular and everybody buys into it global warming yeah It was called the domino theory hmm

08:14 Oh yes, exactly. Yes it's right they discussed it yeah exactly the domino theory Yeah so they and that was the big deal everybody would did all the news people everybody were all in on the domino theory and domino theory was that apparently The world consisted of dominoes. And so when one of them fell, it hit the other domino because it wasn't as though they were playing the game of dominos They were playing they stand up dominoes and make him fall over right? It's a different kind of game which isn't even a game yeah and And that was the problem. It was South Vietnam fell, then it would next thing you know to be Papua New Guinea there would be Australia and New Zealand they'd all turn communist because of the dominoes. Well everybody was all in that's for sure at least that's the way it seems from

CHAPTER 04 / 45 Discussion

The Handmaid's Tale Series, Dystopian Themes

The Handmaid's Tale television series depicts a dystopian future where environmental disasters and infertility lead to a totalitarian regime enslaving fertile women. Observations on the show's themes suggest it serves as a modern political allegory regarding gender roles and societal control.

the handmaid's tale· hulu· margaret atwood· dystopian fiction· television

09:04 from this documentary. Not everybody was all in, that's the kind of interesting part about it I have to watch it Well they're starting to show that now in episode three They're starting to show the war protests but you know there is a lot of background on history and one other thing we were watching and I felt since it won all the awards and we discussed it certainly since Tucker Carlson said it was piece of crap We started watching The Handmaid's Tale? Uh...I was very surprised by this Have you seen any of this series? I don't know why you cut out, just as you said the name of it. It's like somebody is censoring you The Handmaid's Tale Yes! I have not seen it and I know its good one Just a tonne of awards and accolades And I have no- I dunno What's it about? No, I've- I dont even know what it's about Well the premise is kind of future set in the future And the idea is we women

10:03 this is the story. And I've only seen three or four episodes, so you know, I could get this somewhat wrong but the idea is because of how we were progressing in our society women became more promiscuous and they just didn't want to have babies...I guess they were having, getting dogs instead. Just like Italy! So it started becoming infertile and then there was some terrorism which has implied that it was phony baloney false flagged then there was martial law And then cities were blown up and they couldn't reproduce. So in order to save the republic, they have to have women who can reproduce all the time and you get these classes of women—you have the low level that are dressed in red—and they're just baby machines! They are owned by a family and the guy has sex with them at least once a month with his wife there in the room...

10:59 And so it's, you know... So it's kinky sex? Is that what this is about? Well here's what's- It's rated X. What's interesting is really how women have become and they go through the whole process women have become the problem they need to be contained and they're in complete slavery all women And so what's interesting about this is I'm watching this from a current perspective, like what was going into this. And there's a lot in the resistance... There's men are the problem You know there's a lot of these undertones of hey- The way I view it just watching this i'm thinking in the back my mind someone's making this to say Hey you know if you don't watch out men are gonna screw us and enslave us all Now here's where its interesting

11:46 And it's okay. It's very interesting to watch. Tina the Keeper, she says oh my god this is...she's completely into it and I said well you know what do you feel about this? She says I feel that this could actually happen in fact in this regard she says it IS happening just look at the EU! Look at what's happening with some of these Muslim enclaves Italy So there's a lot of... it's an interesting thing. I don't know, I gotta watch the whole series and then i can give a better opinion. Yeah that's your beat now. I'll take it. I'll watch one show..I already know- I don't know how you- I can sense these things when we get older you can sense these things. I already know I'm not gonna like it

12:31 I think you may be right. Yeah So let's say what did you've been watching? You watched two or three episodes Three four maybe three or four okay, which one should I watch of the group oh geez now It's one of these things that it takes a while to set up and then your little just watch want Episode 1 and then give up I'd have to watch 1 & 2 but I don't know if you can make it There are two hours, I probably can't even get through one. You never know! I might find something interesting... Something about it that intrigues me. Uhh..I just get the sense that i'm not going to No, uh, don't think you will Okay well... I'm sure- I'm already thinking its corny Yeah

13:24 Well, it's not corny. It's okay! I don't know... There are things that I like and you just don't like them. What can I say? I'll have a definitive clip of show one which I will use to bounce off my ideas Okay fabulous So the research we've been doing One of these things has been who is behind this Pelosi protesting the doc also just watching how people are responding. You know, we had there were a whole bunch of so-called dreamers who interrupted her speech. Yes my wife, my wife yeah listen she listens to this show. No come on well she's in a long drive? Yeah

CHAPTER 05 / 45 Discussion

Nancy Pelosi Protest, Dreamers Backlash

Protesters identifying as "Dreamers" interrupted a speech by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, demanding a "clean" DACA bill without border security concessions. Senator Jeanne Shaheen commented on the frustration of young immigrants while suggesting potential outside interference in domestic divisions.

nancy pelosi· dreamers· daca· immigration protest· nbc news

14:10 So, she listened to the...she really enjoyed the Pelosi deconstruction. And she did mention a couple of things. She says Pelosi is kind of a control freak so it should be just control of situation that's how she got the job of speaker when she was speaker And this kind of thing is extremely upsetting to her. She says there's no question about that and she also agreed that the idea of these kids all repeating after each other like a group of drones, you know... Yeah it was mind control. ...a mic check she says is absolutely frightening. Yeah yeah she didn't hear that during Occupy?

14:49 Occupy was different because in Occupy they had a reason to do it. They were prohibited from using PA systems and there was a huge crowd, so to get a question asked it had to be relayed that way but when you're in this room where one guy can just say what he wants instead of everyone repeating after him, it doesn't make any sense so its a huge difference But we have some dynamite research from producer Joseph on the groups behind this particular protest. As you know, we were skeptical about the guy in the shirt and tie who has all his scripted stuff I feel that by them saying they want a clean bill seemed like very much talking points

15:37 Yeah, but professional some professional signs. You know it's all these things so I want to give you a rundown of that but first we probably should listen to the mainstream media and Senator Shaheen who is from I wish you from North Carolina North have no idea like I think North Carolina And what she thought about these protesters. Now recall that the protesters were very angry at Pelosi because they didn't want to be used as a bargaining chip, it was right there! All you had to do is watch 25-30 minutes and get the story They wanted all 11 million, amnesty for all 1 million They don't want any negotiation there For border security to be in the bill has to be clean bill Seemed like pretty politically oriented protest Here's what the senator thought about it

16:28 Part of what they were chanting there was let us speak, which she seemed to be allowing them to. But why is she, of all people getting this backlash from dreamers? Well listen, Dreamers young people across this country are frustrated because they came to the country through no fault of their own. They were brought by parents. They want a country... Through no fault of their own you gotta keep her keeping talking points people and Dreamers, young people across this country are frustrated because they came to the country through no fault of their own. They were brought by parents. They want to contribute to this country. They want to go to college. They wanna join the military. All 800 wanna join the military

17:10 The college, they want to join the military. They want to get jobs and be Americans which is what they are this is the only country most of them have ever known. But she's trying to protect them! I mean she's the person who's pushing the president to help right? Well she is and I think the good news is that we've heard from both Republicans and Democrats who believe that we need to do something to protect the dreamers and that's what I'm certainly going to continue to work on But again, I'm just confused about why they're holding Nancy Pelosi at fault here. Do they not like that she's working with the president to do this? Listen you'll have to ask them who knows who stirring up this kind of animosity what we know about

17:50 The Russians and their interference in the 2016 election is that they tried to increase divisions within this country. We saw it again in Charlottesville, so we don't know what's behind this but what we do know Is that we need to take action to protect the dreamers to allow them to stay in America. Blah blah Russia of course I don't know! She knows damn well who it is It's the immigration liberation movement And we have a ton of research from our producer Joseph in the show notes with links to all of these groups. So, the Immigration Liberation Movement was... they were identified as one of the groups protesting by NBC and USA Today and WAPO-WAPO-WAPO-WAPO In fact WAPO reported that protesters were identified as members of the local chapters of RISE Faith in Action and The California Youth Immigration Alliance

CHAPTER 06 / 45 Discussion

Immigrant Liberation Movement, George Soros Funding

Research into the groups protesting Nancy Pelosi reveals a network of organizations including Pangea Legal Services and the Immigrant Liberation Movement. Financial records indicate these activist groups receive significant funding from the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

george soros· open society institute· pangea legal services· maldef· ford foundation

18:45 So, the East Liberation...the Immigrant Liberation Movement was created by the California Immigration Youth Justice Alliance. East Bay Immigrant Youth Coalition Faith in Action Bay Area and Panagia Legal Panagia Legal Services describes themselves as how do you spell panegy a pangea? I'm sorry PANG. That's right Yeah, I'm sorry. What does it what does that mean pangea and G ah you know I used to know I have no idea I'll look it up and GIA a super continent compromising all the continental crust of the earth Yeah, this is the pen yeah pan G. It has to do with guy AI think which is the you know the great orgasm the orgasms Wait let's go back to this a great organ orgasm we're doing great orgasm the Great Organism called you know earth And I just thought about it's a globalist term as what it is oh

19:42 Yeah, it's a globalist term. I never thought of it that way before but that's exactly what it is. Oh looky here! Here it is from their About Us page. Pangea was the name of the Earth original continent when it was one connected landmass for us pangea symbolizes the unity and oneness of our global community Yeah, I actually wonder wait if the I just want you to know on the on the 990 oh gee who gives them money. Oh Let me guess one of those Soros operation Of course I don't know why people that still get rest that guy anyway. I saw him wondering though. I'm wondering is

20:28 How many of these, they're youths. Youths mostly in these organizations and many college kids and all the rest but they've all been ill-educated I wonder if they really have a clue who this benefits These globalists...these kids can't you can't be a globalist as a child. I don't think so You can't be a globalist as a child thinking to yourself, oh it'd be so much better if we had no borders. Well listen when you get the next group that is a part of this immigration liberation front the Immigration Youth Coalition now they describe themselves as an undocumented and queer trans youth-led organization based in California our mission

21:14 is to mobilize youth, families and incarcerated people to end the criminalization of immigrants and people of color. We organize to create social change that confronts the interlocking systems of oppression." Fiscally sponsored by National Day Laborers Organizing Network NDLON which is an open borders activist group has received funding from Unbound Philanthropy Borealis Philanthropy and the Open Society Institute from George Soros. There we are. Rise, R-I-S-E part of the Immigration Advocates Network IAN an alliance of leading immigrants rights organizations including The American Bar Association Commission on immigration, The American Civil Liberties Union's immigrants rights project and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network

22:01 And they receive, RISE receives funding from the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The For Freedoms Fund and... ...The Open Society Institute. Faith in action! Part of the peak- I like that fact that Bill Gates has become just a rampant globalist Do you like that? I think it's frightening Well yeah, I do. I mean, I like it because it just... Ah okay Everything makes more sense to me Faith in Action, part of the PICO network founded by Father John Bauman Jesuit priest who was I think he would use from Chicago came up in the 60s and 70s.

22:46 Let's see, PICO is a sponsored organization. What happened to our priest in Chicago? Our priest? It was Father Frank we had an early on the show. Oh gee that's a long time ago... You know I finally heard you know I sent a note after watching just a little side note of watching the Vietnam documentary and i thought damn I haven't heard from Sergeant Fred in a long time And so I shoot him a note and he comes, it gets back to me in like in a day. He's still alive although his appendix burst and he's been because he has Agent Orange all kinds of complications from Agent Orange but he's well in the morning to everybody. He's uh...I think he's still in the hospital or in the rehab place somewhere um and he's alive as well as you can be living with Agent Orange thanks Obama

23:37 PECO is also a sponsoring organization of the We Believe Together Healthcare for All Network, and they receive donations from individuals. Some of the larger donors include The Citigroup Foundation, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and... ...The Open Society Institute! You want me to keep going or you get the idea? I want you to keep going one more time. Alright The California Youth Immigration Justice Alliance is a fiscally sponsored project of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, also known as MALDEF. And MALDEF played a major role in transforming the immigration debate in America fostering... MalDef? M A L D E F Oh, maldef. That word was like passe.

24:25 Well, it's just an acronym for Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Oh I thought it meant like Deaf Jam? Is mal deaf a word? No no I'm saying that the def as in Def Jam, Def Poetry all that stuff. Ah oh I gotcha. Passé Yeah Hello 1980s wants its reference back John Yeah, that's what I said. I thought it was dead so why would they use it? Okay go on. Maldefs funding primarily comes from a core group of corporations and large foundations most notably the Carnegie Corporation the Ford Foundation the Rockefeller Foundation and consider a report from viewers like you The Open Society Institute yes there we go It just doesn't stop So thats who is doing it its the No Borders no Nations peeps

CHAPTER 07 / 45 Discussion

Deface Columbus Day, German Election Hacking Claims

Activists are organizing "Deface Columbus Day" events for October 9th. Meanwhile, German political elites are reportedly preparing claims of Russian hacking in the event that election results do not favor the establishment.

columbus day· german elections· hacking· activism· polls

25:13 Yep. And while we're on it, before I... or lest I want to remember October 9th, write it down everybody! October 9th that is Deface Columbus Day! Woohoo! Yeah! Deface Columbus Day? Is that.. let me write that down. That sounds like a good... You should Google it! Deface... Bing It in your case. Deface Columbus Day. Hey! Ha ha! Bing it baby! Deface Columbus day. That's beautiful And, well here you go. German elites prepare Russian hacking claim in case elections don't go their way." I think the polls closed just as we started the show today so... We'll see if anyone will give us an update in the chat room then we'll know how we're doing in Deutschland. I thought it was in a week? No no this is it! This is the weekend. It's right now again- The polls are done. Huh. Well I got some- I gotta bum steer then. Yeah and one of our top- Hey bum steer get outta here

CHAPTER 08 / 45 Discussion

Facebook Russian Ad Disclosure, Mark Zuckerberg Statement

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will turn over 3,000 Russian-linked political ads to Congress following an internal investigation into 2016 election interference. The company plans to implement new transparency standards for political advertising to disclose ad buyers and targeting data.

facebook· mark zuckerberg· russian meddling· senate intelligence committee· political ads

26:20 Okay. One of our top picks, uh, for hits in the past couple of weeks has been this face bag Russia story and face bag finally made their move. I have a clip. Oh, I have summarizes the thing, but it's a CBS clip sources central intelligence agency clip. Yeah. Um, face bag caves is a little longer report if you want to get to stay on your topic now, here's what we'll do. I cut up Zuckerberg's statement, the full statement which was 10 minutes. I cut it into little chunks a little bits and pieces that are of interest. Okay well there is pieces of in here too but... Sure there are yeah This is uh.. There's a couple interesting things in this report this is Facebook caves as CBS report Facebook promised greater cooperation today

27:09 investigation of Russian meddling in the US election. Founder Mark Zuckerberg said the company will turn over to Congress thousands of ads that were posted on Facebook and later linked to Russia, and he promised to make political ads on Facebook more transparent disclosing who paid for them. More now from John Blackstone We can do better. In a live appearance on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg admitted Russians found it easy to place election-related ads on the social network without being discovered Most ads are bought programmatically through our apps and website without an advertiser ever speaking to someone at Facebook. Facebook has also admitted that its internal investigation found more than 3,000 election-related ads costing more than $100,000 paid for by a Russian company with links to the Kremlin

28:00 Facebook said the vast majority of ads didn't specifically reference the US presidential election or a particular candidate, but appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages. The ads have not been made public but will now be turned over to congressional investigators For months however Facebook denied there was any evidence that Russians had paid for election related advertising Senator Mark Warner is vice chairman at the Senate Intelligence Committee I feel like Facebook finally has been responsive, but the proof will be in the extent of the materials they give us next week. And then will they continue to work with us to identify other sites that may have originated in Russia? They've identified one Russian troll farm... The identity of ad buyers should not have been a mystery to Facebook says Internet security expert Hemu Nagam

28:53 They would know that those IP addresses are coming from, in this case an enemy nation state that often people call Russia. Their expert has never heard of something people often call a VPN! Well if you listen to that guy carefully and I think i have it ISO'd because they find so fascinating Yeah? This one here... This guy iso Enemy Nation State play this little guy It's an enemy nation state that often people call Russia What else do they call it? They just call it- And when is an enemy nation state. It's not officially codified that way as far as I know. He says, and the guy was a weirdo by the way. Yeah. An enemy nation state that some people call Russia. What is he to... Who is this guy? Why would they put him on the air? You know, I saw this report

29:44 And, in fact my setup clip which is similar which I'm not going to play because you have good setups here. I was going to ask if you had ever heard of this guy? No It was just some douche. He's obviously on one of the lists, all these stations have their X-spots. He had a blackboard in the background with numerical equations on it which made him look like a real internet specialist. Enemy nation state some people refer to as Russia what else do they refer to it? Because there are only apparently some people So not all the people call it Russia. So what are with the other people call it your aunt fucking again? But I do like it Yes, really. I mean this guy yeah, and he just and you know, and you're right about this spoofing thing He's never heard of that apparently Yeah, so although and that's what I would do too if I was running a game I'd just make sure to blame Russia for everything man Let's go to part two

30:41 From, in this case an enemy nation state that often people call Russia. Zuckerberg promised a day to make it easier for users to identify who is paying for political advertising on Facebook. And we can't prevent all governments from all interference but we can make it harder The issues raised in the ads and the fact that they were targeted at specific parts of the country has raised suspicion. The Russians may have had some help from inside the United States. Anthony? John Blackstone, thanks John. A special counsel's Russia investigation has cast a wide net for documents

31:19 Could they include the Spicer files? Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett has been looking into that. Okay, I go with that...I could continue with that as to part three but which is the dumbest part of this report But I should have cut this off sooner when he said that yeah may have had allies in the United States Yeah Facebook Well, no. That was their ally! They're talking about that they targeted in a very professional way so they use like a public relations agency... No no no no no no they think it's Cambridge Analytica that's what they keep saying. Right the Cambridge Analyitca yeah or right there true but I just want to back up and ask the question So what?

