No Agenda - 1628 - "Bad Rap" Transcript and Discussion (2024)

Starting point is 00:00:00 That's a great question. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Thursday, January 25th, 2024. This is your award-winning Kimba Nation Media Assassination episode 1628. This is no agenda. Preparing for Texas

Starting point is 00:00:15 and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA region number six. In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where we're discussing the snubs of the Academy Awards, I'm John C. Dvorak.

Starting point is 00:00:30 It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. And that's it. That is the exact difference between Texas and California. We're here defending the nation. You're arguing over show business. That's it. That's totally it.

Starting point is 00:00:42 That's it. Yeah, pretty much. And chips. And chips. Chips. The snubs. Really? Is that where we go? I can't even start with that. Even though I have a report. I don't feel like we can start with that. You have a report. I don't have a report.

Starting point is 00:00:59 I just have the snubs. I have a report. I just have to ask the proverbial question. Yeah. How do you have a movie i just have to i just have the to ask the proverbial question yeah how do you have a movie that's nominated even though believe me i'm not a fan of this film a movie that's nominated for the best picture phoebe yeah that's right dog the best picture yeah barbie yes but the director and the main actress don't get nominated for anything? How does that work?

Starting point is 00:01:29 CBS has the answers. Hi, Ken. To the legion of Barbie fans. Never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that, but also always be grateful. The Oscar nominations were life imitating art. Snubbed, the two women who brought Barbie to life,

Starting point is 00:01:46 Greta Gerwig and lead actress Margot Robbie. You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is insane. But if you point that out, you're accused of complaining. Supporting actress America Ferrero was nominated, and so was Ryan Gosling. The supporting actor said there is no movie without Gerwig and Robbie, adding, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture, and they made history. Could I just meet the woman in charge, your CEO? Oh, that would be me. This is a terrible look for the Oscars because it was a movie predicated on criticizing the patriarchy. Hillary Clinton tweeted, While it can sting to win the box office but not take home the gold,

Starting point is 00:02:29 your millions of fans love you. Barbie is the highest-grossing film ever by a female director, earning nearly a billion and a half dollars at the box office. It did receive eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture with Robbie listed as a producer and Kerwig nominated for Adapted Screenplay. I'm not good enough for anything.

Starting point is 00:02:52 Organizers have to do some soul searching to ask themselves why they are getting results like this that are so prominent and such bad optics. It's obvious. Hollywood is full of misogynists. What's obvious to me is that Margot Robbie in particular didn't put out.

Starting point is 00:03:15 It's just that simple. That's the Hollywood way. You and David Mamet agree. David Mamet has been out on the podcast circuit. That guy is hilarious. Oh, David Mamet is a piece. He's really funny. He's a piece of work. He's a Trumper. Oh, he's a Trumper, but he's also, he's just, he's almost like almost a self-loathing Jew. And at the same time, he's just funny. Yeah funny yeah he's very funny he used to come on the michael

Starting point is 00:03:47 savage show locally quite a quite a few times oh i didn't you know what the kids would call him based that's what they'd call him the kids would say he's based based based yeah he's based he's based and that's short for well it's just that's that's not short for anything. He's based. B-A-S-E-D. Based. Based. He's based. Yeah. All your base belong to us. He's based.

Starting point is 00:04:09 And he would agree with that. He would say, oh, you know, she didn't put out. There you go. So you don't win any awards. Hollywood hates him, but he keeps writing these hit movies. I know, they do hate him. He described it once because he was asked specifically why he hasn't been canceled. He says at some point, if you're above the fold, which is a newspaper term for above the fold,

Starting point is 00:04:34 where the newspaper should be folded, and you're up there in the ranks where you're actually making people money, nobody cares. If you're making people money, they don't care. You're polished. They don't care. Just produce another. That's right. That's right. Well yeah well okay we'll just stick with that for a moment in the m5m world to get it all out of our system uh n She has a resume that does not quit. Now, she comes from, let me see, most recently, well, she was on the board at the Signal Foundation.

Starting point is 00:05:14 She's a lifetime non-profiter, basically. She was the chief executive officer of Web Summit, which sounds like something we would hate. It's probably... I think that's a big conference that they hold in Lisbon or something. Web Summit. Web Summit, yes. And of course, before that,

Starting point is 00:05:36 she was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Oh, right. I did hear this. And? I don't understand it, what is this any of this has to do with broadcasting oh uh it has nothing to do with broadcasting listen to her resume council on foreign relations oh there it is never mind unicef national democratic institute world

Starting point is 00:05:58 bank atlantic council state department foreign Policy Board. She's perfect. She speaks. Yeah, she is. She's perfect spook. She graduated Arabic Language Institute. In Cairo. She's an expert on the Middle East. Spook. She's the best. What more do you want?

Starting point is 00:06:20 I can't wait for NPR's coverage to change. So why did they have to put a spook in at the top? Well, they've done that before. Why not? It's great for donations. That's what it's all about. Ultimately, they want donations from big foundations.

Starting point is 00:06:37 Yeah, that's right. They can really get under your head that way. Of course. I think it's genius. Hey, if I could have gotten her on our board. Our board. We should have a board. Hey, if I could have gotten her on our board. Our board. We should have a board. How messed up would that be if we had to do board meetings?

Starting point is 00:06:52 No agenda board meeting. No agenda board meeting. Oh, we got a board. What are you doing tomorrow? Ah, got a board meeting. Got a board meeting. More, more M5M news. Jon Stewart returning to The Daily Show.

Starting point is 00:07:04 Yeah, for Mondays. Well, Show. Yeah, for Mondays. Well, they'll start with just Mondays and then they'll realize that how much we missed him, how good he was. He's no good anymore. This is what I'm worried about. I have a feeling he may have lost

Starting point is 00:07:20 his touch. He got all kind of holier than thou on the, on his Apple show. He got a little boring. The Apple show was terrible, but people have to realize that he left the daily show. We've talked about this a little bit.

Starting point is 00:07:35 He left the daily show to become a big shot movie producer. So he did a movie. Yeah. During right before COVID wasn't that? Well, it was, it was way before I think it was,, wasn't that? Well, it was way before. I think it was 10 years ago. So it was way before COVID.

Starting point is 00:07:50 But his first movie was kind of a break-even movie, and he was all jacked up about it. And then his second movie was such a disaster. He had a second one? He did a second movie, and he had good people in the movie. I think he had Steve Carell and other people. The movie, I think the worldwide gross was like $300,000. It was something ridiculous.

Starting point is 00:08:13 Something went wrong with distribution. I mean. Something went wrong every which way, and so he became, that was the end of his movie career because you can't produce, no one's going to give you the rain standing production if you're going to. This is what you come up with. Dude, his Wikipedia is 8000 pages long.

Starting point is 00:08:35 Yeah, well, he's done a lot of work. But the movie thing hurt him and he became unfunny all of a sudden. And next thing you know, he's doing that horrible show on Apple and he's going to come back. I don't think he's going to be able to That's why they only gave him Monday, by the way. The reason they gave him Monday only was because of this

Starting point is 00:08:56 fear that I'm expressing. Rosewater was the movie that you talked about, the first one. Rosewater. And then it was a 2020 movie, so I can see where he could play it off as, oh, it was COVID,

Starting point is 00:09:11 was called Irresistible. Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, some other people. The film follows a Democratic strategist who tries to help a candidate win a local election. Of course, it's boring. Oh yeah, how thrilling that must be. It's no wag the dog i'll tell you that anyway so he's returning well that that that should be interesting because you know the style of the daily show in a

Starting point is 00:09:38 way had some no agenda elements in it when he was doing it. It had some style, but then it just got all icky and a little smug, you know, a little too smug. A little smug. I think that's the key. I'm trying to be kind because, you know, we all watched it for years

Starting point is 00:09:55 and it just got worse, progressively worse. And then when he left, it just kind of ended. So I guess, you know, anyway, he's back. He's back at home base. We're happy to have him back

Starting point is 00:10:06 on comedy central where he belongs meanwhile texas is going to war razor wire defense lines were reinforced wednesday in eagle pass with the federal government still not sure exactly which areas along the border texas will let federal agents access, and the Texas governor not giving an inch. In a letter posted on X, Greg Abbott cited founding fathers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton not leaving states to the mercy of outside threats. Because the federal government had failed to follow its constitutional duty to, quote, protect each state against invasion, Abbott wrote, it triggers the line acknowledging the state's sovereign interest in protecting their borders. That authority, Abbott wrote, supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Biden administration went to the Supreme Court to say

Starting point is 00:10:56 they want to make sure that Texas cannot keep their borders secure. Republican lawmakers in Washington expressed frustration Wednesday over any deal on a bill that might clear things up. Next move in this standoff could come by Friday. That is when Homeland Security wants to know, Doug and Nicole, what areas Texas is going to let them access along the border there, if any of them. None! None! You just stepped all over my three by three. Oh, I'm sorry. i didn't know you want how listen i'm from texas you're the guy that comes in with the show business and now you you accuse

Starting point is 00:11:33 me of i don't even look at your clips bro so um you want to do the three by three right off the bat let's get i do the i do the texas stories and you do the California stories usually. Let's just roll with it. And now it's time for 3x3. Yay! It's there I met 5JCD. Uh, uh, uh, uh. Comparing stories from ABC, CBS, and NBC. The never-ending 3x3.

Starting point is 00:11:57 And before we get started with the 3x3, I want to thank, and this made me feel very happy because i think i got 60 or 70 emails which shows you that peep because the three by three came at the end of the show uh near the end of the show we discussed the the origins didn't we do it on the show we mentioned oh yeah but that's that's that's not how it works people hear like there's wrong there's something wrong they do it They don't know. Oh, no, stop. Stop. I'm going to stop the playback.

Starting point is 00:12:29 You know, like that cat, that cat gif. I got to email them right away. And then I get another 20 saying, oh, shoot. Okay, here, you got it already. Sorry for the email. It doesn't matter. I love it. I love it.

Starting point is 00:12:40 I love it. You get 20 emails saying, oh, I see you already talked about it. It's okay. I love it you get 20 emails saying this is this oh i see you already talked about it it's okay i love it they write during the show yeah yeah so they're listening to the show and then they stop the playback and then email me that's fine i love it i'm not complaining i love it i most importantly i got a note from the creator of the jingle brian and west philly he says adam i'm the producer that created the 3x3 jingle. I'm sure by now someone has told you the music is the song Little Spanish Flea, most famously played by Herb Albert. It was truly great to hear the inquisition into where the song was from.

Starting point is 00:13:18 I've loved the show for a very long time and have had various jingles used and notes read over the years. And every time the 3x3 is played, it's a very special moment for me. Man, I'm happy. I can understand. It's a great, it's one of the all-time classics. It really is. It's great. Anyway, so I'm glad you care about what's going on here in Texas

Starting point is 00:13:40 because we're about to have a big a big well they're calling it a quote uh convoy to the rally an eagle pass on february 3rd and i feel i have a feeling we're all we're all getting our uh we're all getting our ar-15s going down the border make sure we're secure well these three by three are from the networks. And this time, Steve added Fox. Plus, we have a plus. It's a three by three plus. But then I have a plus plus, which is a report from NTD, which kind of throws a wet blanket on all these stories. No, you can't do that.

Starting point is 00:14:19 No wetness. We're dry and ready to fly. Yeah, that's the problem. Let's start with ABC. Tonight, a narrowly divided Supreme Court delivering a victory for the Biden administration, clearing the way for federal agents to remove razor wire fencing installed by Texas along 29 miles of the southern border. In a five to four vote, the justices overturned an appeals court ruling that had blocked federal agents from removing the wire. The Biden administration had argued that the razor wire prohibited federal agents from carrying out their duties under immigration law and that it's the federal government, not the states,

Starting point is 00:14:54 that has primary responsibility under the Constitution for border enforcement. But lawyers for the state of Texas had argued that the wire, which had been installed on the orders of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, had been strategically positioned for the purpose of securing the border and stemming the flow of illegal migration and accused federal agents of destroying the wire to help thousands of migrants to illegally cross the Rio Grande. ABC News was on the ground in September as Customs and Border Protection agents lifted or removed the wire as migrants arrived on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. Administration officials and immigration advocates have called the wire dangerous and inhumane. These graphic photos obtained by ABC News show some of the injuries caused by the wire, some requiring medical treatment. While the court's order today did not elaborate on the decision, four justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil

Starting point is 00:15:45 Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, voted to side with Texas and deny the Biden administration's request. Terry Moran joins us now. Terry, what comes next after today's decision? Well, Lindsay, this particular case will go back down to the lower courts. But really, today's ruling is just the start of what's expected to be a major battle at the court this year in several cases over the efforts by Texas and other states to assert more control over their international borders, with the justice deciding these issues against the backdrop of a crisis at the border and the presidential election. Now, before you continue with the three by three, just a little commentary. What has actually been done in the courts that actually only has to do with the razor wire has nothing to do with the border or anything like that, which is the funny part about it.

Starting point is 00:16:45 But the. What it's done to the psyche of Texans is, I mean, I'm feeling this everywhere, we're ready. We're going to defend against it. And by the way, douchebag in the troll room, yeah, I'll go. I'll definitely go. Sir Gene's going to drive right through Fred, pick me up. Eagle Pass, only a couple hours from here. I'll definitely go. This is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

Starting point is 00:16:59 I believe it's going to be phenomenal. It really is. I don't think anything's going to happen. I don't think there's going to be some great secession. You know are sending me maps look at all these states we're going to secede no i really don't think so but it's it's great in an election year it's great with with migration being the number one issue americans care about it is truly i mean we could not have asked for a better media spectacle to happen than this right now where we are in this in this year. Well, they're dramatizing it.

Starting point is 00:17:30 Yes, let's go to NBC. Let's turn out of a legal battle at the southern border over razor wire installed by Texas officials to stop migrants. The Supreme Court tonight giving the Biden administration a win in its effort to remove that wire fencing. Laura Jarrett is here. Laura, what's the practical impact of this? Lester, the upshot is that Border Patrol agents should be able to start cutting down or moving this razor wire that Texas officials had installed at the border. And they should be able to do it right away. Now, the Biden administration had gone to the high court over this, arguing the fencing is impractical and dangerous when migrants get stuck in there. The justices deciding to side with the administration on this issue five to four. Texas had originally installed the fencing to prevent illegal border

Starting point is 00:18:15 crossings, arguing the Biden administration simply hasn't done enough to stop the number of migrants coming over from Mexico. This case, of course, part of a much larger fight between Texas and this White House over border security. L security lester tonight the state saying in a statement this fight is not over this fight is not over even pool boy is all jacked about it yeah west virginia's in it's great this this brings out the American South somehow. It's a great feeling. It's a feeling of camaraderie. They're spinning everybody up.

Starting point is 00:18:52 Yes, of course. That's why I think the NTD report is so good, but that's coming up. Let's go to, that was ABC, NBC. Now we go to CBS, which will have a more broad and balanced report with actual facts. CBS is doing pretty good. Or I think so. Will they spin us up a little more? Little little gotchas in there.

Starting point is 00:19:13 Let's find out. The border town of Eagle Pass has become the new epicenter in a legal clash between the Biden administration and Texas Governor Greg Abbott over the future of U.S. immigration policy. Senator Greg Abbott, over the future of U.S. immigration policy. Earlier in January, the Texas National Guard seized this public park right behind me and has since heavily fortified it with armed soldiers, vehicles, razor wire, and fencing. Texas has argued that the razor wire is repelling migrants from crossing into the country illegally, but the Biden administration has said that it prevents Border Patrol from processing migrants who are already on American soil. The Supreme Court earlier this week allowed the Biden administration to cut and remove the razor wire assembled by Texas. But Texas National Guard soldiers are still blocking Border Patrol agents from processing migrants in this public park in Eagle Pass.

Starting point is 00:19:58 In fact, we saw Texas soldiers this week assembling new coils of razor wire and fencing. this week assembling new coils of razor wire and fencing the texas department of public safety is also now arresting some migrants who cross into the u.s illegally here on state criminal trespassing charges the department of homeland security has referred this matter to the justice department for a potential legal action now if i can just uh for a second, here's what really, nothing really happened here. Texas sued Biden, the administration, over razor wire, asked for a temporary restraining order. The district court says, okay, you got it. So the razor wire destruction stops. Then the district court ultimately rules for Biden, say, oh, this is not converted into a full injunction, no longer valid. So then Texas appeals to the circuit court.

Starting point is 00:20:48 The circuit court granted an injunction pending appeal to stop the razor wire destruction. Biden appeals the injunction to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court vacates mean Biden can continue destroying razor wire. The underlying case doesn't really come up in the Fifth Circuit until February. So there's really not that much that has happened. It's really literally about the razor wire. It's not like...

Starting point is 00:21:13 Oh, they like saying razor wire. Yeah, it's not like, come on, any legals. That's not exactly what's happening, but it's the principle, and you're right, the media has... Well, let's hear what Fox has to say about this. Oh, is this fox news yeah no one of the fox news outlets oh there's a local san antonio okay got it even though border

Starting point is 00:21:33 patrol now has the legal ability to cut razor wire on the southern border you can very clearly see it's still here and there's a lot of it rows of it stifling migrants attempts to cross and border patrol's attempts at doing their constitutional duty in defending the border. The battle between Texas and the federal government is getting close to a breaking point. Just one day after the Supreme Court ruling, Governor Abbott tweeting this out, saying the Texas National Guard continues to hold the line, along with these pictures of the National Guard standing by the razor wire. Instead of removing razor wire, Texas law enforcement was seen putting more up on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the verbal finger pointing rages on. This administration's refusal to take its responsibility for this crisis, it's pathetic.

