No Agenda - 1644 - "Shock Opera"

Starting point is 00:00:00 But no, it's China. Oh, it's China. Adam Curry, John C. Devorah. It's Thursday, March 21st, 2024. This is your award-winning Gibbon Nation Media Assassination Episode 1644. This is no agenda. Exposing marketing mayhem and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region No. 6 in the morning, everybody. I'm Adam Curry.

Starting point is 00:00:24 And from Northern Silicon Valley, country here in fema region number six in the morning everybody i'm adam curry and for northern silicon valley where we noticed that takara fuji lost his first match and apple's getting sued i'm john c devorex it's crackpot and buzzkill in the morning and there it is there it is the sumo report everybody's smiling happy. People seem to want it. Everybody's happy. But what about this Apple's getting sued business? Haven't you heard that? Just broke this morning.

Starting point is 00:00:50 Breaking, breaking. Oh, yeah. Breaking colon, all uppercase. Breaking! I love it when people post a screenshot of another social network with breaking. Breaking. Breaking. Breaking at this hour. Breaking. It's so crazy breaking it's so crazy it's like it's

Starting point is 00:01:09 not breaking it's just a news report it's just the headline it's what's funny is that fox the beginning of pretty much everybody's show whoever it is breaking news breaking news at this hour breaking something's breaking breaking what uh what is the news is breaking what is apple getting sued over over their web browser well that would be a good idea yeah what is it the justice department's going after them for being a monopoly oh our government is going after one of our biggest companies for being a monopoly and ruining the smartphone business because their phones i'm not kidding kind of because their phone stinks what and it's too expensive wait a minute is that the actual suit is like your phone sinks stinks and it's too expensive well garland came up

Starting point is 00:02:01 and he gave a i wish i had a clip of it because it just happened. It's breaking. It's breaking. It's breaking. Went in front of the podium and says that Apple is monopolizing the business. They're producing a lousy product. Pretty much is what he said. Wow. They literally invented the category, didn't they?

Starting point is 00:02:18 Oh, yeah. Well, that's interesting. Well, yeah. That's what commies do. But it's what happens when you're not coughing up enough dough. Oh, that's what it is. Tim Collins Cook should know better. He knows better than that.

Starting point is 00:02:35 Although this may also be a ploy. It may be Tim Collins. Let's say he goes to the Justice Department and says, you know, it wouldn't be a bad idea to sue us right now because we're a predicament in China and they think we're just stooges for you guys. But that's not going to help their stock price, which is already somewhat suppressed,

Starting point is 00:02:52 would you not say? Yeah, it probably will not help the stock price. Well, so that's what the algo told you today. What is everyone, what has your algo told you to worry about today? I've heard two. One is the squatters. Have you followed this?

Starting point is 00:03:08 The squatters. The squatters story is they're making this into a big, massive news story. I don't think I have any clips on it. But yeah, squatters. Squatters. The illegal immigrants. I'm sorry. The newcomers.

Starting point is 00:03:21 Newcomers. The newcomers are coming. Are going to squat in your house. Now, most of the stories seem to be coming from New York and Chicago, where you probably can squat in somebody's house. The big story, the story where there's two, three lines here going on. One is, of course, the TikTok video, which is, I saw it, but I couldn't click it because it's all in Spanish. It's like, hey, hey, I look look real i'm like an angry brown man i'm coming to sit in your house i'm squatting and he had all these clues about how you can squat yeah and uh and then there was the arrest of some woman

Starting point is 00:04:00 who tried to go into her own house in new york. That was New York. In New York. Yeah. And they arrested her and left the squatters in place. So, in the Netherlands, squatters' rights have been a thing for as long as I've been, when I went to the country in the beginning. Also the UK. The UK.

Starting point is 00:04:18 Well, and they call them crackers in the Netherlands. Crackers. K-R-A-K-E-R-S, Krakers, because they crack your house and they crack right in. And the only way to stop it,

Starting point is 00:04:32 because there is a legal right, you have a legal right, if there's a house that is empty, and that means there's no bed, no table, no chairs, i.e. a house that someone's trying to sell, usually,

Starting point is 00:04:45 although you should stage it always, people. Talk to your local real estate professional. Then they can go in there and they can just crack it and they can live there. So usually people pay. Well, they used to pay. I think now they just say, hey, would you like to live in this mansion for 100 euros a month?

Starting point is 00:05:02 And then they throw down a mattress and a table and some ikea stuff and uh good to go it's then it's anti-crack so that's uh that seems to be it actually kind of works because you solve some you know some housing problem for students who get a dynamite pad for a while, and you keep the crackers out. But here in Texas, we have a different system. We just shoot you. Yes. Texas has got the right idea.

Starting point is 00:05:35 Absolutely. But it's being played up on all the algos, everybody. And, you know, this just shows how, and this is not, to me, this is not an organic thing. This is being jacked up. This is a TikTok algo being jacked. Either people who know how to do it or by TikTok themselves, for all I know. I think it's people that know how to do it. We need to find these people.

Starting point is 00:06:05 Yeah, they should be jacking our stuff up. That's what I'm thinking. Actually, I have some TikTok takes later on. But first, we need to go to the other algo that's getting everybody worried. And, of course, we have a little supercut. The latest now in the race for the White House. And the incendiary speech from Donald Trump at a rally over the weekend with praise for the January 6th convicts, attacks on immigrants as subhuman, and a warning of a bloodb praise for the January 6th convicts, attacks on immigrants as subhuman, and a warning of a bloodbath for the country if he's defeated.

Starting point is 00:06:28 It's true that Trump started out by talking about cars, but listen again. He then explicitly says that will be the least of it. So as you hear, he certainly did start off by talking about car makers and apparently a bloodbath if he's not elected for the whole car industry. But he stopped himself and then elaborated saying quote that would be the least of it he knew what he was doing we're not stupid it is clear what he meant and one of trump's sort of rhetorical gifts if you will is he speaks just vaguely enough

Starting point is 00:06:56 and just circuitously enough that people can kind of read into different meanings he allows himself a little wiggle room and a little out americans aren't stupid. We just have to win this election because he's even predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? He's going to exact a bloodbath? There's something wrong here. He was talking about a bloodbath. Sometimes a bloodbath means a bloodbath. And when he finishes by saying, and that's just going to be the least of it, seriously.

Starting point is 00:07:23 It's so phenomenal. Even after we warned them not to do this, they still went ahead and just did it. It's, the media is so dishonest. They will even say, you know, I'm going to put this all in context for you for a minute, okay? Because people say, you've got to put it in context, of context of what he said.

Starting point is 00:07:46 Well, Jen Psaki is a spin meister of epic proportions in this. Context everyone, otherwise it's irresponsible. Well, if they want us to consider the full context, let's do just that. Because the full context is that Trump kicked off the same exact rally by saluting the people who were convicted for the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, all to the tune of the national anthem sung by a choir of imprisoned insurrectionists. I don't think they've actually been imprisoned as insurrectionists, but okay. The full context is that some of the first words out of Trump's mouth last night, same rally, were thanking those rioters and calling them patriots.

Starting point is 00:08:23 The full context is that he also said in this same rally, quote, if this election isn't won, I'm not sure that you'll ever have another election in this country. Skipped a couple of words there, too. But there's some weird carrier wave sound. I don't know what that is. It's probably in her voice. The full context is that he went on to say some undocumented immigrants are, quote, not people. And of course, the full context is that this is much bigger than one single speech. It's an embrace of political violence.

Starting point is 00:08:50 It's dehumanizing language. This is what Donald Trump has been preaching for years. Let's bring out some more of these truths. In January, he warned that there will be, quote, bedlam in this country if his criminal prosecution derailed his campaign. Late last year, he echoed the dehumanizing language of Adolf Hitler, comparing his political opponents to vermin and saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. I love it how she tries to provide context around a false narrative with false narrative without context of other of other occasions. This is so meta.

Starting point is 00:09:25 Last month, he said there would be potential death and destruction if he was charged in the Manhattan criminal probe. And during his first term, he flat out refused to condemn the political violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Saying there were very fine people on both sides. In 2020, he reported... There's an old cow she drug out of the canal. He asked his defense secretary

Starting point is 00:09:47 about shooting people who were protesting the death of George Floyd, saying Can you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something. Shoot them! Shoot them! And of course, his very words inspired violence on January 6, 2021, when he told a crowd of his supporters to

Starting point is 00:10:03 walk down to the Capitol and fight like hell because, quote, you'll never take back our country with weakness. Trust me, I could go on and on. Yeah, you could. We all know by now that Trump's allusions to political violence are not merely rhetorical. His supporters take them literally. That's part of the big problem here. And he knows that too.

Starting point is 00:10:25 They're called voters. No, we did not miss the full context. This was not some meandering off message comment. This is his message. So she literally goes out of her way to not explain the context by taking other things out of context. It's unbelievable how dishonest. She will be struck by light. She should be not.

Starting point is 00:10:45 Now, I have a super cut showing the other side of the equation. Yes, we have the same media people using bloodbath casually left and right in their own with their own narratives, not thinking twice about it. We have to give credit to Rob Ducifer. Sir Ducifer, I think he put this together over at the InfoWars. But as politico.com reports tonight on the, quote, bloodbath at the RNC, headlines calling it a, quote, bloodbath. A bloodbath. Not only is it going to be a bloodbath, but after they leave New Hampshire, it's a bloodbath on her home turf. That's really tough. And Trump has left a lot of corpses in his wake. I mean, we can count the bodies.

Starting point is 00:11:28 As part of the, quote, MAGA drive to take over Maricopa County. And the headline refers to it as an impending bloodbath. Columnist Charles Blow has a new piece for the New York Times entitled A Biden Bloodbath. 2018 midterms. You can bet that they 100% are fearing a slaughter. In fact, the word bloodbath and massacre come up frequently. The Republican Party will be destroyed. It's going to be a bloodbath. There's going to be a bloodbath one way or the other. Bloodbath for Bernie Sanders. It's been a bloodbath. They're shaping up to be a bloodbath. Now, this is all before 2022. This is amazing how many times the M5M

Starting point is 00:11:59 has used the term bloodbath. Head off a bloodbath in next year's crucial midterm. Off-year elections are often a bloodbath. This week's bloodbath for Democrats, a bloodbath in next year's crucial midterm. Off-year elections are often a bloodbath. This week's bloodbath for Democrats. A bloodbath at the ballot box. There could be a Republican bloodbath. They'll talk about a bloodbath. It's a bloodbath. I have to talk about you. It's going to be a bloodbath all day long.

Starting point is 00:12:17 It's in for a bloodbath. Hasn't been a bloodbath on the way down. Donald Trump bloodbath. Be a bloodbath. Predicted to be a bloodbath. May not be the bloodbath. It would be a blood bath. Predicted to be a blood bath. May not be the blood bath. It would be a blood bath. More of a blood bath.

Starting point is 00:12:28 It's going to be a blood bath in November. Possible Biden blood bath this November. A blood bath on Wall Street. There's going to be a blood bath. In Alabama. Into a blood bath. Obviously there was a blood bath. It was a blood bath.

Starting point is 00:12:41 We're down 800 points. This blood bath at Department of Homeland Security. And it's a blood bath today. There was going 800 points. This bloodbath at Department of Homeland Security. And it's a bloodbath today. There was going to be this bloodbath. Election bloodbath. It could be a bloodbath for them. Bloodbath, possibly. Bloodbath that went through with the Attorney General.

Starting point is 00:12:53 Bloodbath 99 days out. The bloodbath is going to look like. Resided over a bloodbath in the diplomatic corps. In my opinion, bloodbath. Bloodbath that Democrats are calling it a ticket sales turned into a blood bath. All right, let's go to a serious journalist who should know better. I'm quite sure that we can get some a little bit of sanity out of Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC. Come on, Larry.

Starting point is 00:13:15 Oh, yeah, sure. Larry, save the day. Today, the Biden-Harris campaign said Donald Trump has shown us who he is time and time again and released this video. He's literally playing a Democrat Party ad on his show. Yeah, of course he is. Don't get elected. It's going to be a bloodbath. And it's going to be a bloodbath for the country. Jews will not replace us!

Starting point is 00:13:38 But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Are you willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups? Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. Please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages. There have been a lot of pardons and commutations of January 6th defendants. Yes, absolutely. Tell your supporters now, no matter what, no violence. And it's going to be a bloodbath.

Starting point is 00:14:26 It's going to be a bloodbath. Lawrence, tag it. Perhaps some of you are feeling fear tonight because of Donald Trump's words. That's what he wants you to feel. He wants you to fear. He wants your fear. Don't give it to him. Oh, but it's working, Larry, because Sonny Haasen of The View is almost crying out of fear. He is saying things like this. I don't think you're going to have another election if I don't win or certainly not an election that's meaningful.

Starting point is 00:14:54 He's saying the quiet part out loud. If I am not elected, we are going to see January 6th again and i think we need to be on guard to make sure that we preserve our democracy so that our country looks the way that it should look like all of us it's a diverse country that's what america was built upon yes i don't know how she got there from bloodbath but these people are scaring themselves literally Literally scaring his own team. The M5M team will do anything for money. It's so unbelievable because it was so clear. They still were able to take the whole context thing and just say,

Starting point is 00:15:39 oh, well, but we know what they're talking about. We know what it is. Yeah, it's context schmontex. We understand what he's talking about. He's talking about. He's talking about blood, blood, bath and death and destruction. Shortly after the speech, the Trump campaign tried to clean up those comments, insisting in a statement to NBC News. The former president was only talking about a bloodbath for the auto industry and auto workers. the auto industry and auto workers and before everyone gets triggered and is shocked because this is a shock opera yeah that we have to unfortunately endure because we're constantly

Starting point is 00:16:10 shocked by what he says but don't let that shock don't let that trauma trauma let you forget what you're hearing that's some nlp right there wow that's good one. Don't let the trauma that you have deep in the recesses of your mind come up front. Don't be afraid of the trauma of the shock opera. Well, I wrote a sub stack on this. You did. I put it in the show notes even. And thank you for doing that. And

Starting point is 00:16:38 I want to mention something else that we don't have any clips on, but just to mention it. Dvorak.substack.com That even the We don't have any clips on, but just to mention it. Dvorak.substack.com. That even the fact checkers, Snopes being the head of the pack on this one, took the bloodbath comment as true. And they used the rationale that the words, that there will be a bloodbath, just those words alone. He actually said those words.

Starting point is 00:17:09 They took it. They didn't have any context aspect to it. They just says, yes, he did say that. So it's true. And then they used an example of people reflecting on this, which was a tweet that somebody posted, where the tweet guy, some occupied Democrats or one of these guys, added the word violent. Trump says there'll be a violent bloodbath, and Snopes let that slide. I mean, it's pathetic how everybody works in concert.

Starting point is 00:17:46 But then the point of your article was something else. Yes, the point of the article, just to summarize, was that Trump brought up a good point about the Chinese building a big factory to do a workaround on anything. Because if the Chinese suspect Trump's going to get in office, he's going to put the kibosh on a bunch of things, including maybe add some tariffs, which he did last time. Well, you can't do that if you're coming in from Mexico. And he's made the comment

Starting point is 00:18:14 that I'm going to tax them 100 percent. I in the in the column I mentioned, I don't think he can. The agreement that Trump put together, the Canadian-Mexico-United States trade agreement, won't allow it. He can't do that. If the Chinese are going to build a bunch of cars and bring them in from Mexico, hey, there will be a bloodbath. And nobody's discussing that at all, including Fox. Well, what kind of high standard do you hold fox to well i'm just saying fox at least caught on with the phony baloney bloodbath comments but all they did if you watch any of their shows is mock the mainstream they didn't bring up the point about you know is it possible that the chinese could move stuff in and i mentioned in the newsletter another which i didn't put in the substat column is they're already got a mega

Starting point is 00:19:09 factory down they're building modular homes that they may flood our country with formaldehyde homes maybe really because actually i have to say i looked at these byd cars they look kind of cool if if just for in the city they've done a. They've built a million of one of the models already. They built, that's a massive operation. It's basically a golf cart that costs seven or eight grand, right? No, it's more the size of a small Honda. Right, yeah. It's not a golf cart.

Starting point is 00:19:41 Someone wrote us from China, probably ccp agent and said these things actually cool you it d what um it's byd build your dream and you can configure the car to say you know i want 15 usb ports i want 10 cup holders somehow i'm not quite sure how it works but he was saying oh you can build it however you want. It's all modular. I'm like, okay. What was that car that was modular that you could determine? I think we had one of those. Not the Kia, but it was some other car.

Starting point is 00:20:17 The point is, is that this is the real issue here. It's not what Trump said casually. They actually have something they could slam him on, and they're overlooking it for the faux fear breaking breaking bloodbath breaking cheap yeah they could go after him on this because they could say well you're the one they came up with this agreement this modernized nafta and now the chinese are going to roll in town and you can't do anything about it why don't they talk about that no that's not not an issue it was the same even though that is the issue the scion was the car you could configure the scion yeah well i vaguely remember the scion

Starting point is 00:20:57 well it's cool because we get those i mean basically uh by the media not bringing attention to this and by Trump's own trade agreement, they're going to burn down America with these millions of Chinese cars that explode in your garage. So it's really a national security issue at this point. You know it. Explode in the garage. You know they're going to burn. Not only come in cheap, cheap, very good, best price. They come in with best price. They'll probably wipe out all of our electric cars,

Starting point is 00:21:29 and then they'll blow up all our houses. Exactly. There's your strategy with your military-age men fear. It's the cars. Now, actually, there's a much bigger danger, much, much bigger danger. I mean, I peel back some layers on Oprah, which, believe me, is a lot of layers. And oh my gee, this issue of the GLP-1 drugs that they you know that are just flooding america

Starting point is 00:22:06 uh and because of our severe sugar addiction which we have you know the world has it but we're we're the champions of sugar addiction the sugar and the processed foods the processed you know the carbs gO fruit fructose, and of course, number one, alcohol and alcohol, which already has sugar plus sugar. I mean, how many shows have you seen talking about these sugary alcohol drinks? I mean, especially the morning shows. They're always drinking them. Everywhere.

Starting point is 00:22:44 Everywhere. You know, we have this this just happened you remember that cosmics the the mcdonald's the their new concept this is like a sugar what happened to that oh option for breakfast in the morning if you live in north dallas mcdonald's opening its concept restaurant cosmics It is located on the corner of Campbell and Preston Roads in far north Dallas. There are some food items, but the focus is on drinks and coffee. A lot of coffee, I'm told, and specialty drinks. This is the first location in the state. Yesterday, customers were getting an opportunity to try out those new offerings.

Starting point is 00:23:20 We had to get the drinks in the drive-thru and then come inside and get food because you've got to try every facet of it. You've got to experience every angle. It's so cute. McDonald's says it plans to open more Cosmix restaurants in the Dallas area within the coming months. These are obesity fill-up stations. Yeah, especially those fat Texans. You know, Texas has got a lot of those big square people.

Starting point is 00:23:44 They're huge. Well, we all know, you've all seen the meme, America in the 1970s, America in the 2024. I mean, we are fat. We're fat. And it's because... My favorite meme is showing, it says, the reason for

Starting point is 00:23:58 ocean sea rise. And it shows a 70s shot of a bunch of thin people and then a bunch of fat. So it's on the beach. It's funny, but it's really sad because we're not the, our government,

Starting point is 00:24:12 our CDC, uh, the health and human services, they're not talking about this. No, no. Keep eating your sugar. Go just walk around in the airport.