CHAPTER 09 / 45 Discussion

Sean Spicer Notebook, Robert Mueller Investigation

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly interested in handwritten notes kept by former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the 2016 campaign and his administration tenure. Media reports highlighted Spicer's use of shorthand initials for officials like Reince Priebus and Rex Tillerson.

sean spicer· robert mueller· axios· department of justice· white house

32:02 Yeah. We're the greatest in the world at doing marketing, everybody uses our services! The Chinese use our services, the Russians use our services of course... Everybody uses our services to do this sort of thing Why is that scandalous all of a sudden? Because Hillary blames them in the book On to part three The special counsel's Russia investigation has cast a wide net for documents. Could they include the Spicer files? Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett has been looking into that This Associated Press photo of then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer appears to validate new reporting from the website Axios, that Spicer kept copious notes during the campaign and while at the White House

32:50 Those notes have drawn the attention of special counsel Robert Mueller. But the portion of Spicer's notes visible on close up in the picture referred to top administration officials. RP for then Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Rex for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The photo was shot at an April press conference with President Trump and- Wait wait don't tell me that he used POTUS for the president? I know he did but i'm telling you this is a scandal He had a notebook and on it said RP Stands for Rance Prevus. Oh, code! The photo was shot at an April press conference with President Trump and the Secretary General of NATO

33:34 Contacted by CBS, Spicer refused comment on the photo or the suggestion his notes could become part of Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling and the Trump campaign. On ABC this morning, Spicer deflected all Mueller-related questions. Has the Mueller team reached out to you at all? I haven't discussed that issue at all Have you hired a lawyer? I'm not going to discuss that issue at all. So, you haven't been subpoenaed? I'm not gonna discuss that issue at all Did you ever hear inside the White House that Mueller should be fired? I'm not gonna discuss that issue at all As press secretary Spicer tried several ways to undercut the Russia story If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight somehow thats a Russian connection

34:17 CBS News has confirmed Mueller is likely to request an interview with Spicer. We've also learned that Mueller's interviews with White House officials, past and present could begin as early as next week. Anthony? Major Garrett thank you major. The only reason why they're running the story in this manner is because Zuckerberg said, hey we're working with Mueller. We're participating in trying to get to the bottom of all this. Anything they can do to tie anything to Russia that's what it's about! This notebook story is ludicrous. Yeah, well there's the pressure they want to put pressure on. Is he not supposed to have a notebook? And is he supposed to write out or not even mention Rance Pribis? Oh, it said RP meant Rance Pribis! This is a scandal! They don't have the story presented in here. They don't have a story so they have to report whatever they can. The fact that he wrote RP for Rance Pribis and

35:15 Whatever it was for them Secretary State Tilley breaking news. I heard of this breaking news Yeah, I mean are these guys kidding us with this kind of reporting well seriously And then they have that bonehead on about the IP addresses and some people call it Russia yeah The enemy nation-state well let's listen to Let's listen to what Zuckerberg actually said in these 10 minutes, which is what I was interested in. Mainly to see how they're going to spin this because advertising is their business and we can't make it look like it was too successful but on the other hand were pretty good over here at Facebook

CHAPTER 10 / 45 Discussion

Zuckerberg AI Persona, Facebook Election Integrity

Mark Zuckerberg detailed Facebook's efforts to protect election integrity, citing the removal of thousands of fake accounts during the French elections. Critics noted his scripted delivery and the company's increasing collaboration with government investigative bodies.

mark zuckerberg· facebook· election integrity· fake accounts· french election

36:02 So here's the intro and he is in his office, and he is on the prompter which deviates from a little bit here and there. Facebook's mission is all about giving people voice and bringing people closer together those are democratic values... Can you stop it for one second so I can just do a preface? Do you find this guy to be unbelievably creepy? Yeah absolutely Oh yeah! He looks like data From Star Trek. Yeah, he does look like me! Totally, totally he's an android. Facebook's mission is all about giving people a voice and bringing people closer together That's their mission Those are democratic values and we're proud of them. Bringing people to, yeah I guess it's democratic values? I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. Okay That's not what we stand for The integrity of our elections is fundamental to democracy around the world that's why we built teams dedicated to working on election integrity and preventing governments from interfering in the elections of other nations

36:59 And as we've shared before, our teams have found and shut down thousands of fake accounts that could be attempting to influence elections in many other countries including recently in the French election. Now I wish I could tell you that we're gonna be able to stop all interference but that just wouldn't be realistic there will always be bad actors... Don't think that Congress people aren't saying why is that unrealistic? Why can't you do that? You can do everything cancer! Why can't you do it?! You can stop child kitty porn why can't you stop this That's not a good enough answer, Zuck. But that just wouldn't be realistic there will always be bad actors in the world and we can't prevent all governments from all interference but we can make it harder We can make it much harder And that's what we're going to focus on doing So today I want to share the steps that we're taking To protect election integrity and make sure Facebook is a force for good in democracy Now what I found peculiar

37:55 Because you know if you're gonna say here, here's the steps. We're going to catch what? You were gonna say interesting Yeah, and you stop yourself it yeah, I didn't make that horse sound. I don't know why he did that and said peculiar Thank you peculiar. Thank you admire debt. It was a good try do this anything. Yeah. I'm always working always trying to create a better product yeah What is peculiar is that if we were to do something like that, we'd say you know let's do a three point plan maybe. We're going to this and this and this... No! He has nine points

38:31 Who that just doesn't seem like us like the way to go nine points, but I guess yes in points for what? Nine point is stopped a political. Yes. Yes 99 many points. That's what I'm saying He's point-heavy in this it's got stuff on the points as the name of his show point heavy We were actively working with the US government on its ongoing investigations into Russian interference and We've been investigating this for many months now, and for a while we had found no evidence of fake accounts linked to Russia running ads. And when we recently uncovered this activity, we provided that information to the special counsel. We also briefed Congress and this morning I directed our team to provide the ads we've found to Congress as well

39:17 Okay, so they're working together. Everything's all good He only has to go down I think one or two floors because the director of FBI Traditionally hasn't had an office in Facebag and yeah, so he's colluding with the government that's fantastic. I hope everybody loves using Facebook Yes Then if you don't believe that go look at these Zuckerberg was a person of the year Was it? He was on the cover time magazine cover of Time Magazine been in the article then FBI director Mueller, who we know is personally popped his head and said yeah I was just in the office in my office downstairs just figured out say hey it's right there in the article.

39:56 Okay, uh who they are looking for? We're looking to foreign actors including additional Russian groups. Maybe they can get uh Depardieu as a good foreign actor he's in Russia He is a great foreign actor Good call What about uh are they gonna look into Soros? Ha! we're looking at the foreign actors including additional Russian groups and other former Soviet states As well as organizations like the campaigns To further our own understanding of how they used all of our tools These investigations will take some time, but we will continue our thorough review. Okay! So he's gonna see how they use the tools We know I used the tools He just bid on some ad space and boom He was done It's like not a big secret here

CHAPTER 11 / 45 Discussion

Facebook Ad Transparency, Community Standards

Facebook is moving toward a higher standard of transparency by allowing users to view all active ads run by a specific page. Zuckerberg also addressed "bad content," stating that while the platform supports free expression, users must face consequences for breaking community standards.

facebook· advertising· transparency· community standards· censorship

40:39 But all this will lead to Facebag's political advertising transparency. Going forward, and maybe the most important step we're taking is we're going to make political advertising more transparent So when someone buys political ads on TV or other media they are required by law to disclose who paid for them but you still don't know if you are seeing the same messages as everyone else so were going to bring Facebook to an even higher standard of transparency Not only will you have to disclose which page paid for an ad, but we will also make it so you can visit an advertiser's page and see the ads that they're currently running to any audience on Facebook. We will roll this out over the coming months... And we will work with others to create a new standard for transparency in online political ads. Okay good yes go! That's fabulous! But here's the thing- The way I'm advertising now get they give me a free link? Yeah i don't know if it's free..I don't know maybe

41:40 But the, here's what's interesting. He says first he says you know political advertising but then he keeps drops the political and just as advertising advertising so I'm wondering if it's going to be this way for all advertisers say you have a page where you can see all of their ads that are running even though you may not have received one of those ads with a targeted message? That's that's a bonus! Yeah he's giving it or he's given the store away free inventory I want to mention something that came up earlier before we forget. The CBS report, Facebook is turning over thousands, thousands. They used the word thousands of ads now I ran in a couple newsletters ago as many as the ads that I could find at least from one group that was affront for the Russians and I couldn't come up with 1,000 they only ran 3,000 ads that much we know yeah we don't know if it's three thousand creative treatments or if it was 3000 flights

42:41 None of this is- All I know is it sounds to me if they sent them thousands of ads, these guys weren't... You know? I don't what advertiser does this. Generally speaking you especially if your small advertiser and your only spending $100000 which is peanuts on advertising uh..you would take one or two ads or make a thematic series of ads maybe five or six of them maybe ten at the most and run those over and over different ways But to do thousands of ads, to fill 3,000 spots. Yeah well in great American tradition by I recall from World War II and even World War One propaganda heck probably Vietnam propaganda our tradition in America is to publish that and mock it like ha look at these idiots! Look what they're trying left this not our kind of our tradition or culture

43:40 I think there's, yeah some of that but i don't remember anyone mocking the World War II ads or World War 1 ads. We certainly share them! Until after the war... we certainly show the public what uh what the Jerrys are doing Yeah, I don't know if we mocked it? I'm not sure. I wasn't there but anyway It just seems as these numbers don't make sense to me is what I'm saying Oh no this-we don't know anything about the numbers But there's some other terms that I thought were interesting in Zuck's... Zucks. Little uh- ZUCKS little soliloquy. Bad content, I like this term!

44:23 Because that is subjective. It's Facebook! It's all bad! It's all bad. Bad content... Well, I just find that a very interesting choice of words remember this is written down This is not you know someone thought about this. So it's not illegal. It's bad. It's BAD content Now I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that we're gonna catch all bad content in our system We don't check what people say before they say it, and frankly I don't think society should want us to. Freedom means you don't have to ask for permission first but by default You can say what you want But if you break our community standards or you break the law then you're gonna face consequences afterwards slave we won't catch everyone immediately Slave? And we can make it harder to try to interfere

CHAPTER 12 / 45 Discussion

Tech Company Collaboration, Political Harassment Systems

Facebook is calling for collaboration among tech giants like Google to prevent the misuse of internet platforms. The company is also adapting its anti-bullying systems to specifically target and mitigate "political harassment" during discourse.

google· adwords· anti-bullying· political harassment· propublica

45:15 I wonder what he sounds like if we throw him through the harmonizer. I wonder if I can do that... I'll have to do that another time. Yeah, do it separately. I want to hear this that way. Well now you're kind of forcing me to do it. Just snip it! The Eventide. I think you have to look under harmonics... Well, i'll do it on one of the next clips while I play this one which is- Oh yeah! Here he is being very specific um to journalists, I believe, to say heyyyy You know? You might want to go check out and see what's happening with the other guys that might be fun Now It's important that tech companies collaborate on this because it is almost certain That any actor trying to misuse Facebook will also be trying to abuse other internet platforms too

46:03 Like what? Google! I saw nothing on Google. Yeah, no, NPR... Sorry?! ProPublica, as we played on NPR. They went in and they looked for how to burn Jews how to kill Jews? They looked on Google Yeah But that would that was just under general searches wasn't it now that was no yes It was AdWords it was ad words and Google's automatically creating these categories based upon searches people do such is How do we burn Jews yeah but there was no advertising that came of it I

46:42 It wasn't exploited, let's put it that way. No they... no. It was one of those hey we did this what do you have to say about it? Yeah okay go on yeah all right Okay uh what do we have up next We have IS and by his tools How does that sound I think he sounds better Boy, he could... whatever you do he's gonna sound better. So listen to that clip again. We will also create more services to protect our community while engaging in political discourse for example we're looking at adapting our anti-bullying systems to protect against political harassment as well Political harassment? You might as well shut down Facebag! Are you crazy?! so..you'll have no conversation Oh he's a bully because he said something about my team

CHAPTER 13 / 45 Discussion

German Election Integrity, Viral Content Multipliers

Facebook partnered with German authorities to monitor election activity but reported no significant interference efforts. Zuckerberg acknowledged that organic viral content has a much larger impact on elections than paid advertising, acting as a massive multiplier for political messaging.

germany· federal office for information security· viral content· memes· algorithms

47:42 Yeah, that's no good. That doesn't make any sense. All right two more clips here... Ah yes! About the elections We've been working to ensure the integrity of the German elections this weekend from taking action against thousands of fake accounts to partnering with public authorities like the Federal Office for Information Security to sharing security practices with candidates and parties we're also examining the activity of accounts we removed and we have not yet found a similar type of interference effort in Germany Yeah, I turned that thing off. I knew you were gonna hate it eventually. So he says they found no problem in Germany none but they got their eye on it They are the protectors of all elections and then finally let's just remember That if you got a message Russia If you've got a message that you want to spread Facebag is the place to be whether you're doing ads or not now at the same time

48:38 It's important not to lose sight of some of the more strength. Hold on, he's, Gates does this a lot too before they're about to say something awkward I don't know if it's a tell but it's a tell of some sort He says...he swallows and there is a noticeable noise he makes right at the beginning as he goes into his spiel you hear him swallow Now at the same time Ooh God! Oh If you have your earbuds in It's really disgusting. I want to crank it up when he does that swallow, here listen. Now at the same time... It's important not to lose sight of- Nasty! I could visualize his Adams apple going up and down. Now at the same time

49:22 It's important not to lose sight of some of the more straightforward and larger ways that Facebook plays a role in elections. Okay, pay attention! These effects operate at much larger scales 100 times or 1000 times bigger than an ad than what we're discussing here today. Than an AD? He can't even say it Many these dynamics were new in this election And on a much larger scale then had ever been seen before history at minimum Flawed at a minimum. Yeah, that was he threw that in because he was I didn't have something wrong with the prompter And and a much larger scale than had ever been seen before it history is at a minimum And there were much larger in scale than any of the interference that we have found now I understand why he's saying this but it also opens up the door for him because what is what is against

50:13 this Russian firm who bought these ads in rubles, what is against them just handing out one of the 3,000 pieces of creative work and having them post it? Free. That's where the multiplier effect comes from he said it himself. Let's go over this again now what is he talking about the viral aspect? Yes, he's talking about how if yes I would say it's about virality. How face bag bubbles things to the top or can or identifies them whichever one you want to choose and that is a thousand times more powerful than what we're talking about here which is advertising right but the advertising you go viral

CHAPTER 14 / 45 Discussion

Definition of Memes, Facebook Intelligence Origins

A discussion on the semantic shift of the word "meme" notes that millennials often confuse the term with simple captioned images. The conversation also touches on Facebook's historical ties to venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and its role as a voluntary intelligence-gathering tool for the government.

memes· semantics· in-q-tel· surveillance· social media

51:03 I mean anything can, but you can't... it's uncontrollable. Yes! I don't care what anybody thinks right? So he said he's on one hand he certainly telegraphing how powerful they are and the other hand hey we know that you may not do it by buying ads maybe just gonna make memes go viral and well thats bad content Can you imagine if anyone knew about it? So I crank out, I mean, I did a bunch of memes the other day. Yeah. Put them on Twitter and none of them took off but... You're our meme machine my friend! They were all about no agenda so it was like watch until there's no agenda. Everyone was like what? No But how do you those things and memes because we want to differentiate to anybody out there memes and memes

51:54 Memes are a structure that becomes a commonplace idea within the society. Memes, those images that have a bunch of words on the top and the bottom as a punchline... Those have been named memes but they're not the dictionary definition of a meme. And we have to make sure that, so when you hear the word meme being used you should be able in context know what were talking about. I'm just throwing that in because I've always found it to be annoying That the photos those pictures with the words on them. That they're called memes? That they're called memes. Oh you cannot ask a millennial today what a meme is and get a different answer They'll have no idea

52:40 I'm not sure that's true. I'll ask at the dinner table tonight, okay? I'll have four of them here all right give it a shot God Do we need to get cut out early today so you can rest up So I could take some phenobarb Yeah Bone up if you're gonna need it anyway Yeah, okay onward anyway. That was my little point is willing to make it as an aside So I think that what he's saying is We're all powerful and we're gonna be on the lookout for bad content And we got your number and we're still the place to be if you want anything to be to seep into the Lexicon today yeah, he's probably right It's pretty much it pretty much it well so what we've gotten out of this whole thing is nothing no mean? It's still a very convenient excuse

53:33 And you know, Facebag is kind of covered right now. They are colluding with the government... This is new? We've known this since the early days of our show! Well they're partially funded by Intel- In-Q-Tel so yeah and they purchased uh yes a spook outfit Yeah that's the easiest way to go. There was one liner that was in person of interest Kind of creepy TV a series that was on very good well-written show that were Finch says oh, yeah No We create he was working for the government at the time they created Facebook's just so the public would Donate and give us free Intel on themselves. So we didn't have to put together any this information, right? I wish those are funny lines Which we're doing yeah

CHAPTER 15 / 45 Discussion

Drone Strike Rules, UK Shoot-to-Kill Orders

The Trump administration is reportedly dismantling rules that limited CIA and military drone strikes outside of conventional battlefields. In the United Kingdom, SAS and Special Forces have been deployed to the London Underground with shoot-to-kill orders to counter potential terrorist threats.

drones· cia· michael hastings· sas· london underground

54:24 Tease in the B block, I have a little rundown of the Graham-Cassidy bill for those who are interested. We took some time this weekend to read it to mark it up and tell you what's up why there such problems or not? I have a clip on here which is short luckily that says NYT reports then I used the word dream... I think you mean drone probably. Ah! That play? If you want to change topics, this will be a good way to go. All right? The New York Times reports the Trump administration is preparing to dismantle rules limiting CIA and military drone strikes and commando raids outside of conventional battlefields. The plan would remove so-called high level vetting of proposed raids and drone strikes and would allow for the assassination of low level foot soldiers. Wait a minute! Who's taking drones in New York City now?!