Starting point is 00:22:21 People on the other side of the aisle have been playing politics with this issue. A week ago, federal officials told Texas law enforcement to vacate Shelby Park and allow Border Patrol access. Now, eight days later, the park is still occupied. Border Patrol needs access to state land in order to enforce federal law. And most likely, the Supreme Court is going to allow to enforce federal law. then most likely the Supreme Court is going to allow to enforce federal law. Law professor Bill Pyatt says if the state continues to ignore and defy the federal government, Texas law enforcement could be held in contempt,

Starting point is 00:22:56 facing a fine or even jail time for people who defy federal orders. Pyatt added that while Abbott is right in saying that this battle isn't over, the state ofas was dealt a huge blow with the conservative supreme court ruling against them in eagle pass i'm matt roy that was a boring report that was the good example of why you know the difference between network and the local duds he'll never make the big time with that energy the local duds so let let's go to okay the ntd report which i think probably does the best job of wrapping up the whole thing beats everybody which is why i get so many clips from them but this is uh the clip is called texas versus biden homeland security sent yet another letter to texas demanding unrestricted access to shelby park the department

Starting point is 00:23:44 writes the state has alleged that Shelby Park is open to the public, but we do not believe this statement is accurate, adding that Texas continues to restrict U.S. Border Patrol's access to the park. Now, the letter also cites a Monday Supreme Court ruling which says that the federal government is allowed to remove razor wire deployed by Texas. And on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Texas Department of Public Safety commented on this Supreme Court ruling while talking to our sister media, the Epoch Times. Watch. A Supreme Court decision gives Border Patrol the legal authority to cut the Constantino

Starting point is 00:24:18 wire. Now, it doesn't change operations as far as with DPS or National Guard and what we're doing right now at Shelby Park, there is still restricted access to US Border Patrol to enter the park. Texas, meanwhile, continues to install more fencing and razor wire. Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday told NTD he supports what state authorities are doing. And so Texas is stepping up to defend our state. I'm glad we are. But the reason Texas is doing so is because Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer and the Democrats affirmatively want this invasion. The agency doesn't currently have a plan to take down the wire, although the administration went to court over the issue.

Starting point is 00:24:59 So the clearing process will start immediately? So it allows us to have access to the border. Okay, so no timetable right now when that operation is over? No. The Biden administration previously explained that Border Patrol needs unrestricted access to all areas in case of emergencies. That's, for example, to provide first aid to law enforcement or to illegal immigrants crossing the river. Yeah, yeah. We'll bring you there's no plan there's nothing this is all spun up over nothing there's nothing going on no it's great

Starting point is 00:25:33 this is great that everyone's spun up over something we're not sure what but to the border we go we're off now this this is a rah-rah moment, which is a complete political play. I think using Article 4, and people don't agree with me, but Article 4 I think is specious, because if people are let into the country by the border which the federal government controls, that's not technically an invasion, but that can be argued. It doesn't matter what's happening is the people are standing up and saying we're sick of it now will it factually change anything i don't know but it would be pretty good pretty good video if there's hundreds of thousands of people at the

Starting point is 00:26:18 border the the flyer for this thing has people holding hands so you got flyers oh there's flyers yeah oh i need one for my collection oh it's um let's see it's the peaceful assembly the southern border convoy and it begins january 29th and february 3rd at the final rally locations eagle pass texas san ysidro california and yuma arizona i'll read i'm reading right from the flyer let's take our border back.com calling all active and retired law enforcement and military veterans mama bears elected officials business owners ranchers truckers bikers media podcasters and law-abiding freedom-loving Americans. I added the podcasters. I feel a little slighted.

Starting point is 00:27:07 They put podcasters? No, I wish they had put it in there. It would have felt better. The time is now for we the people, with that constitutional font, to peaceably assemble in honor of our constitutional rights to call on our government to take action and secure our borders make your voices heard america roll with us what's the name of this operation again uh take our borders back.com take our borders back.com i'm all for it

Starting point is 00:27:39 you know we've been traumatized here in Texas. We really have. It's sickening. And this is, of course, this is not just local. This is a worldwide thing. France is rioting over immigration. Although, there's a dead site now. TakeOurBordersBack.com.

Starting point is 00:28:04 Let me check. I think that's what it is uh take our border singular border back.com no try that one so we got france although france i don't know they're much better over there they got the people maybe it's too late for them they've got the people arguing that they they want the borders open fr France's history of civil unrest is well documented. But now, as much as ever, many here feel the future of the country may be at stake. Thousands have been protesting across France, including in the capital Paris, over legal plans for something called national preference. The plans will be considered by France's Constitutional Council on Thursday,

Starting point is 00:28:41 a group overseen by President Emmanuel Macron. The new laws cover migration, especially undocumented migrants, and they could see strict new rules on who can and can't live in France and claim government help. Last week, Macron touted change for the country, which he said was urgently needed. France will be stronger in this world of upheaval if we're more united, if we relearn to share values, a common culture, a sense of respect, in classrooms, in the streets, in public transport and in stores. France is said to have hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants. With the economy struggling, there had been suggestions some could provide much-needed labour.

Starting point is 00:29:25 A previous version of the law was supposed to streamline efforts to legalise many of these migrants. As the far-right National Rally, which opposes such moves, gains popularity though, Macron's government has sought to take a tougher line. Speaking last month, National Rally leader Marine Le Pen hailed French Parliament's passing of the law. We can rejoice in this ideological advance. Marine Le Pen hailed French Parliament's passing of the law. We can rejoice in this ideological advance, ideological victory for the national rally, as this priority for the country is now enshrined in law. That is to say, the advantage given to the French compared to foreigners in our country in accessing social benefits, which today foreigners can access too easily.

Starting point is 00:30:06 The new laws could see undocumented migrants find almost $4,000 if they're caught. Companies employing illegal workers could also expect large fines under the rules. Thursday's meeting of the Constitutional Council may be based on legal principles, but the economic and political implications of it will be impossible to ignore in the netherlands in the dutch parliament geert wilders had a interesting little stand-up sesh and it's a sesh yeah we did a sesh i mean his party won the most uh seats in the house they still haven't created a coalition so the whole country is still kind of nobody likes him oh except for the people who voted for him well yeah well that's different but the no the

Starting point is 00:30:45 the the political class does not like him and he's it was really interesting it was uh billed as a debate and um and so he stands up there and he says you know the big cities amsterdam rotterdam the hay you know we're being overrun it's now it's just all people with uh with headscarves which is always a popular thing to say and then he went straight into hey we're now known for export of drugs more than we are for tulips and cheese the macro mafia has control of the whole country which is true which we've talked about and then and then he winds it up with, let's stop with the gender cookie. I guess there's the way they teach gender studies to elementary school. Yeah, it sounds like here.

Starting point is 00:31:37 Yeah, the gender cookie. And he says they're teaching kids about two-spirit and non-binary. He said, stop with this nonsense. And so, of course, that's all the debate was about. You you know the opposition guy who's gay gets upset you don't like gay people and no one talks and then they don't talk about the border it's crazy the and remember 40 percent of the of the world is voting this year and the incumbent elite are very worried about the uprising the populism etc etc so it'll be fun now people want me to do a live remote no no no please i but uh february 3rd is saturday i think i'll go down and come back and do the show.

Starting point is 00:32:26 I will. I was going to go, but I got a meetup in the Mallard Club in Albany. Yeah, yeah. You got a meetup. I got it. Why don't you hold the meetup at the border? Yeah, you know, this is like the last thing I'd go to. I never heard of this operation.

Starting point is 00:32:43 I wouldn't go to this thing in a million years. It sounds like a setup. Oh, that's interesting. That's like a new J6, Feb 3rd, a new one. There's no airport nearby. I thought Eagle Pass used to have an airport. I thought they had some small regional airport. I know I could get my guy to fly me down.

Starting point is 00:33:06 That would be great. Not only that, but when you try to figure out who this takeborderback.com is registered to, it's done through a proxy, so they don't even give you any information, so they're afraid to mention who they are. In McLean? It could be. In McLean, Virginia? Who knows? knows all right so we've got that going on which is a great distraction from what i thought wouldn't even hit the mainstream but it has and

Starting point is 00:33:35 i'm very delighted this is the carrie lake tape that came out i have a clip of her i have a little bit on several clips. I'm loaded for bear here. Well, if you're loaded for bear and you have the original, because I didn't clip from the original, but I clipped from, was her doing her, did you,

Starting point is 00:33:56 she did a live feed. I got it all. I got it all. And she also, there's also a, I got it all. An NTD report. The NTD report.

Starting point is 00:34:08 The NTD report might be good to start with because it'll lead to all your clips. Yes, I think that's probably a good idea. Carrie Lake. Wait, Carrie Lake. Oh, here we go. NTD. This is the major shakeup in Arizona. The state's Republican Party chairman, Jeff DeWWitt has resigned. DeWitt announced his

Starting point is 00:34:26 resignation in a statement earlier today. This came after Arizona's U.S. Senate candidate Kerry Lake called for him to resign. It all started with an audio recording the Daily Mail published on Tuesday. It appears to show DeWitt presenting Lake with an offer of money to leave politics. The conversation reportedly took place last March. In his statement, DeWitt said he initially decided to fight for his job, but he said Lake's team sent him an ultimatum earlier today. It asked DeWitt to, quote, resign today or face the release of a new, more damaging recording. The former chairman said he's unsure of the contents of that recording,

Starting point is 00:35:06 recording the former chairman said he's unsure of the contents of that recording but he resigned as lake requested so that she would stop what he called her attacks all right so everyone every even ntd i felt that the the clips they took the way they categorized it was weak they missed all the groovy bits um it focused on a couple of things. This is local Arizona television, which I think did a reasonable job. I even clipped out the clip they had because it was a horrible quality. This is a full report that kind of gives you the lowdown because this is not necessarily news. She's been talking about this bribe for quite a while. We are hearing for the first time tonight from GOP Senate candidate Carrie Lake about a recording she made that led to the chair of the state Republican Party to resign today.

Starting point is 00:35:55 Jeff DeWitt stepped down suddenly today after that audio was leaked. It seems to reveal he tried to bribe Carrie Lake not to run for Senate. Nearly a year ago, Carrie Lake took the stage at a conservative conference and made this accusation. They came to my door and they tried to bribe me out of getting out of politics. It's really happened. I'm telling you this because this is how disgusting politics is. Just this week, a leaked audio recording appeared to back up Lake's claim. Arizona's family independently obtained a copy of the conversation between Lake and Jeff DeWitt,

Starting point is 00:36:30 the chairman of the Republican Party in Arizona. Lake has spoken about that conversation for months now. So we asked Lake, why is the audio coming out just now, nearly a year later? I had not listened to the recording. To be honest, I recorded it, and I never listened to it until a couple days ago. I happened to listen to it, and I was sitting there with some of my closest friends and staffers, and I said, I want to listen to this video. I've never listened to it before. I kind of wanted to recall what had happened. And I listened to it, and it was even more horrifying than what I remembered. Today, DeWitt announced he was stepping down as

Starting point is 00:37:11 leader of the state GOP just one day after the audio first came to light. Longtime political consultant Marcus Dell'Artino says what DeWitt did is not new in politics. What is new, the leaked audio gives the public a look at the inner workings of what sometimes happens behind the scenes in politics. That view may not be pretty to some, but Darlatino thinks DeWitt could have handled the conversation better. Adding to the intrigue, DeWitt also mentions in his resignation letter that he received an ultimatum from Lake's campaign. Resign today or face the release of a new more damaging recording so there's a lot of focus on that and uh just a couple things

Starting point is 00:37:51 here one that sounds very disingenuous of her to say well i you know i just sat down with some close friends and like you know let me listen to that tape again uh yeah it sounds phony that's phony this is a vice presidential bid in my opinion this is like look trump i protected you i'm pro-america i'm pro-trump i can't be bribed yes i can't be bought and the swamp the swamp is everywhere including the republican party so i didn't think this was... Well, this guy was a Republican. Oh, yeah, but it goes all the way to the boys back east. The boys back east.

Starting point is 00:38:31 Supposedly, yeah. Well, that's what he said. He said the boys back east. The people back east. Yeah, no, but again, supposedly. We don't know what he said is true or anything in between. We don't know any of this. We don't?

Starting point is 00:38:42 We don't know, but I look at this guy, I'm like, oh, yeah, douche. I't know but i look at this guy i'm like oh yeah douche i mean you can look at the guy he looks like he does well the picture going around of him yes i've been around you know it's like you can look at a guy yeah douche this is not surprising at all now surprising to me was that nbc picked it up and did a report tonight the leader of arizona's republican party resigning after a stunning new audio tape appeared to show him trying to convince a close Trump ally not to run for office. The Arizona GOP's chairman, Jeff DeWitt, heard in this audio urging Carrie Lake to not run for the U.S. Senate this year after she lost her race for governor there in 2022. Very powerful people want to keep you out. In exchange, DeWitt says he could hook her up for governor there in 2022. Very powerful people. Don't want to keep you out. In exchange, DeWitt says he could hook her up with a lucrative job.

Starting point is 00:39:29 So the ask I got today from Matt East was, is there any companies out there or something that could just put her on the payroll and give her, keep her out? DeWitt says the audio was selectively edited. Is there a number at which I can be bought? That's what it's about. That's selectively editing right there is to have all of a sudden her say I can be bought. I mean, you don't hear this guy. They left the crappy audio in there. NBC, a little shameful.

Starting point is 00:40:02 Is there a number of which I can be bought? That's what it's about. Because Carrie Lake is not a public official, she is simply being asked to withdraw from politics. It doesn't fall under the language of the bribery statute. Lake, who often wears a mic, decided to run anyway after the audio was made public on Tuesday. Lake calling on DeWitt to resign. We can't have somebody who's corrupt and compromised running the Republican Party. DeWitt says Lake's team threatened to release a new, more damaging recording if he didn't resign. Reached by phone tonight, DeWitt told NBC News that he was blown away by her recording their private conversations.

Starting point is 00:40:44 Lake's campaign denies it blackmailed DeWitt. So there's, you know, there's other reports where, oh, Trump better look out, she can't be trusted, she'll record him. Fully well knowing that this is a vice presidential bid. Now, from what I understand, she was miked because she is always miked. She always has her camera crew. The camera was probably sitting there um she or someone hit record and you can hear you know her jacket going over you

Starting point is 00:41:12 can hear her dog you know doing whatever some some either that or her stomach is growling i don't know um but the things that were actually said in the full nine or ten minutes was much more interesting than what the news is playing it to be. So I pulled a couple clips short. I ran them through Adobe, through the enhancer, and I give it a B minus, really, but there's enough in there that warrants discussion and it starts right off with her saying they want to murder me and then and then yeah and the douchebag jess chimes in about the cartel tell people they're gonna try to have me murdered he sings world land if that stuff that came out last week is right about the cartel stuff. They say the cartel is operating in 50 states right now. And I believe that wholeheartedly.

Starting point is 00:42:16 I mean, we've always said the American economy would collapse without drug money. There would be no economy. We run on drug money. HSBC was famous for whitewashing it at our borders. It's all drugs, just like Holland, just like every other country. Drug money is big. And I'm not even talking about the legal drugs. So to say, yeah, we've got the

Starting point is 00:42:36 cartel everywhere, and oh, be careful. I believe it. The cartel, I'm just calling the mob. You know the guys who killed JFK? What's going on? Who is it? What? I'm just saying, I'm just saying,

Starting point is 00:42:52 there are people calling around and people saying, gosh, they're repeating. You say, no, don't, because I got offered to buy a hat. Yeah, don't. Because then we lose our ability to get things done. Here's the black problem. Rather than just say, let's work with her.

Starting point is 00:43:08 She's a great candidate. Because they don't own me. And it pisses me off. Yeah, it's the fullness of ownership. It's not control. I know what you're talking about. He says control is what the word is. It's about being on the team

Starting point is 00:43:27 be on the team they want to be on the team they want you to be on their team but it's a push of globalist agenda I can't do that

Starting point is 00:43:37 so what do they want what do they want me to do now I think this probably was edited to make sure that that she had something kept behind just in case. And she puts all the juicy bits in. Hey, if they're pushing a globalist agenda, I can't be on the team.

Starting point is 00:43:53 Which to me is like, wow, if they weren't, you would be on the team? I have some questions about that. Oh, that's a good, good. There's a lot of that. No, this whole thing to me stinks i thought that was it felt rigged it felt like a publicity stunt yes poor guy got caught up in it oh no she i don't like her yeah but hold on this is real i what happens here is real. The way it's been put together accentuates why Trump should have her as VP. It's clear as day to me. But when he says in this next clip, well, you know, if there's a company, we can get you on the payroll. I have no sound of him saying a million dollars, but's exactly what happens that's what happened to nimrod she got on boards and now you know be our boeing's board how did that happen yeah you'll be

Starting point is 00:44:51 on our board you make millions of dollars go from the from the uh un to bore boeing's board well what does she know about aviation or is she a flyer this is the swamp this is the system though if you the ass to me was this come from so the ass i got today from matisse was this piece that's it's rust of the was is there any companies out there or something that could just put her on a roll and give her to keep around or sit for what do you want me to do whatever we need this is about defeating trill and i think that's a bad bad thing for our country okay all right that's what you want me to do? Whatever we need. This is about defeating Trump. And I think that's a bad, bad thing for our country. Okay, all right. That's what you want out there.

Starting point is 00:45:30 And then she says something else interesting about this being consultants. And I fully believe that it's the consultants who are the ones offering her jobs and whatever else just to have her not run for Senate, to keep her on the team. But then she does say something interesting. And even on there, I remember what Ming said. I know all these insultings don't work. They're paydated. And I don't want to make a deal with these kind of people. This is a hill worth dying on.

Starting point is 00:46:03 I know if they're going to steal the election to make me and our our movement go away i'm not letting him do that i i thought that was interesting if they're gonna steal the election not the democrats no no her own team going to steal the election i fully believe it i believe it really is this messed up and this rotten and then uh and then douchebag jeff is like make me a counter offer what's the number what's your number is there a number at which i can be bought that's what it's about can you take a pause for a couple of years? No. Go right back to it. No. $10 million, $20 million, $30 million?

Starting point is 00:46:49 No, no, no. $1 billion? No. This is not about money. This is about our country. I think it's disturbing that they would even, that anybody would think this is. To be fair, even me, even me, I'll say this. I want a fresh face right now for the reason that I've never seen anyone,

Starting point is 00:47:07 I can't think of a single person in a federal race who lost, granted they lost. I can't think of it. If you can think of it, tell me about it. I'm not going to let these people who hate our country tell me not to run. You should call them and tell them to get behind me. I can wear it and they should get behind me. I will happily say the words. Now, what you're hearing, and tell them to get behind me i can wear and they should refine me i will have let's see what works now what you're hearing and i have one more clip what you're

Starting point is 00:47:28 hearing here as well is a professional media broadcaster she knows she everything she's saying she's thinking about as she's saying it this is not a conversation that she's having with him she's thinking this is great i'm going to have him say all this horrible stuff. I'm going to use this when it's right for me. And I'm going to goad him and I'm going to put in all my little gotchas. I mean, you know what I mean, John? That a broadcaster can do this. That's what she is.