Starting point is 00:24:23 People are standing in line all unhappy looking waiting for a cinnabon sugar more sugar i need sugar we're addicted it's it's this this is the by the way don't go after the sugar industry those guys are more dangerous than the cocaine industry they'll kill you in a heartbeat if you start talking about it too much but now we have this fix which is uh ozempic wagovi manjaro and death bound so we have all these you know these so-called diet drugs for diabetes oh it's magic oh oh oh it's magic it works so well you can keep eating all this schlock as much as you want. Load up on sugar. This will take it away.

Starting point is 00:25:12 It's just going to take it away. So we know that Oprah gave up her board seat on Weight Watchers, who are now in the game. They purchased a telehealth company, which by itself is an unbelievable development in American healthcare. Any drug you want. You just, you know, I just went on the website, click, click, click, answer five questions. Yeah, I answered them truthfully.

Starting point is 00:25:36 Yeah, sure. And you got your drug. You got your drug. It's no problem. In the mail. It's beautiful. Now from Amazon. Now from, what's his face uh dallas boy mavericks

Starting point is 00:25:48 boy cuban mark cuban oh mark cuban yeah and oprah also gave up all of her shares she donated them to the smithsonian institute black studies department for which she can take a fantastic uh deduction because it's a proper 501c3. And she could always just turn around and buy those back in the open market. It's a public company. It's not like that removes any conflict of interest. So she had the big, the reason why she did that was for this big ABC special. Did you see the special?

Starting point is 00:26:23 I avoided it. I'm sorry. I figured you'd watch it. Oh, I watched it and I was appalled. I mean, I was appalled, blown away. In fact, watching this was almost like being in the future where I was watching a documentary. You know how these documentaries of the drug companies and how they got everybody hooked on Oxy or on fentanyl. And now you're going back in the documentary and you show that everyone's making money. They're partying, they're doing blow, they got hookers and everything. And they, oh, well, we're killing people.

Starting point is 00:26:57 Yay, whatever. It felt like I was watching one of those in the future. And we're now seeing how people were tricked into getting into this stuff and and even better by having the government pay for it that's what this special was about and oprah there's no way yes what do you mean the government pay for it they paid for this special no they're going to pay for this drug you know that that's what they're lobbying for. Oh, what you mean is the drug. Yes, because Medicare, Medicaid, all that insurance. Because it's life-saving. So in this hour-long special on ABC,

Starting point is 00:27:32 not for one moment was there a nutritionist, anyone talking about eating healthy foods, staying away. In fact, the word processed food was mentioned once at the very beginning in the setup. Dr. W. Scott Butch has been studying the disease of obesity. And please note, throughout this entire special, John, obesity is not because you're addicted to sugar and you're eating this poison. It's a disease. It's a disease. It's a disease. It's a disease.

Starting point is 00:28:11 For nearly two decades, for six years, he has been the director of obesity medicine in the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Your weight has been stable. It's come up a little bit here, but I think that's the difficulty. Obesity is a complex disease. There's many inputs from genetics to environments. The food environments change. We're not sleeping as much. Our microbiome is changing, maybe due to that changed processed food. What we've learned through science is that the brain controls our body fat and our food intake and our metabolism. The brain controls our body fat and our food intake and our metabolism.

Starting point is 00:28:50 So it regulates how much body fat we have in our body and how big those fat cells are. Obesity is a dysfunction of that regulatory system that's supposed to control our body fat in a specific range. So when you lose weight, your body will intentionally slow your metabolism down. It'll intentionally make you more hungry, all in an attempt to get back to where it used to be. The body is built to maintain our weight, our adipose tissue, our body fat. And some people are more prone to holding on to their fat. They have a higher weight set point.

Starting point is 00:29:23 So people who are dieting are basically trying to restrict their caloric intake, because that's what we've been told. Almost trying to hold their breath underwater. And what do we see when that happens? We have to come up for air. Our body is going to make us unable to continue to lose weight, and we will naturally go back to where we previously were.

Starting point is 00:29:45 So here's what they're trying to tell us, that this is a disease and it's in your brain because your brain has a body set point. This is why I'm saying it's like I'm watching a documentary from the future. They're making this stuff up. So your body has a set point and it will make you eat. So you can't help it. It will make you eat so you can't help it you it will make you eat now i'm not going to disagree if you compare alcoholism to this as a disease because yes it's it's you are hooked on alcohol you are and i think that's generally accepted alcoholism is a disease which also

Starting point is 00:30:23 contains a lot of sugar of course so this is now this is the point one point of this special is to hammer into your brain it's a disease it's not you has nothing to do with you or the pie hole everything goes into and and by the way people who are have this real issue but the the lying and the uncertainty of the long-term effects of these drugs, it's not even known, but they are shoving it down your throat with Oprah right at the helm. And this is not just a disease, John. It's a complex disease. Many people have the disease of obesity. Everybody who is overweight does not have the disease of obesity. But if you have the disease of obesity, you're always going to go back to

Starting point is 00:31:13 that set point. If you don't have it, then you can diet, lose weight, exercise, all of the things that we've heard over the years. Am I on the right track here? Absolutely. Are you all following this? Because if you all are tracking, it means the rest of the world track. But there's a spectrum of obesity as well. It's not one disease. It's a spectrum. It's many different subtypes of a disease. So it's complex. Quite complex. And that's why it is so wrong to be shaming people because you don't understand the complexity of each person's situation. And I think, as Amy said, this is just a reflection of someone's uneducated belief. You're uneducated. Shut up. It's a spectrum. Where else have we heard this?

Starting point is 00:31:57 Oh, autism. It's a spectrum whereby everybody can be on the spectrum. These are the tricks they employ. Whereby everybody can be on the spectrum. These are the tricks they employ. Now, this category of drug has been around for 18, minimum 18 years, but they've never really been able to sell it the way that they're selling it now. Part of that is in the last, I mean, certainly since the lockdown, we have just ballooned, certainly as a nation, because everything contains sugar. Everything is GMO'd. All the foods we are eating are unhealthy. But there's one extra thing we didn't have. That was a magic marketing machine. Dr. Velasquez is here. Were you all surprised in your practices when people started losing weight?

Starting point is 00:32:43 Yeah, I mean, I think we have, we've already been using other medications for the last 10, 20 years, but these were just a little bit more effective. I mean, we hadn't seen a- 10, 20 years for diabetes. For obesity. Where was I when this was? Where was the announcement?

Starting point is 00:33:03 You know, and I think, you you know i go to the cleveland clinic nobody told me oh so you've been doing this for 20 years 18 or so yeah it wasn't mainstream then we didn't have tiktok that was our problem okay ah there's the first clue we didn't have tiktok that was our main problem we're going to circle back to that interesting the way they said problem oh well of course because it was a marketing problem 100 i'm gonna i'm gonna get back to that in a moment the marketing problem so these are by the way that's a doctor so there's two doctors she has on the show and um and they have they're very very knowledgeable they know everything about this uh because they've been doing this for a long time.

Starting point is 00:33:49 And by the way, you're going to be on it for life. And do you have to be on it for the rest of your life? Yeah, the data would support that. I mean, we have good trials showing that when these patients stop the medication, the disease comes back. Both of you are consultants. Can you stop it for a second? I just want to complain about the change in language in this world. Oh, yeah. The use of the word disease, which always implied to me something that was contagious, it had a vector, it had a bacteria or some sort of a foundational reason for existing. Now it's everything. Gambling.

Starting point is 00:34:23 Gambling's a disease. Smoking's a disease. being fat is a disease none of these things have got anything to do with with vectors at all it's but they use the term this is like the redefinition of vaccine that's right where they give you a genetic shot of some sort and that's a somehow a vaccine because they've redefined it. This redefinition, which I have a couple of clips of about something else later in the show, is just getting on my nerves. It's only going to get worse. And this is why, to me, what these people are doing here is more dangerous than COVID and the COVID vax.

Starting point is 00:35:02 You know, I think, I don't know if I have this on the clip, but somewhere Oprah talks about there's 2 billion obese people in the world. So that's, so a disease has 2 billion people? Huh? No, no, because it's a lie. All of this is a lie. It's what you're putting in your mouth.

Starting point is 00:35:20 This is when people go on the carnivore diet. They're like, oh yeah, I went all beef and look at me, I'm great. That's not because of the beef. It doesn't hurt, but you stop eating all the other crap. That's the magic bullet right there. But let's go back and listen to these doctors. She has a very interesting question. And do you have to be on it for the rest of your life? Yeah, the data would support that. I mean, we have good trials showing that when these patients stop the medication. Hold on, stop again. The tone of the answer is as if it's a positive thing. That's right. And it's really frightening to listen to this. You can back it up and start it over. But the tone of the, do you have to be on this for the rest of your life? Oh yeah,

Starting point is 00:36:03 it's great. Yeah, that's, yes you do. And that's a good thing. How is that a good thing? Oh man, I can't wait until we get through this whole, it's only 37 seconds, but when we get through it, you're going to love it even more. And do you have to be on it for the rest of your life? Yeah, the data would support that. I mean, we have good trials showing that when these patients stop the medication, the disease comes back. Both of you are consultants. Hold on, stop again. I'm not going to rewind it all the way. Okay, yes.

Starting point is 00:36:31 Use of the word good in her explanation. We have good trials. Yeah. Is another positive reinforcement term to make it sound like, oh yeah, you have to be on the rest of your life. It's good. The associative wording is just unbelievable. This is really a fascinating piece of propaganda.

Starting point is 00:36:52 It gets better. These patients stop the medication, the disease comes back. Both of you are consultants to the drug companies. What does that mean? What that means is that they're looking for an expert opinion to be able to deliver high quality care to patients. You know, I've been involved with some of these companies in developing educational programs and modules for medical students and medical trainees to learn more about the disease of obesity. I'm also running clinical trials with future medications.

Starting point is 00:37:19 Okay, so the obesity epidemic among children. They are paid consultants for the pharmaceutical companies that they're talking about and oprah just says what's that about oh yeah well i get they get pay me for my expertise and the other guy's like oh yeah i do educational programs it's called marketing these are marketing shills paid doctors this is this is what got everyone in trouble with oxy because the doctors are bought and paid for they're sitting right there with oprah on abc prime time saying oh yeah no i'm a consultant yeah i get paid by these companies it's great it's it's it's mind-boggling oh but wait there's more after i'm just going to presume oprah gave all her shares

Starting point is 00:38:05 up took the tax benefit and could have easily repurchased the shares in the public market let's bring on the lady from weight watchers okay so i recently made the decision to not continue serving on the board of weight watchers and i made that decision because i wanted no perceived conflict of interest for this special. Oh, there's none here, Oprah. So that I could have a conversation with you. For some marketing. Seema Sistani, the CEO of Weight Watchers. And now Weight Watchers has changed its philosophy

Starting point is 00:38:40 and has purchased a company that is in the weight loss medications. Can you tell us why that philosophy changed? The philosophy has changed because it's a disease, Oprah. We are the most clinically tested, evidence-based, science-backed behavior change program. Okay, roll the prompter, roll the prompter. But we were missing the third prong, which was biology. There could be somebody who needs medications because they have that biological underpinning. And therefore, what is so important is for us to provide that care and also to help people release the shame. For all those people who came side by side and took on the behavior change, some of them walked away without the success. And to those people, I want to say, it's not your fault.

Starting point is 00:39:30 Not your fault. Why do we need Weight Watchers if we've got Zep Bound and Rigovy? Weight Watchers is not just about weight loss. It's about community, it's about education, and it is about care. That's our new philosophy, is to help people live longer, happier lives with weight health care. No, you're now a drug pusher. You bought a company that does telehealth, and Oprah just put you on television to make sure everybody can go to the well-known Weight Watchers brand and buy Ozempic and Wegovy from you. Well done, Oprah. Now, let's talk about the risks. This is my favorite because we bring in America's favorite doctor, Dr. Jen from ABC. Listen to this.

Starting point is 00:40:20 People often don't realize that these were first FDA approved in the United States for help in managing type 2 diabetes almost 20 years ago. So we have extensive safety and efficacy data. They have a good track record. However, when you talk about risks, I think you need to ask four questions. What are the risks of taking these drugs versus what are the risks of not taking these drugs this is so good so if you don't take these drugs which obviously have some risk you know you you could die of a heart attack you can die of all kinds of things that come with obesity so she's going to say that

Starting point is 00:40:59 it's the risk is lower in taking the drugs than not taking the drug. Oh, you don't want to raise your risk by not taking the drugs. What are the risks of not taking these drugs? What are the benefits of taking these drugs? And what are the benefits of not taking these drugs? We know conclusively that if you do not treat or manage the conditions of overweight or obesity, the risks are significant. Increased risks of heart attacks, stroke, various types of cancer. That has to be part of this decision-making analysis. So take a very rare potential risk or side effect of this class of medication.

Starting point is 00:41:36 If a risk is noted to occur one out of every 100,000 times, that's rare. That's one case. But if all of a sudden a million people are on that drug you're going to see that rare risk or side effect 10 times oh my dr jen hang your head in shame so yeah there's a rare side effect so you know you'll see a couple people in a hundred thousand but if everyone's on it it's going to seem like a lot of people have side effects so keep that in mind i'm dr jen america's favorite doctor dr death is what i call her so let's bring back the doctors let's let's talk about these side effects which as far as i know uh there is an increased risk of suicidal tendencies there have been people who have completed have brought suicide to completion that That is how the...

Starting point is 00:42:25 I have it in the show notes. That is how some of the studies call it. They've brought suicide to full completion. There's also all kinds of things for people with thyroid. But, you know, we've tried it on mice. So, what are you worrying about? But they do have side effects. I think that they've gotten overhyped.

Starting point is 00:42:45 Medicines have side effects. But the important part is that they're mild to moderate in the research studies. Yeah, I want to talk to, have you answered this question about serious health effects down the road? Yeah, we can speak to that. So there's been a lot of hype around like pancreatitis, gallbladder complications, concerns for thyroid cancer. So this has really not been shown in human studies that this is because you don't have human studies on it you've done it this is showing up in mice oh and we don't want to test that on humans the mice they died but it's just mice concerns for thyroid cancer so this has really not been shown in human studies that this is a downstream

Starting point is 00:43:22 complication and that really that the risk is less than one percent and so when we're talking about any medication people who have it it is an issue for them so if anybody has a history one more thing yeah sure one percent is one out of a hundred not one out of a hundred thousand as they were trying they've already they've already in your brain yep the idea of one in a hundred thousand. Well, one in a hundred thousand, that's not that much. But when you say 1%, you might as well say one in a hundred, which is a little different. Yeah. It's a magnitude. It's 1,000 times more.

Starting point is 00:43:58 This is a sales job, and it's disgusting. And so when we're talking about any medication. People who have it, it is an issue for them. So if anybody has a history specifically of medullary thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer is very, very rare. So if they do have that, we are not prescribing that medication. So we have to be able to keep up with knowing the data and recognizing that it's rare, but it's there. And we have to always screen. Rare, but there. It's rare, but there. And, it's there and we have to always scream rare but there

Starting point is 00:44:25 it's rare but there and uh and you know we all have to scream okay final clip from this special now now this is what just i mean my mouth hung open they brought in two reps from the actual pharma companies, from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, sat them together. Arch rivals sat them together, which Oprah kept making a big deal about. This is so awesome. I mean, they are so serious about this disease and the spectrum of disease that they just want to help you. That's why they're sitting side by side. And they looked and sounded like marketing ladies to me, but they are there to pitch the most important part. And this will be used over and over again in the halls of Congress. Miguel Morris is a senior vice president for Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind Ozempic and

Starting point is 00:45:27 Regovi. And Rhonda Pachico is the group vice president for Eli Lilly, the American pharma company that manufactures and sells Manjaro and Zepbound. And they've been sitting together this entire hour? I wanted to ask you, in the Novo Nordisk offices, when this hit TikTok and became like a sensation, what was going on back there? It was actually over two decades ago that Novo Nordisk made a stand that obesity is a disease and that the shame that society keeps on people who are dealing with excess weight and obesity needs to stop. And so can you both talk about access? First of all, running out of the drugs, I guess that's because the demand was so high, correct? Unprecedented demand. I think people are getting the memo like you're talking about,

Starting point is 00:46:23 and people are really understanding that this is a disease, and they're seeing treatments that are showing this efficacy. And so they're going out and they're speaking to their physicians. And so it is unprecedented. There are a lot of physicians who are not informed about it. Correct. Yes. Correct.

Starting point is 00:46:42 So the job's not done. So access is complex, just like the disease itself is complex. Obesity medications are not covered to the same extent, and that's why that out-of-pocket cost is what it is. When you look at obesity, it's nowhere near the coverage that we need. Well, I thank you both for being here the first time in 100 years. for being here the first time in a hundred years this has happened okay oprah well done so as i as i start to dive into this all of a sudden i start to figure it out this is also the tiktok problem in general tiktok has figured out they have they have entire hashtag pages that they maintain for uh obesity and they and all the influencers are tagged by this tiktok is not is not uh you know they're

Starting point is 00:47:36 not putting the influences in there the influencers are paid by the drug companies they're paid to do their thing and I think it's hundreds of thousands of them. TikTok is responsible for the algo and for the hashtag and for making sure that it gets pushed into everybody's face. And this is why Google in particular and Meta, of course, they are so pissed off because these guys have basically figured out the remote control when in the 80s what was the what was the big thing that got us all hooked on television it wasn't television per se it was the clicker click click click just click click click click click and that's what tiktok is swipe up click click click click it's the same mechanism on you know hyper

Starting point is 00:48:20 hyperized so now they've got all these different things that these drugs are going to cure dementia inflammation heart issues depression addiction to anything lower risk of alcohol abuse disorder this is the this is going to this is going to be it and it's going to fix everything even though we don't really have the trials and there's one percent and probably you know this could stop and you could probably fix a lot of this by eating different things not eating no one talked about it by lowering your intake of sugar and i have to say if you look at all the television shows particularly the morning shows that are rampant on cable and on local television all the ladies sitting there drinking their sugary alcohol drinks. Everybody's talking about cocktails. So we're just taking in more and more sugar.

Starting point is 00:49:07 And then I came across this and it all came home. The stigma of obesity is the next frontier. The stigma of depression is already all over TikTok. And I think TikTok is cleaning up. I think they're making so much money by manipulating their algos to put these influencers in front of mainly teenage girls because they are now,

Starting point is 00:49:39 they've gone all out on the marketing of depression. And if you look at the drugs that the children are on from Prozac to Lexapro, I mean, I can't even tell you all the different brand names that they have. Here's an interview with one of those influencers who talks about how this works. What are hot girl pills?

Starting point is 00:49:59 Hot girl pills are SSRIs or antidepressants. It's a way that Gen Z girls seem to describe their antidepressants on TikTok. There's also silly girl pills. There's also all kinds of mental health merchandise with pills on them. There's Prozac pillows, there's antidepressant phone cases. There's a common phrase now, like hot girls take Lexapro, girls take Sert sertraline all kinds of stuff like that not only is there the normalization of these mental health diagnosis but the absolute glamorization of them now and you've got like kids putting their mental health medication and diagnosis in their twitter bios young people putting them on their tinder profiles like you can't say it's stigma anymore that's the

Starting point is 00:50:41 wrong context especially for things like anxiety and depression, autism, ADHD. I'm sure there's areas of it that are stigmatized, but the way these campaigns talk about it, it's as if it's 10 years ago. This is what they're doing. These pharma rats have captured our children, particularly girls. They're glamorizing their anti-depressive meds hot girls there's t-shirts hot girls take lexapro you can buy it right there from the influencers oh look up go to my etsy score a store oh i've got my prozac pillow i'll put it oh yes kids at school oh yeah you laugh but they had i do laugh i laugh the demon has a hold of our children. Is it social media?

