Topic: Pebble Beach

During a Kleiner Perkins CEO weekend at Pebble Beach, a non-golfer was pressured into playing and subsequently received a mock award for the "most strokes ever." The recipient joked that they couldn't play golf due to Tourette's syndrome. The incident is remembered as a moment of public humiliation by Silicon Valley elites.

Federal investigators granted immunity to Trump Organization bookkeeper Allen Weisselberg to understand the company's financial flows. The discussion compares high-end real estate practices to Yakuza-run golf courses in Japan, where exorbitant membership fees are used as a form of tribute or money laundering. Analysts suggest that investigators like Robert Mueller are scrutinizing Trump's international deals for similar patterns of illicit finance.

Adam Curry recounts a personal anecdote about attending a Kleiner Perkins CEO weekend at Pebble Beach where Al Gore's first film was screened. Gore is currently promoting his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." The hosts discuss Gore's role as a partner at Kleiner Perkins and his financial interest in the solar and wind companies he promotes through his climate activism.

Adam Curry recalls attending a Kleiner Perkins CEO summit in Pebble Beach circa 2005 where Al Gore screened *An Inconvenient Truth* via satellite. The hosts discuss the recurring media narrative that "this year is the last chance" to act on climate change, noting similar panicky rhetoric from Senator Dianne Feinstein. They also mention a document circulating that provides strategies for attacking climate change "denialists" who credit solar activity for temperature shifts.