Starting point is 00:47:58 She's a broadcaster. Well, that's why I think this whole thing is somewhat phony. She's saying things that you wouldn't have in a normal conversation correct she's saying it as a profession you're right as a professional broadcaster she's just she was like she's interviewing him in a kind of a funny way yes yes yes and the last clip uh I just I just like it when he's like don't tell anybody oh yeah why is this not? They're going to try to have me murdered.

Starting point is 00:48:30 He sings Worldland. If that stuff that came out last week is right about the cartel stuff. I heard the cartel is offering. Hold on a second. I'm sorry. This should be later on here. How do I screw that up? Of course.

Starting point is 00:48:42 They're trying to like, there is. And this is about getting Trump out. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. It was about DeSantis, getting DeSantis in. And I'm hitting DeSantis is getting Trump out. He's reading too deep into it. Well, let's see what happens.

Starting point is 00:49:02 Maybe my case will go through. Maybe they'll do the right thing. I doubt it. I hope so. I do, too. That's my first goal. That they can't have me in the governor's office, because then we are going to root out some of this corruption. You know what it is? The people don't get to choose their elected officials, unless they're pre-approved by this work.

Starting point is 00:49:22 She's doing the whole thing. And this work doesn't pre-approve of me you need a strong party to help you I think you should go public with this and then say hey these people don't want to they don't want I turn my key in my car

Starting point is 00:49:32 and I go so he's like no no no no I can't go public with this because then I turn the key in my car it goes blow me up so he

Starting point is 00:49:44 that was real her thing is and you know at a certain point she's like okay i gotta go i gotta go work on my book yeah it's like yeah i'm surprised you give the title of the book it's like so um while i completely believe that this swarminess is rife throughout all politics, this is absolutely the way it goes. People are told to shut up, sit down, get on a board. And it's probably a little more subtle than that. Like, hey, Nimrod, come onto our board. Come over to the Boeing, guys. You're going to be great for 2024.

Starting point is 00:50:20 Why don't you come over here? We'll get you some stock. You're on the board. You have expenses. A million dollars. You can be on the comp committee. Well, back to the basic thesis that you have. My clip that I have of this is Carrie Lake. This is from her live yesterday. She was live. In Insta Live?

Starting point is 00:50:46 Was it an Instagram Live? An Insta Live? No, it was actually done on Twitter. Oh, okay. To everybody who is running on the Republican... No, wait, stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. This is...

Starting point is 00:50:57 The other one was bad enough, but this is worse because she really makes it clear that what she's trying to do is get Trump's attention. And I think that's what happens in this. This clip, if she didn't get it the first time, this thing went on for hours. But it was mostly what you're going to hear here.

Starting point is 00:51:17 To everybody who is running on the Republican ticket, I wanted everybody who is Republican to win. And so I said, I can't agree to those asks. And we literally said, thanks, but no thanks. And somebody who had been in politics for a while, who was on our campaign said to me, I've never seen anybody in the history of my time in politics who said no to a million dollars because they didn't want to do a few simple things. But I didn't think it was simple to say, I'm willing to turn my back on President Trump. I'm willing to turn my back on other Republican candidates.

Starting point is 00:51:51 I'm not willing to take somebody's money with a whole bunch of strings attached. So that was one example. There's been probably others that I can't think of right now. Oh, yeah, I can't think of the other one. So there was no dollar figure mentioned in the 10 minutes of audio that I can't think of right now. Oh, yeah. I can't think of the other one. So there was no dollar figure mentioned in the 10 minutes of audio that I saw? No.

Starting point is 00:52:10 So there was this million dollars. So she's very smart to put out to this guy. And when she just did it again, oh, there's probably more. I'm not sure. So you kill me, there's more to come. It's swarmy. At at the same time it's fantastic i think she's i think she's smarmy yeah smarmy is the word i'd use yeah uh completely uh she's uh if she exudes a certain greasiness i don't like. Yeah, she's a good Republican and she wants to be vice president.

Starting point is 00:52:47 It would be great because then she doesn't have to really win any office because she hasn't won any office. And it would be great if she debated Kamala. That would be, what, can you imagine? Maybe. But the point is, is that no one's going to be doing any debating in this go around from the looks of it. So I'm not. Yeah, we're not getting all jacked about that that no but uh i don't like this woman i don't think that she's uh sincere and i think she's uh but arizona's filled with this type of people i mean they just they're mobbed upstate

Starting point is 00:53:18 john at devorek.org is arizona a mob they know it everyone who lives there knows it really yeah it's a seriously all the you know witness protection and everything else they pushed a lot of people down to arizona the place is just crawling with mobsters you see them at the grocery store You do. Hey, Goomba. What's your name? Might be. Where are you from? Phoenix. I grew up in Phoenix.

Starting point is 00:53:53 Where are you asking? You asking where I'm from? I'm from Phoenix. Get out of my face. Well, I think it's an interesting move. All eyes on Orange Man bad now. Let's see what he comes up with. Because he should, I don't know if he's going to respond.

Starting point is 00:54:13 She left enough in there for him to say, look, everyone's corrupt. They're corrupt. Yeah, he'll work it into his act. Into his set. Yeah, he has a couple things that I picked up from his set. Of course, from New Hampshire, where he won. And I might add that I have it here from AP. AP called New Hampshire 27 minutes faster than they called Trump for Iowa.

Starting point is 00:54:49 They wanted, it's like, yeah, he's the winner. He's the winner. What's the rush? I mean, it used to be like, let's see, you know, Nikki Haley, she still has a shot. Could still happen. Oh, by the way. Now, will I ruin your relationship if i play a little bit of that song but no only if you if you play the rap part oh no no i have the rap part set this up set it

Starting point is 00:55:17 up for us and i'll play a little bit of the song and then i'll play the rap part. The Silicon Valley is heavy into Nikki Haley because she's a... A shill. A shill. She's a shill for the Democrats and they don't run it. And a lot of these guys, especially the super rich ones that are running a lot of these venture capital firms, they don't like the idea of just... They don't like Trump. No.

Starting point is 00:55:41 I don't know exactly why and they can't express why. They say, well, he's... They just don't like him for... He's... Because they all... They just don't know exactly why and they can't express why. They say, well, he's, you know, they just don't like him for, you know, he's I don't know, they just don't like him. No, I'll tell you why. Because they all ultimately want to be ambassador to France. And they know that if they're pro-Trump,

Starting point is 00:55:57 their chances of ever being an ambassador are zero. Well, Trump's got to put people, he still has to pick ambassadors. Yeah, but you have much more chance, you know, it's like the Kleiner guys. He was all like, John Doors. The big shot Democrats

Starting point is 00:56:18 and they find somebody with it in mind that they're going to become ambassador to France and that is one of the goals. Yeah, of course. Now this, in this case, we have another venture capitalist who I know, uh, Tim Draper, who is,

Starting point is 00:56:31 I know I've had a meeting with him. I've had a meeting with Draper. He used to come on, on my Silicon spin show quite often. I've been out to lunch with him. So, uh, has he been to your house for dinner?

Starting point is 00:56:42 He has not been to the house for dinner, but I did have dinner with him in Korea. Oh, just you and him together or with other people? I was at the table with him and we mocked people. Well, the boomerang is coming back. But Tim, when he gives speeches, and I actually recorded a few of these, when he gives his speeches for whatever group, whatever agency, and he is probably one of the smarter venture capitalists,

Starting point is 00:57:12 and his dad was a venture capitalist, so it kind of runs in the family. At the end of his speeches, he'll do a rap. And it's like, oh my God, what are you doing? And so he'll go there and do it. And he's, I'd say, a functional white CEO rapper. Yeah. If that makes any sense to you. Barely, but I got you.

Starting point is 00:57:36 He can get through it. But in terms of being Jay-Z or something, he's not. So he sent out, they've decided that they're going to do a musical number about Nicki. Because they're big Nicki fans. Hold on a second. So they sent out this newsletter, News Blast, which you get. And it's like they're hanging in Maui. And I know exactly what happened.

Starting point is 00:58:02 They're in Maui with a bunch of hangers on. Oh, man, Tim, I got a studio. You know what we should do? We should do a song, like something that could be a hit that we get on the radio to promote Nicky. Hey, Tim, I got a studio, and I've been a songwriter all my life. The studio here in Maui, you know, it's perfect. Yeah, come on, let's get the gang together. We'll meet you in the studio tomorrow morning.

Starting point is 00:58:27 We'll do a song. And then some guy is like... Well, before I continue, I'll back you up a little bit with some other stuff, which is that there's a number of mavens that are in the venture capital community and throughout Silicon Valley that all see

Starting point is 00:58:45 themselves as great musicians. Well, hold on. Do you remember there used to be the famous jam session at Esther? What's her name? Esther. Esther Dyson. Esther Dyson had her conference in Arizona. I've been once and it would be, you know,

Starting point is 00:59:02 the dude from Microsoft and someone from Oracle and all these CEOs. Paul Allen fancied himself as a hard-hit metal guitarist. And they'd all get up there and they'd do a jam. It was like one long, you know. It was terrible. One long Thin Lizzy riff. And they'd all be like, yeah, man, I'm here for the jam. Yeah, I'm here for the jam.

Starting point is 00:59:22 Esther's jam. It was horrible. It was cringe. It was cringe. It was very cringe. So the gang gets together, and they're like, okay, let's write it. Let's do some lyrics. It's got to be inspirational. And we're going to title it the Nikki Haley Anthem.

Starting point is 00:59:43 It's an anthem. It has to be big. You know what? I'm going to do something really cool. Do you remember that song, Hey Mickey? I'm going to use that beat a little bit to get people's attention. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great. Oh, you know so much about music. The radio guys will love it. Oh yeah, I know Scott Shannon over there at CBS. I'm sure he'll play it. Yeah. Let's play. And let's do something real like people can sing along.

Starting point is 01:00:11 Hey, it sounds great, that beat. Yeah, man. Oh, I'm digging it. We need you, Nicky, right now to lead our nation. Yeah, baby. We need you, Nicky, right now. Oh, yeah.

Starting point is 01:00:32 We need you, Nikki, right now. Oh, the families are hurting. Yes, we need more freedom. Oh, this is great, you guys. This rocks. More tambourine. And then, of course, since he's paying for it, Tim, man, Tim, brah,

Starting point is 01:00:55 we've been thinking about this song, you know, and we think it's missing something. We're thinking it needs something in the middle. Oh, yeah, yeah, I could do a rap. Yeah, man, I've seen you rap at all the conferences. Okay, why don't you write something down and I'll give you about 35 seconds here in the middle and you just rap it, man.

Starting point is 01:01:13 I mean, Jay-Z will love it. There's lots of noise in politics. People hit and eat other with great big sticks. But Nikki Haley stands above the rest. She's been fully, fully put to the test. With Trump the bully who's afraid

Starting point is 01:01:35 to fight against five-inch heels with twice his might. And Biden who's dying to drain our reserves. When voters come out, he'll get his deserve. Great. We need you, Nicky, right now to save the nation. That was great, Tim. I love how you called Trump a bully in your rap. That's some smack right there, bro. So this was one step above the,

Starting point is 01:02:06 let's get social. I mean, how tone deaf are you that you put this out? And you're like, yeah, this is great. It's one of the most embarrassing. This is what billionaires do with their money. You got a rocketry, one of the two.

Starting point is 01:02:24 Yeah, yeah. Well, at least this is funny. Post the rocketry. It's not like... Oh, goodness gracious. No, there's nothing you can say. They could have done a... Let's put it this way.

Starting point is 01:02:43 It's a sucky job. They could have, they're going to do this at all. They could have at least tried to do something decent. This never works out. This, it's the same when people say, Hey, I'm going to get Michael Bolton to write a song for our product for the commercial. It sucks. It always sucks. It's a lot of money, but it sucks. Anyway. So Trump is in New Hampshire and he says a couple of things. This is the one that I like the most because he's an anti-war guy and he just punched that home. So I went four years keeping my mouth shut on that particular subject. But now I talk about it all the time. We had no attacks. We didn't have a World Trade Center.

Starting point is 01:03:33 We didn't have the attacks like you've seen and certainly that you see in other countries. And by the way, now we're getting involved again in the Middle East. Look what's happening. You're getting involved. Here we go again with the Middle East. We spent $9 trillion, killed millions of people, including our side, their side, millions of people, $9 trillion. You know what we got? Nothing. Nothing. You got death, you got blood, you got nothing. And it just, we spent our blood and our treasure, as they say, our blood and our treasure. And our blood is more important than our treasure.

Starting point is 01:04:03 Man, it's a shame. It's a shame. I i beat isis you're right thank you for telling me that you're right i was getting to that but it's very good he's sharp this one thank you we did we beat the hell out of isis it was supposed to take four to five years we got it done in four months i'd say four months 100 of the isis caliphate it was interesting i was uh on the way home from a dinner with friends and i'm in the car and all all the um the cable news stations were running him live including msnbc uh which and then of course the minute uh he brought vivek on they cut away on msnbc Fox stayed with it. CNN also cut away. And Trump was making a big deal out of, hey, Vivek, Vivek, you get 30 seconds, 30, 60 seconds.

Starting point is 01:04:52 That's it, Vivek. That's all you get. That's all you get. It's like, you know, bring up the brown kid to talk for a minute. And then later he said, oh, Vivek wanted me to say this. He is very important, Vivek. He alerted me to this. It's very important. And this I do for Vivek because he's very big into it. I happen to agree with him. But he said, could you mention this? I will never. He said, I love Vivek.

Starting point is 01:05:14 I love him too now. I didn't love him when he was running, but I like him now. It's amazing the way you can like somebody when you win, right? But Vivek is great. He's really great really great but he wanted this and i'll give him full credit for it is very important actually i will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency there you go good for you he should he should have said i'll refi the country that's what i'm waiting for

Starting point is 01:05:46 i'm going to refinance everything don't worry i'm going to get us down to a lower mortgage rate it's probably doable yeah and then i'm going to wrap up american politics with uh now you and i were we rarely converse in between shows. We had a quick email back and forth because someone sent us this clip. I think I said that first, you said it was Roger Stone. I think Stone came after me. Before you wrap, by the way, I do have some New Hampshire clips I want to play, just to mention it. Oh, I'm sorry.

Starting point is 01:06:21 Yes, you came up with this thesis that I mocked and continue to do so well yeah no it's good to mock it i mean we look we have big mike 2024.com so mock all you want if she's running we're golden well the website is uh you sell t-shirts yes we'll turn it over to the no agenda shop and let them do it let them do it yeah um i have the pool boy clip if you want i've you had yeah you had uh i i'd like to get the date on this because i know roger stone has been promoting it i'm not sure that you acknowledge that or you think that you did it first and roger stone came later, which is I'm not going to say it's not possible. And it's that you may have invented this nonsense.

Starting point is 01:07:09 I hope so. That they're going to run Michelle Obama. Yes. Which is a ludicrous concept. Well, even though you semi serious about it. Well, let me play. It's 47 seconds. This is the pool boy who has all of a sudden woken up.

Starting point is 01:07:26 Everything is out the window. All our predictions. I got no idea what's going on. It is a wild election year. Wild. It's only just begun. We're about to complete the first month of 2024, giving us 11 more. The election is very, very close. I mean, less than a year away. Now, who's going to be the Democrat nominee? Joe Biden? Perhaps. Maybe not. the election is very, very close. I mean, less than a year away. Now, who's going to be the Democrat nominee? Joe Biden? Perhaps. Maybe not. Could it be Michelle Obama? Some speculation now that Michelle Obama may already be working her way to a 2024 White House bid. Last night, Roger Stone speculated on Timcast IRL, and he has speculated well before this.

Starting point is 01:08:06 I'm just making sure that's clear. But he mentioned on our show, he sees a possibility Michelle Obama enters the race. And I agree. He agrees. All right. Pool boy and I agree. So I thought I would, just because we are the No Agenda Show, I would bring an explanation of the mechanism and how it would work. Because whether it's Michelle Obama or not, there is a mechanism which is very plausible within the Democrat Party.

Starting point is 01:08:37 And Jim Rickerts has an explanation. And so I'm going to play that. And so I'm going to play that. The only threat to democracy I see is coming from the Democrats, because one third of the delegates at the Democratic National Convention are what they call superdelegates who are not elected. I mean, these are the pro-democratic process. One third of the delegates are not elected. They're handpicked. They're party leaders, you know, down in Brazil, you know, elected officials, Dick Durbin, the senator, Nancy Pelosi, still in the House, believe it or not.

Starting point is 01:09:17 But also down at the state level, governors, county chairs, loyal Democrats who are in the system who can be counted on are handpicked as superdelegates. But it's a third of the total. And that's not enough to get the nomination, but it's a huge block. So what you do, sometime around May, I would expect, you put together a delegation, a small delegation, and it might be, you know, Dermot and Pelosi in Brazil, or, you know, Mark

Starting point is 01:09:35 Elias, he's their big-shot lawyer who, you know, kind of does everything possible to change the election laws so you can't have a fair election. They'll talk to the chief of staff and they'll go to the White House and sit down with Biden. Maybe it'll be done privately. Who knows? Well, I mean,

Starting point is 01:09:52 it will be private. Maybe it'll be some other location. And they'll just say, hey, Joe, it's over. It's over. You don't have the physical capacity. You don't have the mental acuity. You don't have the strength. You're not really running the mental acuity. You don't have the strength. You haven't run a camp.

Starting point is 01:10:06 You're not really running a campaign. That's true today, by the way. Show me where the Biden campaign is. I mean, so there isn't one really. So you're done. Now, just to be clear, that does not mean they want him to resign as president of the United States. He can finish out his term, which runs to January 2025. He can finish out his term, which runs to January 2025.