Starting point is 00:51:27 Yeah. There's all kinds of issue. The real problem is Big Pharma has our children. They have them by the balls because all of them have balls now. They have them by the balls and they're controlling them and they're glamorizing these drugs. Get your kids off of this stuff. This is unbelievable. And it just makes so much sense.

Starting point is 00:51:48 Now I know why Google is so mad about TikTok. They're getting all the pharma money. All of it. Because they figured out the magical formula. Well, this was around for 18 years. It never worked before. What happened? TikTok.

Starting point is 00:52:02 That's actually kind of the real thematic aspect of this. That's exactly it. Even Oprah was, you know, made fun of the fact that it's been around forever. So it's been around for 18 years and only now they're making hay. And what's the coincidence TikTok would be it? What do you mean the coincidence? The coincidence of how do you start marketing? What mechanism allowed this thing to now become popular and marketed properly?

Starting point is 00:52:31 It wasn't possible before, obviously, because it's been around for 18 years. So what's the coincidence? Yeah, they have TikTok influencers and TikTok will sell you the uh the algorithm promotion heating probably sell you a package oh yeah that's what i'm saying there's the i think i have it here here's what we're going to do for you to get sit in front of one of the guys the buyer and you say here's what we've got nobody else's has this and then they they outline it you know i've seen these guys send their sales pitch they they write it all out and have a whiteboard maybe, and they'll show them exactly how it's going to work and what it's going to cost

Starting point is 00:53:11 and how long it's going to take, and nobody else can do it. I'm reading from their own page on TikTok. At TikTok, we're proud to be a platform that offers a safe place where people feel comfortable sharing their personal stories and openly discussing well-being. And we're constantly inspired by our community's support for one another. This hashtag Mental Health Awareness Month, we're announcing the launch of new initiatives

Starting point is 00:53:34 aimed at promoting positive mental well-being, combating stigma, and providing support to our community. Dude, they're not even bashful about it. You can buy the hashtag. Well, yeah, but because they're killing children. They know it. This is why in the future, we may not be doing this show,

Starting point is 00:53:57 but in the future, there's going to be a documentary. They may even put this audio in it. These podcasters figured it out, but they were just podcasters. That I doubt. No one listened to them. And even Oprah was in on it. It is, it's sad. And these meds, they lock the demons inside of you.

Starting point is 00:54:20 These aren't helping you. These aren't, no way. Oh yeah, i'm sorry yeah you know now that finland has doubled their intake of ssris they're now the happiest country in the world i have that clip oh you do but before that i want to play the adhd clip which is showing you gma3 good morning american three uh is on board they're yucking it up the whole time here we go okay let's look at these rising rates of adhd that are across the country what are we learning about this these are new numbers from the cdc and i just want to show you some of these numbers because they are concerning. So if you look at the years from 2020 to 2022, the rates of ADHD diagnosis in children from 5 to 17 have increased by 2.5%

Starting point is 00:55:11 since 2019. And the rate is higher among adolescents, those aged 12 to 17. And boys are twice as likely to be diagnosed than girls. And this accounts to almost 6 million children aged 3 to 17 so far have been diagnosed within the United States. It's concerning. It's something that we need to pay attention to because it not only affects, obviously, their social interactions, but just their development, learning, education. So why boys more than girls? That's a great question. I think that there's a lot of structural societal questions that we have. It's probably nuanced and complicated, to be honest, DeMarco, that we won't be able to find a specific answer. I think one of the reasons why we're seeing these

Starting point is 00:55:48 rising rates are a couple of factors. Number one, a decrease in stigma around the diagnosis. Many people are talking about it, so people feel more comfortable. There's more awareness about the symptoms, so parents know when to bring this up with their physicians and their child's doctor. And then also just in terms of access, there's more access for those who are seeking out help because there's just more people know about it. And so hopefully this leads to more people getting that diagnosis. Maybe it's not necessarily more people are getting ADHD,

Starting point is 00:56:14 we're just being able to find it better. Which is also good. Did he mention what drugs you can get if you have the diagnosis? And you're not afraid of the stigma? You're not afraid of the stigma you're not afraid of the stigma we need where's our federal trade commission we need all kinds of oh come on let's at least pretend we need we need all kinds of government organizations to come in and stop this they're

Starting point is 00:56:37 marketing death to our children they don't even know companies own the media the media tells the government what to do they don't even know how ssris work no that's the funny part yeah they just kind of work yeah just work in the same gma3 might as well play the happiness report so we can at least get that out of the way there's new info in the happiness report america is less happy? It's the first time. Surprisingly, I guess it's not a surprise to too many people, but America has fallen out of the top 20. So this is a new Gallup poll where they basically analyze citizens

Starting point is 00:57:13 of around 140 nations and they rank the world's happiest countries. And America has normally sat in the top 20, but for the first time, it's fallen out of that. It's fallen to number 23. But I think as we were talking during the break, the most interesting thing about this is that millennials seem to be the unhappiest compared to those who are in the boomer category.

Starting point is 00:57:33 And there are a lot of reasons why I can suspect that that might be. I was actually saying it could be the pressure from IG and Facebook and all of the social media attention there. But how can we change that, get those numbers up? You know, there are, I think, number one, to your point, I think that there is something to be said about social media. They always say comparison is the thief of joy. So it's definitely an aspect of that.

Starting point is 00:57:54 But there have been proven scientific studies in terms of what benefits us the most to get our happiness up. Number one, physical activity, obviously, improving those endorphins. Sleep, you want to make sure that you have a routine and then avoiding certain food groups during wintertime, especially when we feel down, we reach for those carbs. I know I reach for French fries because that causes that surge in sugar and sometimes even endorphins and dopamine because you're just so excited to have it. But avoiding that and switching to lean meats can help you stabilize your emotions and be better throughout the day also practicing gratitude keeping a journal and then lastly and most importantly again avoiding

Starting point is 00:58:29 comparison i think that that's one of the most important factors here oh man he says it right there oh i need some sugar i'm not happy i need some sugar give me some sugar he does but the thing that always crops up in these there's a couple of weird things that crop up. Keeping a journal. I don't know what that's all about. But I've noticed it before, keeping a journal. And by the way, I recommend keeping a journal to writers. Anyone who thinks they're going to be a writer someday.

Starting point is 00:59:00 Well, you know, so not only the kids, but the teachers are now on the so-called anti-sad pills. We had the clip on the last show about the teacher saying, I'm taking anti-sad pills. And I got a note from Sir Kyle the Fearless, Jedi Knight of the Orange Fleet. And he says, the teachers on drugs is a result of the terrible shape of our schools, as well as the wide availability and pushing of anti-sad pills. While the lady on the TikTok is weak for needing pills right after student teaching, my wife is a 13th year middle school teacher a couple of years ago, considered taking anti-sad pills, and this was with a firm sustain for them.

Starting point is 00:59:40 Not quite sure what that means. Oh, disdain probably. Luckily, I convinced her otherwise and found natural methods to fix the issue uh i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of teachers are users the school system is so bad uh the teachers stay because they are either passionate or out of guilt or they want to get that pension they think they don't have any better options kids are allowed to do whatever they want teachers don't have the power because they would you know you'll be called racist um even at a Christian school, my wife recently escaped two same issues to a lesser extent. Certain minority students and their parents feel entitled to lecture parents.

Starting point is 01:00:16 My wife is incentivized to not punish certain minority students because then she'd have to deal with those parents and have to over-expl actions the administration won't stand up to these parents this is this is a drain we're circling it going down going down sucking us down now there is there are some obvious issues with social media and you know there's a lot of people out there with books and you know abigail schreier is back out on the on the promotion path with her book talking about how you know we're we're putting these children in too much therapy and and always asking how are you feeling are you feeling okay are you feeling happy which of course makes the kid you know say well am i happy no i'm probably not happy boom entered the happy the anti-sad pill um uh jonathan hate is back out uh he did the original coddling of the american mind and now he's out with we're right rewiring our kids brains

Starting point is 01:01:18 and his his solution in this book is well we need age verification on social media it's all about social media now and completely skips over the drugs one in eight kids is on drugs in america one in eight people in america are on these drugs it's it you know you and i are sheltered when it comes to that this is normal this is just the most normal thing and if we don't speak up about it is just going to keep going on and on and on so um you i see you have a tiktok clip you want to is that appropriate for right here no actually this tiktok clip is talking about the momentum toward getting legislation against that's good yeah that's good i want to play it yeah i want to play the senate today receiving a briefing on tikt U.S. intelligence agencies.

Starting point is 01:02:07 This comes just days after the House passed a bill aimed at addressing the app's affiliation with communist China. The legislation requires TikTok to divest from the Chinese parent company ByteDance or else face a ban from U.S. app stores. Despite overwhelming support for the bill in the House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not yet indicated how the Senate plans to proceed. If the bill gets through the upper chamber, President Biden has said he's willing to sign it. Well, I mean, it's so clear now. This is why Mnuchin wants to buy it. He's like, bros, we need this thing. If we can get this get this thing we're gonna get all that pharma money he's not stupid he knows exactly what's going on then i know how to fix this but we can't do that without talking about um the missouri v biden case which as our constitutional lawyer rob

Starting point is 01:03:03 predicted has now come to the forefront now the media can't stop talking about it this is the the basic complaint is during the pandemic the biden administration i believe also the trump administration or during the trump administration but certainly the by the white house would call the social media companies and say, hey, take that post down. That's disinformation. And they threatened by saying, well, you know, we got Section 230. You might want to do what we say. So we have audio from the Supreme Court.

Starting point is 01:03:39 It was quite interesting and a lot of different, well, not a lot, several news outlets paid attention to it. Start with the PBS NewsHour. The first one was about social media companies and whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment when they flagged COVID misinformation to tech giants like Facebook and X, formerly Twitter. Where were the justices on this case in particular? Well, the crux of the case and the second case as well is really how do you tell when the government has crossed the line between what's permissible persuasion and unconstitutional coercion? In fact, the Chief Justice framed that as the question, how do we measure this?

Starting point is 01:04:23 The chief justice framed that as the question, how do we measure this? Is significant persuasion enough? You know, what else? In fact, the lawyers for the states that brought this lawsuit said, you don't even need coercion. You just need inducement and encouragement, which Justice Kagan said was, wow, that's so broad, that's so expansive. So they're really trying to find out, you know, where is the line here and did the Biden administration cross it? And the justices didn't seem entirely sympathetic to the challengers here, the states of Missouri, Louisiana, and five individuals who brought the lawsuit because they saw a couple problems with the case. First, did these individuals in the states even have the right, the legal right, to sue here? The justices couldn't see a clear line between the claims that the individual said their posts had been taken down because of government action.

Starting point is 01:05:21 In fact, Justice Kagan said at one point there was such a time gap between the communication by the government and what happened to their posts on Facebook. Was it government action or was it the platform zone action? So my sense of the argument afterwards was that they're leaning towards a majority is definitely leaning in favor of the Biden administration here. towards a majority is definitely leaning in favor of the biden administration here that's the general consensus politico saying that everyone say oh no that looks like biden administration is going to be good on this of course really the problem is and just to reiterate the first amendment states that the government cannot censor speech that's the idea. It's not saying what the government can do. It's saying the government cannot do that. But of course, back when the framers put this together, there was no internet. Should the U.S. government be allowed to tell social media companies that people's posts

Starting point is 01:06:17 are false or harmful? And if it does, is that the same as pressuring the outlets to remove them? And if it does, is that the same as pressuring the outlets to remove them? Complaints came from the Republican-led states of Louisiana and Alabama, and five users who say their posts opposing COVID vaccines during the pandemic were targeted. Justice Department lawyer Brian Fletcher told Supreme Court justices the government wasn't curtailing citizens' free speech, but exercising its own. I think that the government is entitled to speak for itself. It's a feature of our constitutional democracy. Two lower courts disagreed, deciding that federal agencies were coercing social media outlets,

Starting point is 01:06:57 blocking rights guaranteed in the First Amendment. The same point Louisiana's Solicitor General Benjamin Aguinaga argued here. If the government says our view of that is that it's false, they can absolutely say that. But if they do more and they say you need to take this down, that's a problem. First amendment issue. But the court seems reluctant to restrict the federal government, especially on health and safety issues. Justice Katanji Brown-Jackson. Some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country. John Watson, a journalism law professor at the American University in Washington. To a large extent, the First Amendment is dysfunctional.

Starting point is 01:07:39 But he says the Constitution never envisioned the Internet, a platform for billions to say whatever they want, true or not. So I have to play a longer clip of the freshman justice, Katonji Brown Jackson, the woman who could not define what a woman is during her Senate hearing. This woman is disqualified from sitting on the supreme court i i want to do a mea culpa here because i thought she would be okay but the more that i see of her in these various cases she isn't she is like a she's dumb and i mean she appears to she has good ways of putting things but she's she is not a good justice she doesn't have any her logic is skewed so it's like she doesn't even understand how the system works oh she's a terrible supreme court justice she's got her her ideas about it justice jackson so my biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government

Starting point is 01:08:45 in significant ways in the most important time periods. I mean, what would you have the government do? I've heard you say a couple times that the government can post its own speech, but in my hypothetical, you know, kids, this is not safe, don't do it, is not going to get it done. And so I guess some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country. And you seem to be suggesting that that duty cannot manifest itself in the government encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information. So can you help me? Because I'm really worried about that. Wow.

Starting point is 01:09:31 Because you've got the First Amendment operating in an environment of threatening circumstances from the government's perspective, and you're saying that the government can't interact with the source of those problems. I just got to stop it here for a second. During World War II, there was a large campaign because the government could not tell people to shut up. And they had a campaign. It was loose lips, sink ships. But they could not block people from reporting on what was happening

Starting point is 01:10:06 but now katanji brown jackson is like well if kids are jumping out of windows the government has to step in no no justice in your honor i understand that in seeing i guess what i tell you is the our position is not that the government can't interact with the platforms there. They can and they should in certain circumstances like that that present such dangerous issues for society, and especially young people. But the way they do that has to be in compliance with the First Amendment. And I think that means they can give them all the true information that the platform needs and ask to amplify that. Would you like to hear a second clip from Katonji Brown-Jackson?

Starting point is 01:10:48 I can't get enough of this. Right, you're just saying that. I guess I thought when you say the way they do that is consistent with the First Amendment is that they have to show that they have a compelling interest to do what they're doing. In other words, you want us to take the line. Wait a minute. The government can stifle your speech as long as they can show a real interest, that it's really, really important. Has this woman read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? She's like a classic.

Starting point is 01:11:21 The federal government should be running everything. The state's rights shouldn't even be considered. They should just trample us. This is exactly the wrong kind of person that should be on the Supreme Court. The First Amendment is that they have to show that they have a compelling interest to do what they're doing. In other words, you want us to take the line to be between compulsion and encouragement. And what we're looking at is the government can't compel, maybe they can encourage. I'm wondering whether that's not really the line. The line is, does the government,

Starting point is 01:11:59 pursuant to the First Amendment, have a compelling interest in doing things that result in restricting the speech in this way. That test, I think, takes into account all of these different circumstances. Oh, man. Get her out of there. Impeach! That we don't really care as much about how much the government is compelling, or maybe we do, but in the context of tailoring and not as sort of a freestanding inquiry that's overlaid on all of this. Does that make sense? It does, Your Honor, and I apologize for missing your guidance earlier. So the way I think about that is I've been discussing the standard and I thought we've all been discussing it. That's the lawyer. Now, here's Gorsuch. He had something to say. He brought in Section 230.

Starting point is 01:12:44 Now, here's Gorsuch. He had something to say. He brought in Section 230. Mr. Fletcher, on that point, you mentioned coercion repeatedly in terms of threats. Can there also be coercion, in your view, in terms of inducements? We think there can. I think often a threat or an inducement is sort of the flip side, one or the other. I think in the next case, you could construe it either way, threat of prosecution, offer of leniency. So we acknowledge that it can be both, but it has to be a threat or an inducement of some concrete government action, not just a more government speech. And hypothetically, and I'm not saying this happened here, but would a threat or an inducement with respect to antitrust actions qualify as coercion? Sure. And a threat or an inducement with respect to Section 230 qualify? So I think that one's

Starting point is 01:13:27 harder for two reasons. One is that these are executive branch officials who don't have the ability to unilaterally enact 230 reform. I think the question is... But they have a power to influence that. Influence that, but the question is... Would that be enough to say we're going to, if you don't do X, we are going to change our position on Section 230? So potentially, yes, as to legislation. 230, if I could just get this out, though, I think is different because 230 is about content moderation. It's about this very issue. And I think a government official has to be able to say, I support Section 230 reform because I'm concerned about these things.

Starting point is 01:14:01 And also, in the meantime, I think platforms should be doing better. I understand that. But in terms of advocating for a change of Section 230, that could be coercion in your view. If it were framed as a threat. Our position wasn't done yet. And how about saying you're killing people? Could that be coercion in some circumstances, that if you don't change your moderation policies, you're responsible for killing people? So I think that one is much harder. That's a statement that President Biden made off the cuff.

Starting point is 01:14:29 I'm not, listen, I'm not talking about the context specific issues. And I understand you have arguments there, but could that in some circumstances, an accusation by a government official that unless you change your policies, you're responsible for killing people. Could that be coercion? So I find it hard to imagine a situation where that sort of public statement could be. I'll acknowledge, as you say, context matters a ton. And so I don't want to say it's impossible. All I'm saying is it didn't happen here. So what they're all talking about the wrong thing. I'm not a lawyer, but I can read, and Section 230 is not that complicated. It's not about the blocking and deplatforming and algoizing.

Starting point is 01:15:11 All of that is permitted as per Section 230. The main point is Section 2, under the Good Samaritan section civil liability no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of or be treated as a publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. I.e., if you post something libelous or something dangerous and something that makes someone kill themselves or sparks an insurrection or whatever it is, the platform, the interactive computer service, as they call it, cannot be held liable for that.

Starting point is 01:16:01 If that provision was changed, everything would change overnight down everything yes and so i am proposing and we're going to i want an amicus brief to the court i am proposing that we simply by one simple change to section 230 no provider or user of a paid interactive computer service we all agree that if you are not paying for the service you're using you are the product everyone agrees with this yeah i know i'm the product they're marketing to me they're marketing pills they're marketing diet stuff to me they're doing all kinds of stuff hey if you're paying for that service, even if it's a dollar a month, which I doubt most people would pay, then you should have no liability because an interactive computer service can also be

Starting point is 01:16:54 a web hosting service. It could be wordpress.com. So, you know, obviously if you're providing a service and someone's paying you for it, know there's a difference so you shouldn't be held liable but if you're getting it for free because you the interactive computer service you are using those people as your product you absolutely should be held liable that's never going to happen that's this is the um the thesis the whole the thesis where youicus brief. The whole, the thesis, well, you could, I don't, I'm not signing it. The thesis is that these systems are like community bulletin boards. It's like a bulletin board that used to be, the grocery stores used to have them checked out. Yes.

