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I want a watercolor of my dog!
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Adam Curry, John C.
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Devorah.
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It's Sunday, May 4th, 2025.
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This is your award-winning Gimbal Nation Media
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Assassination episode 1761.
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This is no agenda.
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Digging in the news desert and broadcasting live
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from the heart of the Texas hill country
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here in FEMA region number 6.
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In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry.
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And from northern Silicon Valley where we're celebrating
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the Cinco de Mayo show special.
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I'm John C.
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Devorah.
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It's Crackpot and Buzzkill.
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In the morning.
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You know, it's Cinco de Cuatro.
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Yeah, I know.
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It's the 4th.
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May the 4th be with you.
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May the 4th be with you, yes, indeed.
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And we just missed it in the Netherlands
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on May 4th at 8pm.
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I think we've talked about this before.
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At 8pm, everybody stops.
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The bells toll for, I think it's one
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or two minutes.
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And we have a moment of silence for
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the victims of World War II.
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Because tomorrow is Liberation Day in Europe.
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Yeah.
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We don't even celebrate any of that here.
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I'm so confused about, you know, we've got...
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We've given up.
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We've got May 5th.
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We've given up taking credit for anything.
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Yes, we've got May 9th.
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President Trump...
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April 29th was...
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Was it 1606?
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That they landed and founded Jamestown.
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We've got all kinds of proclamations.
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I need to get that going again.
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I used to track all the proclamations.
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Obama was really, really good at it.
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And then we got...
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I don't think Trump did many of that
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in the first term.
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But Biden did nothing.
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Except for Trans Awareness Day.
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Trans Awareness Day.
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On Easter.
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So I've got to keep tracking that.
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President Trump is doing a lot of these
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things.
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Oh wait, was it May 6th?
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Right, thank you.
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May 6th, Pim Fortuyn was murdered in the
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Netherlands.
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And that was now...
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Crap, what is that?
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That'll be 25 years ago, I think.
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He was the guy that he won posthumously.
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They assassinated him two weeks before the election.
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Yeah.
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Like a knife in his heart.
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No, no, no, that was Theo van Gogh.
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No, they shot him in the head.
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At the radio station.
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Oh, he was shot in the head at
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the radio station.
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That's what I just said.
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There's no security at the radio station, apparently.
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Well, there was, but...
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It was outside in the parking lot.
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He had just walked outside and then faltered
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from the Graaf.
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We had a famous Denver...
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This was years ago.
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30 plus years ago.
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There was a famous Denver shock jock.
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That was shot in the parking lot.
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Yeah, who was that?
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I forget that story.
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Yeah, you remember that guy.
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But this was a politician.
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And that was 23 years ago.
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Right.
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And the guy who killed him is out
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free.
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The Dutch, man.
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It's crazy.
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Why not?
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He served his time.
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Pim's never coming back, but let him walk
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around.
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It's all good.
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You can't even say his name in the
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media.
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You have to say Fokert van der G.
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You can't say his last name.
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Because he has protection.
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He has rights.
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He has rights.
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Yeah, you laugh, but it's pathetic.
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It is pathetic.
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It's really pathetic.
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It's great.
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Hey, good news.
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The Press Freedom Index is out.
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The Press Freedom Index, everybody.
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Which is a big deal in press land.
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Yeah, especially if you're a left winger.
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Yes, well, let's have a listen here.
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As to who's the best.
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Who's number one at press freedom.
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The European press is suffocating.
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While the continent remains the leading region in
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the World Press Freedom Index published on Friday
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by Reporters Without Borders, the situation is deteriorating.
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Economic difficulties are threatening editorial offices, especially independent
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ones.
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The media are facing both the end of
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American aid and the strengthening of Russian propaganda.
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Norway.
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So it's American aid that makes press freedom
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a big deal.
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Without American aid, they can't do anything because
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they're too stupid.
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They need American aid.
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Wait until you hear the list.
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Norway, Estonia and the Netherlands dominate this ranking.
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This is the best.
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Number three in press freedom on the list
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is the Netherlands.
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Are you kidding me?
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One of the most suppressed countries news-wise
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in the world.
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Oh no.
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Number three.
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Already this list is suspect.
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You think?
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Conversely, Greece, Serbia and Kosovo are the continent's
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lowest ranked countries.
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Within the European Union, Athens comes last.
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In Greece, press freedom is really suffocated by
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impunity of crimes committed against journalists.
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Here I'm talking about the assassination of journalist
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Georgios Karavas in 2021.
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There has been one trial so far and
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the accused have been acquitted.
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Hungary.
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Something happened in 2021?
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Yeah.
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So that puts them at the bottom of
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the list in 2025?
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It's kind of like the Oscars the way
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they do this.
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It's bullcrap but everyone's talking about it.
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The press freedom index is out.
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Just because of how many journalists were murdered?
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Well, that gives you negative points, yes.
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They actually explain.
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Have been acquitted?
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Hungary, singled out for its attacks on the
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rule of law, ranks higher than Greece.
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But it owes this to the fact that
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no journalist has been killed, explains Reporters Without
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Borders.
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Well, get on the stick, Hungary.
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Shoot some of those people.
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You're not doing a good job.
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The organization points out that the Hungarian Prime
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Minister uses other means to control information.
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Some 80% of editorial offices are controlled
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by people close to Viktor Orban.
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While Europe remains the safest zone for the
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media, Reporters Without Borders stresses that the Union
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must remain vigilant.
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It's so interesting.
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I'll finish.
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The precise reason is the adoption last year
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of the European Media Freedom Act by the
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European Union which is historical legislation.
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So where do you think we are on
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the list?
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We're down two spots, by the way, from
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last year.
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I think we're around 20.
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57.
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We're around 57.
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Yeah, and you know why?
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Because President Trump has such good relationships with
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the press.
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This is insane.
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At the bottom, you can already guess.
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Let's see.
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Where's Russia?
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Russia, 171.
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Djibouti.
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Egypt is higher than Russia.
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So yeah, the top five.
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Press freedom, best places to be a journalist.
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Norway, Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden.
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Sweden.
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Where all they do is lie about the
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immigrant situation.
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Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal.
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Well, we know Portugal.
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They lie about their outage.
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Switzerland.
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Germany.
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Germany, number 11.
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Yeah, the more you suppress your people, the
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more press freedom you have.
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Germany's 11?
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Yeah.
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That's ridiculous.
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Right ahead of Liechtenstein.
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I think the only people who live there
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are journalists.
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How many people live in Liechtenstein?
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I'm sorry, Liechtenstein.
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I'm just kidding.
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When we get some Liechtensteiners to donate to
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the show, maybe we can be a little
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more genteel.
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So, of course, this comes at an opportune
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moment where we have all kinds of issues
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in America where we are suppressing the free
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press.
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We're shutting down Voice of America.
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And oh no!
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NPR!
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PBS!
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Let's bring in Clayton Wymos.
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He's the US Secretary.
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Stop the clip again.
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I'm going to be interrupted.
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You are interruptive today.
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Remember, as we listen to the NPR and
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PBS complaining, the total loss of income to
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these operations if the government stops giving them
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money, which they will, and they have, I
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guess Trump did something, is 1%.
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1%.
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Remember that.
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It's $500 million, according to Ms. Meier.
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Meier.
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Meier.
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But let's just continue.
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This is a report from France.
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For more on that, let's bring in Clayton
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Wymos.
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He's the US Executive Director of Reporters Without
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Borders.
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It's such a pleasure to have you with
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us on the program today.
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As we just saw in that report, for
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the first time in history, the Bain Index
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for press freedom is at its lowest ever
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score.
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Just starting with the United States, help us
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get a grasp of just how much press
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freedom has slipped under Donald Trump.
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Thank you for having me.
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He's been there for 100 days already, press
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freedom slipping.
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All we see is press about him.
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Negative.
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All of it, except for Fox.
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We're all positive.
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Both sides of the same coin.
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Bull crap.
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Yes, but 85% of them are negative.
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That number's been floating around.
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Yeah, well, then how come it's slipping?
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Remember that the index is a snapshot in
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time of the previous year.
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All the data we collected is from 2024.
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And so the decline in the United States
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is really one that's been going on for
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the better part of a decade.
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Under Biden, I guess.
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When we first started doing the index in
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2002, the United States ranked 17th in the
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world.
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It's now down to 57th out of 180
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countries.
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And that is reflected in the fact that
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all five indicators that we measure have been
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taking hits year after year, especially the economic
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indicator due to massive layoffs in the media
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industry and the closure of newsrooms all across
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the country treating a news desert problem.
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But in recent years, it's really become a
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political and cultural problem with the massive decline
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in trust between the public and the media
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and outright attacks by politicians, in particular President
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Donald Trump.
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I should add, though, that everything that's happened
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in President Trump's second administration for the past
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100 or so days has not been counted
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in the index data.
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So the decline is continuing before our very
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eyes.
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Things are only getting worse.
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It's only getting worse during Trump, even though
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it's 85%.
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There's no data, but it's getting worse somehow.
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Here's what's so interesting.
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They don't take the plethora of alternative media
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into account whatsoever.
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There's been nothing but more, more press freedom.
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Go look at the Midas Touch folks, if
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you believe them.
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The Midas.
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Yeah, there's a lot of them.
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But maybe that's the point, is that there's
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too much press freedom.
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And the people who consider their job to
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be journalists who have data, they think, it's
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slipping because all this fake news, podcasters.
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Newsrooms, you know, the Midas Touch, there's no
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newsroom.
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They got a newsroom.
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It's a little closet where the guy sits,
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but it's a newsroom.
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So thanks to the Jones Brothers syndicate, we
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have some of the morning, the Sunday morning
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shows are always the big, that's the big
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press freedom round people like to do in
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Washington, D.C. Yeah, they used to service
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me with some clips once in a while,
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but those days are over because you've somehow
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queered the deal.
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I don't know what you did.
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Queered the deal?
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I did nothing.
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Maybe I'm just, maybe I just send them
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a note and say, thanks, I really appreciate
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you.
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Maybe that's why, you know, I'm pretty good
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about that.
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So, CBS, CBS, Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan
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had Paula Kerger on.
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You're saying, who is Paula Kerger?
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Who is Paula Kerger?
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She is the CEO of PBS, your favorite
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station, your Capehart and Brooks station.
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And at the same time, I don't know
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who Mara was.
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No, she's NPR, so she had them both
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on.
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So she's a different spook.
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Do you notice a pattern here?
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The CEOs of the two largest partially government
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-funded news organizations with actual newsrooms are women.
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And they got some complaining they're doing.
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The president tweeted or socialed or truthed Republicans
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must defund and totally disassociate themselves from NPR
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and PBS, the radical left monsters that so
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badly hurt our country.
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I have to tell you.
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What's this woman's name again?
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This is Margaret.
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This is Margaret Brennan, but it will be
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- That was Margaret.
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I didn't understand.
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Paula Kerger, K-E-R-G-E-R.
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You look her up, and I'll continue.
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I thought of Cookie Monster.
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I thought of Sesame Street, and I thought
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of that children's programming.
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That is in many ways what people think
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of when they think of PBS.
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Absolutely.
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You're going to do that the whole show?
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You step on my clips too.
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Absolutely.
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And out of this executive order, we believe
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it impacts our funding out of the Department
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of Education, which is a 30-year program
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that has supported not only the creation of
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many of the children's programming that you see
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on public television, but also the research that
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we do to ensure that that programming is
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not just safe and enjoyable, but the children,
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after watching, come away with understanding of basic
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letters and numbers.
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Half the kids in this country are not
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enrolled in formal pre-K.
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That's why programming on public television...
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They're not enrolled in formal pre-K.
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We have to save the children.
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Former pre-K.
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Formal.
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Their job is now to educate our children.
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She's saying it right here.
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You don't have your child in pre-K.
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It used to just be K.
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What happened to just K?
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K-12.
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Now it's P-K-12.
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You're a bad parent if you haven't enrolled
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your child in pre-K.
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That's why programming for children on public television
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was created.
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That was the idea with Sesame Street and
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Mr. Rogers and everything that's followed since is
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to make sure that children that do not
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have access to a full array of resources...
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Here's my question.
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What have you done for me lately?
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So that's your big claim to fame?
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Mr. Rogers.
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He's been dead for a decade.
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And Sesame Street?
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What have you done lately?
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Have the opportunity to learn and to develop
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skills that they'll need the first time they
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enter preschool.
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That may be at age 2 or 3
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or 4 and sometimes 5.
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Not until they start kindergarten.
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That's what's at risk.
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I thought it was press freedom.
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I'm mistaken.
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It's not press freedom.
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It's the children.
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President Trump hates kids.
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Let's go to Catherine Marr.
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By the way, there's nothing spooky about her.
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Where did she come from?
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What's her background?
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Baltimore.
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She was a pre-med student.
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There's nothing that looks like she's got anything
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like that.
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Unlike her, here's Catherine Marr, CEO of NPR.
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I want to ask you about the news.
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When we went and we read the executive
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order, the language in there says government funding
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of news media in this environment is outdated
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and unnecessary, corrosive to the appearance of independence.
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And Americans have the right to expect if
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their tax dollars fund public broadcasting that it's
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fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan.
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How do you respond to the implication that
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your news coverage is not?
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Well, just listen to the No Agenda show.
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They tell you every soul we do.
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Twice a week.
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It's not fair and nonpartisan.
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Unbiased.
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I can't get over her.
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She is, that is, you know, the jingle.
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Where's my jingle?
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Yeah, this one.
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Elitist voices of America.
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This is NPR.
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Or PBS.
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Totally an elitist voice, this.
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It's not fair and nonpartisan.
16:50
Unbiased.
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First of all, I think it's important to
16:53
note that I'm the CEO and we have
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an independent editor-in-chief who oversees the
16:57
newsroom and so I don't make editorial decisions
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and that, I think, is just always an
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important point to make.
17:02
But I think our newsroom would really take
17:04
issue with that.
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I have to stop the clip.
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So what?
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It's an important distinction to make.
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She says, oh, you know, I'm the CEO.
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I don't make the editorial decisions.
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I think that's an important point.
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Why is it important?
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Who cares?
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It's important to the elitist voices, I guess.
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I don't know.
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We have been on air for more than
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50 years.
17:26
We have been covering news as it occurs
17:29
across the nation, in local communities, overseas.
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We have an extraordinary Washington desk.
17:34
Our people report straight down the line.
17:37
And I think that not only do they
17:38
do that, they do so with a mission
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that very few other broadcast organizations have, which
17:42
is a requirement to serve the entire public.
17:45
That is the point of public broadcasting, is
17:48
we bring people together in those conversations.
17:51
And so we had a whole host of
17:53
conservative voices on air of late.
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We've been- What?
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When?
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When was this?
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I've missed the conservative voices.
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That must be like Brooks.
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A whole host though, a whole host.
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It's like Jennifer Rubin, who always billed herself
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as a conservative blogger.
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The woman's so left-leaning, it's ridiculous.
18:14
Making requests of the Trump administration to have
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their officials on air, we would like to
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see more people accept those invitations.
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It's hard for us to be able to
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say we can speak for everyone when folks
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won't join us.
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Oh, I see.
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It's their fault because they don't want to
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take the risk of being on your airwaves.
18:30
Okay, so you're not participating, and therefore we
18:34
have to do what we have to do.
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That's my takeaway.
18:37
So let's talk about the White House and
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the talking points and what they're saying, because
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it's oh so mean.
18:42
So that was the executive order.
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Then we went and we looked at the
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White House talking points and what they're putting
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on social media.
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They're a lot more about you than you.
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Hold on.
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That is a propagandistic usage when she says
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the White House statement about the situation is
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not talking points.
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Talking points are specific.
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It's usually a list of points or something
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that's transmitted around.
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You're going to talk about this, you're going
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to talk about that.
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It's not published on WhiteHouse.gov. It's not
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a press release.
19:17
A press release is not talking points.
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She's saying that for a very specific purpose,
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to get it ingrained into the listener's mind
19:26
that it's propaganda from the White House.
19:29
It's bullcrap talking points.
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That is a good point.
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I'm going to talk to the kids about
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that this month.
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That's a good one.
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Thank you.
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This is important that the kids understand.
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I forgot you're giving a lecture.
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You might as well use the other one,
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which will come up in one of my
19:46
clips where somebody uses the word claimed instead
19:50
of said.
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That was already on my list.
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Let's get back to the news deserts.
19:56
We looked at the White House talking points
19:59
and what they're putting on social media.
20:01
They're a lot more about you than you.
20:04
And on NPR, they were saying things like
20:07
a July 2022 editor's note that said the
20:10
Declaration of Independence had offensive language against Native
20:13
Americans.
20:14
We checked and the word savages is used.
20:17
The White House faults your editors for avoiding
20:19
the term biological sex when discussing transgender issues.
20:23
They apparently want you to use the term
20:24
pro-life and faulted your use of the
20:27
term anti-abortion rights to refer to activists.
20:31
They got some good talking points there.
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So when you see specific editorial criticisms like
20:39
that, what do you interpret the intention of
20:41
this being?
20:42
They hate us.
20:45
What's the intention?
20:46
Leading the witness.
20:48
Mind reading people, mind reading.
20:50
Well, I interpret the intention of this being
20:53
trying to create a narrative around our editorial
20:55
independence.
20:56
And as I said in our- To
20:57
control it.
20:58
To control it.
20:59
And I think that that is an affront
21:00
to the First Amendment.
21:01
We have an independent newsroom and we will
21:04
always have an independent newsroom.
21:06
Hold on a second.
21:08
Just because they are exercising their part of
21:11
the First Amendment, that is somehow an encroachment
21:14
on NPR's use of the First Amendment.
21:16
They want to control our newsroom?
21:19
This is not true.
21:23
There's a difference between criticism and control.
21:25
Thank you.
21:26
Yes, thank you.
21:29
It's good that we're doing this because people
21:31
just watch this and they just sucked it
21:33
all up.
21:33
Well, that's the idea.
21:34
It's just bull crap.
21:36
It's bull crap.
21:38
That is an affront to the First Amendment.
21:39
We have an independent newsroom and we will
21:41
always have an independent newsroom.
21:43
From my perspective, part of the separation that
21:46
the First Amendment offers is to keep government
21:49
out.
21:49
In fact, the statute that- Well, then
21:51
why do you take government money if you
21:53
want to keep government out?
21:54
Wow, great point.
21:56
What's up with that?
21:58
Was written when the Public Broadcasting Act was
22:01
signed into law, was very explicit about interference
22:04
from any member of the government, whether it
22:07
is elected officials, whether members of independent agencies
22:10
because- Hold on a second.
22:11
Stop again.
22:12
Right after she says this, Brennan does the
22:16
same thing, right?
22:17
She comes out and says, well, after all
22:19
what you said, then why do you want
22:21
government money at all?
22:22
That's what happens, right?
22:26
Statute that was written when the Public Broadcasting
22:29
Act was signed into law was very explicit
22:32
about interference from any member of the government,
22:35
whether it is elected officials, whether members of
22:38
independent agencies because it is so sacrosanct that
22:42
division between the state and independent media.
22:46
That was the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967,
22:49
set it up as a private corporation to
22:50
give protection from influence and control.
22:53
I would assume that's also from the White
22:55
House.
22:58
So I've been listening to NPR.
23:00
I didn't clip too much, but they keep
23:03
talking about that's why it was set up
23:05
with two years in advance so that this
23:07
money was done in 2023, and it's our
23:09
money and you can't just take that money
23:11
away.
23:12
This was to protect us from the government
23:14
involvement with us, but we're still taking government
23:16
money, you understand, but we can't have involvement
23:19
from the government with government money.
23:20
President Lyndon Johnson, who signed the bill into
23:22
law, creating the Public Broadcasting Act and creating
23:25
the system that we all operate within, he
23:29
noted in his remarks upon signing that speech,
23:32
was that it does require a greater wisdom.
23:34
And that's why we have a two-year
23:35
advance appropriation is to insulate both of our
23:39
work from political interference.
23:41
I think that that is critical that Americans
23:43
understand that public broadcasting is meant to be
23:45
independent so that we can serve the public
23:47
interest regardless of whatever administration is in office
23:50
or whatever Congress's whims are.
23:52
And the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was set
23:55
up as a private corporation with that same
23:58
intent.
23:58
So I think there was a lot of
24:00
focus even at that moment when the act
24:03
was signed.
24:04
One percent.
24:05
This is very interesting.
24:06
They keep harping on this.
24:07
It's an independent company.
24:11
Well, yeah, then go get independent money, you
24:15
know?
24:15
It's like, and if it's only one percent,
24:19
what's the big deal?
24:20
We'll find out, of course.
24:21
That protections would need to be put in
24:23
place.
24:23
Because if we do our job, it is
24:27
possible that we will produce content that some
24:31
people may wish we have done it a
24:33
different way.
24:33
And this way it gives us the independence.
24:36
The other thing that keeps us independent is
24:38
that most of our funding comes from viewers
24:40
like you.
24:41
Viewers like you?
24:42
It comes from viewers like you.
24:44
But still, we're here going to waffle on
24:46
for an hour about the money from the
24:48
government, but it comes from viewers like you.
24:51
We ask people to make contribution to public
24:54
broadcasting for something they get for free, because
24:56
we are available free to every home in
24:58
this country.
24:59
And so, both the combination of the fact
25:02
that it was built as a public-private
25:03
partnership, there would be some public money that
25:06
went into public broadcasting that would enable stations
25:10
and small communities to exist, alongside the fact
25:13
that most of our support comes from people
25:15
in communities.
25:15
That really does create something that is very
25:18
independent, and very responsive to the communities that
25:21
we serve.
25:22
And by the way, a lot of them
25:24
are red communities, so you know, so Republicans
25:27
shouldn't be doing that.
25:28
I think we can wrap it up with
25:29
this one, the declining trust in the news.
25:32
And if I may, just to give a
25:33
sense of those numbers, for every single dollar
25:36
that the federal government puts in, stations raise
25:38
on average about $7 from private sources.
25:43
And so, you also have to recognize that
25:45
this order interferes with- That was an
25:48
interesting flub from public-private, I mean, I
25:51
wonder if that was truth coming out there.
25:55
I'm not sure.
25:56
$7 from public-private.
25:58
This is also one of those dipsy-do
26:01
things they like to, well, for every dollar
26:03
spent, we get, you know, it's like the
26:04
park service.
26:05
You know, for every dollar the government puts
26:07
in the park service, we make $8.
26:09
Well, why don't you just make $7?
26:11
I mean, this is like throwing numbers around,
26:15
every dollar results in $10.
26:19
Yes, it's magic.
26:20
We are a magic money machine.
26:22
$7- Right.
26:23
From public-private, sorry, from private sources.
26:26
And so, you also have to recognize that
26:28
this order interferes with the First Amendment rights
26:31
of our listeners and viewers.
26:33
You've made a choice- Yeah.
26:34
To contribute.
26:35
How does it, stop, this is just not
26:38
true.
26:39
That's just a basic lie.
26:41
So, the government not giving PBS money interferes
26:45
with my First Amendment rights?
26:48
That's what she said.
26:49
Right?
26:50
That's what she said.
26:51
Well, she has a point, because if they
26:53
can't fund Brooks and Capehart and Scott Simon,
26:59
it will hurt the show.
27:01
So- You know Scott Simon only works
27:03
on the weekends, and he makes over $400
27:05
,000 a year?
27:08
Now, that's just painful to hear.
27:10
That's very painful.
27:11
The First Amendment rights- In fact, somebody
27:13
did a breakdown, one of the, it came
27:15
out of Doge, I think.
27:17
The money that they pay their anchors on
27:19
PBS is, I mean, it's not Fox, I
27:22
mean, where you can get millions.
27:25
But for the amount of work they do,
27:27
and it's mostly radio, we were talking about
27:29
the radio side.
27:30
Yeah.
27:31
They get- For radio, that's well-paid.
27:34
I mean, there's very- $400,000, especially
27:36
for a weekend gig.
27:37
Yeah, you're like- Five days a week
27:40
all day.