55:24 Really? That's what happened to Michael Hastings, right. Yeah well that was Los Angeles. Yeah outside the battlefields. That's fantastic! Well you know in Euroland... I wanted to talk about this for just a second because military intelligence has supposedly bumped the CIA out of the White House which is why we're getting all this great material from off the media Have you ever thought that maybe the military has always been a little irked by the CIA? A little. Non-military operation running the drone program Yeah, I think And now if this comes along this idea... All of this is proving to me If we're gonna go with the basic thesis That we have military intelligence and the CIA battling against each other

56:16 This is starting to prove to me that the CIA, as boneheaded as they might be, might be more competent than the military intelligence. But now the military intelligence folks have... They're are the ones behind this." Well look at who was running the joint, Clapper! What can you...? Well Clapper's long gone. Yeah? And Clapper had nothing to do with this. No But somebody did. I mean, who dreamed this idea of let's take the start just droning people randomly around the world? Does this make sense to anybody? Foam finger number one! America yeah in Britain armed special forces troops are being deployed on the underground and have been told have been given shoot-to-kill orders for terrorists

57:09 Oh no. Yes, members of SAS and Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been told to target terrorists who are on trains buses and planes I just believe that some of the troops will patrol the busy tube network in the capital and pairs will be disguised as couples they'll be armed with Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistols so they can take down potential gunmen and suicide bombers. I bet you there's so identifiable it's hilarious yes they have The Little Bag and a bucket bomb we all know what they look like It's easy. I hope they're using fragmented ammo that is still in the airplane for that sake We've gone full military all over the place, this is fantastic Yeah it is fantastic Oh man So I had listened to Clinton

CHAPTER 16 / 45 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Onward Together, Progressive Activist Groups

Hillary Clinton promoted her new organization, Onward Together, which supports progressive groups like Indivisible, Swing Left, and Run for Something. These organizations utilize Act Blue for financial processing and focus on recruiting young candidates for the 2018 midterm elections.

hillary clinton· onward together· indivisible· act blue· swing left

57:59 On the she was on book TV. Oh our favorite I'm surprised that missed it Yeah, it was a replay to just probably watch book TV this weekend No, but book TV which is a C-SPAN operation They had apparently Clinton's on the road I mean she is really out there and she's changing her story a little bit here and there and so different kinds of things She says I mean but she Who was at some giant theater in New York filled with women and a few men grade B men? Our tossaways Tossaways, and they're just going nuts. And she had a few new things to say that I thought were kind of interesting mm-hmm and

58:50 She talked about, she listed off for us this is just pretty much like an internal memo for us. But she listed off a slew of new organizations that stemmed from the 2016 loss and I think we should just play this Clinton listing a slew. surrounded by good, you know good supporters friends family people who can tell you the truths. You know like Alyssa started off saying she told me it was a terrible idea to write this book I am grateful for that because she's a friend and you need friends who tell you when things are good and when things aren't so good. I think it's really important so I've got this new organization called Onward Together that I've started

59:33 And really, the primary purpose is to support groups that are recruiting young people especially young women training them funding them. We also highlight and lift up wonderful groups like Indivisible which is leading the charge to keep our attention where it needs to be like we've got a stop this latest... Indivisible? That's the Morgan Freeman group John That's the Rob Reiner group. We got to support them! We gotta support Hollywood actors!! No, no, the Rob Reiner group was not indivis- Oh I'm sorry, you're right, who was Indivisible again? Yeah we talked about him. Yeah I know we did, but a couple of these groups were, but not all of them. Okay, I just want to find out who they were.

1:00:24 keep our attention where it needs to be like we've got to stop this latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act that is going on. I think there's a lot of good work to be done. And Honor Work Together is really interesting because that was you and Howard Dean, you met with Howard Dean earlier this year our friend Judith McHale who were so instrumental in really thinking outside the box about how to bring young people get them involved engage them support them because they know a lot more than people like us well it was so great after after the election one of the things that kind of got me

1:01:02 out of bed and moving again were the stories I would hear. People would call and say, oh there's this new young group that one of your campaign staffers has started called Run for Something and it's aiming at recruiting more young people or there's a group called Swing Left they're gonna try to flip the house a group that I've worked with before, Emerge America which has a great record of electing women. Color of Change which focuses on you know African-American young people getting them into politics and doing some of that work so I felt like there's so much we can do because at the end of the day and I just have to say this and hope you help me figure out how we're gonna make it happen

1:01:52 Everything we do, we can write books. We can speak out. We can go to protests. We can recruit people to run for office but if we don't get people to vote starting in Virginia and New Jersey and then in 2018... We're not gonna turn this around! All those groups are part of Act Blue, which is kind of a central clearinghouse for these little subgroups. They handle all the donations for those outfits.

1:02:36 I don't think you can do it with this, it's scatterbrained. They have all these little organizations all kind of trying to do the same thing which is get more Democrats in 2018 that's what its' all about and they won't get the vote out. No no they won't get the vote out, they cant do it there just something wrong here This is fundraising John, this is fundraising. This is fundraising. Joe Clinton was one of the best I've been reading, uh...I haven't read a hell of a lot more since the last time i put it down. It's not really like a page-turner. I've been reading more of the book as has Brian Seltzerwater from CNN Reliable Sources their media deconstruction show

CHAPTER 17 / 45 Discussion

Media Soul Searching, Hillary Clinton Campaign Coverage

New York Times reporter Amy Chozik and CNN's Brian Stelter discussed Hillary Clinton's claims that the press contributed to her loss by over-focusing on her emails. The segment examines the concept of "soul searching" within the journalism industry regarding 2016 election coverage.

amy chozik· brian stelter· cnn· new york times· journalism

1:03:21 Turns out it's the press' fault. In the book, she makes a remarkable assertion. She says that many political reporters quote cannot bear to face their own role in helping elect Trump for example by giving her emails so much coverage and by giving him so much airtime Are Clinton's critiques fair? Joining me now, an expert on the Clinton beat Amy Chozik. She was The New York Times lead reporter covering Clinton's campaign last year she is now on leave from the paper working on a memoir about that experience Amy great to see you! Is that typical for a young reporter to go on leave to write her book Yeah From The New York Times? yeah oh okay You can do it they all do it Oh okay good It's like a vacation with its unpaid and But your not fired you can always come back when you want

1:04:09 When you're done with the book. I usually give them a time frame so they have, so the editorial guys can say okay he'll or she'll be back in May and we will cover for until then. what this campaign was like. But do you think she's right, is Clinton right that there hasn't been enough soul searching about the press' responsibility? There it is again! We haven't done enough soul searching. Look I agree with Hillary Clinton for an industry that thrives on investigation and interrogating others we're very bad at scrutinizing ourselves and you know there definitely could be more soul-searching about our role in 2016 That said the way she presents it in the book is a little bit like it was our job to get Hillary Clinton elected Now our job was to inform voters

1:04:56 It was. Yeah, you failed! She's right she's paid you millions and millions of dollars for political ads gives you all the interviews gives you the access and you screw it up You didn't do your job That's what Clinton I believe that's what Clinton was saying And i think reporters kinda know that and they're all... you can ask them to a tea especially at The New York Times They all voted for her And yeah, they gave right. Trump got the and still is getting the most coverage but it was all negative coverage is all critical. Trump's an idiot. Trump did this. Trump said that. Trump grabs pussies on and on and on

1:05:40 Now, she's just going by the basic well 75% of the coverage was about Trump. It was all negative coverage about Trump which is just what you want if you're Hillary, you'd think... No as it turns out there is no bad Yes, that's what the old saying was and I guess it's true. Only your obituary you might consider that as bad press but otherwise its all good. That said the way she presents in the book is a little bit like our job to get Hillary Clinton elected now our job is to inform voters... He's acknowledging it that was a good catch phrase. Yes, he go hmm Yeah We did fuck that up didn't we look a little bit like it was our job to get Hillary Clinton elected now Our job is to inform voters about their choices and how those choices would impact theirs their lives whether it was about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump Or any other candidate I think that is where we could have done better And I think we could do some soul-searching

1:06:37 What does that even mean? Soul searching about them not fulfilling their end of the bargain. I mean, what is it really mean? How do you do soul searching? Well if you do soul search... You're looking for your soul?! Well usually um you are looking to answer- I'm asking this because it's a phrase from the Shays. Soul searching is a phrase from the Shays. I don't like the word or term I don't know what it means. Does it mean you're searching for your soul? Well, yeah, I can give you the definition... We can look for the origin of it if you really want to do it. Can't you just say we need to do some analysis on what we've managed to follow up? Yeah, but why... What do you care what they say?! It's CNN for Christ sake! Sorry I didn't mean that. Just a phrase from the shade so we have to discuss these once in awhile First recorded in 1605 but it doesn't say when

1:07:48 Why? I mean, how did you come up with this people certainly someone knows where this comes from. Well 1605 goes way back You think? I think it has to do some sermons or some biblical stuff that was going on. Ah could be Because that makes sense because you use the word soul right but in this context She's saying you know we fucked up We got to do some soul searching about it That's how you use the term yeah, not like you're gonna be punished but And you're never really going to admit it, but I'll do some soul searching. Okay? I'll do better next time." I think that's what is implied. Yeah. And you're right! It was their job to get her elected and they failed. And with that...I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C. Wethersey stands for Clinton C-SPAN Watcher Dvorak

CHAPTER 18 / 45 Discussion

No Agenda Producer Donations, Matthew Trimble Story

Matthew Trimble donated $333.33 to the show, sharing a story about his family's home burning down the day his wife immigrated from Dominica. He credited the No Agenda Social community for providing financial and emotional support through a GoFundMe campaign during the crisis.

no agenda social· dominica· insurance· immigration· donation

1:08:36 Yeah, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry In the morning all boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there Yes! In the morning to everybody in the chat room noagendastream.com at least those of you who can... who are not on iOS 11 although I guess we'll put another proper link in there for the new broken thing that Apple broke thank you very much And in the morning Nick The Rat who brought us really one of- The more I look at it the more think is one of our best album art covers ever Which is Hillary in the polar bear suit with a Trump tag. It really is a nice piece of work I mean, I almost want that on my wall like it's right. It's the Trump tag that made it does it yes That really that Really doesn't this you're going to go out and tag polar bears with with Putin he can have so many meanings Yeah

1:09:32 He gets inspired once in a while, it's very fun to watch. And when Nick is firing on all cylinders he's really good. He's pretty hard to beat I mean we're kind of grooming him to take over the show aren't we? Can you imagine Yeah! I can actually. Then he does his show up Let's thank a few people who have supported us. Let's do that, let's start with we didn't get three associate executive producers but no instant nights or anything so it wasn't really a good showing considering we had a gimmick going on yeah which also failed miserably I see well it failed but didn't fit it was we got some people well we lived they played along the world didn't end we lived

1:10:16 Matthew Trimble came in from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania at $333.33 and he said in a very lengthy PDF file which I'll read part of... My donation of 333 serves a couple purposes you see back on the 26th June my family's home caught on fire and burned to the ground We lost everything and to make matters worse it was the day my wife immigrated to United States We got married on the 23rd of October 2015 down in her home country of Dominica, a small former British colony not to be confused with the Dominican Republic and began... I think Dominica got blasted by this. Yeah this is a horrible horrible thing

1:10:56 They have a good bay rum. And began jumping through the hoops so she can come up with and live with me after a year and half of painstaking paperwork, which Adam would know about. Tell me about it. Government red tape we finally got her in. She's just coming through the border, the Mexican border to stay? Yeah! It's much better. And government red tape cheaper. Cheaper yeah you get away with stuff We finally had her immigration interview on the 27th of March and was approved for residency a few days later. We purchased our tickets to arrive on June 26, we drove back from JFK airport to small town in Pennsylvania only discovered that the baseboard heater shorted out and burned our home to the ground.

1:11:40 We spent the next two months in a hotel struggling with the insurance company, but finally on August 15th we received the check from the insurance company and moved into a brand new townhouse three days later. During that whole struggle of people of no agenda social.com were amazingly supportive sending money items and huge amounts of karma they helped out more than I could say with much more than material things. So first and most importantly, I want to say thank you to all the people who donated money to the GoFundMe that a fellow noagendasocial.com citizen started for the family. How about that? This is my first ever donation. I need a thorough de-douching Yes here it comes You've been dedouched

1:12:21 I have freeloaded off your superb mental hygiene product for over three years now and after the amazing things that have happened to me recently because of no agenda, I realized I was being a complete douchebag for not donating sooner. And by the way he wants some more Motherboard. Yeah, Mothership Boarding Pass yes He's the third-of-the-way to knighthood. He is gonna reserve the name sir, and he's got a name Knight of Dominica Well, it's got dough money. Well he has a pronunciation guide for us. Yeah, I didn't pronounce it wait I see what you just talked about too domain II hot to I think okay hold on listen again

1:13:02 What is not playing here we go? Domani hot Domani, okay, we got a money. I do okay last year I'd like to call up Mike Matesky as a douchebag because Because he hit me in the mouth fine in 2014 has never donated also Steven trimble Oh, yes. My little brother because I hit him in the mouth about a year and a half ago and he's freeloading too. Thank you for your courage respectfully Matthew. Ah man big karma to you and everybody who helped you out there at noagendasocial.com that's cool i'm happy that happened You've got karma Another No Agenda Happy Story

CHAPTER 19 / 45 Discussion

Mercedes-Benz Odometer Karma, Joe Bisesi Donation

Producer Thomas donated after his 1985 Mercedes-Benz odometer got stuck at 333.33 miles. Another producer, Joe Bisesi, contributed $293.23, celebrating his wife's pregnancy and his decision to cancel his cable subscription in favor of independent podcasts.

mercedes-benz· bobby ewing· total recall· cable subscription· karma

1:13:42 Except for the burnt houses. Well, there's that sir Thomas of Great Bay $333 donation for some time as I recently bought a 1980 Fay in 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Which by the way even as an old used car is a nice That's the Bobby Ewing car is that the convertible the sports car? It might be. I think it is and while driving at home, i noticed that the 500 series are just all good cars While driving at home, I noticed that the trip odometer became stuck At 333 dot 33 miles Uh...it means he has to donate And he did That's the rule by the way Just so you know It's a rule It's total rule Anyway, it was some karma for new human resource Yes You've got karma

1:14:38 Oystenberge. Oystenberge, yes. Close enough. Rotterdam $333 good evening gentlemen thank you for being our guardians of this reality and JNK get on with the show no jingles no karma bingo boom shakalaka Joe Bissesse in Copley, Ohio 293 23 he'll be associate executive producer for show 7 967 Adam fantastic show guys donation letter sent to Adam It's been a great it's been great list in the past few months Especially since the recent Hillary butt slam since you're one of the few truth casts out there I feel another contribution as well deserved for Adams sake here's my clip requests

1:15:27 Ah, jeez. I should have read this before, I guess He wants uh... Hillary cough-cough and then bullshit Oh, jeez Yeah, I gotta find all that My donation of $293.25 is a triple boob 80-0-8 times 3 mainly for my pregnant wife whose boobs have grown by about 1.5 time factor But also for the chick with the three jugs from Total Recall. That's a Peter Griffin quote plus $53 for a bladed birthday wish for Adam, plus a penny for The Jar! I'll take that please keep the pregnancy karma coming It's working well as our soon-to-be new human resource, and my wife continued to grow. We recently canceled our cable subscription because I no longer believe in giving huge corporations a ton of money every month for crappy customer service. I also used to think that the nickname for TV The Idiot Box was a derogation against The Watcher but since I've been listening to the show more I realize it comes from the idiots who project from inside the box! Plus I'd rather support podcasters over Comcasters." Nice

1:16:27 When you guys were recently discussing that the new media never follows up with any of their stories, it got me thinking as to why. I believe this is because they don't want to follow-up and give the real story because it allows them to go back and use the partial story and resultant memes to their advantage You can't rewrite history if you never report correctly in the first place Please write that down Keep up the great work keep hitting people on the mouth Thank God for the electoral college Joe Bisesi Is that Bisesi? Future Sir Real Ohio Grown Then he's almost there at his knighthood. So if you can just give me a second and fill for me I'll see if I can find these jingles for him Okay, in fact You know what? I might want to do just I might want to play a little A little tune on the recorder. Yeah, I'm gonna play jingle bells Thank you damn that was very good nailed it

1:17:52 Uh, almost there. Hold on. Ah here we go um I kind of have what he wants I think. Hillary Clinton! I'm Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. And there's just a lot of evidence that his behavior has been uh in... You've got karma.