Starting point is 01:17:37 And you could post anything you want up there. And if somebody goes up there and sees it, they can tear it down if they want. It was a little more interactive. I can't tear down your post. You little more interactive. I can't tear down your post. You can report me. I can't tear down. That's apples to oranges. The community board is not making money off of your

Starting point is 01:17:53 post in the supermarket. There's a big difference. These are not information content providers. These are marketing companies. The Safeway store is making the money, and that is one of the little add-ons benefits. You are pro-death. I'm just saying there's a very simple solution,

Starting point is 01:18:17 and yeah, I know it's a heavy lift because everyone's in the pocket of Silicon Valley, the drug companies. There's absolutely no incentive to do it other than the people that maybe want to protect their children. I don't understand why if you want to pay for the service, it should be more wide open than if it was free. Why is there a financial difference in the way you see things? Oh, because I think that then you are, there's a contract, because you have a payment,

Starting point is 01:18:47 you have a contract, which is not the same as a EULA, and you're agreeing to certain things, and no one will do it. It'll shut it down. It is the same as a EULA, and it will be a EULA. But then you're, okay.

Starting point is 01:19:01 I'm telling you that this is the way to go because it will shut these companies down you want to be you want to live dangerously pay the entrance fee you're good to go that's the way i see it yeah it's a small i agree it's a it's not necessarily something that would ever happen in our lifetime but we're not going in a good direction the mart the pharma companies have everyone by the b-a-l-l-s and they're just gonna kill us all they're gonna kill us because eventually it was like oh yeah this is great i'm not gonna that i'm not arguing against that thesis i'm all in yeah they own the they own the mainstream media because of their ads i was

Starting point is 01:19:44 watching what was i watching the other day? Oh, no, I was like some of the clips I got today, I got from ABC News. And ABC News is all pharma ads. And it's like I'm skipping through these ads one after another, stuff I never heard of. And it's just one thing after another. And it's just, it's horrible.

Starting point is 01:20:04 So they own the mainstream media the mainstream media makes policies based on what they tell them to do that's right it's so obvious it's corrupt meanwhile the other biggie the other every time you clear your throat i'm waiting for bullshit no that's the exact same throat i know it's exactly the same when we play it there it is um the other stop doing it the other goliath in the room is the military industrial complex now this is so brazen we know and and by the way i think the e with the eu should be slapped for this they are putting the swift system and even more peril than it already is oh this is that's our i don't think i have a clip i have a terrible what you're going to talk about i have the clip

Starting point is 01:20:57 so the swift system um is in essence a of banks. Everybody has an account with the bank. And when you send money from one bank to the other bank or through your bank, it's not like the money transfers over the wire. No, it's just a messaging system, the SWIFT system. And they say, hey, take five bucks from that account, put it into that account. five bucks from that account put it into that account and of course all the central banks have big accounts including russia and they have about 300 billion dollars sitting around in the swift system of which over 200 billion is at euro clear they're the clearinghouse you might have heard of automatic clearinghouse ach they are the clearinghouse in the eu and so they're sitting on over 200 billion euros worth of Russian money.

Starting point is 01:21:46 And they want it. They want it so bad. They want to take that money. Everybody wants that money because stupid America, stupid Republicans, stupid Trump won't send weapons to Ukraine. Oh, wait a minute. We're not actually sending weapons to Ukraine. The military industrial base, the military industrial base needs that money. We need that money. We need that money to build stuff, to buy stuff, to pay our people, to keep the GDP up. We need that money, money, money. Well, we'll take the interest of the money. Yeah, yeah, there you go.

Starting point is 01:22:15 We'll take the interest. We'll call it a windfall profit. But let's make sure that 90% of it still goes to us to the military industrial base now the european union appears set to use frozen russian assets to fund the purchase of arms for ukraine the eu's foreign policy chief joseph burrell says he will present the plan to the bloc's leaders this week the draft plan would see 90 of the revenues from seized russian assets being funneled towards an eu-run weapons fund for Ukraine. Nearly 300 billion euros worth of foreign currency, gold and bonds belonging to the

Starting point is 01:22:50 Russian Central Bank were frozen by the West following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 70% of that is held by the Belgian-based institution Euroclear. Over the next four years, the profit generated by frozen Russian state assets is expected to be worth up to 27 billion euros. So far, the EU member states have mostly agreed to spend this money on Ukraine, but whether the funds should be used for humanitarian, infrastructure or military purposes is as yet undecided. EU's foreign policy chief, Josepp Borrell sees potential for weapons purchases. So after the discussion today, I've seen that there is a strong support.

Starting point is 01:23:31 There are some member states that want to have more details, but there is, I think, a strong support to take the revenues, the win-for-profits, and to use it to support Ukraine. How? Military, to increment the resources of the European peace facility and also to support the development of the Ukrainian defense industry.

Starting point is 01:23:54 But it's not Borrell or the Commission who will decide. That will depend on the Council of Member States meeting this Thursday and Friday. If they do this, the European Union, who would ever use the SWIFT system again? Well, those a-holes, they can block your money and they'll take all your interest and your profit. Why would anyone use that? And that is the backbone of the US dollar and the euro dollar.

Starting point is 01:24:22 And that we're allowing this? Where's the bankers out there US dollar and the euro dollar. And that we're allowing this? Which we clearly are. Where's the bankers out there noticing that this is an issue? They're the ones that are going to end up screwed in the end. Well, I'm sure that I'm sure that... No, this is not a good

Starting point is 01:24:38 idea. It's a horrible idea. And then notice how, well, they're fighting over the money now. Hey, I got that hey i get that money get that money it's worth up to 29 billion euros yeah but you have to send it to us send it to us the war machine and it's not it's not weapons for ukraine no it's going to raytheon and boeing But yeah, okay. Go for it, boys.

Starting point is 01:25:11 By the way, I have a friend of a friend came up in the conversation. One of those. Worked at one of the subcontractors for Boeing. And his claim is that the problem at Boeing is corporate culture. It's when the company moved to South Carolina for most of its manufacturing. Thanks to Nikki Haley. Thanks to Nikki Haley, they lost the extreme safety, quality control, corporate culture of the Seattle area and replace it with whatever the hell's going on in South Carolina. Not that they can't do the job. Nikki Haley and Lindsey Graham. Do we need

Starting point is 01:25:50 to say more? That's the culture there. You end up with a culture that doesn't give a shit, basically, and that's Boeing's problem. I have an update on the whistleblower because the retaliation complaint has been revealed. In this 32-page complaint, Barnett's lawyers lay out the crux of a federal labor lawsuit against Boeing. His lawyer tells me Barnett did not want to destroy the company. He wanted to save the company. John Barnett was at Boeing for 32 years, a quality manager for more than half of those years. He spent his final seven years at Boeing in South Carolina on the production line for the highly touted 787 Dreamliner. In this whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, Barnett says

Starting point is 01:26:39 he and other quality managers were pressured by Boeing upper management to violate FAA standards as well as Boeing's own policies. Barnett stated he was worried about a catastrophic event. The issues he cited included documenting inspections never performed, incorrect serial number data not being fixed, defective parts that were not fully documented and may have been put back on airplanes. Titanium slivers being left on e-nuts and not cleaned. The concern there is that they could start a fire. And defective parts in the personal oxygen tanks. When Barnett filed ethics complaints, he says Boeing fought back with negative performance reviews in keeping him from transferring out of Boeing South Carolina. Barnett also said he was harassed, humiliated,

Starting point is 01:27:30 and treated with scorn and contempt by upper management. John Barnett stated that he took an early retirement due to the hostile work environment. He was in the middle of depositions in this case when he was found dead. The coroner says from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but the case is expected to go to trial this summer. There it is. And as we do here in America,

Starting point is 01:27:56 shut up or I'll kill you. That's about, well, in South Carolina, it could be an issue. I did get a note from one of our producers that is a pilot for 787. Oh. And he says about the rebooting,

Starting point is 01:28:11 he says the three redundant computers that do have to be rebooted every, and he had a figure of hours, and they just do that. And if they all go out, the plane just returns completely to manual control and it's not that big of a deal yeah well that sounded like that was just some passenger saying something

Starting point is 01:28:29 yeah that's what i'm guessing yeah i'm probably trying to to move focus away from whatever really happened blame it on boeing blame it on boeing hey yes since we're talking about language i get these two clips out of the way okay uh these are uh these are irked gays it's my favorite kind of gay now the first one is a clip of an irk gay uh male uh commenting on a gaslighting trans dude, or I don't know what this person is, but this guy's commenting on them.

Starting point is 01:29:11 I'm not participating in pronouns anymore. We're not doing that. It's impossible. In fact, my favorite clip was the one where he said, I change my pronoun every day. Tina was talking to someone the other day. She was flying back from Florida.

Starting point is 01:29:27 She sat next to a lady and she said, you know, half the kids in, she said she has an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old. She has the difference in five years, which of course a lot of that was COVID. Like the 18-year-olds. It's three years, but okay. Three years. What? Did I say 15? 18 and 15.olds... It's three years, but okay. Three years.

Starting point is 01:29:45 What? Did I say 15? 18 and 15. 15. Okay, three years. What they did is COVID. The 18-year-olds peers are still kind of okay, but the 15-year-old,

Starting point is 01:29:58 half the class identifies as queer, non-binary or trans, and the kids, the minute a kid switches they're right the kids switch oh this is she and they just say her and she and the programming is so strong and of course these kids aren't all queer and gay and non-binary and trans they just don't want to be one thing straight because they've been told that's a problem you're problematic yep all right and so here's a guy uh bitching about another guy and here we go gay gaslighting people attacking other lgbtq people is probably coming out of feeling bullied nope othered traumatized no not wanting to upset dad

Starting point is 01:30:49 not wanting other people like us to confuse the straights and therefore it feels like a life and death issue like your dad not being able to understand you and being violent with you maybe daddy issues like really so jeffrey is saying that people like myself who call out the disgusting behavior happening inside the LGBTQ community and under our umbrella have daddy issues? We are not bullying gay people because we have daddy issues. We are exposing people hiding in our community who exhibit highly suspicious behavior regarding children. If you act like a pedophile and say it's all about rainbow love and acceptance, well, we are going to call you out. It's a moment to recognize the level of gaslighting happening here.

Starting point is 01:31:31 The reality is, is people like myself are fighting tooth and nail to, number one, protect children from creeps like you who hide underneath the rainbow umbrella, and number two, save our community before we wind up back where we started. Yeah. The back where we started yeah the back where we started thing is an interesting theme and i think it's starting to show up here and there and this this whole uh there's a there's a there's an undercurrent of of revolution taking place in the lgbtq blah blah community if there is one and i think this one is another evident another more evidence is this this

Starting point is 01:32:06 particular clip which is the pissed off lesbian hate to say i told you so but uh they want to get rid of regular gay and lesbians now because being gay or lesbian is racist and everyone should be trans now the organization glad which is a trans activist organization is now saying that being gay or lesbian is just a subcategory of being trans they removed biological sex from the equation and replace it with gender so you're no longer gay or lesbian you are same gender loving but what is gender so these are the new terms to erase gay people won't have everyone be trans now because you are no longer gay you are attracted to masculinity and you are no longer a lesbian you are just attracted to femininity but why would they do this because it validates men it validates men because it

Starting point is 01:32:50 validates men who identify as women who claim that they're lesbians it validates their identity how far can they actually take this like this is why the lgb needs to be separated from the t because on one side you have an orientation and on the other side you have mental illness yeah you heard me right I said what I said uh I'd recommend a podcast for you John and for anyone else who's interested the disaffected podcast which is a pissed off gay guy who talks about this and talks about the mental illness and he's and he And it's a good, good podcast. He talks about Cluster B and typical narcissistic personality disorder. That's what all this is.

Starting point is 01:33:35 Enhanced by drugs sold to you through social media. Ah. A callback. Yeah, I'm good at that. So I just found there is something going on and there's a new symbol they have and she uses it which is uh instead of lgbtq yeah lgb lg with a with a scissors emoji tq oh we you cut it okay i got it lg and this is i think this is a real trend. Oh, it is. But haven't I warned about this? It kept saying, oh, the LGBTQ community.

Starting point is 01:34:11 I've always said there's no community. That's not a community. There's no community. The L and the Gs barely get along together. There's no agenda meetup community. That's about as close as you can get. There is, however, something apocalyptic on our horizon, John. There is something very bad about to happen.

Starting point is 01:34:32 We've been tracking this throughout the progress of this show, and now a rare double event. Ah, spring. The birds are back. The flowers are back. But for the first time in centuries billions of cicadas are also about to be back oh yeah yeah 17 and 13 doesn't overlap too often as entomologist dr frank krell was alluding to there in a few weeks the brood of cicadas that emerges every 13 years

Starting point is 01:34:58 and the brood that emerges every 17 years are gonna pop out of the ground at the same time, which last happened in 1803. Some are even calling this spring and summer the Cicada Apocalypse. What should we do when there are millions of them here all of a sudden? Oh, just enjoying them. Or going away if we don't enjoy them. They are not harmful. Well, they may not be that harmful, but cicadas are still quite the loud neighbor for the four to six weeks that they move into your backyard.

Starting point is 01:35:29 Some cicadas can even reach over 100 decibels. Why are cicadas so loud? What are they talking about? They are talking about girls. Yes, according to Dr. Frank, we're just going to have billions of males audibly competing with each other to grab the attention of the female cicadas. When they come out, they have to be quick. Before they get eaten, they have to find a mate and mate. Now, to be clear, it's mostly the 13-year cicadas impacting the South and Appalachia, while the 17-year cicadas hit the Midwest.

Starting point is 01:35:58 But in states like Illinois, they might get both in the same forest. Sorry, guys. Also, it's about to get real wet apparently because according to the national academy of sciences a new study finds that cicadas have the fastest urination velocity in the world at three meters per second that's more than elephants and horses so i think the windy city's about to get real fun this summer. Well, that part I didn't know. I didn't know that either.

Starting point is 01:36:30 Cicada apocalypse. But I think we should capitalize on this. We've had producers that suggested this. But we have a publishing company now. We need a cicada cookbook oh god no just a thought you know there is a i think we could put a couple cicada recipes in the newsletter okay if anyone has any good ones but i don't wouldn't have it i mean i now that you mentioned i know that people do eat these things yeah see see uh it's just uh it tastes like

Starting point is 01:37:05 lobster no it does not yeah it tastes like lobster oh okay i don't know i don't know what it tastes like probably tastes more like you've heard of lobster from the sea it's lobster from the tree there you go you already got a jingle hey i can't even get you to jump on board with slenderman i mean i'm just throwing out exit strategies left and right here. You are full of them. The problem is with the cicada thing, it only comes and goes. Right. That's why it's a delicacy.

Starting point is 01:37:34 You got to move fast. It's a delicacy. Yes. Of course. I did read about this, by the way, and there are people that do eat these things. And I'm going to go do more research and get to some of those recipes and post them. Yeah. If you live in Chicago.

Starting point is 01:37:50 Darren O'Neill. And they're homeless. They moved all these migrants to Chicago and there are a lot of homeless there. Yeah, they can eat it. This is an opportunity. It's not a rat. Yeah. Bugs, bugs, bugs.

Starting point is 01:38:05 Tastes like poo. Texas news. Bugs, bugs, bugs. Mmm. Mmm. Tastes like poo. Texas news? Texas news? I got Texas news. I have Texas news for you. I got some real Texas news. We're in the news.

Starting point is 01:38:16 So the eclipse is coming, right? April 8th. So small budget hotels in Texas. This is from Bloomberg. They are charging more than a thousand dollars a night for a room because people are flocking to these small Texas towns. And that is eight to 10 times more than what they normally charge for it. So they're sparking up these prices. Texas, which I didn't know this, why are they going to Texas? It's because it has a lower chance

Starting point is 01:38:38 of cloud cover. So that's why people go to Texas to see this. So it's April 8th. So the wine country inn in Fredericksburg, a hill country town in the zone of totality. Okay. Where Clips viewing will be at its best April 8th once $1,288 with taxes for a king. Crazy. So, I don't know. What are we seeing here? I'm seeing like an eclipse or something.

Starting point is 01:38:59 An eclipse, yes. But if you miss it, here's the thing. There won't be another one covering like such a large part of the country until 2045. They're always saying that. Next year there's another eclipse. What? They always do that. For my whole life, it's been, oh, you'll never see another eclipse in your entire life if you miss this one.

Starting point is 01:39:20 But we're in the zone of totality. Yeah, you've always been in the zone of totality. Yeah, you're in this. You've always been in the zone of totality. This is true. Yeah. Gene is coming. I told you Gene is coming, right? Sir Gene? Yeah, is he going to pay a thousand bucks to stay in your house? No, no, no, no. We've turned

Starting point is 01:39:41 all kinds of people down. Hey, can I park? No, you should just jack up the price. I think you're going about the wrong way. We're worried about fires. People are going to be camping everywhere. And Gene's coming. He's bringing his shotgun, his AR-15, his handguns, his thermal vision, and his night vision. So we can pop him off the land.

Starting point is 01:40:01 Good. Gene's the guy you want in a case like this. Let's listen to these clips on the texas immigration law this would be the first clip which is texas immigration law clowns no clowns hold on a second there we go it was last night here we reported the supreme court had cleared the way for texas to move ahead with its own new immigration law, making arrests and deportations on its own, at least for now. Well, tonight, that law is back on hold amid questions and confusion over how to enforce it. ABC's Maria Villarreal from El Paso tonight. Tonight, uncertainty at the southern border with the law that would allow Texas to arrest, deport or imprison anyone they believe may have entered the U.S. illegally,

Starting point is 01:40:46 now in legal limbo. We are not going to prioritize this. We are unfamiliar with federal immigration law. That's not our job responsibility. You know this has already been blocked, right? Did you know that? That's what we're talking about. Well, but it was blocked. The Supreme Court unblocked it. And this morning, the lower court blocked it again. Yeah, that's what this clip is about. No, it didn't sound like it. Okay.

Starting point is 01:41:16 No, if you listen to it again, it said the Supreme Court let it go and it got blocked again by the Fifth Circuit. Yes, Fifth Circuit, yes. Yeah, that's what this is. But what is interesting on that clip, which does say what you just said, it's this guy at the end, which is a law enforcement guy saying, I don't know. We don't care. We don't care. We don't care. They don't want to do it. They do.

Starting point is 01:41:31 They care, probably, but they don't want to do it because it's off. That's not what Abbott is saying. Well, Abbott can say what he wants. And we got Abbott in this clip, too. Let's go to part two. Two. Got it. Let's go to part two.

Starting point is 01:41:43 Two. Got it. Overnight, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the law known as SB4 could temporarily take effect while it was challenged in a lower court of appeals. Hours later, that appeals court blocked the Texas law again in anticipation of oral arguments on the case today. The legal whiplash leading to confusion and frustration in border communities like el paso it's a racial profiling issue as well and that's our concern our department has been very very fortunate to not have any racial profiling complaints for several years and we want to maintain that standard yeah i'm another cop this time in El Paso going on about racial profiling is that that's a concern. Well, it is.

Starting point is 01:42:28 I mean, I guess it is or he wouldn't have brought it up, but it's like, OK, so you don't want to do anything either. So in other words, Texas is all talk. But the the the law enforcement operations down there don't want to have anything to do with any of this. Excuse me. You're talking about El Pas el tardo okay el paso they're the ones who sent the buses full of protesters up to austin to protest sb4 the el paso is beto country man that's why they're all like that it doesn't sound like texas to me let's play it's not el paso is not it's like austin it's like austin on the border part three some officials in san antonio fort worth and austin

Starting point is 01:43:13 also voicing their concerns but tonight governor greg abbott standing firm saying texas has the right to defend itself as dps troopers and state guardsmen along the border prepare. They will continue to use every tool and strategy they can to arrest people, jail these people crossing the border. David, despite the battle over SB4 here in El Paso and all along the southwest border, there has been a sharp decrease in the number of migrant apprehensions. We're seeing about 4,000 a day, and that is a big decrease from what we saw,

Starting point is 01:43:46 those record-breaking numbers back in December. Yeah, that's the true result of this, is that people are not coming over the border anymore. They're flying still, I'm sure, but the word is out. It's a pain in the butt.