27:41
No, I mean, most people in radio are
27:43
making $35,000 a year.
27:46
Seriously, except for, you know, you got a
27:49
couple, Sean Hannity, I'm sure, Glenn Beck, I
27:52
mean, yeah, they're making millions.
27:53
No, yeah, those guys make millions, but they
27:55
have syndicated deals.
27:56
Yes, yes.
27:57
All right, let's continue.
27:58
The First Amendment rights of our listeners and
28:00
viewers who've made a choice to contribute, and
28:02
this is the news that they want to
28:04
see and hear, or the programming that they're
28:05
committed to?
28:07
It did just stand out to us, as
28:09
journalists ourselves, because the research shows that there's
28:13
declining trust in media, in news.
28:17
And the President was talking about that himself
28:19
there, that he wants a free and fair
28:22
press.
28:23
We're going to continue to cover this, and
28:25
thank you for your time today.
28:27
Thank you for having us.
28:28
Hold on.
28:30
Now, that's over.
28:31
Thank you for having me.
28:33
Why doesn't, Brennan's got the woman there.
28:36
She just brought up a point.
28:37
Out of the blue, Brennan says, well, you
28:39
know, there's declining trust in the media.
28:42
Goodbye.
28:43
Why doesn't she say...
28:45
I mean, it makes no sense.
28:47
Why doesn't she say there's declining trust in
28:50
the media?
28:51
Why do you think that is?
28:53
It's a simple question that's not, you know,
28:56
maybe she can't answer, maybe she can't, but
28:57
why wouldn't you ask that?
28:59
You've got the CEO standing right there, and
29:02
you'd say, there's declining trust in the media.
29:05
Goodbye?
29:08
Well, she's taking that as a given fact.
29:10
That's what she's doing there.
29:12
Like, everybody knows that.
29:13
We just had the report about the press
29:15
freedom is on decline.
29:17
It's slipping.
29:18
Ever since President Trump came in office, it's
29:20
slipping.
29:20
It's going away.
29:21
People don't trust, because he keeps saying fake
29:22
news.
29:22
I would like to know what her answer
29:24
to that question, that simple question, would have
29:26
been, but, Brennan, no.
29:28
She didn't have it.
29:29
No.
29:29
Because of what you just said, she just
29:31
made it as an assumption, as a statement
29:33
of fact, and didn't want to even discuss
29:35
it any further.
29:36
This is a terrible show.
29:38
These people get paid a lot of money
29:39
to do this stuff.
29:40
It's a terrible show, and Brennan is no
29:43
good.
29:44
Here's the last clip I got.
29:45
President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive order
29:48
on Thursday.
29:49
It aims to cut money for NPR and
29:51
PBS.
29:52
The American people are sick of funding institutions
29:54
who promote values that they find repugnant.
29:58
The public broadcasters are accused of left-leaning
30:00
bias.
30:01
I wanted to play both sides of the
30:03
argument.
30:05
The White House...
30:06
There's DeSantis going, he's repugnant.
30:11
He's...
30:12
Yeah, it's true.
30:13
The White House and Republicans say one glaring
30:16
example was NPR's refusal to cover the Hunter
30:19
Biden laptop scandal shortly before the 2020 election.
30:23
At the time, NPR released a statement that
30:25
said, we don't want to waste our time
30:27
on stories that are not really stories.
30:29
But it did turn out to be a
30:31
real story.
30:32
Our current editorial leadership believes that that was
30:34
a mistake, as do I.
30:36
Yeah, the whole country knows that was a
30:38
mistake.
30:39
Definitely impacted the election.
30:40
Critics also point out how drag queens have
30:42
been featured on PBS children's programming.
30:44
The executive order- That's what they're doing.
30:46
See, they didn't bring that up on the
30:49
CBS meet the press.
30:52
But here they talk about it because after
30:54
Mr. Rogers and Big Bird, we got drag
30:57
time story hour.
30:58
We impacted the election.
31:00
Critics also point out how drag queens have
31:02
been featured on PBS children's programming.
31:04
The executive order directs the corporation for public
31:06
broadcasting to slash the more than half a
31:09
billion dollars and federal funding for NPR and
31:12
PBS.
31:13
Local stations could be hit the hardest, with
31:15
some at risk of shutting down altogether.
31:18
In a statement, NPR said, we will challenge
31:20
this executive order.
31:22
If they get $7 for every dollar that
31:25
they get from the government, why would they
31:29
be shutting down?
31:30
You know why?
31:31
Because they have to buy the incredibly expensive
31:34
programming from American public media, commercial organizations.
31:38
If you want fresh air, if you want
31:40
any of these programs, you have to buy
31:43
them at truly market value, syndicated programming market
31:47
value.
31:47
There's no deal here.
31:49
And you can't FTP it.
31:51
You have to get it off their satellite
31:52
system, which is another couple million bucks a
31:54
year, where you could have, for $1.50,
31:57
you got Starlink.
31:58
Come on, people.
31:59
Some at risk of shutting down altogether.
32:02
In a statement, NPR said, we will challenge
32:04
this executive order using all means available.
32:07
And PBS said, the president's blatantly unlawful executive
32:11
order issued in the middle of the night
32:13
threatens our ability to- In the middle
32:15
of the night.
32:16
In the middle of the night.
32:20
He issued it in the middle of the
32:21
night so that we wouldn't notice it.
32:23
Is that what you're trying to imply?
32:25
And PBS said, the president's blatantly unlawful executive
32:29
order issued in the middle of the night
32:31
threatens our ability to serve the American public.
32:34
We use our broadcast as the emergency backup
32:36
for emergency alerts for the country.
32:39
Oh, yeah, this is another big one.
32:40
Yeah, this is- Oh, yeah, I heard
32:42
this one yesterday.
32:43
I heard this one, too.
32:44
If the power goes down, it's our broadcast
32:48
that will save everybody.
32:49
Yeah, but then there are little portable radios
32:51
who'd be picking up PBS.
32:52
Like in Northern West Carolina.
32:55
No, it was Elon Musk's Starlink that saved
32:57
people.
32:58
Not you guys.
32:59
I'm sorry.
33:00
And Ham guy.
33:01
Hams.
33:02
Hams.
33:02
Hams.
33:03
Hams.
33:04
Hams.
33:04
Hams and Starlink.
33:05
It sounds like a breakfast.
33:09
Threatens our ability to serve the American public.
33:11
We use our broadcast as the emergency backup
33:14
for emergency alerts for the country.
33:16
And you need 100% coverage to make
33:18
that happen.
33:19
We have news deserts.
33:20
20% of Americans live in a place
33:22
- 100%.
33:23
You need- Not 99.999. 100%.
33:29
And here comes the news desert again.
33:31
In the middle of the night.
33:33
Threatens our ability to serve the American public.
33:35
We use our broadcast as the emergency backup
33:38
for emergency alerts for the country.
33:40
And you need 100% coverage to make
33:42
that happen.
33:43
We have news deserts.
33:44
20% of Americans live in a place
33:46
where they have no local news coverage other
33:48
than public radio.
33:49
The corporation for public broadcasting also released a
33:52
statement saying the organization is not a federal
33:55
executive agency subject to the president's authority.
33:59
It's safe to say this executive order will
34:01
be challenged in court.
34:03
All right.
34:03
All right.
34:04
Well, this will be fun because now they
34:06
get to talk about themselves, which is all
34:08
you should have heard on the media.
34:11
Brooke.
34:12
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:14
I couldn't even clip it.
34:17
It was all about us.
34:20
We're being suppressed.
34:25
This is a little thing called podcasting, people.
34:28
You know what?
34:28
You spent $100 million and had to shut
34:31
it down because of your Neumann mics and
34:34
your newsrooms.
34:39
Joe Rogan does more for information than you
34:42
do.
34:42
I'll put together all your stations.
34:44
Everybody knows it.
34:46
You know, that's interesting, that point you make,
34:48
though, about the using Starlink as instead of
34:52
these expensive satellites.
34:53
When I was doing a radio show for
34:55
the Real Computing Show on PBS, it was
34:58
the other network, public radio, and it was,
35:03
it cost a fortune.
35:05
You had to go up to the bird,
35:07
and then you had the transponder number, and
35:10
everyone had to download it from whatever, and
35:13
it was like...
35:14
You know, back in the day, MTV didn't
35:16
have that kind of money when I started
35:17
there.
35:18
They didn't even have a lighting director, makeup,
35:20
or wardrobe, and so to get the shows
35:24
on the air, we recorded on Umatic High
35:27
Band, which is basically a glorified Betamax, and
35:33
then they'd put it in a...
35:34
With a bigger cassette.
35:35
With a bigger cassette.
35:36
They'd put it in a communicar, which was
35:38
a low-rent, basically a cab service you
35:41
could call, and then they would drive it
35:43
up to, out to Long Island, and then
35:46
you'd have tape jockeys sitting there just, you
35:48
know, hitting the VJ segment, then hitting the
35:51
video, the music video.
35:53
We didn't have satellites.
35:55
Couldn't afford it.
35:56
And now, yes, it's actually, it's like $1
35:58
.10. It's not even $150.
36:00
I think it started off $99 was the
36:03
introductory price, and now I think I pay
36:04
$110 or $120.
36:07
And honestly, it's an expense for the show
36:09
because it's a backup.
36:10
It's a backup to the backup to the
36:12
backup.
36:13
But it's impressive, and, you know, so to
36:16
say that you need this, no, no.
36:19
The guys up at, they do Gramerica up
36:22
in Canada.
36:23
They use it.
36:23
They use it on the air, I know.
36:25
And I didn't notice it until they pointed
36:27
it out.
36:27
I mean, because I've been on that show,
36:30
and there's no latency.
36:32
It's quite nice.
36:33
Yeah, you should go back on.
36:35
I should.
36:36
They haven't invited me back.
36:39
They're probably...
36:40
The ratings went to the toilet when they
36:42
got me on.
36:42
I don't think so.
36:44
People love it when you're on.
36:45
They do.
36:47
They always tell me that.
36:50
Dvorak, he's a ratings bonanza.
36:52
Get that guy on.
36:56
All right.
36:57
Well, I can go all kinds of directions
36:58
now, but I will leave the floor to
37:00
you, sir.
37:01
Well, what do I have?
37:02
I don't know.
37:04
There's a lot of stuff I don't have.
37:06
Because we don't listen to each other's clips,
37:08
so I don't know.
37:09
What did you not get?
37:10
And I'll tell you if I got it.
37:13
What did I not get?
37:14
I did...
37:15
Okay, yeah, that's a good point.
37:16
That's a new element of the show.
37:18
I don't have a clip of the Ben
37:22
-Gurion Airport getting bombed by the Houthis.
37:26
Israel is on high alert after a missile
37:29
impacted near Ben-Gurion Airport outside of Tel
37:32
Aviv.
37:33
The attack was claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels,
37:37
who have regularly launched attacks on Israel since
37:39
the start of the war in Gaza.
37:41
The attack resulted in a crater near the
37:43
airport, but didn't damage any structures.
37:46
At least two people were lightly injured.
37:49
Israel's defense minister has threatened to strike back,
37:52
quote, sevenfold at the Yemeni militants.
37:55
So this is a new version of Go
37:57
Fish.
37:57
So you say, I didn't get this.
38:00
I really like this idea.
38:02
And then I play it, and if I
38:04
don't have it, then I tell you to
38:05
go fish, and then you pick one of
38:07
yours.
38:07
Let's try it for the second one.
38:12
Well, you caught me flat-footed.
38:14
Come on, man.
38:15
I had the one, because that's the only
38:17
one I was watching this morning.
38:19
I said, oh, that'd be nice to have
38:20
a clip of that.
38:21
So that's all you can think of?
38:23
Yeah, unfortunately.
38:24
There must be something else that happened this
38:26
morning.
38:27
I mean, I figured most of the morning
38:29
stuff you pick up.
38:30
Well, President Trump was on with the manhands
38:34
lady.
38:37
A welker?
38:38
Yes.
38:39
So he did ABC.
38:40
We know how that turned out.
38:44
I respectfully agree to disagree about the Photoshop.
38:48
Here's the interview in a nutshell.
38:50
You suck, ABC.
38:51
You suck.
38:52
Well, do you want to hear the-
38:54
Yes, I would like to hear welker.
38:56
Okay, this is pretty much all about tariffs,
38:58
which covers two topics in one.
39:00
But, sir, you acknowledge when you announced your
39:02
tariffs, for example, the stock market dropped.
39:06
It's been volatile.
39:06
It has since gone up.
39:08
Do you take responsibility for that?
39:11
Yeah.
39:11
Do you take responsibility when it drops?
39:13
Ultimately, I take responsibility for everything, but I've
39:16
only just been here for a little more
39:18
than three months.
39:19
But the stock market, look at what's happened
39:22
in the last short period of time.
39:24
Didn't it have nine or ten days in
39:26
a row or 11 days where it's gone
39:27
up?
39:28
So, so far, we're cordial.
39:30
It's not going to last.
39:32
And the tariffs have just started kicking in.
39:36
And we're doing really well.
39:40
Psychologically, I mean, the fake news was giving
39:42
me such press on the tariffs.
39:44
The tariffs are going to make us rich.
39:46
We're going to be a very rich country.
39:47
So let's talk about the tariffs.
39:49
And I want to ask you about something
39:50
you said this week.
39:51
Got a lot of attention.
39:53
You were at your cabinet meeting.
39:54
You said, quote, I'm going to quote what
39:56
you said.
39:56
Maybe the children will have two dolls instead
39:59
of 30 dolls.
40:00
And maybe the two dolls will cost a
40:01
couple of bucks more than they would normally.
40:04
I love this because this is my theory,
40:07
too.
40:07
It's like, stop buying junk from China.
40:10
Wake up, people.
40:11
Are you saying that your tariffs will cause
40:14
some.
40:15
Again, Trump hates children.
40:16
This is the new meme.
40:17
This is interesting the way she's twisted this,
40:19
too.
40:20
Yeah.
40:20
It's like maybe the kids will have two
40:22
instead of 30.
40:23
And they're talking specifically about toys from China,
40:26
which is junk from China, which is what
40:28
they're discussing.
40:30
And there's going to be less of it.
40:32
Perhaps.
40:32
I doubt it, by the way.
40:33
Yeah.
40:34
But so she and she twists it.
40:38
Have you been ever.
40:39
I mean, we know some people with young
40:42
kids here.
40:44
I am astounded by the junk that these
40:50
kids have.
40:51
They have an entire room that is just
40:53
their junk room.
40:55
Have you ever seen this?
40:56
Well, I have the problem with Theo is
40:59
that they won't let him have a lot
41:00
of toys over there.
41:01
So the junk is over here in your
41:05
office.
41:05
No, in my in the downstairs front room,
41:08
which which has there's bins.
41:10
So he has to put the put the
41:11
toys back in the bins.
41:12
Oh, good.
41:13
But it would look like I have a
41:14
dozen kids if somebody comes and visits.
41:16
What did you how many kids do you
41:18
have here living here?
41:19
Yeah.
41:20
Well, exactly.
41:20
It's a lot.
41:21
And why.
41:22
How come they won't.
41:23
So what did the kids.
41:24
What does the kid like to play with
41:25
the most?
41:26
One of the main things is a wooden
41:31
little car, a wooden car with wooden wheels.
41:35
I know it's made in Slovenia.
41:37
It's astounding.
41:38
But meanwhile, there's all this plastic junk and
41:41
furry junk, probably toxic.
41:44
It's everywhere.
41:45
All right.
41:46
Are you saying that your tariffs will cause
41:49
some prices to go up?
41:50
No, I think the tariffs are going to
41:51
be great for us because it's going to
41:53
make us rich.
41:54
But you said some dolls are going to
41:55
cost more.
41:56
Isn't that an acknowledgement that some prices will
41:58
go up?
41:58
I don't think a beautiful baby girl needs
42:02
it's 11 years old needs to have 30
42:05
dolls.
42:06
I think they can have three dolls or
42:07
four dolls.
42:09
Because what we were doing with China was
42:11
just unbelievable.
42:12
We had a deficit of hundreds of billions
42:15
of dollars with China.
42:16
Well, he's already gone from two to four
42:18
dolls.
42:19
So he's slipping.
42:20
He's slipping.
42:21
He's like, OK, you can have four.
42:23
Every child can have four dolls now.
42:25
Thank you, Mr. President.
42:26
We're very happy.
42:27
By the way, are you running a baby
42:28
daycare there?
42:29
Is that what you're doing on the side?
42:30
You got the dog kennel and now you're
42:32
running kids.
42:33
You got a dog kennel.
42:34
We got everything.
42:35
All right.
42:36
So I have some tariff clips since you
42:38
brought it up.
42:39
Oh, you don't want me to continue.
42:40
You want to interrupt?
42:42
Oh, that was the end of her.
42:43
We have more of Kristen.
42:45
Oh, yes.
42:45
It's all about tariffs.
42:46
And it's just about to get fun because
42:49
this is OK.
42:50
No play.
42:50
Play it out.
42:51
And then I'll play that.
42:52
I have a Buffett clip.
42:53
But Buffett came in and said something nasty.
42:55
Yes.
42:55
And then there's some there's one more.
42:57
Well, it's about to become a dishonest interview.
43:00
You as you understand.
43:01
When you say they could have three dolls
43:03
instead of 30 dolls.
43:04
Are you saying.
43:05
Well, now it's three.
43:06
He said two.
43:06
Is it four?
43:07
Is it two?
43:08
Is it three?
43:08
What is it, Kristen Welker?
43:10
I'm confused now.
43:11
When you say they could have three dolls
43:13
instead of 30 dollars.
43:14
Are you saying that Americans could see empty
43:17
store shelves?
43:18
No, I'm no, I'm not saying that.
43:21
No more dolls for the kids.
43:23
Really?
43:24
The whole memo went out somewhere.
43:27
All right.
43:27
Let's go for the kids.
43:29
Trump hates children.
43:32
That's what it must have been something like
43:34
that.
43:34
All right.
43:34
Here's our new angle, everybody.
43:36
This will kill him.
43:38
Yeah, this angle is going to do it.
43:39
Yeah, this will get him to quit.
43:49
When you say they could have three dolls
43:51
instead of $30.
43:52
Are you saying that Americans could see empty
43:55
store shelves?
43:56
No, I'm no, I'm not saying that.
43:58
I'm just saying they don't need to have
43:59
$30.
44:00
I can have three.
44:01
They don't need to have 250 pencils.
44:03
They can have five.
44:07
This is NBC.
44:10
What a conversation.
44:12
This is network news.
44:14
It's not over.
44:16
But you're basically saying there could be some
44:19
supply shortages because of the tariffs.
44:20
I'm basically saying we don't have to waste
44:21
money on a trade deficit with China for
44:25
things we don't need, for junk that we
44:27
don't need.
44:27
Well, prices are already going up on some
44:30
popular items.
44:31
Tires, strollers.
44:33
This is such a dishonest interview.
44:35
There it is.
44:35
There it is.
44:36
It's a dishonest interview, and we're only one
44:38
minute in.
44:39
Prices are down on groceries.
44:41
Prices are down for oil.
44:43
Prices are down for all energy.
44:45
Prices are down at tremendous numbers for gasoline.
44:50
And let me tell you, when you have
44:51
the big thing, what he did, he spent
44:54
like a stupid person, which he was, but
44:57
he spent like a very stupid person, and
44:59
that was bad for inflation.
45:01
But what really killed us with inflation was
45:03
the price of energy.
45:04
It went up to $3.90, even $4
45:06
.00, and in California, $5.00 and $6
45:08
.00, right?
45:09
Okay, I have it down to $1.98
45:12
in many states right now.
45:14
Not in Texas.
45:15
Where is $1.98?
45:19
I don't know.
45:21
In Mississippi, maybe?
45:23
I have no idea.
45:24
It's like $2.50 here now.
45:27
It's still $5.00 here.
45:28
Yeah, well, it's your taxes.
45:29
You go that much lower on energy, which
45:32
is ahead of my prediction, because I really
45:36
thought I could get it down into the
45:38
$2.50s. We have it down at $1
45:40
.98 in numerous places.
45:43
Kristen, Kristen, first of all, put your hands
45:46
under the desk, because you look like a
45:47
man.
45:48
Let's keep on the children thing.
45:50
Let's keep harping on that, because we all
45:53
know the number one out, President Trump hates
45:55
children.
45:55
Let me give you some examples.
45:58
I mean, these are actual examples.
45:59
So you're saying the prices that are going
46:02
down, some prices are going up, tires, strollers,
46:06
some closing in the wake of your tariffs.
46:09
Excuse me, that's peanuts compared to energy.
46:11
Energy is 60% of the cost.
46:14
But, sir, you campaigned on a promise to
46:17
bring prices down on day one.
46:19
Well, I don't know, when you say strollers
46:21
are going up.
46:22
Strollers, keep on the strollers.
46:24
This is great, Kirsten.
46:25
What kind of a thing?
46:26
I'm saying that gasoline is going down.
46:28
Gasoline is thousands of times more important than
46:32
a stroller someplace.
46:33
But what do you say to Americans who
46:34
say they voted for you because they want
46:36
and they need relief right now?
46:37
They need strollers.
46:38
They're getting it.
46:39
Right now?
46:40
What about those different items?
46:43
Who cares?
46:43
Stay on the strollers.
46:44
Despite the fact that we have a stubborn
46:46
Fed.
46:46
But you said dolls, even dolls could cost
46:48
a couple bucks.
46:49
Bring the dolls back.
46:49
Maybe they might, but you don't need to
46:51
have, as I said, $35.
46:53
You can have two and three and four
46:55
and save a lot of money.
46:56
We don't need to feed the beast.
46:59
Don't feed the beast.
47:02
It's unbelievable.
47:04
Clip of the day.
47:05
Go on.
47:05
Oh, wow.
47:06
OK, thank you very much.
47:10
I'll stop here because they kind of stay
47:14
on tariffs.
47:14
But let's put your tariff clips in here.
47:16
I think that's probably a wise idea.
47:19
Jeez.
47:20
It's great.
47:21
It's fantastic.
47:22
It's so pathetic.
47:23
So they got to bring in Buffett because
47:26
he's retiring and he's got to have his
47:28
last shot in there.
47:29
He's a Democrat.
47:33
Bill, this is once I guess he's not
47:36
friends with Bill anymore.
47:38
No, because of Epstein.
47:39
We all know that.
47:40
Yeah.
47:41
Buffett knows what's up.
47:43
He knows what.
47:44
So he does.
47:45
He wants no part of it.
47:46
And and, you know, I don't think he
47:48
likes divorce.
47:49
I think that's a problem for him.
47:52
I think you might be right.
47:53
He's from, you know, he's from Wichita.
47:55
Yeah.
47:56
Here's Buffett anti-terrorist short.
47:58
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said the United States
48:01
should not use trade as a weapon.
48:04
Buffett, who's the fifth richest person in the
48:06
world, made the comments during today's annual meeting
48:09
of Berkshire Hathaway, where he's CEO.
48:12
He also announced that he'll be retiring at
48:14
the end of the year when he'll be
48:15
95.
48:17
Yeah.
48:17
Don't use him.
48:18
Don't use him.
48:19
Why?
48:20
Because he has he's invested in Chinese companies.
48:22
That's why.
48:23
Yeah, of course.
48:24
Trump Ted.
48:25
There's the other clip is Trump tariffs empty.
48:29
Meanwhile, President Trump brushed aside recession fears in
48:31
an interview for tomorrow's Meet the Press on
48:33
NBC.
48:34
Mr. Trump said the pains of this transition
48:37
period will lead to a flourishing economy.
48:40
It's the same question.
48:41
There are many people on Wall Street say
48:43
this is going to be the greatest windfall
48:45
ever happened.
48:45
And that's my question.
48:46
Remember this?
48:47
Long term.
48:48
Is it OK in the short term to
48:50
have a recession?
48:51
Look, look, look.
48:54
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
48:56
Everything's OK.
48:58
What we are.
48:59
I said this is a transition period.
