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1425: Brain Fog

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	Why am I shouting?
	Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak.
	It's Sunday, February 13th, 2022.
	This is your award-winning Kimo Nation Media Assassination Episode 1425.
	This is No Agenda.
	Watching the science change.
	And broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region No.
	6 in the morning, everybody.
	I'm Adam Curry.
	And from northern Silicon Valley, where I admit I was wrong about the duck masks.
	I'm John C. Dvorak.
	It's Crackball and Buzzkill.
	In the morning.
	Wow, that must have really bothered you.
	That was, what, two weeks ago?
	No, it was two shows ago.
	Well, two shows, two weeks.
	They actually sell masks that you put on like a duck, is my understanding.
	Yes, they do.
	Well, this is not a bad premium idea.
	Well, here's the funny thing about...
	Yeah, if you just make them yellow.
	Right.
	That's the mistake they're making.
	Yes.
	This mask never existed in N95. It's never existed before in this shape, looking like this?
	No.
	I don't know why that happened.
	It's because somebody's...
	They're mocking us.
	Yeah.
	That's probably right on, actually.
	Now think about it.
	Hey, I know a great idea.
	Let's make these idiots look like ducks.
	Bah!
	Yeah, I knew it.
	Yeah, of course.
	That would be our number one meeting item.
	All right, today, Curry Dvorak Masking Company.
	We need a little fun in our lives.
	I got an idea.
	What can we do next?
	What else could we come up with?
	Seriously, there's got to be...
	Five pieces that could catch you from...
	COVID. COVID Codpiece.
	Ooh, alright.
	Right around here.
	Coming up with show titles already?
	COVID Codpiece.
	Speaking of COVID. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, speaking of COVID. I have the COVID still.
	Yes, I want to also thank Judy Schwartz for sending in this tongue drum.
	She's sending a lot of stuff in.
	There's two people that are sending me these weird instruments.
	I just want to thank him.
	Anyway, okay, continue.
	I'm sorry.
	Oh, you still have it.
	I thought you'd be over it by now.
	Well, I'd like to give you a brief report.
	After our show on Sunday, I was, without a doubt, fatigued and fogged.
	You were complaining about this near the end.
	Thursday, I'm sorry, not Sunday, Thursday.
	At the end of Thursday's show, I was spent.
	I was spent.
	You didn't know it.
	No one would notice.
	At one point during the, I think...
	Maybe the meetups or something.
	I actually started speaking Dutch.
	I don't think you caught it, but for no reason, Dutch started coming out.
	I did not catch that.
	That's a part of the two symptoms that you read about the most.
	Obviously, you're fatigued.
	Speaking Dutch is a symptom of COVID? Yes, speaking in tongues.
	Speaking in tongues.
	No, I think it's the fog that people call the brain fog, which I disagree with as a descriptor of what it is.
	And I'm pretty in tune with my body, particularly the brain part.
	And so after the show, I mean, I was really, really tired.
	And then Friday, and then I had a really sweaty night, horrible, like had to change three times.
	Friday, my legs were tired, and this, what people are calling brain fog, had set in.
	And I want to try and describe it because it's not something I've ever felt before.
	It's not a fog.
	Because I think with the flu, you can feel foggy.
	You know, like, uh, woolly maybe is a better...
	So you don't sound sick again.
	But that's me.
	I think you're just...
	I think you're...
	This is a...
	You're acting.
	And you're proving that you can...
	Okay.
	That I'm a great actor.
	If you were acting, you'd sound sick.
	I'm sorry.
	You're definitely not acting.
	You're just...
	It's just the strangest phenomenon.
	You think you'd be able to like this?
	You know, I was sick as a dog.
	I sweated so much.
	The bed was wet.
	We had to buy a new mattress.
	I learned a long time ago in my 40-year broadcast career where I never missed a broadcast that the easiest way to not have that is to just push yourself over it and be happy and glad you got a job.
	And that makes it sound good.
	Okay, I'm sorry.
	I interrupted you.
	That's okay.
	You were talking about brain fog, and you had an example of it.
	Well, not an example, but I don't think it's the right descriptor.
	There's something, like there's, imagine your brain frequencies is a spectrum, you know, like an equalizer graph, that's for people who can, you know, and so I'm, with everything's popping up and down, and the levels are going.
	With your hammer.
	Yeah, exactly.
	It feels like somewhere around 20, 28 kilohertz or something.
	One of those is not working or it's fritzy.
	And because of that, there's certain things.
	Now, this was Friday and Saturday.
	There's certain things just like, I can't focus on this one thing.
	Or here's an example.
	I was cleaning out this.
	Tina was doing the dishes.
	We're doing the pots and pans, which you don't put in the dishwasher.
	We just wash them by hand.
	And we have a drawer for that.
	And, you know, the stuff goes in a certain way.
	John, I could not figure out the puzzle.
	And I was just like, this is weird.
	I can't do this.
	Okay, I give up.
	So, kind of felt the same way.
	Saturday, Friday night was also a pretty bad night.
	And I woke up this morning.
	I feel...
	I mean, I really feel good.
	I do not feel this frizziness.
	Now, I am sneezing a bit, and I'm a little nasally.
	I don't have the pain, the lower back or the torso or the trunk pain, you know, around my lower back and everything.
	My legs don't feel tired.
	However, I am still testing positive.
	I'm sorry, what?
	I missed it.
	I'm still testing positive as of five minutes before the show.
	Yeah, but that's just fragments.
	Yes, but there's a huge problem with this.
	I cannot in any good conscience go to the meetup tomorrow in Nashville if I'm still testing positive.
	Yes, I think you're probably right.
	But it's gut-wrenching to me.
	Because the number of people who are coming, I mean, we've got Mary who's driving across country in her EconoLine 350 that she lives in.
	I mean, we've got people driving from far away to be at this meetup, and I'm really, really bummed about it.
	It really sucks.
	This is where you say something compassionate.
	It's terrible.
	Yeah, it is.
	And I do want everybody to...
	Well, you might be okay by tomorrow.
	John, even if you test negative, you're still shedding virus for a few days.
	And we have people at the meetup who are vaccinated.
	I don't want them to get really sick from this thing.
	That's a good point.
	You know, these are our people.
	And you know what?
	All we need is for someone to be, it's just find out that I went to the meetup and like, oh, look at this a-hole.
	And then they'll be waiting for me to die of COVID. So I don't want that karma either.
	Because that's what they do.
	Yeah, you don't want to be a Rogan.
	I mean, this has not been as severe as anyone made it, I think, or made it out to be for me at least.
	And I'm a 57-year-old man.
	I smoke weed.
	I drink wine.
	I don't work out excessively, really.
	I think the blister pack, I think that's what did it.
	Just all of that stuff, it was, what is it, total, this is now the sixth day, so five days.
	And I really feel really good today.
	Okay, well it looks like you screwed all these people coming to see you.
	Is that supposed to make me feel better somehow?
	You said to be sympathetic.
	I'm sympathetic to them.
	They're the ones who feel bad.
	Dame Jennifer has said, because of course we contacted Sir Patrick Coble and Dame Jennifer, and Dame Jennifer is the designated receiver if anyone has stuff that they brought.
	Lots of people also bring donations on the spot, and she has been designated.
	She'll do a spreadsheet for us, etc., and she will have a report.
	Yeah, well, Dave Jennifer, man.
	Come on.
	She is nice.
	So I'm very, very sorry for everyone who is going to come to that meetup, and we will reschedule, and I think we're already planning on something in North Carolina in April, which maybe could bring some of the same people back, and we would love to return or go back to Tennessee.
	It just sucks what it is.
	Well, you having this thing now is dangerous for different reasons than you'd think.
	Because they've finally, NPR's, I guess the only people I've heard promote this.
	Okay.
	But they've decided that the last ditch effort to get people to get the vaccine before this is done, which is actually already past due.
	Yeah, I agree.
	They've come up with some bogus studies that are so transparently wrong that it's laughable and I think it applies to you because if any of these studies are true, you're in trouble.
	But I don't believe a word of it.
	Okay.
	How about this clip?
	COVID new studies.
	The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did the study on heart issues.
	It reports COVID-19 survivors had a 63% higher risk for a heart attack, a 69% higher risk of irregular heartbeats, a 52% higher risk of stroke, and a 72% higher risk of heart failure.
	This was clearly seen in all ages, no matter what race or gender.
	The department adds it's even a risk for people who didn't go to the hospital and those with mild symptoms.
	study as COVID vaccines using mRNA technology don't have any additional short-term side effects in cancer patients.
	Yeah, I saw this.
	I didn't...
	It's a good clip.
	I saw the article.
	And you look at that and you go, you MRFers.
	Are you kidding me?
	I mean, it is such a...
	First of all, I think it's bull crap.
	All of a sudden, a new study after two years of this thing.
	And this...
	Obviously, milder variant would be weird if that's the one that caused all the problems.
	But it kind of goes hand-in-hand with what they're saying in the UK about the sports, the soccer players falling down dead on the field.
	Do you know what they say the reason is?
	Oh, I can just imagine.
	It is the, they get startled from the referee whistle.
	What?
	Yes, I'm not kidding.
	There's nothing wrong with the vaccines.
	People are getting startled by the vaccine, by the ref whistle, and then that all of a sudden jolts them in.
	Oh my God.
	Well, you know, this happened, this particular report happened after this release of the data that's since been jiggered by the government, by the Defense Department, that database.
	Yes.
	Because the core to it was the 40%, 50%, 3,000%, 2,000% more likely.
	And so this report follows the same pattern of, oh, you got 75% more likely, 80%, you know, the same kind of thing.
	So it kind of sounds like the other report.
	So it kind of like...
	So you're saying they had to put this report, or this report was a derivative of the rigging of the DMED from the Department of Defense?
	Wow.
	Yeah.
	Jeez.
	It's obvious because of the timing.
	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
	They have no shame in these people.
	And it does accomplish one thing.
	And a little bit at the end, you kind of laughed over it, but it was the bogus thing about the mRNA vaccine.
	It had nothing to do with the rest of it, but they said...
	It has no side effect.
	The end of it again, because it wasn't about any of this other stuff, but it was associative.
	It's one of those things where you...
	And then the mRNA, blah, blah, blah.
	But listen to it carefully, because it's got nothing to do with anything.
	The department adds it's even a risk for people who didn't go to the hospital and those with mild symptoms.
	Another study adds COVID vaccines using mRNA technology don't have any additional short-term side effects in cancer patients.
	Yeah, it's like a double whammy.
	They're saying, hey, by the way, if you've got a heart problem, that's COVID and the vaccines don't cause that.
	And they certainly don't cause any problems if you've got cancer.
	That's what they said.
	The giveaway on this report was at the beginning of it where they say there was no difference between race or gender or age.
	Let's listen again to the whole thing.
	The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did the study on heart issues.
	It reports COVID-19 survivors had a 63% higher risk for a heart attack, a 69% higher risk of irregular heartbeats, a 52% higher risk of stroke, and a 72% higher risk of heart failure.
	This was clearly seen in all ages, no matter what race or gender.
	The department adds it's even a risk for people who didn't go to the hospital and those with mild symptoms.
	Another study adds COVID vaccines using mRNA technology don't have any additional short-term side effects in cancer patients.
	I'm glad we listened to that again for a couple of reasons.
	One...
	What they're leaving out is the obvious difference between civilians and these numbers.
	You're in the military.
	Who the hell knows what's going on there?
	Huh?
	But, of course, they wouldn't mention that, and it's based on phony...
	Gosh, it's so obvious that's the phony numbers.
	Well, you can't...
	I've never seen a study, and there's plenty of them.
	We have links to them, and they're passed around.
	Where you have no difference in age, gender, or race.
	That just never happens.
	There's always a difference in age, for sure.
	Always.
	And there tends to be one with gender, and there tends to be one with the race.
	There tends to be all of them, not none of them.
	That is bullcrap.
	Here's what happens.
	When you're in the military, then if you're a member of the black and brown community, you will not be disproportionately hurt by COVID. Go military!
	Bullshit.
	This is bullshit.
	That is really one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen.
	Thank you, NPR. Yeah, we're pretty level-headed.
	I saw this article, and I'm not worried about that.
	That's bullcrap, first thing I thought.
	But imagine, people who have a mild case.
	Oh, for up to a year!
	I mean, that could give you agita right there!
	Yeah, don't let a referee's whistle come by.
	Drop you on the spot.
	So this is all part of...
	Racists would die, you know, or not racists, I'm sorry, rapists, when they're whistling and they carry a whistle.
	Oh, yeah.
	That did it?
	Yep.
	The New York Times wrote this morning, yesterday morning, when facts change...
	One of the few COVID truisms is that policies should change as reality changes.
	A world without vaccines calls for more restrictions than a world with vaccines.
	Hold on a second.
	It said reality changes?
	Yes.
	Yes.
	Oh, yeah.
	They used the word reality itself.
	Yes.
	David Leonard in the New York Times.
	Reality itself, which is a constant.
	Yep.
	No, no.
	It's changing.
	It's changing.
	Again, one of the few COVID truisms is that policies should change as reality changes.
	Beautiful.
	Beautiful.
	A world without vaccines calls for more restrictions than a world without vaccines.
	When cases are surging and hospitals are overwhelmed, as was the case last month, more restrictions make sense.
	If hospitalizations and deaths keep falling, continued steps towards normalcy will make sense.
	We have to be able to act differently when the situation changes.
	It's really a conversation.
	The answer will not spring forth from science.
	What?
	What?
	It's a conversation now?
	Yeah, and science will not...
	We don't have to follow the science because the answer doesn't spring forth from science.
	What kind of English is that?
	No, it comes from the conversation.
	What kind of English is that, anyway?
	The answer will not spring forth from science.
	If the editor should have caught that, you can't put something like that in the New York Times.
	Isn't that kind of lame?
	Shall spring forth.
	Ahead we go.
	Science has changed, everybody.
	Yeah, it's beautiful.
	Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
	Okay, so we can talk about...
	Why don't you...
	Whatever you have on COVID, maybe we should just do that.
	I got a couple.
	I don't have a lot, but I have...
	Let's just play this.
	This is another dumb report on reinfections.
	We're moving into the third year of the pandemic and a lot of people have now had COVID-19.
	In fact, scientists estimate the vast majority of Americans have been infected at some point.
	By the end of this month, it might be 80% of us at one time or another who have been infected.
	So here's a question.
	If most of us have been infected or vaccinated or vaccinated and infected, can we just return to normal now?
	Well, maybe not.
	But we've been asking NPR Global Health correspondent Michaelene Ducleff to figure out what this does mean.
	Hey there, Michaelene.
	Hi Steve!
	Where does that 80% figure come from?
	You know, it's hard to know exactly the percentage because many COVID cases go undetected.
	And as we'll learn, there can be reinfections.
	But roughly, researchers at Georgia Tech estimate that before Omicron, about 40% of Americans had been infected.
	And researchers at the University of Washington predict about 40% of Americans will catch Omicron.
	So 40% plus 40%, that's 80%.
	That's most of us.
	Does that mean that most people, whether they're vaccinated or not, have some protection from the disease?
	Yes.
	So they are protected in a particular way.
	So what scientists are beginning to realize is having a symptomatic infection typically triggers a strong immune response and gives good protection against severe disease and future surges.
	Leif Aboradad has been researching this topic for over a year.
	He's an epidemiologist at Well Cornell Medicine Catter.
	And in a recent study, he measured a person's risk of getting hospitalized during their second infection compared to their first.
	Those who get re-infected had 90% lower chance of getting hospitalized than those who had a primary infection.
	And he says there's growing evidence that this protection lasts quite a long time, perhaps a few years.
	So you have a tiny fraction of the odds of going to the hospital with a serious illness if you catch it again.
	Yes, it's quite extraordinary.
	And it means that over time, COVID will be less of a problem for society as a whole.
	It's quite extraordinary what we've learned.
	When you have natural infection, you probably won't get it again.
	Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, science.
	What is wrong with these people?
	Do they hear themselves?
	They obviously don't.
	I have a data point I forgot to mention.
	Yeah?
	So, the keeper, you know, we're not quarantining, we're not kissing and hugging, but we're not quarantining, we sleep in the same bed.
	She is fine.
	And the data point is, well, I just have a data point as you and I have been trying to figure out what is the difference, what are you doing, what is she doing, etc.
	Here's the only thing that I, I typically take everyday potassium.
	And the potassium that I have is a liquid form in a dropper, and you put it in your glass of water, and it tastes like ass.
	I mean, it's total sweat-sock sap, okay?
	It's horrible.
	So sometimes I just stop taking it.
	So why do you take it?
	Well, sometimes I stop taking it because I'm like, ugh, gag, I don't want to take it.
	I'll take it tomorrow.
	I hadn't taken it for a week, and then I got the COVID vaccine.
	Tina eats two bananas a day.
	I'm just saying it could be a data point.
	It could be the potassium.
	Well, I don't say potassium at all.
	No.
	But it's a data point for her.
	You don't get out.
	That's why you're not infected.
	That's exactly right.
	You're a hermit.
	I stay home.
	But don't worry.
	We've got an Omicron vaccine, a special vaccine on the way.
	And how do we know this?
	The CEO of Pfizer told us.
	He said something interesting, though.
	What information are you expecting to get over the next couple weeks, both from within, you know, Pfizer and BioNTech and also from around the world?
	We saw the South African data last night.
	We know that academic labs everywhere are working on this.
	How will you make that decision about whether those three doses are enough or if you do need to switch to that Omicron-specific vaccine, which we understand you started working on already and could have by March?
	Yes.
	The data that we received are data that we got from what we call pseudovirus.
	So it's not the real virus.
	It is a virus that we have constructed in our labs and it is identical with the Omicron virus.
	This is a very well-known study.
	Okay, so they created this with the pseudovirus.
	Why would he even mention that?