Starting point is 01:43:59 You don't want to go. It has decreased. There's an interview out there with an Uber driver who's also a podcaster. I should get a clip of her. Who isn't? I don't know which comes first. You're a podcaster, then an Uber driver, or you're an Uber driver with a podcast. I'm not sure. And she was making $5,000 a week from people ordering Ubers to go pick people up at the border.

Starting point is 01:44:26 And that just disappeared almost overnight. She says it's done. So that is the result ultimately. So it has some desired effect. But at the end of the day, the federal government is in charge of the border and they should not allow this to happen. the federal government is in charge of the border and they should not allow this to happen well if you're flying people in up to 300 over 300 000 flying them in from out of the country into our country yes and giving them money and a credit card and a phone yes it doesn't sound like

Starting point is 01:44:57 the federal government really doesn't want them no they want them and i have some proof here why they want them actually i got a note from a banker. Actually, hold on a second. Let me read this. Boots on the ground. Another banker? Yes. Well, ITM, Adam and John, I'm a career banking professional.

Starting point is 01:45:15 I'm not an insider. I'm sorry to hear that. No way. He qualifies it. I'm a career banking professional. I'm not an insider, but I'm an advisor to the insiders so this is this is what you want a name withheld for obvious reasons i've heard you i've heard you connect bankers and mass migration i think you're on to something the goal here though is to get wage inflation in check so we can get so we can go back to irresponsible monetary policy

Starting point is 01:45:42 central banks do not control inflation because it's bad for society. No, they control inflation because it's terrible for banks. You can't lend money at an interest rate that is lower than inflation, or you'll go bankrupt. But interest rates also can't go up. Everyone is so indebted from 20 years of near-zero interest rates, raising them more will drive a wave of defaults and banking collapses. Think SVB.

Starting point is 01:46:08 What kind of inflation is bad for banks? Well, asset inflation is good for banks because it increases their investments and also strengthens the value of collateral held against loans. Wage inflation is what the banks worry about. So how do we keep the party going? Mass immigration. Assets go up, wages go down.

Starting point is 01:46:29 It's highly possible it's a global banking conspiracy because this wave of immigration is coinciding in highly indebted Western democracies around the world. How? They do it through lobbyists by complaining about worker shortages causing inflation, by threatening the government with stress test reports, and directly via their own insiders like Janet Yellen. And here's an

Starting point is 01:46:51 example of this wage control from NBC. In major cities across America, officials say they've reached a breaking point, struggling to handle the record number of arriving migrants. But here in small town Fremont, Nebraska, where there are just 39 workers for every 100 job openings, some are encouraging even more legal migrants to come. We need these people. We need this work done. This is what feeds the nation and the world. Many of the openings are at this half-billion-dollar chicken plant, opened in 2019.

Starting point is 01:47:21 Young locals often move away, leaving those slaughterhouse jobs to migrants like Vicente Hernandez. With Hispanic migrants, although it is hard, although it is heavy, they endure, he says. The difference with an American citizen is that every time he finds a job,

Starting point is 01:47:38 when he sees it is hard, he leaves it, he says. Hernandez and his wife are also pastors to the growing Guatemalan community. Once this town of 27,000 was nearly all white. Now, one out of six are Latino. Since 2018, the school district added almost 800 non-English speaking students. In Nebraska. It's great. Such a border town, Nebraska. And of course, they are living the American dream. Meatpacking is the biggest industry here in Fremont. The state's Chamber of Commerce says Nebraska needs to welcome more migrants to fill jobs like these.

Starting point is 01:48:13 But some residents here are resistant to that change. Voters backed a town ordinance twice, which says locals must tell the city that they are here legally before they can rent housing. The city cannot always verify the information, but people say the law remains on the books to send a message. Councilman Paul Van Baren supports it. Why was it brought up? Citizens had asked the city council to do something because it was pretty obvious that we were become a haven for illegals. He argues slaughterhouses paying low wages to migrants lowers incomes for citizens and criticizes increased costs for migrant children at local schools. The sheer pressure of bringing in numbers of people has resulted in a considerable burden to the taxpayers.

Starting point is 01:48:55 But City Councilman Mark Jensen, who's lived in the area since he was 10 years old, is against that ordinance. It's a bad look for our city. And he says Fremont needs to embrace change. Immigration is crucial. A lot of people that live and grew up here don't stay. They move out. It's critical for us to have the people that we've got here. Back at the church, Vicente tells us he regularly gets about three hours of sleep a night. But still, he and his wife Maria say they found their new hometown. Now I live the American dream, as they call it. I'm happy because I have everything, she tells us.

Starting point is 01:49:33 State officials say they often have problems with undocumented workers using fake IDs. Just this month, four migrants were charged with using them to get slaughterhouse jobs. Yeah. And headline from March 18th, wages in the U.S. are falling at a striking pace. This is, we have a president, Joe Biden, who promotes unionisms, good paying union jobs. And this is what he gives us. This is the same kind of flip, not a flip-flop,

Starting point is 01:50:04 it's a switcheroo, where he talks about cutting fossil fuels, but yet he pumps more oil than Trump did. Right, but we're threatening the wrong people. Everything is bull crap with these guys. We're threatening the wrong people. We're threatening politicians, but we should be threatening bankers. You want to see stuff change? Well, the Democrat Party is the party of bankers now it has been

Starting point is 01:50:25 it has been since Clinton it's the bankers man it's the bankers they're doing it good paying union jobs my ass dignity just getting by so you can retire where's that obama clip that that's a good one

Starting point is 01:50:52 just getting by here we go i have it here all right it's thursday july no that's not it uh i thought oh man oh the obama american dream the end, the folks I hear from in letters or meet when I travel across the country, they aren't asking for much. They're just looking for a job that covers their bills. They're looking for a little financial security. They want to know that if they work hard and live within their means, everything will be all right. They'll be able to get ahead and give their kids a better life. That's the dream each of us has for ourselves and our families. And so long as I have the privilege

Starting point is 01:51:30 of serving as president, I'll keep fighting to put that dream within the reach of all Americans. Have a great weekend, Obama. Thanks, Obama. That's the American dream. Just getting by. Just getting by. I have a kind of a quasi-AskAdam clip. Okay. Which is the, it's not a technical one, but I just wanted to play the clip and then ask you a question. This is the missing student in Nashville, which everybody's covering. We turn now to the search for that missing college student last seen on surveillance and police video in Nashville. That search now intensifying tonight. This evening here new turn the search expanding now beyond nashville authorities have now shut down a dam and abc's faith abube in nashville for us

Starting point is 01:52:13 tonight the search for riley strange stretching beyond nashville authorities shutting down a dam to search through debris 30 miles downstream from the riverbank where the missing college student was last seen his family is still hopeful but bracing for the worst put yourself in our shoes everybody knows it everybody's thinking it those conversations are starting to happen it's not what we want in nashville the united cajun navy searching the cumberland river it's been nearly two weeks since riley vanished during a fraternity trip. After he was asked to leave this downtown bar,

Starting point is 01:52:48 he was seen stumbling and falling before appearing to recover, then briefly chatting with a police officer. How you doing, sir? I'm good. How are you? Good. You found his credit card? We found his credit card. Riley's debit card found on the riverbank, a 15-minute walk away

Starting point is 01:53:04 from that bar. Instead of heading to his hotel, his family thinks he got disoriented. We think he got turned around when he came out. Why? I mean, I can't answer. I don't know. I don't know why. And David, police say witnesses in the unhoused community reported seeing Riley by the river, but they do stress that at this time there's no evidence of foul play. I love the unhoused community down by the river. In a van by the river!

Starting point is 01:53:33 So, what do you want to ask me? Why is this a story on national news at all? There are... Do you know how many people that go missing every year in the United States? Could you just give me a ballpark figure? Oh, of all ages? Yeah. 100,000. 600,000 people go missing. 4,000 dead bodies appear out of the blue from this sort of missing problem. It's, the numbers are problem uh it's the numbers are staggering in every area of the country so i'm asking you as they ask adam why does this one story as opposed to probably 10 000 around the country at this

Starting point is 01:54:16 moment of missing people why does this get picked up and and run by all the networks. Because this is a non-color person. Of the 600,000, I think most of them are non-colored. But I don't know about that. One way or the other. Maybe he had an extra supply of adrenochrome that they're making for these people. They're trying to find them. That guy's got the best adrenochrome.

Starting point is 01:54:44 We've got to find that kid. I'd just like to know what, at the editor's desk, why this story? How about this? To distract you from all the other stuff. It's a human interest story that you can relate to. Oh, my child. Oh, my child. Meanwhile, it's another kid who sadly is just plastered.

Starting point is 01:55:05 Our nation is plastered. We're plastered. No, this kid was plastered. They show video. The thing that it was a presentation you could make because they had a lot of videos of him walking down the street drunk. Plastered. Plastered, literally. And I suppose that makes it a better story but i am just stunned by the fact

Starting point is 01:55:26 that they can pick one story out of 600 000 actually they maybe pick about five a year and the others go they rest languish i'm what i would assume that somebody in someplace else just you know their daughter's been missing for a month and they they can't get any attention they're probably i just find it weird. They're probably hoping that they find this kid within just a couple weeks, and then there'll be a good news segment on the No Agenda show. They're like, wow, we can make the podcast. I don't know.

Starting point is 01:55:56 I do know that we're a plastered nation. I was at Java Ranch on Main Street here. It's a coffee shop. It's just an old school coffee shop. What time in the morning were you? 11 a.m. I played chess with a guy on Tuesday mornings. Oh, yes, this is right.

Starting point is 01:56:12 I can see you at the park. No, it's not the park. No, but it should be at the park. No, but... Do you have the timer? We don't have the timer. Oh. No, we don't use the timer.

Starting point is 01:56:21 But we have two hours and we'll play two games in two hours. And so I'm always talking to the kids behind the bar. They're like, you know, they're mid-20s, guy and a girl. They're the baristas. But it's really, it's just, you know, you get, yeah, you can get fancy coffee, but it's just a coffee joint. Sure. And I was, how's it going?

Starting point is 01:56:41 Oh, she says, oh. Oh, man, spring break. It was the worst. I said, how's it going? Oh, she says, oh, oh, man, spring break. It was the worst. I said, what do you mean? She says, people were in here at 11 a.m., completely plastered. Their kids are crawling on the floor, getting waterboarded by cappuccinos. He said, wait, wait, who goes to Fredericksburg for spring break? We are one of only six cities in America that allows open container on the street.

Starting point is 01:57:10 Oh. And we have 300 wineries, of which five have grapes and the rest are drinking barns. Ah. We've become a plastered destination. It's funny. It's not funny. Brooks Bubble Bus is a problem.

Starting point is 01:57:28 The worst is the bridesmaids. See, everyone comes out here because they're great wedding venues. So you get married, but then they stay in the... Oh, what are you drinking? That sounded good. Well, you made me thirsty. What are you drinking? I'm drinking

Starting point is 01:57:43 dram. Dram? D-ram dram d yeah that's what it is it's dynamic ram citrus and blossom flavor herbal sparkling water oh i am drinking uh another waterloo i was uh tipped off by a producer to try the blackberry lemonade. That seems a bit intense to me. It doesn't taste at all like anything. But remember, it's naturally flavored, which means contains chemicals. Natural flavors. It has electrolytes.

Starting point is 01:58:20 Natural flavors is a group of chemicals. But it sounds good. Yeah, so they come out here for their wedding. natural flavors is a group of chemicals, but it sounds good. Um, yeah. So they, they come out here for their wedding. They stay, we have 25% of the homes here are short term rentals,

Starting point is 01:58:34 IE Airbnb, which is a problem, which is a real problem. And then we have, uh, these big pink limos and a big pink school bus and they pick up the bridesmaids and they drive them off to some winery they all get plastered and they walk around the street with inflatable dildos it's a mess what yes yes yes it's a mess it's a mess well i think you should take action

Starting point is 01:59:02 yes well i'm i go to council meetings and zoning board meetings. You bet it. You bet I do. You bet I do. By the way, this is all news to me. Yeah, well, that's what Fredericksburg is slowly becoming and a lot of people are unhappy. So we'll see where that goes. So we'll see where that goes.

Starting point is 01:59:29 You sent an article to me about Mike Johnson, which was fascinating. Inside Mike Johnson's ties to a far-right movement to gut the Constitution. Yeah, they want to gut the Constitution. Now, did you read that whole article? Yeah, of course I did. Did you see that my buddy Rick Green is in that article? That's why I sent it to you. I didn't realize that.

Starting point is 01:59:50 I'm like, hold on a second. The guy I just just met rick green is all over this thing yeah so this constitution of states is this kind of a cool idea no i don't think so why not well for one thing it seems like a pipe dream they're never going to get it together and it's not much not much different than zakari and some of these other crackpots that want to do. This becomes a constitutional convention. They could screw up the Constitution and that's what they'll do. Yeah, that's the whole point. What, to screw up

Starting point is 02:00:16 the Constitution? We don't need that aggravation. To change it. To get rid of stuff. Like pass an amendment real quick. There shall be no FDA. No, it is the fastest way to get real quick. There shall be no FDA. There shall be no CDC. No, it is the fastest way to get amendments through. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:00:28 Yeah, I like that. But I'm all for it. Well, one of the things they'll try to get through if they ever got this thing together, which they won't. We're going to divorce California. We're going to divorce California. I'm going. I'm all in on this. Constitutional states, everybody.

Starting point is 02:00:39 Convention of states. Sorry. Convention of states. They're going to do the constitutionally demanded balanced budget oh and there there goes the economy yeah that's dumb no that that's not as dumb it's something they should have done it will never that'll never work and we could know that'll never happen it's happened before the balance the budget was balanced during the Clinton administration when the Republicans were running Congress and Clinton was all in.

Starting point is 02:01:07 The Republicans are the ones who did it. Clinton gets credit for it. But they balanced the budget. They went through whoop, we didn't have to borrow a bunch of money. We didn't screw up, which is fine. And that wasn't that long ago. And it could have been done time after time, but there's always something. Bull crap war.

Starting point is 02:01:24 Usually it's a bullcrap war. And then when Trump got in, when they stopped the bullcrap wars, they came with the bullcrap COVID. So you can't win. Speaking of speaking of Trump, I'm going to take us back to August of 2019. Do we all remember this? On Sunday, Trump confirmed to reporters his interest in purchasing the autonomous Danish territory and did not rule out trading a U.S. territory for the island. Trump said, essentially, it's a large real estate deal. Danish politicians across the political spectrum expressed disbelief over Trump's sudden cancellation of the state visit.

Starting point is 02:02:00 The Danish prime minister, Meta Fredriksson, called his idea to purchase Greenland absurd. She also told reporters, thankfully, the time where you buy and sell other countries and populations is over. Remember that? It was a great idea. It turns out you're right. And he was right. Located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, Greenland is the world's largest island. Despite its name, the country is not entirely green. In fact, much of it is covered in ice and snow. And beneath lies a hidden treasure trove of rare earth minerals, which are key to production of a range of green technology, from electric cars to wind turbines.

Starting point is 02:02:47 As the climate crisis accelerates, ice shelves are melting faster than a popsicle on a summer's day, and the island has found itself in the spotlight like never before. In 2019, then-President Donald Trump said he would be interested in buying the Danish Autonomous Territory for the United States, in order to tap one of the world's largest reserves of rare earth minerals. And last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inaugurated an EU office in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, to mark Europe's presence in the territory. So they just dropped a couple billion dollars into Greenland to open up an office. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:03:30 They usurped us. Well, nobody helped. Nobody helped. Nobody got behind the Trump idea. No, no, Trump's crazy. Orange man bad. Trump's nuts. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:03:40 And, of course, as I say, we're all complaining about all the problems we have. But meanwhile, the climate change nonsense creeps up slowly. This is how they're really going to get us if we don't stop it. Spring is here, at least officially, and that means an end to what has been the warmest winter on record, according to the new data out today. That's not a good thing. It's, in fact, why we've been seeing those gigantic storms lately. today. That's not a good thing. It's, in fact, why we've been seeing those gigantic storms lately. And our meteorologist, Stephanie Abrams, over with our partners at the Weather Channel,

Starting point is 02:04:12 is going to join us now to walk us through everything, explain what's going on here. Steph, good morning. Yeah, hot as on record. Tony, good morning. NOAA's report shows the planet actually just had its warmest December to February on record. Global temps soared nearly two and a half degrees above the 20th century average. It's a concerning trend with nine of the top ten warmest winters occurring in just the last decade. Here in the U.S., 13 states saw their warmest or second warmest winter on record, leaving the Great Lakes mostly ice-free and allowing for back-to-back lake effect events in January. Western New York was buried in four to seven feet of snow.

Starting point is 02:04:46 The Buffalo Bills turned to their fans to help them shovel out Highmark Stadium ahead of the playoffs. In mid-February, when the ice typically maxes out, it dropped to less than 3%, a new record low. The Western U.S. was one of the wettest regions in the world in February. Parts of California got three times their monthly rainfall.

Starting point is 02:05:04 The extreme deluge triggered nearly 600 mudslides in Los Angeles in just the first week. Looking ahead through May, above average warmth is expected for the northern tier with heavier rain in the southeast. Tony, the latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization says the climate crisis is a defining challenge that humanity faces. No, no, no. It's a lie. And weather's not climate until it was. You're lying. They used to always say it was not climate.

Starting point is 02:05:32 Now they started to say it is. They're lying. And finally someone got caught. It's nice that it was KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines, got caught greenwashing. was KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines, got caught greenwashing. So how this works is when they say net zero, it's not zero carbon, by the way, it would be carbon dioxide, but we've just changed that to carbon now. And zero carbon would mean no humans because we are by default made of carbon. We're carbon.

Starting point is 02:06:01 We're carbon. Net zero means that you buy credits give us some credit man we'll buy credits by buying up pieces of africa or some other place and just saying hey it's it's a carbon sink it's a carbon sink well klm marketed this to their customers and they were caught lying about it it's a celebration for climate activist group Fossil Free, after a Dutch court ruled that national airline KLM had misled customers with its 2019 Fly Responsibly campaign. According to the court, 15 out of KLM's 19 environmental claims were misleading.

Starting point is 02:06:40 It had inflated the benefits of its sustainable aviation fuel, and it had given the mistaken impression that flying with KLM is sustainable. We've been working on this case for two and a half years and then finally have this very clear decision of the court saying that it's illegal for companies to claim they are tackling the climate crisis while in reality they are fueling the crisis. The court, however however did not impose any punishment on klm nor push for it to issue any statement of rectification aside from being

Starting point is 02:07:11 concrete and honest in future now now boys just be honest from now on okay i don't even know how to stop this anymore people just people make jokes about it. People don't believe in it. Just go, eh, whatever. But there's going to come a day when your credit card won't work. And they're going to say, sorry, no beef for you, if there's any available, because you drove too much. That's how it is. Talking about beef being available. Let's play these clips.