49:00
I think we're going to do fantastically.
49:02
This week, new government.
49:04
Fantastically.
49:04
Is that a proper use of the word
49:06
fantastic?
49:07
I don't think fantastically is a real word.
49:10
But we are.
49:12
I said this is a transition period.
49:13
I think we're going to do fantastically.
49:15
This week, new government numbers show that the
49:17
US economy shrank in the first three months
49:20
of the year.
49:20
That's the first drop in three years.
49:23
Imports in the first quarter surged as companies
49:25
tried to beat tariff deadlines.
49:28
The tariffs on cars and car parts kicked
49:30
in today with significant changes intended to blunt
49:33
the impact on US carmakers.
49:36
Yeah, yeah.
49:37
Okay, let's go back to Kristen Welker, because
49:40
now it's about Abrior Galaga Garcia.
49:49
I'm curious to know what it means.
49:51
You declared a national emergency on the southern
49:55
border.
49:55
What does it mean?
49:57
What does it mean?
49:58
Because we had a national emergency on the
49:59
border.
50:00
A national emergency on the southern border.
50:03
The order is still in place.
50:04
By the way, it means exactly what you
50:06
said.
50:06
It means we have the most secure border
50:08
we've ever had.
50:09
And I guess the question becomes, when will
50:11
you know that the emergency is over?
50:13
Are you planning to lift it at some
50:15
point?
50:15
Is it necessary?
50:15
Because obviously, the military is involved.
50:17
Will you lift that emergency?
50:19
Well, the biggest emergency is the courts aren't
50:22
allowing us to take really bad people out.
50:23
We're going to talk about that, but talk
50:24
to me first about this.
50:26
Well, that's to me the emergency.
50:26
Talk to me first about this emergency.
50:28
The border now is not the emergency.
50:30
The border is all part of the same
50:33
thing, though.
50:34
The big emergency right now is that we
50:37
have thousands of people that we want to
50:39
take out, and we have some judges that
50:41
want everybody to go to court.
50:42
Some of them you appointed, sir, including three
50:45
on the Supreme- I like that.
50:47
I've been hearing that more and more, so
50:49
that when they really want to hammer a
50:51
point home- Sir.
50:53
Some of them you appointed, sir.
50:55
Sir.
50:56
Yeah, shimmy your shoulders.
50:58
And we have some judges that want everybody
51:00
to go to court.
51:00
Some of them you appointed, sir, including three
51:03
- Hold on a second.
51:04
What's the implication here is that the judges
51:07
are political.
51:09
They don't know that they're doing this, but
51:11
they're actually- Yes, you're so correct.
51:13
They're actually impugning the court system by making
51:16
the comment, well, some of them you appointed.
51:18
In other words, so if you appointed them,
51:22
they should go one way.
51:23
If you didn't appoint them, they're going to
51:24
go the other.
51:24
As if the judges are all part of
51:26
a political system instead of being a judiciary
51:29
that's independent.
51:30
Well, I think- They're actually saying it
51:32
out loud.
51:33
Yes, she's admitting that these judges are political,
51:36
and that, yes, I think you're right.
51:40
That's a good catch.
51:40
The big emergency right now is that we
51:43
have thousands of people that we want to
51:45
take out, and we have some judges that
51:47
want everybody to go to court.
51:48
Some of them you appointed, sir, including three
51:51
on the Supreme Court.
51:52
You know, they change.
51:53
I mean, it's unbelievable.
51:55
It's unbelievable how that happens, but they do
51:57
change.
51:58
Just to button this up, though, are you
51:59
planning to lift that emergency order anytime soon,
52:02
now that the border's secure?
52:04
No, we have an emergency.
52:04
We have a massive emergency.
52:07
Overall, it's an overall emergency on immigration, and
52:10
if the courts don't allow us to take
52:14
people out, if we had to have a
52:16
court case, every single, think of it, every
52:18
single person, we have millions of people.
52:21
We're going to have millions of court cases?
52:23
Figure two weeks of court case, it would
52:25
be 300 years.
52:29
So, meanwhile, the EPP, the Euro Parliament, they
52:35
have the, what do they call them, the
52:37
debates.
52:38
They have this thing in the European Parliament
52:41
where they do debates, and it's basically a
52:44
reason to take a trip.
52:45
So, they all went to Valencia, Valencia, Spain,
52:49
got there right after the blackout, coincidentally, and
52:53
Queen Ursula spoke.
52:54
She spoke for about half an hour.
52:56
I only got two short clips from her,
52:58
but, yeah, I mean, this is great.
53:03
What's happening in America is great.
53:05
It's great for us.
53:06
Now, the world of trade is turning towards
53:09
us, and Frederich, you mentioned it.
53:14
Since last year, we've concluded a new wave
53:16
of trade deals from Mercosur to Mexico to
53:20
Switzerland.
53:21
We're working with India and Indonesia, with the
53:24
Emirates and Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, and
53:28
the Pacific.
53:30
If I clip this, I would put what's
53:31
-his-name yelling in.
53:33
Boston, we're going to be in Minnesota, and
53:37
then we're going to go to Iowa.
53:39
Yeah, well, that's why there's two of us.
53:41
They all want to deal with us because
53:45
we are fair, we are reliable, and we
53:51
play by the rules.
53:53
Our own rules, but it's rules.
53:55
So, my friends, let's stay the course, cool
54:00
-headed and united, because that's who we are,
54:05
and that's the European way of trade.
54:08
Let's stick to that.
54:10
This woman.
54:12
She's great.
54:13
But the key to our prosperity...
54:16
Oh, here's the key.
54:17
...is to put our own house in order
54:19
and to make business easy right here in
54:22
Europe.
54:23
Okay.
54:25
Business is anything but easy in Europe.
54:27
So, she referenced Friedrich.
54:29
Friedrich.
54:31
Well, stop a second.
54:32
That is a fabulous point that has to
54:34
be made.
54:36
Doing business in Europe is a pain in
54:38
the ass for everybody.
54:40
Tons of paperwork, blue envelopes.
54:41
That's why they can't get their act together
54:43
with entrepreneurial stuff.
54:45
They don't have anything like Silicon Valley.
54:48
It's very hard to invest.
54:50
There's all these roadblocks, this and that.
54:53
Even when they let you do something, they'll
54:56
put up roadblocks.
54:58
I'm reminded of this.
54:59
One time I went, so I go to
55:00
France, this is a long time ago, and
55:02
I had an import license.
55:04
I worked with an importer so I could
55:06
bring some wine back because I didn't take
55:07
a big wine tour.
55:08
I was wondering what it was for.
55:09
Yes, of course, of course.
55:11
Yeah, I imported about, I don't know, 30,
55:14
40 cases.
55:14
Oh, beautiful.
55:16
For about half the first cases that I
55:19
got because there was these two different kinds
55:20
of paperwork that were involved with getting the
55:23
wine imported and exported.
55:24
Yeah.
55:25
And it was one kind and there was
55:27
another kind, one for doing something somewhere and
55:29
one for getting it out of the country.
55:31
And so I collected a bunch of wine
55:33
from the Jura region and I went to
55:35
see the guy who ran Hobai and he
55:39
was looking at my paperwork.
55:41
He says, you got the wrong paperwork.
55:42
Your papers are not in order, Mr. Borak.
55:44
Well, he wasn't doing the exporting.
55:46
He just looked at it.
55:47
He says, this guy screwed you over by
55:48
giving you the wrong paperwork.
55:50
Now you're going to have to go through
55:51
a rigamarole to get this stuff out of
55:52
here.
55:53
I said, what?
55:53
He gave me the right paperwork for his
55:55
wines.
55:56
I got a bunch of wine out.
55:57
But when I dropped the wine off, I
55:58
dropped it off and, you know, there's all
56:01
these, oh, you can't do it.
56:02
The French guys, the exporters that were there.
56:05
And he said, oh, this is no good.
56:07
You can't do this.
56:08
I said, okay, here.
56:10
Here's the wine.
56:11
Here's the paperwork.
56:13
If you could take care of it, you
56:14
take care of it or keep the wine.
56:16
I'm out of here.
56:17
I got to fly back.
56:18
The wine all got shipped?
56:19
It all got shipped.
56:20
Oh, really?
56:22
Yeah, it all got shipped.
56:23
It's all bullcrap.
56:24
They were waiting for a bribe.
56:25
That's what they were waiting for.
56:26
I don't know.
56:27
Maybe.
56:27
I don't know what it was.
56:29
For sure.
56:30
Your papers are not in order, Mr. Dweck.
56:35
So she referenced Friedrich.
56:38
Friedrich Merz, also known as Mr. Peepers.
56:42
And Mr. Peepers made it.
56:44
I'm going to get to the blackout in
56:45
a minute.
56:45
But Mr. Peepers made a big deal about
56:47
climate change.
56:49
Oh, climate change.
56:50
We have to be very careful because, you
56:51
know, we have this issue where, you know,
56:53
we want to increase our industrial base, but
56:56
we kind of have no energy.
56:59
So he has a plan for it and
57:01
it's very sneaky.
57:03
So he slips this in.
57:04
We have to find a better balance between
57:07
fighting climate change, which is necessary more than
57:11
ever.
57:11
More than ever.
57:12
And protecting the environment on the one hand
57:15
and avoiding deindustrialization on the other hand in
57:21
our countries.
57:21
Bravo.
57:24
And so they're all like, yeah, that's right.
57:27
We need more energy.
57:28
We can't do anything.
57:29
Bravo.
57:33
However, my dear friends, whenever someone says to
57:36
you, my dear friends, you're about to get
57:38
screwed.
57:39
This is a very real and serious issue.
57:44
We will not tackle the enormous challenges ahead
57:49
with a shrinking economy.
57:53
A shrinking economy?
57:54
Sorry to make fun of your accent there,
58:00
but it's what it is.
58:01
The enormous challenges ahead with a shrinking economy.
58:08
We should be ambitious in cutting regulation and
58:12
relying on market-based instruments such as ETS
58:18
implemented by the European Union.
58:22
Yes, ETS, ETS, ETS.
58:26
Allow me to be very open on that.
58:29
Please.
58:29
Let us fight over regulation on all levels.
58:35
So he throws in ETS, which is the
58:39
emissions trading system of the European Union.
58:43
So, oh, it'll be less regulation because you
58:46
just got to buy some carbon credits.
58:48
That's all.
58:49
He's literally announcing a tax on all of
58:54
the European Union member states.
58:56
And he's doing it under, we got to
58:58
tackle regulation.
59:00
We got to make it easier.
59:01
Yeah, we'll make it easier.
59:02
Didn't say I was going to make it
59:03
less expensive.
59:05
So then they bring out Paula Pinot.
59:08
Paula Pinot.
59:10
She is the spokeshole for the European Commission,
59:13
the worst spokeshole ever when it comes to
59:17
English.
59:17
And then so she chose to do it
59:19
in English.
59:20
And I think if you're going to be
59:22
a spokesperson, you shouldn't be at the whole
59:28
time.
59:30
And so she referenced the blackout that happened
59:32
just today, coincidentally just the day before this
59:36
Valencia meeting.
59:38
And of course, she brought it right away
59:41
to disinformation.
59:43
We can really see how far manipulation of
59:47
information can go and what a negative impact
59:52
it can be.
59:53
On the basis of that fake article, there
59:55
were reactions, thinking that there had been a
59:58
deliberate attack behind, which is obviously very, very
1:00:04
bad and can have very serious consequences.
1:00:08
So this, again, is an example on how
1:00:10
information manipulation undermines the trust in credible sources
1:00:15
and organizations.
1:00:17
She's talking about the article that came out
1:00:19
that said it was a cyber attack.
1:00:21
And it can actually even divide our society
1:00:24
in light of such a serious incident.
1:00:30
And in the commission, we have several tools
1:00:33
at our disposal to fight against manipulation of
1:00:38
information.
1:00:39
It includes a task force on strategic communication
1:00:42
and countering information manipulation, but also active collaboration
1:00:48
with fact-checkers, with online platforms.
1:00:52
Fact-checkers.
1:00:54
We have many fact-checkers.
1:00:56
By the way, just a small interstitial.
1:00:59
Several people emailed me after I gave the
1:01:03
report from our dude named Ben, named Ben,
1:01:06
protector of megawatts, whose actual job it is
1:01:09
to understand, protect grid networks, understand how they're
1:01:15
working, what is working, what isn't working.
1:01:18
And he told me straight up, straight from
1:01:20
the people he coordinates with, he talks with,
1:01:23
he's in the business.
1:01:25
He said, this is what happened.
1:01:27
They lost 15 gigawatts from France.
1:01:32
And so they had no base load.
1:01:34
Then everything started to fluctuate.
1:01:35
And then the system just starts to shut
1:01:37
down.
1:01:37
That is what happened.
1:01:39
But no, no.
1:01:41
Here is an example.
1:01:43
Adam, you are misinformed about what caused the
1:01:46
outage.
1:01:47
You must look at Kim Iverson's interview with
1:01:50
Ben Davidson on YouTube, called Magnetic Pole Shift,
1:01:54
Europe's Just the Beginning.
1:01:55
If you know his credentials, he's the real
1:01:58
deal, and he has it right.
1:02:01
Respectfully, your fan.
1:02:03
So this whole nonsense that they launched into
1:02:07
the atmosphere right away of, well, no, it's
1:02:10
a very rare event, atmospheric conditions.
1:02:14
And then we've got the space weather guy
1:02:15
saying, no, it's the magnetic pole shift.
1:02:18
That's what caused it.
1:02:19
Come on.
1:02:21
It's like a psyop on top of a
1:02:23
psyop.
1:02:24
No, it's much simpler than that.
1:02:27
Although the European Commission doesn't know exactly what
1:02:30
happened.
1:02:30
We go back to Paula Pinhole, and she
1:02:33
brings in at the very end here.
1:02:36
She tosses over to the lady who's in
1:02:38
charge of that.
1:02:39
Thank you, Christian, for giving me also the
1:02:41
opportunity to precisely make this point and how
1:02:44
important it is and how we really need
1:02:46
to work together in light of information manipulation
1:02:49
in order to counter it.
1:02:51
And if I still may add on renewables
1:02:54
and use this opportunity, I want to say
1:02:57
that the Spanish and Portuguese operators, they are
1:02:59
well experienced in handling high volumes of renewable
1:03:03
generation in their electricity systems.
1:03:06
So we also have clear rules on the
1:03:10
EU level in this regard, and we ensure
1:03:14
that the balancing of the electricity system and
1:03:17
its capacity is capable to absorb renewable generation.
1:03:22
So we still don't know what was the
1:03:25
cause of the blackout, but this is on
1:03:27
the renewables that there is enough experience to
1:03:30
handle it.
1:03:31
A follow-up such, we will not yet
1:03:34
elaborate on that before we really have a
1:03:37
solid assessment by the experts.
1:03:40
So we don't know exactly what happened, but
1:03:42
just so you know, we can handle renewables.
1:03:44
We've got expertise.
1:03:46
We don't know what happened, but we can
1:03:47
handle renewables.
1:03:48
We can do it.
1:03:49
We don't know what happened.
1:03:50
We'll follow up when we know what happened.
1:03:55
Did you even hear my note that I
1:03:56
read, or were you offline at that point?
1:03:59
Can you hear me?
1:04:00
I can hear you now.
1:04:01
Yeah, I saw what happened.
1:04:04
Well, I had to go back.
1:04:05
I had to do that because I was
1:04:06
yakking at you for the last five minutes
1:04:08
about one thing or another, and you didn't
1:04:10
hear any of it.
1:04:11
I'm sorry.
1:04:13
Oh, man.
1:04:14
What were you yakking?
1:04:15
Well, I've gone, it's old news now.
1:04:18
Well, give me a shot.
1:04:19
Give me, try me out.
1:04:21
I don't remember.
1:04:22
It was just like some comment I had
1:04:23
about something that, one of these clips you
1:04:25
were playing.
1:04:25
This has been going on for like six,
1:04:27
seven minutes.
1:04:28
Oh, I'm so sorry.
1:04:30
Well, I've got the thing.
1:04:32
I'll put the monitor right in front of
1:04:33
me now so I can see if it
1:04:34
happens again.
1:04:36
It's very annoying.
1:04:37
I'm telling you, it's a clean feed deal,
1:04:39
man.
1:04:41
That's what I think.
1:04:42
I mean, it makes no sense for it
1:04:44
to be anything else.
1:04:45
It just switches interfaces.
1:04:48
Like, oh, no, no.
1:04:49
I expect it to happen once a show.
1:04:51
Yeah.
1:04:52
Whenever I'm talking about PsyOps, there it goes.
1:04:56
Oh, let's, well, since we're doing that, let's
1:04:59
talk about chemtrails.
1:05:03
This, ever since Bobby the Op came out
1:05:05
and talked about this on the Dr. Phil
1:05:08
show, everybody has to get back into it.
1:05:10
We're all talking about the chemtrails.
1:05:12
We even talked about it on the last
1:05:13
show.
1:05:14
I do.
1:05:14
Yeah, I think we talked it out on
1:05:16
the last show.
1:05:16
We don't need to talk about it anymore,
1:05:18
do we?
1:05:18
Well, we have to play the mainstream media
1:05:21
clips about it because it's funny.
1:05:23
By the way, there is ample evidence, I'll
1:05:28
send you the links, that there's aluminum, barium,
1:05:33
all kinds of stuff in jet fuel, in
1:05:35
today's modern jet fuel.
1:05:36
I know that you were an inspector back
1:05:39
in the day, but it appears that there
1:05:41
are particles now that should probably not be
1:05:44
in jet fuel.
1:05:44
But this is France 24, here to debunk
1:05:48
the chemtrails conspiracy.
1:05:50
This time the truth or fate is over
1:05:52
by the big bull.
1:05:52
Good evening to you, Vedika.
1:05:54
Today, then, talking about a conspiracy theory that's
1:05:57
now reached all levels of the White House,
1:05:59
chemtrails.
1:06:00
Vedika, tell me what they are because I
1:06:02
don't know.
1:06:02
And tell us what's going on.
1:06:04
I don't know.
1:06:05
I've never heard of it.
1:06:06
I'm a news anchor.
1:06:07
I've never heard, what is this chemtrails nonsense?
1:06:10
I've never heard of this.
1:06:11
Well, Mark, the US Health Secretary Robert F.
1:06:13
Kennedy Jr. has pledged that the US will
1:06:15
fight chemtrails.
1:06:17
Now, this is an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that's
1:06:19
been around for decades.
1:06:21
But it's been consistently debunked by scientists as
1:06:23
completely- Debunked.
1:06:25
Not proven incorrect, but debunked.
1:06:27
So, the chemtrails conspiracy theory is the belief
1:06:30
that these long-lasting condensation trails that we've
1:06:33
seen in the skies left by aircraft, that
1:06:35
they are, in fact, toxic chemical trails that
1:06:38
are seeding the skies for weather modification, biological
1:06:42
warfare in order to poison us, or even
1:06:44
to control people's minds in some of the
1:06:46
extreme believers' cases.
1:06:49
Now- Yeah, yeah, correct.
1:06:50
Believers question the existence of these chemtrails and
1:06:54
the inconsistencies of them.
1:06:56
They ask why they're not always there, why
1:06:59
is it only some planes that produce them,
1:07:01
or why do they come and then disappear,
1:07:03
essentially.
1:07:03
Now, in reality, let's talk the science behind
1:07:06
them.
1:07:07
Well, the scientific basis behind these, these are
1:07:09
not chemtrails at all.
1:07:11
They are, in fact, contrails.
1:07:12
In other words, condensation trails.
1:07:14
They are essentially just temporary plane-created clouds,
1:07:19
and they're made up of water vapor, and
1:07:20
they take place when the hot jet fuel
1:07:23
exhaust, which is mainly water vapor with some
1:07:26
soot particles, when that mixes with the colder
1:07:28
air at high altitudes, this creates ice crystals
1:07:33
that then form these trail-like clouds.
1:07:36
And these dissipate based on the weather conditions
1:07:39
of the region that they're taking place in,
1:07:41
of the day.
1:07:42
There's many different regions.
1:07:43
Now- It's amazing.
1:07:44
So these ice crystals, they float all the
1:07:47
way down to the Texas ground.
1:07:49
Our weather conditions are perfect for ice.
1:07:52
This isn't to say that weather modification is
1:07:54
entirely false as a concept.
1:07:56
We know that cloud seeding exists to induce
1:07:59
rain in dry areas, but this is on
1:08:01
a very, very small scale worldwide.
1:08:03
But overall, Mark, according to a 2017 study,
1:08:07
around 10% of Americans fully believe in
1:08:10
this chemtrails conspiracy theory.
1:08:12
Yes, and it's about 70% of the
1:08:14
town of Fredericksburg.
1:08:17
And so- That low?
1:08:20
Well, I don't know the 30% of
1:08:22
Democrats.
1:08:24
They expect the chemtrails before the grid goes
1:08:27
down.
1:08:28
And so here she is with a very
1:08:30
nifty way of turning it all around to
1:08:32
say, well, you know, it's actually not a
1:08:34
bad idea.
1:08:35
And that is scary, isn't it?
1:08:36
It's so scary!
1:08:38
It's so scary!
1:08:39
What's scary?
1:08:40
The chemtrails or the fact that people think
1:08:42
they're chemtrails?
1:08:43
And that is scary, isn't it?
1:08:45
So how has this gone from conspiracy theory
1:08:47
to actual U.S. legislation?
1:08:49
Well, just recently, RFK Jr. appeared in an
1:08:52
interview on the U.S. television show Dr.
1:08:54
Phil.
1:08:54
And he said he'd do everything in his
1:08:56
power to stop the emissions.
1:08:58
And he appeared to blame chemtrails, the existence
1:09:00
of them, on another government agency.
1:09:02
When he was asked about chemicals being sprayed
1:09:04
in the sky and what he'd do about
1:09:05
it, he took the question seriously.
1:09:07
Let's take a very quick listen to what
1:09:09
he said.
1:09:09
That is not happening in my agency.
1:09:12
We don't do that.
1:09:14
It's done, we think, by DARPA.
1:09:18
And a lot of it now is coming
1:09:20
out of the jet fuel.
1:09:22
Those materials are put in jet fuel.
1:09:26
I'm going to do everything in my power
1:09:28
to stop it.
1:09:30
We're bringing on somebody who's going to think
1:09:31
only about it.
1:09:32
Now, when he says we think it's done
1:09:35
by DARPA, what he's referring to is the
1:09:36
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is a
1:09:39
part of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1:09:41
Now, this isn't the first time he's publicly
1:09:42
endorsed this.
1:09:43
He has previously replied to chemtrails fanatics on
1:09:46
X saying we are going to stop this
1:09:48
crime.
1:09:49
But more recently, just a month ago, he
1:09:51
replied to this person, this believer in the
1:09:54
theory, who was pushing for bills in the
1:09:56
U.S. to ban atmospheric geoengineering.
1:09:58
And what that is, it is a new
1:10:00
field of science where science is trying to
1:10:02
find ways to fight the consequences of fossil
1:10:06
fuel pollution that we as humans are creating.
1:10:09
Now, Kennedy essentially said that 24 states are
1:10:12
moving to ban geoengineering and that the health
1:10:15
and human services is going to do its
1:10:17
part.
1:10:17
Well, what we know about that is that
1:10:19
Tennessee has already banned the release of airborne
1:10:23
chemicals in geoengineering, the chemtrails bill.
1:10:26
Florida is also moving along that bill forward.
1:10:29
And this February, Alabama is also launched that
1:10:32
discussion.
1:10:33
They're having those talks at the moment.
1:10:34
So we can see the escalation of this
1:10:36
conspiracy theory throughout all levels of the U
1:10:38
.S. government.
1:10:39
And as you said, there's zero scientific basis
1:10:41
for this, Mark.
1:10:42
So we will have to see how this
1:10:44
develops.
1:10:45
But should U.S. states move to ban
1:10:47
geoengineering?
1:10:49
It is in its infancy.