CHAPTER 20 / 45 Discussion

Service Goat Jingle, Canadian Producer Support

A series of donations from Canadian listeners in Toronto and Ontario included requests for the "service goat" jingle and birthday wishes. Producer Jared Zaifman praised the hosts' insights on the Chevy Volt, while others expressed support for the show's value-for-value model.

service goat· toronto· ontario· chevy volt· podcasting

1:18:35 I can't find a decent Hilary cough anymore. Well, we had it at the medley. Yeah, we have mix yeah but not a short one. It hasn't been requested for so long as gotten lost in the shuffle. Sorry about that. Cole Candler, parts unknown $250 in USA Adam and John too long since last donation great shows keep up the good work Thank you very much Leslie Cook 23456, don't know where she's from either. My testimonial the quick quick job karma works! Quick quick job karma works I am compelled to donate again I can get enough of Adam's pants...I can't get enough is what she meant

1:19:20 Unless it says that. It actually says that. They got a scroll problem then. Get enough of Adams reading the pigeon news, if it is not too much trouble for the jingles I would like a service goat scream this seems to relieve stress when I hear it no agenda swine flu minute That's another one yeah This is not my favorite jingle but has been stuck in my head for the past week and a half finally some karma would be much appreciated love and light Some life karma no less! Of course I just realized she called it the service goat jingle. I like that a lot You've got karma Service goat It's no service goat, that's the no agenda service goat car

1:20:13 Carter Pelham, $209.12. Thanks for putting out the best podcast in the universe and giving me the rare opportunity to hit my dad Larry Pelham in the mouth which I did a couple years ago. He's been a faithful listener ever since and he celebrated his birthday on September 12th. He is on the list I believe this donation will contribute towards his eventual knighthood which is the least I can do for a great man and a great influence in my life and in many others. Please give him some cyber security pew-pews, two to the head, LGY and then a birthday karma. You've got karma Okay and now we go to um... This is funny Why would it do that? I have no idea. You had such issues with your Libra office

1:21:12 And your trackball... I use a mouse, even though they're doomed. Carolyn Blaney! They are, I concur. There's no evidence people want them anymore Yeah that's what i'm thinking. I gotta tell you on the Chromebook which have been using almost all the time, I find myself using touchscreen A LOT It is really an interesting experience Even for scrolling, you know it just kind of so much easier to just kind of scroll through the side. In some situations I will admit it with a laptop if you have a touchscreen You can actually get around very quickly. It's dynamite Yeah, I'm not arguing that Carolyn Blaney in Toronto Ontario Canada $203 and 33 cents we got a lot of associate executives For this show which I find highly amusing

1:22:09 Hey John and Adam, thank you for your courage and service. Hearing Adam quoting from Hillary's book where she quotes from On Tyranny by Tim Snyder. Snyder's book was irksome and I was triggered to donate to the show along with my donation of 20333. I want to give a shout out to everyone in the war room. sewer chat, hashtag sewer chat. I'm not sure what that is. That's Nick the Rat's- Oh that's Nick's thing yeah. He has his own channel on our server. Actually it's Void Zero server but... Yes Void Zero does all the hard work he does heavy lifting. Sewer chat no agenda social and to Nick Rat please wish my sister Candace a happy birthday as she turns to big three oh is that on her list?

1:22:59 3-0 on Sunday. I know she will be listening, for her i would like her to get a jobs karma take that to the bank don't be a denier WTC7 wont go away and a boom shaka laka The science is in! Science! Bingo. Boom, boom, chaga-lagga-lagga. Boom, boop-boop-boom. Boom, boom, chaga-lagga-boom. WTC7 won't go away. Jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! Yeah! Nikko, come on. That was good. And last on our list

1:23:50 Jared Zaifman, $203 without the 33 cents. And he's in appears to be in Canada and Carolyn was in Ontario, Canada so we have a lot of Canadians today. Okay, okay. ITM guys quick shout out to John I couldn't agree with you more about my new Volt your insights are greatly appreciated. In other words, he bought a Volt loves it. It's the only one of these cars that I'd buy I encourage all listeners to contribute to the show when you can. We need you guys more than ever." Well, I think that's nice. Why don't we give him a gratuitous karma? No problem. You've got karma! And that includes our list of wonderful lists of executive and associate executive producers for Show 967. Yes indeed.

CHAPTER 21 / 45 Discussion

Kingsman 2 Review, Bullock Museum IMAX

A review of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" highlights the high-quality experience at the Bullock Museum IMAX theater in Austin, Texas. The hosts compare the cost of movie entertainment to the value provided by the twice-weekly No Agenda podcast.

kingsman· imax· austin· bullock museum· movie review

1:24:44 And we do have another show coming up next Thursday. We need your help then. Yes, Dvorak.org slash NA for our show coming up on Thursday This is our value for value model and the way we do it if you think there's some value... You know, we went to Kingsman last night Oh! You saw the new movie? Did you see the original movie? I did Okay, but I think you have to see the first movie that really to really appreciate it. Yes Yeah, and guessing I haven't seen the second movie But I'm guessing and it was IMAX but here's a good tip if you live in Austin or in the inferior in Austin The Bollock Museum which is the Texas State Museum has an IMAX theater And it's been there for us probably ten years maybe but no likes oh

1:25:29 But no one used to go to it because they did not allow any food or drink. Now, they still don't have alcohol but you can get soft drink and popcorn and it's a small theater I think its 121 seats maybe? The sound is unbelievable! And... It just-it's all around fantastic experience. Tina took me there. They play the Kingsman Part 2 in the museum In the Museum IMAX Theater yeah Wow yeah, and that must have been cool because when you're in a small venue with that giant screen. It's quite impressive I mean, I like the movie very much. The James Bond franchise was set to be upended and i think they've done it very well...I think it's done well this is the new one so they've got a franchise that you know they got all kinds of Delton Johns in this I mean it's very funny but you know so it's $16.00 Tina took me out so 32 bucks and I really enjoyed it but

1:26:32 Maybe three hours of no agenda is equal to that kind of entertainment. Maybe it's more maybe it's less That's how we want you to think about it so now you get three hours Yes, yeah, but we do that twice We'd do the twice a week as I going in the movie twice a week exactly Exactly well wait a minute. We do it like But it's different every time Yeah It's not the same movie and right we have surround sound Surround sound. And now we're gluten-free! Yes, and we're gluten free. Remember us for the Thursday show please! Dvorak dot org slash N A That's right you've got a new angle hey I'm gonna propagate the formula it's gluten free our formula is this We go out...We hit people in the mouth. Hey citizen! Chef!

CHAPTER 22 / 45 Discussion

Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Bill, Planned Parenthood Funding

The Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill proposes block-granting federal funds to states to manage their own insurance markets. The legislation includes specific prohibitions against funding "prohibited entities" like Planned Parenthood and introduces optional work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

graham-cassidy· obamacare· medicaid· planned parenthood· health insurance

1:27:30 Oh man, Tina's cooking something I can smell it. Smells like potatoes being cooked that being cooked. Hey, so I promised! I have a little rundown of the Graham-Cassidy bill this is for those you were interested in it's kind of a fun little circus that's taking place once again here and the bill is not very different from anything I've seen coming out of the Republican camp but there are just couple things I want to run down see what the objections may be and it turns out

1:28:07 Not only will Murkowski from Alaska probably not vote yes, although she's now being put under pressure. And even though it is the Graham-Cassidy bill, Lindsey Graham won half of the introducers who is butt buddies with John McCain, McCain is just not having any of it. Republican effort to overturn Obamacare. Senator John McCain says he will vote no on the new bill being considered. He is a no on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill it puts him at odds with senator Lindsey Graham who's often been one of his fiercest allies in the Senate. Arizona Senator John Mccain says he will not vote for the Graham Cassidy bill, he just issued a statement saying in part quote

1:28:55 I cannot in good conscience vote for the Cassidy, for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. He cites the need for regular order and hearings on the bill." He also said that he needed to see what it was going to cost which i found very odd because the numbers are IN THE BILL As of 2020, $136 billion. And the way this works... The idea behind the Graham-Cassidy bill is the federal government is going to provide up to 200 billion dollars in 2026 to the states for them to implement their own local markets, local insurance markets so that's being done away with this you know

1:29:37 racketeering really, where insurance companies have regions and they're not allowed to compete in any of those regions. So the money's right there I don't really under-I mean i have thoughts and we'll get to that in a minute why I think he's voting no or he says he's going to vote no but let's just look at this bill for a second just a few things that pop up because no one's discussing what's in it I don't understand once again you know Jimmy Kimmel has got a big heart on about it about the pre-existing conditions and it's pretty much what we've seen with some noteworthy exceptions or things that jump out. So, any individual who is overpaid in premium tax credits would have to repay the entire excess amount? I'm not quite sure where that's in there but right at the top. Is there a problem with people getting paid too much in credits

1:30:26 Not that I know of, but it's possible. I don't know either. Section 103 and this was expected modification repeal of the small business health insurance tax credit so that's being taken away the individual mandate penalty is being removed and makes it zero dollars retroactive to 2016 So if you paid in 2016 you'll get your money back Same for the employer mandate. There's a new subsection that would help create the market-based program and that would have funding available to all 50 states and the District of Columbia as of 2020 through 2026 under the program, a state will be required to submit an application to get this money so it's billions of dollars

1:31:17 and they have to follow the format of the grant, and they will only be able to use the payments allocated from the program for one of the following activities. One is to establish or maintain a program mechanism to help high-risk individuals purchase health benefits coverage including by reducing premiums for such individuals who have or are projected to have high healthcare utilization as measured by cost and who do not have access to employer sponsored insurance so there's wording in there, although we don't know the criteria that would stop pre-existing conditions. Establish maintain a program to enter into arrangements with health insurance issuers so that's your market your local market to provide payments for healthcare providers for the provision of services specified by the CMS administrators or go you know directly

1:32:08 federal government approved providers of health care, not insurance but health care. Also to provide health insurance coverage by funding assistance to reduce out-of-pocket costs so copay coinsurance deductibles for individuals with individual healthcare insurance so that's going to help. To establish or maintain a program mechanism to help individuals purchase health benefits coverage including by reducing premium costs for plans offered to the individual market And up to 20% of the funds can be used to provide health insurance coverage for individuals who are eligible for medical assistance under a state plan by establishing or maintaining relationships with health insurance issuers. So seems like states, here's your money as long as you qualify then you can take everything

1:32:56 CHIP will be kept in place, the Child Health Care Insurance Program if a state chooses to provide coverage with policies of actual... We don't need to talk about that. And the final thing which was very clear in this they could have just said no none of this money will go to Planned Parenthood but no instead they had there's a whole paragraph about what the money specifically may not be used for and let me see I can find it here Here we go. Prohibited entity, here federal payment to states but prohibits federal funds made available to a state through direct spending for being provided to an entity as defined 1 designated as not-for-profit organization by the IRS so none of the money can go to nonprofits I think that's Planned Parenthood 2

1:33:52 If the entity is described as an essential community provider that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health and related medical care. You cannot have that money! Planned Parenthood 3. If the entity is an abortion provider that provides abortion in cases that do not meet the Hyde Amendment except for federal payment. Yep, hello Planned Parenthood And if it received more than $1 million of Medicaid expenditures both federal and state in fiscal year 2014 well they receive about 600 million over there at Planned Parenthood. Then, something new? Optional work requirements! States effective October 1st 2017 can require non-disabled non elderly non pregnant individuals to satisfy a work requirement as a condition for receipt of Medicaid medical assistance How about that slave? Get to working What? Are you listening at all? You just tuned out Yeah Well they can make your work for it As long as you're not... They should As long as you're not elderly

CHAPTER 23 / 45 Discussion

John McCain Health, Hanoi Hannah Recordings

Senator John McCain's opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill is discussed in the context of his terminal glioblastoma diagnosis. The segment references historical claims regarding McCain's 1969 recordings for North Vietnamese propaganda broadcaster Hanoi Hannah.

john mccain· glioblastoma· mayo clinic· hanoi hannah· vietnam war

1:34:56 When does elderly start? They should define it in the bill. That's a good point, I don't see a definition. There must be an overriding definition. Let's try that... legal definition of elderly Now just reading through this and we get the idea here we go so legal definitions 60 years of age that's elderly Yeah, that's Tom Brady will still be quarterbacked. Do I have a thought about John McCain after this report which was done couple days ago? The senator first learned he had a problem in Arizona back in July when doctors found a blood clot over his left eye after a routine checkup at the Mayo Clinic and Phoenix

1:35:49 He was driving back to the ranch when he got word. I was driving up here and i got about two-thirds of the way up, and my doctor called said you gotta come back and I said hey today is Friday! I'll just come in on Monday she said no you have to come now it's very serious You turned the car around and went immediately into surgery? Yes they thought it was serious enough that they had act immediately And before the blood clot operation Did they mention glioblastoma to you? Yes, but as you know doctors are interesting. They cover themselves. I kept saying to them tell it to me straight Well there's always this is always that and I said well I can take it just tell me and then they were more forthcoming Interesting that the Mayo Clinic wasn't forthcoming That seems odd

1:36:50 Yeah, I wonder what that was all about. Well here's the information i received over the weekend second hand from one of our intelligence sources which this person says The person received it from very high up in the pentagon The expectations are not that McCain will make it through the rest of the year and And It's possible That he just wants to go out a hero A hero to someone doesn't give a crap who is a hero too So he's just gonna butt Trump? I think so. I see no reason under his argument why he can't vote yes, i'm not saying this is the bill you want to pass or anything but just that his arguments don't make sense

1:37:40 Yeah, he wants to wait for the CBO to see if the numbers are right. He wants to buck Trump! And go out a hero I... The information I got, the source I got of him- He doesn't like Trump. He didn't like Trump ever since Trump called him a phony and heroes don't get captured thing that really galled him because this guy has been his senator forever. I think he's corrupt you know as we continue to believe since since the 2008 election. And him and Lindsey Graham, they've got something to do with the Pentagon but I can see where he would find that incredibly offensive

1:38:21 You know, you didn't get torture where you can't lift your arms up. Yeah he's thinking to himself when Trump makes it snide remark seeing as I got this from the Pentagon sources through the military The military does not feel this way about him They feel very differently they feel that he was yeah He appeared on the Tokyo Rose radio show 30 times It wasn't Tokyo Rose? I think it was Tokyo Rose That's World War II Um...I may be wrong then

1:38:57 Yeah, he was on some radio show. What was the other radio show? It's Hanoi...Hollywood. Hanoi Holly! Something like that Yes, that's what it was No, I think it was Tokyo Rose No, Tokyo Rose is dead Tokyo Rose was a World War II You got your wars mixed up I'm gonna find yeah who says okay Well, okay so what I have- He's in the Korean War. I hear you...I hear you. Or the Vietnam- no he was in the Vietnam war that's right. Because I get corrected on that every time I say anything Alright what I have is John McCain's 1969 Tokyo Rose recordings So maybe it's in quotes or maybe it wasn't uh.. I don't know! Well definitely wasn't Tokyo Rose That would be really weird to be honest about Look I know Tokyo's in Japan Uhh I know this

1:39:55 Well, who was it then? Who was the... let's find out. Radio propaganda Vietnam woman. Well you never feed- well you're looking that up finish with your little detail. Hanoi Hannah they must have been Hanoi Hannah That's what- Yeah, Hanoi Hannah. That's when I knew it was Hanoi something. Okay, Hanoi Hannah we're good All right took everyone a fucking half hour to get there We're there But okay so he was on- Which is just a plain half hour Hanoi Hannah He was on there 32 times The military, look I don't know. You never finished the sentence! The military thinks what? They don't like him, they did finish the sentence. They don't think that highly of him is what i said Okay... I finished the sentence No well I interrupted you in the middle of finishing the sentence because you said the military because he was on Tokyo Road I said that the military doesn't feel that way

