Unknown: Hey Jesse Hey there.
John C Dvorak: Hey Jesse. Hey there. Adam curry, John C
Devorah.
Adam Curry: Number 720 23 This is your award winning
combination media assassination episode 1614 This
Unknown: is no agenda
Adam Curry: harnes We're broadcasting live from the heart
of the Texas Hill Country and fever rings number six in the
morning, everybody. I'm Adam curry and from
John C Dvorak: Northern Silicon Valley, where we're witnessing
the worst pandering in the history of media since Gutenberg
Taylor Swift Person of the Year I'm John C. Dvorak.
Adam Curry: Buzzkill. I thought I'd have you with my sports ball
reference, but no, no, you go straight for the for the Taylor
Swift. This is not pandering. This is calculated this is
Taylor Swift is an OP. pandering op, op op op. Oh, yeah, well,
John C Dvorak: where's the OP part of it? Oh, listen, another
Unknown: story just breaking within the last hour Time
Magazine's 2023 Person of the Year has been announced. It is
Taylor Swift. Yeah. Finally, it's been an interview with the
let's make sure the first woman to appear twice on a Person of
the Year covers since this franchise began in 1972, also
chosen in 2017. That designation began nearly a century ago to
honor in an individual group or concept that have the most
influence on the world in the previous 12 months for good or
ill. She was also the first person to be selected because of
her shipment in the arts is only the chairman person was born
within the last 50 years to be named first woman to be
recognized more than once. Breaking news, a small group of
repeat designees, including several US presidents and world
leaders. You
Adam Curry: don't realize this. She is an OP. You just wait.
John C Dvorak: What's the OP? Oh,
Adam Curry: wait until she activates the Swifties against
Trump. Just wait, but she already did that. Oh, no, no,
that she hasn't done anything yet. She has not unleashed the
full power that is Taytay. You wait. Well,
John C Dvorak: the way I see it. They saw what she did for the
NFL. And they said well, yeah, let's do it. But wait a minute,
Bill. We can't We can't give her we already gave it to her in
2017. We haven't even give it the golden era twice. We didn't
give it to Roosevelt, the old lady. We haven't gives me an
even Hillary didn't get it to nobody got it twice. While we're
giving it to her. She's a singer.
Adam Curry: She's an OP.
John C Dvorak: Now we're gonna give it to her because we'll get
more readers to our fine magazine.
Adam Curry: Yes. Well, Forbes could have taken a page out of
that playbook. They named the most powerful woman. Did you
see? Yeah, Queen Ursula. most powerful woman in the world. The
John C Dvorak: word Equiline is she's
Adam Curry: the most powerful woman in the world. Actually,
the it's literally the world's most powerful woman. second year
in a row. I didn't even know that she beat off competition.
From Fifi.
John C Dvorak: We did beat off a few guys. Oh, John.
Adam Curry: What goodness. Yeah, happy Hanukkah, everybody. And
this is also Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. flags at half
staff. I don't know if people remember it anymore.
John C Dvorak: Nobody remembers today to remember though, but
nobody remembers it is
Adam Curry: if you're ever in Fredericksburg, Texas. Go see
our beautiful museum. The Pacific War Museum, which will
help you there was a lot going on that we don't know that we
have long forgotten. We were buddies with the Chinese back in
the day. Who knew? Oh, yeah, the Flying Tigers. Yeah, we were
friends with the Chinese and we were we were beaten off the Japs
as it were. And we're right back to to Queen Ursula. There you
go. So I went to nd
John C Dvorak: went through the bill. Yes, yes. You might as
well give us a quick report. Well,
Adam Curry: someone gave me RSV or something. Thanks.
John C Dvorak: Oh, you got sick.
Adam Curry: Oh my god. I've been coughing all night. Oh, yeah,
it's really infected. I'm telling it's RSV. Someone gave
John C Dvorak: me RSV. Why would it be anything else can't be it.
Could be tuberculosis? No, no, no. RSV,
Adam Curry: this no all this that's all it can be. Anyway,
John C Dvorak: they're spraying it around I'm sure of it.
Adam Curry: We had about 100 crop dusters. 130 people was
fantastic. What a great event but that's nice. We we flew out
from Austin have
John C Dvorak: everything that you drove the whole way,
according to Tina, while
Adam Curry: driving to Austin is already an hour and 45. So it's
quite a ways. Now you haven't flown in a while I hadn't flown
in, in a bit, or at least not since the new TSA machines
John C Dvorak: among the new machines now. Yes, yes. This is
the X ray.
Adam Curry: Well, that's not for you. It's for your bag. So you
no longer do you have to take your laptop out of your bag.
Your electronics
John C Dvorak: giant bullet looking? Yes, the Aino they had
an A they had a prototype of one of those in Oakland. Yeah, well,
now they're everywhere. Good looking machine. Yeah,
Adam Curry: they got the blue and the red Halo lights on it.
For all I know, it's just a tube with nothing in it. I mean, it
looks like
John C Dvorak: nothing going on at all. But there's actually a
small midget in there opening your bags,
Adam Curry: but the name of it is just it's laugh inducing. A
no logic. I mean, come on, guys. I mean, I'm sure it's Anna
logic, but you can't I mean, as a 15 year old that I am you
can't not look at and go ain't a logic. Anyway, it does does
speed up the process. They don't look at your boarding pass
anymore. I think we've kind of been through this. You just show
your driver's license. Oh, you're good to go. Come on
through. They got everything ready. They know they know what
you're doing. They know where you going. So this is organized.
So we flew in and were picked up by Dame Christina Pearl and her
husband Charles, they drove us straight to the venue from the
airport was perfect. We got a 130 people, Mark and Maria, who
organized this. They are this is John, you have no idea how well
organized this is. This whole place was ours. They had a
stage. The stage if you had a stage, the stage was dressed.
You know they had Christmas poinsettias everywhere. They
have a band that if we wanted it that could have been a band
great sound system had a mic you know they do they do a raffle.
So the way they do it is everybody pitches in into the
pot. And I think we have a couple of
John C Dvorak: this is that Indiana has been going on for a
while. Yeah. Well, one of our other Indiana producers couldn't
get anyone to come to his thing. Yes.
Adam Curry: And but that's probably because everybody was
into this thing. This is the place so they do this raffle.
And everybody pitches in whatever they want. I think
there's three Switcheroos maybe four executive producers today
from so the money that's put into the raffle pot goes to a
donation and people get an executive producer from for on
the show. But then they but you also get a prize. And they had
like a no agenda license plate. The first thing to go to many
eggs book.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, the
Adam Curry: book autographed autographed by Mimi,
John C Dvorak: there was an autographed version there. Yes,
Adam Curry: there. Yes. Yeah, I mean, this this thing is tight,
man. It's organized. There were people who drove in from Ohio
and from Michigan. That's that's not super far, you know, hour
and a half or so. But it still was nice to have them there.
There's a Rolls Royce aircraft engine plants very nearby. And I
met at least two engineers
John C Dvorak: that died the Rolls Royce was an English
company. Now
Adam Curry: this is they they purchased this they purchased
some some aircraft engine manufacturer and it's in
Indianapolis. Indianapolis is very famous as Indy center which
is the big ATC did
John C Dvorak: you go up on that delta tall thing in the middle
of town?
Adam Curry: They do you mean the tower? Yeah, no. But we had
several air traffic controllers, at least three.
John C Dvorak: And I want to hear the stories.
Adam Curry: Well, I I was given some interesting documentation
of UFOs which I'm still parsing through because these are
reported to the to the air traffic controllers at
Indianapolis. So there's some some videos that I'm checking
out these guys are crazy. But also I got a full rundown you
know about this, this so called shortage of the of the air
traffic controllers. This bowl I mean yeah, of course there's you
know, there's a shortage but it's really it's it's mainly the
the union that wants to keep the shortage because everyone's
getting overtime and making bank. So that's the way to go.
Yeah, now of course everyone is getting divorced because they're
working so much they can barely keep their families got all this
all this money. Exactly. Let me see what else that I have on my
list that we had the seminary crew was there a lot of kids, a
lot of kids very diverse crowd in age and background and it was
just it was it was quite quite phenomenal. Ryan diazo gave us
two Silver COVID shield coins ounce of silver each, so I'll be
sending yours off to you. I'm gonna see was there anything
else that that I had a lot of amazing how many people said,
You guys changed my life? Or you guys save my life? Which, which
is weird, you know, I was like, Well, you know why? Well during
COVID But talk him well, I guess our talk him during COVID gave
people at least the courage to know that they weren't the only
crazy ones. I
John C Dvorak: think that's it. Yeah, we didn't save anybody's
life we informed them that there's a subset of people out
there that have common sense. Yes. And they're probably
they're part of it,
Adam Curry: and they're part of it. And the final thing I would
say if you ever go into Indianapolis do as we did, I
like staying at airport hotels. I'm a big fan of that, that we
stayed at the Embassy Suites. This place is dynamite. Yeah,
it's brand new. If you would put this place in an airport and
Miss Yeah. Airport Embassy Suites. Yeah, with a shuttle
with the shuttle shuttle to the airport. This, if you had put
this in downtown Indy, you probably would have paid $700 A
night and we wound up paying under 200. There was an end just
beautiful, free made to order breakfast the next morning. It
makes no sense to stay in a hotel anywhere else. But at the
airport. It's just the way to go. And then you know, you roll
out of bed and it's like I don't have to worry about can I get a
cab or an Uber or traffic or any of this now it's going to be
great. So anyway, it was thanks you thank you again, Mark and
Maria for for taking good care of us. It was a lot of fun. It
was good to do one of those meetups again, and thanks for
the RSV. Appreciate it. It's great.
John C Dvorak: But you do sound a little congested.
Adam Curry: Oh, it's I was coughing all night. I won't
complain. I won't complain because that's the least of our
worries, because we've got red blinking lights.
Unknown: Today the FBI director was asked point blank if the
terror threat in the US is as bad as it was before 911. deeply
disturbing. All the
lights were blinking red before 911 Apparently, obviously all of
us missed it. Would you say that there's multiple blinking red
lights out there multiple.
I see blinking lights everywhere I turn Oh, no, it's the Israel
Hamas war started. Get your eyes checked right says the terror
threat is at a whole nother level with a number of terror
groups including ISIS and al Qaeda, using social media to
call for attacks, including right here in the US. The DOJ
also seeing a spike in threats against the Muslim community yet
stunning increase in threats aimed at Jewish Americans
starting October 7, what's never
Adam Curry: seen a time where all the threats, or so many of
the threats are all elevated all at exactly the same time. Though
there must be a reason for this. What could the reason be
Unknown: gray is calling on Congress to renew a law that
allows the FBI to conduct surveillance on suspected
terrorists overseas. That last interview here, Ray says given
the threats now is not the time to let that happen. You
Adam Curry: shouldn't even be thinking about it. Now is not
the time. It's the worst more red blinking lights than ever.
And I loved how Abc New York discuss this topic.
Unknown: And now this sobering warning from the FBI director
who says this agencies the morning show, the morning show
on ABC is working around the clock to prevent potential
domestic attacks by Hamas or its sympathizers joined now by ABC
reporter Erica Turski. Erin, thanks for being here. All of
this came out during the Senate hearing yesterday, Director Ray
really highlighting the concern to lawmakers. Let's play a
portion of that, and then we'll get our
John C Dvorak: portion. What I would say that is
Adam Curry: unique about the environment that we're in right
now in my career is that well, there may have been times over
the years where individual threats could have been higher
here or there than where they might be right now. I've never
seen a time where all the threats are so many of the
threats are all elevated, all elevated exactly the same time.
That's what makes this environment that we're in now.
So fraud, they need to bring back the color codes, man, we
need to show it on the screen just
John C Dvorak: Nashi we're gonna do this every Republican thing
Adam Curry: by funding our men and women who are working
shoulder to shoulder with state local law enforcement and other
partners every day. makes it even more important, not less.
Unknown: So blinking red lights analogy about 911 All the lights
were blinking red before 911. Apparently, this is obviously
all of us missed it. Would you say that there's multiple
blinking red lights out there
eating everywhere in turn. So certainly chilling comments,
especially here in New York, Aaron and some of the threats
that he talked about the elevator chatter online from al
Qaeda and ISIS. Did you learn from
this Oh, It is chilling because it's coming at a time when the
Israel Hamas war has elevated the threat level for Muslim
Americans, there's been a skyrocketing number of anti
semitic threats against the Jewish community. And that's
been a consistent theme since October 7.
Adam Curry: Now Now listen to the news models jump in and make
sure that you understand that it would be crazy not to reinstate
the ability for the FBI to spy on everybody. That would just be
nuts.
Unknown: And in his comments came as they're looking whether
or not to authorize this this section 702 of the FISA right,
this is an Intelligence Surveillance Act. This has been
highly debated before. What does that mean, and what do we expect
to happen?
One of the reasons why the FBI director is so concerned about
the threat level is because this is about to expire. It's a tool
that the FBI can use effectively against Trump. Yeah, on foreign
terror groups, and Trump Trump's concern of overreach and it
isn't necessarily a popular measure when it comes to debate
on Capitol Hill. But the FBI director is imploring Congress
to reauthorize coming up, yeah, Trump otherwise he says some of
the chatter that Shane or noticed or potentially preempt a
plot that would go unnoticed but Erin, there is a flip side to
this right. And some people would say this is politically
motivated. The Trump it seems like both sides of the aisle
feel that this could infringe on Fourth Amendment rights, right.
There's always a go of FBI overreach, hear that the tool is
being used in ways that maybe it shouldn't be used to to spy on
Americans or to do other surreptitious things. And
there's a real suspicion these days, especially in Republican
politics, about a deep state and that complicates the job of the
FBI and law enforcement. Ray would say that the FBI follows
the law and is looking to reauthorize a program that is
used successfully in the past they're
also this thing. Yeah. Okay. But just get a warrant first, they
would like a warrant first, and they have to get a judge to sign
off. This isn't like they can just go willy nilly tapping
everybody's phone.
John C Dvorak: They did it before exactly what they do.
willy nilly.
Adam Curry: They don't care whether they have 702
reauthorized or not come on Kim. Yeah, I
John C Dvorak: agree with that. They just do it anyway.
Adam Curry: You want to hear the pixie girl the spook her her
report on CBS Catherine herridge.
John C Dvorak: What does she have to say? Oh, good
Unknown: evening, Nora. The shadow is almost always elevated
during the holidays. Our analysts expect heightened
rhetoric with heightened
Adam Curry: rhetoric. Yes, we're hearing it right now. The
heightened rhetoric. We're
John C Dvorak: listening to it as we
Unknown: expect heightened rhetoric with terrorist groups
and their media outlets
latching on to the conflict with the Israeli military during
download southern Gaza and Hanukkah only days away.
Intelligence Report reviewed by CBS News warns of increased
threats from foreign terrorist groups and mirrors FBI director
Christopher Ray's testimony today on Capitol Hill,
blinking red lights analogy about non
Adam Curry: blinking rib of every everyone had to have it.
You know, this is the heightened rhetoric 911
Unknown: Would you say that there's multiple blinking red
lights out there?
Adam Curry: And how weak is this blinking red light nonsense. You
know, this just I see blinking lights everywhere I turn
Unknown: in stark language, the intelligence takes ISIS and Al
Qaeda will likely use the Middle East conflict to increase calls
for violence in the US.
John C Dvorak: Just for one second, we have to note that
they keep mentioning ISIS and Al Qaeda to operations oppose
they've been shut down or shuttered at least in the Middle
East. We have the Houthis now and Iran that's supposed to be
who's doing all the damage not ISIS. Why? Well as ISIS Where's
ISIS?
Adam Curry: There's no ISIS. They're just doing this to get
702 reauthorized. They're full of crap. The full of it, full of
it. The blinking lights are his own Feds like Can we go now both
Can we do something both? Can we we got a nut job both can we get
and can we get into dude don't bother to be called but to stick
to the path to it.
Unknown: It's ISIS and Al Qaeda will likely use the Middle East
conflict or
John C Dvorak: where you will get carried away with that Viet.
Thank you. You could have ended it very early. But no, no, no,
you kept going and going. That was good.
Adam Curry: I couldn't help myself. Sounds for
Unknown: violence in the US.
Adam Curry: What RSV Yes.
Unknown: Compared to prior years, as new details emerge
about an alleged plot to attack Vegas
Adam Curry: we had Oh, we had an alleged plot we
Unknown: charged the suspect with multiple felonies to
include terroristic threats. Both
Adam Curry: we got him we got we got a cool kid here but we got
we got we got to keep to do this for both. We can flag
Unknown: we charged the suspect with multiple felonies to
include terroristic threats. authorities
arrested a 16 year old suspect who allegedly wrote on social
media about launching a lone wolf attack in support of ISIS.
A homemade flag and other articles allegedly recovered.
Along came the flag off hearts on Capitol Hill, a stark warning
from the FBI chief.
Adam Curry: I've never seen a time where all the threats were
flagged from 15 year old or so many of the threats are all
elevated elevated, at exactly the same
Unknown: time with a spike in threats since the war began. The
intelligence report warns civilian casualties in Gaza,
whether real perceived or falsified, or the increased
presence of US military forces in direct support of Israel will
likely be exploited by terrorist groups terrorist groups, we said
there's nothing to indicate Hamas has the intent or
capability to conduct operations inside the US. The bureau has
not discounted the possibility Nora
worry about these lone wolves.
Adam Curry: Oh yeah.
John C Dvorak: Oh yeah. We
Adam Curry: got seven year old kid with a with a Twitter and a
flag. lone wolves. Yes.
John C Dvorak: Show they had a shooting in Vegas. Yeah, they
did. UNLV by a guy who is a professor
Adam Curry: I know who he probably has gone nuts with
these kids that he has to teach.