1:10:50
But this could have problematic consequences for looking
1:10:55
for ways to fight the climate change and
1:10:57
the effects of pollution that we as humans
1:10:58
are causing here on Earth.
1:11:00
So us dirty humans, we're trying to ban
1:11:03
chemtrails because we don't like it.
1:11:05
But that could actually kill us all.
1:11:07
That's literally what she just did with her
1:11:09
yak, yak, yak.
1:11:11
Was she going to kill us all as
1:11:12
long-winded observations?
1:11:14
The lady doth protest this too much, methinks.
1:11:20
Well, I have serious doubts about things being
1:11:22
put into jet fuel because those engines are
1:11:25
very expensive and they're sensitive to all kinds
1:11:28
of things.
1:11:30
And then whatever the chemical is that goes
1:11:32
through the burning process would be oxidized and
1:11:35
screwed up massively.
1:11:37
I don't know why if you're going to
1:11:38
start dumping stuff into the sky, you just
1:11:40
wouldn't use winglets.
1:11:41
You have a little, like, a little thing
1:11:43
at the end of the wing and you
1:11:45
just spew it out like when they did
1:11:48
cloud seeding back in the 50s, 60s, and
1:11:50
70s in California.
1:11:51
They weren't doing it through the engine fuel.
1:11:54
They were just dumping it in the air.
1:11:55
Yeah, but it's DARPA.
1:11:56
They've got to come up with new things.
1:11:58
This is what they do.
1:11:59
Oh, I've got a new way to do
1:12:00
it.
1:12:01
You can be skeptical.
1:12:02
That's fine.
1:12:03
There's more.
1:12:04
Look, there are more in California than there
1:12:05
are in Texas, so I'm fine with that.
1:12:07
Although the 70 percent of chemtrail fanatics, as
1:12:11
she said, in Fredericksburg are all very upset
1:12:15
that our Governor Abbott has not followed suit
1:12:18
with Alabama.
1:12:20
And Florida and banned this practice, this Alabama.
1:12:26
She had Obama on her mind, I think.
1:12:29
Alabama.
1:12:29
By the way, I do have a, I
1:12:31
have this, not to change the topic.
1:12:33
Yeah, you can change the topic.
1:12:35
I don't mind changing it.
1:12:35
I've done my chemtrails bit.
1:12:37
Since you brought Abbott in, where's my Abbott
1:12:40
clip?
1:12:41
You have an Abbott clip, Texas voucher.
1:12:44
Yeah, this is, this is not reported anywhere.
1:12:47
Governor of Texas has signed a law enabling
1:12:50
over 5 million U.S. students to be
1:12:53
provided with state funds to pay for education
1:12:55
in private schools.
1:12:57
The scheme, costing a billion dollars in its
1:12:59
first two years, is being regarded as a
1:13:01
watershed moment in a conservative campaign to remake
1:13:05
public education in America.
1:13:07
David Bamford reports.
1:13:08
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called his education
1:13:12
voucher scheme the culmination of a movement sweeping
1:13:14
through the U.S. Eligible parents in Texas
1:13:18
will be offered $10,000 per year to
1:13:20
opt out of the state education system.
1:13:23
The scheme, also being rolled out in other
1:13:25
Republican states, has been strongly supported by President
1:13:29
Trump, who accuses public schools of indoctrinating children
1:13:32
with liberal ideology.
1:13:34
But Democrats, and some rural Republicans, argue it
1:13:38
diverts resources away from already underfunded public schools.
1:13:42
Yeah, this session that the Texas Congress is
1:13:48
going through right now, there's a lot of
1:13:50
really amazing bills.
1:13:53
SB 13 is one of them.
1:13:55
And that will ban, completely ban, outlaw books,
1:14:00
certain books, in schools, libraries, class, anywhere.
1:14:05
And we know what books they are.
1:14:07
Yeah.
1:14:07
And I think it's going to pass.
1:14:09
Everyone's, you know, it already passed the House.
1:14:12
This voucher thing is getting no press.
1:14:15
This is from the BBC World Service.
1:14:17
That's where I got the story.
1:14:19
And it's a big deal.
1:14:21
It's a huge deal, because this is what
1:14:23
the Republicans have been trying to do since
1:14:26
the 60s.
1:14:27
Yeah.
1:14:28
Yeah, go figure.
1:14:31
Oh, my God, they're starting to accomplish it.
1:14:33
Let's don't report on it and even give
1:14:34
anyone any ideas.
1:14:36
And we say, well, OK, finally we can
1:14:39
homeschool.
1:14:40
But you're killing us with the chemtrails, Abbott.
1:14:46
Chemtrails.
1:14:46
Where's the jingle?
1:14:47
Where's the jingle?
1:14:49
Chemtrails.
1:14:50
I knew it.
1:14:51
Of course.
1:14:52
Here's the funny story of the week.
1:14:54
I just, I have some thematic stories, but
1:14:56
I want to play a couple of these
1:14:57
standalones.
1:15:00
This is the funniest story of the week.
1:15:01
Trump.
1:15:03
Somebody asked Trump.
1:15:05
Oh, is this about the picture?
1:15:07
Yeah.
1:15:08
Somebody asked Trump about being the pope on
1:15:11
the White House lawn.
1:15:12
And he says, yeah, I think.
1:15:13
Who do you think is going to be
1:15:14
the pope?
1:15:15
Would you like to be the pope?
1:15:16
Yeah, I think I'll be the pope.
1:15:18
He just casually said it as a joke.
1:15:20
So somebody either Photoshop.
1:15:22
They like to say it's AI, but it
1:15:24
looks more like Photoshop to me.
1:15:26
Photoshop Trump in a pope outfit.
1:15:28
And then they posted it.
1:15:29
And then Trump, the White House reposted it.
1:15:33
Oh, now it's a big scandal on NPR
1:15:36
and PBS.
1:15:37
And critics are speaking out about an artificial
1:15:39
intelligence generated image that President Trump posted last
1:15:43
night to his social media platform.
1:15:45
It shows him seated, dressed as the pope.
1:15:48
Later, it was reposted on the official White
1:15:51
House account on X.
1:15:52
In a post of their own, the Catholic
1:15:54
bishops of New York State said, there is
1:15:56
nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr.
1:15:59
President.
1:16:00
We just buried our beloved Pope Francis, and
1:16:02
the Cardinals are about to enter a solemn
1:16:04
conclave to elect a new successor of St.
1:16:07
Peter.
1:16:08
Do not mock us.
1:16:09
Oh, that's a tough one.
1:16:12
So I got a lot of e-mails
1:16:13
about this, because I am the resident religiosity
1:16:16
scholar all of a sudden.
1:16:19
And from Finland, our producer, Sir Wunderhelm, who
1:16:25
was overboard and he came back and he
1:16:27
sends me this.
1:16:28
He says, what is this?
1:16:30
This is not okay.
1:16:32
Is this supposed to be funny?
1:16:34
And I said, you know, we are strange
1:16:38
in America.
1:16:38
But yeah, this is American humor.
1:16:41
And you don't have to.
1:16:43
It is funny.
1:16:44
You don't have to get it.
1:16:45
It's American humor.
1:16:46
But then I also got ones like this.
1:16:48
Like, let's see.
1:16:52
What is it here?
1:16:53
This has to do with the Knights Templar
1:16:55
and the Jesuits and Catholic infestation.
1:16:58
The black Pope runs.
1:17:03
Yes, it's just a joke.
1:17:06
I mean, that timing may be a little,
1:17:09
a little.
1:17:09
I don't even care about the timing.
1:17:12
But people get so bent out of shape
1:17:15
about it.
1:17:16
You know, Mark, Void Zero didn't say, oh,
1:17:19
I'm outraged about this.
1:17:20
If Void Zero said something, we'd say, okay,
1:17:23
well, maybe.
1:17:23
Yeah.
1:17:24
He didn't say anything.
1:17:26
And he's a Catholic's Catholic.
1:17:27
He's the traditionalist.
1:17:29
He's like the old, he's like the guys
1:17:31
at the FBI we investigate.
1:17:33
Who says they aren't?
1:17:35
Maybe they are, but they never find his
1:17:37
house.
1:17:38
But the point is, is that it's like,
1:17:41
no.
1:17:42
Give me a break.
1:17:43
This is classic.
1:17:44
Trump does one thing.
1:17:46
There's another thing.
1:17:47
He had to actually come out and say
1:17:48
he's not running in 2028 in one of
1:17:50
the morning shows this morning.
1:17:53
People are so upset about him saying he's
1:17:55
going to run for 2028.
1:17:57
Yeah, he never said it, by the way.
1:17:58
He has never said he's going to run.
1:18:00
He just has a hat.
1:18:00
He's got a hat.
1:18:01
He has a hat and the hat is
1:18:03
funny.
1:18:03
And it's Bannon who's been pushing it more
1:18:05
than anything.
1:18:06
I should still go back and get those
1:18:08
clips of Bannon on.
1:18:08
We need one of those hats is what
1:18:10
we need.
1:18:10
I mean, those are collectibles.
1:18:13
Now that you mention it.
1:18:14
Yeah, it's a collectible, baby.
1:18:15
And I have, I usually, I'm usually on
1:18:18
the lookout for such things.
1:18:19
Yes.
1:18:20
Well, I'm sure some of our producers out
1:18:22
there, you know, the thing is that one
1:18:24
of our producers can send us each one
1:18:26
of those hats if they can find them.
1:18:28
But, you know, I forgot to, I was
1:18:29
very remiss because I hounded the Ohio State
1:18:33
folks for all these sweatshirts, which I ended
1:18:36
up with a bunch of them.
1:18:37
But I never hounded the Florida people because
1:18:40
they won the basketball championship, which I had
1:18:43
predicted, by the way, way in advance that
1:18:45
they would.
1:18:46
Yeah.
1:18:46
You should have done it on the show.
1:18:47
I did on Horowitz's and I should have
1:18:50
gotten as I like a zippered hoodie that
1:18:53
says Florida.
1:18:54
I don't have any Florida gear at all.
1:18:59
And I think having a floor, especially in
1:19:00
California, having a Florida hoodie or sweatshirt sweatshirt
1:19:04
is nice.
1:19:05
Good.
1:19:05
I want to I want to stay with
1:19:07
the pope for a second because first I
1:19:08
got this.
1:19:09
No, I just had to get that in.
1:19:10
I'm sorry.
1:19:11
They're going to send it to you.
1:19:12
Don't worry, you'll get it.
1:19:13
I'm hoping.
1:19:14
So first it was gateway pundits.
1:19:16
I'm like, OK, headline Francis Macron reportedly meddling
1:19:20
in the choosing of the next pope is
1:19:22
terrified that conservative Robert Sarra may sit on
1:19:26
St. Peter's throne.
1:19:28
Really?
1:19:29
Yeah.
1:19:29
And I'm like, OK, but then an article
1:19:32
came through from Euronews.
1:19:35
Is Francis Emmanuel Macron trying to influence who
1:19:39
gets picked as the next pope?
1:19:40
And apparently he is.
1:19:42
The Italian press is like, hey, what are
1:19:45
you doing?
1:19:46
He had a meeting at the French embassy
1:19:48
in Rome.
1:19:50
You know, he's talking to bishops.
1:19:52
Are they in the conclave yet?
1:19:53
I think they're doing the meetings.
1:19:55
I think it's starting.
1:19:56
Yeah, it's cardinals, not bishops.
1:19:59
What did I say?
1:19:59
Bishops?
1:20:00
Yeah.
1:20:01
Cardinals.
1:20:02
Preparations for next week's papal conclave are underway
1:20:05
as cardinals gather for prayer and reflection at
1:20:07
the Vatican.
1:20:08
Nearly all 133 voting cardinals have arrived in
1:20:11
Rome ahead of Wednesday's vote.
1:20:13
Ten of the cardinals are American.
1:20:15
108 were appointed by Pope Francis himself.
1:20:18
And inside the chapel, they'll vote up to
1:20:19
four times a day until a two-thirds
1:20:22
majority is reached.
1:20:23
The ceremonial chimney was installed yesterday where voting
1:20:26
ballots will be burned.
1:20:28
What the church needs most at this time
1:20:30
is to continue the mission that it received
1:20:34
from Christ in response to the challenges and
1:20:38
the needs, the difficulties and the opportunities of
1:20:42
our time, namely from now on.
1:20:45
And some things to watch for when those
1:20:47
voting ballots are burned.
1:20:48
If you see black smoke, that signals no
1:20:51
decision was made.
1:20:52
And if the smoke is white, that will
1:20:54
announce the selection of a new pope.
1:20:56
So, yeah, the story on Euronews is similar,
1:21:00
saying he's afraid that we're going to get
1:21:01
a pope who, you know, doesn't like, I
1:21:04
don't know, trans stuff.
1:21:05
He doesn't like men marrying men.
1:21:09
Yeah, he's got a problem with that.
1:21:10
That looks like women.
1:21:11
Yeah, he's got a problem with it.
1:21:13
Not even a prerequisite, actually.
1:21:16
Well, you're right.
1:21:17
In Macron's case, it's not a prerequisite because
1:21:19
his wife doesn't look like a woman.
1:21:22
He's married to a dude.
1:21:23
He looks more like a guy.
1:21:24
And in Italy, they've got psyops all over
1:21:26
the place, including a game for the kids.
1:21:31
An online game by the name Fantapapa has
1:21:34
been created to predict who will be the
1:21:36
next pope.
1:21:37
The app has 11 cardinals.
1:21:40
60,000 users of this game who will
1:21:42
predict the next pope.
1:21:43
Who will be the next pope.
1:21:45
The app has 11 cardinals who are poised
1:21:48
to become the next leader.
1:21:50
And by the way, my guy, not one
1:21:52
of the 11 in the game.
1:21:53
Users have the ability to predict who will
1:21:55
partake in the next point of role.
1:21:57
The site, which was created in February when
1:21:59
Francis was hospitalized, has more than 60,000
1:22:03
registered users.
1:22:04
I believe this game is a really fun
1:22:06
game to play with friends and have a
1:22:09
laugh.
1:22:09
Initially, my dad sent it to me ironically.
1:22:13
But now that it's going to be the
1:22:14
conclave, I decided to have a go and
1:22:17
try it.
1:22:18
And I noticed it has so many features
1:22:20
and different things you can choose.
1:22:22
So I decided to...
1:22:26
What kind of a game is this?
1:22:28
It's closer to the pin.
1:22:30
No, no, no.
1:22:31
It's like football teams.
1:22:32
And I decided to put Tagli as my
1:22:36
captain, as my main candidate to become pope
1:22:39
because he looks like a nice guy and
1:22:42
a fun person.
1:22:44
He's a fun guy.
1:22:45
The users have the ability to select a
1:22:47
team just like soccer.
1:22:48
They think have the best chance to become
1:22:50
the next pope.
1:22:51
The app has attracted thousands of youths.
1:22:54
They choose the top contenders or captains.
1:22:57
So far, players' top choices have been France's
1:22:59
Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Perolin, closely
1:23:03
followed by Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna.
1:23:07
Yeah, my guy's not in there.
1:23:09
He's not in the game.
1:23:10
He's not in the game.
1:23:11
Your guy is the best idea, by the
1:23:15
way.
1:23:15
But I had to go back and just
1:23:17
reflect on this.
1:23:19
Trump dresses the pope and the left being
1:23:22
outraged by it, and especially PBS getting all
1:23:24
bent out of shape.
1:23:25
The gay community dresses as nuns constantly.
1:23:32
Men dress as nuns, and they go around
1:23:34
ridiculing the Catholic Church constantly, and nobody says
1:23:38
crap about it.
1:23:40
That is a very good point.
1:23:46
I think you're spot-on.
1:23:49
That's right.
1:23:51
It's a story hour with a drag queen
1:23:56
story hour in nuns' outfits.
1:23:58
You're right.
1:23:59
You are spot-on, as usual.
1:24:03
I'm glad...
1:24:04
Well...
1:24:05
As usual.
1:24:05
As usual.
1:24:06
I'm glad you went back.
1:24:07
I wasn't as spot-on as I could
1:24:09
have been with my timing.
1:24:10
Another short clip.
1:24:13
Just for educational purposes, I don't know what's
1:24:17
going on with this one.
1:24:19
Eric Adams is allowing the call to prayer
1:24:23
in Manhattan.
1:24:25
A historic step here in New York City
1:24:28
in support of the Muslim community.
1:24:30
Mayor Adams announced new guidelines clearing the way
1:24:32
for the Muslim call to prayer to bring
1:24:34
out freely.
1:24:35
For too long, there has been confusion about
1:24:37
which communities allow to amplify their calls to
1:24:41
prayer.
1:24:42
Amplify?
1:24:43
To what?
1:24:44
Amplify.
1:24:45
Oh, amplify.
1:24:46
Confusion about which communities allow to amplify their
1:24:50
calls to prayer.
1:24:51
Today, we are cutting red tape and saying
1:24:55
clearly, if you are a mosque or a
1:24:57
house of worship of any kind, you do
1:25:00
not have to apply for a permit to
1:25:03
amplify your call to Friday prayer.
1:25:06
Yeah, I've seen videos of these guys walking
1:25:09
down the street with a big boom box
1:25:11
and a wireless mic.
1:25:15
I have some thoughts on this.
1:25:18
Yeah, go.
1:25:19
One, if you've been in the Middle East
1:25:21
at all, I've been a couple of times,
1:25:24
the call for prayer thing is not on
1:25:26
Fridays.
1:25:28
It's six times a day all the time.
1:25:31
Yes.
1:25:32
And it's actually quite pleasant if you're a
1:25:34
tourist.
1:25:35
If you don't live next to it.
1:25:37
But if you're not living there, because there's
1:25:40
something romantic about it.
1:25:41
It's just, and it's a very, it's a
1:25:43
nice, especially when you have some of these
1:25:47
Muslim preachers, whether they're Kamulas, who can sing,
1:25:53
and they can sing in Arabic, and it's
1:25:55
very, it's just a great sound, but very
1:25:58
few people can do it well.
1:25:59
But it's all the time, and they have
1:26:02
amplifiers, and it's very loud.
1:26:04
And this contradicts something that I was given
1:26:07
a lecture, I think it was in Dubai
1:26:09
at the time, by a British guy who
1:26:11
said the Muslims, especially the Middle East Muslims,
1:26:14
we're not talking about the ones in Indonesia,
1:26:17
which I never heard this going on there,
1:26:19
but they have this big thing about, oh,
1:26:22
you can't do this, you can't do anything
1:26:24
that's pre-Muhammad.
1:26:25
If it's not in the Quran, you can't,
1:26:28
so words for computer have to be manufactured.
1:26:31
They can't be, they have to be made
1:26:32
out of words.
1:26:33
Everything has to be old-fashioned.
1:26:34
But yet, they can use amplifiers, and they've
1:26:38
got these huge speakers, and the giant 10
1:26:41
,000 watt amps, that's okay?
1:26:43
How does that work?
1:26:45
Some Muslim can explain that one to me.
1:26:47
When I was in Iraq, or as some
1:26:49
would say, Iraq, and I hope I have
1:26:52
this, I'd have to dig deep into the
1:26:56
archives.
1:26:58
That was 2003.
1:26:59
I acquired an alarm clock, and I think
1:27:03
it came out of, I think it was
1:27:04
made in Pakistan.
1:27:06
Plastic alarm clock.
1:27:08
And six times a day, this clock would
1:27:10
do the call to prayer.
1:27:13
Gosh, I hope I have that somewhere still.
1:27:15
Well, that's a great item.
1:27:16
Yeah.
1:27:17
It was one of those things you pick
1:27:19
up on your travels.
1:27:20
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So, let's amplify that in New York.
1:27:46
Yeah, for the Church of No Agenda.
1:27:49
I'm all for it.
1:27:51
Well, the people in Amsterdam and Rotterdam are
1:27:53
not happy because this is also allowed, this
1:27:57
amplification of call to prayer.
1:28:00
And it's not the culture of the Netherlands.
1:28:04
Or wasn't.
1:28:04
I think it probably is becoming that.
1:28:06
And people are annoyed by it.
1:28:08
Just like they're annoyed by incessant church bells,
1:28:11
I might point out.
1:28:13
Yeah, there was a lot of complaining about
1:28:14
church bells in some areas.
1:28:17
Most of the time I've run it when
1:28:18
there's churches around.
1:28:20
It's only been on a Sunday.
1:28:22
And they'll ring the bells.
1:28:24
And University of California has the Campanile and
1:28:29
they used to play songs at noon, various
1:28:33
tunes.
1:28:34
I think they stopped even doing that.
1:28:36
I don't know if they do it anymore.
1:28:38
But they had enough bells up there they
1:28:40
could play various recognizable songs.
1:28:47
Like what?
1:28:49
What recognizable songs?
1:28:51
Well, jingle bells would be during the wintertime.
1:28:53
They could play that easy.
1:28:54
Did they?
1:28:55
Yeah.
1:28:57
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
1:28:59
Yeah, yeah.
1:29:00
I see you have a series.
1:29:01
I'm going to lead you into it with
1:29:02
two very short clips.
1:29:03
We start off with breaking news.
1:29:05
A major scare.
1:29:06
Everybody be afraid.
1:29:07
Be afraid.
1:29:08
It's very dangerous.
1:29:08
Breaking news.
1:29:09
Tonight from Chicago, health officials are warning travelers
1:29:12
about possible measles exposure at Chicago's O'Hare
1:29:15
Airport.
1:29:15
They say an infected adult was in Terminal
1:29:17
1 from 10 a.m. until 8 p
1:29:19
.m. on Tuesday.
1:29:20
And then again on Wednesday of last week,
1:29:22
that person who lives in Cook County testing
1:29:24
positive for measles.
1:29:25
Two days later.
1:29:27
This is crazy.
1:29:29
This is crazy.
1:29:32
Important medical information.
1:29:34
He was in the airport on Sunday and
1:29:37
then again Wednesday.
1:29:37
Let's get track him down and shoot him.
1:29:39
Shoot him, yes, shoot him.
1:29:40
Now to alarming health news.
1:29:42
Alarming.
1:29:42
The CDC reports that 216 children have died
1:29:45
from the flu in the US this season.
1:29:48
The highest number in 15 years.
1:29:50
Experts link the increase to falling vaccination rates
1:29:53
among kids.
1:29:54
Down from 64% five years ago to
1:29:57
49% this season.
1:30:00
And with flu season still ongoing, that number
1:30:02
could climb.
1:30:03
60,000 people a year die from flu.
1:30:08
Yeah, that's what they say.
1:30:09
60,000.
1:30:10
That number is questionable.
1:30:11
But since you brought that up, I do
1:30:13
have a series of clips from PBS about
1:30:16
the flu vaccine and how important it is.
1:30:19
And I want you to guess who the
1:30:23
guests are going to have.
1:30:25
They're going to talk to on PBS, you
1:30:28
know, this fabulous product that the government helps
1:30:31
pay for.
1:30:31
Oh, okay.
1:30:32
What stooge, I hate to use the word,
1:30:35
what stooge bullshit artist, the guy's the worst,
1:30:39
worst of the worst, do you think they're
1:30:41
going to bring on to talk about vaccinations?
1:30:43
Well, I have a couple of candidates.
1:30:46
Without a doubt, I would put HOTEP at
1:30:48
the top of the list.
1:30:49
Boom.
1:30:50
There were 12 seasonal flu related deaths of
1:30:53
children this week.
1:30:54
According to the CDC, that brings the total
1:30:56
number of pediatric flu deaths this season to
1:30:59
216.
1:31:00
That's the most in 15 years.
1:31:03
And the flu season isn't even over yet.
1:31:05
I'm detecting a pattern here that the the
1:31:08
big pharma complex has injected into our news,
1:31:12
into our independent newsrooms.
1:31:15
Experts say one reason for this new record
1:31:17
could be the plummeting flu vaccination rate for
1:31:19
American children.
1:31:20
It went from 64% five years ago
1:31:23
to 11% this year.
1:31:26
Wait a minute, was that the same amount
1:31:28
they said on the other clip?