Starting point is 01:10:32 It does mean they would want him to withdraw from the race for nomination for the November 5th 2024 election. And then they would basically kind of hold a gun to his head and say, we're ready to pull the rug out from under you, etc. You got to step aside. So there is a mechanical way of doing this, which, according to Ricketts, would start in May and would finish. The dagger would go all the way in at the convention in Illinois this year. If Biden does that, and notice I said if because there's a whole other set of issues about whether he would actually do it. But if Biden does that, then this will all be coordinated in advance. But if Biden does that, then this will all be coordinated in advance. The superdelegates, through some representative, could say, you know, nice job, Joe. We understand why you're stepping aside.

Starting point is 01:11:11 We, the superdelegates, endorse Michelle Obama. Now, that gets you a third of the vote right there. No primaries, no elections. Just we're for Michelle. Then Biden, at the same time that he steps out of the race, would release his delegates. He would say, hey, all you pledge delegates, you people we handpicked, whatever, got elected in primaries,

Starting point is 01:11:34 you're now free agents. Do what your conscience tells you, but the truth is they'll do what the leadership tells them. And then most of those delegates would just go along with the superdelegates. At that point, it would be Michelle by acclamation and proclamation. She wouldn't have to run in any primaries. Why get your hands dirty with that? And then you'd come up to the Democratic Convention in August.

Starting point is 01:11:58 It would be a coronation. Michelle, Michelle, Michelle. She would be the nominee running the election. Now, that's mechanically how it would play out. So that's how it would work if they were going to do it. If they were going to do it with anybody, it would work that way. This is funny to me because it harkens back to the micro dots on the ballot and the Steve Pchenik theories about how we're going to do this. Military's going to march in and take over.

Starting point is 01:12:29 And oh, my God. I'm not saying that I'm believing this. I'm saying that I call. I didn't say you. What did I say? I didn't say that. I'm just saying it harkens back. Yeah, this is better to this convoluted nonsense, which is not going to happen.

Starting point is 01:12:44 Biden is going to run and if anything's going to happen biden would be the one that would coronate somebody else he'd say okay i'm not running but i want this guy to run and it's not going to be michelle obama what do you mean if he says i want this guy to run it could be michelle obama no yes if he says this guy if he says this guy No. Yes, if he says this guy. Jeez, a quarter.

Starting point is 01:13:06 Hello, hello. Stay with the program. So let's go back to, yeah, you got me. Gosh, I hate it when I have to explain the punchline. You have to explain the jokes. So I got a couple of New Hampshire Trump rap clips from NTD, but one of them has a tidbit and it's the tidbit i want to get to so i want to play these two clips okay this is a the trump new hampshire rap because he did win the new hampshire gop primary on tuesday set a new record for voter turnout but in 300 000 cast their vote, and they were closely divided between registered

Starting point is 01:13:45 Republicans and undeclared voters. But a more moderate voter base here did not stop Trump from securing a double-digit victory against Nikki Haley. And so that means this is effectively a general election testing ground. And if he wins by a reasonable margin, that predicts a landslide in November. According to data by the Associated Press, Trump won about seven in 10 voters who identified as conservatives and those who are registered Republicans. Nikki Haley, meanwhile, performed better among undeclared voters who are not affiliated with any political party. And just about half of those who voted for her say they are conservatives. This race is far from over. Haley is already campaigning in South Carolina on Wednesday

Starting point is 01:14:27 as Trump is set to hit the campaign trail again this Saturday in Nevada. Meanwhile, President Biden on Wednesday touting a long-awaited endorsem*nt from the United Auto Workers. Look, I kept my commitment to be the most pro-union president ever. I'm proud you have my back. And now the chances for a biden trump rematch are ever higher president biden saying after trump's win in new hampshire that it's clear that trump will become the gop nominee he adds that personal freedoms and democracy are at stake in november you know it's really bad every single time someone says nikki haley in my mind i hear we need you right now luckily that hasn't happened to me uh well that means they've done their job yes it's an earworm i'm telling you

Starting point is 01:15:17 top 10 uh so here's the same the continuation of the. This got a little tidbit on it. Meanwhile, CNN's exit poll shows young Republicans made up Trump's strongest age group in Tuesday's primary. 60 percent of voters age 18 to 29 voted for Trump. A sign that the former president is expanding his voter base in areas where he previously lacked. 16? Wait a minute. 16 to 29? 18. Oh oh i thought she said 60 i could have sworn she said 16 we'll play it again it's only 16 seconds cnn's exit poll shows young republicans made up trump's strongest age group and tuesday's primary 60 percent of voters age 18 to 29 18 and 18 to 29. I was confused. I'm like, how can that be? That's a big deal that nobody else covered.

Starting point is 01:16:07 That's huge. Nobody else covers it. That's the people who are supposed to be liberal just by age group. Yeah. Well, that's because it's those evangelical kids. That's what that is. It's probably because they hear stuff like this from Biden.

Starting point is 01:16:24 I have one Biden clip today. Okay. Oh, yes. This is what that is. It's probably because they hear stuff like this from Biden. I have a one Biden clip today. OK. Oh, yes. This is a good one. We'll teach Donald Trump a valuable lesson. Don't mess with him in America unless you want to get a benefit. What do you think he said? I think they don't know exactly what he said. I think he said, don't mess. I know exactly what he said. Well, let me hear it again. We're going to teach Donald Trump a valuable lesson. We're going to teach Donald Trump a valuable lesson. Don't mess. Lesson, lesson. Don't mess with the men of America unless you want to get the benefits.

Starting point is 01:16:56 Don't mess with middle America unless you want to get your benefits? What does he say? Don't mess with the women of America. Oh, really? Play it one one more time i guess you're right don't mess with the men of america unless you want to get the benefit unless you want to get some benefits yeah what does he say what does he got they just got something to do with margot robbie not get the award i'm sure of it the funny thing is that whole movie barbie is about the patriarchy you know the board of mattel which by the way it was a female ceo for 25 years

Starting point is 01:17:34 she only just recently gave up the ghost the board is 60 women you know like i'd love women executives at the highest levels achievable by anybody still moaning about the patriarchy yeah well that's what the barbie movie was the way they see it they're not getting enough money yeah that well that's there's that we're not in the club we're not allowed to go to the Maui studio. Draper. Do you have anything else on, on old Trump's are there anything? I do have an analysis of the New Hampshire stuff, but it's not that interesting,

Starting point is 01:18:15 but there's one, there's one story that we haven't covered, which is the, the videotape that was released by messy. Think who messy, messy, messy. What's his name? the videotape that was released by Messi, I think. By who? Messi, Massey, Massey. What's his name?

Starting point is 01:18:30 Massey. I don't know what you're talking about. Congressman Massey. Congressman Massey. About the pipe bomb that was at the Democrat headquarters. Oh, yeah. This pipe bomb issue is still floating around. It hasn't been covered well. And as a huge exception for me,

Starting point is 01:18:46 actually, I'm going to play the analysis from Sagar who did a pretty good job of just wrapping it up and doing it quick. Those guys still doing that podcast. Yeah. Yeah. It appears they're pretty successful. Huh?

Starting point is 01:19:00 I like Sagar. I'm not so sure about her. She irks me for some reason. I'm not sure what it is. Crystal ball. Crystal ball. Footage of the Capitol Hill area on the day of the alleged bomb was discovered shows that approximately at 105 p.m. in broad daylight, a man in a backpack approaches nearby police and Secret Service agents to tell them that he thinks that there is a bomb that is currently nearby a bench in the DNC.

Starting point is 01:19:28 That man, it was later revealed, is a plainclothes Capitol Police officer. The officers in the video, which was released in the Congressman Thomas Massey, do not immediately react when they're told this alarming information. Now, keep this in mind. Vice President Kamala Harris is actually inside of the building at this time. They are supposed to be on high alert. And yet, as Darren Beattie at Revolver News notes, quote, note how casual and unperturbed both the Metro officers and Secret Service officers are.

Starting point is 01:19:57 Ask yourself whether this is how you would imagine the Secret Service would normally respond to the discovery of a bomb right outside of the building housing their protectee. Now, the bomb first appears on camera approximately five minutes after the police were tipped off. After that, police officers still allow actually a passing group of pedestrians, including kids, to walk by. A police officer then walks up to the bomb. He takes a photo of it before alerting others. He holds up his thumb, thumbs up. The video actually cuts off right around there. But the facts we can take away are up. The video actually cuts off right around there. But the facts we can take away are this. The cops were tipped off to the presence of the bomb by an undercover cop in a hoodie.

Starting point is 01:20:31 That did not appear at all alarmed by it, even though the vice president was inside the building. Three years later, nobody knows who this man was. And they also don't know who planted the bomb. So this story was broken wide open by Revol revolver news i think those guys are pretty good actually revolver news they seem to be doing a good job although i keep forgetting to go check out what they're doing well because they're not mainstream you know i'm looking for laughs and like oh you got something real man okay um and so here's the uh here's the wrap-up of of this pipe bomb which by the way uh i've seen several analyses that it is exactly

Starting point is 01:21:06 the kind of pipe bomb that the FBI uses or builds in training. It looks exactly the same as their training materials. Like, what are those giveaways? The rest of the facts are pretty crazy. As Darren Beattie has written, the official narrative from the FBI is that the pipe bomb was actually placed on the bench outside of the DNC at 7.52 p.m. That was the night before by a man in a hoodie. It was not discovered until a full 17 hours later when the tip-off came. Add in this detail, the pipe bomb was one of two. It's a mere 15 minutes earlier at 12.40 p.m., a random pedestrian allegedly nearby found the first at a Capitol Hill club in Washington, D.C., which is nearby to this location, meaning that the two bombs, which were allegedly placed there 17 hours earlier, according to the authorities, were somehow discovered within mere minutes of

Starting point is 01:21:55 each other. Even stranger, according to the report, is that the two pipe bombs were equipped with one-hour mechanical timers. So while they included live explosive material, if they were planted 17 hours earlier, they were never actually seriously armed to explode because they literally couldn't. All of this, let's just say it's odd. It doesn't prove anything, but it gives us a few possible scenarios.

Starting point is 01:22:18 Well, we can think of the scenarios. Bogus! And they screwed that one up. And they and they forgot there's bogus is not a scenario that's my scenario word is bogus that's a perfect scenario bogus bogus there is one more uh the whole january six is bogus situation was bogus. There is one more interesting piece of news. This is the Fonny Willis saga. Oh, I have this clip too. From about the...

Starting point is 01:22:55 Well, why don't you play your clip? No, wait. What's yours? Mine's about the PR person. I thought this was fascinating. Oh, no. This is not the PR person. This is one more step in

Starting point is 01:23:05 the uh in the trials which uh with her boyfriend yeah with her boyfriend this is not good for fanny she is one of the nation's most recognizable local prosecutors charging former president donald trump and 18 others with election interference in georgia but tonight fulton county d.a fanny willis is facing a separate court battle of her own, involving allegations she financially benefited from a romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a high-profile member of the team prosecuting Trump. Willis is now fighting a subpoena to testify in Wade's divorce proceedings, and today, a judge ordered those divorce records unsealed.

Starting point is 01:23:46 It all stems from a bombshell court filing by Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, questioning the process by which Willis hired Wade and alleging Wade used money earned from the DA's office to fund vacations with Willis without providing direct evidence. A separate filing by lawyers for Wade's estranged wife included credit card records showing Wade purchased airline tickets for himself and Willis to travel together. All of it is giving new fuel to critics of the Georgia election interference case. These are corrupt people. Willis has not responded to the allegations but appeared to defend Wade while speaking at a recent

Starting point is 01:24:22 Martin Luther King Day celebration. I appointed three special counsel. Is it my right to do? They only attacked one. Meanwhile, Willis called the subpoena and attempt to harass her. How do you respond to her allegations? It wouldn't matter who she is and what position she holds. If she's having an affair with my client's husband and he's spending my client's money on that relationship, I'm going to find out about it. And a judge has given Willis until February 2nd to respond to the allegations in a court filing.

Starting point is 01:24:52 Her office tells us she plans to do so. That guy is dope. Are you going to go book tickets in her name on her card? How dumb are you? Come on. I know. He is dumb is dumb is dopey what do you probably have some other benefits that she likes well i mean i have attributes i have some analysis but i want to hear your clip first well first of all i played this in my wtf clip which is like what

Starting point is 01:25:22 this is one of those another obscure piece of information like the the boys in the band all voting for Trump. This is about again from NTD. This is about Fannie Willis hiring up a PR firm and then stiffing them. Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fannie Willis reportedly hired a service to track media coverage of herself and her office days before announcing the probe into former President Trump. The Daily Caller News Foundation reports that it obtained documents that show on February 8, 2021, Willis received an invoice for a $10,000 contract with a New York-based media monitoring service. with a New York-based media monitoring service. Three days later, on February 11th, she announced in a letter to four state officials,

Starting point is 01:26:09 including Governor Brian Kemp, that she had opened a criminal probe into Trump. Fulton County data shows a one-time payment of $10,000 on May 28th, 2021, for the service. The service had sent multiple past-due invoices. Willis reportedly said in an email to the company, until your company jumps through the county hoops, it is impossible to pay you. Oh, what an idiot. But the thing about this, if you if you just kind of deconstructed, she hired a clipping service, basically, is what this is, to monitor all the coverage she's going to get from the Trump indictments. So she could pad her resume and have a scrapbook for herself, showing all the things that she did, based on all the clippings they're going to pull out of the New York media and elsewhere.

Starting point is 01:27:07 I just thought this was deplorable. This is not doing your job. That fits right into an analysis that Mo gave me yesterday. We did a show yesterday, Mo Facts with Adam Curry. he says what's happening here is the dei the affirmative action the sorrow sisters that all the let's just call it what it is the democrats said okay we're bringing all the black women in bring them all in bring them all in and now it's okay show us what you can do and fannie willis was given a couple jobs. Her main job was to clean up Atlanta. And there's a lot of, with Young Thug,

Starting point is 01:27:51 and there's a whole bunch of big drug cases and big issues that were going on in Atlanta. And then it turns out that she had an affair with Young Thug when she was his defense attorney or alleged and and it's kind of like you got to bring down Trump and if she doesn't nothing lost but if she doesn't then you're out and according to Moe he says this is happening with all the black women who were brought in under the guise of you know all right you're it you know we fought for you, you know, all right, you're it. You know, we fought for you.

Starting point is 01:28:26 You're the best and you're black and you're a woman. Same goes for Joy Reid. Same goes for a lot of black women who've been brought in and now is the test. And if they can't, he even took it as far as Sonny Hostin on The View. He said, if they can't bring down Trump and if they can't make this happen,

Starting point is 01:28:44 they're all out they're all going to get fired next year which i i'm kind of buying that analysis that analysis but if you listen to sonny hoskin she's really grabbing for anything she can condemn trump yep and it kind of fits in with what's happening in general as dei is now experiencing a backlash and for those who don't know diversity equity inclusion students at florida state university speaking out after the state's board of governors which oversees the public university system approved banning the use of public funds for diversity equity and inclusion programs or dei so we're here to protest that show that that's not popular

Starting point is 01:29:26 like students don't want this the board defining dei is any program campus activity or policy that classifies individuals on the basis of race color sex national origin gender identity or sexual orientation florida is at least the fifth state to take such action, while nearly two dozen other states consider the issue. Governor Ron DeSantis has long criticized DEI programs. I think the way it's actually practiced, it stands for discrimination, exclusion, and indoctrination, and it's wrong. Opponents say this new law will have an immediate impact.

Starting point is 01:29:59 It intimidates, threatens, and in some cases eliminates multicultural student centers, Jewish student unions, black student unions, Hispanic student unions, and of course, LGBT student unions. This regulation is silencing people from being themselves, silencing our freedoms. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it's going away. New York Times headline, facing backlash. Some corporate leaders go under the radar with DEI. It's ending. People are sick of it. And I think most of it comes from the airlines and specifically United. I think that guy, the CEO who was in drag, I think that was a part. That was the tipping.

Starting point is 01:30:36 It's a tipping point. You might be right about that. That guy, that drag queen who's the CEO of United is an embarrassment. Yeah. It's just an embarrassment. And, you know, again, at the dinner table, it's, well, you know, it's really cool. You're from the millennials. People don't like even the slightest idea that their flight may be compromised by something

Starting point is 01:31:07 and that someone might possibly be in there who doesn't belong in there. And we know. No, of course not. To get a plane up at 35,000 feet, just floating around in the air, just going along, you know, this is not not people don't like that to begin with i mean i'm we're flying to dallas holding this up we're flying to dallas after the show and i got my instructor and everything i'm gonna be flying up it's only hour and 15 minutes and you should know what the question she asked me about the instructor you know people don't like

Starting point is 01:31:41 the idea just the lightest slightest idea that well idea. And we know from the Navy pilots that you can't get a job. You have to go to the job fair. And even though they have more hours, more experience, it's women, black women is the best, LGBTQ, even with less hours, they get hired before them. And it doesn't mean that they're not qualified, but these guys are more qualified just by flight hours alone, which in aviation means something. A lot, yeah. So, you know, people don't like that. However, the United guy, he's smart. He's like, oh, like oh man i gotta get off

Starting point is 01:32:27 this drag tip what can i do let me think of something i know screw boeing the ceo of united airlines says he's disappointed with the ongoing manufacturing problems at boeing and his airline will consider buying alternative planes in the future the chicago-based carrier is one of boeing's biggest customers but united ceo scott kir Kirby tells investors the airline will report a bigger... Can you stop it for a second? Yeah. I think we should mention, and I'm pretty sure I'm right on this, United actually was developed as a company by Boeing to move some of his aircraft out so Boeing is the father of United. I think this is in the report somewhere.

Starting point is 01:33:10 It's a short report. Oh, this is a big deal. Consider buying alternative planes in the future. The Chicago-based carrier is one of Boeing's biggest customers. But United CEO Scott Kirby tells investors the airline will report a bigger-than-expected first quarter loss because of the grounding of all 737 max 9 jets that happened after a door plug blew off an alaska air flight earlier this month kirby calling that the last straw and says boeing needs quote real action to restore its previous reputation for quality i wasn't in there but you're i think you're right

Starting point is 01:33:40 now united has already ordered Airbuses. They have already. But at this point, it doesn't matter what it is. Oh, it's a Boeing. It's a Boeing. It can be an Airbus. Oh, it's a Boeing. It's just all Boeing.