John C Dvorak: And then we had to the other one, too. First of
all, there was the guy in Virginia who blew himself up in
his house. Yeah, and he was like a left wing nut ball hated Trump
to you so we had to get that off the front page. We did that
pretty easily.
Adam Curry: Did you see that couch go fly him. No,
John C Dvorak: I but I saw the explosion. It was unbelievable.
Adam Curry: If you if you if you freeze frame the explosion
catches houses fly up fly. I mean, that wasn't that. I think
he had explosives in the basement or something. Certainly
went
John C Dvorak: off and you know, man, a shooting a flare gun out
the window. That guy was off his rocker
Adam Curry: and this is Arlington, Virginia, this is
spooks and of all
John C Dvorak: places. All planned. Then we saw we have the
Vegas thing but that's no good because that guy was a
professor.
Adam Curry: So let's go there. We
John C Dvorak: have the Austin shootings.
Adam Curry: The Austin shootings. Yes.
John C Dvorak: When I said that's what I said when I was
just
Adam Curry: shooting every day in Austin is nothing new. Well,
this is is
John C Dvorak: the NBC report on the I have a clip. Oh, okay.
Okay. It's in clay show.
Unknown: We have information coming from two different police
agencies that are involved the bear County Sheriff's Department
and also the Austin Police. So we have a timeline of what
happened. According to police. It's all started yesterday
morning just before 11am When they say the suspect shot and
Austin Independent School District Police officer and then
about an hour after that police say they received 911 calls at
an address in Austin. The officers arrived at that address
and found a double homicide it just sees male and female. Then
about five hours after that a cyclist in a different part of
Austin reported being shot and injured. Now two hours after
that officers received or a police department received a
call from a different address to which officers responded. That
was a burglary in place being reported. The first officer that
responded at that second address said he found a suspect in the
backyard and the suspect then opened fire against that police
officer. The officer returned fire but the suspect was able to
flee, get in a vehicle and drive off. At that point. Officers
were able to chase him down. He was in a car accident and then
they were able to apprehend that suspect. The officer that was
shot was then taken to a hospital while other officers
entered that home and found two other people disease so a lot of
events taking place. Now after this happened, the Austin Police
Department contacted the bear sheriff's department saying they
had an address they wanted them to check on that was linked to
the suspect deputies that went to that address now that was
south of Austin in the San Antonio area. That's why they
contacted the bear County Sheriff's Department. And those
deputies then found two more people to cease to be part of
that third address. So in total it is six people dead all
connected to this suspect Kate,
Adam Curry: that sounds like a gang thing.
John C Dvorak: Or yeah, it's definitely something like that.
I know more details that I know have not
Adam Curry: heard about that. But you know, when when I first
moved to Austin, you'd hear about one shooting maybe every
six months. Yeah, by the time we left it was every day.
John C Dvorak: Yeah. Every local government Yeah, defund the
Adam Curry: police good god
John C Dvorak: find the police put in some DA is not going to
do anything. And
Adam Curry: you get so lady G Lind Lindy Hop, Lindsey Graham
are in the news because of that Christopher rea thing with the
red blinking lights but also, just before that from the same,
the Senate session with with the FBI director. This short clip
showed up which everyone went Oh, no. Oh, what do you
Unknown: think their votes for Israel apart from the package?
Republicans overwhelmingly support Israel certain most
Democrats. Republicans are divided on Ukraine. Republicans
are 100% behind strong border security. If you want aid to
Ukraine, we need to control our southern border. I will will not
vote for any aid until we secure on border reform asylum reform.
Reform parole is possible to do. Democrats don't want to do it
all Republicans want to do it. I'm not helping you drain into
we have ourselves.
Adam Curry: That's literally the only clip everybody had
everywhere on Twitter and every black the hill. Oh, no, what's
happened? He's flip flopped. No. No, he has not. This is a scam.
This is a scam to get $106 billion for the military
industrial complex. Here's what went down. Here's two clips what
Lindsey Graham actually said. And it's quite simple to see how
this is a a unit party scam to get more money to the military
industrial complex. Thank
Unknown: you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Inspector, Inspector,
Director,
Adam Curry: I had to leave that he called Ray the inspector. So
Unknown: Mr. Chairman, one thing that I will be talking about.
Among the list of threats is a broken board. Mr. Chairman,
since President Biden has taken office, we've had 6.6 main
encounters with illegal aliens at the southern border. that's
larger than 33 states. And we're on pace. The last seven days,
we've been averaging about 9500 a day, play that out, weigh that
out looking at 3.4 million this year, at that rate, that poses
at 10 million, and that doesn't count the getaways. So we're
negotiating how to help Ukraine, count me in for helping Ukraine
a robust path to help our allies in Ukraine. Ukraine makes sense
to me. Upping the ability of Taiwan to defend itself.
Adam Curry: Makes sense to me or mining Israel.
Unknown: All the sense in the world, all good. Border Security
is the fourth plank of this supplemental. We're wildly
apart.
Adam Curry: So they have a negotiation. And they're going
to dress this up. They say you heard what what he wants Taiwan
money, good. Ukraine money, good. Pay for all money. Good.
But we have 610. I don't know how many millions coming into
the border. So let's shut down a tiny portion
Unknown: of that the negotiations by Senator Lankford
and Murphy, I appreciate their efforts. We made great progress,
I think on asylum. But the Democratic party seems to be
unwilling to address that
Adam Curry: notice, we made great progress on asylum. So
don't talk about asylum. That's all done. That's all good. Let's
talk about what we're really going to do to show the American
people we're fixing the border.
Unknown: The key problem for all parole. This statute is pretty
clear. The Secretary of DHS has the ability to parole an
individual is supposed to be an individual based on a case by
case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons, or
significant public benefit. My orcas and people at DHS abused
that provision to give parole to over 240,000 people from poor
countries alone, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. It is
not meant to be used in that fashion. Why are we at an
impasse? The Biden administration refuses to follow
the law as written, refuses to give up this concept of
humanitarian parole, because it is their way of managing the
border.
Adam Curry: There you go. So what he's really talking about
is 249,000 people out of 10 million. Don't worry, so he's
making it look like he's big man. We know that Lindsey Graham
is bought and paid for by the military industrial complex.
Look at his state. look at why he always wins. It's so obvious.
Don't worry, we're gonna fight for this parole thing. Yeah,
we'll cut it down. We'll cut it down. I'm
John C Dvorak: Lindsey Graham. 50 To 50 10,250,000 attend any
literature
Adam Curry: we already got the asylum thing worked out police
nothing's going to change this way. Nothing except we're gonna
get the money for Israel on Taiwan. Crane. Sounds good. 106
billion. Another 106 billion. I wonder how the how the people in
Chicago are feeling about that right now. Loving it. Did you
Did you follow? I had clip after clip and then Chicago
John C Dvorak: thing is, is great. Yeah, yeah.
Adam Curry: So so. So they the Member It was the same company
that had the contracts. The mayor already had the contracts
went around his city council. So we got a contract with the
busing company. They'll be they will build tents. So they start
building tents. So, in this for 2000 people, but that's what
they said would probably be more in these fenced off Chicago
areas and then they do a ground sample. Oh, there's cancer in
there. Keep building, keep keep building. Just keep building
it's fine. Don't worry about it. Yeah, well, that all came to a
head
Unknown: three Chicago aldermen, frustrated with Mayor Brandon
Johnson's handling of the migrant crisis with several of
his top officials gone. In this letter, Alderman Anthony Bill
Anthony and Apollo Tonto and Raymond Lopez asked the mayor to
demand the immediate resignation of seven senior leaders,
including the Deputy Mayor for migrant rights, and Johnson's
Deputy Chief of Staff. Alderman Lopez says the tipping point was
Brighton Park big point, the very notion that we have a team
of individuals who saw no problem using a cancerous
brownfield to house 2000 Venezuelan migrants is
astonishing to me. It's astounding and it's really
setting up not only this policy directed by the mayor for
failure, but also setting up the city for failure and future
litigation. Yesterday, Governor Pritzker pulled the plug on the
Johnson administration's plan to build a winterize migrant base
camp and right in park after traces of toxic chemicals were
discovered at the site. Lopez and his colleagues say they're
worried to other temporary housing locations might also be
contaminated the
John C Dvorak: whole area of chemicals Yeah, it's
Adam Curry: all it's I wonder if the people
John C Dvorak: are these toxic chemicals come from and why are
they worried that they're in the first place? Well, we
Adam Curry: don't know but Pino,
John C Dvorak: they don't discuss any Oh, no
Unknown: isn't locations. You know, they're
John C Dvorak: trying to do the right thing. They're putting up
a shanty town.
Adam Curry: They had the right idea. Yeah. But it's now they're
all going to go into Hotel. Well, they Yeah, there'll be
going to police station now. They're going to go into hotels,
and other do airport. Yeah, maybe
Unknown: it'll be contaminated. How many more sites is the mayor
going to use? Is his team going to use that are contaminated?
What do we know about 115 Can Halston. What do we know about
the CVS and little village? Nothing. A spokesperson for
Mayor Johnson dismissed the letter saying this is not
serious correspondence. Yet the individuals that attacks are
doing very serious work in addressing the urgency of a
humanitarian crisis that has brought nearly 25,000 new
arrivals to our city. This week administration defended itself
noting that at the height of the challenge 5000 migrants flooded
police stations and airports. Today that number is roughly
600. As for Brighton Park, the state is supposed to foot the
bill for construction work, but the contractor might have to eat
the cost now that the site has been found uninhabitable
meanwhile,
Adam Curry: it's 14 degrees in Chicago. It's so obvious to see
this was coming. Close the border for real people. Come on,
stop using the word
John C Dvorak: keep shipping everyone to Chicago. Well 10
million people are
Adam Curry: going they're choosing to go to Chicago it's
not just that 10 million. It's not just Texas busing them off
there's a lot of people that come in where do you want to go
Chicago? Because they got people there?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, well the more people are there it's like
it's like it kind of it builds momentum again, but everyone got
wanting to go to Chicago because that's where their friends are.
Yeah,
Adam Curry: I was talking to the shoeshine guy at the
Indianapolis Airport. We were having your shoe shine my boots
Yes. Oh, I love that. I love to wearing your Texas
John C Dvorak: boots you not wearing sneakers like every
other person in the world? No,
Adam Curry: I wear my boots pretty much all the time.
John C Dvorak: Well, okay, so what did the guy tell you?
Adam Curry: Well, he he wouldn't he could come in from Liberia.
And he Liberian shoeshine guy and he he owned beyond two
shoeshine stands in the airport. His son was working the the
other terminal. He was in BS on his MA. And he was telling me
same things, you know, how did you wind up here said while like
everybody, you know, I had some I had someone who was from
Liberia. I knew who was here and they said hey, man, I got a good
gig for you come on over. It was 19 years ago, but still he says
you know that's how it works. Where do you got a friend Where
do you have some some family then? And if they got a thing
going on those go it's all for work. It's all for work. He was
he was real happy to be here. He's an American. Now of course.
He was very happy to be here. And a great shot. I hope so. 15
box waking get a shoeshine for 15 bucks. That's very
inexpensive. I wouldn't know you don't get you wear crocs.
John C Dvorak: I don't wear crocs at all things.
Adam Curry: You wear Speedos that look like crocs.
John C Dvorak: I don't wear Speedos. I don't even know they
make shoes. What is the shoes? You had that look like crocs? I
never had shoes that look like Kroc. What were the shoes you
had that were like plastic. I've never had a plastic shoe. Okay,
you're dreaming. I don't know what kind of nightmares you have
at night. But that Guess you want to see me walking around in
a plastic shoe? That has to be something that
Adam Curry: made me it's because I was listening to DH unplugged.
And you guys are always talking about it. Oh, he's a crocs nut.
It's in my subconscious now.
John C Dvorak: The big crux fanatic, the chroming he talks
crocs he invests in crocs. He wears crocs as maybe he was
about crocs all the time. He says he has a pair of crocs that
he's had for 30 years and they've, they've never failed
them. And,
Adam Curry: you know, the story behind crocs the success story,
no, no, when the movie, Idiocracy was being shot, so
this is now what, 25 years ago, maybe longer. They were looking
the production or the art director or the production
manager was almost looking for futuristic shoes. And the woman
came to the director, whatever, you're famous guy, director, and
he said, I've got these phenomenal shoes, they're going
to be great because no one will ever wear these things. They're
so ugly, it'll look like it's from that crazy future. And that
was crocs, and that was their big. I've never heard that
story. Yeah, yeah, that was their big break. Now, crocs,
crocs for the win. And now Justin Bieber has crocs he has
crocs boots. Yeah, I
John C Dvorak: think he's wearing crocodile boots.
Adam Curry: Now. He's got Croc crocs. Sure. Yeah. Like Gucci
Croc has all kinds of stocks. Crocs, crocs.
John C Dvorak: I want to play the hearing with Stefanik.
Grilling the presidents of the three universities.
Adam Curry: This was fantastic.
John C Dvorak: And Liz McGill's Penn State apology tour later 24
hours? No, I
Adam Curry: didn't hear that. I
John C Dvorak: have that too. Well, but go you go. So here we
go. This is the next hearing and I set it up, set it up. I'm
gonna get them doing that as as you're telling me to set it up.
I'm actually setting it up to the house, which shouldn't be
the house on American Activities Committee. DeVore
x.substack.com. Read about it. It shouldn't be that but no, it
was a committee on on, on anti semitism in the universities.
And they, and they've got the president. It's all females.
Interestingly enough, the president of Harvard, the
president of MIT and the president of Penn State, and
they go through them one by one. And Stefanik, who is a very
interesting new kind of a fiery congresswoman from District 21
of New York, Republican. She's going after him. And then she
catches a kind of a, an interesting little theme where
they can't and they all kind of answer the same way. Yeah, they
all say in context is that is the key words. But she catches
the fact that none of them can say yes, to a very simple
question that if any one of them just said yeah, yes. And they'd
be passed over, I'd be fine. But now all three of them are likely
to get fired. Especially the Penn State woman who blew it the
most, or let's start. She's just crazy. But let's you hear it
when you when you go through. It's unfortunate. I feel I
apologize for the phonics, popping her piece into the mic
constantly. But here we go,
Unknown: does em at MIT, does calling for the genocide of Jews
violate MIT's code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and
harassment? Yes, or no way before?
Adam Curry: Before we get to that? When it comes to the First
Amendment? I would say calling for the genocide of anybody. Is
is that permissible? Or is that not permissible?
John C Dvorak: is permissible by the government, by Constitution
by the constant if you're running a university University,
you can have your own rules or regulations regarding what was
speech can be, you know about stuff like that? I mean, you
there has to be a limit at some point you can't say, and like
the right wing talk show, guys. Also, what if it was about the
genocide of all black people? Would they've reacted the same
TQ or allergy all gays? Yeah, it would have been, but no, it was
Adam Curry: not. Second question. If you said I call for
the killing of John C. Dvorak. Is that permissible under the
First Amendment?
John C Dvorak: I think it's a threat. Right? Okay. But a
jealousy guy could sue you or something
Adam Curry: or you can be arrested. But a genocide is not
the same threat.
John C Dvorak: genocides. It is very It seems to me to be the
same genocide Do you want to kill all people of this group?
So
Adam Curry: you should not be able to say it by the First
Amendment?
John C Dvorak: You Yeah, I think she This is where these guys got
into trouble. Yeah. They kept thinking first amendment as
well. You could you should be able to say anything you want
including it Think there's a fire in the theater. And that's
the one thing you can't say I this is not in the Constitution
that you can't. That's just a kind of a generally accepted
rule. Yeah, there's a lot of things that are just generally
accepted as you can't say these things. And this is one of them.
And all you have to do is say can you do as she asked the same
question you just say yes, you just no good yeah, you're even
get carry with her. I think it's deplorable, that anyone would
even think such a thing, let alone say it. Done. Now, you
Adam Curry: could have said yes, you can say it, but it's
horrible and deplorable. That's what
John C Dvorak: that's what you can do anything. You could do
anything. But what they did, what they did was, well, I don't
know. Let's listen
Unknown: does em at MIT. Does calling for the genocide of Jews
violate MIT's code of conduct or own rules regarding bullying,
harassment, yes or no? If targeted at individuals not
making public statements? Yes or no? Calling for the genocide of
Jews does not constitute bullying and harassment. I have
not heard calling for the genocide for Jews on our campus.
But you've heard chants for Intifada, I've heard chants,
which can be anti semitic depending on the context when
calling for the elimination of the Jewish people. So those
would not be according to the MIT's code of conduct or rules
that would be investigated of as harassment if pervasive and
severe.
Ms. McGill at Penn. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate
Penn's rules or code of conduct? Yes or No.
If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment.
Adam Curry: If the speech turns into conduct. Why Why could they
not just answer the question? What is going on? What were they
afraid?
John C Dvorak: Here's what I have a theory. Okay. Because
they all say context, especially the Harvard Woman Yeah, the
Harvard one was one of the worst but this woman here just blew it
every which way. And I she has a rebuttal. But I think the three
of them because they're all you know, either. were the top
three. Ivy League's with Ivy where they were the cat's meow.
So they got together. Oh,
Adam Curry: yeah, we're all answering it the same way
because you know, screw these. Screw this Republican. Yeah,
yeah.
John C Dvorak: They I'm sure they agreed on because they
think this idea of what depends on the context keeps cropping
up. And this one and this one, though, is the worst of the
three in terms of her saying, Well, unless they start genocide
thing is no big deal,
Adam Curry: unless they start actually genocide. And it's
okay. Yes,
Unknown: I am asking, specifically calling for the
genocide of Jews. does that constitute bullying or
harassment? If
it is directed and severe or pervasive? It is harassment. So
the answer is yes. It is a context dependent decision.