1:31:31
That doesn't sound right.
1:31:32
I remember having a- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
1:31:34
yeah.
1:31:34
Specific amount.
1:31:35
I want to hear it.
1:31:36
I want to hear the numbers.
1:31:36
Now to alarming health news.
1:31:37
The CDC reports that 216 children- 216.
1:31:40
Have died from the flu in the US
1:31:42
this season.
1:31:43
The highest number in 15 years.
1:31:46
Experts link the increase to falling vaccination rates
1:31:49
among kids, down from 64% five years
1:31:52
ago to 49% this season.
1:31:55
Yeah.
1:31:55
Yeah.
1:32:03
Yeah.
1:32:04
Yeah.
1:32:06
Yeah.
1:32:07
Yeah.
1:32:09
Yeah.
1:32:11
Yeah.
1:32:11
Yeah.
1:32:11
Yeah.
1:32:13
Yeah.
1:32:19
Yeah.
1:32:21
Yeah.
1:32:22
Yeah.
1:32:24
Yeah.
1:32:28
Yeah.
1:32:33
Yeah.
1:32:36
Yeah.
1:32:47
Yeah.
1:32:49
Yeah.
1:32:55
for pediatric flu deaths this season.
1:32:57
What do you make of that?
1:32:59
Well, I think it probably is related to
1:33:01
the decline in immunization since most pediatric influenza
1:33:05
deaths occur among the unvaccinated, like most of
1:33:08
the other viral infections that we've been seeing.
1:33:11
But remember the context of this, this is
1:33:14
on top of fourfold rise in measles outbreaks
1:33:17
over the last year, even before what was
1:33:20
going on with this current major epidemic, a
1:33:23
sixfold rise in pertussis cases.
1:33:27
Okay, got it.
1:33:29
So he goes, yeah, so everything is because
1:33:32
of vaccination.
1:33:33
Of course, this guy who they mentioned, well,
1:33:36
play the second, just play it, play on.
1:33:37
The big picture is we're going in the
1:33:40
wrong direction in terms of children not getting
1:33:43
the vaccines that they should be getting.
1:33:45
Is this a holdover from the vaccination hesitancy
1:33:48
that emerged during the COVID pandemic?
1:33:50
It very well might be.
1:33:51
There's been some Gallup surveys and others that
1:33:53
have shown that spillover effect that the same
1:33:56
parts of the country where adults were refusing
1:34:01
to get COVID vaccines are now spilling over
1:34:03
to childhood immunizations.
1:34:06
So for instance, in West Texas, which had
1:34:07
some of the lowest COVID vaccination rates in
1:34:11
the country, guess what?
1:34:12
That's where we have our ginormous, ginormous, ginormous
1:34:16
measles epidemic right now in West Texas in
1:34:19
the panhandle and it's going up into the
1:34:22
conservative rural areas of the Great Plains where
1:34:24
COVID vaccinations were also low.
1:34:27
So I think the big picture is there
1:34:30
is that spillover effect from anti-vaccine activism
1:34:34
that accelerated during COVID now into childhood immunizations.
1:34:37
Oh yes, ginormous, it's bigger than gigantic or
1:34:42
enormous.
1:34:42
It's ginormous.
1:34:44
That's a very scientific term, I understand.
1:34:47
Ginormous is what the left uses and that
1:34:49
was popularized.
1:34:50
The term was mostly popularized by Rachel Maddow.
1:34:54
Oh, you're right.
1:34:55
She loved saying ginormous.
1:34:57
You're right.
1:34:58
Only word.
1:34:59
Yeah, I know you've developed vaccines yourself.
1:35:03
What do you make of what Secretary Kennedy
1:35:05
said that he wants to see new vaccines
1:35:07
tested with placebos?
1:35:09
What do you think of that?
1:35:10
This has been his playbook the last few
1:35:13
weeks.
1:35:13
Every few days he comes out with a
1:35:16
new statement that misrepresents vaccine safety or effectiveness.
1:35:22
For instance, he made it almost sound as
1:35:24
if we don't routinely test vaccines against placebo
1:35:28
control.
1:35:29
In fact, just about all of the childhood
1:35:31
immunizations historically have been tested against placebo controls,
1:35:36
typically in randomized studies.
1:35:38
So I don't really understand the basis of
1:35:41
the new announcement, other than the fact that
1:35:44
when we do a randomized placebo controlled trial
1:35:47
for something like a COVID vaccine, we do
1:35:50
it at the first time around.
1:35:51
But as we're updating, because you're making minor
1:35:53
adjustments in the composition of the vaccine to
1:35:57
reflect new variants, we don't typically repeat the
1:36:00
entire placebo randomized controlled trial because they're incredibly
1:36:05
expensive and sometimes they're not doable given the
1:36:09
size of what they are and the time
1:36:12
it would take.
1:36:12
So I hope he's not suggesting that we
1:36:16
have to do an entirely new randomized placebo
1:36:18
controlled trial every time we update a vaccine.
1:36:21
Wow.
1:36:22
Wow, what a scathing admission that is.
1:36:26
No, you know, but we're tweaking it.
1:36:29
We're just tweaking it.
1:36:30
What does that even mean?
1:36:31
You know, we're just doing a little dance.
1:36:33
We're tweaking a little bit.
1:36:34
You know, it's like just tightening the bolts
1:36:36
on the cylinder head.
1:36:37
Some DNA.
1:36:38
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:36:39
Just add some frags.
1:36:40
Just adding some bits and bobs, baby.
1:36:43
We don't have to test that.
1:36:44
That's safe and effective.
1:36:48
They have to get liability back into the
1:36:51
picture.
1:36:52
There's no, there's no, you could be shooting
1:36:56
people with dog poop.
1:36:59
It's no liability.
1:37:00
You can't sue them.
1:37:02
What good is it?
1:37:03
What, how is this protecting the consumer?
1:37:06
Is that the last clip or the thing
1:37:08
is one more?
1:37:09
I'm delighted to say, more hotep all of
1:37:13
the time.
1:37:13
Is the effect of this to undermine confidence
1:37:15
in vaccines, do you think?
1:37:16
Oh yeah, leading the witness.
1:37:18
By the way, this is not scripted at
1:37:20
all.
1:37:22
Or leading the witness.
1:37:23
Is the effect of this to undermine confidence
1:37:25
in vaccines, do you think?
1:37:27
Well, this is the bigger picture.
1:37:28
Remember, you know what RFK Jr. has been
1:37:31
saying every few days.
1:37:32
First, he said the MMR vaccine was leaky,
1:37:35
whatever that means.
1:37:36
And when he talks about suggesting people get
1:37:39
the MMR vaccine, he always pairs it, or
1:37:41
often pairs it, with a cocktail of useless
1:37:45
interventions for preventing measles.
1:37:48
Or he says that the measles hospitalizations are
1:37:52
due to quarantine and isolation, which is not
1:37:55
true.
1:37:55
These kids are really, really sick.
1:37:57
Now is the time the Department of Health
1:37:59
and Human Services needs to be doubling down.
1:38:02
Hold on a second.
1:38:02
He says something kind of odd here.
1:38:04
Yeah, you noticed it too, didn't you?
1:38:06
Yeah, so he, it's called like, it was
1:38:09
like moving the Overton window, whatever it is.
1:38:12
So Kennedy says this is because people are
1:38:16
quarantined and they're not getting measles anymore.
1:38:19
And then he says, no, these kids are
1:38:21
sick.
1:38:22
Like, I don't know.
1:38:22
It says non sequitur.
1:38:24
Yes.
1:38:25
Quarantine and isolation, which is not true.
1:38:27
These kids are really, really sick.
1:38:29
Now is the time the Department of Health
1:38:31
and Human Services needs to be doubling down
1:38:33
on telling the American people to vaccinate their
1:38:36
kids and highlighting the, and emphasizing the safety
1:38:39
and effectiveness of vaccines, not tearing it down.
1:38:42
So I do think it's starting to have
1:38:44
a very damaging effect.
1:38:46
Dr. Peter Hotez, thanks as always.
1:38:49
As always.
1:38:50
You're on all the time.
1:38:51
We're bringing you back every chance we can
1:38:53
because we're paid money to do it.
1:38:55
Yeah.
1:38:56
On top of the government funding.
1:38:57
It's pretty pathetic.
1:38:59
It's pretty pathetic.
1:39:01
Yeah, come on, Bobby.
1:39:03
Where's the Rico case?
1:39:05
Where's the stopping of advertising?
1:39:08
Talk is cheap, Bobby.
1:39:10
Come on, come on now.
1:39:12
I mean, I'll give him some time.
1:39:13
I'll give him another hundred days.
1:39:15
I think the next hundred days of the
1:39:16
Trump administration, they're going to ramp it up.
1:39:19
They're going to ramp everything up so much.
1:39:22
Well, they're going to have to because people
1:39:23
are demanding it.
1:39:24
I don't know what they're going to do
1:39:25
about the Epstein thing, because I believe now
1:39:27
that that doesn't exist.
1:39:29
It's been destroyed.
1:39:31
The Diddy stuff, I don't know, he's going
1:39:33
to trial, I think this week or coming
1:39:34
this coming week.
1:39:36
Tonight, Sean Combs makes it official.
1:39:37
Hold on.
1:39:38
It was perfect timing.
1:39:39
It was perfect timing.
1:39:40
Oh, it was.
1:39:40
Do it again.
1:39:41
I'll edit it out.
1:39:42
Diddy is going to trial any minute.
1:39:45
Tonight, Sean Combs makes it official.
1:39:46
He's rejecting the government's offer to plead guilty
1:39:49
and spare himself the possibility of a prolonged
1:39:51
term in prison.
1:39:52
When asked if he turned down the offer,
1:39:54
Combs answered, yes, I do, Your Honor, as
1:39:56
he stood in a baggy beige jail uniform.
1:39:59
Terms were not disclosed, but prosecutors did say
1:40:01
a plea could result in a shorter sentence
1:40:03
for Combs than if he's convicted.
1:40:06
The decision guarantees Combs will face trial beginning
1:40:09
just four days from now that will test
1:40:11
whether one of music's most prolific figures used
1:40:13
his power, wealth, and fame to sexually exploit
1:40:17
both women and men for decades.
1:40:19
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy,
1:40:22
sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution
1:40:24
charges that accused him of coercing alleged victims
1:40:27
into prolonged drug-fueled sexual activity that he
1:40:30
called freak-offs and threatening them into silence.
1:40:33
At trial, Combs will ditch the jail garb
1:40:35
and wear ordinary clothes.
1:40:36
As his lawyers argue, the evidence shows consenting
1:40:39
adults being intimate in their own way.
1:40:42
In their own way.
1:40:44
Everybody's consenting in their own way.
1:40:47
Yeah, yeah.
1:40:48
I'm not con- Passed out.
1:40:49
You're consenting.
1:40:50
You're consenting.
1:40:51
Yeah, I thought his way was being passed
1:40:54
out, so that's what I did.
1:40:55
So no Epstein, but we got Diddy.
1:40:57
Get the black man, and- That's also
1:41:00
the thing he wants to go to trial
1:41:02
because he, somebody, at least somebody in his
1:41:05
king camp knows that.
1:41:06
You go to trial, that means discovery, and
1:41:10
discovery means some names are gonna come out
1:41:13
that don't wanna have their names come out,
1:41:15
and maybe they can do a deal or
1:41:17
do something or kill him.
1:41:21
Meanwhile, in related news, over in the United
1:41:25
Kingdoms.
1:41:26
Overseas tonight, actor and comedian Russell Brand making
1:41:28
his first court appearance since being charged with
1:41:30
rape and sexual assault in London.
1:41:32
Brand pushing his way through a mob of
1:41:34
photographers outside the courthouse.
1:41:36
Four women accusing him in separate alleged attacks
1:41:38
between 1999 and 2005.
1:41:40
The judge releasing him on conditional bail.
1:41:43
Brand denies the allegations.
1:41:44
They are railroading this guy.
1:41:47
It sounds like a Snowden thing to me.
1:41:50
There's a little bit of that, but there's
1:41:51
also, he's not doing himself any favors the
1:41:54
way, with his commentary.
1:41:56
Well, he lives in Florida now, but he
1:41:59
doesn't even live in the UK.
1:42:00
Yeah, I know how they got him out
1:42:02
there.
1:42:03
He has to, he has to, or he'll
1:42:04
be extradited.
1:42:06
Was he extradited, or was he?
1:42:08
No, no, no, no, he just- He's
1:42:10
still in Florida?
1:42:10
No, he has to attend the, yeah, he
1:42:14
takes British Airways.
1:42:15
He has to attend the trials, but he
1:42:18
can go back to Florida.
1:42:19
Seems kind of odd.
1:42:21
It is odd.
1:42:22
Yeah.
1:42:24
I have, what's the time?
1:42:27
Yeah, we can do this.
1:42:28
I have three clips from the guy I
1:42:31
like most when it comes to EU, UK,
1:42:34
Ukraine, and NATO, Andrew Rassoulis.
1:42:37
He's the former military dude from Candanavia, about
1:42:41
the minerals deal that we signed with Ukraine,
1:42:45
which we've heard very little about.
1:42:47
Have you heard much about that in the
1:42:49
US media, besides that something happened?
1:42:52
Yeah.
1:42:53
Well, do you know- We had a
1:42:55
bunch of clips in the last show about
1:42:56
it.
1:42:56
Yeah, but it just says we have a
1:42:58
deal, but do you know the terms of
1:42:59
the deal?
1:43:00
Do you know anything about it?
1:43:01
No, we didn't get any of that from
1:43:03
our clips.
1:43:05
Do you know?
1:43:07
Well, I thought the terms of the deal,
1:43:09
that was we just had to spend a
1:43:10
lot of money, give them more money.
1:43:12
We're gonna speak with Andrew Rassoulis yet again.
1:43:14
He is a defense and Eastern European affairs
1:43:16
expert with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.
1:43:18
Andrew, thank you for joining us again.
1:43:20
Appreciate your time.
1:43:21
You're very welcome, Shane.
1:43:22
Okay, so this deal, we know this has
1:43:24
been touted as key to Ukraine's fortunes here
1:43:27
as Zelensky saying he's hopeful this guarantees continued
1:43:29
support from the Americans.
1:43:30
So this was absolutely essential, right?
1:43:34
Well, it's an important building block, but it's
1:43:36
a building block, but it's not a keystone.
1:43:38
That's the way I describe it to a
1:43:39
peace settlement.
1:43:41
And we have to remember that the agreement
1:43:43
that was signed now is a reasonably watered
1:43:46
down agreement.
1:43:48
Now, the key element of the first agreement
1:43:51
that Ukraine proposed was that basically the United
1:43:54
States in return for having access to these
1:43:57
minerals and revenues and so on would provide
1:43:59
solid military guarantees to Ukraine in the event
1:44:03
of a peace settlement with Russia.
1:44:05
The Americans countered that with saying no way
1:44:07
for a security thing.
1:44:08
And by the way, we want all this
1:44:09
money back from Ukraine to repay loans or
1:44:12
costs that we invented in your defense.
1:44:15
So the Ukrainians said, no way.
1:44:17
Now, the third option, which they did sign
1:44:19
is a watered down version.
1:44:20
There is no guaranteed American security for Ukraine,
1:44:24
but there is a paragraph that suggests it
1:44:26
might be possible.
1:44:27
It's an option for the United States to
1:44:29
exercise.
1:44:30
So it's half and half.
1:44:31
It's an option.
1:44:32
And for the Ukrainians, there is no obligation
1:44:36
to repay debt, so-called, for American assistance.
1:44:40
Rather, the profits here, both American and Ukrainian,
1:44:44
will be primarily directed at the reconstruction of
1:44:47
Ukraine.
1:44:47
So that's the kind of, it's a bit
1:44:49
of a win-win, but it's not that
1:44:52
huge thing that was supposed to be the
1:44:54
security guarantee in the event of a peace
1:44:56
settlement.
1:44:56
That's not there.
1:44:57
Okay, so the way I see this is,
1:45:00
if we make any money off of those
1:45:02
minerals, if you got them, then maybe we'll
1:45:08
provide you some security if it's any good.
1:45:11
And any profits will go and build stuff
1:45:15
in your country which we're gonna profit off
1:45:16
of.
1:45:17
Sounds like a good deal for us.
1:45:19
But it is- Except for the fact
1:45:20
we can't get to the minerals, there's no
1:45:22
real mining going on, and it's possible there's
1:45:24
no minerals at all and they're full of
1:45:25
crap, those guys.
1:45:26
The Ukrainians are criminals.
1:45:28
So it's part- No offense to the
1:45:30
Ukrainian listeners that we have, but they have
1:45:32
a lot of shysters there, let's put it
1:45:34
that way.
1:45:35
Is this, does this mean there's a possibility
1:45:37
of a peace deal?
1:45:38
Now, it comes at a time when we
1:45:40
know and we heard from U.S. Vice
1:45:41
President J.D. Vance just yesterday, hey, look,
1:45:43
peace isn't coming anytime soon.
1:45:45
And so it looks like the prospect of
1:45:48
reaching a broader deal with Russia and Ukraine,
1:45:51
the hopes just continue to diminish, don't they?
1:45:54
Well, they continue.
1:45:55
I'm not gonna say diminish, because every day
1:45:58
it's a little different.
1:45:59
I would say to you objectively that talks
1:46:03
are continuing.
1:46:04
And a lot of what's going on now
1:46:07
we don't hear about because it's behind the
1:46:09
scenes, as it should be.
1:46:11
And so there's a lot of, I think,
1:46:13
looking for the deals that are in corridors.
1:46:17
The Americans are talking to basically everybody and
1:46:20
trying to broker something, but they're also expressing
1:46:22
frustration and saying they're not gonna run around
1:46:24
the globe at high level, like Rubio's not
1:46:27
gonna run around the globe.
1:46:28
But officials, I mean, they're talking.
1:46:31
I mean, we don't know the mechanisms and
1:46:33
it's behind closed doors.
1:46:35
Will this succeed?
1:46:36
We do not know.
1:46:38
Is there an incentive for both sides to
1:46:40
come to an agreement?
1:46:41
Yes, depending on the terms.
1:46:43
Both sides at some point get exhausted by
1:46:46
this, but it's always, it's the question of
1:46:48
the deal.
1:46:49
You get exhausted, but for what benefit, what
1:46:53
care it is out there for you to
1:46:54
actually make a compromise?
1:46:56
And that's where things are right now.
1:46:59
You know, May 9th looms out there.
1:47:01
That's Victory in Europe day.
1:47:02
The Russians would love to have a peace
1:47:04
settlement then.
1:47:05
Would the Ukrainians agree with what the Russians
1:47:08
want, would the Russians agree?
1:47:09
I don't know, Shea, but that's the next
1:47:11
target date.
1:47:12
We'll see what happens.
1:47:14
But there is some change.
1:47:15
This is the final clip.
1:47:16
What is Russia's thinking about all this?
1:47:19
What have we heard from Russia?
1:47:20
Like I say, Zelensky talking about this deal
1:47:22
being reached.
1:47:22
I mean, Russia's not involved in the deal,
1:47:24
but it affects it.
1:47:25
What have we heard from Russia lately about
1:47:27
this whole situation?
1:47:29
Well, on the deal, the Russians have not
1:47:31
commented in any political way.
1:47:33
They've simply acknowledged that it exists.
1:47:36
Yeah, okay.
1:47:36
It's kind of a so what.
1:47:37
It's kind of a so what.
1:47:38
Yeah, yeah.
1:47:39
But the Russians keep reiterating.
1:47:41
We're hearing two things from the Russians.
1:47:43
One, we hear the maximalist things.
1:47:44
We want everything we said we want.
1:47:46
But two, there's been an important nuance.
1:47:49
Putin has said that he's prepared to meet
1:47:52
with Zelensky, even though he sees that Zelensky
1:47:55
is not a legitimate elected ruler because the
1:47:58
five-year mandate has expired.
1:48:00
This is an important concession.
1:48:01
And the same from the Ukrainians.
1:48:03
Zelensky has said he's prepared to meet with
1:48:05
the Russians and with Putin, because even though
1:48:07
there's a Ukrainian law that says you can't
1:48:09
negotiate with the Russians, we said that's an
1:48:11
exception, okay?
1:48:12
And Rubio is saying, at some point, the
1:48:16
Russians and the Ukrainians are gonna have to
1:48:18
sit down and make a final deal.
1:48:21
And that's the point, you see?
1:48:22
So the fact that we've heard noises from
1:48:24
Zelensky and Putin suggesting that the door is
1:48:27
open to sit down at a table one
1:48:30
day means that they acknowledge this fact.
1:48:33
And I think the Americans are hedging them
1:48:35
to this.
1:48:36
When will that happen?
1:48:37
I don't know, but eventually, I believe it
1:48:39
will.
1:48:40
Okay.
1:48:41
I like that.
1:48:42
By the way, where's that come from?
1:48:44
That is from Edmonton Radio.
1:48:46
That's why it sounds so crappy.
1:48:47
That was quite good.
1:48:48
Thank you.
1:48:49
I like Rassoulos.
1:48:50
I like this guy.
1:48:51
Yeah.
1:48:52
He's definitely in the know.
1:48:54
He's one of those ex-military guys.
1:48:55
Yeah, no, you can tell.
1:48:56
Yeah, he knows.
1:48:57
The way people do a presentation, whether they
1:48:59
know what they're talking about or not.
1:49:01
Yeah, so then we don't get that kind
1:49:03
of information here, in my opinion.
1:49:05
At least I'm not finding it.
1:49:06
In your opinion?
1:49:07
It's a fact.
1:49:07
I'm not finding it.
1:49:10
Before we take a break, should we do
1:49:11
it?
1:49:11
You only have one, I see.
1:49:13
That's a little disappointing, but.
1:49:16
Well, actually, I have a pre-break clip,
1:49:19
but I think it might be better for
1:49:20
the second break, which is the Victor David
1:49:22
Hansen clip on the Democrat Dilemma.
1:49:24
Oh, okay.
1:49:25
But I think that's a good clip to
1:49:27
lead into the second break, and you'll see
1:49:29
why when you play the clip.
1:49:31
Okay.
1:49:32
But for the clip, you're promoting is-
1:49:35
♪ Now, TikTok, you don't stop now, because
1:49:37
- ♪ Yeah, everybody, it's everybody's favorite moment.
1:49:42
John's trick of the day.
1:49:44
This was the worst.
1:49:45
I could not find any good TikTok clips.
1:49:47
There were a lot of good ones that
1:49:48
were visually interesting, from distressed weirdos, but they
1:49:55
didn't have the audio I wanted, and so
1:49:58
this is the best I could do.
1:49:59
This is the only TikTok clip I have
1:50:01
for today's show.
1:50:03
Disappointing, only one.
1:50:05
Yeah.
1:50:05
And it's short.
1:50:07
Yeah.
1:50:08
All right, well, we'll take what we can
1:50:09
get.
1:50:09
How can anyone with a functioning brain cell
1:50:12
still say that Donald Trump was the correct
1:50:15
choice for president after these first 100 days?
1:50:19
I just watched Kamala Harris's speech tonight, and
1:50:21
it is very, very evident that it just
1:50:24
should have been her.
1:50:25
She should be the president of the United
1:50:27
States right now, and not Donald Trump.
1:50:30
Did you see that speech by Harris?
1:50:32
She was drunk.
1:50:33
The speech was the worst.
1:50:33
She just babbled on about meaningless crap, including
1:50:37
the elephant stuff.
1:50:39
She was, I happen to have, what do
1:50:41
I have?
1:50:44
I have 30 seconds of it, if you
1:50:46
want.
1:50:47
Yeah, play some of it.
1:50:48
In fact, please allow me, friends, to digress
1:50:51
for a moment.
1:50:52
Okay.
1:50:53
Okay.
1:50:54
It's kind of dark in here, but I'm
1:50:55
asking a show of hands.
1:50:56
Who saw that video from a couple of
1:50:58
weeks ago, the one of the elephants at
1:51:00
the San Diego Zoo during the earthquake?