	I mean, is that important for us to know, or is there a reason why they can't do it with the actual Omicron virus variant?
	Well, you've asked a question I can't answer or even come close to figuring it out.
	That's why I thought it was so weird.
	Does this thing really exist, or you can't get a culture?
	You can't isolate it?
	So you've created something in the lab that's like it?
	This has been the problem all along, looking back on the vaccines.
	It's always been, well, you know, oh, this variant's worse, and we know because we've tested it in the lab, or more transmissible in the lab.
	All this stuff has been in the lab.
	I don't know.
	Maybe we got a virologist out there.
	We have a lot of lab workers.
	Some might come up with an answer.
	Or maybe put it in there and show off to his compadres that they could even do something like he described.
	That might be a hot thing.
	Oh, that's impossible.
	Did you and Horowitz short Pfizer and Moderna at the top there?
	Did you guys talk about that at all?
	You know, this is...
	Their stock prices are definitely going down.
	And there's this thing going...
	And I'm just telling you because you're the guy that knows about this stuff.
	There's this rumor or, you know, it's presented as fact for the past three days.
	And it goes like this.
	Moderna CEO deletes his Twitter after dumping $400 million of stock!
	Now, his Twitter has been deleted, but there's no evidence he dumped $400 million worth of stock.
	That would, I think, show up in a real financial publication.
	There's probably a couple dozen people that follow insider trading to the T. You have to file with the SEC when you do that, if you're a director of any company and you sell your own stock or buy your own stock, for that matter, or even when you...
	Flip an option.
	Yeah, it's...
	It has to all be recorded, and it's on record.
	And it's very easy to follow, unless it's listed somewhere, it's bullcrap.
	Now, it is true that the Moderna CEO... Musk dumped a lot of SpaceX.
	And Tesla.
	But that was a month ago.
	No, it's been a while back.
	But most people, when they're selling their stock, this is like a rule for people who want to base trading on insiders.
	You can trust the buy, but you can't trust the sell.
	Because most people doing the selling, they want to get some cash.
	Right.
	Although I remember Ron Bloom...
	Bought stock in Think New Ideas, the company that we took public, and he got in real trouble for it with the SEC, even though he bought stock.
	And I don't know exactly if it was a filing issue, but the...
	It tends to be...
	There's these quiet periods where you can buy stock and you can't buy stock, and then you have to file.
	And if there's something going on, like within a few days of the earnings report or something, you have to...
	There's rules for when you can buy, and there's rules for when you can sell.
	I just said that because...
	When there's buying, then, you know, that can mean certain things, too.
	Usually it means something good is happening.
	Yeah, certain good is happening.
	But anyway, I just wanted to tell all of our producers who kept insisting that this was true, said, I'm sorry, it's just not.
	And I say, please send me a link to a source, and they'd send me, like, the Moderna stock chart.
	Look, it's down.
	Oh, okay.
	There you go.
	How about it's a shit product?
	How about that?
	My advice to all these people, stay out of the market.
	If you don't know what you're doing.
	Also, I realize...
	Take your money.
	There's this ongoing controversy over Bob Saget's death.
	And now the autopsy report shows multiple.
	So initially, of course, it's got to be the vax, the booster, blah, blah, blah.
	And now there's this crazy autopsy report that shows he had multiple fractures as if someone beat him with a baseball bat in the head.
	And so now there's just theory after theory after theory going around.
	Like, why would he get beaten up like that and then go to bed?
	And then, of course, he died of a brain hemorrhage.
	And I have a very simple answer.
	It's one of the number one causes of death in the entire world.
	It happens all the time, sadly.
	People slip in the bathroom.
	I guarantee you that's what happened.
	He slipped, he hit his head, maybe he slipped in the tub, hit his head a couple times, went, ah, crap, and then went to bed.
	Don't you think?
	I think that's a little more viable than, you know, gangs of MS-13.
	I know how he sang it became such a big focus, but...
	Well, because he's a very loved man.
	Yes.
	No!
	I mean, from full house, yeah.
	My daughter grew up with him.
	Oh, yes.
	I never saw any of that stuff.
	Saget, to me, was always just a random stand-up and a guy who was the host of Funniest Home Videos for a while.
	Yes, I know.
	And he didn't like doing that show.
	I don't know how much.
	He must have been making money hand over his face.
	Oh, my God.
	A lot of money.
	Yeah.
	But that's why he was on his comedy tour.
	Anyway.
	There's a pretty good analysis of the UK government data of fully vaccinated Britons, and they did a pretty good job of charting everything out.
	And the headline they make out of it, here we go, the latest UK Health Security Agency vaccine surveillance report figures show that boosters massively accelerate immune system degradation and that most triple or double vaccinated people in the United Kingdom may develop a new form of COVID-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by the end of February 2022.
	Oh, God.
	What a horrible thing to read about if you hadn't to be boosted.
	Yes.
	And the page will be in the show notes.
	And you look at the charts.
	They have the data.
	They have the source to the data.
	I mean, they're calling it the...
	I want to get it right.
	The immunodeficiency.
	Vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which, yes, is what AIDS also is.
	And the reason why this is just creepier is when you see Prince Harry coming out.
	Prince Harry.
	This is in The Guardian.
	Everyone's favorite.
	Yeah, everyone's favorite.
	Prince Harry says, get tested for HIV to protect others in the same way as for COVID. If you got HIV from the shot, that's not transmissible.
	Well, they're forgetting all of the things we learned about HIV. Everything!
	Now, I've always questioned whether HIV is transmissible the way they say it is.
	There's lots of questions.
	There's a whole other topic, HIV AIDS. Yeah, we're not going to go in there.
	We're not going into that.
	But...
	That is very remarkable.
	Again, all of a sudden, everything's about AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. Oh, AIDS everywhere.
	AIDS back in the news.
	Now, there's good news in the UK. They have an entire fund for you if you were damaged by vaccination.
	And just because I have the details, I'd like you to know what in the UK you can get, which is not in the United States.
	If you're severely disabled as a result of a vaccination against certain diseases, okay, so I don't know if that includes COVID, you can get a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000.
	This is called a vaccine damage payment.
	That's a lot of money.
	I mean, not if you're permanently disabled.
	No, but it's at least better than poking an eye with a sharp stick.
	Yeah.
	So.
	Huh.
	Yeah.
	Well, I have one last clip on COVID. I don't have a lot of COVID today.
	Yeah, I have a couple more.
	You have all the COVID. I got the COVIDs!
	So let's go with this last one, which is the admission of guilt clip.
	Maybe they've been vaccinated and infected.
	Does that mean they won't get COVID again?
	You know, that was the hope, right?
	That once we're all vaccinated and had a bout of COVID, we wouldn't catch COVID again.
	But Jeffrey Townsend at Yale University says with this virus, that's not going to happen.
	Yes, reinfections are possible.
	In fact, they're pretty much inevitable.
	At least all the evidence that we have now says that's true.
	Some of that evidence comes from Townsend and his colleagues studying the other coronaviruses, which are related to SARS-CoV-2 but are different.
	These viruses cause the common cold.
	They all infect and reinfect on a several-year timescale, and there's no reason to expect something different from this virus.
	He says the risk of reinfection is very low for about three to six months right after you're sick, but then the risk grows, and many people will be reinfected every year or two.
	Okay, there's a subtle change in language which I've noticed and I heard it in one of our earlier clips.
	Omicron is not called a variant.
	It's called a virus.
	It's Omicron.
	Omicron.
	They don't call it a variant anymore.
	They're saying this virus.
	The other clips we played before this, they were talking about, not about the variant, no, no, this virus.
	The Pfizer CEO, this virus, not this variant, this virus.
	How does that work?
	Well, this is obviously part of the withdrawal.
	Yeah, exactly.
	But what does it accomplish?
	Does it try to take out of the minds of the listeners that these variants are like these nasty little beings that are going to come at us every which way?
	How about this?
	How about this?
	It's not COVID. Well, you know, the thing is about the origins of Omicron is not the same.
	It doesn't come from the same stem from the same branches of the other variants.
	It looks like a standalone.
	Yeah.
	We're just being jacked around, let's face it.
	This last clip I played, which is the one that I consider to be a whopper clip, which means, what?
	If you listen to it carefully, she says, you get shot, you can get a million vaccines, you can get the disease over and over again.
	Nothing helps.
	Let's listen to it one more time, then.
	Maybe they've been vaccinated and infected.
	Does that mean they won't get COVID again?
	You know, that was the hope, right?
	That once we're all vaccinated and had about a COVID, we wouldn't catch COVID again.
	Is this NPR, John?
	Yes, it is.
	Okay, so this has got to stop.
	Vaccination!
	COVID! Maybe they've been vaccinated and infected.
	Does that mean they won't get COVID again?
	You know, that was the hope, right?
	That once we're all vaccinated and had a bout of COVID, we wouldn't catch COVID again.
	Thanks for mentioning it.
	Now I can't stop hearing it.
	Let's do it one more time.
	Maybe they've been vaccinated and infected.
	Does that mean they won't get COVID again?
	You know, that was the hope, right?
	That once we're all vaccinated and had a bout of COVID, we wouldn't catch COVID again.
	But Jeffrey Townsend at Yale University says, with this virus, that's not going to happen.
	Yes, reinfections are possible.
	In fact, they're pretty much inevitable.
	At least all the evidence that we have now says that's true.
	Some of the evidence comes from Townsend and his colleagues studying the other coronaviruses, which are related to SARS-CoV-2, but are different.
	These viruses cause the common cold.
	They all infect and reinfect on a, you know, several year timescale.
	And there's no reason to expect something different from this virus.
	He says the risk of reinfection is very low for about three to six months right after you're sick, but then the risk grows, and many people will be reinfected every year or two.
	They're talking about the common flu.
	No, they're talking about the common cold.
	Common cold, I'm sorry, coronavirus, yeah.
	But if you remember two years ago...
	We were talking about the fact that the coronavirus was always said to be a virus that had no...
	There was no way of developing a vaccine for it.
	It was not possible because of its idiosyncrasies.
	Mm-hmm.
	That was the litany.
	And so then they come out with this mRNA and this other idea, the vector vaccine from J&J. And it turns out that the original thought was correct.
	None of this stuff works.
	It's bullcrap.
	Oh, and interestingly, Johnson& Johnson just announced they have stopped production of its COVID vaccine.
	What?
	What up with that?
	I didn't hear this.
	Let me see.
	Let me re-read carefully.
	No, I'm sure you got it, but it's kind of a shocker.
	How come that's not front-page news?
	Well, let me see.
	Here is Johnson& Johnson has reportedly stopped the production of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, and there's a link to the...
	Okay, here it is.
	New York Times.
	Is that good enough for you?
	Yeah.
	Okay.
	J&J pauses production of its COVID vaccine despite persistent need.
	Company says it still has a million doses in inventory.
	That means they're going to write that off.
	It's done.
	No one wants it or something.
	From what I understand...
	No, you nailed it.
	Write-off?
	They have a million in inventory.
	They stop production because it's just no one's done.
	It's over.
	No one's lining up for it.
	Yeah.
	They got a million in inventory.
	It means they can't unload it.
	Yeah.
	Man, oh man.
	It's over.
	This whole thing is done.
	It's a done deal.
	Yet despite that, T-Mobile employees will be fired if they're unvaccinated by April 2nd, by the end of February, if they have not had at least...
	This is the same thing they did to Moe.
	Not that Moe worked for T-Mobile, but the same basic concept.
	You will be put on leave, unpaid leave, so you can think about it.
	And then if you're not vaccinated by April 2nd, then you're fired.
	Now, here's what's interesting.
	We have brought this up, and pretty quickly, I started to get a lot of emails, and I'm well-intended people.
	Dude, stop giving your money to those a-holes!
	Go to Patriot Mobile!
	And I know the industry a little bit.
	So let me just tell you, for those of you who think you're doing Everybody is Solid by going to Patriot Mobile, which I saw being promoted by Don Jr., which always gives me pause.
	Patriot Mobile runs on Sprint's network, which is owned by T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom, etc., So, Patriot Mobile, sorry.
	It's not very patriotic to kind of obfuscate that obvious point.
	Unless you can see some benefit to doing that, John.
	Go to AT&T. AT&T is doing the same.
	All the companies are doing the same to their employees.
	As we learned, that's because insurance companies are forcing them into it.
	I don't have proof, but...
	No, it's probably, yeah.
	We should track down the genesis and slam.
	In other words, if people want you to do something like Patriot, why don't you spend your time tracking down the genesis of why this is happening in the first place to the T-Mobile employees?
	And let's bust their balls.
	Let's find out who they are.
	Like you said, it's probably an insurance company or somebody like that.
	And to go after them instead of after T-Mobile is just trying to stay in business the way I see it.
	Yeah, I get pushback on this.
	You know, well, it's still, it's the operator, it's not the network.
	I'm like, yeah...
	Okay, I don't know.
	It's the same thing.
	Everything's tied together.
	It's all crap.
	A-holes.
	Hey, here's something.
	Going back to our, oh, bad shit can happen if you're vaccinated.
	It's no causation, but certainly correlation.
	At least 11 motorcycle crashes have occurred here in Austin within the last 72 hours.
	Of these, almost all resulted in serious injuries.
	At least four were fatal.
	That's odd.
	That's odd.
	Eleven motorcycle accidents in Austin over the weekend?
	It's like that Navy pilot who crashed on the deck.
	Mm-hmm.
	Mm-hmm.
	Are these vaccidents?
	There's proof that he said damn vaccine, but...
	No.
	No, I watched the video and I listened to the audio.
	I couldn't really hear him say it, so...
	Anyway, we do have a couple quick updates to just share with everybody on the COVID vaccine front.
	Tonight, as COVID restrictions loosen across the country, parents of America's youngest children grappling with the news that vaccines for children six months to under five have been put on hold.
	Pfizer waits for more trial data, delaying its request for FDA authorization of its vaccine for that age group for a few more months.
	I think the more vaccines for me, the better.
	But to wait a few more months.
	If it's for safety, I think it's a really good thing.
	Pediatricians, including those at Golden Gate Pediatrics outside San Francisco, now telling parents to be patient.
	They understand, but, you know, I think there's a bit of a letdown, but overall, it's better to get it right.
	And if anything, this should add some trust to the general public about how thoroughly the FDA looks at all data with respect to safety and efficacy.
	Hey, I'm noticing something else that's going on with our mainstream media.
	I'm hearing a lot of up-talking and gay up-talking.
	Have you noticed this?
	Yeah.
	It's more prevalent than ever.
	Not that I have a problem with it.
	I agree with that, because I've been noticing it for a couple of years.
	Yeah, but this is ABC. Okay, well, it just seems...
	Okay, I'm noticing it because I'm less sensitive to it, I guess.
	Yeah, that's exactly it.
	No, it's because you got the brain fog.
	Let's see what CDC says.
	So, on the one hand, the number of cases continues to go down, which is great.
	On the other, 99% of the country still has high...
	This voice that you're playing now is the one that I think is a newer voice, and this is the one you were bitching about a minute ago with that woman who said, vaccines!
	This is the voice that's really getting on my nerves.
	This perky, bullcrap voice.
	Yes!
	Oh, man, I have lots of that for you.
	So, on the one hand, the number of cases continues to go down, which is great.
	On the other, 99.
	It's like, so this is CBS Weekend, so it's kind of news, but isn't that kind of editorializing in a newscast?
	Isn't that a little weird?
	Or is that not, let's put it this way, not what you'd expect from the Tiffany News Network when she says, oh, this is great.
	Thank you.
	You know what I mean?
	It should be illegal.
	Who is she to determine if it's great?
	Is she a medical expert?
	So, on the one hand, the number of cases continues to go down, which is great.
	On the other, 99% of the country still has high transmission rates.
	So, some states are already loosening restrictions, but the CDC is not budging on their recommendations.
	What should someone do if their state leaders are telling them something different than the state?
	Did she say 99% of the nation has high transmission rates?
	Let's listen again.
	Here we go.
	On the other, 99% of the country still has high transmission rates.
	So...
	99% of the country.
	So what's that 1%, do you think?
	Well, I don't care about that.
	What is she talking about?
	I haven't got a high transmission rate.
	Tina doesn't have...
	I mean, that's out of the three people we know.
	Maybe she's just talking about states.
	This is 99% of the country.
	Oh, maybe.
	It's very poorly put.
	Hello, CBS? Other, 99% of the country still has high transmission rates.
	So some states are already loosening restrictions, but the CDC is not budging on their recommendations.
	What should someone do if their state leaders are telling them something different than the CDC? Stop again.
	Stop again.
	Let's go back and think of this math.
	99% of the states.
	How many states are there?
	50?
	How do you have 99% of 50?
	That's a good one.
	It would have to be 98% if you had a state that was doing better.
	Am I saying that right?
	I'm not even sure it's 98.
	It might even be...
	Oh, no.
	If every state is part of 100, then each state would be 2%.
	Yeah, okay.
	Just simple.
	That's COVID fault, brother.
	Yes, that would be right.
	And so you can't have 99%.
	It's not possible.
	Unless you split a state in half and count it as a half a state.
	Well, maybe Austin is 1% by itself or something.
	No, I'll tell you what it is.
	Yeah, okay.
	Just throwing numbers out.
	That's right.
	It's bullshit.
	What should someone do if their state leaders are telling them something different than the CDC? Well, the key thing now is not just transmission rate, it's hospitalization rate.
	And so when there is adequate space in the hospital, when we have oral drugs like the Pfizer drug and the monoclonal antibodies that work, we can lower mask mandates and go back to a new normal.
	The key is it's different all across the country depending on what city you live in.
	But transmission rates are not the only metric now.
	Oh, yes.
	It's not the only metric now.
	Okay, so first he said very specifically monoclonal antibodies that work.
	I don't know if you heard that.
	No, that was catchy.
	The reason for that is...