Congresswoman,
it's a context dependent decision. That's your testimony
today, calling for the genocide of Jews is depending upon the
context, that is not bullying or harassment. This is the easiest
question to answer. Yes, Miss McGill. So is your testimony
that you will not answer yes. If it
is if the if the speech becomes conduct. It can be harassment,
yes, conduct meaning committing the act of genocide. The speech
is not harassment. This is unacceptable. Miss Miguel, I'm
gonna give you one more opportunity for the world to see
your answer. No. And podcasts calling for the genocide of Jews
violate pens, Code of Conduct when it comes to bullying and
harassment? Yes or no?
It can be harassment?
The answer is yes.
Adam Curry: So clearly, they're so afraid. Here's what I think.
They're so afraid to piss off the protesting students that
they'll get lynched and lose everything I that's what's going
on here, where
John C Dvorak: that element does exist. But the thing that I know
they had to get together because each of the three uses context,
it's all
Adam Curry: the same, of course, but that's because over because
they have to have a front because all of the children at
the schools are out there protesting against genocide,
Joe,
John C Dvorak: both they have, I don't think this to be I don't
know where they're coming from in terms of their reality
checks. But it seems to me that if they just said yes, they can
be done with it. No, and the students would care. I don't
think his students even know this was going on, let alone go
after him. No,
Adam Curry: of course not. But these students don't know
anything, either. It's the political factions that are
activating them. It's the socialist groups that are
activating them. And that have been that they've been taught
for decades, about colonialism. This is this is this is the the
epitome of colonialism in their minds. This is what's going on
that Deep before we continue, the White House interns have
written a letter to the president demanding a Middle
East ceasefire. The interns? Yeah,
John C Dvorak: that's really bad.
Adam Curry: I mean, to be to be an intern in the White House is
a big deal. And they wrote, We the undersigned fall 2023 White
House and executive office of the president interns will no
longer remain silent on the ongoing genocide of the
Palestinian people. We are Palestinians Jewish, Arab,
Muslim, Christian, Black, Asian, Latina, Latina, white and queer.
We need the voices of the American people and call on the
administration to demand a permanent ceasefire. We are not
the decision makers of today but we aspire to be the leaders of
tomorrow. We will never forget how the pleas of the American
people have been not have been heard and thus far ignored. So
that's bad when your own interns the unpaid help who are there to
get a good mark for now this was a you were a good intern. Dude,
this is this is this. It's beautiful to watch because the
whole thing is backfiring. Everything.
John C Dvorak: It's hilarious, I think
Adam Curry: is quite okay. What's the third one? Is that
the
John C Dvorak: third one we go into the NBA, we finally finish
it off with the Harvard woman
Unknown: and Dr. Gay at Harvard. is calling for the genocide of
Jews violate Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? Yes or
no?
It can be depending on the context. What's the context
targeted as an individual targeted as at an individual?
It's targeted
at Jewish students, Jewish individuals? Do you understand
your testimony is dehumanizing them? No. Do you understand that
dehumanization is part of anti semitism? I will ask you one
more time. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate
Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? Yes or no?
anti semitic rhetoric? When is it anti semitic rhetoric, anti
semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct conduct amounts to
bullying, harassment, intimidation, just
Adam Curry: for for our deconstruction when it crosses
into conduct that means that you actually start genocide in Jews?
Is that what she means by that? Yes, what
John C Dvorak: the Penn State woman said and
Adam Curry: then when you when you start genocide in Jews, then
it's harassment and bullying. Got it? Got it. I gotta hear
that again. So when it crosses into conduct ie making good on
your threats, then is bullying pay you got to stop genocide in
the Jews bro.
Unknown: anti semitic rhetoric. When is it anti semitic
rhetoric, anti semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct
that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that
is actionable conduct, and we do take action.
So the answer is yes. That calling for the genocide of Jews
violates Harvard code of conduct, correct.
Again,
it depends on the context. It does not depend on the context.
The answer is yes. And this is why you should resign. These are
unacceptable answers across the board.
Adam Curry: Oh, that was almost as good as John Kerry's fart
video, whichever
John C Dvorak: one was. That's going around.
Adam Curry: Carry far too. Good goodness. So
John C Dvorak: let's go. The last clip in this series is Liz
McGill. Yes. And she the other two women didn't do this. They
sent out press releases saying well I think was misunderstood.
But Liz McGill goes on, on on social media and apologizes like
an idiot. And I it's just like it makes no sense. You had your
chance to say yes, but no, you do this instead. There
Unknown: was a moment during yesterday's congressional
hearing on anti semitism. When I was shooting
Adam Curry: her office on a webcam like thing. Is that what
she's doing here? Yep. Just
Unknown: asked if a call for the genocide of Jews che wastop.
John C Dvorak: I think what they should do if you get to do this
be in your car.
Adam Curry: We just keep it with a seatbelt on a driving as even
funnier. Even
Unknown: better the drive during yesterday's congressional
hearing on anti semitism when I was asked if a call for the
genocide of Jewish people on our campus would violate our
policies. In that moment, I was focused on our university's long
standing policies aligned with the US Constitution, which say
that speech alone is not punishable. I was not focused on
but I should have been the irrefutable fact that a call for
genocide have Jewish people is a call for some of the most
terrible violence, human beings can perpetrate? It's evil, plain
and simple. I want to be clear, a call for genocide of Jewish
people is threatening deeply. So it is intentionally meant to
terrify people who have been subjected to pogroms and hatred
for centuries. And were the victims of mass genocide in the
Holocaust. In my view, it would be harassment or intimidation
for decades under multiple pen presidents and consistent with
most universities, and readings
John C Dvorak: by the way, guys, yeah, she's
Adam Curry: totally reading it. Yeah, he's reading this. Hill
and Knowlton had to get called in for this one. Like writes up
mop man, I'm in trouble.
Unknown: For decades under multiple pen presidents and
consistent with most universities, Penn's policies
have been guided by the Constitution and the law. In
today's world, where we are seeing signs of hate
proliferating across our campus and our world, in a way not seen
in years, these policies need to be clarified and evaluated on
their use. Penn must initiate a serious and careful look at our
policies. Okay. Plus Jackson and I will immediately convene a
process to do so. As President I'm committed to a safe, secure
and supportive environment. So all members of our community can
thrive. We can and we will get this right. Thank you. Alright,
Adam Curry: so here's how it went down. Liz, this is
Rosenberg. I got a problem with my donation this year. Come on.
It's so phony. All phonies, the whole thing. Yeah, I love it. I
love it. It's so cool to see all of this backfiring every single
bit is just backfiring. I do have an NBC report. Let's see
how NBC reported on the so you had the actual clips. This is
the report
Unknown: on Capitol Hill, the presidents of three top schools
MIT UPenn and Harvard grilled over a spike in anti semitism on
their campuses. Your university is a hotbed of it hot at the
center of the hearing tension over how to protect both student
safety and free speech while combating anti semitism and
Islamophobia. disagreements
about the conflict in the Middle East should never escalate to
threats of violence
coverage President was asked about pro Palestinian
demonstrators calling for Intifada on her campus
can you not see a code of conduct at Harvard,
we embrace a commitment to free expression even a views that are
objectionable, offensive, hateful. It's when that speech
crosses into conduct that violates our policies.
In recent weeks, a number of Jewish students had told NBC
News they worry for their safety
why today a Jewish student is afraid to walk to the library at
night. Congressman, let me start by saying I'm I'm devastated to
hear that and the safety and security of our campus and our
students in particular as my top concern or three
presidents are facing criticism for their response to hate
rhetoric on campus. Each walked through new plans to combat anti
semitism. staff here at UPenn say they've received anti
semitic emails and hateful slogans were projected on
buildings now there's additional security at religious centers
and a new anti semitism task force.
Adam Curry: Now notice what word was the what word was not used
in that report? The word genocide they didn't put any of
the actual hearing into that report. They really carefully
left it out they put all that there was a big meeting about
that piece. Oh, no, we can't have that hard when you
John C Dvorak: can't Okay. This this is NBC big supporters of
Biden you can use the word genocide because people will
make it because you were still in good trying to get rid of
this genocide Joe meme. Yep, yep. So it was not your this is
your media at work covering for the president phony phony
baloney, it's unbelievably bad. So
Adam Curry: while we're on these children at schools, let's bring
in some transgenderism, some trans Maoist movement that's
going on because things are starting to become clearer and I
am so happy for Cheryl Atkinson. She still has got the I think
she has the career that Lauren Logan should have the oh she's
doing her own thing. She's agree
John C Dvorak: with that. I actually agree with that. Cheryl
has done a fabulous job of she went over to Sinclair and gotta
look. It's not the gig that she had by any means. Not even
close. But she still gets to put out what you're good material.
Adam Curry: She puts out good material. I think she's making a
little bit of money supplies like pod Cash level, you know,
but that's okay. I think her husband works. It's all fine.
And she's,
John C Dvorak: you know, she might even be making as much as
she was a correspondent at CBS. That's not the big bucks. She
wasn't like an anchor or anybody who makes a lot of money. No,
Adam Curry: but but she kept her integrity, integrity. She kept
her integrity. She still has the same kind of look. You know,
she's got that news. You know, like investigative reporter
look, with the hair tied back all good stuff. The Look, she's
got the look. And even though the editing is not superduper, I
thought that this was an it's when you hear it will go out?
Well, of course, this is no surprise. But she had the right
people. She had the right information went to the exactly
the right depth. And this was about the transgender lobby, and
it explains exactly where everything is coming from.
Unknown: We began with an investigation into the forces
working to shape our information landscape when it comes to
transgender policies. When an issue goes from zero to 60,
practically overnight, grabbing headlines, political real estate
and funding priorities. You can bet there's an invisible hand in
play. Today, some of the surprising interests we found
behind the well funded transgender lobby.
Adam Curry: All right, so she had my attention from the get
go. And surprise, surprise, this is not a grassroots movement as
everyone have you believe it's top down people
Unknown: who think that this is a grassroots movement that is
giving rise to the transgender culture in the United States,
this transgender moment that people say that we're having, do
you not understand that this is more of a top down? dynamic that
is at play where you have really just a handful of organizations
and LGBT advocacy organizations that are driving the agenda, but
because they have such sway and such money, they're influencing
everything from schools, to politicians to corporate
America.
Adam Curry: All right. So there's three groups that that
this and this guy wrote a whole bunch that a lot of research on
this. What do you think is the number one money influencer as
to this top down movement?
John C Dvorak: Well, I know one of them is Pritzker. That's
Adam Curry: that comes into number two position. Who Soros
No no, no. Think much bigger. Who controls the media?
John C Dvorak: Disney.
Adam Curry: Who controls the media? Who controls
John C Dvorak: the media Pharma? Oh, Pharma.
Unknown: The name of the report that I wrote about this for the
American principles project is called the transgender
Leviathan. I chose that name on purpose for life and this
biblical monster that's just enormous. You can only ever
catch glimpses of the full size of it. Right.
So tell me what you've learned about the big forces behind the
funding? Yeah.
So I think you can you can broadly, name three, which is
pharmaceutical companies, liberal billionaires. And
ultimately, I think, to a growing extent the taxpayer.
When it comes to taxpayers, Gonzales points to studies the
government funds, like one promoting breast removal or
mastectomy is for young girls as part of a process to transition.
But
I think the for larger and more pernicious problem is the
problem of the pharmaceutical companies are behind this stuff.
And there's so much.
One example is Lupron the drug most commonly used for
suppressing puberty. It's a first step under one model of
treating children who wished to be the opposite sex.
It's not FDA approved for use in transition therapy, right. It's
used to castrate the basically the most dangerous kinds of sex
offenders who just can't help themselves and are most likely
to reoffending. So they give them Lupron to basically,
chemically castrate them. And now we're giving it to kids to
suppress the process of them going into puberty.
To injections reportedly costing as much as $73,000 Lutron Drew
$2 billion worth of business last year for drugmaker advi.
The
Biden administration cited a study produced by a group called
The Trevor Project. And Trevor Project is an LGBT advocacy
nonprofit. And basically, the Biden administration said like
this, this study from this nonpartisan nonprofit says that
it's important for children to be able to have access to gender
affirming care, right. When you look at the funding of the
Trevor Project, what you'll see is that they actually received
$50,000 from Abby Foundation, the company that manufactures
Blue
Adam Curry: Cross, the I love it. The Trevor Project is Elton
John's in that and this is that's huge. So we know how the
farm Mystikal companies at least control what the media does or
does not say. So that will be kept away from the news or the
media at all times. But now that was not so surprising to me. As
this next part, which explains so much,
Unknown: we found an even bigger medical money interests
surrounding the trans movement. It involves a little publicized
but sad reality, the transgender HIV epidemic in seven major US
cities, more than 40% of transgenders are infected with
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the rate is even higher among
transgender blacks, most of them 62% are HIV positive, according
to the CDC survey. That adds up to a lucrative market for
businesses like Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceutical company that
developed 11 HIV medications now on the market, earning over $1.5
billion a month month. And Gilead happens to be the single
biggest known funder of the trans agenda within $6 million
in 2017, and 2018. Gilead says its goal is to support
communities that are disproportionately impacted by
diseases aligned with our therapeutic areas of focus. But
wait, there's more. The number two funder of trans causes at
4.8 million over two years is Arcus foundation. Argus is a
nonprofit associated with billionaire John Stryker, heir
to the Stryker Corporation, medical technology company
fortune and a driver of gender identity, ideology and
transgenderism across the globe. Third, $4.6 million is to Wani
Foundation, associated with a billionaire Pritzker Family, and
James Now Jennifer Pritzker of the Hyatt Hotels fortune to one
he has large medical investments and funds causes that normalized
transgenderism and a broad spectrum of identities. And
number four among top donors to trans interest is Gill
foundation at $3.1 million associated with American
software magnate and gay activist Tim Gill, is the single
largest known donor to gay causes and a half billion
dollars total. So
Adam Curry: the way I read this report or hear this report, is
we need more transgender folk to get HIV to sell our medications
to if they're all in it, and they all have these these
companies that sell crap.
John C Dvorak: The marketing taken to the extreme Oh, and
then just marketing without conscience,
Adam Curry: who I mean, so pay I'll become a check. My name is
Pritzker. I'm Jen. Good to go. People are disturbed, and Cheryl
Durbin and rich. Well, that goes hand in hand sometimes, Cheryl
Atkinson will now wrap it up because of course this money
buys you everything you want, including education and
Unknown: money from a handful of sources, seeds 1000s of groups
reaching into policies and practices in government and
education, and corporations, universities, doctors,
associations, hospitals, insurance companies, media
outlets, journalism groups, and more. Top recipients of the
trans targeted money include the University of Minnesota, home to
Gender and Sexuality Center for queer and trans life. Another
top beneficiary is Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at
Eisenhower. It sponsors programs like this one for health care
professionals.
Hello, and welcome to
the Elevate webinars series on creating a gender affirming
healthcare environment for optimal HIV care. Funding for
transgender causes continues to hit new highs each year, by one
analysis, the top 10 foundations that give the most made up 55%
of the funding. In the end, the explosion and transgender
influence of society and politics can largely be traced
to a handful of powerful interests.
Adam Curry: There you go. And of course, stopping advertising of
pharmaceutical products directly to consumers on television would
help a lot of this.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, help prevent it. And by the way, this
is the kind of report that you would have seen on the show 60
minutes about 15 or 20 years ago
Adam Curry: longer. I don't even think to do that now.
John C Dvorak: 60 No, they
Adam Curry: don't do it. Now. You know what 60 minutes is
doing now they're doing native ads for IBM for their quads.
Computer shows.
John C Dvorak: The show is unwatchable. Yeah.
Adam Curry: Yeah, the quantum computer or IBM is that we don't
have we don't have an AI play. So we got to do quantum. But
this is their watch, but this is right. This is a horrible,
horrible they don't care about the children. They've completely
captured parents who are dumb now it's called Trans housing by
proxy. Who are narcissistic Cluster B personality disorder?
Who were who and I say that with love and understanding because
they were traumatized Munchausen this is now an accepted term
trans housing by bipolar trans housing. Yes, it went from
Munchausen by proxy to trans housing by proxy. It is
apparently an accepted term in the hate is the epic times the
epoch, Epoch Times. Parents personality disorders driving
surge in trans kids. The it's true, it's I mean, of course,
there are people with gender dysphoria there have always been
people with gender dysphoria. But this move to 30% of kids
saying, Oh yeah, I'm non binary I'm in February Jamie Reid,
former case manager at the Washington University for
transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital, exposed
practice at the clinic and describe parents who were
adamant about transitioning their children. Her revelations
became the catalyst for Missouri lawmakers to draft a law barring
hormone therapy. And this is where they coined the phrase
trans hate. Yes, Trent, trans housing by proxy. But it's
narcissism by many of these. It's the same thing as was, you
know, you get some Hollywood celebrities to start to kick off
the GPL. One mania, the ozempic You know, and then everyone
follows it's, it's the advertising is the problem.
That's the biggest problem. We could stop so much by just
stopping that. And while we're on it,
John C Dvorak: well, that was depressing. Well,
Adam Curry: I'll lift your spirits with some crazy stuff
here. They there is such a push to get these semaglutide drugs
into the Medicare package and forced forced insurance that
they are just dead just rolling out everything they can. It
helps you lose weight. But wait, let's bring on George
Stephanopoulos. This is Good Morning America. And these are
people who take themselves very seriously. Listen to the crap
they are doing
Unknown: that a new research on ozempic and alcohol. It finds
that the weight loss drug may also help prevent alcohol
overuse and abuse Dr. Jenn Ashman is standing by first to
Russia has the details.
Adam Curry: No, I'm alcoholic abuse. It helps what
Unknown: I have noticed everything drink wine anymore.