1:51:06
Google it if you've not seen it.
1:51:10
So that scene has been on my mind.
1:51:13
Everybody's asking me, what you been thinking about
1:51:14
these days?
1:51:15
Well.
1:51:20
Yeah, she should be president.
1:51:25
Jeez.
1:51:26
So these TikTok people, you know, I keep
1:51:28
telling you that they're just engagement farming, and
1:51:31
they just want to get clicks and likes,
1:51:34
and people are pushing back on me about
1:51:36
that.
1:51:37
They're like, no, no, you have to understand,
1:51:40
these people are real.
1:51:42
These people are at my job.
1:51:44
These people are at my school.
1:51:45
These people are in my community.
1:51:48
I'll take the side of the pushbackers.
1:51:50
I agree with them.
1:51:52
And well, I'm actually sad about that.
1:51:55
I mean, these people are like clouds without
1:51:57
water.
1:51:57
There are very few moments in our relationship
1:52:01
and the relationship with you and the audience
1:52:03
that you're an optimist.
1:52:05
Very, very seldom does this happen.
1:52:07
Yeah, well.
1:52:08
You used to wear rose-colored glasses when
1:52:11
I first met you.
1:52:11
I remember that.
1:52:12
That's correct.
1:52:14
Correct.
1:52:16
But generally speaking, you have kind of a
1:52:18
dim attitude or a negative attitude.
1:52:21
But in this case, you have an extremely
1:52:23
positive attitude thinking that everyone's a phony.
1:52:26
And life's good.
1:52:28
These people are legitimately nuts.
1:52:31
They're insane individuals that are pathetic.
1:52:35
And there's no other way of putting it.
1:52:37
But that makes me feel sad.
1:52:38
I know.
1:52:39
I know you don't like the idea.
1:52:41
They are clouds without water.
1:52:42
They're autumn trees.
1:52:43
They're autumn trees without fruit.
1:52:45
In fact, John, they are wandering stars for
1:52:48
whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
1:52:50
They are the fruit.
1:52:52
With that, I want to thank you for
1:52:54
your courage in the morning.
1:52:55
To you, the man who put the sea
1:52:57
in the chemtrail fanatic.
1:52:58
Say hello to my friend on the other
1:52:59
end.
1:52:59
The one, the only, Mr. John C.
1:53:02
DeMora.
1:53:05
Wow.
1:53:05
In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Crane.
1:53:07
DeMora ships sea boots on the ground, feeding
1:53:08
the air subs in the water to the
1:53:10
dames and the knights out there.
1:53:11
In the morning to the trolls in the
1:53:12
troll room.
1:53:13
On your couches.
1:53:13
Stop moving.
1:53:14
Stop moving.
1:53:15
Here we go.
1:53:18
Okay.
1:53:19
It's getting better.
1:53:20
2,403 peak trollage.
1:53:23
It's not bad.
1:53:24
I'll take that.
1:53:25
They are hanging out at trollroom.io, which
1:53:27
is where you can go to join the
1:53:29
trolls, who are very handy.
1:53:32
I mean, I have the troll room open
1:53:34
and out of the corner of my eye,
1:53:35
my peripheral vision.
1:53:36
I see what you're saying.
1:53:37
I get one-liners.
1:53:39
I get jokes.
1:53:39
I get ideas.
1:53:41
Okay.
1:53:42
Criticisms.
1:53:43
Trolling.
1:53:43
Trolls.
1:53:44
Lots of trolls.
1:53:45
But I like it.
1:53:46
We, in fact, have a studio audience where
1:53:48
we do flash the applause sign, but you
1:53:50
don't hear them.
1:53:51
It's a beautiful system we've devised.
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You know, doing a big live show next
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It's really good.
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Is that right?
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Oh, they do it all the time.
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Well, hello.
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It's going to be Saturday.
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I think six o'clock is when it
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starts.
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I'm usually doing clips on Saturday.
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We've got chapters with chapter art that changes.
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Keep your eyes on the road, though.
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Thank you very much, Dreb Scott.
1:55:41
And it was a contentious pick.
1:55:45
It wasn't easy, the last show.
1:55:47
There were a lot of different things.
1:55:48
Nothing really stood out where we say, yeah,
1:55:52
that's the one.
1:55:53
But Darren O'Neill, it was still a
1:55:56
laugh.
1:55:58
It's very inside this piece of art because
1:56:01
you are famous, of course, as an author
1:56:04
of many bestseller books.
1:56:07
And that was the piece that was missing.
1:56:10
It did not have the star emblem.
1:56:13
A little sticker.
1:56:13
A little sticker that says instant bestseller.
1:56:16
This was the Blackmail for Fun and Profit
1:56:19
book, What's That in Your Mouth by John
1:56:21
C.
1:56:21
Dvorak.
1:56:23
I still laugh when I see it.
1:56:26
And expertly done through the AI by Darren
1:56:29
O'Neill.
1:56:30
I think there were some other pieces because
1:56:33
at a certain point you said, ah, you
1:56:35
chose, I don't like it, I don't like
1:56:37
any of it.
1:56:38
But I liked the maple syrup on fire.
1:56:41
Yeah, but that was a Molotov cocktail.
1:56:42
Which Darren also did.
1:56:44
Well, what we really discussed were the cobalt
1:56:48
t-shirts.
1:56:50
So for a long time, we talked about
1:56:53
the cobalt knucklehead.
1:56:55
I personally liked the cobalt as for schmucks.
1:56:59
Yeah, but you violated your main rule.
1:57:02
It's too small, it was too small.
1:57:04
You liked the mastermind's unclipable wench, but I
1:57:08
thought that was too very, you also liked
1:57:11
the boobs.
1:57:13
Of course, there was a boobage there from
1:57:15
Scaramanga.
1:57:16
The booba bun with the girl riding the
1:57:20
bike on the pedal bike on the Autobahn.
1:57:26
You even said, oh, how about the Ferrari
1:57:28
in a country road?
1:57:29
I mean, none of that was right.
1:57:31
We were, you were just grasping at straws.
1:57:36
And then- You make it sound like
1:57:36
I was a maniac.
1:57:37
A little bit.
1:57:38
And then we even discussed making cobalt for
1:57:41
schmucks the title.
1:57:42
And then we went, you know, that's not
1:57:43
a good idea.
1:57:44
No.
1:57:45
I got a lot of feedback on the
1:57:47
cobalt as expected.
1:57:50
Let me see, where is my cobalt?
1:57:54
Yes.
1:57:56
So two things.
1:57:57
One from John Daly says, yeah, it seems
1:58:01
obvious John's never seen cobalt.
1:58:05
The features of cobalt are straightforward.
1:58:07
Yes.
1:58:07
However, when you start talking about 5 million
1:58:10
lines of production cobalt, it's a nightmare.
1:58:13
The features of the language are limited which
1:58:16
also makes it more difficult to do common
1:58:18
and important things, which creates a bloat.
1:58:21
So real world cobalt applications are not as
1:58:24
cool as Java.
1:58:25
For instance, who thinks Java is cool?
1:58:30
Which has features to create a kind of
1:58:32
language of structure that allows quick interpretation, learning
1:58:35
and modification.
1:58:35
Bad variable naming, poor algorithms, kludges, hacks, bad
1:58:40
managerial input, all create bad unmaintainable code in
1:58:43
any language.
1:58:44
Cobalt is not simple in any real world
1:58:47
application.
1:58:47
So he showed you then.
1:58:50
Yeah, he saw me, he's really accurate too.
1:58:52
Since I, when I had a company called
1:58:54
California software, I actually sold cobalt and they
1:58:57
will postgraduate school cobalt.
1:58:59
Well, you can sell a couple of copies.
1:59:01
You didn't code in it.
1:59:03
Plus beside, I did, I've never, he says,
1:59:07
I didn't, the way he put it, he
1:59:09
was like, I was oblivious to the whole
1:59:11
thing.
1:59:12
I used to sell the product.
1:59:13
That's the way I see it.
1:59:14
As far as I'm concerned, that gives me
1:59:16
some credibility.
1:59:17
Okay.
1:59:17
And then he says Java and he uses
1:59:20
Java as an example, not JavaScript, which is
1:59:23
not even really a language.
1:59:24
That's where his argument fell apart.
1:59:27
I agree.
1:59:28
But then interestingly, very good article in dev
1:59:34
.to, which is a nerd website about the
1:59:38
dates about May 20, 1875.
1:59:41
I think, did I send you that?
1:59:42
No, I sent it to you.
1:59:44
Oh, you sent it to me.
1:59:45
Somebody sent it to you.
1:59:46
You sent it to me and I sent
1:59:47
it to, okay.
1:59:48
Yeah.
1:59:48
That turns out that's a big hoax.
1:59:51
Yeah, it's a hoax.
1:59:53
And that excellent article.
1:59:54
I think I posted it on Twitter.
1:59:56
If anyone follows my Twitter account to real
1:59:57
Dvorak, you'll find a link to it.
2:00:00
Yeah.
2:00:00
So I put it in the show notes.
2:00:02
So that really truly was a hack perpetuated
2:00:05
by NPR and that bogus lady on the
2:00:08
last show.
2:00:09
Yep.
2:00:10
Cause she acted like she knew exactly what
2:00:11
she was talking about.
2:00:12
And this is a hoax.
2:00:14
There's a very detailed article about this hoax.
2:00:17
So it's just not true.
2:00:19
It's not true that.
2:00:21
That was a fantastic article.
2:00:23
It's a great article.
2:00:24
Yes.
2:00:25
Anyway, thank you very much, Darren O'Neill.
2:00:27
Well deserved.
2:00:28
I mean, deserve, let's put it that way.
2:00:30
It's AI.
2:00:30
So, okay.
2:00:32
Darren definitely has that down.
2:00:33
He and Scaramanga should start a company together.
2:00:38
AI art.
2:00:39
I'm just saying, it'd be a great idea.
2:00:42
So that's.
2:00:43
We have a lot of good AI.
2:00:45
We do.
2:00:45
Yeah.
2:00:46
We do.
2:00:46
Well, actually those two are amongst the top.
2:00:48
They're quite good.
2:00:49
They're good at that.
2:00:50
So that's the time and talent portion of
2:00:52
the value we like to receive back.
2:00:54
We always thank everybody who supports us financially.
2:00:56
$50 and over on every single show.
2:00:59
And at this point, we like to thank
2:01:00
our executive and associate executive producers.
2:01:02
If you support us with $200 or more,
2:01:04
you get the title of associate executive producer
2:01:07
that can be used anywhere that these Hollywood
2:01:09
style credits are accepted, including imdb.com.
2:01:13
And we'll read your note $300 and above.
2:01:15
We read your note and you get an
2:01:17
executive producer credit for this show.
2:01:19
And we kick it off right here in
2:01:21
Georgetown, Texas with Tom Anya.
2:01:24
And he sends us $500 and he says,
2:01:27
what does he say here?
2:01:28
He says, gentlemen, a de-douching and a
2:01:31
little camel karma would be much appreciated.
2:01:35
You've been de-douched.
2:01:37
I think he means yak.
2:01:40
And he says, if there are any fans
2:01:42
of watercolor out there, check out www.lanaya
2:01:47
.art. L-A-N-A-Y-A.art.
2:01:51
Thanks and regards, says Tom.
2:01:53
Here's your yak karma.
2:01:55
You've got karma.
2:02:00
I went and checked out the art.
2:02:03
And how is it?
2:02:04
This is his wife, I think, or his
2:02:06
sister, probably his wife.
2:02:07
I think it is his wife, yeah.
2:02:10
Excellent art.
2:02:11
Good, a lot of originals for about 350
2:02:13
bucks, which is about what you want to
2:02:14
pay for a watercolor.
2:02:16
That's about, you know, 30 bucks for prints,
2:02:20
which if they're done well, might as well
2:02:23
be a watercolor.
2:02:24
Oh, I've seen these.
2:02:25
She's actually offered to send us a print,
2:02:29
which I think we said yes to because
2:02:31
it's cool.
2:02:34
And yes, and she does good work.
2:02:37
That's beautiful.
2:02:38
And classic watercolor looking stuff.
2:02:40
Everyone should have at least two of her
2:02:41
pieces.
2:02:42
Everyone, and she does commissions.
2:02:44
She does commissions.
2:02:46
So we can have, we'd like to-
2:02:47
Yeah, her commissions are mostly portraits and pictures
2:02:49
of dogs.
2:02:50
Babies and dogs.
2:02:51
Babies and dogs.
2:02:52
I want a watercolor of my dog!
2:02:55
That's right.
2:02:56
That's about right.
2:02:57
That's right.
2:02:58
Thank you very much, Tom.
2:03:00
All right, next on the list is Daniel
2:03:03
Sean Gerald Morse in Spirit Lake, Iowa.
2:03:08
And he actually sent a note, and this
2:03:10
is pre-commodore off.
2:03:13
Yeah, actually, if Tom wants a commodore ship,
2:03:15
let us know.
2:03:15
We'll put you on the list as a
2:03:17
laggard.
2:03:18
But this guy came in earlier, but it
2:03:20
came in late, whatever.
2:03:22
He sent a bunch of, he sent a
2:03:24
care package with a bunch of beef jerky.
2:03:26
Oh, oh!
2:03:27
Any beef jerky for me?
2:03:32
Yeah, the rats ate yours.
2:03:35
Okay, thanks.
2:03:36
Didn't mean, you want some?
2:03:38
I think so.
2:03:38
I love beef jerky.
2:03:40
He sent two packs, so maybe.
2:03:42
Maybe.
2:03:42
He'd be glad to send you some straight
2:03:44
up.
2:03:44
Anyway, he's in Spirit Lake, Iowa, and he
2:03:47
sent a handwritten note, which says, please de
2:03:49
-douche me.
2:03:50
Yeah, we can do that.
2:03:51
De-douche me, de-douche me, de-douche
2:03:52
me, de-douche me.
2:03:52
You've been de-douched.
2:03:55
And then he has an on-air note,
2:03:57
just please de-douche me, and he's got
2:03:59
his commodore name as Daniel Sean Gerald Morse.
2:04:02
And then he has a bunch of off
2:04:04
-air stuff, which I won't read, because it's
2:04:05
off-air.
2:04:06
It's off-air, people.
2:04:08
But it involves beef jerky.
2:04:10
It's off-air.
2:04:11
Thanks.
2:04:11
It's off-air.
2:04:13
Thanks, Daniel.
2:04:14
Commodore, semi-anonymous vegan.
2:04:19
There we go.
2:04:20
Mill Park, Victoria, Australia.
2:04:23
Hello, Australia.
2:04:24
This is a $1,000 donation, but it
2:04:26
comes in as 319.
2:04:29
I'm just kidding.
2:04:31
ITM, Adam, and John, I would like to
2:04:33
make this Commodore donation a switcheroo for my
2:04:35
new human resource to be known as Commodore
2:04:37
Spooky.
2:04:39
All right, let me do that.
2:04:40
So this was 500 Australian dollarydoos, I guess.
2:04:46
Yeah, I guess so.
2:04:47
So he's not on the list, but why
2:04:49
don't you put him on there?
2:04:50
No, I think he is on the list.
2:04:52
I think there's only one on the list.
2:04:54
Well, let me check if that's him.
2:04:55
Let me just see.
2:04:57
Should be Morse on the list.
2:04:59
Morse is on the list, yeah.
2:05:01
Well, I'm sure that this was, I'm going
2:05:04
to put Commodore Spooky in there, because I'm
2:05:06
sure that this was $500 Australian.
2:05:09
And we do want to honor.
2:05:11
Yes, it's like 60 cents.
2:05:14
Wait until that stable coin comes out.
2:05:16
You guys are going to have to pay
2:05:17
up normal.
2:05:18
A de-douching, please.
2:05:21
You've been de-douched.
2:05:24
And a jingle from Elmer Fudd, who may
2:05:27
or may not still be the prime minister
2:05:29
of us here in Ozcom the 3rd of
2:05:33
May.
2:05:33
What does that mean?
2:05:34
Well, the election, I have the bonus clip
2:05:37
for the donation.
2:05:38
I have a bonus clip too, but if
2:05:40
you put an Elmer Fudd in there, we
2:05:42
can certainly play yours.
2:05:43
Oz News, Albanese has been reelected.
2:05:47
Days after Canada's general election resulted in a
2:05:50
left-leaning leader making an unexpected comeback because
2:05:54
of fears about President Trump's policies, the same
2:05:56
appears to have happened in Australia.
2:05:59
Incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was returned to
2:06:02
power with his Labour Party expanding its majority,
2:06:05
despite opinion polls at the start of the
2:06:07
year showing it trailing the centre-right Liberal
2:06:10
National Party coalition.
2:06:12
The opposition leader Peter Dutton, who'd been compared
2:06:14
to Donald Trump, lost the parliamentary seat he'd
2:06:17
held for more than two decades.
2:06:19
A jubilant Mr Albanese addressed his cheering supporters.
2:06:23
Be very, very quiet.
2:06:24
I'm hunting rabbits.
2:06:29
Okay, I get to play my Albanese clip
2:06:33
then.
2:06:33
Australia's centre-left Labour Party has secured a
2:06:37
second term in office in a landslide election
2:06:39
victory.
2:06:40
The country's incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is
2:06:44
now set to be in office for his
2:06:45
three-year term.
2:06:47
In his victory speech, he thanked voters for
2:06:49
choosing, quote, optimism and determination.
2:06:52
Today, the Australian people have voted for Australian
2:06:56
values.
2:07:00
For fairness, aspiration and opportunity for all.
2:07:07
Leader of the opposition coalition.
2:07:10
We both are so sick.
2:07:12
We have sick minds, people.
2:07:14
But at least we think alike.
2:07:17
Eli the coffee guy's up on the list.
2:07:19
No, yes he is.
2:07:20
You're right.
2:07:20
I'm sorry.
2:07:21
Go for it.
2:07:22
You're already there.
2:07:23
Yeah, that's crazy.
2:07:23
So this is a very short list.
2:07:24
Very short, very short.
2:07:25
Yeah, very short and crappy list today.
2:07:28
But okay, Eli's here.
2:07:30
And he came in from Bensonville, Illinois, 20504.
2:07:33
Thank you for the last show's breakdown of
2:07:36
the Eurodollar donation.
2:07:39
Eurodollar donation.
2:07:40
Eurodollar donation.
2:07:41
Yes.
2:07:43
It tied in well with Tucker Carlson's interview
2:07:46
with Catherine Fitz.
2:07:48
So I watched that entire, I listened to
2:07:50
that entire interview and I've heard a lot
2:07:53
of Catherine Fitz and it always ends with
2:07:57
this.
2:07:58
I don't know who Mr. Globalization is.
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It's always the same.
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She has been doing, and not that she's
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full of crap, but she's been doing this
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same thing for a decade.
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I can't watch her.
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is a lot to unpack.
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As she put it, they are building a
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What up?
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So, as we were talking earlier, it's obvious
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media and all the money that comes in
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from pharmaceutical and big food and everybody, they're
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gonna start really hitting hard at Trump.
2:14:00
I think we're gonna see 100 days of
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craziness.
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And they- Yeah, they have to.
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Yes.
2:14:07
We're starting to see the beginning of it
2:14:09
with Hotez.
2:14:10
Yeah.
2:14:11
Well, there's also, and I always thought this
2:14:14
was a mistake on the president's part, but
2:14:17
now they're going after World Liberty Financial.
2:14:22
World Liberty Financial.
2:14:25
Both ABC and CBS did big pieces on
2:14:28
them because this is clear corruption.
2:14:31
When Donald Trump was campaigning for reelection, he
2:14:34
was also campaigning for cryptocurrency.
2:14:37
Big news.
2:14:38
The World Liberty Financial token sale is now
2:14:41
live.
2:14:42
Crypto is the future.
2:14:43
World Liberty Financial is a digital currency platform
2:14:47
that says it's inspired by President Trump, but
2:14:50
it's more than inspired.
2:14:52
A company affiliated with the Trump family owns
2:14:55
a 60% stake.
2:14:57
We believe that his crypto assets are as
2:15:02
much as $2.9 billion.
2:15:04
Virginia Cantor has overseen ethics rules as a
2:15:07
senior government lawyer in both Democratic and Republican
2:15:10
administrations.
2:15:12
President Trump has sold stakes.
2:15:14
He sold gold sneakers, Bibles.
2:15:17
How is this any different?
2:15:19
At least those had some intrinsic value.
2:15:22
This is like a perfect vehicle to funnel
2:15:24
money to him and his family to enrich
2:15:28
them.
2:15:31
So World Liberty Financial, and I haven't done
2:15:35
a deep dive on them, but what it
2:15:39
appears, and there's two different things.
2:15:41
There's the meme coin and then there's World
2:15:44
Liberty Financial.
2:15:45
I don't even know if the two are
2:15:46
connected.
2:15:47
The meme coin is just dumb.
2:15:49
That was the mistake.
2:15:50
He never should have done it, been Melania
2:15:51
meme coin.
2:15:52
I don't know if he was even involved
2:15:53
in it, but that was annoying.
2:15:57
But this World Liberty Financial, it will be
2:16:00
a lending, as I understand it, you will
2:16:03
be able to borrow money at very competitive
2:16:07
rates and you'll have different types of collateral,
2:16:11
which could be Bitcoin, stable coin, who knows,
2:16:15
Dogecoin, who knows what it is.
2:16:17
I'll dive into that deeper, but this is
2:16:20
the attack vector on the president.
2:16:22
And honestly, I think it's rightly so.
2:16:24
This was a huge, dumb move.
2:16:26
World Liberty says it's raised more than $550
2:16:29
million.
2:16:31
And this week it announced it received a
2:16:33
new $2 billion investment from an Abu Dhabi
2:16:37
company.
2:16:37
How much the Trump family stands to benefit
2:16:40
is unknown.
2:16:42
Another investor is Justin Sun, the eccentric Chinese
2:16:45
billionaire, perhaps best known for buying.
2:16:49
It's yours, congratulations, thank you very much indeed.
2:16:52
And then eating a $6.2 million banana
2:16:56
duct taped to a wall.
2:16:59
Back in 2023, President Biden's SEC charged Sun
2:17:04
with securities fraud.
2:17:06
After Trump's reelection, Sun announced a $75 million
2:17:10
investment in World Liberty Financial.
2:17:14
And just five weeks later, federal prosecutors asked
2:17:17
the judge to pause the Sun investigation, citing
2:17:20
public interest.
2:17:22
A CBS News analysis shows that the government
2:17:25
has dropped a dozen cases against crypto firms
2:17:28
since January.
2:17:29
Sun is one of more than 85,000
2:17:32
investors in World Liberty so far.
2:17:34
Most are unnamed and unknown.
2:17:37
Unnamed, unknown, they're funneling money to the president
2:17:40
for all kinds of favors.
2:17:42
Although what they don't really mention here is
2:17:45
that these were really dumb, bogus lawsuits.
2:17:49
And the rules change, so that's why the
2:17:51
lawsuits were dropped.
2:17:52
Here's the final clip from CBS.
2:17:55
We've got the president of the United States'
2:17:57
firstborn, Donald Trump Jr. At a crypto industry
2:18:00
conference in Washington in March, the founders of
2:18:03
World Liberty Financial promoted the company, along with
2:18:06
the president's son.
2:18:08
I'm just super excited about what this can
2:18:10
mean.
2:18:11
This guy is an attack vector.
2:18:13
For the future of banking, for the future
2:18:15
of the financial systems.
2:18:16
Hold on, stop.
2:18:17
CBS News.
2:18:19
Back it up and start him again, and
2:18:21
start to think, who does he sound like?
2:18:24
He sounds like Zuckerberg.
2:18:27
Ooh.
2:18:27
For the future of banking, for the future.
2:18:29
Wait, let me back him up a little
2:18:30
more.
2:18:31
For the future of the financial.
2:18:35
I'm just super excited about what this can
2:18:37
mean.
2:18:38
Completely.
2:18:39
He's hanging out in Silicon Valley too much.