	Do I have this clip?
	I thought I had a clip about it.
	Yes, this is the reason for that.
	And Whit, there's news on therapeutics tonight to fight COVID. The FDA authorizing a new monoclonal antibody treatment from Eli Lilly that has shown promising results in fighting Omicron.
	Two monoclonal antibody treatments previously that were doing well against the Delta variant show not to be as effective against Omicron.
	That Eli Lilly therapy, we're told, will be given intravenously to infected patients at high risk of severe illness.
	Whit?
	Another tool in the battle against the virus, Phil.
	Thank you.
	He was talking about Phil when he said another tool.
	That's a different story.
	Hey, um, it looks like Eli Lilly was tossed a bone.
	Hey, guys.
	Hey, guys.
	Come on, man, guys.
	What about us?
	Come on.
	You're trying to screw us, man.
	Come on, bro.
	Next time, it'll be something we got.
	We're going to let you in.
	All right.
	Do a monoclonal antibody.
	Okay, thanks.
	We'll promote it right away.
	Yeah, but we have competition.
	Don't worry about it.
	We'll take care of them.
	We'll just take them off the market.
	No problem.
	Okay, so it's no longer just transmissibility.
	How do they measure that?
	Don't answer that.
	There's one other important metric that will determine what we do.
	Any clues?
	Any idea?
	Any thoughts?
	What that metric will be?
	Bone structure?
	Given how many states are now doing their own thing, do you think that...
	Oh, another fine CBS term, ladies and gentlemen.
	They're doing their own thing, man.
	Hey, this is going back to the, oh wow, groovy, do your own thing, man.
	Do your own thing, what color's your parachute?
	Given how many states are now doing their own thing, do you think that puts pressure on the CDC to change federal guidelines at all?
	Yeah, it's difficult to the CDC because there's not going to be one size fits all.
	What the CDC needs to do is set parameters.
	If you have this many hospital beds vacant, then it's okay to go to these restrictions.
	And if case numbers are X, then you can go to Y. So it's going to be different depending on where you live.
	And it's not going to be one size fits all from the CDC. There you go.
	It's about the hospitals.
	Okay, got it.
	Now that you've depleted your hospital systems of staff...
	Now you want to punish us by wearing a face diaper just to make you happy?
	Come on.
	What a bunch of dicks.
	So this is happening everywhere.
	The backpedaling is in place.
	They are rolling out their health professionals in every state to let everybody know that the science has changed.
	The science has changed.
	Reality has changed.
	Reality itself has changed.
	Thank you.
	The New York Times told me so.
	And nowhere was this better shown that they're bringing out the team that is supposed to break the news.
	I think we've seen resignations of several top state health medical officers.
	They've been drummed out.
	Yes, maybe.
	So they have to bring in the second stringers off the bench to let everybody know and kind of bring this message.
	The message is, we're doing okay, but we have to...
	Be careful of the hospitals.
	And man, the woman they had do this in Illinois, Dr.
	Emily Landon, and she's reading this from a script.
	I think this takes the cake on speech patterns that make us chuckle.
	Make no mistake.
	Illinois, today is not the day to stop the mask mandate.
	And that's why it's not happening today.
	There are still way too many cases, but things are changing quickly.
	They're improving.
	Many have asked for a metric or a number that will guide the rules and regulations.
	But each wave of this pandemic has had different characteristics, different behavior, and no single metric has been able to reliably predict the outcomes and the trajectory of each of the variants.
	Holy crap!
	Do you hear this reversal?
	We have no metrics.
	We have no metrics.
	We've got no metrics.
	Smart physicians, scientists, epidemiologists, and public health officials are going to disagree about which metric to use and the exact date to repeal mandates and rules.
	This kind of discourse is good.
	It shows that we have a diverse community of experts that are considering all the angles.
	Oh ma, now we're considering all the angles.
	And the one thing that we all agree on is the need to aggressively respond to new threats on the horizon with precautionary measures.
	And then once our modelers and epidemiologists are able to reliably predict a trajectory, we have to begin then to shape a strategy for undoing some of those mitigations and mandates.
	Preparing to repeal statewide masking mandates at the end of the month is aggressive and optimistic, but it's also reasonable.
	Wait a minute!
	We're bringing in reason?
	What happened to the science?
	But it's also reasonable.
	This does not mean that no one needs to wear a mask anymore.
	It's an acknowledgement that cases have fallen to an acceptable or manageable level.
	Hospitals can handle the sick.
	Businesses are likely to be able to stay open.
	The cushion of immunity from just so many Omicron cases will help shield us from the exponential thread that is so threatening in the short term.
	Cases will still happen.
	Outbreaks will probably still happen.
	Of course it helps to have everyone masked.
	But when cases are low, the likelihood of encountering someone with COVID is also low, making universal masking mandates less impactful.
	I think that the presentation doesn't work without seeing the video.
	You don't get the full idiocy of this woman gesturing like she's talking to a class of kindergartners.
	But that's it.
	Well, there's a little bit at the beginning.
	It sounded pretty good.
	You could see that she was animated.
	It sounded like Churchill.
	Yes, a little bit.
	A little bit.
	She's just lecturing.
	These health department people are just...
	Yes, go ahead and say it.
	Go say it, man.
	Come on, say it.
	The rat poop inspectors are a weak link in this whole thing.
	What?
	Honk.
	Yeah.
	That's exactly what I was doing.
	I screwed it up.
	COVID fog.
	Yeah, honk, honk.
	Should we talk about truckers?
	First, before we talk about them, let's play a kind of a supercut that I stole from the people that steal from us.
	Fox?
	Yeah.
	And this is just people making comments on MSNBC and CNN only about the truckers.
	And by the way, it should be pointed out that the MSNBC and CNN folk They all hate the truckers and they think they're a bunch of losers and they're misogynists and they're terrible people and this is a classic elites frowning upon the working class.
	Some of the organizers of this protest, which as I mentioned, started more than a week ago, they do want to overthrow the government.
	Canadian officials calling the situation a, quote, nationwide insurrection.
	The police chief says COVID protests are a, quote, nationwide insurrection driven by madness.
	A nationwide insurrection driven by madness.
	Just think of the language.
	I know it sounds familiar to you, right?
	A threat to democracy, an insurrection, sedition.
	The police say that they are under-resourced and they are overwhelmed.
	They have said that this city is under siege.
	It's not just truckers.
	There's a lot of...
	I've heard there's QAnon supporters in the crowd.
	Residents that I've spoken to who say they feel terrorized, intimidated.
	It's a cult.
	Yeah.
	I love the QAnon bit from that turd woman.
	Yeah.
	That wasn't Katie.
	Was that Katie or was that...
	Katie Turd.
	Was it Turd?
	Yeah.
	It wasn't the other one, the horrible woman, the...
	I forget her name now.
	Yeah.
	Horrible.
	There was this...
	Just to give you an idea, the people who hate the working middle class...
	Yes, this is the theme of yours for the last few shows, and I think it's a good one.
	Yeah, and it's obvious that this is going on.
	Because it just keeps bearing fruit.
	So there was this article in The Atlantic...
	Titled, When the Trucker Convoy Came for Me.
	What?
	Oh, yeah.
	Wow!
	Yeah.
	This is a take-off on the Jew thing.
	Oh, yeah.
	They came for the Jews, and they came for the liberals, and then they came for me.
	Stephen Marsh, M-A-R-C-H-E, or Marshay.
	As a writer, I've explored political rage at a distance.
	The anti-vax trucker convoy brought it up close and personal.
	It starts right away with a...
	Pejorative.
	Well, not only that, but a lie.
	They're not an anti-vax convoy.
	They're an anti-mandate convoy.
	There is a difference, especially if we consider the fact and we believe the fact that 90% of them are already vaxed.
	So you start your premise.
	This is the way you do this kind of thing, just for writers out there who want to learn little tricks.
	This is like getting suckered by a pathological liar.
	You've got to start early.
	So you start with the lie right at the beginning and just let that seed into the whole piece, but the piece is based on a lie.
	Good.
	Yeah, that's exactly what's going on here.
	I'll just pick a couple sentences from it.
	The truckers matter principally as an example of an American political proxy conflict spilling over our border.
	And as a harbinger of more such conflicts, the Ottawa police chief has declared that a sizable element from the U.S. has been involved in fundraising and organizing.
	Yes, so he immediately goes to Trump right away.
	Going to Trump, it's MAGA, he doesn't mention QAnon, and then...
	By the way, let me stop you again.
	This is already turning...
	I haven't seen this piece.
	I'm glad.
	This is turning...
	This is already...
	Keep reading it, I'll think of it again.
	The truckers disgust me because they believe lies and want to force their...
	That didn't take long.
	Can I finish the sentence?
	This guy is insulting the integrity of these truckers, and to even suggest it has anything to do with the wimpy Americans who haven't done jack.
	And it's not just a Canadian thing from the get-go, because it's a fact.
	We haven't...
	Yeah, we have a...
	Our...
	The association is maybe after it began and they got jacked up, they're all jacked into the Ottawa area, we started giving them money through GoFundMe and the other operation, which has been sidetracked.
	It doesn't mean it was American-sponsored.
	It just means, oh my God, we haven't got the...
	We haven't got the balls of the Canadians to do this ourselves, so let's give them some money.
	He doesn't look at it from that perspective.
	And nowhere does he say, although I really appreciated them when they were first responders and brought me my food during the lockdowns and the previous 24 months, colon or comma, anything would have suffiated.
	None of that's in there.
	The truckers disgust me.
	I have to add emphasis.
	Is that in there?
	Yes, it says it right here.
	He says the truckers disgust him?
	Yeah, let me finish this one paragraph.
	Okay, okay, I'm sorry.
	The truckers disgust me because they believe lies and want to force their lies on the rest of the country.
	They disgust me because they are not playing by the rules and represent a threat to decent, orderly citizens.
	If I'm being honest, in some part of my Canadian soul, they disgust me because they're making a scene.
	Ultimately, they disgust me because they are so disgusted.
	And their anger and loathing have now provoked a mirroring anger and loathing in myself.
	Care to analyze that, Dr.
	Dvorak?
	I have no idea what he's trying to do there.
	Well, I'll continue.
	For the first time, I felt political rage, a sharp rise in testosterone, blinding and stupefying and violent.
	I am ashamed to have felt it.
	Hold on a second.
	So he's got something against testosterone itself?
	Bear with me.
	I'll start over with that sentence.
	You know what?
	Hey buddy, just cut your nuts off, you'll be fine.
	For the first time I felt political rage.
	A sharp rise in testosterone.
	Blinding and stupefying and violent.
	I am ashamed to have felt it.
	Clearly men should not be in power.
	Our hormones make us too unreliable.
	Testosterone is a hell of a drug.
	On my way home, I saw stragglers from the convoy lining up outside the Japanese Cheesecake Bakery and the pot shops that have come to dominate Toronto's urban landscape.
	I wanted them gone.
	This was not a healthy desire.
	The desire is to punish, which is the dominant motive of both the left and the right in the United States.
	It's fundamentally stupid.
	I hope we could have avoided it in Canada.
	Dude, this guy is angry about feeling testosterone.
	This guy's off the rails.
	He should check into a clinic.
	Seriously.
	Maybe he's had a vasectomy.
	Well, then, no.
	Mm-hmm.
	Mm-hmm.
	Yeah.
	Interesting.
	Well, he sounds like a...
	Mm-hmm.
	I don't know why I did that, but...
	No, it's good.
	You should do it throughout the show.
	Okay, then...
	I have this thing here.
	That's really pathetic.
	The fact that that even got published...
	Oh, yeah.
	You've got to consider the editor here.
	And the publisher who is, you know, Jobs.
	The accidental billionaire.
	It's like, that should not have been published.
	I think that she probably signed off on it personally.
	Hey, another man who hates being a man.
	It's good.
	Publish that guy right away.
	Front page.
	Push him to the top.
	Put him in the algo.
	That's a lot happening this weekend.
	CBS noticed.
	Canada's hornhawking protesters have led to copycat demonstrations in France.
	Today in Paris, police fired tear gas against people who defied orders to leave and told them to stop disrupting traffic near the Arc de Triomphe.
	Some 500 vehicles were stopped at checkpoints trying to enter the French capital.
	Yeah, she doesn't mention Vienna or Berlin or Amsterdam or Madrid or...
	Oh, there was a protest in Australia, Canberra, I think.
	Oh, yeah, this is happening.
	And it does appear to be a trucker-type thing.
	I love the trucker idea.
	I read about...
	A military strategy, which I think is like the sunken boat strategy or something.
	If you want to mess with your enemy, then you sink a couple of big ships right in front of their harbor.
	Yeah.
	That's pretty much what this is.
	And these trucks are ships.
	You think your own ships.
	It's a real problem.
	It's a real problem.
	Here's a report.
	Well, the amount of money that is being jacked around with off that bridge to Windsor is huge.
	And the fact that Biden hasn't...
	Biden is...
	You go, crack down!
	You know, all these people are going to crack down.
	You can't do it with these truckers.
	And the tow truck companies have already come out and said in many of these reports...
	Not going to support...
	I'm not going to...
	You guys want to tow them off?
	You can call them to a different company.
	Call a different company.
	Nah, you know, those trucks are heavy.
	They're going to be...
	I'm not going to do it.
	What's in it for me?
	And so, besides being dangerous...
	Yeah.
	And Biden should call Trudeau and say, hey, put a stop to this so we can get this thing, get our economy.
	But, you know, this is not good for the trade between our two countries.
	Just take care of it instead of, yeah, you're doing the right thing.
	Don't put up with your crap, which is what he essentially said.
	Not with that voice because he can't do that voice.
	Well, Viva Fry, our No Agenda boots on the ground buddy.
	You see, we gave the bums a rush to that person after they showed this No Agenda t-shirt.
	What do you mean the bums rush?
	Okay, see ya, bye.
	The bums rush.
	Can you turn down one half a dB?
	Okay.
	Because when you get excited, you're clicking.
	I'm yelling, I'm yelling.
	There, you're good now.
	Perfect, don't touch it.
	Why am I shouting?
	We all wonder.
	I'm all jacked up.
	But we like Viva Frye.
	He's a good dude.
	He just looks very pleasant.
	Incredible.
	He looks pleasant.
	He's the guy like, yeah, I want to believe this guy.
	This guy, he has been around.
	He's got a smile on his face, a perpetual smile on his face.
	He looks serious for a split second.
	And it's not like he's new on the scene.
	The guy's been around.
	So there's reason for people to trust him.
	And he, in a very short clip, he said, hey, I know how this is going to end because we determined on Thursday really the...
	It's all bad outcomes for Trudeau unless he says, oh, just stop the mandates, which he can't do because he just can't.
	He's not going to.
	That's obvious.
	Beating their brains in, that doesn't seem to be happening.
	They're getting a little antsy and they're showing a little bit of force.
	Just letting it sit and play out, they know that's not going to work.
	Now, Viva Frye, I think, has the right solution.
	My prediction is that the mandates will be slowly dropped province by province.
	But what they're going to do, they're going to pressure their political appointee medical experts to recommend.
	You know, it's going to be the wink of an eye.
	Recommend it so that when we do it, it's not because we're listening to the truckers, it's because we're listening to the science.
	The science has changed.
	I think he's right.
	That's the way for them to do it.
	Of course that's the way you do it.
	The science has changed.
	You don't listen to the truckers.
	No!
	Next tonight, we move on to that tense standoff at the U.S.-Canadian border.
	It appears to be coming to an end.
	And trucks that had been blocking the Ambassador Bridge of Vital Thoroughfare between the two countries being removed.
	Police facing off with hundreds of protesters remaining behind.
	The bridge still closed.
	Those protests against COVID restrictions spilling overseas now, including Paris.
	Police using tear gas there to disperse demonstrators.
	Now, I don't know if that's true.
	It doesn't seem like the bridge is being cleared out.
	Is this just a hopeful report from ABC? I think they've just given a script and they read it.
	I didn't see it either.
	I mean, there's a lot of streamers out there that are showing it.
	I didn't see any evidence of anything changing that much.
	No.
	I'm not quite sure what they were talking about.
	There is an analog to this.
	Yes, we have yet another one.
	Not from 1919 this time.
	And by the way, back to that last clip.
	Again, like you pointed out in the other clip, he specifically said Paris and never mentioned worldwide, which is what's really going on.
	Oh, yeah.
	And I think the reason for that is from a deconstructed point of view.
	We always think of Paris as a place, or Paris or France in general, where they have strikes all the time.
	Ah, right.
	They strike all the time.
	That doesn't mean anything.
	Right, right, right.
	Don't say anything about Berlin.
	No, yeah, don't mention where they never strike.
	Not like that.
	Yeah.
	Or Madrid or where it is in Australia and every place else.
	No, just because the French are notorious and I've got stuck there once because of a strike.
	It's just they're always striking.
	Yes.
	So it's no big deal.
	I was flying and I had to divert because the air traffic control just went on strike.
	Yeah.
	You go land somewhere else.
	What?
	Yeah.
	It's unbelievable.
	At 10 p.m.
	on December 3rd, 1973, who doesn't remember?
	A 37-year-old trucker from Overland Park, Kansas, named J.W. Edwards, stopped his rig suddenly in the middle of Interstate I-80 near Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, and picked up his CB radio microphone.
	The insurrection he was about to start, using his now famous handle, River Rat, would give America's independent truckers their first national voice.
	Along the way, elevate them to folk hero status.
	Now these guys, they blocked a bridge, I think, for 11 days.
	This was back in the, because of the price of oil.
	During the OPEC oil crisis.
	And they were heralded as heroes.
	At the time.
	Do you remember anything?
	I mean, I was definitely too young to remember.
	I remember.
	I was nine.
	I do not remember this episode, A. And B, I don't remember anyone hailing them as heroes.
	And I doubt that they would at the time.