1:40:48 Yeah, you said that but that doesn't mean when you say they didn't feel that way I can assume That they hate him or they love him more than anything. They hate him! Okay there you go. Geez well Who likes him? The Democrats the millennial kids yes look at open your eyes man Look at the kids They love him all John McCain he's such a sweet guy because he's now on their side He loves this he is them. He's the white Maxine Waters Yeah, well I'm not a big fan. Oh we're not. So i mean they're with the military on this one yeah but not because he was on Hanoi Hannah just think just that just forget all that Just look at his record and who is what he does and what he votes for and what he says And his is it warmonger? I don't know if he's trying to appeal to us ever the munitions people He's going out he's dying he knows it he wants to go out The true hero

1:41:52 That's why I'm trying to... It doesn't make him a true hero just to buck Trump. Rob Reiner is the true hero then! Everybody is bucking Trump, so that... If you look around tonight at your dinner ask your millennials what they think of John McCain? Okay what was the other one when I asked them something else? Oh jeez, you didn't write that down?! I am writing it down now Yeah this is why you don't get the list I don't remember. There's a reference nobody gets! Oh, the Handmaid's Tale was something about that? Yeah ask about... Ask about... The Handmaid's Tale. No but there were some specific- Memes memes memes memes memes. Thank you chat room. Thank you thank you very much. This is how we do the show ladies and gentlemen. Dad lived

CHAPTER 24 / 45 Discussion

Rolling Stone Trump Cover, Media Insanity Meme

Rolling Stone and Newsweek published covers depicting Donald Trump as "insane" or "mad," written by Matt Taibbi and others. The hosts analyze these publications as part of a recurring six-week media cycle designed to push specific negative narratives about the President.

rolling stone· newsweek· matt taibbi· donald trump· media cycles

1:42:43 definition of memes. Okay, I get both these down now they're written down in good shape. Well while we're on memes that you seen the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and the cover of Newsweek this week? No. Well, Rolling Stone always has great illustrations and they have Trump in... Not as good as our artists! Oh no we're much better. Trump in Rolling Stone style on top of a wall with barbed wire and burning tiki torches yelling

1:43:19 And the title is The Madness of Donald Trump by Matt Taibbi, which is a must read. It's been it's so unhinged and Newsweek has a profile of Trump kind of backlit and their headline is Insane in the Membrane How the Right Lost Its Mind Sold its Soul & Embraced Donald Trump So they're pushing the crazy meme again, the insane. How many times are they going to recycle some of these ideas? Until 2018! Yeah I think there probably is... it's like a playlist or rotation. It's yeah it's a playlist that you put on shuffle from time to time because maybe mix it up. All right now we've spotted these sort of things before

1:44:08 We did it with a six week cycle. Let's try to figure out what the rotation is and I'll bet you we can predict the next one, we can't do it right now but I think of now that when we start thinking about it will be able to predict the next meme they throw at us because well... Well... We've seen the rotation before Then I believe its time to get back to he's a pig towards women So the grab-and-bite by the pussy has to come back something along that we need a new pussy. That came aground I'm gonna have to look back on The way these memes are rolled out and we'll have to see what they're what the cycle looks like And I'll bet you you're gonna see it, and it's probably by the way so far away We're gonna get the insanity thing again. I'll bet you that comes near the near the 28th near the end Yes near the end yeah, we were talking about Hillary's book book and her book

CHAPTER 25 / 45 Discussion

Jedidiah Bila Fired, The View Scripting

Jedidiah Bila was reportedly fired from "The View" after going off-script during an interview with Hillary Clinton. Internal emails suggest the show is tightly scripted by producers and that Joy Behar demanded Bila's removal for disrupting the pre-approved question list.

jedidiah bila· the view· hillary clinton· joy behar· abc news

1:45:09 is responsible for the following segment on The View. Very sad day! Very, very sad day on The View. Uh-oh. Jedidiah who I... she's the resident libertarian slash not bot trying to straddle universes person. She's gone They fired her. They fired her, yes Why? I'm going to tell you exactly after we listened to It's just a beautiful moment whenever you're in television and both John and I have worked extensively in the field Both on the presenting production writing directing side all of it We were all-rounders Yeah And what do we got this show for it? Podcasting At least we got some fallback Most people don't No that's right As as you'll hear because when you hear someone who

1:46:01 Is allowed to say goodbye on the air that's not very typical She's allowed to say goodbye and just listen to usual listen to how obvious it is that she was fired Jed, you got the floor. So this is my last day at The View. Yeah and I want to thank these ladies but what you don't know about us is that these ladies we're really friends. Sunny's texts...I mean Sarah whoopie you are my inspiration Joy when I need comedic relief this is where I go so we're gonna be friends no matter what but I want to thank you because I'm a little eccentric and you put up with me and this has been just an amazing journey and I appreciate all of you

1:46:43 I want to thank the viewers, even the ones that write me hate tweets. You know this is what i'm here for there to shake things up in life and television and I have a book that I am writing with Harper Collins right now which is...I don't have a title yet but That's how is it give away full of shit? I'm writing a book. That's why I'm leaving. I don't have a title yet It's an amazing concept that I think is going to really shake up the world especially the millennial generation Oh, yeah, I'm super excited about that will be coming out next year so I'm working I've been working insanely on that and have a lot of opportunities to consider now and figure out, piled up to here. And i will be spending some time doing it but you should stay tuned because there's some good stuff on the way. I just have to map it out a little bit.

1:47:33 See, that's very interesting. I think it's Joy that makes sense to me when i tell you what went down. I think she's the one saying and you're getting married because that was the agreement You're going be able say goodbye just say your getting married life is changing you got all kinds of other stuff to do She forgot to mention at the beginning so joy plugs in there. And I'm getting married This has been a really great experience. Yeah, here's what happened this happened during the Hillary Clinton interview and Here is a this comes from an email of someone on the inside Who explains exactly what went down the entire day was very tightly scripted we remember how we discussed it that this show was completely scripted

1:48:27 And it doesn't even sound that way, but we were sure of it. We know this happens all the time I don't think the viewers know at all. There's a lot of well-scripted well acted shows and there is almost like you can kind of... Well The McLaughlin Group was famous. The McLaughlin Report was one of them and its actually kinda hard to spot because it seems like they're talking Well, it got spotted during this one. The entire day was very tightly scripted we had worked with Hillary's team to create a list of approved questions each question was assigned to a specific cast member to be asked in a specific order everyone knew exactly when to ask the question what Hillary's answer was going to be yes we knew the answers in advance when to laugh and went to be serious

1:49:18 Completely scripted. Everybody was- Who are you reading? Who wrote this? This is the email that came from inside the production Okay, go Like I said totally scripted everybody was warmed not to go off script for any reason During the interview Jedediah went off script that threw everybody off Hillary was annoyed You know who's even more annoyed Joy Behar because she didn't get to ask all of the questions that she was assigned So Joy demanded a meeting with the producers. Afterward, we were told that Joy demanded that Jedediah get fired and the producers agreed! Jedediah and Whoopi were not at the meeting and were called later to let her know what happened The next day Whoopi was going nuts she was yelling about everything She wasn't invited to the meeting or included in any decision She was mad that Joy had made such a stink about not getting to ask all of our questions

1:50:15 Joy have so much power in getting Jedediah fired. She was also mad at Jedediah for going off script in the first place, she was yelling in the hallway I told her not to go there stupid bitch! So that's pretty much it. Yeah, Shack would say that. So that's pretty much it The big thing is That the Hillary people had really called them ABC on this. They were very pissed off and so when Joy came in and she was pissed off then it was, you know what? We'll just fire her we'll get rid of her. And Whoopi- Well there's the rules are the rules! Yeah and Whoopi and Joy are at war with each other apparently That could start a war exactly what you described every bit of it makes nothing but sense to me Can't wait to see what goes down

1:51:09 Well, too bad we can't get the Hillary thing which has got to be online somewhere and see what she said that was off script because we can figure it out. I think she just asked something out of context...I didn't go look for it. I just believe that email in this case No, I believe the email but I would like still see what it was Someone will do that for us We've got tons of producers out there with time on their hands So, well there you go. There you have it. I wonder who they're going to replace her with? Yeah that's what i'm thinking who can that be? Somebody who follows the rules! I'm available! That's what she told me! I can follow the rules yeah put you in there and I bring uh my podcast audience to the table so... But it's all women.. Well never mind maybe make some sense no I don't think so wow good one yeah getcha

CHAPTER 26 / 45 Discussion

North Korea Dotard, Trump Twitter Whipsaw

Kim Jong-un referred to President Trump as a "mentally deranged dotard" following Trump's "Rocket Man" comments at the UN. Analysis of CBS News coverage highlights a "whipsaw" reporting technique where unrelated quotes are edited together to create a false narrative about the Republican Party.

north korea· kim jong-un· dotard· rocket man· cbs news

1:52:02 Guess what? We didn't have to get a clip of the day, but... Nah. Don't need it. Catch of the day. Okay. Let's go to North Korea and talk about what is going on because this is getting funny because of the new word that we've got into lexicon. But let's go with Trump vs North Korea CBS. Yes! What do you mean Rocket Man?! For North Korea had its say at the UN General Assembly in New York City escalating its war of words with President Trump Here's Paul Reid None other than Trump himself is on a suicide mission. Responding to President Trump's UN speech last week, North Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed the UN Saturday. What else could be a bigger threat than the violent remarks such as pouring fire and fury total destruction coming from

1:52:52 authority of the world's biggest nuclear power. On Friday, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un described President Trump as a mentally deranged dotard. Rocket man should have been handled At a campaign rally in Alabama later that same day, President Trump continued the escalating war of words. He may be smart he may be strategic and he maybe totally crazy but you know what no matter what he is we're gonna handle it folks On Twitter he denounced Mr Kim as a madman That was a horrible horrible thing that happened to the Republican Party The president is also engaged in battle within his own party

1:53:32 Yeah, now I remember the word. Yes, I like it! It's a good word. Yeah but how does it pronounce? She said dotard...I thought it was do-tard or doo-tard Uhh..I would say doh-tard. Dotard. That's what I thought that was dotard And in fact if you look at Let's look it up let's do a little work Well I did look it up recently Sorry this one It actually has the two words separated. Doe-turd. No, I think doetard is not turd it's tarred Look at that. Well hold on here's the pronunciation. So if says turd? Hold on! I have the pronunciation here Then it would be dotard Oh let's check it out. Let's check it out Dotard. Dotered. Doderd you say? Dotard. Dotard. Dotarde. D-O-P-E-R-D as well as for a doter. Dotard so she was right but to me I would say dotard

1:54:21 Well, that's what you would do. And it is an old person especially one who has become weak or senile which would be the... Daughtering idiot! The tard part. Sorry we're referring to the root I don't know if it was Greek or Latin of tard meaning tardy Yeah Slow slow retarded yeah Anyway I love the word It's great and I've never heard it before but apparently North Koreans use it There was a whip saw in there That's what I wonder Is there a word in Korean that they use alot for people like that? I don't know. With their leadership, i would think they do it. But let's just be honest Kim Jong-un is an ageist prick

1:55:10 Yeah, he is. That's I mean no one's calling him out on that. Although it doesn't seem to... who knows who wrote..who put that into the lecture? Oh yeah! But I have no trust whatsoever in this news report. In that CBS report was another example of my pet peeve in news reporting which is which I'm calling the whipsaw for now, which is you say one thing and then you exemplify it with a quote that has nothing to do with it. We're going to handle it folks On Twitter he denounced Mr Kim as a madman That was a horrible horrible thing that happened to the Republican Party What? Yeah, you missed him No Why did he put... First time

1:55:53 I, the whole thing was crazy. Everybody misses these. Let me play it again. They're designed to be missed but i didn't miss i just want to hear it again we're gonna handle it folks on twitter he denounced Mr Kim as a madman that was a horrible horrible thing that happened to the Republican Party of course what she said is this is what he said on Twitter but that's not what he said on Twitter no they do this all the time CBS is the worst for this they all the networks do But they do this constantly and I'm now in this case, this is a little more advanced. Doing the Twitter thing? Yeah that hadn't heard that version of it but i like it! This is so different than what he said on Twitter where they jumped to topic completely and go into something different but they connect them And I think the idea...I think the idea is through association with the bad Trump and Republican Party

CHAPTER 27 / 45 Discussion

South Korea Fake Orders, Howitzer Range

Fake evacuation orders were circulated among U.S. military families in South Korea, causing significant alarm. The segment also clarifies the effective firing range of modern howitzer artillery systems, noting they can reach approximately 15 to 20 miles.

south korea· military families· howitzer· artillery· trolling

1:56:50 Yeah, okay. It was a kind of stretch yeah but it worked! It worked. Undetectable almost. When you listen to the whole thing as an ISO is obvious right but when you listen to the whole thing most of these are undetectable unless your like me I'm just not looking for anything else BUT these because they do them so much And whipsaw is the best I have for it. Oh no, we've already agreed whipsaw is good well so more on North Korea you know right now we were flying around and we're doing our little flybys our little hey look at my penis thing uh flying our U.S bombers off the coast but I've always been taught and I've always said probably mentioned on the show you never have to really be worried about anything until they start bringing back the diplomats mainly and they close the embassy

1:57:45 And so we've not seen that yet. What we did see is they stopped all internships, or no new internships at the South Korean embassy which is only 30 miles away from you know the demilitarized zone it's not that far. Yeah well within the range of a Howard Scott. But U.S families in South Korea military families got fake or diplomatic families got fake orders to leave South Korea Which caused a lot of consternation because everyone else knows, hey until we're being sent home there's nothing wrong. And somehow these fake orders started going around and people are like oh crap we gotta go now this they were fake they weren't no one has issued these orders but I just thought that was interesting that happened you know who thinks of doing that? Only someone who knows what it means i presume so its an interesting troll

1:58:42 So I have that to check out. I think I made a mistake when I said the howitzer has a 30 mile range, okay? I'm looking it up there are yeah, i'm sure there's cannons that can shoot 30 miles But not sure it's a howitzer what is the range of a howitzer answers calm all my favorite website Click to see answer. Thank you very much once you just give me the answer I've got a show you an ad oh, no No, it's worse than that as a slideshow Oh yes my favorite one how it's a classic gun many different variants You need you need to be more no word yeah now you click on the slide show Specific but a range of an m770 is 30 point 1 kilometers Okay, let's pretty far Columbus 20 miles. Yes there 15 miles know and

1:59:34 Is there something right anyway onward? I don't know if you wanted to do it. There's two things we had on the list Shorting orange juice and the Emmys in oh yes, I want to correct that one of me a couple unshorting orange juice I don't know what I was thinking I talked about with horror was You didn't want a short orange juice who wanted to go long Futures because it was gonna be a shortage And I think they were I think there was gonna be a shortage of orange juice and the word short I got scrambled I said short orange juice yeah So that was a blunder and we got two or three nasty notes about it. You should know better I should, you idiot! I do technical analysis i don't do fundamentals Come on man...I've got my Fafort and my MA crossovers I've got it all set up so let's play Lucas Math by the way This is the latest on the Rohingyas which have been run out of

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Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Myanmar Landmines

The Rohingya refugee crisis has seen nearly 800,000 people flee Myanmar for Bangladesh. Reports indicate that Myanmar authorities are laying landmines along the border to prevent refugees from returning, while neighboring countries like India and Bangladesh impose strict movement restrictions.

rohingya· myanmar· bangladesh· landmines· ethnic cleansing

2:00:35 Myanmar and run into Bangladesh, and now the Indians are getting involved in making a fuss. I want to play this, and then have a question. In New Delhi, India, hundreds of Muslims protested against a plan by India's Hindu nationalist government to deport some 40,000 Rohingya refugees to Burma where the Burmese army is carrying out a wide-scale ethnic cleansing. The protests came as India's Supreme Court hears a challenge to the plan which is backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi At the United Nations General Assembly, Bangladesh's leader laid out a plan Thursday to begin repatriating 800,000 Rohingya—more than half of whom have fled to Bangladesh since August 25th. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the U.N. should set up safe zones in Burma for returning refugees. We are horrified to see that the Myanmar authorities are laying landmines along their stretch of the border to prevent the Rohingyas from returning to Myanmar…These people must

2:01:32 be able to return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity. In recent days, Bangladeshi authorities have sharply restricted the movements of Rohingya refugees telling them they can't leave their makeshift camps ordering drivers not to transport them and landlords not to rent. These are probably the only people doing any work on this particular story. Yeah, democracy now, well covering it is what they're doing So listen to this, they're putting in landmines to keep these guys from coming back and the Indians think they suck. And everybody hate what there's I'm telling you there's something missing in this reporting. There is something missing because this is a large group of people nearly 1 million and everybody hates them

2:02:21 That's the only thing I can say. Everybody, the Indians hate him, the Bangladeshis hate him, the Myanmar people hate... Why? Why why why? There is no... They won't... This is what Democracy Now! will never report. There is only one thing because they're Muslim No, there's plenty of Muslims. There are Muslims here and there all over Myanmar. Half or not half... Well there is bad Muslim. A quarter of India population is muslim and Bangladesh has a large muslim population it's not the muslim angle What is that? You tell me! It's not being reported maybe they stink

2:03:00 It's like actually stink. Maybe they have some sort of a weird, uh, they have some, some obscene habits I have no idea. Maybe they're nice and they give too much money away? There's something that is not being reported because, I believe that these people are hated except amongst themselves and amongst Westerners who are just observing because we love everyone. Just observing what's going on but we're not explaining why! Why are they putting land mines down now to keep them from coming back

2:03:36 Why does the people in Bangladesh saying they have to stay in their camps and they can't rent? If they're rich, they can't even leave their camp and go buy a place or rent from anyone. Anyone who rents them is going to be subject to some law. Something's not being explained! I'm gonna ask Pachanek he's an expert on this particular topic Yeah you should ask him He was bitching about Sun Tzu, he's bitching about her being elitist and not doing anything. I'll ask him! I'm sure he is good at that historical stuff Well there is something amiss with the reporting in our knowledge because when they landmine it...I was almost there with this thinking until they landmined things And then I said oh my god these people are hated! Why?