2:18:42
He's in the milieu.
2:18:43
There's something going on with the milieu, because
2:18:45
that is a very distinctive sound.
2:18:48
Completely agree.
2:18:49
I'm just super excited about what this can
2:18:51
mean for the future of banking, for the
2:18:53
future of the financial systems.
2:18:55
CBS News.
2:18:56
We tried to approach the World Liberty team,
2:18:58
but they have declined our multiple requests for
2:19:01
an interview.
2:19:02
World Liberty did not respond to questions about
2:19:05
the potential profits for the Trump family.
2:19:08
In a statement, they said the Abu Dhabi
2:19:10
company's investment sets a historic precedent.
2:19:13
The SEC, Justin Sun, and the Trump organization
2:19:16
did not respond to our questions.
2:19:18
And the White House said, report on something
2:19:20
people actually care about.
2:19:22
So ABC had pretty much the same report,
2:19:25
and I'll only play the clip that was
2:19:27
relevant.
2:19:27
By the way, Elizabeth Warren is heading up
2:19:29
a lot of this.
2:19:30
Elizabeth Warren, I think she probably represents old
2:19:37
school banks, maybe City of London.
2:19:40
I don't know.
2:19:41
She's not just outraged because she's outraged.
2:19:44
She has big financial backers.
2:19:47
Liz is in all kinds of stuff.
2:19:49
And we saw that with the over-the
2:19:51
-counter hearing aids.
2:19:55
If anyone is quote-unquote corrupt, I'd pin
2:19:58
that on her.
2:19:58
But here's the kicker from ABC.
2:20:01
The White House telling ABC News in a
2:20:02
statement, in part, President Trump's assets are in
2:20:05
a trust managed by his children, and there
2:20:07
are no conflicts of interest.
2:20:09
President Trump campaigned on being a champion for
2:20:11
the crypto community, and he has taken significant
2:20:13
steps to do that.
2:20:15
World Liberty Financial has also announced plans to
2:20:17
launch a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency pegged to the
2:20:20
US dollar.
2:20:21
The company has reportedly sold $2 billion worth,
2:20:24
with a Trump family entity receiving a 75
2:20:27
% cut of every sale.
2:20:29
And at the same time, Trump's White House
2:20:31
pushed for new policies that directly impact stablecoins.
2:20:35
I've also called on Congress to pass landmark
2:20:37
legislation creating simple, common sense rules for stablecoins.
2:20:42
If Congress does what Trump wants, it could
2:20:44
help further legitimize cryptocurrency, and he says expand
2:20:48
the dominance of the US dollar.
2:20:49
Just this week at a conference in Dubai
2:20:51
attended by Eric Trump, World Liberty Financial announced
2:20:54
a $2 billion investment from the United Arab
2:20:57
Emirates to use the company's stablecoin.
2:20:59
Binance and the foreign investment firm are going
2:21:02
to use Donald Trump's stablecoin to finance their
2:21:07
transaction, essentially giving Trump a cut of that
2:21:12
$2 billion deal.
2:21:14
Boy, looks like corruption, smells like corruption.
2:21:20
Stablecoin, baby, it's the future.
2:21:23
It's coming, it's coming.
2:21:26
There's the exit strategy that President Trump set
2:21:30
up for himself.
2:21:32
Stablecoin exit.
2:21:33
Well, if it was all in a blind
2:21:34
trust, he didn't set up anything.
2:21:36
Well, no.
2:21:36
It's Donald Jr. doing all the hard lifting.
2:21:39
You mean Donald Zuckerberg Jr.?
2:21:41
Donald Zuckerberg.
2:21:44
And for Elizabeth Warren, you know, to jump
2:21:47
in, oh, looks and smells like corruption, okay.
2:21:50
Where'd all of her wealth come from out
2:21:52
of the blue?
2:21:53
Yeah.
2:21:54
Magic?
2:21:55
Magic.
2:21:57
Well, I question the Trump makes 75%.
2:22:01
Oh, no, that's not true.
2:22:02
How does that even work?
2:22:03
It wouldn't make any sense whatsoever.
2:22:05
It's idiotic.
2:22:06
But this- Maybe, what's probably, there's probably,
2:22:08
I would guess that there would be a
2:22:11
percentage of some transaction fee of 0.75,
2:22:15
as somebody saw, 0.75 is 75%.
2:22:18
Yeah.
2:22:19
No, I'm with you, that's bull crap.
2:22:21
But- So that's just poor reporting.
2:22:23
But it's a beautiful system.
2:22:25
You buy treasuries, you get your 4%, and
2:22:29
then you make stable coin, and you get
2:22:30
a transaction fee on top of it.
2:22:34
What are we doing this podcast for?
2:22:35
We should be buying treasuries, making stable coins.
2:22:39
Weren't you involved in some Dutch coin of
2:22:41
some sort some years back?
2:22:43
Oh, yeah, that was a shit coin.
2:22:44
That, you know what?
2:22:46
I got lucky.
2:22:48
God protected me.
2:22:49
That was just one of those, you know,
2:22:52
ICO scams.
2:22:54
Was it a scam?
2:22:55
Well, I mean, it was an initial coin
2:22:58
offering, which people like Snoop Dogg and Kim
2:23:01
Kardashian, they've had to pay millions of dollars
2:23:03
in fines.
2:23:05
Yeah, it could have happened to you.
2:23:06
Yes, yes, I- Why didn't it?
2:23:09
Because those guys couldn't get their crap together,
2:23:12
and they didn't figure it out in time.
2:23:14
You couldn't get the scam off the ground?
2:23:15
You saved your bacon?
2:23:17
Yes, big time.
2:23:19
I'm thankful.
2:23:20
Thank you, Jesus, you saved me, yes.
2:23:23
It would have been a nightmare, because I
2:23:27
was the Kim Kardashian of this coin.
2:23:29
Oh, there's an ISO for you.
2:23:32
I was the Kim Kardashian, without the big
2:23:35
butt.
2:23:36
Or the money.
2:23:38
Or the money, yeah.
2:23:40
Let's go to TDS.
2:23:42
Big thing, Trent de la Ragua.
2:23:44
I think they're onto something here.
2:23:48
Okay.
2:23:49
It's not a big deal, but it's a
2:23:50
big enough deal that I think they can
2:23:51
make some inroads and go after Trump with
2:23:53
this.
2:23:53
This is a PBS report on TDA, the
2:23:57
guys they've locked up.
2:23:58
In March, in order to speedily deport 238
2:24:01
Venezuelan men under an 18th century law, President
2:24:05
Trump declared- Under an 18th century law,
2:24:08
unlike our 18th century constitution, which you always
2:24:12
tout your First Amendment.
2:24:14
With 38 Venezuelan men under an 18th century
2:24:17
law, President Trump declared many of them to
2:24:19
be alien enemies.
2:24:21
He claimed there were members of a transnational
2:24:25
criminal organization called Trent de la Ragua, which
2:24:28
he said was conducting irregular warfare and undertaking
2:24:32
hostile actions against the United States.
2:24:34
But a New York Times investigation couldn't find
2:24:37
any evidence linking many of the men to
2:24:39
that gang.
2:24:40
Ali Rogin spoke with Julie Turkowitz, the Times
2:24:43
-Andes bureau chief based in Bogota, Colombia, and
2:24:46
the lead reporter on that investigation.
2:24:49
Thank you so much for joining us.
2:24:50
In your investigation for how many of these
2:24:53
238 men did you find connections to Trent
2:24:57
de la Ragua and how did you go
2:24:58
about making those determinations?
2:25:00
We spent a couple of weeks doing record
2:25:05
searches in the US, in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador,
2:25:11
Chile, Colombia.
2:25:12
And what we found is that of the
2:25:15
238 individuals sent on March 15th to a
2:25:20
prison in El Salvador, 32 of them appeared
2:25:24
to have some kind of serious criminal record.
2:25:27
An even smaller number, just a handful, appeared
2:25:31
to have some possible connection to this gang,
2:25:37
Trent de la Ragua.
2:25:37
And this is reporting to the best of
2:25:41
our abilities, barring any real information from the
2:25:45
Trump administration.
2:25:48
Interesting.
2:25:49
First of all, if you're in the country
2:25:50
legally, you're a criminal.
2:25:53
I was hearing on NPR the other day
2:25:57
that they're using Palantir to find these people,
2:26:04
which by itself is concerning because yeah, they
2:26:07
probably screw it up because it's AI, let's
2:26:10
use Palantir.
2:26:13
Well, you have to assume there's a screw
2:26:15
up somehow and that's what they're trying to
2:26:18
track down and I think they got one.
2:26:20
But it's like this dubious nature of this
2:26:23
reporting, which is, well, these are undocumented coming
2:26:27
in, they're undocumented, does Venezuela have a laundry
2:26:31
list and they could go right up to
2:26:32
them, hey Maduro, can you give us the
2:26:35
list of the Trent de la Ragua guys
2:26:36
so we can check their names against the
2:26:38
names we have?
2:26:39
This is bull crap.
2:26:41
But okay, but let's assume that they spent
2:26:45
a whole two weeks.
2:26:46
I mean, take it two weeks to get
2:26:48
down and to find the right person to
2:26:49
talk to.
2:26:50
But okay, let's go on.
2:26:52
You also reported on how the administration has
2:26:55
been making these determinations, what criteria they're using.
2:26:58
Tell us about that.
2:26:59
Some of the documents that have come out
2:27:01
in court filings in recent weeks indicate that
2:27:05
the Trump administration is using a rubric to
2:27:10
essentially grade individuals who law enforcement believes might
2:27:16
be Trent de la Ragua.
2:27:17
When the person gets to eight whole points,
2:27:20
they become a quote, validated member of Trent
2:27:24
de la Ragua and thus are- It's
2:27:27
a meritocracy, baby.
2:27:28
It's a merit-based system.
2:27:30
Eight points, you're out.
2:27:31
Eligible to be deported under the Trump administration's
2:27:35
qualifications as an alien enemy.
2:27:39
And so four points, according to this rubric,
2:27:42
are given for someone who has suspicious tattoos
2:27:45
of the Trump administration that law enforcement officials
2:27:48
believe are connected to Trent de la Ragua.
2:27:51
Another four points are given out for style
2:27:55
of dress that law enforcement officials believe are
2:27:59
Trent de la Ragua and experts we spoke
2:28:02
to said, hey, like these specifications don't match
2:28:05
with what we know about this group.
2:28:08
The example being tattoos specifically, obviously are worth
2:28:13
sort of half of the points that makes
2:28:14
someone a quote, validated member of Trent de
2:28:16
la Ragua.
2:28:17
But experts in Venezuela tell my colleague in
2:28:22
Venezuela that no, in fact, this group doesn't
2:28:25
use tattoos as a marker of membership.
2:28:28
This term rubric is interesting because you said
2:28:32
it's a checklist, but that's not the definition
2:28:34
of rubric.
2:28:36
No, but she's using it, the way I
2:28:39
understand it, she's using it as meaning checklist.
2:28:43
But read us the definition and then I
2:28:45
have a comment about that last clip.
2:28:47
Well, the definition has nothing to do with
2:28:49
checklist, but there's a company called Rubric and
2:28:56
they do data analysis, cloud data management.
2:29:02
So I was just wondering if maybe they're
2:29:05
using the system rubric because- No, why
2:29:08
should you look up the word rubric?
2:29:10
Rubric definition, here we go.
2:29:12
Do you want Merriam-Webster or the Collins?
2:29:15
Merriam-Webster.
2:29:16
Merriam-Webster.
2:29:17
It wants an authoritative rule, a title of
2:29:25
a statute, that would be it, or an
2:29:28
explanatory or introductory commentary.
2:29:33
She's really means checklist.
2:29:35
She just likes saying Chile and Venezuela, that's
2:29:39
what she likes.
2:29:39
And rubric.
2:29:40
And rubric.
2:29:41
Now, she mentions that the whole kind of
2:29:46
commentary at this point drifts off into these
2:29:49
tattoos.
2:29:51
And at not one point in this entire,
2:29:53
I think it was a four-part clip,
2:29:56
do they mention that MS-13 at all?
2:29:58
MS-13 was part of this whole thing.
2:30:00
It was TDS plus MS-13 that were
2:30:03
getting shipped off.
2:30:04
TDA.
2:30:05
And MS-13 is solely regarded as this.
2:30:08
You always have tattoos.
2:30:10
It's part of the scheme.
2:30:12
Right.
2:30:13
But they won't even mention MS-13 in
2:30:16
this entire report.
2:30:18
And they'll just go on and on about
2:30:19
the tattoos not being part of the Trente
2:30:22
de Agua, what I can never pronounce it
2:30:24
correctly.
2:30:25
Trente de Agua.
2:30:26
They cannot bring themselves to bring in the
2:30:30
other aspect of this deportation, which is the
2:30:34
MS-13 half of it.
2:30:35
Are you telling me that this PBS report
2:30:37
is slanted and perhaps untrue?
2:30:42
I think it's slanted for sure, and probably
2:30:45
untrue in some sense.
2:30:47
One of the deported men whose family you
2:30:50
spoke to is Arturo Suarez Trejo.
2:30:52
Can you tell me about him and his
2:30:54
family?
2:30:55
He had been living in Chile and was
2:30:57
making a living working actually installing refrigerators, but
2:31:02
his real passion was music.
2:31:05
He meets his wife, another Venezuelan in Chile,
2:31:09
and she becomes pregnant.
2:31:10
And he eventually decides, you know what?
2:31:12
I really want to make some more money
2:31:13
for my family.
2:31:14
So I'm going to go have the kid
2:31:15
in America so I can get my papers.
2:31:17
And he heads North.
2:31:18
He gets into the United States.
2:31:20
He enters the- Actually, he left, she
2:31:22
stayed.
2:31:23
Oh, oh, he heads North, oh.
2:31:26
And she becomes pregnant and he eventually decides,
2:31:29
you know what?
2:31:29
I really want to make some more money
2:31:30
for my family.
2:31:31
And he heads North.
2:31:33
Sounds like she's saying she.
2:31:36
She's saying he?
2:31:37
It sounds like she.
2:31:39
Are you sure?
2:31:40
As far as I can tell, well, play
2:31:41
it again.
2:31:42
I thought it was he heads North because
2:31:45
he's the one that was in the country,
2:31:46
not her.
2:31:47
Meets his wife, another Venezuelan in Chile, and
2:31:50
she becomes pregnant.
2:31:51
And he eventually decides, you know what?
2:31:53
I really want to make some more money
2:31:54
for my family.
2:31:55
And he heads North.
2:31:57
He gets into the United States.
2:31:59
He enters with this sort of Biden-era
2:32:01
application that allows people to sort of appear
2:32:03
at the border and ask for permission to
2:32:05
enter.
2:32:06
He enters the country, is working in North
2:32:09
Carolina.
2:32:10
And one day he's in North Carolina filming
2:32:15
a music video when I shows up.
2:32:19
He calls his wife in Chile and he
2:32:21
says, you know, honey, I'm coming home.
2:32:23
And that is when he suddenly disappeared and
2:32:27
his wife stopped hearing from him until she
2:32:31
types into Google, Venezuelans deported.
2:32:35
And she sees him in a video, shaved,
2:32:40
cuffed, and bent over in this Salvadoran prison.
2:32:44
Arturo Suarez is one of the individuals who
2:32:46
does not appear to have a criminal record
2:32:49
or a connection to Prender Agua.
2:32:51
Other than that, he came in illegally.
2:32:56
They make it sound like, oh, come on.
2:32:58
Well, no, he came in illegally, but he
2:33:00
used that stupid system that Biden had set
2:33:04
up.
2:33:04
The app?
2:33:05
The app.
2:33:06
So he came in legally through the channels
2:33:09
that they allowed him to come in legally.
2:33:11
And then he got railroaded and got shipped
2:33:13
off supposedly.
2:33:14
Although I don't know how she recognized him
2:33:16
bent over with his head shaved, but somehow
2:33:18
she recognized him, which I think that's part
2:33:20
of bogus reporting.
2:33:22
And now it turns out he's in the
2:33:24
jail, but there's no proof of this that
2:33:26
I can tell.
2:33:27
No evidence.
2:33:27
This story may be manufactured from scratch.
2:33:30
You know, the media has been flooded with
2:33:33
stories like this.
2:33:35
You know, poor guy separates from, my favorite
2:33:37
is a four-year-old girl with cancer.
2:33:42
Deported her.
2:33:44
You know, more Trump hates children.
2:33:46
Deporting children story is bogus as hell because
2:33:50
those kids were brought by the, mom was
2:33:53
deported and she wanted to bring the kid.
2:33:55
And what's the kids, and they're suggesting leaving
2:33:58
the kid in the United States because it's
2:34:00
an American citizen?
2:34:02
Okay, well, the kid's always going to be
2:34:04
an American citizen.
2:34:05
She can come back or whenever she feels
2:34:07
like it, when she's older, maybe, and can
2:34:09
live on her own.
2:34:10
No, but you see, it's wrong because President
2:34:12
Trump should have immediately opened up Walter Reed
2:34:15
or Mayo and put the kid in the
2:34:17
cancer ward.
2:34:18
You know, that's what he should be doing
2:34:20
because, you know, Trump hates children.
2:34:22
He just wants children with cancer to die.
2:34:25
That's the story.
2:34:25
You're right in your assertion five, 10 minutes
2:34:29
ago about they're going to, this is going
2:34:30
to be amped up.
2:34:32
I don't know about these stories being even
2:34:34
remotely accurate.
2:34:36
They're definitely slanted.
2:34:38
And whether this guy even exists, this guy
2:34:40
whose wife was pregnant in Chile, why didn't
2:34:44
she come with him and have the baby
2:34:45
here?
2:34:46
Which would be the smart money, seems to
2:34:48
me.
2:34:50
Especially since he went through the trouble and
2:34:51
they didn't want a bunch of single males
2:34:54
coming in.
2:34:54
They liked the idea of a family.
2:34:56
But you bring her, it makes more sense.
2:34:59
The whole thing is very suspect.
2:35:01
His passion was music, John.
2:35:03
It's so unfair.
2:35:04
And then they throw the artsy angle and
2:35:06
there's a refrigerator installer whose passion is music.
2:35:11
It's like a Dire Straits video.
2:35:15
Reference lost on you, I'm sorry.
2:35:17
Yeah, it's money for nothing.
2:35:20
Yes, oh, he's got it.
2:35:21
He's got it, yes.
2:35:22
All right.
2:35:23
You and your colleagues also reported on how
2:35:25
Salvador and President Nayib Bukele has wanted more
2:35:30
proof that these deported men are actually members
2:35:35
of Tren de Agua.
2:35:36
Where does that stand and might that impact
2:35:40
this arrangement where he's going to house him
2:35:42
in this prison for one year?
2:35:44
He says that is negotiable moving forward.
2:35:47
As far as what's going to happen next
2:35:48
for these men, it's really unclear.
2:35:54
Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador, has
2:35:56
said that this is at least a one
2:35:58
-year term for these individuals.
2:36:02
And he has called that sentence renewable.
2:36:06
And we have also seen the U.S.
2:36:08
Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Christine Noem, come
2:36:12
out and say that she believes that these
2:36:14
individuals should be in prison in El Salvador
2:36:17
for the rest of their lives.
2:36:19
That is being contested in court, but that
2:36:22
case is still pending.
2:36:23
That decision by Judge Boasberg in Washington, D
2:36:26
.C. is still pending.
2:36:27
Julie Turkle with The New York Times.
2:36:29
Thank you so much.
2:36:30
Thank you.
2:36:31
Yeah, they're going to attack him on everything.
2:36:33
It's going to be nonstop, nonstop, nonstop.
2:36:38
Anything they can do.
2:36:40
You know, we had a dinner Friday night
2:36:41
and I was sitting next to a woman.
2:36:46
And I know her husband, he wasn't there.
2:36:47
I said, where's your husband?
2:36:49
Said, he's in the Dominican Republic buying tobacco.
2:36:52
I said, what?
2:36:53
And she goes through this whole thing about,
2:36:56
you know, he's a cigar guy and he
2:36:59
has this- Dominican Republic makes decent cigar
2:37:01
tobacco.
2:37:02
Yeah, and you know, it's one third fermented
2:37:05
and he's got this Cuban roller and she's
2:37:08
from Havana.
2:37:10
Does she roll it on her thighs?
2:37:12
She's from Havana.
2:37:14
And she said, you know, we were talking
2:37:17
because she was in Florida.
2:37:18
I said, oh, Elion Gonzalez.
2:37:20
She says, oh, I remember that.
2:37:22
So you should listen to our show because
2:37:24
that's how we roll.
2:37:25
We don't roll on our thighs.
2:37:26
We roll with Elion Gonzalez references.
2:37:29
Anyway.
2:37:33
She said, what was that all about?
2:37:34
I said, well, it was the first version
2:37:37
of Tren de Aragua.
2:37:39
That's when, who was president then?
2:37:41
Clinton, wasn't it Clinton?
2:37:42
Was it?
2:37:43
Was that?
2:37:44
That must have been Clinton.
2:37:46
Yeah.
2:37:48
It was definitely a scandal.
2:37:49
And let's go to one of the most
2:37:51
press-free countries in the world, the Republic
2:37:55
of Deutschland and what they're doing in with
2:37:58
politics.
2:37:58
It's quite an interesting little affair that's happening
2:38:01
now.
2:38:02
Germany's domestic intelligence agency designated the whole AFD
2:38:05
party as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization
2:38:08
on Friday.
2:38:10
The agency says the AFD threatens democracy due
2:38:12
to its xenophobic views on ethnicity.
2:38:15
It concluded that the party discriminates against non
2:38:18
-ethnic Germans, denying them equal status, especially those
2:38:20
from Muslim backgrounds.
2:38:22
As Germany's Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser,
2:38:25
explained.
2:38:26
The party reacted to today's decision, saying it
2:38:29
is a serious blow to German democracy, pointing
2:38:31
to the polls showing the AFD as a
2:38:33
strongest force.
2:38:35
The AFD stated that it will continue to
2:38:37
defend itself legally against defamation.
2:38:41
The decision follows a three-year review of
2:38:42
AFD actions, statements, and extremist links.
2:38:45
The AFD came second in February's general elections
2:38:48
ahead of the incoming junior coalition partner, the
2:38:51
SP.
2:38:53
Parts of the AFD, like its youth link,
2:38:55
were already classified this way.
2:38:59
Parliament could theoretically ask for the party to
2:39:01
be dissolved, but this is considered highly unlikely.
2:39:04
House, council, to be honest.
2:39:06
So, we don't like that you're popular, so
2:39:09
we're just going to have our security services
2:39:12
call you a domestic terrorist.
2:39:14
And we want to dissolve you, but everyone's
2:39:17
going to stay away.
2:39:18
And you, by the way, you're youth, clearly
2:39:19
Jugend.
2:39:20
AfD, Jugend, well, you're already classified, you as
2:39:23
little terrorists.
2:39:26
And our Secretary of State, Rubio, had some
2:39:29
strong words for this.
2:39:30
U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, called
2:39:34
Germany a tyranny in disguise.
2:39:36
After its intelligence service labelled the far-right
2:39:40
alternative for Germany party as right-wing extremist.
2:39:45
Rubio's comments made on the social media platform
2:39:49
X drew strong backlash from Germany's foreign office.
2:39:54
They replied by saying the decision was a
2:39:57
result of a thorough and independent investigation and
2:40:01
that Germany has learned from its history that
2:40:04
right-wing extremism needs to be stopped.
2:40:08
The label now applied to the AfD will
2:40:10
allow authorities to monitor the organization more closely.
2:40:15
Meanwhile, critics, including AfD leaders and their U
2:40:19
.S. supporters, say the move is politically motivated.
2:40:23
Do you think it's unbelievable what's happening in
2:40:27
Germany?
2:40:28
Yeah, there's nothing like a right-wing organization
2:40:30
run by a lesbian.
2:40:32
And L2, a libertarian lesbian.
2:40:35
A libertarian lesbian seems unlikely.