	They probably would after the fact, which may happen with these truckers in Canada, too.
	Possible.
	All these guys are the greatest.
	Yeah, that's possible.
	I think maybe that was just a reverse look at history.
	Okay.
	Okay.
	I got one last report.
	Breaking down the border blockade.
	With Canadian police slowly moving in, anti-vaccine mandate protesters started clearing out Saturday, blasting their horns on the way.
	Angry stragglers stayed behind, confronting police.
	Who are you protecting?
	We're just as passionate about our Bill of Rights in this country as you are about yours.
	The law enforcement action follows a court order for protesters to move away from the Ambassador Bridge.
	The key border crossing carries 10,000 commercial vehicles a day between the U.S. and Canada, transporting about $325 million worth of goods.
	The now six-day blockade has disrupted auto plants in Canada and several states.
	Analysts estimate it's cost carmakers $700 million and counting.
	So they have not caused mass outages just yet, but I think we're on the brink of them having that effect.
	This is the third weekend of protests that began with a cross-country trucker convoy rolling into Canada's capital, Ottawa, bolstered by anti-vaccine groups.
	The government needs to quit mandating stuff.
	Protesters have also disrupted the border crossing at Coots, Alberta.
	That was a great sound drop.
	I like that.
	This is the third weekend of protests that began with a cross-country trucker convoy rolling into Canada's capital, Ottawa, bolstered by anti-vaccine groups.
	So he says...
	Yep.
	Anti-vax groups, not mandate, and then play a clip of a guy saying, do you need to stop the mandates?
	Yeah.
	That's fucking...
	Sorry.
	That's COVID. That's rude.
	That's rude.
	CBS. CBS. CBS. CBS. The Tiffany News Network.
	CBS. Our CBS thing.
	Yep, the CIA thing.
	The third weekend of protests that began with a cross-country trucker convoy rolling into Canada's capital, Ottawa, bolstered by anti-vaccine groups.
	Quit mandating stuff.
	Protesters have also disrupted the border crossing at Cootes, Alberta, just across from Montana.
	The blockades have been condemned by the trucking industry and called illegal by Canada's prime minister.
	Bruce Heyman is the former U.S. ambassador to Canada.
	There was no expectation that this group of people who were legitimately protesting would be radicalized by extremists and they are being encouraged now quite actively, almost daily, by some extremists within the United States.
	It's the extremists in the United States.
	Oh yeah, white supremacists.
	Trump!
	Trump!
	Just say it.
	Just say Trump.
	Trump, Trump, Trump.
	I don't want to say Trump.
	I actually do have one.
	Do you want to hear Premier Ford get grilled by...
	Oh, this guy.
	This Ford guy's got to go.
	Hi.
	Good morning, Premier.
	Colin DeMello from CTV News.
	This was a pretty consequential weekend, this last weekend in Ontario.
	You call it a siege.
	Ottawa police said it was an insurrection.
	A day later, Ottawa police or the city of Ottawa declared a state of emergency.
	On Saturday, there was, of course, a large-scale protest in downtown Toronto.
	There have been a lot of questions about you and your visibility.
	Premier, CTV News is...
	This has got...
	Is this an...
	CTV, is that an independent group?
	That can't be an actual...
	Yeah, CTV is the main competitor of CBC. Oh, okay.
	And they probably didn't get any of the $600 million?
	No, no.
	I'm sure they got the money, too.
	Wow, you actually did a Canadian accent.
	No, no.
	I did, eh?
	You did it?
	I got the money, and they took it and spent it.
	I have actually vowed I will never do an aboot or an a joke ever again.
	I'm glad.
	Out of respect for what I've seen Canada capable of.
	Okay.
	And I tweeted such.
	Okay.
	You can be that way.
	It's fine.
	You know what people tweeted back at me when I said that?
	I said, don't, man.
	We like it.
	Don't stop that.
	We like it.
	I said this in the show before.
	I gave a speech in Toronto some years ago, 20 years ago.
	And I put a little bit of a Canadian twist on it.
	I did talk a little slower.
	It's not that they talk slow, but they like to say things a different way.
	And they have a little slightly up talk.
	They did the whole speech that way.
	It sounded fine.
	Everyone loved it.
	And one guy says, you know, I had no idea you're a Canadian.
	That's great!
	That's great, man.
	That's very talented.
	If you can pull that off, that's pretty good.
	Yeah.
	That's good.
	All right, let's get to this clip.
	Hi.
	Good morning, Premier.
	Colin DeMello from CTV News.
	This was a pretty consequential weekend, this last weekend in Ontario.
	You call it a siege.
	Ottawa police said it was an insurrection.
	A day later, the city of Ottawa declared a state of emergency.
	On Saturday, there was, of course, a large-scale protest in downtown Toronto.
	There have been a lot of questions about you and your visibility.
	Premier, CTV News has obtained photos of you in cottage country.
	We've spoken with people who took pictures with you who say you were snowmobiling on Saturday, Premier.
	Can you explain why you decided to go snowmobiling during a stated insurrection and siege in Ottawa?
	Let me make it very clear, Colin.
	I've been on this phone...
	Almost 24-7, along with the premiers, U.S. ambassadors, the governor, the prime minister, around the clock.
	Make no mistake, I have been engaged from the second this has happened, and I'll be continuing being engaged with the authorities that we need to talk to.
	I love the, let me make it very clear, you piece of crap!
	You know what, it would have been funny, although no one would have the guts to do it, when he says I've been on the phone 24-7 and the guy should have retorted with, you have a snowmobile with a phone in it?
	Yes, seriously.
	And also, wow, your job sounds really hard.
	Is it any harder than a...
	Oh no, is your ear hurting?
	Do you work as much as a telemarketer?
	Do you get paid the same?
	Would you like to compress for it, your ear?
	Fair enough, but you're not dismissing what I'm saying here.
	I'm asking you, Premier, were you snowmobiling on Saturday in cottage country while Ottawa was under siege, as you say?
	Let me tell you, Colin.
	I was at the cottage.
	I went out on my snowmobile.
	I take calls till 1 o'clock in the morning.
	I get calls before...
	Wait, what happened to 24-7?
	I went out on my Stonemobile.
	I take calls till 1 o'clock in the morning.
	I get calls before 6 o'clock in the morning.
	And I will not stop until we get this taken care of.
	And I will continue to make sure we're engaged in every single situation.
	To be fair, the guy only gets to sleep five hours.
	Truckers have a much more luxurious life.
	What a tool, man.
	Do you think Canada will get pissed off enough to vote someone like that out?
	Do you think that that anger is there?
	Is there enough of them?
	Have we seen the last of the great Canadian outrage, which I think should have its own weekend?
	It would be fun to see.
	I'm always stunned by the fact that they got Trudeau in for this last term.
	It's surprising.
	Well, that was a whole political trick they did, and all of the superpowers they had given themselves.
	There's a whole analysis of...
	He didn't do shit.
	The timing of that snap election, everything was just done to continue power.
	There was almost no getting away from it.
	And I also think, where is the opposition?
	I know the lady from the Conservative Party is making a lot of noise, but what a political opportunity.
	There's some stupidity in these parties.
	You can't put your finger on it.
	There's one Sikh that was...
	Or Sikh, as I may want to pronounce it, the Indian guy who was...
	Coming out against the truckers and he's in a labor party.
	Yeah.
	Isn't that great?
	Not the labor labor party, but a party that's like pro-labor.
	Communist.
	Yeah.
	That's the cool thing.
	That's the cool thing.
	The socialists and the commies hate the truckers because it's a workers' protest, but it's not approved.
	It's not our workers' protest.
	It's a real one.
	Yeah, the real ones are no good.
	Yeah, it's crazy.
	Anyway, go truckers.
	Today is an important day.
	No agenda show history.
	Where we once again will tell you, based upon geopolitical and other analyses, who will win the Super Bowl.
	Yes, the Super Bowl is right after the show.
	Yeah.
	Between the...
	What time is actually...
	I mean, okay.
	I think 3.30.
	I think it kicks off at 3.30.
	Yeah, but that kicks off at 3.30?
	Yeah, I think so.
	3.30 your time.
	Yeah.
	Okay, a 5.30 here.
	Yeah, I got you.
	Okay, cool.
	Something like that.
	I don't want to miss it.
	You know, I'm a sports fan.
	Well, you're not going to miss much.
	I mean, I don't think it's going to...
	Of course, you don't know.
	There's a number of aspects of this game that...
	The Rams are clearly the superior team by just an unbelievably large amount.
	For people who don't know, the Super Bowl, the final two teams is the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals.
	What?
	Cincinnati Bengals.
	Oh, yeah.
	The Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams.
	Cincinnati showed that they have a quarterback that is...
	He's cool.
	He's cool.
	Joe cool, man.
	He's on the level of a Joe Namath.
	They equate him with a Joe Namath style, a Joe Montana style, and a Brady style.
	I mean, he's very super talented.
	A winner, and he's a winner.
	The Rams have got a quarterback who's...
	They've improved their quarterback, but the guy's never proven to be a winner.
	He can win maybe if they keep him out of too many plays.
	Because it's the defense of the Rams that is the important part of this.
	Unfortunately, this...
	I'm going to end this shortly, believe me.
	Unfortunately, the Rams have a coach who was in the Super Bowl once before with the different quarterback...
	And only managed to score three whole points in the entire Super Bowl, considering he's supposed to be this offensive genius.
	He couldn't come up with anything.
	And so that, to me, is going to be, if they lose, if the Rams lose, it's this coach's fault.
	Wow, you did a sports analysis.
	You didn't tell us geopolitically who's going to win.
	You tried to make sense.
	I don't like that.
	Yeah, I know you don't, but that's what I had to do.
	Now, geopolitically, I don't see it.
	Oh, it's so easy.
	It's obvious to you.
	Yeah, of course.
	Well, first of all, Los Angeles sucks.
	It's a hellhole, it's a piece of crap, and we need to start the true demise.
	Now, I'm a little on the fence.
	Will riots start in the winning city, in the losing city, or both?
	And, um, seeing China's involvement in the state of Ohio, I am going to say, Hootay!
	The Bengals win.
	And, and, it's not by a little bit, it's going to be crushing.
	Well, I would, that would be a fun game if that was the case, because that would prove my point about the coach, but, um...
	The riots always traditionally start in the winning scene.
	In the winning.
	Yeah, I know.
	I know.
	So I'm going a little bit against my wishes, but...
	Because you want a riot to be in L.A. Yeah, I do.
	I do.
	That would make them win.
	L.A. has great riots.
	When they have a riot...
	It's good.
	Yeah, people die.
	Yeah.
	They don't mess around in L.A. So they have some good riots.
	Okay, we'll see.
	I'm thinking...
	Anyway, we'll see.
	It's probably going to be...
	The betting folks think it's going to be...
	They give Cincinnati three and a half points, four points maybe.
	What does that mean?
	That means that if you bet on Cincinnati and they lose by one point, you win.
	Oh, it's a handicap.
	Yeah, it's similar.
	It's called the spread.
	Can we still get in on that?
	Yeah.
	You can always get in on it right until kicked off.
	Are you kidding?
	I've never gambled on sport.
	I don't gamble at all, really.
	Yeah, it's not a good habit.
	No, it can become a habit.
	I think that's the real problem.
	Yeah.
	Okay, so do we have a, I mean, I'm saying Bengals, are you in or out, or do you think yes because of the LA? I would love to see the Bengals win, and I like the point spread.
	I would bet on the Bengals, for sure, because they could lose by two and still win.
	I always like a good spread.
	And I don't like Los Angeles, generally speaking, in terms of their athletic teams, because they compete with us up here.
	Also in terms of their complete Euro trash douchiness that is Los Angeles.
	I think that's another reason just to hate on the Rams.
	Yep.
	And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage.
	Say in the morning to you, the man who put the C's in the COVID codpiece.
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	I didn't say anything.
	Oh, you were just making guttural noises?
	I was just going...
	Okay.
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	It's a great place to make friends in a somewhat peaceful manner because this is a...
	A social network that does not have algos.
	You come in, you read your timeline, and you see a story you've seen before, a post, that means that you're done.
	You can either scroll back to the top, see if something's new, or go on with your life.
	And it's available through any Mastodon server.
	That's what the Fediverse is about.
	And we still anxiously anticipate the arrival of Truth Social from the former president in the Fediverse.
	We shall see, apparently, in March.
	I'd like to thank the artist who brought us the artwork for episode 1424.
	We titled that one Guidepost, and the art was, although not our first pick once we saw it, was unanimous for Correct to Record.
	This was the Lena Nguyen masterpiece of her on the Walk Back All-Stars basketball team.
	This was a nice piece.
	Yeah, the Photoshop on it was very well done, considering the time allowed.
	There's a limited amount of time you have to do these pieces.
	Your Photoshop skills have to be good.
	You've got to be sharp.
	Corrective record is pretty good.
	Now, the one we were looking at seriously is also, I felt, a pretty good Photoshop job.
	Which is Tantanil with Lean Forward, which is the human resource in a blue windblazer, leaning forward against the wind.
	I thought the way she put Curry, Dvorak, and No Agenda on that windbreaker was quite good.
	Initially, I like that piece the most because it has a funny look to it.
	It does.
	It's like a little kid trying to stand up in a stiff breeze.
	Yeah.
	And...
	But it didn't have the political elements that were in the other piece.
	It didn't have that oomph.
	Well, you didn't like the lean forward part where it was put.
	Yes, I thought, yeah.
	Well, that's what it was missing.
	It was missing some dressing around it.
	Look, I'm not an artist, so it's easy for me to be critical.
	No, but it's very easy for you to be critical because as the art director...
	Oh, yes.
	I'm sorry.
	Very few artists are art directors.
	Okay.
	All right.
	You can be the...
	You're the guy, hey, I like this piece better.
	I don't know what you're doing wrong, but this is no good.
	I want this piece here.
	This one's better.
	Use it.
	We appreciated...
	Art director.
	It's my art director voice.
	Boy, you're a nightmare to work for.
	Hey!
	We appreciated comic strip bloggers' lean-forward interpretation.
	Yes.
	Go to the site if you want to see it.
	But yeah, and I think he does that just for us.
	I don't think he actually thinks we'll win.
	You like the Cracker Jack with the free crack pipe inside.
	But there was also...
	I did like the apple dumplings piece.
	That's really funny.
	I think there were technical problems with it.
	Oh, I don't know.
	I liked it.
	You just didn't like it at all.
	I also like Beaver's Burger by Dropko.
	He doesn't submit stuff much.
	We didn't discuss that.
	No, it's a beaver with a, you know, because we talked about the wood in the burgers, you know.
	Oh, see, I didn't get it, that's why.
	And there's a beaver saying, I love these burgers because it's got wood in it.
	Yeah.
	And everything else, I mean, again, just beautiful.
	Who did this?
	Dame Kenny Ben did the New Science, which was also, I have to say, a nice piece.
	But it just, I don't know.
	For some reason, Dr.
	Lina Nguyen, the backpedal all-stars, timed perfectly.
	The backpedaling has begun.
	She was the one that did it.
	I mean, everything just fit in perfectly.
	And we appreciate the work from all of our artists, but certainly from Correct to Record, who won the coveted album artwork.
	We do a new piece of album artwork for every single show.
	When I say we, that's a big word.
	But it's a value for value show.
	So you can contribute with time, talent, treasure.
	So when artists put their time and their talent together and deliver this, it's a huge win for the show because it always delights and surprises.
	It grabs attention with people looking at their podcast app.
	It's always the same static image.
	It's always Rachel Maddow's face on the damn podcast that she does.
	It's boring.
	What is this?
	Something new.
	People click.
	I think it brings new people in.
	I think it reminds people that we are the best podcast in the universe.
	And you can see all of the images we discussed and more in the chapters if you're using a modern podcast app from newpodcastapps.com, which also guarantee that you will never be without your No Agenda show, unlike people who thought that they could listen to us on Spotify, to a pirated feed.
	Sure, you didn't know.
	It's gone.
	Don't complain.
	Drop the legacy apps.
	Go to newpodcastapps.com.
	And we're going to thank our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1425, kicking it off with his monthly Seronymous of Dogpatch and Lower Slobovia from, as you know, Lower Slobovia.
	$2,722.
	He is the shining light.
	Every month in this show.
	Seronymous writes, I wonder where
	he's going.
	That means he's in the country?
	Yep, but he's on his way out.
	And he's not going to be full on.
	He's not hanging around for what's next.
	I hope I am correct in my assessment of post-Olympic timing for hostilities.
	Oh, there you go.
	So my travel plans are uninterrupted.
	Wow, this OCR scan sucks.
	I am used to the nose rape flying overseas, but the process is becoming less invasive.
	I wonder if this is either to reduce the COVID count or to send super spreaders overseas and help the U.S. to look comparatively better.
	Gone but not forgotten, in March 2020, the president's tweet sent a message.
	I cannot...
	Oops.
	It cannot be that the...
	Oh, my God.
	I'm sorry.
	I got to go to the original note.
	This OCR that we got is unreadable.
	OCR is always...
	Yeah, I didn't realize it was going to be that bad.
	Hold on.
	Okay, now where were you?
	I can find it.
	I'll pick it up.
	Don't worry about it.
	I am used to the nose rape to fly overseas, but the process is becoming less invasive.
	I wonder if it is to either deduce the COVID count or to send super spreaders overseas and help the U.S. to look comparatively better.
	Gone but not forgotten, in March 2020, President Tweet sent a message, we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.
	Many Americans believe the stock market fixated, business loving and Washington outsider president with decades of your fired fame would offer pandemic economic sense in this in his leadership and prevent government overreach and economic ruin.
	Yet, without a doubt, he abdicated his presidential responsibility to bureaucrats and permitted overreach, setting the stage for others to push further away from liberty, which leads me back to an unlikely scenario of allowing potential typhoid Marys like me overseas by using less invasive testing. which leads me back to an unlikely scenario of allowing While it seems as unlikely as bat eating induced COVID, after so much unlikely that has happened the past 23 months, maybe it's true.