Starting point is 02:07:41 This is China taking over the world's food supply. There it is. Experts say China is trying to take over America's food supply. At a House hearing today, lawmakers heard testimony on risks to U.S. food security. NTD's Virginia Gibson has more. I have witnessed this hostile communist country work to systematically take over our food supply chain. Governor Kristi Noem told lawmakers Wednesday that China is a threat to American agriculture. They have decades ago started buying our fertilizer companies,

Starting point is 02:08:11 controlling our ability to access fertilizer, bring it into the United States. Then I watched them buy up our chemical companies. Now most of our processing facilities are owned by the Communist Party or Chinese government. Now they are coming for our land. Noam said that China will have complete control of the U.S. food supply after they buy up all the land.

Starting point is 02:08:32 70% of the crop protection products that are produced globally, most from China. Another 40% of the world's phosphorus supply originates in China. Imagine if they shut off our supply. Kip Tom is a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. agencies for food and agriculture. He said China is strategically building a dominant world food system at the expense of the U.S.

Starting point is 02:08:59 No, the U.S. and the global companies like Cargill and JBS, they're the ones who are controlling the food supply. And they're closing processing plants and they're selling their capability to China. China's not sneaking in and taking over. I agree with this. And I don't understand where Kristi Noem is coming from. She's trying to make a name for herself because she thinks she can be the vice president under Trump. Yeah, it's dishonest we have a problem beef initiative.com everybody shake your local rancher's hand if you

Starting point is 02:09:32 want to eat during the the coming food crisis this is part two of the clip the chinese are aggressive in their approach in investing in a lot of these developing nations to make sure they can secure a food source. Tom said China is investing all around the world, largely to secure food sources. Africa has 4.2 million square miles of arable land, while the U.S. has less than 600,000. Tom says he believes the U.S. should invest more in research and development and cybersecurity. should invest more in research and development and cybersecurity. Further, China's massive cyber warfare divisions, notably PLA Unit 61398, have the capability to disrupt key American infrastructure critical to our agriculture. This includes power and water utilities as well as communication and transportation systems. Policy expert Nova Daily said this critical infrastructure is exposed because of gaps in current laws.

Starting point is 02:10:29 Given the advances in farm technologies, our reliance on supply chains that provide nefarious Chinese actors kill switches to our machinery, our eyes, or our production, these all are matters that should be addressed. Now, okay, so this is clearly more anti-China rhetoric because we're doing that pivot to the Indo-Pacific, away from Ukraine and Russia. And again, it's the massive international global companies

Starting point is 02:10:58 owned by the U.S. and the U.K. who control the food supply, and they now control a large swathath of land it's not the chinese who went into ukraine no we we hijacked it we sold off all of that farmland to again the same companies cargill monsanto and now now we're screwing the farmers all over the eu since june 2022 after russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine full-scale invasion full-scale full-scale since june 2022 after russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine the eu has suspended import duties and quotas for imports from Ukraine to support its economy. However, cheap Ukrainian grain exports have sparked protests by farmers in neighbouring countries such as Poland and Hungary. The Ukrainian Prime Minister today, Denis Shmihal, has welcomed this deal, but France,

Starting point is 02:11:58 which is the EU's largest wheat producer, has called for more limits to be introduced and more cereals to be included, including wheat. It takes place against the run-up to the European elections, and many countries, including France, which of course has a strong farming lobby, have to balance the concerns of their agricultural sector while maintaining their commitment to supporting Ukraine. And it's hurting the Polish farmers, who are also hacked off. Protests right across Poland. The police in Poland estimate that as many as 70,000 Polish farmers are taking part in this. This is big, but 70,000. This is huge. That's a lot.

Starting point is 02:12:40 Taking place right now. Essentially mainly blocking major roads and ring roads around cities with their tractors in almost 600 locations across the country. It's the fourth time such a protest has happened so far this year. So causing considerable traffic disruption throughout the country. But at the same time, the public here has considerable sympathy for their demands. Indeed, I mean, Poland, like a lot of other nations in Europe, have to tread a fine line, support Ukraine whilst not upsetting your own farmers back home. To what extent will this move by the European Union have placated Polish farmers, do you think?

Starting point is 02:13:21 A bit, but not enough. The Polish government, which actually backs the farmers' key demands, will be happy that more Ukrainian products can be restricted, but it wanted caps to kick in once imports reach levels seen in 2021, i.e. before Ukraine had tariff-free access to the EU market, when Ukrainian imports to Poland were much lower. Plus, the farmers themselves want an immediate suspension of tariff-free access for all Ukrainian agricultural imports, because they say family-run farms in Poland simply can't compete against big Ukrainian agribusiness. And they have a second demand. They also want EU climate proposals that they say will raise Polish farmers' costs thrown out.

Starting point is 02:14:05 Yeah, there it is. There's your climate change screwing the farmers. There's the global international cabal that took over Ukraine screwing the farmers, giving it all to the big multinationals. But no, it's China. Oh, it's China. Meanwhile, there's news on the Russia front. DMZ. Put that time code down. it's china meanwhile there's uh there's news on the russia front dmz but put that put a time demilitarized zone looks like it's a possible oh wait before i get there about poland we were wrong i was wrong certainly about donald tusk thinking that his twin brother

Starting point is 02:14:39 died in that smolensk accident in In quotes, we have Adam and Anna, boots on the ground in Poland. They said, no, no, no. Donald Tusk, yes, he is the president now, of course, of the Communist Party. Not really. Well, Poland. Not that he had a twin brother.

Starting point is 02:15:03 He was thought to be an accomplice, though, to the accident of the plane crash in Smolensk in Russia, where half the Polish government perished, including the then president Lech Kaczynski, who did have the twin brother, Jaroslaw. And he is still alive and kicking and Tusk's main opponent up until today. And they have some other fun little details in there about what's going on in poland with the boots on the ground report in the show notes if you want to read it now back to the demilitarized zone looks like it's a possibility speaking in the wake of his electoral victory russian president vladimir putin threatened that the only way to protect his country was to create a security zone. We will be forced at some point, when we deem it appropriate, to create a certain sanitary zone in the current territories under Kiev's regime's control,

Starting point is 02:15:58 to create a security zone that will be quite difficult to cross with the means of destruction that the enemy is using, primarily, of course, of foreign manufacturing. The front line stretches over 1,000 kilometers across eastern and southern Ukraine. that the enemy is using, primarily, of course, a foreign manufacturer. The front line stretches over 1,000 kilometers across eastern and southern Ukraine. The president did not provide further details on how such a zone would be implemented. Her Ukrainian presidential aide said the statement was evidence that the war will only escalate. Now, I don't understand. I heard quite clearly in the report that Putin said a sanitary zone, which I kind of like, that would be under control of the Kiev regime. I didn't hear that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen again.

Starting point is 02:16:37 Security zone. We will be forced at some point, when we deem it appropriate, to create a certain sanitary zone in the current territories under Kiev's regime's control. Under Kiev's regime's control? I didn't hear Kiev. I don't know what that word was. It's Kiev. Kiev. He's saying Kiev. Under Kiev's regime's... well, let me try again. To create a certain sanitary zone in the current territories under Kiev's regime's control. I hear Kiev's regime control. Yeah, I can hear where you could hear that, but I'm not sure that's what he said.

Starting point is 02:17:13 I like sanitary zone. I just like sanitary zone. Yeah, we should all have a sanitary zone. I think I have one somewhere around here. Starts at the door. My sanitary zone. Yes. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Starting point is 02:17:29 Let's see. You got anything else that is burning? Oh, I got a three-by-three about Trump going on about the Jews. Now it's time for three-by-three. Yeah, baby. Experiment by JCD. Makes everybody happy when you hear the two. Comparing stories for ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Starting point is 02:17:53 The never-ending three-by they always are that's right here's your three by three now this is the where trump comes out and says hey if, if you're not voting for me, you're not Jewish. You ain't Jew. You ain't Jew. He made some guy again. He talks and talks and talks. He's had over 200 of these rallies.

Starting point is 02:18:21 I mean, yeah, he's going to say dumb shit because he talks for an hour and a half at least, minimum. And he's just talking. So let's go to ABC. Tonight, Donald Trump under fire from some of the nation's top Jewish leaders after saying that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats hates their religion. Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel.

Starting point is 02:18:48 And they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed. Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the nation's top Jewish elected official, denouncing Trump's comments as reprehensible and dangerous. To say you hate Israel or your religion because you have one political view over the other is sick. It's hateful. It is unadulterated anti-Semitism. Second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, who was also Jewish, outraged. This is a disgusting, toxic, anti-Semitic thing to say by anyone, let alone a former president of the United States.

Starting point is 02:19:25 The Anti-Defamation League calling Trump's comments defamatory and patently false. And a White House spokesperson saying there is no justification for spreading toxic, false stereotypes that threaten fellow citizens. None. Late today, Trump doubling down. I think that the Democrats have been very, very opposed to Jewish people. Trump doubling down. I think that the Democrats have been very, very opposed to Jewish people. So he's going all in on the, I mean, it's literally become a Jew fight because we have, remember, we had the Biden ad about the bloodbath. And they came right after his bloodbath quote with jews will not replace us so now the jews are are a pawn in the presidential race because we've got genocide joe

Starting point is 02:20:13 it's too funny but the way they handle this with letting you know schumer oh it's this is despicable it's no different than biden saying you ain't you you ain't black if you don't vote for me or whatever he said if you don't vote for me you ain't black that's what he said yeah i mean that to me is more racist or despicable than anything trump is just going on about the possibilities but let's hear this is not going to change let's go to nbc tonight former president trump casting his primary ballot in Florida. Doubling down on remarks Democrats are slamming as anti-Semitic. The Democrats have been very, very opposed to Jewish people.

Starting point is 02:20:52 That's true. And to Israel. All you have to do is look at Senator Schumer. What he did with Israel is a disgrace. After top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer blasted Mr. Trump earlier today. The former president's comments were utterly disgusting and a textbook example of the kind of anti-Semitism facing Jews. Same quote. Pushing the dangerous anti-Semitism trope. What? Of dual loyalty. The firestorm began overnight. Whoa, hold on a second.

Starting point is 02:21:19 The dangerous, let me hear you. Pushing the dangerous anti-Semitism trope of dual loyalty. Pushing the dangerous anti-Semitism trope of dual loyalty. What does he mean by that? It means are they more, are Jews more Jewish than American? Or are they, you know, I don't know quite what he means, but I think something along those lines is that they have more loyalty toward their religion than they do the country. No, I thought that this was about, although it doesn't make sense, the way I understand that, the dangerous trope, is that the Jews in Congress have dual nationality. And they're really there for Israel.

Starting point is 02:22:08 That's the trope. I didn't get that. Okay. And a textbook example of the kind of anti-Semitism facing Jews, pushing the dangerous anti-Semitism trope of dual loyalty. I'm sure we'll have some Jews to weigh in. The firestorm began overnight when Mr. Trump was asked about Schumer's recent rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Schumer said should be replaced in new elections.

Starting point is 02:22:32 Why do the Democrats hate Bibi Netanyahu? I actually think they hate Israel. Mr. Trump saying Democrats are being swayed by protests over President Biden's policy on Gaza. Even I am amazed at how many people are in those marches. Democrats are being swayed by protests over President Biden's policy on Gaza. Even I am amazed at how many people are in those marches. And guys like Schumer see that, and to him it's votes. I think it's votes more than anything else. Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, they hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed. The remarks quickly condemned by the Anti-Defamation League, whose CEO called them defamatory and patently false.

Starting point is 02:23:12 The Biden campaign saying, quote, the only person who should be ashamed here is Donald Trump. Oh, yes. He he. Let me guess, did CBS do the same thing do you think president trump is getting bashed again for repeating a comment about jewish americans he told white house reporters yesterday that any jewish person who votes democratic is being quote disloyal in my opinion you vote for a democrat you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you're being very disloyal to israel and it was the second day in a row mr trump questioned the loyalty of jews a

Starting point is 02:23:52 type of attack that anti-semites often use the president mentioned it the first time in slamming two congressional democrats oh it ended there. It did? Yeah, it just ended. Oh, that's too bad. But something happened in the movie. Oh, yeah. It was too short. I have some Israel. Believe me, it was the same. I have some Israel Hamas news.

Starting point is 02:24:20 Apparently, according to Turkish radio and television, and obviously I need to, someone pointed this out to me, that I guess I need to point out that Turkish radio television is not going to be on the side of Israel, which is why I play it. You got to hear everything from around the world. Yeah. Not just the three-by-threes.

Starting point is 02:24:41 This is what we do. We expose Chinese, anti-chinese all kinds of stuff but they say news from the chinese outlets they say the reason for hamas attacking on october 7th was the red heifers are you familiar with the red heifers okay i'm gonna be in a minute could a texas cow start Armageddon in the Middle East in April 2024? And what does this have to do with Israel's war on Palestine's Gaza? On the 100-day anniversary of Israel's brutal assault on Gaza, Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaidah released a video explaining the motivations behind the group's incursion into Israel on October 7th.

Starting point is 02:25:23 Alongside Israel's continued occupation of Palestine, he also mentioned the bringing of red cows into the occupied Palestinian territories. Obeidah was referring to the plans of numerous right-wing Israeli groups who believe that a red cow must be sacrificed in order for the Jews to progress plans to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the fabled Third Temple in its place. It might sound like a conspiracy theory, but hardliner Israeli group the Temple Institute have already purchased and imported five red Angus heifers from Texas at a cost of $500,000. They have been

Starting point is 02:25:57 grazing in a kibbutz in the occupied West Bank since 2022, with reports that the sacrifice is planned to take place as early as April 2024. The sacrifice of the red heifer has its roots in the Torah and the Talmud, and it is believed that the ritual is necessary to purify the Jews so that they can pray at the Al-Aqsa compound. The sacrifice will reportedly take place on a plot of land on Mount Volos, facing the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The cow must be completely red, including its hooves, and must be around three years old at the time of sacrifice. Following the sacrifice, the ashes of the cow are due to be mixed with water

Starting point is 02:26:32 and used to purify selected Jewish priests and their adherents. It's about to get exciting. I thought the eclipse was exciting. You got to get a clip of the day for dredging that up. Clip of the day. Please. It literally popped into the algo. I was looking at a different YouTube video, and this YouTube short popped up.

Starting point is 02:26:56 I'm like, wow, this is great. You got lucky. This is great. You got lucky. Meanwhile, Queen Ursula is throwing money around left and right like they don't need to print anymore. Oh, I'm sorry. That's all they're doing. You know, once it gets really bad there, once it gets really bad in Gaza, the Palestinians have only one way to go.

Starting point is 02:27:24 Egypt. Gaza, the Palestinians have only one way to go. Egypt. Now, what are we going to do about that, Queen Ursula said to herself. A controversial deal to inject cash into Egypt mired in its worst economic crisis in nearly 100 years. The European Union's 7.4 billion euro package includes 5 billion in concessional loans, 1.8 billion for investment, and hundreds of million for bilateral projects like managing migration. The Egyptian president hailed what he called a paradigm shift in his country's partnership with Brussels. The discussion addressed the importance of continuing to confront common challenges, most notably illegal immigration, as we affirmed our commitment to combating this phenomenon. Several European leaders attended the signing in Cairo,

Starting point is 02:28:14 including from Austria, Cyprus and Greece. Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney, whose country is one of the worst affected by surging migration in the Mediterranean, wants to convince migrants not to make the crossing. The best way is to reaffirm the rights of the citizens in the African continent not to emigrate towards Europe. And it is something that we can do only with development. And it is exactly what we are doing today.

Starting point is 02:28:46 The agreement follows the templates of those Brussels has signed with Tunisia and Mauritania, which pledged funds in return for fortifying their borders. Rights groups say the deals lack any specific human rights guarantees for migrants and asylum seekers. More generally, activists have criticized Western backing for Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who's overseen a crackdown on dissidents from across the political spectrum. So this is the model now.

Starting point is 02:29:12 Just send billions of euros to every country you don't want migrants to come in from. And if you want to get some euros, threaten to go into Europe. This is great. Hey. Yeah. great. Hey. Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:29:28 Hey, it's Al-Sisi here in Egypt. Do you want me to send the boats out? No? Give me some money. And they all like, okay. They're just paying for it.

Starting point is 02:29:40 Well, Turkey perfected that. Oh, Turkey was great at that. By the way, something's banging your mic real bad. No, it was me. I'm moving stuff around. I banged

Starting point is 02:29:50 the mic. I hit it right like this. I banged it. What am I supposed to say? I banged it. I got the mic. It gets banged. I can't sit here still. It's happened 10 times. I'm moving stuff around. I'm trying to get stuff done. Trying to sort things out. And I bang the mic.

Starting point is 02:30:06 Okay. Alright. bang the mic. Okay. All right. You're forgiven. Oh, my goodness. Oh, there it is. All right. Let's do an update. Let's get the Haiti thing out of the way so we can get people surprised.

Starting point is 02:30:21 Oh, yes. Yeah, the latest on Haiti. Okay. The other developing story we're following at this hour, the images coming in late today from Haiti. At least 30 Americans choppered out of Port-au-Prince. Nearly 1,600 Americans in Haiti reaching out to the U.S. Embassy. Many want out amid the growing danger there. ABC's Matt Rivers in Haiti again tonight.

Starting point is 02:30:39 Going out. Tonight, this State Department helicopter airlifting Americans out of Haiti. Our team capturing the daring mission. Two choppers flying at least 30 Americans out of Port-au-Prince today after weeks of chaos. And as tensions rise, the government planning to send two helicopters into Haiti every day, hoping to get about 30 citizens out on those flights. And this is what they're fleeing. Gangs overrunning entire neighborhoods, fighting the police.

Starting point is 02:31:11 It's not hyperbole to say that the only thing that's standing in between gangs completely taking over this country are a couple thousand police officers who are risking their lives every single day fighting back against these gangs. Here in Port-au-Prince, we go meet one of those officers on the front lines, part of a specialized unit fighting the gangs terrorizing this city. This officer meeting us indoors, covering his face for his own safety. He tells me the police are outgunned and outmanned. We can't retreat, he says.

Starting point is 02:31:45 We can't give up the country to the gangs. I've got no choice. And David, back to those evacuations. The U.S. State Department is saying that nearly 1,600 Americans on the ground right now in Haiti are in touch with the U.S. Embassy as the State Department tries to find more ways to get more Americans out.

Starting point is 02:32:01 I'm disappointed they didn't mention barbecue. Yeah. Because he's they didn't mention barbecue. Yeah. Because he's the new Coney 2012. Yeah, he's the guy. He's the go-to guy. And you know that cannibal thing? That's from 2021.

Starting point is 02:32:15 It's an old video. They're gaslighting us. Oh, yeah. Barbecue's men are eating people that they kill. No. No, that's Coney 2012. So when do we get the blue helmets in what's the next move because you tell me why don't you predict something i have no idea i think this

Starting point is 02:32:31 thing is completely off the rails we didn't we're not controlling it very well and now we're trying to flag people out 30 people at a time day after day is with 1600 in line. That's dumb. Well, the point is there's so much gold, for one. I mean, you know, I had a four... I'll only play one clip. I had a four-piece special from CBS on the history of Haiti. It's worth playing just at least one of these clips

Starting point is 02:33:04 so people kind of get some context, which goes back to 1492. The island Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic, Columbus landed here in 1492 and called it Hispaniola, claiming it for Spain. But Haiti eventually became a fabulously rich French colony, its plantations producing much of the world's coffee and sugar. In 1791, the enslaved Africans who worked those plantations revolted. What followed was a 13-year bloodbath. Then, on January 1st, 1804, Haiti traded the French flag for its own. It became the

Starting point is 02:33:50 first black republic and abolished slavery. But in 1825, the French came back with gunboats and an outrageous demand. Reparations. Haiti had to borrow the money with interest. Yes, from France. Instead of building roads and schools and hospitals, Haiti was paying off that debt until 1947. All right, I'll make a prediction, okay? It just hit me, I'll make a prediction.