Starting point is 01:33:55 And this is my favorite. This one happened. Tower, the 75 on the runway just lost another tire. What? Say what? Yeah, we got a problem. Yeah, we're flying a Boeing. Yeah, well, the wheel's coming off this biatch. You know, this is all, to me, these events are all part of the really the random

Starting point is 01:34:29 number theory and they happen in bunches and if you remember my favorite series of bunches was out of the blue delta airlines kept landing at the wrong airport time and time and time again yeah yeah how does that even happen oh it happens more often than you part of this the incidents um happen all the time every day there's something every day there's there's someone landing on the taxiway there's someone let these things happen regularly but when the media is ready for it it's almost like hey i just bought a 10 speed bike i see 10 speed bikes everywhere it's the media ready to catch it that's what's going on you know the wheels fall off the stuff happen all the time you don't usually hear about it you just don't but now and you've got a question the

Starting point is 01:35:22 media's um motives which made there may be an anti-Boeing sentiment. We've always, always looked at Boeing versus Airbus as a fight to the death, which it is. It is. The same way that with Big Pharma, who is responsible for the opioid crisis who i mean if you just ask anybody who who really is responsible for killing all those people with uh with opioids yeah it's not even a company it's the family the sacklers it's only the sacklers and the sacklers i think they paid six billion it's a small company they paid six billion dollars and they could you know they couldn't be attacked themselves and so they wouldn't you know they couldn't be attacked themselves

Starting point is 01:36:05 and so they wouldn't you know they only had to do a bet and what's left of it is still selling opioids but then under the radar you get and johnson and johnson has reached a deal to settle investigations into the marketing of talcum based baby powder the wall street journal says j and j will pay about 700 million dollars and was accused of misleading consumers about safety women died over that there were deaths over that stuff and then this one new year for the attorney general in the state of washington announces a nearly 150 million dollar settlement agreement with drug maker johnson and johnson it comes more than four years after that state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. Opioid overdose deaths have risen across that state with a little more than 2,000 in 2022.

Starting point is 01:36:53 That's more than twice as many deaths as 2019. That's only one state. That's just one state. They're on the hook for billions of dollars, and it's still the Sacklers. You know, because we had two movies about it yeah and the idea you don't you do and you don't hear about uh wall greens who were involved in the uh it basically a pill mill they all got together and made a movie about somebody else that's the way you do it yeah and then get super batman to to produce it and star in it what's his face batman batman keaton michael keaton

Starting point is 01:37:27 yeah it's it's fantastic the way the media is used to uh to obfuscate promotes propaganda it's all propaganda all of it that's why we're going to go to the border. We're going to fight. Fight Biden. We're going. Yeah. I do have some more big pharma stuff, which is interesting. We had the, so we have, you played the Brady Bunch on the last show, which was great. You know, when the measles are just something you got and you were, you know, you had a scratchy throat. It was a nuisance. You had to stay home, which was cool because you'd have to go to school. I got the measles.

Starting point is 01:38:16 Well, you know, we have an epidemic on our hands, John. Physicians today know that measles is more than a nuisance. Measles used to be a... Literally more than a nuisance. What are you talking to be a... Literally more than a nuisance. What are you talking about, Dvorak? You have no idea. Physicians know measles is more than a nuisance. They're pulling clips from the 50s now.

Starting point is 01:38:34 Physicians today know that measles is more than a nuisance. Measles used to be a rite of passage for kids. It's a potentially deadly and highly contagious childhood virus that causes a telltale rash. A vaccine introduced in the early 60s helped nearly eradicate the disease, but it's making a comeback. That's because of a decrease in immunized children nationwide. And according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, where there's a current outbreak. During the 2021- 2022 school year, 94.3%

Starting point is 01:39:07 of kindergartners in Philadelphia County were fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine. Last school year, that dropped to 92.8%, below the 95% needed for it. Wait, wait. What he's saying you can vaccinate 92%

Starting point is 01:39:24 of everybody. It's not enough. But they're going to get it anyway. They're going to get it. It's an epidemic. It's an outbreak. Does this thing not work? MMR vaccine.

Starting point is 01:39:35 Last school year, that dropped to 92.8%. Below the 95% needed for herd immunity. What? I thought herd immunity was... 94.8% is needed for herd immunity. What? I thought herd immunity was... 94.8% is needed for herd immunity? Bull crap. What do you mean herd immunity? That's just a made-up number.

Starting point is 01:39:53 Yes. That's really a wake-up call because the real number... No, it's not a made-up number. It's a wake-up call. That's really a wake-up call. 95% needed for herd immunity. Wake-up call. That's really a wake-up call because the real number in many communities is probably far below 93%.

Starting point is 01:40:08 Oh, no. Dr. Peter Hotez is co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center. No. Oh, yeah. Hotez. Oh, yeah. Hotez is in the bag. And a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.

Starting point is 01:40:20 He says outbreaks like this one are more likely when the rates drop. Measles does not typically occur among highly vaccinated populations. So in that sense, low vaccination rates are the indirect cause of measles. My concern is that we're still going to see additional measles cases. And I worry that when you talk about up to 20 or roughly 20 percent of measles cases require hospitalizations. If this continues, we're going to start seeing hospitalized. Oh, I'm going to die. A trend that we could see nationwide where MMR vaccine levels have been dropping over the last few years and now are at 93.1 percent.

Starting point is 01:40:59 Oh, we're just seeing now this is the tip of the iceberg. We're going to be seeing this in communities across the united states and in the coming weeks and months um because of the spillover of the u.s anti-vaccine movement the childhood immunizations anti-vaxxers it's the podcasters stop them we're going to see deaths and it's spreading to europe ring surgeon missiles cases has shaken europe with the world health organization issuing a strong warning there was nearly 45 fold increase in missiles cases across europe last year with a total of 42 200 infections resulting in hospitalizations and tragically five missiles related deaths compared to just 941 cases in 2022. Measles-related deaths.

Starting point is 01:41:48 Measles-related. Not from measles, but measles-related deaths. That's a good catch. That's a gotcha. Vaccine hesitancy is causing a concerning crisis in measles cases. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly hampered vaccination rates, dropping from 96% to 93% for the first dose of the MMR vaccine. What? There's two doses of the MMR vaccine? I thought there was only one. One shot and done. Now there's two?

Starting point is 01:42:17 I guess. In the UK, health authorities are particularly troubled about an outbreak of highly contagious measles in the West Midlands, which could rapidly spread to other areas with low vaccination rates. So we're talking to those parents and reassuring them that actually if they bring their children on time at one year of age and at three years and four months and get the vaccine, it's the best way of protecting that child and the other children that they have and their local community as well it makes no sense if your child is vaccinated then you don't not then you you don't have to worry about the community it's your kid look if you want your kid to get the mesiles then it's fine but no no somehow you're gonna it's the same bull

Starting point is 01:43:04 crap as the as the covid vaccine if you don't have, somehow you're going to, it's the same bull crap as the, as the COVID vaccine. If you don't have the vaccine, you're going to spread it to the vaccinated. Huh? By the way, Eric, Eric,

Starting point is 01:43:14 there's a good little sub clip. Play it, put it on the list. Oh, uh, Eric PP in the troll room says that measles is more than a nuisance. This clip is from a Merck public service film. Huh.

Starting point is 01:43:28 That this piece positions today know that measles is more than a nuisance. So they're literally just taking old Merck footage now, putting it into so-called news reports. But that's OK, because in the UK, we're just going all out. We're just going to. You know what? You need a mask. As the winter weather closes in, seasonal illnesses are running rampant. In the last four weeks, NHS England reported one in 24 people were likely to have tested positive for coronavirus. It's why long COVID sufferers like Jez are warning of the dire effects that the infection can still have. I think we're going to continue to see large waves of COVID. Certainly, we're seeing people getting reinfected

Starting point is 01:44:09 just a number of weeks after a previous infection. So this idea of immunity that might last you a year or two is no longer applicable. Even more scarily, what we're seeing is that people who've maybe had two or three infections before and recovered no problem on their fourth or even fifth infection developing quite debilitating on covid symptoms yeah they're just it's like you got your 10 shots and you got your fifth infection yeah you're fine until the sixth infection maybe you get some issues jez i love the guy's name jez on covid symptoms

Starting point is 01:44:41 jez was an avid marathon runner but after catching covid in 2020 he's been left with severe long-term effects long covid has left him unable to work for nearly four years the rest of the symptoms are incredibly debilitating from absolutely crushing fatigue to headaches dizziness palpitations shortness, skin rashes. And one of the hardest is what's sometimes called brain fog. NHS hospitals like this one have seen a growing number of patients flocking to their emergency departments with respiratory infections, including a new variant of COVID. As a result, accidents and emergency wards in parts of the country

Starting point is 01:45:23 have had to declare a critical incident. And now medical experts are calling for face coverings to be made mandatory once again to prevent the wider spread of infections. Face coverings, of course. Of course, because that stops infections. We know that by now, don't we? You know who has the long COVID and his bitches about it on the air? On the air. So he's one of the pundits.

Starting point is 01:45:54 I'd say, even though he's been pushed to a lesser market, but he's still one of the major pundits. Cuomo? The Cuomo kid? Exactly. Yeah. Well, I feel bad for him. He's got long COVID. He's bitching of the major pundits. The Cuomo kid? Exactly. Yeah. Well, I feel bad for him. He's got long COVID. He's bitching and moaning.

Starting point is 01:46:07 He does what he do a lot. He puts a lot of COVID experts on to complain about how nobody cares about the long COVID sufferer. We know so much about COVID, but we can't figure out long COVID. I feel so bad for people who just are psychologically psyoped into this belief. Anyway, something we've been tracking. We've been tracking. America's favorite doctor, Dr. Jen, is going to bring us a little update. So let's talk medical news.

Starting point is 01:46:42 Obesity and loneliness in the news. Why? Yeah, so you've heard me say before, it's really important when you look at two things that affect a lot of people to look a little deeper and see where there's overlap. So this latest study published in JAMA Network Open really highlights that. They looked at over 300,000 adults in a UK database who reported over 12 years of feeling lonely or isolated. 23% of the study population also had obesity. And what they found is that people with obesity had higher levels of loneliness, higher risks of death, higher risks of cardiovascular disease.

Starting point is 01:47:19 So again, things that affect a lot of people but do so more in certain populations. And big picture here in the U.S., you guys. Last year, the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an actual public health crisis. He gives some actionable tips for anyone feeling lonely or socially isolated. And remember, you don't have to be alone to feel lonely. Number one, multitask. Really focus on connection with other people. Connection is protection.

Starting point is 01:47:44 Even committing to a 10-minute phone call during the day. And if you are struggling and feeling lonely, reach out for a professional. Yeah, it's also a good reminder to check on people. You just never know what people are going through. Regardless of their age. Absolutely. I mean, obesity and loneliness. Go figure.

Starting point is 01:47:59 Really? Dr. Jen? Oh. You know the answer is Ozempic. They just haven't plugged it yet yeah exactly so i've been looking at the dream team you know remember the dream team no i don't remember the dream team you're talking about the trump the covid dream team with your no no no your buddy with the scarf no No, the Dark Horse dream team. Weinstein.

Starting point is 01:48:28 Oh, Weinstein. His dream team. You know, he's like, oh, the dream team. We got to get you, Tucker. Tucker? But what is Tucker doing? Tucker's on a worldwide tour. He's doing speeches.

Starting point is 01:48:39 He's doing podcasts. He's speaking at political events. I don't know what Tucker's up to. I mean, I understand that he's probably promoting his network, his platform, which he has some good stuff. Well, he's definitely spending money enjoying himself. I think he's making money. It's not the time of the year unless you're in the southern hemisphere to be traveling a lot. He was in Canada. He was in Canada.

Starting point is 01:49:05 He was in Canada at a political rally. Yeah, brr, indeed. Send me to Rio. So the dream team, according to Brett Weinstein, is, by the way, his wife, she was being interviewed the other day. I listened to it. Heather?

Starting point is 01:49:18 Yeah, I think she's his handler. You know, the way she looks at him, I think she loathes him sometimes. Like, i can't believe i have to be married to you but anyway it's my job i'm just well handlers have that sometimes give off that vibe yeah she does give off that she's from los angeles you know she she was trained as a classical pianist all these things i didn't know about her but now but they've been sweet high school sweethearts. So they've been together a long time.

Starting point is 01:49:45 Anyway, the dream team as Brett Weinstein, which for me was an immediate throwback to the intellectual dark web that his brother had set up and he was going to be in it. Yeah, who cares? All the smarty pants. And for me, the dream... We know these people.

Starting point is 01:50:00 The dream team is... I went to Berkeley. This is where these guys, a lot of them come up, this kind kind of thinking is rampant what do you mean this kind of thinking this kind of thinking that you can do this this also stems from anne rand the dream team no the idea that you have the the gulch gulch gulch who is gulch gulch no that's not what he's saying he's saying that we need to have the smart you know the smartest people uh the best uh reporters like you tucker and we need uh jordan peterson and uh we need all the smart people and then we'll bring in the smart people like me and uh and and heather and other smart people and we can fight them we can fight the new world

Starting point is 01:50:44 what well they're gonna fight the new world order. What? Oh, they're going to fight the new world order. Yeah, they're going to fight the system. Do you remember the clip where he's saying the dream team? Yeah, dream team, intellectual web, all this stuff. So then I was looking at the Santa Fe Institute, which could be some of the research that led to the Santa Fe Institute. And right there on the homepage, it says,

Starting point is 01:51:07 we are the dream team. I'm like, well, that's a coincidence. Are there ever coincidences in the kingdom? I think not. So it got boots on the ground from one of our producers. My family member was intimately tied to the Santa Fe Institute, being a good friend of Murray Gell-Mann. Isn't Murray Gell-Mann the guy who came up with

Starting point is 01:51:27 the Gell-Mann amnesia theory? I thought it was Gell-Mann. Gell-Mann. Gell-Mann. If you're cool, if you're at the Santa Fe Institute, you hyphenate your name for some reason. Gell-Mann.

Starting point is 01:51:43 He was one of the key founders. You could be Curry. Curry, yeah. So that could give you a lot of background. May not interest you, but I would say you're not far off on your take on what goes on there. Originally, SFI was about physics and complex systems research. They have truly brilliant and wonderful people like jeffrey west and fred cooper there however since david crack hour took over as director who is the same of the same vocation and discipline

Starting point is 01:52:12 as brett which is the uh what was it evolutionary biology there's definitely been a change in the atmosphere of ideas being discussed. And then he sends me a link to a documentary, which is most of it is with Krakauer. And this guy, he has his bite, his teeth is a bit like Richard Branson. You know, it's kind of like that upper lip that kind of doesn't open up above his upper teeth, which is just an anomaly. Something that you've noticed. Yeah, I notice stuff like that. Also, being in New Mexico, not far from the Epstein compound, Jeffrey Epstein donated money to this outfit.

Starting point is 01:53:05 So, you know, already suspicious, of course. Let's just throw that in there. Got to throw some Epstein in. And I just pulled the clip from the beginning of this documentary where he takes the documentarian to this rocket that looks like a rocket from Tintin. If you know the comic. Yeah. Yeah. a cartoon rocket. A cartoon rocket, but it's a real rocket standing there. And just listening to this tells me that these guys are nuts. The basic premise of this rocket is, child, last remaining human on the planet,

Starting point is 01:53:43 wants to get into the stars, escape from the Earth, which is plagued or something, and doesn't understand that a rocket that has no engine will not fly. So this is a rocket with no engine. And so it's a symbol of the striving to succeed yeah but doomed to failure and i like that poetic idea that the whole enterprise has a bit of that character yeah you know scientific institutions especially mathematical ones can feel a little bit forbidding

Starting point is 01:54:21 and many people's experience has been traumatic but i think if you drive up to a sofia and you see this absurd rocket you know that could never fly i think it just it makes you feel slightly more at ease yeah it is a signal to people that we are trying to enjoy what we do and that there that there are mysteries here that are confounding even to the brightest minds who show up and have no idea what the backstory is. Exactly.

Starting point is 01:54:50 Yes, if you came onto the campus and saw this, you'd think, what the f*ck? You know what I'm saying? He's a spook. I don't know if he's a spook. He's creepy. No, I'm going to tell you why.

Starting point is 01:55:02 Oh, okay. I did not glean this from the documentary yeah i was born in hawaii grew up in southern portugal moved to london england for secondary school nice oh really so this this accent is phony no he's was raised in england i don't know what his accent even is yeah uh he attended the royal holloway london school where he earned degrees in computer science mathematics then went to oxford then he's floated around he's been in one crazy operation after the it's just if you look at his wiki page you can just it's like wait a minute this what is this guy who is this guy why does he have all these jobs

Starting point is 01:55:40 the giveaway the spook giveaway the background, which makes him sound like his parents were spooks and he probably just got in on the deal. This all just spot the spook stuff. I could be wrong. But generally speaking, when you're looking at a wiki page and there's lots of missing information that should be there. Since you got all these details about everything else, but we don't have his parents' name. We don't have his wife. He doesn't have the little box on the side that everybody has. With the spouse and children. Spouse and children boxes missing.

Starting point is 01:56:13 No way. There's all the little earmarks. It's a problem. By the way, we know for listening to various CIA agents, it could be MI6 too, which is probably more likely. Does it say this article is a stub? That's another dead giveaway. It doesn't even say that. It's a dead giveaway.

Starting point is 01:56:50 The agencies, the intelligence agencies around the world don't know how to deal with this particular problem, which is presenting the person. If they become too famous, which this guy is, how do you put it up on a wiki page without making it look like he's a spook? Well, maybe we just take stuff out. We don't put too much stuff in. They don't know what to do. But the two of us have been looking at this long enough. He's a spook. So, the idea is to put him in there

Starting point is 01:57:12 to keep an eye on these guys who are nuts. Exactly. We don't want these. Spot the spook. Come on. Spot the spook. Yeah. Come on, everybody.

Starting point is 01:57:22 We don't want these, what do they call it? What's it called? The dark club or whatever it is. The dream team. Dream team doing any damage. These guys are dangerous. No. I love that Epstein gave the money after he had already been convicted, convicted for his transgressions.