And it's it's That's crazy to me, because I couldn't stop
before
this morning the wildly popular drug use for weight loss
semaglutide is now showing very early signs of potentially
curbing alcohol use for those who drink excessively a new case
study composed of
Adam Curry: the we used to call those drunks or alcoholics now
it is alcohol use disorder.
Unknown: For those who drink excessively, a new case study
composed of six people's Whoa, six gay people, people reading
positive for alcohol use disorder or AUD found that they
all saw a clinically significant decrease in symptoms while they
were using semaglutide for weight loss. Christy Martin who
was not part of the study says whilst he used to drink wine
every night, her urge to drink has disappeared. Drinking
for me was becoming a bit of an issue. I
Adam Curry: can't believe this is on television. I was I was a
drunk I was a wash. But then I took the ozempic
Unknown: and the fact that I just have no desire for it is
something I didn't expect and is just an amazing side benefit. I
can't even tell you how amazing
this small case study now setting the stage for larger
clinical trials. Looking at semaglutide as a treatment for
AUD as researchers explored whether the drug has the
potential to treat other excessive use conditions. And
again, this initial study only included six patients but as you
heard more thorough studies are already underway. It could be
years before we know the true results. Does it matter? No.
Okay, well, thanks for Oh, thanks.
Adam Curry: I'm gonna tell you let's put this bet that report
was discussed and it's not over. It's not over. I'm going to put
in the red book right now. That there will be a study that was
six people is the norm these days there will be a study that
shows that ozempic is great for erectile dysfunction, I
guarantee it this is the only thing they're missing. Is this
the only thing? You know I was kind of you know flaccid but now
man, I'm not only my trim but look at look at it. Dr. Janice
Unknown: here. You know a lot about these drugs you're board
certified in obesity medicine What is this study board
Adam Curry: certified in obesity medicine? Okay,
John C Dvorak: tell us. What's
Unknown: interesting about this is astute doctors for years who
have been managing patients on the GLP. One agonists. That's
the semaglutide class for weight loss and treating obesity, have
started to hear anecdotal reports of this, this small case
study of these six patients was really one of the first times
that reported in the literature, their their experience with
their cravings for alcohol use their subjective experience with
that really powerfully documented theories, our
Adam Curry: subjective experience with that this is
this is a native ad of the most lowest form, the lowest form,
and it's minutes and minutes of this stuff,
Unknown: their subjective experience with that really
powerfully documented theories are that works in the brain in
the reward center. But this can be a major indication, I have to
say, you know, we
know a lot of people who are taking drugs, and they report
the same thing. You know, a
Adam Curry: lot of people who are drunks here at ABC is
reporting the same thing. So
Unknown: literally, they do. Yeah, but what are
their treatment options are available for substance abuse
disorders, well, this is
one of those bright spots is that it sheds light on what
treatments are already existing and how they're not being used.
Three FDA
Adam Curry: approved event, an extra bonus, they're promoting
some other drugs,
Unknown: medications. For people with alcohol use disorder, they
are vastly under prescribed behavioral interventions. And
then tech based or app based therapies,
Adam Curry: tech based or app based therapies,
Unknown: based, obviously, increasing in popularity and
research, but they have a role as well. But all of these
things, this isn't about just, you know, potentially choosing
one, it's about if you have an alcohol use disorder or
substance use disorder, filling the boat and getting as much
treatment it
Adam Curry: was, it was substance abuse. But now that
they have this new term, I don't know, saying this substance use
disorder, alcohol use disorder, not abuse, use. So you're not
quite a drunk, but you're kind of on the way.
Unknown: And as you can make a big change in your life, as we
were just discussing. I mean, it really seems like a miracle
drug. Why do you think that there seems to be a stigma
against the use of social backgrounds, lash Lindsey is
huge, whether it's for weight management or mental illness,
and that really can't that it's just wrong, you know, if you had
high blood pressure, you would treat it. There's a role for
these. For every one, it's not one size fits all, but you have
to factor in the risk of not taking a medication like this,
versus the benefits of treating your risk of not taking it
Adam Curry: isn't this great? Wow, you can't afford the risk
of not taking this this medication, it could it's so
benefit. It is a Hamas support disorder, it will, it will cure
everything
Unknown: Crusher, you would treat it. There's a role for
these. It's not for everyone. It's not one size fits all, but
you have to factor in the risk of not taking a medication like
this, versus the benefits of treating it when you weigh those
options. Seems like so helpful. risks
John C Dvorak: of not taking it versus the benefits are
unbelievable way of putting it and by the way, I think you get
paid. It's almost like I'm reminded of the old was that
show where they would get into fights on the stage all the
time, Springer show Jerry Springer show where they have a
this was revealed by someone who's on the show that you got a
sheet that if you did this, you got paid so much you did that
you got paid so much bonus. And so you picked through a shoe,
you get 500 bucks, something like that. Yeah. There is
obviously a bonus clause in here for saying for somebody say if
somebody says it's a miracle miracle
Adam Curry: drug,
John C Dvorak: there's 500 bucks.
Adam Curry: I think this is more than that. I mean, the doctor
Jen,
John C Dvorak: to the obesity expert, board
Adam Curry: certified, Dr. Janice saying you really I mean,
you'd have to, you'd have to weigh the risk of not taking
this
John C Dvorak: versus she should be just barred for at this
point. You can't disappoint anybody. But she should be
something should be done about someone who's who puts it in
that way. In other words, it's risky not to take it. It's
beneficial to take it but what
Adam Curry: you're saying here is that this obesity, and this
is the bottom line, John, everybody knows obesity. It's a
disease. It's not because you eat. It's a use disorder, a food
use disorder. You see this is where this is going treated.
Unknown: There's a role for these. It's not for everyone,
it's not one size fits all but you have to factor in the risk
of not taking a medication like this, versus the benefits of
treating it when you weigh those options. Seems like so helpful.
Diabetes, weight loss, alcohol, you
name it origin. Thank you. So much. That's
Adam Curry: awesome everything. Now, there is of course, you
know, a closing to this eight minute story. We
Unknown: are back now with a question from our viewers and
Dr. Jenn is here to answer it. Of course, the question is, I'm
using off of ozempic. And I'm worried about the weight coming
back. Any suggestions for this? So first
of all, it depends on each individual, of course. But yes,
people should expect that some amount of weight loss on these
GLP one agonists will come back. Oh, because that is the chronic
condition of overweight and obesity. It's not like treating
strep throat where once you're done, you're done away, how much
we'll come back is an unknown. But what is happening in the
real world is that a lot of doctors who have patients on
these kinds of medications like ozempic, we go the Manjaro are
are kind of putting them on a maintenance plan as
Adam Curry: a maintenance plan. This is a great drug, we need
this in Medicare a maintenance plan. You're on it for ever,
Unknown: in terms of long term. So what could that look like
potentially, and again, it will be different for every person,
it might mean instead of taking a shot or an injection every
week, maybe you're taking it every two weeks or every 10
days, it might be going down on a dose it might be alternating
weeks, one week on one week off.
Adam Curry: This sounds a lot like the Sacklers with the with
the opioids or just change your dose, don't worry point
Unknown: is that you have to remember the condition of
overweight and obesity are chronic conditions.
Adam Curry: It's chronic condition, you can't help it
it's chronic, it's a disease, that's that's all that there's
there for you need a maintenance program, you need to keep taking
it because otherwise that weight is going to come back or
Unknown: not as simple as treating an infection for a
short period of time, and then you're done with it. So long
term management is going to be a big part of it. And we still
don't know what that will look like there is
a weight management component to this where the donor can kind of
decide to lower the dosage to make sure you're consistent and
you're not losing more weight than you want.
Absolutely, just like we do managing patients on other types
of medications. It's not always the official way that the drug
is designed. But this is what doctors and health care
providers do to help their patients manage a chronic
condition. So we should be hearing more about that because
they're going to be a lot of people who are going to be
managed on these medications. Oh
Adam Curry: my god, this is so horrible. But you know, this is
this is who we are, this is who we are as Americans. I'm almost
speechless of hearing. Hearing this. And then okay, then last
one, I'll stop. This is not about to ozempic this is well,
actually, I should I should do this one. This is this is the
Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal report, which has a
podcast in the morning. And they they now so I'm gonna play this,
this clear native ad about ozempic and new term will be
introduced to and then listen for the story that comes right
after this one
Unknown: as demand for weight loss drugs like ozempic and
we'll go V continues to surge food companies are looking for
ways to cash in like by pitching companion products or even
natural alternative companion
Adam Curry: products. We should do a podcast that companion
product for for your ozempic weight loss will be motivated
just
John C Dvorak: be food.
Unknown: Joining me to discuss is reporter Jesse Newman pay
Jessie pay their HSA there, of course, food companies are
looking to see whether and how these drugs will reshape
American diets, how are they responding?
big food companies
like everyone else have certainly noticed how popular
these drugs that were designed to treat diabetes and obesity
have become. And they've really been watching us these drugs
just have gotten incredibly popular spread to millions of
consumers throughout the US. And there's some concern that that
could sort of take a bite out of demand for the products that
these companies make, oh, we better get some food. And so
what we're seeing is it's very early days, but we are seeing
some companies that are trying to step in and develop some
companion products to proffer to patients on these drugs.
So what are some of their solutions?
We're seeing companies like Nestle and Abbott and they are
coming up with what they're calling companion products. And
these are products that the patients who are taking diabetes
and weight loss drugs could also consume if for example, they're
losing muscle mass. There's a startup out in California. If
Adam Curry: you're losing muscle mass, which is the main thing
these products remove, okay, if you find that you're that you
have ozempic Ask because you lose it because of muscle mass
loss. We got some chocolate for you and the startup is doing
Unknown: super gut and there were like mixes and shakes and
bars out of ours Hi Terry prebiotic fiber blend that they
call nature's event. Actually, same thing that these drugs can
do. Okay, so
Adam Curry: this is the bullcrap report but wait for the next
story in this pod using
Unknown: all natural foods.
That was WSJ is Jesse Newman.
Adam Curry: And now on to the next story, what should it be?
Unknown: And finally, after seven years of research,
McDonald's is taking its burgers making more than 50 tweaks to
its signature offerings is not
Adam Curry: by mistake people. This is how your American media
works. It's not a mistake. Like you can lose the weight now go
eat a burger. And right on cue right on to right on cue. Did we
not say that McDonald's was going to have all the morning
shows doing their new thing now?
John C Dvorak: Oh, yeah, we're they're munching down on burgers
and going yum.
Unknown: Let us turn now to our headline making mystery from the
world of fast food.
Adam Curry: The world of fast food. Are you excited? Yeah.
Unknown: Look at this. It's a building in suburban Chicago and
it's been getting a lot of attention on social media. Now
look closely or write their cosmetics comic.
John C Dvorak: What's that? What
Unknown: is asking what is this all about? And this is Maggie
vest. Vash is a head of the Maggie Good morning. What's it
all about?
Hey Savannah, guys. Good morning. Yeah, we wish we knew I
mean, well, you can see they're clearly keeping it under wraps.
There's literally a tarp over this way if that's not fluid
enough, the major chain backing dispenser, which if you haven't
figured it out by now is McDonald's, confirming much at
all tied to cosmic that being said fast food fans and industry
experts agree this mounting MC mystery marks a very American
tribe.
Adam Curry: MC mystery was Maggie Vesper. Did she co host
that debate last night?
John C Dvorak: I don't know who didn't watch the debate. Because
may wait was a MC mystery? I think we're
Adam Curry: MC mystery. Lets you want to hear that the MC mystery
John C Dvorak: they solve the MC MC solve the big mystery
Unknown: breaking McDonald's dudes. I've got the scoop on
cosmic this morning
in a nation long obsessed with.
Adam Curry: So insulting, fast food, and even super secret
about it.
Unknown: fans on social media are loving this mystery. Right
here it is cosmics and Bolingbrook Illinois. It looks
like there are going to be four drive thru lanes online slot
zero.
Adam Curry: Used to be a phone No, this is going viral as food
joint in
Unknown: the main urban Chicago.
Its name cosmics Oh, no new venture McDonald's See,
Adam Curry: I'm just gonna leave all that just goes to the
payoff. The payoff is the best part.
Unknown: That's an interesting thing to end on. And by the way,
guys, we've talked a lot about online sleuths, right? Well
basically before these signs were tarps and it was kind of
being kept under wraps to this degree. It's worth noting people
online were doing everything they could to find out anything
about cosmics Case in point one guy who posted these photos on X
have what he says is cosmics menu you can see if this is the
menu it goes all in on drinks, different iced teas and
lemonades there's something called a galactic boost they
have frappe A's and the food section we see like a spicy
queso sandwich and pretzel bites now reiterate MC
Adam Curry: mystery is solved but let's thank the company
let's thank the guy who's paying us to do this horrible native
app again
Unknown: that is one person on Twitter who posted those photos.
McDonald's has yet to confirm anything official that being
said another one of those earnings calls is slated for
tomorrow so it's very possible guys that our knowledge on this
topic could get supersize very soon marketing guys gonna get a
salary supersize for this up. You press posted Maggie,
thank you Maggie,
I hope they have egg McMuffins the marketing
Adam Curry: guy salary is going to get supersize for this
John C Dvorak: that these people are
Adam Curry: should be arrested. Should this is
John C Dvorak: this is our news media. This is what it comes
down to Yes. These are your news there and who gives a shit this
is not across the street from me what there's as a make serious,
Adam Curry: believable. He's a serious journalists.
John C Dvorak: Well, that's what they liked. Well, yeah, I like
to think that and they all hate Trump. So let's make sure they
get that even. These are the same people that Trump did you
know when they did the debate they asked Trump was on with
Hannity at the same time oh really programmed that's funny.
I didn't so he did an ECT made some deals doing stick doing
material. Yes, joking around. Good. Good answer. So one of the
things he said was, yeah, they want me to be a keep saying I'm
gonna be a dictator. I am not going to be a dictator. Wait,
wait, I'm going to be a dictator. I'm going to be a
dictator for one day, one day and he's going to close the
border and start drill drill drill, and then that's this is
the end of his dictatorship. So NBC, so I got this thing, this
that clip. It says true moto.
Unknown: Yes. Okay.
John C Dvorak: So, instead of seeing this as a joke, you know,
because Trump was kidding around doing anything he could to keep
people's attention off the debate.
Adam Curry: Yes, they took it so seriously. They went all
bananas. They
John C Dvorak: went nuts. This is NBC. Former
Unknown: President Donald Trump is taking heat for comments he
made last night in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity,
Trump was asked if he would ever abuse power if he won the
presidency. Take a listen to his response.
He says you're not going to be a dictator. Yeah. I said no, no,
no other than day one, with closing the border with drilling
drilling drilling after that I'm not
NPCs Ali Vitaly joins us now from Tuscaloosa, Alabama ahead
of tonight's Republican debate there. Ally. What is the
backlash? Ben to those comments? What are we hearing from
supporters of President Trump and from the Biden campaign?
You're hearing very little from the Republican side. And I
wonder if that will change once candidates who are vying to
actually be the nominee over Trump take the stage though they
have been pretty slow in the past to condemn or even critique
his remarks in this space. From President Biden though we're
hearing his campaign arm say believe Trump when he says this,
believe him when he says that he will be a dictator, even if it's
only for one day. But these comments really can't be taken
outside of a vacuum for Trump. He has made comments akin to
this over the course of the last several years, praising
dictators and authoritarians from North Korea to China. Even
joking when Xi Jinping several years ago was able to fully
establish himself in control of the executive power there in
China joking that that was something that he wished he
could do. So this is certainly a new comment from the former
president, but one that tracks in a vein of comments that we've
seen from him over the course of the last few years.
Adam Curry: Oh, man,
John C Dvorak: can you believe
Adam Curry: these people? Well, so I did watch Tina and I
watched about two commercial breaks worth of news nation,
because that's what this debate aired on, which was nation. So a
couple of comments, one, Cuomo I'm glad Chris Cuomo has a gig.
He he fits in very well there.
John C Dvorak: I think so. Yeah. I
Adam Curry: think it's good for him. I'm happy. I am kind of
happy for him. To Tina actually forbid me from doing this, but I
cannot help myself. Megyn Kelly, her face is so thin. It looks
like the screen mask. There's something up the it is too thin.
John C Dvorak: I mean, Kimmy she looks gaunt.
Adam Curry: Gets gone gaunt. Yes. It was too thin. It's like
It's like she's half a half half of her face is you already
John C Dvorak: answered the question. Gone early. The
earlier clips. Well, I
Adam Curry: don't want to go V I don't want to body shame. That
was I was expressly for Bolton. That's why I just the face look
like the screen mask. It was weird. Weird. Go
John C Dvorak: back and look at I haven't untain Yeah, Chris
Adam Curry: Christie. His he's only there to protect Nimrod.
That's his only job. The all he did. All I saw him do was hey,
lay off her. I like I like her. I like Nikki Haley.
John C Dvorak: Oh, so he's a foil false total foil.
Adam Curry: Vivek, that's the way apparently you pronounce his
name. Vivek. doesn't care. He had it. He had a great line
though. And I really enjoyed it. He said me the Christie or Haley
can't who want to send your kids to go fight against Russia and
Ukraine. Or Joe Biden. And he said can answer can give me the
name of three provinces in eastern Ukraine. Which of course
they couldn't. That was a genius. Genius move. Beautiful
now yeah, it was really good. And who cares? Everything else
he had, you know, it'd be Vegas just doing stuff. That's funny.
It's good. It's good.
John C Dvorak: I don't know what is in the as long game is while
he's not going
Adam Curry: to be vice president.
John C Dvorak: I know. Of course.