Starting point is 02:34:24 There will be a TPS. No, that's not a TPS report. It's a temporary protected status for all Haitians to enter the United States for more cheap labor for the bankers. I predict Navy boats going to pick them up. There's my put it in the book. That's a good one. Put it in the book. That's a good one. Put it in the book.

Starting point is 02:34:45 You should play the Red Book jingle. Do we have it? We don't have a Red Book jingle. I put one in the show the other day. The Red Book jingle is called Jingle Red Book. The cover of it was red. They called it the Red Book. Not really a jingle.

Starting point is 02:35:04 It's not really a jingle. It's good jingle. It's not really a jingle. It's better than no jingle, but I think you might be right because the Haitians are notorious for being hard workers. Very hard workers. They kick the French out. They're the maids of New York City.

Starting point is 02:35:19 They're all Haitians. Hey, the Democrats, they want more people. They're good with children. They can cook. Yeah. And the the Democrats, they want more people. They're good with children. They can cook. Yeah. Food is good. Food is good. French background doesn't hurt.

Starting point is 02:35:31 That's right. Food's good. They're hard workers and they don't like American blacks because we got to get rid of these American blacks. They're no good. No, no, no. Oh, man. I did a show with Moe yesterday. It's one to listen to particularly based on that statement you just made

Starting point is 02:35:50 most is what well you know it's a whole continuation but but he actually says something really interesting he said the way you know he believes there's and i'm on board there's white supremacy the operating system of america and of the. There's white people and then non-white people. And it's too much to go into depth with it. But he says, what you see is the system puts black people out front for when it goes wrong. Letitia James, Fannie Willis, Lloyd Austin, Diddy. I mean, they put all these black people out front of the scandal. And when it all comes to take a beating, Mike, Mayor Adams, the mayor, they take the beating. And it goes and you look at it's like, wow, you're right. And it'll be Joy Reid. Trust me, Sonny Hostin. They're all going to take the beating. Son you look at it and it's like, wow, you're right. And it'll be Joy Reid, trust me, Sonny Hostin. They're all going to take the beating.

Starting point is 02:36:48 Sonny's ditched it. She's moved over. She's actually Spanish. Now she's a slave owner. Yeah, that's right. She dodged a bullet. Smart move, smart move. Anyway, we did something on the last show,

Starting point is 02:37:03 which was a good call that you made. And we knighted probably the last living aviator who survived the Pearl Harbor attack and theater. And we got several notes, but certainly from his family, they were very, very, very pleased because Sir Higgins, as he was knighted, passed away just a few days later. So he passed away a Knight of the Knowage in the Round Table. The family is actually very happy about that. There was a lot of news about this guy.

Starting point is 02:37:39 I have a quick clip here. Yeah, he is famous. And one of the few remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 102. The family of Richard C. Higgins says he passed away Tuesday at his home in Bend, Oregon. He was a radio man assigned

Starting point is 02:37:53 to a squadron of seaplanes when Japan attacked December 7th, 1941. I'm Carmen Roberts and this is Fox News. And isn't it fitting that he was a radio man? I mean, the whole thing is just beautiful. I'm glad that you called out. I'm glad we did that. I'm glad that we

Starting point is 02:38:09 were able to be a little part. And I'm glad that he passed at home and not in the hospice. Right. Yes. It's better. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage in the morning to you, the man who put the C in the Cicada Apocalypse. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to my friend on the other end, the one and only Mr. John C. DeMora.

Starting point is 02:38:29 Well, good morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry. Boots on the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water, the Danes and the Knights out there. Failing. Hey there, trolls, stop moving around. Let me see how many there are of you. One, two, three, four. 1552.

Starting point is 02:38:45 Down 20. Down 20. Down 20. We're down 20 trolls from last Thursday. Down. Well, they're probably still hung over. I think everyone's hung over from St. Patrick's Day still. Oh, yeah, St. Patrick's Day. Yeah, they're all plastered.

Starting point is 02:39:00 Plastered trolls, everybody. The trolls are in the troll room, trollroom.io. They listen live and they provide lively conversation uh and lively comments sometimes helpful usually not but they're trolls what do you expect they entertain themselves that's what they're doing it's like soma for ugly people they're trolls um they listen live at trollroom.io it's the no agenda stream is 24 hours a day darren o'neill, he's on before us for two hours. It's like a radio station.

Starting point is 02:39:29 It actually is. You can tune in. There's no commercials. It's all value for value. And everyone kind of brings their built-in audience. It's a beautiful thing. That also works with the modern podcast apps. Podcast apps and the modern podcast apps are kind of cool because they will alert you when a show goes live, your favorite show.

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Starting point is 02:40:15 It's really quite cool. And today I will promote CurioCaster. CurioCaster is a web app. It's an app that you can use on your desktop, on your phone. It's actually very fast, very snappy, and it has all of those features built. Actually, it has every single feature almost that Podcasting 2.0 has to offer. Find out more at podcasting2.org. It's all open source. There's a lot of men and women who are doing this to keep podcasting a true avenue, the last bastion of free speech, which it is.

Starting point is 02:40:47 And we appreciate all the work that they do. We're value for value. That means that we just, everything you just got in the last two hours and 40 minutes, there was no charge. We didn't interrupt. Oh, man. Joe's podcast, The Rogan Experience, they've started doing ads now. Oh, man. He just chops in every uh every 15 minutes

Starting point is 02:41:06 it's kind of harsh boom you know i mean i mean it's one way to do it but it's just it's a little harsh unpleasant unpleasant that's the word yeah i mean the content is good i don't know i we prefer our our talk uninterrupted and that of course means that we don't know. We prefer our talk uninterrupted. And that, of course, means that we don't make $250 million. No, no. No, we don't. We don't even come close. Not even a fraction of that. So instead, we just ask you to return value to us in a number of ways. We have time, talent time talent and treasure which means you can help us out by while sending a boots on the ground those are incredibly appreciated um you can help out with them well we have help with servers we have help with art well artwork that's that's a big one

Starting point is 02:41:56 very controversial the art that was done by one of our hundreds of artists for the last episode. It was Sir Joho, and he created what I thought was quite funny. Of course, it's St. Patrick's Day, so we always like to stay in themes when it comes to... The title of the episode, by the way, was NetBui, and we were both amazed that NetBui is spelled

Starting point is 02:42:19 N-E-T capital B-E-U-I. We'd forgotten that. What does it stand for again? Network Broadcast Ethernet Universal Interface or something? capital b-e-u-i we'd forgotten that what does it stand for again network broadcast ethernet universal interface or something i can't remember what it was i forgot myself and uh sir yoho for saint patrick's day made us a saint patrick's day image with a black irish uh and it said happy saint patrick's day from google gem, which I thought was pretty funny because of Google Gemini's...

Starting point is 02:42:47 Makes everybody black. Makes everybody black. There were people mad. You've never heard of Black Irish? You don't know the history? Ireland is the origination of the world. We built the whole world. I've heard of Black Irish.

Starting point is 02:43:00 It doesn't make the joke any less funny. Oh, there were some people just going off. I never heard it. No, it was on X. Oh, yeah, I know, I know. But still, it's like, oh, man, chill out. It's okay. It's just a joke, bro.

Starting point is 02:43:17 Whew. I don't know. It was hard. It was hard for these people. We thought it was quite funny. We select these pieces of art from noagendaartgenerator.com, another outstanding example of value for value. We don't run it.

Starting point is 02:43:32 Sir Paul Couture runs it, and he's upgraded it multiple times throughout the ages, and it's now very swift. We've got the show numbers reflecting the actual show numbers now. Oh, good. What do you have in your mouth? reflecting the actual show numbers. Oh, good. What do you have in your mouth?

Starting point is 02:43:48 I have a lozenge, but it's Sayers Slippery Elm lozenges. That's very unprofessional sounding. No, I'm sorry. Okay. There was a lot of... But you're right. There was a lot of St. Patrick's Day art. John, of course,

Starting point is 02:44:02 immediately wanted the butt. I didn't want the butt. You said, oh, no, it's just well done. It was Calipigeon. You said, I already know which one I like. That's because it was well done. It wasn't

Starting point is 02:44:17 because it was a butt. I also liked the girls, the other two women that were cheesecake-y. Do you like, you know, I'm getting complaints. I'll bet you are. No, I'll tell you what the complaint is. It's universal from women. John's turning in, because it's a combination

Starting point is 02:44:35 of the cheesecake images and the cussing, which seems to have increased. I have not cussed. How many times have I cussed on today's show? Today, I don't think a single time, so that's good. But you have increased your cussed. Well, how many times did I cuss on today's show? Today, I don't think a single time. So that's good. But you have increased your cussing. And they think you're turning into a dirty old man.

Starting point is 02:44:51 I am a dirty old man. Give me a break. I'm old. I'm a man. And I'm dirty. And I'm dirty. You know, that Jan's turning into a dirty old man. Okay.

Starting point is 02:45:05 That's what men look forward into a dirty old man. Okay. That's what did you, that's what men look forward to. Oh man. I don't know which one to choose for the opening clip. There's three of them, right? Look forward to becoming dirty old men because you can't be called out. You know,

Starting point is 02:45:16 it's like, Hey, too bad. I'm going to, you know, it doesn't go on much longer than this and just put up with it. I love you, man.

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Starting point is 02:46:14 um then he had a a dog peeing no that was not nice um i like the time treasure by nestworks with the girl holding the green beer i thought thought that was pretty less offensive than the one I liked. Let me see. Where was that one? Right above it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I pushed for that piece, but we couldn't resist. I mean, at the, and I'll say it, at the end of the day, we went with the funny piece.

Starting point is 02:46:41 We always choose humorous over even great art, usually, which would take the humor unless it's really schlocky. Yeah. And I thought that's just borderline done, but it wasn't quite schlocky enough. But I thought this was a funny, it was a funny joke. It was a funny joke. From Google Gemini. We liked it a lot.

Starting point is 02:46:59 Thank you very much to Sergio Ho for doing that for us and to all the artists who participate and are always trying to score a win we love you very much and uh no agenda art generator.com you can find all of these all of the submissions there uh they also wind up on uh good merch merch over at the store the no agenda shop.com and you can always participate yourself. You can open up an account and get to it and start rocking away. And also, all of these images rotate in the chapters that Drebscott puts together for us in the modern podcast apps. Now to go to the treasure to thank our executive and associate executive producers. These are real credits.

Starting point is 02:47:39 They are lifetime credits. You can use them anywhere credits are recognized, which is typically show business circles. We're proud to give these out. You can even open up an IMDB account if anyone questions your motives. It's real. And if anyone wants to know how real they are, we'll be happy to vouch for you. We kick it off with a switcheroo from Druana Kuster. She's in Helena, Montana. $1,000. She's in Helena, Montana. $1,000. She's got a blue box here, which means there is a ceremony in place.

Starting point is 02:48:11 Hello, Adam and John. Switcheroo. Greetings from Montana. Please use this donation tonight. My brother Brian and her brother Brian needs a de-douching. You've been de-douched. All right. So I'm just going to presume it is Brian K kuster kuster kuster kuster so i'm making that change now i hit him in the mouth about a year ago and he

Starting point is 02:48:33 has enjoyed listening it's kester well in dutch it would be kuster so yeah kester sounds more more americanized i hit him in the mouth about a year ago and he has enjoyed listening to your show while working nights in brownwood texas Around New Year's, Brian was diagnosed with a terminal tumor on his spinal cord and given four months to live. This is not a dynamite note. This is depressing now. This is not good. Even though he isn't able to do many of the things he once enjoyed, he still listens to his podcast and we get a kick out of your show, especially throwing down the lingo around unsuspecting normie relatives. I'll bet you do. You are adding incredible value to his time. Thank you for your show and the work you put into it. Asking for prayers from all the non-pagans. JK in the Gitmo Nation for Brian,

Starting point is 02:49:21 he's on my list. Please knight him, Sir Turbo Brian, of the infamous compliments and give him steak so rare it only has a chance to look at the oven in terror before being served. And Mountain Dew, of course. I love that. And Mountain Dew, of course, at the rhyme table. Can we get an F cancer and an R2D2 karma?

Starting point is 02:49:41 You bet. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! You've got karma. Sir Anonymous, I'm sorry, Sir Anonymous,

Starting point is 02:49:58 the Viscount of the ADFC in Arapahoe County, comes in with $3,699. He actually sent in a check and a note. And that's proof that I have a note. It's a note. We have a note. So he also says at the beginning, thank you for your courage and your continued deconstruction.

Starting point is 02:50:17 It's been far too long since my last tithing. Please de-douche me. You've been de-douched. He doesn't want any jingles or crime, but he says about this donation, the 36999 is something I like to call the triple intel threat. No. Or treat. The triple intel treat. That's treat, not threat.

Starting point is 02:50:39 Got it. As I've donated this amount before, a brief explanation may suffice. As I've donated this amount before, a brief explanation may suffice. It's a relation to E012333EO, which is Executive Order 12333. Ah, yes, yes, I've heard of this. Some of the No Agenda spooks may know what it is, but it comes in many forms, and it has special meaning to the numerologists among us. Here you have the power of three in many forms, one, two, three, dot three, three times three,

Starting point is 02:51:07 three, six, nine, three, nine, nine. Perhaps you notice that three, six, nine, dot nine, nine equals three followed by six, which is three and three followed by nine, which is three and three and three or three times three ending with 99, which is three. 33 times three. Yes, and at the end, it's George Soros. As always, I shall remain a faithful proponent, proponent and promoter of the No Agenda show.

Starting point is 02:51:31 Surreptitiously hitting people in the mouth. I have to be very careful within the walls of my government facility where everyone is literally a you know what? Douchebag. No, it means a spook. We need a spook! No jingles, no karma. I don't think we have a spook yell.

Starting point is 02:51:54 We don't have a spook yell. We should get one. We need one, yes. Thank you very much. Cody Osborne is in Elgin, Illinois. $350.93. In the morning, gentlemen, I've been listening for about two months since my cousin Ian hit me in the mouth. And I've been backtracking, checked, and I'm exactly 333 episodes back.

Starting point is 02:52:15 That's got to be a sign. Well, kick him what I can for now. Thanks for your courage. Well, thank you. We appreciate it. I'm sorry. I was looking at the back of our our spooks note james moran in jackson california jackson up in the hill country there our hill country

Starting point is 02:52:34 this foothills uh 333.33 no notes just karma got it You've got karma. Sir Jeff, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 333.33. In the morning, he says, with this donation, I move from a tiny baron to a full baron. In addition to the new title, Sir Jeff Baron of PA Route 33, I'd like to request from the Peerage Committee a small parcel of surrounding Pennsylvania Route 33. This parcel is bordered on the west by interstate 476 on the east by the delaware river on the north by interstate 80 and the south by interstate 78 uh do we have a plat have we checked i think that's fine i'd like to know why it's probably it's probably some well-known building and he's laughing his butt off.

Starting point is 02:53:25 Maybe. I also appreciate the Rub-A-Lizer and 33 is the magic number. Jingles, thank you for your courage. Sir Jeff of PA Route 33. India, tango, mic, standby, 33, 33, 33, Rub-A-Lizer out.

Starting point is 02:53:44 33, that's the magic number. It is, it's the magic number. Well, Ray Salmon comes in from Madison, New Jersey with 33, 333.33, so he's writing the same click. And he sent a note in with a check and to prove it i can shake the piece of paper yes it's been a while since i've donated so please dedouche me you've been dedouched i'm sharing some of the year-end treasure provided to me by my employer i appreciate all the hard work that goes into each show. Please provide some dog karma for all. All right. We move on to Chap Williams, also in the 333.33 club no note that i have seen so we'll give him a double up

Starting point is 02:54:46 karma you've got karma sir farmer todd from wellsboro pennsylvania 333 not the 33 the other day while i was playing he writes the other day while i was playing royal he writes, the other day while I was playing Royal Match, I won 33 golden coins. I knew it was time to donate again. Also, starting today, the NCAA wrestling tourney begins, 10 brackets with 33 men per bracket. Oh, no. Penn State will win again, by the way.

Starting point is 02:55:19 Cheers, Sir Farmer Todd. Thank you, Farmer Todd. You've been around for a long time, Sir Farmer Todd has. Jeffrey Weber, or Weber, Osage, Iowa. sir farmer todd thank you farmer todd you've been around for a long time sir farmer tad todd has jeffrey weber or weber osage iowa 263.22 and he doesn't have a note so we give him a double up karma you've got karma and next on the list from the country of the Netherlands, Wageningen to be exact, Joppe Franke, $210.60. Also no note, so a double up karma for you, Joppe.

Starting point is 02:55:54 You've got karma. I'm going to jump on and go to Linda Lupatkin in Lakewood, Colorado. $200 jobs, karma she wants. Jump one and go to Linda Lupatkin in Lakewood, Colorado. 200 bucks, jobs karma she wants. For a resume she mentions that gets results, she must be doing well with this. Go to ImageMakersInc.com with a K. For all your executive and resume job search needs, that's ImageMakersInc with a K. Or find Linda Lupatkin, Duchess of Jobs and writer of resumes on the producer list.

Starting point is 02:56:24 Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You thought. Oh, no. Also coming in, well, this is 201.33. The 33s are everywhere today. Gigawatt Coffee Roasters from Bensonville, Illinois. And Gigawatt says spring is here.

Starting point is 02:56:43 And for that, can I get a little girl yay and a boom shakalaka for producers looking to enjoy a crisp spring morning with a fine cup of coffee visit GigaWattCoffeeRoasters.com and use code ITM20 at checkout for a 20% discount on your first order stay caffeinated says Eli the Coffee Guy. Thank you, brother. Sir Chancey in New York City, $200. ITM gents from Sir Chancey of the Netherworld and ITM to the folks of the New York City Meetup. Can I get a fear is freedom and some jobs karma? Thank you much.

Starting point is 02:57:20 Fear is freedom. Subjugation is liberation. Contradiction is truth. Those are the facts of this world. And you will all surrender to them. You pigs in human clothing. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. man i haven't heard the marching pigs fierce freedom in a long time glad someone requested that again and our final uh associate executive producer is ethan ranka ranka i'm gonna say overland park kansas uh 200 thank you for all the work you think it's ranky well that's what you think that's what i'm thinking ranky thank you for all the work you both do i'm long past due to start my journey to knighthood i've been listening to no agenda since 2020 and the value received far

Starting point is 02:58:10 exceeds what has been donated no it's if this is what you can donate then it is right on the money i came for adam i stayed for john no jingle he's a dirty old man. No jingles, but could use some marriage and house buying karma. Well, we'll hand that to you. Thank you for your support. You've got karma. And that does wrap up our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1644. We are just rocking along with the numbers.