	As my late brother Sir Angelic Knight often said, it's not a conspiracy theory if it's true.
	Neither tithing, zagat, zatqua, nor random, a point by itself has no meaning in triangulation or orienteering.
	The dude's a regular roomie.
	Poetry.
	No jingles, no karma.
	No jingles, no karma.
	He never wants it.
	Thank you so much, Seronomous.
	We really appreciate it, and you are a huge supporter, and it really is appreciated.
	Indeed.
	All right, onward with who we got here?
	$600 max.
	Actually, he's got Max, Max, Max.
	He sent a card in, actually, to prove it.
	I can make that noise.
	Jingles.
	Beautiful Yum.
	I don't know what that is.
	I do.
	Little Girl Yay.
	And Love You Mean It No Pagan Karma LOL. Thanks, guys.
	This donation is to bring my mom to dame status.
	Please dame her.
	Max's mom, Game of the Hill people.
	Of course, we'd be happy to do that.
	Then he has $670 towards mom and $30 toward my girl, so she's not a douchebag anymore.
	So you want to de-douche her, except for the one little aspect of this.
	Hold on.
	You've been de-douched.
	I've got to de-douche.
	He's sent in $600, not $700, so his math is off.
	So he actually is sending in 570 towards mom and 30 to his girl.
	So mom does not get damned?
	No, I think that his calculation is based on the correct amount.
	Oh, okay.
	He meant 570.
	And if that's the case, he'll be glad to give us the additional 70 or whatever it is.
	These people are good for it.
	Yes, of course we got those jingles for you.
	I could find them all.
	Beautiful.
	Yum Let me mean it That's an oldie man It's a good one.
	Nick Annen is in Redmond, Oregon.
	Our favorite executive producership donation amount, 333.33.
	John and Adam, long-time listener, first-time donor.
	De-douching in order.
	So done.
	You've been de-douched.
	I would like to use my executive producership privilege to promote the upcoming meetup in Central Oregon.
	Yes, we're a big fan of this idea.
	Adam, if you would be so kind, please read the following in your best announcer voice.
	I got COVID. Central Oregonians, unite and decentralize!
	Bend, Redmond, Prinville, Madras, sisters, and all towns in between, come one, come all, to the first of many No Agenda meetups in Central, Central Oregon!
	Where?
	Mecca Grade Brewery and Tasting Room in Madras, Oregon.
	When?
	Saturday, February 19th, starting at high noon!
	This will be a potluck event, so bring food to share.
	For more info, go to noagendameetups.com.
	Thank you so much for what you guys do.
	Jingle, say, say, do, freedom, ha!
	How was that?
	I thought the first part, your heart wasn't into it, then you caught fire.
	Yes, all of a sudden.
	I know.
	It was great.
	I felt really good about it.
	Especially that fast talking at the end.
	Yes, okay.
	Stay safe!
	No.
	Stay safe!
	Thank you, Nick.
	Mark Churich.
	That was a cold read I want everybody to know.
	Cold read.
	I had not read this before.
	Everything we do is cold.
	Cold, cold, cold.
	Mark Churich in Brentwood, Tennessee, 33333.
	Please accept this donation of 33.33 for my wife, Lisa.
	She is an avid listener.
	I don't think it's a switcheroo.
	He's just going to give her credit here.
	She's an avid listener of the show, but hasn't donated.
	Please de-douche her!
	You've been de-douched.
	We would love some Trump's jobs, Karma, for our son's residency match.
	And anything by Reverend Al.
	See you in Nashville.
	Sadly, I won't.
	Not quite.
	But next time, for sure.
	R-E-S-P-I-C-T. Jobs.
	Jobs.
	You thought, Karma.
	That's what they want.
	That's what they get.
	Sermonella Envelope is in The Hague, Den Haag, in the Netherlands, 333.33.
	Dankjewel.
	In the morning, Adam and John, the F cancer I requested last time seems to be working, so keep up the good work.
	I request a health karma for all producers, and especially you, Adam.
	Love is lit.
	Sermonella Envelope.
	Thank you very much.
	I appreciate it.
	You've got karma.
	This is heartbreaking now, all these donations.
	Yeah, especially from Sir Kevin Dills, the Earl of North Carolina from Huntersville with 333.33, who writes in, In the morning, please send some travel karma.
	See you all in Nashville.
	Sir Kevin Dills, Earl of North Carolina.
	You've got karma.
	Ahem.
	The COVID cough.
	David Gio.
	He has a pronunciation guide.
	Thank you, David Gio.
	Good.
	Wildwood, Missouri.
	33333.
	In the morning, this donation is a birthday present to me for my smoking hot wife to start my march toward knighthood and beyond.
	Oh, what a beautiful gift that is.
	I'll always love those kinds of gifts.
	Um...
	Would you please be so kind as to de-douche me?
	Well, yes.
	You've been de-douched.
	While I was aware of the podcast for years, I didn't start listening until this time last year.
	I wonder why you didn't.
	I wonder what was it that sent you over the edge?
	Now my amygdala...
	By the way, I'd like to know that myself.
	And the question remains, what were you listening to instead?
	Yeah.
	Exactly.
	Now as my amygdala has never been healthier, thanks to both of you and your courage.
	Can you please add me to the birthday list as Monday marks my 53rd revolution?
	And speaking of health, can I get a health karma as I also will be having a tooth pulled and two implants placed on that day?
	Well, it's not that bad, I don't think.
	What are we drinking today?
	This time it is signature seltzer water.
	Signature seltzer water.
	Does that have high fructose corn syrup?
	It's seltzer water.
	Just asking.
	Can I get a health karma as well?
	The tooth pulled?
	Yes.
	For jingles, I humbly request a biscuit for my birthday.
	Ooh, that's true.
	We got a that's true.
	And a yay and a health karma.
	We got all that for you.
	They always give me a biscuit on my birthday.
	That's true.
	Yay!
	You've got karma.
	Thomas Pears in Memphis, Tennessee.
	Who will also be at the meetup, 333.
	That's horrible.
	I see him from Memphis, Tennessee.
	Please de-douche me.
	You've been de-douched.
	He's going to need to play a little mac and cheese.
	He needs some karma as I'm planning to move to Sao Paulo.
	I'm moving to Sao Paulo, so this will be my last chance to see Adam.
	I'm looking so forward to it, I'll be leaving the next day.
	This sucks!
	I'm planning to move to Sao Paulo for work, but they seem to be going in the wrong direction with the COVID restrictions right now.
	I hope they'll roll back this nonsense by the time I head there in a few months.
	Sao Paulo is a...
	Big town.
	Appreciate your dedication to exposing the M5M's brainwashing campaign.
	Thomas, P.S. I'm attaching a clip from the Memphis radio station 106.7.
	I stumbled on the station while scanning the radio in the car.
	So apologies for the garbage sound quality, but I thought it was a hilarious rant from a black talk.
	Okay, well, we don't have it.
	I do have it, but it's a long rant.
	It was...
	Of course.
	It was an ADOS African-American talk show host who says, you know, what is this bull crap with a crack pipe?
	You know, there's a whole bunch of historical reasons why he would have something to say about that.
	I would hope so.
	Yes.
	So I'm so sorry, man.
	But I think Meetup Sao Paulo might be in order once you're there, once you're established.
	Get all that set up.
	You slaves can get used to mac and cheese.
	Mac and cheese.
	Macaroni and cheap cheddar melt together.
	Mac and cheese.
	Mac and cheese.
	Hey everybody!
	You've got karma.
	Anonymous from Wembley Downs, Washington, 333.
	My first ever donation, but thank you for keeping me sane for the past two years.
	I've endured my entire friendship.
	Group tell me how lucky I am to live in the psychological and physical prison that is Western Australia.
	Oh, that's Western Australia.
	I'm sorry, I thought that was not Washington.
	Wembley Downs, Western Australia.
	Yes.
	So he's been kept sane by the show and the producership while having to endure all his friends telling him how lucky he is to live in Western Australia.
	Oh boy.
	Okay.
	Yes.
	Terry Kobielka Purden.
	Hmm.
	Kobielka.
	What do you think?
	Purden.
	She's in Tigard, Oregon with everybody else.
	She, she, she, she, she, she, she.
	Oh, hi.
	Hi, Terry.
	She's in Tigard, Oregon, 333.
	My bestie and I are headed to Nashville for the big meetup with Adam.
	It's not funny.
	Oh, I'm sorry.
	I misread that.
	My bestie and I are headed to Vegas on a Wednesday evening for a quickie girls trip.
	Our bill ended up being $33.33.94.
	So she contributed that.
	Um...
	Lots of love from TP in Tigard, Oregon.
	And then there's something that I can't read because it's a mess.
	It's something J&A. Maybe it was something for us.
	Something J&A. It's hard to say.
	It came in a Unicode and it just...
	But anyway, thank you.
	Yes.
	Give her some travel karma.
	Okay, we'll do that, even though I didn't ask.
	You've got karma.
	Girls trip!
	Girls trip!
	Vegas girls trip.
	You know, Vegas girls trips.
	Tina has told me about a couple of her Vegas girls trips when she was younger.
	Yeah, man.
	Man, Vegas girls trips.
	They get kind of wild.
	Yeah.
	Mm-hmm.
	Christian Bauer.
	They promote that idea.
	They do.
	In Vegas.
	Yes, they do.
	Christian Bowers is in Duluth, Georgia, 278.77, Associate Executive Producer, the first one.
	First off, I want to thank you both for your courage and value that you have brought into my life.
	Well, I'm not sure what mass formation percentage group I want to be a part of without you and the rest of the Gitmo Nation.
	I am very grateful for where I am with you.
	Second, I want to thank all the preceding producers and other time talent and treasure contributors of the past 14 years as you've helped build this voice of truth and reason and kept it going.
	Now, you guys kept it going.
	Let's be honest, guys.
	Is there really a better exit strategy than this?
	How is this an exit strategy?
	Except we die.
	On the show.
	That's the way everyone wants to go.
	In the saddle, baby.
	Head against the mic.
	That's right.
	Boom.
	Third, I want to thank Avery, my friend and recently former colleague, for hitting me in the mouth three years ago.
	That was on show 1110, The Kremlin Crush.
	Alas, while I have pleasantly frequented the No Agenda shop, this is my first donation, so please de-douche me.
	You've been de-douched.
	Monthly subscription ensuing.
	Subsequently, let everyone know that Obama is a...
	Ohana.
	Ohana is a douchebag.
	Okay, Ohana.
	A Valentine's shout-out to my amazing wife, Melanie, for six wonderful years and two beautiful boys.
	Our anniversary is the 20th, her birthday the 21st, and our youngest birthday on the 25th.
	I need some F cancer for my brother, Tim, who recently got COVID while also dealing with experimental treatments for his melanoma that has painfully progressed into his lungs.
	Also, Avery and I could both use some jobs karma with an R2-D2 kick.
	Okay, we got a lot going on here with you, sir.
	Being my first donation, please indulge me with the following jingles.
	Yes, I'm happy to.
	Screw your freedom.
	Get vaccinated.
	You might die.
	That's true.
	And thank you for your diligence, Adam.
	It says, yes, go dogs.
	Okay, we got you.
	Screw your freedom.
	Get vaccinated.
	You might die.
	That's true.
	Stop it!
	California 255 jingles he wants to hold load wait a minute wasn't this the guy who came in Thursday morning yeah I think it was, wasn't it?
	Yeah.
	Yep, yep, yep.
	Because he said that John was still welcome on Twitter.
	But did we...
	Yeah, we put him on the nighting list and we read his note.
	Okay, good.
	Just want to make sure we got that.
	So that's done, right?
	Michael, you're covered already.
	You're good, man.
	You're good.
	Nice try, though.
	Good work.
	Josh Springer will go to him in Indianapolis 2222.
	Switcheroo.
	This is switcheroo.
	It's a row of ducks.
	It's a V-Day gift toward my damehood.
	I'm sorry.
	It's geese, is it not?
	Geese is not ducks.
	Well, he said this is a row of ducks.
	Oh, I thought that the whole point of the donation was geese.
	No, no.
	This is a...
	Yeah, well, that was once.
	But we'll call it whatever he wants to call it.
	Okay, good enough.
	He says it's a row of ducks.
	It's a V-Day gift toward the namehood of the smoking hottest John C. fan club, Brittany Baxter.
	Oh, that's a good name.
	So Brittany is the head of the John C. fan club?
	I don't know.
	That would be your fan club.
	Oh, John C. That's me.
	You're John C. Yes, you're John C. I'm not following...
	Britney, yeah.
	Oh, Britney.
	By the way, Britney Baxter is a great name.
	It's a radio name.
	It's like, hey everybody, Britney Baxter here.
	Britney Baxter here.
	She lost her job during the pandemic and used it as an opportunity to chase the dream of starting a plant-based nut-free food product company.
	There you go.
	That's the specialty.
	She has grown it from a single product being made in her kitchen to quite the operation.
	If you are ever in Indianapolis, the Indianapolis area, pick yourself up some Amazeball.
	It lives up to its name.
	I'm surprised somebody hasn't come up with a product name like that already.
	Amazeball.
	Here, have an amaze ball.
	It's a savory cheese ball spread.
	Cheese without the cheese.
	It's available at many local groceries and farmers markets.
	Happy Valentine's Day.
	Thank you for being my partner in crime, literally and figuratively.
	I'm so, so very proud of you and that you are mine.
	Love, Josh.
	Aw, that's so sweet.
	Cheese balls without the cheese!
	You might not!
	Let's go Brandon!
	You've got karma.
	Ah!
	Barron, Sir John of South London, 2222, 2222, 2222, 2222.22, London, the United Kingdom.
	Please, oh, urgent health karma request.
	Please accept this donation of 2222.22 as my latest installment in the value for value that no agenda gives me.
	Also, my friend Molly has gone off the radar and doesn't reply to texts or calls.
	I ghosted.
	Without going into too much detail, she has had issues in the past, and I'm worried sick about her.
	No, John, this may be serious.
	Please, could you and the extended No Agenda family give her health karma?
	Thank you so much.
	Of course we'll do that, obviously.
	Honk, honk, let's go, Brandon.
	Oh, okay.
	I don't know if you wanted a let's go, Brandon, but I can satisfy both those things for you.
	Let's go, Brandon!
	You've got karma.
	Oh, my God.
	Ooh, those are geese honks.
	By the way, I've learned it's Canada geese, not Canadian geese.
	Did you know that?
	Canada geese?
	Yeah.
	I've always called them Canadian geese.
	I've always said...
	We have a...
	In the East Bay of California, we have a large contingent of these animals.
	And they land in a...
	You know, anytime there's a big grassy knoll, they'll land there and they'll start just eating weeds.
	And they do weeding.
	They eat weeds, man.
	Buggers eat weeds.
	Yeah.
	And the funny thing is, you watch it, there'll be like a hundred of them.
	And there'll be like about four of them that don't eat the weeds.
	They're standing up tall and straight up, and their necks are elongated, and they're looking all around.
	They're the guards.
	They're the geese guards.
	Mm-hmm.
	And you watch them, and they're looking out for somebody coming or somebody with an axe.
	I don't know what they're looking for, but they keep an eye out.
	And then when one of the geese will switch sides, and that goose will start eating whatever they're eating, and another one will pop up instead and take its place.
	It's quite something to see.
	It's very coordinated.
	Well, listen, Sir Richard Attenborough, I appreciate the lesson of...
	All I'm saying is, I've learned it's Canada geese, not Canadian geese.
	I went off the rails.
	A little bit.
	Anonymous is next.
	And Anonymous is not off the rails, but he's in for $222.22, another row of geese.
	Anonymous, hi guys, thanks for keeping me sane for years.
	This donation is from my meaty millennial man, and I donated last September for his birthday.
	He said millennials should come before the man.
	Oh, okay.
	Always, love is lit, get vaxxed, no...
	No.
	And we'll throw in a karma for you.
	You've got karma.
	Running along.
	Can you just...
	I didn't get these jingles.
	Could you just do this one for me?
	Sure.
	Jessica Burke's up next.
	They're from Brookshire, Texas.
	And I'm sure they pronounce it Brookshire.
	It is Texas after all.
	222.22.
	ITM gents, I had to let you know that on your previous show, 1424, I literally sprayed milk from my nose.
	Ah, the goal of anyone with one-liners.
	During your discussion on the possible meaning of the acronym SAM, S-A-H-M, this was my sign that it was time to donate.
	SAM actually means stay-at-home mom for your future reference.
	We had all kinds of things.
	We were really wrong on that, weren't we?
	Yeah, but we're having fun and we got her to spray milk from her nose.
	Yeah, this is a bonus.
	I know this being one myself to two under two human resources.
	I'd like to make a shout out to my smoking hot husband of six years as our anniversary is tomorrow on Valentine's Day.
	How nice is that?
	Yeah.
	Oh, come on, John.
	Be nice.
	Oh, can you please give me a de-douching?
	I'm sure there was some eye-rolling when somebody...
	We're getting married on Valentine's Day.
	You've been de-douched.
	She wants some dog karma for starting off our next year of marriage and an Obama boom shakalaka jingle.
	Uh, love is lit.
	Yeah, there's no Obama boom shakalaka.
	That is, uh, that's Manning.
	Dingo boom shakalaka.
	That's good for you.
	You've got...
	Karma.
	Signed, Jessica Burke.
	What do we have here?
	Samuel Nelson in Los Angeles.
	Get ready for the riots tonight, Samuel.
	222.22.
	Please take these ducks off my hands.
	Jingles.
	Trump is asshole?
	Sometimes you guys are really weird with what you think these jingles are.
	And you want ants.
	Well, we'll give you a little bit of both, and I won't wait.
