Topic: Colonel

The Los Angeles Dodgers face the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series as a Colonel Sanders lookalike appears behind home plate. This sighting references the Curse of the Colonel, a Japanese urban legend involving a KFC statue thrown into a river. The Dodgers roster currently features three prominent players from Japan, including Shohei Ohtani.

A New Jersey Assemblyman expressed outrage after a state legislative briefing on drone sightings yielded no concrete information regarding the origin or intent of the aircraft. Despite the Colonel of the State Police reporting a helicopter encounter with a six-foot drone, officials maintain there is no credible threat while admitting they have not attempted to follow the drones to their landing sites. Lawmakers characterized the presentation as "amateur hour" and a waste of resources given the available technology.

In anticipation of episode 1700, the *No Agenda* show launched the "Commodore" promotion, offering honorary titles to donors of $500 or more. The title is modeled after the "Kentucky Colonel" and "Rhode Island Commodore" traditions. Donors receive a large, high-quality certificate on heavy stock paper featuring a special stamp and ribbon, produced by Gateview Publishing.

The hosts discuss the honorary title of "Kentucky Colonel" and the logistics of ham radio operations. One host describes using VARAC, a digital chat program for amateur radio, to communicate with Switzerland using only 12 watts of power. They encourage listeners to check out QRZ profiles and explore independent communication methods that are resilient to deplatforming.

Colonel Richard Kemp provides a critical assessment on the BBC regarding the timing of the U.S. withdrawal during the Taliban's peak fighting season. The segment disputes media reports of parents throwing babies over barbed wire at the Kabul airport, characterizing them as propaganda.

Alumni of Clarkson University express outrage after the school awarded honorary degrees to the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement for "inventing a hashtag." The hosts discuss the devaluation of honorary degrees and the backlash from the university's donor base. Dvorak mentions his own title as a "Kentucky Colonel" as a point of comparison for honorary titles.

Colonel Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, issued a scathing critique of Dick and Liz Cheney. Wilkerson argued that Dick Cheney should be in prison for war crimes rather than promoting his daughter's book, reflecting long-standing tensions within the former Bush administration.

A new KFC commercial featuring a "phony" Colonel Sanders is criticized for its bizarre dialogue. Separately, financial markets are preparing for a "leap second" to be added on June 30th. NASDAQ reports that traders are concerned the one-second time change could cause havoc in high-frequency "flash trading" systems, drawing comparisons to the Y2K bug.

Two high-ranking U.S. military officers (a Colonel and a Major) are assassinated inside the Afghan Interior Ministry. The Taliban claims responsibility, citing revenge for Quran burnings. The hosts speculate that the officers may have been "patriots" who went rogue or were targeted because of their involvement in the TAPI pipeline project, noting the mainstream media's downplaying of their ranks.

The hosts analyze a bizarre video of a Polish military prosecutor, Colonel Przhebel, who apparently attempted suicide during a press conference. Przhebel was investigating journalists covering the 2010 plane crash that killed the Polish president. The hosts find the "missed" shot to the cheek and the audible chambering of a round highly suspicious, suggesting a deeper conspiracy or intimidation.

Colonel Hunt appears on The O'Reilly Factor, claiming that Bin Laden was a prisoner in a "gilded cage" managed by the Pakistani ISI. Hunt argues the SEALs destroyed the downed helicopter not to keep it from Al-Qaeda, but to prevent the Pakistanis from sharing the technology with the Chinese for reverse engineering.