Adam Curry: I did get way I do get the boots on the ground
about Christie. No member I was saying that people in South
Dakota don't like her. Yeah, I want to hear the stories. Okay,
so this is from Craig Weinberg. This is his sir Craig. One of
the main issues with Christie is that she's a liar. She seemed to
have more interest in national politics and South Dakota during
the early days of COVID. She claimed to never have shut
anything down and let the people make their own decisions, except
it was the Speaker of the House at the time who had a very
different story. He has receipts to show that she actually wanted
to give her health secretary full control to shut down
whatever they wanted. But the legislator in the middle of the
night put a stop to it. She also says things like my budget, my
plan, when she's not writing anything, there's also the
alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski that broke pretty
big over the summer that she has avoided talking about. For
years, there was speculation that it was happening, but the
proof seems a lot more real now. She'll say whatever she needs to
align with Trump all the thinking if she wants his VP
spot, she will get killed in a general election. Maybe, maybe.
So that was the main thing. Also farmers lobbied the Public
Utilities Commission. Oh, this was she wanted. She wanted
carbon pipelines and was going against the farmers. So they
don't really like her. She's not all that loved as people make
her out to be, at least not in South Dakota. But she's got a
look. She's got the look. She's got a good look. And
John C Dvorak: she's got a good pattern. She's got a good spiel.
She's She wouldn't get killed in a general election. She's not
running for president. Nobody votes for the vice president
anymore. We're not an 1800s bosses, but it's just a name on
the ballot. Take
Adam Curry: it up with Craig, man. Don't tell me. I didn't.
John C Dvorak: You know, she doesn't look at the right to me.
Although, you know, Trump has shown that he can't pick
Adam Curry: any candidate the right people now.
John C Dvorak: So how is that going to change?
Adam Curry: So I have an NPR clip one minute long, which I
think is about the debate.
Unknown: The fourth Republican presidential primary debate is
in the books Florida Governor Ron De Santis or South notice
Adam Curry: how they always say, I think they're doing it to piss
him off. DeSantis isn't that is DeSantis but now he knows
DeSantis MPR. Santas Lux believes on
Unknown: a Ron DeSantis former South Carolina Governor Nikki
Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and ex New Jersey
Governor Chris Christie squared off last night at the University
of Alabama. Haley was the target for much of the night more so
than former President Donald Trump who skipped the event.
Haley has been climbing in the polls of late Pat Dawkins with
Alabama public radio spoke with some students in the audience
afterwards. Nikki
Haley got the warmest applause as the four candidates took the
stage in Tuscaloosa and the sharpest attacks that included
Vivec Ramaswamy. You held up a handwritten sign reading Nikki
equals corruption. That was just one thing that didn't impress
University of Alabama freshman Charlie Berry.
That was embarrassing seeing them talk over each other argue
over each other. I don't want to see that out of my camp. My
presidential candidate I don't want to see another Trump. Trump
are like
that. The UAE economics major was one of only 50 students
allowed in to watch the debate. The audience for the Tuscaloosa
campus venue was close to 1000 donor NPR News. I'm Pat Duggins.
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
Adam Curry: it was donors, special interests and donors.
John C Dvorak: That a few students into 5050 students so
we can get a bitch about it. I don't want to see that from my I
don't want another Trump. Whatever we get. It has to
definitely be a negative. Do you get the right guy? Hey, find
somebody. It's one of the kids who hates Trump. Well, that's
all of them hate Trump. Alright, we'll just get make sure you get
that in there. Just
Adam Curry: hate the Trump. Yeah, that's that's what you do.
That's all you do. So I do
John C Dvorak: yeah, he's got some thing about this. Nikki
Haley. They're all the all the left is promoting Nikki Haley.
They will let the 00 even
Adam Curry: prof G and Kara Swisher like why could live with
Nikki Haley? Really? So there weren't she's a warmonger man.
Totally they all are. I'm having dinner with the oil baron
tonight. Ah, okay, so oh and I think that he I don't know if he
supports Nikki Haley but the industry share does so he'll
I'll get she's
John C Dvorak: not going to he's no good
Adam Curry: but no, she's no good.
John C Dvorak: She's no good
Adam Curry: she's no good. There's also she has no chance
this is like
John C Dvorak: well that's why they that's why the left wants
to run and they keep boosting her yeah, this is what the
Republicans were really good at years ago that's when they had
that guy Eagleton. They would find people they'd promote to
get him into the you know, the Republicans are very happy that
George McGovern ran as the as the Democrat because after
Kennedy was assassinated because he would have been a problem but
the govern goes down he is not going to beat anybody. So you
put them in Yeah, okay. run against Nixon. Good luck.
Adam Curry: All right. That's too funny.
John C Dvorak: I have a couple odd balls. I do have a three by
three.
Adam Curry: Oh, I was not prepared. Hold on a second. Is
John C Dvorak: not one of the best that doesn't exist is there
little long just Same billing are by three producer well
Adam Curry: we have a three by three jingle yeah I think we
have we do yes we do. Some my computer's going slow today for
some reason now it's time for a three by three by Jessie
comparing story from ABC is normally at the top of the show
it's a different moment here. This is something new it must be
it's either really good or just mediocre was kind
John C Dvorak: of in between but it's has a it's about this weird
little bull crap. And these reports may all be bogus, in
fact, about the attacks on the chips and the Rams. Yeah, man.
Yeah. Back and forth and back forth and we don't want to play
them. I want to play the ABC NBC person. The CBS report is the
only one that all of a sudden out of the blue as opposed to
the other two reports introduces a whole new factor. Okay, which
we'll start with ABC. The
Unknown: Pentagon now says that the US has taken new defensive
action in the Middle East. A deadly US drone strike tonight
this time in Iraq targeting militants who The Pentagon says
we're about to target American forces. Here's Martha Raddatz.
Tonight, the Pentagon revealing a conducted a deadly drone
strike on militants in Iraq, who the US says we're planning to
launch a drone attack on American forces. Five of the
Iranian backed militants were killed. It came as a US
destroyer in the Red Sea spent more than seven hours on Sunday
responding to multiple attacks. It began at 9:15am. local time,
the Pentagon said the US has corny tracked a ballistic
missile fired from Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen landing
in the waters near the cargo ship unity explorer at 12pm. The
Kearney detects and drone from Yemen heading in its direction.
The Navy crew shooting it down 35 minutes later, the Unity
explorer under fire again, this time the missile hits the ship
the carny response as another inbound drone is detected and
shot down at 3:30pm. A third ballistic missile hits another
cargo ship. There is damage reported but no casualties. One
hour later, a fourth ballistic missile hits a third cargo
vessel again the carny racing to this ship to render aid as yet
another drone is launched in the carnies direction and shot down
the Pentagon blaming Iran for enabling these attacks using
some of the strongest language we've heard about Iran, but it
is unlikely the US will retaliate against Iran directly
for these attacks. Given that the Pentagon says they do not
believe the USS Carney was an intended target. Although Jake
Sullivan the National Security Adviser made clear that any
response by the US will be at a time and place of his choosing.
Adam Curry: I have a couple questions before we get to the
next one one this drone was that like a foreign like Reaper sized
drone was it one of
John C Dvorak: those who said unlikely did they didn't know
real damage didn't kill anybody no data we're shooting them down
left and right this is a story is a hoax. You know what I also
here's why isn't aren't the aren't the Houthis fighting the
battles they're supposed to be fighting against the Saudis but
they shouldn't ask for in the middle of nowhere
Adam Curry: when it comes no sense when it comes to the big
money organizations in the United States. I mean, the
military industrial complex could take a page out of the out
of the farmer playbook man is much more entertaining their
stuff. They're not making this fun and entertaining. No one
wants to hear this. They got to spruce it up. You know what I
liked? I liked the the body cams like when those the Houthis No,
no the Houthis they hijacked that ship. Okay, like two weeks
ago, and they had you know they had the helicopter and they
jumped out of the helicopter and then they got into the crew. But
it was all it was all body cam footage to even have footage
done. Yeah, but that's like a video game. It's like first
person shooter video game it's exactly the same thing now. It
could have been a video game for all I know it's getting pretty
good.
John C Dvorak: Well there have been people that have sent video
game footage into town lots of news media and they've picked it
up as live reporting I've fallen forward
Adam Curry: of course. I mean, have you seen the new Grand
Theft Auto that was starting to look pretty good
John C Dvorak: duty the rest of their all dynamite? Yeah, it's
all
Adam Curry: good. Yeah. So I bet you we could we could say that
we have Footage from a war and just have our producer send us
the right bits from Call of Duty and we could just make a report
and it would go viral.
John C Dvorak: So Lester Holt comes on with his report, which
is a little long and it's same basic thing these missiles going
back and forth. We don't know they don't tell us any details
about these drones, any of them. Are they made out of paper
mache? Are they the ones that Iranians build that they give to
the Russians and motorcycle engines? We have no idea they
don't tell us anything. And it's just it's like a lot. These are
lousy reports.
Unknown: Nearby in the Red Sea and other dangerous situation
appears to be escalating. In the latest chapter a US Navy
destroyer rushed to the aid of commercial ships at the Pentagon
says came under ballistic missile fire from Iranian backed
militias
Adam Curry: ballistic missile fire now oh, that's serious. We
get late details now
Unknown: from Courtney QB at the Pentagon.
Tonight the White House pointing the blame squarely at Iran after
an hour's long drama at sea Sunday that saw a US military
warship rush to aid three commercial vessels under fire
that gun. The weapons here are being supplied by Iran and Iran,
we believe is the ultimate party responsible for
this. It began around 9:15am Sunday when a ballistic missile
landed near a commercial ship in the Red Sea. Then at noon, the
USS Kearney a Navy destroyer intercepted the first of three
drones fired towards commercial ships and the carny itself.
ballistic missiles later hitting all three of the cargo ships one
after another. None of the ships suffered major damage or
casualties. Responding to each distress call the carnie found
itself directly in the path of Houthi attack drones. The
Pentagon says there are no indications that drones were
targeting the carny but still shot them down. The Iranian
backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have targeted Israeli own ships
in the Red Sea before
we do not believe that all three of the ships had ties to Israel.
And it goes to show you the level of recklessness that the
Houthis are operating on. In
October the carny shot down
John C Dvorak: cruise notice that hold on. Yeah. Did you
notice little parsing that you can get away with? It's like, we
have no evidence that all three of the ships are tied to Israel.
Now of course, it's always means that two of them could have been
you chickenshit stuff. These people do this
Adam Curry: and get away with ballistic missile where was that
and of ballistic missiles.
John C Dvorak: But when they I've seen the missiles they did
recovered from the some of the stuff they recovered from Gaza
or like they look like hobbyist missiles or like ballistic but
five feet long.
Adam Curry: No. What's interesting in all of this, have
you heard or seen a single story this week about Hamas shooting
rockets into Israel?
John C Dvorak: By her not this week, but right after this
ceasefire, I heard about oh, yeah, no,
Adam Curry: but it's been all this week. Right up until this
morning. Brian of London is there you sending me videos? Oh,
there they go. They said you'd never hear about that. No, I
don't know why
Unknown: I'm calling the carny found itself directly in the
path of Houthi attack drones. The Pentagon says there are no
indications that drones were targeting the carny but still
shot them down. The Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
have targeted Israeli own ships in the Red Sea before. We do
not believe that all three of the ships had ties to Israel,
and it goes to show you the level of recklessness that the
Houthis are operating on.
In October the carny shot down cruise missiles and drones The
Pentagon says we're fired by Houthis towards Israel last cut.
Since the Houthis have repeatedly targeted ships in the
Red Sea, the US Navy shooting them down. And all of this comes
as Iranian backed militias continue to attack us military
bases in the Mideast despite us retaliatory strikes. But your we
spoke to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today
is this evidence that the war in Israel and Gaza has really
boiled over into a larger regional conflict it could
be and so that's one of the things that we want to track
closely.
To coordinate we've seen the US strikes have not deterred other
Iranian backed militias from attacking us bases. So is the US
now considering any actions specifically against the Houthi
rebels?
Well, let's there so far the US has not launched any strikes
against Houthi rebels recently, but officials here tell us after
this weekend's attack they are not ruling anything out.
Adam Curry: They just can't get these are these are the wrong
reports. If they want to get a reason to bomb Iran, they've got
to do something different this is not working stinks in their
long to the stink long,
John C Dvorak: way too long. But the next with the next one is
interesting because I think has a piece of info besides the fact
that you've seen these maps they keep showing. It looks like we
have about 20 bases in this area. These
Adam Curry: areas. Yeah, parallel Oh, Monica. Yes,
John C Dvorak: geez. Well anyway, let's get the CBS report
out of the way. Yeah. Additionally, this is the one I
think that's the most interesting. The escalating
Unknown: violence in Gaza is raising tensions across the
entire region today.
Today the White House pointed the finger directly at Iran,
after an American warship was forced to shoot down multiple
drones that were targeting various commercial ships in the
Red Sea stop
John C Dvorak: every second. Have we been pointing the finger
at Iran since the first episode since this whole thing began in
October 7. Yes, and I just why is this like she make it out to
be sounded like it's new. I
Adam Curry: realized what they're doing wrong. Ellison hit
me. They need to intersperse these reports with those shots
of Iranians going Death to America Death to America. That's
what they need to put in there. This is not working. That
John C Dvorak: would work. Yeah, I liked that idea. If I was
producing I was there's no reasoning deputy everything else
they do is out of context. Yeah, you might as well do you
Adam Curry: know when you get some moolah as they're going out
of death to America, Death to America, then they can say the
chanting Death to America, Death to America and the ship and the
shoot and chips whatever.
John C Dvorak: You got a good thing or not produces you gotta
bring it home. You got to personalize this. We have the
whole country in flames.
Unknown: We're targeting various commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Mr. David Martin is at the Pentagon with new details.
Martin Rooney and backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had already
hijacked one commercial vessel in the Red Sea. And now they
have attacked three more, hitting them with anti ship
missiles. National Security Adviser Jake Salvini.
And attacks on commercial shipping and international
waters are totally unacceptable and have to stop.
The Houthi said vowed publicly to attack Israeli shipping. But
none of the vessels hit on Sunday had a current Israeli
connection.
It goes to show you the level of recklessness that the Houthis
are operating on.
Solomon blamed Iran as much as the Houthis. We
are talking about the Houthis here they're the ones with their
finger on the trigger. Oh, that gun, the weapons by Iran
supplied by Iran. Three
Houthi drones flew toward an American destroyer in the Red
Sea, which had answered the distress calls from the ships
under attack. The USS Kearney shot the drones down even though
it was not the intended target.
If left unchecked, this could get more serious and more
prevalent.
retired admiral Jamie fogo says, with one carrier task force in
the Mediterranean and another in the Persian Gulf, the US has
more than enough firepower with which to retaliate,
taking out the missile prior to hitting the target and taking
out the launcher. We're perfectly capable of doing that.
Now. A US
official tells CBS News The Pentagon is considering striking
targets in Yemen, but warns that would only give the Houthis
exactly what they want, which is to provoke a wider Middle East
war. There was one retaliatory strike in the region this
weekend, when a US drone killed five Iraqi militants as they
were preparing to attack American troops.
Adam Curry: As they were preparing.
John C Dvorak: First they read their minds. Yeah. And they're
Iraqis. This was not Iranians Iraqis. What was that all about?
And we said that we played a clip about three show two, three
shows ago from Al Jazeera, where the Iraqi government told us to
get the hell out of there because you're killing our
people for no good reason. Remember that? Yes. Yes. And so
this seems to be something going on in Iraq. That's not kosher.
Yeah, it's using the word kosher. Probably the wrong
context choice
Adam Curry: of words. I don't take everybody by JC grand
experiment who parents don't read from ABC. I do have two
quick observations with observatory clips that I thought
I'd like to share. This is from NBC. This is the possibility of
although I've already seen video of it on telegram so it must be
real as a possibility the following Mayhap
Unknown: Israel says it's destroying Hamas in Gaza above
ground and below, targeting what it says are 300 miles of Hamas
tunnels. Military officials showed NBC news videos they say
were taken in the northern Gaza City of Beit Hanoun. A soldier
points to a Hamas tunnel outside of a classroom. Israel has blown
up some now a US official tells NBC News The Israeli military is
exploring a new tactic flooding the tunnels with seawater.
Adam Curry: Now it's it's interesting they always say sea
water and They always add that in there. And this triggered.
This is biblical. Now this is this is what's interesting about
it, judges 945, New International Version. All that
day I've been Melek pressed his attack against the city until he
had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the
city and scattered salt over it. I'm telling you, these people,
this whole region is is biblically nuts. Yeah, totally
going in saying
John C Dvorak: that that report from Richard angle, which is
questionable, I have a very short 24 Second Gaza report from
NBC, which is I think it was connected to that what you just
played. There's an anomaly in here and I want to just mention
it for a minute because it's gotten on my nerves. I mentioned
last show now I'm gonna mention it again, intensifying
Unknown: up and down the Besiege. Strip. Israeli forces
say they're battling three Hamas strongholds, two in the north,
and one in the south. The Israeli military says it's
launched around 250 airstrikes across Gaza. In just the past
day alone.
The Israeli military also releasing this video saying
troops uncovered the largest stockpile of weapons so far in
the Gaza Strip. NBC News cannot verify that claim or when
exactly this footage was recorded. Oh,
Adam Curry: because they got it from telegram? Well,
John C Dvorak: I don't care about that. How come they make
that they do the disclaimer on that, but they never do to the
disclaimer on the number of dead know that the Ministry of Truth
up in Gaza says was said we got 15,000 dead. And they never
watched a disclaimer for that. There's no we don't have any
verification of that. But yet, when the Israelis put out some
information like that, the cache of weapons, they put on a
disclaimer. And I would say this is related to the mention of the
fact that all these missiles are flying in there and nobody's
covering it. They NBC in particular is anti Israel. And
not just gonna put that out there. Yeah, not
Adam Curry: just that, but I think that it we we only tracked
it a little bit when the whole Supreme Court thing was coming
down in Israel, which preceded all of this mess. Israel has
really had really gone woke you'll recall that Sir Brian
London, was explaining to us what these protests were about.