	China is asshole!
	Oh, no, wait, wait, wait.
	What?
	I think what he meant was that Trump, where he says, don't trust China.
	Trump, don't trust China.
	China is an asshole.
	Oh, he wants the long.
	The long version.
	That's what he said.
	Put Trump in there.
	Well, see, people, you've got to give instructions.
	Donald Trump, don't trust China.
	China is an asshole.
	We got it all for you.
	Hold on, let me get a little bit of ants for him.
	Rolled his ants out.
	Hey, now.
	I got ants.
	I got ants.
	I'll play it.
	You know what?
	I'm going to play it all at the end of the show today.
	You've got karma.
	We're light on end of show mixes, so I'll play the full thing.
	Samuel Nelson in Los Angeles, another one who's...
	Oh, I'm sorry.
	We just did him.
	Sir Mac in Odenton, Maryland, 214-22, which is the Valentine's Day donation.
	Yes.
	Sir Mac here trying to say, I love you very much to my Valentine Dame Lauren.
	Nice.
	There you go.
	Oh, that's easy.
	Sir Don Francis in Chandler, Arizona, with a $214.20 Valentine's Day donation.
	Please credit this towards Stephanie Francis' eventual damehood.
	Okay, keep your own accounting.
	I can't think of a better way to honor my best friend and the love of my life on Valentine's Day than a donation to the best podcast in the universe.
	I love you, Stephanie.
	Now, I will say, Sir Don, I always love donations to the No Agenda show for birthdays, anniversaries.
	I hope you got her a card, too, just in case.
	Of course.
	Yes.
	Which, I might want to say how much I love my keeper, Tina Marie Curry.
	I have not been able to purchase even a card for her because of the COVID. You can make one with your printer.
	That's a good idea.
	Yeah.
	Okay, cool.
	I'll make one.
	Yes.
	That's what we used to do.
	That's what we used to do for mom.
	Make one.
	I get some yarn and some glue.
	Yeah, I'll just get the printer and a piece of paper.
	I think it'd be fine.
	You're so practical.
	So much the romantic, John.
	Yeah, you can stick a piece of paper in the printer.
	Yeah, you just write a nice name.
	That'd be Valentine's Day.
	Emily Williams, 214.20.
	For my smoking hot husband's birthday.
	Oh, nice.
	Johnny V. Johnny V. isn't as much of a romantic as you think a Valentine baby.
	Oh, he's born on Valentine's Day would be.
	But I don't mind.
	He's been teaching me conspiracy facts for 20 years.
	What could be more romantic than that?
	It's pretty dang sexy to me.
	XOXO. Doodlebug.
	Doodlebug.
	That's her nickname, I guess.
	Or is he the Doodlebug?
	That's the question.
	XOXO, Doodlebug.
	Sir Walkman, 201420, the 15th of the Love Month marks Dame Toonsis and I's 30th anniversary.
	And we never had a fight!
	From the lovable fuzzball, Sir Walkman.
	Thank you very much, Sir Walkman.
	These are nice, these short little beautiful Valentine's greetings.
	I love that.
	That was it?
	That's it.
	Yeah, that's all there was.
	Oh, I'm sorry.
	John Muchink, I think.
	Muchink.
	Muchink.
	214.20.
	Another Valentine's Day donation.
	Please credit Amy Mullen with this donation.
	This is a switcheroo.
	Oh, switcheromy.
	Please make a note.
	Mm-hmm.
	So I can avoid having to take her out to eat tomorrow night.
	There's a romantic.
	Woo!
	Well done.
	Well played.
	Love you, baby.
	No jingles, no karma.
	Thanks, guys.
	John Moochink.
	What's funny is that I'm always reading a little ahead.
	I'm like, where's this love you, baby jingle?
	I can't seem to find this love you, baby jingle until I realize that he said love you, baby to Amy.
	Yeah, not you.
	James Jackson, 21420.
	This donation is for my wonderful wife, Nicole Jackson, who just gave birth to our third human resource, Josephine James Jackson, on February 12, 2022.
	Love you, babe!
	Mean it!
	I would also like to wish my daughters, Charlie and Everly, a happy Valentine's Day.
	Goat and baby birthing karma for all.
	You got it.
	Thank you, James.
	You've got...
	Karma.
	Karma.
	And our last Valentine's Day specific donation comes from David Ingram.
	Parts Unknown, $214.20.
	Australia.
	Oh, he's in Australia.
	My smoking hot wife, Carrie Rollins, happy Valentine's Day.
	Thanks for punching me in the mouth.
	Ah, she punched him in the mouth.
	Love is lit.
	Kevin Brown.
	Oh, this is a 213.91.
	Interesting.
	I'm not sure what this is.
	Let's find out.
	Kettering, Ohio.
	Hi, John and Adam.
	This is my first donation on the way to Knighthood.
	It's significant for today's Super Bowl.
	Burrow to Chase is 213.91.
	The Bengals are going to shock the world beating the Rams.
	Hootay!
	I'd like to secure my future knighthood name of Sir Smoothline, Knight of the Loose Women.
	I think you're pretty good on safety there.
	Stay free.
	No agenda.
	Nation, he says.
	Very nice.
	Very nice.
	Christina Henry, the Dame Christina, Pearl of the Clear Blue Skies in Deputy Indiana.
	I come from Deputy, Indiana.
	213.46.
	Happy birthday, Mr.
	Henry.
	I'm still a dame without a knight.
	Oh, hint, hint.
	But this goes towards your knighthood, keeping my own accounting.
	You said you didn't want a big deal made for your birthday, so no karma, no jingles.
	Mwah!
	Love!
	From Pearl.
	John Wynn is in Austin, Texas.
	Sorry to hear that.
	212.68...
	I wonder if I know John.
	I must know John.
	In the morning, John and Adam, thank you for your courage.
	Yesterday marked my 54th trip around the sun.
	This donation elevates me to the title of Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable.
	I shall henceforth be known as Sir Hold My Beer.
	I require generous amounts of IPA and ginormous beef ribs at the roundtable.
	You got it.
	Please play as many of Rev Al's greatest hits as you see fit.
	Well, I mean, there's only so much we can do of the Rev Al.
	Let's do a...
	I haven't done a teleprompter in a while, I don't think.
	I love how Steven Crowder somehow got a hold of the Supercut that we've been playing for...
	Gosh.
	A decade.
	No, this one may be nine years or so.
	I thought you meant Crowder's use of the Resist We Much.
	No, he played...
	The original Supercut with Resist We Much...
	Is...
	No.
	Whatever he's playing, I saw it.
	That's something we've been playing.
	But we didn't put it together.
	It's just funny how people are slamming him for it.
	You're stealing the best podcasts in the universe, Jingles!
	Not really, but it's okay.
	Thanks to you, Ed.
	Is this Crown Hog Day 2?
	We are watching That Was Attorney General Eric Holden.
	Because you know, if you really want the stuff, don't go to Crowder.
	You come to the No Agenda show for the good Al.
	I was going to say.
	Yeah, go ahead.
	Crowder's the one I saw him play in the Super Bowl.
	He didn't have the tortors in the race.
	No, he doesn't have any of the good shit.
	No, of course not.
	About some Republicans at home are already beating the drums of war.
	Today, the Pentagon refuted that claim.
	And he said the American people do not want him to, quote, they do not want him dwindling his thumbs.
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	Second big story of the day.
	Gotta be Russia.
	Well, there's one in between that I want to play.
	I was going to slip it in the first part of the show.
	That's what she said.
	I mean, Russia comes up right after this because you can't pass this story up.
	Okay.
	This is rats.
	Wait, wait, wait.
	Rats in San Francisco.
	Oh my goodness.
	San Francisco parents are concerned about a rodent problem at a busy play area for children.
	A rat infestation is being reported at the Helen Diller Civic Center Playgrounds just behind San Francisco City Hall.
	Nice.
	Can be seen chasing and playing with rats that are about 8 inches long.
	UCSF's Dr.
	Peter Shinhong says it's important for children to wash their hands and never touch their mouths or faces when near a potentially rodent infested area.
	Some parents claim the white, brown, and gray rats are living in overgrown bushes and are running around during the afternoon hours.
	Wow!
	Isn't that a great story?
	It's happening.
	It's finally happening.
	The kids are playing with and chasing the rats around and they're all having a great time.
	Hold on a second.
	Where's the rat poop inspectors?
	Isn't this their prime job of all health professionals in the U.S. to inspect rat poop?
	I thought it was.
	You'd think they'd be on the spot fixing the problem?
	My goodness, I can't believe what I'm seeing.
	That's, by the way, my favorite clip.
	Okay, let's go to...
	Now, I have a bunch...
	I have a ton of these Russian clips.
	Well, before we start, I need to educate us for 10 seconds.
	This will be about Russia and Ukraine.
	And there has been confusion over the pronunciation of Kiev.
	Is it Kiev?
	Is it Kiev?
	Which one is right?
	And wouldn't you know that CBS gave us a real insight into why the news media says Kiev.
	And one more note.
	Some have wondered why we're pronouncing Ukraine's capital as Kiev instead of Kiev.
	That's because Kiev is how Ukrainians say it.
	Kiev is how Russians say it.
	Now you see these cucks are so bad, they hate Russia so much that the whole world has said Kiev for as long as I can remember.
	But now it's like, no, no, it's Kiev.
	We have a note from one of our producers that came in a few shows ago saying, hey, I live with a guy from Ukraine and he pronounced it Kiev, so it's got to be Kiev.
	But we've noticed that starting with Noodleman years ago, during the Obama administration, she kept pronouncing it Keeve.
	And we've made the assumption that this is code.
	Yeah, it's code for I'm on board with the douchebags, as far as I can tell.
	That's my interpretation too.
	It's a virtue signal.
	If you say Keeve, then we know that you hate Putin.
	That's probably it.
	We should check.
	What does Megyn Kelly say?
	I wonder if she says Kiev or Kiev.
	I don't know what she says.
	But she hates Putin.
	That's why I'm curious.
	Oh, well, maybe.
	I don't even know if it's...
	Maybe it's some association with the CIA. So let's go with...
	Let's start with this.
	This is openers.
	I got these...
	This is kind of semi-introductory.
	And I think it'll get us...
	Keep us up to speed.
	This is Russia Opener.
	Earlier today, President Biden spoke with Vladimir Putin on the phone for about an hour.
	We'll hear more about that call later in the program.
	The president had asked to speak with Putin after U.S. intelligence officials determined Russia might invade Ukraine within days.
	On Friday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the U.S. did not know if Putin intends to invade, but that U.S. civilians in Ukraine ought to leave now.
	If a Russian attack on Ukraine proceeds it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality.
	A subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force.
	The U.S. State Department has ordered most employees to leave the embassy in the Ukrainian capital and says it will suspend consular services there.
	Beginning on Sunday, NPR's Steve Inskeep has been gaining some insight from a senior U.S. military official.
	Steve, thanks so much for being with us.
	Good morning, Scott.
	Glad to be here.
	Why is the U.S. intensifying its warnings now, from what you've been able to glean?
	Well, not because they definitely know what Russia's going to do.
	This senior military official wasn't authorized to speak publicly, so we're not using their name, but the official added insight and said, quote, we do not have evidence that Putin has made a decision.
	Nevertheless, something was detected in recent days that is sharply heightened concern.
	Chatter.
	I just want to mention, I was watching, I was scanning through everything Saturday, and every channel had somebody on the spot, you know, near, and we're just, like, Putin, it's clear, Putin has said, we expect, could be very tense, the next 72 hours could be really intense, and you know who was front and center?
	Fox News.
	They're all warmongers.
	All of them are warmongers.
	They all are buying, they're all part of this bullcrap.
	Oh yeah, Putin's gonna attack any minute now.
	Shut up.
	Well, this started last week, and I watched the press conference with the, I guess, Scott, or whatever his name is.
	Ned?
	Ned?
	No, it wasn't Ned.
	It was the spokesperson.
	It was the National Security Advisor.
	Yeah, yeah.
	And he goes on, and it was on CNBC, so I got to watch the market collapse as he was going on.
	And he soft-pedaled the fact that it was NPR itself that made the accusation that Putin had already told them they're going to attack.
	And everyone getting on board this, especially they're going to attack this week, I guarantee that they're not going to attack this week.
	And just for one, by the way, I have a good answer.
	Analyst who comes on really has a nice way of putting this, but the way I see it is that Putin is not going to attack before the Olympics are over, and they keep indicating that he might.
	And the logic goes thus.
	If Putin attacks, which he's not going to do, they would cut off that North Stream overnight.
	I mean, it's already cut off, but they would never get to open.
	Hold on, stop, stop, stop.
	The pipe is completely functional.
	Yeah, but they're not going to let any gas come in.
	Who's they?
	Biden?
	Biden's going to do that?
	How's Biden going to do that?
	They're not going to let any gas through it.
	It's going to be a disaster.
	They're going to do it through diplomatic, I mean, just sanctions.
	It's going to cause a brouhaha, which is another reason they won't do it.
	But let's just say if Putin has his gas cut off from North Stream, who's he going to sell it to?
	China.
	So, you think if he's going to sell it to China, which is exactly what would happen, that he wouldn't want to screw with Xi by having this invasion for no good reason this week before the Olympics are over and take all the spotlight away from the Olympic Games because he's got a big show to do and they got the big final day of the Olympics is always a big production.
	And he throws shade on the Olympics.
	She's his buddy who's going to buy the gas.
	It makes zero sense.
	And what's the rush?
	Beside that, it's also...
	Right now, during the evening in Ukraine, it's freezing.
	And during the day, it's thawing and it's mud everywhere.
	It's really a bad time to go invade a country if you want troops on the ground.
	Well, the whole thing is nonsense, but it's annoying that they're promoting it, but it's our news media that's promoting it.
	Hello!
	That's what they do!
	It's warmongers!
	This is all that they are!
	Russia opener 2.
	Let's get to the second part of it.
	Do we know what it is?
	The official was not specific, but described this as less of a smoking gun, like one great piece of intelligence, and more is the result of information that's accumulated for months.
	More and more Russian troops are positioned near Ukraine.
	I should add a qualifier here.
	We know from publicly available satellite photos that troops are not right on the border, but they are in staging areas some distance away, officially performing military exercises.
	Okay.
	Let's also add the Russians haven't offered any kind of political justification or pretext that would justify an invasion.
	No, they haven't.
	When their troops went into some other countries in recent years, they had some excuse, some kind of violence or unrest, or even an invitation from somebody in the country to come in.
	We haven't seen that with Ukraine.
	The U.S. has warned of false flag operations that would create that pretext, but that hasn't happened yet either.
	Nevertheless, the Russians have piled up tremendous force.
	Where's the video?
	Jake Sullivan talked about aerial bombings and missile attacks.
	What would an invasion look like?
	I felt that Sullivan's words were particularly meaningful because Russia is one of the few nations in the world that could conduct the kind of invasion that, Scott, we associate with the United States.
	When the U.S. invaded Iraq, and I know you covered that, they ordered sudden airstrikes.
	They fired missiles.
	They dominated the skies.
	They had armored units who could race to the capital.
	They very quickly decapitated the government.
	It was very violent.
	It was very fast.
	And Russia has many of those same capabilities.
	Russia also has precision weapons.
	Their planes would dominate the skies.
	It's widely reported they've deployed large numbers of rocket launchers and missiles to Belarus.
	And they have many, many combat infantry battalions in Belarus where they could very quickly reach the capital.
	When you look at a map, not a long way from the border to the capital.
	No, and because of the way Ukraine's military is spread out in a very big country, the senior military official says that very, very few Ukrainian troops are currently defending the roads to Kiev.
	They would be massively outnumbered.
	You know what the giveaway is, John, in all this?
	Every single report is talking about the military weapons.
	They've got this, they've got that, they've got this thing, they've got that capability.
	Because this is a military industrial complex operation, I'm sure they're already making money.
	Oh, we've got to counter the this and the that and the that and the that.
	We needed this and the that.
	Oh, yeah.
	I mean, this whole reporting is all about the war machine.
	It's all about the war.
	It's all about the tools.
	Not even about...
	Sales are down.
	Yes, sales are down.
	Hey, Joe, you pulled us out of Afghanistan, but you promised us new sales.
	Yeah, pretty much.
	I mean, besides the 80 billion in sales that were left in Afghanistan.
	But that's good!
	Hello!
	That's what we love.
	Yeah.
	Hello, here's 80 billion.
	It's right in your pockets.
	Let's go to part three of this.
	Let's remind ourselves, what's at stake for the United States and Ukraine?
	Well, for the Biden administration, as well as the military, this is a test of the rules-based international order that has endured since 1945.
	The official says this would be a huge act of international aggression, and it would strike at the idea of national sovereignty and endanger these rules that have been used to avoid a world war for generations, Scott.
	I thought it used to be the liberal world order.
	No, it's this rules-based world order.
	Wait, wait, wait.
	What he just said.
	You might want to play this clip again.
	How does this, what he said, jive with what we did, what NATO did, and what we did in Libya, what we did in Iraq, what happened to Gaddafi's operation?
	Yeah.
	I mean, how does what he's about to say, what he said here, how does it jive with any of that?
	You know, this, or Serbia for that matter, the shock and awe.
	How does it jive with shock and awe?
	Play it again.
	Let's remind ourselves, what's at stake for the United States and Ukraine?
	Well, for the Biden administration, as well as the military, this is a test of the rules-based international order that has endured since 1945.
	The official says this would be a huge act of international aggression, and it would strike at the idea of national sovereignty and endanger these rules that have been used to avoid a world war for generations, Scott.
	There are analysts...
	Let me just respond to that before we continue.
	It's very logical.
	It's a rules-based international order.
	What he doesn't say is that we make the rules.
	See, we rewrite them whenever we want to.
	Then it's rules.
	See, that's how it goes.