Starting point is 01:57:48 Yeah. So the money was just transferred. Yeah. It wasn't a lot though. I think it was like 250,000 or something. Oh, that's nothing. Not to these guys. Just a shut up fee or something.

Starting point is 01:57:58 But there's a lot, you know, and there's, oh, it's like 20 minutes of interview with one of the smartest brains in the world. And they're talking basically about, you know, it's obvious that there's a creator of the multiverse. Anything but God. You know, it can't be God. The creator of the multiverse. The creator of the multiverse. I'm like, uh-huh, okay.

Starting point is 01:58:20 Anything but God. No, I can't say that. Well, no, they can't do that. No, they can't do that. They're atheists. Oh, yeah can't say that. They can't do that. No, they can't do that. They're atheists. I mean, come on. Be realistic. By the way, the numbers are in. A new report on religion in America reveals a new first when it comes to a religious affiliation. 28% of Americans say they have none. According to the survey, they now outnumber Catholics and evangelical Protestants.

Starting point is 01:58:41 The nuns include agnostics, atheists, and those who believe in a higher power, but don't attend religious services. That's not as bad as, I mean, the way they make it sound. That's bullsh*t. That's a bad, no. That number's bogus. They included those who don't attend religious services? Doesn't mean you're an atheist. Exactly. It includes atheists and people who believe in a higher,

Starting point is 01:59:04 but even then, it's what, 28%? I thought it would be much more than that. I did too. I would think it would be more like 40. Well, it sounds like it's probably under 20 because of the people who... Cal, Cal University, or not University of California, but if you're in the state of California, it's got to be 50%. Ah, but those are all Satanists.

Starting point is 01:59:23 That's all it is. Yeah, exactly. You're a Satanist. They're all satanists that's all yeah exactly they're all satanists they're all over the place it's a plague i tell you you know they yeah hey i'm getting closer it's starting to happen becoming a satanist no i'm switching topics. Deutsche Welle reports. Moving to the war in Ukraine now and a potential new source of funding for Kyiv's defense effort. The United States is reportedly looking into the possibility of seizing some 300 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets. The Biden administration is exploring that idea as future U.S. funding remains caught up in a domestic budget dispute. And this, so there's the 300 billion that, you know, would be a huge violation of international law for them to take that, to seize that and to give it to Ukraine.

Starting point is 02:00:16 But it comes on the heels of the balcony wave. The Pentagon, meantime, says it has nothing left to give to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The Pentagon, meantime, says it has nothing left to give to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia. That is the first time in 20 months the U.S. has had no money to offer since Congress hasn't authorized more aid. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging allies to help bridge the gap until then. The security of the entire international community is on the line in Ukraine's fight. And I am more determined than ever to work with our allies and partners to support Ukraine and to get the job done. NATO has agreed to help replenish the military supply of member countries who aid Ukraine.

Starting point is 02:00:55 It was Austin's, by the way, first public appearance since he was hospitalized for two weeks after complications from prostate cancer surgery. I don't call that a public appearance. He was on a video call sitting down. You know how tall he was. Could be some midget that looks like Austin. Well, the ear, the right ear, which is folded at the top, that was in effect.

Starting point is 02:01:18 So it did have the floppy ear, the floppy right ear. Yeah, well, I'm sure there's hallmarks. I mean, you're going to stick with this. You're going to stick with this. They're still looking for him. I like the set dressing that had a little stand in the background. Well, like I mentioned in the newsletter, the guy was at his house. Why would he have the seal from the Defense Department on the wall in his house?

Starting point is 02:01:43 And a paper shredder underneath. his house and a paper shredder underneath it looked like a paper shredder underneath just got done shredding some paperwork and then on the paper shredder there's a little a little stand with two flags with an american flag and a ukrainian flag yeah i like that was a nice touch the set dressing was i mean is that his house yeah supposed to be from home that was his that was from his home zoom call from his home so you're so you're you're you're gonna keep this up you're gonna keep it up that until i see him standing until you see somebody somebody tall next to him in a six four i mean they could jerk him up probably a couple of inches with some some lifts in his shoe but oh goodness the guy's huge yeah well he's lost weight he definitely looks like he's lost

Starting point is 02:02:32 weight i do have the ukraine prisoner yes well yeah you'd lose weight i mean i'd give him that ukraine prisoner plane shot down from talking about ukraine today a russian military plane crashing near the Ukrainian border. The Kremlin is accusing Kiev of shooting the plane down, saying all 74 people on board were killed, including Ukrainian prisoners of war. Russia offered no evidence, and Ukraine didn't immediately confirm or deny it. This footage was posted on the Telegram messaging app and verified by Reuters. The plane was shot down near the village of Yablonova in the Belgorod region which borders Ukraine.

Starting point is 02:03:12 Russian state media said six Russian crew members and three guards were on board at the time. The plane was an Ilyushin IL-76, similar to those seen here, designed to airlift troops, cargo, military equipment and weapons. Near the scene, locals said they had two explosions before the plane fell from the sky. The second one was more audible. After that, we all ran outside, even the doctor, in case any help was needed. It crashed far away from the village. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed its radar operators

Starting point is 02:03:44 had detected the launch of two Ukrainian missiles at the time the plane was downed. Details of who were on board are not confirmed yet, but Moscow and Kiev have regularly swapped prisoners since the war started in 2022. Ukraine says it's still investigating the incident and cautioned against spreading unverified information. Yeah have an abc report about this which again was surprising to me because we can't have to we can't have the ukrainians doing something wrong that's that's not okay tonight the moment a russian military jet plunges out of the sky seconds later exploding into a massive fireball m Moscow calling it a terrorist act, saying Ukraine shot the plane down

Starting point is 02:04:29 and that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board. Video showing the wreckage in the Russian region of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border. Witnesses say they saw the plane on fire before it crashed. Ukraine and Russia were due to carry out a prisoner swap today, similar to this one earlier this month. In a statement, Ukraine didn't deny shooting the plane down and said the Kremlin did not request safe passage for Russian planes over Belgorod, which was repeatedly done for prisoner swaps in the past. Ukrainian officials suggesting Russia

Starting point is 02:05:03 deliberately compromised the safety of the prisoners in an effort to, quote, destabilize Ukraine and weaken its international support. David, tonight, Ukrainian President Zelensky saying Russia is playing with the lives of POWs. Zelensky did not deny Ukraine shot the plane down, but he also could not confirm whether those prisoners were on board. This may be a prelude to a rumor that's been going around that Zelensky is about to kick out his military chief, Zaluzny. And the person they would bring in is pretty much Victoria Newland's guy. Well, that would make sense.

Starting point is 02:05:47 Yeah, but people are a little worried because he's the kind of guy that might deploy a nuke or bomb the nuclear plant. You know, this is what... We have all the regulations all set up. Remember Gray and Lindy Hop Graham? And who else was it? Who was a Democrat on that bill?

Starting point is 02:06:04 Or that resolution that, oh, if Ukraine blows up the nuclear plant and we get a nuclear cloud over Europe, then we can go in and nuke them all, nuke them all to Kingdom Come. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They could try this. That would be the most idiotic thing to do, but I could see somebody going along, especially with Newland involved. They got to get rid of this Biden guy.

Starting point is 02:06:28 Well, Biden was heckled. Yeah, it's about time. Yeah, this was, it starts right off. This is from TRT, the only place you can get these clips. He was speaking, and there was a well-coordinated genocide joke. Joe and I had a chance to sit down.

Starting point is 02:06:47 Genocide joke! How many kids are going to live in Atlanta for more years? For more years! Notice how they have the counter crew ready so the minute someone jumps up and says... Yeah, they're right on the money. Genocide joke! Four more years! Four more years!

Starting point is 02:07:03 Yeah, that's not staged. No. Genocide joke! How many kids are going to live in Atlanta four more years, four more years. Yeah, that's not staged. No. This is going to go on for a while. They got this planned. I'm sorry it's taking so long. Get him out. Trump. Trump.

Starting point is 02:07:38 Look. Look. Let's go, Trump. Look. He just throws out for no reason. Trump. Like he has Tourette's. Trump, look.

Starting point is 02:07:49 And then they do. Let's go, Joe. Oh, brother. Let's go, Joe. I like the guys like genocide. Joe, how many children do you kill today? That's a great question. That's a great question.

Starting point is 02:08:04 That's a great question. It really is. So talking about genocide joe i do have some clips from uh israel hamas newest uh update with a kicker which is kind of another one of those old tidbits a lot of ntd today it's a lot of ntd i'm just saying it's a lot of ntd today is ntd day on On Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces released a video of a Hamas lookout who was preparing to attack Israeli forces. And then the IDF struck the target. Israel Defense Forces are facing strong resistance in Qanunis, one of the final strongholds for Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. But despite the intense battles, the IDF continues pressing forward, even just days after Israel's bloodiest day in the war. On Tuesday, Hamas released what's

Starting point is 02:08:53 believed to be a video of Monday's deadly attack. The video shows a terrorist firing a rocket propelled grenade at this building, where IDF troops were said to be inside, setting up explosives to demolish it. And reportedly, that building and a building next to it collapsed, killing 21 Israeli troops. And even after such a devastating loss, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears undeterred as he spoke at Israel's parliament on Wednesday. We have set out the objectives of the war and they remain in force. There is not, nor will there be, any compromise on what affects

Starting point is 02:09:33 the safeguarding of our existence and future for generations. Okay. Did you see that there was the IDF,f like 20 25 people got killed as they were setting something up and it blew up or yeah i think that's what it was reported in that particular but what what exactly happened they don't that wasn't they never tell us anything hold on i have i have abc maybe this explains. Israel reeling tonight after losing 21 soldiers in that attack in the Gaza Strip.

Starting point is 02:10:08 According to the IDF, a unit of reserve soldiers was preparing to demolish a pair of two-story buildings in Gaza Monday. In the buffer zone, Israel is carving out near its border. Hamas video showing the moment its fighters fired an anti-tank missile that would trigger a chain reaction and then a massive explosion. Israel's chief of staff at the scene today announcing an investigation has begun. With 24 soldiers killed yesterday, it was the deadliest day for Israel since the war began. It comes as Israel lays siege to Gaza's second largest city. Bombs exploding over the skyline. Bullets piercing the area's largest hospital.

Starting point is 02:10:45 Inside the hospital, this boy's sister killed. He screams, Don't tell me my sister is dead. I want to play with her. The streets filled with the echoes of machine guns. Families now fleeing, some running hand in hand. Bundles under their arms. Cars piled high with bedding. Others moving on donkey cars.

Starting point is 02:11:06 And with hunger now soaring in Gaza, Qatari mediators are saying that worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza are now complicating efforts to negotiate a ceasefire and hostage release. This is really incredible. ABC took it from the deadliest day for the IDF and then turned it into a little boy screaming, don't tell me my sister's dead. I want to play with it. We need to call the Jews who run the media and tell them they're not doing a very good job. Yeah. Who are these Jews that run the media? They're not doing a very good job. They don't seem to be very good at this.

Starting point is 02:11:36 Well, let's go to part two of this, because this is the part that doesn't get another little more evidence that stuff doesn't get reported. This has got a little kicker in here about what's going on in Iraq. Also on Wednesday, Netanyahu met with the UK's foreign minister, David Cameron, who also met with family members of the hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip. Many of the family members have been advocating for a ceasefire to release the hostages. But an Israeli government spokesperson on Wednesday said this. There will be no ceasefire. In the past, there were pauses for humanitarian purposes.

Starting point is 02:12:13 That agreement was breached by Hamas. Also on Wednesday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with the president of Iran, which backs the terrorist groups currently fighting Israel. The terrorist groups have also been attacking U.S. forces in Iraq, Iran's neighboring country. The Iran-backed group, Qatab Hezbollah, attacked U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq on Saturday and Wednesday, injuring at least four U.S. personnel. In response, the U.S. struck the terrorist group's headquarters, storage and training facilities for rockets, missiles, and one-way attack drone capabilities. Iraq now finds

Starting point is 02:12:51 itself in a tough position. What's a one-way attack drone capability? A drone that's got enough gas just to barely get there, I guess. Training facilities for rockets, missiles and one way attack drone capabilities. Iraq now finds itself in a tough position, being an ally of both the United States and Iran. A spokesperson for Iraq's prime minister said the strikes undermine years of cooperation, violates Iraq's sovereignty and contributes to an irresponsible escalation. and contributes to an irresponsible escalation. Yeah. I've talked about this before.

Starting point is 02:13:27 Yeah. But the Iraqis are trying to get us out of their country. Yes. Why are we there? Why are we there? Why are we in Syria? We got like five bases in Syria. This is like a violation of sovereignty.

Starting point is 02:13:41 But the Iraqis are sick of us being there. And I thought we left. Martha Raddatz had the Iranian foreign minister on in what she called a one-on-one. And I thought what he said there was pretty interesting. Because this is ultimately the idea. The idea is before Trump gets in, let's blow up a lot of stuff. Because then when Trump comes in, we'll soak him for all the money we need to build up our defenses.

Starting point is 02:14:11 It's got to be something like that. It's not really, we're not in nuclear war yet, but it's scary enough. And these people don't care about dying children. They really don't care. They just don't. War is a racket. We asked Iran's foreign minister about the targeting of commercial and U.S. Navy ships.

Starting point is 02:14:31 Are those attacks you support? This is the decision that the Yemenis have made in support of the people of Palestine. I think what they did and the decision is a brave one. But the minister denies. By the way, it's that stupid helicopter footage again. Oh, yeah, on the tail boomer, we're going to land on the ship. The decision is a brave one. But the minister denies Iran is giving Houthi rebels weapons despite evidence. The Pentagon sent out pictures of those weapons showing they were from Iran.

Starting point is 02:15:08 This is a show that they put on TV. If the United States has any information about this, then they have to provide the documents to us. The U.S. has warned Iran not to escalate the situation, but the minister told us that may well happen. It is highly possible that the war can spill over to the other parts of the region. It is very likely that it will widen. What do you think the chances are that Iran and the U.S. will be at war? We don't really want the war, the scope of the war to expand. You cannot continue the war in the Gaza and the West Bank to militarily engage with Yemen and then still talk about how you don't want the war to widen. But we don't really want a war that really stood out. Martha Raddatz with us here in New

Starting point is 02:15:59 York. And I know the U.S. is warning it's prepared to take further action to protect American troops and facilities. But what more do we know about the targets hit tonight by the U.S.? They hit a storage facility where there were drones and missiles and rockets, they say, a headquarters and a training facility. But this is going to go on for a long time, David, these strikes and counterstrikes, because it's not yet working. There was an interesting article that was sent to me in Front Page magazine, which has, of course, its backers. But the facts of the first things he did was he took the houthis off the terrorist organization list which enabled all kinds of ngos and usaid to send money to the houthis yeah and you know that there's been these calls for hey put them back on the terrorist list and they're not doing it now they're saying oh they did no yeah no i don't think so i think they have a 30-day period where they're going to

Starting point is 02:17:12 listen to all complaints i understand they put it on a terror a kind of a special category terrorist list a sanction list a special sanction well no there's a terrorist word the word terrorist is involved in this well not according to this article so i don't know when was that article written january 23rd so unless it just happened well of course the article has to be written before then yeah it could be recent it could be late but but what it says is there was a 30-day special okay specially designated global terrorist category which does not ban providing material support and this goes and they have a 30-day review process where special licenses will be giving including USAID and its partners to do business with the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Hamas in Afghanistan and Gaza.

Starting point is 02:18:09 And what is going on? You know, when I hear the Iranian foreign minister say, that's a TV show, you got to kind of think he might be telling the truth. To what end? Money. Just spend money. Every time we fire off a missile, send another ship in there. Whatever.

Starting point is 02:18:34 Actually, those 155 millimeter shells cost a fortune. I'm sure they're not cheap. I'm sure they're not cheap. And just be afraid, everybody. The wars of racket common. It's probably apt. That's right.

Starting point is 02:18:51 Was it General Smedley Butler? Smedley Butler. There's one thing that happened in December, which is just now starting to get a little, just a little bit of reporting. So little that I had to go to the well, W-I-O-N, to get a report on it, to get an actual clip. Do you remember when Hillary Clinton was running around,

Starting point is 02:19:15 hair on fire, about the law of the sea? This is years ago. Only vaguely. She was like, the law of the sea, this is important. We have to get this through. The law She was like, the law of the sea. This is important. We have to get this through. The law of the sea. The law of the sea.

Starting point is 02:19:29 It's very, the law of the sea. We need this. And I think our, I looked for some clips. I couldn't find anything. So it's older than 2014. So it's a long time ago, which makes sense. She was, yeah, she was secretary of state though um and it was something about the continental shelf and what belonged to each country

Starting point is 02:19:53 and yeah there's for mining yes well it's official now america has grown. Moving on for now, the United States has grown in physical size by more than 621,000 square kilometers. It happened last month after the U.S. Department of State added six regions submerged in the offshore area, also known as extended continental shelf, to the total landmass of the U.S. The land added to the U.S. territory is nearly twice the size of Spain, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. America's extended continental shelf includes six other regions. These are the Atlantic East Coast, the Pacific West Coast, the Bering Sea, the Mariana Islands, and two portions of the Gulf of Mexico. The area is, in fact, an important maritime zone

Starting point is 02:20:45 holding many resources and vital habitats for marine life. And according to a think tank, the ECS extension is crucial for America's efforts to secure its territorial rights in the Arctic region, while highlighting America's major economic interests in undersea territory, which is rich in oil natural gas minerals and sea life so the one that's interesting is the bering sea which is up there uh by alaska and the north pole and this is russia is not happy surprise surprise russia feels that they that's their turf and so this so this is going to come to a head. Well, they're going to have to be in a treaty.

Starting point is 02:21:28 We're not going to be able to do one if we keep having these proxy beefs with Russia. And if we take their money. Oh, if we steal their money, forget it. This money stealing is not. What if we take that $300 billion, which is within the U.S. financial system, it's just numbers, but it's within the financial system, you know, that got kicked off of Swift,

Starting point is 02:21:51 so we have that money. If we take that, do you think any country will ever want to be in our monetary system again? No, this would ruin everything. This would cause a worldwide depression. I mean, not immediately, but it's... Enter Trump, enter Trump. This would cause a worldwide depression. I mean, not immediately. Enter Trump.