Then it was really it was like he said, it's comparable to
black lives matter in the United States. Which means which which
to me means it'll have a similar outcome where a few there's
millions, hundreds of millions of dollars goes in and then it
goes away cities are destroyed and the people make off with the
with the loot and you don't hear from again, and that's the end
of it. And now, Turkish radio and television TRT I love
getting their slant on things because of course they hate
Israel. They're bringing up something that has changed in
Israeli politics. And here comes
Unknown: another crisis seems to be brewing for Israeli Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. And this time, it's with his defense
minister, you have Galland. The two were to host the joint
conference on Saturday. But gallant was on our show.
I suggested to the defense minister tonight to hold a joint
press conference and he decided what he decided the
two aren't strangers to disputes. Netanyahu had fire
gallons in March for objecting to his controversial judicial
reform proposal. Gallons dismissal was reversed weeks
later, and the proposed legislation passed but being
challenged in the Supreme Court my last one October turbine,
Antonia Well, unfortunately,
there is a tension between Netanyahu and gallant and this
is not new. Several months ago, Netanyahu decided to dismiss
Scarlet from his position as defense minister. But frankly,
this is what distinguishes Netanyahu cannot see anyone in
the minister taking independent steps that might be considered a
threat to Netanyahu. And
yet the rift between Netanyahu and gallant has deepened because
of the ongoing war, and the Prime Minister is facing
mounting pressure domestically for the security and
intelligence lapses that happened on October 7, and
internationally to accept the ceasefire. The latest polls show
his popularity has plummeted to an all time low, and it's
believed that veteran politician has sought to prevent other
members of a security cabinet including Galland from receiving
credit for securing the release of Israelis under the hostage
deal.
Adam Curry: Sounds to me like they're going to end this the
same way they're going to end Ukraine. Bibi gets the BB takes
the blame for everything. That's what seems like
John C Dvorak: that's what Bill that's that's a good plan. They
Adam Curry: should hurry up. Because it's messy.
John C Dvorak: That means do as much damage as you can before
that happens. Yes.
Adam Curry: In biblical fashion. Sambal and even people who hate
Bibi are all like yeah, we still got to do this
John C Dvorak: That's difficult.
Adam Curry: And, you know, as in the West, we can't really
imagine what that's like, we can't imagine this, this or
this, you know, centuries old dispute that just keeps on
going. It's hard for people to imagine and looking at it from a
Western lens is wrong. We just We just can't imagine what this
is like. There's no way we're going to what Europe is going to
learn.
John C Dvorak: Well, Europe's always close to it. Yeah,
Europe's gonna learn. We always slide somehow we get out of the
deal at some point. Yeah, we're isolated.
Adam Curry: We are we're landlocked. We're ocean locked.
John C Dvorak: We're ocean locked ocean logs. I have a
couple of other things here that I wanted to play this for you.
Adam Curry: The troll was like we're assholes. Well, yeah,
there's that.
John C Dvorak: Yes, you want to provide a mental health crisis
of pilots?
Adam Curry: Yes, yes, there is a large mental health. That's why
pilots are doing shrooms.
John C Dvorak: You here's the mental health of pilots. I want
to get your feedback on I got this clips for you. Okay, the
Unknown: mental health of America's commercial airline
pilots is taking center stage today at the nation's capitol.
The National Transportation Safety Board or NTSB is holding
a summit on that issue in Washington on Monday, the
Federal Aviation Administration announced a new committee to
look at the pilot mental health and identify barriers that
discourage pilots from reporting mental health issues. NBC News
aviation correspondent Tom Costello has more. When
you board a flight, you assume the pilot is mentally fit to
fly. But aviation and mental health experts say current
regulations cause too many pilots to keep their struggles a
secret, leading to mental health breakdowns some in flight. Today
the NTSB is holding a summit with experts to develop
solutions.
What's unsafe is not getting people the help they deserve.
Take the
case of veteran pilot Joseph Emerson, the guy that tried to
step into the cockpit in October Emerson tried to shut down the
engines of an Alaska Air flight while hitching a ride in the
cockpit. A grand jury is now indicted him on 83 misdemeanor
counts of reckless endangerment and one count of endangering an
aircraft. Emerson has pleaded not guilty in court filings, he
claimed he was having a mental health emergency. He told police
he'd been depressed for six years had recently lost a friend
and had taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours prior to the
flight. Experts say contributing to the bigger problem. The FAA
relies on pilots to self report mental health issues, while
periodic medical exams require pilots to disclose if they're in
mental health treatment. The exams do not include in depth
psychological evaluations, or recent inspector general report
found this limits the FAA is ability to mitigate safety risks
because pilots are reluctant to disclose mental health
conditions due to the stigma and the fear, it will hurt their
careers. This
Adam Curry: is absolutely true. And I've heard I've heard a lot
about this. There's a huge stigma you have to self report.
And pilots, of course are not going to self report. But that's
no different from train conductors, audit people on the
road. You're your neighbors, everybody's bus driver,
everybody's in a mental health crisis. Because we went through
a very traumatic time.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, and they were and there was traumatized.
Adam Curry: That's the definition of government. Yes.
And a lot of pilots may have they, they they were forced to
take medicine, they didn't want to under severe duress. Some of
them have other health problems they don't want to disclose. And
the same goes for air traffic control. Yeah, but you know,
this is all just a prelude to getting the pilots out of the
cockpit. You know, I'm waiting for Elon Musk to pop up and go
you go I have a solution. AI can fly them really.
John C Dvorak: Like part two of this.
Unknown: We need to have a system that allows people to be
more forthcoming and to have treatment for issues that
shouldn't keep you out of the cockpit. On Monday, the FAA
announced it is creating a special committee now to
identify barriers that discourage pilots from reporting
mental health issues getting fired. He says most conditions
if treated will not disqualify a pilot from flying. We have
to normalize mental health care we have to make sure the choice
isn't received treatment or fly.
The Airline Pilots Association says it supports these
initiatives and also wants the FAA to fund a peer support
training program for pilots that would encourage them to confide
in each other and help connect them with mental health
resources to keep them in the cockpit back to you.
Adam Curry: So do you have any other questions because this is
not new pilots are known drinkers.
John C Dvorak: They why is it why they make a news out of it?
Well, I have a prelude to the pilot list plane now no one's
gonna fly in for at least a decade
Adam Curry: they really don't want you flying at all they
don't want they don't want you to leave your home. They want
you to stay in your 15 Minute city you want you to shut up
John C Dvorak: city that's to get the 15 Minute cities to give
away now
Adam Curry: she want you to shut up stay at home work by remote
vote democrat vote Democrat don't go anywhere and get be
trans. I don't know. It's they don't want you flying. That is
so obvious. No. Then they're going to make it very expensive.
With carbon credits. We'll we'll still be doing the show when
that happens. And they want to bring in more bullcrap AI
stories, I'm sure. Oh, yeah. I'm just waiting. And where's Elon?
Come on, tell me, you know? Well, again, it's even easier
and easier to have the AI pilot. Rockets.
John C Dvorak: Have you seen? I guess Calacanis has a new
podcast called The all in podcast and he's bringing some
that for years the all in No, I didn't know it was that long.
Adam Curry: Well, why are you watching?
John C Dvorak: It looks different on this thing. He
because he had Tucker on he went on and on about stuff. And, and
there was a very couple very funny moments in there where he
was acting as though him and Tucker are on the same league as
interviewers. But I don't know if you've seen this, but but
he's got a different look. Calacanis Canis looks like the
tenor in a Canadian barbershop quartet.
Adam Curry: That's not different. That's his look.
John C Dvorak: I don't I don't remember him looking that. That
square?
Adam Curry: No. Do you have a clip for this?
John C Dvorak: No, I didn't I decide not to get a clip for it.
It's probably a publicity,
Adam Curry: it's probably better. Probably better. What is
Tucker doing? What is Tucker doing? He just he's just doing
interviews everywhere. And then he puts the thing on x and what
is he doing? What does anybody doing? You know, the podcast
industrial complex finally, finally crumbled this past week.
glorious moment. One
Unknown: out of every six employees of Spotify won't be
around next year. The company's making those deep cuts to its
payroll as it looks to cut expenses. top executives blame
higher interest rates during the day make borrowing for capital
expenditures more expensive. The affected employees will receive
several months severance the cut follows two previous layoffs
this year a total of 800 employees were let go
Adam Curry: there you go. Right that $1 billion dollar
investment worked out great.
John C Dvorak: Well I did for the guys who got the billion.
Adam Curry: Well, what are we drinking? Oh, it's
John C Dvorak: a Lagunitas fresher.
Adam Curry: Oh, and poppy or hoppy? Hoppy so there's your
drinking beer basically? No,
John C Dvorak: it's just a hop flavor is actually mildly hot
flavored sparkling water and who makes like it's everybody's
everybody's talking about it
Adam Curry: everyone there are now it's beer basically it's
like a
John C Dvorak: Chandi beers water that has hops in it
Adam Curry: you're drinking no candy
John C Dvorak: no no malt there's no there's no alcohol is
no
Adam Curry: Do they still make that on the can anywhere shandy
I haven't seen it for years. Oh man this beer was seven up I
think and this is the member
John C Dvorak: the beam and coke in a can have
Adam Curry: never had it. That was That was during the show? I
think I recall that. It was a brief, a brief thing. No, I like
this Shandy. It's like 2% Alcohol Whoo. Yeah, you could
buy it in the can beautiful wood that I'd like to thank you for
your courage since you're drinking shandy on the on the
job and say hello to my friend on the other end Ladies
Gentlemen please welcome the one and only way with That's the man
who put the sea in the companion products the one and only Mr.
Johnson
John C Dvorak: Well, in the morning you must round curry in
the morning to all ships see boots on the ground feed near
subs in the water. And all the damos nights out there in the
mornings
Adam Curry: for the trolls Hello trolls hold I know I'm coming to
you early So hands up. 1846 on the troll count 1846 is right on
the money. We are slowly moving our executive producer segment
more towards the begin thing of the show as our PhDs have
tapered off, of course, the promotion ended. So we're going
towards the end of I think we only really have eight, eight,
executive and associate executives today. So this is
where it just it's just the end of the it's the end of the end
of the university is how it works. Although the 31st of
December, or the 33rd December, I think, what is it three to
one? It's no 31st The 31st is a show day, isn't it? It's like,
it's like the super. It's like the super
John C Dvorak: one palindrome. 332123
Adam Curry: once it's Oh, 123123 There you go. Yeah, it's gonna
be great. And we'll be doing the show then. And
John C Dvorak: yeah, 123123 what, I don't know what you can
do with that. $123 Maybe 123,123 $23,000 would be
Adam Curry: dynamite. John and Adam will fly in and have dinner
with you. Oh, yes.
John C Dvorak: I'll tell you what. $123,000 we will both fly
in and clean your house. What else? Well, I'm down about the
house cleaning but we will have dinner. We'll bring a house
somebody to clean the house.
Adam Curry: We do love our trolls are trolls are here to
listen live and to troll. Now. I still have not replied to any
posts on no agenda social as it just devolves into the
environment.
John C Dvorak: Any evidence that you have? I have not I haven't I
Adam Curry: have not. Well, now you sound like mainstream news.
I have not. I have not posted anything. Because every single
time you're sick of it, I'm so sick of it. It's no good. And
it's not. It's not the you're the one who set it up. But it's
not the people. You have to understand. It's the system, the
system,
John C Dvorak: the message, the media is the message, which is
the old Marshall McLuhan idea.
Adam Curry: I would say that's true. Yes. Yeah. He
John C Dvorak: his theory was that it's not any it's not the
kind of is nothing but the media itself, whatever mediated books,
TV, radio, in this case, social media. It has its own. It does
say it does something to your brain that's very specific to
the media itself. Correct. Yeah, and it hasn't been it hasn't
been extrapolated to social media, but McLuhan's idea, but
that's your basic thought. And,
Adam Curry: and what's surprising is that it happens
without algorithms. I thought algorithms made this happen. But
that's not what it is. People are so narcissistic, they need
to, you know, post their 1000 memes, then they need to tag me
and say, I don't care what you say, we're just gonna be like
this forever, bitch, you know, stuff like that.
John C Dvorak: And see now? I think this the just yeah, that's
basically
Adam Curry: what it is. And then people say, Adam wanted a
utopia. No, I didn't. It was it was a mastodon, it was cool. I
just set up a server. And then when it became too much time
management for me, I just gave up and then, you know, luckily,
Aaron or took over, but he's not posting much, either. I think
he's sick of it too. Because that's all that it's that and
it's not our people. And you know, and a lot of people try to
manage it. But then when they see someone going off the rails,
the worst thing you can do is say, Hey, man, calm down. I
mean, it doesn't work. That'll do it, it doesn't work. And I
think it's because it's, it's when you can reply to someone
and create your own thread, and it has the same equal weight
equal size as the original. There's something fundamentally
wrong, that doesn't work for human beings. That's just what
it is. And in that regard, I think Twitter and Facebook and
Instagram, I agree with Nimrod, Haley, I think you should have
to register with your real name. Because then it will all go away
because then no one will do anything anymore. No,
John C Dvorak: well, what will happen is that people will find
find workarounds. Well, I work around people are not going to
do that. They're going to find workarounds and my real name all
of a sudden is going to be something you know some other
phony name well we know no way you can't there's no way you can
police that you can phony up driver's licenses you can
there's it just gets worked around. Why the meta net invites
again, the media is the message the internet invites anonymity
and if you try to squash anonymity, workarounds, like all
tech, work around comes around, and boom, you got no end and you
got anonymity again, in a different form. I'm
Adam Curry: all for anonymity, but you know, on your own blog,
I'm all for anonymity post away do whatever you want on your on
your substack not on social media. There I think just just
to get rid of it. It's not doable.
John C Dvorak: Now well, you don't get rid of it is that it's
here to stay?
Adam Curry: I'm voting for Nikki Haley.
John C Dvorak: She's gonna
Adam Curry: she's gonna she's gonna force us on no agenda. No
John C Dvorak: bigs, nothing she's another blow hard politic.
Question. I've anyway, I've just given up. I've seen by the way
you play a clip of Trump saying I'm going to be a dictator for
one day, and then they've made a big fuss about it. Can I use it
just kind of a rhetorical question because Trump
supposedly is it you know, he's the liars liar. And he's 30,000
lies. How come everything he says is a lie? Except this.
Former
Unknown: president? Oh, you guys
John C Dvorak: take him at his word. Oh, I'm
Adam Curry: sorry that you want me to play the clip again? Oh,
yeah. No, I
John C Dvorak: don't want to play the clip. And I'm just
gonna say, they say, oh, no, if he says you're gonna be you
gotta take him at his word. You gonna take him at his word? He's
been a bullshitter since the get go. And they call him out on
being one and he's a liar. Liar. But yet in this situation, you
got to take him at his word. make up their minds.
Adam Curry: I see. Well, you know, the the line I think is
when someone tells you what they are, believe them. That's my
favorite. When someone tells you who they are, you should believe
them believe. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you're right. But he's
John C Dvorak: full of crap.
Adam Curry: I love all the dislike now. The Bronx, you
know, all the man on the streets off the job shows up on YouTube
and on the reels and shorts. Well for Trump. The hood is for
Trump. They never put that on television. Yeah,
John C Dvorak: that's the best. They don't put anything
Adam Curry: on anyway. So I am a big fan of the an anonymous
trolls in the troll room. I think this is a great outlet. I
think it's therapeutic. It's very good. If you are not
already trolling along on show day, which now you have to do it
live. It does not for everybody. It's not easy for everybody to
be doing this. But if you can, this is therapeutic. You go on
there you go nuts. You're gonna have a crap name. You can name
yourself whatever you want. You can you can insult me. The only
thing that gets you cut off or kicked off is if you post you
know, flood post, like post a whole bunch of things in a row.
Otherwise, here there's white mics as we your white mic. Just
the fact that he's white. Mike, we hate you, Adam. Yeah,
exactly.
John C Dvorak: This is great. Like,
Adam Curry: we got racist in there. But it's good because
he's really the big like, I
John C Dvorak: wonder. It's like,
Adam Curry: it's like, everybody has this Tourette's when they
get up. They just go crazy. It's beautiful. And but it's there's
no permanent record. So you know, it's not gonna hurt you on
a job interview. You don't have to say who you are. No one's
tracking your IP address. Nobody cares. Do whatever you want. And
it's funny. I mean, I'm logged in all the time. I've just
walked by my computer and they're really going crazy now.
That's right, let it out trolls let it all out. You can become a
troll and it you know do what pilots pilot commercial pilot
should get in the troll room and just go nuts and say whatever
they want and feel about their company the FAA you know during
a pilot podcast because we of course there's no agenda
stream.com is 24/7 We have all kinds of podcasts on there and a
lot of them are live and you can just mad just go nuts I'm all
for that. That is good. Data is held
John C Dvorak: no way say one's good and the other isn't because
this is
Adam Curry: this isn't no record. This goes this scrolls
off. It's done. Then you can't comment
John C Dvorak: everything on no agenda social scrolls off the
eBay, you
Adam Curry: know what I mean? It's different. It's different.
And then you sit there refreshing Oh, just reply to my
post my smite my awesome meme. Did someone do anything yet now?
You can also go to troll room.io This is where you can listen to
the stream. There's now all the apps are starting to do the live
stuff is great at podcast apps.com The modern podcasts
fountain is doing the live stuff now. Pod verse podcast guru
curio caster cast thematic everyone's on board now we're
getting even better. We can do a live concert on December 28 and
the 21st in video. I mean, we are kicking Spotify ass.
Pathetic, pathetic over there. And what are we doing with with
chewing gum with chewing gum and gaffer tape. That's how we do it
at podcasting. 2.0 We are value for value as you heard earlier.