CHAPTER 29 / 45 Discussion

Mount Agung Eruption, Solar Activity Correlation

Mount Agung in Bali is showing signs of an imminent eruption, leading to widespread evacuations. The discussion explores the potential correlation between solar flares, coronal holes, and seismic or volcanic activity on Earth, citing recent earthquakes in Mexico.

mount agung· bali· volcano· earthquakes· solar flares

2:04:27 Why so well and I get that report from Democracy Now, you know they love everybody except the United States Meanwhile a little bit further down south from there in Bali Mount Agung is about to erupt. It hasn't erupted since it was in 1953 or 1963 really yeah and That's not good 1963 And that eruption was a five on the VEY, the Volcano Explosivity Index. They're expecting it to be four or five again and I think everyone's pretty much evacuated now there are a lot of villages around there. A friend...I know this because a friend of mine is in Bali right now

2:05:13 And he's like, I don't know. He says it should be safe but he doesn't know if he wants to stay or go. He doesn't know if that thing erupts and I'm like STAY! Stay! Stay! Well you're not much of a friend... You need boots on the ground. We won't be able to communicate with us But do you have an earthquake off the coast of California? Yeah, supposedly. I didn't feel it well was yeah. Yeah it was in the Pacific Ocean but just so you know here are my alerts because this I'm using that that solar activity app so on the 23rd

2:05:58 That's yesterday. Yeah, hold on a second I've got to go back here where am i? And by the way we will talk about it in a little while but the worst didn't come to an end with no you know We didn't die so I got It was 1026 No, that was yesterday. So I'm getting them...I'm pretty much getting them a day to three hours. I'm getting coronal activity, coronal holes or solar flares. I'm getting these and then right after that there's an earthquake boom! Here you get the coronal holes yesterday 8-26 or on the 22nd 23rd 6.2 in Mexico

2:06:43 It's correlation, I don't want to say it's causation but it sure seems that way. And there is a lot of research about volcanoes being activated by flares and other geomagnetic activity. Well supposedly we have about four opportunities in California and then there are couples in Oregon and one or two in Washington, volcanoes that are still active that might go off including Mount Shasta. Nice! You need to get out of there for a whole bunch of reasons. Well, the wind blows in the other direction so I would say anyone on the... No ash for you? You're good? Yeah pretty unlikely. Quick couple of updates about the advertising business but first of all that the non-advertising business Patreon

CHAPTER 30 / 45 Discussion

Patreon Series B, Podcast Ad Compliance

Patreon secured $60 million in Series B funding, raising concerns about future fee increases and creator independence. Meanwhile, hosting provider Libsyn is updating its statistics reporting to comply with new IAB standards, which may result in lower reported download numbers for many podcasts.

patreon· libsyn· iab· podcast stats· venture capital

2:07:37 who have, well I thought really successfully adapted the value for value model but i think they're making a big mistake. They just took a 60 million dollar fund series B investment. Why? That was my question! How can you not be making money All you have to do... Yeah, well you're not doing anything. You're just running some servers I'm sure they have some huge a-hole plan about becoming the Netflix of podcasts I can just smell the slide deck from here They already talk about our creators and our this and our that Yeah they don't own them Hey people be careful with this outfit Be very careful Especially when they got money like that They gonna start turning ya off! You no longer protected You are no longer protected there

2:08:28 With the Apple stats on deck People who are over reliant on patreon and I could think of a few yes, don't feel comfortable with checks Yeah, there's that. There's them they, I believe would be a, they would start jacking up the well you know we're going to start doing. We're going to help you guys get do better. We're going to add a percent toward two hours vig and it'll be 2%. The next thing you know is like agency nowadays they get 15% I think were doing at least that but we're gonna get you more exposure. Yeah, we get some more exposure. So there's a business model that will be proven to be successful

2:09:10 but you can be upended in a cooperative form, I'm sure. With the Apple podcast stats on deck everyone's getting kind of worried about that to the International Advertising Bureau, IAB has put out rules for compliance there is no they're putting a stake in the ground saying oh well this is how we count stats this is how we do it remember when this was all supposed Perfectly measurable. Well, it's not But now that's the big joke Yeah Now Libsyn is updating their stats reporting system to allow for IAB compliance And they had to send out a note saying you may notice your numbers going down gee over inflated much So of course if you're using our model You don't give a crap

CHAPTER 31 / 45 Discussion

Restoration Hardware Adwords, Digital Marketing Waste

Restoration Hardware discovered that 98% of its search business came from just 22 keywords, primarily misspellings of its own brand name. This finding supports the move by companies like Procter & Gamble to slash digital advertising budgets in favor of traditional branding.

restoration hardware· google adwords· procter and gamble· digital advertising· branding

2:10:03 As long as you can pay rent, that's the only stat we need. That's the stat yeah! Can I pay my rent? Okay we got 10 listeners it says or it says a million... We don't know could be... Yeah I don't believe any of this stuff Nope But the best story It's only going to be Apple numbers I mean we also have a lot of distribution in other forms The uh okay the best story from the advertising world which is not going to get a lot of coverage well it should get coverage The TV network should be covering it, but I don't think it's a big interest to them. Now we know the Procter and Gamble they said hey we're stopping all this uh... We're not going to invest so much in the digital money they pulled back two- I think total annual spend of 200 million on digital They cut that like significantly Yeah thats alot of money And now there is an upset You know theres a global retailing conference Goldman Sachs had

2:10:59 this past week and a lot of advertising people there, understanding how online plays into everything. They were buying 32 or 3200 search words This one company which is restoration hardware. It's a yeah, it's a when I compare to like one of these It was like your one shop where you can buy very expensive doorknobs Yes, it's like Pier 1 You know It's kind of you get a whole interior if you want restoration hardware and they've been marketing with 3200 words and they someone did some statistics on

2:11:42 Then it turns out that 98% of their business was coming from 22 words. And what 22 words do you think those were? What are you going to tell us? The word restoration hardware and the 21 ways to spell it wrong, that was 98% of the results of their ad words. So it's restoration hardware and the variations that were just a misspelling. Yes! Wow. So that would tell me that there are other forms, there are other marketing in other words normal channels old-fashioned advertising got the name embedded so well into the public psyche that when a search came up they did searchers would just type it in

2:12:35 So advertising does work, because otherwise you wouldn't know the name restoration hardware to put in a search. Absolutely! Branding I'd say branding works. Okay branding so they were well branded and all the rest of it that all the online nonsense was just nonsense You know choosing other terms and hoping to get lucky And also, it just seems like all the other terms which I'm sure they had interiors you know cool people shopping Saturday. I don't know what the hell they had but none of that works so what are people looking for? They are using the internet as a supplemental tool for the branding they receive elsewhere or maybe they get branding but not keywords which is really Google's business and thats why its an interesting story to me because they cut their spend. Yeah thats right Googles keeps all this in a black box Yes sir! We on the other hand

CHAPTER 32 / 45 Discussion

Nibiru Doomsday Failure, Planet X Donations

Following the failure of the September 23rd Nibiru doomsday prophecy, listeners participated in a "49.01" donation game. Numerous producers from New York to the Netherlands contributed to celebrate the world not ending as predicted by various online theorists.

nibiru· planet x· doomsday· 49.01· donations

2:13:23 We have transparency. 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! Yes and indeed we do have a few people to thank for show 967 sir 777 and let me get my keyboard in weak... Podcasts are down. Podcasts are down. Let's start with Alvaro I'm sorry let's start with Jose is that a Jose? Joseph, I'll say Joseph. Joseph, I guess. Harold $100 thanks again he says thank you Alvaro Sanchez

2:14:12 Boob 8008, this fall off pretty quickly until we get to 49.1 or 01 Jackson Butler boob Christopher as rack in Fort Lauderdale Florida boob Yanking mics, he's got some comments. He said I was blown away. I'm a floor. I was just blown away That's a Florida resident joke by your last show yanking mics and detailed coverage You both provide is my first time donating so if I get a shout out please play your choice of ISO Boob, but okay. We played a bunch of isos already will play some more boob give him some karma at the end boob Brian Kaufman in Scottsdale Arizona 7575 Eric Remington in Morristown New Jersey 7500 Motown Charlie Brown Charlie Brown 73 73s Yeah, 73 is November Juliet seven Victor from kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie

2:15:13 Dittos. Teal Perrine in Minneapolis, Minnesota 6969 pop into Minneapolis if you'd like to chat sometime okay? Ralph, we'll do a meetup. Ralph Mazzaro in Kirkland Washington 5510 Sir Payne and the S Kevin that is in Richmond Virginia 5 4 3 2 Chris Sundberg in Mercer Island Washington $51 Scott Nelson in Melbourne Florida 51 50 dollars and one cent David Oliver 50 these are all fifties now name of location James Butcher in Delaware new Delaware new Washington

2:15:52 Really? This is Australia, Western Australia. No I'm not Washington. WesternAustralia, Australia. Joe Schwarzbauer in Florissant Missouri Mitchell Kaufman in Hillsboro Oregon Brendan Menk in Tempe Arizona Sir Patrick Maycomb in New York City Sandy Geisler and Watkinsville Georgia Wida Kuglaz, I believe. Tired of being a douchebag he or she says Bogdan LeHandro in Roanoke Texas and last on this list Sir Alan Bean in Oakland California the following people donated in good faith and good humor $49 and one cent we said that you put the one cent on there will give you your name call out

2:16:49 Since we typically if under $50 is typically anonymous anonymous and nobody ever donates 4901 now this was because the Planet X or a niburu is going to collapse into the globe and blow it up yesterday Yeah, that says. We're doing this show which we guaranteed we do if there wasn't a disaster right here I mean but I had I was prepped I had my MRM re's I had every my guns at everything good-to-go Well, okay. The point is nothing happened this was bullcrap as usual so but we made a game out of it made this 4901 contribution which is 9... What if we designed the game and no one came to play? It would have been the end of the world

2:17:42 We want to thank all these folks for playing along and donating $49.01 including, and I'm going to list them off Amy Burlingame in Bergen New York Sir Rob Knight of the Philanthropic Shareholders Federation in Rotterdam Netherlands Sir Craig Porter parts unknown Charles Spring parts unknown Sir Dirtbag Dave good old dirt bag day came in from Concord California Matthew Szyminski, I believe in Hoboken New Jersey. Dave Fugazotto, can't remember where Dave's from but it's not on here. Harry Johnston as opposed to Harry Johnson in Phoenix Arizona. Kalen Nistore parts unknown. B Matt Beamer there's a lot of people here. Randall Lawfulmacher by the way

2:18:40 Harry Johnston, he said can I get a de-douching for first time donor would be a second donation actually because i clicked the $49 link in the newsletter and wanted the name call out so enjoy the extra fun. So yeah coming up right after this Oh thanks Timothy Kato Lee Scarbeck Bart Bertens in Holland Yeah in best Best best that's the best city in Holland John Knowles and Murphysboro, Tennessee Matthew Frank and mentor Ohio where all the mentors if you're a mentor That's where you go Paul Pacheco in white salmon Washington Chuck Walters I don't know. I know where he's from but I can think of it Harry Johnston again came in with okay So that's our group

CHAPTER 33 / 45 Discussion

Maryland Spook Meetup, Birthday Karma

A No Agenda meetup is scheduled for September 28th in Columbia, Maryland, hosted by Sir GQ Baron. The segment includes "jobs karma" for a listener in Ontario and a list of birthdays for community members and their families.

columbia maryland· meetup· jobs karma· birthdays· community

2:19:34 And that includes Harry Johnson twice, which we thank. And that's our well wishes for the end of the world and... Thank you! The only ones who cared. The only ones who believed apparently. No. There was only like 49 or 16 people now or 18 people so Well, I want to thank everybody who has supported the show and since we live yet another day another episode please support us for the upcoming program on Thursday at Dvorak.org slash NA And a reminder we have a meetup this coming Thursday Sir GQ Baron of Maryland is hosting

2:20:21 A number of his co-workers that he has converted, anyone who wants to attend is definitely welcome. The No Agenda Meetup this Thursday 7pm the 28th of September at the Frisco Tap House in Columbia Maryland. Um... no photos, no photos to be taken at this particular event. Well they're in Maryland I don't blame them. Yeah I think this is remember a number of co-workers I've converted you hear me now? Yeah. Well, Maryland spooks. Spooks. But it says so Detroit they'll be taking pictures there's another meet. They have a lot of me as well. They have their own mailing list was I think is great local number one and they keep having these meetings. I'm going to go just, I'm going to jump in. I'm going to go to one of these things by surprise pop up all of a sudden pop-up Dvorak. Yeah. I'm just gonna pop up. It's gonna be like the latest thing going on. Pop up

2:21:15 And then one special Jobs Karma in the morning, Adam I know this request isn't accompanied by a donation But I'm a monthly subscriber and will continue to do so as long as I'm able. I recently lost my job It was hoping I'd get some jobs karma from the best podcast in universe is nearly yours freedom Dave from Elora Candinavia That's Ontario, I believe. Laura, Ontario? Yes And of course we'll do that So caught that one in the subscription donations The monthlies And again thank you everybody As said another show Thursday Your support very much needed Devorak dot org slash N A Jobs jobs jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs You've got karma

2:22:06 It's your birthday, birthday. Oh no, I can't wait. Nice list today Matthew Trimble turns 37 on the 25th Carter Pelham says happy birthday to his dad Larry Pelham he celebrated on the 12th of September so that's a make good Carolyn Blaney happy birthday to her sister Cadence who turns 30 today Alvaro Sanchez also celebrating his birthday today and Jackson Butler says happy birthday to his wife Ida, it's her birthday today. And Wida Guglas says happy birthday to dad Butch Hauke of Williamsport Pennsylvania he turns 57 on the 26th Happy Birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcast in the universe! And sadly no nights, no title changes, no nothing but...I do have some info for you

CHAPTER 34 / 45 Discussion

Gold Star and Platinum Gays, LGBTQ Classifications

A humorous look at specific classifications within the gay community defines a "gold star gay" as a man who has never had sex with a woman. A "platinum gay" is further defined as a gold star gay who was also born via C-section, thus never having had physical contact with a vagina.

lgbtq· gold star gay· platinum gay· c-section· terminology

2:22:53 Okay, as you know it's my beat to always stay on track with the LGBTQ DDI P. I've lost track now LGGBTQ TIQ Q a PP yes okay? I remember now There are different types of classifications in the male homosexual world as we call them the gays and And I was unaware. I was unaware that there are... Have you ever heard of a gold star gay? Is that like, a gold star family? Very close yes A gold star gay This is news to me Wait let's go back up Where are you getting this information from From an audio clip that is short but hilarious No no I didn't know there were classifications

2:23:47 The gold star gay... I thought there were classifications. I didn't know what they were, but i know with women they got the bull dyke and the diesel dyke, you know these lipstick lesbians they have all these different classifications. Yeah exactly right so we know a lot of those but I didn't know about the gays okay uh So that the gold star gay is A gay who has never had sex with a woman. You see, this is the classification that you have to go through. Ah! Gold star! Yes But then there's the platinum gay I'm what they call a platinum gay meaning that... A gold star gay is a gay That's never been with a woman Right? but then a platinum gay Is one who was also born C-section So I've never touched a vagina Oh god

CHAPTER 35 / 45 Discussion

James Comey Howard University Protest, Student Activism

Protesters at Howard University interrupted a speech by former FBI Director James Comey, chanting "You ain't our homie." The incident sparked a discussion on the lack of administrative discipline for students who prevent invited speakers from addressing university audiences.

james comey· howard university· protest· free speech· expulsion

2:24:37 How awesome is that? That's unbelievable. I had no idea- I'm giving you Clip of the Day for that. Oh, well...I didn't expect it but i will gladly accept it. Thank you to my creator! Appreciate it. James Comey was doing a speech at Howard University. Ehhhhh....i guess he's an alum. These are typically prestigious gigs But oh no, this didn't work out so well for Mr. Comey. Breaking news! Stop breaking news! We're learning about protesters interrupting an event there's supposed to be a speech by the former FBI director James Comey at the convocation of Howard University as they celebrate their 150th anniversary we're working to get more information on exactly what's unfolding but I'm learning there's about 30 protesters or so shouting and preventing James Comey from speaking

2:25:35 I then made a strong argument that college was part of the real world and i locked people with synapse. All right we will keep an eye on this. And they kept breaking back in it was just a bunch of kids just going now, It was a black coalition and I was able to iso some of the chants that they were using I don't think you could understand it, so i'm going to tell- You aint our homie. Get out James Comey! You aint my homie. I give them a B minus for creative writing. What?