Starting point is 02:22:06 Enter Trump. This would be the trigger. Well, then they'd pull it off just before Trump got in. No, I think you need some time. You need some time to pull it off. The world has to be psyoped about it. We got to all understand what it means. Russia's got to make a stink.

Starting point is 02:22:22 Then other countries make a stink. They would do this somewhere around summer. It wouldn't be right before. We need some time for everything to... I mean, it's not going to collapse overnight. Well, yeah, the setup Trump for this is

Starting point is 02:22:41 getting more obvious as time goes on. That's why Biden is running, not Michelle. With that, I'd like to thank you for your courage. Say in the morning to you, the man who put the sea in the continental shelf. Say hello to my friend on the other end, the one and only Mr. John C. DeVore. In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry. In the morning, all the ships at sea, boots on the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water, and the dames and the knights out there. Hello, hello, hello, troll room. Don't run away.

Starting point is 02:23:08 I got to count you. There we go. It's pathetic. 1719. Are we down again? 1719? Yeah, we're down. We're down. We're down. What did we have last Thursday? Hold on a second. Let me see. We had 16 something last Thursday. Yeah, 1620. So we're down. We're down. What did we have last Thursday? Hold on a second. Let me see. We had 16 something last Thursday. It was really bad. Yeah, 1620. So we're up.

Starting point is 02:23:28 We're down from the average, which should be 1800. Well, that's a Sunday. We had last Sunday. That's a Thursday number. And then Thursday, yeah. Sunday is 24 to 25. What's everybody doing, trolls? Yes, I know it's Thursday, and we're talking Camarion Thursday to Sunday, people. Well, those trolls are in the troll room,

Starting point is 02:23:49 and we're happy to have them there. We love our trolls because they're very helpful. They eventually found out that the three-by-three, they did help live on the air. That was cool. We got that. There's all kinds of troll-y business going on, always keeping me on my toes, keeping me awake.

Starting point is 02:24:05 We love you. We love you, trolls. You can join them by going to trollroom.io or, more importantly, get a modern podcast app. Do you know that almost 50% of the people who listen to this podcast are on a modern podcast app? I love my truck and I love what I do. Podcastapps.com where you'll be alerted when we go live. Many of them have a chat room. You get the dynamite chapters from Dreb Scott.

Starting point is 02:24:30 There's transcripts. And we also, well, when we release the show, 90 seconds later, the modern Podcast Apps will let you know. All of those old podcasts, the legacy ones, you're an hour later. You're like, what's going on, man? Upload to Apple. No, no, no, no, no. That's their problem. Spotify.

Starting point is 02:24:50 Don't let your favorite podcast be deplatformed and you lose them. That won't happen with one of those. And for that very same reason, we are Value for Value. I heard you on a Value for Value podcast yesterday. Oh, you heard the Grimerica thing i did good for you it was i wanted to compliment you i thought it was a really good appearance i could do good work yeah your sound was weird though it was light it was light well that's their side not me i think i'm not doing it's not i could have put it through some devices on my side. I didn't know it was going to sound crappy.

Starting point is 02:25:26 And you know what the worst part was? They're not on Podcasting 2.0. Well, that's weird. Yeah. I mean, they're available, but they don't have all the features. I got to hook those guys up. Well, they want you back on. Well, I'm going back on.

Starting point is 02:25:42 And I was a little surprised because they had me booked for February 18th or 19th, I think. I'm like, oh, okay, you know, it's time for me to do it. And then all of a sudden, oh, we got JCD. I'm like, oh, oh, I'm second fiddle here.

Starting point is 02:25:55 Well, that's possible, but I didn't do it on February 18th, 19th. No, you did it earlier. Yeah. Yeah. So I thought I was the main attraction. Oh, no, they had to have me on first.

Starting point is 02:26:09 I'm the setup act. I'm like the opener. The setup act. You get to be like the headliner. The opening act. It was good. I really enjoyed it. It was a good appearance.

Starting point is 02:26:18 People should listen to that, to Grimerica. It's quite interesting. So they are value for value, just like we are. And you talked a lot about value for value actually with them yeah i did they wanted to talk about stuff like that yeah and they and you gave them good pointers i did i thought yeah and you said you know people wait you sound like people just don't want to ask. That's always been my argument. Yeah. People don't take it serious.

Starting point is 02:26:48 And they kind of, yeah, if you want to give us some money, go ahead. There's a tip jar. It's a tip jar thing. Yeah. It's no good. That makes your podcast very short-lived. Yeah. Because nobody gives tips.

Starting point is 02:27:00 No. You got to lay it out. You got to say, hey, look, we're putting the value out. This is what we do. You got to hound them. You do say hey look we're putting the value out we this is what we do you got to hound them you do and and people no it's important it's really important now you didn't talk much about the the treasure and the or the time in the talent portion which is really big and we have void zero right now working on upgrading all our servers, which are 10 years old. I didn't even realize how old they were.

Starting point is 02:27:31 I love it when he says, the upgrade will be seamless. There will be no disruptions. Yeah. Wow. I love Mark. It's a foregone conclusion. It's what happens. And it's okay.

Starting point is 02:27:45 It's never seamless. I love's okay. It's never seamless. I love that guy. And he's like, yeah, I'll be moving something today. No, no, not today. Don't do it on a show day. Don't do it on a show day. Now, there's so many other things that people do for us. And also we have people who help us out with clips and insight. You heard some of the boots on the ground.

Starting point is 02:28:03 also we have uh you know people who help us out with clips and insight you heard some of the boots on the ground uh and our artists our artists uh it's just so wonderful to have new fresh art for every single episode it really gets attention it's a i mean there's no way we could this is the point of of talent and time is but we couldn't afford to have artists do this. There's just no way. Could not afford it. We also get cool stuff in the P.O. box. I got Mike Riley's gift, which is a whole bunch of his books with your blurb on the back. I also got a Texas Hot Glass flute. She sent me one of those flutes. Pretty cool looking, but have you tried playing it? Yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 02:28:44 Phoebe gave me a very weird look. She did not like it. She wanted me to stop. No, I got a little bit out of it, but not much. I'm going to practice on it. I'm going to practice on it. And then I want to thank everybody. Somehow now I'm the hero of THOTP. THOTP.

Starting point is 02:29:07 THOTP. I'm the hero of the THOTP community. What does that mean? Little House on the Prairie community. Oh, yeah. You're a big fan. I guess you've been watching reruns. I'm getting stickers and fake dollar bills from the Olsons.

Starting point is 02:29:24 I mean, it's a very tight-knit community. I had no idea. I love it. When you know you're the leader. I want to be the leader of the Little House on the Prairie community. So back to the artists. Thank you to the artists who are always giving us lots of choices. We chose for Dameame kenny ben who

Starting point is 02:29:45 was i believe the the leader of the leader board last year for all of 2023 she just came in with the perfect piece which was a nice cartoonishly drawn uh airline which of course had to be a boeing just looking at it and uh tail number 33 and it's and it and it's called the totally safe airline and its engines are on fire uh it just it just had all the elements i i don't know if there was anything else did we have anything else that we looked at that we thought was i'm looking now let me see a lot of ai art uh it was something i remember that was... Oh, yeah, you liked the radio flyer newspaper, but it was... You couldn't read the writing on it.

Starting point is 02:30:30 Yeah, well, I liked it, but I didn't I didn't vouch for it. It wasn't going to happen because of the... I thought Scaramunga's Juggies yogurt was funny, but also, no, we're not going to use that. We already get so much crap about boobs.

Starting point is 02:30:49 Yeah, we had the big boob art recently. Yeah, let me see. We got a note that I was requested to put on there. Yeah, there's a note. You wanted me to read the boob note. All right, here it is. This is from Lynn. Adam and John, I enjoy your show.

Starting point is 02:31:04 I've donated several times. I must comment on the boob donation discussion in the last issue. Oh, now it is. This is from Lynn. Adam and John, I enjoy your show. I've donated several times. I must comment on the boob donation discussion in the last issue. Oh, now it's an issue. What I believe the father was trying to say about his daughters was not that they are no longer listening to the show. They are no longer listening to the show, capital letters, with their father. As a teenage girl, oh, she's a teenage girl. Look at that, we got one of those teenagers.

Starting point is 02:31:24 We have an unbelievable demo. We do. I can completely understand that. When I was young, even listening to songs on the radio like Maggie Mae, oh, she's not a teenager now. When my father was around, it would be embarrassing to hear the song. I could listen to it all night long if I was alone, but it was embarrassing to listen to with my father.

Starting point is 02:31:42 Since you are both males, I think you missed the point about the girls not wanting to hear the boob discussion with their father present. I think she's right. I think that's a very good point. And it's understandable. We don't talk about boobs that much. No, it's just a boob donation.

Starting point is 02:31:59 What happened is, because of this, we've been talking about it. Because of the backlash. Because of the controversy. Because of the controversy. Strange. The backlash. Sort of events. Backlash.

Starting point is 02:32:12 Thank you very much to Dame Kenny Ben and all of the artists who submitted artwork. We appreciate you so much. Thank you to Sir Paul Couture who has made the art generated just one snappy piece of code. And thank you to everybody who delivers time and talent to the show it is invaluable really this is part of the secret of why this show has been going we're now in our 16th year 16 17 is there 16th year 17th year 16th we're in our heading toward our 17th anniversary um and the the secret is uh that we don't have high expenses you know we don't have producers that we pay because that would never work we it would not last we'd be uh bought up you know one of those bought up spotify things where everyone got fired

Starting point is 02:33:00 then again oh we would have been fired can you imagine i mean i was thinking about this the other day and my talking about uh yellowing up oh yeah yeah that was a good one that was that was genius well welker yeah uh was i i'd be out you can't say something like that. No. No. And how many complaints they got about that? About that? None. Zero? Exactly. Zero.

Starting point is 02:33:30 Because this reminds me of when I was at PC Magazine, I wrote a column called Who's On First? And it was HU. And it was a Chinese. It was a joke. It was the whole sketch done with Chinese names. Racist. Racist. The whole bit was done with Chinese names. Soist! Racist! The whole bit was done with Chinese

Starting point is 02:33:45 names. So it was Who's on First and I don't remember all the names but they're all Chinese names. And She is a good name. The head of Acer at the time. She's on second and it went on like that.

Starting point is 02:34:02 And so it goes to one of the editors you you sent this in to be published and you figured oh they'll do that no problem no i figured it'd be my there might be some pushback and so one of the editors sheepish pushback i might add well you know this is kind of i don't you think this is a little bit? I said, you know, especially it's about Taiwanese. It's about Chinese have a sense of humor, you know. Oh, boy. Oh, yeah.

Starting point is 02:34:31 That's even more racist just saying that. I said that. And I said, just let it play. You won't get any letters. I guarantee it. And he reluctantly ran it. You know what we got for pushback? None. Nothing. So they ran it i you know what we got for pushback none nothing so they ran just like wow there wasn't one person that said anything about it but when i know it was red

Starting point is 02:34:54 but when it when it came time to fire you 20 years later i'm sure someone went hey your race is that guy's racist hate the chinese anyway so you come for the donation segment but you get jcd stories this is why you're still here this is why it was on first let's thank our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1628 bruce randall comes in at the top there from richmond virginia with 350 and 58 cents and he says I can brag to all my fellow retiree friends that I'm a producer on a popular show. Helps prove retirement's about more than getting older and fatter

Starting point is 02:35:33 while riding our barco loungers. What an opportunity. Plus, it helps me feel less of a douche. Oh, Bruce, thank you. Do you think he needs a de-douching? That's a little unclear to me. Just give him one. You needs a de-douching? It's a little unclear to me. Just give him one. You've been de-douched.

Starting point is 02:35:49 Might as well be safe than sorry. I agree. Sir Single Sculler in South Bend, Indiana. I guess he's a boater. A single sculler. What's a sculler? Is that a sailboat? The guys that scull, the guys that were put on those boats that race,

Starting point is 02:36:09 you know, and you pull the oars in this. Isn't that a skiff? I thought it was scholar. Scholar. Hmm. Scholar. I don't know.

Starting point is 02:36:17 Well, maybe the chat room knows. JRE donation. Found y'all's COVID. Hold on. Rogan donation. Might y'all's COVID. Hold on. Rugen donation. Might as well do it properly. Found y'all's COVID and vaccine analysis very helpful

Starting point is 02:36:31 and made me feel that I'm not crazy. However, everything since has been so much better. There hasn't been much history to go on except for Fauci, but great job. Actually, very confused by his sentences there. Yeah. I like the Africa information and would like more from Europe. This is him.

Starting point is 02:36:50 This is the guy who likes it. The one guy. He's the guy who likes Africa information. Donate more and we'll do more Africa clips. He wants a biscuit on his birthday. Two to the head. And his birthday is January 25th. We got him on the list.

Starting point is 02:37:03 They always give me a biscuit on my birthday there we go and uh anonymous from bemidji minnesota i have been to bemidji you've been to bemidji it's a very small airport and i i went to bemidji because i had to fly i flew into bemidji and then i took like a little, very small airplane to some, goodness, maybe it wasn't Bemidji, some radio station, some top 40 radio station. Hey everybody, good morning, it's the Bemidji Morton Show. And we're already at our associate executive producers and Anonymous says, no jingles, but I could use an R2D2 karma, thank you and keep up the great work.

Starting point is 02:37:44 You got it. You've got... Karma. Zachary Simon in Baytown, Texas. So there must be a bay around there. 24560A, ITM gents, thank you for hosting the best podcast in the universe. I was hitting the mouth after hearing Adam on the Hireside Chats. Hireside chat donation.

Starting point is 02:38:08 A while back and I've been listening ever since. As a bonus, I also found out this Christmas that my cousin Steve's a loyal listener too. How about that? I know this is no coincidence and he had to donate. I wonder how that went. I wonder how that went. You know, did someone just say something like hey what did you say there douche you uh itm how does that work what what is the what is the

Starting point is 02:38:34 exchange of code words that brings you to to this uh i have my belief my belief that it's always the same it's it's hey i got've listened to this really fabulous podcast. You should at least check it out. But what is it? No agenda. Oh, man, I've been listening to that for a long time. Hey, you think that's how it works? Yeah, that's how it works.

Starting point is 02:38:56 And is it that voice? That's the voice. It's like my wife says. To listen to this show, you have to have a part-time job. Or like a full-time job, like a trucker or someone who works at a bakery. We have a lot of blue-collar workers

Starting point is 02:39:16 because they need to be occupied and stay up to date and laugh. They need to laugh. They need to laugh a lot. They need to laugh a lot and hug. And hold hands and tell each other a secret. This donation, he continues, should grant me knighthood. Can I please be knighted, Sir Zach of the town of Bays?

Starting point is 02:39:36 Finally, can I get some wedding karma as I'm marrying my best friend, Kristen, on April 26th? Love is lit. Thanks for all you do, Zach. Of course, Zach. Congratulations on the nuptials. You've got karma. Trevor, Peace River, Alberta, Scandinavia, short row of ducks,

Starting point is 02:39:55 222.22. Grimerica donation. Oy? Eh? Grimerica. I did an oy and then an eh. An oy. John, you got a Grimerica donation. After listening to John C. Dvorak on episode 639, I've decided to end my douchebag streak. Well, de-douche.

Starting point is 02:40:16 You've been de-douched. Shout out to Darren and Graham. Grimerica needs your support. ITM from Trevor in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. I hope they don't freeze my bank account. Eh? Eh. All right, Trevor, thank you.

Starting point is 02:40:31 Thank you, Grimerica boys and girls. Matt Higginbotham in Stilwell, Kansas. 21060. In the morning, this will be a switcheroo donation, as this still makes me a douchebag. This goes to my best friend, Ethan Reinke, who is getting married this week.

Starting point is 02:40:52 I'm the best man, but I can't attend the wedding because it's in South Africa where his wife is from. Figured this would be the best wedding present anyone could ask for. I agree with that. Should we give him a dedouching as well figured this would be the best wedding present anyone could ask for. Oh.

Starting point is 02:41:06 I agree with that. Should we give him a dedouching as well since he says, I don't recognize the name. I think he's relishing being a douchebag. Yeah, but does Ethan get a dedouching? Oh, yes. I guess Ethan would. That's the wedding gift.

Starting point is 02:41:19 It's the producership and... You've been dedouched. And if that wasn't the intent happy wedding day from adam and john that's your present that's your gift right there this is week one of marriage and they've never had a fight congratulate congratulations and love you man jingles bomb them judge janine i'm gonna come and signed off Matt Higginbotham. Bomb them, bomb them, and bomb them again. I'm going to come.

Starting point is 02:41:51 Jason Young in Rochon, Texas. 200. I want to plug my smoking hot wife's new business. Hope my wife, my NA family can help out. A necessity for anyone having trouble sleeping on planes. It's an innovative pillow that holds you while the seat supports your weight.

Starting point is 02:42:12 Go to sloop.travel. S-L-O-O-P dot travel. I actually saw this. It's an interesting concept. Yes, sloop.travel. What is it? It sounds like a big giant thing no it kind of drapes around

Starting point is 02:42:28 like a sash and so you kind of drift off to the side I'm looking for a discount code, code bongino sloop.travel thank you Jason I need one

Starting point is 02:42:42 for your plane rides when's the last time you even were at an airport uh covid okay good i'm gonna you can read the next one but let me read this one first linda lupatkin in lakewood colorado two hundred dollars jobs karma for a remarkable resume that gets results go to image makers inc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs that's image makersMakersInc.com. Or just find Linda Lupatkin under the show's producer list. She came in with $200 just so I could do that. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.

Starting point is 02:43:16 Let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. And we have John Bai. John Bai. John Bai. Golden, Colorado. Our final associate executive producer with $200. I would like a de-douche. You've been de-douched.