You cannot monetize the network. None of it worked. Everyone went
out of business. It's very sad. I mean, I'm sad for the people
at Spotify. They already couldn't make money because the
record companies own everything and the minute the record you
minute you raise your prices the record companies go okay, we're
gonna ask more for a license. Which they did. And then you
know, the whole idea was hey, look at all these millions of
podcasts for free. Let's make money off of those guys. Yeah,
how that workout Spotify? No. So I hope those 1000s of people
will get jobs elsewhere. Or if you're really into podcasting,
I'm sure you can do if you're willing to stick to take a step
back and build something over time. I'm not going hide hire
celebrities and no one cares about. I feel so much better now
with 10. Producers. There's this great article that runs through
all the the economics of it. And there were some they were
getting $100 CPM in 2018. Which is unheard of.
John C Dvorak: Well, Leo was getting $100 per CPM. Really?
Adam Curry: Yeah.
Unknown: Thoroughly
Adam Curry: on 2015 Maybe or even earlier than that. Well,
when are we for what was our first year, our first year was
2008 2007. Okay, where he was 1007,
John C Dvorak: he started. So it was in the 2008 2009 2010 era,
he was getting 100 CPE. So that
Adam Curry: just everyone knows what that means. That means
1000 $100 per 1000 people that are listening, but here's the
funny thing. It's not based on people who are listening, it's
based on downloads, and Apple just released iOS 17, which you
can't refuse the upgrade. It updates us like you don't own
your phone. Apple owns your phone. So they update you. And
now literally, the CEOs of these podcast networks are saying,
well, you know, our downloads are down because of Apple
changing the way they do it because Apple now doesn't
download stuff you're not listening to. So they're
admitting that they've had at least 15% fraudulent numbers.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, the whole thing are admitting to saying
your downloads aren't down. They were exaggerated.
Adam Curry: Yeah, exactly. So we never had to deal with that.
Now. What did that mean? We never got no Joe Rogan offers.
That was great English. We also don't have videos. No
John C Dvorak: Joe Rogan. And Texas and my mom just gonna talk
like this. From now on. I don't care what you think I love
Adam Curry: my truck. Is that guy? Where's that guy? I love my
truck. Where's that guy? I love my truck. And I love what I do.
And I love what I do exactly. And, incredibly, when we went to
what we coined as the value for value model, which means hey,
here's everything. It's all premium. It's all top notch.
We're not putting anything behind a paywall. There's no
levels, there's no tobacco secret room, secret room, this
is us. Take us how you want take whatever you want, do whatever
you want to do with us. Start your own thing on the side, the
key point to us do it all. All we ask us for time, talent,
treasure, whatever its value, whatever the value is, you get
out of it, you send it back. Whenever it's handy for you.
That's why we're still here. 16 years later, can't say that
about the top award winning put there were shows that weren't P
buddies, a Peabody Award at Spotify that are getting x now.
Yeah, yeah. And we also don't have a video of us sitting with
our headphones on Ooh, look at us. Cool. I gotta use that. You
know what? Cans cans you should I just do it like a pool. Boy
beanie would look good on you. That'd be hilarious. It would be
good. We should do one with video where you were one of
those beanies? Yeah, that would look great, man. Yeah. Okay,
well, we can do live video. We can do it on the modern podcast
apps. So instead it just value for value. Now. We have
phenomenal time, talent and treasure contributions. One that
has taken up a lot of time and a lot of talent and and has worked
successfully for over a decade is no agenda Art Generator,
which unfortunately, had some kind of critical error. And sort
of all or something deaths or Paul couture. I hope it comes
back because you know what's really rough about this? All we
do in the modern podcast apps, we have chapters and we have art
that goes with the chapters. They were all linked from the no
agenda, Art Generator. They're all broken. All of those images
are broken, except, you know, moving forward, we're going to
do it a different way.
John C Dvorak: Just use the main image. You can do that. No, but
I know what you mean. Yeah, it was. It was cool. Yeah. Well,
Adam Curry: it'll come back and and I have faith in Sir Paul
couture. I really do. And we have backups of the whole site.
So we can always bring back the images and the links are a new,
a new domain, but he still hasn't been able to fix it yet.
Expect the next generation launch sometime Saturday
afternoon, December 9 2020. 83 And he says you will have to
reset passwords as I am using a more modern salt and hash for
them. Whoo. He's going to salt and hash. Salt
John C Dvorak: and hash. Yeah, this guy's going out there.
That's why it's taking so long to do using salt and hashes.
Complicated
Adam Curry: isn't really know, I never heard of it. The next
generation or generator will be up, though Sunday.
Unfortunately, I do not have much time during the week. Okay,
sorry. You know what? I love his job. He's got a job. If it's not
up Sunday, we can wait Brother, don't worry about it. But that's
an excellent example. Got no agenda meetups.com. We have Mark
and Maria, who organized the meetup. I mean, all of these are
ways that you feed back into the system boots on the ground like
Craig, this is what makes the no agenda show unique. It is a
postmodern media model that that I don't think anybody has been
able to rival it. I wish more people did it. Of course, we
have many people within the no agenda nation who do it, it is
the only way forward. The only way for everything. I just you
can't monetize once once the network was open, and anybody
can you know, you don't you can't create artificial scarcity
of airtime. How many? How many ads do you want to run, you can
run them indefinitely. CPMs are a race to the bottom. Take it
from John and you'd like that. That's a sub stack for you right
there. So we'd like to thank the artists who helped us out for
episode 1613. And we titled that one fossil fools I was informed.
We have used that title previously. Somewhere in the
1100s Oh, I know. I
John C Dvorak: remember it. That's always just not supposed
to remember you're the one who is assigned them. Forever
memory. Well,
Adam Curry: and typically my memory does,
John C Dvorak: yes. Okay, so why Yeah, well, I see it.
Adam Curry: It's just, I'm disappointed in my in my own
failure in my hand on my own and let me see what it was agenda.
Let me see which one it was which episode 16 Oh, 1197 1197
which was 29 year was 2019. Ah,
John C Dvorak: it was only four years ago. I should have
Adam Curry: known I should have known now. The art which was
done by a sir dirty Jersey whore. We both liked it. It
didn't take long to choose this. A lot of people commented that
it looked very much like a 1980s album art from Germany. And I
think there's something to that actually. Okay. And, and well,
the
John C Dvorak: piece I liked the best was the one he did
Adam Curry: do it was that also him? Yeah, he did those two
pieces. Yeah, but that was it was too much. And wait,
John C Dvorak: I used it on the newsletter because I just know
what actually is too small for them.
Adam Curry: But what I was like the game of life, was that what
that was or whatever it is. You just liked it. I just liked it.
You just liked it. But also we'd look at
John C Dvorak: you like the one with a cold but no,
Adam Curry: no, no. Oh, yeah. The Yes. The clown with the
cold. Yeah, kinda. Yeah. Networks. Yeah, that was fossil
fuels. But we both agreed that no one knows what coal looks
like
John C Dvorak: anymore. So Exactly. No, but he
Adam Curry: wouldn't fly at all. We did not understand methane,
you Jame from Francisco. Scaramanga? We didn't get that
one.
John C Dvorak: Yeah. What's Thane? I don't know. I don't
know. I
Adam Curry: didn't know either stain. The Yeah, no great
question. From networks, but it didn't say great questions, that
great question mark. So there was just problems. And it's
tough. It's tough. It's this
John C Dvorak: really is we have to pick from those system. 10
loan pieces that
Adam Curry: yeah, that are not our regular 30 debts pulled
John C Dvorak: from the social Nanogen the social media, so not
going to be?
Adam Curry: Well, we appreciate your work so dirty Jersey hora,
thank you for the thank you for the value that you create the
time and the talent was very much appreciated on that. Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you now to our executive and Associate
Executive producers for episode 1614. We kick it off with
Derrick Barone who comes in with a coveted show number donation
1614 from San Antonio, Texas. And he says show number
donation. I picked you guys up while searching the truth after
Limbaugh died. Wow. I wonder did he did you search on Google? I'm
curious about that.
John C Dvorak: Where are you at? I have no idea.
Adam Curry: You knuckleheads are now my only source de douche me
please. You've been de deuced please Knight me sir de bon
stealth conductor of truth and lover of boobs Keep up the great
work. You too Derek. Thank you very much we
John C Dvorak: appreciate that everything is moving around. Sir
Baron not sure keeper. Tricky. Oh, not your keeper. Okay, so
bear and natural keeper. Oh monument Colorado 111 1.11 Sir
Baron natural keeper of the trice lakes after calling out my
brother as a douchebag the guilt has weighed on me since he was
the one that brought me to your show and I wouldn't have found
you guys without him. Oh, no, please credit this donation to
him and give him the D douchey. Greatly needs for now please
Knight him sir owl. Live available all the servers can be
duplicated by the Wishing you don't have to ask about that.
And give him a helping of mutton hookers. And blow it you get
that anyway. So that's to get us to fall back.
Adam Curry: Oh, give us a given.
John C Dvorak: Please add him to the birthday list. 1211 and give
him a biscuit for his birthday. They always give me a biscuit on
my birthday.
Unknown: You fan de Deus.
John C Dvorak: And a dose of karma as always, thank you for
everything you guys do. Mark Rushall
Unknown: you've got karma.
Adam Curry: Okay, I gotta expand my myself formatting here.
Moments. People right outside the box. Okay, so that's a but
that is a switcheroo for Sir owl, right? Yeah, yeah, I
presume that went wrong, sir. Get that right, sir. Okay, boom,
boom. Next up, sir. stacker. Menomonee. Falls, Wisconsin.
1000. Thank you for accepting my treasure and for your service.
All my best to you, Adam. Neil Smith, sir. stacker. Baron, bird
seed. PhD graduate. Did this come in? Must have come in with
a check. I guess that is a PhD graduate.
John C Dvorak: Is this a check? Noted?
Adam Curry: Yeah, I think so. Okay. Daniel Smith. Yep. He's on
the list as a graduate Yes. Correct.
John C Dvorak: He, yeah. Wait, now we have Kyle who came in
with another $1,000. And it was sent as a tribute to Michael
Daigle in a senti. A he had it was a very cryptic series of
notes that Kyle sent in. And he's without contributions. And
then he sent this thing in as a tribute to this guy with a photo
on his note and the whole thing and we're just, there was no
evidence that he wanted us to say anything more than that.
Adam Curry: Okay. Well, it's a tribute to Michael Degli
Innocenti. Do we want to put his name as the as the producer in
that case?
John C Dvorak: No, Kyle gets it.
Adam Curry: Okay. Excuse me. Anonymous controller. Franklin,
Indiana. I think I met him 34567. That's 34567 sends us
into knighthood. And we'd like to do a switcheroo and give it
to Dave The broke controller. I think this is this is from the
meetup. While Dave is tiny and broke. He hit us in the mouth
and it's always attempting to hit others in the mouth. Without
him. We'd never know this show existed yesterday. This is from
the controllers. He will be known as the unknown Knight
until he writes in and chooses a name JCD. You are the father
Dave never had. So can you please in your most fatherly
tone say I'm proud of you, kid.
John C Dvorak: I'm proud of you kid.
Adam Curry: It will give it will give it if I felt that even.
It'll give him the motivation. He needs to keep evangelizing
for the no agenda show and make disciples who he become who
become donors. Adam, pleasure meeting you and the keeper.
She's lovely. By the way. It was one of our human resources who
vomited all over the floor at the meetup. Oh, I didn't see
that. I missed it. I missed it good vomit. Bringing kids into a
bar wasn't already a questionable parenting decision.
One of them had to go puke and ruin it for everybody else.
Luckily, the no agenda unit was full of loving and kind people
who were understanding and sympathetic. The only jingle
we'd like to hear is JC DS Hot Pocket love from anonymous
controller and his wife
Unknown: had pockets.
Adam Curry: Okay, so this is for Dave The broke controller Dave,
the broke. I didn't hear about that at all. That's fine.
John C Dvorak: I didn't hear about it. Well, next on the list
is coincidently Linda Lubetkin in Lakewood, Colorado, jobs calm
offer remarkable, remarkable resume that gets results go to
Image makers inc.com For all your executive resume and job
search needs. Yeah, that's image makers. equals k.com or just
find Linda Lu patcon under the show's producer list with love
Unknown: jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs,
John C Dvorak: let's vote for job. Karma.
Adam Curry: And finally, Yes, last one, sir Jeff from Mount
Shasta, California. 200 Switcheroo for Dame Danny from
Sir Jeff. Okay, so please also add Dame Danny to the birthday
list her birthday December 7. That's the show today. Thank you
for all you do. Here's the final donation amount for my smokin
hot wife to officially become the dame that she's always been.
Let us bestow the title of Dame Danny of the screaming goat
society, love and light, sir Jeff Knight of the five seasons.
So I will put Dame Danny of the screaming goat society in the
switcheroo note beautiful. And I think that does it right.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, so they'll read the rest of these. There's
only a few. Just
Adam Curry: let me thank everybody who of course is an
executive or Associate Executive Producer. These are credits that
are completely valid. They're real. You can use them anywhere
that credits are recognized. That's Hollywood, by the way
that sag AFTRA you can use that it's it's the real deal. You can
put it on your LinkedIn on your resume in your bio if you have
one, or go to imdb.com If you don't have an IMDB you can open
one up. It's all legit. And thank you for supporting the no
agenda show.
John C Dvorak: Jeffrey Benson is up with $123.21 and he's from
Denver, Pennsylvania. I think he needs a D douching. You've been
D deuced. Harrington sparks Nevada $100 Anonymous from a
post office in California. $100. You know who you are. Baroness
night in Edmonds, Washington 90. Daniel Mudge in Fairborn. Ohio.
808. He wanted to be at the meet up meet you. Kevin McLaughlin
from Concord, North Carolina who wanted to be at the meet up for
sure. Because he says give those boobs the respect they deserve.
808 Alex Reichman in Peck Michigan 808 the Ryan White n y
n Kartini in Torrington, Connecticut 7421 Jose Prius
Prius paratus in Wichita, Kansas 6933, Sir becoming heroic in
shear Ville, Indiana 6886 which he claims as jiggly boobs, I'm
sure Andrew Pana Bianco in Peoria, Arizona. 6154. Kevin
McLaughlin is back at 606. Don't be shy. Just give those boobs a
try. He says Grayson insurance in Aurora, Colorado 606. Also
small boobs, tre cougars and Amelia, Ohio 5555. It's quite
sure what the note says David Weicker in Jacksonville, Florida
5510 And he wants a promotion for southeastern turfgrass
supply. Miko should be the in the name of his name instead of
the Dave. David Weikert. Okay, did 510 Michael gates 50 to 80
Heather Goodwin in kowhai e. Y E. Five Do you want 11 Josiah
Thomas and N Kenny, Iowa 51 jacquelene Keeley in Downers
Grove, Illinois with a birthday actually it's a birthday to his
her douchebag husband $51 can be is on the list. Miles
Charlotte's we'll give him a douching then miles in
Charlottesville, Virginia 5033 Lynn Melanau ski in Stafford,
Virginia 50 and these are all 50s. From now on, I will finish
with this name location Douglas Moog and Cochran cochranton.
Pennsylvania. Alex Zavala in Kyle Texas or Kylie
Adam Curry: Oh surroundings, Sir Alex,
John C Dvorak: Sir Alex, Miko Lebar are lead bar A in
Williamston, Michigan Pay Pal, Inc. 50 $50. Thanks, PayPal.
When he came his PayPal, a Ryan tear maybe it's just a refund.
Brian Tiernan in North Providence, Rhode Island.
Matthew Smith in Colchester, Suffolk, UK, Jonathan Faris in
Liberal Kansas, Philip Those Makowski in Austin, Texas,
Edward Mazurek in Memphis, Tennessee Steven ray in Spokane,
Washington, Jonathan Meyer in Xenia, Ohio. Justin Cruz attach
up California. Robertson home in Flint, Michigan and last on our
list is Carrie Jackson in Watertown tend to tend tend to
see tend to thank us people for helping us out here on this show
of 1614. And
Adam Curry: thank you to everyone who came in under 50 We
don't mention anything under 50 A lot of people like that for
complete anonymity. I see you 4999 But also, if everybody
would consider going on one of the sustaining donations which
you can make up yourself, you can make up the frequency you
can make up the amount you know how much just something that is
recurring, that really does help when things get slow. You can
learn more about it here. for.org/and no agenda show
donations.com And thank you for supporting us here. Our formula
is this. We go out we hit people in the mouth
it's actually no agenda donations.com That's what it is.
Here are your birthday Shawn wishes wife Miranda Happy
birthday is today. And Sir Jeff wishes a smokin hot wife Danny
also Happy Birthday also today. Then we have David winker,
wishing his amazing daughter Aspen joy, wicker a happy
birthday she turns 11 tomorrow on the eighth Did you enjoy the
limo ride he wants to know sir Baron nuts your keeper wishes
his brother owl happy birthday for the elevens Jacqueline
Keeley Happy birthday to you are lovable husband Mike Healy. And
Derek by the way as a brand new human resource she was born
yesterday on December 6, her name is Ellie, we say welcome to
no agenda nation and give our nation Ellie happy birthday from
everybody he had the best podcast in the universe. Then we
congratulate Neil Smith with his PhD of course say he will be
able to he's so eligible for that so we'll get that in the
mail and we have a day when a couple of nights if you've if
you've got to go gotta
John C Dvorak: read here beautiful.