	There are analysts who doubt Russia would ever invade Ukraine because they say essentially President Putin is getting everything he wants without an actual invasion.
	Without a doubt.
	We heard an analyst in Moscow say days ago that he never believed Putin intended to invade.
	And he...
	Has forced the West to think about Russian concerns.
	He's getting a stream of foreign visitors and he's going to be on the phone this weekend apparently with President Biden.
	But the concern by the senior U.S. military official is that Putin may be close to a historic mistake.
	His troops could invade Ukraine easily, which makes it tempting, although they could have a lot of trouble getting out.
	Can I play the clip about the phone call this weekend?
	The White House says that call between two world leaders didn't produce any major breakthroughs.
	And a senior ranking official tells us they're still not sure whether or not Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade.
	But early this morning, the State Department pulled most of its diplomats out of the embassy in Kyiv, just in case.
	Kyiv!
	During the hour-long conversation, the White House says President Biden urged President Putin to engage in de-escalation and diplomacy.
	But the time for diplomacy is running thin.
	Traveling in Fiji, Secretary of State Anthony Blaine...
	Excuse me, that is not the correct use.
	The time is running short, running out.
	Is thin ever a way of time?
	Good catch.
	...and diplomacy.
	But the time for diplomacy is running thin.
	Traveling in Fiji, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the U.S. still has not received a written response to its security proposals.
	We're in the window when a Russian invasion can start at any time.
	And Russia now has 80% of the troops it would need to invade positioned along Ukraine's borders.
	Any American in Ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event, in the next 24 to 48 hours.
	About 7,000 Americans in Ukraine have registered with the State Department.
	National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said yesterday anyone who stays should not expect a U.S. military rescue.
	The President will not be putting the lives of our men and women in uniform at risk by sending them into a war zone.
	3,000 U.S. troops, however, are headed to join units already positioned in Poland and Romania, with 8,200 on standby to back up other NATO allies in case Putin's territorial aspirations expand beyond Ukraine.
	What is Blinken's role again?
	What is he?
	Is he the Secretary of State?
	He's the guy.
	You know, when a producer made this observation to me, when you see a story or a picture with a caption, it'll be A.Blinken underneath his name.
	Now, if you look at that and you pronounce it, what do you get?
	Abe Lincoln.
	Did you hear it?
	Abe Lincoln.
	Abraham Lincoln.
	Abe Lincoln.
	Do you think that's intentional?
	I don't know.
	Maybe.
	I like Abe Lincoln.
	Holy crap.
	It's like the guys who you call the Super Bowl Sunday the superb owl Sunday.
	Oh, yeah.
	Okay.
	Another way to do it.
	Abe Lincoln.
	All right.
	Did you hear or read from the Russian ambassador to Sweden what he said?
	It published in a Swedish newspaper?
	I did not.
	I have a translation.
	Moscow doesn't give a shit about the risk of Western sanctions if it were to invade Ukraine, Russia's outspoken ambassador to Sweden told the Swedish newspaper.
	Excuse my language, but we don't give a shit about their sanctions.
	We have already had so many sanctions and in that sense they've had a positive effect on economy and agriculture.
	Hee hee!
	There's actually some truth to what he just said at the end there.
	Of course, of course.
	This is the joke.
	Because now the products they used to sell, now they sell Russian cheese and Russian butter.
	They used to bring it all in from France and around from Europe, a lot of these dairy products.
	And now the Russians are just, you know...
	Had you read that?
	Because he literally said about the cheese.
	He literally made that cheese example.
	Yeah, I know about it.
	I didn't read it.
	But, but, but, does he have plant-based cheese balls, huh?
	He doesn't have the cheese balls.
	I don't think he's got cheese balls.
	No cheese balls for you!
	Now, I've got some other clips from NPR that talk about how they're going to invade, how they're going to invade.
	They really push it.
	Yeah, let's do it.
	I love it.
	It's hilarious.
	We can play these, but we don't want to miss on the Russian analysis clips because when this guy comes on, he just pulls the plug on everything.
	But let's start with Russian to attack.
	Russian to attack.
	Oh, is that Russia?
	Russia to attack.
	Oh, NPR, I love ya.
	President Biden spoke with Vladimir Putin today.
	He once more warned the Russian leader against invading Ukraine.
	President and other NATO members have been trying to keep talks going, while also preparing for a possible military conflict.
	After the hour-long phone call, the White House said that President Biden made it clear the U.S. and its allies would respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia if it goes ahead with an invasion.
	And Pierre White House correspondent Franco Ordonez joins us.
	Franco, thanks so much for being with us.
	Thanks for having me, Scott.
	The first call between these leaders, we're told, since December 30th.
	What more do we know about what they talked about?
	You know, it was just over an hour-long call that a senior administration official told reporters was professional and substantive.
	Biden told Putin that a Russian invasion would, quote, produce widespread human suffering and diminish Russia's standing.
	That's according to a readout of the call.
	He also told Putin that the United States remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, but it's also prepared for, quote, other scenarios.
	You know, I was on a call with a senior administration official after, and he told reporters that there was no fundamental change in the dynamics of the situation, but that they believe the president has put some ideas on the table that would address Russia's concerns.
	And he said the two presidents agreed to have their teams to continue to talk and engage in the days ahead, but that Russia may decide to proceed with military action anyway.
	Anyway.
	How certain are administration officials about the imminence of war?
	You know, the White House and State Department are laying out in really the starkest terms yet, you know, their fears that the Russian military could take action in a matter of days.
	National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan yesterday said the Russian military is ready to move on Ukraine now.
	And Americans who are there really need to get out.
	He described what an invasion could actually look like.
	It could be more limited.
	It could be more expansive.
	But there are very real possibilities that it will involve the seizure of a significant amount of territory in Ukraine and the seizure of major cities, including the capital city.
	At the same time, the United States is reducing the size of its embassy footprint in Kyiv, and the Pentagon announced that 160 National Guard troops from Florida will be pulled out of Ukraine.
	You know, to be clear, the administration is not saying it will definitely happen, but, you know, a senior State Department official said today that, quote, it appears increasingly likely that that is where the situation is headed.
	Hey, you know what?
	I think we should move on to the Russian analysis because this is just going to raise my blood pressure if I hear any more of this bull crap.
	I'm sure it's all the same thing.
	Yeah.
	I don't remember what this part two is, but it's not any different.
	Let's go to the analysis.
	Now, this is, I think, the best analysis I've heard.
	And it really deflated the guy who was doing it.
	This is Russia analysis good one.
	We just heard how U.S. officials assess what a Russian invasion could look like, but are Russian threats to invade part of a strategy?
	We're joined now by Harun Yilmaz.
	He's an academic editor with Rutledge.
	His research focuses on Ukraine and Central Asia.
	And he joins us from London.
	Thanks so much for being with us.
	First of all, spook.
	This whole op has been set up by MI6. This would be an MI6 guy.
	Yeah, total spook from a research agency.
	He has the...
	It seems somebody's not on board with whatever the crap we're pulling from the State Department, which I don't even think is condoned by the CIA. But listen to this.
	This is good.
	And he joins us from London.
	Thanks so much for being with us.
	Thank you.
	It's my pleasure.
	You wrote an op-ed for Al Jazeera this week, essentially expressing skepticism that Russia is going to invade.
	Oh, no!
	Tell us why.
	A closer examination of Russia's geopolitical behavior in the past two decades demonstrates that they actually have a clear understanding of the risks on the ground and a full invasion does not fit into Moscow's cost-benefit calculus.
	Because they usually pursue a cost-efficient policy when it comes to the use of hard power in geopolitical goals.
	You believe that we have seen this before in the past few years in other places?
	That's true.
	For instance, we have seen it in 2008 in the Georgia war.
	Russia intervened on the side of the separatist forces in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Appasia against the Georgian government.
	Back then, Russian forces did not really face a formidable adversary and were able to easily defeat the Georgian forces.
	Then Russian troops crossed into Georgia proper, but then halted after 20 kilometers.
	Once the limited goal of pushing back Georgian forces from south Ossetia was achieved, Moscow was open to European mediation.
	In fact, the Russian troops could have completely cut Georgia into two, gained control of the precious oil and gas pipelines from Azerbaijan to Mediterranean coast, and paralyzed the Georgian economy and political system.
	Yet the regional and global costs would be too high for Russia.
	So they stop at a limited military operation.
	Okay.
	Yeah.
	Bullshit.
	It's total bullshit.
	And the thing is, this guy emphasizes that this Russian, the way they're operating now, it's cost-benefit analysis.
	And this is on NPR, right?
	Yeah.
	And what you write, I think they were disappointed.
	What do you think?
	This cost-benefit analysis thing is interesting because the way all these guys, all the networks and even the newspapers are portraying, well, you don't know what the Russians are going to do.
	They don't think right.
	They've got the crazy Russians thinking.
	They don't understand the way we are or the way we think or the way anybody thinks.
	They're nuts!
	You know what the bottom line is?
	Our oracle has been right all along about this Ukraine and Russia thing.
	There's no real conflict!
	Mm-hmm.
	Yeah.
	Okay, so let's go to part two of the analysis.
	And by the way, it was the part of Georgia that came in, they pushed these guys back and left.
	And that was it.
	But let's go on.
	We see, again, this cost calculus and cost-efficient policy in Syria, also in African affairs.
	So we constantly seek this cost-efficient policy, cost-efficient use of hard power in geopolitics.
	And we see it in Ukraine as well, so far.
	Well, tell us how.
	What are Russian aims as regards Ukraine, in your judgment?
	The real target is not Ukraine, but Moscow wants to force Western countries to finally sit down for negotiations on issues of European security.
	Because since 1991, this is the first time the West has engaged seriously with Russia.
	To discuss European security, thanks in a way to the strategy that they are pursuing.
	And Moscow wants arrangements to be made on several issues, but these are European security matters, including halting the development of intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Europe and limiting military exercises in close proximity to Russian borders.
	Because if you go back a little bit, in October 2018, the Trump administration decided to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which was signed by Reagan and Gorbachev.
	And that treaty prohibited both parties from possessing, producing or, you know, flight testing intermediate range nuclear forces.
	Now we don't have that agreement.
	So in other words, Moscow, they understand that Ukraine will not enter NATO. And that's not the issue.
	In fact, the issue is if NATO enters Ukraine in the form of American missiles or missile defense elements.
	That's without any international regulations that limits missile deployments in Europe.
	Ah, okay.
	I have an analysis of what's going on.
	And this guy actually helped me get there.
	So, he says what they really want is to sit down and talk about, you know, European security, what the hell are you guys doing, where we stand.
	I mean, that's, in a nutshell, that's kind of what he said, right?
	Yep.
	Okay.
	So, now again, we're seeing this incessant push from the US MDM, the misdismal information, MDM, including Fox News.
	Everyone's all jacked up.
	Oh, Putin, he's going to do it.
	He's going to invade.
	It's imminent.
	He already gave the go order.
	72 hours.
	We can't wait.
	Stressful time.
	Okay.
	Okay.
	So, is this truly to give the military-industrial complex some credits and some orders?
	Yeah, I'm sure.
	I mean, something even Fox News doesn't discuss.
	You'd think that someone would say, hey, are they protecting Hunter Biden's interests in Ukraine?
	I mean, that's something even we could come up with as a, gee, is that why you're going, Joe?
	No.
	Because of the hundreds of millions of dollars or gosh knows or whatever the Biden crime family's involvement was in Ukraine?
	I haven't heard anyone talk about that.
	But how about this?
	What if we need to make this such a huge issue that the only way that we can get out of this Is to send Kamala Harris to the Munich Security Conference at the end of this week so that she can then sit down with the Russians and declare victory having stopped the invasion!
	She's good to be president!
	Think about it.
	Are they going to send her?
	Yes.
	She's dispatched to the Munich Conference to talk Ukraine.
	End of this week.
	Well, that's a pretty sideways analysis.
	I like it.
	Why sideways?
	The whole Jussie Smollett...
	Because it's so convoluted.
	Because if the whole thing's just a bunch of BS, which it sounds like to me, and then you're going to create this phony event that's not going to really do anything, but you're doing it just to extol the virtues of this dumb woman...
	I will tell you why I think that.
	Because they want to get rid of Biden because he's losing it by the minute.
	They have to get rid of him, and they need a replacement.
	They don't want Hillary, of course.
	They need to strengthen Kamala.
	And I think it's possible because Mo and I actually deconstructed the whole Juicy Smollett thing.
	That was so big.
	That thing really, truly, the noose, all of that was a setup to boost Kamala Harris when she was running for president.
	And I think Moe's right with that analysis.
	So to get out of this Biden problem we have, wouldn't it just...
	Why is she going to the Munich conference?
	She's an imbecile.
	And specifically says she's being dispatched.
	She's being sent.
	I have a feeling she's going to come out of this the victor having stopped Putin dead in his tracks.
	This black woman is amazing!
	Well, actually I hope you're not right.
	But we'll see.
	Well...
	It's going to resolve itself after the 21st when the Olympics are closed.
	Yes.
	We know for a fact, because of the nature of the geopolitics, nothing's going to happen until the 21st.
	And then if you listen to this analysis, nothing's going to happen.
	The whole thing is...
	And it could have been a scheme by Putin to bring people to the table.
	It just seems to be working.
	Mm-hmm.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	We'll see.
	However the media spins it, it doesn't matter.
	The media is spinning a brink of war that's not true.
	So why wouldn't they spin the savior Kamala that isn't true?
	And then Putin can jump up and down all he wants and say, it's not true, it's not true, nyet, nyet.
	And they'll say, that's Putin, man, that's just what he does.
	Thank you, Kamala.
	For those of you who are wondering why I said this black woman, obviously us being facetious.
	She's black, isn't she?
	Yeah, you know what we're talking about.
	You know what we're talking about.
	You know the issue.
	I kind of like it.
	It is a I would call fraud a fiasco.
	It's a fiasco.
	Huge fiasco.
	Okay, let's take a little breather for a second.
	I have some hat information.
	We were talking about hats.
	Men with hats.
	Yeah, we were.
	Yeah.
	So I said, why did hats go out of fashion?
	I just need to talk about something else.
	This is too stressful.
	I have blood pressure, and as you know, it can give me a heart attack instantly.
	Yeah, we don't want that.
	Marie says, my husband mentioned you guys were talking about why or when hats went out of fashion.
	Apparently, at his inauguration, President Kennedy did not wear a hat.
	And that was the start of people not wearing hats anymore.
	Does that sound right to you?
	No, it doesn't sound right to me.
	I don't think the timeline's correct.
	The number of people that were wearing hats in the teens and 20s was outrageous.
	I mean, if you look at those old photos, it was just...
	Wall-to-wall hats.
	Yes.
	And usually one style.
	It was fedoras for a while, then it became these straw hats.
	I have information on the straw hats, too.
	And I think they were out of vogue after World War II, long before Kennedy became president.
	The straw hats went out of style in 1922 because of the straw hat riot.
	Yes.
	This I did not know.
	This would be interesting.
	The Straw Hat Riot of 1922 occurred in New York City at the end of the summer as a result of unwritten rules in men's fashion at the time.
	At the time, a tradition of taunting people who failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began.
	Kind of like wearing linen.
	Yes, yes.
	And of course, the people who could afford a straw hat were poor workers.
	And so the fedora wearers, this is the same thing we're seeing today.
	The elites hate the working middle class.
	And they would literally grab people's straw hats and smash them and burn them right off their head.
	It was tradition, they say.
	Who's they?
	The Wikipedia.
	Oh.
	Hello.
	Who else matters when it comes to that kind of stuff?
	Of course.
	Absolutely.
	I think we should...
	Do you want to do one more story before we take a break?
	Yeah, I can do a Super Bowl story from NPR. Jeez, man.
	NPR. Gosh, okay.
	Super Bowl from NPR. It's just these voices are getting tedious.
	Yeah, well, this would be the last.
	Okay.
	Super Bowl not tolerated?
	No, NPR Super Bowl report.
	Ah, hey, here we go.
	L.A. Sheriff Special Operations Chief Jack Ewell says 400 people from his agency are working the game.
	Human trafficking specialists, crowd management specialists, hazmat personnel.
	What?
	Human trafficking specialists?
	What?
	Yeah.
	Super Bowl game.
	Big game.
	Well, that's, of course, all the hookers.
	Let's start it over.
	L.A. Sheriff Special Operations Chief Jack Ewell says 400 people from his agency are working the game.
	Human trafficking specialists, crowd management specialists, hazmat personnel, tactical teams, tactical paramedics, and canine units.
	They'll team with Inglewood and Los Angeles Police, the Secret Service, Homeland Security, and others.
	Back at Casa Rios Restaurant in Inglewood, Libby Munoz admits to feeling a little pressure too.
	Yes, I do feel a bit nervous.
	We're working so hard in the kitchen to get ready.
	We have to make sure we have enough servers so that people won't come in and then leave because we can serve them.
	Sentiments shared by much of Southern California, hoping Sunday will be the first of many Super Bowls at SoFi Stadium.
	For NPR News, I'm Matt D'Angelo Antonio in Inglewood, California.
	Do these guys know anything?
	What do you mean?
	One of many Super Bowls?
	They're not going to have the Super Bowl in this place again for another 10 years, maybe 20.
	They rotate it through the various stadiums around the country.
	A new stadium gets built, they put a Super Bowl there sooner than later.
	But it won't be back.
	Were they kidding?
	Oh, we're looking forward to it being back every year.
	It's not going to be back every year.
	If it comes back in five years, it's a miracle.
	You know why it's not going to be back, don't you?
	Because it's going to burn down in the riots!
	You might want to play this clip, Super Bowl Not Tolerated.
	You blocked my donation!
	Yeah, I know I did, to get this clip out of the way.
	The 56th Super Bowl kicks off tomorrow in Los Angeles, and the Department of Homeland Security says it's preparing for the potential of protests inspired by the trucker blockades happening in Canada.