Starting point is 02:43:32 My pal, Jason Smith from Iowa, called me out last week. Note that he has fallen back into being a delinquent douche until he called me out. Thanks for reminding me of how much an oppressor I am twice a week. And thank you to these executive and associate executive producers of episode 1628 of your No Agenda show. All of you are now officially betitled with these executive or associate executive producer credits, which you can use anywhere where credits are recognized,

Starting point is 02:44:02 your LinkedIn profile, any social media profile. Of course, your resume works very well. Ask Lena Lupatkin. Or if you go to imdb.com, I think we are topping 1,000 now. These are very real credits. You can open up an account, no questions asked. And if anyone does have questions about your producership, we'll vouch for you, unlike those douchebags in Hollywood.

Starting point is 02:44:21 Thank you for supporting us. John's going to take us through to the 50s. I'm going to start with Bill Durkin, who's got a couple of birthdays. He's cited in Greenfield, South Carolina, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. But I do want to read this. It's always optional under the $200 mark. But this one he says, John brought up the stack ranking at GE last week. But I guess

Starting point is 02:44:45 he's an ex-GE guy. He says, what really hurt GE was the Six Sigma. I remember that vaguely. Six Sigma from 2000 to 2010. I have so many stories about this BS program, I have to sit down and write it up.

Starting point is 02:45:01 I'm interested. There's a lot of... There are people in our audience who sometimes just go, hey, Six Sigma, for some reason. Like this Tourette's. Rita Harrington's up. She's in Sparks, Nevada. 1-2-1-3-3. Robert Peta.

Starting point is 02:45:18 Sacramento, California. 105-35. Ian Field, 100. Joshua Huffman in Blue Springs, Maryland. Missouri. Blue Springs, Missouri.35. Eden Field, 100. Joshua Huffman in Blue Springs, Maryland. Missouri. Blue Springs, Missouri. 100. Braff.

Starting point is 02:45:34 Brough. Brough. Like broth. Yo, broth. Brough. Greenfield Park, New York. 88.66. He wants a Jobs Karma.

Starting point is 02:45:47 Give it to him at the end. Jobs Karma works too, he says. Jason Marr in Vancouver, Washington, 8008. Steven Rivas in Roland Heights, California, 8008. Kevin McLaughlin in Concord, North Carolina. He's the Archduke of Lunar, lover of American boobs, 8008. Kevin McLaughlin in Concord, North Carolina. He's the Archduke of Lunar. Lover of American boobs. 8008. Says nothing says I love you like a pair of boobs.

Starting point is 02:46:12 Ronald Schull. 8008. We got a lot of these today because of the controversy. It's the promotion. It's been a successful promotion. Ronald Schull's got a birthday call at 8-0-0-8. His 44th day on today, actually. That's what he says.

Starting point is 02:46:28 Sir E-8-0-0-8 in Blairsville, Georgia. Benjamin Parry in Ankeny, Iowa, 7-7-7-7. Ray Costello, 72-72. Now he needs a de-douching badly. You've been de-douched. Chuck in Anniston, Alabama, 72, 27. And he's going to have a birthday 72 years old. And that's with a, get it? 72?

Starting point is 02:47:00 Yes. Anyway, KJ6LNG wants to meet. No, we had a chat. We had a chat on the VAR AC. I recognize it. WJ4 Kilo. Isaac Henry in Kennewick, Washington, 6956. He mentions number 103, mentioning the Spanish flea.

Starting point is 02:47:22 Matthew Elwart in Weatherford, Texas, 6006. Eric NRPFPC, 60. Need some car karma. We'll give him that at the end. Edward Bala in Dublin, Ireland. Thank you for your courage, 5678. Matthew Martell in Broomall, Pennsylvania 5555 some of these donations

Starting point is 02:47:48 may be coming in because now we offer Stripe and you can just go to noagendadonations.com and you see the option of using PayPal or Stripe so we'll get people coming in

Starting point is 02:48:04 from some of these places where PayPal stops working the option of using a PayPal or Stripe. So we'll get people coming in from, you know, some of these places where PayPal stops working. Matthew Martell and Brumal5555 needs a de-douching. You've been de-douched. And he also needs sales karma for everybody. Gregory, we'll put that at the end. Gregory Clifton, Morgan Field, Kentucky 5510, Barron Sir Henry, Rancho Palos Verdes, 5242,

Starting point is 02:48:31 Forrest Martin, 5005. Now we go to the $50 donors. Starts off with Tatiana Prince in Hollywood, Florida. Now, she keeps protesting these donations to PayPal, and there's an issue here. I don't know why she keeps donating. I can't figure out what's going on with her. Michael Sycora in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Kyra Paravel in San Rafael.

Starting point is 02:49:04 Alex Delgado in Aptos, Michael Romano in Sebastopol, Greg Huff in Austin, Texas, Gaucho Woodworking, check it out, in Redondo Beach, California, James Farrell in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Brian Hummel in Wimberley, Texas. Charles Boyd in San Marcos, Texas. Samuel Kennedy in North Riverside, Illinois. Diego Lopez Crane in Ithaca, New York.

Starting point is 02:49:37 Fall Line Farm, Columbus, Georgia. Amy Grohl in Burien, Washington. John Walter in Wenatchee, Washington. Brent of the Beltway in Cabin John, Maryland. And let's see, got anything here that he wants? No, he wants some, okay. Sir Jackson in Leveland, Texas. And he needs some Jobs Karma. And that concludes our list of donors to the $50 limit. Sir Jackson in Leveland, Texas, and he needs some jobs karma. And that concludes our list of donors to the $50 limit.

Starting point is 02:50:15 And thank you all for helping this show, making this show a possibility. 1628. Yes, and thank you to everyone who came in under 50. We have our $49.99. That's because it's guaranteed anonymous. We will not read anything under that level. And, of course, mucho gracias and much love to everyone who comes in with the sustaining donations. You can set that up yourself.

Starting point is 02:50:39 You can find some ideas at noagendadonations.com. And as John mentioned earlier, we have multiple ways now, including the Stripe. If PayPal is not your cup of tea or if you just don't like them, that's possible. Or if you can't use it in your country. And thank you. We really appreciate all of the support that you've given us with your time, your talent, and your treasure. And here is the Jobs Karma. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs.

Starting point is 02:51:01 You've got karma. And thank you again to our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1628. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order. Order. Shut up, slave. Shut up. And remember, it's noagendadonations.com

Starting point is 02:51:35 Well, we do have a couple of birthdays. A lot of Bill to start off with. Bill celebrated yesterday, and he also wants to wish his twin sister Beth a happy birthday, which was yesterday. And his nephew Patrick also celebrated yesterday. It's a Bill family bonanza on the 24th. Sir Single Sculler celebrating today as is Ronald Shull. And Chuck turned 72 on the 27th of January.

Starting point is 02:51:59 Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. One night, do we? Oh, yeah, yeah, we did have the, we had his night note. He didn't request anything special, but we do have a beautiful blade all sharpened up for him. Here you go. Oh, nice. Okay, Zachary Simon, my dear friend,

Starting point is 02:52:19 please come over here. Just like everyone else who completes the $1,000 total aggregate donation, you are now welcome to the roundtable of the No Agenda Dames and Knights. And I'm very proud to pronounce the KD as Sir Zach of the Town of Bays. For you, my friend, my sir, we have Hookers and Blow, Rent Boys and Chardonnay. Perhaps you'd like some diet soda and video games, some Polish potato vodka. We've got some Harlots and Haldol on offer today.

Starting point is 02:52:46 Also, Ruben S., Wilman, Rosé, Gage, and Sake. Vodka, Manila, bong, hits of bourbon, sparkling cider, and escorts, gin, dreidel, and gerbils, fresh milk, and pablum. But I already see you sipping on the mead and munching on the mutton. Go to noagendarings.com. That's where you can size your finger. There's a handy guide there and send an address. We can send off your ring, which is a signet ring. We send along some wax, which is, you know, you can melt that and put that signet ring in there to seal your important

Starting point is 02:53:14 correspondence. And of course, to top it all off, we have a certificate of authenticity. Welcome to the round table, the No Agenda Knights and Dames. And thank you, our newly minted server. No Agenda Meetups. Yeah, the No Agenda Meetups. This is, you know, when you hear those pharma discussions like obese and lonely, you need to go to No Agenda Meetup. Don't take any pharmaceutical products. Go go to No Agenda Meetup. Don't take any pharmaceutical products. Go to a No Agenda Meetup.

Starting point is 02:53:49 This is going to, your loneliness will be gone. We can solve that easy. Easy. Find one near you. Go to noagendameetups.com. People of all shapes and sizes, colors, religions, lengths, genders,

Starting point is 02:54:04 everything shows up and you all have one thing in common it's the no agenda nation you're all a part of it you all see through the scams and you love discussing with people while having a libation and we get some reports from people who have done just that here's fort wayne indiana hello adam john this is shannon in fort wayne is that climate change in your pocket are you just happy to see me? Sir, PBR Street Gang, thank you for your courage. Keep fighting the good fight. Dame Trinity in Fort Wayne, having a great time. Jared from Fort Wayne, have a great day.

Starting point is 02:54:31 In the morning, Shelly from Fort Wayne. Another good meet-up at Crazy Pins. Boy, it was crazy. I'll bet it was. Over in Boston, the Red 33, Red 33, Sir Nathan Lee has the report. In the morning! Oh, thank you. In the morning, we are the Red 33, Red 33, Boston No Ag has the report. In the morning! Oh, thank you. In the morning. We are the Red 33, Red 33

Starting point is 02:54:47 Boston No Agenda. And go ahead. And this is Sir Karen. Sir Karen, by count of Greater Boston. And this is also Baronet Nathan Lee, first horseman of Armageddon. And as always, we are extremely grateful for the show. And let the whiners whine. Adam and John are doing the work.

Starting point is 02:55:03 Thank you for your courage you are welcome thank you for yours always organizing those red 33 meetups and the dirty jersey whor* is up in texas in the northern part i believe here's his report uh-oh okay we've done some production work clearly here we are at the zenful kitchen collective in kilgore mid-month monthly meetup and uh this is uh dirty jersey horror uh and i'm gonna pass the phone around it's not really a phone but we'll fix it in post in the morning this is anonymous in the morning this is rudy out of east texas getting lost in the woods in the morning this is patty in the morning, this is Anonymous. In the morning, this is Rudy out of East Texas getting lost in the woods. In the morning, this is Patty.

Starting point is 02:55:48 In the morning, this is not the Jenga champion. I am the Jenga champion. In the morning. Also, we do have a spook here. Yes, I own it. Anonymous. The spook. Okay. I guess they thought Nat Pops would add to the report. Thank you very much, Dirty Jersey whor*.

Starting point is 02:56:24 Today, there is a meetup in North Georgia. It's the monthly meetup at 6 o'clock at Cherry Street Brewing in Alpharetta. The local 843, the International Brotherhood of Mouth Hitters, meets at 11 on Saturday at the Earth Fair of West Ashley. That's in Charleston, South Carolina. South Jersey meetup, Orange Man Bad Summit, 1 o'clock on Saturday at Miller Ale's House in Mount Laurel Township. I've been there before.

Starting point is 02:56:48 The Three Mile Isle EVAC Zone Good News Meetup. Those guys are always doing their meetups. 3.30 at Evergreen Brewing, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. And on Sunday, the next show day, Ski In, Ski Out. 1 o'clock, Salt Lake City. That will be at the Viking Yurt in Park City, Utah. And finally, on Sunday, the Don't Be a Douchebag Meetup. 5.30 at McNelly's in Tul City, Utah. And finally, on Sunday, the Don't Be a Douchebag meetup, 5.30 at McNelly's in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are

Starting point is 02:57:08 many more meetups around the world, including Ireland, including the Netherlands, including Malaysia, even more in Texas. As I said, it's around the world. Go to noagentameetups.com. Find your tribe. Connection is protection. If you can't find one near you, start

Starting point is 02:57:24 one yourself. It's very easy sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days you wanna be where you won't be triggered or held to blame you wanna be where everybody feels the same it's like a party. It is indeed like a party. And I have to admit, I have exactly zero ISOs. I fell down on the job. Slacker? Yep, I fell down on the job.

Starting point is 02:58:00 I was flight planning. One of these should work. Well, okay. Which one do you say? Let's start with blah, blah. Blah, blah blah blah blah blah okay we get it that's cute it's cute uh how about can't wait to vote for joe biden i can't wait to get to the polls to vote for joe biden yeah that's just too long i mean that's it's four seconds so it's and and i can't believe your last one is five seconds. You know the rule. No, I hear it's four.

Starting point is 02:58:27 What else do we know about this population, 18 through 24? They are stupid. See, I would go with just this as the end of show ISO. They are stupid. See, I could live with that. Okay, cut it out. Cut it off. Should we do that?

Starting point is 02:58:43 All right. Sure. That's better. That's better for me. Almost at the end of the show. You know what that means? And now it's time for... Google You with JC D.

Starting point is 02:58:54 Yes! Every single show, we'd like to leave you with some good news so you feel good until the next show. Because people always complain, like, wow, man, there's so much horrible things going on in the world. You make us laugh,

Starting point is 02:59:04 but am I supposed to feel good after the show? Yes, we want you to feel good with some good news. What do you have? So, you didn't like the four-second clip. I've decided I want the good news clips to be under a minute. I'm with you on that. Don't you think? We should be able to pack enough good news into under a minute. I'm with you on that. Don't you think? We should be able to pack enough good news

Starting point is 02:59:26 into under a minute. Yeah, so here we go. A dog rescue in Oahu. New at 6 o'clock and trending tonight. A heroic dog rescue by Honolulu firefighters. You can hear them coaxing Kila out. Now this is a scene on Wednesday after a two-year-old pit bull terrier

Starting point is 02:59:41 got stuck in a storm drain in West Oahu. The Hawaiian Humane Society says the dog Kila was on a walk with her owner when she broke free and started chasing a chicken straight into a storm culvert that kept getting narrower. Kila ended up getting stuck several yards in. The Hawaiian Humane Society and the Honolulu Fire Department responded and took a look. They were able to get her out safely. After four hours of digging, they were eventually able to reunite her with her owner, Safe and Sound.

Starting point is 03:00:09 So glad to see that. That is awesome. Firefighters from Wai'anae's district. They are true heroes. You know what? They go above and beyond. I know. Besides fighting fires and saving lives.

Starting point is 03:00:20 And I'm talking to the owner, Akilah, Safe and Sound tonight. They're so grateful. So she'll probably think twice before chasing another chicken. Yes. Or maybe she won't. Oh, you know what? Whenever a newscaster says, that's awesome, you know that was a good news story. It was just awesome.

Starting point is 03:00:36 What do we want? Good news. When do we want it? Now, please. We could use some new good news jingles, by the way. Happy if you could send us some. We'd like that very, very much. That concludes our broadcast day.

Starting point is 03:00:48 Coming up next on No Agenda Stream and on your modern podcast app, we've got Bowl After Bowl. So stay tuned for that. And we have end of show mixes from Professor Jay Jones, who's on a roll. We've got Producer X with a really cool one about Demacro-C. And Sir Ike Piggott, Sir Chris Wilson, and Ned in an old collaboration on one that you will recognize

Starting point is 03:01:16 if you've been around the show since, I don't know, 2017 or so. So we look forward to seeing you on Sunday. I am flying off to Dallas. I'm flying. Off to Dallas. So I should be back on Saturday. We hope. That'll give us another show. You never know. Coming to you from the

Starting point is 03:01:36 heart of the Texas Hill Country, here in FEMA-REEMAN. REEMAN. FEMA-REEMAN. FEMA-REEMAN and region number six in the morning, everybody. I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where I remain I'm John C. Dvorak remember us at noagendadonations.com

Starting point is 03:01:52 until we meet on Sunday adios mo foza hooey hooey and such this is how we end the day so that you can walk away from the show feeling good about yourself, feeling good about life kind of a sad story. Bus lines in America carry more passengers each year than the Amtrak railroad system. Kind of sad waiting room and a few folks waiting for the 809 to come into town.

Starting point is 03:02:22 What's happening to these bus stations? All across the country, the bus stations are closing. And if they're not gone where you are, they soon will be. Because the gestalt, the average income of bus riders is under $40,000 per year.

Starting point is 03:02:43 This is the craziest thing ever. Real estate hustlers figured out a way to make a lot of money to buy the often run-down bus stations for no other purpose than to tear it to the ground. I feel good now. I'm kind of inspired by it. Once upon a time,

Starting point is 03:03:01 investors tried to make money by serving a broad middle class. Because the gestalt. They don't see it that way anymore. It's the craziest thing ever. The money to be made is either abroad or else serving the people who get money

Starting point is 03:03:17 from abroad. All across the country, the bus stations are closing. Because the gest gestalt and if they're not gone where you are they soon will be i feel good now it's kind of inspired by it quite frankly forget all this talk about rumors on the uh intern. In a democracy. Democracy. Democracy. Government at all levels now absorbs more than 44% of all of our personal income. It's become more intrusive, more coercive, more meddlesome, less effective.

Starting point is 03:03:58 In a democracy. Democracy. Our access to cheap and abundant energy has been interrupted, and our dependence on foreign sources is growing. The machine is difficult to control, and I guarantee that something is not so wrong. Now let's look at the Russians. Prohibition has found a new line of endeavor for the underworld. They brought life to the bootleggers. And the bootleggers begot the hijackers. And the hijackers begot the racketeers. My friends in the radio audience.

Starting point is 03:04:50 The only cure for the health of democracy is more democracy. Democracy. The democracy. The machine. The machine. One of the most important things we're doing in this administration is transformation. In a democracy. We need to be lighter, quicker, move more quickly, period. And we're paying attention to it.

Starting point is 03:05:27 It's a democracy. And we're making progress. Some really interesting technologies. Thanks. It is a democracy. It is a democracy. Thanks. Oh, Mom, please.

Starting point is 03:05:43 I know all that democracy jazz. There's still hoods. Hoods. Hoods. Yeah, we're doing quite a lot tonight Yeah, we can barely see Dimension B from the server blocks I'm logging into my phone now Ease the scene back in They're rocking We're rocking Gonna rock some Meany tunes now

Starting point is 03:06:30 They're whining We're shining No chance The soldier can't stop now Mastodon Mastodon Mastodon Mastodon That's the time. That's the time. That's the time.

Starting point is 03:06:50 That's the time. That's the time. That's the time. The best podcast in the universe. Mopo. Dvorak.org. Slash N-A. They are stupid.