Starting point is 02:58:43 We want to thank everybody in advance who comes in under uh 50 we uh we noticed by the way john you had some of the um it's like the 51 33 somehow if someone does 49 99 and and pays for the fees then it hits up above the 50 oh that's interesting yeah that may not be what they want. So people, well, they shouldn't do it. That's what I'm thinking too. We appreciate all those people, of course, and everyone who's on sustaining donations, which you can find at noagendadonations.com, devorah.org slash NA for you old schoolers and take a look and you can see exactly how you can support the show ongoing. and John's going to take us through to the 50s starting with Nathan

Starting point is 02:59:28 Cochran in Franklin Tennessee 12345 he's a knight he's a knight name you mention your knight name next time Nathan put it in the notes yes please do yeah we had somebody complaining bitterly but they didn't put it in the notes Belinda

Starting point is 02:59:43 we don't remember these things off the top of our head there's a thousand nights so we just can't we're not that bright belinda shrews i think shrews shrews that's a good way to pronounce it in devon meadows australia one two three four five 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Dan Maley, Malley, Maley in Fremont, California. 1, 1, 3. And now we have a long note from Greg Speed, who is Ashland Speed's dad in Mansfield, Texas. 1, 0641. I don't mind reading this real quick because she is part of the No Agenda Racing Team.

Starting point is 03:00:20 No Agenda logo displayed proudly on her car. This weekend is Ashland speed's first race in the f1600 with team race dog i think she uh did a track record uh with that car which is she doesn't own the car but she's driver for it and she is fast she's very fast hence the name speed the official no agenda racer has been signed for the year. Oh, yeah. There's the good news. I hit the team owner in the mouth, and he's letting us put the No Agenda logo on the new car. This is awesome. I said it. Awesome.

Starting point is 03:00:52 Any No Agenda producers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area should come out to the gorgeous Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur to see a race and visit us in the upper pits. If you announce yourself with an in the morning, we'll know you're not some weirdo. Hey, this is like an invitation to the pits, man. Or just the opposite. Check her socials for the full schedule at Ashlyn with a Y,

Starting point is 03:01:12 Ashlyn Speed. She races at 3.30 on Saturday and 3 o'clock on Sunday, but come out early to hang out. Admission is free. Bar and Grill on site will even let your kiddos, oops, your kid,

Starting point is 03:01:23 sit in the car and take a picture. Oh, and please let Linda Lupatkin know that an Image Makers ink logo would look really good on the side of the race car. Love you guys.

Starting point is 03:01:33 And he says, could I just have a just send your cash from George Bush? I know a lot of people want to send blankets or water. Just send your cash.

Starting point is 03:01:41 Very expensive to be in the racing business. We're very proud to be a part of Ashley's story. Cars cost money and they fall apart. And we're proud to be a part of her story. It's a beautiful, you know, I can see her one day on the podium, Indy, if not Indy, F1. And then mentioning no agenda because these racers are trained to mention every sponsor, their car name before they even say hello.

Starting point is 03:02:08 Exactly. If you ever listen to one of them. I can't even do it how good they do it. Or how well they do it. I'm sorry. I just got a message. Spoke! There it is.

Starting point is 03:02:21 Fletcher. On the fly. Nice one, Fletch. I can do it. Brian Lillard in Prosper, Texas, 8888. Kevin McLaughlin, there he is, 8008. 1644 Boob donation. Nice.

Starting point is 03:02:36 8008. Okay. Randall Myers in Gainesville, Virginia, 8008. He donated because of the sad puppy, which continues. Kat Morton in Charlotte, North Carolina 7450. That's got a birthday. We got it. We got it. Alexander McMahon

Starting point is 03:02:54 in Casliger. Cast? Cast? Casliger, BC. I'm not sure. Which is $70 and 26 cents, which is $85 in Canadian. It's from the Mountains and Rivers Meetup to support the show and save Alan Lawton from being a douchebag. You've been de-douched.

Starting point is 03:03:19 Thank you. Sir Rick in Arlington, Washington, $69.96. you sir rick in arlington washington 69 96 rin fakima uh in seattle 69 69 dudes sir ch O'Brien in Chicago, Illinois, 6006. Les Tarkowski in Kingman, Arizona, 58. Preston Isaacson, 5623. Dean Roker, 5510. Greg O'Neill, who's got a birthday for somebody. He's a de-douching.

Starting point is 03:04:04 5510. You've been de-douched. He's at 5510. So Ethan Moss at 5326. Andrew Benz in Imperial, Missouri, 5005. And now we get to the 50s, and there's a bunch of them, including our, we mentioned earlier, our knighting of uh of gramps yes and we taught we discussed that so that is a donation from unfortunately it blows out my spreadsheet so you have to run right

Starting point is 03:04:34 ryan norton uh and he just wanted us to mention his uh sir higgins instagram page which is still up quarantine underscore chats underscore with underscore gramps or search for richard higgins Instagram page, which is still up quarantine underscore chats, underscore with underscore Gramps or search for Richard Higgins, Pearl Harbor survivor on YouTube. There's a lot of stories there. It's apparently quite good. Nicholas Ruddowich in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, Christopher Hodges in Union,

Starting point is 03:05:00 Mississippi. Here we go again. Oh, you skipped a whole bunch at the top. I don't have any. The spreadsheet is not giving me any of those. Andrew Benz, Imperial, Missouri. Scott Lavender, Montgomery, Texas. Corey Bennett, Denver, Colorado.

Starting point is 03:05:14 Gadget Freak 10, Western Springs, Illinois. Luke Olson, Alexandria, Virginia. Chris Cowan, Austin, Texas. Andrew Gusek, I think that's sir. Greensboro, North Carolinaolina matt ealingworth in montclair new jersey my old hood cynthia kirk from uh placerville california and she wants a you've been deduced did you get gadget freak i did Did you freak? I did. Okay, Nicholas Ruddowich.

Starting point is 03:05:46 Christopher Hodges in Union, Mississippi. Back to Ethan Reinke in Overland Park, Kansas. This is another Matt Higginbotham for the de-douching. An executive producership on show 1628 wants to thank him. You've been de-douched. He gets a de-douching. Everybody gets a de-douching today. Everyone gets a de-douching today.

Starting point is 03:06:14 You get a de-douching. You get a de-douching. And Alan Bean in Beaverton, Oregon is back, 50. Dan and Tracy Sullivan in Tinley Park, Illinois. Leanne Shipley in Covington, Oregon is back, 50. Dan and Tracy Sullivan in Tinley Park, Illinois. Leanne Shipley in Covington, Washington. And last on our list, not a really big list actually, but it's good old Sir Jerry Wingenroth

Starting point is 03:06:37 in Saugus, California. I want to thank these people for helping get show 1644 off the ground and produced. And thank you again to everyone who came in under the $50. Thank you again to our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1644. You really brought it home. We appreciate you.

Starting point is 03:06:56 Thank you for supporting the NO Agenda show. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order! Order! Shut up, slaves! Shut up, slaves! Become a producer at noagendadonations.com. Title changes.

Starting point is 03:07:20 Turn and face the slaves. Title changes. Don't want to be a douchebag. And we have one title change today, which we'd like to hit right off the bat. Sir Jeff has donated an additional amount of $1,000 all put together, and so today he becomes Sir Jeff Barron of Pennsylvania,

Starting point is 03:07:39 Route 33, and he has that new parcel of land under his protection. We thank you very much, sir. It's your much, sir. Here is our birthday list. Remember, we don't actually have a calendar or a list. You've got to email us the evening before the show so you can get on the list. Sir Andy says, happy birthday, Dame Kylie of the Double D Cups. She turned 50 yesterday.

Starting point is 03:08:04 Mitchell Reeves, happy birthday to Winnie Reeves, his daughter. She turns two today. Greg O'Neill turns 46 today. Dave Basore wishes his daughter Sarah a very happy one. She turns 16, sweet 16 tomorrow. Well, good luck with that, Dave. Kat Morton turns 50 on March 23rd. Thank you very much.

Starting point is 03:08:21 And Dave Basore wishes his son Joshua a happy birthday. He turns 25 on March 24th. There you go. Happy birthday for everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. And we do have one count them, one nighting. So I have my one night blade out there. Here you go. Wow. Oh, sorry.

Starting point is 03:08:40 Ah, cut myself. There we go. Brian. Here we go, Brian. We're with you, brother. Prayers are up. You're on the list. Thanks to the support you receive from your family, we are very proud to pronounce the Kate and you, and welcome to the roundtable, Sir Turbo Brian of the infamous compliments. Welcome to the roundtable of the No Agenda Nights and Dames. For you, sir, we have hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay,

Starting point is 03:09:04 but also by request steak. So rare. It only has a chance to look at the Evan and Tara before being served and a mountain dew. Along with that, you may enjoy some bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider, an escort ginger ale and gerbils, breast milk and pablum,

Starting point is 03:09:17 geisha's and sake vodka, Manila, Ruben S women and Rose. And of course the mutton and mead. And we'll get a ring ring to you if you head over to noagendarings.com give us your ring size and a an address to send it to we're very happy to do that and we will get that out to you along with the wax to seal your important correspondence and of course our certificate of authenticity and welcome to the round table and thank you very

Starting point is 03:09:42 much for supporting the no agenda. Time now for our meetups. No Agenda meetups. Yeah, we got a big party going on. The Rosie the Riveter Day Denver meetup starts at 6.30 Mountain Time at Lincoln's Roadhouse in Denver, Colorado. That's today. Also, this is the third anniversary of the Charlotte's Thirsty Third Thursday of the month. One day I'll get it right. It was funnier

Starting point is 03:10:10 when my teeth fell out doing that. 7 o'clock at Ed's Tavern in Charlotte, North Carolina. There's a bunch of good people over there. Tomorrow, the Get Way to the Moe, Get Way to the Moe, St. Louis Finest Meetup. So it's the Missouri St. Louis Meetup. Venice Cafe, St. Louis finest meetup. So it's the Missouri St. Louis meetup. Venice Cafe, St. Louis, Missouri.

Starting point is 03:10:26 On Saturday, the OKC Oui Houi Southside meetup, 2 o'clock at the Garage on I-240, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Central Ohio, you're at St. Paddy's Rebound, 3.30 at Dempsey's Columbus, Ohio on Saturday. All aboard the

Starting point is 03:10:41 Flight of the Know agenda. This is the 50th meetup that Leo Bravo has done in California. It's at the Santa Fe Cafe in Fullerton, California. Join him. That'll be a big celebration, 3.33 p.m. And finally on Saturday, the 9th Northwest Houston meetup at 5.30 at Wakefield Crowbar, Houston, Texas. Still to come in the month of March. We have Wageningen, the Netherlands, on the 26th. Alfredo George on the 28th. Osaka, Japan, on the 30th. Reno, Nevada.

Starting point is 03:11:10 Nevada on the 30th. Let's see what else. Nevada. Nevada. Nevada. It's Nevada. It's Nevada. Nevada.

Starting point is 03:11:19 Nevada. Nevada. They confused me. They made me confused by putting Nevada on there. I thought it was Nevada. It's Nevada. I confused me. Mimi confused me by putting Nevada on there. I thought it was Nevada. It's Nevada. I got it. Those are the meetups.

Starting point is 03:11:30 You need to be at one. This is truly the only way to get through these times. And the times that are to come. Because you all have these different capabilities and all these different resources. And when you put them all together you have a community that will save itself no matter what comes down the pike you cannot spell community without unity it's always a party and if you go to a meetup guaranteed connection which gives you protection noagendameetups.com if you can't find one there start one yourself it is easy

Starting point is 03:12:00 sometimes you want to go hang out with all the nights and days. You want to be where you want to be. Drink it all, hell's a lame. You want to be where everybody feels the same. It's like a party. I have way too many eyesores. Way too many. Let's start. So start.

Starting point is 03:12:26 Don't get started. Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock. Now that doesn't work, does it? How about this one?

Starting point is 03:12:36 Yay. I kind of like that one myself. It is cute. He has a podcast. Stone him. I thought that was kind of fun. I like that one. And is there a podcaster on the plane?

Starting point is 03:12:46 I mean, I got some good ones there. Somebody's got more. No, that's it. That's all I have. You said you had plenty of them. That was five. All right. I got...

Starting point is 03:13:00 I don't mind it much better. Let's try Freedom. Freedom. When Freedom calls, we're here to answer no it's too much noise which noise seasonal seasonal depression is real thanks for your time thank you so much for your time i think uh i really like he has a pod oh no i'd like this one yay i'd like that no i don't like that one he has a podcast stone him how about that one that one i'll take it as a podcast stone him that's that's how low we've gotten that's how low it is okay i'm a little behind on the uh on the

Starting point is 03:13:40 production here so let's hit this good Good news. Good, good news. Good news. Good, good news. Good news. I saw on the Mastodon people complaining that the good news segment, that's not good news. You guys don't know what good news is.

Starting point is 03:13:53 They're complaining about what? About the good news segment. They think it's... They don't like the good news? No, they think that they can do better good news. Send it all to John at theforex.org. I got one. I got...

Starting point is 03:14:02 Well, here's an example. I think I can do better and they sent me a seven-minute clip. They don't understand. Yeah, it's good news if you want to sit through seven minutes of yakety-yak. No, that's not good. That's bad news. Yeah, I agree. What do you have for today? I mean, I can cut them down. I'll cut them down from two minutes to a minute fifty, but I can't cut down seven minutes. No, no, no, That's not good news. That's bad news.

Starting point is 03:14:27 We like good news, particularly if it makes you feel good at the end of the show. You get a warm feeling like you slid out of the no agenda show into a nice bubble bath. What do you have? Yeah. This is an under two minute clip about the rescued pit bull. Pathetic story. This is a great, good news story. After 587 days living in a kennel, Chester the pit bull finally walks out of the Euclid Animal Shelter Monday morning to cheers and tears.

Starting point is 03:14:59 It's been a tough road for Chester before and during his time here, but he now has a new leash on life. Chester was completely skin and bones. The dog couldn't even lay down. He had his paw stuck in a prong collar and he was a mess. He was a mess. He had to be carried out after a little bit because he could not stand. August 2022, Chester, who was chained to a window and three other dogs, were found in a vacant house where they had been for more than a week. He absolutely was so relieved to see people. And to be honest, I don't know how much longer he will have lasted. For about 10 months, shelter workers treated him for heartworm and mange and helped him gain weight.

Starting point is 03:15:42 A year and a half went by and no one adopted him until a special woman came along and now Chester is on his way to his forever home in a limousine donated by Lake Erie Limo. Minutes later, Chester, about four or five years old, pulls up to his new home and his new family in North Royalton like a VIP. Oh my goodness!

Starting point is 03:16:09 It was love at first sight for Lauren Reitzman when a friend sent her an online post of Chester. He has all these people around him and he's just bopping around to see who he can get love from, you know? So I just, I think I've won the lottery. I think adoption is so important, especially when an animal, I'm getting emotional, an animal's had a really rough start in life because they deserve it even more.

Starting point is 03:16:42 In North Royalton, Kevin Freeman, Fox 8 News. This is what we are good at in America. This is what we do, people. We make good news stories that make you choke up. We get local commerce involved with the limo. And we adopt pets, people. We're good people. This is good news, John.

Starting point is 03:17:02 Well done. Good news, everyone! I'm feeling good after that. How about you? Well, you should. I feel dynamite. Dynamite. Very good. Hey, we've got some cool,

Starting point is 03:17:17 very funny end of show mixes. Professor Jay Jones checks in from China. We've got Steph Jacobson and our brother, Leo LePuke. Two in a row this week. It's good, man. Leo LePuke, you are rocking it, man. Coming right up on the stream, trollroom.io or any of the modern podcast apps, if you're listening there.

Starting point is 03:17:44 We have Rare Encounter. The Family Grenade is the title of the episode. Well, that promises something. We are looking forward to all the traffic coming into Fredericksburg for the big eclipse. It's just a couple of weeks away. It's getting exciting. California RVs are showing up as we speak.

Starting point is 03:18:05 Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Cool Crunchy, Fredericksburg, Texas. FEMA Region No. 6. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where I'm not going to Fredericksburg, I'm John C. Dvorak. We don't let dirty old men in.

Starting point is 03:18:22 That's a whole different story. Remember us at noagendadonations.com until Sunday. Adios, mofos, a-hooey, hooey, and such. But I'm not a rat. You want to start with a rat. Let's start with the rat. As New York's rat problem gets worse by the day. Oh, what is that? In the nation. Hello?

Starting point is 03:18:43 Rat grilling in New York City is getting more popular with migrants. Remember Demolition Man? And people were living underground, they were eating rats. All right, Gordon, you had the rat burger. All I want is a burger and a beer to get one. As New York's rat problem gets worse by the day. And he lived on rat meat for a year and a half. Demolition Man was a prophecy.

Starting point is 03:19:02 We've got an apple brown ratty here. Ooh, what a dessert. It's coming true. During the French Revolution, a bunch of rat recipes showed up in the market and people were eating rats in France. You want to start with a rat? Rat on your pop? Ooh, what a dessert. This kind of solves a couple of problems. Just don't ask where the meat comes from.

Starting point is 03:19:18 Hey, dad, y'all, I never understood why the gods need a fly girl to be a little rat. It's the carne y cerreta. There's one thing about Lidia's. He does not know how properly to cook rats. This is a rat burger. Well, I'm not kind of liking this now.

Starting point is 03:19:32 Let's start with the rat. But I'm not a rat. Esta carne es de rata. And they gave their recipes and told what wine you should have with it and everything. And it's quite true. I really don't know. Rat on your pop. Rat grilling in New York City is getting more popular with migrants. Just don't ask where the meat pop rat grilling in new york city is getting more popular

Starting point is 03:19:45 with migrants just don't ask where the meat comes from one of the things with rat but i'm not a rat no i'm not kind of liking this now but then i hear this was new these things take time to boot up it reminds me of you know memory whatever the memory leaks rebooting the router oh it went off and came back on what is this this? I got buffer bloat. I've got to reboot the router. Oh, and it works fine now. I got buffer bloat. I've got to reboot the router.

Starting point is 03:20:13 Oh, and it works fine now. You've got to jiggle the handle every 21 days? What was going on that it wasn't working? You know, the router's going every day, and then all of a sudden, you got a reboot. You should read me. You always said that. And sometimes it helped. It was buffer bloated.

Starting point is 03:20:29 Reboot the router. Why? Reboot the router. Do you know that's what it was? Yeah, that's what we called it. Buffer bloated. That's what we called it. We don't know what it was.

Starting point is 03:20:38 No, yeah. Buffer bloated. No, it was helping every time. We weren't flying the 787, okay? The show is important, but not that important. Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. Yes, it was in the context of an automobile industry speech but he knew exactly what he was he was talking only about the auto industry and this is one book it's just bull he knew what he

Starting point is 03:21:17 was doing he was talking about a bloodbath sometimes a bloodbath means a bloodbath is clear what he meant. There'll be blood in these streets tonight. Headlines calling it a, quote, bloodbath. A bloodbath. Not only is it going to be a bloodbath, but after they leave New Hampshire, it's a bloodbath on her home turf. He's left a lot of corpses in his wake. I mean, we haven't counted the bodies. And the headline refers to it as an impending bloodbath. 2018 midterms. In fact, the word bloodbath and massacre come up frequently. There's going to be a bloodbath. There's going to be a bloodbath. It's been a bloodbath. They're shaping up to be a bloodbath. Head off a bloodbath in

Starting point is 03:21:54 next year's crucial midterms. Off-year elections are often a bloodbath. The Babylon Bee had a great headline. Media reports Trump threatened nuclear war after he says this guacamole is the bomb. Bloodbath. Bloody bloodbath. Control exactly what people think. And that is that is our job. The best podcast in the universe. Adios, mofo. Dvorak.org slash N-A. He has a podcast. Stone him.

No Agenda - 1644 - "Shock Opera"

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