2:26:24 I give it an A for a beat. It's got to be... Yeah, well yes it has got to beat but get out James Comey you ain't my homie! But no idea what their problem is and nor do I feel like looking into it. I think the speaker if this going to continue? The speaker should walk out immediately. It's the administration's fault for this the administration knows whose folder really is and then none of the kids should get a diploma. They should just cancel the event right on the spot they've got to do something drastic like this, like expel people? That used to happen before this is gonna- This is never gonna end it's gonna get worse and worse until these guys get a backbone how many of the parents of these kids would appreciate their child not

2:27:16 getting a diploma, not graduating being expelled from any of these schools. I don't think they would think much of it now they'd bitch and moan into the administration but whose fault is it? They really give their kids hell! They've got to put a stop to this does not belong at the university level In total, I'm really protesting the Vietnam War cuz you're gonna get drafted. No no protesting some speaker But they don't like he's not there home Why are you protesting? He's not a homie okay both fair game But did you have anything on the Kurds because I have a little update I had that old thing on the last show in the Kurds Yeah well here's we have we have boots on the ground one of our producers

CHAPTER 36 / 45 Discussion

Kurdish Independence Referendum, Erbil Boots on the Ground

Boots-on-the-ground reports from Erbil describe the tensions surrounding the Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq. The conflict centers on control of the oil-rich Kirkuk region and the central government's refusal to recognize the Peshmerga as a formal military branch.

kurdistan· erbil· iraq· peshmerga· oil

2:28:06 And this is, I think he's in...I don't know what exactly what kind of business he's in but he always sends encrypted email. He was the guy in Syria for a long time. Okay. Now he's in Erbil which- Yeah, I think you know his businesses. Yeah! He's in Erbil and said ITM, I moved to Erbil for job a few months back. I'm exposed here in a sea of well expletive so please keep me anonymous for this note Here's the situation regarding the upcoming referendum So, what is this again about the referendum? They want to- This is the Kurds are voting some independence in Iraq. Okay good. So Barazani wanted the central government to recognize the Peshmerga as part of the Iraqi military, the same way the popular mobilization units were recognized.

2:28:58 And Barzani is demanding back payments for the whole period that Peshmerga helped fighting ISIS. The central government refused, and so he's using the referendum as pressure. So now the main problem is Kirkuk which is where the oil is both Kurdistan and the central government want this they you know that's where the conflicts are And as for the rest of Kurdistan, people are stocking up on food since both Turkey and Iran are against the referendum. And it's expected they will close their borders on Monday and that is the latest from our boots on the ground. It needs to be reported by mainstream media! No you have to come to a podcast if you want to learn anything

CHAPTER 37 / 45 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Nostril Breathing, Elizabeth Warren Wealth

Hillary Clinton discussed her use of "alternate nostril breathing" to manage stress during interviews. Separately, Senator Elizabeth Warren faced questions about her $9 million net worth and her $2 million home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

hillary clinton· nostril breathing· elizabeth warren· cambridge· net worth

2:29:40 from two dotards. Dotards, dotards. So I just want to play a couple of Hillary clips. Oh well gee! Now first of all we know her attitude about things. I do have an ISO this is Clinton on WikiLeaks WikiLeaks, which is nothing more than a tool of Putin and the Kremlin. I think we've played that before in content. That's a new one that came from that speech she just gave yesterday. Oh well she was doing the same thing over and over again. Now here's one you know i'm always...I don't know if I am doing this seriously? I can't figure it out! I'm always looking for reptilian... Yeah to prove that she's a reptile so the not sweating thing yes The not sweating things are good giveaway

2:30:30 And now there's this. This is the one, again at that same speech in New York. This is a question to Clinton on breathing Can you demonstrate our alternate nostril breathing? Anyway... I really do highly recommend it It's not that hard What is it called? Google it She's not going to demonstrate but you get the idea Yeah, she brought this up on the interview she did with Pooper. She brought it up and said that she had learned how to do this alternate nostril breathing and she gave an example... I thought i may have clipped that but I don't see it now How does this? So this is a reptilian thing so she has to... I don't know if it is or not but I've never heard of this before yeah That's where it came from

2:31:29 I do, there wasn't a question but i think people should ask her if she actually likes to take naps on top of hot rocks. That's the question that should be coming up. Okay well that question hasn't been asked yet but Elizabeth Warren did get a nasty question from a local radio host about her wealth she's worth nine million dollars Yeah, I find this to be... Somebody sent me a Twitter thing and she says oh she's in a- She lives in a mansion! And they describe it as a 3400 square foot three bedroom place. Well its'a two million dollar house. Well in- Hello California? Every house around here is two million dollars you can't get into. But this is Cambridge

2:32:21 Cambridge is not a cheap place to live. I think a $2 million house in Cambridge has got to be a shithole! Well, that's what she lives in so you don't like this kind of question? But I don't particularly like it No, I think the question is okay but there's no evidence that I've seen that she has any earmarks of a person who's wealthy She may have a net worth of something that's made up and sure she's in Congress, she's been there for awhile. And she's done other things, she can have money but I doubt she is worth 9 million. Yes, yes I think she is worth nine million. CNN deconstructed it and then the average net worth 8.75 million dollar including her home

2:33:05 But she must have a mortgage on. I think people do these calculations liberally... Yeah, well this isn't your net worth No she says she has no debt actually because you know as you have to file all this stuff they make She and her husband who's a Harvard professor? They make over a million dollars a year Okay, that's good money. Seems reasonable yeah Well now the clip is not that fun But this thing about her mansion that she lives in Cambridge. Yeah, that's bullshit. Three bedroom two million dollar place in Cambridge is like a shithole no offense. Yeah and the clip is not that great I mean if it was in Texas The place would be selling for $250,000. Dream on! Not in Austin? No I'm just saying Texas is one of those...I'm thinking Plano Well forget that then let's move on to another topic this is one I've been sitting on and like this as you know our former New York banker has stated multiple times we won the American bankers won everyone else lost We are the rulers. We're still not exactly sure what that means

CHAPTER 38 / 45 Discussion

Jamie Dimon Bitcoin Critique, FINRA Regulations

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Bitcoin as a "fraud" and a "novelty" that will eventually be shut down by governments. He argued that while blockchain technology is useful, cryptocurrencies lack the sovereign backing and legal tender status required for long-term stability.

jamie dimon· jp morgan· bitcoin· cryptocurrency· finra

2:34:09 But somehow in the financial system, the way that money rolls in the world we won. So when Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan speaks people pay attention because he's really I think he is more God than Blank Fine from Goldman Sachs would you agree? Oh you know I wonder about that because Dimon seems like a dummy But he definitely is not, he's definitely the ruling elite amongst the bankers. Well here he's in agreement with you and I on Bitcoin and he does it quite eloquently in this Bloomberg interview And certainly when we saw The price go from five thousand down to thirty nine hundred because China said hey You know what? We're gonna go after the money changers so but yeah, you can do whatever you want. Sorry

2:34:55 Is this the clip where he says he thinks anyone in his company should be fired? We played this clip last show. No, no that's not this clip. This is a new clip. Okay we've done something with the Bitcoin exchange but so separate blockchain is technology can use for multiple things including cryptocurrency could be used for digital dollars and there are digital dollars already like a lot of the dollar held to our bank or digital and so I'm not... So separate the technology what I said about bitcoins as countries former currency you have a wonderful currency. When you formed your nation in 1947, one of the first things you did was create a central bank with that currency and that currency is part of your national heritage because on the back it's got 17 or 19 languages of other languages here. Countries

2:35:37 Form their currency. They like to control their currency so right now I say these crypto things are kind of a novelty people think they're kind of neat But the bigger they get, the more government's going to close them down and there also use a lot for illicit purposes So you've seen China just go after them? That's what i've said I mean you can like it or not like it, but my own view is that eventually government's going to close it down. They'd like to control their currency. Like who has it? Where goes? Why it goes? When it goes? They like to see it and the cryptocurrency is the opposite so again you might... Again I prefer digital You might have a crypto dollar I would prefer than a cryptocurrency which is not a fiat currency. Fair enough No its just that ultimately all currencies are created out of thin air

2:36:17 And there is a central bank backing, there is sovereign backing but it's still created out of thin air. This currency at least has a stable quantity whereas other currencies backed by central banks have quantitative... I like this but she's a little hard to understand She's making the argument and says yeah hold on a second You know, fiat currency is also just made up of nothing. It's just paper. Yeah it has the sovereign backing but when you look at Bitcoin it has a finite number of coins this is the argument that's always made that's why I like this interview. It's the gold argument! Yes, yes it's very similar to the gold argument um but you know you can print as many dollars as you want how does that work? I know but those central banks

2:37:00 It says legal tender you have to take this as payment. It's very cheap to do it's very easy move back exactly that right there once Bitcoin somehow has the words legal tender for all debts printed on it It won't be money until then. That's his point. You have to take this as payment. I agree with that. It is very cheap to do, it is very easy to move back and forth. We moved...JP Morgan moves $6 trillion around the world every day very efficiently, very quietly, very effectively- Doesn't he sound like Horowitz by the way? Sounds just like Horowitz. A little bit now that you mention it. Yeah there are a lot of Horowitz there. ...very efficiently, very quietly, very effectively and very cost efficient.

2:37:38 It's all digital money moving around the world. So you have to say, what is the problem we're trying to solve? And so again I'm not against technology but creating money out of thin air without having a government backing is very different than creating money and having a government backing. And like I said it's not unlimited. Bitcoin has that no more than 21 million. Maybe that kind of does something there but there's Ethereum, there are ICOs, there are cryptocurrencies everywhere. It's creating something out of nothing to me is worth nothing. You think it could end badly? Is that a fear? It will end badly, yeah. And it'll end when governments and people lose a lot of money the government's going to come down when people use it as an investment or becomes too big where governments say we want to control now I've had many people say well how can you control Bitcoin very simple if I sit there in this room If you buy yourself a bitcoin A, bet to buy yourself a bitcoin B, any of these things I'm gonna put you in jail...it's over

2:38:35 And so watch what's gonna happen in China. You know, it doesn't mean people won't do it It just means you'll be the a black market which is a whole different thing exactly and this is Precisely where it's going? It was just like the over-the-counter of the OTC market, you know ten years ago Whatever I'd be with free for all anybody could jump in do whatever they wanted People were making millions losing millions people had no idea what they were doing and then that's changed how oh Oh, by restricting the number of trades you can do on a daily basis and you need to have $25,000 in equity in order to be a day trader. More than three trades every four days And that's determined by the exchange or is that determined by individual brokers? FINRA So it's at the individual brokers

2:39:24 I believe so. I'm pretty sure they're, well... I am sure you can get around anything like this. No you can't. Self-regulated is my word. That's a self regulating. But yeah it'll happen and they're gonna shut down the exchanges that's the fallacy of the whole thing that argument that its money Shut up! It's not money just not money Well, it's you can invest in anything. You can invest in toothpicks or tulips to Tulips is a good example that I'm investing in tulips as we speak So I got two London stories yeah, but you have the uber story probably yeah? I have the uber story miles and start with that okay also in London It is over and out The city said today will not renew the ride-hailing company's license uber has 21 days to appeal Here's Jonathan big liati

CHAPTER 39 / 45 Discussion

Uber London License Ban, Business Model Strategy

London's transport authority declined to renew Uber's operating license, citing concerns over driver background checks and safety. Analysts suggest Uber's structural business model involves entering markets illegally to build a loyal user base that then lobbies for regulatory changes.

uber· london· black cabs· regulation· silicon valley

2:40:14 It's been very, very bad for me and my family to be honest. Didier Njiki is among the 40,000 Uber drivers whose future is now unclear You just recently bought this car and without Uber now you're gonna struggle to pay it back Yeah how I'm going to pay them back? It's gonna be difficult Uber has grown to 3.5 million customers here in about five years, cutting into the market of the city's famed black cabs which date back to 1634. If Uber was available in London I wouldn't get a black cab generally because I just find them very expensive. When Uber came out, it was like oh alright okay." The city's transport authority said it had concerns about Uber's lack of background checks on its drivers as well as how the company has handled allegations of sexual assault but according to police there were two sexual assault complaints against uber in 2016 the same number as black cabs

2:41:12 Black cab drivers have fought against Uber since it moved to Europe. They say Uber is under regulated and will put them out of business. Our money's been cut, not by a lot but about 10-20 percent but its been affected yeah most definitely yeah. Vincent Foster has been driving a cab for 38 years and says today he's celebrating. I was going to have the day off, I was delighted! I was gonna go form a party...I was gonna go to the pub And the statement, Uber says the city chose to side with a small group of people that wanted to limit consumer choice. Uber will challenge this decision in court already more than 300 thousand people have signed an online petition to keep uber on the road. Anthony. Jonathan Vigliotti with happy London cab drivers thanks Jonathan coming up next... You can stop the clip yeah you know I

2:42:05 I'm glad you- That clip was cut and somehow you got the whole thing out of there. No, it's alright. It's- I'm glad that brought that clip because that is the same clip we have played for... from an Uber controversy for the past couple years And it was this clip that I have from... I think this is Bloomberg That it's so obvious. I'm like, oh this is their business model This is how this is how they scale? This is probably somewhere in a PowerPoint deck what ubers playbook has been is really just to go into cities forget about regulations ignore regulators ignore politicians and build their business and

2:42:44 And once they build their business, they often have very loyal riders who will help them lobby their local representatives to keep Uber in the city. That's the business model! That is what... that's exactly what they do. They know that their service is so desirable compared to what is available. They don't give a crap about—that's why they go in with that—well London was a little different. They did get a license but But they just go in, they go as big as they can. They violate every rule then get kicked out and the people of the city go, we want it back! And it's beautiful I didn't realize that this is structural. Absolutely true what's going on This is structural So they should be back in business Yes It'll take a couple months or year if they don't care This is part of their business model I just never...it was so obvious it just never really dawned on me

2:43:37 Holy crap, it's kind of a high-tech model in general Silicon Valley does that kind of model well drug dealers use this it's like drug dealers Yeah, drug dealers do it sure. But is it right? Maybe that's where Silicon Valley got its idea but they do this with the businesses a lot I remember when the 286 chip was out and I can name a couple of companies that were they didn't care about getting the FCC to approve the fact that It was radiating all over the place just rolled out tons of machines and made a whole bunch of money enough money so They could fight the FCC This is like the you know The criminal who runs up

2:44:17 smart criminal runs a Ponzi scheme and then gets enough money that he can fight the indictment. It's crooked, it's a crooked model. But anyway back to Britain we're doing these British clips I got the second one which i thought was kind of interesting maybe needs a little discussion this is the fat British Fish and chips, fatty fry-ups not to mention all the biscuits. Some of the most tempting food in Britain is not exactly what you call local which goes some way to explain why the British have become among the heaviest people in Europe and the difficulty for many men wanting to lose weight is that dieting programs tend to target women so a new club has been set up using another British national obsession to help men shed their pounds with the message forget fry ups focus on the football

CHAPTER 40 / 45 Discussion

British Obesity Crisis, Al-Tazaj Chicken Recipe

The United Kingdom is facing a rising obesity crisis, which some attribute to a "poisoned" food supply and the use of chemical aging in wheat. On a lighter note, a producer shared a full recipe for Al-Tazaj style marinated chicken in the show notes.

obesity· united kingdom· food supply· al-tazaj· recipe

2:43:37 Holy crap, it's kind of a high-tech model in general Silicon Valley does that kind of model well drug dealers use this it's like drug dealers Yeah, drug dealers do it sure. But is it right? Maybe that's where Silicon Valley got its idea but they do this with the businesses a lot I remember when the 286 chip was out and I can name a couple of companies that were they didn't care about getting the FCC to approve the fact that It was radiating all over the place just rolled out tons of machines and made a whole bunch of money enough money so They could fight the FCC This is like the you know The criminal who runs up

2:44:17 smart criminal runs a Ponzi scheme and then gets enough money that he can fight the indictment. It's crooked, it's a crooked model. But anyway back to Britain we're doing these British clips I got the second one which i thought was kind of interesting maybe needs a little discussion this is the fat British Fish and chips, fatty fry-ups not to mention all the biscuits. Some of the most tempting food in Britain is not exactly what you call local which goes some way to explain why the British have become among the heaviest people in Europe and the difficulty for many men wanting to lose weight is that dieting programs tend to target women so a new club has been set up using another British national obsession to help men shed their pounds with the message forget fry ups focus on the football