2:40:38
You know, no sooner have we spoken about
2:40:40
the Harvard endowment.
2:40:44
Yeah.
2:40:45
Then President Trump says, you know, I think
2:40:49
we're gonna remove the tax-exempt status from
2:40:52
the endowment.
2:40:53
Yeah, I discussed this in the newsletter a
2:40:55
little bit.
2:40:55
Yeah, I missed the newsletter, unfortunately.
2:40:58
What did you say?
2:40:58
I think a lot of this is a
2:41:02
trap.
2:41:04
Okay.
2:41:04
And it was designed, it's a trap to
2:41:07
get Harvard, because Harvard's deciding to sue back
2:41:09
and they're making a big fuss and it's
2:41:10
bringing it to light.
2:41:12
What it's doing is bringing to light.
2:41:14
Yeah, what's really going on.
2:41:15
The fact that the government is giving private
2:41:17
institutions billions and billions of dollars when they
2:41:20
have billions of dollars in their coffers already.
2:41:23
And then it turns out they're treated like
2:41:26
churches.
2:41:27
Yep.
2:41:27
So they have tax-free everything.
2:41:29
They have these huge amounts of land.
2:41:32
They don't have to pay tax.
2:41:33
They don't have to pay property tax.
2:41:35
They don't have to pay income tax.
2:41:36
They have to pay nothing.
2:41:37
And this is being brought to light.
2:41:39
And the more that these colleges push back
2:41:41
on it, the more it brings into the
2:41:43
public eye, which is something I didn't really
2:41:45
know how bad it was.
2:41:46
It brings into the public eye like, wait
2:41:48
a minute.
2:41:50
Yeah.
2:41:50
This is not, this isn't right.
2:41:52
And when you- So these guys are
2:41:53
screwing themselves.
2:41:55
And when you donate to the endowment, it's
2:41:58
a tax deduction.
2:42:00
It's like you get it on the way
2:42:03
in and on the way out.
2:42:05
It's no good.
2:42:07
No.
2:42:08
These guys are charging students hundreds of thousands
2:42:10
of dollars to go get an education.
2:42:12
Meanwhile, they're tax-free and they're getting free
2:42:14
government money and they're living the life of
2:42:16
Riley.
2:42:17
No.
2:42:18
The life of Riley?
2:42:19
I've never heard this term.
2:42:19
The life of, I'm sorry to use that
2:42:21
term.
2:42:21
That dated me.
2:42:23
Please do explain the life of Riley.
2:42:25
This is a good one.
2:42:26
The life of Riley was a phrase that
2:42:28
was used, my dad used to use it
2:42:29
too.
2:42:30
And it really was based on a TV
2:42:33
sitcom.
2:42:33
And I think it was a radio show
2:42:35
before there was a sitcom.
2:42:36
So it probably goes back to the 30s
2:42:38
or 40s.
2:42:39
And it was a show called The Life
2:42:41
of Riley.
2:42:43
And you can look up The Life of
2:42:45
Riley and you'll find some references to it.
2:42:47
This should probably be a television watching tip.
2:42:50
The Life of Riley.
2:42:53
I've never heard of this.
2:42:55
And you've never, never used this?
2:42:57
No, it's an old, it's one of those
2:42:59
phrases that your parents used.
2:43:01
Oh, like fiddle sticks?
2:43:03
Because it's like you're living the life of
2:43:05
Riley.
2:43:05
I mean, you're not, you're doing nothing.
2:43:07
So was Riley living it up?
2:43:10
No, it was just a lazy.
2:43:12
It was like a lazy guy who, he
2:43:15
was not, he was a...
2:43:16
Here we go.
2:43:19
William Bendix in...
2:43:21
Yes, William Bendix.
2:43:23
The Life of Riley.
2:43:25
It's, John, it's from the 50s.
2:43:29
Nice, nice.
2:43:30
And complete episodes on YouTube.
2:43:32
Well, I'm gonna have to watch that now.
2:43:34
Life of Riley.
2:43:35
I'm excited.
2:43:36
Say The Life of Riley, yeah.
2:43:37
I'm excited.
2:43:40
Some of the people who are in that
2:43:42
tax scam probably are as old as The
2:43:44
Life of Riley.
2:43:46
So I think this is a setup.
2:43:48
I think Trump, and they fell right into
2:43:50
the trap.
2:43:50
Instead of just shutting up.
2:43:52
Beautiful.
2:43:53
Putting the clamps down on the Jewish thing.
2:43:56
Saying, we're gonna not let that happen anymore.
2:43:59
But no, they had to be big shots.
2:44:03
You had to be a big shot, didn't
2:44:05
you?
2:44:05
All right, Victor David Hanson, we got the
2:44:07
five minute warning.
2:44:09
Okay.
2:44:10
Here's Victor David Hanson talking about...
2:44:13
Victor Davis Hanson, actually.
2:44:14
Davis, yeah, I always say David, I don't
2:44:16
know why.
2:44:17
But I do.
2:44:18
But Victor, VDH, VDH, VDH, everybody.
2:44:22
He has a commentary about the Democrats, and
2:44:25
I don't know why, but it leads right
2:44:27
into our donations.
2:44:29
If you look at the Democratic Party and
2:44:31
the left in general, they have boxed themselves
2:44:33
in.
2:44:34
On the one hand, they have no institutional
2:44:36
power.
2:44:37
No ability to pass legislation, losing the House
2:44:41
and the Senate.
2:44:42
No presidency, White House, no executive orders.
2:44:45
Ultimately, all of the cherry-picked district and
2:44:48
circuit judges will be overturned by a largely
2:44:52
conservative Supreme Court.
2:44:54
In lieu of actual power, then you look
2:44:56
at what is the alternative.
2:44:58
Maybe the alternative is a 1994 Newt Gingrich
2:45:02
contract with America, an alternate agenda.
2:45:05
Yes, we can do better on the border
2:45:07
than you can.
2:45:08
Yes, we have a better foreign policy with
2:45:10
Iran.
2:45:10
There's nothing.
2:45:11
There's no shadow government.
2:45:13
There's not a young Bill Clinton ascendant.
2:45:15
There's no young Barack.
2:45:16
There's nobody.
2:45:17
There's no leaders.
2:45:18
There's no agenda.
2:45:20
Ooh!
2:45:22
I'm gonna show my Simone by donating to
2:45:24
No Agenda.
2:45:25
Imagine all the people who could do that.
2:45:27
Oh yeah, that'd be fab.
2:45:30
Yeah, on No Agenda.
2:45:33
In the morning.
2:45:35
I couldn't make it any slicker than that.
2:45:37
That's beautiful.
2:45:38
And it is time now to thank our
2:45:39
donors, $50 and above.
2:45:40
We do have John's tip of the day
2:45:42
coming up.
2:45:42
Some dynamite, end of show mixes, a quick
2:45:44
overview of the meetups, and some title changes
2:45:47
on a Commodore or two.
2:45:50
John, take it away.
2:45:52
Yeah, we had a few people to thank,
2:45:53
including Baron Lattican, who's back from Houston, Texas.
2:45:57
And he came with 100, and John Robinet
2:45:59
is 100.
2:46:00
Commodore 128 came in with 8502.
2:46:07
Commodore 128 ship, I hope, didn't it?
2:46:10
Commodore 128.
2:46:12
No, no, no, no, it's the Commodore, you
2:46:15
had the Commodore VIC-20, the Commodore 64,
2:46:19
and the Commodore 128.
2:46:23
And I think it did have the 8502
2:46:25
chip.
2:46:25
No, no, there's no such thing as an
2:46:27
8502 chip.
2:46:28
Are you sure?
2:46:29
Yeah, pretty sure.
2:46:31
No, I'm not pretty sure, I'm sure.
2:46:33
8502 chip, let's take a look.
2:46:35
Wasn't that the ZX80?
2:46:37
Yeah, the MOS Technology 8502.
2:46:40
8-bit microprocessor?
2:46:42
Yes.
2:46:43
There was an 8502, and I was unaware
2:46:45
of it, and it passed me by while
2:46:47
I was writing about these things back in
2:46:49
the day, and it wasn't the 6502.
2:46:51
You were writing about Windows telecommunications, so you're
2:46:55
forgiven.
2:46:56
I mean, it can happen.
2:46:56
You were doing other important stuff, instant bestsellers.
2:47:00
Well, I think 8502's a great donation number
2:47:02
then.
2:47:03
I think so too.
2:47:04
It's better than 6502.
2:47:06
It sure is.
2:47:07
Especially on a slow date.
2:47:08
Kevin McLaughlin's next.
2:47:09
He's in the Concord, North Carolina.
2:47:11
He came in with a better donation of
2:47:12
8008, which is a classic.
2:47:14
Boobs.
2:47:15
He's the Archduke of Luna, lover of America
2:47:17
and lover of boobs.
2:47:18
He is a lover, not a fighter.
2:47:21
He also says Laos Deo, which translates to
2:47:24
praise be to God.
2:47:25
Laos Deo.
2:47:27
Not sure why he put that in there.
2:47:29
Well, why not?
2:47:30
Praise be to God.
2:47:31
Because he's been very consistent of not putting
2:47:33
extra wordage.
2:47:34
Well, he has something to say.
2:47:35
Sir Michael in Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania.
2:47:38
$73.44. Happy Swazzle Nuff.
2:47:42
Hey, $69.69 dudes.
2:47:46
Jarus Corporation, $69.69. Chris Engler, $66.88.
2:47:56
Leo Bugo, Bugo, Bugo, B-U-G-O,
2:47:59
$58.25. And he needs some jobs, Kermit.
2:48:03
We're gonna give you that at the end.
2:48:05
Michael Formanik, I think, I betcha, $57.19.
2:48:14
And he says, I hope this donation finds
2:48:16
you well.
2:48:18
That's a proper use of the term, of
2:48:21
the form, yes.
2:48:22
Yes, thank you.
2:48:24
Dame Rita, our buddy in Sparks, Nevada, $55
2:48:28
.25. Brian Furley, $55.10. Patrick Coble, hey,
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there he is.
2:48:32
He's in Fairview, Tennessee, $55.
2:48:34
He's the Duke, he says, meet up, shout
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out, heading to Amsterdam, getting to hang out
2:48:38
with Rob and other lowland producers.
2:48:40
Be there, B-square, royal visit, ultra special
2:48:43
amygdala checkup in Leiden, the Netherlands, Wednesday, May
2:48:46
14th at 7.33 p.m. It's gonna
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be a hootenanny.
2:48:50
When Patrick shows up, drinks for everybody.
2:48:55
Troy Funderbuck in Burke, in Missoula, Montana, $55.
2:49:00
Nick Stark in Grants Pass, Oregon, $54.27.
2:49:05
He's got a birthday call out for himself.
2:49:09
Yes.
2:49:10
Kyle Maxwell in Fort Lauderdale, $54.25. Paolo
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Moore in Fort Washington, Maryland, $54.25. This
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is the fabulous $54.25 donation.
2:49:27
We got two people.
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Woo!
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That came with, may the fourth be with
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you.
2:49:32
So this is the kind of promotions that
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really, really make my day.
2:49:37
Yeah, good job.
2:49:42
Allison Olsofsky.
2:49:43
It should be Oslofsky, probably.
2:49:46
It's probably a mistype, a typo.
2:49:48
Well, that came right off the spreadsheet.
2:49:49
That's the way she describes it.
2:49:51
Olsos, Olsos, Olsofsky.
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In Poulsbo, Washington.
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Everyone should visit there if they're in the
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neighborhood.
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$53.28. Newsletter guilt trip donation.
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Good.
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David Kaye, say somebody.
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David Keyes in Riverside, California, $53.28. John
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Bosano in Madison, Alabama, $52.72. Eric Scholes
2:50:18
in Dallas, Texas, also $52.72. He needs
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Jobs Karma, I'll add it for him.
2:50:25
We'll put that at the end.
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Also Spencer Jaffe in Pat Rattenshaw Palace of
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Airdays, California.
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He also needs Jobs Karma, $52.72. Lydia
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Terry in Rochester, New Hampshire, $51.25. A
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blank, no name, no nothing, $50.71. Kyle,
2:50:43
I don't know how that ever happened.
2:50:44
It's the invisible man.
2:50:46
Kyle, or woman, Kyle Morrison in Duncan, BC,
2:50:51
Canada, $50.01. That's another birthday donation to
2:50:54
Logan.
2:50:55
He wants a biscuit for his birthday.
2:50:57
We'll give you a...
2:50:58
They always give me a biscuit on my
2:51:00
birthday.
2:51:01
Right now.
2:51:01
We'll do one right there.
2:51:02
And now we're already to the $50 donors.
2:51:05
There's a little list here.
2:51:06
We'll start with, and we'll just do names
2:51:07
and locations, starting with Foster Birch in New
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York City.
2:51:10
Matt Prazee in St. John's, Florida.
2:51:13
Daniel LaBoise in Bath, Michigan.
2:51:16
James Sheremeta in Nappanock, New York.
2:51:19
Rebecca Ho, or Hog, H-A-U-G
2:51:22
-H, in Memphis, Tennessee.
2:51:25
Chris Conaker in Anchorage, Alaska.
2:51:28
Aichi Kitagawa, he's over there in San Francisco.
2:51:30
Walker Phillips is in San Rafael, and that
2:51:32
concludes our list of well-wishers and people
2:51:35
who helped us produce show 1761, I believe.
2:51:40
Yeah, 1761 is correct.
2:51:42
Didn't the TRS-80 also run on that
2:51:45
80 chip?
2:51:46
No, no, the TRS-80 was an 8080.
2:51:48
8080, right.
2:51:49
That's what I learned on the Sinclair ZX
2:51:52
-80.
2:51:52
That's where I, that was my first computer.
2:51:53
Actually, the TRS-80 may have been a
2:51:56
Z80.
2:51:57
I think it was a Z80, actually, yeah.
2:51:59
The Trash 80.
2:52:00
I still have my TRS-100.
2:52:03
I had a TRS-80 with the dual
2:52:06
drives.
2:52:06
It was actually a very functional machine.
2:52:09
It was well, and I thought Radio Shack
2:52:12
was going to stay in the business, and
2:52:13
then they just- No, the batteries.
2:52:14
Came out with a 16-bit machine, and
2:52:16
then they just dropped them all.
2:52:18
No, then they went with the cell phones.
2:52:20
Once the, I have my old Radio Shack.
2:52:23
Didn't they do the CoCo, the color computer?
2:52:26
Yes, I think that was, that had a
2:52:28
crap keyboard.
2:52:29
I think that killed them.
2:52:31
Yeah, yeah.
2:52:35
Yeah, I love my Sinclair Z.
2:52:37
I love my truck, and I love what
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I do.
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Thank you very much to these donors, $50
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Thanks to all of you who supported us.
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We do have a nice list today.
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Brett Carruthers, which is his smoking hot wife,
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Brittany.
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A happy birthday.
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She turned 37 on the, well, that's today,
2:53:24
actually.
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Cinco de Cuatro.
2:53:26
Mom, dad, and brother, Cole.
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Say happy birthday to Logan Morrison.
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Celebrates today.
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Nick Stark turns 27 today.
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Danelle Mackey.
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Hey, Danelle.
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Celebrating today.
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Uh-oh, celebrating tomorrow.
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The one, the only, the adorable Dvorak, who
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loves his wooden car.
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Tynan Rebic, which is Sir Ross the Boss.
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A very happy one for the six.
2:53:50
And also, Molly, a happy one for May
2:53:54
28th.
2:53:54
And we say happy birthday to all of
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these people on behalf of the best podcast
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It's your birthday, yeah.
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Toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot,
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toot, toot.
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Title changes.
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Turn and face the slaves.
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Title changes.
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Don't wanna be a douchebag.
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Yeah, we have a title change for Sir
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920 of 920.
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He has supported the best podcast in the
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universe and another additional amount of $1,000.
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We're very grateful for that.
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And he now becomes a Baron, Baron Tom,
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Warden of the Frozen Tundra.
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Congratulations on that upgrade in your peerage here
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on the No Agenda Peerage Ladder.
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And now it is time for our Commodores.
2:54:32
We've got two of them today.
2:54:34
We have Commodore Daniel Sean Gerald Morse and
2:54:39
just added the last moment, Commodore Spooky.
2:54:44
Both Commodores of No Agenda.
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And as we always say, Commodores arriving.
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Go to noagendarings.com and you'll find exactly
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We are happy to send that off to
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And thank you very much for supporting the
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No Agenda Peerage.
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Yes sir, they are producer organized.
2:55:15
They are all over the world.
2:55:17
You heard the call out there.
2:55:18
Sir Patrick is going to be attending the
2:55:20
one in Amsterdam.
2:55:21
We have one today.
2:55:22
The Quad Cities, Iowa area meetup, seven o
2:55:25
'clock at Lopez in Davenport, Iowa.
2:55:29
Big Nasty is organizing that.
2:55:31
And it's not on the calendar yet.
2:55:33
We'll see why that didn't happen.
2:55:34
But on May 17th at 1776, right outside
2:55:38
of Fredericksburg, Curry and the Keeper will be
2:55:41
there.
2:55:42
Many of the luminaries from the Austin area
2:55:45
will of course be attending.
2:55:47
That's May 17th and that is Matt Long
2:55:49
who is organizing that.
2:55:51
On the calendar as well, Eagle, Idaho on
2:55:53
the 10th, Leiden in the Netherlands on the
2:55:55
14th, Charlotte, North Carolina, the 15th, the 16th,
2:55:58
Whitefield, New Hampshire.
2:56:00
On the 17th, Bedford, Texas, Colorado Springs, Fort
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Wayne, Indiana, New Kent, Virginia, Springfield, Oregon, the
2:56:06
18th, Keene, New Hampshire, Culemborg in Gelderland, the
2:56:09
Netherlands on the 29th.
2:56:10
The 31st is Pensauken Township, New Jersey, Long
2:56:14
Beach, California.
2:56:15
I'm sure there'll be Leo Bravo on the
2:56:16
31st.
2:56:17
Indianapolis, Indiana, part one on June 1st.
2:56:20
They have a part two on June 29th.
2:56:22
So two in the month of June.
2:56:23
Central Jersey on the 21st and Longview, Texas
2:56:26
on the 29th.
2:56:27
Just a small sampling of the meetups that
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are available at noagendameetups.com.
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You want to go to one of these
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because these people that you meet will be
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When you go, you get connection that gives
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Go to noagendameetups.com.
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If you can't find one near you, start
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one yourself.
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You want to be where everybody knows the
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Like a party.
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Like a party, like a party.
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I see you have three one two three,
2:57:12
so you spent some more credits on your
2:57:15
AI extravaganza journey To try and make some
2:57:20
some good ISOs for the end of show
2:57:22
I have one which is a Cinco de
2:57:24
Mayo ISO, which I think has possibility here
2:57:27
we go There you go It's kind of
2:57:34
hollow Well, is that you yelling no, no,
2:57:39
no, no, I don't know where it came
2:57:40
from is producer submitted I have one.
2:57:43
It's not even it's not a there's not
2:57:45
a AI is tough one tough one.
2:57:49
Let's see.
2:57:49
Oh, that's a tough one.
2:57:51
No, that's a real ISO.
2:57:52
I appreciate that Yeah, it's not very positive
2:57:57
but okay Okay start with the quality high
2:58:01
quality stuff Tom bait it no, no, that's
2:58:05
a bad AI voice that's rejected out of
2:58:07
hand Okay, it's great.
2:58:09
No, no, no, no.
2:58:10
No, that is too good to be a
2:58:12
podcast.
2:58:12
Okay?
2:58:13
Yes, you win.
2:58:14
Once again, I can't believe it every single
2:58:17
time the AI the AI pictures are winning
2:58:19
The AI says are winning if only someone
2:58:21
could make a hit song with AI that
2:58:23
seems to be impossible It's original from JCD
2:58:39
Created by Dana Brunetti Look, it is actually
2:58:41
a great tip people have to pay attention
2:58:43
to the whole lecture though It's gonna be
2:58:44
a little bit longer than usual.
2:58:46
Oh boy.
2:58:47
Okay, so I've always liked bitters bitter after
2:58:53
dinner drink you have at the end of
2:58:54
the meal.
2:58:55
Yeah Ah You have is it helps that
2:58:58
you digest it's got all kinds of herbs
2:59:00
and stuff in and they tend to have
2:59:02
Genetian which is typically of the the main
2:59:04
thing of the most don't they have what's
2:59:06
the other thing in the bitters?
2:59:09
Anise anise anise some do some don't that's
2:59:13
mostly the ones with anise tend to be
2:59:16
more of like Pastiche I like the anise.
2:59:18
I like the anise ones.
2:59:20
Well, there's lots of those around but that's
2:59:21
not what we're talking about they don't have
2:59:23
very little anise in these Amaro's which is
2:59:25
a subs a Sub-segment of bitters that
2:59:28
ones that are made in Italy.
2:59:30
Most of these were designed in the mid
2:59:33
1800s they're using the exact same formula So
2:59:35
what happened was I started drinking these things
2:59:38
with my son-in-law Brennan these to
2:59:41
come over He he has a what I
2:59:44
would call people who understand these things would
2:59:46
say an inquisitive palate It Definitely looking for
2:59:51
something that in his memorizes taste.
2:59:53
He's really good.
2:59:54
He's just Father-in-law.
2:59:56
Well, he's got yeah, I do blind tasting
2:59:59
with these kids just to make sure they're
3:00:00
not trying to Buffalo me.
3:00:02
So So we got into these bitters and
3:00:06
we got into these Amaro's in particular and
3:00:09
we started going through a lot of them
3:00:10
over A two-year period we probably went
3:00:12
through it I and I have a bunch
3:00:14
of them already and we went through the
3:00:15
ones we owe the Swiss ones the French
3:00:17
ones and we got started focusing on the
3:00:20
best ones and we finally determined the absolute
3:00:23
best after dinner and he had a kind
3:00:26
of some stomach issues, but these bitters are
3:00:27
fabulous for after the meal is you have
3:00:30
like a shot in a bigger glass of
3:00:33
about an ounce of bitters as you're You're
3:00:37
the thing at the end of the meal
3:00:39
the you digest if it might be called
3:00:41
in France.
3:00:42
Did you Steve?
3:00:45
Braulio is the creme de la creme de
3:00:48
la creme of the great Amaro's out of
3:00:50
Italy I tried to try them all the
3:00:52
four nets and all the rest of them
3:00:55
It's so hard to beat this particular product
3:00:57
This is not a cheap product that you
3:01:00
get they sell in the leaders for about
3:01:02
50 bucks It's not a cheap product at
3:01:04
all, but you can go to the website
3:01:07
It's available everywhere you go to the web
3:01:10
and it's a special kind of subsegment of
3:01:13
Amaro It which is the Alpine ones, which
3:01:15
means it was done in in the mountains
3:01:18
from mountain herbs And it's got a blend
3:01:20
of mountain herbs that was determined it and
3:01:23
most of these things by the way We
3:01:24
started off as medicines and they were developed
3:01:26
by pharmacists in the 1800s Yep, and this
3:01:30
particular one is a stunner is it is
3:01:33
it available at Costco?
3:01:34
Mmm, not that I know of it may
3:01:38
be on and off, but I've never seen
3:01:40
it there I don't get it at Costco.
3:01:41
Okay, but Amaro Braulio be are a you
3:01:44
li o.com Amaro?
3:01:46
Am a a m a r o b
3:01:49
r a u l i o, which is
3:01:51
the name of the brand?
3:01:52
That's their website calm It's a beautiful product
3:01:57
is aged.
3:01:58
It's just this it's the best of the
3:02:00
best that we've tried all of them This
3:02:01
is the go-to This is a very
3:02:04
valuable tip, what is it called again?
3:02:08
Braulio be are a you li o Braulio.
3:02:11
Do you have indigestion after dinner?
3:02:14
Then you need Braulio is John C.
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that's gonna affect you the most is the
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about it.
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Routes.
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Stratospheric.
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Earthquakes.
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