Adam Curry: Derek Marone out and gave the broke controller come
on over here step on up on the podium all of you have support
the no agenda show or have been supported to the no agenda show
in the amount of $1,000 or more and I am therefore very very
happy to pronounce Kate these named Danny of the screaming
goat society. Sir deep bone stealth conductor of truth and
lover of boobs are out and the unknown night for you. We've got
hookers and blow rent boys and Chardonnay extra helping of that
we've got Polish potato vodka harlots and howl doll beer and
blondes Brazilian hotties and Kashia. We got back in vanilla
bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider escorts, ginger ale and
dribbles, breast milk and pablum. And, of course, Madani
Mead extras for those who need it, go to no agenda
nation.com/rings or nogen rings.com Sorry. And take a look
at the handsome night and Dame rings we have there. That's also
where new Neil Smith can still get his PhD. Now that means
you'd love to give us your address and the exact name you
want it for the night rings. We need your ring size, there's a
handy sizing guide there. And please also tell us where to
send it because with that not it's a signet ring. So you get
your beautiful Notre Dame ring along with wax to seal your
important correspondence and a certificate of authenticity.
Thank you so much for joining that exclusive club but the no
agenda Knights and Dames.
Well, you heard my meet up report at the top. It was a
great time. We really appreciate once again, Mark and Maria,
thank you so much. I'm sure we'll have the full meetup
report for Sunday's report. Takes a little bit to get all of
those edited together. In the meantime, we do have the Webster
County whet your whistle meetup report. Well,
Unknown: in the morning this is Charles Shelton from the Webster
County whet your whistle monthly Wednesday meet up. It was a real
turnout tonight. It was a party of one me and that's okay. But
connection is protection for everybody who showed up last
week and for the weeks before and the weeks into the future.
May y'all have a good time and I will be here next month first
Wednesday of January respect we make much we mix we much and
that which means be committed.
Adam Curry: Alright close. could try. There is a meetup taking
place today. The five forks is the first Thursday at six
o'clock at Bullwinkle tavern that's in Simpsonville, South
Carolina, the northern wake of Thanksgiving recovery circle of
trust six o'clock at Compass Rose brewing in Raleigh, North
Carolina, there's the Carolinas for y'all taken care of. On
Friday the Deep State University alumni meeting from Munich and
upper Bavaria this it is it's your site Taylor Brauhaus. In
our set is our tall Bavaria, Germany. I'm expecting a meet up
report from that. Also the brow house right yes. brow and Bright
House. The Brandon's in Florida to meet up two o'clock at Big
Top brewing Lakewood Ranch, Florida. That's on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, the local 406 Yuletide. This is the Montana
standard state standard time 333 At Bridger Brewer brewing Three
Forks, Three Forks, Montana. The New York City no agenda drinking
club meets at 333 in Wing bar and Brooklyn New York's are
spoon makers there. I would like a meet up report from Brooklyn
as well. I can't believe the no agenda listeners in Brooklyn yet
run out of town. The northeastern Houston meetup five
o'clock in Houston on Saturday at 3040 Farm to Market The
Northeast Ohio holiday winter fest. Not totally not a
Christmas get together at six o'clock. That's 56 kitchen in
Mayfield Heights, Ohio. And finally before our next show day
on Saturday, the second annual cheesy spot see holiday meet up
630 And Gore melts. That's in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I did
want to make one mitten mentioned because I saw popping
up on the schedule April 8 a meet up in Fredericksburg,
Texas. I recommend you not do this meetup. I recommend you do
not come this unless you have already unless you have lodging
and know where you're going to stay. It is going to be a
nightmare. I will not even be able to get to this location.
There's going to be over 100,000 people in Fredericksburg. It's a
bad idea is that there is
John C Dvorak: some background here. This is just condemned
condemnation.
Adam Curry: This is the big solar eclipse. Well, yes. Now
Ana, Texas, you
John C Dvorak: might want to go the solar eclipse last year. But
this
Adam Curry: is this is going to be the big one. This
Fredericksburg is right in the middle of the path. This is
where it's going to go dark. Dark for a total of 15 minutes,
who and the whole the world is coming to Fredericksburg. It's
going to be a horrible nightmare. So I'm not going to
be at this meetup. I won't even be able to get there from where
I live. So stop doing these smart ass things. People it's
not good for you. Do not do this. You know how many people's
Hey, man, what are you doing for the clips? I want to come stay
with you? No, no, I'm gonna have to stand outside with my with my
rifle. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, because we know there's an empty plot
next to us. Do you get people camping on their lightened
fires?
John C Dvorak: I just have your duck the dog loose? Yeah.
Adam Curry: That could turn out perfectly. You know the trolls
like you just take your electric bike Nope. You have no idea that
will be the street will be one year electric bikes will be one
just may
John C Dvorak: Whatever happened to that that one wheeled piece
of crap that little scooter thing used to drive up and down
and in the apartment building and whatever happened to that?
Adam Curry: Oh, or the hoverboard? Yeah, I got rid of
it before it blew up. I thought it would be smarter. Those
things blow up. Now the batteries ignite in your house.
I guess you don't see those much anymore. It was two wheels by
the ways two wheels hoverboard wasn't one wheel. That's our no
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Unknown: me triggered you will be buddy feels the same. It's
like
Adam Curry: just like a party. I I have two ISOs I wouldn't mind
trying to I suppose when I go my first you've been more winning
lately than I have so I feel like I should be subjugated here
we go
Unknown: trash takes itself out every single time.
Adam Curry: A little too long. I think a little too long. How
about this one? Democracy forever Dude, we get it kinda
like that one. I don't know what he said but democracy forever
Dude, we get it. He couldn't hear that really couldn't hear
okay,
Unknown: here we go. Democracy forever, dude. We did it.
Adam Curry: I could hear pretty well.
John C Dvorak: Okay, got two short ones. All right. One so
short has got a zero seconds maybe not even be on here.
Anyway, is easy.
Adam Curry: It's just that easy. That's just unintelligible was
mine.
John C Dvorak: There you go. There you go.
Adam Curry: I think there you go is probably the best of all of
them was the clearest. Yeah, that's, that usually is what
wins?
John C Dvorak: Yes. I love how people always able to send us
these things should note that
Adam Curry: if you can't hear it or it can't be more than two
seconds for two seconds is
John C Dvorak: the max to you? And also if it's just got music
behind it or it's muddy or it hasn't funny, and we're not
Adam Curry: we're not looking. We're not looking for people
saying in the morning. No. Hey, this guy said in the morning.
No, no, no, no, that's sad enough on that's not it. That's
not it.
John C Dvorak: I have a couple of clips that I've been sitting
on I want to play. Okay. Because nobody knows about this is not
being played by the mainstream media. No. Somehow I think this
is an OP. Ed, I think and I say one of our intelligence agencies
is doing it. It's called the White Paper movement in China.
Oh, what is
Unknown: this in an event right outside of the US Capitol this
evening, a group of Chinese dissidents and human rights
activists are trying to remind the world that the Chinese
Communist Party's grip on its people may not be as strong as
it seems. And that's clear not only from the people who are
commemorating the white paper movement today, but also with
the white paper movement itself. So just to take you back to
exactly how this all started. While around this time last
year, there were 10s of 1000s of Chinese people who took to the
streets holding up pieces of blank white paper in protest of
China's zero COVID policy, but not only in protest of that
policy, also calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party
in the dictatorship,
what that would take to rest your life, in a regime like
that, to speak on behalf of truth and protest tyranny. I
think that should give us all who are lucky enough to live in
the free world, some courage to do whatever we can to protect
the freedoms we have.
Year after year, more and more Chinese people are standing up
to demand their basic human rights. Year after year, the
change is happening,
took it upon himself to read off a list of names of people who
were actually involved in the white paper protest movement who
are still being detained in China today, I also got a chance
to catch up with lawmakers about the commemoration of this white
paper Freedom Movement. And they said this is something that
should be encouraged because it is a beacon of hope. So
it's actually a little glimmer of hope that that's still the
China's stronghold on his people is not as strong as they think
it is. And
Adam Curry: encourage them to continue with that for the cause
of freedom around the world is to acknowledge their sacrifice,
and and applaud their sacrifice. And think it's important to
continue to do that. And this has to happen organically within
the country. Where I'm at so the Charlie's only vaguely my ass so
they're holding up white pieces of paper. Yeah. Isn't that just
shouldn't people be making memes out of that? Writing?
John C Dvorak: This whole thing has been repressed in terms of
our mainstream coverage. Interesting. So but I mean, I
wish I think it makes it not work. Or somebody told I don't
know I have. I think there's an OP involved here. But I don't
understand why this hasn't been picked up is already a year old
is movement. And it's discussed as such the white paper
movement. You never heard of it. I never heard of it. No, I
haven't. I think this is a part two to this.
Unknown: Yes, there is. And this comes at a time when there's a
new undiagnosed pneumonia breaking out in China and sprite
is in hospitalizations to spike. Now this is raising concern
among lawmakers here in Washington DC many of those whom
I spoke to said that they're very concerned about the issue
of transparency in the data coming out from China saying
that they don't even know how serious this pneumonia is
because China recently covered up the COVID 19 pandemic which
caused millions of deaths around the world. Okay,
Adam Curry: well, interesting. This may coincide with I have
two clips. What's going on in the UK as everything now all
deaths, everything is being blamed on Boris Johnson. You'll
recall that they had parties they had parties.
John C Dvorak: We had a clip the other what was the clip do Yeah,
he's the one who screwed up to Ukraine thing he went
Adam Curry: he'd been blamed for everything. Yeah. And it fall
guy and so now they have these inquiries because they had the
WhatsApp messages. And you know, supposedly Boris Johnson said,
you know, we're not locking down the economy Let The Bodies pile
up. Hi, let 80 year olds die. So this is what's now in the in the
British press mid
Unknown: March 2020 When most European countries were under
lockdown to stop the spread of COVID. In the UK, it was almost
business as usual. It's only on March 23 that former Prime
Minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown Oh,
you must stay at home. former
officials told the inquiry into the handling of COVID that
taking the decision so late likely cost lives.
I want to take this opportunity, if I may, my lady to apologize
to the victims who endured so much pain the families who
endured so much loss as a result of the mistakes that were made
by government.
Boris Johnson allegedly put the economy first sacrificing
vulnerable people he's accused of saying this to his advisers.
Did
you see them say like the bodies piled high in their 1000s or
it's only killing 80 year olds.
There's been a few different versions of this, these stories
knocking around. And you hear that? I heard that in Prime
Minister study.
former officials have told the inquiry that Johnson often
changed his mind and struggled to understand the science behind
the pandemic,
in saying that the Prime Minister at the time gave up
science when he was 15. And I think he'd be the first to admit
it wasn't his forte, and that he did struggle with some of the
concepts and we didn't need to repeat them often.
Adam Curry: Here's what's interesting.
John C Dvorak: Well hold on a second. This is sounds like bull
crap to me. Well, they
Adam Curry: have they have the WhatsApp messages. That's the
problem. Yeah.
John C Dvorak: I guess those can't be phony it up.
Adam Curry: No, no, I think it's the I think it's the real decay.
Well,
John C Dvorak: he hasn't denied it.
Adam Curry: But here you go. Well, he is kind of, you know
what? Anybody could have said that it doesn't matter. He's
He's the fall guy. But what's interesting is the hoity toity
Brit, the journalist, the news agents, UK, these are famous
journalist, they do the podcast and news agents. It is a very
successful podcast is financially successful. So
that's amazing by itself. So they're talking about this, and
then they reluctantly give Trump a compliment.
Unknown: He missed quite a lot of the detail
of how serious it was okay to do something I've very rarely done
before, which is to talk about the smooth good governance of
Donald Trump's administration at the same time, but it was the
31st of January, that they banned flights from China into
the US because they were so alarmed. COVID coming in, we
just racist at the time. Oh, another one of them. Exactly.
You thought that Trump was trying to kind of re litigate
the trade battle with China in different ways. And this was
John C Dvorak: China banned.
Unknown: Exactly. But there you were, at the end of January in
Washington, DC, with Trump announcing no more flights in
from China. And Boris Johnson is say, way into February Oh, we
didn't really realize how in Washington, I think they did
realize that it was pretty serious early on.
Adam Curry: And what's so unbelievable, is how Cavalier
they are now about their own reporting at the time, because
that's all you heard. The ACLU came out and said Trump was
racist against Asians. Yep. And the and I don't even know if
they had this. I don't think they had this podcast out. But
the certainly the companies they worked for at the time, they
were all like Trump's a racist, horrible, and now they can't,
oh, I'm gonna do something I don't do. I'm gonna say Trump
had a good handle on it. Because at the time, we just thought,
Oh, he's being racist. That means as a journalist, you suck.
You suck. It's unreal. Anyway, what time is it? Oh, it's time.
When do we want it? Now? We want some good news before we leave
the show. All right, I
John C Dvorak: gotta say this is a this is the Idaho clip. And
this is one of those local clips that goes on five, six minutes
of good news. They give me some woman some some love. And all I
need is just I just all I have here is the setup. I cut the
rest out where they actually go knock on her door, and they give
her those these awards, because the setup itself is good enough.
And it's good news II enough and it's one of those local things
that could have been cut if it was national news to be a minute
and a half instead as five, six minutes. So here we go. Merry
Unknown: Christmas, everybody. We are in the sweetest city in
Idaho. So they say sugar city. I'm Nate Eaton with Robert Peggy
and Jordan. We're about to surprise one of the sweetest
ladies who lives here. Her name is Martha. She has been widowed
for two decades she worked hard labor jobs like potato
warehouses, and she's not afraid to get her hands dirty when it
comes to working. She makes tortillas and other food
offerings for her neighbors. She's constantly making new
friends last year without any prompting or recognition. She
needed many cute owl beanies and donated several large boxes to
Primary Children's Hospital in New Utah. She lives alone, but
she never loses her spirit of friendship, compassion or
getting? Well, Martha has had a broken toilet for quite some
time. She hasn't been able to afford to get it fixed and
Secret Santa asked if we could come and make sure that toilet
gets fixed. He's paying for a plumber to fix the problem and
get her a new toilet if she needs it. He's also giving her
groceries for quite a bit $2,000 to the grocery store. And we
have $5,000 from Secret Santa just to let her know that she's
loved. I think we should go surprise her. Ah,
Adam Curry: no, that was beautiful. News. Everyone knows.
Yes. Thank you. You know what people are loving this segment,
John.
John C Dvorak: It's true. So you know where I'm getting. I'm
starting to get these now from Mimi.
Adam Curry: Oh, she is she's a good news, lady, isn't she?
She's
John C Dvorak: a good news lady. And she went and she's digging
up these good news stories. Oh,
Adam Curry: people like this stuff.
John C Dvorak: Got plenty backed up already. I got the dog in the
tree story coming up.
Adam Curry: That'll have to wait until Sunday. I know. Everyone's
you're pining for it. Please. Hold off. It'll be it'll be here
on Sunday the dog in the tree story. That is it. We will
return on Sunday with more media deconstruction just for you. I
think we gave you your money's worth, which for many of you is
nothing. So Thanks for Thanks for that. Coming to you from the
heart of the Texas Hill Country. In the morning, everybody. I'm
Adam curry and
John C Dvorak: from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain
I'm John C. Dvorak.
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John C Dvorak: To get Henry Kissinger that Henry Kissinger
was he's the worst miss. He's the worst famous guy but he's
the worst. He killed millions. And he's a war criminal. Yes. He
was this.
Unknown: He has been involved in some of the most reprehensible
policies on the part of the United States, the assassination
of the President of Chile, a Lendy. And the support for a
brutal, murderous dictatorial regime the extending needlessly
of the Vietnam War, falsely claiming in 1972, that piece was
at hand supporting a murderous dictatorship in Pakistan, as
well as other dictators around the world. Few
people have had a hand in so much death and destruction in
different parts of the world than Henry Kissinger three in
particular suggests that Henry Kissinger could have been
accused of war crimes one is Cambodia the other is Pakistan
and the other is East Timor.
John C Dvorak: A war criminal what he would do it wouldn't do
it. It he's specifically do Do you know, because I tried to
look inside do
Adam Curry: I do he died while being Jewish?
We need we need another Jew to blame. I don't think so. This is
Hillary Clinton even know where she's walking. And there's
protesters. They are the Palestinian flags
Unknown: bloody Hillary do exist. It
Adam Curry: just existed existed.
John C Dvorak: Even Jewish.
Unknown: As we came, we saw he died.
Adam Curry: Doesn't really matter what
Unknown: difference at this point does it make?
Jewish, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish, Jewish,
Jewish, Jewish,
all failed life's again. Yes, sometimes win or lose and don't
want maybe down right now. At least I don't work for Jews.
But the fact of the matter is the truth needs to be told
10 years ago when the bathroom situation came up.
The Al Qaeda wasn't wearing a uniform. You'd see anyone
walking down the street they all had man dresses on you didn't
know if someone had a bomb an ID attached or not. Maybe
you smoke a terrorist on your southern border. You go ahead
and we're rooting for you. We're gonna smoke the terrorists on
our own southern border
to hear you can't hear you You finish and then you get a
balance. That's why we have to focus on things like cyber on
space on artificial intelligence, and not just the
regular things that we've always focused on. Are
you saying that it's time to bomb Iran? No, I was not saying
it's time to bomb Iran, you know.
Here's the bottom line, you could go about it all you like
and continue to deny reality.
Buckle your seatbelts, there's going to be a new sheriff in
town. Do everybody a favor, just walk yourself off that stage
enjoy a nice meal and get the hell out of this. When it comes
to Nikki
as the most obnoxious blowhard in America and
the baby dive
to where you're just gonna put your iPod on shuffle No, but you
want to know why.
Because every single song you own is it is.
It is bang bang bang it
is bang bang, bang bang, bang. Bang bang
John C Dvorak: bang bang. Bang in.
Adam Curry: What is what is that? It is bang, bang. Bang,
bang. Bang
Unknown: acoustic instruments used is so, not a banger. Once
accidentally downloaded Lumineer Saab had to throw away my whole
computer to be safe.
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