2:45:07 They put together a bunch of football clubs where a bunch of fat guys are running around. It's quite funny now The British have not changed their diet except for maybe there's some Frenchification that has taken place over the last 25 years where the boiled this and boiled that is less in vogue, it never was in vogue. But then the French have come into these lot of gourmet restaurants in England and they're dynamite but you get small portions and it's not the same as eating pasties all the time. Patsys or whatever they're called. And pastries I think are something else anyway

2:45:46 They the diet hasn't changed. They've always been eating this crap So what is it suddenly getting fat all of a sudden? I think it's because it's I think they've gotten with same thing that's happened in this country I think that the food supply has been poisoned Yes, and a lot of Brits know they eat for the stuff from the gas station gas station. I don't think that's new Yeah But the ingredients of the stuff at the gas station maybe I think yes This American wheat Oh, gluten-free! Which isn't even wheat. It's the gluten again? It's not even wheat it's some other kind of crazy... What is it sorghum what is it no it's not this is you know some derivative hmm it's it's not Russian red or anything that we've known for in the past it's just toxic and I think that their way they age the week because yet they weed has to be aged it's all done chemically it's not done by actually aging huh

2:46:37 And I just think that the food supplies has been poisoned. I think the British are not getting the brunt of it, we're already fattened out you're in Texas and can look around... Well we know they had poison eggs in Britain Yeah well the poison egg is another story which I did not clip which has to do with a pesticide We've already talked about that Just okay, I want to stay in Europe but I need to mention one of our producers decided Based upon your recommendation, he was inspired to make the Al-Tazaj chicken for his family and friends. And everybody loved it! He pieced together the menu from online sources... He says it's delicious, the garlic mayo sauce goes with this dynamite and the whole recipe is in The Show Notes today at 967.noagendanotes.com This is fantastic! It has the marinated four hours overnight. The whole thing's in there

CHAPTER 41 / 45 Discussion

Denmark No-Go Zones, Lars Rasmussen Speech

Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen acknowledged in a speech that certain areas of Denmark are now controlled by gangs where different rules apply and police cannot safely operate. He called for more robust parliamentary action to address these autonomous enclaves.

denmark· lars rasmussen· muslim enclaves· no-go zones· police

2:47:33 Good. The recipe for the mix. After being blasted on the last show, this is a welcome relief. That's why I bring it up. Spain we have now 16 000 riot police on the cruise ships in Barcelona Yeah, we're taking this very seriously. They are taking this extremely seriously but to me the most surprising news of the day from Euroland was a statement from the Danish prime minister it's no longer that hottie who Obama was all over yeah she's actually become the head of some organization I saw her on some TV show... She is some EU muckety-muck now i'm sure yeah something like that yeah this is Lars Rasmussen and we know him as well

2:48:18 He, in his speech he acknowledged that Muslims have taken control of parts of Denmark. In fact I have his direct quote here and not a clip obviously hold on let me get the... This is kind of interesting because it's the Danish were the most adamant about keeping Muslims out yeah It is a matter of being realistic about the situation, he said. And there are areas where it is already a different set of rules... ...where the gangs are in control and the police cannot work." I cannot sit and passively let it happen we have tried everything possible We just could not solve the problem. He called on Danish Parliament to engage us in a different and more robust way. They're also the happiest people on earth!

2:49:10 Yeah, well they're obviously the most dingy to let this happen. Well remember that this has been bubbling... Anders Breivik! That hell happened in Denmark. Denmark's such a small country for this. They don't need this aggravation. I mean, Brazil has this problem where you have two governments like that renegade government and the real government and The the favelas are run yes And there's crap going on there now to the police are going in shooting it all up Yes, let's go just sticking with Europe for a moment Ryanair There's a lot of trouble with this low-budget airline. And they are... They're UK based, I think? Ryanair? No! Yeah but like the British Isles or Ireland. I think they're based in Ireland. It's got some one of those offshore things going on, I think. The pilots are really mad

CHAPTER 42 / 45 Discussion

Ryanair Pilot Contracts, Auto-Landing Technology

Ryanair pilots are protesting "zero-hour contracts" and the high personal costs of training and accommodation. The segment also discusses the reliability of auto-landing technology in commercial aircraft, following a rough landing experience on an Alaska Air flight.

ryanair· zero-hour contracts· pilots· aviation· auto-landing

2:50:03 It's about pay and the main, well there are a lot of issues which this clip will show. This is a pilot, Ryanair pilot he calls into LBC, the London broadcast radio station that Farage is always on And what London's broadcast company corporation? No, no. It's London's best conversation. Oh yeah something like that. Yeah London's best conversation then what caught my ear about this is the fact that they are all on zero hour contracts the pilots And we know that this is the scam that is being implemented in Europe. Christina, my daughter had this was a part of it and a lot of kids you get the zero hours so they cannot they don't have to fire you They don't have to give you benefits because you have you know It's a zero-hour contract Yeah

2:50:56 But they can just not invite you to come work. And that's how they keep their workforce flexible, which is a hack around the very strict labor regulations in the EU where you can't just fire someone without a number of specific legal reasons. In listening to this clip about the zero-hour contract we revealed a little bit more about the guys who were flying your aircraft and I trust them, but it's the psychological part that is dangerous in this case. So you have to pay to have an interview with Ryanair?

2:51:49 and cancer amongst low paid work. It's spreading, it's really bad. Banks are mum and dad people are remorsing houses, casting their wives inheritances...it is shocking After they start the job it'll be about six months before they get a penny from Ryanair They have to go through their training all at their own cost no salary during training they have to accommodate themselves either trained in East Midlands or Amsterdam

2:52:29 Find your accommodation halls food etc people living in digs after six months then When they start flying that first passion is all I know be paid 20 euros an hour Once he's gone through all that 29,000 for training three 300 just to talk to him and Then six months, no pay. Then the training could take place in Amsterdam which means you have to find a place to stay in Amsterdam and not paid for that. But then when you finally get your zero hour contract which includes incorporating an island for the pilot, you get 20 euros an hour. Wow! By the way yes it is an Irish company. Yeah. It's scandalous. It's not the headspace you want your pilot to be in. And pilots are leaving they're giving up the whole profession they're just giving

2:53:25 And no doubt the airlines are really, it's clear the airlines want the next-gen pilotless aircraft. Well great that's when I get a touring bus! I'm not a big fan of that. Yes we know I know, I was on a plane where apparently all these planes have to be... they're already... they could borderline be pilotless because they do automatic landing and takeoffs. And so but they have to test this gear every so often and i was on a Alaskan Air flight where they were testing the automatic landing. But that's not just test, it lands... They do that all the time you can you know I'm talking about where there is completely hands-off. I know! That happens all the time Well if but it was not a pleasant experience

2:54:15 Okay, tell me what was bad about it. It bounced off the ground way up into the air and then landed again and when the hostess or whoever the stewardess comes on. Hostess? Hello miss! Yeah hostess she comes on she says well welcome to Oakland both times we've been here twice now some snide remark about this And then she explained that they were testing some automatic landing equipment. It was just a horrible... I mean this thing must have gone up 50 feet! That's bad, yeah it's not supposed to do that No its supposed to land Yeah well that part of the kind of perfected that does kinda work pretty well I just have a couple more things here Equifax we've got more news about them

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Equifax Data Breach Disclosure, Mel Brooks Interview

Equifax faced criticism for failing to disclose a March data breach until months later, despite hiring security firm Mandiant to investigate. In other news, filmmaker Mel Brooks stated that his classic comedy "Blazing Saddles" could never be made today due to modern political correctness.

equifax· mandiant· data breach· mel brooks· blazing saddles

2:55:12 The details are, though this isn't the same hack that exposed 143 million customers but it's the same group of hackers. Right? Well you're right there are definitely two different incidents here. There is one that happens in March and there is one that Equifax learns about in July but keep in mind here Equifax has not told us has not said anything about the earlier incident they hired the same security company Mandiant for both And until we called them and said, look we're going to report this. They had been not saying that there was only one so bottom line is they haven't really been very transparent which means they are breaking the first rule after a major data breach you gotta get all of the bad news out at once. Or everyone's gonna be speculating on the worst I mean is there an explanation why they didn't disclose it?

2:56:00 No, they basically said look we have didn't disclose it but we still have followed all the disclosure regulations. And effectively what they're saying is there wasn't evidence that any data that would trigger a disclosure was taken, so in other words legally they only have to disclose if there's evidence that certain kinds of sensitive personal information leave the network? Short of that, they don't have to say anything but it raises a lot of complicated questions. Is this the same intruders where they kicked out and did they come back or are Or did they just get hit twice with two major breaches within a few months? None of that looks particularly good when it comes to their security. Elizabeth Warren should be calling for full scale audit of all these types of outfits and notice they've hired Mandiant, which is a FireEye subsidiary pew-pew pew-pew and they just didn't report it

2:56:57 It wasn't necessary. It's okay these guys are tearing up or a guy saw crooked Yeah, they so by the way captain Jeff in the chat room reminds me auto landing yes about 1% of the time Auto takeoff never he says never Okay, just say no I've I've never witnessed one So I don't know but I guess no he says no never the Mel Brooks is in London and Oh is he? Yeah, Mel Brooks. Now is he considered a comedian, a filmmaker... All of the above and actor And we- the reason I pulled this clip Is because we've often talked about movies of his that he made that could just never be remade

CHAPTER 44 / 45 Discussion

Trump NFL Anthem Controversy, Steph Curry Invitation

President Trump sparked a major controversy by suggesting NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem. He also rescinded a White House invitation to NBA star Steph Curry, leading to public rebukes from athletes like LeBron James.

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2:57:48 Or be made in this time. And then... Especially Blazing Saddles. Blazing Saddles would be the one, that's the one that this clip is about. I think nowadays Young Frankenstein wouldn't get off the ground Well Young Frankenstein is what just premiered on London's West End Yeah, I know they're making it into a play Yes so he and I think you can do anything you want to play right? But hey we'll see what happens when that comes to Broadway how well that is received, the BBC did have a chance to catch up with him. When you look at the films you've made Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Young Frankenstein do you think you could get them made today? No no I mean maybe young Frankenstein maybe a few but never Blazing Saddles because we have become stupidly politically correct which is the death of comedy

2:58:44 It's okay not to hurt feelings of various tribes and groups. However, it is not good for comedy. Comedy has to walk a thin line take risks. Comedy is the lecherous little elf whispering into the king's ear always telling the truth about human behavior." Always telling the truth about human behavior so death of comedy is nigh Yeah, well you could tell that Mimi was bitching about this being more involved in the comedic scene than me. About she went to a comedy day which is and she doesn't work there Which is an annual event in San Francisco And she says I don't go to it She says that Jay and Nick went to it with her and they serve beer They're part of the concessions people

2:59:37 And she says that all she heard, every comic Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump. She says it was horrible and he said none of them were funny. No. And all they did was Trump joke, Trump Trump Trump. She said it was pathetic. She said it was horrible What was it we were watching the other night on Netflix and it was also just, it was just too one-sidedly political. It's just not... I can't remember now may come to me after the show. I'm sure it'll come to me obviously yeah eventually but yeah it's The Death of Comedy well let's talk about something that and then I'm calling 10 minutes actually I'm calling last clip for you okay well then I better pick one I'm gonna pick a clip that

3:00:26 Well, there's a couple of clips I have. There is one two punch... I'm gonna end this on a high note so you can do whatever you want Well let's do sports versus Trump then Yes! You know the love of my life Tina the Keeper this morning first thing she said what the hell is Trump doing? Why is he talking about sports and we just do other shit well here's the answer The clip is the answer Well, yes for this is what they need and there's a clip to which is the kicker will play that after it When you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag To say get that son-of-a-bitch off the field right now out. He's fired

3:01:13 He's fired! When President Trump rallied voters in Huntsville, Alabama Friday night he veered into a sideline attack on the NFL. Because that is a total disrespect of our heritage Including this recommendation for NFL fans If you see it even if it's one player leave the stadium I guarantee things will stop Last season, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem to protest racism. This season he hasn't been signed by an NFL team on Twitter Trump doubled down saying that all professional athletes who disrespect the flag should be fired and preemptively withdrawing a White House invitation to basketball superstar Steph Curry

3:01:56 The president's comments stirred fury online. You bum tweeted LeBron James, going to White House was a great honor until you showed up the NFL Players Union and many players themselves also rushed to defend what they see as free speech Does anyone tell Trump to stick the politics like they tell us to stick to sports? Tweeted Lions tight end Eric Ebron We will never back down added the head of the NFL Players Union Sports has not been an escape from politics for a good long time. Professor Lee Eagle is with New York University's Tisch Institute for sports In terms of talking to athletes, there are managers who are about to instruct them on what they can do There are coaches who will do the same But they're not all that great about letting other people tell them what to do

3:02:48 Now, a couple of things in that report. One is the LeBron things you bum it was actually you bum and there was at Steph Curry's given curry a bad time I think it was I think it was tongue-in-cheek to be honest about it but they played it straight And I have to say, especially with football basketball to a lesser extent. These are not military events. I wouldn't sit, I mean I'd stand because you got to. The flag and these guys are walking around but... Well we know the military pays for all kinds of military procedures to take place Yes and they should stop taking their money They're recruiting events It's not a military event! It's a recruiting event There is always recruiters at the game

3:03:40 So let's go with sports versus Trump 2. Late today, Steph Curry's Golden State Warriors accepted the president's decision to withdraw a White House invitation saying the team will instead visit Washington to celebrate equality diversity and inclusion. And where's that meeting? Where is that meeting? So wait, they're still gonna go to Washington but they're not going to the White House and they're just gonna celebrate inclusion. Diversity... How are they gonna do this? There must be some monument to this I don't know. They're roaming around Washington celebrating inclusion This is stupid! Inclusion! You see a whole bunch of football guys saying

3:04:22 Diversity, inclusion. Basketball guys whatever it's all the same but different idiotic this whole thing is ridiculous Yeah, but that doesn't answer the question why the president does it. Why does he... other than what he said was I hadn't heard him say that He's a populist! He's just appealing to the masses It's something he thinks you should do Benny what he said was- I don't even think he watches basketball No But what he said is if someone does that just leave the stadium Yeah, you already paid for your ticket. Yeah, so what's that gonna accomplish? I'd be interesting to see if anyone did that nobody would do it I don't think they came to see the game They just put up with this stuff at the beginning well oh apparently there was a church shooting in Tennessee today show day that would make sense and My last clip is just something nice. I picked up just to put us in a good mood and good vibe we have a incredible grackle problem in Austin

CHAPTER 45 / 45 Discussion

Austin Grackle Music, Show Sign-off

The show concludes with a creative project where a musician translated the positions of grackles on power lines in Austin into a musical score. The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, thanking producers for their support and artwork.

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3:05:25 Have no idea what a grackle is a bird. It's a bird yeah, and it's so when it makes a bunch of rackets Blackbird I know about that they look a bit like crows are smaller than a crow and They're noisy the HB on old horse here And they poop everywhere if they poop everywhere But they're noisy and then they come out around dawn at And they sit on the wires, they sit on the electrical wires, the phone wires. Thousands of them just all next to each other and it's eerie! It's really eerie because its deafening sound in the parking lot at a grocery store

3:06:04 And there's this one... so some guys found a spot where the wires are strung horizontally, at least it looks that way on top of each other. It represented a musical scale so it had your five, what is it? Your eight bar whatever it is under like a musical notation And what he did is, he took a picture of the grackle sitting there and he played those exact notes as they appear in the picture as notes on the musical timeline. Does that make sense? Sure! Yeah! And here it is... Granted needs a bit more cowbell but I think its pretty! I think his bull crap

3:07:49 He's a ranged death. Give me a break That's why we show up twice a week just to hear us zinger like that everybody That's no dotard there my friends, no-no! No he is not dotard He is my colleague John C. Dvorak for 10 years and 967 episodes of the best podcast in the universe. 168 coming up! That's right, that's right...

3:08:25 So, keep an eye out. What's going on? It's show day you never know what can happen we will be trolling the C-spans for you Thank you everybody for your contributions remember us at Dvorak dot org slash NA but also for your artwork, your jingles, your clips Your boots on the ground reports and just for listening and propagating the formula Coming to you from downtown Austin Texas I'm in the common law condo in the Cluedio 5x9 FEMA Region 6 on the map if you're looking forward in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where there's no gluten or gluten-free take your pick! I'm John C. Dvorak We return on Thursday right here on NOAgenda until then as always Adios Mojos!

3:09:16 I'm a first amendment absolutist. I believe in only two things completely the First Amendment and boobs. I thought the Bill of Rights was just a fairytale The Constitution helped to get me And Jess shut up slave What you wanna say to your grave? Then i saw her on the fake dick in front of my eye I saw her spoon the freedom to speak my mind Thought free speech was more