	Authorities say that such disruptions will not be tolerated.
	They will not be tolerated.
	We will not tolerate this event.
	I'm going to show my school by donating to our agenda.
	Imagine all the people who could do that.
	Oh yeah, that'd be fab.
	Yeah, we have a few people to thank.
	And they tolerate our show.
	They do.
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	$133.
	She wants a little health cover for everybody.
	We'll give her that at the end.
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	And she says she loves the program and says no jingles.
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	It's a boob call out to JCD for not mentioning salty slaves.
	Uh oh.
	And then, what?
	Sir Kevin McLaughlin, the Duke of Luna, lover of America and lover of boobs in Concord, North Carolina, 8008.
	And he has a little marketing tip for us.
	He has a new slogan for breast cancer awareness.
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	Just give me some karma.
	I guess I'm at the end there.
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	And I think he's in Oregon, if I'm not mistaken.
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	It's your birthday, birthday.
	Oh, no, I'm changing.
	Here's your birthday list.
	Sir Smitty, the Burning River Coastie.
	Happy birthday to his mother, Patricia Ann Smith.
	She will be 80.
	No, she turned 80 yesterday.
	Well, happy birthday.
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	Celebrating today, Connor Hogan.
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	And wrapping it up with Dame Christina Pearl who says happy birthday to her, Mr.
	Henry.
	Happy birthday to everybody here at the best podcast in the universe.
	It's your birthday, yeah!
	Now, let me see now.
	We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
	We have 1, 2, 3.
	We have one dame.
	Is that right?
	Yeah, one dame.
	And I want to make sure...
	I think we do...
	I'm sorry.
	I'm a little confused here.
	Michael Hainer is the one who was already knighted, right?
	That's the one I have to make sure is taken off.
	Okay, I need a blade.
	I got this blade.
	Do you have a blade for us?
	Yes, I do.
	I've got the long blade.
	Woo!
	Very long.
	Up on the podium!
	Hey, Max!
	Bring your mom up here.
	Max's mom is ready for her Damon.
	John Wynn and Joseph Liesel, I think is how we pronounce it.
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	Of course, we know I'm not going to be in Nashville, which is really unfortunate.
	Before we get to the list, here's our sole meetup report, the TMI Evac Zone.
	Adam and John, thank you for your courage from the Three Mile Island Evac Zone meetup.
	This is Sir 737, coming to you from the west bank of the Susquehanna River, just downstream from Three Mile Island, well within the evacuation zone.
	Here's our audio meetup report.
	Just a little bit different this time.
	We needed a teleprompter.
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	We must.
	We must.
	And we will much about that be committed.
	Fear is freedom.
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	Contradiction is truth.
	Those are the facts of this world.
	And you all surrender to them.
	You praise in human love!
	Please join us at our next meet-up on Saturday, February 19th at Crosswater.
	Outstanding!
	Somehow the beauty of the hack job makes it that much better.
	Sasquahanna Valley.
	Hey, I wonder, is WSQV still around?
	WSQV, Top 40, Sasquahanna Valley, Pennsylvania.
	Let me know.
	I've been to that station.
	Here's what's coming up.
	As we know, the big Nashville-Tennessee meetup on Monday, Valentine's Day.
	It's the skating meetup of love at 6 o'clock.
	It kicks off at Rivergate Skate Central in Madison, Tennessee.
	The Duke of the South organizing.
	Now, what we have set up is since, and believe me, if I wasn't testing positive, it had been enough days, I would go, of course.
	We're going to connect my studio to the DJ booth, and I will be playing a couple of skating songs for you live from the Hill Country.
	How about a visual there?
	How about a big monitor in your head?
	Yeah, that's both.
	So not only the visual.
	You've got to stop that thing.
	It's irritating me now.
	Okay.
	Because I can't focus.
	We're going to have a visual and we'll have high quality line going.
	We're going to use clean feed, so pretty high quality.
	And I will be rolling out...
	You can't do video on clean feed.
	Ever hear of two separate things at the same time?
	No.
	Okay.
	Well, that's what we're going to do.
	And quite honestly, the video is less important, I think.
	I mean, I can just imagine how cool it's going to sound booming across the skating rink.
	Sorry I can't be there.
	The keeper and I truly send our regrets.
	Next show day is Thursday.
	There's a lot of meetups on the 17th.
	The Mississippi Coast meetup at Ford, Long Beach Market and Deli in Long Beach, Missouri.
	The Michigan February meetup, 4 o'clock at the Texas Roadhouse, Fort Gradiot, Michigan.
	Someone please tell me how to pronounce that.
	The Catskill Mountain meetup also on Thursday.
	It's number 2.
	It'll be at 6 o'clock at Public House in Ellenville, New York.
	The Sacramento El Dorado County meetup, 6.30 at Solid Ground Brewing in Diamond Springs, California.
	The Denver area Metaverse meetup, 6.30 Mountain Time at Prost Brewing Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
	My goodness, Charlotte's Thirsty Thursday, 3rd Thursday, 7 o'clock at Ed's Tavern.
	And then Friday is where the Western stimulation begins, 6 o'clock.
	That meetup is at Flip's Patio Grill in Fort Worth, Texas.
	And we are stacked all the way through March.
	If you want to take a look, go to noagendameetups.com.
	Even if you're disappointed that we won't be there, please go to the Tennessee Meetup.
	It's not about really meeting me, I hope.
	It's really about getting together with your community, other human resources, and having a fun time skating.
	If you can't find one near you, go ahead and set one up.
	It's easy.
	Noagendameetups.com Sometimes you want to go hang out with all the nights and days Oops.
	I'm happy that a clip...
	Was found of this story because I've been waiting to talk about it briefly, just because it's an OTG kind of story, but then ABC luckily turned it into a glitch for me.
	We begin with a glitch that's forcing some drivers to listen to national public radio.
	It's happening in the Seattle area for people driving Mazdas.
	So the issue is the radios in certain vehicles have been frozen on one station, the local NPR, because the infotainment screens are stuck in reboot mode.
	Now to fix it, they may need a new part, which costs $1,500.
	I guess I'd be listening to NPR. Yes.
	Now, this is a very interesting thing.
	Did you hear about this?
	No, this is news to me.
	Yeah, Mazdas are stuck on the NPR station.
	And you hear this report doesn't tell you why.
	They just say, oh, you've got to get a $1,500 part to fix it.
	Nah.
	What's going on is this NPR station...
	They are not complying to the standard of RDS. RDS is the system that lets you send along images and text with either songs or programs, and they're not sending an image.
	They're sending the tag for an image, but there's no image in it.
	And, of course, Mazda was never expecting that, because why would you say, here's an image if there's nothing linked to it?
	And so all they'd have to do is just change that and the radios would probably fix themselves.
	And they should just adhere to the standard.
	And so to call it a glitch, again, ABC. These are the top people in their field.
	How hard is it to just do a little bit of investigative work instead of, ha ha ha, I guess I'll be listening to NPR. Hey, tune into our show if you want to hear NPR. We give you the best.
	You can skip the whole week of crap and we give you the highlights that are worth listening to.
	So I have a story about your neck of the woods.
	This is the water story.
	Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
	The water in Austin being boiled.
	The head of the public utility that supplies water to more than one million residents in Austin, Texas, has resigned.
	It comes days after the utility required residents to boil their water before drinking it.
	Audrey McGlinchey with member station KUT reports it was workers at the utility who had endangered the city's water.
	In his resignation letter, Greg Maceras said he took, quote, full responsibility for any shortcomings at Austin Water in the past week.
	Last Saturday, several employees made a mistake, adding too much calcium carbonate to a basin, causing the water at Austin's oldest treatment plant to cloud with debris.
	The utility told residents to boil any water before drinking or cooking.
	That requirement remained in place until Tuesday.
	Austin Water has placed three employees on leave while it investigates what happened.
	After three boil water notices in four years, Mazzara said residents have lost trust in Austin's public water company.
	Thank you for playing this.
	So I had to look into this.
	Because what's the calcium carbonate got to do with the price of bread, the way I saw it?
	What is calcium carbonate?
	It's just a salt.
	I mean, it's like...
	Oh, like water softener?
	Like water softener salt?
	It is actually a water softener.
	That's a very good guess.
	Yeah, well, we have that for our well water.
	We have pellets of...
	I guess that's what it is.
	Calcium carbonate is used to soften water.
	It's also used as a coagulant or a flocculant or whatever you want to call it to take certain dissolved solids and make them fall out of the water.
	Now, I don't know how it would cause debris.
	I could not find any.
	I looked at all these different systems that use calcium carbonate and they've used too much.
	In other words, unless somebody out there works at one of these plants that can tell me I find this story to be very dubious.
	Yes.
	Moreover, the residents of Austin, when I was a resident of Austin, voted on and approved in, this was 2019, a $500 million payment for the upgrade of the water treatment plant.
	Half a billion dollars.
	So, you know, I hate to say it, but you're going to see this kind of stuff is going to happen more often in these cities.
	And they have no idea.
	It sounds to me that there's some money lost or something fishy if there's that much money involved.
	Yeah.
	But they spend 500, this is their favorite number, 500 million, oh, we need to fix the water, because this is our third boil notice, I think, and as an aside, which we don't discuss, and of course that clip doesn't discuss, it closes business when this happens.
	You can't have a restaurant if you have to boil water.
	It closes business.
	All the coffee shops, snack bars, everything's closed because they can't make it work if you're boiling water.
	And so it's an economic hit.
	And in Austin, everything is $500 million.
	We've got some homeless, $500 million.
	Let's build some hotels for them.
	Woo!
	It's a shit city.
	Sorry to say it.
	It's going to crap and you've built your own prison, Austin.
	Enjoy it.
	When stuff falls apart and doesn't work.
	And here's the best.
	Where is it here?
	There's a new narrative about the big freeze we had last year.
	Of course, we know what really happened.
	The big freeze was not because windmills froze or anything like that.
	No, it was Enron-type practices going on at ERCOT, which is the energy exchange for the Texas grid.
	And that's just the truth.
	And we've done a lot of analysis of that.
	And these people never went away.
	And it's never discussed exactly how that works.
	I don't think the people who are supposed to know won't even understand.
	But now, now the new narrative, and this is hilarious, research has determined that rooftop solar could have prevented the Texas big freeze power outage because there would have been enough electricity to meet the shortfall on all but two of the 13 days when the power production fell short.
	Wasn't it overcast?
	Overcast?
	It was a snow and ice storm.
	Not a single panel would have worked, you dopes.
	Jeez.
	Unbelievable.
	Well, I'm irked by the fact that the media keeps parroting this bull crap.
	It's getting on my nerves.
	Yes, of course it is.
	Isos.
	Um, yes.
	Yes.
	I'll go first.
	I don't know if I have anything good.
	Let me see.
	I have...
	Wait a minute.
	I'm missing an ISO here.
	Okay, here's what I have.
	I don't have that much.
	I got this.
	Be prepared to get decked in the mouth.
	Too long.
	People just say like totally wild things.
	Kind of.
	You're not blown away by that one either.
	How about this one?
	How about this one?
	Here we go.
	Ooh!
	Smooth.
	That's cute.
	Kind of like one we had.
	Okay, let's go with my three.
	Iso Moxie.
	Pip!
	Verve!
	Moxie!
	Whoa!
	Pep!
	Verve!
	Moxie!
	I like it.
	Where's this from?
	That's NPR guy, right?
	Pep!
	Verve!
	Moxie!
	What is that?
	Pep!
	Verve!
	Moxie!
	What does that mean?
	It's about...
	They did a long, really long report on Moxie.
	It's a soft drink from Maine.
	Oh, a native ad.
	No, because they can't buy it.
	That was the story.
	It was not available.
	For some reason.
	Okay, well, that sounds good.
	Let's try No, No, No.
	No, no, no.
	Ah, man, you're going to make me edit.
	No, no, no.
	I'm telling you, that was not on there.
	No good, no good.
	Okay, wimpy.
	Wimpy.
	We're not wimpy.
	I kind of like the Moxie the best, honestly.
	Yeah, I like the Moxie the best, too.
	We're not wimpy.
	It would have been probably better if it wasn't up-talked.
	We're not wimpy.
	Exactly.
	I guess this is the one other story that we should bring up just because it's such a deja vu in a way and it's intentional.
	We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms.
	People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once.
	Here's the thing.
	I don't really care why Donald Trump was obsessed with toilets.
	To be perfectly honest, I don't really want to know why or where he got involved in discussions about having to flush toilets 15 times.
	Unfortunately, though, the former president's bizarre predilection for toilets is, in fact, in the news today.
	And as a serious journalist, it is my duty to tell you about it.
	According to The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, when Donald Trump was president, his staff used to periodically find wads of printed paper clogging the White House toilets.
	They believed President Trump was purposely attempting to flush pieces of paper down the toilet.
	The former president immediately poo-pooed these ideas, reporting, saying that he never put presidential records in a toilet.
	Which is definitely a thing I cannot believe that I just said on TV.
	Oh my...
	The things you do say on TV are a lot more offensive, Velshi.
	So this stems from they're trying to cover for the fact that they...
	That the Clintons spied on the Trump administration?
	Is that what they're trying to cover for?
	No.
	Oh.
	Maggie Halberman came out with a book.
	She makes the assertion that as part of a bigger scheme, and guys like Raskin are trying to throw the book at Trump for taking papers to Bar-a-Lago that were all considered classified.
	And ripping them up, even.
	That's also an offense.
	Yeah.
	So in the book, or in one of the things she said, and I think that's where they quoted from, It was said that he was also flushing confidential documents because of the Presidential Records Act.
	You have to keep everything.
	And so they're trying to arrest him.
	They're literally trying to arrest him for doing this.
	This is the best.
	And so this thing came up and they...
	I think somebody came up and said, well, he took stuff to Mar-a-Lago.
	By the way, it's all been returned.
	He's taken stuff out of the White House.
	He took it to Mar-a-Lago.
	His classified documents were being moved around, and he was tearing them up, and he was flushing them down the toilet.
	And by saying flushing them down the toilet, it brought up a bunch of people coming out of the wood and saying, you can't flush paper down the toilet.
	I mean, if you crump up a piece of paper, I mean, try it yourself.
	Take a piece of 8 by 10, 8.5 by 11, and crunch it up and throw it in the toilet and try to flush it down.
	It's a mess.
	That depends.
	If you have the Power Mate Flush 2000, I think it might suck it down.
	But that's neither here nor there.
	I don't think the White House has that toilet.
	No, probably not.
	But whatever the case, it's bull crap.
	And so now they're covering their ass because everyone pointed this out.
	And so that's why that report came out.
	Because, yeah, as a journalist, I have to report on this.
	There's no evidence.
	Nobody said anything.
	It's just disgusting.
	It's also hilarious.
	This Halberman woman, she's out of control.
	It's funny to see Hill Dog coming out and saying...
	Oh, yeah, I guess everyone cleans stuff up.
	Of course, she had the bleach bit server.
	It's just so insulting.
	And, you know, what, ripping up papers?
	I mean, like Nancy Pelosi did at the State of the Union.
	I mean, there's all these.
	It's just...
	The political parties and the media are so crazy that now the Republicans are bringing back the Convention of States.
	Do you remember this when the Democrats were going to do that during Trump?
	We're going to make an amendment to the Constitution through the Convention of States.
	Yeah, I remember this.
	And so now the Republicans are doing it.
	It's like people, all of you...
	Politicians, get a clue.
	Get a clue.
	We don't...
	We're on to you.
	Get a clue.
	Look at the 25th Amendment.
	How come that's not brought up constantly by the Republicans?
	Like the Democrats did with Trump.
	Yeah, because...
	Nobody brings it up.
	Nah, because they're douches.
	They're all douches.
	No.
	Yeah.
	Well, now that we've established they're all douches, we can get out of here.
	Have a great Valentine's Day, everybody.
	Especially everyone at the skate, the romantic skate of love in Nashville, Tennessee.
	I am a little tired.
	And that means that I'll be well-rested for the next episode, which we bring to you on Thursday.
	When I'm sure we will be deconstructing the non-war.
	And Kamala's ascent.
	We shall see.
	We have end-of-show mixes Toby Langford.
	Also, as promised, the Ants song Bill Walsh in full.
	It's about time we played that one again.
	And coming up live next on noagendastream.com.
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	We return right here on Thursday.
	Until then, good day!
	And adios, mofos!
	and such.
	I'd like to see you do that, Joe Rogan.
	Joe Rogan.
	I want to show all kinds of opinions.
	Now, from you, Sonny Jim, you're not only making people not trust you, you're making them not trust me.
	I'd like to see you do that, Joe Rogan!
	Yes, there should be a war!
	Which sounds great, but not all opinions are created equal.
	I want to show all kinds of opinions.
	I'd like to see you do that, Joe Rogan!
	You think about major newsrooms like CNN that have health departments and deaths and operations that work hard on verified information on COVID-19.
	And then you have talk show stars like Joe Rogan.
	Yes, there should be a war.
	I want to show all kinds of opinions. All kinds of opinions.
	I got hands.
	Music.
	Bye.
	Bye. .
	I got ants.
	I don't know if you had ants.
	We had ant invasion.
	I was thinking if you desiccated a big pile of ants and then ground them to a powder like a fine grind of black pepper, we were having dinner and yeah, I got an ant somehow in the meal and I ate it.
	These things are peppery.
	I got ants.
	These ants, they don't need a lot.
	And then you see, you find all the ones that roam around you.
	Although I backed them off by doing the burning trick.
	You torch them.
	And you leave them there.
	The only ant, there are occasional moments where there's an ant that you do not torch, and that's an ant that's carrying one of the dead ants back.
	I got ants.
	Ants. Ants. Ants.
	Oh, they're not that bad.
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	Adios, mofo.
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