Topic: Marine Engineer

During the 2020 lockdowns, individuals utilized "essential personnel" loopholes for podcasters and journalists to maintain normal movement. Observations from the period include the lack of traffic enforcement and the varying levels of compliance between California counties like Marin and Alameda. The widespread voluntary compliance with stay-at-home orders is characterized as a successful large-scale social engineering test by intelligence agencies.

A "Dame Drive" is launched for "DC Girl" ahead of her 30th birthday. The hosts also promote Mike Riley's new book, available at itsbook.net, which features a blurb from John C. Dvorak. A donation from a former Marine combat engineer leads to a discussion about an upcoming MotoGP meetup in Lockhart, Texas, and the challenges of living in an RV while building a dream home.

Sir Tom Derry, a marine engineer and Navy veteran, donated to the show and commented on Adam Curry's "sausage making" screencast of the podcast's production. The hosts discuss the technical level required to produce the show in real-time versus post-produced podcasts. Adam clarifies that he will not be doing regular studio walkthrough videos, preferring to maintain the "theater of the mind."